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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2010

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-Q




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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2010

Or

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                             to                            

Commission File No. 0-20570



IAC/INTERACTIVECORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  59-2712887
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)

(212) 314-7300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý    No o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ý

  Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No ý

         As of July 23, 2010, the following shares of the registrant's common stock were outstanding:

Common Stock

    91,794,042  

Class B Common Stock

    12,799,999  
       

Total outstanding Common Stock

    104,594,041  
       

         The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of July 23, 2010 was $2,087,054,860. For the purpose of the foregoing calculation only, all directors and executive officers of the registrant are assumed to be affiliates of the registrant.



PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Consolidated Financial Statements


IAC/INTERACTIVECORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

 
  June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009  
 
  (unaudited)
  (audited)
 
 
  (In thousands, except share data)
 
     

ASSETS

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 915,169   $ 1,245,997  

Marketable securities

    551,784     487,591  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $11,687 and $11,283, respectively

    104,971     101,834  

Other current assets

    153,149     164,627  
           
 

Total current assets

    1,725,073     2,000,049  

Property and equipment, net

    288,177     297,412  

Goodwill

    1,043,689     999,355  

Intangible assets, net

    264,270     261,172  

Long-term investments

    216,281     272,930  

Other non-current assets

    177,422     184,971  
           

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 3,714,912   $ 4,015,889  
           
   

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

             

LIABILITIES:

             

Accounts payable, trade

  $ 42,981   $ 39,173  

Deferred revenue

    67,308     57,822  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    216,549     193,282  
           
 

Total current liabilities

    326,838     290,277  

Long-term debt

    95,844     95,844  

Income taxes payable

    461,874     450,129  

Other long-term liabilities

    23,493     23,633  

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

    60,329     28,180  

Commitments and contingencies

             

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

             

Common stock $.001 par value; authorized 1,600,000,000 shares; issued 224,384,202 and 222,657,925 shares, respectively, and outstanding 92,752,831 and 108,131,736 shares, respectively

    224     223  

Class B convertible common stock $.001 par value; authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued 16,157,499 shares and outstanding 12,799,999 shares

    16     16  

Additional paid-in capital

    11,351,718     11,322,993  

Accumulated deficit

    (756,491 )   (751,377 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    3,098     24,503  

Treasury stock 131,631,371 and 114,526,189 shares, respectively

    (7,852,031 )   (7,468,532 )
           
 

Total shareholders' equity

    2,746,534     3,127,826  
           

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

  $ 3,714,912   $ 4,015,889  
           

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands, except per share data)
 

Revenue

  $ 402,858   $ 340,045   $ 788,784   $ 672,055  

Costs and expenses:

                         
 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below)

    144,329     106,721     280,484     219,643  
 

Selling and marketing expense

    120,009     118,902     251,161     251,802  
 

General and administrative expense

    77,336     68,970     154,567     142,604  
 

Product development expense

    15,345     16,422     31,962     34,510  
 

Depreciation

    17,349     16,877     35,244     33,091  
 

Amortization of intangibles

    4,764     8,046     8,113     16,061  
 

Amortization of non-cash marketing

        200         2,505  
 

Goodwill impairment

                1,056  
                   

Total costs and expenses

    379,132     336,138     761,531     701,272  
                   
 

Operating income (loss)

    23,726     3,907     27,253     (29,217 )

Other income (expense):

                         
 

Interest income

    1,666     2,444     3,301     6,172  
 

Interest expense

    (1,323 )   (1,261 )   (2,646 )   (2,725 )
 

Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates

    (4,002 )   (2,165 )   (26,615 )   (4,012 )
 

Other (expense) income

    (247 )   61,811     4,673     61,957  
                   

Total other (expense) income, net

    (3,906 )   60,829     (21,287 )   61,392  
                   

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes

    19,820     64,736     5,966     32,175  

Income tax provision

    (4,956 )   (22,143 )   (8,965 )   (19,464 )
                   

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations

    14,864     42,593     (2,999 )   12,711  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (2,029 )   (2,196 )   (3,490 )   (958 )
                   

Net earnings (loss)

    12,835     40,397     (6,489 )   11,753  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    756     416     1,375     674  
                   

Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 13,591   $ 40,813   $ (5,114 ) $ 12,427  
                   

Per share information attributable to IAC shareholders:

                         
 

Basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations

  $ 0.14   $ 0.29   $ (0.01 ) $ 0.09  
 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations

  $ 0.14   $ 0.29   $ (0.01 ) $ 0.09  
 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

  $ 0.12   $ 0.28   $ (0.05 ) $ 0.08  
 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

  $ 0.12   $ 0.28   $ (0.05 ) $ 0.08  

Non-cash compensation expense by function:

                         
 

Cost of revenue

  $ 1,011   $ 505   $ 1,952   $ 1,329  
 

Selling and marketing expense

    971     583     1,954     1,537  
 

General and administrative expense

    17,951     11,744     36,879     27,188  
 

Product development expense

    1,390     760     2,868     2,118  
                   

Total non-cash compensation expense

  $ 21,323   $ 13,592   $ 43,653   $ 32,172  
                   

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Cash flows from operating activities attributable to continuing operations:

             

Net (loss) earnings

  $ (6,489 ) $ 11,753  

Less: loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    3,490     958  
           

(Loss) earnings from continuing operations

    (2,999 )   12,711  

Adjustments to reconcile (loss) earnings from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities attributable to continuing operations:

             
 

Depreciation

    35,244     33,091  
 

Amortization of intangibles

    8,113     16,061  
 

Amortization of non-cash marketing

        2,505  
 

Goodwill impairment

        1,056  
 

Impairment of long-term investment

        3,884  
 

Non-cash compensation expense

    43,653     32,172  
 

Deferred income taxes

    764     64,123  
 

Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates

    26,615     4,012  
 

Gain on sale of Match Europe

        (116,807 )
 

(Gain) loss on sales of investments

    (3,989 )   12,305  
 

Net decrease in the fair value of the derivative asset related to Arcandor AG stock

        38,204  

Changes in current assets and liabilities:

             
 

Accounts receivable

    (6,252 )   723  
 

Other current assets

    2,445     196  
 

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

    (4,405 )   12,161  
 

Income taxes payable

    15,609     (25,784 )
 

Deferred revenue

    10,349     5,552  

Other, net

    5,486     7,262  
           

Net cash provided by operating activities attributable to continuing operations

    130,633     103,427  
           

Cash flows from investing activities attributable to continuing operations:

             
 

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

    (16,681 )   (11,661 )
 

Capital expenditures

    (25,554 )   (18,616 )
 

Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable debt securities

    366,543     58,602  
 

Purchases of marketable debt securities

    (427,286 )   (187,671 )
 

Proceeds from sales of investments

    5,325     6,498  
 

Purchases of long-term investments

    (796 )   (1,719 )
 

Dividend received from unconsolidated affiliate

    8,800      
 

Receivable created in the sale of Match Europe

        (6,829 )
 

Other, net

    (127 )   (9,077 )
           

Net cash used in investing activities attributable to continuing operations

    (89,776 )   (170,473 )
           

Cash flows from financing activities attributable to continuing operations:

             
 

Purchase of treasury stock

    (379,508 )   (225,094 )
 

Issuance of common stock, net of withholding taxes

    6,592     149,086  
 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards

    4,992     143  
 

Other, net

    5     1,813  
           

Net cash used in financing activities attributable to continuing operations

    (367,919 )   (74,052 )
           

Total cash used in continuing operations

    (327,062 )   (141,098 )

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities attributable to discontinued operations

    466     (964 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (4,232 )   5,490  
           

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

    (330,828 )   (136,572 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    1,245,997     1,744,994  
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 915,169   $ 1,608,422  
           

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements

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IAC/INTERACTIVECORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1—THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations

        IAC is a leading internet company with more than 50 brands serving consumer audiences across more than 30 countries...our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. IAC includes the businesses comprising its Search segment; its Match and ServiceMagic segments; the businesses comprising its Media & Other segment; as well as investments in unconsolidated affiliates.

        All references to "IAC," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us" in this report are to IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Basis of Presentation

        The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, all entities that are wholly-owned by the Company and all entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest, whether through voting interests or variable interests. The Company's consolidated financial statements include one variable interest entity, an entity in which the Company has a controlling financial interest through voting rights and is also the primary beneficiary. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. Investments in entities in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial matters of the investee, but does not own a controlling voting interest, are accounted for using the equity method and are included in "Long-term investments" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

        The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

        Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Accounting Estimates

        The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual amounts could differ materially from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates and judgments including those related to the fair values of financial instruments, long-term investments, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, the useful lives and carrying values of definite-lived intangible assets and property and equipment, the carrying value of accounts receivable, including the determination of the allowances for doubtful accounts and other revenue related allowances, the reserves for income tax contingencies and the valuation allowances for deferred income

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IAC/INTERACTIVECORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 1—THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)


tax assets and the fair value of stock-based awards, among others. The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience, its forecasts and budgets and other factors that the Company considers relevant.

Certain Risks and Concentrations

        A significant portion of the Company's revenue is derived from online advertising, the market for which is highly competitive and rapidly changing. Significant changes in this industry or changes in customer buying behavior or advertiser spending behavior could adversely affect our operating results. A significant majority of the Company's online advertising is attributable to a paid listing supply agreement with Google Inc. ("Google"), which expires on December 31, 2012. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, revenue earned from Google was $174.1 million and $345.7 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, revenue earned from Google was $136.1 million and $265.4 million, respectively. The majority of this revenue is earned by the businesses comprising the Search segment. Accounts receivable related to revenue earned from Google totaled $58.6 million at June 30, 2010 and $55.0 million at December 31, 2009.

NOTE 2—CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS

Property and equipment, net

 
  June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Buildings and leasehold improvements

  $ 224,625   $ 233,829  

Computer equipment and capitalized software

    195,316     188,283  

Furniture and other equipment

    51,545     41,134  

Projects in progress

    10,235     8,655  

Land

    5,117     5,117  
           

    486,838     477,018  

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

    (198,661 )   (179,606 )
           
 

Property and equipment, net

  $ 288,177   $ 297,412  
           

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 2—CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS (Continued)

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 
  June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Balance at January 1

  $ 28,180   $ 22,771  

Noncontrolling interests related to acquisitions

    23,255     3,561  

Contribution from owners of noncontrolling interests

    235     1,750  

Distribution to owners of noncontrolling interests

        (216 )

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (1,375 )   (1,090 )

Change in fair value of redeemable noncontrolling interests

    (5,312 )   1,033  

Noncontrolling interest created by a decrease in ownership of a subsidiary

    15,750      

Change in effect of foreign currency translation

    (404 )   371  
           
 

Balance at end of period

  $ 60,329   $ 28,180  
           

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 
  June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Foreign currency translation, net of tax

  $ 6,601   $ 20,264  

Unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

    (3,503 )   4,239  
           
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax

  $ 3,098   $ 24,503  
           

Other (expense) income

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Gain on sale of Match Europe

  $   $ 116,807   $   $ 116,807  

Net decrease in the fair value of the derivative asset related to Arcandor AG ("ARO") stock

        (38,204 )       (38,204 )

(Loss) gain on sale of investments

        (12,305 )   3,989     (12,305 )

Impairment of shares of ARO stock

        (3,884 )       (3,884 )

Other (expense) income

    (247 )   (603 )   684     (457 )
                   
 

Other (expense) income

  $ (247 ) $ 61,811   $ 4,673   $ 61,957  
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 2—CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS (Continued)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 13,591   $ 40,813   $ (5,114 ) $ 12,427  
                   

Foreign currency translation, net of tax

    (8,990 )   11,065     (13,663 )   6,923  

Changes in net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

    (2,533 )   38,523     (7,742 )   31,771  
                   

Other comprehensive (loss) income

    (11,523 )   49,588     (21,405 )   38,694  
                   
 

Comprehensive income (loss)

  $ 2,068   $ 90,401   $ (26,519 ) $ 51,121  
                   

        The specific-identification method is used to determine the cost of a security sold or the amount of unrealized gains and losses reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings. The amount of unrealized gains, net of tax, reclassified from other comprehensive income and recognized into earnings related to the sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 were less than $0.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The amount of unrealized (losses) gains, net of tax, reclassified from other comprehensive income and recognized into earnings related to the sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was $(4.6) million and $0.3 million, respectively. The amount of unrealized losses, net of tax, reclassified from other comprehensive income and recognized into earnings related to the impairment of shares of ARO stock for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $1.3 million.

NOTE 3—INCOME TAXES

        At the end of each interim period, the Company makes its best estimate of the annual expected effective tax rate and applies that rate to its ordinary year-to-date earnings or loss. The income tax provision or benefit related to significant, unusual, or extraordinary items that will be separately reported or reported net of their related tax effect are individually computed and recognized in the interim period in which those items occur. In addition, the effect of changes in enacted tax laws or rates, tax status, or judgment on the realizability of a beginning-of-the-year deferred tax asset in future years is recognized in the interim period in which the change occurs.

        The computation of the annual expected effective tax rate at each interim period requires certain estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, the expected operating income (or loss) for the year, projections of the proportion of income (or loss) earned and taxed in foreign jurisdictions, permanent and temporary differences, and the likelihood of recovering deferred tax assets generated in the current year. The accounting estimates used to compute the provision or benefit for income taxes may change as new events occur, more experience is acquired, additional information is obtained or our tax environment changes. To the extent that the expected annual effective tax rate changes during a quarter, the effect of the change on prior quarters is included in tax expense for the quarter in which the change occurs. Included in the income tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2009 is a

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 3—INCOME TAXES (Continued)


benefit of $22.1 million due to a higher estimated annual effective tax rate from that applied to the first quarter's ordinary loss from continuing operations. The higher estimated annual effective tax rate was primarily due to the increased impact that forecasted nondeductible and non-taxable items had on a change in forecasted ordinary pre-tax income.

        For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $5.0 million and $9.0 million, respectively, which represent effective tax rates of 25% and 150%, respectively. The tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2010 is lower than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to foreign tax credits, partially offset by interest on tax contingencies and state taxes. The tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2010 is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to a valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset created by the impairment charge for our investment in The HealthCentral Network, Inc. ("HealthCentral"), interest on tax contingencies and state taxes, partially offset by foreign tax credits.

        For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $22.1 million and $19.5 million, respectively, which represent effective tax rates of 34% and 60%, respectively. The tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2009 is lower than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to benefits related to a change in the estimated annual effective tax rate and foreign tax credits related to the sale of Match Europe, substantially offset by non-deductible goodwill associated with the sale of Match Europe, an increase in reserves and related interest for tax contingencies, an increase in the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets related to losses from equity investments and impairments of the Company's shares of ARO stock and the related contingent value right ("CVR"). The tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to non-deductible goodwill associated with the sale of Match Europe, an increase in reserves and related interest for tax contingencies, and an increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets related to the impairments of the Company's shares of ARO stock and the related CVR, offset by foreign tax credits related to the sale of Match Europe.

        At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, unrecognized tax benefits, including interest, were $474.3 million and $462.9 million, respectively. Of the total unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2010, $461.9 million is included in "non-current income taxes payable," $11.8 million relates to deferred tax assets included in "other non-current assets" and $0.6 million is included in "accrued expenses and other current liabilities." Included in unrecognized tax benefits at June 30, 2010 is $110.4 million relating to tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. If unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2010 are subsequently recognized, $98.8 million and $195.4 million, net of related deferred tax assets and interest, would reduce income tax expense from continuing operations and discontinued operations, respectively. In addition, a continuing operations tax provision of $0.9 million would be required upon the subsequent recognition of unrecognized tax benefits for an increase in the Company's valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets.

        The Company recognizes interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Included in income tax expense from continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 is a $2.3 million expense, net of related deferred taxes of $1.6 million, and a $4.7 million expense, net of related deferred taxes of $3.2 million, respectively, for interest on

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NOTE 3—INCOME TAXES (Continued)


unrecognized tax benefits. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has accrued $82.2 million and $68.7 million, respectively, for the payment of interest. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has accrued $5.0 million for penalties.

        The Company is routinely under audit by federal, state, local and foreign authorities in the area of income tax. These audits include questioning the timing and the amount of deductions and the allocation of income among various tax jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2001 through 2006. The statute of limitations for these years has been extended to December 31, 2011. Various state, local and foreign jurisdictions are currently under examination, the most significant of which are California, New York and New York City, for various tax years beginning with December 31, 2003. These examinations are expected to be completed by 2011. Income taxes payable include reserves considered sufficient to pay assessments that may result from examination of prior year tax returns. Changes to reserves from period to period and differences between amounts paid, if any, upon resolution of issues raised in audits and amounts previously provided may be material. Differences between the reserves for tax contingencies and the amounts owed by the Company are recorded in the period they become known. The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that its unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by $18.5 million within twelve months of the current reporting date due to settlements and the reversal of deductible temporary differences which will primarily result in a corresponding increase in net deferred tax liabilities, and statute of limitations expirations. An estimate of other changes in unrecognized tax benefits, while potentially significant, cannot be made.

NOTE 4—MARKETABLE SECURITIES

        At June 30, 2010, available-for-sale marketable securities were as follows (in thousands):

 
  Amortized
Cost
  Gross
Unrealized
Gains
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Estimated
Fair Value
 

Corporate debt securities

  $ 188,781   $ 697   $ (415 ) $ 189,063  

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

    112,004     843     (25 )   112,822  

U.S. Treasury securities

    249,891     14     (6 )   249,899  
                   
 

Total debt securities

    550,676     1,554     (446 )   551,784  
                   
 

Total marketable securities

  $ 550,676   $ 1,554   $ (446 ) $ 551,784  
                   

        The net unrealized gain is included in accumulated other comprehensive income at June 30, 2010.

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NOTE 4—MARKETABLE SECURITIES (Continued)

        The contractual maturities of debt securities classified as available-for-sale as of June 30, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

 
  Amortized
Cost
  Estimated
Fair Value
 

Due in one year or less

  $ 404,420   $ 404,806  

Due after one year through five years

    146,256     146,978  
           
 

Total

  $ 550,676   $ 551,784  
           

        The following table summarizes those investments with unrealized losses at June 30, 2010 that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer (in thousands):

 
  Less than
12 months
  12 months
or longer
  Total  
 
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 

Corporate debt securities

  $ 77,817   $ (415 ) $   $   $ 77,817   $ (415 )

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

    10,985     (25 )           10,985     (25 )

U.S. Treasury securities

    99,950     (6 )           99,950     (6 )
                           
 

Total

  $ 188,752   $ (446 ) $   $   $ 188,752   $ (446 )
                           

        Substantially all of the Company's debt securities are rated investment grade or better. Because the Company does not intend to sell any marketable securities and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell any marketable securities before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider any of its marketable securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.

        The following table presents the proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities and the related gross realized gains and losses (in thousands):

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  

Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities

  $ 170,878   $ 38,714   $ 371,868   $ 65,100  

Gross realized gains

    83     230     4,332     375  

Gross realized losses

    (7 )   (12,305 )   (7 )   (12,305 )

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NOTE 4—MARKETABLE SECURITIES (Continued)

        Gross realized gains and losses from the sale of marketable securities are included in "Other (expense) income" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. Gross realized gains from the sale of our remaining shares of Open Table, Inc. in 2010 and gross realized losses from the sale of 4.3 million shares of ARO stock in 2009 are included in "Other (expense) income" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

        At December 31, 2009, available-for-sale marketable securities were as follows (in thousands):

 
  Amortized
Cost
  Gross
Unrealized
Gains
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Estimated
Fair Value
 

Corporate debt securities

  $ 194,609   $ 841   $ (258 ) $ 195,192  

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

    110,650     1,228     (15 )   111,863  

U.S. Treasury securities

    174,929     16     (2 )   174,943  

Other fixed term obligations

    705         (17 )   688  
                   
 

Total debt securities

    480,893     2,085     (292 )   482,686  
 

Equity securities

    1,336     3,569         4,905  
                   
 

Total marketable securities

  $ 482,229   $ 5,654   $ (292 ) $ 487,591  
                   

        The net unrealized gain is included in accumulated other comprehensive income at December 31, 2009.

        The following table summarizes those investments with unrealized losses at December 31, 2009 that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer (in thousands):

 
  Less than 12 months   12 months or longer   Total  
 
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  Fair
Value
  Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 

Corporate debt securities

  $ 74,839   $ (176 ) $ 519   $ (82 ) $ 75,358   $ (258 )

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

    4,501     (15 )           4,501     (15 )

U.S. Treasury securities

    49,965     (2 )           49,965     (2 )

Other fixed term obligations

            688     (17 )   688     (17 )
                           
 

Total

  $ 129,305   $ (193 ) $ 1,207   $ (99 ) $ 130,512   $ (292 )
                           

NOTE 5—EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES

        At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company's equity investments in unconsolidated affiliates totaled $148.2 million and $200.4 million, respectively, and are included in "Long-term investments" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

        During the first quarter of 2010, the Company recorded an $18.3 million impairment charge to write-down its investment in HealthCentral to fair value. The decline in value was determined to be other-than-temporary due to HealthCentral's continued losses and negative operating cash flows, which are due, in part, to macroeconomic and industry specific factors. The valuation of our investment in

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NOTE 5—EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES (Continued)


HealthCentral reflects the Company's assessment of these factors. The Company estimated the fair value of its investment in HealthCentral using a multiple of revenue approach in the context of a different valuation environment than that which prevailed when our initial investment was made.

        The Company records its share of the results of HealthCentral on a one-quarter lag and, along with the related impairment charge described above, includes it within "Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

        Summarized financial information for HealthCentral is as follows:

 
  Six Months
Ended March 31,
 
 
  2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Net sales

  $ 9,950   $ 6,124  

Gross profit

  $ 6,319   $ 4,033  

Net loss

  $ (5,598 ) $ (3,648 )

NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

        The Company categorizes its assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

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NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

        The following tables present the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 
  June 30, 2010  
 
  Quoted Market
Prices in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Total
Fair Value
Measurements
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Cash equivalents:

                         
 

Treasury and government agency money market funds

  $ 393,828   $   $   $ 393,828  
 

Commercial paper

        364,617         364,617  
 

U.S. Treasury securities

    24,999             24,999  
 

Time deposits

        62,050         62,050  

Marketable securities:

                         
 

Corporate debt securities

        189,063         189,063  
 

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

        112,822         112,822  
 

U.S. Treasury securities

    249,899             249,899  

Long-term investments:

                         
 

Marketable equity security

    12,059             12,059  
 

Auction rate securities

            11,255     11,255  
                   

Total

  $ 680,785   $ 728,552   $ 11,255   $ 1,420,592  
                   

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NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

 

 
  December 31, 2009  
 
  Quoted Market
Prices in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Total
Fair Value
Measurements
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Cash equivalents:

                         
 

Treasury and government agency money market funds

  $ 807,257   $   $   $ 807,257  
 

Commercial paper

        300,226         300,226  
 

U.S. Treasury securities

    25,000             25,000  
 

Time deposits

        41,850         41,850  
 

Corporate debt securities

        1,915         1,915  

Marketable securities:

                         
 

Corporate debt securities

        195,192         195,192  
 

States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions

        111,863         111,863  
 

U.S. Treasury securities

    174,943             174,943  
 

Other fixed term obligations

        688         688  
 

Equity securities

    4,905             4,905  

Long-term investments:

                         
 

Marketable equity security

    15,608             15,608  
 

Auction rate securities

            12,635     12,635  
                   

Total

  $ 1,027,713   $ 651,734   $ 12,635   $ 1,692,082  
                   

        The following tables present the changes in the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009  
 
  Auction Rate
Securities
  Auction Rate
Securities
  Derivative
Asset Related
to ARO Stock
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Balance at April 1

  $ 13,420   $ 10,020   $ 53,582  

Total net gains (losses) (realized and unrealized):

                   
 

Included in earnings

            (38,204 )
 

Included in other comprehensive income

    (2,165 )   1,350     3,472  
               

Balance at June 30

  $ 11,255   $ 11,370   $ 18,850  
               

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NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

 

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009  
 
  Auction Rate
Securities
  Auction Rate
Securities
  Derivative
Asset Related
to ARO Stock
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Balance at January 1

  $ 12,635   $ 10,725   $ 57,189  

Total net gains (losses) (realized and unrealized):

                   
 

Included in earnings

            (38,204 )
 

Included in other comprehensive income

    (1,380 )   645     (135 )
               

Balance at June 30

  $ 11,255   $ 11,370   $ 18,850  
               

        The losses included in earnings relating to the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs were unrealized and are included in "Other (expense) income" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

Marketable equity security

        The cost basis of this marketable equity security is $12.9 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, with a gross unrealized loss of $0.8 million at June 30, 2010 and a gross unrealized gain of $2.7 million at December 31, 2009 included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Because the Company does not intend to sell this marketable equity security and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell this security before recovery of its cost basis, the Company does not consider this security to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010.

Auction rate securities

        Historically, the Company's auction rate securities ("ARS") had determinable market values arising from the auction process. However, these auctions began to fail in the third quarter of 2007. As a result of these failed auctions, the ARS no longer have readily determinable market values and are instead valued by discounting the estimated future cash flow streams of the securities over the lives of the securities. Credit spreads and other risk factors are also considered in establishing a fair value. At June 30, 2010, the ARS are rated either A+/WR or A/WR. The cost basis of these ARS is $15.0 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, with gross unrealized losses of $3.7 million and $2.4 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Due to their high credit rating and because the Company does not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before the recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider the ARS to be other-than-temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010. The unrealized losses are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The ARS mature in 2025 and 2035.

Derivative asset related to ARO stock

        The CVR was accounted for as a derivative asset and maintained at fair value relying on significant unobservable inputs including credit risk. During the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company

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NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)


wrote the value of the CVR down to zero. This reflected the increased credit risk due to ARO's insolvency filing and the Company's assessment of the value that it expects to recover.

Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

        The Company's non-financial assets, such as goodwill, intangible assets and property and equipment, as well as equity and cost method investments, are measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment and recorded at fair value only when an impairment charge is recognized. Such impairment charges incorporate fair value measurements based on level 3 inputs. See Note 5 for a description of an impairment charge recorded in the first quarter of 2010 related to an equity method investment.

NOTE 7—FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

        The fair value of financial instruments listed below has been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.

 
  June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009  
 
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair
Value
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 915,169   $ 915,169   $ 1,245,997   $ 1,245,997  

Marketable securities

    551,784     551,784     487,591     487,591  

Long-term marketable equity security

    12,059     12,059     15,608     15,608  

Auction rate securities

    11,255     11,255     12,635     12,635  

Notes receivable

    3,807     3,151     3,271     2,426  

Long-term debt

    (95,844 )   (88,339 )   (95,844 )   (77,123 )

Guarantee and letters of credit

    N/A     (410 )   N/A     (535 )

        The carrying amounts of cash equivalents approximate fair value due to their short-term maturity. The fair value of notes receivable is based on discounting the expected future cash flow streams using yields of the underlying credit. The fair value of long-term debt is estimated using quoted market prices or indices for similar liabilities and taking into consideration other factors such as credit quality and maturity. The fair values of the guarantee and letters of credit are based on the present value of the costs associated with maintaining these instruments over their expected term. See Note 4 for discussion of the fair value of marketable securities and Note 6 for discussion of the fair value of the long-term marketable equity security and auction rate securities.

        Investments accounted for under the cost method are included in "Long-term investments" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and have a carrying value of $44.7 million and $44.3 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company evaluates each cost method investment for impairment on a quarterly basis and recognizes an impairment loss if a decline in value is determined to be other-than-temporary. Such impairment evaluations include, but are not limited to: the current business environment, including competition; going concern considerations such as financial condition, the rate at which the investee company utilizes cash and the investee company's ability to obtain additional financing to achieve its business plan; the need for changes to the investee company's existing business model due to changing business environments and its ability to successfully implement necessary changes; and comparable valuations. If the Company has not identified events or changes in

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NOTE 7—FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)


circumstances that may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of a cost method investment, then the fair value of such cost method investment is not estimated, as it is impracticable to do so.

NOTE 8—EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

        The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to IAC shareholders.

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009  
 
  Basic   Diluted   Basic   Diluted  
 
  (In thousands, except per share data)
 

Numerator:

                         

Earnings from continuing operations

  $ 14,864   $ 14,864   $ 42,593   $ 42,593  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    756     756     416     416  
                   

Earnings from continuing operations attributable to IAC shareholders

    15,620     15,620     43,009     43,009  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (2,029 )   (2,029 )   (2,196 )   (2,196 )
                   

Net earnings attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 13,591   $ 13,591   $ 40,813   $ 40,813  
                   

Denominator:

                         

Weighted average basic shares outstanding

    109,287     109,287     146,492     146,492  

Dilutive securities including stock options, warrants, RSUs and PSUs(a)

        3,320         1,578  
                   

Denominator for earnings per share—weighted average shares(a)

    109,287     112,607     146,492     148,070  
                   

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to IAC shareholders:

                         

Earnings per share from continuing operations

  $ 0.14   $ 0.14   $ 0.29   $ 0.29  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    (0.02 )   (0.02 )   (0.01 )   (0.01 )
                   

Earnings per share

  $ 0.12   $ 0.12   $ 0.28   $ 0.28  
                   

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NOTE 8—EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Continued)

 

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   2009  
 
  Basic   Diluted   Basic   Diluted  
 
  (In thousands, except per share data)
 

Numerator:

                         

(Loss) earnings from continuing operations

  $ (2,999 ) $ (2,999 ) $ 12,711   $ 12,711  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    1,375     1,375     674     674  
                   

(Loss) earnings from continuing operations attributable to IAC shareholders

    (1,624 )   (1,624 )   13,385     13,385  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (3,490 )   (3,490 )   (958 )   (958 )
                   

Net (loss) earnings attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ (5,114 ) $ (5,114 ) $ 12,427   $ 12,427  
                   

Denominator:

                         

Weighted average basic shares outstanding

    112,847     112,847     147,130     147,130  

Dilutive securities including stock options, warrants, RSUs and PSUs(a)(b)

                1,910  
                   

Denominator for earnings per share—weighted average shares(a)(b)

    112,847     112,847     147,130     149,040  
                   

(Loss) earnings per share attributable to IAC shareholders:

                         

(Loss) earnings per share from continuing operations

  $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ 0.09   $ 0.09  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    (0.04 )   (0.04 )   (0.01 )   (0.01 )
                   

(Loss) earnings per share

  $ (0.05 ) $ (0.05 ) $ 0.08   $ 0.08  
                   

(a)
If the effect is dilutive, weighted average common shares outstanding include the incremental shares that would be issued upon the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants and vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs") and performance stock units ("PSUs"). For the three months ended June 30, 2010, approximately 24.0 million shares related to potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, approximately 35.9 million and 36.1 million shares, respectively, related to potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

(b)
For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company had a loss from continuing operations and as a result, no potentially dilutive securities were included in the denominator for computing dilutive earnings per share because the impact would have been anti-dilutive. Accordingly, the weighted average basic shares outstanding were used to compute all earnings per share amounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, approximately 38.2 million shares related to potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

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NOTE 9—SEGMENT INFORMATION

        The overall concept that IAC employs in determining its operating segments is to present the financial information in a manner consistent with how the chief operating decision maker and executive management view the businesses, how the businesses are organized as to segment management, and the focus of the businesses with regards to the types of services or products offered or the target market. Entities included in discontinued operations are excluded from the tables below. Operating segments are combined for reporting purposes if they meet certain aggregation criteria, which principally relate to the similarity of their economic characteristics or, in the case of Media & Other, do not meet the quantitative thresholds that require presentation as separate operating segments.

        In the fourth quarter of 2009, IAC renamed and realigned its reportable segments. The Media & Advertising segment was renamed "Search," and the Emerging Businesses segment was renamed "Media & Other." Further, Evite was moved from the Search segment (formerly Media & Advertising) to the Media & Other segment (formerly Emerging Businesses).

 
  Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Revenue:

                         
 

Search

  $ 197,194   $ 166,583   $ 396,155   $ 332,556  
 

Match

    96,961     88,291     186,236     178,351  
 

ServiceMagic

    49,519     42,400     91,731     73,753  
 

Media & Other

    59,628     44,494     115,491     90,876  
 

Inter-segment elimination

    (444 )   (1,723 )   (829 )   (3,481 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 402,858   $ 340,045   $ 788,784   $ 672,055  
                   

 

 
  Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Operating Income (Loss):

                         
 

Search

  $ 31,617   $ 9,118   $ 62,674   $ 10,327  
 

Match

    25,490     28,397     39,192     38,139  
 

ServiceMagic

    5,748     5,680     8,144     7,683  
 

Media & Other

    (3,933 )   (10,222 )   (13,143 )   (23,043 )
 

Corporate

    (35,196 )   (29,066 )   (69,614 )   (62,323 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 23,726   $ 3,907   $ 27,253   $ (29,217 )
                   

        The Company's primary metric is Operating Income Before Amortization, which is defined as operating income excluding, if applicable: (1) non-cash compensation expense, (2) amortization of non-cash marketing, (3) amortization and impairment of intangibles, (4) goodwill impairment, (5) pro forma adjustments for significant acquisitions, and (6) one-time items. The Company believes this measure is useful to investors because it represents the operating results from IAC's segments, taking into account depreciation, which it believes is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the effects of any other non-cash expenses. Operating Income Before Amortization has certain limitations in that it does not take into account the impact to IAC's statement of operations of certain expenses,

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NOTE 9—SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)


including non-cash compensation, non-cash marketing, and acquisition related accounting. IAC endeavors to compensate for the limitations of the non-U.S. GAAP measure presented by providing the comparable U.S. GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence, financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and descriptions of the reconciling items, including quantifying such items, to derive the non-U.S. GAAP measure.

 
  Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Operating Income Before Amortization:

                         
 

Search

  $ 32,043   $ 15,881   $ 63,584   $ 26,136  
 

Match

    29,104     28,546     43,910     38,487  
 

ServiceMagic

    6,125     6,709     8,984     9,510  
 

Media & Other

    (3,242 )   (9,236 )   (10,076 )   (20,413 )
 

Corporate

    (14,217 )   (16,155 )   (27,383 )   (31,143 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 49,813   $ 25,745   $ 79,019   $ 22,577  
                   

        The following tables reconcile Operating Income Before Amortization to operating income (loss) for the Company's reporting segments and to net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders in total (in thousands):

 
  Three Months Ended June 30, 2010  
 
  Operating
Income Before
Amortization
  Non-Cash
Compensation
Expense
  Amortization
of Intangibles
  Operating
Income
(Loss)
 

Search

  $ 32,043   $ (89 ) $ (337 ) $ 31,617  

Match

    29,104     179     (3,793 )   25,490  

ServiceMagic

    6,125         (377 )   5,748  

Media & Other

    (3,242 )   (434 )   (257 )   (3,933 )

Corporate

    (14,217 )   (20,979 )       (35,196 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 49,813   $ (21,323 ) $ (4,764 )   23,726  
                     

Other expense, net

    (3,906 )
                         

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes

    19,820  

Income tax provision

    (4,956 )
                         

Earnings from continuing operations

    14,864  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (2,029 )
                         

Net earnings

    12,835  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    756  
                         

Net earnings attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 13,591  
                         

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 9—SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

 

 
  Three Months Ended June 30, 2009  
 
  Operating
Income Before
Amortization
  Non-Cash
Compensation
Expense
  Amortization
of Intangibles
  Amortization
of Non-Cash
Marketing
  Operating
Income
(Loss)
 

Search

  $ 15,881   $ (148 ) $ (6,415 ) $ (200 ) $ 9,118  

Match

    28,546     (25 )   (124 )       28,397  

ServiceMagic

    6,709         (1,029 )       5,680  

Media & Other

    (9,236 )   (508 )   (478 )       (10,222 )

Corporate

    (16,155 )   (12,911 )           (29,066 )
                       
 

Total

  $ 25,745   $ (13,592 ) $ (8,046 ) $ (200 )   3,907  
                         

Other income, net

    60,829  
                               

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes

    64,736  

Income tax provision

    (22,143 )
                               

Earnings from continuing operations

    42,593  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (2,196 )
                               

Net earnings

    40,397  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    416  
                               

Net earnings attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 40,813  
                               

 

 
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2010  
 
  Operating
Income Before
Amortization
  Non-Cash
Compensation
Expense
  Amortization
of Intangibles
  Operating
Income
(Loss)
 

Search

  $ 63,584   $ (236 ) $ (674 ) $ 62,674  

Match

    43,910     153     (4,871 )   39,192  

ServiceMagic

    8,984         (840 )   8,144  

Media & Other

    (10,076 )   (1,339 )   (1,728 )   (13,143 )

Corporate

    (27,383 )   (42,231 )       (69,614 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 79,019   $ (43,653 ) $ (8,113 )   27,253  
                     

Other expense, net

    (21,287 )
                         

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes

    5,966  

Income tax provision

    (8,965 )
                         

Loss from continuing operations

    (2,999 )

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (3,490 )
                         

Net loss

    (6,489 )

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    1,375  
                         

Net loss attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ (5,114 )
                         

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 9—SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

 

 
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2009  
 
  Operating
Income Before
Amortization
  Non-Cash
Compensation
Expense
  Amortization
of Intangibles
  Amortization
of Non-Cash
Marketing
  Goodwill
Impairment
  Operating
Income
(Loss)
 

Search

  $ 26,136   $ (295 ) $ (13,009 ) $ (2,505 ) $   $ 10,327  

Match

    38,487     (102 )   (246 )           38,139  

ServiceMagic

    9,510     (150 )   (1,677 )           7,683  

Media & Other

    (20,413 )   (445 )   (1,129 )       (1,056 )   (23,043 )

Corporate

    (31,143 )   (31,180 )               (62,323 )
                           
 

Total

  $ 22,577   $ (32,172 ) $ (16,061 ) $ (2,505 ) $ (1,056 )   (29,217 )
                             

Other income, net

    61,392  
                                     

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes

    32,175  

Income tax provision

    (19,464 )
                                     

Earnings from continuing operations

    12,711  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (958 )
                                     

Net earnings

    11,753  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    674  
                                     

Net earnings attributable to IAC shareholders

  $ 12,427  
                                     

        The following table presents depreciation by segment:

 
  Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Depreciation:

                         
 

Search

  $ 9,952   $ 8,416   $ 19,015   $ 16,725  
 

Match

    2,878     2,399     5,906     4,807  
 

ServiceMagic

    1,078     793     1,996     1,594  
 

Media & Other

    1,290     2,428     3,932     4,365  
 

Corporate

    2,151     2,841     4,395     5,600  
                   
 

Total

  $ 17,349   $ 16,877   $ 35,244   $ 33,091  
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NOTE 9—SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

        The Company maintains operations in the United States, the United Kingdom and other international territories. Geographic information about the United States and international territories is presented below:

 
  Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
  2010   2009   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Revenue:

                         
 

United States

  $ 353,969   $ 283,969   $ 689,396   $ 555,876  
 

All other countries

    48,889     56,076     99,388     116,179  
                   
 

Total

  $ 402,858   $ 340,045   $ 788,784   $ 672,055  
                   

 

 
  June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Long-lived assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets):

             
 

United States

  $ 287,151   $ 296,543  
 

All other countries

    1,026     869  
           
 

Total

  $ 288,177   $ 297,412  
           

NOTE 10—CONTINGENCIES

        In the ordinary course of business, the Company is a party to various lawsuits. The Company establishes reserves for specific legal matters when it determines that the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the loss is reasonably estimable. Management has also identified certain other legal matters where we believe an unfavorable outcome is not probable and, therefore, no reserve is established. Although management currently believes that resolving claims against us, including claims where an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible, will not have a material impact on the liquidity, results of operations, or financial condition of the Company, these matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and management's view of these matters may change in the future. The Company also evaluates other contingent matters, including tax contingencies, to assess the probability and estimated extent of potential loss. It is possible that an unfavorable outcome of one or more of these lawsuits or other contingencies could have a material impact on the liquidity, results of operations, or financial condition of the Company. See Note 3 for additional information related to income tax contingencies.

NOTE 11—SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

        During June 2010, Meetic S.A. ("Meetic") declared a dividend. IAC's share of the dividend was $11.4 million in total. IAC received $8.8 million of the dividend in June 2010 and the balance in July 2010.

Non-Cash Transactions for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

        On March 10, 2010, Match and Meetic completed a transaction in which Match contributed its Latin American business ("Match Latam") and Meetic contributed its Latin American business

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NOTE 11—SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Continued)


("Parperfeito") to a newly formed venture. These contributions, along with a $3.0 million payment from Match to Meetic, resulted in each party owning a 50% equity interest in the newly formed venture, which was valued at $72 million. Match controls the venture through its voting interests. Accordingly, this transaction was accounted for as an acquisition of Parperfeito and a decrease in ownership of Match Latam. No gain or loss was recognized on this transaction as the fair value of the consideration received by Match equaled the fair value of the assets exchanged.

Non-Cash Transactions for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

        On June 5, 2009, IAC completed the sale of Match Europe to Meetic. In exchange for Match Europe, IAC received a 27% stake in Meetic (approximately 6.1 million shares of Meetic common stock), valued at $154.8 million, plus a promissory note valued at $6.2 million. The promissory note was subsequently paid in the fourth quarter of 2009.

        On January 31, 2009, IAC completed the sale of ReserveAmerica to The Active Network, Inc. ("Active"). In exchange for ReserveAmerica, IAC received approximately 3.5 million shares of Active convertible preferred stock, valued at $33.3 million. No gain or loss was recognized on the sale of ReserveAmerica as the fair value of the Active convertible preferred stock received was equivalent to the carrying value of ReserveAmerica.

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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

GENERAL

Management Overview

        IAC is a leading internet company with more than 50 brands serving consumer audiences across more than 30 countries... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. IAC includes the businesses comprising its Search segment; its Match and ServiceMagic segments; the businesses comprising its Media & Other segment; as well as investments in unconsolidated affiliates.

        All references to "IAC," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us" in this report are to IAC/InterActiveCorp.

        For a more detailed presentation of the Company's operating businesses, see the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Results of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009

        Set forth below are the contributions made by our various segments and corporate operations to consolidated revenue, operating income (loss) and Operating Income Before Amortization (as defined in IAC's Principles of Financial Reporting) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands).

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   Growth   2009*   2010   Growth   2009*  

Revenue:

                                     

Search

  $ 197,194     18 % $ 166,583   $ 396,155     19 % $ 332,556  

Match

    96,961     10 %   88,291     186,236     4 %   178,351  

ServiceMagic

    49,519     17 %   42,400     91,731     24 %   73,753  

Media & Other

    59,628     34 %   44,494     115,491     27 %   90,876  

Inter-segment elimination

    (444 )   74 %   (1,723 )   (829 )   76 %   (3,481 )
                               
 

Total

  $ 402,858     18 % $ 340,045   $ 788,784     17 % $ 672,055  
                               

 

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   Growth   2009*   2010   Growth   2009*  

Operating Income (Loss):

                                     

Search

  $ 31,617     247 % $ 9,118   $ 62,674     507 % $ 10,327  

Match

    25,490     (10 )%   28,397     39,192     3 %   38,139  

ServiceMagic

    5,748     1 %   5,680     8,144     6 %   7,683  

Media & Other

    (3,933 )   62 %   (10,222 )   (13,143 )   43 %   (23,043 )

Corporate

    (35,196 )   (21 )%   (29,066 )   (69,614 )   (12 )%   (62,323 )
                               
 

Total

  $ 23,726     507 % $ 3,907   $ 27,253     NM   $ (29,217 )
                               

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  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   Growth   2009*   2010   Growth   2009*  

Operating Income Before Amortization:

                                     

Search

  $ 32,043     102 % $ 15,881   $ 63,584     143 % $ 26,136  

Match

    29,104     2 %   28,546     43,910     14 %   38,487  

ServiceMagic

    6,125     (9 )%   6,709     8,984     (6 )%   9,510  

Media & Other

    (3,242 )   65 %   (9,236 )   (10,076 )   51 %   (20,413 )

Corporate

    (14,217 )   12 %   (16,155 )   (27,383 )   12 %   (31,143 )
                               
 

Total

  $ 49,813     93 % $ 25,745   $ 79,019     250 % $ 22,577  
                               

*
In the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company renamed and realigned its reportable segments. The Media & Advertising segment was renamed "Search" and the Emerging Businesses segment was renamed "Media & Other". Further, Evite was moved from the Search segment (formerly Media & Advertising) to the Media & Other segment (formerly Emerging Businesses). Certain prior year amounts were reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

        Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements for reconciliations by segment of Operating Income Before Amortization to operating income (loss).

Consolidated Results

Revenue

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Revenue

  $ 402,858     18%   $ 340,045  

        Revenue in 2010 increased $62.8 million from 2009 primarily as a result of revenue increases of $30.6 million from Search, $15.1 million from Media & Other, $8.7 million from Match and $7.1 million from ServiceMagic. The increase from Search reflects an increase in proprietary queries and growth in distributed toolbars. The increase in revenue from Media & Other was driven by the contribution from Notional, which was not in the prior year period, and strong growth at Pronto, Gifts.com and CollegeHumor. The increase in revenue from Match reflects strong growth from the domestic business, including the combined contribution from People Media, acquired July 13, 2009, and Singlesnet, acquired March 2, 2010, as well as the impact of Match's newly formed venture with Meetic S.A. ("Meetic") in Latin America, partially offset by a decrease in revenue due to the sale of Match Europe to Meetic on June 5, 2009. The increase in revenue from ServiceMagic was primarily due to a 21% increase in domestic service requests and a 25% increase in accepted domestic service requests driven by increased marketing efforts and a more active service provider network.

        A significant component of the Company's revenue is attributable to a paid listing supply agreement with Google Inc. ("Google"), which expires on December 31, 2012. For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, revenue earned from Google was $174.1 million and $136.1 million, respectively. The majority of this revenue is earned by the businesses comprising the Search segment.

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  Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Revenue

  $ 788,784     17%   $ 672,055  

        Revenue in 2010 increased $116.7 million from 2009 primarily as a result of revenue increases of $63.6 million from Search, $24.6 million from Media & Other, $18.0 million from ServiceMagic and $7.9 million from Match. The increases in revenue from these businesses are due primarily to the factors described above in the three month discussion. The revenue from Media & Other was further impacted from the inclusion in the current year period of revenue associated with profit participations related to our interests in Reveille, partially offset by revenue in the prior year period associated with ReserveAmerica before its sale on January 31, 2009.

        For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, revenue earned from Google was $345.7 million and $265.4 million, respectively.

Cost of revenue

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Cost of revenue

  $ 144,329     35%   $ 106,721  

As a percentage of revenue

    36%     444  bp     31%
 

        Cost of revenue consists primarily of traffic acquisition costs, compensation and other employee-related costs (including stock-based compensation) for personnel engaged in data center functions, the cost of products sold and shipping and handling costs. Traffic acquisition costs consist of revenue share payments to partners that have distributed toolbars and/or integrated paid listings into their websites and similar arrangements with third parties who direct traffic to our websites.

        Cost of revenue in 2010 increased $37.6 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $28.3 million from Search and $5.6 million from Media & Other. The increase in cost of revenue from Search was primarily due to an increase of $24.9 million in traffic acquisition costs related to an increase in revenue. As a percentage of revenue, traffic acquisition costs increased over the prior year period due to an increase in the proportion of revenue from distributed toolbars and similar arrangements with third parties who direct traffic to our websites, as well as a shift in partner mix to partners carrying higher traffic acquisition costs. Cost of revenue from Media & Other increased primarily due to Notional, which was not in the prior year period.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Cost of revenue

  $ 280,484     28%   $ 219,643  

As a percentage of revenue

    36%     288  bp     33%
 

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        Cost of revenue in 2010 increased $60.8 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $53.6 million from Search and $6.3 million from Media & Other. The increases in cost of revenue from both Search and Media & Other are due primarily to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

Selling and marketing expense

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Selling and marketing expense

  $ 120,009     1%   $ 118,902

As a percentage of revenue

    30%     (518)  bp     35%

        Selling and marketing expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional expenditures and compensation and other employee-related costs (including stock-based compensation) for personnel engaged in sales functions, marketing and promotion. Advertising and promotional expenditures include online marketing, including fees paid to search engines and third parties that distribute our toolbars, and offline marketing, including television and radio advertising.

        Selling and marketing expense in 2010 increased $1.1 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $6.1 million from ServiceMagic, $3.0 million from Media & Other and $2.6 million from Match, partially offset by a decrease of $10.9 million from Search. The increase in selling and marketing expense from ServiceMagic is due to an increase of $3.5 million in online and offline marketing and an increase in compensation and other employee-related costs, due in part, to the continued expansion of its sales force. Selling and marketing expense from Media & Other increased primarily due to an increase of $1.9 million in online marketing at Pronto. The increase in selling and marketing expense from Match is due to an increase of $2.2 million in advertising and promotional expenditures primarily associated with its recent acquisitions, partially offset by the sale of Match Europe. The decrease in selling and marketing expense from Search is primarily due to lower advertising and promotional expenditures of $6.6 million, as the prior year period included expenditures associated with the NASCAR partnership and an ad campaign to rebrand the UK.Ask.com website. Also contributing to the decrease in selling and marketing expense from Search is a decrease in compensation and other-employee related costs at CityGrid Media (formerly Citysearch), due in part, to a decrease in average headcount.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Selling and marketing expense

  $ 251,161     0%   $ 251,802

As a percentage of revenue

    32%     (563)  bp     37%

        Selling and marketing expense in 2010 decreased $0.6 million from 2009 primarily due to a decrease of $22.7 million from Search, partially offset by increases of $15.3 million from ServiceMagic and $4.8 million from Media & Other. The decrease in selling and marketing expense from Search and the increases in selling and marketing expense from ServiceMagic and Media & Other are primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

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General and administrative expense

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

General and administrative expense

  $ 77,336     12%   $ 68,970

As a percentage of revenue

    19%     (109)  bp     20%

        General and administrative expense consists primarily of compensation and other employee-related costs (including stock-based compensation) for personnel engaged in executive management, finance, legal, tax and human resources, facilities costs and fees for professional services.

        General and administrative expense in 2010 increased $8.4 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $5.1 million from corporate and $2.9 million from Media & Other. The increase from corporate is due to an increase of $6.3 million in non-cash compensation expense related to equity grants issued subsequent to the second quarter of 2009 and the favorable impact of forfeited awards in the prior year, partially offset by lower salary expense and professional fees. General and administrative expense from Media & Other increased primarily due to Electus, which was not in the prior year period, and increased operating expenses associated with Vimeo.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

General and administrative expense

  $ 154,567     8%   $ 142,604

As a percentage of revenue

    20%     (162)  bp     21%

        General and administrative expense in 2010 increased $12.0 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $6.9 million from Media & Other and $6.7 million from corporate. General and administrative expense from Media & Other increased primarily due to Electus and Notional, which were not in the prior year period, as well as increased operating expenses associated with Vimeo and Evite, partially offset by the cost savings related to certain businesses that have been sold or shutdown. The increase from corporate is principally due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

Product development expense

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Product development expense

  $ 15,345     (7)%   $ 16,422

As a percentage of revenue

    4%     (102)  bp     5%

        Product development expense consists primarily of compensation and other employee-related costs (including stock-based compensation) that are not capitalized for personnel engaged in the design, development, testing and enhancement of product offerings and related technology.

        Product development expense in 2010 decreased $1.1 million from 2009 primarily due to a decrease of $2.5 million from Search, partially offset by an increase of $0.9 million from Match. Contributing to the decrease in product development expense at Search is a decrease in average

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headcount at IAC Search & Media and an increase in costs being capitalized in the current year period related to the development and enhancement of IAC Search & Media's product offerings and related technology. The increase in product development expense from Match is primarily due to an increase in compensation and other employee-related costs driven by growth in headcount related to recent acquisitions.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Product development expense

  $ 31,962     (7)%   $ 34,510

As a percentage of revenue

    4%     (108)  bp     5%

        Product development expense in 2010 decreased $2.5 million from 2009 primarily due to a decrease of $4.6 million from Search, partially offset by an increase of $1.5 million from Match. The decrease in product development expense from Search and the increase in product development expense from Match are due primarily to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

Depreciation

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Depreciation expense

  $ 17,349     3%   $ 16,877

As a percentage of revenue

    4%     (66)  bp     5%

        Depreciation in 2010 increased $0.5 million from 2009 primarily due to the write-off of certain capitalized software costs and the incremental depreciation associated with capital expenditures made during 2010 and 2009, partially offset by certain fixed assets becoming fully depreciated.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Depreciation expense

  $ 35,244     7%   $ 33,091

As a percentage of revenue

    4%     (46)  bp     5%

        Depreciation in 2010 increased $2.2 million from 2009 primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

Operating Income Before Amortization

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Operating Income Before Amortization

  $ 49,813     93%   $ 25,745

As a percentage of total revenue

    12%     479  bp     8%

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        Operating Income Before Amortization in 2010 increased $24.1 million from 2009 primarily due to an increase of $16.2 million from Search and reduced losses of $6.0 million at Media & Other. The increase in Operating Income Before Amortization reflects higher revenue and lower marketing costs from Search, and decreased losses at Media & Other, due in part, to the cost savings related to certain businesses that have been sold or shutdown.

 
  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Operating Income Before Amortization

  $ 79,019     250%   $ 22,577

As a percentage of total revenue

    10%     666  bp     3%

        Operating Income Before Amortization in 2010 increased $56.4 million from 2009 primarily due to increases of $37.4 million and $5.4 million from Search and Match, respectively, and reduced losses of $10.3 million at Media & Other. The increase in Operating Income Before Amortization reflects higher revenue and lower marketing costs from Search, cost savings related to certain business that have been sold or shutdown and the participation in profits related to our interests in Reveille from Media & Other and a reduction in acquisition related expenses from Match.

Operating income (loss)

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Operating income

  $ 23,726     507%   $ 3,907

As a percentage of revenue

    6%     474  bp     1%

        Operating income in 2010 increased $19.8 million from 2009 primarily due to an increase of $24.1 million in Operating Income Before Amortization described above and decreases of $3.3 million in amortization of intangibles and $0.2 million in amortization of non-cash marketing, partially offset by an increase of $7.7 million in non-cash compensation expense. The decrease in amortization of intangibles is primarily due to the write-off of certain definite-lived intangible assets at IAC Search & Media during the fourth quarter of 2009, partially offset by an increase in amortization of intangibles at Match relating to the acquisition of Singlesnet and its newly formed venture with Meetic in Latin America. The amortization of non-cash marketing referred to in this report consists of non-cash advertising credits secured from Universal Television as part of the transaction pursuant to which Vivendi Universal Entertainment, LLLP ("VUE") was created, and the subsequent transaction by which IAC sold its partnership interests in VUE.

        The increase in non-cash compensation expense is primarily due to the expense related to equity grants issued subsequent to the second quarter of 2009 and the favorable impact of forfeited awards in the prior year period. As of June 30, 2010, there was $137.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all equity-based awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.5 years.

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  Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2010   % Change   2009
 
  (Dollars in thousands)

Operating income (loss)

  $ 27,253   NM   $ (29,217)

As a percentage of revenue

    3%   NM     (4)%

        Operating income in 2010 increased $56.5 million from 2009 primarily due to an increase of $56.4 million in Operating Income Before Amortization described above and decreases of $7.9 million in amortization of intangibles and $2.5 million in amortization of non-cash marketing, as well as the inclusion in the prior year period of a goodwill impairment charge of $1.1 million, partially offset by an increase of $11.5 million in non-cash compensation expense. The decrease in amortization of intangibles is primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion. The increase in non-cash compensation expense is primarily due to the expense related to equity grants issued subsequent to the first half of 2009 and the favorable impact of forfeited awards in the prior year.

Other income (expense)

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Other income (expense):

                   
 

Interest income

  $ 1,666     (32 )% $ 2,444  
 

Interest expense

    (1,323 )   5 %   (1,261 )
 

Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates

    (4,002 )   85 %   (2,165 )
 

Other (expense) income

    (247 )   NM     61,811  

        Interest income in 2010 decreased $0.8 million from 2009 primarily due to the impact of lower average investment balances and lower average interest rates.

        Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates in 2010 increased $1.8 million from 2009 primarily due to a loss of $2.9 million related to the Company's investment in Meetic, which was not in the year ago period, partially offset by reduced losses from certain other equity method investees. The loss related to the investment in Meetic is primarily due to the amortization of intangibles, which is required by purchase accounting rules.

        Other income in 2009 of $61.8 million is principally due to a $116.8 million gain related to the sale of Match Europe in exchange for a 27% stake in Meetic. Partially offsetting the increase in other income in 2009 is a loss of $12.3 million related to the Company's sale of 4.3 million shares of Arcandor AG ("ARO") stock, and the write-downs of $38.2 million and $3.9 million related to the derivative asset associated with the ARO stock (referred to as a contingent value right or "CVR") and the 1.1 million shares of ARO stock that the Company still owned at June 30, 2009, respectively. ARO filed for insolvency on June 9, 2009. The impairment charge related to the CVR was based upon the Company's assessment of its fair value at June 30, 2009.

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  Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Other income (expense):

                   
 

Interest income

  $ 3,301     (47 )% $ 6,172  
 

Interest expense

    (2,646 )   (3 )%   (2,725 )
 

Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates

    (26,615 )   563 %   (4,012 )
 

Other income

    4,673     (92 )%   61,957  

        Changes in interest income and other income were all impacted principally due to the factors described above in the three month discussion. Other income was also impacted in 2010 by a gain of $4.0 million related to the sale of our remaining shares of OpenTable, Inc. ("OpenTable").

        Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates in 2010 increased $22.6 million from 2009 primarily due to an $18.3 million impairment charge to write-down the Company's investment in The HealthCentral Network, Inc. ("HealthCentral") to fair value. The decline in value was determined to be other-than-temporary due to HealthCentral's continued losses and negative operating cash flows, which are due, in part, to macroeconomic and industry specific factors. The valuation of our investment in HealthCentral reflects the Company's assessment of these factors. The Company estimated the fair value of its investment in HealthCentral using a multiple of revenue approach in the context of a different valuation environment than that which prevailed when our initial investment was made. Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates also includes a loss of $4.4 million related to the Company's investment in Meetic, which is not in the year ago period, primarily due to the amortization of intangibles, as described above in the three month discussion.

Income tax provision

        In 2010, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $5.0 million on pre-tax income of $19.8 million, which represents an effective tax rate of 25%. This rate is lower than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to foreign tax credits, partially offset by interest on tax contingencies and state taxes. In 2009, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $22.1 million on pre-tax income of $64.7 million, which represents an effective tax rate of 34%. This rate is lower than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to benefits related to a change in the estimated annual effective tax rate and foreign tax credits related to the sale of Match Europe, substantially offset by non-deductible goodwill associated with the sale of Match Europe, an increase in reserves and related interest for tax contingencies, an increase in the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets related to losses from equity investments and impairments of the Company's shares of ARO stock and the related CVR.

        In 2010, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $9.0 million on pre-tax income of $6.0 million, which represents an effective tax rate of 150%. This rate is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to a valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset created by the impairment charge for our investment in HealthCentral, interest on tax contingencies and state taxes, partially offset by foreign tax credits. In 2009, the Company recorded an income tax provision for continuing operations of $19.5 million on pre-tax income of $32.2 million, which represents an effective tax rate of 60%. This rate is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35% due principally to non-deductible goodwill associated with the sale of Match Europe, an increase in reserves and related interest for tax contingencies, and an increase in valuation allowances on deferred

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tax assets related to the impairments of the Company's shares of ARO stock and the related CVR, offset by foreign tax credits related to the sale of Match Europe.

        At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $392.1 million and $394.3 million, respectively. Unrecognized tax benefits for the six months ended June 30, 2010 decreased by $2.2 million due principally to a net decrease in deductible temporary differences. The Company recognizes interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Included in the income tax expense from continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 is a $2.3 million expense and a $4.7 million expense, respectively, net of related deferred taxes of $1.6 million and $3.2 million, respectively, for interest on unrecognized tax benefits. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has accrued $82.2 million and $68.7 million, respectively, for the payment of interest. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has accrued $5.0 million for penalties.

        The Company is routinely under audit by federal, state, local and foreign authorities in the area of income tax. These audits include questioning the timing and the amount of deductions and the allocation of income among various tax jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2001 through 2006. The statute of limitations for these years has been extended to December 31, 2011. Various state, local and foreign jurisdictions are currently under examination, the most significant of which are California, New York and New York City, for various tax years beginning with December 31, 2003. These examinations are expected to be completed by 2011. Income taxes payable include reserves considered sufficient to pay assessments that may result from examination of prior year tax returns. Changes to reserves from period to period and differences between amounts paid, if any, upon resolution of issues raised in audits and amounts previously provided may be material. Differences between the reserves for tax contingencies and the amounts owed by the Company are recorded in the period they become known. The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that its unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by $18.5 million within twelve months of the current reporting date primarily due to the reversal of deductible temporary differences which will primarily result in a corresponding increase in net deferred tax liabilities, and statute of limitations expirations. An estimate of other changes in unrecognized tax benefits, while potentially significant, cannot be made.

        On February 1, 2010, President Obama released his administration's updated proposals to modify certain aspects of the rules governing the U.S. taxation of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries. Many details of the proposal remain unknown and any legislation enacting such modifications would require Congressional approval; however, changes to these rules could impact the Company's effective tax rate. The Company will continue to monitor the progress of the proposals to determine the impact, if any, to the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Discontinued operations

        Discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations consist primarily of Quiz TV Limited and iBuy.

 
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,  
 
  2010   % Change   2009   2010   % Change   2009  
 
  (Dollars in thousands)
 

Discontinued operations

  $ (2,029 )   8 % $ (2,196 ) $ (3,490 )   (264 )% $ (958 )

        The 2010 and 2009 amounts are principally due to interest on tax contingencies and reserves for penalties.

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Recoverability of Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

        Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, which consist of certain of the Company's trade names and trademarks, are tested annually for impairment as of October 1 or more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit or the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset below its carrying value.

        Goodwill impairment is determined using a two-step process. The first step involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of each of the Company's reporting units to its carrying value, including goodwill. In performing the first step, the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit using a discounted cash flow ("DCF") analysis. Determining fair value requires the exercise of significant judgment, including judgment about the amount and timing of expected future cash flows and appropriate discount rates. The expected cash flows used in the DCF analyses are based on the Company's most recent budget and, for years beyond the budget, the Company's estimates, which are based, in part, on forecasted growth rates. The discount rates used in the DCF analyses are intended to reflect the risks inherent in the expected future cash flows of the respective reporting units. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, then the second step of the goodwill impairment test must be performed. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill with its carrying value to measure the amount of impairment, if any. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in the same manner as the amount of goodwill recognized in a business combination. In other words, the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the purchase price paid. If the carrying value of the reporting unit's goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment is recognized in an amount equal to that excess.

        The Company's indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of acquired trade names and trademarks. The impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying value. If the carrying value of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The estimates of fair value of indefinite-lived intangible assets are determined using an avoided royalty DCF valuation analysis. Significant judgments inherent in this analysis include the selection of appropriate royalty and discount rates and estimating the amount and timing of expected future cash flows. The discount rates used in the DCF analyses are intended to reflect the risks inherent in the expected future cash flows generated by the respective intangible assets. The royalty rates used in the DCF analyses are based upon an estimate of the royalty rates that a market participant would pay to license the Company's trade names and trademarks.

        The Company has seven reporting units with goodwill. Of these, IAC Search & Media, InstantAction and Connected Ventures have fair values that approximate their carrying values. The amount of goodwill of each of these reporting units was $527.6 million, $31.6 million and $8.4 million, respectively, at December 31, 2009. If operating results of these businesses vary significantly from anticipated results, future, potentially material, impairments of goodwill and/or indefinite-lived intangible assets could occur. To illustrate the magnitude of potential impairment charges relative to future changes in estimated fair values, had the estimated fair values of each of these reporting units been hypothetically lower by 10% as of October 1, 2009, the carrying values of IAC Search & Media, InstantAction and Connected Ventures would have exceeded their respective fair values by approximately $80 million, $4 million and $4 million, respectively. Had the estimated fair values of each of these reporting units been hypothetically lower by 20% as of October 1, 2009, the carrying values of IAC Search & Media, InstantAction and Connected Ventures would have exceeded their respective fair values by approximately $160 million, $8 million and $8 million, respectively.

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        Any impairment charge that might result in the future would be determined based upon the excess of the carrying value of goodwill over its implied fair value using the second step of the impairment analysis that is described above but, in any event, would not be expected to be lower than the excess of the carrying value of the reporting unit over its fair value. The primary driver in the DCF valuation analyses and the determination of the fair values of the Company's reporting units is the estimate of future revenue and profitability. Generally, the Company would expect to record an impairment if forecasted revenue and profitability are no longer expected to be achieved and as a result, the carrying value of a reporting unit(s) exceeds its fair value. This assessment would be based, in part, upon the performance of its businesses relative to budget, the Company's assessment of macroeconomic factors, industry and competitive dynamics and the strategies of its businesses in response to these factors.

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Segment Results

        In addition to the discussion of consolidated results above, the following is a discussion of the results of each segment.

        Our Search segment consists primarily of: Ask.com, Dicionary.com and other destination search websites through which we provide search and related advertising services; Mindspark's downloadable toolbars and other applications that we develop, market and distribute through proprietary channels and partnerships; and CityGrid Media, an online media company that connects consumers with businesses across web and mobile platforms.

        Revenue increased 18% to $197.2 million, reflecting an increase in proprietary queries and growth in distributed toolbars. The increase in proprietary queries was driven by increased traffic acquisition efforts, and new toolbars and site enhancements within our proprietary toolbar business. Growth in distributed toolbars reflects revenue from new partners and continued growth from existing partners. Revenue was further impacted by a decline in revenue per query resulting from the growth in distributed toolbars, which generally monetize queries at lower rates. CityGrid Media revenue increased primarily due to increased advertising from new resellers.

        Operating Income Before Amortization increased 102% to $32.0 million, primarily due to the higher revenue noted above and decreases of $10.9 million in selling and marketing expense and $2.5 million in product development expense, partially offset by an increase of $24.9 million in traffic acquisition costs. The decrease in selling and marketing expense is primarily due to a decrease of $6.6 million in advertising and promotional expenditures, as the prior year period included expenditures associated with the NASCAR partnership and an ad campaign to rebrand the UK.Ask.com website, as well as a decrease in compensation and other-employee related costs at CityGrid Media, due in part, to a decrease in average headcount. The decrease in product development expense is primarily due to a decrease of $1.8 million in compensation and other employee-related costs due to a reduction in average headcount at IAC Search & Media and an increase in costs being capitalized in the current year period related to the development and enhancement of IAC Search & Media's product offerings and related technology. The increase in traffic acquisition costs is primarily due to an increase in revenue. As a percentage of revenue, traffic acquisition costs increased over the prior year period due to an increase in the proportion of revenue from distributed toolbars and similar arrangements with third parties who direct traffic to our websites, as well as a shift in partner mix to partners carrying higher traffic acquisition costs.

        Operating income increased 247% to $31.6 million, primarily due to the increase in Operating Income Before Amortization described above and decreases of $6.1 million in amortization of intangibles and $0.2 million in amortization of non-cash marketing. The decrease in amortization of intangibles is due to the write-off of certain definite-lived intangible assets at IAC Search & Media during the fourth quarter of 2009.

        Revenue increased 19% to $396.2 million, driven primarily by the factors described above in the three month discussion.

        Operating Income Before Amortization increased 143% to $63.6 million, primarily due to the higher revenue noted above and decreases of $22.7 million in selling and marketing expense and $4.6 million in product development expense, partially offset by an increase of $48.9 million in traffic

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acquisition costs. The decreases in both selling and marketing expense and product development expense are primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

        Operating income increased 507% to $62.7 million, primarily due to the increase in Operating Income Before Amortization described above and decreases of $12.3 million in amortization of intangibles and $2.5 million in amortization of non-cash marketing. The decrease in amortization of intangibles is due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

        Revenue increased 10% to $97.0 million, reflecting solid growth in the domestic business, including a combined $17.3 million contribution from People Media, acquired July 13, 2009, and Singlesnet, acquired March 2, 2010. International revenue declined due to the sale of Match Europe to Meetic on June 5, 2009, partially offset by the impact of its newly formed venture with Meetic in Latin America. Excluding the results of Match Europe from the prior period and People Media, Singlesnet and the Latin America venture from the current period, revenue and subscribers grew 4% and 8%, respectively, driven by growth domestically, partially offset by declines internationally.

        Operating Income Before Amortization increased 2% to $29.1 million, growing at a slower rate than revenue primarily due to increases of $2.9 million in cost of revenue, $1.4 million in general and administrative expense and $1.1 million in product development expense. The increases in these expenses reflect the acquisitions of People Media and Singlesnet and the formation of the Latin America venture, partially offset by the sale of Match Europe.

        Operating income decreased 10% to $25.5 million, despite the increase in Operating Income Before Amortization described above, primarily due to an increase of $3.7 million in amortization of intangibles, relating primarily to the acquisition of Singlesnet and the formation of the Latin America venture.

        Revenue increased 4% to $186.2 million, driven primarily by the factors described above in the three month discussion. Excluding the results of Match Europe from the prior period and People Media, Singlesnet and the Latin America venture from the current period, revenue grew 6% during the current year period.

        Operating Income Before Amortization increased 14% to $43.9 million primarily due to the increase in revenue noted above and a decrease of $0.9 million in general and administrative expense, partially offset by increases of $1.8 million in product development expense and $1.5 million in selling and marketing expense. The decrease in general and administrative expense was principally due to a reduction of $2.8 million in acquisition related expenses, partially offset by increased compensation and other employee-related costs. The increase in product development expense is primarily due to an increase in compensation and other employee-related costs driven by growth in headcount related to recent acquisitions. The increase in selling and marketing expense is primarily driven by an increase of $1.0 million in advertising and promotional expenditures related to domestic marketing spend, including acquisitions, partially offset by the sale of Match Europe.

        Operating income increased 3% to $39.2 million, primarily due to the increase in Operating Income Before Amortization described above, partially offset by an increase of $4.6 million in amortization of intangibles, relating primarily to the acquisitions of People Media and Singlesnet and the formation of the Latin America venture.

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        Revenue increased 17% to $49.5 million, benefiting, domestically, from a 21% increase in service requests and a 25% increase in accepted service requests, partially offset by lower revenue per service request. The increase in service requests was driven primarily by increased marketing efforts. The increase in accepted service requests was driven, in part, by a 30% increase in service providers due to increased sales efforts. A service request can be transmitted to and accepted by more than one service provider.

        Operating Income Before Amortization decreased 9% to $6.1 million, despite the increase in revenue described above, primarily due to increases of $6.1 million in selling and marketing expense and $0.9 million in general and administrative expense. The increase in selling and marketing expense is primarily driven by an increase of $3.5 million in advertising and promotional expenditures associated with online and offline marketing. Also contributing to the increase in selling and marketing expense is an increase in compensation and other employee-related costs, due in part, to the continued expansion of its sales force. The increase in general and administrative expense is primarily due to an increase in compensation and other employee-related costs driven by growth in headcount related to acquisitions that took place in 2009, partially offset by the reversal in 2010 of a $0.9 million provision for contingent consideration related to the 2009 acquisition of Market Hardware, which will not be earned.

        Operating income increased 1% to $5.7 million, despite the decrease in Operating Income Before Amortization described above due to a decrease of $0.7 million in amortization of intangibles.

        Revenue increased 24% to $91.7 million, driven primarily by the factors described above in the three month discussion.

        Operating Income Before Amortization decreased 6% to $9.0 million despite the increase in revenue described above primarily due to increases of $15.3 million in selling and marketing expense and $1.8 million in general and administrative expense. The increases in both selling and marketing expense and general administrative expense are primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion. Operating Income Before Amortization reflects the reversal in 2010 of a $2.5 million provision for contingent consideration related to the 2009 acquisition of Market Hardware, which will not be earned.

        Operating income increased 6% to $8.1 million, despite the decrease in Operating Income Before Amortization described above primarily due to a decrease of $0.8 million in amortization of intangibles and a slight decrease in non-cash compensation expense.

        Revenue increased 34% to $59.6 million primarily reflecting the contribution from Notional, which was not in the prior year period, and strong growth at Pronto, Gifts.com and CollegeHumor.

        Operating Income Before Amortization loss decreased by $6.0 million to a loss of $3.2 million. Losses decreased due primarily to the increase in revenue described above, and $5.6 million in cost savings related to certain businesses that have been sold or shutdown, partially offset by Electus, which was not in the prior year period, and increased operating expenses associated with InstantAction and The Daily Beast.

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        Operating loss decreased by $6.3 million to $3.9 million primarily due to the decreased Operating Income Before Amortization loss described above and slight decreases in amortization of intangibles and non-cash compensation expense.

        Revenue increased 27% to $115.5 million, driven primarily by the factors described above in the three month discussion. Also impacting revenue is the inclusion in the current year period of revenue associated with profit participations related to our interests in Reveille, partially offset by revenue in the prior year period associated with ReserveAmerica before its sale on January 31, 2009.

        Operating Income Before Amortization loss decreased by $10.3 million to a loss of $10.1 million. Losses decreased due primarily to $9.0 million in cost savings related to certain businesses that have been sold or shutdown, $3.1 million in profit participations related to our interests in Reveille noted above, and profitability at Gifts.com, partially offset by Electus, which was not in the prior year period, and increased operating expenses associated with The Daily Beast.

        Operating loss decreased by $9.9 million to $13.1 million primarily due to the decreased Operating Income Before Amortization loss described above, and the impact in 2009 of a $1.1 million goodwill impairment charge related to our gift card business, partially offset by increases in non-cash compensation expense and amortization of intangibles of $0.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

        Operating Income Before Amortization loss decreased by $1.9 million to a loss of $14.2 million primarily due to lower salary expense, depreciation and professional fees.

        Operating loss increased $6.1 million to $35.2 million despite the decrease in Operating Income Before Amortization loss due to an increase of $8.1 million in non-cash compensation expense. The increase in non-cash compensation is primarily due to the expense related to equity grants issued subsequent to the second quarter of 2009 and the favorable impact of forfeited awards in the prior year period.

        Operating Income Before Amortization loss decreased by $3.8 million to a loss of $27.4 million primarily due to the factors described above in the three month discussion.

        Operating loss increased $7.3 million to $69.6 million despite the decrease in Operating Income Before Amortization loss due to an increase of $11.1 million in non-cash compensation expense. The increase in non-cash compensation is primarily due to the expense related to equity grants issued subsequent to the first half of 2009 and the favorable impact of forfeited awards in the prior year.

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FINANCIAL POSITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

        As of June 30, 2010, the Company had $915.2 million of cash and cash equivalents, $551.8 million of marketable securities and $95.8 million in long-term debt. Long-term debt consists of $80.0 million in Liberty Bonds due September 1, 2035 and $15.8 million in 7% Senior Notes due January 15, 2013.

        During the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company purchased 17.1 million and 15.3 million shares of IAC common stock for aggregate consideration, on a trade date basis, of $383.5 million and $243.2 million, respectively. On February 26, 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 20 million shares of IAC common stock. IAC also repurchased an additional 1.0 million shares from July 1, 2010 through July 23, 2010 for aggregate consideration of $22.2 million. At July 23, 2010, IAC had approximately 12.2 million shares remaining in its share repurchase authorization. IAC may purchase shares over an indefinite period of time, depending on those factors IAC management deems relevant at any particular time, including, without limitation, market conditions, share price and future outlook.

        Net cash provided by operating activities attributable to continuing operations was $130.6 million and $103.4 million in 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase of $27.2 million in net cash provided by operating activities attributable to continuing operations is primarily due to the payment of the 2009 discretionary cash bonuses in 2010, whereas the 2008 discretionary cash bonuses were paid in the fourth quarter of 2008, and lower cash tax refunds in 2010.

        Net cash used in investing activities attributable to continuing operations in 2010 of $89.8 million includes $60.7 million related to the net purchases, sales and maturities of marketable debt securities, capital expenditures of $25.6 million and acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $16.7 million, partially offset by the dividend received from Meetic of $8.8 million and the proceeds of $5.3 million from the sale of the Company's remaining shares of OpenTable. Net cash used in investing activities attributable to continuing operations in 2009 of $170.5 million includes $129.1 million related to the net purchases, sales and maturities of marketable debt securities, capital expenditures of $18.6 million and acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $11.7 million.

        Net cash used in financing activities attributable to continuing operations in 2010 of $367.9 million includes the purchase of treasury stock of $379.5 million, partially offset by proceeds related to the issuance of common stock, net of withholding taxes, of $6.6 million and the excess tax benefits from stock-based awards of $5.0 million. Net cash used in financing activities attributable to continuing operations in 2009 of $74.1 million includes the purchase of treasury stock of $225.1 million, partially offset by the proceeds related to the issuance of common stock, net of withholding taxes, of $149.1 million. Included in the proceeds related to the issuance of common stock are aggregate proceeds of $150.9 million from the exercise of warrants to acquire 11.5 million shares of IAC common stock that were due to expire on February 4, 2009. The strike price of the warrants was $13.09 per share.

        IAC anticipates that it will need to make capital and other expenditures in connection with the development and expansion of its operations. The Company may make a number of acquisitions which could result in the reduction of its cash and/or marketable securities balance or the incurrence of debt. IAC expects that 2010 capital expenditures will be higher than 2009. IAC believes that its cash on hand along with its anticipated operating cash flows in 2010 and its access to capital markets are sufficient to fund its operating needs, capital, investing and other commitments and contingencies for the foreseeable future.

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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS

 
  Payments Due by Period  
Contractual Obligations(a)
  Total   Less Than
1 Year
  1-3 Years   3-5 Years   More Than
5 Years
 
 
  (In thousands)
 

Long-term obligations(b)

  $ 201,171   $ 5,109   $ 26,062   $ 8,000   $ 162,000  

Purchase obligations(c)

    75,964     15,893     31,787     28,284      

Operating leases

    297,343     20,429     37,530     26,391     212,993  
                       

Total contractual cash obligations

  $ 574,478   $ 41,431   $ 95,379   $ 62,675   $ 374,993  
                       

(a)
At June 30, 2010, the Company has recorded $474.3 million of unrecognized tax benefits which includes accrued interest of $82.2 million. This amount includes $294.2 million for unrecognized tax benefits and related interest that could result in future net cash payments to taxing authorities. The Company cannot make a reasonably reliable estimate of the expected period of cash settlement of these items.

(b)
Represents contractual amounts due, including interest.

(c)
The purchase obligations primarily include advertising commitments, which commitments are reducible or terminable such that these commitments can never exceed associated revenue by a meaningful amount. Purchase obligations also include minimum payments due under telecommunication contracts related to data transmission lines.

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IAC'S PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL REPORTING

        IAC reports Operating Income Before Amortization as a supplemental measure to generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). This measure is one of the primary metrics by which we evaluate the performance of our businesses, on which our internal budgets are based and by which management is compensated. We believe that investors should have access to, and we are obligated to provide, the same set of tools that we use in analyzing our results. This non-GAAP measure should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. IAC endeavors to compensate for the limitations of the non-GAAP measure presented by providing the comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence, financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, and descriptions of the reconciling items, including quantifying such items, to derive the non-GAAP measure. We encourage investors to examine the reconciling adjustments between the GAAP and non-GAAP measure which we discuss below.

Definition of IAC's Non-GAAP Measure

        Operating Income Before Amortization is defined as operating income excluding, if applicable: (1) non-cash compensation expense, (2) amortization of non-cash marketing, (3) amortization and impairment of intangibles, (4) goodwill impairment, (5) pro forma adjustments for significant acquisitions, and (6) one-time items. We believe this measure is useful to investors because it represents the consolidated operating results from IAC's segments, taking into account depreciation, which we believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the effects of any other non-cash expenses. Operating Income Before Amortization has certain limitations in that it does not take into account the impact to IAC's statement of operations of certain expenses, including non-cash compensation, non-cash marketing, and acquisition-related accounting.

Pro Forma Results

        We will only present Operating Income Before Amortization on a pro forma basis if we view a particular transaction as significant in size or transformational in nature. For the periods presented in this report, there are no transactions that we have included on a pro forma basis.

One-Time Items

        Operating Income Before Amortization is presented before one-time items, if applicable. These items are truly one-time in nature and non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, and have not occurred in the past two years or are not expected to recur in the next two years, in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules. For the periods presented in this report, there are no one-time items.

Non-Cash Expenses That Are Excluded From IAC's Non-GAAP Measure

        Non-cash compensation expense consists principally of expense associated with the grants, including unvested grants assumed in acquisitions, of restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock options. These expenses are not paid in cash, and we include the related shares in our fully diluted shares outstanding which, for restricted stock units and stock options, are included on a treasury method basis. Upon vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and the exercise of certain stock options, the awards are settled, at the Company's discretion, on a net basis, with the Company remitting the required tax withholding amount from its current funds.

        Amortization of non-cash marketing consists of non-cash advertising credits secured from Universal Television as part of the transaction pursuant to which VUE was created, and the subsequent transaction by which IAC sold its partnership interests in VUE (collectively referred to as "NBC Universal Advertising"). The NBC Universal Advertising was available for television advertising on

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various NBC Universal network and cable channels without any cash cost. There are no NBC Universal Advertising credits available as all credits were used prior to December 31, 2009.

        The NBC Universal Advertising is excluded from Operating Income Before Amortization because it is non-cash and generally is incremental to the advertising the Company otherwise secures as a result of its ordinary cost/benefit marketing planning process. Accordingly, the Company's aggregate level of advertising, and the increased concentration of that advertising on NBC Universal network and cable channels, does not reflect what our advertising effort would otherwise be without these credits. As a result, management believes that treating the NBC Universal Advertising as an expense does not appropriately reflect its true cost/benefit relationship, nor does it best reflect the Company's long-term level of advertising expenditures. Nonetheless, while the benefits directly attributable to television advertising are always difficult to determine, and especially so with respect to the NBC Universal Advertising due to its incrementality and heavy concentration, it is likely that the Company does derive benefits from it, though management believes such benefits are generally less than those received through its regular advertising for the reasons stated above. Operating Income Before Amortization therefore has the limitation of including those benefits while excluding the associated expense.

        Amortization of intangibles (including impairment of intangibles, if applicable) is a non-cash expense relating primarily to acquisitions. At the time of an acquisition, the intangible assets of the acquired company, such as technology and supplier agreements, are valued and amortized over their estimated lives. Value is also assigned to acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets, which comprise trade names and trademarks, which are not subject to amortization. An impairment is recorded when the carrying value of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value. While it is likely that we will have intangible amortization expense as we continue to acquire companies, we believe that intangible assets represent costs incurred by the acquired company to build value prior to acquisition and the related amortization is not an ongoing cost of doing business.


RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME BEFORE AMORTIZATION

        For a reconciliation of Operating Income Before Amortization to operating income (loss) by business and to net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders in total for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, see Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements.

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Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

        The Company's exposure to market rate risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to the Company's investment portfolio and long-term debt.

Investment Portfolio

        The Company invests its excess cash in certain cash equivalents and marketable debt securities, which consist primarily of money market instruments and short-to-intermediate-term debt securities issued by the U.S. government, U.S. governmental agencies, states of the U.S. and subdivisions thereof and investment grade corporate issuers. The Company employs a methodology that considers available evidence in evaluating potential impairment of its investments. Investments are considered to be impaired when a decline in fair value below the amortized cost basis is determined to be other-than-temporary. If a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established.

        Based on the Company's total investment in marketable debt securities as of June 30, 2010, a 100 basis point increase or decrease in the level of interest rates would, respectively, decrease or increase the fair value of the debt investment securities by $3.7 million. Such potential increase or decrease in fair value is based on certain simplifying assumptions, including a constant level and rate of debt securities and an immediate across-the-board increase or decrease in the level of interest rates with no other subsequent changes for the remainder of the period. Conversely, since almost all of the Company's cash and cash equivalents balance of approximately $915.2 million is invested in short-term fixed or variable rate money market instruments, the Company would also earn more (less) interest income due to such an increase (decrease) in interest rates.

Long-term Debt

        At June 30, 2010, the Company's outstanding debt approximated $95.8 million, all of which pays interest at fixed rates. If market rates decline, the Company runs the risk that the related required payments on the fixed rate debt will exceed those based on market rates. A 100 basis point increase or decrease in the level of interest rates would, respectively, decrease or increase the fair value of the fixed-rate debt by $11.0 million. Such potential increase or decrease in fair value is based on certain simplifying assumptions, including a constant level and rate of fixed-rate debt for all maturities and an immediate across-the-board increase or decrease in the level of interest rates with no other subsequent changes for the remainder of the period.

Equity Price Risk

        At June 30, 2010, the Company has two investments in equity securities of publicly traded companies. One of these investments is the Company's investment in Meetic which is accounted for using the equity method. The other investment is considered an available-for-sale marketable equity security. Both investments are included in "Long-term investments" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The available-for-sale marketable equity security is reported at fair value based on quoted market price with any unrealized gain or loss, net of tax, included as a component of "Accumulated other comprehensive income" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Investments in equity securities of publicly traded companies are exposed to significant fluctuations in fair value due to the volatility of the stock market, among other factors. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company did not record any other-than-temporary impairment charges related to its available-for-sale marketable equity security. It is not customary for the Company to make significant investments in equity securities as part of its marketable securities investment strategy.

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        On June 5, 2009, in exchange for Match Europe, IAC received approximately 6.1 million shares of common stock (a 27% stake) in Meetic, an online dating company based in France. Meetic shares are listed on the Euronext stock exchange (EPA: MEET) and as a result, IAC is exposed to changes in Meetic's stock price. The investment in Meetic is accounted for using the equity method and the Company records its share of the results of Meetic and related amortization of intangibles on a one-quarter lag within "Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. The carrying value of the Meetic investment is $125.7 million at June 30, 2010. This value is lower than the carrying value of $151.5 million at March 31, 2010, due primarily to the impact of foreign currency exchange rates and a dividend of $11.4 million. The fair value of the Meetic investment, based on its quoted market price, was $155.8 million at June 30, 2010.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

        The Company conducts business in certain foreign markets, primarily in the European Union. The Company's primary exposure to foreign currency risk relates to investments in foreign subsidiaries that transact business in a functional currency other than the U.S. Dollar, primarily the British Pound Sterling and Euro. However, the exposure is mitigated since the Company has generally reinvested profits from international operations in order to grow the businesses. The statements of operations of the Company's international operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions results in reduced revenue and operating income. Similarly, the Company's revenue and operating income will increase for our international operations if the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies. The Company is also exposed to foreign currency risk related to its assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the functional currency.

        The economic impact of currency exchange rate movements on the Company is often linked to variability in real growth, inflation, interest rates, governmental actions and other factors. These changes, if material, could cause the Company to adjust its financing and operating strategies. Foreign exchange gains and losses were not material to the Company's earnings in 2010 and 2009. As currency exchange rates change, translation of the income statements of the Company's international businesses into U.S. dollars affects year-over-year comparability of operating results. Historically, the Company has not hedged foreign currency translation risks because cash flows from international operations were generally reinvested locally. However, the Company periodically reviews its strategy for hedging foreign currency translation risks. The Company's objective in managing its foreign currency risk is to minimize its potential exposure to the changes that exchange rates might have on its earnings, cash flows and financial position.

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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

        The Company monitors and evaluates on an ongoing basis its disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting in order to improve its overall effectiveness. In the course of these evaluations, the Company modifies and refines its internal processes as conditions warrant.

        As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in providing reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and Forms, and include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

        As required by Rule 13a-15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, also evaluated whether any changes occurred to the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, such control. Based on that evaluation, the Company concluded that there has been no such change during the period covered by this report.

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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

        This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The use of words such as "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and "believes," among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to: IAC's future financial performance, IAC's business prospects and strategy, anticipated trends and prospects in the industries in which IAC's businesses operate, new products, services and related strategies and other similar matters. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict.

        Actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements included in this report for a variety of reasons, including, among others, the risk factors set forth below. Other unknown or unpredictable factors that could also adversely affect IAC's business, financial condition and results of operations may arise from time to time. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking statements discussed in this quarterly report may not prove to be accurate. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which only reflect the views of IAC management as of the date of this report. IAC does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements.

Risk Factors

Mr. Diller currently controls IAC. If Mr. Diller ceases to control IAC, Liberty Media Corporation may effectively control IAC.

        Subject to the terms of an amended and restated stockholders agreement between Mr. Diller and Liberty, Mr. Diller has an irrevocable proxy to vote shares of IAC common stock (if any) and IAC Class B common stock held by Liberty. Accordingly, as of the date of this report, Mr. Diller effectively controls the outcome of all matters submitted to a vote or for the consent of IAC stockholders (other than with respect to the election by the holders of IAC common stock of 25% of the members of IAC's Board of Directors and matters as to which Delaware law requires a separate class vote). Upon Mr. Diller's permanent departure from IAC, the irrevocable proxy terminates and, depending upon the capitalization of IAC at such time, Liberty may effectively control the voting power of the capital stock of IAC through its ownership of IAC Class B common stock.

        In addition, under an amended and restated governance agreement among IAC, Liberty and Mr. Diller, Mr. Diller generally has the right to consent to limited matters in the event that IAC's ratio of total debt to EBITDA (as defined in the governance agreement) equals or exceeds 4:1 over a continuous 12-month period. While Mr. Diller may not currently exercise this right, no assurances can be given that this right will not be triggered in the future, and if so, that Mr. Diller will consent to any of the limited matters at such time, in which case IAC would not be able to engage in transactions or take actions covered by this consent right.

        As a result of Mr. Diller's ownership interests and voting power (and Liberty's ownership interests and voting power), Mr. Diller currently is (and upon Mr. Diller's permanent departure from IAC in the future, Liberty may be) in a position to control or influence significant corporate actions, including without limitation, corporate transactions such as mergers, business combinations or dispositions of assets and determinations with respect to IAC's significant business direction and policies. This concentrated control could discourage others from initiating any potential merger, takeover or other

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change of control transaction that may otherwise be beneficial to IAC, which could adversely affect the market price of IAC securities.

        Furthermore, given this concentrated control, IAC currently falls within the definition of a "Controlled Company" within the meaning of The Marketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market (the "Marketplace Rules"). As a Controlled Company, IAC is permitted, and has elected, to opt out of certain corporate governance requirements in the Marketplace Rules applicable to non-controlled companies, specifically, those that would otherwise require: (i) IAC's Board of Directors to have a majority of "independent" directors (within the meaning of the Marketplace Rules) and (ii) nominations to IAC's Board of Directors to be selected, or recommended for selection, either by a nominating committee comprised entirely of independent directors or by a majority of independent directors. Accordingly, IAC stockholders may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the Marketplace Rules.

We depend on our key personnel.

        Our future success will depend upon our continued ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled individuals, with the continued contributions of senior management, particularly Barry Diller, the Chairman and CEO of IAC, being especially critical to our success. If Mr. Diller no longer serves in, or serves in some lesser capacity than, his current role, our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as the market price of IAC securities, could be adversely affected. Competition for well-qualified employees across IAC and its various businesses is intense, and our continued ability to compete effectively depends, in part, upon our ability to attract new employees. While we have established programs to attract new employees and provide incentives to retain existing employees, particularly senior management, we cannot assure you that we will be able to attract new employees or retain the services of Mr. Diller, other members of senior management or any other key employees in the future. While Mr. Diller does not have an employment agreement with IAC, he does own approximately 4.3 million shares of IAC common stock and holds vested options to purchase approximately 1.8 million shares of IAC common stock, all of which expire in June 2015.

We depend upon arrangements with Google and any adverse changes in this relationship could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        A substantial portion of our consolidated revenue is attributable to a paid listing supply agreement with Google that expires on December 31, 2012. Pursuant to this agreement, we display and syndicate paid listings provided by Google in response to search queries generated by users of our search services that contain keywords selected and purchased by advertisers through Google. In exchange for making our search traffic available to Google, we receive a share of the revenue generated by the paid listings supplied to us, as well as certain other search-related services.

        The amount of revenue we receive from Google depends upon a number of factors outside of our control, including the amount Google charges for advertisements and the efficiency of Google's system in attracting advertisers and serving up paid listings in response to search queries. In addition, Google makes judgments about the relative attractiveness (to the advertiser) of clicks on paid listings from our search services and these judgments factor into the amount of revenue we receive. Changes to Google's paid listings network efficiency or its judgment about the relative attractiveness of clicks on paid listings from our search services could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such changes could come about for a number of reasons, including general market conditions, competition or policy and operating decisions made by Google.

        Our paid listing supply agreement requires that we comply with certain guidelines promulgated by Google for the use of its services and that we establish guidelines to govern certain activities of certain third parties to whom we syndicate paid listings, specifically, the manner in which these parties drive

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search traffic to their websites and display Google paid listings within search results. Subject to certain limitations, Google may unilaterally update its policies and guidelines, which could in turn require modifications to our products, services and/or business practices, which could be costly or otherwise have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Noncompliance with Google's guidelines could, if not cured, result in Google's suspension of some or all services to our websites or the websites of our third party partners, the imposition of additional restrictions on our ability to syndicate paid listings or the termination of the paid listing supply agreement by Google. The termination of the paid listing supply agreement by Google or the failure of Google to perform its obligations under the agreement would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If this were to occur, we may not be able to find another suitable alternate paid listings provider (or if so, the terms of the agreements and the quality of paid listings may be inferior relative to our arrangements with, and the paid listings supplied by, Google) or otherwise replace the lost revenues.

General economic events or trends that reduce advertising spending could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        A substantial portion of our consolidated revenue is attributable to advertising. Accordingly, we are particularly sensitive to events and trends that result in decreased advertising expenditures. Advertising expenditures have historically been cyclical in nature, reflecting overall economic conditions and budgeting and buying patterns, as well as levels of consumer confidence and discretionary spending.

        Small and local businesses with which we do business are particularly sensitive to these events and trends, given that they are not as well situated to weather adverse economic conditions as their larger competitors, which are generally better capitalized and have greater access to credit. In the recent past, adverse economic conditions have caused, and if such conditions were to recur in the future they could cause, decreases and/or delays in both advertising and consumer expenditures, as well as related decreases in queries likely to generate revenue, any of which would reduce our revenues and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends upon the continued growth and acceptance of online advertising, particularly paid listings, as an effective alternative to traditional, offline advertising and the continued commercial use of the internet.

        Many advertisers still have limited experience with online advertising and may continue to devote significant portions of their advertising budgets to traditional offline advertising media. Accordingly, we continue to compete with traditional media, including television, radio and print, in addition to a multitude of websites with high levels of traffic and online advertising networks, for a share of available advertising expenditures. We believe that the continued growth and acceptance of online advertising generally will depend, to a large extent, on its perceived effectiveness and the acceptance of related advertising models, the continued growth in commercial use of the internet (particularly abroad), the extent to which software programs that limit or prevent advertising from being displayed become commonplace and the extent to which the industry is able to effectively manage click fraud. Any lack of growth in the market for online advertising, particularly for paid listings, would have an adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

We depend, in part, upon arrangements with third parties to drive traffic to our various websites and convert visitors into users and customers.

        We engage in a variety of activities designed to attract traffic to our various websites and convert visitors into repeat users and customers. How successful we are in these efforts depends, in part, upon our continued ability to enter into arrangements with third parties to drive traffic to our various

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websites, as well as the continued introduction of new and enhanced products and services that resonate with users and customers generally.

        For example, we have entered into, and expect to continue to enter into, agreements to distribute our downloadable toolbars and search boxes to users through third parties. These agreements are generally not exclusive, are for a short term and are terminable by either party given notice. Our inability to enter into new (or renew existing) agreements to distribute our downloadable toolbars and search boxes through third parties for any reason would result in decreases in traffic, queries and advertising revenues, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        In addition, in the case of our Match business, we have entered into a number of arrangements with third parties to drive traffic to our personals websites. Pursuant to these arrangements, third parties generally promote our services on their websites and we pay a fixed fee when visitors to these websites click though to our personals websites. These arrangements are generally not exclusive, are for a short term and are terminable by either party given notice. If existing arrangements with third parties are terminated (or are not renewed upon their expiration) and we fail to replace this traffic and related revenues, or if we are unable to enter into new arrangements with third parties in response to industry trends, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

        In the case of our ServiceMagic business, our ability to drive traffic depends, in part, on the nature and number of third party service professionals who are members of our service provider network. While these professionals are required to agree that they will operate in accordance with our terms and conditions, we do not enter into long term contracts with them. In addition, a significant number of our service professionals are sole proprietorships and small businesses, which are particularly sensitive to adverse economic conditions, particularly constrained liquidity and decreases in consumer spending. As a result, our network of service professionals may experience turnover from time to time, which if significant or recurring over a prolonged period, could result in a decrease in traffic to ServiceMagic.com and increased costs, all of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Even if we succeed in driving traffic to our search properties, we may not be able to convert this traffic or otherwise retain users, particularly in the case of our downloadable toolbars, unless we continue to provide quality products and services that resonate with consumers. We may not be able to adapt quickly and/or in cost-effective manner to frequent changes in user and customer requirements, which can be difficult to predict, or appropriately time the introduction of enhancements and/or new products or services to the market. Our inability to provide quality products and services would adversely affect user and customer experiences, which would result in decreases in users, customers and revenues, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        As discussed below, our traffic building and conversion initiatives also involve the expenditure of considerable sums for marketing, as well as for the development and introduction of new services, products and enhancements, infrastructure and other related efforts.

Marketing efforts designed to drive traffic to our various websites may not be successful or cost-effective.

        Traffic building and conversion initiatives involve considerable expenditures for online and offline advertising and marketing. We have made, and expect to continue to make, significant expenditures for search engine marketing (primarily in the form of the purchase of keywords), online display advertising and traditional offline advertising in connection with these initiatives, which may not be successful or cost-effective. In the case of our search engine marketing efforts, our failure to respond successfully to rapid and frequent changes in the pricing and operating dynamics of search engines could adversely affect the placement of paid listings that appear in response to keywords we purchase, as well as adversely affect the pricing of online advertising we purchase generally, which would increase our costs.

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Further, the policies and guidelines of Google and other sellers and publishers of advertising may limit our ability to purchase certain types of advertising or advertise some of our products and services, which could affect our ability to compete effectively and, in turn, adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        One of the most cost-effective efforts we employ to attract and acquire new, and retain existing, users and customers is commonly referred to as search engine optimization, or SEO. SEO involves developing websites to rank well within search engine results. Search engines frequently update and change the logic that determines the placement and display of results of user searches. The failure to successfully manage SEO efforts across our businesses, including the timely modification of SEO efforts from time to time in response to periodic changes in search engine algorithms, search query trends and related actions by providers of search services designed to ensure the display of unique offerings in search results (which actions by search service providers may result in algorithmic listings being displayed less prominently within search engine results), could result in a substantial decrease in traffic to our various websites, which would result in substantial decreases in conversion rates and repeat business, as well as increased costs if we were to replace free traffic with paid traffic, any or all of which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        In addition, search engines have increasingly expanded their offerings into other, non-search related categories, and have in certain instances displayed their own integrated or related product and service offerings in a more prominent manner than those of third parties within their search engine results. Continued expansion and competition from search engines could result in a substantial decrease in traffic to our various websites, which would result in substantial decreases in conversion rates and repeat business, as well as increased costs if we were to replace free traffic with paid traffic, any or all of which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Lastly, as discussed above, we also enter into various arrangements with third parties in an effort to increase traffic, which arrangements are generally more cost-effective than traditional marketing efforts. If we are unable to renew existing (and enter into new) arrangements of this nature, sales and marketing costs as a percentage of revenue would increase over the long-term.

        Any failure to attract and acquire new, and retain existing, traffic, users and customers in a cost-effective manner could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may not be able to adapt quickly enough to changing industry standards.

        The e-commerce industry is characterized by evolving industry standards, coupled with frequent and related new service and product introductions and enhancements. The development of new service and product introductions and enhancements in response to evolving industry standards requires significant time and resources and we may not be able to adapt quickly enough (and/or in a cost-effective manner) to these changes or appropriately time the introduction of new services and products and enhancements to the market and our failure to do so could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        The continued widespread adoption of new internet and telecommunications technologies and devices or other technological changes could require us to modify or adapt our services or infrastructures and our failure to do so could render our existing websites, services and proprietary technologies obsolete, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, user and usage volumes on mobile devices continue to increase relative to those of personal computers. The lower resolution, functionality and memory associated with mobile devices could make the use of our various services through these devices difficult. While we have developed mobile versions of certain of our services, we have limited experience with these applications and they may not be compelling to users. Furthermore, existing agreements across our business may

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need to be amended to cover the provision of our services on mobile devices, which the counterparties may be unwilling to do.

        Furthermore, in the case of certain of our search services, third parties have introduced (and continue to introduce) new technologies and applications that may interfere with the ability of our users to access or utilize some of our services generally. For example, third parties have introduced technologies and applications that prevent users from downloading toolbars generally and/or have features that significantly lessen the likelihood that previously downloaded toolbars will remain in active use, such as features that interfere with the functionality of search boxes embedded within our toolbars and the maintenance of settings previously selected by consumers in connection with the downloading of our toolbars. Third parties have also introduced technologies and applications that are either not compatible with (or otherwise interfere with) the "search assistant" function embedded within our toolbars, pursuant to which our toolbars generate search results for users that receive "DNS," "404" and other errors in response to search queries entered into search boxes embedded with our toolbars or the address bar of their web browsers. These technologies and applications adversely impact our ability to generate search queries through our toolbars, which in turns adversely impacts our revenues. Our failure to successfully modify our toolbars in a cost-effective manner in response to the introduction and adoption of these new technologies and applications could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our estimated income taxes could be materially different from income taxes that we ultimately pay.

        We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and numerous jurisdictions abroad. Significant judgment and estimation is required in determining our provision for income taxes and related matters. In the ordinary course of our business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determinations are uncertain or otherwise subject to interpretation. Our determination of our tax liability is always subject to review by applicable tax authorities, and we are currently subject to audits in a number of jurisdictions. Although we believe our tax estimates and related determinations are reasonable and appropriate, relevant taxing authorities may disagree. The ultimate outcome of any such audits and reviews could be materially different from estimates and determinations reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. Any adverse outcome of any such audit or review could have a negative effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We may experience operational and financial risks in connection with acquisitions. In addition, some of the businesses we acquire may incur significant losses from operations or experience impairment of carrying value.

        We have made numerous acquisitions in the past and our future growth may depend, in part, on acquisitions. We may experience operational and financial risks in connection with acquisitions. To the extent that we continue to grow through acquisitions, we will need to:

        We may not be successful in addressing these challenges or any other problems encountered in connection with historical and future acquisitions. In addition, the anticipated benefits of one or more acquisitions may not be realized and future acquisitions could result in potentially dilutive issuances of

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equity securities and the assumption of contingent liabilities. Also, the value of goodwill and other intangible assets acquired could be impacted by one or more continuing unfavorable events and/or trends, which could result in significant impairment charges. The occurrence of any these events could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We operate in certain international markets in which we have limited experience, and as a result, face additional risks. We may not be able to successfully expand into new, or further into existing, international markets.

        We currently operate in a limited number of jurisdictions abroad and may continue to expand our international presence. In order for our products and services in these jurisdictions to achieve widespread acceptance, commercial use and acceptance of the internet must continue to grow, which growth may occur at slower rates than those experienced in the U.S. Moreover, we must continue to successfully tailor our services to the unique customs and cultures of these jurisdictions, which can be difficult and costly and the failure to do so could slow our international growth.

        Operating abroad, where we have limited experience, exposes us to additional risks. For example, we may experience difficulties in managing operations due to distance, language and cultural differences, including issues associated with the establishment of management systems and infrastructures and the staffing of foreign operations, as well as exchange rate fluctuations. Our success in international markets will also depend, in part, on our ability to identify potential acquisition candidates, joint venture or other partners, and to enter into arrangements with these parties on favorable terms, given that we could encounter significant barriers to entry in connection with expansion efforts outside of these arrangements.

A variety of new laws, or new interpretations of existing laws, could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.

        We are subject to a variety of laws in the U.S. and abroad that are costly to comply with, can result in negative publicity and diversion of management time and effort and can subject us to claims or other remedies. Some of these laws, such as income, sales, use, value-added and other tax laws, are applicable to businesses generally and others are unique to the type of businesses in which were are engaged. Many of these laws were adopted prior to the advent of the internet and related technologies and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the internet and related technologies. Laws that do reference the internet are being interpreted by the courts, but their applicability and scope remain uncertain. For example, laws relating to the liability of providers of online services are currently unsettled both within the U.S. and abroad. Claims have been threatened and filed under both U.S. and foreign law for defamation, libel, slander, invasion of privacy and other tort claims, unlawful activity, copyright and trademark infringement, or other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched and the ads posted by our users, our products and services, or content generated by our users.

        In addition, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has provisions that limit, but do not necessarily eliminate, our liability for listing or linking to third-party web sites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights, so long as we comply with the statutory requirements of this act. The Child Online Protection Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act restrict the distribution of materials considered harmful to children and impose additional restrictions on the ability of online services to collect information from minors. In the area of data protection, many states have passed laws requiring notification to users when there is a security breach for personal data, such as California's Information Practices Act. We face similar risks and costs as our products and services are offered in international markets and may be subject to additional regulations.

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        Any failure on our part to comply with applicable laws may subject us to additional liabilities, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if the laws to which we are currently subject are amended or interpreted adversely to our interests, or if new adverse laws are adopted, our products and services might need to be modified to comply with such laws, which would increase our costs and could result in decreased demand for our products and services to the extent that we pass on such costs to consumers. Specifically, in the case of tax laws, positions that we have taken or will take are subject to interpretation by the relevant taxing authorities and while we believe that the positions we have taken to date comply with applicable law, there can be no assurances that the relevant taxing authorities will not take a contrary position, and if so, that such positions will not adversely affect us. Any events of this nature could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal data could give rise to liabilities as a result of governmental regulation, conflicting legal requirements or differing views of personal privacy rights.

        We receive, transmit and store a large volume of personally identifiable information and other user data in connection with the processing of search queries and consumer transactions. The sharing, use, disclosure and protection of this information are governed by the respective privacy and data security policies maintained by our various businesses. Moreover, there are federal, state and international laws regarding privacy and the storing, sharing, use, disclosure and protection of personally identifiable information and user data. Specifically, personally identifiable information is increasingly subject to legislation and regulations in numerous jurisdictions around the world, the intent of which is to protect the privacy of personal information that is collected, processed and transmitted in or from the governing jurisdiction.

        There are currently pending several bills in the U.S. Congress, which if passed could result in more onerous requirements regarding the manner in which certain personally identifiable information and other user data will need to be stored and managed. We could be adversely affected if legislation or regulations are expanded to require changes in our practices or privacy policies of our various businesses or if governing jurisdictions interpret or implement their legislation or regulations in ways that negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        As privacy and data protection have become more sensitive issues, we may also become exposed to potential liabilities as a result of differing views on the privacy of consumer and other user data collected by these businesses. The failure of any of our businesses, or their various third party vendors and service providers, to comply with applicable privacy policies or federal, state or similar international laws and regulations or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release of personally identifiable information or other user data could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights or may be accused of infringing intellectual property rights of third parties.

        We regard our intellectual property rights, including trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, patents, copyrights and other similar intellectual property, as critical to our success. For example, the businesses within our principal reporting segments, our Search, Match and ServiceMagic reporting segments, rely heavily upon their trademarks (primarily Ask.com, our various downloadable toolbar brands, Match.com and ServiceMagic.com and related domain names and logos), through which they market their services and seek to build and maintain brand loyalty and recognition. So long as these businesses continue to use these trademarks to identify their products and services and renew related trademarks upon their expiration, they will continue to have related trademark protections indefinitely under current trademark laws, rules and regulations.

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        The businesses within our Search segment also rely heavily upon trade secrets, primarily search algorithms through which organic search results are generated. To a lesser extent, these businesses also rely upon patented and patent-pending proprietary technologies and processes, primarily those relating to search-related products and services, with expiration dates for patented technologies ranging from 2017 to 2027, and copyrighted material, primarily emoticons, characters and other content that is incorporated into, and used in connection with the marketing of, downloadable toolbars generally.

        Our Match segment also relies upon patent-pending proprietary technologies relating to matching process systems and related features, products and services. Our ServiceMagic segment also relies heavily upon trade secrets, primarily the matching algorithm through which members of its network of local service professionals are matched with consumers, as well as related patented proprietary technologies that expire in 2020.

        We rely on a combination of laws and contractual restrictions with employees, customers, suppliers, affiliates and others to establish and protect our various intellectual property rights. For example, we have generally registered and continue to apply to register and renew, or secure by contract where appropriate, trademarks and service marks as they are developed and used, and reserve, register and renew domain names as we deem appropriate. Effective trademark protection may not be available or may not be sought in every country in which products and services are made available and contractual disputes may affect the use of marks governed by private contract. Similarly, not every variation of a domain name may be available or be registered, even if available.

        We also generally seek to apply for patents or for other similar statutory protections as and if we deem appropriate, based on then current facts and circumstances, and will continue to do so in the future. No assurances can be given that any patent application we have filed will result in a patent being issued, or that any existing or future patents will afford adequate protection against competitors and similar technologies. In addition, no assurances can be given that third parties will not create new products or methods that achieve similar results without infringing upon patents we own.

        Despite these precautions, our intellectual property rights may still not be protected in a meaningful manner, challenges to contractual rights could arise or third parties could copy or otherwise obtain and use our intellectual property without authorization. The occurrence of any of these events could result in the erosion of our brand names and limitations on our ability to control marketing on or through the internet using our various domain names, as well as impede our ability to effectively compete against competitors with similar technologies, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

        From time to time, we have been subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights held by third parties. In addition, litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights claimed by others. Any litigation of this nature, regardless of outcome or merit, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management and technical resources, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Patent litigation tends to be particularly protracted and expensive.

Our success depends, in part, on the integrity of our systems and infrastructure and those of third parties. System interruption and the lack of integration and redundancy in our and third party information systems may affect our businesses.

        To succeed, our systems and infrastructure must perform well on a consistent basis. From time to time, we may experience occasional system interruptions that make some or all of our systems or data unavailable or that prevent us from providing services, which could adversely affect our business. Moreover, as traffic to our various websites increases and the number of new (and presumably more

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complex) products and services that we introduce continues to grow, we will need to upgrade our systems, infrastructure and technologies generally to facilitate this growth. If we do not do so or if we experience inefficiencies and/or operational failures in connection with these efforts, users, customers and third parties with whom we do business may not be able to access our services on an intermittent or prolonged basis and the quality of the user/customer experience could be adversely affected. Moreover, even if we do not encounter any inefficiencies and/or operational failures in connection with these efforts, third parties with whom we do business may not make the changes to their systems, infrastructure and technology needed in order to access our services on a timely basis, if at all. The occurrence of any of these events could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        We also rely on third party computer systems, data centers, broadband and other communications systems and service providers in connection with the provision of services generally, as well as to facilitate and process certain transactions with customers. Any interruptions, outages or delays in our systems or those of our third party providers, or deterioration in the performance of these systems, could impair our ability to provide services and/or process certain transactions with customers. Furthermore, data security breaches (as a result of the actions of hackers or otherwise), fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, acts of war or terrorism, acts of God and other similar events or disruptions may damage or interrupt computer, data, broadband or other communications systems at any time. Any event of this nature could cause system interruption, delays and loss of critical data, and could prevent us from providing services to users and customers. While we have backup systems for certain aspects of our operations, our systems are not fully redundant and disaster recovery planning is not sufficient for all eventualities. In addition, we may not have adequate insurance coverage to compensate for losses from a major interruption.

        In particular, our destination search websites may be adversely affected by fraudulent, surreptitious or other unwanted computer programs, applications and activity that make changes to users' computers and interfere with the overall experience of our services, such as by hijacking queries to these websites or altering or replacing search results generated. This type of interference often occurs without disclosure to or consent from users, resulting in a negative experience that users may associate with us. These disruptive programs and applications may be difficult or impossible to uninstall or disable, may reinstall themselves and may circumvent efforts to block or remove them. In addition, downloadable toolbars through which we provide search services are also subject to attack by viruses, worms and other malicious software programs, which could jeopardize the security of information stored in users' computer or in our systems and networks. No assurances can be given that our efforts to combat these malicious applications will be successful and/or that our products and services will not have (or will not be perceived to have) vulnerabilities in this regard.

        If any of these events were to occur, it could damage our reputation and result in the loss of current and potential users and customers, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and otherwise be costly to remedy.

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Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

        The following table sets forth purchases by the Company of its common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2010:

Period
  (a)
Total
Number of
Shares Purchased
  (b)
Average
Price Paid
Per Share(1)
  (c)
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs(2)
  (d)
Maximum
Number of
Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs(3)
 

April 2010

                19,245,157  

May 2010

    2,895,500   $ 22.49     2,895,500     16,349,657  

June 2010

    3,154,400   $ 23.12     3,154,400     13,195,257  
                       
 

Total

    6,049,900   $ 22.82     6,049,900     13,195,257  
                       

(1)
Reflects the weighted average price paid per share of IAC common stock.

(2)
Reflects repurchases made pursuant to the repurchase authorization previously announced in February 2010.

(3)
Represents the total number of shares of common stock that remained available for repurchase pursuant to the February 2010 repurchase authorization.

At July 23, 2010, IAC had approximately 12.2 million shares remaining under the February 2010 share repurchase authorization. IAC may purchase shares pursuant to this repurchase authorization over an indefinite period of time, depending on those factors IAC management deems relevant at any particular time, including, without limitation, market conditions, share price and future outlook.

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Item 6.    Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
  Description   Location
  3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IAC/InterActiveCorp.   Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed on August 12, 2005.

 

3.2

 

Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

 

Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 22, 2008.

 

3.3

 

Amended and Restated By-Laws of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

 

Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 2, 2008.

 

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.(1)

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.(1)

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.(2)

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.(2)

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance(3)

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema(3)

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation(3)

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition(3)

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels(3)

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation(3)

 

 

(1)
Filed herewith.

(2)
Furnished herewith.

(3)
Pursuant to applicable securities laws and regulations, the Registrant is deemed to have complied with the reporting obligation relating to the submission of interactive data files in such exhibits and is not subject to liability under any anti-fraud provisions or other liability provisions of the federal securities laws as long as the Registrant has made a good faith attempt to comply with the submission requirements and promptly amends the interactive data files after becoming aware that

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SIGNATURES

        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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 29, 2010

    IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

By:

 

/s/ THOMAS J. MCINERNEY

Thomas J. McInerney
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ THOMAS J. MCINERNEY

Thomas J. McInerney
  Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
  July 29, 2010

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