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Judicial Actions Relating to Assessments Issued by Individual Cities, Counties and States
review include:
Administrative Proceedings and Other Possible Actions
At various times, the Company has also received inquiries or proposed tax assessments from municipalities and other taxing
jurisdictions relating to the Company's charges and remittance of amounts to cover state and local travel transaction taxes. Among others, the
City of Paradise Valley, Arizona; fifteen cities (and one county) in Colorado; Arlington, Texas; Lake County, Indiana; and state tax officials
from Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia
and Wisconsin have begun formal or informal administrative procedures or stated that they may assert claims against the Company relating to
allegedly unpaid state or local travel transaction taxes. Between 2008 and 2010, the Company received audit notices from more than forty cities
in the state of California. The audit proceedings in those cities have not been active but have not been formally closed. The Company has also
been contacted for audit by five counties in the state of Utah.
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• State of Mississippi v. Priceline.com Inc., et al.
, (Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi; filed in January 2012);
• Fargo v. Expedia, Inc. et al.
(District Court for the County of Cass; filed in February 2013)
• Village of Bedford Park, et al. v. Expedia, Inc. et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; filed in July
2013);
• Department of Revenue, Finance and Administration Cabinet, Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Expedia Inc., et al. (Franklin
Circuit Court, Kentucky; filed in July 2013);
• State of New Hampshire v. priceline.com Inc., et al.
(Merrimack Superior Court; filed in October 2013);
• Puerto Rico Tourism Company v. Priceline.com Incorporated, et al.
(U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico; filed in
April 2014); and
• City of Phoenix, et al. v. Priceline.com Inc., et al.
(Arizona Tax Court; filed in August 2014).
• Priceline.com, Inc., et al. v. Broward County, Florida (Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida; filed in January 2009);
(Florida First District Court of Appeal; filed in February 2013); (Florida Supreme Court; notice to invoke jurisdiction filed in
February 2014);
• Priceline.com, Inc. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue
(Indiana Tax Court; filed in March 2009);
• Priceline.com, Inc., et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. (California Superior Court, County of Los
Angeles; filed in June 2009); (California Court of Appeal; appeal filed in December 2013); Priceline.com, Inc. v. City and
County of San Francisco, California, et al. (California Superior Court, County of Los Angeles; filed in November 2013);
• Priceline.com, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County, Florida, et al. (Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade, County, Florida;
filed in December 2009);
• priceline.com Incorporated, et al. v. Osceola County, Florida, et al. (Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida; filed in
January 2011);
• In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of priceline.com Inc. and In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of Travelweb LLC (Tax Appeal
Court of the State of Hawaii; filed in March 2011) (Hawaii Supreme Court; appeal transferred in December 2013); In the
Matter of the Tax Appeal of priceline.com Inc. and In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of Travelweb LLC (Tax Appeal Court of
the State of Hawaii, filed in July 2012) (Hawaii Supreme Court; appeal transferred in December 2013); In the Matter of the
Tax Appeal of priceline.com Inc. and In the Matter of Tax Appeal of Travelweb LLC (Tax Appeal Court of the State of
Hawaii, filed in June 2013); In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of priceline.com Inc. and In the Matter of Tax Appeal of
Travelweb LLC
(Tax Appeal Court of the State of Hawaii; filed in January 2014); In the Matter of the Appeal of priceline.com
Incorporated (Tax Appeal Court of the State of Hawaii; filed in August 2014);
• Expedia, Inc. et al. v. City of Portland
(Circuit Court for Multnomah County, Oregon, filed in February 2012);
• Expedia, Inc., et al. v. City and County of Denver, et al. (District Court for Denver County, Colorado, filed in March 2012);
(Colorado Court of Appeal; appeal filed in April 2013); (Colorado Supreme Court; petition for review filed in August 2014);
and
• Expedia, Inc., et al. v. Oregon Department of Revenue
(Oregon Tax Court; filed in September 2013).