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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 000-51447
 
A.   FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN AND THE ADDRESS OF THE PLAN, IF DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE ISSUER NAMED BELOW:
EXPEDIA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
B.   NAME OF ISSUER OF THE SECURITIES HELD PURSUANT TO THE PLAN AND THE ADDRESS OF ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE:
Expedia, Inc.
333 108th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
 
 

 


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REQUIRED INFORMATION
1.   Not applicable.
 
2.   Not applicable.
 
3.   Not applicable.
 
4.   The Expedia Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Attached hereto as Appendix I is a copy of the most recent financial statements and schedule of the Plan prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements under ERISA.

 


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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Financial Statements and
Supplemental Schedule
December 31, 2008 and 2007
and for the Year Ended December 31, 2008
Contents
         
    1  
 
       
Audited Financial Statements
       
 
       
    2  
    3  
    4  
 
       
Supplemental Schedule
       
 
       
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Expedia Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2008 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Seattle, Washington
June 9, 2009

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31,  
    2008     2007  
     
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value
  $ 91,966,294     $ 115,873,177  
Participant contribution receivable
    101       35,841  
     
Net assets available for benefits, at fair value
    91,966,395       115,909,018  
 
               
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in a common/collective trust fund which invests in fully benefit- responsive investment contracts
    329,832       31,795  
 
               
     
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 92,296,227     $ 115,940,813  
     
See accompanying notes.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2008
         
Additions:
       
Dividend and interest income
  $ 4,683,017  
Participant contributions
    22,129,690  
Rollover contributions
    2,582,764  
Employer contributions
    7,223,130  
Assets transferred into the Plan
    1,036,799  
 
     
Total additions
    37,655,400  
 
       
Deductions:
       
Net realized and unrealized depreciation in fair value of investments
    52,787,838  
Benefits paid to participants
    8,470,964  
Administrative expenses
    41,184  
 
     
Total deductions
    61,299,986  
 
       
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits
    (23,644,586 )
 
       
Net assets available for benefits at:
       
Beginning of year
    115,940,813  
 
     
End of year
  $ 92,296,227  
 
     
See accompanying notes.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2008
1. Description of the Plan
The following description of the Expedia Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan was established on August 9, 2005 and is a defined contribution plan covering substantially all U.S. employees of Expedia, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “Expedia”) who have reached the age of 18 (21 prior to January 1, 2006). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). New employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan upon satisfying its eligibility requirements and are deemed to enter into a pre-tax salary reduction agreement with the Company to contribute 3% of compensation (as defined in the plan document) and to make an election to invest in a default investment fund determined by the Plan’s administrative committee unless an employee affirmatively changes his or her pre-tax salary deferral election. The default investment funds are the various Fidelity Freedom Funds.
Contributions
Participants can make pre-tax deferrals ranging from 1% to 16%, and after-tax contributions ranging from 1% to 10% of their compensation (as defined in the plan document) through payroll deductions. Participants can direct their contributions to any of the Plan’s investment fund options. Effective January 1, 2009 participants can make pre-tax deferrals ranging from 1% to 50% of their compensation.
The Company makes matching contributions in an amount equal to 50% of the first 6% of pre-tax compensation deferred by participants in each payroll period, subject to regulatory limitations. The Company may also make discretionary contributions. During the year ended December 31, 2008 no discretionary contributions were made to the plan document. Participants can direct Company contributions to any of the Plan’s investment fund options in the same manner as they direct their own contributions.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Description of the Plan (continued)
Vesting
Participant contributions are fully vested at the time of contribution. Generally, participants are 100% vested in the Company contributions in their accounts, plus actual earnings thereon, after two years of credited service.
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, allocations of the Company’s contributions and Plan earnings. Allocations are determined in accordance with the provisions of the plan document. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the vested portion of the participant’s account.
Forfeitures
Forfeitures of terminated participants’ non-vested account balances are first made available to reinstate previously forfeited account balances of qualifying participants who have left the Company and subsequently returned. The remaining amount, if any, is used to reduce the Company’s future contributions. The balance of forfeited accounts at December 31, 2008 and 2007 are $871,140 and $408,333, respectively. No amounts were used to fund company contributions during the year.
Participant Loans
Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance within the last 12 months or 50% of their vested account balances. With the exception of loans used to purchase a primary residence, which can have terms up to 15 years, loan terms are limited to a maximum of five years. Loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with commercial prevailing rates as determined in accordance with the terms of the plan document. Principal and interest are paid ratably through regular payroll deductions for actively employed participants. Upon termination of employment, any outstanding loans are due and payable within ninety days following the termination date.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
Payment of Benefits
Upon participants’ retirement, death, disability or termination of employment, they, or their designated beneficiary, may elect to withdraw their entire vested account balances in the form of a lump sum payment, provided that to the extent a participant’s account is invested in Expedia stock, the participant may elect to receive such Expedia stock. Participants reaching the age of 591/2 may elect to withdraw some or all of their vested account balances while still employed. In the event of hardship (as defined by the plan document) participants may withdraw some or all of the vested portion of their account balances, subject to the requirements of the plan document. Participants may withdraw some or all of their rollover or after-tax contributions at any time.
Administrative Expenses
Administrative expenses include fees to administer the Plan and the investment funds. Substantially all costs of administering the Plan, including professional and other expenses, are paid by the Company.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
Investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan or by a fund within a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value, which is equal to contributions plus earnings less withdrawals and expenses, is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through its participation in the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II (the MIP II), a common/collective trust fund. The statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the investment in the MIP II as well as the adjustment of the investment in the MIP II from fair value to contract value. The fair value of the Plan’s interest in the MIP II is based on information reported by the issuer of the common collective trust at year-end. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.
Benefit Payments
Benefit payments are recorded when paid.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. The shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year end. The Plan’s interest in the MIP II is calculated by applying the Plan’s ownership percentage in the MIP II to the total fair value of the MIP II. The underlying assets owned by the MIP II consist primarily of readily marketable fixed income securities with quoted market prices. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the plan year. The participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded as of their trade-date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis, and dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. SFAS 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
     
Level 1
  Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
 
   
Level 2
  Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active or identical or similar financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;
 
   
Level 3
  Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Fair Value of Investments
The Plan’s investments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, such as money market funds, mutual funds and equity securities, are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of these investments is valued based on quoted market prices in active markets. The Plan also invests in a common collective trust for which the valuation is based on the value of the underlying investments. Therefore, the common collective trust is classified as Level 2. Participant loans are classified within Level 3.
                                 
    Investment Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Investments in registered investment companies
  $ 79,733,031     $     $     $ 79,733,031  
Investments in self-directed brokerage accounts
    1,140,184                   1,140,184  
Investments in common collective trusts
          8,127,880             8,127,880  
Investments in Expedia, Inc. common stock
    1,247,562                   1,247,562  
Loans to participants
                1,717,637       1,717,637  
     
Total Investments at Fair Value
  $ 82,120,777     $ 8,127,880     $ 1,717,637     $ 91,966,294  
     
The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2008.
         
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 1,501,821  
Loan repayments and withdrawals (net)
    215,816  
 
     
Balance, end of year
  $ 1,717,637  
 
     
4. Investments
The Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold, and held during the period) depreciated in fair value as determined by quoted market prices, for the year ended December 31, 2008 as follows:
         
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
       
Registered investment companies
  $ 50,497,141  
Expedia, Inc. common stock
    2,290,697  
 
     
Total net depreciation in fair value of investments
  $ 52,787,838  
 
     

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Investments (continued)
The following investments represent 5% or more of the fair value of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2008 and 2007:
                 
    2008   2007
     
Fidelity ContraFund
  $ 9,037,828     $ 11,737,068  
Fidelity Diversified International Fund
    8,814,002       14,675,865  
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II Fund
    8,127,880       *  
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund
    6,135,034       *  
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund
    5,392,949       9,012,898  
Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund
    5,260,653       *  
Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund
    4,907,566       7,421,720  
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
    4,889,420       7,347,248  
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund
    *       6,893,267  
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
    *       6,825,204  
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
    *       6,608,227  
 
*   Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund, Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund and Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund did not represent 5% or more of the fair value of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2008. Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio Fund, Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund and Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund did not represent 5% or more of the fair value of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2007.
5. Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
6. Income Tax Status
In accordance with new determination letter program procedures set forth by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Plan applied for a determination letter from the IRS stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) in 2008. The plan administrator believes that the Plan has been designed to comply with and is operating in accordance with the requirements of the Code and therefore believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is exempt from taxation.

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
7. Reconciliation to Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 at December 31, 2008 and 2007:
                 
    2008   2007
     
Net assets available for benefits at fair value, per the Form 5500
  $ 91,966,395     $ 115,909,018  
Plus: Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in the MIP II which invests in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    329,832       31,795  
     
Net assets available for benefits, per the financial statements
  $ 92,296,227     $ 115,940,813  
     

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Supplemental Schedule

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Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
EIN: 91-1996083 Plan: 002
Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2008
                       
        (c)      
    (b)   Description of Investment Including,      
    Identity of Issue, Borrower,   Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,   (e)  
(a)   Lessor, or Similar Party   Collateral, Par, or Maturity Value   Current Value  
 
   
Registered investment companies:
                 
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund
    22,255   shares   $ 223,659  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund
    6,782   shares     56,901  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund
    79,847   shares     827,210  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund
    70,062   shares     599,729  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund
    155,697   shares     1,564,754  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund
    239,241   shares     1,968,950  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund
    352,515   shares     3,440,548  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund
    343,270   shares     2,756,454  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund
    941,083   shares     5,260,653  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund
    157,950   shares     1,039,314  
*  
Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund
    65,673   shares     424,247  
*  
Fidelity Freedom Income Fund
    40,080   shares     383,162  
*  
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
    167,556   shares     4,408,388  
*  
Fidelity ContraFund
    199,687   shares     9,037,828  
*  
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund
    260,262   shares     4,109,544  
*  
Fidelity Diversified International Fund
    409,763   shares     8,814,002  
*  
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund
    73,208   shares     2,259,931  
*  
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund
    966,147   shares     6,135,034  
*  
Fidelity Low- Priced Stock Fund
    233,259   shares     5,392,949  
*  
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
    269,339   shares     4,204,382  
   
Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund A
    260,030   shares     2,712,109  
   
MSI Small Company Growth Portfolio
    210,769   shares     1,608,165  
*  
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
    153,273   shares     4,889,420  
   
Royce Low-Priced Stock Fund
    181,752   shares     1,668,487  
   
Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund
    224,090   shares     4,907,566  
   
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Fund
    40,156   shares     1,039,645  
   
 
               
   
Total registered investment companies
              79,733,031  
   
Common/collective trust fund:
                 
*  
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II Fund
    8,457,712   units     8,127,880  
   
Common stock:
                 
*  
Expedia, Inc. common stock
    151,328   shares     1,247,562  
   
Participant-directed brokerage accounts:
                 
*        Fidelity Brokerage Link (1)   Various mutual funds and common stocks     1,140,184  
*   Participant loans   Interest rates ranging from 5% to 10%, maturing through 2021     1,717,637  
   
 
               
   
 
            $ 91,966,294  
   
 
               
 
*   Indicates a party-in-interest to the Plan.
 
(1)   Certain investments in the Fidelity Brokerage Link accounts are issued by a party-in-interest to the Plan.
 
Note:   Column (d), cost, is not applicable, as all investments are participant-directed.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
    EXPEDIA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN    
 
           
Date:
  By:   /s/ Patricia L. Zuccotti    
June 9, 2009
     
 
Patricia L. Zuccotti
   
 
      Member of Benefit Plans Administration Committee    
 
      Expedia, Inc.    

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm