Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Transactions With Former Parent

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Transactions With Former Parent
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions With Former Parent
Transactions with Former Parent

Wyndham Hotels has a number of existing arrangements whereby former Parent has provided services to Wyndham Hotels.
Cash Management
Former Parent uses a centralized cash management process. Prior to the Distribution, the majority of Wyndham Hotels’ daily cash receipts were transferred to former Parent and former Parent funded Wyndham Hotels’ operating and investing activities as needed. Accordingly, the cash and cash equivalents held by former Parent were not allocated to Wyndham Hotels prior to the Distribution. During such periods, Wyndham Hotels reflected transfers of cash between the Company and former Parent as a component of Due to former Parent, net on its Condensed Consolidated and Combined Balance Sheets.
Net Transfer to Former Parent
The components of net transfers to former Parent in the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of former Parent’s Net Investment were as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
Cash pooling and general financing activities
$
(110
)
 
$
(220
)
Indirect general corporate overhead allocations
12

 
25

Corporate allocations for shared services
13

 
21

Stock-based compensation allocations
20

 
8

Income taxes
27

 
75

Net transfers to former Parent
$
(38
)
 
$
(91
)

Net Contribution from Former Parent
The components of net contribution from former Parent in the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of former Parent’s Net Investment were as follows:
 
Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2018
Contribution of outstanding borrowings due to former Parent
$
197

Capital contribution from former Parent
106

Dividend to former Parent
(90
)
Other contributions from former Parent, net
20

Net contribution from former Parent
$
233


Debt Due to Former Parent
Wyndham Hotels had $184 million of outstanding borrowings from its former Parent as of December 31, 2017. See Note 10 - Long-Term Debt and Borrowing Arrangements for further detail.
Services Provided by Former Parent
Prior to the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels’ combined financial statements include costs for services that its former Parent provided to the Company, including, but not limited to, information technology support, financial services, human resources and other shared services. Historically, these costs were charged to Wyndham Hotels on a basis determined by its former Parent to reflect a reasonable allocation of actual costs incurred to perform the services. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, Wyndham Hotels was charged $13 million and $21 million, respectively, for such services, which were included in Operating and General and administrative expenses in Wyndham Hotels’ Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income.
Additionally, former Parent allocated indirect general corporate overhead costs to Wyndham Hotels for certain functions and services provided, including, but not limited to, executive facilities, shared service technology platforms, finance and other administrative support. Accordingly, the Company recorded $12 million and $25 million of expenses for indirect general corporate overhead from former Parent during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which are included in General and administrative expenses within its Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income.
These allocations may not, however, reflect the expense Wyndham Hotels would have incurred as an independent, publicly traded company for the periods presented. Actual costs that may have been incurred had Wyndham Hotels been a stand-alone company would depend on a number of factors, including the chosen organizational structure, the functions Wyndham Hotels might have performed itself or outsourced and strategic decisions Wyndham Hotels might have made in areas such as information technology and infrastructure. Following the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels will perform these functions using its own resources or purchased services from either former Parent or third parties. For an interim period some of these functions will continue to be provided by former Parent under a transition services agreement.
Insurance
Prior to the Distribution, former Parent provided the Company with insurance coverage for general liability, property, business interruption and other risks with respect to business operations and charged the Company a fee based on estimates of claims. Wyndham Hotels was charged $1 million and $2 million for insurance during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which was included in the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income.
Defined Contribution Benefit Plans
Prior to the Distribution, former Parent administered and maintained domestic defined contribution savings plans and a domestic deferred compensation plan that provide eligible employees of Wyndham Hotels an opportunity to accumulate funds for retirement. Former Parent matched the contributions of participating employees on the basis specified by each plan. Wyndham Hotels’ cost for these plans was $2 million and $4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Transactions with Former Parent
In connection with the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels and Wyndham Worldwide entered into long-term exclusive license agreements to retain Wyndham Destination’s affiliations with one of the industry’s top-rated loyalty programs, Wyndham Rewards, as well as to continue to collaborate on inventory-sharing and customer cross-sell initiatives.

Wyndham Hotels also entered into several agreements with Wyndham Destinations that govern the relationship of the parties following the spin-off, including a separation and distribution agreement, an employee matters agreement, a tax matters agreement, a transition services agreement and a license, development and noncompetition agreement. In connection with these agreements, the Company recorded $4 million of revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, which are reported within Corporate and Other.

These agreements have either not existed historically, or may be on different terms than the terms of the arrangement or agreements that existed prior to the spin-off. These Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements do not reflect the effect of these new and/or revised agreements for periods prior to the Distribution.