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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2023
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
to
Commission file number
001-32876
TRAVEL + LEISURE CO.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
20-0052541
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6277 Sea Harbor Drive
32821
Orlando,
Florida
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(
407
)
626-5200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
None
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
TNL
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
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No
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No
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
72,420,073
shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2023.
The following terms and acronyms appear in the text of this report and have the definitions indicated below:
Adjusted EBITDA
A non-GAAP measure, defined by the Company as net income from continuing operations before depreciation and amortization, interest expense (excluding consumer financing interest), early extinguishment of debt, interest income (excluding consumer financing revenues) and income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes stock-based compensation costs, separation and restructuring costs, legacy items, transaction costs for acquisitions and divestitures, asset impairments/recoveries, gains and losses on sale/disposition of business, and items that meet the conditions of unusual and/or infrequent. Legacy items include the resolution of and adjustments to certain contingent assets and liabilities related to acquisitions of continuing businesses and dispositions, including the separation of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Cendant, and the sale of the vacation rentals businesses.
AOCL
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
ARN
Alliance Reservations Network
AUD
Australian Dollar
Awaze
Awaze Limited, formerly Compass IV Limited, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, LLC
Company
Travel + Leisure Co. and its subsidiaries
EPS
Earnings Per Share
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Travel + Leisure Co.
Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Travel + Leisure Co. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of September 30, 2023, the related condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and deficit for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial statements"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income/(loss), comprehensive income/(loss), cash flows and deficit for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 22, 2023, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
Basis for Review Results
The interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are in millions, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
1.
Background and Basis of Presentation
Background
Travel + Leisure Co. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Travel + Leisure Co.,” or the “Company”) is a global provider of hospitality services and travel products. The Company has
two
reportable segments: Vacation Ownership and Travel and Membership.
The Vacation Ownership segment develops, markets, and sells vacation ownership interests (“VOIs”) to individual consumers, provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs, and provides property management services at resorts. This segment is substantially comprised of the Wyndham Destinations business line.
The Travel and Membership segment operates a variety of travel businesses, including vacation exchange brands, travel technology platforms, travel memberships, and direct-to-consumer rentals. This segment is comprised of the Exchange and Travel Club business lines.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include the accounts and transactions of Travel + Leisure Co., as well as the entities in which Travel + Leisure Co. directly or indirectly has a controlling financial interest. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company presents an unclassified balance sheet which conforms to that of the Company’s peers and industry practice.
In presenting the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. In management’s opinion, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of interim results reported. The results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the entire year or any subsequent interim period. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2022 Consolidated Financial Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 22, 2023.
2.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Business Combinations—Joint Venture Formations
. In August 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance to address the accounting for contributions made to a joint venture, upon formation, in a joint venture’s separate financial statements. The guidance was issued in an effort to reduce the diversity in practice and requires a joint venture to initially measure its assets and liabilities at fair value on the formation date. This guidance is effective prospectively for all joint ventures within the scope of the standard that are formed on or after January 1, 2025. Existing joint ventures have the option to apply the guidance retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its financial statements and related disclosures.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Presentation of Financial Statements
. In July 2023, the FASB issued guidance which amends various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 120. The bulletin added interpretive guidance for public companies to consider when entering into share-based payment transactions while in possession of material non-public information (i.e., “spring-loaded” awards). This guidance became effective upon issuance and the adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The Company will monitor future stock-based awards and will include additional disclosures in future filings, if applicable.
Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers Acquired in a Business Combination.
In October 2021, the FASB issued guidance which requires companies to apply Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers acquired in a business combination. This creates an exception to the general recognition and measurement principle in ASC 805 - Business Combinations. This generally will result in companies recognizing contract assets and contract liabilities at amounts consistent with those recorded by the acquiree immediately before the acquisition date. This guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date. The Company early adopted this guidance in 2022. The adoption of this guidance has not had a material impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures.
In March 2022, the FASB issued guidance which eliminates the accounting guidance in ASC 310-40 Troubled Debt Restructurings for Creditors and amends the guidance on “vintage disclosures” to require disclosure of current-period gross write-offs by year of origination. This guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. As a result of adopting this guidance the Company added the required disclosure of current-period gross write-offs in Note 7—
Vacation Ownership Contract Receivables.
Aside from this additional disclosure the adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements or related disclosures.
3.
Revenue Recognition
Vacation Ownership
The Company develops, markets, and sells VOIs to individual consumers, provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs, and provides property management services at resorts. The Company’s sales of VOIs are either cash sales or developer-financed sales. Developer-financed sales are typically collateralized by the underlying VOI. Revenue is recognized on VOI sales upon transfer of control, which is defined as the point in time when a binding sales contract has been executed, the financing contract has been executed for the remaining transaction price, the statutory rescission period has expired, and the transaction price has been deemed to be collectible.
For developer-financed sales, the Company reduces the VOI sales transaction price by an estimate of uncollectible consideration at the time of the sale. The Company’s estimates of uncollectible amounts are based largely on the results of the Company’s static pool analysis which relies on historical payment data by customer class.
In connection with entering into a VOI sale, the Company may provide its customers with certain non-cash incentives, such as credits for future stays at its resorts. For those VOI sales, the Company allocates the sales price between the VOI sale and the non-cash incentive. Non-cash incentives generally have expiration periods of
two years
or less and are recognized at a point in time upon transfer of control.
The Company provides day-to-day property management services including oversight of housekeeping services, maintenance, and certain accounting and administrative services for property owners’ associations and clubs. These services may also include reservation and resort renovation activities. Such agreements are generally for terms of
one year
or less and are renewed automatically on an annual basis. The Company’s management agreements contain cancellation clauses, which allow for either party to cancel the agreement, by either a majority board vote or a majority vote of non-developer interests. The Company receives fees for such property management services which are collected monthly in advance and are based upon total costs to operate such resorts (or as services are provided in the case of resort renovation activities). Fees for property management services typically approximate
10
% of budgeted operating expenses. The Company is entitled to consideration for reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of the property owners’ association in providing management services (“reimbursable revenue”). These reimbursable costs principally relate to the payroll costs for management of the associations, club and resort properties where the Company is the employer and are reflected as a component of Operating expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company reduces its management fee revenue for amounts it has paid to the property owners’ association that reflect maintenance fees for VOIs for which it retains ownership, as the Company has concluded that such payments are consideration payable to a customer.
Property management fee revenues and reimbursable revenues are recognized when the services are performed and are recorded as a component of Service and membership fees on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Property management fee and reimbursable revenues were (in millions):
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
Management fee revenues
$
110
$
106
$
326
$
313
Reimbursable revenues
96
85
284
252
Property management fees and reimbursable revenues
$
206
$
191
$
610
$
565
One
of the associations that the Company manages paid its Travel and Membership segment $
8
million and $
7
million for exchange services during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and $
25
million and $
24
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Travel and Membership
Travel and Membership derives a majority of its revenues from membership dues and fees for facilitating members’ trading of their timeshare intervals. Revenues from membership dues represent the fees paid by members or affiliated clubs on their behalf. As a provider of vacation exchange services, the Company enters into affiliation agreements with developers of vacation ownership properties to allow owners of VOIs to trade their intervals for intervals at other properties affiliated with the Company’s vacation exchange network and, for some members, for other leisure-related services and products. The Company recognizes revenues from membership dues paid by the member on a straight-line basis over the membership period as the performance obligations are fulfilled through delivery of publications, if applicable, and by providing access to travel-related products and services. Estimated net contract consideration payable by affiliated clubs for memberships is recognized as revenue over the term of the contract with the affiliated club in proportion to the estimated average monthly member count. Such estimates are adjusted periodically for changes in actual and forecasted member activity. For additional fees, members have the right to exchange their intervals for intervals at other properties affiliated with the Company’s vacation exchange networks and, for certain members, for other leisure-related services and products. The Company also derives revenue from facilitating bookings of travel accommodations for travel club members. Revenue is recognized when these transactions have been confirmed, net of expected cancellations.
The Company’s vacation exchange business also derives revenues from programs with affiliated resorts, club servicing, and loyalty programs; and additional exchange-related products that provide members with the ability to protect trading power or points, extend the life of deposits, and combine two or more deposits for the opportunity to exchange into intervals with higher trading power. Revenues from other vacation exchange related product fees are deferred and recognized upon the occurrence of a future exchange, event, or other related transaction.
The Company earns revenue from its RCI Elite Rewards co–branded credit card program, which is primarily generated by cardholder spending and the enrollment of new cardholders. The advance payments received under the program are recognized as a contract liability until the Company’s performance obligations have been satisfied. The primary performance obligation for the program relates to brand performance services. Total contract consideration is estimated and recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term.
Other Items
The Company records property management service revenues for its Vacation Ownership segment and RCI Elite Rewards revenues for its Travel and Membership segment gross as a principal.
Contract liabilities generally represent payments or consideration received in advance for goods or services that the Company has not yet transferred to the customer.
Contract liabilities consisted of (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31, 2022
Deferred subscription revenue
$
163
$
164
Deferred VOI trial package revenue
128
101
Deferred VOI incentive revenue
78
70
Deferred exchange-related revenue
(a)
59
53
Deferred co-branded credit card programs revenue
7
9
Deferred other revenue
1
3
Total
$
436
$
400
(a)
Includes contractual liabilities to accommodate members for cancellations initiated by the Company due to unexpected events. These amounts are included within Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In the Company’s Vacation Ownership business, deferred VOI trial package revenue represents consideration received in advance for a trial VOI, which allows customers to utilize a vacation package typically within
three years
of purchase, but may extend longer for certain programs. Deferred VOI incentive revenue represents payments received in advance for additional travel-related services and products at the time of a VOI sale. Revenue is recognized when a customer utilizes the additional services and products, which is typically within
two years
of the VOI sale, but may extend longer for certain programs.
Within the Company’s Travel and Membership business, deferred subscription revenue represents billings and payments received in advance from members and affiliated clubs for memberships in the Company’s travel programs which are recognized in future periods. Deferred exchange-related revenue primarily represents payments received in advance from members to book vacation exchanges which are recognized upon the future confirmed transaction. Deferred revenue also includes other leisure-related service and product revenues which are recognized as customers utilize the associated benefits.
Changes in contract liabilities for the periods presented were as follows (in millions):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$
400
$
382
Additions
257
218
Revenue recognized
(
221
)
(
205
)
Ending balance
$
436
$
395
Capitalized Contract Costs
The Vacation Ownership segment incurs certain direct and incremental selling costs in connection with VOI trial package and incentive revenues. Such costs are capitalized and subsequently recognized over the utilization period when usage or expiration occurs, which is typically within
three years
from the date of sale. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, these capitalized costs were $
45
million and $
35
million and are included within Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Travel and Membership segment incurs certain direct and incremental selling costs to obtain contracts with customers in connection with subscription revenues and exchange–related revenues. Such costs, which are primarily comprised of commissions paid to internal and external parties and credit card processing fees, are deferred at the inception of the contract and recognized when the benefit is transferred to the customer. As of September 30, 2023, the capitalized costs were $
17
million, of which $
11
million are included in Prepaid expenses and $
6
million are included in Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2022, the capitalized costs were $
18
million, of which $
11
million are included in Prepaid expenses and $
7
million are included in Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company has not adjusted the consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if it expected, at contract inception, that the period between when the Company will satisfy the performance obligation and when the customer will pay for that good or service will be
one year
or less.
Performance Obligations
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract with a customer to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. The consideration received from a customer is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, each performance obligation is satisfied.
The following table summarizes the Company’s remaining performance obligations for the 12-month periods set forth below (in millions):
The table below presents a disaggregation of the Company’s net revenues from contracts with customers by major services and products for each of the Company’s segments (in millions):
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
Vacation Ownership
Vacation ownership interest sales
$
433
$
403
$
1,172
$
1,099
Property management fees and reimbursable revenues
The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are based on Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders divided by the basic weighted average number of common shares and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted EPS (in millions, except per share data):
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
110
$
116
$
262
$
266
Gain on disposal of discontinued business attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders, net of income taxes
—
—
5
—
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
110
$
116
$
267
$
266
Basic earnings per share
(a)
Continuing operations
$
1.50
$
1.39
$
3.48
$
3.15
Discontinued operations
—
—
0.07
—
$
1.50
$
1.39
$
3.55
$
3.15
Diluted earnings per share
(a)
Continuing operations
$
1.49
$
1.38
$
3.46
$
3.12
Discontinued operations
—
—
0.07
—
$
1.49
$
1.38
$
3.53
$
3.12
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
73.3
83.0
75.3
84.6
RSUs,
(b)
PSUs
(c)
and NQs
(d)
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.9
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
(e)
73.6
83.6
75.7
85.5
Dividends:
Aggregate dividends paid to shareholders
(f)
$
33
$
33
$
104
$
103
(a)
Earnings per share amounts are calculated using whole numbers.
(b)
Excludes
1.0
million and
1.3
million of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that would have been anti-dilutive to EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and
0.7
million and
0.6
million of RSUs that would have been anti-dilutive to EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. These shares could potentially dilute EPS in the future.
(c)
Excludes performance-vested restricted stock units (“PSUs”) of
0.8
million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and
0.5
million of PSUs for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, as the Company has not met the required performance metrics. These PSUs could potentially dilute EPS in the future.
(d)
Excludes
2.3
million of outstanding non-qualified stock options (“NQs”) that would have been anti-dilutive to EPS for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and
2.0
million and
1.1
million of outstanding NQs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. These outstanding NQs could potentially dilute EPS in the future
.
(e)
The dilutive impact of the Company’s potential common stock is computed utilizing the treasury stock method using average market prices during the period.
(f)
The Company paid cash dividends of $
0.45
and $
1.35
per share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and $
0.40
and $
1.20
per share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
The following table summarizes stock repurchase activity under the current share repurchase program (in millions):
Shares
Cost
As of December 31, 2022
120.0
$
6,104
Repurchases
6.7
267
As of September 30, 2023
126.7
$
6,371
Since the inception of the Company’s share repurchase program in August 2007 proceeds received from stock option exercises have increased the repurchase capacity by $
81
million. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $
210
million of remaining availability under the program.
During 2022, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act which became effective for the 2023 tax year. Among other provisions, this new law imposes a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded $
2
million of excise tax related to share repurchases; which is included within Treasury stock on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
5.
Acquisitions
Playbook365.
On January 3, 2023, the Company acquired the Playbook365 business for $
13
million, comprised of $
6
million of cash paid at closing and contingent consideration with a fair market value of $
7
million, which can range to $
24
million, based on the achievement of certain financial metrics. Playbook365 is a youth and amateur sports management platform. This platform was integrated with Alliance Reservations Network’s (“ARN”) event lodging management platform to create an all-in-one solution in the youth sports market. This acquisition was made to broaden the products and services offered by ARN.
This transaction was accounted for as a business acquisition. As of September 30, 2023, the Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of Playbook365 based on estimates of their acquisition date fair values. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities, including goodwill and other intangible assets, requires significant judgment. The purchase price allocation includes: (i) $
5
million of developed software with a weighted average life of
four years
included within Property and equipment, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) $
5
million of Goodwill; (iii) $
3
million of definite-lived intangible assets with a weighted average life of
four years
primarily consisting of customer relationships included within Other intangibles, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; and (iv) $
7
million of Accrued expenses and other liabilities. All of the goodwill and other intangible assets are expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. This business is included within the Travel and Membership segment. The Company completed purchase accounting for this transaction during the third quarter of 2023.
Travel + Leisure.
On January 5, 2021, the Company acquired the Travel + Leisure brand from Dotdash Meredith (formerly Meredith Corporation) for $
100
million, $
35
million of which was paid at closing. The Company made additional payments of $
20
million, $
20
million, and $
15
million during each of the second quarters of 2021, 2022, and 2023. The majority of these payments were reflected as cash used in Financing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The remaining $
10
million payment is due in June 2024. This transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition, with the full consideration allocated to the related trademark indefinite-lived intangible asset. The Company acquired the Travel + Leisure brand to accelerate its strategic plan to broaden its reach with the launch of new travel services, expand its membership travel business, and amplify the global visibility of its leisure travel products.
6.
Discontinued Operations
During 2018 the Company sold its European vacation rentals business. In connection with this sale, during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized a $
5
million Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes associated with the release of a guarantee. See Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries
for additional information.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company had $
6
million of Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to the settlement of post-closing adjustment claims associated with the sale of the European vacation rentals business.
The Company generates vacation ownership contract receivables (“VOCRs”) by extending financing to the purchasers of its VOIs.
Vacation ownership contract receivables, net consisted of the following (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31,
2022
Vacation ownership contract receivables:
Securitized
(a)
$
2,102
$
2,164
Non-securitized
(b)
927
747
Vacation ownership contract receivables, gross
3,029
2,911
Less: allowance for loan losses
569
541
Vacation ownership contract receivables, net
$
2,460
$
2,370
(a)
Excludes $
16
million and $
17
million of accrued interest on VOCRs as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, which are included in Trade receivables, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)
Excludes $
8
million and $
7
million of accrued interest on VOCRs as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, which are included in Trade receivables, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company’s securitized VOCRs generated interest income of $
78
million and $
232
million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company’s securitized VOCRs generated interest income of $
73
million and $
214
million. Such interest income is included within Consumer financing revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company had net VOCR originations of $
1.04
billion and $
922
million, and received principal collections of $
681
million and $
639
million. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding VOCRs was
14.7
% and
14.6
% as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
The Company records the difference between VOCRs and the variable consideration included in the transaction price for the sale of the related VOIs as a provision for loan losses on VOCRs.
The activity in the allowance for loan losses on VOCRs was as follows (in millions):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023
2022
Allowance for loan losses, beginning balance
$
541
$
510
Provision for loan losses, net
257
216
Contract receivables write-offs, net
(
229
)
(
187
)
Allowance for loan losses, ending balance
$
569
$
539
The Company recorded net provisions for loan losses of $
99
million and $
257
million as a reduction of net revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and $
91
million and $
216
million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Credit Quality for Financed Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses
The basis of the differentiation within the identified class of financed VOI contract receivables is the consumer’s Fair Isaac Corporation (“FICO”) score. A FICO score is a branded version of a consumer credit score widely used within the U.S. by the largest banks and lending institutions. FICO scores range from 300 to 850 and are calculated based on information obtained from one or more of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies that compile and report on a consumer’s credit history. The Company updates its records for all active VOI contract receivables with a balance due on a rolling monthly basis to ensure that all VOI contract receivables are scored at least every six months. The Company groups all VOI contract receivables into five different categories: FICO scores ranging from 700 to 850, from 600 to 699, below 600, no score (primarily comprised of consumers for whom a score is not readily available, including consumers declining access to FICO scores and non-U.S. residents), and Asia Pacific (comprised of receivables in the Company’s Vacation Ownership Asia Pacific business for which scores are not available).
The following table details an aging analysis of financing receivables using the most recently updated FICO scores, based on the policy described above (in millions):
As of September 30, 2023
700+
600-699
<600
No Score
Asia Pacific
Total
Current
$
1,799
$
742
$
117
$
83
$
158
$
2,899
31 - 60 days
19
24
13
2
1
59
61 - 90 days
10
16
11
1
—
38
91 - 120 days
8
12
12
1
—
33
Total
$
1,836
$
794
$
153
$
87
$
159
$
3,029
As of December 31, 2022
700+
600-699
<600
No Score
Asia Pacific
Total
Current
$
1,674
$
700
$
93
$
142
$
143
$
2,752
31 - 60 days
24
32
11
5
1
73
61 - 90 days
16
20
7
2
—
45
91 - 120 days
12
17
10
2
—
41
Total
$
1,726
$
769
$
121
$
151
$
144
$
2,911
The Company ceases to accrue interest on VOI contract receivables once the contract has remained delinquent for greater than
90
days and reverses all of the associated accrued interest recognized to date against interest income included within Consumer financing revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. At greater than
120
days, the VOI contract receivable is written off to the allowance for loan losses. In accordance with its policy, the Company assesses the allowance for loan losses using a static pool methodology and thus does not assess individual loans for impairment.
The following table details the year of origination of financing receivables using the most recently updated FICO scores, based on the policy described above (in millions):
The table below represents the gross write-offs of financing receivables by year of origination (in millions):
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2023
2023
$
13
2022
113
2021
38
2020
15
2019
20
Prior
30
Total
$
229
8.
Inventory
Inventory consisted of the following (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31,
2022
Completed VOI inventory
$
913
$
982
Estimated VOI recoveries
202
192
Land held for VOI development
20
1
VOI construction in process
9
14
Exchange and other inventory
5
4
Total inventory
$
1,149
$
1,193
As VOI inventory is completed it is transferred into property and equipment until such units are registered and made available for sale. Once registered and available for sale, the units are then transferred back into completed inventory. The Company had net transfers of VOI inventory to property and equipment of $
12
million and $
91
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Inventory Obligations
The Company has entered into inventory sale transactions with third-party developers for which the Company has conditional rights and obligations to repurchase the completed properties from the developers subject to the properties conforming to the Company’s vacation ownership resort standards and provided that the third-party developers have not sold the properties to another party. Under the sale of real estate accounting guidance, the conditional rights and obligations of the Company constitute continuing involvement and thus the Company was unable to account for these transactions as a sale.
The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company's inventory obligations (in millions):
Atlanta
(a) (b)
Las Vegas
(a)
Other
(c)
Total
December 31, 2022
$
—
$
30
$
7
$
37
Purchases
—
—
66
66
Payments
—
(
30
)
(
64
)
(
94
)
September 30, 2023
$
—
$
—
$
9
$
9
December 31, 2021
$
—
$
13
$
1
$
14
Purchases
67
28
46
141
Payments
(
67
)
(
35
)
(
38
)
(
140
)
September 30, 2022
$
—
$
6
$
9
$
15
(a)
Included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)
Represents vacation ownership inventory and property and equipment in Atlanta, Georgia, acquired from a third-party developer.
(c)
Included in Accounts payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31, 2022
Capitalized software
$
753
$
724
Building and leasehold improvements
(a)
685
671
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
191
192
Finance leases
39
27
Land
31
30
Construction in progress
13
8
Total property and equipment
1,712
1,652
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
1,057
994
Property and equipment, net
$
655
$
658
(a)
Includes $
254
million and $
242
million of unregistered VOI inventory as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
10.
Debt
The Company’s indebtedness consisted of the following (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31,
2022
Non-recourse vacation ownership debt
:
(a)
Term notes
(b)
$
1,424
$
1,545
USD bank conduit facility (due September 2025)
(c)
372
321
AUD/NZD bank conduit facility (due December 2024)
(d)
97
107
Total
$
1,893
$
1,973
Debt
:
(e)
$1.0 billion secured revolving credit facility (due October 2026)
(f)
$
451
$
—
$300 million secured term loan B (due May 2025)
(g)
284
286
$300 million secured incremental term loan B (due December 2029)
(h)
287
288
$400 million 3.90% secured notes (due March 2023)
(i)
—
400
$300 million 5.65% secured notes (due April 2024)
300
299
$350 million 6.60% secured notes (due October 2025)
(j)
347
346
$650 million 6.625% secured notes (due July 2026)
646
645
$400 million 6.00% secured notes (due April 2027)
(k)
404
406
$650 million 4.50% secured notes (due December 2029)
643
642
$350 million 4.625% secured notes (due March 2030)
347
346
Finance leases
20
11
Total
$
3,729
$
3,669
(a)
Represents non-recourse debt that is securitized through bankruptcy-remote special purpose entities, the creditors of which have no recourse to the Company for principal and interest. These outstanding borrowings (which legally are not liabilities of the Company) are collateralized by $
2.24
billion and $
2.29
billion of underlying gross VOCRs and related assets (which legally are not assets of the Company) as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(b)
The carrying amounts of the term notes are net of deferred financing costs of $
19
million and $
18
million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(c)
The Company has a borrowing capacity of $
600
million under the USD bank conduit facility through September 2025. Borrowings under this facility are required to be repaid as the collateralized receivables amortize but no later than October 2026.
(d)
The Company has a borrowing capacity of
200
million Australian dollars (“AUD”) and
25
million New Zealand dollars (“NZD”) under the AUD/NZD bank conduit facility through December 2024. Borrowings under this facility are required to be repaid no later than January 2027.
(e)
The carrying amounts of the secured notes and term loan are net of unamortized discounts of $
20
million and $
23
million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and net of unamortized debt financing costs of $
9
million and $
10
million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(f)
The weighted average effective interest rate on facility borrowings was
7.35
% and
7.53
% as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(g)
The weighted average effective interest rate on facility borrowings was
7.33
% and
4.01
% as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(h)
The weighted average effective interest rate on facility borrowings was
9.15
% and
8.24
% as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(i)
Includes less than $
1
million of unamortized gains from the settlement of a derivative as of December 31, 2022.
(j)
Includes $
2
million and $
3
million of unamortized losses from the settlement of a derivative as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
(k)
Includes $
6
million and $
7
million of unamortized gains from the settlement of a derivative as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
USD Bank Conduit Renewal
On September 26, 2023, the Company renewed its $
600
million USD timeshare receivables conduit facility, extending the end of the commitment period from July 2024 to September 2025 and making certain other amendments, including to the advance rate. The facility bears interest based on variable commercial paper rates plus a spread or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), plus a spread.
Sierra Timeshare 2023-1 Receivables Funding LLC
On April 5, 2023, the Company closed on a placement of a series of term notes payable, issued by Sierra Timeshare 2023-1 Receivables Funding LLC, with an initial principal amount of $
250
million, secured by VOCRs and bearing interest at a weighted average coupon rate of
6.33
%. The advance rate for this transaction was
91.25
%.
Sierra Timeshare 2023-2 Receivables Funding LLC
On July 20, 2023, the Company closed on a placement of a series of term notes payable, issued by Sierra Timeshare 2023-2 Receivables Funding LLC, with an initial principal amount of $
300
million, secured by VOCRs and bearing interest at a weighted average coupon rate of
6.72
%. The advance rate for this transaction was
91.70
%.
Credit Agreement Amendment
On March 30, 2023, the Company entered into the fourth amendment to the credit agreement governing its revolving credit facility and term loan B facilities. Through this amendment the Company exercised its early opt-in election to change the benchmark rate on the revolving credit facility and term loan B facility due May 2025 from the USD London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to SOFR. This change became effective on March 31, 2023, for both new borrowings and rollovers of then existing USD LIBOR based borrowings (except Base Rate borrowings) and eliminated the Company’s exposure to LIBOR.
Maturities and Capacity
The Company’s outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2023, matures as follows (in millions):
Non-recourse Vacation Ownership Debt
Debt
Total
Within 1 year
$
215
$
313
$
528
Between 1 and 2 years
209
291
500
Between 2 and 3 years
513
1,000
1,513
Between 3 and 4 years
184
860
1,044
Between 4 and 5 years
185
3
188
Thereafter
587
1,262
1,849
$
1,893
$
3,729
$
5,622
Required principal payments on the non-recourse vacation ownership debt are based on the contractual repayment terms of the underlying VOCRs. Actual maturities may differ as a result of prepayments by the VOCR obligors.
As of September 30, 2023, the available capacity under the Company’s borrowing arrangements was as follows (in millions):
Non-recourse Conduit Facilities
(a)
Revolving
Credit Facilities
(b)
Total capacity
$
744
$
1,000
Less: outstanding borrowings
469
451
Less: letters of credit
—
2
Available capacity
$
275
$
547
(a)
Consists of the Company’s USD bank conduit facility and AUD/NZD bank conduit facility. The capacity of these facilities is subject to the Company’s ability to provide additional assets to collateralize additional non-recourse borrowings.
(b)
Consists of the Company’s $
1.0
billion secured revolving credit facility.
Debt Covenants
The revolving credit facility and term loan B facilities are subject to covenants including the maintenance of specific financial ratios as defined in the credit agreement. The financial ratio covenants consist of a minimum interest coverage ratio of no less than
2.50
to 1.0 as of the measurement date and a maximum first lien leverage ratio not to exceed
4.25
to 1.0 as of the measurement date. The interest coverage ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) by consolidated interest expense (as defined in the credit agreement), both as measured on a trailing 12-month basis preceding the measurement date. The first lien leverage ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated first lien debt (as defined in the credit agreement) as of the measurement date by consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) as measured on a trailing 12-month basis preceding the measurement date.
As of September 30, 2023, the Company’s interest coverage ratio was
4.40
to 1.0 and the first lien leverage ratio was
3.69
to 1.0. These ratios do not include interest expense or indebtedness related to any qualified securitization financing (as defined in the credit agreement). As of September 30, 2023, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants described above.
Each of the Company’s non-recourse securitized term notes and bank conduit facilities contain various triggers relating to the performance of the applicable loan pools. If the VOCR pool that collateralizes one of the Company’s securitization notes fails to perform within the parameters established by the contractual triggers (such as higher default or delinquency rates), there are provisions pursuant to which the cash flows for that pool will be maintained in the securitization as extra collateral for the note holders or applied to accelerate the repayment of outstanding principal to the note holders. As of September 30, 2023, all of the Company’s securitized loan pools were in compliance with applicable contractual triggers.
Interest Expense
The Company incurred interest expense of $
64
million and $
183
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, excluding interest expense associated with non-recourse vacation ownership debt. These amounts include offsets of less than $
1
million of capitalized interest during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. Cash paid related to such interest was $
174
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
The Company incurred interest expense of $
48
million and $
143
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, excluding interest expense associated with non-recourse vacation ownership debt. These amounts include offsets of less than $
1
million and $
1
million of capitalized interest during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Cash paid related to such interest was $
135
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Interest
expense incurred in connection with the Company’s non-recourse vacation ownership debt was $
29
million and $
81
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and $
20
million and $
55
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. These amounts are included within Consumer financing interest on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Cash paid related to such interest was $
65
million and $
39
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
11.
Variable Interest Entities
The Company analyzes its variable interests, including loans, guarantees, interests in special purpose entities (“SPEs”), and equity investments, to determine if an entity in which the Company has a variable interest is a variable interest entity
The Company pools qualifying VOCRs and sells them to bankruptcy-remote entities. VOCRs qualify for securitization based primarily on the credit strength of the VOI purchaser to whom financing has been extended. VOCRs are securitized through bankruptcy-remote SPEs that are consolidated within the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result, the Company does not recognize gains or losses resulting from these securitizations at the time of sale to the SPEs. Interest income is recognized when earned over the contractual life of the VOCRs. The Company services the securitized VOCRs pursuant to servicing agreements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis based on market conditions. The activities of these SPEs are limited to (i) purchasing VOCRs from the Company’s vacation ownership subsidiaries, (ii) issuing debt securities and/or borrowing under a conduit facility to fund such purchases, and (iii) entering into derivatives to hedge interest rate exposure. The bankruptcy-remote SPEs are legally separate from the Company. The receivables held by the bankruptcy-remote SPEs are not available to creditors of the Company and legally are not assets of the Company. Additionally, the non-recourse debt that is securitized through the SPEs is legally not a liability of the Company and thus, the creditors of these SPEs have no recourse to the Company for principal and interest.
The assets and liabilities of these vacation ownership SPEs are as follows (in millions):
September 30,
2023
December 31,
2022
Securitized contract receivables, gross
(a)
$
2,102
$
2,164
Securitized restricted cash
(b)
80
83
Interest receivables on securitized contract receivables
(c)
16
17
Other assets
(d)
44
25
Total SPE assets
2,242
2,289
Non-recourse term notes
(e) (f)
1,424
1,545
Non-recourse conduit facilities
(e)
469
428
Other liabilities
(g)
3
5
Total SPE liabilities
1,896
1,978
SPE assets in excess of SPE liabilities
$
346
$
311
(a)
Included in Vacation ownership contract receivables, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)
Included in Restricted cash on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(c)
Included in Trade receivables, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(d)
Primarily includes deferred financing costs for the bank conduit facilities and a security investment asset, which is included in Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(e)
Included in Non-recourse vacation ownership debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(f)
Includes deferred financing costs of $
19
million and $
18
million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, related to non-recourse debt.
(g)
Primarily includes accrued interest on non-recourse debt, which is included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In addition, the Company has VOCRs that have not been securitized through bankruptcy-remote SPEs. Such gross receivables were $
927
million and $
747
million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
A summary of total vacation ownership receivables and other securitized assets, net of securitized liabilities and the allowance for loan losses, is as follows (in millions):
The Company measures its financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis and utilizes the fair value hierarchy to determine such fair values. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
Level 1: Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.
Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value driver is observable.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs used when little or no market data is available.
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls has been determined based on the lowest level input (closest to Level 3) that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.
The Company’s derivative instruments currently consist of foreign exchange forward contracts and interest rate caps.
As of September 30, 2023, the Company had foreign exchange contracts resulting in less than $
1
million of assets which are included within
Other assets
and $
1
million of liabilities which are included in
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. On a recurring basis, such assets and liabilities are remeasured at estimated fair value (all of which are Level 2) and thus are equal to the carrying value.
The impact of interest rate caps was immaterial as of September 30, 2023 and 2022.
For assets and liabilities that are measured using quoted prices in active markets, the fair value is the published market price per unit multiplied by the number of units held without consideration of transaction costs. Assets and liabilities that are measured using other significant observable inputs are valued by reference to similar assets and liabilities. For these items, a significant portion of fair value is derived by reference to quoted prices of similar assets and liabilities in active markets. For assets and liabilities that are measured using significant unobservable inputs, fair value is primarily derived using a fair value model, such as a discounted cash flow model.
The fair value of financial instruments is generally determined by reference to market values resulting from trading on a national securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques, as appropriate. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, trade receivables, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities.
The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of all other financial instruments were as follows (in millions):
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Carrying
Amount
Estimated Fair Value
Carrying
Amount
Estimated Fair Value
Assets
Vacation ownership contract receivables, net (Level 3)
$
2,460
$
2,774
$
2,370
$
2,639
Liabilities
Debt (Level 2)
$
5,622
$
5,375
$
5,642
$
5,356
The Company estimates the fair value of its VOCRs using a discounted cash flow model which it believes is comparable to the model that an independent third-party would use in the current market. The model uses Level 3 inputs consisting of default rates, prepayment rates, coupon rates, and loan terms for the contract receivables portfolio as key drivers of risk and relative value that, when applied in combination with pricing parameters, determines the fair value of the underlying contract receivables.
The Company estimates the fair value of its non-recourse vacation ownership debt by obtaining Level 2 inputs comprised of indicative bids from investment banks that actively issue and facilitate the secondary market for timeshare securities. The Company estimates the fair value of its debt, excluding finance leases, using Level 2 inputs based on indicative bids from investment banks and determines the fair value of its secured notes using quoted market prices (such secured notes are not actively traded).
13.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Foreign Currency Risk
The Company has foreign currency rate exposure to exchange rate fluctuations worldwide with particular exposure to the Euro, British pound sterling, Australian and Canadian dollars, and Mexican peso. The Company uses freestanding foreign currency forward contracts to manage a portion of its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates associated with its foreign currency denominated receivables, payables, and forecasted earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Additionally, the Company has used foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges to manage a portion of its exposure to changes in forecasted foreign currency denominated vendor payments. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had
no
gains or losses relating to contracts designated as cash flow hedges included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”).
Interest Rate Risk
A portion of the debt used to finance the Company’s operations is exposed to interest rate fluctuations. The Company periodically uses financial derivatives to strategically adjust its mix of fixed to floating rate debt. The derivative instruments utilized include interest rate swaps which convert fixed rate debt into variable rate debt (i.e. fair value hedges) and interest rate caps (undesignated hedges) to manage the overall interest cost. For relationships designated as fair value hedges, changes in fair value of the derivatives are recorded in income, with offsetting adjustments to the carrying amount of the hedged debt. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company had
no
interest rate derivatives designated as fair value or cash flow hedges.
There were
no
losses on derivatives recognized in AOCL for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 or 2022.
14.
Income Taxes
The Company files U.S. federal and state, and foreign income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitations. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for years prior to 2019 and state and local income tax examinations prior to 2016. In significant foreign jurisdictions, years prior to 2015 are generally no longer subject to income tax examinations by their respective tax authorities.
The Company’s effective tax rate was
25.9
% and
28.5
% for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022; and
26.9
% and
27.6
% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily impacted by a decrease in the valuation allowance on foreign tax credits partially offset by an increase in unrecognized tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily impacted by a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation. The effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was impacted by the reversal of a prior year tax receivable due to a statute of limitation expiration and a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation. The effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was impacted by a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for a tax position effectively settled with taxing authorities, partially offset by the reversal of a prior year tax receivable due to a statute of limitation expiration and a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation.
The Company made income tax payments, net of tax refunds, of $
114
million and $
110
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
15.
Leases
The Company leases property and equipment under finance and operating leases for its corporate headquarters, administrative functions, marketing and sales offices, and various other facilities and equipment. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, the Company records the related asset and obligation at the present value of lease payments over the term. Many of its leases include rental escalation clauses, lease incentives, renewal options and/or termination options that are factored into the Company’s determination of lease payments. The Company elected the hindsight practical expedient to determine the reasonably certain lease term for existing leases. The Company also made an accounting policy
election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
When available, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value; however, most of its leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, the Company must estimate its incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement. The majority of the Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of
one
to
20
years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to
10
years, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within
one year
.
The table below presents information related to the lease costs for finance and operating leases (in millions):
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
Operating lease cost
$
5
$
6
$
16
$
17
Short-term lease cost
$
3
$
3
$
10
$
10
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of-use assets
$
2
$
1
$
6
$
4
Interest on lease liabilities
1
—
1
—
Total finance lease cost
$
3
$
1
$
7
$
4
The table below presents the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Balance Sheet Classification
September 30,
2023
December 31, 2022
Operating leases (in millions):
Operating lease right-of-use assets
Other assets
$
50
$
62
Operating lease liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
$
92
$
111
Finance leases (in millions):
Finance lease assets
(a)
Property and equipment, net
$
21
$
12
Finance lease liabilities
Debt
$
20
$
11
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases
5.2
years
5.6
years
Finance leases
2.9
years
2.7
years
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases
(b)
6.0
%
5.9
%
Finance leases
6.4
%
5.4
%
(a)
Presented net of accumulated depreciation.
(b)
Upon adoption of the lease standard, discount rates used for existing leases were established at January 1, 2019.
The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases (in millions):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023
2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash outflows from operating leases
$
24
$
24
Operating cash outflows from finance leases
$
1
$
—
Financing cash outflows from finance leases
$
7
$
4
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases
(a)
$
3
$
(
1
)
Finance leases
$
15
$
5
(a)
Includes write-off of right-of-use assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
The table below presents maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2023 (in millions):
Operating Leases
Finance
Leases
Three months ending December 31, 2023
$
8
$
2
2024
29
9
2025
24
7
2026
14
4
2027
13
1
Thereafter
21
—
Total minimum lease payments
109
23
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest
(
17
)
(
3
)
Present value of future minimum lease payments
$
92
$
20
16.
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is involved in claims, legal and regulatory proceedings, and governmental inquiries related to its business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.
Travel + Leisure Co. Litigation
The Company may be from time to time involved in claims, legal and regulatory proceedings, and governmental inquiries arising in the ordinary course of its business including but not limited to: for its Vacation Ownership business — breach of contract, bad faith, conflict of interest, fraud, consumer protection and other statutory claims by property owners’ associations, owners and prospective owners in connection with the sale or use of VOIs or land, or the management of vacation ownership resorts, construction defect claims relating to vacation ownership units or resorts or in relation to guest reservations and bookings; and negligence, breach of contract, fraud, consumer protection and other statutory claims by guests and other consumers for alleged injuries sustained at or acts or occurrences related to vacation ownership units or resorts or in relation to guest reservations and bookings; for its Travel and Membership business — breach of contract, fraud and bad faith claims by affiliates and customers in connection with their respective agreements, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, consumer protection and other statutory claims asserted by members, guests and other consumers for alleged injuries sustained at or acts or occurrences related to affiliated resorts, or in relation to guest reservations and bookings; and for each of its businesses, bankruptcy proceedings involving efforts to collect receivables from a debtor in bankruptcy, employment matters including but not limited to, claims of wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, harassment and wage and hour claims, whistleblower claims, claims of infringement upon third parties’ intellectual property rights, claims relating to information security, privacy and consumer protection, fiduciary duty/trust claims, tax claims, environmental claims, and landlord/tenant disputes.
The Company records an accrual for legal contingencies when it determines, after consultation with outside counsel where appropriate, that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In making such determinations, the Company evaluates, among other things, the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and, when it is probable that a liability has been incurred, the Company’s ability to make a reasonable estimate of
loss. The Company reviews these accruals each fiscal quarter and makes revisions based on changes in facts and circumstances including changes to its strategy in dealing with these matters.
The
Company believes that it has adequately accrued for such matters wit
h reserves of $
6
million and $
3
million
as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. L
itigation is inherently unpredictable and, although the Company believes that its accruals are adequate and/or that it has valid defenses in these matters, unfavorable results could occur. As such, an adverse outcome from such proceedings for which claims are awarded in excess of the amounts accrued, if any, could be material to the Company with respect to earnings and/or cash flows in any given reporting period. As of September 30, 2023, it is estimated that the potential exposure resulting from adverse outcomes of such legal proceedings could, in the aggregate, range up to $
12
million in excess of recorded accruals. Such accruals are exclusive of matters relating to the Company’s separation from Cendant, matters relating to the spin-off of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Spin-off”), and matters relating to the sale of the vacation rentals businesses, which are discussed in Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries
. However, the Company does not believe that the impact of such litigation should result in a material liability to the Company in relation to its consolidated financial position and/or liquidity.
For matters deemed reasonably possible, therefore not requiring accrual, the Company believes that such matters will not have a material effect on its results of operations, financial position, or cash flows based on information currently available.
G
UARANTEES
/I
NDEMNIFICATIONS
Standard Guarantees/Indemnifications
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into agreements that contain standard guarantees and indemnities whereby the Company indemnifies another party for specified breaches of, or third-party claims relating to, an underlying agreement. Such underlying agreements are typically entered into by one of the Company’s subsidiaries. The various underlying agreements generally govern purchases, sales or outsourcing of products or services, leases of real estate, licensing of software and/or development of vacation ownership properties, customer data safeguards, access to credit facilities, derivatives, and issuances of debt securities. Also in the ordinary course of business, the Company provides corporate guarantees for its operating business units relating to merchant credit-card processing for prepaid customer stays and other deposits. While a majority of these guarantees and indemnifications extend only for the duration of the underlying agreement, some survive the expiration of the agreement. The Company is not able to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these guarantees and indemnifications as the triggering events are not predictable. In certain cases, the Company receives offsetting indemnifications from third-parties and/or maintains insurance coverage that may mitigate any potential payments.
Other Guarantees and Indemnifications
For information on guarantees and indemnifications related to the Company’s former parent and subsidiaries see Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries.
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (in millions):
Pretax
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments
Unrealized (Losses)/Gains
on Cash Flow Hedges
Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss)/Income
Balance, December 31, 2022
$
(
178
)
$
—
$
(
178
)
Other comprehensive loss
(
15
)
—
(
15
)
Balance, September 30, 2023
$
(
193
)
$
—
$
(
193
)
Tax
Balance, December 31, 2022
$
99
$
—
$
99
Other comprehensive loss
—
—
—
Balance, September 30, 2023
$
99
$
—
$
99
Net of Tax
Balance, December 31, 2022
$
(
79
)
$
—
$
(
79
)
Other comprehensive loss
(
15
)
—
(
15
)
Balance, September 30, 2023
$
(
94
)
$
—
$
(
94
)
Pretax
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments
Unrealized (Losses)/Gains
on Cash Flow Hedges
Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss)/Income
Balance, December 31, 2021
$
(
145
)
$
(
1
)
$
(
146
)
Other comprehensive loss
(
67
)
—
(
67
)
Balance, September 30, 2022
$
(
212
)
$
(
1
)
$
(
213
)
Tax
Balance, December 31, 2021
$
97
$
1
$
98
Other comprehensive income
3
—
3
Balance, September 30, 2022
$
100
$
1
$
101
Net of Tax
Balance, December 31, 2021
$
(
48
)
$
—
$
(
48
)
Other comprehensive loss
(
64
)
—
(
64
)
Balance, September 30, 2022
$
(
112
)
$
—
$
(
112
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments exclude income taxes related to investments in foreign subsidiaries where the Company intends to reinvest the undistributed earnings indefinitely in those foreign operations.
The Company's policy for releasing disproportionate income tax effects from AOCL utilizes the aggregate approach.
There were
no
reclassifications out of AOCL for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 or 2022.
18.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has a stock-based compensation plan available to grant RSUs, PSUs, stock-settled appreciation rights, NQs, and other stock-based awards to key employees, non-employee directors, advisors, and consultants.
The Wyndham Worldwide Corporation 2006 Equity and Incentive Plan was originally adopted in 2006 and was amended and restated in its entirety and approved by shareholders on May 17, 2018, (the “Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan”). Under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan, a maximum of
15.7
million shares of common stock may be awarded. As of September 30, 2023, based on number of awards granted at target performance levels,
10.0
million shares remained available.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company granted incentive equity awards to key employees and senior officers of $
35
million in the form of RSUs and $
21
million in the form of PSUs. Of these awards, the majority of RSUs will vest ratably over a period of
four years
and the PSUs will cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, contingent upon the Company achieving certain performance metrics.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted incentive equity awards to key employees and senior officers of $
32
million in the form of RSUs and $
13
million in the form of PSUs.
The activity related to incentive equity awards granted by the Company to key employees and senior officers for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, consisted of the following (in millions, except grant prices):
Balance, December 31, 2022
Granted
Vested /Exercised
(a)
Cancelled / Forfeited
(b)
Balance, September 30, 2023
RSUs
Number of RSUs
1.8
0.8
(
0.9
)
(
0.1
)
1.6
(c)
Weighted average grant price
$
48.79
$
42.06
$
38.09
$
46.99
$
47.07
PSUs
Number of PSUs
0.5
0.5
—
(
0.2
)
0.8
(d)
Weighted average grant price
$
51.26
$
42.18
$
—
$
41.84
$
47.46
NQs
Number of NQs
2.3
—
—
—
2.3
(e)
Weighted average grant price
$
45.36
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
44.88
(a)
Upon exercise of NQs and vesting of RSUs and PSUs, the Company issues new shares to participants.
(b)
The Company recognizes cancellations and forfeitures as they occur.
(c)
Aggregate unrecognized compensation expense related to RSUs was $
58
million as of September 30, 2023, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of
2.7
years.
(d)
The aggregate maximum unrecognized compensation expense related to PSUs that are probable of vesting was $
48
million as of September 30, 2023, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of
1.9
years. The maximum amount of compensation expense associated with PSUs that are not probable of vesting could range up to $
4
million which would be recognized over a weighted average period of
2.4
years.
(e)
There were
1.7
million NQs which were exercisable as of September 30, 2023. These exercisable NQs will expire over a weighted average period of
5.5
years and carry a weighted average grant date fair value of $
8.61
. Unrecognized compensation expense for NQs was $
2
million as of September 30, 2023, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of
1.2
years
.
The Company did
not
grant any stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 or 2022.
The fair value of stock options granted by the Company prior to 2022 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the relevant weighted average assumptions. Expected volatility was based on both historical and implied volatilities of the Company’s stock and the stock of comparable companies over the estimated expected life for options. The expected life represented the period of time these awards were expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate was based on yields on U.S. Treasury strips with a maturity similar to the estimated expected life of the options. The projected dividend yield was based on the Company’s anticipated annual dividend divided by the price of the Company’s stock on the date of the grant.
The total intrinsic value of options exercised was less than $
1
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The vest date fair value of shares that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $
36
million and $
34
million.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $
9
million and $
31
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and $
10
million and $
34
million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 related to incentive equity awards granted to key employees, senior officers, and non-employee directors. Such stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 includes $
3
million which is classified within
Restructuring on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 the Company recognized $
8
million and $
9
million of tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation.
The Company paid $
10
million and $
7
million of taxes for the net share settlement of incentive equity awards that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. Such amounts are included within Financing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Company has an employee stock purchase plan which allows eligible employees to purchase common shares of Company stock through payroll deductions at a
10
% discount off the fair market value at the grant date.
The Company issued
0.1
million shares under this plan during each of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and recognized $
1
million and less than $
1
million of compensation expense for these issuances. The value of shares issued under this plan was $
5
million during each of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
19.
Segment Information
The Company has
two
reportable segments: Vacation Ownership and Travel and Membership. The reportable segments presented below are those for which discrete financial information is available and which are utilized on a regular basis by the chief operating decision maker to assess performance and to allocate resources. In identifying its reportable segments, the Company also considers the nature of services provided by its operating segments. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to assess the performance of the reportable segments. Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as net income from continuing operations before depreciation and amortization, interest expense (excluding consumer financing interest), early extinguishment of debt, interest income (excluding consumer financing revenues) and income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes stock-based compensation costs, separation and restructuring costs, legacy items, transaction costs for acquisitions and divestitures, asset impairments/recoveries, gains and losses on sale/disposition of business, and items that meet the conditions of unusual and/or infrequent. Legacy items include the resolution of and adjustments to certain contingent assets and liabilities related to acquisitions of continuing businesses and dispositions, including the separation of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Wyndham Hotels”) and Cendant, and the sale of the vacation rentals businesses. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure of performance for its segments which, when considered with GAAP measures, the Company believes gives a more complete understanding of its operating performance. The Company’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.
The following tables present the Company’s segment information (in millions):
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
110
$
116
$
267
$
266
Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes
—
—
(
5
)
—
Interest expense
64
48
183
143
Interest (income)
(
3
)
(
2
)
(
9
)
(
3
)
Provision for income taxes
38
46
96
101
Depreciation and amortization
28
30
83
91
Stock-based compensation
9
10
31
31
Restructuring
(b)
2
—
12
8
Legacy items
—
(
1
)
7
1
Loss on sale of business
(c)
—
—
2
—
(Gain)/loss on equity investment
—
(
3
)
—
5
COVID-19 related costs
(d)
—
—
—
2
Asset recoveries, net
—
—
—
(
1
)
Fair value change in contingent consideration
—
(
10
)
—
(
10
)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
248
$
234
$
667
$
634
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
Adjusted EBITDA
2023
2022
2023
2022
Vacation Ownership
$
203
$
188
$
521
$
480
Travel and Membership
62
65
195
211
Total reportable segments
265
253
716
691
Corporate and other
(a)
(
17
)
(
19
)
(
49
)
(
57
)
Total Company
$
248
$
234
$
667
$
634
(a)
Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.
(b)
Includes $
3
million of stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, associated with the 2022 restructuring.
(c)
Represents the loss on sale of the Love Home Swap business.
(d)
Includes expenses related to COVID-19 testing and other expenses associated with the Company’s return-to-work program in 2022.
Segment Assets
(a)
September 30,
2023
December 31, 2022
Vacation Ownership
$
4,932
$
4,826
Travel and Membership
1,358
1,335
Total reportable segments
6,290
6,161
Corporate and other
365
596
Total Company
$
6,655
$
6,757
(a)
Excludes investment in consolidated subsidiaries.
20.
Restructuring
2023 Restructuring Plan
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred $
2
million and $
12
million of restructuring charges. This action was primarily focused on enhancing organizational efficiency and rationalizing operations. These charges included personnel-related costs resulting from a reduction of approximately
150
employees and other expenses. As part of this restructuring plan, the Company decided to decrease its organizational footprint by closing its owned office in Indianapolis, Indiana, and exiting other leased locations. The 2023 restructuring plan charges incurred
through September 30, 2023 consisted of (i) $
6
million of personnel-related costs and $
1
million of lease costs at the Vacation Ownership segment, (ii) $
3
million of personnel-related costs at the Company’s corporate operations, and (iii) $
2
million of personnel-related costs at the Travel and Membership segment. The remaining material initiative and related expenses associated with this restructuring plan are expected to be incurred by the end of 2023. The Company reduced the 2023 restructuring liability by $
5
million of cash payments during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The remaining 2023 restructuring liability of $
7
million is expected to be paid by the end of 2024.
2022 Restructuring Plan
During 2022, the Company incurred $
14
million of restructuring charges. These charges were associated with certain positions that were made redundant based upon changes to the organizational structure of the Company, primarily within the Travel and Membership segment. The charges consisted of (i) $
9
million of personnel-related costs at the Travel and Membership segment (ii) $
3
million of lease and personnel-related costs at the Vacation Ownership segment, and (iii) $
2
million of personnel-related costs at the Company’s corporate operations. These restructuring charges included $
3
million of accelerated stock-based compensation expense. As of December 31, 2022, this restructuring liability was $
7
million which was reduced by $
6
million of cash payments during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The remaining liability of $
1
million is expected to be paid by the end of 2024.
The Company has additional restructuring plans which were implemented prior to 2022. As of December 31, 2022, the restructuring liability related to these plans was $
19
million which was reduced by $
2
million of cash payments during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The remaining liability of $
17
million, all of which is related to leased facilities, is expected to be paid by the end of 2029.
The activity associated with the Company’s restructuring plans is summarized as follows (in millions):
Liability as of
Liability as of
December 31, 2022
Costs Recognized
Cash Payments
September 30,
2023
Facility-related
$
20
$
1
$
(
4
)
$
17
Personnel-related
6
11
(
9
)
8
$
26
$
12
$
(
13
)
$
25
21.
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. 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. As a result, the Company has increased the reserve by $
7
million for this legacy tax matter in the first quarter of 2023, one-third of which is the responsibility of Wyndham Hotels. The OTA’s opinion is not final, and during the second quarter of 2023 Cendant filed a petition for rehearing. As of September 30, 2023, Cendant’s petition was still pending.
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Cendant separation and related liabilities were $
22
million and $
15
million, all of which were tax related liabilities. These liabilities are included within Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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 September 30, 2023. 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. The estimated fair value of the remaining indemnifications was $
36
million at September 30, 2023. The Company has a $
12
million receivable from Wyndham Hotels for its portion of the guarantee.
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 £
32
million ($
39
million USD) at September 30, 2023. 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 September 30, 2023, including the two-thirds portion related to guarantees provided by Wyndham Hotels, totaled $
84
million and was recorded in Accrued expenses and other liabilities and total receivables of $
19
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 September 30, 2023.
22
.
Related Party Transactions
The 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 the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
23
.
Subsequent Event
Sierra Timeshare 2023-3 Receivables Funding LLC
On October 19, 2023, the Company closed on a placement of a series of term notes payable, issued by Sierra Timeshare 2023-3 Receivables Funding LLC, with an initial principal amount of $
300
million, secured by VOCRs and bearing interest at a weighted average coupon rate of
6.78
%. The advance rate for this transaction was
91.75
%.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report includes “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Forward-looking statements are any statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “should,” “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “future,” “outlook,” or other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of Travel + Leisure Co. and its subsidiaries (“Travel + Leisure Co.” or “we”) to differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, risks associated with: the acquisition of the Travel + Leisure brand and the future prospects and plans for Travel + Leisure Co., including our ability to execute our strategies to grow our cornerstone timeshare and exchange businesses and expand into the broader leisure travel industry through new business extensions; our ability to compete in the highly competitive timeshare and leisure travel industries; uncertainties related to acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions; the health of the travel industry and declines or disruptions caused by adverse economic conditions (including inflation, higher interest rates, and recessionary pressures), terrorism or acts of gun violence, political strife, war (including hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East), pandemics, and severe weather events and other natural disasters; adverse changes in consumer travel and vacation patterns, consumer preferences and demand for our products; increased or unanticipated operating costs and other inherent business risks; our ability to comply with financial and restrictive covenants under our indebtedness; our ability to access capital and insurance markets on reasonable terms, at a reasonable cost or at all; maintaining the integrity of internal or customer data and protecting our systems from cyber-attacks; uncertainty with respect to potential resurgences of the novel coronavirus global pandemic (“COVID-19”) and its impacts; the timing and amount of future dividends and share repurchases, if any; and those other factors disclosed as risks under “Risk Factors” in documents we have filed with the SEC, including in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2023. We caution readers that any such statements are based on currently available operational, financial and competitive information, and they should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s opinion only as of the date on which they were made. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to review or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances as they occur.
BUSINESS AND OVERVIEW
We are a global provider of hospitality services and travel products and operate our business in the following two segments:
•
Vacation Ownership
— develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests (“VOIs”) to individual consumers, provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs, and provides property management services at resorts. This segment is substantially comprised of our Wyndham Destinations business line.
•
Travel and Membership
— operates a variety of travel businesses, including vacation exchange brands, travel technology platforms, travel memberships, and direct-to-consumer rentals. This segment is comprised of our Exchange and Travel Club business lines.
Economic Conditions and Key Business Trends
Our business continues to see strong demand for leisure travel, as the industry rebounds from the impacts of COVID-19. While we are experiencing the benefits of this positive demand trend, recent inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, and risk of recession inherently result in uncertainty in business trends and consumer behavior. Since the peak of COVID-19, we have experienced trends of increased gross VOI sales, including sales to new owners, volume per guest (“VPG”), and tours. With the renewed strength in travel demand, we are once again seeking to increase the mix of new owner sales in order to expand our pipeline of potential future owner upgrade sales. As expected with this strategic shift, we are beginning to see our VPG levels moderate, however they remain above pre-pandemic levels. In addition to the new owner impact on our VPGs, during the current year we saw a modest softening of close rates, which we believe reflects the releasing of pent-up travel demand that benefited us in the prior year. Despite this modest softening of close rates, they still remain above pre-pandemic levels.
During the pandemic we made changes to our consumer credit quality marketing criteria. These changes are intended to strengthen sales efficiencies as well as the performance of our vacation ownership contract receivables (“VOCRs”) portfolio. As a result of these changes we have seen an overall improvement in delinquencies, and although we saw some normalization of delinquency rates during the current year, they remain below 2019 levels.
Our current VOI inventory levels are expected to be sufficient to support sales during the near term, which limits our exposure to increased inventory costs due to the potential effects of inflation. Higher interest rates negatively impacted our interest expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 as well as the reporting periods since COVID-19 and, if interest rates remain elevated, we expect this trend to continue. Although we are not currently seeing meaningful signs of a slowdown in leisure travel demand at our Vacation Ownership business, we are monitoring economic conditions.
During the third quarter of 2023, our Travel and Membership segment saw an improvement in the average number of exchange members which was overshadowed by a decrease in transactions as compared to the prior year. This decrease in transactions was related to lower exchange transaction propensity, a trend we expect to continue into the fourth quarter.
While our Vacation Ownership business is benefited by the fact that the majority of our owners do not have loans and are therefore less dependent on economic conditions when making travel decisions, this business, and, to a greater extent, our Travel and Membership businesses are highly dependent on the health of the travel industry and we are subject to the other risks and uncertainties discussed in “
Risk Factors
” contained in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2023.
Inflation Reduction Act
On August 16, 2022, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act. Among other provisions, this new law imposes a 15% minimum tax rate for large corporations with more than $1.0 billion of adjusted financial statement income over a three-year period, and a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks. These changes became effective for the 2023 tax year. We do not currently expect to be subject to the minimum tax, but we will continue to monitor as this could change. We are subject to the 1% excise tax and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 have incurred $2 million of excise tax related to share repurchases, which is expected to be paid in April 2024. This excise tax is included within Treasury stock on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Playbook365 Acquisition
On January 3, 2023, we acquired the Playbook365 business for $13 million, comprised of $6 million of cash paid at closing and contingent consideration with a fair market value of $7 million, which can range to $24 million, based on the achievement of certain financial metrics. Playbook365 is a youth and amateur sports management platform. This platform was integrated with Alliance Reservations Network’s (“ARN”) event lodging management platform to create an all-in-one solution in the youth sports market. This acquisition was made to broaden the products and services offered by ARN, and is included within the Travel and Membership segment. See Note 5—
Acquisitions
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.
Sports Illustrated Resorts Agreement
On September 11, 2023, we entered into an agreement to acquire the rights to the vacation ownership business of Sports Hospitality Ventures, LLC (“SHV”), a hotel and resorts licensee for the Sports Illustrated brand. Together with SHV, we introduced a new concept for a network of sports-themed resort and lifestyle complexes in popular college towns and leisure destinations. The new resorts are anticipated to be developed using an asset-light development financing model. The first resort in the new business line is expected to open in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in late 2025. There is no immediate earnings impact for us, but we expect this business to drive incremental growth starting in the second half of 2025.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
We have two reportable segments: Vacation Ownership and Travel and Membership. The reportable segments presented are those for which discrete financial information is available and which are utilized on a regular basis by our chief operating decision maker to assess performance and to allocate resources. In identifying the reportable segments, we also consider the nature of services provided by our operating segments. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to assess the performance of the reportable segments. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income from continuing operations before depreciation and amortization, interest expense (excluding consumer financing interest), early extinguishment of debt, interest income (excluding consumer financing revenues) and income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes stock-based compensation costs, separation and restructuring costs, legacy items, transaction costs for acquisitions and divestitures, asset impairments/recoveries, gains and losses on sale/disposition of business, and items that meet the conditions of unusual and/or infrequent. Legacy items include the resolution of and adjustments to certain contingent assets and liabilities related to acquisitions of continuing businesses and dispositions, including the separation of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Cendant, and the sale of the vacation rentals businesses. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure of performance for our segments which, when considered with GAAP measures, we believe gives a more complete understanding of our operating performance. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.
The table below presents our operating statistics for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. These operating statistics are the drivers of our revenues and therefore provide an enhanced understanding of our businesses. Refer to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 vs. Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 section for a discussion on how these operating statistics affected our business for the periods presented.
Three Months Ended September 30,
2023
2022
% Change
(h)
Vacation Ownership
Gross VOI sales (in millions)
(a) (i)
$
598
$
555
7.8
Tours (in 000s)
(b)
187
158
18.0
Volume per guest
(c)
$
3,108
$
3,393
(8.4)
Travel and Membership
(d)
Transactions (in 000s)
(e)
Exchange
231
250
(7.7)
Travel Club
179
189
(5.0)
Total transactions
410
439
(6.5)
Revenue per transaction
(f)
Exchange
$
354
$
334
6.0
Travel Club
$
220
$
239
(7.9)
Total revenue per transaction
$
296
$
293
0.8
Average number of exchange members (in 000s)
(g)
3,523
3,501
0.7
(a)
Represents total sales of VOIs, including sales under the Fee-for-Service program before the effect of loan loss provisions. We believe that Gross VOI sales provides an enhanced understanding of the performance of our Vacation Ownership business because it directly measures the sales volume of this business during a given reporting period.
(b)
Represents the number of tours taken by guests in our efforts to sell VOIs.
(c)
VPG is calculated by dividing Gross VOI sales (excluding telesales and virtual sales) by the number of tours. We have excluded non-tour sales in the calculation of VPG because they are generated by a different marketing channel. We believe that VPG provides an enhanced understanding of the performance of our Vacation Ownership business because it directly measures the efficiency of this business’ tour selling efforts during a given reporting period.
(d)
Includes the impact of acquisitions from the acquisition dates forward.
(e)
Represents the number of exchanges and travel club bookings recognized as revenue during the period, net of cancellations.
(f)
Represents transaction revenue divided by transactions.
(g)
Represents paid members in our vacation exchange programs who are considered to be in good standing.
(h)
Percentage change may not calculate due to rounding.
(i)
The following table provides a reconciliation of Vacation ownership interest sales, net to Gross VOI sales for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in millions):
2023
2022
Vacation ownership interest sales, net
$
433
$
403
Loan loss provision
99
91
Gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales
532
494
Fee-for-Service sales
(1)
66
61
Gross VOI sales
$
598
$
555
(1)
Represents total sales of VOIs through our Fee-for-Service programs where inventory is sold through our sales and marketing channels for a commission. There were $40 million and $36 million of Fee-for-Service commission revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. These commissions are reported within Service and membership fees on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 VS. THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Our consolidated results are as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended September 30,
2023
2022
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
Net revenues
$
986
$
937
$
49
Expenses
779
748
(31)
Operating income
207
189
18
Interest expense
64
48
(16)
Other (income), net
(2)
(19)
(17)
Interest (income)
(3)
(2)
1
Income before income taxes
148
162
(14)
Provision for income taxes
38
46
8
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
110
$
116
$
(6)
Net revenues increased $49 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period last year. This increase in net revenues, excluding immaterial foreign currency impacts, was primarily the result of:
•
$60 million of increased revenues at our Vacation Ownership segment primarily due to an increase in net VOI sales as a result of increased tours, partially offset by a decrease in VPG due to a higher mix of new owners which generally produce lower VPGs, and lower close rates; higher property management revenues resulting from higher property management fees and reimbursable revenues; an increase in other revenues due to higher VOI travel package and incentive revenues; and increased commission revenues driven by higher volume of VOI Fee-for-Service sales; partially offset by
•
$10 million of decreased revenues at our Travel and Membership segment primarily due to lower transactions, partially offset by increased revenue per transaction.
Expenses increased $31 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period last year. This increase in expenses, excluding immaterial foreign currency impacts, was primarily the result of:
•
$16 million increase in marketing costs in support of increased tour flow and new owner mix;
•
$14 million increase in property management expenses due to higher reimbursable resort operating costs and expenses;
•
$8 million increase in consumer financing interest expense primarily due to a higher average non-recourse debt balance and increased weighted average coupon rate; and a
•
$6 million increase in sales and commission expenses at the Vacation Ownership segment due to higher gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales.
These increases were partially offset by a $9 million decrease in general and administrative expenses driven by lower professional fees and a $5 million decrease in cost of sales at the Travel and Membership segment associated with lower transactions, partially offset by heavier weighting of rentals in Exchange’s revenue mix.
Interest expense increased $16 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period last year primarily due to higher average outstanding debt balance, driven by an increase in borrowings under the revolving credit facility and issuance of the incremental term loan B in the fourth quarter of 2022, and higher interest rates on variable borrowings in 2023.
Other income, net of other expense decreased $17 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period last year, primarily due to a $10 million reduction in the fair value of contingent consideration in 2022 associated with a business acquisition.
Our effective tax rates were 25.9% and 28.5% during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily impacted by a decrease in the valuation allowance on foreign tax credits partially offset by an increase in unrecognized tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2022, was impacted by the reversal of a prior year tax receivable due to a statute of limitation expiration and a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation.
As a result of these items, Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders decreased $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 as compared to the same period last year.
Our segment results are as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Net revenues
2023
2022
Vacation Ownership
$
812
$
754
Travel and Membership
174
183
Total reportable segments
986
937
Corporate and other
(a)
—
—
Total Company
$
986
$
937
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Reconciliation of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA
2023
2022
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
110
$
116
Interest expense
64
48
Interest (income)
(3)
(2)
Provision for income taxes
38
46
Depreciation and amortization
28
30
Stock-based compensation
9
10
Restructuring
2
—
Legacy items
—
(1)
Gain on equity investment
—
(3)
Fair value change in contingent consideration
—
(10)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
248
$
234
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Adjusted EBITDA
2023
2022
Vacation Ownership
$
203
$
188
Travel and Membership
62
65
Total reportable segments
265
253
Corporate and other
(a)
(17)
(19)
Total Company
$
248
$
234
(a)
Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.
Vacation Ownership
Net revenues increased $58 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased $15 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period of 2022. The increases in net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA were not materially impacted by foreign currency.
The net revenue increase, excluding immaterial foreign currency impacts, was primarily driven by:
•
$39 million increase in gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales, due to increased tours, partially offset by a decrease in VPG due to a higher mix of new owners (35% in the current period compared to 33% in the same period of 2022) which generally produce lower VPGs and lower close rates;
•
$15 million increase in property management revenues primarily due to higher management fees and reimbursable revenues;
•
$5 million increase in other revenues due to higher VOI travel package and incentive revenues;
•
$4 million increase in commission revenues due to the volume of VOI Fee-for-Service sales; and
•
$3 million increase in consumer financing revenues primarily due to a higher average portfolio balance.
These increases were partially offset by an $8 million increase in our provision for loan losses primarily due to higher net originations.
In addition to the revenue change explained above, Adjusted EBITDA was further impacted by:
•
$18 million increase in marketing costs in support of increased tour flow and new owner mix;
•
$14 million increase in property management expenses due to higher reimbursable resort operating costs and expenses;
•
$8 million increase in consumer financing interest expense primarily due to a higher average non-recourse debt balance and increased weighted average coupon rate;
•
$6 million increase in sales and commission expenses due to higher gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales; and
•
$4 million increase in cost of VOIs sold primarily due to higher VOI sales volume.
These increases were partially offset by an $8 million decrease in general and administrative expenses primarily due to lower professional fees.
Travel and Membership
Net revenues decreased $9 million and Adjusted EBITDA decreased $3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period of 2022. The decreases in net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA were not materially impacted by foreign currency.
The decrease in net revenues was primarily driven by lower transactions, partially offset by increased revenue per transaction.
In addition to the revenue change explained above, Adjusted EBITDA was favorably impacted by:
•
$5 million decrease in cost of sales primarily associated with lower transactions, partially offset by heavier weighting of rentals in Exchange’s revenue mix; and a
•
$2 million decrease in marketing costs.
Corporate and other
For the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to 2022, Corporate and other revenue was flat and Adjusted EBITDA increased $2 million, primarily due to fees charged for managing an insurance program on behalf of homeowners associations.
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 VS. NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Our consolidated results are as follows (in millions):
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023
2022
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
Net revenues
$
2,814
$
2,668
$
146
Expenses
2,283
2,177
(106)
Loss on sale of business
2
—
(2)
Operating income
529
491
38
Interest expense
183
143
(40)
Other (income), net
(3)
(16)
(13)
Interest (income)
(9)
(3)
6
Income before income taxes
358
367
(9)
Provision for income taxes
96
101
5
Net income from continuing operations
262
266
(4)
Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes
5
—
5
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
Net revenues increased $146 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period last year. This increase was unfavorably impacted by foreign currency of $8 million (0.3%). Excluding the impacts of foreign currency, the increase in net revenues was primarily the result of:
•
$173 million of increased revenues at our Vacation Ownership segment primarily due to an increase in net VOI sales as a result of increased tours, partially offset by a decrease in VPG due to higher mix of new owner tours which generally produce lower VPGs, and lower close rates; higher property management revenues resulting from higher property management fees and reimbursable revenues; increased commission revenues due to higher volume of VOI Fee-for-Service sales; increased other revenues due to higher VOI travel package and incentive revenues; and an increase in consumer financing revenues primarily due to a higher average portfolio balance; partially offset by
•
$17 million of decreased revenues at our Travel and Membership segment driven by lower transactions, partially offset by increased revenue per transaction.
Expenses increased $106 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period last year and was not materially impacted by foreign currency. The increase in expenses was primarily due to:
•
$44 million increase in property management expenses due to higher reimbursable resort operating costs and expenses;
•
$42 million increase in marketing costs in support of increased tour flow, and new owner mix;
•
$37 million increase in sales and commission expenses at the Vacation Ownership segment due to higher gross VOI sales, including Fee-for-Service sales;
•
$25 million increase in consumer financing interest expense primarily due to a higher average non-recourse debt balance and increased weighted average coupon rate; and a
•
$6 million increase in other operating costs at the Travel and Membership segment primarily related to business development activities.
These increases were partially offset by a $17 million decrease in the cost of VOIs sold primarily due to product mix; an $11 million decrease in general and administrative expenses driven by lower professional and legal fees; an $8 million decrease in cost of sales at our Travel and Membership segment primarily associated with lower transactions, and an $8 million decrease in depreciation and amortization.
We recognized a loss on sale of business of $2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 resulting from the sale of the Love Home Swap business.
Interest expense increased $40 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period last year primarily due to higher average outstanding debt balance, driven by increased borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the issuance of the incremental term loan B in the fourth quarter of 2022, and higher interest rates on variable borrowings in 2023.
Other income, net of other expense decreased $13 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period last year, primarily due to a $10 million reduction in the fair value of contingent consideration in 2022 associated with a business acquisition.
Interest income increased $6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period last year primarily due to higher interest rates.
Our effective tax rates were 26.9% and 27.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily impacted by a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, was impacted by a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for a tax position effectively settled with taxing authorities, partially offset by the reversal of a prior year tax receivable due to a statute of limitation expiration and a tax deficiency from stock-based compensation.
Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes was $5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 primarily resulting from the release of an expired guarantee related to the sale of the European vacation rentals business.
As a result of these items, Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders increased $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 as compared to the same period last year.
Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders
$
267
$
266
Gain on disposal of discontinued business, net of income taxes
(5)
—
Interest expense
183
143
Interest (income)
(9)
(3)
Provision for income taxes
96
101
Depreciation and amortization
83
91
Stock-based compensation
31
31
Restructuring
(b)
12
8
Legacy items
7
1
Loss on sale of business
(c)
2
—
Loss on equity investment
—
5
COVID-19 related costs
(d)
—
2
Asset recoveries, net
—
(1)
Fair value change in contingent consideration
—
(10)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
667
$
634
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Adjusted EBITDA
2023
2022
Vacation Ownership
$
521
$
480
Travel and Membership
195
211
Total reportable segments
716
691
Corporate and other
(a)
(49)
(57)
Total Company
$
667
$
634
(a)
Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.
(b)
Includes $3 million of stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, associated with the 2022 restructuring.
(c)
Represents the loss on sale of the Love Home Swap business.
(d)
Includes expenses related to COVID-19 testing and other expenses associated with our return-to-work program in 2022.
Vacation Ownership
Net revenues increased $167 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased $41 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period of 2022. The net revenue increase was unfavorably impacted by foreign currency of $6 million (0.3%) and the Adjusted EBITDA increase was not materially impacted by foreign currency.
The net revenue increase excluding the impact of foreign currency was primarily driven by:
•
$117 million increase in gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales, due to increased tours, partially offset by a decrease in VPG due to higher mix of new owners (33% in the current year compared to 31% in the same period of 2022) which generally produce lower VPGs and lower close rates;
•
$47 million increase in property management revenues primarily due to higher management fees and reimbursable revenues;
•
$18 million increase in commission revenues due to the volume of VOI Fee-for-Service sales;
•
$18 million increase in other revenues due to higher VOI travel package and incentive revenues; and an
•
$11 million increase in consumer financing revenues primarily due to a higher average portfolio balance.
These increases were partially offset by a $41 million increase in our provision for loan losses primarily due to higher gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for Service sales.
In addition to the revenue change explained above, Adjusted EBITDA was further impacted by:
•
$46 million increase in marketing costs in support of increased tour flow and new owner mix;
•
$44 million increase in property management expenses due to higher reimbursable resort operating costs and expenses;
•
$30 million increase in sales and commission expenses due to higher gross VOI sales, net of Fee-for-Service sales;
•
$25 million increase in consumer financing interest expense primarily due to a higher average non-recourse debt balance and increased weighted average coupon rate; and a
•
$7 million increase in sales and commission expenses due to higher volume of VOI Fee-for-Service sales.
These increases were partially offset by a $17 million decrease in the cost of VOIs sold primarily due to product mix and an $11 million decrease in general and administrative expenses primarily due to lower professional fees.
Travel and Membership
Net revenues decreased $19 million and Adjusted EBITDA decreased $16 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period of 2022. The net revenue decrease was unfavorably impacted by foreign currency of $2 million (0.3%) and Adjusted EBITDA decrease was unfavorably impacted by foreign currency of $5 million (2.4%).
The decrease in net revenues excluding the impact of foreign currency were primarily driven by lower transactions, partially offset by increased revenue per transaction. Transactions were impacted by the decrease in average number of exchange members, which was caused by industry consolidation and lower renewals.
In addition to the revenue change explained above, Adjusted EBITDA excluding the impact of foreign currency was further impacted by:
•
$8 million decrease in cost of sales primarily associated with lower transactions; partially offset by heavier weighting of rentals in Exchange’s revenue mix; and a
•
$4 million decrease in marketing costs; partially offset by a
•
$6 million increase in other operating costs primarily related to business development activities.
Corporate and other
Corporate and other revenue decreased $2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to 2022 primarily due to a $5 million increase in eliminated transactions between segments partially offset by $4 million of fees charged for managing an insurance program on behalf of homeowners associations.
Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA increased $8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the same period of 2022 and was not materially impacted by foreign currency. The increase was primarily due to $4 million increase in eliminated expenses between segments and $3 million of lower legal fees, partially offset by the aforementioned decrease in revenue.
RESTRUCTURING PLANS
2023 Restructuring Plan
We incurred $2 million and $12 million of charges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, associated with the 2023 restructuring plan. This action was primarily focused on enhancing organizational efficiency and rationalizing operations. These charges included personnel-related costs resulting from a reduction of approximately 150 employees and other expenses. As part of this restructuring plan, we also decided to decrease our organizational footprint by closing our owned
office in Indianapolis, Indiana, and exiting other leased locations. The charges consisted of (i) $6 million of personnel-related costs and $1 million of lease costs at the Vacation Ownership segment, (ii) $3 million of personnel-related costs at our corporate operations, and (iii) $2 million of personnel-related costs at the Travel and Membership segment. The remaining material initiative and related expenses associated with this restructuring plan are expected to be incurred by the end of 2023.
2022 Restructuring Plan
We incurred $8 million of charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 associated with the 2022 restructuring plan. These charges were associated with certain positions that were made redundant based upon changes to our organizational structure, primarily within the Travel and Membership segment. The charges consisted of (i) $6 million of personnel-related costs at the Travel and Membership segment, (ii) $1 million of lease and personnel-related costs at the Vacation Ownership segment, and (iii) $1 million of personnel-related costs at our corporate operations. These restructuring charges included $3 million of accelerated stock-based compensation expense.
See Note 20—
Restructuring
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details of our restructuring activities.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
(In millions)
September 30,
2023
December 31,
2022
Change
Total assets
$
6,655
$
6,757
$
(102)
Total liabilities
$
7,652
$
7,661
$
(9)
Total (deficit)
$
(997)
$
(904)
$
(93)
Total assets decreased by $102 million from December 31, 2022 to September 30, 2023, primarily due to:
•
$312 million decrease in Cash and cash equivalents driven by $400 million repayment of the 3.90% secured notes during the first quarter of 2023, $269 million of share repurchases, $104 million of dividend payments, $75 million of net repayments of non-recourse debt, and $42 million of property and equipment additions, partially offset by $451 million of net borrowings on the revolving credit facility and $198 million of net cash provided by operating activities; and a
•
$44 million decrease in Inventory driven by the sale of $107 million of VOI inventory and $12 million of net transfers of completed unregistered VOI inventory to property and equipment; partially offset by $73 million of inventory additions.
These decreases were partially offset by:
•
$90 million increase in VOCRs driven by $1.04 billion of VOI originations, partially offset by $681 million of principal collections and net provision for loan losses of $257 million;
•
$45 million increase in Prepaid expenses driven by $19 million increase in prepaid marketing costs and $19 million increase due to timing of contract renewals for prepaid maintenance and increases in cloud computing arrangements; and an
•
$84 million increase in Other assets driven by a $49 million increase in income tax receivables, a $16 million increase in non-trade receivables, an $11 million increase in collateral assets, and a $9 million increase in derivative assets.
Total liabilities decreased by $9 million from December 31, 2022 to September 30, 2023, primarily due to:
•
$58 million decrease in Accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily due to a $46 million decrease in accrued employee costs due to timing of annual employee bonus and commission payments, $16 million of right of use lease amortization, and a $15 million payment associated with the acquisition of the Travel + Leisure brand, partially offset by a $9 million increase in derivative liabilities; and an
•
$80 million decrease in Non-recourse vacation ownership debt driven by net repayments.
These decreases were partially offset by:
•
$36 million increase in Deferred income driven primarily by deferred VOI trial package and incentive revenues;
•
$60 million increase in Debt driven by $451 million of net borrowings on the revolving credit facility, partially offset by the $400 million repayment of the 3.90% secured notes during the first quarter of 2023; and a
•
$27 million increase in Deferred income taxes primarily driven by installment sales.
Total deficit increased $93 million from December 31, 2022 to September 30, 2023, primarily due to $269 million of share repurchases including excise tax, $105 million of dividends, and $15 million of unfavorable currency translation adjustments driven by fluctuations in exchange rates, primarily the Australian dollar, South African Rand, Argentine Peso, and the Japanese Yen; partially offset by $267 million of Net income attributable to Travel + Leisure Co. shareholders and a $26 million increase in additional paid-in capital, primarily due to stock-based compensation.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We believe that we have sufficient sources of liquidity to meet our expected ongoing short-term and long-term cash needs, including capital expenditures, operational and/or strategic opportunities, and expenditures for human capital, intellectual property, contractual obligations, off-balance sheet arrangements, and other such requirements. Our net cash from operations and cash and cash equivalents are key sources of liquidity along with our revolving credit facility, bank conduit facilities, and continued access to debt markets. We believe these anticipated sources of liquidity are sufficient to meet our expected ongoing short-term and long-term cash needs, including the repayment of our $300 million notes due in April 2024. Our discussion below highlights these sources of liquidity and how they have been utilized to support our cash needs.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As of September 30, 2023, we had $238 million of Cash and cash equivalents, which includes highly-liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less.
$1.0 Billion Revolving Credit Facility
We generally utilize our revolving credit facility to finance our short-term to medium-term business operations, as needed. The facility expires in October 2026 and had $547 million of available capacity as of September 30, 2023.
The revolving credit facility and term loan B facilities are subject to covenants including the maintenance of specific financial ratios as defined in the credit agreement. The financial ratio covenants consist of a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum first lien leverage ratio. The interest coverage ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) by consolidated interest expense (as defined in the credit agreement), both as measured on a trailing 12-month basis preceding the measurement date. The first lien leverage ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated first lien debt (as defined in the credit agreement) as of the measurement date by consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) as measured on a trailing 12-month basis preceding the measurement date. Our first lien leverage ratio determines the interest rate on revolver borrowings and fees associated with letters of credit, which subjects them to fluctuation.
As of September 30, 2023, our interest coverage ratio was 4.40 to 1.0 and our first lien leverage ratio was 3.69 to 1.0. These ratios do not include interest expense or indebtedness related to any qualified securitization financing (as defined in the credit agreement). As of September 30, 2023, we were in compliance with the financial covenants described above. We expect our first lien leverage ratio to decrease by the end of the year.
On March 30, 2023, we entered into the fourth amendment to the credit agreement governing our revolving credit facility and term loan B facilities. Through this amendment we exercised our early opt-in election to change the benchmark rate on the revolving credit facility and term loan B facility due May 2025 from the USD London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). This change became effective on March 31, 2023, for both new borrowings and rollovers of then existing USD LIBOR based borrowings (except Base Rate borrowings) and eliminated our exposure to LIBOR.
Secured Notes and Term Loan B facilities
We generally utilize borrowing via secured note issuances to meet our long-term financing needs. During the fourth quarter of 2022 we entered into the third amendment to the credit agreement governing our revolving credit facility and term loan B which provided for an incremental term loan B borrowing of $300 million due 2029. This transaction reinforces our expectation that we will maintain adequate liquidity for the next year and beyond. During the first quarter we used net proceeds from the incremental term loan B borrowing, along with cash on hand, and borrowings under our revolving credit facility, to repay our $400 million notes which came due in March 2023. As of September 30, 2023, we had $3.26 billion of outstanding borrowings under our secured notes and term loan B facilities with maturities ranging from 2024 to 2030.
Non-recourse Vacation Ownership Debt
Our Vacation Ownership business finances certain of its VOCRs through (i) asset-backed conduit facilities and (ii) term asset-backed securitizations, all of which are non-recourse to us with respect to principal and interest. For the securitizations, we pool
qualifying VOCRs and sell them to bankruptcy-remote entities, all of which are consolidated into the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We plan to continue using these sources to finance certain VOCRs. On September 26, 2023 we renewed our USD bank conduit facility, extending its term through September 2025. We believe that our USD bank conduit facility and our AUD/NZD bank conduit facility, with a term through December 2024, amounting to a combined capacity of $744 million ($275 million available as of September 30, 2023) along with our ability to issue term asset-backed securities, provides sufficient liquidity to finance the sale of VOIs beyond the next year.
We closed on securitization financings of $250 million and $300 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and subsequent to the end of the third quarter, we closed on an additional securitization financing of $300 million. During the full year of 2022, we closed on $800 million of securitization financings. These transactions positively impacted our liquidity and reinforce our expectation that we will maintain adequate liquidity for the next year and beyond.
Our liquidity position may be negatively affected by unfavorable conditions in the capital markets in which we operate or if our VOCR portfolios do not meet specified portfolio credit parameters. Our liquidity, as it relates to our VOCR securitization program, could be adversely affected if we were to fail to renew or replace our conduit facilities on their expiration dates, or if a particular receivables pool were to fail to meet certain ratios, which could occur in certain instances if the default rates or other credit metrics of the underlying VOCRs deteriorate. Our ability to sell securities backed by our VOCRs depends on the continued ability and willingness of capital market participants to invest in such securities.
Each of our non-recourse securitized term notes and the bank conduit facilities contain various triggers relating to the performance of the applicable loan pools. If the VOCR pool that collateralizes one of our securitization notes fails to perform within the parameters established by the contractual triggers (such as higher default or delinquency rates), there are provisions pursuant to which the cash flows for that pool will be maintained in the securitization as extra collateral for the note holders or applied to accelerate the repayment of outstanding principal to the note holders. As of September 30, 2023, all of our securitized loan pools were in compliance with applicable contractual triggers.
We may, from time to time, depending on market conditions and other factors, repurchase our outstanding indebtedness, whether or not such indebtedness trades above or below its face amount, for cash and/or in exchange for other securities or other consideration, in each case in open market purchases and/or privately negotiated transactions.
For additional details regarding our revolving credit facility, term loan B facilities, and non-recourse debt see Note 10—
Debt
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Material Cash Requirements
The following table summarizes material future contractual obligations of our continuing operations (in millions). We plan to fund these obligations, along with our other cash requirements, with net cash from operations, cash and cash equivalents, and through the use of our revolving credit facilities, bank conduit facilities, and continued access to debt markets.
10/1/23 - 9/30/24
10/1/24 - 9/30/25
10/1/25 - 9/30/26
10/1/26 - 9/30/27
10/1/27 - 9/30/28
Thereafter
Total
Debt
(a)
$
314
$
291
$
1,007
$
856
$
3
$
1,272
$
3,743
Non-recourse debt
(b)
224
214
515
185
185
588
1,911
Interest on debt
(c)
332
303
232
132
109
104
1,212
Purchase commitments
(d)
261
182
117
92
88
23
763
Operating leases
29
26
16
13
11
14
109
Total
(e)
$
1,160
$
1,016
$
1,887
$
1,278
$
396
$
2,001
$
7,738
(a)
Represents required principal payments on notes, term loans, and finance leases.
(b)
Represents required principal payments on debt that is securitized through bankruptcy-remote special purpose entities; the creditors of which have no recourse to us for principal and interest.
(c)
Includes interest on debt and non-recourse debt; estimated using the stated interest rates.
(d)
Includes $569 million for marketing-related activities and $121 million for information technology activities.
(e)
Excludes a $34 million liability for unrecognized tax benefits as it is not reasonably estimable to determine the periods in which such liability would be settled with the respective tax authorities.
In addition to the amounts shown in the table above and in connection with our separation from Cendant, we entered into certain guarantee commitments with Cendant (pursuant to our assumption of certain liabilities and our obligation to indemnify Cendant, Realogy, and Travelport for such liabilities) and guarantee commitments related to deferred compensation
arrangements with Cendant and Realogy. We also entered into certain guarantee commitments and indemnifications related to the sale of our vacation rentals businesses. For information on matters related to our former parent and subsidiaries see Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
In addition to the key contractual obligation and separation related commitments described above, we also utilize surety bonds in our Vacation Ownership business for sales and development transactions in order to meet regulatory requirements of certain states. In the ordinary course of our business, we have assembled commitments from 12 surety providers in the amount of $2.3 billion, of which we had $498 million outstanding as of September 30, 2023. The availability, terms and conditions and pricing of bonding capacity are dependent on, among other things, continued financial strength and stability of the insurance company affiliates providing the bonding capacity, general availability of such capacity, and our corporate credit rating. If the bonding capacity is unavailable or, alternatively, the terms and conditions and pricing of the bonding capacity are unacceptable to us, our Vacation Ownership business could be negatively impacted.
As of September 30, 2023, our secured debt is rated Ba3 with a “stable outlook” by Moody’s Investors Service, BB- with a “stable outlook” by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, and BB- with a “negative outlook” by Fitch Rating Agency. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal by the assigning rating organization. Reference in this report to any such credit rating is intended for the limited purpose of discussing or referring to aspects of our liquidity and of our costs of funds. Any reference to a credit rating is not intended to be any guarantee or assurance of, nor should there be any undue reliance upon, any credit rating or change in credit rating, nor is any such reference intended as any inference concerning future performance, future liquidity, or any future credit rating.
CASH FLOW
The following table summarizes the changes in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in millions):
Cash provided by/(used in)
2023
2022
Change
Operating activities:
$
198
$
267
$
(69)
Investing activities:
Continuing operations
(46)
(28)
(18)
Discontinued operations
—
(6)
6
Financing activities:
(444)
(414)
(30)
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
(4)
(11)
7
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
(296)
$
(192)
$
(104)
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $198 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $267 million in the prior year. This $69 million decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in cash utilized for working capital mainly due to increases in net originations, prepayments, and inventory purchases.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations increased $18 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This increase is primarily due to the $6 million cash payment for the acquisition of Playbook365, $6 million of higher property and equipment additions, and $8 million of proceeds from the sale of investments in 2022.
Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations was $6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 related to the settlement of post-closing adjustment claims associated with the sale of the European vacation rentals business.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities increased $30 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This increase was primarily due to higher net principal payments on non-recourse debt and increased share repurchases in the current year, partially offset by higher proceeds from corporate debt.
We focus on deploying capital for the highest possible returns. Ultimately, our business objective is to grow our business while optimizing cash flow and Adjusted EBITDA. We intend to continue to invest in select capital and technological improvements across our business. We also regularly consider a wide array of potential acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including acquisitions of businesses and real property, joint ventures, business combinations, strategic investments and dispositions. Any of these transactions could be material to our business. As part of this strategy, we have made, and expect to continue to make, proposals and enter into non-binding letters of intent, allowing us to conduct due diligence on a confidential basis. A potential transaction contemplated by a letter of intent may never reach the point where we enter into a definitive agreement, nor can we predict the timing of such a potential transaction.
Finally, we intend to continue to return value to shareholders through the repurchase of common stock and payment of dividends. All future declarations of quarterly cash dividends are subject to final approval by the Board of Directors.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we spent $85 million on vacation ownership development projects (inventory). We believe that our Vacation Ownership business currently has adequate finished inventory to support vacation ownership sales for several years. As such, we expect to remain below historical levels of spending for vacation ownership development projects in 2023 with anticipated spending between $105 million and $115 million. After factoring in the anticipated additional annual spending, we expect to have adequate inventory to support vacation ownership sales through at least the next four to five years.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we spent $42 million on capital expenditures, primarily for information technology and sales center improvement projects. During 2023, we anticipate spending between $65 million and $70 million on capital expenditures, primarily for continuation of information technology digital initiatives and sales center/resort improvements.
In connection with our focus on optimizing cash flow, we are continuing our asset-light efforts in vacation ownership by seeking opportunities with financial partners whereby they make strategic investments to develop assets on our behalf. We refer to this as Just-in-Time. The partner may invest in new ground-up development projects or purchase from us, for cash, existing in-process inventory which currently resides on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The partner will complete the development of the project and we may purchase finished inventory at a future date as needed or as obligated under the agreement.
We expect that the majority of the expenditures that will be required to pursue our capital spending programs, strategic investments, and vacation ownership development projects will be financed with cash flow generated through operations and cash and cash equivalents. We expect that additional expenditures will be financed with general secured corporate borrowings, including through the use of available capacity under our revolving credit facility.
Share Repurchase Program
On August 20, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program that enables us to purchase our common stock. As of September 30, 2023, the Board of Directors has increased the capacity of the program nine times, most recently in April 2022 by $500 million, bringing the total authorization under the current program to $6.5 billion. Proceeds received from stock option exercises have increased the repurchase capacity by $81 million since the inception of this program. As of September 30, 2023, we had $210 million of remaining availability in our program.
Under our current share repurchase program, we repurchased 6.7 million shares at an average price of $39.68 for a cost of $267 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The amount and timing of specific repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors, including capital allocation priorities. Repurchases may be conducted in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
Dividends
We paid cash dividends of $0.45 per share during the first, second, and third quarters of 2023 and $0.40 per share during the first, second, and third quarters of 2022. The aggregate dividends paid to shareholders were $104 million and $103 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. Our long-term plan is to grow our dividend at the rate of growth of our earnings at a minimum. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock are at the discretion of our Board of Directors and depend upon many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of our business, covenants associated with certain debt obligations, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice, and other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant. There is no assurance that a payment of a dividend or a dividend at current levels will occur in the future.
We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net revenues and net income from sales of VOIs and vacation exchange fees. Revenues from sales of VOIs are generally higher in the third quarter than in other quarters due to increased leisure travel. Revenues from vacation exchange fees are generally highest in the first quarter, which is typically when members of our vacation exchange business book their vacations for the year.
The seasonality of our business may cause fluctuations in our quarterly operating results. As we expand into new markets and geographical locations, we may experience increased or different seasonality dynamics that create fluctuations in operating results different from the fluctuations we have experienced in the past.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
From time to time, we are involved in claims, legal and regulatory proceedings, and governmental inquiries related to our business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is expected to have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition. See Note 16—
Commitments and Contingencies
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business along with our guarantees and indemnifications and Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our obligations regarding Cendant contingent litigation, matters related to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., and matters related to the vacation rentals businesses.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
In presenting our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported therein. Several of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it could result in a material impact to our consolidated results of operations, financial position, and liquidity. We believe that the estimates and assumptions we used when preparing our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were the most appropriate at that time. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with our “
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
” and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report filed on Form 10-K with the SEC on February 22, 2023, which includes a description of our critical accounting estimates that involve subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks.
We assess our market risks based on changes in interest and foreign currency exchange rates utilizing a sensitivity analysis that measures the potential impact in earnings, fair values and cash flows based on a hypothetical 10% change (increase and decrease) in interest and foreign currency exchange rates. We used September 30, 2023 market rates on outstanding financial instruments to perform a sensitivity analysis separately for each of our market risk exposures: interest and foreign currency rate instruments. The estimates assume instantaneous, parallel shifts in interest rate yield curves and exchange rates. There were no changes to the assumptions used in this model in 2023 compared to 2022. Through our analysis, we have determined that a hypothetical 10% change in the interest rates would have resulted in a $2 million increase or decrease in annual consumer financing interest expense and $6 million increase or decrease in annual debt interest expense. We have determined that a hypothetical 10% change in the foreign currency exchange rates would have resulted in an approximate increase or decrease to the fair value of our outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts of $5 million, which would generally be offset by an opposite effect on the underlying exposure being economically hedged. As such, we believe that a 10% change in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates would not have a material effect on our prices, earnings, fair values, or cash flows.
Our variable rate borrowings, which include our term loan B facilities, non-recourse conduit facilities, and revolving credit facility, expose us to risks caused by fluctuations in the applicable interest rates. The total outstanding balance of such variable rate borrowings at September 30, 2023, was $469 million in non-recourse debt and $1.02 billion in corporate debt. A 100-basis point change in the underlying interest rates would result in a $5 million increase or decrease in annual consumer financing interest expense and a $10 million increase or decrease in our annual debt interest expense.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
(a)
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive and principal
financial officers, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)). Based on such evaluation, our principal executive and principal financial officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were designed and functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b)
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. As of September 30, 2023, we utilized the criteria established in
Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013)
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We are involved in various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. See Note 16—
Commitments and Contingencies
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business and Note 21—
Transactions with Former Parent and Former Subsidiaries
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our obligations regarding Cendant contingent litigation, matters related to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., and matters related to the vacation rentals businesses.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The discussion of our business and operations should be read together with the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2023, which describe various risks and uncertainties to which we are or may become subject. These risks and uncertainties have the potential to affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, strategies or prospects in a material and adverse manner. As of September 30, 2023, there have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
(c) Below is a summary of our common stock repurchases by month for the quarter ended September 30, 2023:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under Plan
July 2023
773,316
$
41.40
773,316
$
243,129,297
August 2023
819,577
$
40.26
819,577
$
210,129,306
September 2023
—
$
—
—
$
210,129,306
Total
1,592,893
$
40.82
1,592,893
$
210,129,306
On August 20, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our common stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”). Under the Share Repurchase Program, we are authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act. The Share Repurchase Program has no time limit and may be suspended or discontinued completely at any time. The Board of Directors has since increased the capacity of the Share Repurchase Program nine times, most recently in April 2022 by $500 million, bringing the total authorization under the current program to $6.5 billion. See the “
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Share Repurchase Program
” section for further information on the Share Repurchase Program.
For a description of limitations on the payment of our dividends, see the “
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Dividends
.”
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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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