Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) June 5, 2012

 

 

EXPEDIA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51447   20-2705720

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

333 108th Avenue NE

Bellevue, Washington 98004

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(425) 679-7200

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Expedia, Inc. annual meeting of stockholders was held on June 5, 2012. According to the inspector of elections, stockholders present in person or by proxy, representing 99,573,267 shares of Expedia common stock (generally entitled to one vote per share) and 12,799,999 shares of Expedia Class B common stock (generally entitled to ten votes per share) voted on each proposal presented as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors. The stockholders elected ten directors of Expedia, three of whom were elected by holders of common stock only (“Common Stock Nominees”), and seven of whom were elected by holders of common stock and Class B common stock voting together as a single class (“Combined Stock Nominees”), each to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (or, if earlier, such director’s removal or resignation from the Board of Directors). Stockholders voted as follows:

 

    

For

    

Withheld

    

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Common Stock Nominees

        

A. George “Skip” Battle

     77,721,486         13,887,117         7,964,664   

Craig A. Jacobson

     89,575,897         2,032,706         7,964,664   

Peter M. Kern

     89,067,588         2,541,015         7,964,664   

Combined Stock Nominees

        

Barry Diller

     176,706,656         42,901,937         7,964,664   

Dara Khosrowshahi

     190,696,445         28,912,148         7,964,664   

Victor A. Kaufman

     190,456,806         29,151,787         7,964,664   

Jonathan L. Dolgen

     217,067,278         2,541,315         7,964,664   

William R. Fitzgerald

     191,166,582         28,442,011         7,964,664   

John C. Malone

     189,200,564         30,408,029         7,964,664   

José A. Tazón

     217,573,121         2,035,472         7,964,664   

Proposal 2 – Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Expedia’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012. Stockholders voted as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

226,189,813

   190,438    1,193,006    0


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

EXPEDIA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Robert J. Dzielak

  Robert J. Dzielak
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: June 7, 2012