Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2024 | |
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| Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries | Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries Matters Related to Cendant Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement with Cendant (the Company’s former parent company, now Avis Budget Group), the Company entered into certain guarantee commitments with Cendant and Cendant’s former subsidiary, Realogy (now Anywhere Real Estate Inc.). These guarantee arrangements primarily relate to certain contingent litigation liabilities, contingent tax liabilities, and Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities, of which Wyndham Worldwide Corporation assumed 37.5% of the responsibility while Cendant’s former subsidiary Realogy is responsible for the remaining 62.5%. In connection with the Spin-off, Wyndham Hotels agreed to retain one-third of Cendant’s contingent and other corporate liabilities and associated costs; therefore, Travel + Leisure Co. is effectively responsible for 25% of such matters subsequent to the separation. Since Cendant’s separation, Cendant has settled the majority of the lawsuits that were pending on the date of the separation. On March 21, 2023, the California Office of Tax Appeals (“OTA”) issued an opinion on a Cendant legacy tax matter involving Avis Budget Group related to a 1999 transaction. The matter concerned (i) whether the statute of limitations barred proposed assessment notices issued by the California Franchise Tax Board; and (ii) whether a transaction undertaken by the taxpayers for the 1999 tax year constituted a tax-free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code. The OTA ruled in favor of the California Franchise Tax Board. During the second quarter of 2023 Cendant filed a petition for rehearing. On April 10, 2024, Cendant’s petition was denied, and the Company is currently awaiting the final notice for the required payment, one third of which is the responsibility of Wyndham Hotels. As of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Cendant separation and related liabilities were $24 million and $23 million, all of which were tax related liabilities. These liabilities are included within Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Matters Related to Wyndham Hotels In connection with the Spin-off on May 31, 2018, Travel + Leisure Co. entered into several agreements with Wyndham Hotels that govern the relationship of the parties following the separation including the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, and the License, Development and Noncompetition Agreement. The Transition Services Agreement ended in 2020. The Company and Wyndham Hotels entered into a letter agreement during 2021 pursuant to which, among other things, Wyndham Hotels waived its right to enforce certain noncompetition covenants in the License, Development and Noncompetition Agreement. In accordance with the agreements governing the relationship between Travel + Leisure Co. and Wyndham Hotels, Travel + Leisure Co. assumed two-thirds and Wyndham Hotels assumed one-third of certain contingent corporate liabilities of the Company incurred prior to the Spin-off, including liabilities of the Company related to certain terminated or divested businesses, certain general corporate matters, and any actions with respect to the separation plan. Likewise, Travel + Leisure Co. is entitled to receive two-thirds and Wyndham Hotels is entitled to receive one-third of the proceeds from certain contingent corporate assets of the Company arising prior to the Spin-off. Matters Related to the European Vacation Rentals Business In connection with the sale of the Company’s European vacation rentals business to Awaze Limited (“Awaze”), formerly Compass IV Limited, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, LLC, the Company and Wyndham Hotels agreed to certain post-closing credit support for the benefit of certain credit card service providers, a British travel association, and certain regulatory authorities to allow them to continue providing services or regulatory approval to the business. Post-closing credit support may be called if the business fails to meet its primary obligation to pay amounts when due. Awaze has provided an indemnification to Travel + Leisure Co. in the event that the post-closing credit support is enforced or called upon. At closing, the Company agreed to provide additional post-closing credit support to a British travel association and regulatory authority. An escrow was established at closing, of which $46 million was subsequently released in exchange for a secured bonding facility and a perpetual guarantee denominated in pound sterling of $46 million. The estimated fair value of the guarantee was $22 million as of June 30, 2024. The Company maintains a $7 million receivable from Wyndham Hotels for its portion of the guarantee. In addition, the Company agreed to indemnify Awaze against certain claims and assessments, including income tax, value-added tax and other tax matters, related to the operations of the European vacation rentals business for the periods prior to the transaction. During the second quarter of 2023, one of the guarantees under this agreement expired resulting in the Company recognizing $5 million within Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes, with an offsetting $2 million of expense, representing Wyndham Hotels one-third share, included within General and administrative expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. During the second quarter of 2024, the remaining indemnifications expired which resulted in the recognitions of a $32 million Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of taxes with an offsetting $12 million of expense, representing Wyndham Hotels one-third share, included within General and administrative expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Wyndham Hotels provided certain post-closing credit support primarily for the benefit of a British travel association in the form of guarantees which are mainly denominated in pound sterling of up to £61 million ($81 million USD) on a perpetual basis. These guarantees totaled £31 million ($39 million USD) at June 30, 2024. Travel + Leisure Co. is responsible for two-thirds of these guarantees. The estimated fair value of the guarantees and indemnifications for which Travel + Leisure Co. is responsible related to the sale of the European vacation rentals business at June 30, 2024, including the two-thirds portion related to guarantees provided by Wyndham Hotels, totaled $48 million and was recorded in Accrued expenses and other liabilities and total receivables of $7 million were included in Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, representing the portion of these guarantees and indemnifications for which Wyndham Hotels is responsible. Matters Related to the North American Vacation Rentals Business In connection with the sale of the North American vacation rentals business to Vacasa LLC (“Vacasa”), the Company agreed to indemnify Vacasa against certain claims and assessments, including income tax and other tax matters related to the operations of the North American vacation rentals business for the periods prior to the transaction. The estimated fair value of the indemnifications was $2 million, which was included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2024. Related Party TransactionsThe Company occasionally sublets an aircraft from its former CEO and current Chairman of the Board of Directors for business travel through a timesharing arrangement. The Company incurred less than $1 million of expenses related to this timesharing arrangement during both the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
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