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, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions With Former Parent
15. TRANSACTIONS WITH FORMER PARENT
The Company has a number of arrangements with former Parent for services provided between both parties as described below.
License agreement and other agreements with former Parent
In connection with the Company’s spin-off, the Company and former Parent entered into long-term exclusive license agreements to retain former Parents’ 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.
In connection with the Company’s license, development and non-competition agreement, the Company recorded revenues from former Parent in the amount of $16 million each for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and $49 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. Further, the Company recorded revenues of $3 million each for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and $7 million and $10 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 for activities associated with the Wyndham Rewards program. The Company also recorded revenues from a former affiliate for license fees of $1 million and $2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $4 million each for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. Such fees are recorded within license and other fees on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income/(Loss).
Transfer of former Parent liabilities and issuances of guarantees to former Parent and affiliates
Upon the distribution of the Company’s common stock to former Parent shareholders, the Company entered into certain guarantee commitments with former Parent. These guarantee arrangements relate to certain former Parent contingent tax and other corporate liabilities. The Company assumed and is responsible for one-third of such contingent liabilities while former Parent is responsible for the remaining two-thirds. The amount of liabilities assumed by the Company in connection with the spin-off was $18 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which were included within other non-current liabilities on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company also had a $4 million and $3 million liability due to former Parent which was included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. In addition, the Company had $2 million and $4 million of receivables due from former Parent as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, which were included within current assets on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Wyndham Worldwide’s sale of its European Vacation Rentals business
In connection with the sale of the European Vacation Rentals business, the Company was entitled to one-third of the excess of net proceeds from the sale above a pre-set amount. During 2019, the Buyer notified former Parent of certain proposed post-closing adjustments of approximately $44 million which could serve to reduce the net consideration received from the sale of the European Vacation Rentals business. On October 22, 2021, former Parent entered into a letter of intent to settle the post-closing adjustment claims which will be split one-third and two-thirds between the Company and former Parent, respectively. Such settlement amount is immaterial to the Company.