Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions, and Director Independence
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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions, and Director Independence
Review and Approval or Ratification of Related Person Transactions
In general, the Company will enter into or ratify a “related person transaction” only when, pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter, it has been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Related persons include the Company’s executive officers, directors, 5% or more beneficial owners of our common stock, immediate family members of these persons and entities in which one of these persons has a direct or indirect material interest. Related person transactions are transactions that meet the minimum threshold for disclosure in the proxy statement under the relevant SEC rules (generally, transactions involving amounts exceeding $120,000 in which a related person or entity has a direct or indirect material interest). While we have no written policy, when a potential related person transaction is identified, management presents it to the Audit Committee to determine whether to approve or ratify. When determining whether to approve, ratify, disapprove or reject any related person transaction, the Audit Committee considers all relevant factors, including the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction, whether the terms are commercially reasonable and whether the related person transaction is consistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
The legal and accounting departments work with business units throughout the Company to identify potential related person transactions prior to execution. In addition, the Company takes the following steps with regard to related person transactions:
| • | On an annual basis, each director, director nominee and executive officer of the Company completes a Director and Officer Questionnaire that requires disclosure of any transaction, arrangement or relationship with the Company during the last fiscal year in which the director or executive officer, or any member of his or her immediate family, had a direct or indirect material interest. |
| • | Each director, director nominee and executive officer is expected to promptly notify the Company’s legal department of any direct or indirect interest that such person or an immediate family member of such person had, has or may have in a transaction in which the Company participates. |
| • | The Company performs a quarterly search of its accounts payable, accounts receivable and other databases to identify any other potential related person transactions that may require disclosure. |
| • | Any reported transaction that the Company’s legal department determines may qualify as a related person transaction is referred to the Audit Committee. |
If any related person transaction is not approved, the Audit Committee may take such action as it may deem necessary or desirable in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
Relationships Involving Significant Stockholders, Named Executive Officers and Directors
Relationships Involving Mr. Diller
Expedia Group. Mr. Diller is the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group. Subject to the terms of an Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement between Liberty Expedia Holdings and Mr. Diller, as amended as of November 4, 2016 (the “Stockholders Agreement”), Mr. Diller generally has the right to vote shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock beneficially owned by Liberty Expedia Holdings (the “Diller Proxy”), which proxy had been assigned by Mr. Diller to Liberty Expedia Holdings as described below.
On November 4, 2016, Qurate redeemed a portion of the outstanding shares of its Liberty Ventures common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings, which at that time was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qurate (the “Liberty Split-Off”). At the time of the Liberty Split-Off, Liberty Expedia Holdings’ assets included all of Qurate’s interest in Expedia Group. Pursuant to a Transaction Agreement among Mr. Diller, Qurate, Liberty Expedia Holdings, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone, dated as of March 24, 2016 and amended and restated effective as of September 22, 2016, at the time of the Liberty Split-Off, for a period ending not later than May 4, 2018 (the “Outside Date”), (i) Mr. Diller assigned the Diller Proxy to Liberty Expedia Holdings (the “Diller Assignment”) and (ii) Mr. and Mrs. Malone granted Mr. Diller an irrevocable proxy to vote all shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings Series A common stock and Series B common stock beneficially owned by them upon completion of the Liberty Split-Off or thereafter (the “Malone Proxy”), in each case, subject to certain limitations. On March 6, 2018, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Qurate, Mr. Malone, Mrs. Malone and Mr. Diller entered into a letter agreement, which amended the termination provisions of the Transaction Agreement to extend the Outside Date to May 4, 2019.
As a result, by virtue of the voting power associated with the Malone Proxy, the governance structure at Liberty Expedia Holdings and Mr. Diller’s continuing position as Chairman of Expedia Group’s Board of Directors, as of December 31, 2018 Mr. Diller was able to elect the directors of Liberty Expedia Holdings having the power to determine how Liberty Expedia Holdings exercised certain rights and voted the shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock beneficially owned by Liberty Expedia Holdings, and which Liberty Expedia Holdings as of December 31, 2018 had the power to vote, in the election of Expedia Group directors until the termination or expiration of the Diller Assignment and Malone Proxy.
See “Recent Developments” below for a description the Proposed Liberty Expedia Transaction.
Relationships Involving Expedia Group and Liberty Expedia Holdings
Governance Agreement. Qurate was a party to an Amended and Restated Governance Agreement with Expedia Group and Mr. Diller, dated December 20, 2011, which was assigned by Qurate to Liberty Expedia Holdings in connection with the Liberty Split-Off (the “Governance Agreement”). Under the Governance Agreement, Liberty Expedia Holdings has the right to nominate up to a number of directors equal to 20% of the total number of the directors on the Board (rounded up to the next whole number if the number of directors on the Board is not an even multiple of five) and has certain rights regarding committee participation, so long as certain stock ownership requirements applicable to Liberty Expedia Holdings are satisfied. The Governance Agreement also provides that if Expedia Group issues or proposes to issue shares of Expedia Group common stock or Expedia Group Class B common stock, Liberty Expedia Holdings has preemptive rights that generally entitle it to purchase a number of shares, subject to a cap, so that Liberty Expedia Holdings will maintain the same ownership interest in Expedia Group that Liberty Expedia Holdings held immediately prior to such issuance or proposed issuance. Pursuant to Liberty Expedia Holding’s Governance Agreement preemptive rights, Expedia Group issued 269,646 shares of Expedia Group common stock to Liberty Expedia Holdings on September 17, 2018, at a price per share of $113.32 and an aggregate purchase price of approximately $31 million.
See “Recent Developments” below for a description the Proposed Liberty Expedia Transaction.
Recent Developments
Merger Agreement
On April 16, 2019, Expedia Group announced that, on April 15, 2019, it entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Liberty Expedia Holdings, LEMS I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger LLC”), and LEMS II Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Merger LLC (“Merger Sub”) and certain other related agreements (the “Proposed Liberty Expedia Transaction”). The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain specified conditions set forth therein, (i) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Liberty Expedia Holdings (the “Merger”), with Liberty Expedia Holdings surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Merger LLC, and (ii) immediately following the Merger, the merger of Liberty Expedia Holdings (as the surviving corporation in the Merger) with and into Merger LLC (the “Upstream Merger”, and together with the Merger, the “Combination”), with Merger LLC surviving the Upstream Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Expedia Holdings and Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Expedia Holdings (together, the “Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) (except for shares held by Liberty Expedia Holdings as treasury stock or held directly by the Company) will be converted into the right to receive 0.36 of a share of Company common stock plus cash (without interest) in lieu of any fractional shares of
Company common stock (the “Merger Consideration”). At the closing of the Combination, former holders of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock are expected to own in the aggregate shares of Company common stock representing approximately 14% of the total number of outstanding shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock, based on approximately 140 million shares of Company common stock and approximately 5.7 million shares of Class B common stock currently expected to be outstanding at the closing of the Combination.
As of the Effective Time, each then-outstanding stock option with respect to shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of each share subject to such option (after deducting a number of shares sufficient to cover the aggregate option exercise price), less applicable tax withholding. As of the Effective Time, each then-outstanding restricted stock award and restricted stock unit award with respect to shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of each share of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock subject to such award, less applicable tax withholding.
The closing of the Combination is subject to certain mutual conditions, including (1) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock, voting together as a single class; (2) any required approvals under the HSR Act in respect of the Combination and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (3) the absence of any order or law that has the effect of enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the closing of the Combination or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and related transaction documents; (4) the approval for listing of the shares of Company common stock to be issued as Merger Consideration on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to such shares; and (5) the delivery of an opinion by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to Liberty Expedia Holdings to the effect that the Combination will not impact the tax treatment of the split off of Liberty Expedia Holdings by Qurate on November 4, 2016. The respective obligation of each party to consummate the Combination is also conditioned upon (x) the delivery of an opinion from such party’s tax counsel to the effect that the Combination will qualify as a “reorganization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (y) the other party’s representations and warranties being true and correct (subject to certain materiality and material adverse effect qualifications), and the other party having performed in all material respects its obligations under the Merger Agreement. The Company’s obligation to consummate the Combination is further conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain conditions to the completion of the exchange pursuant to the Exchange Agreement as described below. The Combination does not require the approval of the Company’s stockholders.
At the closing of the Combination, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of the three directors serving on the Expedia Group Board of Directors who were nominated by Liberty Expedia Holdings is expected to resign from the Expedia Group Board of Directors.
The Expedia Group Board of Directors approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby following the recommendation of a special committee (the “Expedia Group Special Committee”) consisting solely of independent and disinterested directors, each of whom had been elected by the holders of Company common stock voting together as a class (without the vote of the Class B common stock), to which the Expedia Group Board of Directors had delegated exclusive authority to consider and negotiate the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Exchange Agreement, the Voting Agreement and the New Governance Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, as described below).
Voting Agreement
In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and following the termination of the Malone Proxy as described below, Mr. John C. Malone and Mrs. Leslie Malone (collectively, the “Malone Group”) entered into a voting agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with the Company on April 15, 2019, pursuant to which the Malone Group has committed, subject to certain conditions, to vote shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock representing approximately 32% of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock as of January 31, 2019, as reported in Liberty Expedia Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on February 8, 2019, in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby at any meeting of the stockholders of Liberty Expedia Holdings called to vote upon the Merger.
Exchange Agreement
Simultaneously with the entry into the Merger Agreement, Barry Diller, The Diller Foundation d/b/a The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation (the “Family Foundation”), Liberty Expedia Holdings and the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which (and agreed by Mr. Diller to be deemed to be in recognition and in lieu of Mr. Diller’s existing rights under the Governance Agreement (as defined above) and the Stockholders
Agreement (as defined above)), immediately prior to and conditioned upon the closing of the Combination, Mr. Diller and, if the Family Foundation so elects, the Family Foundation, are expected to exchange with Liberty Expedia Holdings up to approximately 5.7 million shares of Company common stock, for the same number of shares of Class B common stock held by Liberty Expedia Holdings (the shares of Class B common stock acquired by Mr. Diller and the Family Foundation pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, collectively referred to as the “Original Shares”). Assuming the exchange by Mr. Diller and the Family Foundation of a total of approximately 5.7 million shares of Company common stock for an equal number of shares of Class B common stock, the Original Shares would represent approximately 29% of the total voting power of all shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock, based on approximately 140 million shares of Company common stock and approximately 5.7 million shares of Class B common stock currently expected to be outstanding at the closing of the Combination.
New Governance Agreement
Simultaneously with the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Company and Mr. Diller entered into a Second Amended and Restated Governance Agreement (the “New Governance Agreement”), which provides, among other things, that Mr. Diller may exercise a right (the “Purchase/Exchange Right”) during the nine month period following the closing of the Combination (and agreed by Mr. Diller to be deemed to be in recognition and in lieu of Mr. Diller’s existing rights under the Governance Agreement (as defined above) and the Stockholders Agreement (as defined above)), to (1) exchange with the Company (or its wholly owned subsidiary) an equivalent number of shares of Company common stock for, or (2) purchase from the Company (or its wholly owned subsidiary), at a price per share equal to the average closing price of Company common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding notice of exercise, up to a number of shares of Class B common stock equal to (1) 12,799,999 minus (2) the number of Original Shares (the shares acquired pursuant to the Purchase/Exchange Right, the “Additional Shares”). The Purchase/Exchange Right may be exercised from time to time in whole or in part. Assuming the exercise in full by Mr. Diller of the Purchase/Exchange Right, the Original Shares and Additional Shares would collectively represent approximately 49% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock, assuming a total of approximately 133 million shares of Company common stock and 12,799,999 shares of Class B common stock outstanding immediately following the exercise of the Purchase/Exchange Right. The foregoing assumes that Mr. Diller exercises his right to acquire the Additional Shares solely by exchanging shares of Company common stock acquired in the open market (or otherwise, other than from the Company). If Mr. Diller acquires the Additional Shares through cash purchases directly from the Company (or its wholly owned subsidiary), the Original Shares and Additional Shares would collectively represent approximately 48% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock.
Prior to the transfer of any Additional Shares, a transferee must deliver a proxy granting Mr. Diller sole voting control over such shares and deliver a joinder agreement agreeing to be bound by certain terms of the New Governance Agreement. Subject to limited exceptions, any transferred Additional Shares over which Mr. Diller does not maintain sole voting control will be automatically converted into shares of Company common stock.
All Additional Shares will be automatically converted into shares of Company common stock immediately following the earliest of (a) Mr. Diller’s death or disability; (b) such time as Mr. Diller no longer serves as Chairman or Senior Executive of the Company, other than as a result of his removal (other than for “cause” as defined in the New Governance Agreement) or failure to be nominated or elected when he is willing to serve in such position; and (c) aggregate transfers by Mr. Diller (or certain limited permitted transferees of Mr. Diller) of Original Shares exceeding 5% of the outstanding voting power of the Company.
The automatic conversion features described above negotiated by the Expedia Group Special Committee and agreed to by Mr. Diller under the New Governance Agreement do not exist under the Governance Agreement.
Additionally, subject to limited exception, no current or future holder of Original Shares or Additional Shares may participate in, or vote in favor of, or tender shares into, any change of control transaction involving at least 50% of the outstanding shares or voting power of capital stock of the Company, unless such transaction provides for the same per share consideration and mix of consideration (or election right) and the same participation rights for shares of Class B common stock and shares of Company common stock. These requirements negotiated by the Expedia Group Special Committee and agreed to by Mr. Diller under the New Governance Agreement do not exist under the Governance Agreement.
At the first annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following the closing of the Combination and for which a preliminary proxy statement has not yet been filed prior to the Effective Time, the Company intends to propose, and Mr. Diller has agreed to vote in favor of, a proposal to amend its Certificate of Incorporation to reflect the aforementioned transfer restrictions, automatic conversion provisions and change-of-control restrictions reflected in the New Governance Agreement.
Other Agreements
As described above, pursuant to Diller Proxy under the Stockholders Agreement, Mr. Diller generally has the right to vote the shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock held by Liberty Expedia Holdings and its subsidiaries, which shares represent approximately 53% of the total voting power of all shares of Company common stock and Class B common stock, based on a total of 134,390,305 shares of Company common stock and 12,799,999 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of January 25, 2019. Pursuant to the Diller Assignment, Mr. Diller assigned the Diller Proxy to Liberty Expedia Holdings, and, pursuant to the Malone Proxy (collectively, with the “Diller Assignment,” the “Proxy Swap Arrangements”), the Malone Group granted to Mr. Diller a proxy over the shares of Liberty Expedia Holdings common stock owned by it.
On April 15, 2019 and prior to the Company’s entry into the Merger Agreement, Mr. Diller, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Qurate and the Malone Group entered into Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement providing for the immediate termination of the Transaction Agreement, which automatically resulted in the termination of the Diller Assignment and the Malone Proxy.
Simultaneously with the Company’s entry into the Merger Agreement, certain additional related agreements were entered into, including:
| • | A Stockholders Agreement Termination Agreement, by and among Mr. Diller, Liberty Expedia Holdings and certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Liberty Expedia Holdings, pursuant to which the Stockholders Agreement (including the Diller Proxy) will terminate at the closing of the Combination; |
| • | A Governance Agreement Termination Agreement, by and among Mr. Diller, the Company, Liberty Expedia Holdings and certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Liberty Expedia Holdings, pursuant to which the Governance Agreement will terminate at the closing of the Combination; |
| • | An Assumption and Joinder Agreement to Tax Sharing Agreement by and among the Company, Liberty Expedia Holdings and Qurate, pursuant to which the Company agrees to assume, effective at the closing of the Combination, Liberty Expedia Holdings’ rights and obligations under the Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Qurate and Liberty Expedia Holdings; |
| • | An Assumption Agreement Concerning Transaction Agreement Obligations by and among the Company, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Qurate and the Malone Group, pursuant to which the Company agrees to assume, effective at the closing of the Combination, certain of Liberty Expedia Holdings’ rights and obligations under the Transaction Agreement which survive the termination of the Transaction Agreement; and |
| • | An Assumption and Joinder Agreement to Reorganization Agreement by and among the Company, Liberty Expedia Holdings and Qurate, pursuant to which the Company agrees to assume, effective at the closing of the Combination, Liberty Expedia Holdings’ rights and obligations under the Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, by and between Qurate and Liberty Expedia Holdings. |
Upon the closing of the Combination, it is expected that the Company will no longer be a controlled company under the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules. Accordingly, following permitted phase-in periods, the Company will be required, among other things, to have to have a majority of independent directors on its Board of Directors, a compensation committee consisting solely of independent directors and a director nominations process whereby directors are selected by a nominations committee consisting solely of independent directors or by a vote of the Board of Directors in which only independent directors participate. Additionally, all additional shares will be automatically converted into shares of Company common stock immediately following the earliest of (a) Mr. Diller’s death or disability, (b) such time as Mr. Diller no longer serves as chairman or senior executive of Expedia Group, other than as a result of his removal (other than for “cause” as defined in the New Governance Agreement), or failure to be nominated or elected when he is willing to serve in such position, and (c) aggregate transfers by Mr. Diller (or certain limited permitted transferees of Mr. Diller) of original shares exceeding 5% of the outstanding voting power of the Company. Therefore, while it is possible that Mr. Diller may at some point in the future beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Company, the provisions of the New Governance Agreement provide that following one of the triggers mentioned above, the number of shares of Class B common stock acquired by Mr. Diller in the transaction will not exceed approximately 5.7 million shares of Class B common stock, or approximately 29% of the total voting power of Expedia Group based on approximately 140 million shares of Company common stock and approximately 5.7 million shares of Class B common stock currently expected to be outstanding at the closing of the Combination. Further, as described above, the New Governance Agreement provides that, subject to limited exception, no current or future holder of Original Shares or Additional Shares may participate in, or vote or tender in favor of, any change of control transaction involving at least 50% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, unless such
transaction provides for the same per share consideration and mix of consideration (or election right) and the same participation rights for shares of Class B common stock and shares of Company common stock.
Relationships Involving Expedia Group and IAC
Overview. Since the completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off in 2005, Expedia Group and IAC have been related parties since Mr. Diller exerts significant influence over both entities by virtue of his executive role at each company, his voting power at Expedia Group as described above, and the fact that he and certain members of his family collectively have sole voting and/or investment power over all shares of IAC Class B common stock outstanding. In connection with and following the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off, Expedia Group and IAC entered into certain arrangements, including arrangements regarding the sharing of certain costs and the use and ownership of the Company aircraft and various commercial and other relationships, certain of which are described below.
Cost-Sharing Arrangements. Mr. Diller currently serves as Chairman and Senior Executive of both Expedia Group and IAC. Expedia Group and IAC have agreed, in light of Mr. Diller’s senior role at both companies and his anticipated use of certain resources to the benefit of both companies, that certain expenses associated with such usage would be shared, as well as certain costs incurred by IAC in connection with the provision of certain benefits to Mr. Diller (“Shared Costs”). Cost sharing arrangements in effect during 2018 provided that each of Expedia Group and IAC cover 50% of the Shared Costs, which both companies agree best reflects the current allocation of actual time spent (and time to be spent) by Mr. Diller between the two companies. Shared Costs include costs for personal use of cars and equipment dedicated to Mr. Diller’s use and expenses relating to Mr. Diller’s support staff. During 2018, IAC billed Expedia Group for costs in the amount of approximately $460,000 pursuant to these arrangements.
Aircraft Arrangements. Each of Expedia Group and IAC currently hold a 50% ownership interest in two aircraft that may be used by both companies. Pursuant to an amended and restated operating agreement, Expedia Group and IAC share capital costs relating to jointly-owned aircraft equally and operating costs are shared pro rata based on actual usage. These costs are generally paid by each company to third parties in accordance with the terms of the amended and restated operating agreement. Members of the aircrafts’ flight crews are employed by an entity in which each of Expedia Group and IAC has a 50% ownership interest. In 2018, total payments of approximately $2.5 million were made to this entity by Expedia Group.
At any time when Mr. Diller ceases to serve as Chairman of either Expedia Group or IAC, each party will have a put right with respect to its interest in the jointly-owned aircraft for which it is not the primary user (such determination based on relative usage of the aircraft in question during the 12 months immediately preceding such event), in each case at fair market value.
On April 13, 2017, each of Expedia Group and IAC paid 50% of the $29.8 million in total costs (purchase price and related costs) to acquire the newer of the two jointly-owned aircraft discussed above, which went into service in November 2017. Following that purchase, each company jointly-owned three aircraft. The aircraft acquired in 2017 replaced an older jointly-owned aircraft that was subsequently sold in February 2018, with each company receiving 50% of the $7.5 million net sale proceeds.
On April 4, 2019, Expedia Group and IAC entered into an agreement to jointly acquire a new corporate aircraft for a total expected cost of $72.3 million (including purchase price and related costs), which will be split evenly between the two companies. Expedia Group and IAC have each paid $13.5 million in connection with their entry into the purchase agreement, and each company is due to make a subsequent payment of $9.1 million in December 2019, with their respective share of the balance due upon delivery of the new aircraft, which is expected to occur in late 2020 or early 2021.
Commercial Agreements. Since the spin-off from IAC, Expedia Group has continued to work with some of IAC’s businesses pursuant to a variety of commercial agreements, including a lease for IAC office space to Expedia Group. Expedia Group believes that these arrangements are ordinary course and have been negotiated at arm’s length. With the exception of the lease (pursuant to which IAC billed Expedia Group approximately $310,000 in 2018), none these agreements, whether taken individually or together with similar agreements, involve revenues to (or payments from) Expedia Group businesses in excess of $120,000 in 2018.
Relationships Involving Mr. Okerstrom
As discussed in the section above titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis-Other Compensation,” Expedia Group’s Chief Executive Officer is encouraged to travel on Company aircraft for both business and personal use. Mr. Okerstrom reimbursed Expedia Group approximately $72,000 for personal use of Company aircraft in 2018.
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