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| 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 used 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 Consolidated and Combined Balance Sheets.
Net Transfer to and Net Contribution from Former Parent
The components of net transfers to and net contribution from former Parent in the Consolidated and Combined Statements of former Parent’s Net Investment were as follows:
Debt Due to Former Parent
Wyndham Hotels had $184 million of outstanding borrowings from its former Parent as of December 31, 2017. See Note 12 - Long-Term Debt and Borrowing Arrangements for further detail.
Services Provided by Former Parent
Prior to the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels’ Consolidated and 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 2018, 2017 and 2016, Wyndham Hotels was charged $13 million, $29 million and $29 million, respectively, for such services, which were included in Operating and General and administrative expenses in Wyndham Hotels’ 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, $35 million and $34 million of expenses for indirect general corporate overhead from former Parent during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which are included in General and administrative expenses within its 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, $3 million and $3 million for insurance during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which was included in the Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income.
Defined Contribution Benefit Plans
Prior to the Distribution, former Parent administered and maintained defined contribution savings plans and a deferred compensation plan that provided 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, $6 million and $5 million during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Subsequent to the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels administers and maintains its own defined contribution savings plans and deferred compensation plan. The Company’s cost for these plans was $4 million during 2018.
Transactions with Former Parent
In connection with the Distribution, Wyndham Hotels and Wyndham Worldwide entered into long-term exclusive license agreements to retain Wyndham Destinations’ affiliations with one of the hospitality 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 and a transition services agreement. In connection with these agreements, the Company recorded $7 million of revenues during 2018, which are reported within Corporate and Other.
In addition, Wyndham Hotels recorded revenues from Wyndham Destinations in the amount of $84 million, $59 million and $56 million for a license, development and non-competition agreement and $21 million, $16 million and $9 million for activities associated with the Wyndham Rewards program during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Such fees are recorded within License and other fees on the Consolidated and Combined Statements of Income.
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 Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements do not reflect the effect of these new and/or revised agreements for periods prior to the Distribution.
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