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These excerpts taken from the WYN 8-K filed Jul 31, 2006.

Tax Sharing Agreement

On July 28, 2006, Wyndham entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with Cendant, Realogy and Travelport that governs the parties’ respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the separation of Wyndham from Cendant with respect to taxes, including ordinary course of business taxes and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of any distribution of all of the stock of Wyndham or Realogy (or Travelport if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed) to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A copy of the Tax Sharing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference into this item.

TAX SHARING AGREEMENT

THIS TAX SHARING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 28th day of July, 2006, by and among Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cendant”), Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Realogy”), Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Wyndham”) and Travelport Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Travelport”). Each of Cendant, Realogy, Wyndham and Travelport is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively, as the “Parties”.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Cendant, acting through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, currently conducts a number of businesses, including (i) the Real Estate Business, (ii) the Travel Business, (iii) the Hospitality Business and (iv) the Vehicle Rental Business;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Cendant has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Cendant and its stockholders to separate Cendant into four separate, publicly traded companies, one for each of (i) the Real Estate Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Realogy, (ii) the Hospitality Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Wyndham, (iii) the Travel Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Travelport and (iv) the Vehicle Rental Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Cendant;

WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, the Board of Directors of Cendant has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Cendant and its stockholders (i) for Cendant and certain of its subsidiaries to enter into a series of transactions whereby, among other things, (A) Cendant and/or Cendant Finance Holding Company, LLC, will contribute to Realogy certain assets relating to the Real Estate Business (and Realogy will assume certain liabilities), and (B) Cendant and/or Cendant Finance Holding Company, LLC, will contribute to Wyndham certain assets relating to the Hospitality Business (and Wyndham will assume certain liabilities) and (ii) for Cendant to distribute to the holders of Cendant Common Stock on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such stockholders) (A) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Realogy (the “Realogy Common Stock”), (B) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Wyndham (the “Wyndham Common Stock”) and (C) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Travelport (the “Travelport Common Stock”) (such transactions as they may be amended or modified from time to time, collectively, the “Plan of Separation”);

WHEREAS, Cendant announced that as part of the Plan of Separation, as an alternative to Cendant’s plan to distribute Travelport Common Stock to holders of Cendant Common Stock, Cendant is also exploring the possible sale of Travelport to a third-party (whether by sale of stock, assets (direct or indirect) or merger, a “Travelport Sale”);

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that each of the contributions of assets to, and the assumption of liabilities by, Realogy and Wyndham together with the corresponding


distribution of all of the Realogy Common Stock and the Wyndham Common Stock, respectively, shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that the distribution of Travelport Common Stock (if effected) shall qualify as a distribution within the meaning of Section 355(c) of the Code to Cendant;

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that each of the distribution of Realogy Common Stock, Wyndham Common Stock and Travelport Common Stock, respectively, to the stockholders of Cendant will qualify as a tax-free distribution within the meaning of Section 355(a) of the Code to such stockholders;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Plan of Separation, Realogy, Wyndham and Travelport shall, subject to the terms and provisions of the Separation and Distribution Agreement (as defined herein), enter into separate credit facilities for both revolving and term loan borrowings, all or a portion of the proceeds which shall be distributed to Cendant;

WHEREAS, with respect to the debt proceeds distributed by Realogy and Wyndham, respectively, to Cendant, such proceeds shall be placed by Cendant in a separate account and used by Cendant solely to repay its existing indebtedness;

WHEREAS, with respect to the debt proceeds distributed by Travelport to Cendant, such proceeds shall be placed by Cendant into a separate bank account and used by Cendant solely to reduce and/or repay its existing indebtedness and certain other liabilities of Cendant;

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that the distribution of cash proceeds from such borrowings by Realogy and Wyndham, respectively, to Cendant shall qualify as a tax-free distribution of cash pursuant to Section 361 of the Code;

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that the distribution of cash proceeds from such borrowings by Travelport shall be treated, in part, as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 301 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Plan of Separation, each of the Parties desire to set forth their agreement on the rights and obligations with respect to handling and allocating Taxes and related matters.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the terms, conditions, covenants and provisions of this Agreement, each of the parties mutually covenant and agree as follows:

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

Tax Sharing Agreement

Before our separation from Cendant, we will enter into a Tax Sharing Agreement with Cendant, Realogy and Travelport that generally will govern the other separated companies’ and our respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the distribution with respect to taxes, including ordinary course of business taxes and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the distributions of all of the stock of Realogy or Wyndham Worldwide (or Travelport if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed) to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code. Under the Tax Sharing Agreement, we expect, with certain exceptions, that:

 

   

for taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2006, (i) we generally will be responsible for the payment of income and non-income taxes attributable to our operations that we currently are obligated to pay on a separate return basis (i.e., not as part of a group of which Cendant is the common parent); (ii) each of Realogy, Travelport and Cendant generally will be responsible for the payment of income and non-income taxes attributable to its (or its subsidiaries’) operations that such company (or its subsidiaries) currently is obligated to pay on a separate return basis (i.e., not as part of a group of which

 

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Cendant is the common parent); (iii) we generally will be responsible for the payment of 37.5% (or 30% if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed) of all income and non-income taxes imposed on Cendant and certain other subsidiaries, the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to its Vehicle Rental business or the businesses of Wyndham Worldwide, Realogy and Travelport or their respective subsidiaries; and (iv) Realogy generally will be responsible for the payment of 62.5% (or 50% and 20% for Realogy and Travelport, respectively, if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed), respectively, of all income and non-income taxes imposed on Cendant and certain other subsidiaries the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to its Vehicle Rental business and the businesses of Wyndham Worldwide, Realogy and Travelport or their respective subsidiaries,

 

    subject to certain exceptions, audits relating to Cendant and certain other subsidiaries the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to the businesses of Wyndham Worldwide, Realogy, Travelport, the Vehicle Rental business or their respective subsidiaries for taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2006, will be settled by Cendant in the sole discretion of Realogy (or at the direction of a majority of Wyndham Worldwide, Realogy and Travelport if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed) the Tax Sharing Agreement also requires Wyndham Worldwide and Realogy to indemnify Cendant in the event that the settlement of any such audits results in adverse tax consequences to Cendant relating to periods beginning after December 31, 2006 (such indemnity to be shared between Wyndham Worldwide and Realogy on a 37.5% and 62.5% basis, respectively, or between Wyndham Worldwide, Realogy and Travelport on a 30%, 50% and 20% basis, respectively, if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed); and

 

    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, Wyndham Worldwide generally will be responsible for the payment of income and non-income taxes imposed on Wyndham Worldwide and its direct or indirect subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we expect that, under the Tax Sharing Agreement, Wyndham Worldwide also generally will be responsible for the payment of any taxes imposed on Cendant that arise from the failure of the distribution of the stock of Wyndham Worldwide to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code, if such failure to qualify is attributable to the actions of or transactions undertaken by Wyndham Worldwide or its direct or indirect subsidiaries after the separation. In addition, we generally will be responsible for the payment of 37.5% (or 30% if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed) of any taxes imposed on Cendant that arise from the failure of the distribution of the stock of Wyndham Worldwide and Realogy (or Travelport, if the sale of Travelport is not completed and the common stock of Travelport is distributed), in each case, to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code, if such failure to qualify is not attributable to the actions of or transactions undertaken by us, any of the other separated companies, or our or their direct or indirect subsidiaries after the separation. The Tax Sharing Agreement also is expected to impose restrictions on our and Cendant’s ability to engage in certain actions following our separation from Cendant and to set forth the respective obligations among us, Cendant and the other separated companies with respect to the filing of tax returns, the administration of tax contests, assistance and cooperation and other matters.

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