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This excerpt taken from the WYN DEF 14A filed Apr 2, 2009.
2009 Director Compensation
 
The following describes compensation we will pay our non-employee directors in 2009:
 
         
Annual director retainer
  $ 150,000  
Audit Committee chair
    20,000  
Audit Committee member
    10,000  
Compensation Committee chair
    15,000  
Compensation Committee member
    7,500  
Corporate Governance Committee chair
    10,000  
Corporate Governance Committee member
    5,000  
Executive Committee member
    8,000  
 
The annual director retainer and committee chair and membership fees are paid on a quarterly basis 50% in cash and 50% in deferred stock units. The number of deferred stock units issued is based on our stock price on the quarterly determination date. Directors may elect to receive more than 50% of the retainer and fees in deferred stock units. Board members do not receive additional fees for meeting attendance.
 
We make available to each director a term life insurance policy owned by us with a $1.1 million death benefit payable $1 million to us, which benefit we will donate to a charitable beneficiary of the director’s choice, and $100,000 paid directly to a personal beneficiary of the director’s choice. In the event we undergo a change-in-control or a director retires, we will pay the premiums for the policies for one year from the date of the change-in-control or retirement as applicable. Directors are not required to use this benefit and not all directors have opted to use the benefit.


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We provide for a company match of a director’s qualifying charitable contributions in an amount up to $10,000 per year.
 
We maintain a policy to make available to our directors the right to use annually one week at a Wyndham Vacation Ownership timeshare facility.
 
2008 Director Compensation
 
The following describes compensation we will pay our non-employee directors in 2008:
 
         
Annual director retainer
  $ 150,000  
Audit committee chair
    20,000  
Audit committee member
    10,000  
Compensation committee chair
    15,000  
Compensation committee member
    7,500  
Corporate governance committee chair
    10,000  
Corporate governance committee member
    5,000  
Executive committee member
    8,000  


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The annual director retainer and committee chair and membership fees are paid on a quarterly basis 50% in cash and 50% in deferred stock units. The number of deferred stock units issued is based on our stock price on the quarterly determination date. Directors may elect to receive more than 50% of the retainer and fees in deferred stock units. Board members do not receive additional fees for meeting attendance.
 
We make available to each director a term life insurance policy owned by us with a $1.1 million death benefit payable $1 million to us, which benefit we will donate to a charitable beneficiary of the director’s choice, and $100,000 paid directly to a personal beneficiary of the director’s choice. In the event we undergo a change-in-control or a director retires, we will pay the premiums for the policies for one year from the date of the change-in-control or retirement as applicable.
 
We provide for a company match of a director’s qualifying charitable contributions in an amount up to $10,000 per year.
 
In 2007 we adopted a policy to make available to our directors the right to use annually one week at a Wyndham Vacation Ownership timeshare facility.
 
2007 Director Compensation
 
The following describes compensation we will pay our non-employee directors in 2007:
 
         
Annual director retainer
  $ 150,000  
Audit committee chair
    20,000  
Audit committee member
    10,000  
Compensation committee chair
    15,000  
Compensation committee member
    7,500  
Corporate governance committee chair
    10,000  
Corporate governance committee member
    5,000  
Executive committee member
    8,000  
 
The annual director retainer and committee chair and membership fees are paid on a quarterly basis 50% in cash and 50% in deferred stock units. The number of deferred stock units issued is based on our stock price on the quarterly determination date. Directors may elect to receive more than 50% of the retainer and fees in deferred stock units. Board members do not receive additional fees for meeting attendance.


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In addition to this compensation, Directors Biblowit, Mulroney and Richards are insured by term life insurance policies owned by us with a $1.1 million death benefit payable $1 million to us, which benefit we will donate to a charitable beneficiary of the director’s choice, and $100,000 paid directly to a personal beneficiary of the director’s choice. Mr. Buckman is currently insured by a term life insurance policy established when he was an executive officer of Cendant with a $1 million death benefit payable to us. We expect to insure all of our directors under the arrangement currently in place for Directors Biblowit, Mulroney and Richards described above.
 
We adopted a policy providing for a company match of a director’s charitable contributions in an amount up to $10,000 per year.
 
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