-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VEu+lDx26BIgDJXMQ3ZWVkakmFwVGVM7vqNHV8HgUbGsa9KQ67xfaGyTYqqNtfG9 u8vRE4zh59fR1R2EHSnFdA== 0001193125-05-237547.txt : 20051206 0001193125-05-237547.hdr.sgml : 20051206 20051206163757 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-05-237547 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051130 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20051206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Expedia, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324424 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRANSPORTATION SERVICES [4700] IRS NUMBER: 202705720 FISCAL YEAR END: 1205 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51447 FILM NUMBER: 051247432 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3150 139TH AVENUE SE CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98005 BUSINESS PHONE: (425)679-7200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3150 139TH AVENUE SE CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98005 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K FORM 8-K

 

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): November 30, 2005

 

Expedia, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   000-51447   20-2705720

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

3150 139th Avenue S.E., Bellevue, Washington   98005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 679-7200

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

(d) Election of Director

 

On November 30, 2005, the Board of Directors of Expedia, Inc. (“Expedia”) elected Gregory B. Maffei as a director of Expedia. Mr. Maffei is currently expected to serve as a member of the Compensation/Benefits Committee of Expedia’s Board of Directors. Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty”), a stockholder of Expedia, has the contractual right to nominate two directors for election to the Board so long as certain stock ownership requirements are satisfied. Liberty has designated Mr. Maffei as one such nominee. Mr. Maffei replaces Robert R. Bennett as a member of the Board of Directors.

 

Mr. Maffei is currently Chief Executive Officer-Elect of Liberty. Prior to joining Liberty, Mr. Maffei served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation from June to November, 2005. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Maffei served as Chief Executive Officer of 360networks Corporation. Before joining 360networks, Mr. Maffei spent seven years with Microsoft Corporation, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Maffei served as a director of Expedia from 1999 to 2003, including as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Expedia from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Maffei currently serves as a director of Liberty, Electronic Arts Inc. and Starbucks Corporation. Mr. Maffei holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar.

 

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.

Date: December 6, 2005      

By:

  

/s/ Keenan M. Conder

           

Name:

  

Keenan M. Conder

           

Title:

  

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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