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This excerpt taken from the WYN 8-K filed Jul 19, 2006.

Franchise Agreement Guarantees

Regulations applicable to the offer and sale of franchises require the inclusion of audited financial statements in offering materials delivered to prospective franchisees. As a division of Cendant, we did not have our own audited financial statements. Therefore, Cendant’s audited financial statements, and its guarantee of our obligations under the franchise agreements associated with such offering materials, were included in the offering

 

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materials to satisfy the regulations and will remain in place until the underlying franchise agreements expire over the next twenty years. Accordingly, Cendant historically has guaranteed the performance of our obligations to our franchisees under our franchise agreements. Following our separation from Cendant, we will include our own audited financial statements in the franchise offering materials, and Cendant will no longer provide these guarantees in connection with franchise agreements entered into or replaced after completion of our separation from Cendant.

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