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| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS IAC and Match Group: IAC and Match Group, in connection with Match Group's IPO, entered into the following agreements:
For the year ended December 31, 2016, 1.0 million shares of Match Group common stock were issued to IAC pursuant to the employee matters agreement; 0.5 million of which were issued as reimbursement for shares of IAC common stock issued in connection with the exercise and settlement of equity awards denominated in shares of a subsidiary of Match Group; and 0.4 million of which were issued as reimbursement for shares of IAC common stock issued in connection with the exercise and vesting of IAC equity awards held by Match Group employees. For the year ended December 31, 2016 and for the period from the date of the IPO through December 31, 2015, Match Group was charged $11.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively, by the Company for services rendered pursuant to a services agreement. These amounts were paid in full by Match Group at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At December 31, 2016, Match Group had a tax receivable of $9.0 million due from the Company pursuant to the tax sharing agreement. Payments made to the Company during 2016 pursuant to this agreement were $19.9 million. IAC and Expedia: Each of IAC and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest in two aircraft that may be used by both companies. The Company and Expedia purchased the second of these two aircraft during 2013. The Company paid $25 million (50% of the total purchase price and refurbish costs) for its interest. Members of the aircrafts' flight crews are employed by an entity in which each of the Company and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest. The Company and Expedia have agreed to share costs relating to flight crew compensation and benefits pro-rata according to each company's respective usage of the aircraft, for which they are separately billed by the entity described above. The Company and Expedia are related parties since they are under common control, given that Mr. Diller serves as Chairman and Senior Executive of both IAC and Expedia. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, total payments made to this entity by the Company were not material. |