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This excerpt taken from the WYN 8-K filed Jul 19, 2006. Marketing Services Division In October 2005, Cendant sold the companies that made up its Marketing Services division business, or MSD. We are a party to a number of commercial arrangements with the MSD companies pursuant to which we each provide the other with certain services and each market or otherwise make available certain of our products and services to customers of the other. Services arrangements include (i) the loyalty program agreements, pursuant to which MSDs loyalty solutions subsidiary administers our TripRewards and RCI Elite Rewards loyalty programs; and (ii) travel agency services agreements, pursuant to which MSD provides our vacation exchange business with travel agency services in the United States, and our vacation exchange business provides MSD with travel agency services in certain European countries. Marketing arrangements include (i) marketing agreements, pursuant to which MSD may market their products and services to customers of our lodging and vacation exchange businesses through several channels; and (ii) a rate discount agreement, pursuant to which our lodging business provides MSD with certain discounted room rates that MSD may offer to certain of its customers. The initial terms of these agreements generally extend for three to five years unless terminated by either party in accordance with the terms of those agreements. With respect to the services arrangements, the parties typically pay each other for services provided, and with respect to the marketing arrangements, the parties typically pay each other commissions, either based on customers referred or products and services sold. In addition, prior to the sale of MSD, we shared space and services with MSD in certain international locations. We continue such an arrangement with respect to our Brussels, Belgium location pursuant to a license agreement expiring on March 31, 2013. We have paid approximately $37 million, $20 million and $11 million in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, with respect to these agreements, and we have received approximately $5 million, $4 million and $4 million in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, with respect to these agreements. |
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