IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IAC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September29, 2017, prior to the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC entered into each of the following agreements as contemplated by the Merger Agreement in connection with the implementation of the transactions contemplated thereby: (i)a contribution agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”), (ii)an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), (iii)a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”), (iv)a tax sharing agreement (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”) and (v)an employee matters agreement (the “Employee Matters Agreement”). Prior to the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC Group, LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of IAC (“IAC LLC”), entered into an intercompany note (the “Payoff Intercompany Note”) as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and following the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC LLC entered into a second intercompany note (the “Working Capital Intercompany Note”, and, together with the Payoff Intercompany Note, the “Intercompany Notes”).
Contribution Agreement
The Contribution Agreement sets forth the agreements between IAC and ANGI Homeservices regarding the principal transactions to which IAC separated its HomeAdvisor business from IAC’s other businesses and caused the HomeAdvisor business, including its assets and liabilities and certain legal entities, to be transferred to ANGI Homeservices prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”). to the Merger Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, ANGI Homeservices issued to IAC 414,753,515 shares of ClassB Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of ANGI Homeservices (the “ANGI ClassB Common Stock”) in exchange for the contribution (the “Contribution”) of the HomeAdvisor business and approximately $1.9 million in cash to fund the aggregate cash consideration payable in the Merger.
Under the Contribution Agreement ANGI Homeservices agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless IAC and its subsidiaries and their respective current and former directors, officers and employees, from and against any losses arising out of certain assets, liabilities, operations and conduct of IAC’s HomeAdvisor business, including any failure by ANGI Homeservices to assume and perform any of the liabilities allocated to ANGI Homeservices in the Contribution Agreement. In addition,IAC agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ANGI Homeservices and its affiliates and their respective current and former directors, officers and employees, from and against losses arising out of certain assets, liabilities, operations and conduct of the business of IAC or its subsidiaries (other than ANGI Homeservices and its subsidiaries), including any failure by IAC to assume and perform any of the liabilities allocated to IAC in the Contribution Agreement.
ANGI Homeservices and IAC have also agreed to release the other party, the other party’s subsidiaries and their respective affiliates, successors, assigns, stockholders, directors, officers, agents and employees from all claims and other actions, of any nature, relating to claims, transactions or occurrences occurring prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including in connection with such transactions.
In addition, the Contribution Agreement sets forth a dispute resolution mechanism and also governs other matters related to the provision and retention of records, access to information and property, confidentiality, delayed transfer of assets and assumption of liabilities, cooperation in the preparation of ANGI Homeservices’ financial statements, licensing of certain intellectual property and cooperation with respect to governmental filings and third-party consents necessary to complete the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement.