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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 31, 2026, Vertro, Inc. (“Vertro”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inuvo, Inc., entered into an Extension Amendment (the “Amendment”), effective as of April 1, 2026, to the Google Services Agreement between Vertro and Google LLC, effective January 1, 2024 (as amended, the “Agreement”). The Amendment modifies the terms of the Agreement by extending the term for three additional months from the then current expiration date. The new expiration date of the Agreement is June 30, 2026.
The summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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* Certain portions of this exhibit have been redacted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K. The omitted information is (i) not material and (ii) is confidential and private and would likely cause competitive harm to Inuvo, Inc. if publicly disclosed.
# Schedules, exhibits and similar attachments to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Inuvo agrees to furnish copies of such omitted materials supplementally upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: April 3, 2026 | By: | /s/ Wallace Ruiz |
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EXHIBIT 10.1
CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF DISCLOSED.
[***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.
Contract ID: n367212
AMENDMENT TO GOOGLE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Google Services Agreement (“Amendment”), effective as of the first day following the current expiration date of the Agreement (as defined below) (“Amendment Effective Date”), is between Vertro, Inc. (“Company”) and Google LLC (“Google”) and amends the existing Google Services Agreement between Company and Google (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment have the meanings given to those terms in the Agreement. The parties agree as follows:
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| 1.1. | The term of the Agreement is extended for an additional three months from the current expiration date. |
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| 1.2. | The following are added as new definitions in Section 1 (Definitions) of the Agreement: |
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| “AdSense for Search Restricted Access Features (RAFs) Policy” or the “RAF Policy” ***. |
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| 1.3. | Section 2.2(e) (Implementation and Maintenance) of the Agreement is replaced with the following: |
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| (e) Company will ensure that (i) every Request is generated by a Search Query, and (ii) every Request contains the Search Query that generated that Request. |
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| 1.4. | Section 2.2(k) (Implementation and Maintenance) of the Agreement is replaced with the following: |
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| 1.5. | Section 3.2 Compliance Obligations of the Agreement is replaced with the following: |
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| (a) Company will not knowingly or negligently allow any use of or access to the Services through any Site that is not in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to monitor for any such access or use and will, if any such access or use is detected, take all reasonable steps requested by Google to disable this access or use. |
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| (b) If Company is not in compliance with this Agreement at any time, Google may with notice to Company, suspend provision of all (or any part of) the applicable Services until Company implements adequate corrective modifications as reasonably required and determined by Google. |
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| 1.6. | Section 4 Conflicting Services of the Agreement is replaced with the following: |
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CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF DISCLOSED.
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| 7.1 By Google. If Google modifies the Google Branding Guidelines, the Google Program Guidelines, the RAF Policy, the AdSense for Search Product-Integrated Feature Policies, or the Google technical protocols, and the modification requires action by Company, Company will take the necessary action no later than 30 days from receipt of notice from Google (or such longer period as required by applicable law or permitted by Google in writing). Any such modification will be generally applied to Google’s similarly situated customers in the same region who are using the specific Service impacted by the modification. |
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| 1.8. | Exhibit B is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit B attached to this Amendment. |
2. General. The parties may execute this Amendment in counterparts, including facsimile, PDF, or other electronic copies, which taken together will constitute one instrument. Except as expressly modified herein, the terms of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the Amendment Effective Date by persons duly authorized.
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| Name: | Dana Robbins |
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| Title: | SVP Digital Publishing |
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| Date: | 3/31/26 |
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| By: | /s/ Philipp Schindler |
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| Name: | Philipp Schindler |
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| Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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| Date: | 2006.03.31 |
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