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x Brevard County, Florida v. Priceline.com Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of
Florida; filed Oct. 2009)
x Leon County, et al. v. Expedia, Inc., et al. (Second Judicial Circuit Court for Leon County,
Florida; filed Nov. 2009); Leon County v. Expedia, Inc. et al. (Second Judicial Circuit Court for
Leon County, Florida; filed Dec. 2009)
x City of Birmingham, Alabama, et al. v. Orbitz, Inc., et al. (Circuit Court of Jefferson County,
Alabama; filed Dec. 2009)
x Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina v. Hotels.com, LP, et al. (Court of Common Pleas,
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Beaufort County, South Carolina; filed Apr. 2010)
x Baltimore County, Maryland v. Priceline.com, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of
Maryland; filed May 2010)
x City of Santa Monica, California v. Expedia, Inc., et al. (Superior Court of California, Los
Angeles County, West District; filed June 2010); (California Superior Court, Los Angeles County)
x Hamilton County, Ohio, et al. v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern
District Of Ohio; filed Aug. 2010)
x State of Florida Attorney General v. Expedia, Inc., et al. (Circuit Court – Second Judicial Circuit,
Leon County, Florida; Nov. 2010)
x State of Oklahoma v. Priceline.com, Inc., et al. (District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma;
filed Nov. 2010)
x Montana Department of Revenue v. Priceline.com, Inc., et al. (First Judicial District Court of
Lewis and Clark County, Montana; filed Nov. 2010)
x Montgomery County, Maryland v. Priceline.com, Inc., et al. (United States District Court for the
District of Maryland; filed Dec. 2010)
The Company has also been informed by counsel to the plaintiffs in certain of the aforementioned actions
that various, undisclosed municipalities or taxing jurisdictions may file additional cases against it, Lowestfare.com
LLC and Travelweb LLC in the future.
Judicial Actions Relating to Assessments Issued by Individual Cities, Counties and States
After administrative remedies have been exhausted, the Company may seek judicial review of assessments
issued by an individual city or county. Currently pending actions seeking such a review include:
x Priceline.com, Inc., et al. v. Broward County, Florida (Circuit Court – Second Judicial Circuit,
Leon County, Florida; filed Jan. 2009)
x Priceline.com Inc., et al. v. City of Anaheim, California, et al. (Superior Court of California,
County of Orange; filed Feb. 2009); (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles)
x Priceline.com, Inc. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue (Indiana Tax Court; filed Mar. 2009)
x Priceline.com, Inc., et al. v. City of San Francisco, California, et al. (Superior Court of California,
County of San Francisco; filed June 2009); (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles)
x Priceline.com, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County, Florida, et al. (Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for
Miami Dade, County, Florida; filed Dec. 2009)
x Priceline.com Incorporated, et al. v. Osceola County, Florida, et al. (Circuit Court of the Second
Judicial Circuit, in and For Leon County, Florida; filed Jan. 2011)
The Company intends to prosecute vigorously its claims in these actions.
Consumer Class Actions
As of December 31, 2010, one purported class action, Chiste, et al. v. priceline.com Inc., et al. (filed
December 11, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) brought by
consumers, was pending against the Company. Another purported class action, Marshall, et al. v. priceline.com,
Inc., filed February 17, 2005 in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware for New Castle County, was resolved by
dispositive motion. In the Marshall case, in an opinion dated March 8, 2010, the Delaware Superior Court granted
the Company’s motion for summary judgment in its entirety. In an opinion dated October 14, 2010, the Delaware
Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Superior Court in its entirety.
The Company intends to defend vigorously against the claims in all of the on-going proceedings described
above.