Document:

Exhibit 10.9

 

	
  

  	
   

  	
  Patrick R.Darr

  President

  

  Centreplex Office Building

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  821 Copilot Centre Boulevard

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Largo,
  Maryland 20774

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  301-808-4330 - fax 301-808-4332

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  pdarr@tmtickets.com

  

 

February 6, 2006

 

By Telecopy and UPS

 

Ticketmaster Corporation

8800 Sunset Boulevard

West Hollywood, California 90069

Attention: Terry Barnes, Chairman and Ed Weiss, Executive Vice
President and General Counsel

 

Re:                             License
Agreement (the “License Agreement”) dated May 23, 1991 between
Ticketmaster Corporation (“TM”) and Ticketmaster Group Limited Partnership (“TGLP”),
as amended, and as previously extended pursuant to a notice dated February 7,
2001 (the “Extension Notice”)

 

Dear Terry:

 

The purpose of this letter is to notify TM,
pursuant to Section 2 of the License Agreement, that TGLP elects to renew
the License Agreement for a second, additional five (5)-year term, commencing
on July 1, 2006. We previously agreed in the Extension Notice that the
Operational Date under the License Agreement was July 1, 1991. Therefore, July 1,
2006 will be the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the Operational
Date, and also the commencement date of the second, five (5)-year renewal term.
The second renewal term will expire on June 30, 2011.

 

Please sign, date and return this letter to
Patrick Darr by telecopy to acknowledge your receipt of this letter and to
signify your agreement that the term of the License Agreement has been renewed
until June 30, 2011 by this notice. In addition, we are sending via UPS two (2)
originals copies of this agreement signed by Patrick Darr. Please sign one (1) original
copy and return it to Patrick Darr. Thank you.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Ticketmaster Group Limited Partnership

 

	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  AP Tickets, Inc., Sole General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By

  	
   /s/ Patrick R. Darr

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Patrick R. Darr, President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  cc:

  	
   

  	
  Michael H. Leahy, Esq.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Receipt of Notice and Renewal of Term of License Agreement
  Acknowledged and Agreed to: 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Ticketmaster corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By

  	
  /s/ Edward Weiss

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Dated: February 16, 2006Exhibit 10.10

 

October 17, 2005

 

Mr. Patrick Darr

Ticketmaster Group Limited Partnership 

821 Capital Centre Boulevard 

Largo, Maryland 20774

 

Dear Pat:

 

Ticketmaster L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Ticketmaster”)
and Ticketmaster Group Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (“TGLP”)
are parties to that certain License Agreement dated as of May 23,1991, as
amended by the certain Amendment to License Agreement dated as of August 31,
1999 (as amended, “License Agreement”) pursuant to which Ticketmaster granted
TGLP an exclusive license and right to the Ticketmaster System, name, logo and
Mark in connection with TGLP’s computerized event ticketing business in the
Market Area. Ticketmaster is upgrading the operating system for the System (“Operating
System”) and is providing TGLP with the right to use such upgrade pursuant to
the terms of the License Agreement. In connection therewith, Ticketmaster has
agreed to host and manage the Operating System for TGLP, and TGLP has agreed to
purchase certain hardware related to the upgraded Operating System and to pay
certain operating expenses related to such hardware in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this letter agreement. All terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the License
Agreement.

 

Ticketmaster shall manage
and host the upgraded Operating System on behalf of TGLP and warrants that it
shall exercise the same care in connection with such functions that it
exercises in connection with the management and hosting of its operating
systems on its own behalf.

 

TGLP agrees to purchase the hardware set forth under Section A of Exhibit A
attached hereto for use in connection with such upgraded Operating System for
$57,200 which equals Ticketmaster’s cost for such hardware plus 10%. The
purchase price of such hardware shall be due within thirty (30) days of receipt
of such hardware. Since Ticketmaster is managing the Operating System for TGLP,
whenever Ticketmaster introduces a new version or upgrades the Operating System
or other core ticketing components and such new version or upgrade requires any
upgrade or change to the infrastructure under TGLP’s control, TGLP agrees to
make such changes to the infrastructure and purchase any new hardware as
required by Ticketmaster within sixty (60) days of notice from Ticketmaster.
Furthermore, as Ticketmaster upgrades its existing core Operating System or
Ticketing hardware, TGLP will reimburse Ticketmaster for the equivalent
reasonable upgrades to the hardware dedicated to TGLP.

 

The upgrade to the Operating System will also cause additional
Ticketmaster operating expenses related to additional operating services as
described under Section B of Exhibit A attached hereto. TGLP agrees
to pay the operating expenses for the required operating services by increasing
the Per Ticket Amount by $0.025 for each applicable period so that the Per
Ticket Amount is equal to $0.175 for the current

 

 

operational year. In the event TGLP decides to receive the optional operating
services, TGLP shall pay for such operating services by increasing the Per Ticket
Amount by an additional $0.025 for each applicable period so that the Per
Ticket Amount would be $0.20 for the current operational year. If changes to
the Operating System cause additional operating expenses, TGLP agrees to pay
any additional operating expenses reasonably determined by Ticketmaster either
by increasing the Per Ticket Amount or by paying such operating expenses
directly, as determined by Ticketmaster.

 

This letter agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by each party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of such
party, enforceable in accordance with its terms. No agreement or understanding
between TGLP or Ticketmaster and any third party contains or shall contain any
provision inconsistent with any provision or the purpose or intent of this
fetter agreement. In the event of a conflict between this letter agreement and
the License Agreement, this letter agreement shall control. Except as
specifically set forth herein, all terms and conditions of the License
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect throughout the term and are
hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties. This letter agreement shall not
be amended without a writing signed by both parties.

 

If you agree with the terms and conditions of this letter agreement,
please acknowledge your agreement by signing in the space provided below and
returning a copy to me.

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Best
  regards,

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David Goldberg

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David Goldberg

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Ticketmaster
  LLC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ACCEPTED
  AND AGREED 

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  this
  19 day of October 2005

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  TICKETMASTER
  GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  a
  Maryland limited partnership

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:
  AP Tickets, Inc., Its sole general partner

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Patrick R. Darr

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
  Patrick R. Darr

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

Exhibit A

 

A.          Hardware

 

	
  Quantity

  	
   

  	
  Description

  	
   

  	
  Ticketmaster’s Cost

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Monitoring
  and Configuration Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  7,000

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Switching
  Equipment

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  7,000

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Console
  Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  3,000

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  IPTT Bridge
  Servers

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  7,000

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Media
  Converter

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  2,000

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Ticketing
  Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  12,000

  	
   

  
	
  2

  	
   

  	
  Authorization
  Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  7,000

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Reporting
  Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  3,500

  	
   

  
	
  1

  	
   

  	
  Ticketing
  Server

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  3,500

  	
   

  

 

B.           Operating Services

 

Required Operating Services

 

Backups – daily backups near line storage

 

Backups – off site tape backups

 

Optional Operating Services

 

Nitrun Operations

 

Swing Shift Operations

 

Regional ProgrammerExhibit 10.11

 

	
   

  	
  3701 Wilshire Blvd. -
  9th Floor

  
	
  

  	
  Los Angeles, California
  90010

  213 639-6100 Tel

  
	
   

  	
  213 382-6210 Fax

  

 

March 21,
2002

 

Mr. Pat
Darr

Ticketmaster
Group Limited Partnership

One
Harry S. Truman Drive

Landover,
Maryland 20785

 

Re: System and Non System-Related Software Licensing Arrangements

 

Dear
Pat:

 

This
letter sets forth certain agreements between Ticketmaster L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“Ticketmaster”), and Ticketmaster Group Limited
Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (“TGLP”), with respect to
Ticketmaster’s license of and the provision of related software maintenance and
support obligations for certain software products to the sports teams and venue
in the Market Area (as explained further below), all on the terms set forth
herein. The sports teams are the Washington Redskins, Washington Capitals,
Washington Wizards, Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens (“Sports Teams”),
and the venue is MCI Center (“Venue”). We shall have the right to add other
clients or venues provided we get your prior written approval.

 

Ticketmaster
Corporation (“TM Corp”), an Illinois corporation and affiliate of Ticketmaster,
and TGLP are party to that certain License Agreement dated as of May 23,
1991, as amended by that certain Amendment to License Agreement dated as of August 31,
1999 (as amended, the “License Agreement”). The License Agreement provides
certain terms and provisions regarding the license by TM Corp or Ticketmaster
to TGLP of software related to the System and the license by TM Corp or
Ticketmaster to TGLP of Non System-Related Software and TGLP’s ability to
sublicense the same to its clients in the Market Area. All terms capitalized
and not defined herein shall have the meaning given those terms in the License
Agreement.

 

The
parties acknowledge and agree that TGLP has heretofore paid Ticketmaster
$120,000 as a license fee for the Non System-Related Software known as ARCHTICS
and $50,000 as a sublicense fee for ARCHTICS as related to the Baltimore
Orioles and that TGLP has not been required to pay, and has not paid, any
further license or sublicense fees as provided for or required by the License
Agreement as of the date of this letter agreement.

 

With
TGLP’s knowledge and consent, Ticketmaster has met with, discussed, negotiated
and entered into contractual arrangements (both written and oral)
(collectively, “Actions”) with the Sports Teams and Venue related to the
following System and Non System-Related Software:

 

 

ARCHTICS,
FanTM, Ticketmaster AccountManager (formerly known as Online Subscriber
Services or OSS) (“TM AccountManager”), TM Charge, the Ticketmaster Marketplace
(which currently includes ticket forwarding, ticket selling, right of first
refusal and GroupManager features and which may be expanded to include future
features of which TGLP will be notified) and SIMS (Subscriber Interactive Voice
Management Services) (collectively, “Software”). We shall have the right to add
other software products provided we get your prior written approval.
Ticketmaster has described to TGLP the nature of such Actions taken by
Ticketmaster through the date hereof and described an outline of agreed terms,
and TGLP hereby ratifies its prior consent and ratifies all such Actions taken
and such outlined terms in regard to the Sports Teams and Venue and the license
to them of the Software (“Approved Actions”).

 

The
parties agree that Ticketmaster can continue such Approved Actions with the
Sports Teams and Venue and can directly enter into written agreements or
amendments or extensions with them as consistent with the Approved Actions. The
parties further agree to waive the provisions of Section 12(b) of the
License Agreement and Section 8 of the Amendment as they relate to the
payment of license and/or sublicense fees among the parties and right of TGLP
to sublicense the Non System-Related Software, except for the payment of
certain maintenance fees related to the Baltimore Orioles as covered by our
separate agreement.

 

Ticketmaster
and TGLP agree that TGLP shall be entitled to receive fifty percent (50%) of
all transaction fees as mutually agreed between Ticketmaster and TGLP collected
(and retained) by Ticketmaster under any TM AccountManager agreement with a
Sports Team or the Venue (including the Ticketmaster Marketplace) (“TM
AccountManager Fees”). Ticketmaster will deliver to TGLP regular payments
quarterly within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter of the TM
AccountManager Fees to which TGLP is entitled, as netted by any deductions or
offsets allowed hereunder, with each payment to be on account of TM
AccountManager Fees collected by Ticketmaster during the calendar quarter
preceding such payment due date. Each payment shall be accompanied by a written
accounting. In the event that Ticketmaster is required to refund any TM
AccountManager Fees (as a result of chargeback or otherwise) previously paid
out to TGLP, Ticketmaster shall have the right to deduct such refunded TM
AccountManager Fees against future disbursements owed to TGLP hereunder.

 

Ticketmaster
and TGLP further agree that TGLP shall be entitled to fees related to the
processing of the Sports Teams’ and the Venue’s VISA and MasterCard
transactions on the TM Charge system. TGLP will be entitled to the amount by
which the TM Charge rate charged to and collected from any Sports Team or Venue
(and retained by Ticketmaster) exceeds 2.2% (“TM Charge Fees”). The TM Charge
rate charged to the Sports Teams and the Venue shall be 2.5% unless otherwise
mutually agreed between Ticketmaster and TGLP. Ticketmaster will deliver to
TGLP regular payments quarterly within thirty (30) days of the end of each
calendar quarter of the TM Charge Fees to which TGLP is entitled, as netted by
any deductions allowed hereunder, with each payment to be on account of TM
Charge Fees collected by Ticketmaster during the calendar quarter preceding
such payment due date. Each payment shall be accompanied by a written
accounting. In the event that Ticketmaster is required to refund any TM Charge
Fees (as a result of chargeback or otherwise) previously paid out to TGLP,
Ticketmaster shall have the right to deduct such refunded TM Charge Fees
against future disbursements owed to TGLP hereunder.

 

2

 

Other
than as explicitly provided herein, TGLP shall have no right to any other fees
or revenue from the Software included as of the date of this letter agreement.
As to any System or Non System-Related Software that may be approved hereunder
in the future, it is the parties’ intent that TGLP shall be entitled to share
50/50 in any transaction fees but shall have no right to share in any license
or maintenance fees; provided that Ticketmaster agrees that the fee structure
offered in the Market Area shall be substantially similar to the fee structure
offered in the rest of the United States (“Substantially Similar”).

 

The
parties agree further that Ticketmaster can take actions similar to the
Approved Actions, and the parties will waive the fees and sublicense rights
waived herein, with regard to the Sports Teams, the Venue, future clients or
venues approved hereunder, and as to the Software and future software approved
hereunder, all on terms as mutually agreed, provided that TGLP’s consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld if the terms are Substantially Similar.

 

This
letter agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party
and constitutes the legal, valid, and binding agreement of such party,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. No agreement or understanding between
TGLP or Ticketmaster and any third party contains or shall contain any
provision inconsistent with any provision, or the purpose or intent, of this
letter agreement. In the event of a conflict between this letter agreement and
the terms and conditions of the License Agreement, the terms and conditions of
this letter agreement shall control. Except as specifically set forth herein to
the contrary, all of the terms and conditions of the License Agreement are in
full force and effect, shall continue in full force and effect throughout the
term and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties. This letter
agreement shall not be amended without a writing signed by both parties.

 

If
this letter agreement coincides with your understanding of matters related to
the System and Non System-Related Software, please acknowledge your agreement
by signing below and returning a copy to me, which may be done in counterparts.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

	
  /s/ Dave Scarborough

  	
   

  
	
  Dave Scarborough

  
	
  Executive
  Vice President

  
	
  Ticketmaster
  L.L.C.

  

 

 

	
  cc:

  	
   

  	
  Tim
  Wood

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Brad
  Serwin, Esq.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Paula
  Atkinson, Esq.

  

 

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AGREED
AND ACCEPTED

this
27  day of March, 2002:

 

Ticketmaster
Group Limited Partnership,

a
Maryland limited partnership

 

By:
AP Tickets, Inc., its sole general partner

 

	
  By:
  

  	
  /s/
  Patrick Darr

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   Patrick
  Darr

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
     President

  	
   

  
					

 

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