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the Southern District of Florida, filed January 2009)(agreement signed August 2010) and the Tourist Development Tax claims
asserted by the County in Priceline.com, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County, Florida, et al., were dismissed in 2011 pursuant to the
August 2010 agreement reached in the County of Monroe case. As part of each of these agreements, plaintiffs have agreed to
not assert claims based on the ordinance at issue in the respective action for periods that range from two to four years. The
settlement amounts in these cases are not material to our results of operations or cash flow for the year ended December 31,
2011.
The currently pending occupancy tax matters are listed below. We intend to defend vigorously against the claims in all
of the proceedings described below.
Statewide Class Actions and Putative Class Actions
Such actions include:
• City of Los Angeles, California v. Hotels.com, Inc., et al. (California Superior Court, Los Angeles County;
filed December 2004)
• City of Rome, Georgia, et al. v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Georgia; filed November 2005)
• City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas;
filed May 2006)
• City of Gallup, New Mexico v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico;
filed July 2007)
• City of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, et al. v. priceline.com Incorporated, et al. (U.S. District Court for the
Middle District of Tennessee; filed June 2008)
• Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission, Jefferson County, Arkansas, et al. v. Hotels.com, LP, et
al. (Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Arkansas; filed September 2009)
• County of Lawrence, Pennsylvania v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania; filed November 2009
• McAllister, et al. v. Hotels.com LP, et al. (Circuit Court of Saline County, Arkansas; filed February 2011)
• Town of Breckenridge, Colorado v. Colorado Travel Company, LLC, et al. (District Court of Summit County,
Colorado; filed July 2011)
• County of Nassau v. Expedia, Inc., et al. (Supreme Court of Nassau County, New York; filed September
2011)
Actions Filed on Behalf of Individual Cities, Counties and States
Such actions include:
• City of Findlay, Ohio v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; filed
October 2005); (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; appeal filed December 2010); and City of
Columbus, Ohio, et al. v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; filed
August 2006); (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio); (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit; appeal filed December 2010)
• City of Chicago, Illinois v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. (Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois; filed November
2005)
• City of San Diego, California v. Hotels.com L.P., et al. (California Superior Court, San Diego County; filed
September 2006) (Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County)
• City of Atlanta, Georgia v. Hotels.com L.P., et al. (Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia; filed March
2006)
• Wake County, North Carolina v. Hotels.com, LP, et al. (General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division,
Wake County, North Carolina; filed November 2006); Dare County, North Carolina v. Hotels.com, LP, et al.
(General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Dare County, North Carolina; filed January 2007);
Buncombe County, North Carolina v. Hotels.com, LP, et al. (General Court of Justice, Superior Court
Division, Buncombe County, North Carolina; filed February 2007); Mecklenburg County, North Carolina v.
Hotels.com LP, et al. (General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina; filed January 2008)
• City of Houston, Texas v. Hotels.com, LP., et al. (District Court of Harris County, Texas; filed March 2007);
(Affirmed on appeal, Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals October 2011); (Texas Supreme Court; petition for
review filed January 2012)