Document:

Exhibit 10.2

 

NOMINEE AGREEMENT

 

This NOMINEE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered
into as of July 2, 2001 by and between Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ITH”), and Randy Ronning (“Ronning”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, ITH owns Common Stock in The Knot, Inc.
(the “Company”);

 

WHEREAS, QVC, Inc. (“QVC”), through its
wholly-owned subsidiary QK Holdings, Inc., owns 70% of the limited liability
company interests of ITH;

 

WHEREAS, Ronning is an employee of QVC who has
been appointed by the Company to serve on the board of directors of the
Company;

 

WHEREAS, Ronning, in his capacity as a
non-employee director of the Company, has become entitled under the Company’s
1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to receive a grant of non-qualified
stock options (the “Options”) to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock (the “Option Shares”), and may in the future become entitled to receive
additional options and/or shares of capital stock or other securities of the
Company (collectively, including the Options and the Option Shares, the
“Securities”); and

 

WHEREAS, Ronning, as an employee of QVC, has agreed,
and by this Agreement does confirm such agreement, that any Securities he
receives in his capacity as a director of the Company will be held by him for
the benefit of ITH until such time as Ronning can transfer such Securities into
the name of ITH.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

 

1.             ITH shall be the sale and absolute
beneficial owner of all Securities of the Company received by Ronning in his
capacity as a director of the Company. 
Ronning shall be the record owner of all such Securities and shall hold
such Securities as nominee for the sole benefit of ITH in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.  As ITH’s
nominee, Ronning shall not take any action with respect to any Securities
(including, without limitation, the sale, transfer, assignment or other
disposition or encumbrance of the Securities) without the express written
consent of ITH.

 

2.             With respect to the Options, Ronning
shall exercise the Options, in whole or in part, as directed by ITH, provided
that ITH, as the beneficial owner of the Options, shall be required to pay the
exercise price therefor and any other fees or costs required to be borne by the
holder thereof.  Upon exercise of the
Options, Ronning and ITH shall promptly take any and an actions and execute any
and all instruments and documents as may be necessary to effectuate the
transfer of the Option Shares into the name of ITH.  From the date of exercise of the Options until the date upon
which the Option Shares are effectively transferred into the name of ITH, ITH
shall be the beneficial owner of the Option Shares, and as such shall be
entitled to all dividends and distributions in respect thereof, all proceeds of
any disposition thereof and all voting and other rights incident thereto.

 

 

3.             With respect to any other Securities
received by Ronning in his capacity as a director of the Company, Ronning and
ITH shall take any and all actions and execute any and all instruments and
documents as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer of such Securities
into the name of ITH as soon as such Securities can be so transferred.  From the date on which any such Securities
are issued to Ronning until the date upon which such Securities are effectively
transferred into the name of ITH, ITH shall be the beneficial owner of such
Securities, and as such shall be entitled to all dividends and distributions in
respect thereof, all proceeds of any disposition thereof and all voting and
other rights incident thereto.

 

4.             Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall Ronning or ITH be required to take any action with respect to any
of the Securities if such action would be in violation of any applicable laws
concerning the issuance of securities.

 

5.             ITH shall be treated for United States
Federal income tax purposes as the owner of all Securities of the Company that
Ronning holds as nominee pursuant to this Agreement.  Accordingly, the Company shall not issue a Form 1099 to Ronning
on account of the Options, the Option Shares or any other Securities hereafter
issued to Ronning in his capacity as a director of the Company.

 

6.             ITH shall indemnify and hold harmless
Ronning from and against all expenses, liabilities and losses (collectively,
including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes or penalties, “Losses”) reasonably
incurred or suffered by Ronning as a result of his holding the Securities as
ITH’s nominee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that Ronning shall
not be indemnified for any Losses incurred or suffered by him that are
attributable to his gross negligence, willful misconduct or knowing violation
of law.

 

7.             This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware,
without giving effect to any conflicts or choice of law provisions that would
cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other
jurisdiction.

 

8.             This Agreement maybe executed in any
number of counterparts with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed
the same document, and all counterparts shall be construed together and shall
constitute one instrument.

 

9.             This Agreement constitutes the full and
entire understanding and agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements
pertaining thereto, whether oral or written.

 

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
stated.

 

	
   

  	
  INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  HOLDINGS, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  QK Holdings, Inc., its
  Managing Member

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David M. Apostolico

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David M. Apostolico,
  Esq.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  /s/
  Randy Y. Ronning

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  RANDY RONNINGExhibit
10.3

 

JOINT FILING
AGREEMENT

 

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 17, 2003, by and
among Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Liberty”), QVC, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“QVC”), QK Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“QK”),
and Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ITH” and together with Liberty, QVC and QK, the “Liberty Reporting Persons”).

 

WHEREAS, ITH is the record holder of certain
equity interests (“Company Securities”) in The Knot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) and has the right to acquire any Company Securities
received by Mr. Randy Ronning in his capacity as director of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, ITH, QK and QVC were previously members
of a reporting group which included Comcast Corporation and certain of its
affiliates;

 

WHEREAS, QK is the managing member of ITH and a
wholly owned subsidiary of QVC;

 

WHEREAS, Liberty has acquired all of Comcast
Corporation’s equity interest in QVC and, as a result, Liberty currently owns
approximately 98% of the outstanding common stock of QVC;

 

WHEREAS, Liberty, QVC and QK may be deemed to
beneficially own the Company Securities with ITH; and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Liberty Reporting Persons
hereby agree to prepare a single statement containing the information required
by Schedule 13D with respect to their respective interests in the Company
Securities.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Liberty Reporting Persons hereby
agree as follows:

 

1.     The Liberty Reporting Persons will prepare a single
statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D with respect to
their respective interests in the Company Securities (the “Schedule 13D”), and
the Schedule 13D shall be filed on behalf of each of them.

 

2.     Each party hereto shall be responsible for the timely
filing of the Schedule 13D and any necessary amendments thereto, and for the
completeness and accuracy of the information concerning it contained therein,
but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the
information concerning any other party contained therein, except to the extent
that it knows or has reason to believe that such information of such other
party is inaccurate.

 

3.     This Agreement shall continue as to each Liberty
Reporting Person unless and until terminated by such Liberty Reporting Person
as to itself, in which case this Agreement shall then continue as to all
remaining Liberty Reporting Persons.

 

4.     This Agreement supercedes and replaces any joint
filing agreements with respect to the reporting of beneficial ownership of
Company Securities to which ITH, QK and QVC are parties, and any such joint
filing agreements are hereby terminated as to each of ITH, QK and QVC.

 

 

5.     Charles Y. Tanabe and Neal S. Grabell shall be
designated as the persons authorized to receive notices and communications on
behalf of the Liberty Reporting Persons with respect to the Schedule 13D and
any amendments thereto.

 

6.     This Agreement may be included as an Exhibit to the
Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

	
   

  	
  LIBERTY
  MEDIA CORPORATION

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Charles Y. Tanabe

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Charles
  Y. Tanabe

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Senior
  Vice President

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  QVC,
  INC.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Neal S. Grabell

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Neal
  S. Grabell

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Senior
  Vice President and General Counsel

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  QK
  HOLDINGS, INC.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David M. Apostolico

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David
  M. Apostolico

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  President

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  INTERACTIVE
  TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:  QK
  HOLDINGS, INC., Managing Member

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/
  David M. Apostolico

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David
  M. Apostolico

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  President
  of QK Holdings, Inc.

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