RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

IAC and Match Group, in connection with Match Group's IPO, entered into the following agreements:

• A Master Transaction Agreement, under which Match Group agrees to assume all of the assets and liabilities related to its business and agrees to indemnify IAC against any losses arising out of any breach by Match Group of the Master Transaction Agreement or other IPO related agreements;

• An Investor Rights Agreement that provides IAC with (i) specified registration and other rights relating to shares of Match Group's common stock and (ii) anti-dilution rights with respect to Match Group's common stock;

• An Employee Matters Agreement, which governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of IAC and Match Group after the IPO with respect to a range of compensation and benefit issues;

• A Tax Sharing Agreement, which governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of IAC and Match Group with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, entitlement to refunds, preparation of tax returns, tax contests and other tax matters regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes; and

• A Services Agreement, under which IAC has agreed to provide a range of services to Match Group, including, among others, (i) assistance with certain legal, finance, internal audit, treasury, information technology support, insurance and tax affairs, including assistance with certain public company reporting obligations; (ii) payroll processing services; (iii) tax compliance services; and (iv) such other services as to which IAC and Match Group may agree, and Match Group agrees to provide IAC informational technology services and such other services as to which IAC and Match Group may agree.

Each of IAC and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest in two aircraft that may be used by both companies. The Company and Expedia purchased the second of these two aircraft during 2013. The Company paid $25 million (50% of the total purchase price and refurbish costs) for its interest. Members of the aircrafts' flight crews are employed by an entity in which each of the Company and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest. The Company and Expedia have agreed to share costs relating to flight crew compensation and benefits pro-rata according to each company's respective usage of the aircraft, for which they are separately billed by the entity described above. The Company and Expedia are related parties since they are under common control, given that Mr. Diller serves as Chairman and Senior Executive of both IAC and Expedia. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, total payments made to this entity by the Company were not material.