Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related 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:

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

Mr. Diller is Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group. Simultaneously with the entry into the Merger Agreement described below under “- Relationships Involving Expedia Group and Liberty Expedia”:

On July 26, 2019, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, immediately prior to the closing of the Liberty Expedia Transaction, Mr. Diller and the Family Foundation exchanged with Liberty Expedia 5,523,452 shares of Expedia Group common stock, for the same number of shares of Class B common stock (such shares of Class B common stock, collectively, the “Original Shares”) held by Liberty Expedia. Immediately thereafter, the Liberty Expedia Transaction closed, in connection with which Liberty Expedia became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia Group and was then merged into a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia Group.

New Governance Agreement. Pursuant to the New Governance Agreement, Mr. Diller has the right (the “Purchase/Exchange Right”), previously exercisable through April 26, 2020, from time to time in whole or in part, to (1) exchange with Expedia Group (or its wholly owned subsidiary) an equivalent number of shares of Expedia Group common stock for, or (2) purchase from Expedia Group (or its wholly owned subsidiary), at a price per share equal to the average closing price of Expedia Group 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 7,276,547 (any shares acquired pursuant to the Purchase/Exchange Right, the “Additional Shares”).

On April 10, 2020, Expedia Group and Mr. Diller entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the New Governance Agreement (as amended, the "Governance Agreement"). The Amendment was entered into pursuant to the stipulation and order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on March 30, 2020 (the “Order”), and was approved by the Special Litigation Committee of the Board formed on December 3, 2019 to, among other things, investigate and evaluate the claims raised against certain current and former members of the Board of Directors and officers of the Company in the consolidated action captioned In re Expedia Group Stockholders Litigation, Consolidated Case No. 2019-0494-JTL (the “Delaware Litigation”). Pursuant to the New Governance Agreement, the Amendment was also authorized by a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in the New Governance Agreement) of Expedia Group. Pursuant to the Order, Mr. Diller may not exercise the Purchase/Exchange Right prior to the Special Litigation Committee notifying Mr. Diller that it has completed its investigation of the claims raised in the Delaware Litigation (the “Completion Date”). The Amendment extends the deadline by which Mr. Diller may exercise the Purchase/Exchange Right to the close of business on the forty-fifth day following the Completion Date.

Assuming the exercise in full by Mr. Diller of the Purchase/Exchange Right, the Original Shares and Additional Shares would collectively represent approximately 50.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock as of April 13, 2020. The foregoing assumes that Mr. Diller exercises in full his right to acquire the Additional Shares solely by exchanging shares of Expedia Group common stock acquired in the open market (or otherwise, other than from Expedia Group). Were Mr. Diller to acquire the Additional Shares through cash purchases directly from Expedia Group (or its wholly owned subsidiary), the Original Shares and Additional Shares would collectively represent approximately 48.6% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock as of April 13, 2020.

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 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 Expedia Group common stock.

All Additional Shares will be automatically converted into shares of Expedia Group 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 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 Expedia Group. 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 Expedia Group, 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 Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock. These requirements negotiated by the Special Committee and agreed to by Mr. Diller under the New Governance Agreement did not exist under the Former Governance Agreement.

The New Governance Agreement also provided that, at the first annual meeting of the Expedia Group stockholders following the closing of the Liberty Expedia Transaction and for which a preliminary proxy statement had not been filed prior to the closing of the Liberty Expedia Transaction, Expedia Group would propose, and Mr. Diller would vote in favor of, a proposal to amend Expedia Group’s Certificate of Incorporation to reflect the aforementioned transfer restrictions and provisions providing for automatic conversion of certain shares of Expedia Group Class B common stock, as well as the restrictions in respect of certain change-of-control transactions, reflected in the New Governance Agreement, which proposal was approved by stockholders at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 3, 2019.

Relationships Involving Expedia Group and Liberty Expedia

Former Governance Agreement. During 2018 through July 26, 2019, Liberty Expedia (as assignee of Qurate Retail, Inc. (“Qurate”)) was a party to the Former Governance Agreement, which was terminated as to Liberty Expedia on July 26, 2019 upon the closing of the Liberty Expedia Transaction described below. Under the Former Governance Agreement, Liberty Expedia had 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 were not an even multiple of five) and had certain rights regarding committee participation, so long as Liberty Expedia satisfied certain stock ownership requirements. The Former Governance Agreement also provided Liberty Expedia with preemptive rights in connection with issuances and proposed issuances by Expedia Group of shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock that generally entitled it to purchase for cash a number of shares, subject to a cap, so as to maintain the same ownership interest in Expedia Group that Liberty Expedia held immediately prior to the issuance or proposed issuance.

Liberty Expedia Transaction. On April 15, 2019, Expedia Group entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), with Liberty Expedia, LEMS I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia Group (“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 “Liberty Expedia Transaction”). The Merger Agreement provided for, among other things (i) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Liberty Expedia (the “Merger”), with Liberty Expedia surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Merger LLC, and (ii) immediately following the Merger, the merger of Liberty Expedia (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 Expedia Group.

Simultaneously with Expedia Group’s entry into the Merger Agreement, certain additional related agreements were entered into, including:

On July 26, 2019, the Combination was completed. At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Expedia (the “Liberty Expedia Series A common stock”) and Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Expedia (the “Liberty Expedia Series B common stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (except for shares held by Liberty Expedia as treasury stock or held directly by Expedia Group) was converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Expedia Group common stock such that each holder of record of shares of Liberty Expedia Series A common stock or Liberty Expedia Series B common stock had the right to receive, in the aggregate, a number of shares of Expedia Group common stock equal to the product of the total number of shares of such series of Liberty Expedia Series A common stock and Liberty Expedia Series B common stock held of record by such holder immediately prior to the Merger multiplied by an exchange ratio equal to 0.36, with such product

rounded up to the next whole share of Expedia Group common stock. The total aggregate consideration payable in the Combination was approximately 20.7 million shares of Expedia Group 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 2019 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 2019, IAC billed Expedia Group for costs in the amount of approximately $476,000 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 (the, “Aircraft”). Pursuant to an amended and restated operating agreement, Expedia Group and IAC share capital costs relating to the 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 Aircraft flight crews are employed by an entity in which each of Expedia Group and IAC has a 50% ownership interest. Expedia Group and IAC 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. In 2019, total payments of approximately $2.7 million for flight crew compensation and benefits 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.

In April 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 each paid $23.0 million in 2019 in connection with the purchase agreement, with their respective share of the balance due upon delivery of the new aircraft, which is expected to occur in early 2021.

Commercial Agreements. Since the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off, 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 for IAC office space (pursuant to which IAC billed Expedia Group approximately $353,000 in 2019), 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 2019.

Relationships Involving Mr. Khosrowshahi

In October 2019, Egencia, our corporate travel business, entered into a corporate travel services agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”). Mr. Khosrowshahi is Uber’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of Uber’s Board of Directors. The terms of the Uber corporate travel agreement are standard for a client of Uber’s size and fees paid to date pursuant to the agreement are less than $120,000.

Relationships Involving Mr. Okerstrom

As discussed in the section above titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis-Other Compensation,” Expedia Group’s Chief Executive Officer was encouraged to travel on Company aircraft for both business and personal use. Mr. Okerstrom reimbursed Expedia Group approximately $163,000 for personal use of Company aircraft in 2019.