TWENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED ANDRESTATED INTERACTIVE MARKETING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.9
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TWENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERACTIVE MARKETING AGREEMENT
This Twenty-Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement (Twenty-Fifth Amendment) is entered into by and between AOL INC., a Delaware corporation (successor in interest to AOL LLC), with its principal place of business at 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 (AOL), and GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation (successor-in-interest to Google Inc., a California corporation) with offices at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (Google), effective as of March 1, 2010 (the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Effective Date). AOL and Google may be referred to individually as a Party and collectively as the Parties.
INTRODUCTION
The Parties hereto wish to further amend that certain Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of October 1, 2003 (the IMA), as amended previously by that certain First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of December 15, 2003 (the First Amendment), that Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 30, 2004 (the Second Amendment), that Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of April 7, 2004 (the Third Amendment), that Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of June 1, 2004 (the Fourth Amendment), that Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of June 14, 2004 (the Fifth Amendment), that Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of December 17, 2004 (the Sixth Amendment), that Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 28, 2005 (the Seventh Amendment), that Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of April 28, 2005 (the Eighth Amendment), that Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of December 15, 2005 (the Ninth Amendment), that Tenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 24, 2006 (the Tenth Amendment), that Eleventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of September 28, 2006 (the Eleventh Amendment), that Twelfth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of December 15, 2006 (the Twelfth Amendment), that Thirteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of January 12, 2007 (the Thirteenth Amendment), that Fourteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of February 16, 2007 (the Fourteenth Amendment), that Fifteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 2, 2007 (the Fifteenth Amendment), that Sixteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of September 24, 2007 (the Sixteenth Amendment), that Seventeenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of February 29, 2008 (the Seventeenth Amendment), that Eighteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 31, 2008 (the Eighteenth Amendment), that Nineteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of April 30, 2008 (the Nineteenth Amendment), that Twentieth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of October 1, 2008 (the Twentieth Amendment), that Twenty-First Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of November 1, 2008 (the Twenty-First Amendment), that
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Twenty-Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of March 13, 2009 (the Twenty-Second Amendment), Twenty-Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of December 4, 2009 (the Twenty-Third Amendment), Twenty-Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement effective as of February 1, 2010 (the Twenty-Fourth Amendment), and that Addendum One to the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Interactive Marketing Agreement dated October 5, 2004 (Addendum One) (the IMA and such amendments and addendum, collectively the Existing Agreement and the Existing Agreement together with this Twenty-Fifth Amendment, the Agreement). Capitalized terms not defined in this Twenty-Fifth Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Existing Agreement.
AGREEMENT
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby amend the Existing Agreement as follows:
1. Twenty-Fourth Amendment.
1.1 Interim Period. The Parties hereto agree to amend the Twenty-Fourth Amendment by deleting the definition of Interim Period set forth in the Twenty-Fourth Amendment in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Interim Period means the period of time beginning on the Spin-Off Date and ending on [****].
The terms of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment (as amended by this Twenty-Fifth Amendment) shall remain in full force and effect.
2. Order of Precedence. This Twenty-Fifth Amendment is supplementary to and modifies the Existing Agreement. The terms of this Twenty-Fifth Amendment supersede provisions in the Existing Agreement only to the extent that the terms of this Twenty-Fifth Amendment and the Existing Agreement expressly conflict. However, nothing in this Twenty-Fifth Amendment shall be interpreted as invalidating the Existing Agreement, and provisions of the Existing Agreement shall continue to govern relations between the Parties insofar as they do not expressly conflict with this Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Furthermore, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendments or other changes made to any terms of the Existing Agreement under this Twenty-Fifth Amendment shall be interpreted to have full force and effect on any other relevant provisions of the Existing Agreement (including, but not limited to, Definitions, Exhibits, and Schedules related thereto), which reference or rely on such amended or changed terms.
3. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Agreement supersedes any other prior or collateral agreements, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
4. Counterparts; Facsimile. This Twenty-Fifth Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same document. This Twenty-Fifth Amendment may be executed by facsimile.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Existing Agreement.
AOL INC. | GOOGLE INC. | |||||||
By: | /s/ Steven Quan | By: | /s/ Nikesh Arora | |||||
Name: | Steven Quan | Name: | Nikesh Arora | |||||
Title: | VP, Business Development | Title: | President, Global Sales and Business Development | |||||
Google Inc. | ||||||||
Date: | 2/26/10 | Date: | 2010.02.26 | |||||
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