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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13E-4
ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934)
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CENDANT CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
151313 10 3
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
James E. Buckman
Cendant Stock Corporation
9 West 57(th) Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 413-1800
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
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COPIES TO:
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Eric J. Friedman Eric J. Bock
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Cendant Corporation
919 Third Avenue 9 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10022 New York, New York 10019
(212) 735-3000 (212) 413-1836
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June 16, 1999
(Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders)
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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TRANSACTION AMOUNT OF
VALUATION* FILING FEE
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$1,125,000,000 $225,000
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* Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee in accordance
with Section 13(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and Rule 0-11 thereunder. This amount assumes the purchase of 50,000,000
shares of Cendant Corporation common stock, par value $.01 per share, at the
maximum tender offer price per share of $22.50.
/ / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form
or schedule and the date of its filing.
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Amount Previously Paid: N/A Filing Party: N/A
Form of Registration No.: N/A Date File: N/A
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This Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4 (the "Statement")
relates to the tender offer by Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Cendant"), to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at prices, net to the seller in
cash, without interest thereon, not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per
Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter
of Transmittal (which, as they may be amended from time to time, are herein
collectively referred to as the "Offer"). Copies of the Offer to Purchase and
Letter of Transmittal are filed as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively, to
this Statement.
ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.
(a) The name of the issuer is Cendant Corporation. The address of its
principal executive offices is 9 West 57(th) Street, New York, New York 10019.
(b) The information set forth in the "Introduction", "Section 1. Number of
Shares; Proration" and "Section 9. Interests of Directors and Executive
Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Shares" in the Offer to
Purchase is incorporated herein by reference. The Offer is being made to all
holders of Shares, including executive officers, directors and affiliates of
Purchaser and Cendant, although Purchaser and Cendant have been advised that,
except as set forth in the "Section 9. Interests of Directors and Executive
Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Shares" in the Offer to
Purchase, no director or executive officer of Purchaser, Cendant or any of their
subsidiaries intends to tender any Shares pursuant to the Offer.
(c) The information set forth in the "Introduction" and "Section 7. Price
Range of Shares; Dividends" in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by
reference.
(d) This Statement is being filed by Purchaser, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cendant. The address of Purchaser's executive office is 9 West 57(th) Street,
New York, New York 10019.
ITEM 2. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
(a) The information set forth in "Section 10. Source and Amount of Funds" in
the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Inapplicable.
ITEM 3. PURPOSE OF THE TENDER OFFER AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS OF THE ISSUER OR
AFFILIATE.
(a)--(j) The information set forth in the "Introduction," "Section 8.
Background and Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer", "Section 9.
Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements
Concerning Shares", "Section 10. Source and Amount of Funds" and "Section 12.
Effects of the Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange
Act" in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
The information set forth in "Section 9. Interests of Directors and
Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Shares" and
"Schedule I--Certain Transactions Involving Shares" in the Offer to Purchase is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
RESPECT TO THE ISSUER'S SECURITIES.
The information set forth in the "Introduction", "Section 8. Background and
Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer", "Section 9. Interest of
Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning
Shares" and "Schedule I--Certain Transactions Involving Shares" in the Offer to
Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 6. PERSONS RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR TO BE COMPENSATED.
The information set forth in the "Introduction" and "Section 16. Fees and
Expenses" in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
(a)--(b) The information set forth in "Section 11. Certain Information about
Cendant" and "ANNEX A--Cendant Corporation Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated
Financial Statements" in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by
reference. The information set forth on (i) pages F-1 through F-59 of Cendant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, filed
as exhibit (g)(1) hereto and (ii) pages 3 through 15 of Cendant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999 filed as exhibit (g)(2)
hereto, in each case, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
(a) Inapplicable.
(b) Inapplicable.
(c) The information set forth in "Section 12. Effects of the Offer on the
Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act" in the Offer to Purchase
is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Inapplicable.
(e) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related
Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1)
and (a)(2), respectively, is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
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(a)(l) Form of Offer to Purchase dated June 16, 1999.
(a)(2) Form of Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(3) Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(4) Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
Nominees.
(a)(5) Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(6) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, to shareholders from Henry R. Silverman,
the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant.
(a)(7) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to participants in the Cendant
Corporation Employee Savings Plan, the Cendant Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan and the PHH Corporation Directors Deferred Compensation Plan,
including the form of Direction Form to Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New
Jersey, as trustees of the savings plans, from participants in the savings
plans.
(a)(8) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New
Jersey to participants in Cendant's savings plans.
(a)(9) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to participants in Cendant's
Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan, including the form of
Direction Form to Neuberger & Berman Trust Company, as trustees of the plan,
from participants in the savings plan.
(a)(10) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to Unexchanged Holders of
Shares.
(a)(11) Form of Press Release issued by Cendant and Purchaser dated June 16, 1999.
(a)(12) Form of Summary Advertisement dated June 17, 1999.
(a)(13) Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9.
(c) Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated May 22, 1999, by and
among PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cendant, PHH Holdings Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of PHH, Avis Rent A Car, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Avis
Fleet Leasing and Management Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Avis Rent A Car, Inc.
(f) Exhibits (a)(1) through (a)(13) are incorporated herein by reference.
(g)(1) Pages F-1 through F-59 of Cendant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998.
(g)(2) Pages 3 through 15 of Cendant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 1999.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION
By: /s/ JAMES E. BUCKMAN
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Name: James E. Buckman
Title: Executive Vice President
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Dated: June 16, 1999
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(a)(l) Form of Offer to Purchase dated June 16, 1999.
(a)(2) Form of Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(3) Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(4) Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(5) Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
Nominees.
(a)(6) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, to shareholders from Henry R. Silverman, the Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Cendant.
(a)(7) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to participants in the Cendant Corporation Employee
Savings Plan, the Cendant Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan and the PHH Corporation Directors
Deferred Compensation Plan, including the form of Direction Form to Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New
Jersey, as trustees of the savings plans, from participants in the savings plans.
(a)(8) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New Jersey to participants in
Cendant's savings plans.
(a)(9) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to participants in Cendant's Membership Services, Inc.
Savings Incentive Plan, including the form of Direction Form to Neuberger & Berman Trust Company, as
trustees of the plan, from participants in the savings plan.
(a)(10) Form of Letter dated June 16, 1999, from Cendant to Unexchanged Holders of Shares.
(a)(11) Form of Press Release issued by Cendant and Purchaser dated June 16, 1999.
(a)(12) Form of Summary Advertisement dated June 17, 1999.
(a)(13) Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9.
(c) Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated May 22, 1999, by and among PHH Corporation, a
Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant, PHH Holdings Corporation, a Texas
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH, Avis Rent A Car, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
Avis Fleet Leasing and Management Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Avis
Rent A Car, Inc.
(f) Exhibits (a)(1) through (a)(13) are incorporated herein by reference.
(g)(1) Pages F-1 through F-59 of Cendant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997.
(g)(2) Pages 3 through 15 of Cendant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999.
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OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
UP TO 50,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $22.50
NOR LESS THAN $19.75 PER SHARE
BY
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION,
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
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THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW
YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
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Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"),
invites the shareholders of Cendant to tender shares of Cendant common stock,
par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), to Purchaser at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share in cash, as specified by tendering
shareholders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer").
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share price (not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75
per Share), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon (the "Purchase
Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn
pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number of Shares so tendered and
the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser will select the lowest
Purchase Price that will allow it to buy 50,000,000 Shares validly tendered and
not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer (or such lesser number of Shares as
are validly tendered and not properly withdrawn at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share). Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price
for all Shares validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price and not
properly withdrawn, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
including the proration terms hereof. Purchaser reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to purchase more than 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer.
Shares tendered at prices in excess of the Purchase Price and Shares not
purchased because of proration will be returned at Purchaser's expense. See
Section 15.
THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED.
THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 6.
Shares are listed and principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. (the "NYSE") under the symbol "CD." On June 15, 1999, the last full trading
day on the NYSE prior to the announcement of the Offer, the closing per Share
sales price as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $19.75. SHAREHOLDERS ARE
URGED TO OBTAIN CURRENT MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR SHARES. SEE SECTION 7.
EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAS
APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, SHAREHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER
TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES
AT WHICH SHARES SHOULD BE TENDERED. NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITORY
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN
FROM TENDERING SHARES. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9, PURCHASER AND CENDANT
HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT NONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
INTENDS TO TENDER ANY SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 9.
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
[LOGO]
The Information Agent for the offer is:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
June 16, 1999
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IMPORTANT
Any shareholders desiring to tender all or any portion of their Shares
should either (i) complete and sign the Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile
thereof in accordance with the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal, mail
or deliver it with any required signature guarantee and any other required
documents to ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the "Depositary"), and
either mail or deliver the stock certificates for such Shares to the Depositary
(with all such other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal), (ii)
follow the procedure for book-entry delivery set forth in Section 3, or (iii)
request a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to
effect the transaction for such shareholder. A shareholder having Shares
registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or
other nominee must contact that broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company
or other nominee if such shareholder desires to tender such Shares. Shareholders
who desire to tender Shares and whose certificates for such Shares are not
immediately available or who cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry
transfer on a timely basis or whose other required documentation cannot be
delivered to the Depositary, in any case, by the expiration of the Offer should
tender such Shares by following the procedures for guaranteed delivery set forth
in Section 3.
TO EFFECT A VALID TENDER OF THEIR SHARES, SHAREHOLDERS MUST VALIDLY COMPLETE
THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE SECTION RELATING TO THE PRICE AT WHICH
THEY ARE TENDERING SHARES.
Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of this Offer
to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may
be directed to the Information Agent or to the Dealer Manager at their addresses
and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF
PURCHASER OR CENDANT AS TO WHETHER SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM
TENDERING SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE
ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER
THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE OR IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
DO NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION OR ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATION, IF GIVEN OR MADE, AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY PURCHASER OR
CENDANT.
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SUMMARY.................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 6
THE OFFER.................................................................................................. 8
1. Number of Shares; Proration.......................................................................... 8
2. Tenders by Owners of Fewer than 100 Shares........................................................... 9
3. Procedure for Tendering Shares....................................................................... 10
4. Withdrawal Rights.................................................................................... 14
5. Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price..................................................... 15
6. Certain Conditions of the Offer...................................................................... 16
7. Price Range of Shares; Dividends..................................................................... 18
8. Background and Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer.................................... 18
9. Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Shares........ 20
10. Source and Amount of Funds........................................................................... 21
11. Certain Information about Cendant.................................................................... 21
12. Effects of the Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act................... 27
13. Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals.......................................................... 28
14. Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences......................................................... 28
15. Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendments...................................................... 31
16. Fees and Expenses.................................................................................... 32
17. Miscellaneous........................................................................................ 33
SCHEDULE I - Certain Transactions Involving Shares......................................................... S-1
ANNEX A - Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements............................................ A-1
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SUMMARY
THIS GENERAL SUMMARY IS PROVIDED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF HOLDERS OF SHARES
AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE FULL TEXT AND MORE SPECIFIC
DETAILS OF THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE AND THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS HERETO OR THERETO. CAPITAL TERMS USED IN THIS SUMMARY
WITHOUT DEFINITION SHALL HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO SUCH TERMS IN
THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE.
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Purchaser.................... Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation with
principal executive offices at 9 West 57(th) Street, 37(th)
Floor, New York, New York 10019.
Cendant...................... Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation with principal
executive offices at 9 West 57(th) Street, 37(th) Floor, New
York, New York 10019.
Shares....................... Shares of Cendant common stock, par value $.01 per share.
Number of Shares to be
Purchased.................. 50,000,000 Shares (or such lesser number of Shares as are
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn) pursuant to the
Offer.
Purchase Price............... Purchaser will select the lowest single per Share net cash
price, not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per
Share, that will allow it to buy 50,000,000 Shares (or such
lesser number of Shares as are validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer. All Shares
acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the Purchase Price
even if tendered below the Purchase Price. Each shareholder
desiring to tender Shares must specify in the Letter of
Transmittal the minimum price (not greater than $22.50 nor
less than $19.75 per Share) at which such shareholder is
willing to have Shares purchased by Purchaser or must check
the box in the Letter of Transmittal indicating that the
shareholder is tendering Shares at the Purchase Price.
How to Tender Shares......... See Section 3. Call the Information Agent, the Dealer
Manager or consult your broker for assistance.
Brokerage Commissions........ None for registered shareholders who tender their Shares
directly to the Depositary. Shareholders holding Shares
through brokers or banks are urged to consult the brokers or
banks to determine whether transaction costs are applicable
if shareholders tender Shares through the brokers or banks
and not directly to the Depositary.
Stock Transfer Tax........... None, if payment is made to the registered holder.
Expiration and Proration
Dates...................... Thursday, July 15, 1999, at 12:00 Midnight, New York City
time, unless extended by Purchaser.
Proration.................... In the event that proration of tendered Shares is required,
proration for each shareholder tendering Shares, other than
Odd Lot Owners, shall be based on the ratio of the number of
Shares tendered by such shareholder at or below the Purchase
Price to the total number of Shares tendered by all
shareholders, other than Odd Lot Owners, at or below the
Purchase Price.
Payment Date................. As soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
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Position of Purchaser,
Cendant and their
Respective Directors....... Neither Purchaser, Cendant nor any of their respective
Directors makes any recommendation to any shareholder as to
whether to tender or refrain from tendering Shares. Except
as set forth in Section 9, Purchaser and Cendant have been
advised that none of their respective directors or executive
officers intends to tender any Shares pursuant to the Offer.
Withdrawal Rights............ Tendered Shares may be withdrawn at any time prior to 12:00
Midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999,
unless the Offer is extended by Purchaser and unless
previously purchased, after August 12, 1999. See Section 4.
Odd Lots..................... There will be no proration of Shares tendered by any
shareholder owning beneficially fewer than 100 Shares in the
aggregate (including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans (as defined)) as of June 15, 1999, who
continues to beneficially own fewer than 100 Shares on the
Expiration Date, and who tenders all such Shares at or below
the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Date and who
checks the "Odd Lots" box in the Letter of Transmittal and,
if applicable, on the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. See
Section 1.
Further Developments
Regarding the Offer........ Call the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or consult
your broker.
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TO THE HOLDERS OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK OF CENDANT CORPORATION:
INTRODUCTION
Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"),
invites the shareholders of Cendant to tender shares of Cendant common stock,
par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), to Purchaser at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share in cash, as specified by tendering
shareholders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer").
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share price (not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75
per Share), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon (the "Purchase
Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn
pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number of Shares so tendered and
the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser will select the lowest
Purchase Price that will allow it to buy 50,000,000 Shares validly tendered and
not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer (or such lesser number of Shares as
are validly tendered and not properly withdrawn at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share). Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price
for all Shares validly tendered prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in
Section 1) at prices at or below the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the
proration terms hereof. Purchaser reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
purchase more than 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer.
THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED.
THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 6.
If, prior to the Expiration Date, more than 50,000,000 Shares (or such
greater number of Shares as Purchaser may elect to purchase) are validly
tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn, Purchaser
will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, purchase Shares
first from all Odd Lot Owners (as defined in Section 2) who validly tender all
their Shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not properly withdraw them
prior to the Expiration Date) and then on a PRO RATA basis from all other
shareholders who validly tender Shares at prices at or below the Purchase Price
(and do not properly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Date). Purchaser will
return at its own expense all Shares not purchased pursuant to the Offer,
including Shares tendered at prices greater than the Purchase Price and Shares
not purchased because of proration. The Purchase Price will be paid net to the
tendering shareholder in cash, without interest thereon, for all Shares
purchased. Tendering shareholders who hold Shares in their own name and who
tender their Shares directly to the Depositary will not be obligated to pay
brokerage commissions, solicitations fees or, subject to Instruction 7 of the
Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on Purchaser's purchase of Shares
pursuant to the Offer. HOWEVER, ANY TENDERING SHAREHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE WHO
FAILS TO COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN TO THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED BELOW) THE
SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OTHERWISE
ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REQUIRED FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING
TAX OF 31% OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS PAYABLE TO SUCH SHAREHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE
PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 3. IN ADDITION, THE DEPOSITARY WILL WITHHOLD
UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX AT A RATE OF 30% FROM THE GROSS PROCEEDS PAID
PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO A FOREIGN SHAREHOLDER (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3) OR HIS
AGENT, UNLESS THE DEPOSITARY DETERMINES THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR A REDUCED
RATE OF, WITHHOLDING TAX IS AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO A TAX TREATY OR THAT AN
EXEMPTION FROM WITHHOLDING OTHERWISE APPLIES. SEE SECTION 3 FOR A DISCUSSION OF
THE APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING RULES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
BEING SUBJECT TO REDUCED WITHHOLDING AND FOR OBTAINING A REFUND OF ALL OR A
PORTION OF ANY TAX WITHHELD. In addition, Purchaser will pay all fees and
expenses of Banc of America Securities LLC, as Dealer Manager ("Banc of America"
or the "Dealer Manager"), and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as
Information Agent and as Depositary (the "Information Agent" and the
"Depositary", respectively) in connection with the Offer. See Section 16.
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EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAS
APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, SHAREHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER
TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES
AT WHICH SHARES SHOULD BE TENDERED. NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN
FROM TENDERING SHARES. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9, PURCHASER AND CENDANT
HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT NONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
INTENDS TO TENDER ANY SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 9.
Purchaser's and Cendant's respective Boards of Directors believe that
Cendant's financial condition and outlook and current market conditions make
this an attractive time to repurchase a portion of the outstanding Shares. In
addition, Purchaser's and Cendant's respective Boards of Directors believe that
the Offer is in the best interest of their companies and their shareholders and
they further believe that it will enhance shareholder value in the short term
and the long term. Purchaser is making the Offer to (i) improve Cendant's
capital structure for the benefit of Cendant shareholders, by using certain of
the proceeds to be realized by Cendant from the disposition (the "Merger") of
Cendant's fleet management and fuel card businesses (the "Fleet Business") to
Avis Rent A Car, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Avis") and (ii) afford to those
shareholders who desire liquidity an opportunity to sell all or a portion of
their Shares without the usual transaction costs associated with open market
sales. The Offer also gives shareholders an opportunity to sell their Shares at
a price equal to or greater than the prevailing market prices of the Shares
immediately prior to the announcement of the Offer. After the Offer is
completed, Cendant expects to have sufficient cash flow and access to other
sources of capital to fund its businesses.
As of the close of business on June 11, 1999, there were 768,183,412 Shares
outstanding and 107,042,510 Shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock
options currently execisable or exercisable within 60 days hereof ("Options")
under Cendant's stock option plans. As of the close of business on June 11, 1999
there were 28,573,000 Income PRIDES and 1,327,000 Growth PRIDES outstanding (the
"FELINE PRIDES"). The FELINE PRIDES are convertible into Shares by operation of
forward purchase contracts which call for the holder of FELINE PRIDES to
purchase a minimum of 1.0395 Shares and a maximum of 1.3514 Shares per FELINE
PRIDE, depending upon the average of the closing price per Share for a 20
consecutive trading day period ending in mid-February of 2001. Cendant intends
to issue additional FELINE PRIDES in connection with the settlement of the class
action claims brought by holders of existing FELINE PRIDES (the "New FELINE
PRIDES"). In addition, as of the close of business on June 11, 1999 there was
$550 million aggregate principal amount of 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes
("3% Notes") outstanding, with each $1,000 principal amount of 3% Notes
convertible into 32.6531 Shares (subject to adjustment in certain events). The
50,000,000 Shares that Purchaser is offering to purchase represent approximately
7% of the outstanding Shares (approximately 5% assuming the exercise of all
outstanding Options, the conversion of all outstanding FELINE PRIDES and 3%
Notes and the conversion of the New FELINE PRIDES). On June 11, 1999, there were
10,585 holders of record of Shares.
The Cendant Corporation Employee Savings Plan (the "Employee Savings Plan"),
the Cendant Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation
Plan"), the PHH Corporation Directors Deferred Stock Retirement Plan (the "PHH
Plan") and the Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan (the
"Savings Incentive Plan" and together with the Employee Savings Plan, the
Deferred Compensation Plan and the PHH Plan, the "Savings Plans") hold Shares in
accounts for participants thereunder. Participants may instruct the trustees of
the Savings Plans to tender all or part of the Shares reflecting the
participant's interest in Shares held in the Savings Plans by following the
instructions set forth in "Procedure for Tendering Shares--Savings Plans" in
Section 3.
Shares are listed and principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. (the "NYSE") under the symbol "CD." On June 15, 1999, the last full trading
day on the NYSE prior to the announcement of the Offer, the closing per Share
sales price as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $19.75. SHAREHOLDERS ARE
URGED TO OBTAIN CURRENT QUOTATIONS ON THE MARKET PRICE OF SHARES.
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THE OFFER
1. NUMBER OF SHARES; PRORATION
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, Purchaser will
purchase 50,000,000 Shares or such lesser number of Shares as are validly
tendered before the Expiration Date (and not properly withdrawn in accordance
with Section 4) at a price (determined in the manner set forth below) not
greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, net to the seller in cash,
without interest thereon. The term "Expiration Date" means 12:00 Midnight, New
York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless and until Purchaser in its
sole discretion shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer is
open, in which event the term "Expiration Date" shall refer to the latest time
and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, shall expire. See
Section 15 for a description of Purchaser's right to extend the time during
which the Offer is open and to delay, terminate or amend the Offer. Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, if the Offer is oversubscribed,
Shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price before the Expiration Date will
be purchased on a pro rata basis, except for Odd Lots. The proration period also
expires on the Expiration Date.
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share Purchase Price that it will pay for Shares validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, taking into account
the number of Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering
shareholders. Purchaser will select the lowest Purchase Price that will allow it
to buy 50,000,000 Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to
the Offer (or such lesser number as are validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn at prices not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share).
Purchaser reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more than
50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer. See Section 15. In accordance with
applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), Purchaser may purchase pursuant to the Offer an additional amount
of Shares not to exceed 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or
extending the Offer. See Section 15. If (i) Purchaser increases or decreases the
price to be paid for Shares, Purchaser increases or decreases the Dealer
Manager's fee, Purchaser increases the number of Shares being sought and such
increase in the number of Shares being sought exceeds 2% of the outstanding
Shares, or Purchaser decreases the number of Shares being sought and (ii) the
Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period
ending on the tenth business day from, and including, the date that notice of
such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given in the manner
specified in Section 15, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such
period of ten business days. For purposes of the Offer, a "business day" means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday and consists of the
time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 Midnight, New York City time.
THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED.
THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 6.
In accordance with Instruction 5 of the Letter of Transmittal, each
shareholder desiring to tender Shares must specify the price (not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share) at which such shareholder is willing to
have Purchaser purchase Shares (in multiples of $0.25). As promptly as
practicable following the Expiration Date, Purchaser will, in its sole
discretion, determine the Purchase Price (not greater than $22.50 nor less than
$19.75 per Share) that it will pay for Shares validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number of Shares so
tendered and the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser will pay
the Purchase Price, even if such Shares were tendered below the Purchase Price,
for all Shares validly tendered prior to the Expiration Date at prices at or
below the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Offer. All Shares not purchased pursuant to the Offer,
including Shares tendered at prices greater than the Purchase Price and Shares
not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering
shareholders at Purchaser's expense as promptly as practicable following the
Expiration Date.
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If the number of Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and
not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date is less than or equal to
50,000,000 Shares (or such greater number of Shares as Purchaser may elect to
purchase pursuant to the Offer), Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Offer, purchase all Shares so tendered at the Purchase
Price.
PRIORITY. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, in the
event that prior to the Expiration Date more than 50,000,000 Shares (or such
greater number of Shares as Purchaser may elect to purchase pursuant to the
Offer) are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not withdrawn,
Purchaser will purchase such validly tendered Shares in the following order of
priority:
(i) all Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not
properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date by any Odd Lot Owner (as
defined in Section 2) who:
(a) tenders all Shares (including Shares attributable to individual
accounts under the Savings Plans) beneficially owned by such Odd Lot
Owner at or below the Purchase Price (tenders of fewer than all Shares
beneficially owned by such shareholder will not qualify for this
preference); and
(b) completes the box captioned "Odd Lots" on the Letter of
Transmittal (or, in the case of Savings Plans Participants (as defined
below) holding Odd Lots, the Direction Form (as defined below) sent to
such Participants (see Section 3)) and, if applicable, on the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery, and
(ii) after purchase of all of the foregoing Shares, all other Shares
validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not withdrawn prior to
the Expiration Date on a PRO RATA basis.
PRORATION. In the event that proration of tendered Shares is required,
Purchaser will determine the final proration factor as promptly as practicable
after the Expiration Date. Proration for each shareholder tendering Shares
(other than Odd Lot Owners) shall be based on the ratio of the number of Shares
tendered by such shareholder at or below the Purchase Price to the total number
of Shares tendered by all shareholders (other than Odd Lot Owners) at or below
the Purchase Price. This ratio will be applied to shareholders tendering Shares
(other than Odd Lot Owners) to determine the number of Shares that will be
purchased from each such shareholder pursuant to the Offer. Although Purchaser
does not expect to be able to announce the final results of such proration until
approximately seven business days after the Expiration Date, it will announce
preliminary results of proration by press release as promptly as practicable
after the Expiration Date. Shareholders can obtain such preliminary information
from the Information Agent or Dealer Manager and may be able to obtain such
information from their brokers.
As described in Section 14, the number of Shares that Purchaser will
purchase from a shareholder may affect the United States federal income tax
consequences to the shareholder of such purchase and therefore may be relevant
to a shareholder's decision whether to tender Shares. The Letter of Transmittal
affords each tendering shareholder the opportunity to designate the order of
priority in which Shares tendered are to be purchased in the event of proration.
This Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal will initially
be mailed to record holders of Shares as of June 15, 1999 and will be furnished
to brokers, banks and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose
nominees, appear on Cendant's shareholder list or, if applicable, who are listed
as participants in a clearing agency's security position listing for subsequent
transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.
2. TENDERS BY OWNERS OF FEWER THAN 100 SHARES
Purchaser, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, will
accept for purchase, without proration, all Shares validly tendered at or below
the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date by or
on behalf of shareholders who beneficially owned as of the close of business on
June 15, 1999, and continue to beneficially own as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares, including Shares attributable to individual
accounts under the Savings Plans ("Odd Lot Owners").
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See Section 1. To avoid proration, however, an Odd Lot Owner must validly tender
at or below the Purchase Price all such Shares (including Shares attributable to
individual accounts under the Savings Plans) that such Odd Lot Owner
beneficially owns; partial tenders will not qualify for this preference. This
preference is not available to partial tenders or to owners of 100 or more
Shares in the aggregate (including Shares attributable to individual accounts
under the Savings Plans), even if such owners have separate stock certificates
for fewer than 100 of such Shares. Any Odd Lot Owner wishing to tender all such
Shares beneficially owned by such shareholder pursuant to this Offer must
complete the box captioned "Odd Lots" in the Letter of Transmittal (or, with
respect to Participants in the Savings Plans who are Odd Lot Owners, the
Direction Form (as defined below) sent to such Participants) and, if applicable,
on the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and must properly indicate in the section
entitled "Price (In Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered" in
the Letter of Transmittal (or the Direction Form, if applicable) the price at
which such Shares are being tendered, except that a shareholder may check the
box under the section entitled "Odd Lots" indicating that the shareholder is
tendering all of shareholder's Shares (including Shares attributable to
individual accounts under the Savings Plans) at the Purchase Price. See Section
3. Odd Lot Owners whose Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer will avoid
both the payment of brokerage commissions (provided the shareholder's Shares are
held in their own name and the shareholder tenders directly to the Depositary)
and any applicable odd lot discounts payable on a sale of their Shares in
transactions on a stock exchange, including the NYSE.
Purchaser also reserves the right, but will not be obligated, to purchase
all Shares validly tendered by all shareholders who tendered any Shares
beneficially owned at or below the Purchase Price and who, as a result of
proration, would then beneficially own an aggregate of, fewer than 100 Shares.
If Purchaser exercises this right, it will increase the number of Shares that it
is offering to purchase in the Offer by the number of Shares purchased through
the exercise of such right.
3. PROCEDURE FOR TENDERING SHARES
PROPER TENDER OF SHARES. For Shares to be validly tendered pursuant to the
Offer:
(i) the certificates for such Shares (or confirmation of receipt of such
Shares pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth below),
together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal
(or manually signed facsimile thereof) with any required signature
guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal,
must be received prior to 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on the
Expiration Date by the Depositary at its address set forth on the back cover
of this Offer to Purchase; or
(ii) the tendering shareholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery
procedure set forth below.
AS SPECIFIED IN INSTRUCTION 5 OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, EACH SHAREHOLDER
DESIRING TO TENDER SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER MUST PROPERLY INDICATE IN THE
SECTION CAPTIONED "PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING
TENDERED" IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL THE PRICE (IN MULTIPLES OF $0.25) AT
WHICH SUCH SHAREHOLDER'S SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED, EXCEPT THAT A SHAREHOLDER
MAY CHECK THE BOX IN THE SECTION OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL UNDER THE ONE
ENTITLED "ODD LOTS" INDICATING THAT THE SHAREHOLDER IS TENDERING SUCH
SHAREHOLDER'S SHARES AT THE PURCHASE PRICE. Shareholders desiring to tender
Shares at more than one price must complete separate Letters of Transmittal for
each price at which Shares are being tendered, except that the same Shares
cannot be tendered (unless properly withdrawn previously in accordance with the
terms of the Offer) at more than one price. IN ORDER TO VALIDLY TENDER SHARES,
ONE AND ONLY ONE PRICE BOX MUST BE CHECKED IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTION ON EACH
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
In addition, Odd Lot Owners who tender all Shares must complete the section
entitled "Odd Lots" on the Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of Savings
Plans Participants holding Odd Lots, the Direction Form sent to such
Participants (see SAVINGS PLANS, below)) and, if applicable, on the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery, in order to qualify for the preferential treatment
available to Odd Lot Owners as set forth in Section 2.
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEES AND METHOD OF DELIVERY. No signature guarantee is
required on the Letter of Transmittal if (i) the Letter of Transmittal is signed
by the registered holder(s) of Shares (which term, for purposes of this Section,
includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company (the "Book-Entry
Transfer Facility") whose name appears on a security position listing as the
holder(s) of Shares) tendered therewith and payment and delivery are to be made
directly to such registered holder(s), or (ii) if Shares are tendered for the
account of a firm or other entity that is a member in good standing of the
Security Transfer Agent's Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange
Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or other entity which is
an "eligible guarantor institution," as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each such entity, an
"Eligible Institution"). In all other cases, all signatures on the Letter of
Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1 of
the Letter of Transmittal. If a certificate representing Shares is registered in
the name of a person other than the signer of a Letter of Transmittal, or if
payment is to be made, or Shares not purchased or tendered are to be issued, to
a person other than the registered holder, the certificate must be endorsed or
accompanied by an appropriate stock power, in either case signed exactly as the
name of the registered holder appears on the certificate, with the signature on
the certificate or stock power guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. In all
cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the
Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of certificates
for such Shares (or a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such
Shares into the Depositary's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility as
described below), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal
(or manually signed facsimile thereof) and any other documents required by the
Letter of Transmittal.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING SHARE CERTIFICATES, THE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, IS AT THE ELECTION AND
RISK OF THE TENDERING SHAREHOLDER. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL WITH
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED.
BOOK-ENTRY DELIVERY. The Depositary will establish an account with respect
to Shares at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility for purposes of the Offer within
two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial
institution that is a participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility's system
may make book-entry delivery of Shares by causing the facility to transfer such
Shares into the Depositary's account in accordance with the facility's procedure
for such transfer. Even though delivery of Shares may be effected through
book-entry transfer into the Depositary's account at the Book-Entry Transfer
Facility, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or
manually signed facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees and
other required documents must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by
the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer
to Purchase prior to the Expiration Date, or the guaranteed delivery procedure
set forth below must be followed. DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY
OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
GUARANTEED DELIVERY. If a shareholder desires to tender Shares pursuant to
the Offer and such shareholder's Share certificates cannot be delivered to the
Depositary prior to the Expiration Date (or the procedures for book-entry
transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis) or time will not permit all
required documents to reach the Depositary before the Expiration Date, such
Shares may nevertheless be tendered provided that all of the following
conditions are satisfied:
(i) such tender is made by or through an Eligible Institution;
(ii) the Depositary receives (by hand, mail, overnight courier, telegram
or facsimile transmission), on or prior to the Expiration Date, a properly
completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in
the form Purchaser has provided with this Offer to Purchase (indicating the
price at which Shares are being tendered), including (where required) a
signature guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in such
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and
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(iii) the certificates for all tendered Shares in proper form for
transfer (or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Shares into the
Depositary's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility), together with a
properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually
signed facsimile thereof) and any required signature guarantees or other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the
Depositary no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third NYSE
trading day after the date the Depositary receives such Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery.
RETURN OF TENDERED SHARES. If any tendered shares are not purchased, or if
less than all Shares evidenced by a shareholder's certificates are tendered,
certificates for unpurchased Shares will be returned as promptly as practicable
after the expiration or termination of the Offer or, in the case of Shares
tendered by book-entry transfer at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, such Shares
will be credited to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering
shareholder at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, in each case without expense to
such shareholder.
FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX. Under the United States federal backup
withholding tax rules, 31% of the gross proceeds payable to a shareholder or
other payee pursuant to the Offer must be withheld and remitted to the United
States Treasury, unless the shareholder or other payee provides such person's
taxpayer identification number (employer identification number or social
security number) to the Depositary and certifies under penalties of perjury that
such number is correct or otherwise establishes an exemption. If the Depository
is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number ("TIN") or
another adequate basis for exemption, the holder may be subject to a $50 penalty
imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in addition to the backup
withholding. Therefore, each tendering shareholder should complete and sign the
Substitute Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal so as to
provide the information and certification necessary to avoid backup withholding,
unless such shareholder otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the
Depositary that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding. If backup
withholding applies, the Depository is required to withhold 31% of the gross
proceeds payable to a shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer. Backup
withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the tax liability of persons
subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of the tax withheld.
If backup withholding results in overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained
from the IRS. Certain shareholders (including, among others, all corporations
and certain foreign shareholders (in addition to foreign corporations)) are not
subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements rules. In order
for a foreign shareholder to qualify as an exempt recipient, that shareholder
must submit an IRS Form W-8 or a Substitute Form W-8, signed under penalties of
perjury, attesting to that shareholder's exempt status. The applicable form can
be obtained from the Depositary. See Instructions 10 and 11 of the Letter of
Transmittal.
TO PREVENT FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX EQUAL TO 31% OF THE GROSS PAYMENTS
MADE TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR SHARES PURCHASED PURSUANT TO THE OFFER, EACH
SHAREHOLDER WHO DOES NOT OTHERWISE ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH WITHHOLDING
MUST PROVIDE THE DEPOSITARY WITH THE SHAREHOLDER'S CORRECT TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND PROVIDE CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION BY COMPLETING THE
SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 INCLUDED WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
For a discussion of certain United States federal income tax consequences to
tendering shareholders, see Section 14.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS. Even if a foreign
shareholder has provided the required certification as described in the
preceding paragraph to avoid backup withholding, the Depositary will withhold
United States federal income taxes at a rate of 30% of the gross payment payable
to a foreign shareholder or his or her agent unless the Depositary determines
that an exemption from, or a reduced rate of, withholding tax is available
pursuant to a tax treaty or that an exemption from withholding is applicable
because such gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a
trade or business of the foreign shareholder within the United States. For this
purpose, a foreign shareholder is any shareholder that is not (i) a citizen or
resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation, partnership, or
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other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any
State or any political subdivision thereof; (iii) an estate the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of
such income; or (iv) a trust whose administration is subject to the primary
supervision of a United States court and which has one or more United States
persons who have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions. In
order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding pursuant to a tax treaty, a
foreign shareholder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly
completed and executed IRS Form 1001. In order to obtain an exemption from
withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer
are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States, a foreign shareholder must deliver to the Depositary a properly
completed and executed IRS Form 4224. The Depositary will determine a
shareholder's status as a foreign shareholder and eligibility for a reduced rate
of, or exemption from, withholding by reference to any outstanding certificates
or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from,
withholding (E.G., IRS Form 1001 or IRS Form 4224) unless facts and
circumstances indicate that such reliance is not warranted. A foreign
shareholder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax
withheld if such shareholder satisfies one of the "Section 302 tests" for
capital gain treatment described in Section 14 (e.g., the "complete redemption",
"substantially disproportionate" or "not essentially equivalent to a dividend"
tests) or is otherwise able to establish that no withholding or a reduced amount
of withholding is due. Federal backup withholding generally will not apply to
amounts subject to the 30% or a treaty-reduced rate of federal income tax
withholding. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors
regarding the application of United States federal income tax withholding,
including eligibility for a reduction of or an exemption form withholding tax,
and the refund procedure. See Instructions 10 and 11 of the Letter of
Transmittal.
SAVINGS PLANS. As of June 10, 1999, the Employee Savings Plan held
2,967,044 Shares, the Deferred Compensation Plan held 52,520 Shares, the PHH
Plan held 46,756 Shares and the Savings Incentive Plan held 1,491,423 Shares.
Interests in the Savings Plans are credited to the individual accounts of the
Savings Plans' participants, beneficiaries of deceased participants and
alternate payees pursuant to qualified domestic relations orders (collectively
referred to as "Participants"). Such Shares will, subject to the limitations of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), to
the extent applicable, and applicable regulations thereunder, be tendered (or
not tendered) by Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New Jersey ("Merrill Lynch"), as
trustee of the Employee Savings Plan, the Deferred Compensation Plan and the PHH
Plan, and by Neuberger & Berman Trust Company, as trustee of the Savings
Incentive Plan, according to the instructions of Participants. Shares for which
the trustees of the Savings Plans have not received timely instructions from
Participants will not be tendered. The trustees will make available to
Participants whose individual accounts are credited with Shares all documents
furnished to shareholders generally in connection with the Offer. Each such
Participant will also receive a form (the "Direction Form") upon which the
Participant may instruct the trustees of the Savings Plans regarding the Offer.
Each Participant may direct that all, some or none of the Shares attributable to
such Participant's account under the Savings Plans be tendered and the price at
which such Shares are to be tendered. Purchaser, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Offer, will accept for purchase, without proration, all
Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly
withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date by or on behalf of shareholders who
beneficially owned as of the close of business on June 15, 1999, and continue to
beneficially own as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100
Shares, including Shares attributable to individual accounts under the Savings
Plans. See Section 2. Purchaser will also provide additional information in a
separate letter with respect to the application of the Offer to Participants in
the Savings Plans. PARTICIPANTS IN SAVINGS PLANS MAY NOT USE THE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL TO DIRECT THE TENDER OF SHARES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL
ACCOUNTS, BUT MUST USE THE DIRECTION FORM SENT TO THEM. PARTICIPANTS IN THE
SAVINGS PLANS ARE URGED TO READ THE DIRECTION FORM AND RELATED MATERIALS
CAREFULLY. All proceeds received by the trustees on account of Shares purchased
from the Savings Plans will be reinvested in the Stable Value Fund Account for
Participants in the Employee Savings
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Plan, in the Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Fund Account for Participants in
the Deferred Compensation Plan and the PHH Plan and in the Evergreen Select
Money Market Fund Account for Participants in the Savings Incentive Plan as soon
as administratively possible and such investments will be credited to
Participants' individual accounts. Participants may contact either the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the plan administrator, or Merrill Lynch,
as applicable, after the reinvestment is complete at (800) I GOT MET and (800)
228-401K, respectively, to have any proceeds of the sale of Shares that were
reinvested in their respective accounts invested in a different manner subject
to the provisions of the Savings Plans.
TENDERING SHAREHOLDER'S REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY; PURCHASER'S ACCEPTANCE
CONSTITUTES AN AGREEMENT. It is a violation of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for a person
acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender Shares
for such person's own account unless at the time of tender and at the Expiration
Date such person has a "net long position" equal to or greater than the amount
tendered in (a) Shares and will deliver or cause to be delivered such Shares for
the purpose of tender to Purchaser within the period specified in the Offer, or
(b) other securities immediately convertible into, exercisable for or
exchangeable into Shares ("Equivalent Securities") and, upon the acceptance of
such tender, will acquire such Shares by conversion, exchange or exercise of
such Equivalent Securities to the extent required by the terms of the Offer and
will deliver or cause to be delivered such Shares so acquired for the purpose of
tender to Purchaser within the period specified in the Offer. Rule 14e-4 also
provides a similar restriction applicable to the tender or guarantee of a tender
on behalf of another person. A tender of Shares made pursuant to any method of
delivery set forth herein will constitute the tendering shareholder's
representation and warranty to Purchaser that (a) such shareholder has a "net
long position" in Shares or Equivalent Securities being tendered within the
meaning of Rule 14e-4, and (b) such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4.
Purchaser's acceptance for payment of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer will
constitute a binding agreement between the tendering shareholder and Purchaser
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
DETERMINATIONS OF VALIDITY; REJECTION OF SHARES; WAIVER OF DEFECTS; NO
OBLIGATION TO GIVE NOTICE OF DEFECTS. All questions as to the number of Shares
to be accepted, the price to be paid therefor and the validity, form,
eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender
of Shares will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Purchaser reserves the
absolute right to reject any or all tenders it determines not to be in proper
form or the acceptance of or payment for which may, in the opinion of
Purchaser's counsel, be unlawful. Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to
waive any of the conditions of the Offer and any defect or irregularity in the
tender of any particular Shares or any particular shareholder. No tender of
Shares will be deemed to be properly made until all defects or irregularities
have been cured or waived. None of Purchaser, Cendant, the Dealer Manager, the
Depositary, the Information Agent or any other person is or will be obligated to
give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders, and none of them will
incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES, TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, MUST
BE DELIVERED TO THE DEPOSITARY AND NOT TO PURCHASER, CENDANT, THE DEALER MANAGER
OR THE INFORMATION AGENT. ANY SUCH DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO PURCHASER, CENDANT,
THE DEALER MANAGER OR THE INFORMATION AGENT WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO THE
DEPOSITARY AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE DEEMED VALIDLY TENDERED.
4. WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, tenders of Shares pursuant
to the Offer are irrevocable. Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be
withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date and, unless accepted for
payment by Purchaser as provided in this Offer to Purchase, may also be
withdrawn after August 12, 1999.
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For a withdrawal to be effective, the Depositary must receive (at its
address set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase) a notice of
withdrawal in written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission form on a timely
basis. Such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who
tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares tendered, the number
of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder, if different
from that of the person who tendered such Shares. If the certificates have been
delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the release
of such certificates, the tendering shareholder must also submit the serial
numbers shown on the particular certificates evidencing the Shares and the
signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible
Institution (except in the case of Shares tendered by an Eligible Institution).
If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer
set forth in Section 3, the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and the
number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited with
the withdrawn Shares and otherwise comply with procedures of such facility. All
questions as to the form and validity, including time of receipt, of notices of
withdrawal will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. None of Purchaser,
Cendant, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary, the Information Agent or any other
person is or will be obligated to give any notice of any defects or
irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, and none of them will incur any
liability for failure to give any such notice. Withdrawals may not be rescinded,
and any Shares properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not tendered for
purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be re-tendered before the
Expiration Date by again following any of the procedures described in Section 3.
If Purchaser extends the Offer, is delayed in its purchase of Shares or is
unable to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without
prejudice to Purchaser's rights under the Offer, the Depositary may, subject to
applicable law, retain on behalf of Purchaser all tendered Shares, and such
Shares may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering shareholders are
entitled to withdrawal rights as described in this Section 4.
Participants in the Savings Plans should disregard the foregoing procedures
with respect to Shares attributable to their individual accounts in the Savings
Plans and should follow the procedures for withdrawal included in the letter
furnished to such participants by Purchaser.
5. PURCHASE OF SHARES AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share Purchase Price that it will pay for Shares validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, taking into account
the number of Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering
shareholders, and will accept for payment and pay for (and thereby purchase)
Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly
withdrawn as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. For purposes of the
Offer, Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and therefore
purchased), subject to proration, Shares that are validly tendered at or below
the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn when, as and if it gives oral or
written notice to the Depositary of its acceptance of such Shares for payment
pursuant to the Offer. Purchaser may purchase pursuant to the Offer an
additional amount of Shares not to exceed 2% of the outstanding Shares without
amending or extending the Offer. If (i) Purchaser increases or decreases the
price to be paid for Shares, Purchaser increases or decreases the Dealer
Manager's fee, Purchaser increases the number of Shares being sought and such
increase in the number of Shares being sought exceeds 2% of the outstanding
Shares, or Purchaser decreases the number of Shares being sought and (ii) the
Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period
ending on the tenth business day from, and including, the date that notice of
such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given in the manner
specified in Section 15, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such
period of ten business days. For purposes of the Offer, a "business day" means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday and consists of the
time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 Midnight, New York City time.
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Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, Purchaser will
purchase and pay a single per Share Purchase Price for all Shares accepted for
payment pursuant to the Offer as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to
the Offer will be made promptly (subject to possible delay in the event of
proration) but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of certificates for
Shares (or of a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into
the Depositary's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility), a properly
completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile
thereof) and any other required documents.
Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be made by
depositing the aggregate Purchase Price therefor with the Depositary, which will
act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payment
from Purchaser and transmitting payment to the tendering shareholders. In the
event of proration, Purchaser will determine the proration factor and pay for
those tendered Shares accepted for payment as soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date. However, Purchaser does not expect to be able to announce the
final results of any such proration until approximately seven business days
after the Expiration Date. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL PURCHASER PAY INTEREST ON
THE PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY REASON OF ANY DELAY IN
MAKING PAYMENT. Certificates for all Shares not purchased, including all Shares
tendered at prices greater than the Purchase Price and Shares not purchased due
to proration, will be returned (or, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry
transfer, such Shares will be credited to the account maintained with the
Book-Entry Transfer Facility by the participant who so delivered such Shares) as
promptly as practicable following the Expiration Date or termination of the
Offer without expense to the tendering shareholder. In addition, if certain
events occur, Purchaser may not be obligated to purchase Shares pursuant to the
Offer. See Section 6.
Purchaser will pay all stock transfer taxes, if any, payable on the transfer
to it of Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer, provided, however, that if
payment of the Purchase Price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances
permitted by the Offer) if unpurchased Shares are to be registered in the name
of, any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered certificates are
registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of
Transmittal, the amount of all stock transfer taxes, if any (whether imposed on
the registered holder or such other person), payable on account of the transfer
to such person will be deducted from the Purchase Price unless evidence
satisfactory to Purchaser of the payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is
submitted. See Instruction 7 of the Letter of Transmittal.
ANY TENDERING SHAREHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE FULLY, SIGN
AND RETURN TO THE DEPOSITARY THE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 INCLUDED WITH THE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL MAY BE SUBJECT TO REQUIRED FEDERAL INCOME TAX BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF
31% OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS PAID TO SUCH SHAREHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE PURSUANT TO
THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 3. ALSO SEE SECTION 3 REGARDING FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSEQUENCES FOR FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS.
6. CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, Purchaser shall not be
required to accept for payment, purchase or pay for any Shares tendered, and may
terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or
the purchase of and the payment for Shares tendered, subject to Rule 13e-4 (f)
promulgated under the Exchange Act, if at any time on or after June 16, 1999 and
prior to the Expiration Date (whether any Shares have theretofore been accepted
for payment, purchased or paid for pursuant to the Offer) (i) the Closing (as
defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, by and among PHH
Corporation, a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant
("PHH"), PHH Holdings Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of PHH ("Holdings"), Avis and Avis Fleet Leasing and Management
Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Avis ("Avis
Fleet"), dated as of May 22, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement")) pursuant to the
Merger Agreement shall not have been consummated in accordance with the terms of
the Merger Agreement, or (ii) any of the following events shall have occurred
(or shall have been determined
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by Purchaser to have occurred) that, in Purchaser's judgment in any such case
and regardless of the circumstances giving rise thereto (including any action or
omission to act by Purchaser or Cendant), makes it inadvisable to proceed with
the Offer or with such acceptance for payment or payment:
(a) there shall have been threatened, instituted or be pending before
any court, agency, authority or other tribunal any action, suit or
proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative
agency or authority or by any other person, domestic or foreign, or any
judgment, order or injunction entered, enforced or deemed applicable by any
such court, authority, agency or tribunal, which (i) challenges or seeks to
make illegal, or to delay or otherwise directly or indirectly to restrain,
prohibit or otherwise affect the making of the Offer, the acquisition of
Shares pursuant to the Offer or is otherwise related in any manner to, or
otherwise affects, the Offer, or (ii) could, in the reasonable judgment of
Purchaser, materially affect the business, condition (financial or other),
income, operations or prospects of Cendant and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or otherwise materially impair in any way the contemplated future
conduct of the business of Cendant and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or materially impair the Offer's contemplated benefits to Purchaser or
Cendant; or
(b) there shall have been any action threatened or taken, or any
approval withheld, or any statute, rule or regulation invoked, proposed,
sought, promulgated, enacted, entered, amended, enforced or deemed to be
applicable to the Offer or Cendant or any of its subsidiaries, by any
government or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority or agency
or tribunal, domestic or foreign, which, in the reasonable judgment of
Purchaser, would or might directly or indirectly result in any of the
consequences referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) above; or
(c) there shall have occurred (i) the declaration of any banking
moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United
States (whether or not mandatory); (ii) any general suspension of trading
in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any United States national
securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (iii) the
commencement of a war, armed hostilities or any other national or
international crisis directly or indirectly involving the United States;
(iv) any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental,
regulatory or administrative agency or authority on, or any event which, in
the reasonable judgment of Purchaser might materially affect, the extension
of credit by banks or other lending institutions in the United States; (v)
any significant decrease in the market price of Shares or in the market
prices of equity securities generally in the United States or any change in
the general political, market, economic or financial conditions in the
United States or abroad that could have in the reasonable judgment of
Purchaser a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), income, operations or prospects of Cendant and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or on the trading in Shares or on the proposed financing
of the Offer; (vi) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time
of the announcement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening
thereof; or (vii) any decline in either the Dow Jones Industrial Average or
the S&P 500 Composite Index by an amount in excess of 10% measured from the
close of business on June 16, 1999; or
(d) any change or changes shall have occured or be threatened in the
business, condition (financial or other), income, operations or prospects of
Cendant and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which in the reasonable
judgment of Purchaser is or may be material to Cendant and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole; or
(e) a tender or exchange offer with respect to some or all Shares (other
than the Offer), or a merger or acquisition proposal for Cendant, shall have
been proposed, announced or made by another person or shall have been
publicly disclosed, or Purchaser shall have learned that a person or "group"
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) shall have
acquired or proposed to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the
outstanding Shares, or any new group shall have been formed that
beneficially owns more than 5% of the outstanding Shares; or
(f) any person or group shall have filed a Notification and Report Form
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 reflecting an
intent to acquire Cendant or any Shares; or
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(g) the Merger Agreement shall have been terminated.
The foregoing conditions are for Purchaser's sole benefit and may be
asserted by Purchaser regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such
condition (including any action or omission by Purchaser) or may be waived by
Purchaser in whole or in part. Purchaser's failure at any time to exercise any
of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any such right, and each
such right shall be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any time and
from time to time. In certain circumstances, if Purchaser waives any of the
foregoing conditions, it may be required to extend the Expiration Date of the
Offer. Any determination by Purchaser concerning the events described above and
any related judgment or decision by Purchaser regarding the inadvisability of
proceeding with the purchase of or payment for any Shares tendered will be final
and binding on all parties.
7. PRICE RANGE OF SHARES; DIVIDENDS
Shares are listed and principally traded on the NYSE under the symbol "CD".
The high and low sales prices per Share on the NYSE Composite Tape as compiled
from published financial sources for the periods indicated are listed below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HIGH LOW
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<S> <C> <C>
1997
1st Quarter................................................................. $27 1/2 $22 1/2
2nd Quarter................................................................. 27 19 1/4
3rd Quarter................................................................. 31 7/8 23 5/16
4th Quarter................................................................. 34 3/8 25 1/2
1998
1st Quarter................................................................. 41 1/2 32 1/8
2nd Quarter................................................................. 41 11/16 17
3rd Quarter................................................................. 22 7/8 10 1/16
4th Quarter................................................................. 20 3/4 6 1/2
1999
1st Quarter................................................................. 22 9/16 14 7/8
2nd Quarter (through June 15, 1999)......................................... 20 3/4 15 1/2
</TABLE>
The closing per Share sales price as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape on
June 15, 1999, the last full trading day before the announcement of the Offer,
was $19.75. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO OBTAIN CURRENT QUOTATIONS OF THE MARKET
PRICE OF THE SHARES.
Cendant's dividend policy is to retain its earnings for the development and
expansion of its business and the repayment of indebtedness and it does not
anticipate paying dividends on Shares in the foreseeable future.
8. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE OFFER; CERTAIN EFFECTS OF THE OFFER
Purchaser is making the Offer to (i) improve Cendant's capital structure for
the benefit of Cendant shareholders, by using certain of the proceeds to be
realized by Cendant upon the disposition of the Fleet Business and (ii) afford
to those shareholders who desire liquidity an opportunity to sell all or a
portion of their Shares without the usual transaction costs associated with open
market sales. After the Offer is completed, Purchaser expects Cendant to have
sufficient cash flow and access to other sources of capital to fund its
businesses.
Cendant's Board of Directors believes that Cendant's financial condition and
outlook and current market conditions make this an attractive time to repurchase
a portion of the outstanding Shares. In addition, Cendant's Board of Directors
believes that, given Cendant's business, assets and prospects, the purchase of
Shares pursuant to the Offer by Purchaser is an attractive investment that will
benefit Cendant and its remaining shareholders. The Offer provides shareholders
who are considering a sale of all or a portion of their Shares the opportunity
to determine the price or prices (not greater than $22.50 nor less
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than $19.75 per Share) at which they are willing to sell their Shares and, if
any such Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer, to sell those Shares for
cash to Purchaser without the usual costs associated with a market sale. The
Offer gives shareholders an opportunity to sell their Shares at a price equal to
or greater than the prevailing market prices of the Shares immediately prior to
the announcement of the Offer. The Offer would also allow Odd Lot Owners (whose
Shares are held in their own name and who tender directly to the Depositary)
whose Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer to avoid both the payment of
brokerage commissions and any applicable odd lot discounts payable on sales of
odd lots on a securities exchange. To the extent the purchase of Shares in the
Offer results in a reduction in the number of shareholders of record, the costs
to Cendant for services to shareholders should be reduced. Shareholders who
determine not to accept the Offer will increase their proportionate interest in
Cendant's equity, and therefore in Cendant's future earnings and assets, subject
to Cendant's right to issue additional Shares and other equity securities in the
future.
EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAS
APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, SHAREHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER
TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES
AT WHICH SHARES SHOULD BE TENDERED. NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN
FROM TENDERING SHARES AND NEITHER PURCHASER, CENDANT NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS
OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. EXCEPT
AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9, PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT NONE OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS INTENDS TO TENDER ANY SHARES
PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 9.
As of June 11, 1999, except as described below, no person was known by
Purchaser or Cendant to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the
outstanding Shares. Purchaser and Cendant understand from publicly available
reports to the Commission that Capital Research and Management Company may be
deemed to beneficially own 105,145,240 outstanding Shares or approximately 14%
(11% assuming the exercise of all outstanding Options, the conversion of all
outstanding FELINE PRIDES and 3% Notes and the conversion of the New FELINE
PRIDES) of the outstanding Shares; and Massachusetts Financial Services Company
may be deemed to beneficially own 55,904,878 outstanding Shares or approximately
7% (6% assuming the exercise of all outstanding Options, the conversion of all
outstanding FELINE PRIDES and 3% Notes and the conversion of the New FELINE
PRIDES) of the outstanding Shares. If Purchaser purchases 50,000,000 Shares
pursuant to the Offer, assuming no Shares owned by Capital Research and
Management Company or Massachusetts Financial Services Company are tendered in
the Offer, 105,145,240 and 55,904,878 Shares would represent 15% and 8%,
respectively, of the outstanding Shares (12% and 6%, respectively, assuming the
exercise of all outstanding Options, the conversion of all outstanding FELINE
PRIDES and 3% Notes and the conversion of the New FELINE PRIDES).
In November 1998, Cendant's Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase
of up to $1.0 billion of the then outstanding Shares (the "Repurchase Program").
Shares were to be purchased from time to time in the open market or unsolicited
negotiated transactions, including block purchases. The timing of the Repurchase
Program and number of Shares repurchased was to be dictated by overall financial
and market conditions. During the first quarter of 1999, Cendant's Board of
Directors authorized an additional $600 million for Share repurchases under the
Repurchase Program. Since December 1998, Cendant has repurchased 83,892,700
Shares for approximately $1.6 billion under the Repurchase Program. Rule 13e-4
under the Exchange Act prohibits Purchaser and Cendant from making any purchases
of Shares until 10 business days after the Expiration Date, other than pursuant
to the Offer. Thereafter, Cendant may resume the Repurchase Program if further
authorization is received by the Board of Directors. Any Share purchases under
the Repurchase Program or otherwise may be on the same terms as, or on terms
more or less favorable to shareholders than, the terms of the Offer. Any future
purchases by Cendant, either
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pursuant to the Repurchase Program or otherwise, will depend on numerous
factors, including the market price of Shares, the results of the Offer,
Cendant's business and financial condition and general economic and market
conditions. The consideration paid for Shares purchased in the Offer will not be
counted in the aggregate amount of the repurchase authorization under the
Repurchase Program.
Any Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be transferred directly to
Purchaser from the Depositary and retained by Purchaser as treasury stock
(unless and until Cendant and Purchaser determine to retire such Shares) and be
available for issue without further shareholder action (except as required by
applicable law or, if retired, the rules of any securities exchange on which
Shares are listed) for purposes including, but not limited to, the acquisition
of other businesses, raising of additional capital for use in Cendant's
businesses, and satisfaction of obligations under existing or future employee
benefit plans. Cendant and Purchaser have no current plan for issuance of Shares
repurchased pursuant to the Offer.
Except as disclosed in this Offer to Purchase, neither Purchaser nor Cendant
currently has any plans or proposals that relate to or would result in (a) the
acquisition by any person of additional securities of Cendant or the disposition
of securities of Cendant; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a
merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving Cendant or any or all of its
subsidiaries; (c) other than as previously publicly announced, a sale or
transfer of a material amount of assets of Cendant or any of its subsidiaries;
(d) any change in the present Board of Directors or management of Cendant; (e)
any material change in the present dividend rate or policy, or indebtedness or
capitalization of Cendant; (f) any other material change in Cendant's corporate
structure or business; (g) any change in Cendant's Certificate of Incorporation
or By-Laws or any actions which may impede the acquisition of control of Cendant
by any person; (h) a class of equity security of Cendant being delisted from a
national securities exchange; (i) a class of equity security of Cendant becoming
eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the
Exchange Act; or (j) the suspension of Cendant's obligation to file reports
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
9. INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS; TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
CONCERNING SHARES
As of June 11, 1999, there were 768,183,412 Shares outstanding and
107,042,510 Shares issuable upon exercise of all outstanding vested Options. As
of June 11, 1999, all directors and executive officers of Cendant and its
subsidiaries (including Purchaser) as a group beneficially owned an aggregate of
41,442,592 Shares (including 38,659,719 Shares issuable upon the exercise of
Options exercisable within 60 days of such date), which constituted
approximately 5% of the outstanding Shares (including Shares issuable if Options
held by Cendant's directors and executive officers exercisable within 60 days of
such date were exercised) at such time. Purchaser has been advised that Robert
D. Kunisch, Vice Chairman and Director of Cendant (who intends to retire within
30 days of the Offer in connection with the divestiture of the Fleet Business),
intends to tender Shares in the Offer. If Purchaser purchases 50,000,000 Shares
pursuant to the Offer (approximately 7% of the outstanding Shares as of June 11,
1999), and assuming the repurchase of all Shares tendered by Mr. Kunisch and
that no other director or executive officer tenders Shares pursuant to the Offer
(as is intended by the directors and executive officers), then after the
purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, all directors and executive officers
of Cendant and its subsidiaries as a group would beneficially own approximately
5% of the outstanding Shares (including 38,659,719 Shares issuable if Options
held by Cendant's directors and executive officers exercisable within 60 days of
such date were exercised).
As of June 11, 1999, no director or executive officer of Cendant and its
subsidiaries had beneficial ownership of more than 1% of the outstanding Shares,
except Henry R. Silverman, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Cendant, whose beneficial ownership was approximately 3% of the
outstanding Shares (including Shares issuable if Options held by Cendant's
directors and executive officers exercisable within 60 days of such date were
exercised). If Purchaser purchases 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer,
assuming no Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Silverman are tendered in the Offer
(as is intended by Mr. Silverman) Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Silverman
would
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represent approximately 3% of the outstanding Shares (including Shares issuable
if Options held by Cendant's directors and executive officers exercisable within
60 days of such date were exercised).
Except as set forth in Section 8 hereof or in Schedule I hereto, based on
the Purchaser's and Cendant's records and information provided to Purchaser and
Cendant by their respective directors, executive officers, associates and
subsidiaries, neither Purchaser, Cendant nor any of their associates or
subsidiaries or persons controlling Cendant nor, to the best of Purchaser's and
Cendant's knowledge, any of the directors or executive officers of Purchaser or
Cendant or any of their subsidiaries, nor any associates or subsidiaries of any
of the foregoing, has effected any transactions in Shares during the 40 business
days prior to the date hereof.
Except as set forth in this Offer to Purchase, neither Purchaser, Cendant
nor any person controlling Cendant nor, to Purchaser's and Cendant's knowledge,
any of their respective directors or executive officers, is a party to any
contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person
relating, directly or indirectly, to the Offer with respect to any securities of
Cendant (including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding
or relationship concerning the transfer or the voting of any such securities,
joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans,
guarantees against loss or the giving or withholding of proxies, consents or
authorizations).
10. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS
Assuming that Purchaser purchases 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer at
the maximum specified purchase price of $22.50 per Share, Purchaser expects the
maximum aggregate cost, including all taxes, fees and expenses applicable to the
Offer, to be approximately $1,127,000,000.
Purchaser intends to finance the Offer and to pay related taxes, fees and
expenses, from the cash proceeds realized from the repayment of intercompany
indebtedness resulting from the disposition of the Fleet Business. The Merger
Agreement in connection with the disposition of the Fleet Business provides,
among other things, that Avis Fleet will acquire all of the capital stock and
other equity interests of all of the subsidiaries of Holdings in consideration
for the issuance by Avis Fleet of approximately $360 million of convertible
preferred stock of Avis Fleet and the assumption and repayment by Avis Fleet of
approximately $1.44 billion of intercompany indebtedness owed to PHH. The merger
is presently expected to close on or about June 30, 1999. The closing of the
Merger is conditioned upon receipt by Avis Fleet of financing necessary to
consummate the transaction and other conditions customary for transactions of
this type.
The Offer is conditioned upon the closing of the Merger in order to (i)
finance the Offer, and (ii) pay related taxes, fees and expenses. If the
divestiture of the Fleet Business has not been consummated prior to the initial
Expiration Date in an amount sufficient to finance Purchaser's purchase of
Shares pursuant to the Offer and to pay related taxes, fees and expenses,
Purchaser intends to extend the Expiration Date from time to time for a period
not to extend beyond such time as the Merger is consummated or the Merger
Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, and the other
conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived.
A copy of the Merger Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to Purchaser's
Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4. Reference is made to such
exhibit for a more complete description of the Merger Agreement.
11. CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT CENDANT
This Offer to Purchase contains forward looking statements with respect to
Cendant's expectations or belief concerning future events. These statements are
based on Cendant's current expectations and the current economic environment.
Cendant cautions that these statements are not guarantees of future performance.
They involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict.
Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Important assumptions and other important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
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the forward-looking statements are specified in Cendant's filings with the
Commission, including Cendant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, including the resolution of the pending class action
litigation against Cendant and Cendant's ability to implement its plan to divest
non-strategic assets.
SUMMARY. Cendant is one of the foremost consumer and business services
companies in the world. Cendant was created through the merger of HFS
Incorporated ("HFS") into CUC International Inc. ("CUC") in December 1997 with
the resultant corporation being renamed Cendant Corporation. Cendant provides
the fee-based services formerly provided by each of CUC and HFS, including
travel services, real estate services and membership-based consumer services, to
Cendant's customers throughout the world.
Cendant operates in four principal divisions-travel related services, real
estate related services, alliance marketing related services and other consumer
and business services. Cendant's business provides a wide range of complementary
consumer and business services, which together represent seven business segments
(excluding the Fleet Business). The travel related services businesses
facilitate vacation timeshare exchanges, and franchise car rental and hotel
businesses; the real estate related services businesses franchise real estate
brokerage business, provide home buyers with mortgages and assist in employee
relocation; and the alliance marketing related services businesses provide an
array of value driven products and services. Cendant's other consumer and
business services, include car parks and vehicle emergency support and rescue
services in the United Kingdom, credit information services, financial products
and other consumer-related services.
As a franchisor of hotels, residential real estate brokerage offices, car
rental operations and tax preparation services, Cendant licenses the owners and
operation of independent businesses to use its brand names. Cendant does not own
or operate hotels, real estate brokerage offices, car rental operations or tax
preparation offices (except for certain company-owned Jackson Hewitt offices
which Cendant intends to franchise). Instead, Cendant provides its franchise
customers with services designed to increase their revenue and profitability.
SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION. Since Cendant's April 15, 1998 announcement of the
discovery of accounting irregularities in the former CUC business units, and
prior to the date of this Offer to Purchase, 70 lawsuits claiming to be class
actions, two lawsuits claiming to be brought derivatively on Cendant's behalf
and several individual lawsuits and arbitrations have been filed against Cendant
and other defendants. The plaintiffs in these proceedings assert, among other
things, various claims under the federal securities laws including claims under
Sections 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b), 14(a)
and 20(a) of and Rules 10b-5 and 14a-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and state statutory and common laws, including claims that financial statements
previously issued by Cendant and CUC allegedly were materially false and
misleading and caused the price of our securities to be artificially inflated.
In addition, the staff of the Commission and the United States Attorney for
the District of New Jersey are conducting investigations relating to the
accounting irregularities. The Commission staff has advised Cendant that its
inquiry should not be construed as an indication by the Commission or its staff
that any violations of law have occurred. While Cendant has made all adjustments
considered necessary as a result of the findings of the Investigations and the
restatement of our financial statements for 1997, 1996 and 1995 and the first
six months of 1998, Cendant can provide no assurances that additional
adjustments will not be required as a result of these government investigations.
Other than the PRIDES litigation discussed below, Cendant does not believe
that it is feasible to predict or determine the final outcome or resolution of
these proceedings and investigations or to estimate the amounts or potential
range of loss with respect to the resolution of these proceedings and
investigations. In addition, the timing of the final resolution of these
proceedings and investigations is uncertain. The possible outcomes or
resolutions of these proceedings and investigations could include judgments
against Cendant or settlements and could require substantial payments by
Cendant. Cendant's management believes that adverse outcomes in such proceedings
and investigations or any other resolutions
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(including settlements) could have a material impact on Cendant's financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows.
On March 17, 1999, Cendant announced that it reached a final settlement
agreement with plaintiff's counsel representing the class of holders of
Cendant's PRIDES securities who purchased their securities on or prior to April
15, 1998 ("eligible persons") to settle their class action claims against
Cendant. Under the final settlement agreement, eligible persons will receive a
new security -- a Right -- for each PRIDES security held on April 15, 1998.
Cendant had originally announced a preliminary agreement in principle to settle
such claims on January 7, 1999. The final agreement maintained the basic
structure and accounting treatment of the preliminary agreement. On June 7,
1999, the District Court for the District of New Jersey, where the PRIDES
litigation is pending, entered an order approving the settlement. Claims based
upon purchases of PRIDES made after April 15, 1998, are not covered by this
settlement. Current holders of PRIDES will not receive any Rights (unless they
also held PRIDES on April 15, 1998).
Cendant recorded an after-tax charge of approximately $228 million, or $0.26
per diluted share ($351 million pre-tax), in the fourth quarter of 1998
associated with the agreement to settle such PRIDES claims. Cendant recorded an
increase in additional paid-in capital of $350 million offset by a decrease in
retained earnings of $228 million resulting in a net increase in stockholders'
equity of $122 million as a result of the prospective issuance of the Rights. As
a result, the settlement should not reduce net book value. In addition, the
settlement is not expected to reduce 1999 earnings per share unless Cendant's
common stock price materially appreciates.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION DESCRIBED
ABOVE REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K/A FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND THE QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999, THAT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The following table sets forth summary
historical consolidated financial information of Cendant and its subsidiaries.
The historical financial information for fiscal years ended December 31, 1997
and 1998 has been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the
audited consolidated financial statements of Cendant as reported in Cendant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 and is
hereby incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the historical financial
information for that portion of fiscal year 1999 presented is unaudited. Such
historical financial information for fiscal year 1999 was set forth in Cendant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and three months ended March 31,
1999 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. The summary historical
financial information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to, the financial statements and the related notes
thereto from which it has been derived.
Cendant had previously restated its financial results for 1997, 1996 and
1995 and the six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 as a result of accounting
irregularities which were first discovered by Cendant in April, 1998. On April
15, 1998, Cendant announced that in the course of transferring responsibility
for Cendant's accounting functions as a result of the merger involving HFS and
CUC and in the course of preparing for the reporting of first quarter 1998
financial results, Cendant noted accounting irregularities in certain CUC
business units. As a result, Cendant as well as its Audit Committee, immediately
began intensive investigations (the "Investigations").
On July 14, 1998, Cendant announced that the accounting irregularities were
greater than those initially discovered in April 1998 and that the
irregularities affected the accounting records of the majority of the CUC
business units. On August 13, 1998, Cendant announced that the Investigations
undertaken by Cendant were complete. On August 27, 1998, Cendant announced that
its Audit Committee had submitted its report (the "Report") to the Board of
Directors examining the accounting irregularities and its conclusions regarding
responsibility for those actions. A copy of the Report has been filed as an
exhibit to Cendant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 28, 1998.
Copies of the reports described above may be inspected or obtained from the
Commission in the manner specified in "--Additional Information" below.
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SUMMARY HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT RATIOS AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED THREE MONTHS ENDED
-------------------------- ------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, MARCH 31,
1997(1) 1998(2)(3)(4) 1998(2) 1999(2)
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA
Net revenues................................................. $ 4,051.9 $ 5,086.6 $ 1,119.9 $ 1,304.9
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income from continuing operations before income taxes,
minority interest, extraordinary gain and cumulative effect
of accounting change....................................... 229.2 291.7 315.8 303.0
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary gain
and cumulative effect of accounting change................. 49.1 145.7 196.3 181.4
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax................ (9.6) (10.8) (23.4) (12.1)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax.......... -- 404.7 -- 192.7
Extraordinary gain, net of tax............................... 26.4 -- -- --
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax........... (283.1) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss)............................................ $ (217.2) $ 539.6 $ 172.9 $ 362.0
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income (loss) per share:
Basic
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary gain
and cumulative effect of accounting change............... $ 0.06 $ 0.17 $ 0.23 $ 0.23
Loss from discontinued operations.......................... (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations.................... -- 0.48 -- 0.24
Extraordinary gain......................................... 0.03 -- -- --
Cumulative effect of accounting change..................... (0.35) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss).......................................... $ (0.27) $ 0.64 $ 0.21 $ 0.45
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Diluted
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary gain
and cumulative effect of accounting change............... $ 0.06 $ 0.16 $ 0.22 $ 0.22
Loss from discontinued operations.......................... (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.01)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations.................... -- 0.46 -- 0.22
Extraordinary gain......................................... 0.03 -- -- --
Cumulative effect of accounting change..................... (0.35) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss).......................................... $ (0.27) $ 0.61 $ 0.20 $ 0.43
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Weighted average shares
Basic...................................................... 811.2 848.4 838.7 800.1
Diluted.................................................... 851.7 880.4 908.5 854.4
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges........................... 1.44 1.29 3.65 2.52
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<CAPTION>
AT AT
-------------------------- ----------------------
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, MARCH 31,
1997(1) 1998(2)(3)(4) 1998(2) 1999(2)
------------ ------------ ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA
Working capital............................................ $ 136.4 $ 1,715.6 $ 612.5 $ 685.7
Assets under management and mortgage programs.............. 6,443.7 7,511.9 6,667.0 7,193.5
Total assets............................................... 14,041.5 20,202.1 15,748.5 18,867.1
Long-term debt............................................. 1,246.0 3,362.9 1,056.9 3,357.7
Debt under management and mortgage programs................ 5,602.6 6,896.8 6,095.4 6,327.3
Shareholders' equity....................................... 3,921.4 4,835.6 4,263.4 4,093.4
Book value per common share................................ 4.71 5.80 5.04 5.26
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NOTES TO SUMMARY HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(1) Includes merger-related costs and other unusual charges related to
continuing operations of $704.1 million ($504.7 million, after tax or $0.58
per diluted share) primarily associated with the Cendant merger in December
1997 and merger with PHH Corporation in April 1997.
(2) The operating results of the following acquisitions, accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting, are included since the respective dates of
acquisition: (i) National Parking Corporation in April 1998; (ii) The Harpur
Group Ltd. in January 1998; and (iii) Jackson Hewitt, Inc. in January 1998.
(3) Includes a non-cash charge of $50.0 million ($32.2 million, after tax or
$0.04 per diluted share) related to the write off of certain equity
investments in interactive membership businesses and impaired goodwill
associated with the National Library of Poetry, a Cendant subsidiary.
(4) Includes charges of: (i) $433.5 million ($281.7 million, after tax or $0.32
per diluted share) for the costs of terminating the proposed acquisitions of
American Bankers Insurance Group, Inc. and Providian Auto and Home Insurance
Company; (ii) $351.0 million ($228.2 million, after tax or $0.26 per diluted
share) associated with the final agreement to settle the PRIDES securities
class action suit; and (iii) $121.0 million ($78.7 million, after tax or
$0.09 per diluted share) comprised of the costs of the investigations into
previously discovered accounting irregularities at the former CUC business
units, including incremental financing costs and separation payments,
principally to Cendant's former chairman. The aforementioned charges were
partially offset by a credit of $67.2 million ($43.7 million, after tax or
$0.05 per diluted share) associated with changes in the estimate of
liabilities originally recorded in connection with 1997 merger-related costs
and other unusual charges.
PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The following summary unaudited pro forma
consolidated financial information gives effect to the disposition of the Fleet
Business pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the purchase of Shares pursuant to
the Offer based on certain assumptions described in the Notes to the Unaudited
Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Annex A hereto. The
summary unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information has been derived
from, and should be read in conjunction with, the Unaudited Pro Forma
Consolidated Financial Statements included in Annex A to this Offer to Purchase.
The unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income data for the year ended
December 31, 1998 and for the three months ended March 31, 1999 are presented as
if the disposition of the Fleet Business and the purchase of Shares pursuant to
the Offer had occurred on January 1, 1998. The unaudited pro forma consolidated
balance sheet data as of March 31, 1999 is presented as if the disposition of
the Fleet Business and the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer had occurred
on March 31, 1999. The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated financial
information should also be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and related notes thereto of Cendant, as included in Cendant's (i)
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 1998, which was
filed with the Commission on May 13, 1999; and (ii) Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999, which was filed with the
Commission on May 17, 1999. The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated
financial information does not purport to be indicative of the results that
would actually have
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been obtained had the disposition of the Fleet Business pursuant to the Merger
Agreement and the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer at the indicated
purchase prices been completed at the dates indicated or that may be obtained in
the future.
SUMMARY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT RATIOS AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THREE MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 MARCH 31, 1999
------------------------------------ -------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PRO FORMA (1) PRO FORMA (1)
------------------------- --------------------------
<CAPTION>
AT $19.75 AT $22.50 AT $19.75 AT $22.50
PURCHASE PURCHASE PURCHASE PURCHASE
HISTORICAL PRICE PRICE HISTORICAL PRICE PRICE
--------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA
Net revenues.............................. $ 5,086.6 $ 4,743.6 $ 4,735.6 $ 1,304.9 $ 1,214.1 $ 1,212.2
--------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------
Income from continuing operations before
income taxes and minority interest...... 291.7 179.4 171.4 303.0 281.2 279.3
--------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------
Income from continuing operations......... 145.7 $ 70.2 $ 64.8 181.4 $ 167.3 $ 166.0
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
Loss from discontinued operations, net of
tax..................................... (10.8) (12.1)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations,
net of tax.............................. 404.7 192.7
--------- ---------
Net income................................ $ 539.6 $ 362.0
--------- ---------
--------- ---------
Income (loss) per share:
Basic
Income from continuing operations....... $ 0.17 $ 0.09 $ 0.08 $ 0.23 $ 0.22 $ 0.22
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
Loss from discontinued operations....... (0.01) (0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued
operations............................ 0.48 0.24
--------- ---------
Net income.............................. $ 0.64 $ 0.45
--------- ---------
--------- ---------
Diluted
Income from continuing operations....... $ 0.16 $ 0.08 $ 0.08 $ 0.22 $ 0.21 $ 0.21
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------
Loss from discontinued operations....... (0.01) (0.01)
Gain on sale of discontinued
operations............................ 0.46 0.22
--------- ---------
Net income.............................. $ 0.61 $ 0.43
--------- ---------
--------- ---------
Weighted average shares
Basic................................... 848.4 798.4 798.4 800.1 750.1 750.1
Diluted................................. 880.4 830.4 830.4 854.4 804.4 804.4
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges........ 1.29 1.20 1.18 2.52 2.99 2.95
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<CAPTION>
AT MARCH 31, 1999
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AT PRO FORMA (1)
DECEMBER -----------------------
31, 1998 AT $19.75 AT $22.50
--------- PURCHASE PURCHASE
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PRICE PRICE
--------- --------- ------------ ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA
Working capital....................................................... $ 1,715.6 $ 685.7 $ 1,011.1 $ 1,011.1
Assets under management and mortgage programs......................... 7,511.9 7,193.5 3,320.0 3,320.0
Total assets.......................................................... 20,202.1 18,867.1 14,484.9 14,484.9
Long-term debt........................................................ 3,362.9 3,357.7 3,336.9 3,336.9
Debt under management and mortgage programs........................... 6,896.8 6,327.3 2,902.8 3,040.3
Shareholders' equity.................................................. 4,835.6 4,093.4 3,943.8 3,806.3
Book value per common share........................................... 5.80 5.26 5.42 5.23
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NOTE TO SUMMARY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(1) The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information gives
effect to the proposed disposition of the Fleet Business to Avis for $1.44
billion in assumed intercompany debt of Holdings which will be subsequently
repaid and the issuance of $360 million in convertible preferred stock of
Avis Fleet. The pro forma information also gives effect to the use of
proceeds from such disposition for the purchase of Shares pursuant to the
Offer and the repayment of debt under management and mortgage programs. The
pro forma information assumes that 50,000,000 Shares are purchased by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer at prices of $19.75 per Share and $22.50 per
Share, respectively.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Cendant is subject to the informational filing
requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance therewith, is obligated to
file reports and other information with the Commission relating to its business,
financial condition and other matters. Information, as of particular dates,
concerning Cendant's directors and officers, their remuneration, options granted
to them, the principal holders of Cendant's securities and any material interest
of such persons in transactions with Cendant is required to be disclosed in
proxy statements distributed to Cendant's shareholders and filed with the
Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information can be
inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 2120, Washington, D.C. 20549; at its
regional offices located at 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
Illinois 60661-2511; and 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048. Copies
of such material may also be obtained by mail, upon payment of the Commission's
customary charges, from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549. The Commission
also maintains a Web site on the World Wide Web at http://www.sec.gov that
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information concerning Cendant also can be
inspected at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005,
on which the Shares are listed.
12. EFFECTS OF THE OFFER ON THE MARKET FOR SHARES; REGISTRATION UNDER THE
EXCHANGE ACT
Purchaser's purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number
of Shares that might otherwise trade publicly and is likely to reduce the number
of shareholders. Nonetheless, Purchaser and Cendant believe that there will
still be a sufficient number of Shares outstanding and publicly traded following
the Offer to ensure a continued trading market in the Shares. Based on the
published guidelines of the NYSE, Purchaser and Cendant do not believe that
Purchaser's purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will cause the remaining
Shares of Cendant to be delisted from such exchange.
Shares are currently "margin securities" under the rules of the Federal
Reserve Board. This has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to
extend credit on the collateral of Shares. Purchaser and
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Cendant believe that, following the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer,
Shares will continue to be "margin securities" for purposes of the Federal
Reserve Board's margin regulations.
Any Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be transferred directly to
Purchaser from the Depositary and retained by Purchaser as treasury stock
(unless and until Cendant and Purchaser determine to retire such Shares) and be
available for issue without further shareholder action (except as required by
applicable law or, if retired, the rules of any securities exchange on which
Shares are listed) for purposes including, but not limited to, the acquisition
of other businesses, raising of additional capital for use in Cendant's
businesses, and satisfaction of obligations under existing or future employee
benefit plans. Cendant and Purchaser have no current plan for the issuance of
Shares repurchased pursuant to the Offer.
Shares are registered under the Exchange Act, which requires, among other
things, that Cendant furnish certain information to its shareholders and to the
Commission and comply with the Commission's proxy rules in connection with
meetings of Cendant's shareholders. Purchaser and Cendant believe that
Purchaser's purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will not result in the
Shares becoming eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act.
13. CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS; REGULATORY APPROVALS
Neither Purchaser, Cendant nor any of their subsidiaries is aware of any
license or regulatory permit material to the business of Cendant or any of its
subsidiaries (including the Purchaser) that might be adversely affected by
Purchaser's acquisition of Shares as contemplated in the Offer or of any
approval or other action by any government or governmental, administrative or
regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, that would be required for
Purchaser's or Cendant's acquisition or ownership of Shares as contemplated by
the Offer. Should any such approval or other action be required, Purchaser and
Cendant currently contemplate that they will seek such approval or other action.
Purchaser cannot predict whether it may determine that it is required to delay
the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Shares tendered pursuant to the
Offer pending the outcome of any such matter. There can be no assurance that any
such approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained
without substantial conditions or that the failure to obtain any such approval
or other action might not result in adverse consequences to Cendant's business.
Purchaser's obligations under the Offer to accept for payment and pay for Shares
are subject to certain conditions. See Section 6.
14. CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following describes certain U.S. federal income tax consequences
relating to the Offer to holders of Shares that are U.S. holders (as defined
below). The discussion contained in this summary is based upon the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") Treasury regulations promulgated
thereunder, administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as in
effect as of the date hereof and all of which are subject to change (possibly
with retroactive effect). This summary discusses only Shares held as capital
assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code and does not address all
of the tax consequences that may be relevant to certain shareholders in light of
their particular circumstances or to certain types of shareholders subject to
special treatment under the Code (including, without limitation, certain
financial institutions, dealers in securities or commodities, insurance
companies, tax-exempt organizations, persons who hold Shares as a position in a
"straddle" or as a part of a "hedging" or "conversion" transaction for U.S.
federal income tax purposes or persons who received their Shares through the
exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation). In particular,
this discussion applies only to U.S. holders. This summary also does not address
the state, local or foreign tax consequences of participating in the Offer. For
purposes of this discussion, a "U.S. holder" means:
- a citizen or resident of the United States;
- a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized in the
United States or under the laws of the United States or of any political
subdivision thereof;
- an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United
States federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or
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- a trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a
United States court and which has one or more United States persons who
have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions.
Holders of Shares who are not U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors
regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences and any applicable foreign
tax consequences of the Offer and should also see Section 3 for a discussion of
the applicable U.S. withholding rules and the potential for obtaining a refund
of all or a portion of any tax withheld.
EACH SHAREHOLDER SHOULD CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR
CONSEQUENCES TO THE SHAREHOLDER PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFER.
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PURCHASE. The purchase of a U.S. holder's Shares by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. As a consequence of the purchase, a U.S. holder will,
depending on the U.S. holder's particular circumstances, be treated either as
having sold the U.S. holder's Shares or as having received a distribution in
respect of stock from Cendant.
Under Sections 302 and 304 of the Code, a U.S. holder whose Shares are
purchased by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will be treated as having sold its
Shares, and thus will recognize capital gain or loss if the purchase:
- results in a "complete redemption" of the U.S. holder's equity interest in
Cendant;
- results in a "substantially disproportionate" redemption with respect to
the U.S. holder; or
- is "not essentially equivalent to a dividend" with respect to the U.S.
holder.
Each of these tests (the "Section 302 tests") is explained more fully below.
If a U.S. holder satisfies any of the Section 302 tests described above, the
U.S. holder will be treated as if it sold its Shares to Purchaser and will
recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of
cash received pursuant to the Offer and the U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in
the Shares surrendered in exchange therefor. This gain or loss will be long-term
capital gain or loss if the U.S. holder's holding period for the Shares that
were sold exceeds one year as of the date of purchase by Purchaser pursuant to
the Offer. Certain limitations apply to the deductibility of capital losses by
U.S. holders. Gain or loss must be determined separately for each block of
Shares (i.e., Shares acquired at the same cost in a single transaction) that is
purchased by Purchaser from a U.S. holder pursuant to the Offer. A U.S. holder
may be able to designate (generally through its broker) which blocks of Shares
it wishes to tender pursuant to the Offer if less than all of its Shares are
tendered pursuant to the Offer, and the order in which different blocks will be
purchased by Purchaser in the event of proration pursuant to the Offer. U.S.
holders should consult their tax advisors concerning the mechanics and
desirability of that designation.
If a U.S. holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 tests described
above, the purchase of a U.S. holder's Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer
will not be treated as a sale or exchange under Section 302 of the Code with
respect to the U.S. holder. Instead, the entire amount received by a U.S. holder
with respect to the purchase of its Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer
will be treated as a dividend distribution to the U.S. holder with respect to
its Shares under Section 301 of the Code, taxable at ordinary income tax rates,
to the extent, first, of the U.S. holder's share of Purchaser's current and
accumulated earnings and profits (as defined for U.S. federal income tax
purposes) and, second, of the U.S. holder's share of Cendant's current and
accumulated earnings and profit. To the extent the amount exceeds the U.S.
holder's share of Purchaser's and Cendant's current and accumulated earnings and
profits, the excess first will be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the
extent of the U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in its Shares and any remainder
will be treated as capital gain (which may be long-term capital gain as
described above). The determination of whether a corporation has earnings and
profits is complex and the legal standards to be applied are subject to
uncertainties and ambiguities. Additionally, whether a corporation has current
earnings and profits can be determined only at the end of the taxable year.
Accordingly, it is unclear whether Cendant and Purchaser will have sufficient
current and accumulated earnings and profits to cover the amount of any payment
made by Purchaser to U.S. holders to
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purchase the U.S. holder's Shares pursuant to the Offer. To the extent that a
purchase of a U.S. holder's Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer is treated
as the receipt by the U.S. holder of a dividend, the U.S. holder's adjusted tax
basis in the purchased Shares will be added to any Shares retained by the U.S.
holder (and may be lost if the U.S. holder does not actually retain any stock
ownership in Cendant).
CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP OF STOCK AND OTHER ISSUES. In applying each of the
Section 302 tests, U.S. holders must take into account not only Shares that they
actually own but also Shares they are treated as owning under the constructive
ownership rules of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 304 of the
Code. Pursuant to the constructive ownership rules, a U.S. holder is treated as
owning any Shares that are owned (actually and in some cases constructively) by
certain related individuals and entities as well as Shares that the U.S. holder
has the right to acquire by exercise of an option or by conversion or exchange
of a security. Due to the factual nature of the Section 302 tests described
below, U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether
Purchaser's purchase of their Shares pursuant to the Offer qualifies for sale
treatment in their particular circumstances.
If a U.S. holder sells Shares to persons other than Purchaser at or about
the time the U.S. holder also sells Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer,
and the sales effected by the U.S. holder are part of an overall plan to reduce
or terminate the U.S. holder's proportionate interest in Cendant, then the sales
to persons other than Purchaser may be integrated with the U.S. holder's sale of
Shares pursuant to the Offer and, if integrated, should be taken into account in
determining whether the U.S. holder satisfies any of the Section 302 tests
described below. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the
treatment of other sales of Shares which may be integrated with the purchase of
their Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.
Purchaser and Cendant cannot predict whether or the extent to which the
Offer will be oversubscribed. If the Offer is oversubscribed, proration of
tenders pursuant to the Offer will cause Purchaser to accept fewer Shares than
are tendered. Therefore, no assurance can be given that Purchaser will purchase
a sufficient number of a U.S. holder's Shares pursuant to the Offer to ensure
that the U.S. holder receives sale treatment, rather than dividend treatment,
for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to the rules discussed below.
SECTION 302 TESTS. One of the following tests must be satisfied in order
for the purchase of Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer to be treated as a
sale or exchange for federal income tax purposes.
a. COMPLETE TERMINATION TEST. The purchase of a U.S. holder's Shares by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will result in a "complete redemption" of the
U.S. holder's equity interest in Cendant if all of the Shares that are actually
owned by the U.S. holder are sold pursuant to the Offer and the Shares that are
constructively owned by the U.S. holder are sold pursuant to the Offer or, with
respect to Shares owned by certain related individuals, the U.S. holder
effectively waives, in accordance with Section 302(c) of the Code, attribution
of Shares which otherwise would be considered as constructively owned by the
U.S. holder. U.S. holders wishing to satisfy the "complete redemption" test
through waiver of the constructive ownership rules should consult their tax
advisors.
b. SUBSTANTIALLY DISPROPORTIONATE TEST. The purchase of a U.S. holder's
Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will result in a "substantially
disproportionate" redemption with respect to the U.S. holder if, among other
things, the percentage of the then outstanding Shares actually and
constructively owned by the U.S. holder immediately after the purchase is less
than 80% of the percentage of the Shares actually and constructively owned by
the U.S. holder immediately before the purchase (treating as outstanding all
Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer).
c. NOT ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO A DIVIDEND TEST. The purchase of a U.S.
holder's Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will be treated as "not
essentially equivalent to a dividend" if the reduction in the U.S. holder's
proportionate interest in Cendant as a result of the purchase constitutes a
"meaningful reduction" given the U.S. holder's particular circumstances. Whether
the receipt of cash by a shareholder who sells Shares pursuant to the Offer will
be "not essentially equivalent to a dividend" will depend upon the shareholder's
particular facts and circumstances. The Internal Revenue Service has
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indicated in a published revenue ruling that even a small reduction in the
percentage interest of a U.S. holder whose relative stock interest in a publicly
held corporation is minimal (e.g., an interest of less than 1%) and who
exercises no control over corporate affairs should constitute a "meaningful
reduction." U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors as to the application
of this test in their particular circumstances.
CORPORATE SHAREHOLDER DIVIDEND TREATMENT. In the case of a corporate U.S.
holder, to the extent that any amounts received pursuant to the Offer are
treated as a dividend, such holder may be eligible for the dividends-received
deduction. The dividends-received deduction is subject to certain limitations
and may not be available if a corporate U.S. holder does not satisfy certain
holding period requirements with respect to its Shares or if its Shares are
treated as "debt financed portfolio stock" within the meaning of Section 246A of
the Code. In addition, any amount received by a corporate U.S. holder pursuant
to the Offer that is treated as a dividend will constitute an "extraordinary
dividend" under Section 1059 of the Code (except as may otherwise be provided in
regulations yet to be promulgated by the Treasury department). Accordingly, a
corporate U.S. holder will be required under Section 1059(a) of the Code to
reduce its adjusted tax basis (but not below zero) in its Shares by the
non-taxed portion of the
extraordinary dividend (i.e., the portion of the dividend for which a deduction
is allowed) and, if such portion exceeds the corporate U.S. holder's adjusted
tax basis in its shares, to treat the excess as gain from the sale of such
Shares in the year in which the dividend is received. These basis reduction and
gain recognition rules would be applied by taking into account only the
corporate U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in the Shares that were sold pursuant
to the Offer, without regard to other Shares that the corporate U.S. holder may
continue to own. Corporate U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors as
to the application of Section 1059 of the Code to the Offer, and to the tax
consequences of dividend treatment in their particular circumstances.
FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS. Generally, the Depositary will withhold United States
federal income tax at a rate of 30% from the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the
Offer to a foreign shareholder (as defined in Section 3) or his agent, unless
the Depositary determines that an exemption from, or a reduced rate of,
withholding tax is available pursuant to a tax treaty or that an exemption from
withholding otherwise applies. See Section 3 for a discussion of the applicable
U.S. withholding rules and the potential for being subject to reduced
withholding and for obtaining a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld.
SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE CASH PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. Shareholders
whose Shares are not purchased by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will not incur
any tax liability as a result of the consummation of the Offer.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING. See Section 3 with respect to the application of United
States federal backup withholding tax.
THE TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY.
EACH SHAREHOLDER IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR TO DETERMINE THE PARTICULAR
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT OF THE OFFER, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF
STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX LAWS.
15. EXTENSION OF THE OFFER; TERMINATION; AMENDMENTS
Purchaser expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time
and from time to time, and regardless of whether or not any of the events set
forth in Section 6 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by Purchaser to have
occurred, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and
thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any Shares by giving
oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public
announcement thereof. During any such extension, all Shares previously tendered
and not properly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and to the rights of
a tendering shareholder to withdraw such shareholder's shares. Purchaser also
expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer and
not accept for payment or pay for any Shares not theretofore accepted for
payment or paid for or, subject to applicable law, to postpone payment for
Shares upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in Section 6
hereof by giving oral or written notice of such termination or postponement to
the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof.
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Additionally, in certain circumstances, if Purchaser waives any of the
conditions of the Offer set forth in Section 6, it may be required to extend the
Expiration Date of the Offer. Purchaser's reservation of the right to delay
payment for Shares that it has accepted for payment is limited by Rule
13e-4(f)(5) promulgated under the Exchange Act, which requires that Purchaser
must pay the consideration offered or return Shares tendered promptly after
termination or withdrawal of a tender offer. Subject to compliance with
applicable law, Purchaser further reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
and regardless of whether any of the events set forth in Section 6 shall have
occurred or shall be deemed by Purchaser to have occurred, to amend the Offer in
any respect (including, without limitation, by decreasing or increasing the
consideration offered in the Offer to holders of Shares or by decreasing or
increasing the number of Shares being sought in the Offer). Amendments to the
Offer may be made at any time and from time to time effected by public
announcement thereof, such announcement, in the case of an extension, to be
issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day
after the last previously scheduled or announced Expiration Date. Any public
announcement made pursuant to the Offer will be disseminated promptly to
shareholders in a manner reasonably designated to inform shareholders of such
change. Without limiting the manner in which Purchaser may choose to make any
public announcement, except as provided by applicable law (including Rule
13e-4(e)(2) promulgated under the Exchange Act), Purchaser shall have no
obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public
announcement other than by making a release to the Dow Jones News Service.
If Purchaser makes a material change in the terms of the Offer or the
information concerning the Offer, or if it waives a material condition of the
Offer, Purchaser will extend the Offer to the extent required by Rules
13e-4(d)(2) and 13e-4(e)(2) promulgated under the Exchange Act, which require
that the minimum period during which an offer must remain open following
material changes in the terms of the offer or information concerning the offer
(other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought)
will depend upon the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality
of such terms or information. If (i) Purchaser increases or decreases the price
to be paid for Shares, Purchaser increases or decreases the Dealer Manager's
fee, Purchaser increases the number of Shares being sought and such increase in
the number of Shares being sought exceeds 2% of the outstanding Shares, or
Purchaser decreases the number of Shares being sought, and (ii) the Offer is
scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending
on the tenth business day from, and including, the date that notice of such
increase or decrease is first published, sent or given, the Offer will extended
until the expiration of such period of ten business days.
16. FEES AND EXPENSES
Purchaser has retained Banc of America to act as the Dealer Manager in
connection with the Offer for which services Banc of America will receive a fee
for its services as Dealer Manager of $1 million. Purchaser also has agreed to
reimburse Banc of America for its out of pocket expenses, including the fees and
expenses of legal counsel, and to indemnify Banc of America and certain related
persons against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer and Banc of
America's engagement as Dealer Manager in connection with the Offer, including
certain liabilities under the federal securities laws. Banc of America and
certain of its affiliates have rendered various investment banking and other
advisory services to Cendant and its subsidiaries, and have acted as lender and
as administrator of certain credit facilities of Cendant and its subsidiaries
and of an asset securitization facility relating to the Fleet Business, in the
past, for which it has received customary compensation, and can be expected to
render similar services to Cendant and its subsidiaries in the future. Purchaser
also has retained ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. ("ChaseMellon") to
act as the Information Agent and as the Depositary in connection with the Offer.
ChaseMellon will receive reasonable and customary compensation for its services.
Purchaser will also reimburse ChaseMellon for out-of-pocket expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, and has agreed to indemnify ChaseMellon against
certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities
under the federal securities laws. Banc of America and ChaseMellon may contact
shareholders by mail, telephone, telex, telegraph and personal interviews, and
may request brokers, dealers and other
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nominee shareholders to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial
owners. ChaseMellon has not been retained to make solicitations or
recommendations in connection with the Offer.
Purchaser will not pay fees or commissions to any broker, dealer, commercial
bank, trust company or other person (other than to the Dealer Manager and
Information Agent as described above) for soliciting any Shares pursuant to the
Offer. Purchaser will, however, on request, reimburse such persons for customary
handling and mailing expenses incurred in forwarding materials in respect of the
Offer to the beneficial owners for which they act as nominees. No such broker,
dealer, commercial bank or trust company has been authorized to act as
Purchaser's agent for purposes of the Offer. Purchaser will pay (or cause to be
paid) any stock transfer taxes on its purchase of Shares, except as otherwise
provided in Instruction 7 of the Letter of Transmittal.
17. MISCELLANEOUS
Purchaser is not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is
not in compliance with applicable law. If Purchaser becomes aware of any
jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with any valid
applicable law, Purchaser will make a good faith effort to comply with such law.
If, after such good faith effort, Purchaser cannot comply with such law, the
Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of)
the holders of Shares residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction the
securities or blue sky laws of which require the Offer to be made by a licensed
broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on Purchaser's behalf by
the Dealer Manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under
the laws of such jurisdiction.
Pursuant to Rule 13e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act, Purchaser has
filed with the Commission an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4
(the "Schedule 13E-4") which contains additional information with respect to the
Offer. The Schedule 13E-4, including the exhibits and any amendments thereto,
may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the same places and in the same
manner as is set forth in Section 11 with respect to information concerning
Cendant.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE
INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN
THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE OR IN THE RELATED LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL. IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY PURCHASER, CENDANT, THE DEPOSITARY, THE
INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEALER MANAGER.
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION
June 16, 1999
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SCHEDULE I
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SHARES
Except as set forth below, based upon Purchaser's and Cendant's records and
upon information provided to Purchaser and Cendant by their respective
directors, executive officers, associates and subsidiaries, neither Purchaser,
Cendant nor any of their associates or subsidiaries or persons controlling
Cendant and its subsidiaries (including Purchaser) (of which Purchaser and
Cendant believe there are none) nor, to the best of Purchaser's and Cendant's
knowledge, any of the directors or executive officers of Purchaser and Cendant
or any of their subsidiaries, nor any associates or subsidiary of any of the
foregoing, has effected any transactions in the Shares during the 40 business
days prior to June 16, 1999.
1. From December 1998 to June 16, 1999, Cendant has repurchased an aggregate
of 83,892,700 Shares at an average purchase price of $19.0196 per Share pursuant
to its ongoing Share Repurchase Program, each in open market purchases on the
NYSE. Set forth in the table below is information with regard to Shares
repurchased by Cendant pursuant to the Share Repurchase Program during the past
40 business days:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF
DATE SHARES PRICE(1)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
4/28/1999............................................................. 127,000 $ 18.8105
4/29/1999............................................................. 298,500 $ 18.9711
4/30/1999............................................................. 649,900 $ 18.8865
5/3/1999.............................................................. 505,000 $ 18.4872
</TABLE>
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(1) Exclusive of brokerage commission.
2. Cendant issued Options to purchase an aggregate of 7,950,000 Shares to
Cendant's executive officers and directors on April 21, 1999 under Cendant's
option plans, as set forth in the table below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF EXERCISE
NAME OPTIONS GRANTED PRICE
- ------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Henry R. Silverman........................................... 3,000,000 $ 17.875
James E. Buckman............................................. 600,000 $ 17.875
Stephen P. Holmes............................................ 600,000 $ 17.875
Robert D. Kunisch............................................ 400,000 $ 17.875
Michael P. Monaco............................................ 600,000 $ 17.875
John W. Chidsey.............................................. 850,000 $ 17.875
Jon F. Danski................................................ 300,000 $ 17.875
David M. Johnson............................................. 500,000 $ 17.875
Samuel L. Katz............................................... 500,000 $ 17.875
Richard A. Smith............................................. 600,000 $ 17.875
</TABLE>
3. David M. Johnson, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Cendant, purchased 10,000 Shares on the open market at a price of
$18.81 per Share on April 28, 1999.
4. Jon F. Danski, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of
Cendant purchased 29,000 Shares on the open market at a price of $18.90 per
Share on April 29, 1999.
5. Henry R. Silverman, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Cendant, exercised options to purchase 170,000 Shares at a price of
$1.29 per Share on April 23, 1999 and sold 70,000 Shares on the open market at a
price of $20.2188 per Share on such date.
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6. Robert D. Kunisch, Vice Chairman of Cendant, sold 150,000 Shares on the
open market at an average price of $20.1517 per Share on April 23, 1999. On
April 30, 1999, Mr. Kunisch sold 50,000 Shares on the open market at an average
price of $18.4105 per Share. On May 6, 1999, Mr. Kunisch sold 150,000 Shares on
the open market at an average price of $17.6715 per Share.
7. Samuel L. Katz, Executive Vice President, Strategic Development of
Cendant, purchased 5,283.6 Shares at a price of $18.507 per Share on June 10,
1999, through a transaction executed under the Deferred Compensation Plan.
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ANNEX A
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements of
Cendant give effect to the proposed disposition of the Fleet Business. Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, Avis will acquire the net assets of the Fleet Business
for $1.44 billion in assumed intercompany debt of Holdings which will be
subsequently repaid to PHH, and the issuance of $360 million in convertible
preferred stock of Avis Fleet. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial
statements also give effect to the use of proceeds from the disposition of the
Fleet Business for the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer and the
repayment of debt under management and mortgage programs (collectively, the
"Transactions"). The pro forma information assumes that Shares are purchased by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer at prices of $19.75 per Share and $22.50 per
Share, respectively. Cendant beneficially owns approximately 19% of Avis'
outstanding Class A common stock and accounts for such investment utilizing the
equity method. The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of March
31, 1999 is presented as if the Transactions had occurred on March 31, 1999. The
unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of income for the year ended
December 31, 1998 and for the three months ended March 31, 1999 are presented as
if the Transactions had occurred on January 1, 1998. Such financial statements
do not purport to present the results of operations of Cendant had the
disposition of the Fleet Business occurred on the dates specified nor are they
necessarily indicative of the operating results that may be achieved in the
future.
The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements of
Cendant are based on certain assumptions and adjustments described in the Notes
thereto, and should be read in conjunction therewith and with the consolidated
financial statements and related notes thereto of Cendant, as included in
Cendant's (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 1998,
which was filed with the Commission on May 13, 1999; and (ii) Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999, which was filed with
the Commission on May 17, 1999.
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CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $19.75
PURCHASE PRICE
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HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents............................................. $ 520.7 $ 1,390.0(B) $ 520.7
(1,390.0)(C)
Receivables, net...................................................... 1,600.8 (504.5)(A) 1,096.3
Deferred membership commission costs.................................. 252.5 -- 252.5
Deferred income taxes................................................. 302.7 (14.8)(A) 287.9
Other current assets.................................................. 874.5 (19.2)(A) 855.3
Net assets of discontinued operations................................. 61.8 -- 61.8
---------- ----------- ----------
Total current assets.................................................... 3,613.0 (538.5) 3,074.5
---------- ----------- ----------
Property and equipment, net........................................... 1,399.9 (96.9)(A) 1,303.0
Franchise agreements, net............................................. 1,353.4 -- 1,353.4
Goodwill, net......................................................... 3,874.7 (181.0)(A) 3,693.7
Other intangibles, net................................................ 734.2 (47.4)(A) 686.8
Other assets.......................................................... 698.4 (4.9)(A) 1,053.5
360.0(B)
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Total assets exclusive of assets under programs......................... 11,673.6 (508.7) 11,164.9
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Assets under management and mortgage programs
Net investment in leases and leased vehicles.......................... 3,873.5 (3,873.5)(A) --
Relocation receivables................................................ 620.9 -- 620.9
Mortgage loans held for sale.......................................... 1,955.6 -- 1,955.6
Mortgage servicing rights............................................. 743.5 -- 743.5
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7,193.5 (3,873.5) 3,320.0
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Total assets............................................................ $ 18,867.1 $(4,382.2) $ 14,484.9
---------- ----------- ----------
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</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $19.75
PURCHASE PRICE
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HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
---------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities........................ $ 1,585.2 $ (852.2)(A) 744.4
11.4(B)
Deferred income....................................................... 1,342.1 (23.1)(A) 1,319.0
---------- ----------- ----------
Total current liabilities............................................... 2,927.3 (863.9) 2,063.4
---------- ----------- ----------
Deferred income....................................................... 234.7 -- 234.7
Long-term debt........................................................ 3,357.7 (20.8)(A) 3,336.9
Deferred income taxes................................................. 38.2 33.9(B) 64.3
(7.8)(A)
Other non-current liabilities......................................... 86.4 -- 86.4
Deferred gain......................................................... -- 180.9(B) 180.9
---------- ----------- ----------
Total liabilities exclusive of liabilities under programs............... 6,644.3 (677.7) 5,966.6
---------- ----------- ----------
Liabilities under management and mortgage programs
Debt.................................................................. 6,327.3 (3,022.0)(A) 2,902.8
(402.5)(C)
---------- ----------- ----------
Deferred income taxes................................................. 328.6 (130.4)(A) 198.2
---------- ----------- ----------
Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities issued by subsidiary........ 1,473.5 -- 1,473.5
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value--authorized 10 million shares; none
issued and outstanding.............................................. -- -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value--authorized 2 billion shares; issued
863,046,029......................................................... 8.6 -- 8.6
Additional paid-in capital............................................ 3,960.3 15.9(B) 3,976.2
Retained earnings..................................................... 1,842.2 776.5(B) 2,618.7
Accumulated other comprehensive loss.................................. (120.2) 45.5(A) (74.7)
Treasury stock, at cost, 85.3 million shares--historical and 135.3
million shares--pro forma........................................... (1,597.5) (987.5)(C) (2,585.0)
---------- ----------- ----------
Total shareholders' equity.............................................. 4,093.4 (149.6) 3,943.8
---------- ----------- ----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY.............................. $ 18,867.1 $(4,382.2) $ 14,484.9
---------- ----------- ----------
---------- ----------- ----------
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $19.75
PURCHASE PRICE
------------------------
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
--------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES
Membership and service fees, net..................................... $ 4,883.5 $ (293.9)(A) $ 4,613.2
23.6(D)
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation and interest costs of $1,279.4
historical)........................................................ 88.7 (88.7)(A) --
Other................................................................ 114.4 18.0(E) 130.4
4.5(F)
(6.5)(G)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues........................................................... 5,086.6 (343.0) 4,743.6
--------- ----------- -----------
EXPENSES
Operating............................................................ 1,721.5 (91.6)(A) 1,629.9
Marketing and reservation............................................ 1,158.5 (20.3)(A) 1,138.2
General and administrative........................................... 648.7 (94.2)(A) 554.5
Depreciation and amortization........................................ 314.0 (22.2)(A) 291.8
Other charges
Litigation settlement.............................................. 351.0 -- 351.0
Termination of proposed acquisitions............................... 433.5 -- 433.5
Executive terminations............................................. 52.5 -- 52.5
Investigation-related costs........................................ 33.4 -- 33.4
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits)........... (67.2) 1.3(A) (65.9)
Financing costs.................................................... 35.1 -- 35.1
Interest, net........................................................ 113.9 (3.7)(A) 110.2
--------- ----------- -----------
Total expenses......................................................... 4,794.9 (230.7) 4,564.2
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY
INTEREST............................................................. 291.7 (112.3) 179.4
Provision for income taxes............................................. 95.4 (36.8)(H) 58.6
Minority interest, net of tax.......................................... 50.6 -- 50.6
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS...................................... $ 145.7 $ (75.5) $ 70.2
--------- ----------- -----------
PER SHARE INFORMATION:
Income from continuing operations
Basic.............................................................. $ 0.17 $ 0.09
Diluted............................................................ $ 0.16 $ 0.08
Weighted Average Shares
Basic.............................................................. 848.4 (50.0)(C) 798.4
Diluted............................................................ 880.4 (50.0)(C) 830.4
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $19.75
PURCHASE PRICE
------------------------
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
--------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES
Membership and service fees, net..................................... $ 1,247.9 $ (81.0)(A) $ 1,172.6
5.7(D)
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation and interest costs of
$326.4--historical)................................................ 18.6 (18.6)(A) --
Other................................................................ 38.4 -- 41.5
4.5(E)
1.1(F)
(2.5)(G)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues........................................................... 1,304.9 (90.8) 1,214.1
--------- ----------- -----------
EXPENSES
Operating............................................................ 432.4 (30.4)(A) 402.0
Marketing and reservation............................................ 262.2 (5.0)(A) 257.2
General and administrative........................................... 160.6 (24.7)(A) 135.9
Depreciation and amortization........................................ 91.0 (8.1)(A) 82.9
Other charges
Termination of proposed acquisition................................ 7.0 -- 7.0
Investigation-related costs........................................ 1.7 -- 1.7
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits)........... (1.3) -- (1.3)
Interest, net........................................................ 48.3 (0.8)(A) 47.5
--------- ----------- -----------
Total expenses......................................................... 1,001.9 (69.0) 932.9
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY
INTEREST............................................................. 303.0 (21.8) 281.2
Provision for income taxes............................................. 106.5 (7.7)(H) 98.8
Minority interest, net of tax.......................................... 15.1 -- 15.1
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS...................................... $ 181.4 $ (14.1) $ 167.3
--------- ----------- -----------
PER SHARE INFORMATION:
Income from continuing operations
Basic.............................................................. $ 0.23 $ 0.22
Diluted............................................................ $ 0.22 $ 0.21
Weighted Average Shares
Basic.............................................................. 800.1 (50.0)(C) 750.1
Diluted............................................................ 854.4 (50.0)(C) 804.4
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE
-----------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
---------- ----------- ----------
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents.............................................. $ 520.7 $ 1,390.0(B) $ 520.7
(1,390.0)(C)
Receivables, net....................................................... 1,600.8 (504.5)(A) 1,096.3
Deferred membership commission costs................................... 252.5 -- 252.5
Deferred income taxes.................................................. 302.7 (14.8)(A) 287.9
Other current assets................................................... 874.5 (19.2)(A) 855.3
Net assets of discontinued operations.................................. 61.8 -- 61.8
---------- ----------- ----------
Total current assets..................................................... 3,613.0 (538.5) 3,074.5
---------- ----------- ----------
Property and equipment, net............................................ 1,399.9 (96.9)(A) 1,303.0
Franchise agreements, net.............................................. 1,353.4 -- 1,353.4
Goodwill, net.......................................................... 3,874.7 (181.0)(A) 3,693.7
Other intangibles, net................................................. 734.2 (47.4)(A) 686.8
Other assets........................................................... 698.4 (4.9)(A) 1,053.5
360.0(B)
---------- ----------- ----------
Total assets exclusive of assets under programs.......................... 11,673.6 (508.7) 11,164.9
---------- ----------- ----------
Assets under management and mortgage programs
Net investment in leases and leased vehicles........................... 3,873.5 (3,873.5)(A) --
Relocation receivables................................................. 620.9 -- 620.9
Mortgage loans held for sale........................................... 1,955.6 -- 1,955.6
Mortgage servicing rights.............................................. 743.5 -- 743.5
---------- ----------- ----------
7,193.5 (3,873.5) 3,320.0
---------- ----------- ----------
Total assets............................................................. $ 18,867.1 $(4,382.2) $ 14,484.9
---------- ----------- ----------
---------- ----------- ----------
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE
-----------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
---------- ----------- ----------
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities......................... $ 1,585.2 $ (852.2)(A) 744.4
11.4(B)
Deferred income........................................................ 1,342.1 (23.1)(A) 1,319.0
---------- ----------- ----------
Total current liabilities................................................ 2,927.3 (863.9) 2,063.4
---------- ----------- ----------
Deferred income........................................................ 234.7 -- 234.7
Long-term debt......................................................... 3,357.7 (20.8)(A) 3,336.9
Deferred income taxes.................................................. 38.2 33.9(B) 64.3
(7.8)(A)
Other non-current liabilities.......................................... 86.4 -- 86.4
Deferred gain.......................................................... -- 180.9(B) 180.9
---------- ----------- ----------
Total liabilities exclusive of liabilities under programs................ 6,644.3 (677.7) 5,966.6
---------- ----------- ----------
Liabilities under management and mortgage programs
Debt................................................................... 6,327.3 (3,022.0)(A) 3,040.3
(265.0)(C)
---------- ----------- ----------
Deferred income taxes.................................................. 328.6 (130.4)(A) 198.2
---------- ----------- ----------
Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities issued by subsidiary......... 1,473.5 -- 1,473.5
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value--authorized 10 million shares; none
issued and outstanding............................................... -- -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value--authorized 2 billion shares; issued
863,046,029.......................................................... 8.6 -- 8.6
Additional paid-in capital............................................. 3,960.3 15.9(B) 3,976.2
Retained earnings...................................................... 1,842.2 776.5(B) 2,618.7
Accumulated other comprehensive loss................................... (120.2) 45.5(A) (74.7)
Treasury stock, at cost, 85.3 million shares--historical and 135.3
million shares--pro forma............................................ (1,597.5) (1,125.0)(C) (2,722.5)
---------- ----------- ----------
Total shareholders' equity............................................... 4,093.4 (287.1) 3,806.3
---------- ----------- ----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY............................... $ 18,867.1 $(4,382.2) $ 14,484.9
---------- ----------- ----------
---------- ----------- ----------
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE
------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
--------- ----------- -----------
REVENUES
Membership and service fees, net...................................... $ 4,883.5 $ (293.9)(A) $ 4,605.2
15.6(D)
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation
and interest costs of $1,279.4--historical)......................... 88.7 (88.7)(A) --
Other................................................................. 114.4 18.0(E) 130.4
4.5(F)
(6.5)(G)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues............................................................ 5,086.6 (351.0) 4,735.6
--------- ----------- -----------
EXPENSES
Operating............................................................. 1,721.5 (91.6)(A) 1,629.9
Marketing and reservation............................................. 1,158.5 (20.3)(A) 1,138.2
General and administrative............................................ 648.7 (94.2)(A) 554.5
Depreciation and amortization......................................... 314.0 (22.2)(A) 291.8
Other charges
Litigation settlement............................................... 351.0 -- 351.0
Termination of proposed acquisitions................................ 433.5 -- 433.5
Executive terminations.............................................. 52.5 -- 52.5
Investigation-related costs......................................... 33.4 -- 33.4
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits)............ (67.2) 1.3(A) (65.9)
Financing costs..................................................... 35.1 -- 35.1
Interest, net........................................................... 113.9 (3.7)(A) 110.2
--------- ----------- -----------
Total expenses.......................................................... 4,794.9 (230.7) 4,564.2
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY
INTEREST.............................................................. 291.7 (120.3) 171.4
Provision for income taxes.............................................. 95.4 (39.4)(H) 56.0
Minority interest, net of tax........................................... 50.6 -- 50.6
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS....................................... $ 145.7 $ (80.9) $ 64.8
--------- ----------- -----------
PER SHARE INFORMATION:
Income from continuing operations
Basic............................................................... $ 0.17 $ 0.08
Diluted............................................................. $ 0.16 $ 0.08
Weighted Average Shares
Basic............................................................... 848.4 (50.0)(C) 798.4
Diluted............................................................. 880.4 (50.0)(C) 830.4
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSUMING A $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE
------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
CENDANT ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
--------- ----------- -----------
REVENUES
Membership and service fees, net...................................... $ 1,247.9 $ (81.0)(A) $ 1,170.7
3.8(D)
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation
and interest costs of $326.4--historical)........................... 18.6 (18.6)(A) --
Other................................................................. 38.4 4.5(E) 41.5
1.1(F)
(2.5)(G)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues............................................................ 1,304.9 (92.7) 1,212.2
--------- ----------- -----------
EXPENSES
Operating............................................................. 432.4 (30.4)(A) 402.0
Marketing and reservation............................................. 262.2 (5.0)(A) 257.2
General and administrative............................................ 160.6 (24.7)(A) 135.9
Depreciation and amortization......................................... 91.0 (8.1)(A) 82.9
Other charges
Termination of proposed acquisition................................. 7.0 -- 7.0
Investigation-related costs......................................... 1.7 -- 1.7
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits)............ (1.3) -- (1.3)
Interest, net......................................................... 48.3 (0.8)(A) 47.5
--------- ----------- -----------
Total expenses.......................................................... 1,001.9 (69.0) 932.9
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY
INTEREST.............................................................. 303.0 (23.7) 279.3
Provision for income taxes.............................................. 106.5 (8.3)(H) 98.2
Minority interest, net of tax........................................... 15.1 -- 15.1
--------- ----------- -----------
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS....................................... $ 181.4 $ (15.4) $ 166.0
--------- ----------- -----------
PER SHARE INFORMATION:
Income from continuing operations
Basic............................................................... $ 0.23 $ 0.22
Diluted............................................................. $ 0.22 $ 0.21
Weighted Average Shares
Basic............................................................... 800.1 (50.0)(C) 750.1
Diluted............................................................. 854.4 (50.0)(C) 804.4
</TABLE>
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
(A) The pro forma adjustments reflects the elimination of the historical balance
sheet amounts and operating results of the Fleet Business.
(B) The pro forma balance sheet adjustments reflect the consideration to be
received from Avis in connection with the disposition of the Fleet Business
to Avis and the anticipated gain on disposition, which is calculated as
follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Gross cash proceeds.......................................................... $ 1,440.0
Avis Fleet series A cumulative participating 5% redeemable convertible
preferred stock (7.2 million shares)....................................... 360.0
---------
Total consideration.......................................................... 1,800.0
Historical net book value of Fleet Business.................................. 731.4
Transaction costs (i)........................................................ 65.9
Income taxes payable (ii).................................................... 11.4
Deferred tax liabilities (ii)................................................ 33.9
---------
Anticipated gain on disposition.............................................. 957.4
Less: Deferred gain on disposition (iii)..................................... 180.9
---------
Anticipated gain on disposition to be recognized upon consummation (iv)...... $ 776.5
---------
---------
</TABLE>
(i) Consists of: (a) $50.0 of cash payments made for professional fees
and bonuses directly related to the Transactions; and (b) a $15.9
charge to equity for the accelerated vesting of Cendant stock
options held by employees of the Fleet Business.
(ii) Reflects the anticipated income tax effects from the disposition of
the Fleet Business.
(iii) Reflects a deferral of 18.9% of the anticipated gain on
disposition, which is equivalent to Cendant's common stock
investment in Avis.
(iv) The anticipated gain upon disposition of the Fleet Business is
reflected as a pro forma adjustment to retained earnings in the
unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of March 31,
1999, and is not included in the unaudited pro forma consolidated
statements of income.
(C) The pro forma adjustment reflects the utilization of $1,390.0 of net
proceeds ($1,440.0 gross proceeds less $50.0 of transaction costs) to
repurchase 50.0 million Shares pursuant to the Offer and the remaining
proceeds used to repay debt under management and mortgage programs.
The utilization of proceeds at the assumed Purchase Prices is calculated as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AT $19.75 AT $22.50
--------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Purchase of 50.0 million Shares...................................................... $ 987.5 $ 1,125.0
Repayment of debt under management and mortgage programs............................. 402.5 265.0
--------- ---------
Net proceeds......................................................................... $ 1,390.0 $ 1,390.0
--------- ---------
--------- ---------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
CENDANT CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
(D) The pro forma income statement adjustment reflects a reduction of interest
expense from the assumed repayment of debt used to finance assets under
management and mortgage programs (See Note C). The interest rate for the
three months ended March 31, 1999 and the year ended December 31, 1998 was
5.71% and 5.87%, respectively, the weighted average interest rates in effect
for such periods. The reduction of interest expense is calculated as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1998
--------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
AT $19.75 AT $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASE PRICE
--------------- ---------------
Repayment of debt under management and mortgage programs.................... $ 402.5 $ 265.0
Weighted average annual interest rate....................................... 5.87% 5.87%
------ ------
Pro Forma Adjustment........................................................ $ 23.6 $ 15.6
------ ------
------ ------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 1999
--------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
AT $19.75 AT $22.50
PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASE PRICE
--------------- ---------------
Repayment of debt under management and mortgage programs.................... $ 402.5 $ 265.0
Weighted average annual interest rate....................................... 5.71% 5.71%
------ ------
$ 23.0 $ 15.1
------ ------
Pro Forma Adjustment........................................................ $ 5.7 $ 3.8
------ ------
------ ------
</TABLE>
(E) The pro forma income statment adjustment reflects the preferred stock
dividend payable from Avis Fleet to Cendant on the $360.0 of Avis Fleet
series A cumulative participating convertible preferred stock at a rate of
5% per annum.
(F) The pro forma income statment adjustment reflects the recognition of a
proportional amount of the deferred gain on disposition of the Fleet
Business to Avis. The deferred gain is recognized into income over forty
years, which is consistent with the period in which Avis is expected to
amortize the goodwill generated from their purchase of the Fleet Business.
(G) The pro forma income statment adjustment represents Cendant's equity
interest in Avis' pro forma change in their historical earnings giving
effect to Avis' acquisition of the Fleet Business. The pro forma adjustment
was determined as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED THREE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1998 MARCH 31, 1999
------------------- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Historical net income of Avis....................................... $ 63.5 $ 15.2
Avis' pro forma income available to common shareholders giving
effect to Avis' acquisition of the Fleet Business................. 34.8 2.8
----- -----
Pro forma differences............................................... 28.7 12.4
Cendant's weighted equity ownership percentage in Avis.............. 22.74% 20.00%
----- -----
Pro forma adjustment................................................ $ 6.5 $ 2.5
----- -----
----- -----
</TABLE>
(H) The pro forma adjustment reflects the income tax effects related to the
disposition of the Fleet Business. The pro forma effective tax rate
approximates the historical effective tax rate of Cendant.
A-11
<PAGE>
Manually signed facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal will be
accepted. The Letter of Transmittal and certificates for the Shares and any
other required documents should be sent or delivered by each shareholder or such
shareholder's broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to
the Depositary at its address set forth below:
THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
By Hand Delivery: By Overnight Delivery: By Mail:
120 Broadway, 13(th)
Floor 85 Challenger Road P.O. Box 3301
New York, New York 10271 Mail Drop-Reorg South Hackensack
Attn: Reorganization Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
Dept. 07660 New Jersey 07606
Attn: Reorganization
Attn: Reorganization Dept. Dept.
Facsimile Transmission:
(201) 296-4293
Confirm Receipt of Facsimile
by Telephone:
(201) 296-4860
</TABLE>
Any questions or requests for assistance or for additional copies of this
Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer Manager, as set
forth below. Shareholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank
or trust company for assistance concerning the Offer.
THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
450 West 33(rd) Street, 14(th) Floor
New York, New York 10001
Call Toll Free: 1-800-684-8823
Bankers and Brokers may call: (212) 273-8035
THE DEALER MANAGER FOR THE OFFER IS:
[LOGO]
9 West 57th Street, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Call: (212) 847-5355
<PAGE>
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
TO TENDER SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO PURCHASE
DATED JUNE 16, 1999
BY
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION,
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
By Hand Delivery: By Overnight Delivery: By Mail:
120 Broadway 85 Challenger Road P.O. Box 3301
13(th) Floor Mail Drop-Reorg South Hackensack
New York, New York 10271 Ridgefield Park New Jersey 07606
Attn: Reorganization Dept. New Jersey 07660 Attn: Reorganization Dept.
Attn: Reorganization Dept.
By Facsimile Transmission:
(201) 296-4293
Confirm Receipt of Facsimile
by Telephone:
(201) 296-4860
</TABLE>
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE ACCOMPANYING
INSTRUCTIONS, CAREFULLY BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 3 AND 4)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) OF REGISTERED HOLDER(S)
(PLEASE FILL IN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S) ON SHARES TENDERED
CERTIFICATE(S)) (ATTACH ADDITIONAL SIGNED LIST, IF NECESSARY)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL NUMBER OF
SHARES NUMBER OF
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTED SHARES
NUMBER(S)(1) BY CERTIFICATES TENDERED(2)
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TOTAL SHARES
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Indicate in this box the order (by certificate number) in which Shares are to be purchased in the event of
proration.(3) (Attach additional signed list if necessary.) See Instruction 15.
1st: 2nd: 3rd: 4th: 5th:
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
/ / Check here if any Share certificates that you own have been lost, stolen or destroyed. See Instruction 16.
Number of Shares represented by lost, stolen or destroyed Share certificates:
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(1) Need not be completed by shareholders tendering Shares by book-entry transfer.
(2) Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares represented by each Share certificate
delivered to the Depositary are being tendered hereby. See Instruction 4.
(3) If you do not designate an order, then in the event less than all Shares tendered are purchased due to
proration, Shares will be selected for purchase by the Depositary. See Instruction 15.
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NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW. PLEASE READ
THE INSTRUCTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY.
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE
WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. DELIVERIES TO PURCHASER, CENDANT, THE
DEALER MANAGER OR THE INFORMATION AGENT WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO THE
DEPOSITARY AND THEREFORE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY. DELIVERIES TO
THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY TO THE
DEPOSITARY.
This Letter of Transmittal is to be used only if certificates are to be
forwarded herewith or if delivery of Shares (as defined below) is to be made by
book-entry transfer to the Depositary's account at The Depository Trust Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "BookEntry Transfer Facility") pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).
THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MAY NOT BE USED FOR TENDERING SHARES REFLECTING
INTERESTS IN ACCOUNTS IN CENDANT'S SAVINGS PLANS (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFER TO
PURCHASE). SEE INSTRUCTION 14.
Shareholders who cannot deliver their Share certificates and any other
required documents to the Depositary by the Expiration Date (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase), must tender their Shares using the guaranteed delivery
procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. See Instruction 2.
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(BOX BELOW FOR USE BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY)
/ / CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH
/ / CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER TO
THE DEPOSITARY'S ACCOUNT AT THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE
THE FOLLOWING:
Name of Tendering Institution _____________________________________________
Account No. _______________________________________________________________
Transaction Code No. ______________________________________________________
/ / CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF
GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE DEPOSITARY AND COMPLETE THE
FOLLOWING:
Name(s) of Registered Holder(s) ___________________________________________
Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery ________________________
Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery ______________________________
If delivery is by book-entry transfer:
Name of Tendering Institution _____________________________________________
Account No. _______________________________________________________________
Transaction Code No. ______________________________________________________
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"), the above-described shares of the common
stock of Cendant, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at the price per Share
indicated in this Letter of Transmittal, net to the seller in cash, without
interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which, as
amended and supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer").
Subject to, and effective upon, acceptance for payment of and payment for
Shares tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the
terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), the undersigned hereby
sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, Purchaser all right,
title and interest in and to all Shares that are being tendered hereby or orders
the registration of such Shares tendered by book-entry transfer that are
purchased pursuant to the Offer to or upon the order of Purchaser and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Depositary the true and lawful agent
and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with respect to such Shares, with full
power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable
power coupled with an interest), to:
(i) deliver certificates for such Shares, or transfer ownership of such
Shares on the account books maintained by the Book-Entry Transfer Facility,
together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and
authenticity, to or upon the order of Purchaser upon receipt by the
Depositary, as the undersigned's agent, of the Purchase Price (as defined
below) with respect to such Shares;
(ii) present certificates for such Shares for cancellation and transfer
on the books of Cendant; and
(iii) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of
beneficial ownership of such Shares, all in accordance with the terms of the
Offer.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that the
undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer
Shares tendered hereby and that, when and to the extent the same are accepted
for payment by Purchaser, Purchaser will acquire good, marketable and
unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges,
encumbrances, conditional sales agreements or other obligations relating to the
sale or transfer thereof, and the same will not be subject to any adverse
claims. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional
documents deemed by the Depositary or Purchaser to be necessary or desirable to
complete the sale, assignment and transfer of Shares tendered hereby.
The undersigned represents and warrants to Purchaser that the undersigned
has read and agrees to all of the terms of the Offer. All authority herein
conferred or agreed to be conferred shall not be affected by, and shall survive
the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and any obligation of the
undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer, this
tender is irrevocable.
The undersigned understands that tenders of Shares pursuant to any one of
the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and in the
Instructions will constitute the undersigned's acceptance of the terms and
conditions of the Offer, including the undersigned's representation and warranty
to Purchaser that (i) the undersigned has a net long position in Shares or
equivalent securities being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and (ii) the tender of such Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 of the
Exchange Act. Purchaser's acceptance for payment of Shares tendered pursuant to
the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and
Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
The names and addresses of the registered holders should be printed, if they
are not already printed above, exactly as they appear on the certificates
representing Shares tendered hereby. The certificate numbers, the number of
Shares represented by such certificates, the number of Shares that the
undersigned wishes to tender and the purchase price at which such Shares are
being tendered should be indicated in the appropriate boxes on this Letter of
Transmittal.
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The undersigned understands that Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single per Share price (not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share), net to the Seller in cash, without
interest thereon (the "Purchase Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number
of Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering shareholders. The
undersigned understands that Purchaser will select the lowest Purchase Price
that will allow it to purchase 50,000,000 Shares (or such lesser number of
Shares as are validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, at prices not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share) pursuant to the Offer. The
undersigned understands that all Shares validly tendered at prices at or below
the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn will be purchased at the Purchase
Price, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the proration provisions, and
that Purchaser will return at its expense all other Shares, including Shares
tendered at prices greater than the Purchase Price and not withdrawn and Shares
not purchased because of proration. See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase.
The undersigned recognizes that, under certain circumstances set forth in
the Offer to Purchase, Purchaser may terminate or amend the Offer or may
postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the payment for, Shares tendered
hereby or may not be required to purchase any Shares tendered hereby or may
accept for payment fewer than all of the Shares tendered hereby.
Unless otherwise indicated under "Special Payment Instructions," please
issue the check for the Purchase Price of any Shares purchased, and/or return
any Shares not tendered or not purchased, in the name(s) of the undersigned
(and, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer, by credit to the
account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility). Similarly, unless otherwise
indicated under "Special Delivery Instructions," please mail the check for the
Purchase Price of any Shares purchased and/or any certificates for Shares not
tendered or not purchased (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the
undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned's signature(s). In the
event that both "Special Payment Instructions" and "Special Delivery
Instructions" are completed, please issue the check for the Purchase Price of
any Shares purchased and/or return any Shares not tendered or not purchased in
the name(s) of, and mail such check and/or any certificates to, the person(s) so
indicated. The undersigned recognizes that Purchaser has no obligation, pursuant
to the "Special Payment Instructions," to transfer any Shares from the name of
the registered holder(s) thereof if Purchaser does not accept for payment any
Shares so tendered.
The undersigned understands that acceptance of Shares by Purchaser for
payment will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and
Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE
AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
IF SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED AT MORE THAN ONE PRICE, A SEPARATE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL FOR EACH PRICE SPECIFIED MUST BE USED. (SEE INSTRUCTION 5)
CHECK ONLY ONE BOX. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED, OR IF NO
BOX IS CHECKED (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW), THERE IS NO VALID TENDER OF SHARES.
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/ / $19.75 / / $20.00 / / $20.25 / / $20.50
/ / $20.75 / / $21.00 / / $21.25 / / $21.50
/ / $21.75 / / $22.00 / / $22.25 / / $22.50
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If you do not wish to specify a purchase price, check the following box, in
which case you will be deemed to have tendered Shares at the Purchase Price
determined by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer (persons
checking this box should NOT indicate the price per Share in the box entitled
"Price (In Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered" above). See
Instruction 5. / /
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ODD LOTS
(SEE INSTRUCTION 9)
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
This section is to be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on
behalf of a person who owns beneficially, as of the close of business on June
15, 1999, and who continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)).
The undersigned either (check one box):
/ / owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June 15, 1999, and
continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of
fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans, all of which are being tendered), or
/ / is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee
that (i) is tendering, for the beneficial owners thereof, Shares with
respect to which it is the record owner, and (ii) believes, based upon
representations made to it by each such beneficial owner, that such
beneficial owner owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June
15, 1999, and continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares reflecting interests
in the Savings Plans) and is tendering all of such Shares.
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SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 1, 6, 7 AND 8)
To be completed ONLY if the check for the aggregate Purchase Price of
Shares purchased and/or certificates for Shares not tendered or not
purchased are to be issued in the name of someone other than the
undersigned.
Issue: / / check and/or / / certificate(s) to:
Name: ______________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT)
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(INCLUDE ZIP CODE)
(TAX IDENTIFICATION OR SOCIAL SECURITY NO.)
Book-Entry Facility Account
No.: _______________________________________________________________________
Medallion Guarantee: _______________________________________________________
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SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 6 AND 8)
To be completed ONLY if the check for the Purchase Price of Shares
purchased and/or certificates for Shares not tendered or not purchased are
to be mailed to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at
an address other than that shown below the undersigned's signature.
Mail: / / check and/or / / certificate(s) to:
Name: ______________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT)
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(INCLUDE ZIP CODE)
(TAX IDENTIFICATION OR SOCIAL SECURITY NO.)
Book-Entry Facility Account
No.: _______________________________________________________________________
Medallion Guarantee: _______________________________________________________
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PLEASE SIGN HERE
(TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL SHAREHOLDERS)
Signature(s) of Owner(s): ______________________________________________________
Dated ____________________________________________________________________, 1999
Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT)
Capacity (full title): _________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
(INCLUDE ZIP CODE)
Area Code and Telephone No.: ___________________________________________________
(Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on
Share certificate(s) or on a security position listing or by person(s)
authorized to become registered holder(s) by certificates and documents
transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a
fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title and see
Instruction 6.)
GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 1 AND 6)
Name of Firm: __________________________________________________________________
Authorized Signature: __________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT)
Title: _________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
(INCLUDE ZIP CODE)
Area Code and Telephone No.: ___________________________________________________
Dated _______________, 1999
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INSTRUCTIONS
FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER
1. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. Except as otherwise provided below, all
signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a firm or other
entity that is a member in good standing of the Security Transfer Agent's
Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program, the Stock
Exchange Medallion Program or other entity which is an "eligible guarantor
institution," as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each such entity, an "Eligible Institution"),
unless (i) this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of
the Shares (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any
participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility whose name appears on a security
position listing as the owner of Shares) tendered herewith and such holder(s)
have not completed the box entitled "Special Payment Instructions" or the box
entitled "Special Delivery Instructions" on this Letter of Transmittal, or (ii)
such Shares are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. See
Instruction 6.
2. DELIVERY OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND SHARE CERTIFICATES; GUARANTEED
DELIVERY PROCEDURES. This Letter of Transmittal is to be used either if share
certificates are to be forwarded herewith or if delivery of Shares is to be made
by book-entry transfer pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the
Offer to Purchase. Certificates for all physically delivered Shares, or a
confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the Depositary's account at the
Book-Entry Transfer Facility of all Shares delivered electronically, as well as
a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed
facsimile thereof) and any other documents required by this Letter of
Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set
forth on the front page of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration
Date. If certificates are forwarded to the Depositary in multiple deliveries, a
properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal must accompany each
such delivery.
Shareholders whose share certificates are not immediately available, who
cannot deliver their Shares and all other required documents to the Depositary
or who cannot complete the procedure for delivery by book-entry transfer prior
to the Expiration Date may tender their Shares pursuant to the guaranteed
delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Pursuant to
such procedure: (i) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible
Institution, (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery substantially in the form provided by Purchaser (with any required
signature guarantees) must be received by the Depositary prior to the Expiration
Date, and (iii) the certificates for all physically delivered Shares in proper
form for transfer by delivery, or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer into
the Depositary's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility of all Shares
delivered electronically, in each case together with a properly completed and
duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof) and
any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by
the Depositary within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. trading days after the
date the Depositary receives such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided
in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING SHARE CERTIFICATES, THE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, IS AT THE ELECTION AND
RISK OF THE TENDERING SHAREHOLDER, AND THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY
WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED
MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED. IN ALL
CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.
No alternative or contingent tenders will be accepted. By executing this
Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), the tendering shareholder waives
any right to receive any notice of the acceptance for payment of the Shares.
3. INADEQUATE SPACE. If the space provided herein is inadequate, the
certificate numbers and/or the number of Shares should be listed on a separate
signed schedule and attached to this Letter of Transmittal.
4. PARTIAL TENDERS (NOT APPLICABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS WHO TENDER BY BOOK-ENTRY
TRANSFER). If fewer than all Shares represented by any certificate delivered to
the Depositary are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares that are to be
tendered in the box entitled "Number of Shares Tendered." In such case, a new
certificate for the remainder Shares represented by the old certificate will be
sent to the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, unless otherwise
provided in the "Special Payment Instructions" or "Special Delivery
Instructions" boxes on this Letter of Transmittal, as promptly as practicable
following the expiration or termination of the Offer. All Shares represented by
certificates delivered to the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered
unless otherwise indicated.
5. INDICATION OF PRICE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED. For Shares to
be validly tendered, the shareholder must check the box indicating the price per
Share at which such shareholder is tendering Shares under "Price (In Dollars)
Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered" in this Letter of Transmittal,
except that if the shareholder does not wish to specify a purchase price, the
shareholder may check the box above the section entitled "Odd Lots" indicating
that such shareholder is tendering Shares at the Purchase Price determined by
Purchaser. ONLY ONE BOX MAY BE CHECKED. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED, OR IF
NO BOX IS CHECKED, THERE IS NO VALID TENDER OF SHARES. A shareholder wishing to
tender portions of such shareholder's Share holdings at different prices must
complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which such
shareholder wishes to tender each such portion of such shareholder's Shares. The
same Shares cannot be tendered (unless previously properly withdrawn as provided
in Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase) at more than one price.
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6. SIGNATURES ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL; STOCK POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS. If
this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of Shares
tendered hereby, the signatures(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written
on the face of the certificates without alteration, enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
If any Shares tendered hereby are held of record by two or more persons, all
such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal.
If any Shares tendered hereby are registered in different names on different
certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate
Letters of Transmittal (or facsimiles thereof) as there are different
registrations of certificates.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of
Shares tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate stock powers
are required unless payment of the Purchase Price is to be made to, or Shares
not tendered or not purchased are to be registered in the name of, any person
other than the registered holder(s), in which case the certificate(s) evidencing
Shares tendered hereby must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock
powers, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s)
appear(s) on such certificates. Signatures on any such certificates or stock
powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the
registered holder(s) of Shares tendered hereby, certificates evidencing Shares
tendered hereby must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in
either case, signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s)
on such certificate(s). Signature(s) on any such certificates or stock powers
must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1.
If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificate or stock power is signed by
a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a
corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity,
such person should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to
Purchaser of the authority of such person so to act must be submitted.
7. STOCK TRANSFER TAXES. Purchaser will pay or cause to be paid any stock
transfer taxes with respect to the sale and transfer of any Shares to it or its
order pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the aggregate Purchase
Price is to be made to, or Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be
registered in the name of, any person other than the registered holder(s), or if
tendered Shares are registered in the name of any person other than the
person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any stock transfer
taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder(s), such other person or
otherwise) payable on account of the transfer to such person will be deducted
from the Purchase Price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such
taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted. See Section 5 of the Offer to
Purchase. Except as provided in this Instruction 7, it will not be necessary to
affix transfer tax stamps to the certificates representing Shares tendered
hereby.
8. SPECIAL PAYMENT AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS. If a check for the Purchase
Price of any Shares tendered hereby is to be issued in the name of, and/or any
Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be returned to, a person other than
the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if the check and/or any
certificates for Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be mailed to
someone other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal or to an
address other than that shown above in the box captioned "Description of Shares
Tendered," then the boxes captioned "Special Payment Instructions" and/or
"Special Delivery Instructions" on this Letter of Transmittal should be
completed. Shareholders tendering Shares by book-entry transfer will have any
Shares not accepted for payment returned by crediting the account maintained by
such shareholder at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility from which such transfer
was made.
9. ODD LOTS. As described in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase, if fewer
than all Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not
withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date are to be purchased, Shares purchased
first will consist of all Shares tendered by any shareholder who owned
beneficially, as of the close of business on June 15, 1999, and continues to own
beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares
(including Shares reflecting interests in the Savings Plans and who validly
tendered all such Shares at or below the Purchase Price (including by not
designating a Purchase Price as described below). Partial tenders of Shares will
not qualify for this preference and this preference will not be available unless
the box captioned "Odd Lots" in this Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery, if any, is completed.
Additionally, tendering holders of Odd Lots who do not wish to specify a
purchase price may check the box above the section entitled "Odd Lots"
indicating that such shareholder is tendering all Shares at the Purchase Price
determined by Purchaser. See Instruction 5.
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10. IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION; SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 AND FORM W-8. Under the
United States federal backup withholding tax rules, 31% of the gross proceeds
payable to a shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer must be withheld
and remitted to the United States Treasury, unless the shareholder or other
payee provides such person's taxpayer identification number (employer
identification number or social security number) to the Depositary and certifies
that such number is correct or otherwise establishes an exemption. If the
Depositary is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number
("TIN") or another adequate basis for exemption, the holder may be subject to a
$50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in addition to
the backup withholding. Therefore, each tendering shareholder should complete
and sign the Substitute Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal
so as to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid backup
withholding, unless such shareholder otherwise establishes to the satisfaction
of the Depositary that it is not subject to backup withholding. If backup
withholding applies, the Depositary is required to withhold 31% of the gross
proceeds payable to a shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer. Backup
withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the tax liability of persons
subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of the tax withheld.
If backup withholding results in overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained
from the IRS. If the box in Part 3 is checked, the holder or other payee must
also complete the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number below
in order the avoid backup withholding. Even if the box in Part 3 is checked and
the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number is completed, the
Depositary will withhold 31% of all reportable payments made prior to the time a
properly certified TIN is provided to the Depositary. This amount will be
refunded to the holder if a properly certified TIN is provided to the Depositary
within 60 days. Certain shareholders (including, among others, all corporations
and certain foreign shareholders (in addition to foreign corporations)) are not
subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. In order for a
foreign shareholder to qualify as an exempt recipient, that shareholder must
submit an IRS Form W-8 or a Substitute Form W-8, signed under penalties of
perjury, attesting to that shareholder's foreign status. The appropriate form
may be obtained from the Depositary. The box in Part 3 of the Substitute Form
W-9 may be checked if the tendering holder has not been issued a TIN and has
applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future.
11. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS. Even if a
foreign shareholder has provided the required certification as described in the
preceding paragraph to avoid backup withholding, the Depositary will withhold
United States federal income taxes at a rate of 30% of the gross payment payable
to a foreign shareholder or his or her agent unless the Depositary determines
that an exemption from, or a reduced rate of, withholding is available pursuant
to a tax treaty or that an exemption from withholding is applicable because such
gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business
of the foreign shareholder in the United States. For this purpose, a foreign
shareholder is a shareholder that is not (i) a citizen or resident of the United
States; (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in
or under the laws of the United States, any state or any political subdivision
thereof; (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to United States
federal income taxation regardless of the source of such income; or (iv) a trust
whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States
court and which has one or more United States persons who have the authority to
control all of its substantial decisions. In order to obtain a reduced rate of
withholding pursuant to a tax treaty a foreign shareholder must deliver to the
Depositary a properly completed IRS Form 1001. In order to obtain an exemption
from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the
Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within
the United States, a foreign shareholder must deliver to the Depositary a
properly completed IRS Form 4224. The Depositary will determine a shareholder's
status as a foreign shareholder and its eligibility for a reduced rate of, or an
exemption from, withholding by reference to outstanding certificates or
statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from,
withholding (e.g., IRS Form 1001 or IRS Form 4224) unless facts and
circumstances indicate that such reliance is not warranted. A foreign
shareholder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax
withheld if such shareholder satisfies one of the "Section 302 tests" for
capital gain treatment described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase (e.g.,
the "complete redemption," "substantially disproportionate" or "not essentially
equivalent to a dividend" tests) or is otherwise able to establish that no
withholding or a reduced amount of withholding is due. Federal backup
withholding generally will not apply to amounts subject to the 30% or
treaty-reduced rate of federal income tax withholding. Foreign shareholders are
urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of United States
federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a reduction or
exemption from withholding tax and refund procedures.
12. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR ADDITIONAL COPIES. Any questions or
requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer
Manager at their respective telephone numbers and addresses listed below.
Requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of
Transmittal or other tender offer materials may be directed to the Information
Agent or the Dealer Manager, and such copies will be furnished promptly at
Purchaser's expense. Shareholders may also contact their local broker, dealer,
commercial bank or trust company for documents relating to, or assistance
concerning, the Offer.
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13. IRREGULARITIES. All questions as to the number of Shares to be
accepted, the price to be paid therefor and the validity, form, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares
will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination
shall be final and binding on all parties. Purchaser reserves the absolute right
to reject any or all tenders it determines not to be in proper form or the
acceptance of or payment for which may, in the opinion of Purchaser's counsel be
unlawful. Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the
conditions of the Offer and any defect or irregularity in the tender of any
particular Shares or any particular shareholder. No tender of Shares will be
deemed to be validly made until all defects or irregularities have been cured or
waived. None of Purchaser, Cendant, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary, the
Information Agent or any other person is or will be obligated to give notice of
any defects or irregularities in tenders, and none of them will incur any
liability for failure to give any such notice.
14. SAVINGS PLANS. Participants in the Savings Plans may not use this
Letter of Transmittal to direct the tender of Shares reflecting interests in
such participant's individual account, but must use the separate Direction Form
(as defined in the Offer to Purchase) sent to them by Purchaser. See Section 3
of the Offer to Purchase.
15. ORDER OF PURCHASE IN EVENT OF PRORATION. As described in Section 1 of
the Offer to Purchase, shareholders may designate the order in which their
Shares are to be purchased in the event of proration. The order of purchase may
affect whether any capital gain or loss recognized on Shares purchased is
long-term or short-term (depending on the holding period for Shares purchased)
and the amount of gain or loss recognized for federal income tax purposes. See
Sections 1 and 14 of the Offer to Purchase.
16. LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. If your certificate(s)
representing Shares have been lost, stolen or destroyed, so indicate on the
front of this Letter of Transmittal. The Depositary will send you additional
documentation that will need to be completed to effectively surrender such lost,
stolen or destroyed certificates.
IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR A MANUALLY SIGNED FACSIMILE
THEREOF) TOGETHER WITH SHARE CERTIFICATES OR CONFIRMATION OF BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER
AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY, OR THE
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY, PRIOR TO THE
EXPIRATION DATE. SHAREHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RETURN A COMPLETED SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9 WITH THEIR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING REGISTERED HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
PAYOR'S NAME: CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
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SUBSTITUTE PART 1: PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT Social Security Number
FORM W-9 RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW. or
Employer Identification Number
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PAYOR'S REQUEST FOR PART 2: For Payees exempt from backup withholding, see the enclosed Guidelines for
TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 and complete
NUMBER (TIN) as instructed therein.
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PART 3: Awaiting TIN / /
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CERTIFICATION--Under penalties of perjury, I certify that (i) the number shown on this form is my correct
Taxpayer Identification Number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me) and (ii) I am not subject to
backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding; or (b) I have not been notified by the IRS
that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends; or (c) the
IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding. Certification instructions--You must
cross out Item (ii) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup
withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return.
Signature: Date:
Name (Please Print):
Address (Include Zip Code):
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NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 31% OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO
YOU PURSUANT TO THIS OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
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YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU ARE AWAITING YOUR TIN.
CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
I certify under penalties of perjury that a TIN has not been issued to me,
and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a TIN to the
appropriate IRS Center or Social Security Administration Office or (2) I intend
to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do
not provide a TIN by the time of payment, 31% of all payments made to me
thereafter will be withheld until I provide a number.
Signature: _____________________________________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________________________________________
THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
450 West 33(rd) Street, 14(th) Floor
New York, New York 10001
Call Toll Free: 1 (800) 684-8823
Bankers and Brokers may call:
(212) 273-8035
THE DEALER MANAGER FOR THE OFFER IS:
[LOGO]
9 West 57(th) Street, 40(th) Floor
New York, New York 10019
Call: (212) 847-5355
June 16, 1999
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CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
FOR TENDER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
This form, or a form substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to
accept the Offer (as defined below) if certificates for the shares of common
stock of Cendant Corporation are not immediately available, if the procedure for
book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, or if time will not
permit all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal to be delivered
to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 1 of the
Offer to Purchase (defined below)). Such form may be delivered by hand or
transmitted by mail or overnight courier, or (for Eligible Institutions only) by
facsimile transmission, to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to
Purchase. THE ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION THAT COMPLETES THIS FORM MUST COMMUNICATE THE
GUARANTEE TO THE DEPOSITARY AND MUST DELIVER THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES TO THE DEPOSITARY WITHIN THE TIME SHOWN HEREIN. FAILURE
TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN A FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.
THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
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By Hand Delivery: By Overnight Delivery: By Mail:
120 Broadway, 13(th)
Floor 85 Challenger Road P.O. Box 3301
New York Mail Drop-Reorg South Hackensack
New York 10271 Ridgefield Park, New Jersey New Jersey 07606
Attn: Reorganization 07660 Attn: Reorganization
Dept. Attn: Reorganization Dept. Dept.
Facsimile Transmission:
(201) 296-4293
Confirm Receipt of Facsimile
by Telephone:
(201) 296-4860
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DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR
TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE LISTED
ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. DELIVERIES TO PURCHASER,
CENDANT, THE DEALER MANAGER OR THE INFORMATION AGENT WILL NOT BE
FORWARDED TO THE DEPOSITARY AND THEREFORE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID
DELIVERY. DELIVERIES TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
THIS FORM IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE
ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN
ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE
SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the "Offer to
Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer"), receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock of Cendant,
par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), listed below, pursuant to the guaranteed
delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.
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Number of Shares:
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Name(s) (Please Print)
Certificate Nos.: (if available)
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If Shares will be tendered by book-entry (Address)
transfer:
Name of Tendering Institution:
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Area Code and Telephone Number
Account No.: ------------------------------
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Signature(s)
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PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE
AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
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IF SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED AT MORE THAN ONE PRICE,
A SEPARATE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY FOR EACH PRICE
SPECIFIED MUST BE USED.
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CHECK ONLY ONE BOX. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED, OR
IF NO BOX IS CHECKED (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
BELOW), THERE IS NO VALID
TENDER OF SHARES.
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/ / $19.75 / / $20.00 / / $20.25 / / $20.50
/ / $20.75 / / $21.00 / / $21.25 / / $21.50
/ / $21.75 / / $22.00 / / $22.25 / / $22.50
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If you do not wish to specify a purchase price, check the following box, in
which case you will be deemed to have tendered Shares at the Purchase Price
determined by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer (persons
checking this box need not indicate the price per Share in the box entitled
"Price (In Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered" above). / /
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ODD LOTS
This section is to be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on
behalf of a person who owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June
15, 1999, and who continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans (as defined in the Offer to Purchase).
The undersigned either (check one box):
/ / owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June 15, 1999 and
continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of
fewer than 100 Shares including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans, all of which are being tendered, or
/ / is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee
that (i) is tendering, for the beneficial owners thereof, Shares with
respect to which it is the record owner, and (ii) believes, based upon
representations made to it by each such beneficial owner, that such
beneficial owner owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June
15, 1999, and continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares including Shares reflecting interests
in the Savings Plans and is tendering all of such Shares.
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GUARANTEE (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a firm or other entity that is a member in good standing of
the Security Transfer Agent's Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange
Medallion Program, the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program or other entity which
is an "eligible guarantor institution," as such terms is defined in Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each such entity, an
"Eligible Institution"), hereby guarantees (i) that the above-named person(s)
has a net long position in Shares being tendered within the meaning of Rule
14e-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (ii)
that such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4, and (iii) to deliver to the
Depositary at one of its addresses set forth above certificate(s) for Shares
tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a confirmation of the
book-entry transfer of Shares tendered hereby into the Depositary's account at
The Depository Trust Company, in each case together with a properly completed
and duly executed Letter(s) of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile(s)
thereof), with any required signature guarantee(s) and any other required
documents, all within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. trading days after the
date hereof.
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Name of Firm Authorized Signature
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Address Name
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City, State, Zip Code Title
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Area Code and Telephone Number
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Dated:
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DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS FORM.
YOUR SHARE CERTIFICATES MUST BE SENT WITH
THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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[LOGO]
9 WEST 57TH STREET, 40TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
UP TO 50,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $22.50
NOR LESS THAN $19.75 PER SHARE
BY
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION,
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
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THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00
MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER
IS EXTENDED.
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June 16, 1999
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial
Banks, Trust Companies and
Other Nominees:
In our capacity as Dealer Manager, we are enclosing the material listed
below relating to the offer of Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Cendant"), to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at prices not greater than $22.50
nor less than $19.75 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, as specified by tendering shareholders, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the
"Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as
amended and supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer").
Purchaser will determine a single price per Share (not greater than $22.50
nor less than $19.75 per Share), net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon (the "Purchase Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly tendered and
not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number of
Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser
will select the lowest Purchase Price that will allow it to purchase 50,000,000
Shares (or such lesser number of Shares as is validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn at prices not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share).
Purchaser will purchase all Shares validly tendered at prices at or below the
Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer, including the proration provisions described in the
Offer to Purchase. All Shares acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the
Purchase Price. See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase.
The Purchase Price will be paid in cash, net to the seller, without interest
thereon, with respect to all Shares purchased. Shares tendered at prices in
excess of the Purchase Price and Shares not purchased because of proration will
be returned, at Purchaser's expense to the shareholders who tendered such
Shares. Purchaser reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more
than 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer.
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THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED.
THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 6 OF THE
OFFER TO PURCHASE.
We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Shares
registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee) or who hold Shares
registered in their own names. Please bring the Offer to their attention as
promptly as possible. Purchaser will, upon request, reimburse you for reasonable
and customary handling and mailing expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of
the enclosed materials to your clients.
For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold
Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing
the following documents:
1. The Offer to Purchase dated June 16, 1999.
2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
your clients. Facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be used to
tender Shares. .
3. A letter to shareholders of Cendant from Henry R. Silverman, the
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant.
4. The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if
Shares and all other required documents cannot be delivered to ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the Depositary by the Expiration Date (each as
defined in the Offer to Purchase).
5. A letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you
hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with
space for obtaining such clients' instructions with regard to the Offer.
6. Guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service for Certification of
Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 providing information
relating to federal backup withholding tax.
7. A return envelope addressed to the Depositary.
WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE
THAT THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
Purchaser will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer or
other person for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer (other than
the Dealer Manager). Purchaser will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers,
commercial banks and trust companies for reasonable and customary handling and
mailing expenses incurred by them in forwarding materials relating to the Offer
to their customers. Purchaser will pay all stock transfer taxes applicable to
its purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, subject to Instruction 7 of the
Letter of Transmittal.
In order to take advantage of the Offer, a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents should be sent
to the Depositary with either certificate(s) representing the tendered Shares or
confirmation of their book-entry transfer, all in accordance with the
instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Offer to Purchase.
As described in the Offer to Purchase, if more than 50,000,000 Shares (or
such greater number of Shares as Purchaser may elect to purchase pursuant to the
Offer) have been validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not
properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, as defined in Section 1 of the
Offer to Purchase, Purchaser will purchase Shares validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn in the following order of priority: (i) all Shares validly
tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn prior to the
Expiration Date by any shareholder who owned beneficially, as of the close of
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business on June 15, 1999 and who continues to own beneficially as of the
Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares
reflecting interests in the Savings Plans (as defined in the Offer to Purchase))
and who validly tenders all of such Shares (partial tenders will not qualify for
this preference) and completes the box captioned "Odd Lots" in the Letter of
Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and (ii)
after purchase of all of the foregoing Shares, all other Shares validly tendered
at or below the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn prior to the
Expiration Date on a pro rata basis.
EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAS
APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, SHAREHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER
TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES
AT WHICH SHARES SHOULD BE TENDERED. NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN
FROM TENDERING SHARES. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9 OF THE OFFER TO
PURCHASE, PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT NONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS INTENDS TO TENDER ANY SHARES PURSUANT TO THE
OFFER.
Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of the
enclosed materials may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer
Manager at their respective addresses and telephone numbers set forth on the
back cover of the enclosed Offer to Purchase.
Very truly yours,
[LOGO]
NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU
OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS THE AGENT OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE
INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE
ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH
THE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS
CONTAINED THEREIN.
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OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
UP TO 50,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $22.50
NOR LESS THAN $19.75 PER SHARE
BY
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION,
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
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THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00
MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER
IS EXTENDED.
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June 16, 1999
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated June 16,
1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Offer")
setting forth an offer by Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware
Corporation ("Cendant"), to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share, ("Shares"), at prices not greater than $22.50
nor less than $19.75 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, specified by tendering shareholders, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer. Also enclosed herewith is certain other material
related to the Offer, including a letter to shareholders from Henry R.
Silverman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant.
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share price (not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75
per Share) net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon (the "Purchase
Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and
not properly withdrawn, taking into account the number of Shares so tendered and
the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser will select the lowest
Purchase Price that will allow it to purchase 50,000,000 Shares (or such lesser
number of Shares as are validly tendered at prices not greater than $22.50 nor
less than $19.75 per Share) validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant
to the Offer. Purchaser will purchase all Shares validly tendered prior to the
Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) at prices at or below the
Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer, including the proration provisions described in the
Offer to Purchase. All Shares acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the
Purchase Price. Shares tendered at prices in excess of the Purchase Price, and
Shares not purchased because of proration will be returned at Purchaser's
expense to the shareholders who tendered such Shares. The Purchaser reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more than 50,000,000 Shares pursuant
to the Offer. See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase.
WE ARE THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF SHARES HELD FOR YOUR ACCOUNT. AS SUCH, A
TENDER OF SUCH SHARES CAN BE MADE ONLY BY US AS THE HOLDER OF RECORD AND
PURSUANT TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS FURNISHED TO YOU FOR
YOUR INFORMATION ONLY AND CANNOT BE USED BY YOU TO TENDER SHARES HELD BY US FOR
YOUR ACCOUNT.
We request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of
the Shares held by us for your account, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.
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Your attention is invited to the following:
1. You may tender Shares at prices (in multiples of $0.25), not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, as indicated in the attached
Instruction Form, net to you in cash, without interest thereon.
2. The Offer is for up to 50,000,000 Shares, constituting approximately
7% of the total Shares outstanding as of June 11, 1999.
3. The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being
tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions set
forth in the Offer to Purchase.
4. The Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at
12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless the
Offer is extended. Your instructions to us should be forwarded to us in
ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf.
5. As described in the Offer to Purchase, if more than 50,000,000
Shares (or such greater number of Shares as Purchaser may elect to purchase)
have been validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly
withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, as defined in Section 1 of the Offer
to Purchase, Purchaser will purchase Shares in the following order of
priority:
(i) all Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and
not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date by any shareholder
who owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June 15, 1999, and
who continues to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate
of fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares reflecting interests in the
Savings Plans (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)), who validly tenders
all of such Shares (partial tenders will not qualify for this preference)
and who completes the box captioned "Odd Lots" in the Letter of
Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and
(ii) after purchase of all the foregoing Shares, all other Shares
validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not properly
withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date on a pro rata basis. See Section 1
of the Offer to Purchase for a discussion of proration.
6. Tendering shareholders who hold Shares in their name and who tender
directly to the Depository will not be obligated to pay any brokerage fees
or commissions or solicitation fees on Purchaser's purchase of Shares in the
Offer. Any stock transfer taxes applicable to the purchase of Shares by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will be paid by Purchaser, except as
otherwise provided in Instruction 7 of the Letter of Transmittal.
7. If you wish to tender portions of your Shares at different prices,
you must complete a separate Instruction Form for each price at which you
wish to tender each portion of your Shares. We must submit separate Letters
of Transmittal on your behalf for each price you will accept.
8. If you owned beneficially, as of the close of business on June 15,
1999, and continue to own beneficially as of the Expiration Date, an
aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares (including Shares reflecting interests in
Savings Plans) and you instruct us to tender on your behalf all such Shares
at or below the Purchase Price on your behalf all such Shares prior to the
Expiration Date and check the box captioned "Odd Lots" in the Instruction
Form, all such Shares will be accepted for purchase before proration, if
any, of the purchase of other tendered Shares.
EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAS
APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, SHAREHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER
TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES
AT WHICH SHARES SHOULD BE TENDERED. NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO
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WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING SHARES. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 9 OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, PURCHASER AND CENDANT HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT
NONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS INTENDS TO TENDER ANY
SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER.
If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares held by us for your
account upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the
attached Instruction Form. An envelope to return your instructions to us is
enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, all such Shares will be
tendered unless otherwise specified on the Instruction Form.
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO US IN AMPLE TIME TO PERMIT US TO
SUBMIT A TENDER ON YOUR BEHALF PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE OFFER.
The Offer is being made to all holders of Shares. Purchaser is not aware of
any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with
applicable law. If Purchaser becomes aware of any jurisdiction where the making
of the Offer is not in compliance with any valid applicable law, Purchaser will
make a good faith effort to comply with such law. If, after such good faith
effort, Purchaser cannot comply with such law, the Offer will not be made to
(nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of Shares
residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction the securities or blue sky
laws of which require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the
Offer shall be deemed made on Purchaser's behalf by the Dealer Manager or one or
more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
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INSTRUCTION FORM
WITH RESPECT TO OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
UP TO 50,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $22.50
NOR LESS THAN $19.75 PER SHARE
BY
CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer
to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which,
together constitute the "Offer"), in connection with the Offer by Cendant Stock
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary
of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"), to purchase up to
50,000,000 shares of Cendant common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"),
at prices not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, net to the
undersigned in cash, without interest thereon, specified by the undersigned,
upon the terms and subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer.
This will instruct you to tender to Purchaser the number of Shares indicated
below (or, if no number is indicated below, all Shares) that are held by you for
the account of the undersigned, at the price per Share indicated below, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
SHARES TENDERED
/ / By checking this box, all Shares held by us for your account will be
tendered. If fewer than all Shares are to be tendered, please check the
box and indicate below the aggregate number of Shares to be tendered by
us.
______ Shares
Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares held by us
for your account are to be tendered.
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PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE
AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
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IF SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED AT MORE THAN ONE PRICE,
A SEPARATE INSTRUCTION FORM FOR EACH PRICE SPECIFIED
MUST BE USED.
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CHECK ONLY ONE BOX. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED,
OR IF NO BOX IS CHECKED (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE BELOW),
THERE IS NO VALID TENDER OF SHARES.
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/ / $19.75 / / $20.00 / / $20.25 / / $20.50
/ / $20.75 / / $21.00 / / $21.25 / / $21.50
/ / $21.75 / / $22.00 / / $22.25 / / $22.50
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If you do not wish to specify a purchase price, check the following box, in
which case you will be deemed to have tendered Shares at the Purchase Price
determined by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer (persons
checking this box need not indicate the price per Share in the box entitled
"Price (In Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered"). / /
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ODD LOTS
/ / BY CHECKING THIS BOX, THE UNDERSIGNED REPRESENT(S) THAT THE UNDERSIGNED
OWNED BENEFICIALLY, AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JUNE 15, 1999, AND
CONTINUE(S) TO OWN BENEFICIALLY AS OF THE EXPIRATION DATE, AN AGGREGATE OF
FEWER THAN 100 SHARES INCLUDING SHARES REFLECTING INTERESTS IN THE SAVINGS
PLANS) AND IS TENDERING ALL OF SUCH SHARES.
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THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THIS DOCUMENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE
TENDERING SHAREHOLDERS. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT
TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ASSURE DELIVERY.
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SIGN HERE
Dated: --------------------------------, 1999 -------------------------------------------
(Signature(s))
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Name
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Address
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Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. No.
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[LOGO]
June 16, 1999
Dear Shareholder:
Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, is offering to purchase up to 50,000,000
shares of Cendant Corporation's common stock, par value $.01 per share, at a
price not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per share. Cendant Stock
Corporation is conducting the Offer through a procedure commonly referred to as
a "Dutch Auction." This procedure allows you to select the price within the
specified price range at which you are willing to sell all or a portion of your
shares to Cendant Stock Corporation.
The Offer is explained in detail in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and
Letter of Transmittal. If you wish to tender your shares, instructions on how to
tender shares are provided in the enclosed materials. I encourage you to read
these materials carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offer.
Neither Cendant Stock Corporation, Cendant Corporation nor their respective
Boards of Directors makes any recommendation to any shareholder whether to
tender any or all shares.
Please note that the Offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 Midnight, New
York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless extended by Cendant Stock
Corporation. Questions regarding the Offer should be directed to ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the Information Agent, at 1-800-684-8823.
Sincerely,
[LOGO]
Henry R. Silverman
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
CENDANT CORPORATION
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[LOGO]
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
June 16, 1999
Re: Cendant Corporation Savings Plans
Dear Cendant Corporation Savings Plan Participant:
Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"),
announced on June 16, 1999, that each of Purchaser's and Cendant's respective
Boards of Directors has approved a plan to repurchase up to 50,000,000 shares of
Cendant common stock.
In this repurchase plan, called a Dutch auction tender offer, shareholders
have an opportunity to sell their shares at prices within a range of not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per share. After shares are tendered by
shareholders, Purchaser selects a price and buys back shares that have been
tendered at or below such price which will be within that range.
Enclosed are tender offer materials and a Direction Form that require your
immediate attention. These materials contain important information about the
tender offer and should be carefully reviewed.
Our records reflect that a portion of your individual account in the Cendant
Corporation Employee Savings Plan (the "Employee Savings Plan"), the Cendant
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan") and/or
the PHH Corporation Directors Deferred Stock Retirement Plan (the "PHH Plan")
(the "Savings Plans") is invested in the Cendant Corporation Common Stock Fund
(the "Common Stock Fund"). As described below, you have the right to instruct
the Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New Jersey ("Merrill Lynch"), as Trustee of
the Savings Plans, concerning whether and on what terms to tender shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plans.
YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE ENCLOSED DIRECTION FORM AND RETURN IT IN THE
ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. PLEASE COMPLETE
AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
TENDER OFFER DESCRIBED BELOW.
The remainder of this letter summarizes the transaction, your rights under
the Savings Plans and the procedures for completing the Direction Form. You
should also review the more detailed explanation provided in the other materials
including the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal enclosed
with this letter. For purposes of this letter, unless otherwise provided, the
term "participant" means an actual participant and an alternative payee with
respect to an actual participant (i.e., a spouse, former spouse, child or other
dependent of an actual participant who has an interest in a Savings Plan
individual account pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order).
BACKGROUND
Purchaser has made a tender offer to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of
Cendant common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at prices not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share (the "Purchase Price"). The enclosed
Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 ("Offer to Purchase"), and the related
Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer") set forth the
objectives, terms and conditions of the Offer and are being provided to all of
Cendant's shareholders.
The Offer extends to the approximately 2,967,044 Shares currently held by
the Employee Savings Plan, 52,520 Shares currently held by the Deferred
Compensation Plan and 46,756 Shares currently held by the PHH Plan. Only Merrill
Lynch as Trustee of the Savings Plans can tender these Shares for sale.
Nonetheless, as a Savings Plan participant, you have the right to direct Merrill
Lynch whether or not to tender some or all Shares attributable to your
individual account in the Savings Plan. If you direct Merrill Lynch to tender
any Shares attributable to your individual account, you must also specify the
price or prices at which Shares should be tendered (in multiples of $0.25).
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Please note that Merrill Lynch is the holder of record of Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plans. A tender of
such Shares can be made only by Merrill Lynch as the holder of record. The
Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot
be used by you to tender Shares attributable to your individual account under
the respective Savings Plan.
NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, MERRILL
LYNCH, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO
WHETHER TO DIRECT THE TENDER OF SHARES, THE PRICE AT WHICH TO TENDER, OR WHETHER
TO REFRAIN FROM DIRECTING THE TENDER OF SHARES. EACH PARTICIPANT MUST MAKE HIS
OR HER OWN DECISION ON THESE MATTERS.
Except as described below, Merrill Lynch will follow timely, properly
completed Direction Forms of participants with respect to the Offer and will NOT
tender Shares attributable to the individual accounts of participants from whom
Merrill Lynch has not received timely, properly completed Direction Forms. Only
in the event that Merrill Lynch determines that such directions violate the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended ("ERISA") will
Merrill Lynch exercise discretion with respect to the tender of Shares held by
the respective Savings Plan.
CONFIDENTIALITY
To assure the confidentiality of your decision, Merrill Lynch and its
affiliates or agents will tabulate the Direction Forms. Neither Merrill Lynch
nor its affiliates or agents will make the results of your individual direction
available to Purchaser.
HOW THE OFFER WORKS
The details of the Offer are described in the enclosed materials, which you
should review carefully. However, in broad outline, the transaction will work as
follows with respect to Savings Plans participants.
- Purchaser has offered to purchase up to 50,000,000 Shares at a single per
Share price not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75.
- If you want any Shares attributable to your individual account under the
Savings Plan sold on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
you need to instruct Merrill Lynch by completing the enclosed Direction
Form and returning it in the enclosed return envelope.
- As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, if fewer than all
Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase) and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date
(as defined in the Offer to Purchase) are to be purchased, Shares
purchased first will consist of all Shares tendered by "Odd Lot Owners"
who validly tendered all of their Shares at or below the Purchase Price
(including by not designating a Purchase Price as set forth below the Odd
Lots section of the Direction Form). "Odd Lot Owners" are shareholders,
including participants in the Savings Plans with Shares credited to their
individual accounts under the Savings Plans, who owned beneficially as of
the close of business on June 15, 1999, and continue to own beneficially
as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares
(including Shares credited to such participant's account under the Savings
Plans but excluding Restricted Shares (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase)). Partial tenders of Shares will not qualify for this preference
and this preference will not be available unless the box captioned "Odd
Lots" in the Direction Form is completed.
- You need to specify on the Direction Form the per Share price(s) (in
multiples of $0.25), not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75, at
which you wish to tender Shares attributable to your individual account
under the Savings Plans, except that tendering shareholders who do not
wish to specify a purchase price may check the box indicating that such
shareholder is tendering all Shares at the Purchase Price determined by
Purchaser.
- The Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00
Midnight, New York City time, on July 15, 1999, unless Purchaser extends
the Offer. ACCORDINGLY, IN ORDER FOR
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MERRILL LYNCH TO MAKE A TIMELY TENDER OF THE SHARES ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOUR
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT UNDER THE SAVINGS PLANS, YOU MUST COMPLETE AND RETURN
THE ENCLOSED DIRECTION FORM IN THE RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED
BY MERRILL LYNCH AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN ENVELOPE NOT LATER THAN 3:30
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS
EXTENDED. Please complete and return the Direction Form even if you decide
not to participate in the Offer. If Merrill Lynch does not receive a
completed signed original Direction Form from you by such deadline,
pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreements relating to the respective
Savings Plan, Merrill Lynch will NOT tender any of your Shares unless such
Trust Agreement provision violates ERISA.
- After the deadline above for returning the Direction Form to Merrill
Lynch, Merrill Lynch and its affiliates or agents will complete the
tabulation of all directions and Merrill Lynch, as Trustee, will tender
the appropriate number of Shares. For purposes of this tabulation, Merrill
Lynch will calculate the number of Shares representing your interest in
the Common Stock Fund allocated to your individual account based upon the
number of Shares held by the Common Stock Fund as of the close of business
on June 10, 1999.
- Purchaser will then determine the lowest single per Share purchase price
(not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75) at which Purchaser can
purchase 50,000,000 Shares.
- Unless the Offer is terminated or amended, in accordance with its terms,
Purchaser will then buy all Shares, up to 50,000,000, that were validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn at the Purchase Price or below.
Participants will receive the same per Share Purchase Price, even if they
tendered at or below the Purchase Price.
- If you direct the tender of any Shares attributable to your individual
account at a price in excess of the Purchase Price as finally determined,
those Shares will not be purchased, and your interest in the Common Stock
Fund, will remain allocated to your individual account under the
respective Savings Plan.
- If there is an excess of Shares tendered over the exact number desired by
Purchaser at the Purchase Price, Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may
be subject to proration as set forth in Section 1 of the Offer to
Purchase. However, as described above, all Shares tendered by participants
who are Odd Lot Owners in accordance with Section 2 of the Offer to
Purchase will be purchased in the Offer without proration.
- IMPORTANT: IF YOU DIRECT MERRILL LYNCH TO TENDER SAVINGS PLANS SHARES
REFLECTING YOUR INTEREST IN THE COMMON STOCK FUND AND THEY ARE PURCHASED
BY PURCHASER, ANY PROCEEDS WILL BE REINVESTED IN THE STABLE VALUE FUND
ACCOUNT (THE "SV FUND") AND/OR THE MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT RESERVES FUND
ACCOUNT (THE "RETIREMENT RESERVES FUND") AS SOON AS ADMINISTRATIVELY
POSSIBLE AND SUCH INVESTMENT WILL BE CREDITED TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT.
- IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ANY PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SHARES REFLECTING YOUR
INTEREST IN THE COMMON STOCK FUND WHICH WERE REINVESTED IN THE SV FUND
AND/OR THE RETIREMENT RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT INVESTED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER,
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SAVINGS PLAN, PLEASE CALL
MERRILL LYNCH AT 1 (800) 228-401K AFTER THE REINVESTMENT IS COMPLETE.
- Only after such time will you be able to instruct Merrill Lynch to invest
any proceeds of the sale of Shares reflecting your interest in the Common
Stock Fund (which will be invested in the SV Fund and/or the Retirement
Reserves Fund Account) in any other manner.
This form of transaction is commonly called a modified Dutch auction and
requires some strategy on your part. For example, if you are anxious to sell,
you may want to tender the shares attributable to your
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individual account at a price at or near the lower limit. If you are not sure
whether or not you want to participate, but would be willing to sell at a price
above the lower limit, then you may want to specify a higher price, not to
exceed the upper limit, of course. If you do not want to sell for any price
within the limits, you may direct that Shares attributable to your individual
account not be tendered into the Offer.
PROCEDURE FOR DIRECTING TRUSTEE
A Direction Form for making your direction is enclosed. You must complete,
sign and return the enclosed original Direction Form in the return envelope so
that it is received at the address listed on the enclosed return envelope not
later than 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless the
Offer is extended. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU
DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER. If your Direction Form is not received
by this deadline, or if it is not fully or properly completed, Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plans will not be
tendered. Please contact Merrill Lynch at 1 (800) 228-401K to find out the
actual number of Shares attributable to your individual account that you may
tender in the Offer.
To properly complete your Direction Form, you must do the following:
(1) On the back of the Direction Form, check Box 1 or 2. CHECK ONLY ONE
BOX. Make your decision which box to check as follows:
- CHECK BOX 1 if you do not want Shares attributable to your individual
account tendered for sale at any price and simply want the Savings Plans
to continue holding such Shares.
- CHECK BOX 2 in all other cases and either (i) complete the table
immediately below Box 2, specifying the percentage of Shares attributable
to your individual account that you want to tender at each price
indicated, or (ii) if you are an Odd Lot Owner and you wish to tender all
Shares attributable to your individual account, complete the section
entitled "Odd Lots."
You may direct the tender of Shares attributable to your individual
account at different prices. To do so, you must state the percentage of
Shares to be sold at each indicated price by filling in the percentage of
such Shares on the line immediately before the price. Leave a line blank
if you want no Shares reflecting your interest in the Common Stock Fund
tendered at that price. The total percentage of Shares reflecting your
interest in the Common Stock Fund tendered may not exceed 100%, but it may
be less than 100%. If this amount is less than 100%, you will be deemed to
have instructed Merrill Lynch NOT to tender the balance of Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plan.
(2) Date and sign the Direction Form in the space provided.
(3) Return the Direction Form in the enclosed return envelope so that it is
received by Merrill Lynch at the address on the return envelope no later than
3:30 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless the Offer is
extended. Please complete and return the Direction Form even if you decide not
to participate in the Offer. NO FACSIMILE TRANSMITTALS OF THE DIRECTION FORM
WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Your direction will be deemed irrevocable unless properly withdrawn by 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless the Offer is
extended. In order to make an effective withdrawal, you must submit a new
Direction Form which may be obtained by calling Merrill Lynch at 1 (800)
228-401K. Your new Direction Form must include your name, address and Social
Security number. Upon receipt of a new, completed and signed Direction Form,
your previous direction will be deemed cancelled. You may direct the
re-tendering of any Shares attributable to your individual account by obtaining
an additional Direction Form from Merrill Lynch and repeating the previous
instructions for directing tenders as set forth in this letter.
INVESTMENT OF TENDER PROCEEDS
For any Shares attributable to your individual account under the Savings
Plans that are tendered and purchased by Purchaser, Purchaser will pay cash to
the Savings Plans. Merrill Lynch will invest the
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proceeds in the SV Fund and/or the Retirement Reserves Fund Account as soon as
administratively possible and will credit such investment to your individual
account. You may call Merrill Lynch at 1 (800) 228-401K after the reinvestment
is complete to have the proceeds of the sale of Shares which were invested in
the SV Fund and/or the Retirement Reserve Fund Account invested in other
investment options offered under the respective Savings Plan.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS PLANS WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF
THE TENDER PROCEEDS DIRECTLY. ALL SUCH PROCEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE SAVINGS PLANS
AND MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SAVINGS PLANS.
For federal income tax purposes, no gain or loss will be recognized by
participants in the Savings Plans as a result of the tender or sale of Shares
held in the Savings Plans. However, certain tax benefits that may otherwise be
available in connection with the future withdrawal or distribution of shares
from the Savings Plans may be adversely affected if Savings Plans Shares are
tendered and sold. Specifically, under current federal income tax rules, if a
participant receives a distribution of Shares in kind as part of a "lump sum"
withdrawal or distribution, the excess of the fair market value of the Shares on
the date of such withdrawal or distribution over the cost to the Savings Plans
of those Shares is excluded from the value of the withdrawal or distribution for
purposes of determining the participant's federal income tax liability with
respect to the withdrawal or distribution. Any excess in market value over the
cost will be taxed to the extent realized when Shares are sold as long-term
capital gain. If you direct Merrill Lynch to tender Shares attributable to your
individual account in the Offer, you may adversely affect your ability to take
advantage of this tax benefit. If you direct Merrill Lynch not to tender any
Shares attributable to your individual account, the cost of Shares attributable
to your individual account will not be affected.
SHARES OUTSIDE THE SAVINGS PLAN
If you hold Shares directly, you will receive, under separate cover, tender
offer materials directly from Purchaser, which can be used to tender such Shares
directly to Purchaser. Those tender offer materials may not be used to direct
the Merrill Lynch to tender or not tender Shares attributable to your individual
account under the Savings Plan. The direction to tender or not tender Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plan may only be made
in accordance with the procedures in this letter.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you require additional information concerning the terms and conditions of
the Offer, please call ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the Information
Agent, at 1-800-684-8823. If you require additional information concerning the
procedure to tender Shares attributable to your individual account under the
Savings Plan, please contact Merrill Lynch at 1 (800) 228-401K.
Sincerely,
CENDANT CORPORATION
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SAVINGS PLANS PARTICIPANTS ABOUT
THE CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION TENDER OFFER
Q. WHY IS PURCHASER OFFERING THIS TENDER OFFER TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS
PLANS?
A. As a participant in the Savings Plans, you may have a proportional
interest in the Common Stock Fund. Under the terms of the Savings Plans,
you have the right to direct the investment of the contributions allocated
to your individual accounts. The contributions invested in the Common
Stock Fund represent a proportional interest in the assets of the Common
Stock Fund. The Common Stock Fund is held in an individual account for you
by Merrill Lynch (along with the plan's other investment funds). The
Savings Plans provide that in the event of a tender offer, you may direct
Merrill Lynch to tender the Shares that reflect your proportional interest
in the Common Stock Fund.
Q. IF I DECIDE TO DIRECT MERRILL LYNCH TO TENDER THE SHARES THAT REFLECT MY
PROPORTIONAL INTEREST IN THE SV FUND AND/OR THE RETIREMENT RESERVE FUND,
WILL I BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS?
A. No. All proceeds from any Savings Plans shares that are tendered and sold
will be automatically invested by Merrill Lynch in the the Common Stock
Fund. The proceeds will be part of your individual account and may not be
distributed except in accordance with the applicable terms of the
respective Savings Plan.
Q. WILL I BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE INVESTMENT FUNDS IN WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF
SAVINGS PLANS SHARES TENDERED ARE INVESTED?
A. Yes. Proceeds from the sale of Shares held by the Savings Plans may be
invested in a different manner subject to the provisions of the Savings
Plan by contacting Merrill Lynch at 1(800) 228-401K after the reinvestment
is complete.
Q. IS THERE A FORM I HAVE TO RETURN?
A. Included in this mailing is a "Direction Form." Complete and return this
form even if you decide not to direct the tender of any shares.
Q. WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNING THE DIRECTION FORM?
A. The form must be received by Merrill Lynch at the address on the return
envelope by 3:30 p.m., on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless this deadline is
extended.
Q. WHAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS?
A. Contact Merrill Lynch at 1(800) 228-401K for information on the procedure
for tendering Shares reflecting your interest in the Common Stock Fund
under the Savings Plans. Contact ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.,
the Information Agent for the Offer, at 1-877-698-9870 for questions on
the terms and conditions of the Offer.
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DIRECTION FORM
FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE
THE CENDANT CORPORATION SAVINGS PLANS
BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE ACCOMPANYING
OFFER TO PURCHASE AND ALL OTHER ENCLOSED MATERIALS
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the letter of Cendant Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Cendant"), and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated June
16, 1999, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which Offer to Purchase and
Letter of Transmittal together constitute the "Offer") in connection with the
Offer by Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cendant, to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer.
This will instruct the Merrill Lynch Trust Company of New Jersey ("Merrill
Lynch") as trustee of the Savings Plans (as defined below) to tender to
Purchaser the percentage of Shares indicated below that are held by Merrill
Lynch for the individual account of the undersigned in the Cendant Corporation
Common Stock Fund (the "Common Stock Fund") under the Cendant Employee Savings
Plan (the "Employee Savings Plan"), the Cendant Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan") and/or the PHH Corporation
Directors Deferred Stock Retirement Plan (the "PHH Plan") (the "Savings Plans"),
at the price(s) per Share indicated, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer.
For any Shares attributable to the individual account of the undersigned
under the Savings Plans that are tendered and purchased by Purchaser, Purchaser
will pay cash to the Savings Plans. Merrill Lynch will invest the proceeds in
the Stable Value Fund (the "SV Fund") under the Employee Savings Plan and in the
Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserve Fund Account (the "Retirement Reserve Fund")
under the Deferred Compensation Plan and the PHH Plan as soon as
administratively possible and will credit such investment to your individual
account. The undersigned may call Merrill Lynch at 1 (800) 228-401K after the
reinvestment is complete to have the proceeds of the sale of Shares which were
invested in the SV Fund and/or the Retirement Reserve Fund invested in other
investment options offered under the Savings Plan.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS PLAN WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF
THE TENDER PROCEEDS DIRECTLY. ALL SUCH PROCEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE SAVINGS PLAN
AND MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SAVINGS PLAN.
INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully complete the form below, insert today's date, print your name,
address and Social Security number and sign in the spaces provided. Enclose this
Direction Form in the included envelope and mail it promptly. YOUR DIRECTION
FORM MUST BE RECEIVED BY MERRILL LYNCH AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN ENVELOPE NOT
LATER THAN 3:30 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JULY 15, 1999 UNLESS THE OFFER IS
EXTENDED. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER. Direction Forms that are not fully or properly
completed, dated and signed, or that are received after the deadline, will be
disregarded, and Shares reflecting your interest in the SV Fund and/or the
Retirement Reserves Fund will not be tendered. Note that Merrill Lynch also has
the right to disregard any direction that it determines cannot be carried out
without violating applicable law.
NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, MERRILL
LYNCH, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO
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WHETHER TO DIRECT THE TENDER OF SHARES THE PRICE AT WHICH TO TENDER, OR WHETHER
TO REFRAIN FROM DIRECTING THE TENDER OF SHARES. EACH PARTICIPANT MUST MAKE HIS
OR HER OWN DECISION ON THESE MATTERS.
(CHECK ONLY ONE BOX)
/ / 1. Please refrain from tendering and continue to HOLD all Shares
reflecting my interest in the Common Stock Fund.
/ / 2. Please TENDER Shares reflecting my interest in the Common Stock Fund
either (i) in the percentage indicated below for each of the prices provided or
(ii) at the Purchase Price determined by Purchaser.
The total of the percentages may NOT exceed 100%, but it may be less than
or equal to 100%. If the total of the percentages is less than 100%,
Merrill Lynch will NOT tender the balance of the Shares reflecting my
interest in the Common Stock Fund. A blank space before a given price will
be taken to mean that no Shares reflecting my interest in the SV Fund
and/or the Retirement Reserves Fund are to be tendered at that price. FILL
IN THE TABLE BELOW ONLY IF YOU HAVE CHECKED BOX 2.
/ / PERCENTAGE OF SHARES BEING TENDERED:_________
IF SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED AT MORE THAN ONE PRICE,
STATE THE PERCENTAGE OF SHARES TO BE SOLD AT EACH
PRICE BY FILLING IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SUCH SHARES ON
THE LINE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PRICE.
PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE
AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
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/ / $19.75 / / $20.00 / / $20.25 / / $20.50
/ / $20.75 / / $21.00 / / $21.25 / / $21.50
/ / $21.75 / / $22.00 / / $22.25 / / $22.50
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ODD LOTS
/ / This box is to be checked ONLY if (i) you have checked box 2, above, (ii)
you are tendering all of the Shares attributable to your individual account
under the Savings Plans, and (iii) your individual account was credited with, as
of the close of business on June 15, 1999 and continues to be credited with as
of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares.
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If you do not wish to specify a purchase price, check the following box, in
which case you will be deemed to have tendered at the Purchase Price determined
by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer (persons checking this
box need not indicate the price per Share in the box entitled "Price (In
Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares are Being Tendered" above. / /
RETURN THIS DIRECTION FORM IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS
RECEIVED AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN ENVELOPE NO LATER THAN 3:30 P.M., NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
Please complete and return this Direction Form even if you decide not to
participate in the Offer. NO FACSIMILE TRANSMITTALS OF THE DIRECTION FORM WILL
BE ACCEPTED.
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SIGN HERE:
Name:
Dated: , 1999 (please print)
Address:
Social Security or Taxpayer ID No.
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Exhibit 99.(a)(8)
Group Employee Services
Private Client Group
P.O. Box 30412
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08989-0412
MERRILL LYNCH
June 16, 1999
Dear Participant:
We have been advised that Cendant Stock Corporation is offering to purchase
for cash, up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock of Cendant Corporation at a
price to be specified by the shareholder not in excess of $22.50 nor less
than $19.75 net per share.
The Company will determine a single per share purchase price that will allow
it to purchase shares, taking into account the number of shares so tendered
and the prices specified by tendering shareholders. The Company will first,
purchase shares tendered by any holder of 99 or less shares who tenders all
shares owned at a price at or below the price to be determined by the Company.
The Company will then purchase all other shares tendered at or below the
determined purchase price on a pro rata basis, if necessary.
The offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being
tendered. The offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. The
shares are sold without any brokerage fees or commissions. Please note that
this offer may be subject to proration.
Please note that if additional Shares are allocated to your account during the
Tender Offer period after you have tendered your shares and you wish to tender
those additional shares please call the Participant Service Center at
1-800-228-4015.
Enclosed please find additional documentation that will further explain the
terms and conditions of the offer.
IF YOU WISH TO TENDER YOUR SHARES OF CENDANT CORPORATION COMMON STOCK BASED ON
THIS OFFER, YOU MUST CONTACT A PARTICIPANT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLL-FREE AT
1-800-228-4015 BY 3:30 P.M. (NEW YORK CITY TIME) THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999.
IN THE EVENT YOU CHOOSE TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS OFFER AFTER HAVING TENDERED YOUR
HOLDINGS, YOU MUST CONTACT A PARTICIPANT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WITH YOUR
WITHDRAWAL INSTRUCTIONS BY 3:30 P.M. (NEW YORK CITY TIME), THURSDAY, JULY 15,
1999. OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8:00 A.M. TO 7:00
P.M. (EASTERN STANDARD TIME).
The above offer, proration period, and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00
Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on Thursday, July 15, 1999, unless extended.
Sincerely,
Merrill Lynch Group Employee Services
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IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
June 16, 1999
Re:Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan
Dear Participant in the Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive
Plan:
Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"),
announced on June 16, 1999, that each of Purchaser's and Cendant's respective
Board of Directors has approved a plan to repurchase up to 50,000,000 shares of
Cendant common stock.
In this repurchase plan, called a Dutch auction tender offer, shareholders
have an opportunity to sell their shares at prices within a range of not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per share. After shares are tendered by
shareholders, Purchaser selects a price and buys back shares that have been
tendered at or below such price which will be within that range.
Enclosed are tender offer materials and a Direction Form that require your
immediate attention. These materials contain important information about the
tender offer and should be carefully reviewed.
Our records reflect that a portion of your individual account in the Cendant
Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan (the "Savings Plan") is
invested in the Cendant Corporation Common Stock Fund (the "Common Stock Fund").
As described below, you have the right to instruct Neuberger & Berman Trust
Company ("Neuberger"), as Trustee of the Savings Plan, concerning whether and on
what terms to tender shares attributable to your individual account under the
Savings Plan.
YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE ENCLOSED DIRECTION FORM AND RETURN IT IN THE
ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. PLEASE COMPLETE
AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
TENDER OFFER DESCRIBED BELOW.
The remainder of this letter summarizes the transaction, your rights under
the Savings Plan and the procedures for completing the Direction Form. You
should also review the more detailed explanation provided in the other materials
including the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal enclosed
with this letter. For purposes of this letter, unless otherwise provided, the
term "participant" means an actual participant and an alternative payee with
respect to an actual participant (i.e., a spouse, former spouse, child or other
dependent of an actual participant who has an interest in a Savings Plan
individual account pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order).
BACKGROUND
Purchaser has made a tender offer to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of
Cendant common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at prices not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share (the "Purchase Price"). The enclosed
Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 ("Offer to Purchase"), and the related
Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer") set forth the
objectives, terms and conditions of the Offer and are being provided to all of
Cendant's shareholders.
The Offer extends to the approximately 1,491,423 Shares currently held by
the Savings Plan. Only Neuberger, as Trustee of the Savings Plan, can tender
these Shares for sale. Nonetheless, as a Savings Plan participant, you have the
right to direct Neuberger whether or not to tender some or all Shares
attributable to your individual account in the Savings Plan. If you direct
Neuberger to tender any Shares attributable to your individual account, you must
also specify the price or prices at which Shares should be tendered (in
multiples of $0.25).
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Please note that Neuberger is the holder of record of Shares attributable to
your individual account under the Savings Plan. A tender of such Shares can be
made only by Neuberger as the holder of record. The Letter of Transmittal is
furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender
Shares attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plan.
NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, NEUBERGER,
ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER TO
DIRECT THE TENDER OF SHARES, THE PRICE AT WHICH TO TENDER, OR WHETHER TO REFRAIN
FROM DIRECTING THE TENDER OF SHARES. EACH PARTICIPANT MUST MAKE HIS OR HER OWN
DECISION ON THESE MATTERS.
Except as decribed below, Neuberger will follow timely, properly completed
Direction Forms of participants with respect to the Offer and will NOT tender
Shares attributable to the individual accounts of participants from whom
Neuberger has not received timely, properly completed Direction Forms. Only in
the event that Neuberger determines that such directions violate the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended ("ERISA") will Neuberger
exercise discretion with respect to the tender of Shares held by the Savings
Plan.
CONFIDENTIALITY
To assure the confidentiality of your decision, Neuberger and its affiliates
or agents will tabulate the Direction Forms. Neither Neuberger nor its
affiliates or agents will make the results of your individual direction
available to Purchaser.
HOW THE OFFER WORKS
The details of the Offer are described in the enclosed materials, which you
should review carefully. However, in broad outline, the transaction will work as
follows with respect to Savings Plan participants.
- Purchaser has offered to purchase up to 50,000,000 Shares at a single per
Share price not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75.
- If you want any Shares attributable to your individual account under the
Savings Plan sold on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
you need to instruct Neuberger by completing the enclosed Direction Form
and returning it in the enclosed return envelope.
- As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, if fewer than all
Shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase) and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date
(as defined in the Offer to Purchase) are to be purchased, Shares
purchased first will consist of all Shares tendered by "Odd Lot Owners"
who validly tendered all of their Shares at or below the Purchase Price
(including by not designating a Purchase Price as set forth below the Odd
Lots section of the Direction Form). "Odd Lot Owners" are shareholders,
including participants in the Savings Plan with Shares credited to their
individual accounts under the Savings Plan, who owned beneficially as of
the close of business on June 15, 1999, and continue to own beneficially
as of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares
(including Shares credited to such participant's account under the Savings
Plan but excluding Restricted Shares (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase)). Partial tenders of Shares will not qualify for this preference
and this preference will not be available unless the box captioned "Odd
Lots" in the Direction Form is completed.
- You need to specify on the Direction Form the per Share price(s) (in
multiples of $0.25), not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75, at
which you wish to tender Shares attributable to your individual account
under the Savings Plan, except that tendering shareholders who do not wish
to specify a purchase price may check the box indicating that such
shareholder is tendering all Shares at the Purchase Price determined by
Purchaser.
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- The Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00
Midnight, New York City time, on July 15, 1999, unless Purchaser extends
the Offer. ACCORDINGLY, IN ORDER FOR NEUBERGER TO MAKE A TIMELY TENDER OF
THE SHARES ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT UNDER THE SAVINGS PLAN,
YOU MUST COMPLETE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED DIRECTION FORM IN THE RETURN
ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY NEUBERGER AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN
ENVELOPE NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY
8, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. Please complete and return the
Direction Form even if you decide not to participate in the Offer. If
Neuberger does not receive a completed signed original Direction Form from
you by such deadline, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement
relating to the Savings Plan, Neuberger will NOT tender any of your Shares
unless such Trust Agreement provision violates ERISA.
- After the deadline above for returning the Direction Form to Neuberger,
Neuberger and its affiliates or agents will complete the tabulation of all
directions and Neuberger, as Trustee, will tender the appropriate number
of Shares. For purposes of this tabulation, Neuberger will calculate the
number of Shares representing your interest in the Common Stock Fund
allocated to your individual account based upon the number of Shares held
by the Common Stock Fund as of the close of business on June 15, 1999.
- Purchaser will then determine the lowest single per Share purchase price
(not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75) at which Purchaser can
purchase 50,000,000 Shares.
- Unless the Offer is terminated or amended, in accordance with its terms,
Purchaser will then buy all Shares, up to 50,000,000, that were validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn at the Purchase Price or below.
Participants will receive the same per Share Purchase Price, even if they
tendered at or below the Purchase Price.
- If you direct the tender of any Shares attributable to your individual
account at a price in excess of the Purchase Price as finally determined,
those Shares will not be purchased, and your interest in the Common Stock
Fund, will remain allocated to your individual account under the Savings
Plan.
- If there is an excess of Shares tendered over the exact number desired by
Purchaser at the Purchase Price, Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may
be subject to proration as set forth in Section 1 of the Offer to
Purchase. However, as described above, all Shares tendered by participants
who are Odd Lot Owners in accordance with Section 2 of the Offer to
Purchase will be purchased in the Offer without proration.
- IMPORTANT: IF YOU DIRECT NEUBERGER TO TENDER SAVINGS PLAN SHARES
REFLECTING YOUR INTEREST IN THE COMMON STOCK FUND AND THEY ARE PURCHASED
BY PURCHASER, ANY PROCEEDS WILL BE REINVESTED IN THE EVERGREEN SELECT
MONEY MARKET FUND ACCOUNT (THE "MONEY MARKET FUND") AS SOON AS
ADMINISTRATIVELY POSSIBLE AND SUCH INVESTMENT WILL BE CREDITED TO YOUR
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT.
- IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ANY PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SHARES REFLECTING YOUR
INTEREST IN THE COMMON STOCK FUND WHICH WERE REINVESTED IN THE MONEY
MARKET ACCOUNT INVESTED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE SAVINGS PLAN, PLEASE CALL METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR ("MET LIFE"), AT 1 (800) I GOT MET AFTER THE
REINVESTMENT IS COMPLETE.
- Only after such time will you be able to instruct Neuberger to invest any
proceeds of the sale of Shares reflecting your interest in the Common
Stock Fund (which will be invested in the Money Market Account) in any
other manner.
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This form of transaction is commonly called a modified Dutch auction and
requires some strategy on your part. For example, if you are anxious to sell,
you may want to tender the shares attributable to your individual account at a
price at or near the lower limit. If you are not sure whether or not you want to
participate, but would be willing to sell at a price above the lower limit, then
you may want to specify a higher price, not to exceed the upper limit, of
course. If you do not want to sell for any price within the limits, you may
direct that Shares attributable to your individual account not be tendered into
the Offer.
PROCEDURE FOR DIRECTING TRUSTEE
A Direction Form for making your direction is enclosed. You must complete,
sign and return the enclosed original Direction Form in the return envelope so
that it is received at the address listed on the enclosed return envelope not
later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 8, 1999, unless the
Offer is extended. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU
DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER. If your Direction Form is not received
by this deadline, or if it is not fully or properly completed, Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plan will not be
tendered. Please contact Met Life at 1 (800) I GOT MET to find out the actual
number of Shares attributable to your individual account that you may tender in
the Offer.
To properly complete your Direction Form, you must do the following:
(1) On the back of the Direction Form, check Box 1 or 2. CHECK ONLY ONE
BOX. Make your decision which box to check as follows:
- CHECK BOX 1 if you do not want Shares attributable to your individual
account tendered for sale at any price and simply want the Savings Plan to
continue holding such Shares.
- CHECK BOX 2 in all other cases and either (i) complete the table
immediately below Box 2, specifying the percentage of Shares attributable
to your individual account that you want to tender at each price
indicated, or (ii) if you are an Odd Lot Owner and you wish to tender all
Shares attributable to your individual account, complete the section
entitled "Odd Lots."
You may direct the tender of Shares attributable to your individual
account at different prices. To do so, you must state the percentage of
Shares to be sold at each indicated price by filling in the percentage of
such Shares on the line immediately before the price. Leave a line blank
if you want no Shares reflecting your interest in the Common Stock Fund
tendered at that price. The total percentage of Shares reflecting your
interest in the Common Stock Fund tendered may not exceed 100%, but it may
be less than 100%. If this amount is less than 100%, you will be deemed to
have instructed Neuberger NOT to tender the balance of Shares attributable
to your individual account under the Savings Plan.
(2) Date and sign the Direction Form in the space provided.
(3) Return the Direction Form in the enclosed return envelope so that it is
received by Neuberger at the address on the return envelope no later than 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 8, 1999, unless the Offer is
extended. Please complete and return the Direction Form even if you decide not
to participate in the Offer. NO FACSIMILE TRANSMITTALS OF THE DIRECTION FORM
WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Your direction will be deemed irrevocable unless properly withdrawn by 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, July 8, 1999, unless the Offer is
extended. In order to make an effective withdrawal, you must submit a new
Direction Form which may be obtained by calling Neuberger at 1 (800) I GOT MET.
Your new Direction Form must include your name, address and Social Security
number. Upon receipt of a new, completed and signed Direction Form, your
previous direction will be deemed cancelled. You may direct the re-tendering of
any Shares attributable to your individual account by obtaining an additional
Direction Form from Neuberger and repeating the previous instructions for
directing tenders as set forth in this letter.
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INVESTMENT OF TENDER PROCEEDS
For any Shares attributable to your individual account under the Savings
Plan that are tendered and purchased by Purchaser, Purchaser will pay cash to
the Savings Plan. Neuberger will invest the proceeds in the Money Market Fund
Account as soon as administratively possible and will credit such investment to
your individual account. You may call Met Life at 1(800) I GOT MET after the
reinvestment is complete to have the proceeds of the sale of Shares which were
invested in the Money Market Fund Account invested in other investment options
offered under the Savings Plan.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS PLAN WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF
THE TENDER PROCEEDS DIRECTLY. ALL SUCH PROCEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE SAVINGS PLAN
AND MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SAVINGS PLAN.
For federal income tax purposes, no gain or loss will be recognized by
participants in the Savings Plan as a result of the tender or sale of Shares
held in the Savings Plan. However, certain tax benefits that may otherwise be
available in connection with the future withdrawal or distribution of shares
from the Savings Plan may be adversely affected if Savings Plan Shares are
tendered and sold. Specifically, under current federal income tax rules, if a
participant receives a distribution of Shares in kind as part of a "lump sum"
withdrawal or distribution, the excess of the fair market value of the Shares on
the date of such withdrawal or distribution over the cost to the Savings Plan of
those Shares is excluded from the value of the withdrawal or distribution for
purposes of determining the participant's federal income tax liability with
respect to the withdrawal or distribution. Any excess in market value over the
cost will be taxed to the extent realized when Shares are sold as long-term
capital gain. If you direct Neuberger to tender Shares attributable to your
individual account in the Offer, you may adversely affect your ability to take
advantage of this tax benefit. If you direct Neuberger not to tender any Shares
attributable to your individual account, the cost of Shares attributable to your
individual account will not be affected.
SHARES OUTSIDE THE SAVINGS PLAN
If you hold Shares directly, you will receive, under separate cover, tender
offer materials directly from Purchaser, which can be used to tender such Shares
directly to Purchaser. Those tender offer materials may not be used to direct
Neuberger to tender or not tender Shares attributable to your individual account
under the Savings Plan. The direction to tender or not tender Shares
attributable to your individual account under the Savings Plan may only be made
in accordance with the procedures in this letter.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you require additional information concerning the terms and conditions of
the Offer, please call ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the Information
Agent, at 1-800-684-8823. If you require additional information concerning the
procedure to tender Shares attributable to your individual account under the
Savings Plan, please contact Met Life at 1(800) I GOT MET.
Sincerely,
CENDANT CORPORATION
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SAVINGS PLAN PARTICIPANTS ABOUT
THE CENDANT STOCK CORPORATION TENDER OFFER
Q. WHY IS PURCHASER OFFERING THIS TENDER OFFER TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS
PLAN?
A. As a participant in the Savings Plan, you may have a proportional interest
in the Common Stock Fund. Under the terms of the Savings Plan, you have
the right to direct the investment of the contributions allocated to your
individual accounts. The contributions invested in the Common Stock Fund
represent a proportional interest in the assets of the Common Stock Fund.
The Common Stock Fund is held in an individual account for you by
Neuberger (along with the plan's other investment funds). The Savings Plan
provides that in the event of a tender offer, you may direct Neuberger to
tender the Shares that reflect your proportional interest in the Common
Stock Fund.
Q. IF I DECIDE TO DIRECT THE NEUBERGER TO TENDER THE SHARES THAT REFLECT MY
PROPORTIONAL INTEREST IN THE MONEY MARKET FUND ACCOUNT, WILL I BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS?
A. No. All proceeds from any Savings Plan shares that are tendered and sold
will be automatically invested by Neuberger in the Common Stock Fund
Account. The proceeds will be part of your individual account and may not
be distributed except in accordance with the applicable terms of the
Savings Plan.
Q. WILL I BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE INVESTMENT FUNDS IN WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF
SAVINGS PLAN SHARES TENDERED ARE INVESTED?
A. Yes. Proceeds from the sale of Shares held by the Savings Plan may be
invested in a different manner subject to the provisions of the Savings
Plan by contacting Met Life at 1 (800) I GOT MET after the reinvestment is
complete.
Q. IS THERE A FORM I HAVE TO RETURN?
A. Included in this mailing is a "Direction Form." Complete and return this
form even if you decide not to direct the tender of any shares.
Q. WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNING THE DIRECTION FORM?
A. The form must be received by Neuberger at the address on the return
envelope by 5:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 8, 1999, unless this deadline is
extended.
Q. WHAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS?
A. Contact Met Life at 1 (800) I GOT MET for information on the procedure for
tendering Shares reflecting your interest in the Common Stock Fund under
the Savings Plan. Contact ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the
Information Agent for the Offer, at 1-800-684-8823 for questions on the
terms and conditions of the Offer.
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DIRECTION FORM
FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE
CENDANT MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, INC.
SAVINGS INCENTIVE PLAN
BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE ACCOMPANYING
OFFER TO PURCHASE AND ALL OTHER ENCLOSED MATERIALS
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the letter of Cendant Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Cendant"), and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated June
16, 1999, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which Offer to Purchase and
Letter of Transmittal together constitute the "Offer") in connection with the
Offer by Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cendant, to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer.
This will instruct Neuberger & Berman Trust Company ("Neuberger") as trustee
of the Savings Plan (as defined below) to tender to Purchaser the percentage of
Shares indicated below that are held by Neuberger for the individual account of
the undersigned in the Cendant Corporation Common Stock Fund (the "Common Stock
Fund") under the Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan (the
"Savings Plan"), at the price(s) per Share indicated, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Offer.
For any Shares attributable to the individual account of the undersigned
under the Savings Plan that are tendered and purchased by Purchaser, Purchaser
will pay cash to the Savings Plan. Neuberger will invest the proceeds in the
Common Stock Fund Account as soon as administratively possible and will credit
such investment to your individual account. The undersigned may call the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the Savings plan administrator, at 1(800) I
Got Met after the reinvestment is complete to have the proceeds of the sale of
Shares which were invested in the Common Stock Fund Account invested in other
investment options offered under the Savings Plan.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SAVINGS PLAN WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF
THE TENDER PROCEEDS DIRECTLY. ALL SUCH PROCEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE SAVINGS PLAN
AND MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SAVINGS PLAN.
INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully complete the form below, insert today's date, print your name,
address and Social Security number and sign in the spaces provided. Enclose this
Direction Form in the included envelope and mail it promptly. YOUR DIRECTION
FORM MUST BE RECEIVED BY NEUBERGER AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN ENVELOPE NOT
LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JULY 8, 1999 UNLESS THE OFFER IS
EXTENDED. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE DIRECTION FORM EVEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER. Direction Forms that are not fully or properly
completed, dated and signed, or that are received after the deadline, will be
disregarded, and Shares reflecting your interest in the Money Market Fund will
not be tendered. Note that Neuberger also has the right to disregard any
direction that it determines cannot be carried out without violating applicable
law.
NONE OF PURCHASER, CENDANT, THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, NEUBERGER,
ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER TO
DIRECT THE TENDER OF SHARES THE PRICE AT WHICH TO TENDER, OR
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WHETHER TO REFRAIN FROM DIRECTING THE TENDER OF SHARES. EACH PARTICIPANT MUST
MAKE HIS OR HER OWN DECISION ON THESE MATTERS.
(CHECK ONLY ONE BOX)
/ / 1. Please refrain from tendering and continue to HOLD all Shares
reflecting my interest in the Common Stock Fund.
/ / 2. Please TENDER Shares reflecting my interest in the Cendant Corporation
Common Stock Fund either (i) in the percentage indicated below for each
of the prices provided or (ii) at the Purchase Price determined by
Purchaser.
The total of the percentages may NOT exceed 100%, but it may be less than
or equal to 100%. If the total of the percentages is less than 100%,
Neuberger will NOT tender the balance of the Shares reflecting my interest
in the Common Stock Fund. A blank space before a given price will be taken
to mean that no Shares reflecting my interest in the Money Market Fund are
to be tendered at that price. FILL IN THE TABLE BELOW ONLY IF YOU HAVE
CHECKED BOX 2.
/ / PERCENTAGE OF SHARES BEING TENDERED: _________
IF SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED AT MORE THAN ONE PRICE,
STATE THE PERCENTAGE OF SHARES TO BE SOLD AT EACH
PRICE BY FILLING IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SUCH SHARES ON
THE LINE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PRICE.
PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE
AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
/ / $19.75 / / $20.00 / / $20.25 / / $20.50
/ / $20.75 / / $21.00 / / $21.25 / / $21.50
/ / $21.75 / / $22.00 / / $22.25 / / $22.50
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ODD LOTS
/ / This box is to be checked ONLY if (i) you have checked box 2, above, (ii)
you are tendering all of the Shares attributable to your individual account
under the Savings Plan, and (iii) your individual account was credited with, as
of the close of business on June 15, 1999 and continues to be credited with as
of the Expiration Date, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares.
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If you do not wish to specify a purchase price, check the following box, in
which case you will be deemed to have tendered at the Purchase Price determined
by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer (persons checking this
box need not indicate the price per Share in the box entitled "Price (In
Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares are Being Tendered" above. / /
RETURN THIS DIRECTION FORM IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT IT IS
RECEIVED AT THE ADDRESS ON THE RETURN ENVELOPE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
Please complete and return this Direction Form even if you decide not to
participate in the Offer. NO FACSIMILE TRANSMITTALS OF THE DIRECTION FORM WILL
BE ACCEPTED.
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<S> <C>
SIGN HERE:
Name:
Dated: , 1999 (please print)
Address:
Social Security or Taxpayer ID No.
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M E M O R A N D U M
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<S> <C>
TO: Advance Ross Common Stockholders
Advance Ross 5% Cumulative Preferred Stockholders
Davidson & Associates Common Stockholders
Entertainment Publications Common Stockholders
HFS Incorporated Common Stockholders
Ideon Group Common Stockholders
Knowledge Adventure Series C Preferred Stockholders
Knowledge Adventure Common Stockholders
PHH Corporation Common Stockholders
Sierra On-Line Common Stockholders
RE: Letter to Unexchanged Holders of Cendant Corporation Common Stock
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As an unexchanged holder of Cendant Corporation common stock, par value $.01
per share ("Shares"), by virtue of holding one of the securities specified
above, you are invited to tender your unexchanged securities pursuant to the
offer by Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ("Purchaser") and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
("Cendant"), to purchase up to 50,000,000 Shares at prices not greater than
$22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share, net to the Seller in cash, without
interest thereon, specified by the tendering shareholders, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the
"Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together
constitute the "Offer").
For your convenience, you may determine the exchange rate for the security
you hold into Shares as specified below. Information specific to your holdings
is specified on the label enclosed herein. Unless otherwise specified below, the
following exchange rates are based on the number of Shares exchangeable for each
shares of the security specified below:
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<S> <C>
Advance Ross Common Stock .833333 Shares
Advance Ross 5% Cumulative Preferred Stock .82450 Shares
Davidson & Associates Common Stock .8500 Shares
Entertainment Publications Common Stock 1.10 Shares
HFS Incorporated Common Stock 2.4031 Shares
Ideon Group Common Stock .3944 Shares
Knowledge Adventure Common Stock .0981476625 Shares
Knowledge Adventure Series C Preferred Stock .1954863630 Shares
PHH Corporation Common Stock 1 share of PHH converts to .8250 shares of
HFS Corporation Common Stock; each share of
HFS Corporation Common Stock converts into
2.4031 Shares.
Sierra On-Line Common Stock 1.2250 Shares
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WHETHER OR NOT YOU TENDER ANY SHARES IN THE OFFER, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONTACT CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C., THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR
CENDANT, AT 1-800-684-8823 TO EXCHANGE THE AFOREMENTIONED SECURITIES FOR SHARES.
CENDANT CORPORATION
June 16, 1999
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Exhibit 99(a)(11)
CENDANT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES "DUTCH AUCTION"
SELF-TENDER OFFER TO REPURCHASE UP TO 50 MILLION SHARES
NEW YORK, NY--JUNE 16, 1999--Cendant CorporatioN (NYSE: CD) today
announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a "Dutch Auction"
self-tender offer for 50 million shares of its common stock or approximately
7.0% of its shares outstanding through its wholly owned subsidiary, Cendant
Stock Corporation. The offer will commence on June 16, 1999 and will expire at
midnight, New York City time, on July 15, 1999, unless the offer is extended.
Under the terms of the offer, the company will invite shareholders to
tender shares at prices between $19.75 and $22.50 per share. Based upon the
number of shares tendered and the prices specified by the tendering
shareholders, the company will determine the single per share price within that
price range that will allow the company to purchase 50 million shares or such
lesser number of shares as are properly tendered. The company will not prorate
shares tendered by any shareholder owning beneficially fewer than 100 shares in
the aggregate as of June 16, 1999, who continues to beneficially own fewer than
100 shares at the expiration of the offer and who tenders all such shares in the
offer.
The company expects to fund the offer with proceeds from the
divestiture of Cendant's fleet segment which is expected to close on or about
June 30, 1999. Completion of the tender is conditioned upon the closing of the
fleet segment transaction. Cendant's common stock price closed at $19.75 on the
New York Stock Exchange on June 15, 1999, the last full trading day on the NYSE
prior to the announcement of the offer.
Cendant Chairman, President and CEO, Henry R. Silverman stated: "This
action by our board is a strong vote of confidence in Cendant's long-term
performance and strategic growth plan. The repurchase of our shares is clearly
the best investment available to our company at this time and is consistent with
our long-term goal of increasing shareholder value while maintaining a debt to
total capitalization ratio of about 40 percent."
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Banc of America Securities LLC will act as dealer manager and Chase
Mellon Shareholder Services LLC. will act as information agent and depositary
for the offer. Any questions or requests for assistance or for additional copies
of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery related to the offer, may be directed to the information agent at
1-800-684-8823 or the dealer manager at 1-212-847-5535. Shareholders may also
contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company for assistance
concerning the offer.
Statements about future results made in this release may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current
expectations and the current economic environment. Cendant cautions that these
statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve a number of
risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements
are specified in Cendant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
December 31, 1998, including the resolution of the pending class action
litigation against Cendant and its ability to implement its plan to divest
non-strategic assets.
Cendant Corporation is a global provider of consumer and business
services. Cendant's core competencies include building franchise systems,
providing outsourcing solutions and direct marketing. As a franchisor, Cendant
is the world's leading franchisor of hotels, rental car agencies, tax
preparation services and real estate brokerage offices. The real estate segment
also includes Welcome Wagon/GETKO and Cendant's soon-to-be created residential
real estate services portal on the Internet. As a provider of outsourcing
solutions, Cendant is the world's largest vacation exchange service; a major
provider of mortgage services to consumers and the global leader in employee
relocation. In direct marketing, Cendant provides access to insurance, travel,
shopping, auto, and other services, primarily to customers of its affinity
partners. Other business units include NCP, the UK's largest private car park
operator, and Wizcom. Headquartered in New York, NY, the company has more than
30,000 employees and operates in over 100 countries. More information about
Cendant, its companies and brands may be obtained by visiting our Web site at
WWW.CENDANT.COM or by calling 877-4INFO-CD (877-446-3623).
MEDIA CONTACT: INVESTOR CONTACTS:
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Elliot Bloom Denise Gillen
212-413-1832 212-413-1833
Sam Levenson
212-413-1834
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This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer
to sell Shares. The Offer is made solely by the Offer to Purchase dated June 16,
1999 and the related Letter of Transmittal. The Offer is not being made to, nor
will Purchaser accept tenders from or on behalf of, holders of Shares in any
jurisdiction in which the Offer or its acceptance would violate that
jurisdiction's laws. Purchaser is not aware of any jurisdiction in which the
making of the Offer or the tender of Shares would not be in compliance with the
laws of such jurisdiction. In jurisdictions whose laws require that the Offer be
made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on
Purchaser's behalf by Banc of America Securities LLC, or by one or more
registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
Notice of Offer to Purchase for Cash
Up to 50,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
of
Cendant Corporation
At a Purchase Price Not Greater than $22.50
Nor Less Than $19.75 Per Share
By
Cendant Stock Corporation
A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
Cendant Corporation
Cendant Stock Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cendant"),
invites Cendant shareholders to tender up to 50,000,000 shares of Cendant common
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), to Purchaser at prices not greater
than $22.50 nor less than $19.75 per Share in cash, specified by tendering
shareholders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase, dated June 16, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the
related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer").
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The
Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase.
Each of the respective Boards of Directors of Purchaser and Cendant has approved
the Offer. However, shareholders must make their own decisions whether to tender
Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender and the price or prices at which
Shares should be tendered. None of Purchaser, Cendant, their respective Boards
of Directors, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or the Depositary makes
any recommendation to any shareholder as to whether to tender or refrain from
tendering Shares. Except as set forth in Section 9 of the Offer to Purchase,
Purchaser and Cendant have been advised that none of their respective directors
or executive officers intends to tender any Shares pursuant to the Offer.
Purchaser will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
determine a single per Share price (not greater than $22.50 nor less than $19.75
per Share), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon (the "Purchase
Price"), that it will pay for Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn
pursuant to the Offer, taking into account the number of Shares so tendered and
the prices specified by tendering shareholders. Purchaser will select the lowest
Purchase Price that will allow it to buy 50,000,000 Shares (or such lesser
number of Shares as are validly tendered at prices not greater than $22.50 nor
less than $19.75 per Share) validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant
to the Offer. Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price for all Shares validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date (as defined
below) at prices at or below the Purchase Price, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Offer including the proration terms described below. The
term "Expiration Date" means 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on Thursday,
July 15, 1999, unless and until Purchaser in its sole discretion shall have
extended the period of time during which the Offer is open, in which event the
term "Expiration Date" shall refer to the latest time and date at which the
Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, shall expire. Purchaser reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to purchase more than 50,000,000 Shares pursuant to the
Offer. Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and therefore
purchased), subject to proration, Shares that are validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn at or below the Purchase Price when, as and if it gives oral
or written notice to ChaseMellon
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Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the "Depositary"), of its acceptance of such
Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer. In all cases, payment for Shares
tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made promptly
(subject to possible delay in the event of proration) but only after timely
receipt by the Depositary of certificates for such Shares (or a timely
confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary's
account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase)), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or
manually signed facsimile thereof) and any other required documents.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, in the event that
more than 50,000,000 Shares (or such greater number of Shares as Purchaser may
elect to purchase pursuant to the Offer) are validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn at or below the Purchase Price, Purchaser will purchase such validly
tendered Shares in the following order of priority: (i) all Shares validly
tendered and not properly withdrawn at or below the Purchase Price prior to the
Expiration Date by any Odd Lot Owner (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) who
(a) tenders all such Shares (including Shares attributable to individual
accounts under the Savings Plan (as defined in the Offer to Purchase))
beneficially owned by such Odd Lot Owner at or below the Purchase Price (tenders
of fewer than all Shares owned by such shareholder will not qualify for this
preference) and (b) who completes the box captioned "Odd Lots" on the Letter of
Transmittal (or, in the case of Savings Plan Participants (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase) holding Odd Lots, the Direction Form (as defined in the Offer
to Purchase) and, if applicable, on the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, and (ii)
after purchase of all of the foregoing Shares, all other Shares validly tendered
at or below the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Date on a pro rata basis.
Purchaser's and Cendant's respective Boards of Directors believe that Cendant's
financial condition and outlook and current market conditions make this an
attractive time to repurchase a portion of the outstanding Shares. In addition,
Purchaser's and Cendant's respective Boards of Directors believe that the Offer
is in the best interest of their companies and their shareholders and they
further believe that it will enhance shareholder value in the short term and the
long term. Purchaser is making the Offer to (i) improve Cendant's capital
structure for the benefit of Cendant shareholders, by using certain of the
proceeds to be realized by Cendant from the disposition of Cendant's fleet
management and fuel card businesses to Avis Rent A Car, Inc., and (ii) afford to
those shareholders who desire liquidity an opportunity to sell all or a portion
of their Shares without the usual transaction cost association with open market
sales. The Offer also gives shareholders an opportunity to sell their Shares at
a price equal to or greater than the prevailing market prices of the Shares
immediately prior to the announcement of the Offer.
Purchaser expressly reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, in its
sole discretion, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open by
giving notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public
announcement thereof. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, Purchaser also expressly reserves the right to terminate the Offer and
not accept for payment any Shares not theretofore accepted for payment.
Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the
Expiration Date and, unless accepted for payment by Purchaser as provided in the
Offer to Purchase, may also be withdrawn after August 12, 1999. For a withdrawal
to be effective, the Depositary must receive a notice of withdrawal in written,
telegraphic or facsimile transmission form in a timely manner. Such notice of
withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Shares to be
withdrawn, the number of Shares tendered, the number of Shares to be withdrawn
and the name of the registered holder, if different from that of the person who
tendered such Shares. If the certificates have been delivered or otherwise
identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the release of such certificates,
the tendering shareholder must also submit the serial numbers shown on the
particular certificates evidencing the Shares and the signature on the notice of
withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase) (except in the case of Shares tendered by an Eligible
Institution). If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for
book-entry transfer, the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and the
number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase) to be credited with the withdrawn Shares and otherwise comply
with the procedures of the facility.
The Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal contain important
information which should be read carefully before shareholders decide whether to
accept or reject the Offer and, if accepted, at what price
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or prices to tender their Shares. These materials are being mailed to record
holders of Shares and are being furnished to brokers, banks and similar persons
whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on Cendant's shareholder
list (or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency's
security position listing) for transmittal to beneficial holders of Shares.
The information required to be disclosed by Rule 13e-4(d)(1)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is contained in the Offer
to Purchase and is incorporated by reference herein. Additional copies of the
Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal may be obtained from the
Information Agent and will be furnished at Purchaser's expense. Questions and
requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer
Manager as set forth below:
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services
450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Call Toll Free: 1-800-684-8823
Bankers and Brokers may call: (212) 273-8035
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Banc of America Securities LLC
9 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 847-5355
June 17, 1999
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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO GIVE THE
PAYER.--Social Security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: I.E.,
000-00-0000. Employer identification numbers have nine digits separated by only
one hyphen: I.E., 00-0000000. The table below will help determine the number to
give the payer.
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<CAPTION>
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GIVE THE
SOCIAL SECURITY
FOR THIS TYPE OF ACCOUNT: NUMBER OF-
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<S> <C> <C>
1. An individual's The individual
account
2. Two or more The actual owner of
individuals (joint the account or, if
account) combined funds, the
first individual on
the account(1)
3. Husband and wife The actual owner of
the account or, if
joint funds, either
person(1)
4. Custodian account of The minor(2)
a minor (Uniform
Gift to Minors Act)
5. Adult and minor The adult or, if the
(joint account) minor is the only
contributor, the
minor(1)
6. Account in the name The ward, minor, or
of guardian or incompetent
committee for a person(3)
designated ward,
minor or incompetent
person
7. a. The usual The grantor-
revocable savings trustee(1)
trust (grantor is
also trustee)
b. So-called trust The actual owner(1)
account that is
not a legal or
valid trust under
state law
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GIVE THE
EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION
FOR THIS TYPE OF ACCOUNT: NUMBER OF-
<S> <C> <C>
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8. Sole proprietorship The owner(4)
9. A valid trust, The legal entity (Do
estate, or pension not furnish the
trust identifying number
of the personal
representative or
trustee unless the
legal entity itself
is not designated in
the account
title.)(5)
10. Corporate account The corporation
11. Religious, The organization
charitable, or
educational
organization account
12. Partnership account The partnership
13. Association, club, The organization
or other tax-exempt
organization
14. A broker or The broker or
registered nominee nominee
15. Account with the The public entity
Department of
Agriculture in the
name of a public
entity (such as a
state or local
government, school
district, or prison)
that receives
agricultural program
payments
</TABLE>
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(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish.
(2) Circle the minor's name and furnish the minor's social security number.
(3) Circle the ward's, minor's or incompetent person's name and furnish such
person's social security number.
(4) Show the name of the owner. If the owner does not have an employer
identification number, furnish the owner's social security number.
(5) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust.
NOTE: If no name is circled when there is more than one name, the number will
be considered to be that of the first name listed.
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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
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OBTAINING A NUMBER
If you do not have a taxpayer identification number or you don't know your
number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card (for
individuals), or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number (for
businesses and all other entities), at the local office of the Social Security
Administration or the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and apply for a
number.
PAYEES AND PAYMENTS EXEMPT FROM BACKUP WITHHOLDING
The following is a list of payees exempt from backup withholding and for which
no information reporting is required. For interest and dividends, all listed
payees are exempt except item (9). For broker transactions, payees listed in
items (1) through (13) and a person registered under the Investment Advisors Act
of 1940 who regularly acts as a broker are exempt. Payments subject to reporting
under sections 6041 and 6041A are generally exempt from backup withholding only
if made to payees described in items (1) through (7), except a corporation
(other than certain hospitals described in Regulations section 1.6041-3(c)) that
provides medical and health care services or bills and collects payments for
such services is not exempt from backup withholding or information reporting.
Only payees described in items (1) through (5) are exempt from backup
withholding for barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends.
(1) An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), or an IRA, or a
custodial account under section 403(b)(7), if the account satisfies the
requirements of section 401(f)(2).
(2) The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
(3) A state, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any
of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities.
(4) A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies or
instrumentalities.
(5) An international organization or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
(6) A corporation.
(7) A foreign central bank of issue.
(8) A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United
States, the District of Columbia or a possession of the United States.
(9) A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
(10) A real estate investment trust.
(11) An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
(12) A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a).
(13) A financial institution.
(14) A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or listed in the
most recent publication of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Inc.,
Nominee List.
(15) A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947.
Payments of dividends and patronage dividends not generally subject to backup
withholding include the following:
- Payments to nonresident aliens subject to withholding under section 1441.
- Payments to partnerships not engaged in a trade or business in the U.S.
and which have at least one nonresident alien partner.
- Payments of patronage dividends where the amount received is not paid in
money.
- Payments made by certain foreign organizations.
- Payments made to a nominee.
Payments of interest not generally subject to backup withholding include the
following:
- Payments of interest on obligations issued by individuals. NOTE: You may
be subject to backup withholding if this interest is $600 or more and is
paid in the course of the payer's trade or business and you have not
provided your correct taxpayer identification number to the payer.
- Payments of tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends under
section 852).
- Payments described in section 6049(b)(5) to non-resident aliens.
- Payments on tax-free covenant bonds under section 1451.
- Payments made by certain foreign organizations.
- Payments made to a nominee.
EXEMPT PAYEES DESCRIBED ABOVE SHOULD FILE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 TO AVOID POSSIBLE
ERRONEOUS BACKUP WITHHOLDING. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER, FURNISH YOUR
TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WRITE "EXEMPT" ON THE FACE OF THE FORM, SIGN AND
DATE THE FORM AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER. IF YOU ARE A NON-RESIDENT ALIEN OR A
FOREIGN ENTITY NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING, FILE WITH PAYER A COMPLETED
INTERNAL REVENUE FORM W-8 (CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN STATUS).
Certain payments other than interest, dividends and patronage dividends that
are not subject to information reporting are also not subject to backup
withholding. For details, see sections 6041, 6041A, 6042, 6044, 6045, 6049,
6050A and 6050A.
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE.--Section 6109 requires most recipients of dividend,
interest, or other payments to give taxpayer identification numbers to payers
who must report the payments to the IRS. The IRS uses the numbers for
identification purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not
recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 31%
of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does
not furnish a taxpayer identification number to a payer. Certain penalties may
aIso apply.
PENALTIES
(1) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FURNISH TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.--If you fail
to furnish your correct taxpayer identification number to a payer, you are
subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to
reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
(2) CIVIL PENALTY FOR FALSE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO WITHHOLDING.--If you
make a false statement with no reasonable basis which results in no imposition
of backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of $500.
(3) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSIFYING INFORMATION.--Willfully falsifying
certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including
fines and/or imprisonment.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR TAX CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE.
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Exhibit 99.(c)
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
BY AND AMONG
PHH CORPORATION,
PHH HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
AVIS RENT A CAR, INC.
AND
AVIS FLEET LEASING AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
DATED AS OF MAY 22, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 THE MERGER..............................................2
1.2 EFFECTIVE TIME..........................................2
1.3 MERGER CONSIDERATION....................................2
1.4 EFFECTS OF THE MERGER...................................3
1.5 TRANSFERRED ASSETS......................................3
1.6 HOLDINGS RETAINED ASSETS................................3
1.7 TRANSFERRED LIABILITIES.................................4
1.8 HOLDINGS RETAINED LIABILITIES...........................4
1.9 ACQUIROR SUB RETAINED ASSETS............................4
1.10 ACQUIROR SUB RETAINED LIABILITIES.......................4
1.11 UNALLOCATED OR CONTINGENT ASSETS OR LIABILITIES.........4
1.12 CHARTER AND BY-LAWS.....................................5
1.13 DIRECTORS; OFFICERS.....................................5
1.14 EFFECT ON CAPITAL STOCK.................................6
ARTICLE II
CLOSING; FURTHER ASSURANCES
2.1 CLOSING DATE............................................7
2.2 ESCROWED FUNDS..........................................7
2.3 DELIVERIES AT THE CLOSING...............................8
2.4 SIMULTANEOUS TRANSACTIONS..............................10
2.5 TAX TREATMENT..........................................10
2.6 FURTHER ASSURANCES.....................................10
2.7 SUBSEQUENT CLOSING.....................................11
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND HOLDINGS
3.1 ORGANIZATION...........................................14
3.2 AUTHORIZATION..........................................14
3.3 TRANSFERRED COMPANIES..................................15
3.4 CAPITALIZATION; OWNERSHIP OF SHARES....................16
3.5 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATION...................17
3.6 FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES17
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3.7 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS...................18
3.8 TAX MATTERS............................................18
3.9 LITIGATION.............................................20
3.10 PERMITS; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS..........................20
3.11 MATERIAL CONTRACTS.....................................21
3.12 LABOR RELATIONS........................................22
3.13 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS; ERISA..........................23
3.14 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY..................................25
3.15 YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE...................................26
3.16 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS..................................27
3.17 REAL PROPERTY..........................................28
3.18 INSURANCE..............................................28
3.19 ACQUISITION OF SHARES FOR INVESTMENT...................29
3.20 SUFFICIENCY OF ASSETS..................................29
3.21 CUSTOMERS..............................................29
3.22 BROKERS; FINDERS AND FEES..............................29
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ACQUIROR AND ACQUIROR SUB
4.1 ORGANIZATION...........................................30
4.2 AUTHORIZATION..........................................30
4.3 CAPITALIZATION.........................................31
4.4 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATION...................32
4.5 ACQUIROR SEC DOCUMENTS.................................33
4.6 FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED
LIABILITIES............................................33
4.7 LITIGATION.............................................34
4.8 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS...................................34
4.9 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS..................................34
4.10 AMORTIZATION OF GOODWILL...............................34
4.11 NO REGISTRATION........................................35
4.12 INVESTIGATION BY ACQUIROR; PARENT'S AND HOLDINGS'
LIABILITY..............................................35
4.13 BROKERS; FINDERS AND FEES..............................35
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS................................36
5.2 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY ACQUIROR........................38
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5.3 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY ACQUIROR SUB....................38
5.4 ACCESS TO INFORMATION..................................39
5.5 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FURNISHING INFORMATION..............40
5.6 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.................................41
5.7 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS........................42
5.8 FINANCING..............................................42
5.9 EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYEE BENEFITS...........................42
5.10 NO SOLICITATION........................................46
5.11 INDEMNIFICATION........................................46
5.12 TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENTS...........................46
5.13 STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT..............................................47
5.14 TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND IT AGREEMENT.........47
5.15 ESCROW AGREEMENT.......................................47
5.16 TRANSITIONAL LICENSE AGREEMENT.........................47
5.17 INTERCOMPANY OBLIGATIONS; AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS.........48
5.18 SUPPLEMENTS TO DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES....................49
5.19 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS...................................49
5.20 NON-COMPETITION........................................50
5.21 PREFERRED ALLIANCE AGREEMENTS..........................50
5.22 LICENSE AMENDMENT AGREEMENT............................50
5.23 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS...............................50
ARTICLE VI
TAX MATTERS
6.1 TAX RETURNS............................................50
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION........................................52
6.3 COMPUTATION OF TAX LIABILITIES.........................53
6.4 CONTEST PROVISIONS.....................................54
6.5 TRANSFER TAXES.........................................55
6.6 REFUNDS................................................56
6.7 CERTAIN POST-CLOSING SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS...............57
6.8 TAX-FREE REORGANIZATION COVENANTS; OTHER COVENANTS.....61
6.9 RESOLUTION OF ALL TAX-RELATED DISPUTES.................62
6.10 POST-CLOSING ACTIONS WHICH AFFECT CENDANT'S
LIABILITY FOR TAXES....................................62
6.11 TERMINATION OF EXISTING TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS.........63
6.12 ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION.............................63
6.13 ADJUSTMENT TO MERGER CONSIDERATION.....................64
6.14 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS....................................64
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6.15 CENDANT OPTIONS; HOLDINGS PLAN.........................65
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO ACQUIROR'S AND ACQUIROR SUB'S OBLIGATIONS
7.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................67
7.2 PERFORMANCE............................................67
7.3 NO INJUNCTION..........................................67
7.4 H-S-R ACT..............................................67
7.5 REQUIRED APPROVALS.....................................67
7.6 OPINION OF PARENT AND HOLDINGS' COUNSEL...............68
7.7 FINANCING..............................................68
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO PARENT'S AND HOLDINGS' OBLIGATIONS
8.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................68
8.2 PERFORMANCE............................................68
8.3 NO INJUNCTION..........................................68
8.4 H-S-R ACT..............................................69
8.5 REQUIRED APPROVALS.....................................69
8.6 OPINION OF ACQUIROR AND ACQUIROR SUB'S COUNSEL.........69
ARTICLE IX
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 SURVIVAL PERIODS.......................................69
9.2 PARENT'S AND THE HOLDINGS SURVIVING CORPORATION'S
AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY................................70
9.3 ACQUIROR'S AND THE ACQUIROR SUB SURVIVING
CORPORATION'S AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY..................71
9.4 THIRD-PARTY INDEMNIFICATION............................73
9.5 INSURANCE..............................................74
9.6 NO DUPLICATION; SOLE REMEDY............................74
9.7 INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN LITIGATION..................74
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT
10.1 TERMINATION............................................75
10.2 PROCEDURE FOR, AND EFFECT OF, TERMINATION..............76
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.1 FEES AND EXPENSES......................................77
11.2 AMENDMENT..............................................77
11.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.......................................77
11.4 EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS..............................77
11.5 NOTICES................................................77
11.6 WAIVERS................................................79
11.7 APPLICABLE LAW.........................................79
11.8 HEADINGS...............................................79
11.9 ASSIGNMENTS............................................79
11.10 SEVERABILITY...........................................80
11.11 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE...................................80
11.12 INTERPRETATION.........................................80
11.13 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES...........................80
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SCHEDULES
Transferred Companies...............................................I
Transferred Assets.................................................II
Holdings Retained Assets..........................................III
Transferred Liabilities............................................IV
Holdings Retained Liabilities.......................................V
Retained Intellectual Property.....................................VI
EXHIBITS
Terms of Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock......................A
Terms of Acquiror Sub Series C Preferred Stock......................B
Articles of Merger..................................................C
Instrument of Assumption............................................D
Undertaking.........................................................E
Trademark License Agreement.........................................F
Stockholders' Agreement.............................................G
Escrow Agreement....................................................H
Transitional License Agreement......................................I
Non-Competition Agreement...........................................J
Opinion of Counsel to Parent and Holdings...........................K
Opinion of Counsel to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub.....................L
Alternative Transaction.............................................M
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
Section
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Acquiror.....................................................Preamble
Acquiror Class B Common Stock..................................4.3(d)
Acquiror Common Stock.........................................40.3(d)
Acquiror Damages...............................................9.2(a)
Acquiror Disclosure Schedule.................................. 4.3(a)
Acquiror Indemnitees...........................................9.2(a)
Acquiror Material Adverse Effect...............................4.1(b)
Acquiror SEC Documents............................................4.5
Acquiror Sub.................................................Preamble
Acquiror Sub Preferred Stock...................................1.3(b)
Acquiror Sub Retained Assets......................................1.9
Acquiror Sub Retained Liabilities................................1.10
Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock..........................1.3(a)
Acquiror Sub Series B Preferred Stock..........................1.3(b)
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation.............................1.4(a)
Acquisition Proposal.............................................5.10
Affected Employee..............................................5.9(c)
Articles of Merger .......................................2.3(a)(vii)
Audited Financial Statements...................................3.6(a)
Business.....................................................Recitals
Business Personnel...............................................3.12
CBA............................................................3.9(b)
Cendant....................................................5.1(b)(iv)
Cendant Options............................................5.1(b)(iv)
Certificate of Merger.............................................1.2
Claim.............................................................9.4
Claims........................................................3.16(e)
Closing...........................................................2.1
Closing Date......................................................2.1
Code.........................................................Recitals
Commitment Letters................................................4.9
Confidentiality Agreement......................................5.4(c)
Contracts.........................................................3.5
De Minimis Acquiror Claims..................................9.2(b)(i)
De Minimis Holdings Claims..................................9.3(b)(i)
Deferred Assets................................................2.7(a)
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Section
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Directly Transferred Companies..............................2.3(d)(i)
Disposition....................................................6.2(g)
$ or dollars....................................................11.12
DOJ............................................................5.6(a)
Due Date.........................................................6.14
Effective Time....................................................1.2
Employee Benefit Plans........................................3.13(a)
Employment Taxes..............................................6.15(b)
Environmental Claims..........................................3.16(e)
Environmental Laws............................................3.16(e)
Escrow Agent......................................................2.2
Escrow Agreement.................................................5.15
Escrowed Funds....................................................2.2
ERISA.........................................................3.13(a)
ERISA Affiliate...............................................3.13(a)
Excluded Taxes.................................................6.2(a)
Final Determination............................................6.8(d)
Foreign Plans.................................................3.13(b)
FTC............................................................5.6(a)
Funding Termination Fund.......................................5.8(b)
GAAP...........................................................3.6(a)
Governmental Consent..............................................3.5
Governmental Entity...............................................3.5
Guaranties....................................................5.17(c)
Hazardous Substances..........................................3.16(e)
Holdings.....................................................Preamble
Holdings Class A Common Stock.................................1.14(a)
Holdings Class B Common Stock.................................1.14(a)
Holdings Damages...............................................9.3(a)
Holdings Disclosure Schedule...................................3.3(a)
Holdings Indebtedness..........................................1.3(c)
Holdings Indemnitees...........................................9.3(a)
Holdings' Knowledge............................................3.9(b)
Holdings Plan..................................................5.9(e)
Holdings Retained Assets..........................................1.6
Holdings Retained Liabilities.....................................1.8
Holdings Surviving Corporation.................................1.4(a)
HSC Class A Common Stock......................................1.14(a)
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HSC Class B Common Stock......................................1.14(a)
H-S-R Act.........................................................3.5
Instrument of Assumption...................................2.3(b)(ii)
Intellectual Property Rights.....................................3.14
Intercompany Agreements.......................................5.17(a)
Intercompany Indebtedness.....................................5.17(b)
IT...............................................................5.14
Laws..............................................................3.5
Lenders...........................................................4.9
License Amendment Agreement......................................5.22
Market Event..................................................10.1(d)
Material Adverse Effect on the Business........................3.3(b)
Material Contracts............................................3.11(a)
Material Customer................................................3.21
Merger.......................................................Recitals
Merger Consideration..............................................1.3
Non-Competition Agreement........................................5.20
Parent.......................................................Preamble
Parent DB Plan.................................................5.9(i)
Parent DC Plan.................................................5.9(i)
Pension Plan...................................................5.9(d)
Permits.......................................................3.10(a)
Person...........................................................3.14
Pre-Closing Period.............................................3.8(a)
Real Property....................................................3.17
Recipient......................................................6.4(a)
Required Approvals................................................7.5
Remaining DB Participants......................................5.9(i)
Remaining DC Participants......................................5.9(i)
Retained Escrow Amount.....................................2.7(b)(ii)
Retained Intellectual Property...................................5.12
SEC...............................................................4.5
Securities Act....................................................4.5
Shares.........................................................3.4(b)
Stockholders' Agreement..........................................5.13
Straddle Period................................................6.1(c)
Subsequent Closing.............................................2.7(a)
Subsequent Closing Date........................................2.7(a)
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Tax or Taxes.....................................................6.14
Tax Benefit....................................................6.7(e)
Tax Benefit Accountant.....................................6.7(f)(ii)
Tax Benefit Actually Realized..................................6.7(e)
Tax Benefit Dispute Notice..................................6.7(f)(i)
Tax Benefit Report........................................6.7(f)(iii)
Tax Benefit Statement.......................................6.7(f)(i)
Tax Claim......................................................6.4(a)
Tax Package....................................................6.1(e)
Tax Report....................................................6.15(a)
Tax Returns......................................................6.14
TBCA.........................................................Recitals
Trademark License Agreement......................................5.12
Transaction Agreements............................................3.2
Transfer Taxes....................................................6.5
Transferred Assets................................................1.5
Transferred Companies.........................................3.3 (a)
Transferred Liabilities...........................................1.7
Transition Services Agreement....................................5.14
Transitional License Agreement...................................5.16
Undertaking................................................2.3(b)(iv)
UK DB Plan.....................................................5.9(i)
UK DC Plan.....................................................5.9(i)
UK Plans.......................................................5.9(i)
Updated Information..............................................5.18
VMS............................................................3.9(b)
WEX............................................................2.7(a)
Withholding Taxes.............................................6.15(a)
Year 2000 Compliant...........................................3.15(a)
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION, dated as of
May 22, 1999, is by and among PHH CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation
("Parent"), PHH HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Texas corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent ("Holdings"), AVIS RENT A CAR, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Acquiror"), and AVIS FLEET LEASING AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Texas
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror ("Acquiror Sub").
WHEREAS, Acquiror desires to acquire, and Holdings desires to
transfer to Acquiror Sub, all of the vehicle management and fuel card businesses
of Holdings (collectively, the "Business"), in exchange for the Merger
Consideration (as hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Holdings and Acquiror Sub have
each approved this Agreement and the merger (the "Merger") of Holdings and
Acquiror Sub in accordance with the provisions of Article Five of the Texas
Business Corporation Act (the "TBCA"), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Acquiror, as the sole stockholder of Acquiror Sub, and
Parent, as the sole stockholder of Holdings, each have approved this Agreement
and the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Merger will result in, among other things, (i) the
survival of each of Holdings and Acquiror Sub, (ii) the allocation to and
vesting in Acquiror Sub of the Transferred Assets, the Transferred Liabilities,
the Acquiror Sub Retained Assets and the Acquiror Sub Retained Liabilities
(each, as hereinafter defined) and (iii) the allocation to and vesting in
Holdings of the Holdings Retained Assets and Holdings Retained Liabilities
(each, as hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the parties intend
that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and that
this Agreement be adopted as a plan of reorganization under Section 368 of the
Code.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 THE MERGER. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof,
at the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), Holdings and Acquiror Sub shall
be merged in accordance with the provisions of Article Five of the TBCA.
Following the Effective Time, each of Holdings and Acquiror Sub shall survive
the Merger and, subject to Sections 1.4 and 1.14 hereof, shall maintain its
separate corporate existence and shall continue to be governed by the laws of
the State of Texas.
1.2 EFFECTIVE TIME. The Merger shall become effective on the date
and at the time that a certificate of merger (the "Certificate of Merger") is
issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas. As used in this
Agreement, the term "Effective Time" shall mean the date and time at which the
Certificate of Merger is issued.
1.3 MERGER CONSIDERATION. At the Closing, Acquiror shall cause
Acquiror Sub to deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent or Holdings, as the
case may be, the following (collectively, the "Merger Consideration"), in
consideration of the Merger and the allocation to Acquiror Sub of the
Transferred Assets:
(a) Acquiror shall cause Acquiror Sub to deliver to Parent, an
aggregate of 7,200,000 shares of series A cumulative participating redeemable
convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Acquiror Sub (the
"Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock"), having an aggregate liquidation
preference of $360,000,000, the terms of which are set forth in EXHIBIT A
hereto;
(b) Acquiror shall cause Acquiror Sub to deliver to Parent, an
aggregate of 40,000 shares of series C cumulative redeemable preferred stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of Acquiror Sub (the "Acquiror Sub Series C Preferred
Stock" and, together with the Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock, the
"Acquiror Sub Preferred Stock"), having an aggregate liquidation preference of
$2,000,000, the terms of which are set forth in EXHIBIT B hereto; and
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(c) Acquiror shall cause Acquiror Sub to deliver to Parent and
Holdings the Instrument of Assumption and the Undertaking (each, as hereinafter
defined) evidencing the assumption of the Transferred Liabilities allocated to,
assumed by and vested in Acquiror Sub, which includes the outstanding
indebtedness of Holdings to Parent which, on the Closing Date, shall not exceed
an aggregate principal amount of $1,438,000,000 (the "Holdings Indebtedness").
1.4 EFFECTS OF THE MERGER. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any further act or deed on the part of Parent, Holdings,
Acquiror or Acquiror Sub, the Merger shall have the following effects in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the TBCA:
(a) each of Holdings and Acquiror Sub shall survive the Merger
and shall maintain its separate corporate existence; Holdings shall continue as
a surviving corporation under its same name ("Holdings Surviving Corporation");
and Acquiror Sub shall continue as a surviving corporation under its same name
("Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation");
(b) the Transferred Assets shall be allocated to and vested in
Acquiror Sub and the Transferred Liabilities shall be allocated to, assumed by
and vested in Acquiror Sub;
(c) the Acquiror Sub Retained Assets and the Acquiror Sub
Retained Liabilities shall be allocated to, retained by and vested in Acquiror
Sub; and
(d) the Holdings Retained Assets and the Holdings Retained
Liabilities shall be allocated to, retained by and vested in Holdings.
1.5 TRANSFERRED ASSETS. The rights, properties and assets of
Holdings to be allocated to and vested in Acquiror Sub in the Merger pursuant to
Section 1.4 hereof (the "Transferred Assets") shall be all of Holdings' right,
title and interest in and to those assets of Holdings set forth on SCHEDULE II
hereto.
1.6 HOLDINGS RETAINED ASSETS. The rights, properties and assets of
Holdings to be allocated to, retained by and vested in Holdings in the Merger
pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof (the "Holdings Retained Assets") shall be all of
Holdings' right, title and interest in and to all of the properties, assets,
rights, claims, contracts and businesses of Holdings immediately prior to the
Effective Time, other than the Transferred Assets, and shall include, without
limitation, those assets set
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forth on SCHEDULE III hereto, which are not to be allocated to or vested in
Acquiror Sub by virtue of the Merger or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.7 TRANSFERRED LIABILITIES. The liabilities and obligations of
Holdings to be allocated to, assumed by and vested in Acquiror Sub in the Merger
pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof (the "Transferred Liabilities") shall be those
liabilities and obligations of Holdings set forth on SCHEDULE IV hereto, whether
direct or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent.
1.8 HOLDINGS RETAINED LIABILITIES. The liabilities and obligations
of Holdings to be allocated to, retained by and vested in Holdings in the Merger
pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof (the "Holdings Retained Liabilities") shall be
all liabilities and obligations of Holdings and its Affiliates and subsidiaries
immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than the Transferred Liabilities,
and shall include, without limitation, the liabilities and obligations set forth
on SCHEDULE V hereto, which are not to be allocated to, assumed by or vested in
Acquiror Sub by virtue of the Merger or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.9 ACQUIROR SUB RETAINED ASSETS. The rights, properties and assets
of Acquiror Sub to be allocated to, retained by and vested in Acquiror Sub in
the Merger pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof (the "Acquiror Sub Retained Assets")
shall be all of Acquiror Sub's right, title and interest in and to all of the
properties, assets, rights, claims, contracts and businesses of Acquiror Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time. No properties, assets, rights, claims,
contracts or businesses of Acquiror Sub shall be allocated to or vested in
Holdings by virtue of the Merger or otherwise in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.10 ACQUIROR SUB RETAINED LIABILITIES. The liabilities and
obligations of Acquiror Sub to be allocated to, retained by and vested in
Acquiror Sub in the Merger pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof (the "Acquiror Sub
Retained Liabilities") shall be all liabilities and obligations of Acquiror Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time. No liabilities or obligations of
Acquiror Sub shall be allocated to, assumed by or vested in Holdings by virtue
of the Merger or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
1.11 UNALLOCATED OR CONTINGENT ASSETS OR LIABILITIES. It is the
intention and agreement of the parties that all assets and liabilities of
Holdings and
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Acquiror Sub be allocated between them pursuant to Sections 1.4 through 1.10
hereof. Nevertheless, to the extent that there exist any unallocated or
contingent assets or liabilities of Holdings or Acquiror Sub that are not
allocated pursuant to this Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, such
assets or liabilities shall be allocated as follows:
(a) to the extent such unallocated or contingent assets or
liabilities of Holdings or Acquiror Sub relate to or arise out of the
Transferred Assets, the Transferred Liabilities, the Acquiror Sub Retained
Assets or the Acquiror Sub Retained Liabilities, such unallocated or contingent
assets or liabilities shall be allocated to, assumed by and vested in Acquiror
Sub; and
(b) to the extent such unallocated or contingent assets or
liabilities of Holdings relate to or arise out of the Holdings Retained Assets
or the Holdings Retained Liabilities, such unallocated or contingent assets or
liabilities shall be allocated to, retained by and vested in Holdings.
1.12 CHARTER AND BY-LAWS.
(a) The Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of Holdings, as
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Holdings Surviving Corporation following the
Merger until amended as provided by the TBCA and such Articles of Incorporation
and By-Laws.
(b) The Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of Acquiror Sub,
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation following
the Merger until amended as provided by the TBCA and such Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws.
1.13 DIRECTORS; OFFICERS.
(a) The directors of Holdings immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Holdings Surviving
Corporation following the Merger and shall hold office from the Effective Time
until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner
provided in the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Holdings Surviving
Corporation or as otherwise provided by the TBCA.
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(b) The directors of Acquiror Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation following the Merger and shall hold office from the Effective Time
until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner
provided in the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or as otherwise provided by the TBCA.
(c) The officers of Holdings immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Holdings Surviving
Corporation following the Merger and shall hold office from the Effective Time
until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner
provided in the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Holdings Surviving
Corporation or as otherwise provided by the TBCA.
(d) The officers of Acquiror Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation following the Merger and shall hold office from the Effective Time
until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner
provided in the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or as otherwise provided by the TBCA.
1.14 EFFECT ON CAPITAL STOCK. At the Effective Time, by virtue of
the Merger and without any act or deed on the part of Parent, Holdings,
Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or any holder of any of the following securities:
(a) Each issued and outstanding share of class A common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of Holdings ("Holdings Class A Common Stock") shall
remain issued and outstanding and shall become and thereafter represent one
fully paid and nonassessable share of class A common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Holdings Surviving Corporation ("HSC Class A Common Stock") (which
shall continue to be represented by the certificate representing such share
immediately prior to the Effective Time).
(b) (i) One hundred and thirty (130) issued and outstanding
shares of class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share of Holdings ("Holdings
Class B Common Stock") shall be converted into the right to receive an aggregate
of 7,200,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Acquiror Sub Series A
Preferred Stock, (ii) one (1) issued and outstanding share of Holdings Class B
Common Stock shall be converted into the right to receive 40,000 fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Acquiror Sub Series C Preferred Stock and (iii) each of
the
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remaining issued and outstanding shares of Holdings Class B Common Stock shall
remain issued and outstanding and shall become and thereafter represent one
fully paid and nonassessable share of class B common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Holdings Surviving Corporation ("HSC Class B Common Stock") (which
shall continue to be represented by the certificate representing such share
immediately prior to the Effective Time).
(c) Each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of Acquiror Sub shall remain issued and outstanding and
shall become and thereafter represent one fully paid and nonassessable share of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation (which shall continue to be represented by the certificate
representing such share immediately prior to the Effective Time).
ARTICLE II
CLOSING; FURTHER ASSURANCES
2.1 CLOSING DATE. The closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (the "Closing") and all actions specified in this Agreement to
occur at the Closing shall take place at 10:00 a.m. on June 30, 1999; PROVIDED,
however, that if the conditions set forth in Articles VII and VIII hereof shall
not have been satisfied or waived on or prior to such date, then the Closing
shall take place on the third business day following satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions set forth in Articles VII and VIII hereof, at the offices of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York
10022, unless the parties shall agree in writing to another time, date or place.
The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the "Closing
Date." The filing of the Articles of Merger (as hereinafter defined) in
accordance with the TBCA shall be made on the Closing Date.
2.2 ESCROWED FUNDS. At the Closing, Acquiror shall cause Acquiror
Sub to deposit immediately available funds into an escrow account with an escrow
agent mutually agreeable to Acquiror Sub and Holdings (the "Escrow Agent") in an
amount equal to $1,438,000,000 (collectively, the "Escrowed Funds") for
repayment in full the Holdings Indebtedness. Once Acquiror Sub deposits the
Escrowed Funds pursuant to this Section 2.2, it shall have no further
obligations in respect of the Holdings Indebtedness.
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2.3 DELIVERIES AT THE CLOSING.
(a) At the Closing, the following documents and agreements
shall be duly executed and delivered by Acquiror, Acquiror Sub, Parent and
Holdings, as applicable, and any other parties thereto:
(i) the Stockholders' Agreement (as hereinafter
defined);
(ii) the Trademark License Agreement (as hereinafter
defined);
(iii) the Transition Services Agreement (as hereinafter
defined);
(iv) the Escrow Agreement (as hereinafter defined);
(v) the Transitional License Agreement (as hereinafter
defined);
(vi) the Non-Competition Agreement (as hereinafter
defined);
(vii) IT Agreement (as hereinafter defined);
(viii) the License Amendment Agreement (as hereinafter
defined); and
(ix) articles of merger and a plan of merger (together,
the "Articles of Merger"), substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C hereto.
(b) At the Closing, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to Parent and Holdings:
(i) duly executed stock certificates representing the
shares of Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock and Acquiror Sub Series C
Preferred Stock to be issued in the Merger pursuant to Section 1.14(a) hereof;
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(ii) an instrument of assumption, substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT D hereto (the "Instrument of Assumption"), duly executed by
Acquiror Sub, evidencing the assumption by Acquiror Sub of the Holdings
Indebtedness;
(iii) a payment by wire transfer of immediately
available funds in an amount equal to the Intercompany Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined) to a bank account designated in writing by Parent at least
two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date;
(iv) an undertaking substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
E hereto (the "Undertaking") and any other documents and agreements with third
parties as may be reasonably necessary to evidence (a) the assumption by
Acquiror Sub of the Transferred Liabilities (other than the Holdings
Indebtedness and the Intercompany Indebtedness) or (b) the guaranties, letters
of credit and/or letters of comfort referred to in Section 5.17(b) hereof;
(v) a certificate of Acquiror executed on its behalf by
a duly authorized executive officer of Acquiror, certifying as to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 hereof; and
(vi) such other instruments or documents as may
reasonably be requested by Holdings in order to effect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) At the Closing, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Escrow Agent the wire transfer referred to in
Section 2.2 hereof.
(d) At the Closing, Holdings shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub:
(i) (x) stock certificates representing all of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Transferred Companies (as
hereinafter defined) together with the books and records of each of the
Transferred Companies (other than books and records located on the premises of
any Transferred Company); and (y) stock powers duly executed in blank as to the
issued and out standing shares of capital stock of each of the Transferred
Companies that is a direct subsidiary of Holdings (collectively, the "Directly
Transferred Companies");
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(ii) evidence in writing reasonably satisfactory to
Acquiror that the Intercompany Agreements set forth in Section 5.17(i) of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE (other than the Intercompany Agreements listed in
Section 5.17(ii) thereof) shall have been terminated and any liabilities of the
Transferred Companies to any Person with respect thereto shall have been
released;
(iii) a certificate of Holdings executed on its behalf
by a duly authorized executive officer of Holdings, certifying as to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof;
(iv) written resignations, effective as of the Effective
Time, of each of the officers (except as otherwise agreed by Acquiror) and
directors of the Transferred Companies; and
(v) such other instruments or documents as may
reasonably be requested by Acquiror in order to effect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) At the Closing, immediately following the Effective Time,
Parent shall transfer to a third party not affiliated with Parent or Acquiror
the shares of Acquiror Sub Series C Preferred Stock issued to Parent in the
Merger, pursuant to a binding agreement to be entered into between the date
hereof and the Closing Date.
2.4 SIMULTANEOUS TRANSACTIONS. All of the transactions contemplated
hereby and each of the deliveries at the Closing shall be deemed to occur
simultaneously at the Effective Time, and no such transaction shall be deemed to
have been consummated until each and every transaction has been consummated.
2.5 TAX TREATMENT. The parties intend that the Merger shall qualify
as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement
shall constitute a "plan of reorganization" for purposes of Section 368 of the
Code.
2.6 FURTHER ASSURANCES. After the Effective Time, the parties hereto
shall from time to time, at the reasonable request of the other, execute and
deliver such instruments of conveyance and transfer or instruments of assumption
and take such other actions as the other may reasonably request, in order to
more effectively consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to carry
out the terms hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at any
time and from
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time to time after the Effective Time, (a) at the request of Acquiror, Parent
(to the extent applicable) and Holdings shall take such action including,
without limitation, executing and delivering all such deeds, bills of sale,
assignments and any documents and agreements with third parties as may be
reasonably necessary to more effectively allocate to and vest in the Acquiror
Sub Surviving Corporation all of Holdings' right, title and interest in and to
the Transferred Assets and (b) at the request of Holdings, Acquiror shall, and
shall cause the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to, take such action to more
effectively assume and vest in the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation the
Transferred Liabilities, including, without limitation, executing such
documents, instruments and agreements with third parties as may be reasonably
necessary for the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to assume all of Holdings'
obligations under each of the Transferred Liabilities.
2.7 SUBSEQUENT CLOSING.
(a) In the event that (i) all Required Approvals (as herein
after defined) of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over Wright
Express Financial Services Corporation, a Utah corporation ("WEX"), have not
been obtained and (ii) all other conditions to Closing set forth in Articles VII
and VIII hereof in respect of the Merger and all of the other Transferred Assets
have been fulfilled or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
then the parties hereto agree that the Merger shall be consummated and the
Closing shall proceed in respect of all of the Transferred Assets other than the
outstanding shares of capital stock of WEX (the "Deferred Assets"), and that a
subsequent closing ("Subsequent Closing") in respect of the Deferred Assets take
place following the Closing. The Subsequent Closing shall take place at 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on a date (the "Subsequent Closing Date") to be
agreed upon by the parties hereto, which shall be no later than the third
business day following the date on which all Required Approvals of Governmental
Entities having jurisdiction over WEX shall have been obtained, any conditions
to the Required Approvals shall have been satisfied and any statutory waiting
periods in respect thereof shall have expired, at the offices of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 or such
other date or place as the parties may agree in writing.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if
there is to be a Subsequent Closing, then the following shall apply:
(i) Following the Closing, Holdings (or an Affiliate
thereof) shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Deferred
Assets
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and each of Parent, Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall continue to use
their best efforts to obtain the Required Approvals as soon as practicable;
(ii) $15,500,000 of the Escrowed Funds (the "Retained
Escrow Amount") shall remain in escrow with the Escrow Agent following the
Closing and, except as provided in subsection (d) below, shall be released and
delivered to Holdings, together with any interest earned thereon, at the
Subsequent Closing;
(iii) After all Required Approvals are obtained, the
Subsequent Closing shall occur in accordance with Subsection (a) above and, at
the Subsequent Closing, (A) the Escrow Agent shall release and deliver to
Acquiror Sub the Deferred Assets, upon which all of Holdings right, title and
interest in and to the Deferred Assets shall be transferred to Acquiror Sub or,
at the election of Holdings, to Acquiror or such other Affiliate of Acquiror
(other than Acquiror Sub) as may be specified by Acquiror, and (B) the Escrow
Agent shall release and deliver to Holdings the Retained Escrow Amount,
together with all interest earned thereon through the Subsequent Closing Date;
(iv) It is the intention of the parties that, upon the
occurrence of a Subsequent Closing, the acquisition of WEX by Acquiror Sub or
Acquiror, as the case may be, shall be effective as of the Closing Date for
purposes of this Agreement, and the business of WEX shall be run for the benefit
of Acquiror Sub or Acquiror, as the case may be, during the period from the
Closing Date through and including the Subsequent Closing Date; and
(v) During the period from the Closing Date through the
Subsequent Closing, WEX will continue to provide to the Business the credit card
and other services currently provided to the Business on the terms set forth in
the Transition Services Agreement or such other management agreement as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto and Acquiror shall, and shall cause
the Transferred Companies to, provide to WEX such services as are currently
provided by Wright Express Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the parent
company of WEX ("Wright Express").
(c) During the period from the Closing Date to the Subsequent
Closing Date, except as consented to by Acquiror in writing, Parent and Holdings
shall cause WEX:
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(i) to conduct its business and operations in the
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as presently conducted and to
use reasonable best efforts to preserve its relationships with customers,
suppliers and others having business with WEX;
(ii) provide Wright Express and Wright Express Canada,
Inc. with substantially the same services and on the same terms as it provided
to such entities prior to the Closing;
(iii) to provide Acquiror Sub with information
(financial or otherwise) regarding WEX or its services to the Transferred
Companies as may be reasonably requested by Acquiror Sub;
(iv) to take such or omit to take such actions as may be
reasonably requested by Acquiror Sub; and
(v) not to take any action that, if taken during the
period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time without the
consent of Acquiror, would constitute a breach of Section 5.1 hereof, assuming
for this purpose that the threshold for capital expenditures in Section
5.1(viii) hereof is $100,000 individually and in the aggregate and "material" in
Section 5.1 shall be measured with regard to WEX as a stand-alone entity.
(d) If the Governmental Entities having jurisdiction over WEX
(i) notify Holdings and/or Acquiror that a final, nonappealable decision has
been made by such Governmental Entities that the Required Approvals will not be
granted or (ii) have failed to provide the Requisite Approval on or prior to
October 31, 1999, then (i) the Subsequent Closing with respect to the Deferred
Assets shall not occur, (ii) Holdings shall retain all right, title and interest
in and to the Deferred Assets and (iii) the Retained Escrow Amount, together
with any interest earned thereon, shall be released and delivered by the Escrow
Agent to Acquiror Sub. All obligations of Parent and Holdings with respect to
delivering the Deferred Assets to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub pursuant to this
Agreement shall thereafter cease and be null and void, and Holdings shall be
free to exercise all rights of ownership over the Deferred Assets, including the
right to freely dispose thereof.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND HOLDINGS
Parent and Holdings jointly and severally represent and warrant to
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub as follows (it being understood and agreed that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III or in
any other Article of this Agreement, neither Parent nor Holdings makes any
representation or warranty with respect to any direct or indirect subsidiary of
Parent or Holdings that is not a Transferred Company, or with respect to any
properties, assets, liabilities, obligations or businesses of Parent or Holdings
or their respective subsidiaries or Affiliates that are not included in the
Transferred Assets, the Transferred Liabilities or the Business, except as
explicitly set forth herein):
3.1 ORGANIZATION. Each of Parent and Holdings is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is presently being conducted.
3.2 AUTHORIZATION. Each of Parent and Holdings has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to
execute and deliver each of the Stockholders' Agreement, the Trademark License
Agreement, the IT Agreement, the License Amendment Agreement, the
Non-Competition Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Transitional License Agreement, the Undertaking and the
Instrument of Assumption (collectively, the "Transaction Agreements") to which
it is a party, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and
delivery by Parent and Holdings of this Agreement and each of the Transaction
Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation by Parent and Holdings
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized
by all requisite corporate action on the part of Parent and Holdings. This
Agreement has been, and, at the Closing, each of the Transaction Agreements will
be, duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Holdings to the extent it
is a party thereto, and (assuming the valid authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and
each of the Transaction Agreements, when duly executed and
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delivered, will constitute, a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Holdings
to the extent it is a party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with
its terms, except that (a) such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, insolvency and other laws now
or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights and (b)
enforcement thereof, including, among other things, the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief, may be subject
to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought.
3.3 TRANSFERRED COMPANIES.
(a) SCHEDULE I hereto sets forth a complete list of all of the
Transferred Companies and their respective jurisdictions of organization. Except
as set forth in Section 3.3 of the disclosure schedule being delivered by Parent
and Holdings to Acquiror concurrently herewith (the "HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE"), (i) those direct and indirect subsidiaries of Holdings listed on
SCHEDULE I hereto (the "Transferred Companies") are the only subsidiaries or
Affiliates of Parent or Holdings that presently are actively engaged in the
conduct of the Business and (ii) none of the Transferred Companies owns any
equity interest in any corporation or other entity, other than another
Transferred Company. Each Transferred Company is duly organized, validly
existing and (in the case of those Transferred Companies that are incorporated
in a jurisdiction where such expression has legal significance) in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite
corporate or other power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is presently being
conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing or to have such power or authority would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business (as hereinafter
defined). Each of the Transferred Companies is duly qualified to do business,
and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
business or the ownership, operation or leasing of its properties makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good
standing would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Business.
(b) As used in this Agreement (i), "Affiliate" shall mean,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Affiliate"
shall not include, with respect to any Person, any public corporation in which
such Person owns securities representing less than 50% of the outstanding voting
power; and (ii)
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"Material Adverse Effect on the Business" means any material adverse change in,
or effect on, the business, assets, liabilities, results of operation or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Transferred Companies, taken as a
whole; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the effects of changes that are generally
applicable to the industries in which the Transferred Companies operate or to
the economy generally shall be excluded from such determination.
3.4 CAPITALIZATION; OWNERSHIP OF SHARES.
(a) Section 3.4(a) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE sets
forth the authorized capital stock of, and the number of issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock or other equity interests in, Holdings and each of the
Transferred Companies. As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in
Section 3.4(a) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, there are no issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests in any of the
Transferred Companies, or any subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights,
convertible securities or other agreements or commitments of any character
obligating Parent, Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies to issue,
transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any capital stock
or other equity interests in any of the Transferred Companies, nor are there
any shares of capital stock or other equity interests reserved for issuance
pursuant thereto. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Transferred
Company that is a corporation is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (except as otherwise required by applicable Law (as
hereinafter defined)) free of preemptive rights. Each equity interest of each
Transferred Company that is not a corporation is duly authorized, validly
issued and (except as otherwise required by applicable Law) free of preemptive
rights.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.4(b) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, (i) all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of, or other equity or membership interests in, the Transferred Companies
(collectively, the "Shares") are owned of record and beneficially by Holdings
either directly or indirectly through a Transferred Company, free and clear of
all liens, pledges, charges, claims, security interests or other encumbrances,
except for liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable (collectively,
"Liens"), (ii) there are no restrictions on the payment of dividends by any of
the Transferred Companies (other than by operation of Law) and (iii) no
Transferred Company is subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds
for or to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in any Person. The consummation of the Merger will convey to Acquiror
Sub good title to the Shares of the Directly Transferred Companies, free and
clear of all Liens, except for those created by Acquiror or the
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Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or arising out of ownership of the Shares by
the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation.
3.5 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATION. Except for the filing of
the Articles of Merger under the TBCA and the applicable requirements of the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "H-S-R
Act"), or as set forth in Section 3.5 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE,
neither the execution and delivery by Parent or Holdings of this Agreement or
the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party nor the consummation by Parent
or Holdings of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will: (i)
conflict with or violate the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws
or comparable charter or organizational documents of Parent, Holdings or any of
the Transferred Companies, (ii) violate any statute, law, judgment, decree,
order, regulation or rule (collectively, "Laws") of any Governmental Entity (as
hereinafter defined) applicable to Parent, Holdings or the Transferred Companies
or any of their respective properties or assets, (iii) result in a violation or
breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination
of, or accelerate the performance required by, or require any consent of another
party to, any indenture, license, lease, contract, instrument, agreement or
commitment (collectively, "Contracts") to which Parent or Holdings (each, with
respect to the Business) or any of the Transferred Companies is a party or by
which Parent or Holdings (each, with respect to the Business) or any of the
Transferred Companies or any of their respective properties or assets is bound,
(iv) result in the creation of any Lien on any of the assets of Holdings or any
Transferred Company or (v) require any filing with, or the obtaining of any
consent, approval, certificate, license, permit, waiver or authorization of
("Governmental Consent"), any governmental or regulatory authority, court or
agency, whether federal, state, local or foreign (each, a "Governmental
Entity"), other than, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), such
violations, breaches, conflicts, defaults, terminations, accelerations,
third-party consents, Liens and Governmental Consents which, individually or in
the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business, would
not adversely affect in any material respect the ability of Parent or Holdings
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or would not adversely
affect in any material respect the ability of Acquiror Sub to conduct the
Business after the Closing in substantially the same manner as presently
conducted.
3.6 FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.
(a) Section 3.6(a) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE sets
forth the audited combined balance sheets of the Transferred Companies as of
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December 31, 1998 and the related audited combined statements of income and
changes in cash flows for the year then ended (collectively, the "Audited
Financial Statements"). Except as otherwise noted therein, the Audited Financial
Statements were prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP"), consistently applied, and fairly present in all
material respects the combined financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Transferred Companies as of and for the period indicated
therein.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.6(b) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, since December 31, 1998, none of the Transferred Companies
has incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether direct or indirect,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on a
balance sheet or in notes thereto prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for
(i) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) liabilities and obligations that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
3.7 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS. Except as disclosed in
Section 3.7 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, since December 31, 1998, (a)
there has been no action taken by any of the Transferred Companies through the
date hereof that, if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement
through the Effective Time without the consent of Acquiror, would constitute a
breach of Section 5.1 hereof; and (b) there has been no event or development
that has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Business.
3.8 TAX MATTERS. Except as set forth on Section 3.8 of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE:
(a) Each of the Transferred Companies (i) has timely filed (or
there has been timely filed on its behalf) with the appropriate taxing
authorities all material Tax Returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be
filed by or with respect to it, and all such Tax Returns are correct in all
material respects, and (ii) has timely paid or accrued and adequately disclosed
and fully provided for on the Audited Financial Statements all material Taxes
(as hereinafter defined) required to be paid;
(b) There are no outstanding waivers in writing or comparable
consents regarding the application of any statute of limitations in respect of
any material Taxes of any of the Transferred Companies nor have any of the
Transferred Companies been requested to enter into an agreement or waiver
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extending any statute of limitations relating to the payment or collection of
any material Taxes of the Transferred Companies;
(c) There is no action, suit, investigation, audit, claim or
assessment pending or proposed to any Transferred Company in writing with
respect to Taxes of Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies nor has
Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies received any written notices from
any taxing authority relating to any issue which could affect the Tax liability
of the Transferred Companies;
(d) There are no Liens for Taxes upon any of the Transferred
Assets or any assets of the Transferred Companies, except for Liens relating to
current Taxes not yet due and payable or Liens for Taxes being contested in good
faith which have been fully disclosed and adequately provided for on the Audited
Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP;
(e) (i) Since April 30, 1997 and (ii) prior to April 30, 1997,
to the knowledge of all responsible tax officers of Holdings, none of the
Transferred Companies has been included in any "consolidated," "unitary" or
"combined" income Tax Return provided for under the law of the United States,
any foreign jurisdiction or any state or locality with respect to Taxes for any
taxable period for which the statute of limitations has not expired;
(f) All material Taxes which Holdings or any of the
Transferred Companies is (or was) required by law to withhold or collect have
been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper
authorities to the extent due and payable;
(g) (i) Since April 30, 1997 and (ii) prior to April 30, 1997,
to the knowledge of all responsible tax officers of Holdings, no claim has been
made in writing by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction where Holdings or any
of the Transferred Companies does not file Tax Returns that Holdings or any of
the Transferred Companies is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction;
(h) None of the Transferred Companies is a party to any
agreement that, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, would require any of the Transferred Companies to make any
payment that would constitute an "excess parachute payment" for purposes of
Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code;
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(i) No indebtedness of any of the Transferred Companies
consists of "corporate acquisition indebtedness" within the meaning of Section
279 of the Code; and
(j) There are no Tax sharing, allocation, indemnification or
similar agreements in effect as between any of the Transferred Companies or any
predecessors or Affiliates thereof and any other party (including Holdings or
any predecessor or Affiliate thereof) under which Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or
any of the Transferred Companies could be liable after the Closing Date for any
Taxes or other claims of any party.
3.9 LITIGATION.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.9 of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, as of the date of this Agreement, there is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity which is
pending or, to Holdings' Knowledge, threatened, against Parent or Holdings (in
each case, relating to the Business) or any Transferred Company, which, if
adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would (a) have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Business, (b) adversely affect in any material
respect the ability of Parent or Holdings to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or (c) adversely affect, in any material respect, the
ability of Acquiror Sub to conduct the Business after the Closing in
substantially the same manner as presently conducted.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Holdings' Knowledge"
shall mean, with respect to any representation and warranty, the actual
knowledge of each of Messrs. Mark Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer
of PHH Vehicle Management Services, LLC ("VMS"), Neil Cashen, Senior Vice
President, Finance and Planning of VMS, John Cullum, President, Cendant Business
Answers (Europe) PLC ("CBA"), David Bird, Managing Director of CBA, and Joseph
Weikel, Vice President and General Counsel of VMS, and Ms. Mairead McKenna,
Legal Services Director of CBA, after having reviewed the applicable
representation and warranty and any disclosure schedule related thereto.
3.10 PERMITS; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) Holdings (to the extent related to the Business) and each
of the Transferred Companies is in possession of all franchises, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, consents, certificates, approvals and
orders of any Governmental Entity necessary for it to own, lease and operate its
properties
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or to carry on the Business as it is presently being conducted (the "Permits"),
except where the failure to have any of the Permits would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
(b) Except (i) as disclosed in Section 3.10(b) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, and (ii) with respect to tax, labor, ERISA and employee
benefit, intellectual property and environmental Laws, which are exclusively
addressed in Sections 3.8, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 and 3.16 hereof, respectively, the
Business presently is being conducted in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable Laws.
3.11 MATERIAL CONTRACTS.
(a) Except for Contracts set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE (collectively, the "Material Contracts"), neither
Holdings (with respect to the Business) nor any Transferred Company is a party
to or bound by:
(i) any Contract that provides for payment to a
Transferred Company for the performance of services in an amount in excess of
$1,000,000 annually;
(ii) any Contract to be performed relating to capital
expenditures (other than those provided for in the Capital Expenditure Plans of
the Business for 1999) in excess of $500,000 in any calendar year, or in the
aggregate require expenditures in excess of $2,000,000;
(iii) any Contract not entered into the ordinary course
of business, requiring payments by or to the Transferred Companies in excess of
$1,000,000;
(iv) any Contract which contains restrictions with
respect to payment of dividends or any other distribution in respect of the
capital stock of a Transferred Company;
(v) any Contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed
money in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 (excluding trade payables in the
ordinary course of business, intercompany indebtedness and leases for
telephones, copy machines, facsimile machines and other office equipment);
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(vi) any lease (or sublease) of Real Property requiring
payments by the Transferred Companies in an amount in excess of $1,000,000
annually;
(vii) any loan or advance to (other than advances to
employees in the ordinary course of business in amounts not exceeding $1,000,000
in the aggregate), or investment in (other than investments in any Transferred
Company), any Person, or any Contract relating to the making of any such loan,
advance or investment;
(viii) any guarantee in respect of any indebtedness or
obligation of any Person in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 (other than in the
ordinary course of business and other than with respect to any indebtedness or
obligation of any Transferred Company);
(ix) any material Contract limiting the ability of any
Transferred Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any
Person;
(x) any material amendment, modification or supplement
in respect of any of the foregoing.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE: (i) there is no pending default under or breach of any
Material Contract by Holdings or any Transferred Company party thereto, and no
event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both,
would constitute a default thereunder by Holdings or any Transferred Company
party thereto, in any such case in which such default, breach or event,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business; and (ii) no party to any such Material Contract has given written
notice to Holdings or any Transferred Company of, or made a written claim
against Holdings or any Transferred Company with respect to, any breach or
default thereunder, in any such case, in which such breach or default,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business.
3.12 LABOR RELATIONS. Except as set forth in Section 3.12 of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, (a) neither Holdings nor any of the Transferred
Companies is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or labor Contract
with respect to any Persons employed by any of the Transferred Companies (the
"Business Personnel"), (b) Holdings is not a party to any employment agreement
with any of the
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Business Personnel, (c) since January 1, 1998, neither Holdings nor any of the
Transferred Companies has engaged in any unfair labor practice with respect to
the Business Personnel, and there is no unfair labor practice complaint or
grievance against Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies by the National
Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency pending or, to Holdings'
Knowledge, threatened in writing with respect to the Business Personnel, except
where such unfair labor practice, complaint or grievance would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business, and (d)
there is no labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to Holdings'
Knowledge, threatened against Holdings (with respect to the Business) or any of
the Transferred Companies which may interfere with the business activities of
the Business, except for such disputes, strikes or work stoppages which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business.
3.13 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS; ERISA.
(a) Each "employee benefit plan," within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), maintained by Holdings and/or any of its subsidiaries or any
organization which, together with Holdings and/or any such subsidiary (each, an
"ERISA Affiliate"), would be treated as a "single employer" within the meaning
of Section 414 of the Code or to which Holdings or any such ERISA Affiliate
contributes (or has any obligation to contribute) or is a party and in which any
Business Personnel participates or under which any of them has accrued and
remains entitled to any benefit (collectively, the "Employee Benefit Plans") is
listed on Section 3.13(a) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. Except as set
forth on Section 3.13(a) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE: (i) each Employee
Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable law and has been administered and
operated in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that any such
noncompliance, administration or operation would not result in a material
liability; (ii) each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to be "qualified"
within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, dated after December 31,
1993 and, to Holdings' Knowledge, no event has occurred and no condition exists
which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of any such
determination; (iii) neither Holdings (with respect to the Business) or any of
the Transferred Companies is a participant in any "multiemployer plan," within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA; (iv) the actuarial present value of
the accumulated plan benefits (whether or not vested) under any Employee Benefit
Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA as of the close of the plan year ended April
30, 1998 did not exceed the fair value of the assets allocable thereto; (v) the
execution of this
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Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not
constitute a triggering event under any Employee Benefit Plan, policy,
arrangement, statement, commitment or agreement, which (A) (either alone or upon
the occurrence of any additional or subsequent event) will or may result in any
payment, "parachute payment" (as such term is defined in Section 280G of the
Code) or (B) by itself will result in any material payment, severance, bonus,
retirement, or increase any benefits or accelerate the payment or vesting of any
benefits to any employee or former employee or director of Holdings or any of
its subsidiaries (other than that which would be solely a liability of Parent);
(vi) no Employee Benefit Plan provides for post-employment or retiree welfare
benefits, except to the extent required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code or such other similar law; (vii) no Employee
Benefit Plan maintained by Holdings or an ERISA Affiliate which is covered by
Title IV of ERISA has been terminated and no proceedings have been instituted to
terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any such plan; (viii) no
"reportable event" (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan maintained by Holdings or an ERISA
Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA; (ix) no Employee Benefit Plan
maintained by Holdings or an ERISA Affiliate which is subject to Section 412 of
the Code or Section 302 or ERISA has incurred any "accumulated funding
deficiency," within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, or obtained a waiver of any minimum funding standard or an extension of
any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of
ERISA; (x) neither Holdings nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any unsatisfied
withdrawal liability under Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA to any
"multiemployer plan," within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA; (xi)
full payment has been timely made of all amounts which Holdings and/or any of
its subsidiaries is required under applicable law or under any Employee Benefit
Plan or related agreement to have paid as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal year of such Employee Benefit Plan ended prior to the date hereof, and
Holdings and each of its subsidiaries have made adequate provisions, in
accordance with GAAP, in their financial statements for all obligations and
liabilities under all Employee Benefit Plans or any related agreement or
applicable law, and, to Holdings' Knowledge, no event has occurred and no
condition exists that would reasonably be expected to result in a material
increase in the level of such amounts paid or accrued for the most recently
ended fiscal year; (xii) no Employee Benefit Plan provides for the payment of
severance, termination, change in control or similar-type payments or benefits;
(xiii) neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to Holdings'
Knowledge, any other "disqualified person" or "party in interest" (as defined in
Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code and Section 3(14) of ERISA, respectively) has
engaged in any transaction in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan that
could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a material penalty
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pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA, damages pursuant to Section 409 of ERISA or a
tax pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code; and (xiv) no claim, action or
litigation, has been made or commenced with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits payable in the ordinary course, and
appeals of denied such claims).
(b) Each "employee benefit plan," within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is maintained outside of the United States by
Holdings and/or any of its subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of Business
Personnel substantially all of whom are residing outside of the United States
(collectively, the "Foreign Plans") is listed on Section 3.13(a) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. Except as set forth on Section 3.13(b) of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE: (i) no event has occurred with respect to any Foreign Plan
that would reasonably be expected to result directly in any material liability
under any applicable law; (ii) Holdings and/or its subsidiaries have complied
with, and each Foreign Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable
Laws, except to the extent that any such noncompliance or nonconformance would
not result in a material liability; (iii) all pension and incentive compensation
obligations under any Foreign Plan have been fully funded, accrued on the
Audited Financial Statements or paid by Holdings and/or one of its subsidiaries,
as applicable; and (iv) no liability, claim, action or litigation, has been
made, commenced or, to Holdings' Knowledge, threatened with respect to any
Foreign Plan (other than routine claims for benefits payable in the ordinary
course, and appeals of denied such claims).
3.14 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(a) The Transferred Companies own or possess valid and
enforceable and adequate licenses or other legal rights to use all Intellectual
Property Rights (as hereinafter defined) as are necessary to permit the
Transferred Companies to conduct the Business as presently conducted, except
where the failure to have such Intellectual Property Rights would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business. Except as set forth in Section 3.14 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE, (i) no claims, or, to Holdings' Knowledge, threat of claims, have been
asserted by any Person related to the use in the conduct of the Business of any
Intellectual Property Rights or challenging or questioning the validity or
effectiveness of any license or agreement relating to Intellectual Property
Rights, except for such claims which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business, (ii) the conduct of the
Business as presently conducted does not infringe on the Intellectual Property
Rights of any Person, except for such infringements which, individually or in
the aggregate, would
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not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business, and (iii) to Holdings'
Knowledge, all filings, registrations and issuances pertaining to the
Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Transferred Companies, including any
and all patents, registered trademarks and copyright registrations, are in full
force and effect and the Transferred Companies have good and marketable title
thereto.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) "Person" shall mean an
individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
limited liability company, foreign limited liability company, trust, estate,
corporation, custodian, trustee, executor, administrator, nominee or any other
entity and (ii) "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean rights under patents,
trademarks, trade names, service marks, Internet domain names, trade secrets,
copyrights, software, mailing lists and other proprietary intellectual property
rights, whether or not registered, and all registrations thereof and
applications for registration with respect thereto.
3.15 YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE.
(a) To Holdings Knowledge, the Transferred Companies have
identified substantially all of their internal systems and software that are
subject to Year 2000 Compliance risk and, to Holdings Knowledge, no Material
Adverse Effect on the Business will result from the failure of such systems or
software to be Year 2000 Compliant. As used herein, "Year 2000 Compliant" shall
mean, with respect to all internal computer systems and software, whether
embedded or otherwise, the ability to consistently and accurately handle date
information before, on and after January 1, 2000 without a material loss of
functionality, including, but not limited to, accepting date input, providing
date output, performing calculations on dates or portions of dates and
comparing, sequencing, storing and displaying dates (including all leap year
considerations).
(b) The Transferred Companies have adopted a Year 2000
Compliance program, which consists of four phases: (i) identification of all
MISSION CRITICAL BUSINESS systems and software subject to Year 2000 Compliance
risks; (ii) assessment of such business systems and software to determine the
method of correcting Year 2000 Compliance problems; (iii) implementing the
corrective measures; and (iv) testing and maintaining Year 2000 Compliance. The
Transferred Companies have completed at least phases (i), (ii) and (iii) above
with respect to all of their mission critical internal systems and software.
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(c) Parent and Holdings make no representation or warranty
concerning the Year 2000 Compliance of suppliers of products and services to the
Transferred Companies or of the Transferred Companies' customers, or as to
whether the failure of such suppliers or customers to be Year 2000 Compliant
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business. The Transferred Companies
are developing contingency plans intended to minimize the effects of any such
failures by crucial third parties.
(d) The above stated representation is a Year 2000 readiness
disclosure statement pursuant to the Year 2000 Readiness and Disclosure Act.
3.16 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as set forth in Section 3.16 of
the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE:
(a) The Business presently is being conducted in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), including, but
not limited to, the possession of all Permits and other governmental
authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws, except where the
failure to comply with such Environmental Laws would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Business;
(b) There is no pending or, to Holdings' Knowledge, threatened
Environmental Claim against Holdings (relating to the Business or any Real
Property) or any of the Transferred Companies under any Environmental Laws,
which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Business; and
(c) There have been no releases, spills or discharges of
Hazardous Substances (as hereinafter defined) by any of the Transferred
Companies during the period of Parent's (or its Affiliates') ownership of such
Transferred Company or, to Holdings' Knowledge, by any of the Transferred
Companies prior to such period, or by any other Person, on or underneath any of
the properties presently owned, leased or operated by any of the Transferred
Companies that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
(d) There are no presently existing facts, circumstances,
conditions or occurrences regarding any business or operations of the
Transferred Companies or any Real Property that would reasonably be anticipated
(i) to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Transferred
Companies or any Real
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Property or (ii) to cause such Real Property to be subject to any restrictions
on its ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law,
which, in either case, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, "Environmental Laws" shall
mean any applicable national, federal, state or local Laws relating to the
environment, pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or
Hazardous Substances. "Hazardous Substances" means all substances defined as
hazardous, toxic, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos in any form that is
friable, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and any other restricted pollutant
or a contaminant under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. ss. 300.5, or defined, limited or prohibited as such
by, or regulated as such under, any Environmental Law. "ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS"
shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits,
demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigations or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or
any permit issued under any such Environmental Law (for purposes of this
definition, "Claims"), including, without limitation (i) any and all Claims by
governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal,
response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims, by any third party seeking
damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or
injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Substances or arising from alleged
injury or threat of injury to health or the environment.
3.17 REAL PROPERTY. With respect to each parcel of real property
owned in fee, leased or subleased by the Transferred Companies (the "Real
Property"), Section 3.17 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE sets forth a
complete and accurate list setting forth its address and, in the case of owned
Real Property, its legal description. Except as set forth in Section 3.17 of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, each of the Transferred Companies has fee simple
title to all Real Property owned by such entity, and has valid leasehold
interests in all Real Property leased by such entity, in each case free and
clear of all Liens except for defects in title or Liens which, individually or
in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
3.18 INSURANCE. Section 3.18 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
sets forth an accurate summary of all material insurance policies maintained by
Holdings (with respect to the Business) and the Transferred Companies. Such
insurance policies are in full force and effect on the date hereof, and are in
such amounts, on such terms and covering such risks, including fire and other
risks
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insured against by extended coverage, as are, in the opinion of Holdings'
management, reasonably prudent for the Business.
3.19 ACQUISITION OF SHARES FOR INVESTMENT. Holdings is acquiring the
shares of Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock to be issued by Acquiror Sub
upon consummation of the Merger for investment purposes without any present
intention of distributing or selling any such shares in violation of federal or
state securities laws.
3.20 SUFFICIENCY OF ASSETS. Except as contemplated by the
Intercompany Agreements and the items set forth in Section 3.20 of the HOLDINGS
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, the assets of the Transferred Companies constitute all the
assets necessary to conduct the Business in substantially the same manner as
presently conducted.
3.21 CUSTOMERS. Section 3.21 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
sets forth the twenty (20) largest customers (each a "Material Customer") of the
Business for the period from January 1, 1999 through March 31, 1999, based on
gross revenues received from each such customer during such period. No
Transferred Company has received written notice, or to Holding's Knowledge, any
oral notice, from any Material Customer that such Material Customer is canceling
or otherwise substantially reducing its usage or purchase of the products and
services of, the Business.
3.22 BROKERS; FINDERS AND FEES. Except for Chase Securities Inc.,
whose fees will be paid by Parent, none of Parent, Holdings, any Transferred
Company or any of their respective Affiliates has employed any investment
banker, broker or finder or incurred any liability for any investment banking
fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finders' fees in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ACQUIROR AND ACQUIROR SUB
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub jointly and severally represent and
warrant to Parent and Holdings as follows:
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4.1 ORGANIZATION.
(a) Each of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is presently being conducted. Each of Acquiror and
Acquiror Sub is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of
its business or the ownership, operation or leasing of its properties makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good
standing would not have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect (as hereinafter
defined).
(b) As used in this Agreement, "Acquiror Material Adverse
Effect" means any material adverse change in, or effect on, the business,
assets, liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise)
of Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or Acquiror's other subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the effects of changes that are generally applicable to
the industries in which such entities operate or to the economy generally shall
be excluded from such determination.
4.2 AUTHORIZATION. Each of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by Acquiror and
Acquiror Sub of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party and the consummation by Acquiror and Acquiror Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate action on the part of each of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub.
This Agreement has been, and, at the Closing, each of the Transaction Agreements
will be, duly executed and delivered by each of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub to the
extent it is a party thereto and (assuming the valid authorization, execution
and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto) this Agreement constitutes,
and each of the Transaction Agreements, when duly executed and delivered, will
constitute, a valid and binding agreement of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub to the
extent it is a party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its
terms, except that (a) such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, insolvency and other Laws,
now or hereafter in effect, relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally
and (b) enforcement thereof, including, among other things, the remedy of
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specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief, may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
any proceeding therefor may be brought.
4.3 CAPITALIZATION.
(a) Section 4.3 of the disclosure schedule being delivered by
Acquiror to Holdings concurrently herewith (the "ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE")
sets forth the authorized capital stock of, and the number of issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock in, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub. As of the
date of this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the ACQUIROR
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, there are no issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
or other equity interests in Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or any subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible securities or other agreements or
commitments of any character obligating Acquiror or Acquiror Sub to issue,
transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any capital stock
or other equity interests in Acquiror or Acquiror Sub, nor are there any shares
of capital stock or other equity interests reserved for issuance pursuant
thereto. Each outstanding share of capital stock of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights.
(b) Acquiror Sub is a newly formed company incorporated under
the laws of the State of Texas and has engaged in no activity other than as
provided in, or contemplated by, this Agreement. Acquiror has no present plan or
intention to cause Acquiror Sub to reincorporate out of the State of Texas.
Except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, (i) all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Acquiror Sub are, and
immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be, owned of record and
beneficially by Acquiror and are, and immediately prior to the Effective Time,
will be, free and clear of all Liens, (ii) there are no restrictions of any kind
which prevent the payment of dividends by Acquiror Sub and (iii) Acquiror Sub
(except by operation of Law) is not subject to any obligation or requirement to
provide funds for or to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital
contribution or otherwise) to or in any Person.
(c) The shares of Acquiror Sub Preferred Stock to be issued
upon consummation of the Merger pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have
been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, at the Effective Time, such
shares of Acquiror Sub Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of preferred stock of Acquiror Sub, free of preemptive
rights, and will be entitled to the rights, preferences and powers set forth in
the Certificate of
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Designations with respect thereto. The shares of Series B cumulative PIK
preferred stock of Acquiror Sub ("Acquiror Sub Series B Preferred Stock") have
been duly authorized and when issued as paid-in-kind dividends upon the Acquiror
Sub Series A Preferred Stock, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Acquiror Sub Series B Preferred Stock, free of
preemptive rights and will be entitled to the rights, preferences and powers set
forth in the Certificate of Designations with respect thereto.
(d) The shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
Acquiror (the "Acquiror Common Stock"), issuable upon exchange of the non-voting
class B common stock of Acquiror (the "Acquiror Class B Common Stock") which is
issuable upon conversion of the Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock pursuant
to the terms of the Certificate of Designations with respect thereto, have been
duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon issuance after such
conversion, such shares of Acquiror Common Stock will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, and free of preemptive rights. The transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, which includes the issuance of shares of
Acquiror Class B Common Stock upon conversion of the Acquiror Sub Series A
Preferred Stock, have been duly authorized by the board of directors of Acquiror
and, subject to the receipt of the Class B Stockholder Approval (as defined in
the Stockholders' Agreement), when issued upon conversion of the Acquiror Sub
Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of Acquiror Class B Common Stock will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of
preemptive rights.
4.4 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATION. Except for the filing of
the Articles of Merger under the TBCA and the applicable requirements of the
H-S-R Act, or as set forth in Section 4.4 of the ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE,
neither the execution and delivery by Acquiror or Acquiror Sub of this Agreement
or the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party nor the consummation by
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
will (i) conflict with or violate the certificate or articles of incorporation,
by-laws or comparable charter or organizational documents of Acquiror or
Acquiror Sub, (ii) violate any Laws of any Governmental Entity applicable to
Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or any of their respective properties or assets, (iii)
result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
require any consent of another party to, any Contract to which Acquiror or
Acquiror Sub is a party or by which Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or any of their
respective properties or assets is bound, (iv) result in the creation of any
Lien on any of the assets of Acquiror Sub or (v) require any Governmental
Consent of any
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Governmental Entity, other than, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(v), such violations, breaches, conflicts, defaults, terminations,
accelerations, third-party consents, Liens and Governmental Consents, which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have an Acquiror Material Adverse
Effect and would not adversely affect in any material respect the ability of
Acquiror or Acquiror Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.5 ACQUIROR SEC DOCUMENTS. Acquiror has filed all reports, forms,
registrations, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by
it with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") since January 1, 1998
(the "Acquiror SEC Documents"). As of their respective dates, the Acquiror SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as the case may be, and the applicable rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. Except to the extent that information
contained in any Acquiror SEC Document has been revised, amended or superseded
by a later Acquiror SEC Document, none of the Acquiror SEC Documents filed prior
to the date hereof, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
4.6 FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.
(a) Except as otherwise noted therein, the consolidated
financial statements of Acquiror included in the Acquiror SEC Documents were
prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (except, in the case of
the unaudited statements, for normal year-end audit adjustments), and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of Acquiror and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of the unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and to any other adjustments
described therein).
(b) Except as set forth in the Acquiror SEC Documents filed
prior to the date hereof or in Section 4.6(b) of the ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE, since the date of the most recent audited financial statements
included in the Acquiror SEC Documents, Acquiror has not incurred any
liabilities or obligations (whether direct or indirect, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet or in notes
thereto prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for (i) liabilities and
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
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business and (ii) liabilities and obligations that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 LITIGATION. Except as set forth in the Acquiror SEC Documents
filed prior to the date hereof or in Section 4.7 of the ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE, as of the date of this Agreement, there is no action, suit, proceeding
or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity which is pending, or, to
the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or any of
Acquiror's other subsidiaries, which, if adversely determined, individually or
in the aggregate, would (a) have a Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or (b)
adversely affect in any material respect the ability of Acquiror or Acquiror Sub
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.8 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC
Documents filed prior to the date hereof or as set forth in Section 4.8 of the
ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, the businesses of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub are
presently being conducted in compliance with all applicable Laws, except for
such noncompliance which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. Acquiror has delivered to Holdings, prior
to the date hereof, true, correct and complete copies of commitment letters (the
"Commitment Letters") providing commitments by the financial institutions
issuing such letters ("Lenders") to lend to Acquiror the Financing (as
hereinafter defined). Such Commitment Letters are in full force and effect on
the date hereof. Pursuant to such Commitment Letters, Acquiror has commitments
for, and at the Closing will have available (assuming such Commitment Letters
are honored and the conditions set forth therein are satisfied by the Lenders)
the Financing. As used in this Agreement, "Financing" means immediately
available funds in an amount sufficient to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and pay all related fees and expenses.
4.10 AMORTIZATION OF GOODWILL. Acquiror has been advised by Deloitte
& Touche LLP, that as of the date hereof, pursuant to GAAP, the goodwill
generated by the transactions contemplated hereby would be amortized by Acquiror
over forty (40) years.
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4.11 NO REGISTRATION. Assuming the accuracy of Holdings'
representations in Section 3.19, no registration of the shares of Acquiror Sub
Preferred Stock to be issued by Acquiror Sub upon consummation of the Merger,
pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or any state securities or
"blue sky" laws, will be required by the issuance of such shares upon
consummation of the Merger.
4.12 INVESTIGATION BY ACQUIROR; PARENT'S AND HOLDINGS' LIABILITY.
Acquiror has conducted its own independent review and analysis of the business,
operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition, and
prospects of the Business and acknowledges that Acquiror has been provided
access to the personnel, properties, premises and records of the Business for
such purpose. Except for the specific representations and warranties of Parent
and Holdings set forth in Article III of this Agreement (subject to the
limitations and restrictions contained therein) and the indemnities of Parent
and Holdings set forth in Sections 6.2 and 9.2 of this Agreement, in entering
into this Agreement, Acquiror: (a) acknowledges that none of Parent, Holdings,
the Transferred Companies or any of their respective directors, officers,
shareholders, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents, advisors or
representatives makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express
or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information
provided or made available to Acquiror or its directors, officers, employees,
Affiliates, controlling persons, agents or representatives; and (b) agrees, to
the fullest extent permitted by Law, that none of Parent, Holdings, the
Transferred Companies or any of their respective directors, officers, employees,
shareholders, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents, advisors or
representatives shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever to
Acquiror or its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons,
agents or representatives on any basis (including, without limitation, in
contract or tort, under federal or state securities Laws or otherwise) based
upon any information provided or made available, or statements made (including,
without limitation, in materials furnished in the Business' data room, in
presentations by the management of the Business or otherwise), to Acquiror or
Acquiror Sub or their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling
persons, advisors, agents or representatives (or any omissions therefrom).
4.13 BROKERS; FINDERS AND FEES. Except for Lehman Brothers Inc. and
BT Wolfensohn, whose fees will be paid by Acquiror, neither Acquiror nor any of
its Affiliates has employed any investment banker, broker or finder or incurred
any liability for any investment banking, financial advisory or brokerage fees,
commissions or finders' fees in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS. During the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, except for the right of Holdings, at its
option, at any time prior to the Effective Time, to convert Wright Express
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, into a limited liability company, whether
by merger or otherwise, and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or consented to by Acquiror in writing, Parent
and Holdings shall cause each of the Transferred Companies:
(a) to conduct its business and operations in the ordinary
course in substantially the same manner as presently conducted and to use
reasonable best efforts to preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers
and others having business dealings with the Business; and
(b) not to:
(i) sell, license or dispose of any of its material
properties or assets, except (A) to a Transferred Company or (B) in the ordinary
course of business in substantially the same manner as presently conducted;
(ii) make any loans, advances (other than loans or
advances (A) in the ordinary course of business (including to Holdings in
accordance with Holdings' normal cash management policies) in substantially the
same manner as presently conducted and (B) required by the terms of any existing
written agreements), capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person
other than another Transferred Company;
(iii) enter into any new written employment agreement
with any of the Business Personnel providing for annual compensation in excess
of $75,000 (plus customary sales quota payments in the case of sales or similar
personnel) or increase in any manner the compensation of any of the Business
Personnel, except for such renewals of employment agreements and increases as
are granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to its customary
practices (which shall include normal periodic performance reviews and related
compensation and benefit increases);
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(iv) except for the Holdings Plan, adopt, grant, extend
or increase the rate or term of any Plan or any new bonus, insurance, pension or
other employee benefit plan, payment or arrangement made to, for or with any
such Business Personnel, except (A) increases required by any applicable Law,
(B) increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
(C) the adoption of the Holdings Plan (as defined below), (D) grants of options
("Cendant Options") to purchase the common stock of Cendant Corporation, a
Delaware corporation and an Affiliate of Holdings ("Cendant"), to Business
Personnel, and (E) any other benefits payable in any form by Holdings;
(v) make any change in any of its present accounting
methods and practices, except as required by changes in GAAP;
(vi) issue, deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber
any shares of its capital stock, any other voting securities or any securities
convertible into, or any options, warrants or rights to acquire, any such
shares, voting securities or convertible securities;
(vii) split, combine or reclassify, or pay any dividend
in respect of, any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of
any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of
its capital stock (other than to another Transferred Company and distributions
to repay intercompany indebtedness or to pay Taxes in the ordinary course of
business);
(viii) make or authorize any capital expenditures (in
addition to those provided for in the Capital Expenditures Plans of the Business
for 1999) in excess of $500,000, individually, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate;
(ix) settle or compromise any material Tax liability,
except in the ordinary course of business;
(x) (A) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money other
than in the ordinary course of business to acquire vehicles and/or for ordinary
course of business working capital, relating to current Taxes or for Tax
allocations to Cendant and its Affiliates (including to Holdings or Affiliates
of Holdings), or (B) issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse
the obligations of any other Person other than in connection with indebtedness
referred to in clause A above;
(xi) amend its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation or by-laws or comparable organizational documents; or
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(xii) take, or agree to take, any of the foregoing
actions.
5.2 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY ACQUIROR. During the period from the date
of this Agreement to the Effective Time, except as otherwise contemplated by
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or consented to by
Holdings in writing:
(a) Acquiror shall not, and shall cause Acquiror Sub and each
of Acquiror's other subsidiaries not to, take any action that would or would be
reasonably likely to result in the disqualification of the Merger as a
"reorganization" for purposes of Section 368 of the Code; and
(b) Acquiror shall cause Acquiror Sub not to:
(i) issue, deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber
any shares of its capital stock, any other voting securities or any securities
convertible into, or any options, warrants or rights to acquire, any such
shares, voting securities or convertible securities;
(ii) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital
stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of,
in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;
(iii) amend its articles of incorporation or by-laws; or
(iv) take, or agree to take, any of the foregoing
actions.
(c) Acquiror shall not take any action, including, without
limitation, repurchasing any shares of Acquiror Common Stock, that would result
in Cendant owning, directly or indirectly, more than twenty percent (20%) of the
outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock.
5.3 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY ACQUIROR SUB. From the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, Acquiror Sub will not engage in any activities
of any nature, acquire any assets or incur any indebtedness or assume any
liabilities or obligations, in each case, except as expressly provided in or
contemplated by this
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Agreement and as may be related to Acquiror Sub incurring indebtedness necessary
to refinance indebtedness required to be repaid under the terms of this
Agreement.
5.4 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
(a) From the date of this Agreement to the Closing, Parent and
Holdings shall, and shall cause each of the Transferred Companies to, (i) except
as set forth in subparagraph (c), give Acquiror and its authorized
representatives reasonable access to all books, records, personnel, offices and
other facilities and properties of the Business, (ii) permit Acquiror to make
such copies and inspections thereof as Acquiror may reasonably request and (iii)
cause the officers, independent auditors (subject to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub
executing indemnification letters and waiver letters satisfactory to such
independent auditor) of the Transferred Companies to furnish Acquiror with such
financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business
and properties of the Transferred Companies as Acquiror may from time to time
reasonably request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such access shall be conducted
at Acquiror's expense, at a reasonable time, under the supervision of Holdings
or the Transferred Companies and in such a manner as to maintain the
confidentiality of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and
not to interfere unreasonably with the operation of the business of Holdings or
any Transferred Company (iv) take such action, including without limitation,
providing the reasonable use of appropriate officers as Acquiror and Acquiror
Sub may reasonably request in connection with obtaining the Financing; provided
that such action does not unreasonably interfere with such officer's duties in
connection with the conduct of the Business.
(b) From the date of this Agreement to the Closing, Acquiror
shall, and shall cause Acquiror Sub to, (i) give Holdings and its authorized
representatives reasonable access to all books, records, personnel, offices and
other facilities and properties of Acquiror Sub, (ii) permit Holdings to make
such copies and inspections thereof as Holdings may reasonably request and (iii)
cause the officers of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub to furnish Holdings with (x)
such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the
business and properties of Acquiror Sub as Holdings may from time to time
reasonably request and (y) such financial data of Acquiror as Holdings may from
time to time reasonably request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such access shall
be conducted at Holdings' expense, at a reasonable time, under the supervision
of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub and in such a manner as to maintain the
confidentiality of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and
not to interfere unreasonably with the operation of the business of Acquiror or
Acquiror Sub.
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(c) All information and access provided to Acquiror and its
representatives pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be subject to the terms
and conditions of the letter agreement (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), among
Acquiror, Cendant, Parent and PHH Vehicle Management Services Corporation, dated
March 19, 1999. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution of
this Agreement and the Closing, without limitation. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of Cendant, Parent, Holdings, any
Transferred Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any
obligation to make available or provide to Acquiror or its representatives a
copy of any consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return filed by Cendant,
Parent, Holdings, or any of their respective Affiliates or predecessors, or any
related materials.
(d) Parent and Holdings shall, and shall cause their
representatives to, keep confidential all information provided by Acquiror and
Acquiror Sub. Such information shall not be used by Parent or Holdings or their
representatives for any purpose other than in connection with analyzing the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.5 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FURNISHING INFORMATION.
(a) For a period of three years after the Closing Date, the
Holdings Surviving Corporation shall make available to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation for inspection and copying at Acquiror's expense, at
reasonable times after reasonable request therefor, any records and documents
(or portions thereof) retained by the Holdings Surviving Corporation relating
primarily to the Business which, at the time of said request, are in the
Holdings Surviving Corporation's possession or control. Holdings agrees that it
shall preserve and keep all books and records referred to above for a period of
at least three years from the Closing Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that records
relating to Taxes and Tax Returns shall be kept for the applicable statutory
period (including extensions thereof). After such period, before the Holdings
Surviving Corporation shall dispose of any of such books and records, at least
90 calendar days' prior written notice to such effect shall be given by the
Holdings Surviving Corporation to Acquiror, and Acquiror shall be given an
opportunity, at its cost and expense, to remove and retain all or any part of
such books and records as Acquiror may select.
(b) For a period of three years after the Closing Date,
Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation shall make available to the
Holdings Surviving Corporation for inspection and copying at the Holdings
Surviving Corporation's expense, at reasonable times after reasonable request
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therefor, any records and documents (or portions thereof) relating primarily to
the Business delivered by Holdings to Acquiror hereunder which, at the time of
said request, are in Acquiror's or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation's
possession or control. Acquiror agrees that it shall preserve and keep all books
and records referred to above for a period of at least three years from the
Closing Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that records relating to Taxes and Tax Returns
shall be kept for the applicable statutory period (including extensions
thereof). After such period, before Acquiror shall dispose of any of such books
and records, at least 90 calendar days' prior written notice to such effect
shall be given by Acquiror to the Holdings Surviving Corporation, and the
Holdings Surviving Corporation shall be given an opportunity, at its cost and
expense, to remove and retain all or any part of such books and records as the
Holdings Surviving Corporation may select.
5.6 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.
(a) Each of Parent, Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall
cooperate and use best efforts to make all filings and obtain all consents of
Governmental Entities and third parties required to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, under the H-S-R Act and any
mandatory foreign antitrust or competition Laws, and in connection with the
Required Approvals. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of Parent, Holdings,
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall file or cause to be filed with the United States
Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the United States Department of Justice
("DOJ") a notification and report form under the HSR Act within five (5)
business days following the date hereof.
(b) Each of Parent, Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall
promptly inform the other parties hereto of any material communication from the
FTC, DOJ or any other Governmental Entity regarding any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. If any of Parent, Holdings, Acquiror or Acquiror
Sub, or any Affiliate thereof, receives a request for additional information or
documentary material from any such Governmental Entity with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then such party shall use its best
efforts to respond to such request, as promptly as practicable, after
consultation and coordination with the other parties hereto. In addition to the
foregoing, Acquiror agrees to provide, and cause Acquiror Sub to provide, such
assurances as to financial capability, resources and creditworthiness as may be
reasonably requested by any third party whose consent is sought hereunder.
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5.7 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS. Each of Parent, Holdings,
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall cooperate, and use commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.8 FINANCING.
(a) Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall comply with all terms of
the Commitment Letters and shall take all actions required on their part under
the terms of the Commitment Letters, including without limitation, providing the
Lenders with all information that they may request and entering into appropriate
loan agreements or other agreements in order to obtain the Financing.
(b) In the event that (i) any Lender shall notify Acquiror or
Acquiror Sub that it is withdrawing or terminating the Commitment Letters or
that any of the conditions to the Financing in the Commitment Letters cannot be
satisfied and will not be waived or (ii) Acquiror has agreed to any amendment to
the Commitment Letters that establish additional conditions to the Lenders'
obligations to provide the Financing or otherwise makes it more difficult for
Acquiror to obtain the Financing (unless Holdings has agreed in writing that
Acquiror can effect any such amendment) (each a "Funding Termination Event"),
then Acquiror shall immediately notify Holdings of such Funding Termination
Event. In the event all or any portion of the Financing becomes unavailable for
any reason under the Commitment Letters, Acquiror shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to secure all or such portion of the Financing on terms no
less favorable in the aggregate to Acquiror than the terms contained in the
Commitment Letters. Acquiror shall immediately notify Holdings if any Lenders
shall notify Acquiror or Acquiror Sub that it is amending the Commitment
Letters.
5.9 EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
(a) On and after the Closing, until at least the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, Acquiror shall cause the Transferred Companies
to provide such Business Personnel with salaries and benefit plans, programs and
arrangements substantially equivalent in the aggregate (without consideration
given to defined benefit pension plans) as those provided by Parent and its
Affiliates as of the date hereof.
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(b) If any Business Personnel becomes a participant in any
employee benefit plan, practice or policy of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates,
such employee shall be given credit under such plan for all service prior to the
Closing Date with the Transferred Companies or any predecessor employer or other
Affiliate of Holdings (to the extent such credit was given by the Transferred
Companies, such predecessor or other Affiliate of Holdings), and all service
with the Transferred Companies or Acquiror or any of its Affiliates following
the Closing Date but prior to the time such employee becomes such a participant,
for purposes of determining eligibility and vesting and for all other purposes
for which such service is either taken into account or recognized; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, such service need not be credited to the extent it would result in a
duplication of benefits including, without limitation, benefit accrual under
defined benefit plans. To the extent allowable under applicable Law, Acquiror
shall, and shall cause the Transferred Companies to, (i) waive all limitations
as to preexisting conditions, exclusions and waiting periods with respect to
participation and coverage requirements applicable to the Business Personnel
under any welfare benefit plans in which such Business Personnel may be eligible
to participate after the Closing Date and (ii) provide the Business Personnel
with credit for any co-payments and deductibles paid prior to the Closing Date
in satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements under any
welfare plans of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates in which the Business
Personnel are eligible to participate after the Closing Date.
(c) In the event that any of the Business Personnel employed
by the Transferred Companies immediately prior to the Closing (each, an
"Affected Employee") is discharged by the Transferred Companies after the
Effective Time, then Acquiror shall be responsible for any and all severance
costs for such Affected Employee, including, without limitation, payments owing
under those agreements, plans or arrangements listed in Section 5.9 of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. Acquiror shall be responsible and assume all
liability for all notices or payments due to any Affected Employees, and all
notices, payments, fines or assessments due to any Governmental Entity, pursuant
to any applicable foreign, federal, state or local Law, with respect to the
employment, discharge or layoff of employees by the Transferred Companies after
the Closing, including, but not limited to, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, COBRA and any rules or regulations as have been issued in
connection therewith.
(d) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall take all such action as
it shall deem necessary or appropriate, including, if necessary, adopting any
amendments, so that, effective as of the Effective Time, each of the Transferred
Companies shall cease to be a participating employer in the PHH Corporation
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Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan") and that all Business Personnel shall become
fully vested in their accrued benefits under the Pension Plan. Following the
Effective Time, distribution of benefits under the Pension Plan to employees and
former employees of the Transferred Companies shall be made in accordance with
the terms of the Pension Plan.
(e) There shall be established a bonus plan providing for
bonuses to employees of the Transferred Companies substantially in the form of
the bonus plan set forth in Section 5.9(e) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
(the "Holdings Plan"). Holdings shall be responsible for all amounts payable
pursuant to the Holdings Plan (other than severance payments due thereunder) and
shall pay all amounts due thereunder (other than severance payments due
thereunder) to the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation (which shall immediately
pay or cause to be paid all such amounts to the appropriate employees entitled
thereto) as and when such amounts become due.
(f) Subject to Section 6.15 hereof, Holdings shall remain
fully responsible for, and shall indemnify Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation, the Transferred Companies and their respective Affiliates, and the
officers, directors, employees and agents of Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation, the Transferred Companies and their respective Affiliates
and hold them harmless from and against, any and all claims, losses, damages,
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses) and other liabilities and obligations relating to under or arising
in connection with the Holdings Plan (other than severance payments due
thereunder).
(g) After the Closing, Acquiror shall be responsible for, and
shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent, Holdings and their respective
Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees and agents of Parent,
Holdings and their respective Affiliates, and the fiduciaries (including plan
administrators) of the Employee Benefit Plans, from and against any and all
claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and other liabilities and obligations
relating to or arising out of (i) all salaries, commissions and vacation
entitlements accrued but unpaid as of the Closing and post-Closing bonuses due
to any Affected Employee (other than those arising under the Holdings Plan,
except for severance payment obligations) and (ii) any claims of, or damages or
penalties sought by, any Affected Employee, or any Governmental Entity on behalf
of or concerning any Affected Employee, with respect to any act or failure to
act by Acquiror to the extent arising from the employment, discharge, layoff,
termination or constructive termination after the Closing of any Affected
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Employee who becomes an employee of Acquiror or becomes or remains an employee
of the Transferred Companies on or after the Closing.
(h) Effective as of the Closing, the parties hereto shall take
all action necessary and appropriate to cause the applicable Transferred
Companies to (i) remain or become the sole sponsor of (A) the PHH Europe PLC
Employee Benefits Plan (the "UK DB Plan") and (B) the PHH Flexible Pension
Scheme (the "UK DC Plan and, collectively with the UK DB Plan, the "UK Plans")
and (ii) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 5.9, assume and be
solely responsible for all assets, liabilities and obligations whatsoever under
the UK Plans.
(i) As soon as practicable following the Closing, but in no
event later than required by applicable law (i) Parent or one of its affiliates
shall have in effect a defined contribution plan (the "Parent DC Plan") and a
defined benefit plan (the "Parent DB Plan"), each of which shall fully comply
with all applicable laws, (ii) Acquiror shall cause the UK DB Plan to transfer
to the Parent DB Plan all of the assets and liabilities relating to each of the
currently active employees of Parent and its affiliates who are not also
Business Personnel (the "Remaining DB Participants") and (iii) Acquiror shall
cause the UK DC Plan to transfer to the Parent DC Plan all of the assets and
liabilities relating to each of the currently active employees of Parent and its
affiliates who are not also Business Personnel (the "Remaining DC
Participants").
(j) With respect to the transfer described in clause (iii) of
paragraph (b) above, an amount of cash or property reasonably acceptable to the
trustee of the Parent DC Plan shall be transferred which shall equal 100% of the
account balances of the Remaining DC Participants as of the date of such
transfer. With respect to the transfer described in clause (ii) of paragraph (b)
above, an amount of cash or property reasonably acceptable to the trustee of the
Parent DB Plan shall be transferred which shall equal the total fair market
value of assets funded in the UK DB Plan as of the date of transfer, multiplied
by the Pro Rata Fraction. The Pro Rata Fraction shall equal the total
liabilities applicable to the Remaining DB Participants, divided by the total
liabilities under the UK DB Plan, in each case as of the date of transfer.
Further, the Pro Rata Fraction shall be determined (i) in a manner consistent
with all applicable laws, and (ii) based upon accrued service and final
pensionable pay at the date of transfer and, subject to the next sentence
hereof, the actuarial assumptions and methods utilized in connection with the
most recently completed actuarial valuation as of the date of transfer. If the
actuary for the UK DB Plan and the actuary for the Parent DB Plan cannot agree
on the reasonableness of the actuarial assumptions and methods to be used in
connection with the
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determination of the Pro Rata Fraction, such reasonableness shall be determined
by a third enrolled actuary selected by the parties hereto which determination
shall be binding and final. The costs of such third actuary shall be borne
equally by the parties. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall in any way
adversely impact the accrued benefits or legal rights of any participant of the
UK DB Plan. Immediately following the date hereof, the parties hereto shall work
together in good faith to develop a reasonable and equitable method of valuation
and transfer in respect of the foregoing and shall effectuate such transfers as
soon as practicable.
5.10 NO SOLICITATION. From and after the date hereof, neither Parent
nor Holdings shall, and each shall cause each of the Transferred Companies not
to, nor will they permit any of their respective Affiliates to, nor shall they
authorize any officer, director, employee, investment banker, attorney or
representative of Parent, Holdings or any of their Affiliates to, (a) directly
or indirectly, solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of any proposal or
offer from any Person other than Acquiror or its directors, officers, employees,
Affiliates or representatives, (b) enter into or approve any agreement with
respect to, or (c) directly or indirectly participate in any discussions or
negotiations with, or provide any information to, any Person other than Acquiror
or its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or representatives, relating
to any (i) merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the
Business or any of the Transferred Companies, (ii) restructuring,
recapitalization or liquidation of the Business or any of the Transferred
Companies, or (iii) acquisition or disposition of any substantial portion of the
assets of the Business or any of the Transferred Companies or any of the
securities of the Transferred Companies (any such proposal or offer being
hereinafter referred to as an "Acquisition Proposal").
5.11 INDEMNIFICATION. Following the Closing, Acquiror shall cause
each of the Transferred Companies not to make any changes to its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws (or similar document) which
would adversely affect the rights of Persons who are current or former officers
and directors of the Transferred Companies, as applicable, to claim
indemnification from such entity under the terms of such certificate or articles
of incorporation or by-laws (or similar document) as in effect on the date
hereof for acts taken prior to the Effective Time. Acquiror shall make, or cause
the Transferred Companies to make, any payments required under such
indemnification provisions relating to facts or circumstances occurring prior to
the Effective Time.
5.12 TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENTS. It is understood and agreed that
the Transferred Assets do not include, and Acquiror Sub shall not acquire direct
or indirect ownership of, the items of intellectual property used in the
Business and
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listed on SCHEDULE VI hereto, which intellectual property is owned by Holdings
(the "Retained Intellectual Property"). At the Closing, Holdings, on the one
hand, and Acquiror and Acquiror Sub, on the other hand, shall enter into a
license agreement with respect to the Retained Intellectual Property
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT F hereto (the "Trademark License
Agreement").
5.13 STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. At
the Closing, Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall enter into (i) a
stockholders' agreement, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT G hereto (the
"Stockholders' Agreement"), and (ii) a registration rights agreement with
respect to the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued to Parent upon
exchange of the Acquiror Class B Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Acquiror Sub Series A Preferred Stock, substantially in the form of the existing
registration rights agreement between Acquiror and Cendant.
5.14 TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND IT AGREEMENT. Parent,
Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall use their reasonable best efforts to
negotiate, on a good faith basis, the terms and conditions of (i) a transition
services agreement which shall set forth the services to be provided between the
Transferred Companies, on the one hand, and Parent and its Affiliates, on the
other hand, as may reasonably be requested by Parent and/or Acquiror Sub, on a
basis to be mutually agreed upon (the "Transition Services Agreement") and (ii)
an Information Technology Services Agreement, to be mutually agreed upon (the
"IT Agreement").
5.15 ESCROW AGREEMENT. At the Closing, Acquiror, Acquiror Sub,
Parent, Holdings and the Escrow Agent shall enter into an escrow agreement,
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT H hereto (the "Escrow Agreement").
5.16 TRANSITIONAL LICENSE AGREEMENT. Parent shall cause Cendant to
grant to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub a limited license to use the marks CENDANT,
CENDANT BUSINESS ANSWERS, the "C" logo and the other items of intellectual
property set forth in Section 5.16 of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE for the
sole purpose of selling off or otherwise disposing of any existing inventory of
products or business materials of the Business in the United Kingdom, which
license shall commence at the Effective Time and end as soon as practicable, but
in no event later than the first anniversary of the Effective Time or the
disposal of all such existing inventory. At the Closing, Parent shall cause
Cendant, on the one hand, and Acquiror and Acquiror Sub, on the other hand, to
enter into a transitional license agreement substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
I hereto (the "Transitional License Agreement").
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5.17 INTERCOMPANY OBLIGATIONS; AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS.
(a) Section 5.17(i) of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE lists
all intercompany accounts, obligations (including indebtedness) and agreements
between Holdings or any of its Affiliates (other than the Transferred Companies)
on the one hand, and the Transferred Companies, on the other hand (the
"Intercompany Agreements"). Except as set forth in Section 5.17(ii) of the
HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, as of the Effective Time, Holdings and the
Transferred Companies shall cause all Intercompany Agreements to be terminated
in all respects such that there is no cost or liability thereunder on the part
of the Transferred Companies.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of
this Agreement, but subject to the following sentence of this Section 5.17(b),
all intercompany indebtedness between any of the Transferred Companies, on the
one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, outstanding on the date hereof and not
repaid prior to the Effective Time or incurred after the date hereof as
permitted by Section 5.1(b)(x) and not repaid prior to the Effective Time, which
in any event will not exceed, at the Effective Time, without the agreement of
Acquiror, an aggregate of $425,000,000 (such amount collectively, the
"Intercompany Indebtedness"), shall be repaid at the Effective Time pursuant to
Section 2.3(b)(iii) hereof. From the date of this Agreement to the Effective
Time, the amount of the Intercompany Indebtedness may be increased, either as
permitted by Section 5.1(b)(x) or with the written consent of Acquiror, in
connection with the operation of the Business, and any such increase shall be
included in the amount of the Intercompany Indebtedness that is to be paid
pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iii) hereof to the extent such increased amount has
not been repaid prior to the Effective Time. If Parent or Holdings requests in
writing to increase the amount of the Intercompany Indebtedness in connection
with operating the Business between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time and Acquiror does not consent to such request within two (2) business days
of receiving such request, neither Acquiror or Acquiror Sub shall have any right
under this Agreement resulting or arising from or related to the failure of any
Transferred Company to engage in, or continue, any transaction as a result of
Acquiror's failure to consent to increase the amount of the Intercompany
Indebtedness in connection with such transaction, including without limitation,
any rights under Articles VII or IX hereof. Upon payment of the Intercompany
Indebtedness as required by Section 2.3(b) (iii), Acquiror Sub and the
Transferred Companies shall have no further obligations with respect to
Intercompany Indebtedness and in any event shall have no obligations with
respect to any other such intercompany indebtedness not included in the
Intercompany Indebtedness.
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(c) Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause itself, Acquiror Sub or any other Affiliate of Acquiror to be substituted
in all respects for Parent and/or Holdings, effective as of the Effective Time,
in respect of all obligations of Parent and/or Holdings under each of the
guaranties, letters of credit, letters of comfort and other obligations obtained
by Parent and/or Holdings (including, without limitation, leases of real and
personal property) that are listed on Section 5.17(c)(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule for the benefit of the Business or any of the Transferred Companies or
any extensions or modifications thereto in accordance with this Agreement
(collectively, the "Guaranties"). If Acquiror and Acquiror Sub are unable to
effect such a substitution with respect to any Guaranty after using all
commercially reasonable efforts to do so, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall (a)
obtain letters of credit for the benefit of Parent and/or Holdings, as
applicable, on terms and from financial institutions reasonably satisfactory to
Parent and Holdings, with respect to the obligations covered by each of those
Guaranties listed on Section 5.17(c)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule for which
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub do not effect such substitution and (b) indemnify and
hold harmless Parent and/or Holdings, as the case may be, from and against all
obligations, liabilities, losses, claims, actions and causes of action incurred
by or asserted against Parent and/or Holdings arising out of or relating to such
Guaranties from and after the Effective Time.
5.18 SUPPLEMENTS TO DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES. Holdings and Acquiror may
supplement or amend the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE and ACQUIROR DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE, respectively, prior to the Effective Time with respect to any matter
hereafter arising or discovered which, if existing or known at the date of this
Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or otherwise disclosed
therein (the "Updated Information"). No such supplement or amendment to include
the Updated Information shall (i) affect the ability of Parent, Holdings,
Acquiror or Acquiror Sub to rely on the conditions to Closing set forth in
Sections 7.1 and 8.1, respectively, (ii) be deemed to have been set forth or
otherwise disclosed as of the date of this Agreement unless the parties
specifically agree thereto in writing or (iii) affect the ability of Parent,
Holdings, Acquiror or Acquiror Sub to make any claim for indemnification or
otherwise as a result of any breach of any representation or warranty.
5.19 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. Prior to the Closing, except as otherwise
agreed to by the parties, the parties and each of their respective Affiliates
shall not issue any report, statement or press release or otherwise make any
public statements with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, except as in the reasonable judgment of a party or its
Affiliate may be required by Law or in connection with their obligations as
publicly-held, exchange-listed
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companies, in which case, the parties and each of their Affiliates will
cooperate to reach mutual agreement as to the language of any such report,
statement or press release. Immediately following the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, Parent, Holdings and Acquiror are each issuing press releases to
be mutually agreed upon with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.20 NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION. At the Closing, Parent,
Holdings, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall enter into a non-competition and
non-solicitation agreement, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT J hereto (the
"Non-Competition Agreement").
5.21 PREFERRED ALLIANCE AGREEMENTS. Between the date hereof and the
Closing Date, the parties shall use best efforts to negotiate in good faith and
enter into preferred alliance agreements and such other joint marketing programs
as the parties deem appropriate and desirable.
5.22 LICENSE AMENDMENT AGREEMENT. Between the date hereof and the
Closing Date, the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate
in good faith and enter into as of the Effective Time an amendment to the Master
License Agreement, dated July 30, 1997, among Acquiror, Wizard Co., Inc. and
Cendant Car Rental, Inc. (the "License Amendment Agreement") substantially on
the terms set forth in a letter dated May 21, 1999 from Cendant Car Rental, Inc.
to Acquiror.
5.23 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS. Acquiror and Acquiror Sub understand
and acknowledge that, except for the representations and warranties contained in
Article III hereof, none of Parent, Holdings or any other Person makes any
representation or warranty, express or implied, on behalf of Parent, Holdings or
any of their respective subsidiaries or Affiliates, including the Transferred
Companies.
ARTICLE VI
TAX MATTERS
6.1 TAX RETURNS. Subject to Sections 6.1(g) and 6.5.
(a) Parent or an Affiliate of Parent shall file or cause to be
filed when due all Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect
to Holdings and each of the Transferred Companies for taxable years or periods
ending
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on or before the Closing Date and Parent or an Affiliate of Parent shall remit
(or cause to be remitted), subject to Section 6.2(a) below, any Taxes due in
respect of such Tax Returns and, with respect to recurring items, such returns
shall be prepared in a manner consistent with past practices to the extent
permissible under applicable Laws. Acquiror shall pay to Parent any Excluded
Taxes in respect of such Tax Returns.
(b) Acquiror shall file or cause to be filed when due all Tax
Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation and each of the Transferred Companies for taxable years or
periods ending after the Closing Date (including Straddle Periods (as
hereinafter defined)) and Acquiror shall remit (or cause to be remitted) any
Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns.
(c) Any Tax Return required to be filed by Acquiror with
respect to the Transferred Companies relating to any taxable year or period
beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date (the "Straddle Period")
shall be submitted (with copies of any relevant schedules, work papers and other
documentation then available) to Parent for Parent's approval not less than 30
days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Parent shall have the option of
providing to Acquiror, at any time at least 15 days prior to the Due Date (as
hereinafter defined), written instructions as to how Parent wants any, or all,
of the items for which it may be liable reflected on such Tax Return. Acquiror
shall, in preparing such Tax Return, cause the items for which Parent is liable
hereunder to be reflected in accordance with Parent's instructions (unless, in
the opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel to Acquiror, complying with the
Parent's instructions would likely subject Acquiror to any criminal penalty or
to civil penalties under sections 6662 through 6664 of the Code or similar
provisions of applicable state, local or foreign Laws) and, in the absence of
having received such instructions, in accordance with past practice, if any, to
the extent permissible under applicable Law.
(d) Subject to Section 6.1(c), Parent shall pay to Acquiror
the Taxes for which Parent is liable pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(ii) but which
are payable with any Tax Return to be filed by Acquiror with respect to any
Straddle Period upon the written request of Acquiror, setting forth in detail
the computation of the amount owed, no later than 5 days prior to the Due Date.
(e) Within 120 days after the Closing Date, Acquiror shall
cause the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to prepare and provide to Parent a
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package of Tax information materials, including, without limitation, schedules
and work papers (the "Tax Package") required by Parent or an Affiliate of Parent
to enable Parent or an Affiliate of Parent to prepare and file all Tax Returns
required to be prepared and filed by it pursuant to Section 6.1(a). The Tax
Package shall be prepared in good faith in a manner consistent with past
practice.
(f) Parent or an Affiliate of Parent may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, amend any Tax Return filed or required to be filed for any
taxable years or periods ending on or before the Closing Date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that neither Parent nor any Affiliate of Parent shall amend any such
Tax Return that materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely
affect the Tax liability of the Acquiror, Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or
any of the Transferred Companies or any Affiliate of the foregoing for any
period ending after the Closing Date, including the portion of any Straddle
Period that is after the Closing Date, without the prior consent of the
Acquiror, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 6.1, Parent shall file or cause to be filed any Forms 5471 with respect
to any of the Transferred Companies (that are incorporated in a foreign
jurisdiction) that are required to be filed for any taxable period that ends on
or before, or that includes, the Closing Date.
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold Acquiror and
Acquiror's subsidiaries and Affiliates and the successors to the foregoing (and
their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents)
harmless on an after-Tax basis (subject to Section 6.13) from and against the
following (net of the amount of any Tax Benefit (as hereinafter defined)
Actually Realized (as hereinafter defined) by Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies as a result of the
payment or accrual of any of the following:
(i) any liability for Taxes of or attributable to
Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies as members of the "affiliated
group" (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) of which Cendant (or
any predecessor or successor) is the common parent that arises under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) or comparable provisions of foreign, state or
local Law; and
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(ii) any liability for Taxes of or attributable to
Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies for any taxable year or period that
ends on or before the Closing Date ("Pre-Closing Period") and, with respect to
any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period deemed to end on and
include the Closing Date (in the manner set forth in Section 6.3(a));
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Parent shall not be liable for and shall not indemnify
Acquiror (and its subsidiaries and Affiliates) for (A) any liability for Taxes
resulting from transactions or actions taken by Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or any of
the Transferred Companies on the Closing Date that are taken after the Closing,
except for transactions or actions undertaken in the ordinary course of
business; (B) any Taxes that result from an actual or deemed election under
Section 338 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or other Law)
with respect to any of the Transferred Companies in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (C) any Transfer Taxes (as
hereinafter defined) for which Acquiror is liable pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof
(collectively, the Taxes described in (A) through (C) above are referred to
hereinafter as "Excluded Taxes").
(b) Acquiror shall indemnify and hold Parent and Parent's
subsidiaries and Affiliates (including Cendant) harmless from and against (net
of the amount of any Tax Benefit Actually Realized by Parent or its subsidiaries
or Affiliates as a result of the payment or accrual of any of the following):
(i) Taxes of or attributable to the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies for any taxable year
or period that begins after the Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle
Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date (in
the manner set forth in Section 6.3(a)); and
(ii) Excluded Taxes.
6.3 COMPUTATION OF TAX LIABILITIES.
(a) To the extent permitted or required by Law or
administrative practice, (i) the taxable year of Holdings and each of the
Transferred Companies that includes the Closing Date shall be treated as closing
on (and including) the Closing Date and, notwithstanding the foregoing, (ii) all
transactions of or with respect to the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any
of the Transferred Companies not in the ordinary course of business occurring
after the Closing shall be reported on Acquiror's or the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation's
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consolidated United States federal income Tax Return to the extent permitted by
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(B) and shall be similarly
reported on other Tax Returns of Acquiror or its Affiliates to the extent
permitted by Law. For purposes of Section 6.2(a) and (b), where it is necessary
to apportion between Parent and Acquiror the Tax liability of an entity for a
Straddle Period (which is not treated under the immediately preceding sentence
as closing on the Closing Date), such liability shall be apportioned between the
period deemed to end at the close of the Closing Date, subject to Sections
6.2(a) and 6.3(a)(ii), and the period deemed to begin at the beginning of the
day following the Closing Date on the basis of an interim closing of the books,
except that Taxes (such as real property Taxes) imposed on a periodic basis
shall be allocated on a daily basis; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the capital
structure of an entity is changed after the Closing Date, the Tax liability of
the entity for a Straddle Period apportioned to the period deemed to end at the
close of the Closing Date shall not exceed the Tax liability which would have
been due if the Tax liability had been calculated as of such date, based on the
income, assets, capital, liability and other attributes of the entity on the
Closing Date.
(b) In determining Parent's liability for Taxes pursuant to
this Agreement, Parent shall be credited with the amount of estimated Taxes paid
by or on behalf of Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies prior to the
Closing. To the extent that Parent's liability for Taxes for a taxable year or
period is less than the amount of estimated income Taxes previously paid by or
on behalf of Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies with respect to all or
a portion of such taxable year or period, Acquiror shall pay Parent the
difference within two days of the earlier of (i) the receipt of a refund
relating to such overpayment or (ii) the filing of a Tax Return in which a
credit attributable to such overpayment is utilized.
6.4 CONTEST PROVISIONS.
(a) Each of Acquiror, on the one hand, and Parent, on the
other hand (the "Recipient"), shall notify the chief tax officer of the other
party in writing within 15 days of receipt by the Recipient of written notice of
any pending or threatened audits, notice of deficiency, proposed adjustment,
assessment, examination or other administrative or court proceeding, suit,
dispute or other claim (a "Tax Claim") which could affect the liability for
Taxes of such other party. If the Recipient fails to give such prompt notice to
the other party it shall not be entitled to indemnification for any Taxes
arising in connection with such Tax Claim if and to the extent that such failure
to give notice materially and adversely affects the other party's right to
participate in the Tax Claim.
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(b) Parent shall have the sole right to represent Holdings for
any taxable period, and shall have the sole right to represent any of the
Transferred Companies' interests in any Tax Claim relating to taxable periods
ending on or before the Closing Date and to employ counsel of its choice at its
expense. Parent or any Affiliate of Parent may not settle or otherwise dispose
of any Tax Claim of any of the Transferred Companies relating to such periods if
such settlement or disposition materially and adversely affects or may
materially and adversely affect the Tax liability of the Acquiror, Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies or any Affiliate of
the foregoing without the prior written consent of Acquiror, which consent may
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In the case of a Straddle Period,
Parent shall be entitled to provide comments which shall be considered in good
faith with respect to any Tax Claim relating in any part to Taxes attributable
to the portion of such Straddle Period deemed to end on or before the Closing
Date and, with the written consent of Acquiror, at Parent's sole expense, may
assume the control of such entire Tax Claim. None of Acquiror, any of its
Affiliates, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or the Transferred Companies
may settle or otherwise dispose of any Tax Claim with respect to any Straddle
Period for which Parent may have a liability under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of Parent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed.
(c) Acquiror shall have the sole right to control any audit or
examination by any taxing authority, initiate any claim for refund or amend any
Return, and contest, resolve and defend against any assessment for additional
Taxes, notice of Tax deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes of, or relating to,
the income, assets or operations of the Transferred Companies for all taxable
periods beginning after the Closing Date ("Post-Closing Period"); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Acquiror shall not initiate any such claim for refund or amend any
such Tax Return or settle or dispose of any Tax Claim with respect to a
Post-Closing Period if such claim for refund, amendment, settlement, or
disposition materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely
affect the Tax liability of Cendant, Parent, Holdings or any of its Affiliates,
without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
6.5 TRANSFER TAXES. All excise, sales, use, privilege, transfer
(including real property transfer or gains), stamp, documentary, filing,
recordation, value added, bulk sales and other similar taxes, together with any
interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in
respect of such additions or penalties, arising out of or in connection with or
attributable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively,
"Transfer Taxes"), shall be borne one
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half Acquiror and one half by Parent. Notwithstanding Section 6.1 of this
Agreement, which shall not apply to Tax Returns relating to Transfer Taxes, any
Tax Returns that must be filed in connection with Transfer Taxes shall be
prepared and filed when due by the party primarily or customarily responsible
under the applicable local Law for filing such Tax Returns, and such party shall
pay the Transfer Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Return, and notify the other
party in writing of the Transfer Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Return and
how such Transfer Taxes were calculated, and if the other party is Acquiror,
Acquiror shall, or shall cause the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to,
reimburse Parent in immediately available funds within 10 days of the receipt of
such notice.
6.6 REFUNDS.
(a) Any Tax refund (including any interest in respect thereof)
received by Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any Transferred
Company, and any amounts of overpayments of Tax credited against Tax which
Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred
Companies otherwise would be or would have been required to pay that relate to
any taxable period, or portion thereof, ending on or before the Closing Date
shall be for the account of Parent, and Acquiror shall pay over to Parent any
such refund or the amount of any such credit within 15 days after receipt or
entitlement thereto. Acquiror shall pay Parent interest at the rate prescribed
under Section 6621(a)(1) of the Code, compounded daily, on any amount not paid
when due under this Section 6.6. For purposes of this Section 6.6, where it is
necessary to apportion a refund or credit between Acquiror and Parent for a
Straddle Period, such refund or credit shall be apportioned between the period
deemed to end at the close of the Closing Date, and the period deemed to begin
at the beginning of the day following the Closing Date on the basis of an
interim closing of the Company's books, except that refunds or credits of Taxes
(E.G., real property Taxes) imposed on a periodic basis shall be allocated on a
daily basis.
(b) Acquiror shall cooperate, and shall cause the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation and any of the Transferred Companies to cooperate, in
obtaining any refund that Parent reasonably believes should be available with
respect to Pre-Closing Periods, including, without limitation, through filing a
Form 1139 or other appropriate form with the applicable taxing authorities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Acquiror and Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation and any
of the Transferred Companies shall not be obligated to carry back any Tax
attribute of a Post-Closing Period to a Pre-Closing Period.
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6.7 CERTAIN POST-CLOSING SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS.
(a) If the examination of any Federal, state, local or other
Tax Return of Cendant, Parent, Holdings, or any of the Transferred Companies for
any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date, the pre-closing portion
of any Straddle Period or for any taxable year in which the Merger occurs, shall
result (by settlement or otherwise) in any adjustment which permits Acquiror,
the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies or
any Affiliate thereof to increase deductions, losses or tax credits or decrease
the income, gains or recapture of tax credits which would otherwise (but for
such adjustments) have been reported or taken into account (including by way of
any increase in basis) by Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or
any of the Transferred Companies or any Affiliate thereof for one or more
periods ending after the Closing Date, in each case in respect of the
Transferred Assets, Parent will notify Acquiror and provide it with adequate
information so that Acquiror (or its Affiliates), the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies or any Affiliate thereof, as the
case may be, can reflect on its Tax Returns such increases in deductions, losses
or tax credits or decreases in income (including by way of increase in basis),
gains or recapture of tax credits. Upon receipt of such information and upon the
reasonable request of Parent, Acquiror (or its Affiliates), the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies, as the case may be,
shall reflect on its Tax Returns (including amended Tax Returns) the information
provided above. Acquiror shall pay to Holdings the amount of any resulting Tax
Benefits Actually Realized by the Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies (or any of their respective
Affiliates).
(b) If the examination of any Federal, state, local or other
Tax Return of Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the
Transferred Companies for any taxable period beginning and ending after the
Closing Date or the post-closing portion of any Straddle Period shall result (by
settlement or otherwise) in any adjustment which permits Parent (or its
Affiliates) to increase deductions, losses or tax credits or decrease the
income, gains or recapture of tax credits which would otherwise (but for such
adjustments) have been reported or taken into account (including by way of any
increase in basis) by Parent (or its Affiliates) for one or more periods ending
on or before the Closing Date, in each case in respect of the Transferred
Assets, Acquiror will notify Parent and provide it with adequate information so
that Parent can reflect on its or its Affiliates' Tax Returns (including amended
Tax Returns) such increases in deductions, losses or tax credits or decreases in
income, gains or recapture of tax credits. Upon receipt of such
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information, and upon the reasonable request of Acquiror, Parent (or its
Affiliates) shall reflect on its tax returns the information provided above.
Parent shall pay to Acquiror the amount of any resulting Tax Benefits Actually
Realized by Parent (or any of its Affiliates).
(c) Upon (A) the exercise of a Cendant Option by an employee
or former employee of any of the Transferred Companies and the payment of cash
or other property by Cendant (or its designated agent) to the holder of the
Cendant Option or (B) the payment by Holdings of any amount with respect to the
Holdings Plan, as described in Section 5.9, Acquiror shall pay or cause the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies to pay,
as the case may be, to Holdings the amount of any Tax Benefit Actually Realized
by Acquiror, Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred
Companies (or any of their respective Affiliates) attributable to any exercise
or payment described in this Section 6.7(c).
(d) Prior to the Closing Date, Acquiror and Holdings shall
negotiate and draft a schedule (the "Allocation Schedule") allocating the Merger
Consideration among the Transferred Assets. Upon completion of the Allocation
Schedule, each of the Acquiror and Holdings shall execute a copy thereof and
return such copy to the other party. For all purposes (including tax and
accounting), the parties shall treat the fair market value of the Transferred
Assets as set forth in the Allocation Schedule.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, "Tax Benefit" shall mean
the sum of the amount by which the actual Tax liability (after giving effect to
any alternative minimum or similar Tax) of a corporation to the appropriate
taxing authority is reduced (including, without limitation, by or as a result of
a deduction, increase in basis, entitlement to refund, credit or otherwise,
whether available in the current taxable year, as an adjustment to the taxable
income in any other taxable year or as a carryforward or carryback, as
applicable) plus any interest (on an after-Tax basis) from such government or
jurisdiction relating to such Tax liability. For purposes of this Agreement, a
Tax Benefit shall be deemed to have been "Actually Realized" at the time any
refund of Taxes is actually received or applied against other Taxes due, or at
the time of the filing of a Tax Return (including any Tax Return relating to
estimated Taxes) on which a loss, deduction or credit or increase in basis is
applied to reduce the amount of Taxes which would otherwise be payable. In
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (e), Acquiror and Parent agree
that for purposes of this Agreement, where a Tax Benefit may be realized that
may result in the payment to, or reduce a payment by, the other party hereto,
each party will as
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promptly as practicable take or cause its Affiliates to take such reasonable or
appropriate steps (including, without limitation, the filing of an amended Tax
Return or claim for refund) to obtain at the earliest possible time any such
reasonable available Tax Benefit.
(f) For purposes of any Tax Benefit Actually Realized
determined under Section 6.7(e) and this Agreement:
(i) No later than 45 days after the filing of a Tax
Return for any taxable period that includes a date (x) upon which any Cendant
Option was exercised or any payment was made or accrued with respect to or in
connection with the Holdings Plan, as described in Section 5.9, (y) after the
Closing Date if there has been an examination of any federal, state, local or
other Tax Return of Cendant, Holdings or any of the Transferred Companies (or
any of their respective Affiliates) which results in an adjustment described in
Section 6.7(a) of this Agreement or (z) upon which any amount was paid or
accrued by Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or the Transferred
Companies in respect of a claim for which Parent is required to indemnify
Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement, Acquiror shall provide Parent a detailed
statement ("Tax Benefit Statement") specifying the amount, if any, of any Tax
Benefit that was Actually Realized by Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation or the Transferred Companies for such Tax period. To the extent that
any deductions or other Tax items (including basis) that could give rise to a
Tax reduction or savings do not result in the actual realization of such a Tax
reduction or savings in the year described in the previous sentence, this
Section 6.7(f)(i) shall apply to each subsequent taxable period of Acquiror, the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or the Transferred Companies, as the case may
be, until either such Tax savings are Actually Realized (resulting in a Tax
Benefit) or the losses or other carryforwards to which such deductions or other
Tax items (including basis) gave rise expire unused, if applicable. For each
relevant taxable period, Parent shall be provided with full access to the
non-proprietary work papers and other materials and information of Acquiror's
(or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation's or the Transferred Companies')
accountants in connection with the review of the Tax Benefit Statement. If
Parent disagrees in any respect with Acquiror's computation of the amount of the
Tax Benefit Actually Realized, Parent may, on or prior to 45 days after the
receipt of the Tax Benefit Statement from Acquiror, deliver a notice to Acquiror
or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis for Parent's disagreement therewith ("Tax Benefit Dispute Notice"). If no
Tax Benefit Dispute Notice is received by Acquiror or the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation on or prior to the 45th day after Parent's
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receipt of the Tax Benefit Statement from Acquiror, the Tax Benefit Statement
shall be deemed accepted by Parent.
(ii) Within 15 days after Acquiror's receipt of a Tax
Benefit Dispute Notice, unless the matters in the Tax Benefit Dispute Notice
have otherwise been resolved by mutual agreement of the parties, Acquiror and
Parent shall jointly select a nationally-recognized independent certified public
accountant (the "Tax Benefit Accountant"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if Acquiror and
Parent are unable to agree upon the Tax Benefit Accountant within such 15-day
period, then Acquiror and Parent shall each select a nationally-recognized
independent certified public accountant which shall then jointly choose the Tax
Benefit Accountant within 15 days thereafter. The Tax Benefit Accountant shall
conduct such review of the work papers and such other materials and information,
and the Tax Benefit Dispute Notice, and any supporting documentation as the Tax
Benefit Accountant in its sole discretion deems necessary, and the Tax Benefit
Accountant shall conduct such hearings or hear such presentations by the parties
or obtain such other information as the Tax Benefit Accountant in its sole
discretion deems necessary.
(iii) The Tax Benefit Accountant shall, as promptly
as practicable and in no event later than 45 days following the date of its
retention, deliver to Parent and Acquiror a report (the "Tax Benefit Report") in
which the Tax Benefit Accountant shall, after reviewing disputed items set forth
in the Tax Benefit Dispute Notice, determine what adjustments, if any, should be
made to the amount of the Tax Benefit Actually Realized. The Tax Benefit Report
shall set forth, in reasonable detail, the Tax Benefit Accountant's
determination with respect to the disputed items or amounts specified in the Tax
Benefit Dispute Notice, and the revisions, if any, to be made to the amount of
the Tax Benefit Actually Realized, together with supporting calculations. All
fees and expenses relating to this work of the Tax Benefit Accountant shall be
borne equally by Acquiror and Parent. The Tax Benefit Report shall be final and
binding upon Acquiror and Parent, shall be deemed a final arbitration award that
is binding on each of Acquiror and Parent, and no party shall seek further
recourse to courts, other arbitral tribunals or otherwise. The amount, if any,
of the Tax Benefit Actually Realized set forth in the Tax Benefit Report shall,
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.7, be paid to Parent in
immediately available funds no later than five days after delivery of the Tax
Benefit Report to Acquiror.
(g) In the event that, after the Closing Date, there is a sale,
exchange, transfer or other disposition ("Disposition") of (i) the common stock
of Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to a Person other than Acquiror or a
subsidiary thereof,
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(i) any material assets of Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or (ii) any
material Transferred Asset, which Disposition would materially and adversely
affect the Tax Benefits Actually Realized that are then or thereafter payable to
Parent by Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement, Acquiror shall make appropriate
arrangements, reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to ensure that Parent is paid
any Tax Benefits Actually Realized that Parent would have been entitled to be
paid, consistent with the principles of this Agreement, absent such Disposition,
it being agreed that projections of income attributable to the property subject
to such Disposition that are reasonably satisfactory to Parent and Acquiror may
be used in making determinations hereunder as to Tax Benefits Actually Realized
that become due.
6.8 TAX-FREE REORGANIZATION COVENANTS; OTHER COVENANTS.
(a) Following the Merger, the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation shall, and Acquiror shall cause the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation and the Transferred Companies to, continue the historic business of
the Business or use a significant portion of the Business' historic business
assets in a business, in each case, within the meaning of Section 1.368-1(d) of
the Treasury Regulations.
(b) Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation do not
have a current plan or intention to sell or otherwise dispose of the Transferred
Assets or the assets of the Transferred Companies, except for dispositions made
in the ordinary course of business or transfers described in Section
368(a)(2)(C) of the Code.
(c) For a two-year period following the date of the Merger,
the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation shall, and Acquiror shall cause the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to, remain incorporated in the state of
Texas.
(d) Absent a Final Determination to the contrary, the Acquiror
Sub Surviving Corporation shall, and Acquiror shall cause the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation and the Transferred Companies to, (A) report the Merger on
its Tax Returns as a tax-free reorganization described in Section 368(a) of the
Code, (B) treat the Merger as being a tax-free reorganization under Section
368(a) of the Code for all other purposes and (C) not take any action that is
inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a tax-free reorganization under
Section 368(a) of the Code. Acquiror shall, and shall cause the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation and the Transferred Companies to, provide commercially
reasonable cooperation to Parent, Cendant and their Affiliates and
representatives with respect to all reasonable requests relating to supporting
and defending the qualification of the Merger as a
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reorganization described in Section 368(a) of the Code, including, but not
limited to, preparing responses to information requests by a Tax Authority and
making available books, records and other documentation during normal business
hours. For purposes of this Agreement, "Final Determination" shall mean (i) the
entry of a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction at such time as an
appeal may no longer be taken from such decision or (ii) the execution of a
closing agreement or its equivalent between the particular taxpayer and the
relevant taxing authority.
(e) Acquiror, Acquiror Sub, Holdings and Parent acknowledge
and agree that, pursuant to Section 381 of the Code, and subject to other
applicable limitations (including, without limitation, Sections 382 and 383 of
the Code and the separate return limitation year rules of the consolidated
return regulations), the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation shall succeed to and
take into account the items of Holdings described in Section 381(c) of the Code.
6.9 RESOLUTION OF ALL TAX-RELATED DISPUTES. In the event that Parent
and Acquiror cannot agree on the calculation of any amount relating to Taxes or
the interpretation or application of any provision of this Agreement relating to
Taxes (except as provided in Section 6.7(e)), such dispute shall be resolved by
a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually acceptable to each of Parent
and Acquiror, whose decision shall be final and binding upon all persons
involved and whose expenses shall be shared equally by Parent and Acquiror.
6.10 POST-CLOSING ACTIONS WHICH AFFECT CENDANT'S LIABILITY FOR
TAXES.
(a) Acquiror shall not, and shall not permit the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies to, engage in any
transaction on the Closing Date or take any action on the Closing Date that are
taken after the Closing, except for transactions or actions undertaken in the
ordinary course of business which could increase Parent's (or any Affiliate of
Parent's) liability for Taxes (including any liability of Parent to indemnify
Acquiror for Taxes pursuant to this Agreement).
(b) None of Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation
or any Affiliate of Acquiror shall (or shall cause or permit any of the
Transferred Companies to) amend, refile or otherwise modify any Tax Return
relating in whole or in part to any of the Transferred Companies with respect to
any taxable year or period ending on or before the Closing Date (or with respect
to any
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Straddle Period) without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent may
not be unreasonably withheld.
6.11 TERMINATION OF EXISTING TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS. Any and all
existing Tax sharing allocation, indemnification or similar agreements or
arrangements, written or unwritten, between the Transferred Companies and Parent
or any of its subsidiaries, predecessors or Affiliates (other than any of the
Transferred Companies), shall be terminated as of the Closing and there shall be
no continuing obligation to make any payments thereunder.
6.12 ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION. After the Closing Date, each of
Parent and Acquiror shall, upon request from the other (and shall cause their
respective Affiliates to):
(a) subject to Section 6.5, timely sign and deliver such
certificates or forms as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to establish
an exemption from (or otherwise reduce), or file Tax Returns or other reports
with respect to Transfer Taxes;
(b) assist the other party in preparing any Tax Returns which
such other party is responsible for preparing and filing in accordance with
Section 6.1;
(c) cooperate fully in preparing for any audits of, or
disputes with taxing authorities regarding, any Tax Returns of the Transferred
Companies;
(d) make available to the other and to any taxing authority as
reasonably requested in connection with any Tax Return described in Section 6.1
or any proceeding described in Section 6.4, all information relating to any
Taxes or Tax Returns of the Transferred Companies; and
(e) furnish the other with copies of all correspondence
received from any taxing authority in connection with any Tax audit or
information request with respect to any such taxable period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision in this Agreement, neither
Acquiror nor any of its Affiliates shall have the right to receive or obtain any
information relating to Taxes of Parent (or any Affiliate of Parent), or any of
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predecessors other than information relating solely to Holdings or the
Transferred Companies for Pre-Closing Periods.
6.13 ADJUSTMENT TO MERGER CONSIDERATION. (a) Subject to 6.13(b), for
all Tax purposes, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any payment by
Acquiror or Parent under this Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the
consideration payable upon consummation of the Merger.
(b) If the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") (or similar
taxing authority) issues a written notice of proposed adjustment (an "Adjustment
Notice") (or similar notice) with respect to characterization of an indemnity
payment as a Purchase Price adjustment (the "Characterization Issue"), the
Acquiror shall notify Parent as soon as practicable but no later than ten
business days after the Acquiror's (or any of its Affiliates) receipt of such
Adjustment Notice. In the event of any IRS or other proceedings related to a
Characterization Issue, Acquiror shall permit Parent to provide comments which
shall be considered in good faith (solely with respect to the Characterization
Issue), provided, however, that Acquiror shall control all such proceedings. At
its sole option, Acquiror may pursue or forgo any and all administrative
appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the IRS in respect of a
Characterization Issue and shall be entitled to settle or contest such
Characterization Issue, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if Parent
elects by written notice to Acquiror to fund Acquiror's reasonable expenses with
respect to any IRS or other proceeding, Acquiror shall use reasonable commercial
efforts to uphold the characterization of the indemnity payment as an adjustment
to the Purchase Price, but shall not be required to litigate such treatment
unless Parent provides Acquiror with a written opinion of counsel selected by
Parent, but reasonably acceptable to Acquiror, that the characterization of the
indemnity payment will more likely than not be treated as an adjustment to the
Purchase Price. If and to the extent that the treatment of an indemnification
payment as an adjustment to the Purchase Price is finally determined to be
erroneous pursuant to this Section 6.13, the indemnifying party shall be
required to pay to the indemnified party the liability for any Taxes incurred by
the indemnified party as a result of the receipt of the indemnity payment.
6.14 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, "Due Date"
shall mean, with respect to any Tax Return, the date such return is due to be
filed (taking into account any valid extensions); "Tax" or "Taxes" shall mean
taxes (other than those taxes described in Section 6.5 hereof) of any kind,
levies or other like assessments, customs, duties, imposts, charges or fees, and
shall include any Tax liability for such amounts as a result of either being a
member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group or of a
contractual obligation to indemnify
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any Person for Taxes, including, without limitation, income, franchise, gross
receipts, ad valorem, value added, excise, real or property, asset, sales, use,
license, payroll, transaction, capital, net worth, withholding, estimated,
social security, utility, workers' compensation, severance, production,
unemployment compensation, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and
gains taxes or other governmental taxes imposed or payable to the United States,
or any state, county, local or foreign government or subdivision or agency
thereof, together with any interest, penalties or additions with respect thereto
and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties; and "Tax Returns"
shall mean all returns, reports, statements, declarations, estimates and forms
or other documents (including any related or supporting information), required
to be filed with respect to any Taxes.
6.15 CENDANT OPTIONS; HOLDINGS PLAN.
(a) Promptly after an exercise of a Cendant Option, Parent (or
an Affiliate of Parent) shall provide the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation
with a report detailing such exercise. On a monthly basis, Parent (or an
Affiliate of Parent) shall pay over to the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation
the amount of all withholding taxes (the "Withholding Taxes") required to be
collected by Cendant under applicable law and one-half of the amount of all
Employment Taxes (as defined below) required to be paid under applicable law, in
each case, in respect of the exercise of such Cendant Options in the preceding
calendar month and shall provide a report (the "Tax Report") confirming the
exercises occurring during such calendar month. With respect to all Cendant
Options outstanding as of the Closing Date held by Affected Employees holding
Cendant Options as of the Closing Date ("Optionholders"), so long as an
Optionholder continues to be employed by a Transferred Company or other
Affiliate of Acquiror, the Cendant Options held by such Optionholder shall
continue to vest in accordance with their stated terms without regard to the
termination of employment provisions of such Cendant Options, and such Cendant
Options shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the date
that is one year after the date on which such Cendant Option becomes vested in
full, (ii) the date which is one year after the termination of the
Optionholder's employment with a Transferred Company or other Affiliate of
Acquiror, or (iii) the original expiration date of such Cendant Option.
Following the Closing, Acquiror shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to
Cendant, (i) on not less than a quarterly basis updated personnel records of all
Optionholders (which records shall include address and name change information,
work location, and any other information relevant to the withholding of Taxes,
and (ii) not less frequently than each pay period, names and dates of
termination of employment of Optionholders
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who terminated employment with the Transferred Companies or other Affiliate of
Acquiror during the preceding pay period.
(b) Acquiror shall cause the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies, as the case may be, to pay to
the proper Governmental Entity (A) all Withholding Taxes and Employment Taxes
received from Parent (or its Affiliate) pursuant to Section 6.15(a) and (B)
one-half of the amount of any FICA or FUTA Tax (or any similar employment Taxes
required under state or local law) ("Employment Taxes") required to be paid with
respect to the exercise of any Cendant Options and (c) all Employment Taxes
received from Parent (and its Affiliate) pursuant to Section 6.15(d). In
addition, in connection with any payment by the Acquiror, the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies of any amount with
respect to the Holdings Plan, the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of
the Transferred Companies, as the case may be, shall (A) withhold the
Withholding Taxes required to be withheld under applicable Law and pay such
Withholding Taxes to the proper Governmental Entity and (B) pay to the proper
Governmental Entity one-half of the amount of any Employment Taxes that are
required to be paid under applicable Law. Acquiror shall cause the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies, as the case may be,
to (A) prepare and file any Tax Returns required to be filed in connection with
Withholding Taxes and Employment Taxes within the time and manner prescribed by
applicable Law and (B) prepare and provide to persons who exercised such Cendant
Options or received payments with respect to the Holdings Plan, any statement,
form or other document required to be provided under applicable Law.
(c) Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, the parties
to this Agreement shall treat, with respect to any payment described in Section
6.15(a) or (b), any amount that is required to be included in the gross income
of the holder of any Cendant Option, or a person who receives a payment pursuant
to the Holdings Plan, as an amount that may be properly deductible by the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies, as the
case may be, after the Closing Date.
(d) In connection with any payment by the Acquiror, the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation or any of the Transferred Companies of any
amount with respect to the Holdings Plan, Acquiror shall, within a reasonable
period prior to the time that Employment Taxes with respect to any such payments
are due, provide Parent with sufficient information to enable Parent to
determine the total amount of Employment Taxes required to be paid under
applicable law. As promptly
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as practicable after receipt of such information, Parent shall pay over to the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation one-half of the amount of all Employment
Taxes in respect of any such payments.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO ACQUIROR'S AND ACQUIROR SUB'S OBLIGATIONS
The obligation of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub under this Agreement to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by
Acquiror:
7.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and
warranties of Parent and Holdings contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though such
representations and warranties were made at and as of such date (except that
representations and warranties given as of a specific date need be true and
correct only as of such date), except where the failure of such representations
and warranties to be so true and correct has not had, and is not likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Business
(disregarding for this purpose any qualification as to materiality or Material
Adverse Effect on the Business contained in such representations and
warranties).
7.2 PERFORMANCE. Parent and Holdings shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by
this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the
Closing Date.
7.3 NO INJUNCTION. No court of competent jurisdiction shall have
issued any order, decree or ruling, and there shall not be any statute, rule or
regulation, enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or preventing the conduct of any material portion of the
Business after the Effective Time in substantially the same manner as presently
conducted.
7.4 H-S-R ACT. Any waiting periods applicable to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement under the H-S-R Act shall have expired or been
terminated.
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7.5 REQUIRED APPROVALS. Subject to Section 2.7 hereof, the consents
of (a) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and (b) the Utah State Department of
Financial Institutions (together, the "Required Approvals") shall have been
obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and any statutory waiting
periods in respect thereof shall have expired.
7.6 OPINION OF PARENT AND HOLDINGS' COUNSEL. Parent and Holdings
shall have delivered to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub opinions of counsel to Parent
and Holdings in the form of EXHIBIT K hereto.
7.7 FINANCING. Acquiror shall have received the proceeds of the
Financing.
7.8 GOODWILL AMORTIZATION. Acquiror shall have received advice from
Deloitte & Touche LLP that under GAAP at the Effective Time, the goodwill
generated by the transactions contemplated hereby shall be amortized over forty
(40) years.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO PARENT'S AND HOLDINGS' OBLIGATIONS
The obligation of Parent and Holdings under this Agreement to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by
Holdings:
8.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and
warranties of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub contained in this Agreement shall be
true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though such
representations and warranties were made at and as of such date (except that
representations and warranties given as of a specific date need be true and
correct only as of such date), except where the failure of such representations
and warranties to be so true and correct has not had, and is not likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect
(disregarding for this purpose any qualification as to materiality or Acquiror
Material Adverse Effect contained in such representations and warranties).
8.2 PERFORMANCE. Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall have each performed
and complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants
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required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior
to the Closing Date.
8.3 NO INJUNCTION. No court of competent jurisdiction shall have
issued any order, decree or ruling, and there shall not be any statute, rule or
regulation, enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
8.4 H-S-R ACT. Any waiting periods applicable to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement under the H-S-R Act shall have expired or been
terminated.
8.5 REQUIRED APPROVALS. Subject to Section 2.7 hereof, the Required
Approvals shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and
any statutory waiting periods in respect thereof shall have expired.
8.6 OPINION OF ACQUIROR AND ACQUIROR SUB'S COUNSEL. Acquiror and
Acquiror Sub shall have delivered to Parent and Holdings opinions of counsel to
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub in the form of EXHIBIT L hereto.
ARTICLE IX
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 SURVIVAL PERIODS. Each of the representations and warranties
made by the parties in this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the
Effective Time until the first anniversary of the Closing Date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.2,
3.3(a), 3.4, 3.8, 3.13, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof (the "Surviving Representations")
shall survive the Closing without limitation (subject to any applicable statutes
of limitations). Except with respect to the Surviving Representations, the
parties intend to shorten the statute of limitations and agree that no claims or
causes of action may be brought against Parent, the Holdings Surviving
Corporation, Acquiror or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation based upon,
directly or indirectly, any of the representations, warranties or agreements
contained in Articles III and IV hereof after the applicable survival period or,
except as provided in Section 10.2 hereof, any termination of this Agreement
except, in each case, with respect to claims asserted prior to and pending at
the time of such expiration. This Section 9.1 shall not limit any covenant or
agreement of the parties which contemplates performance after the Effective
Time.
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9.2 PARENT'S AND THE HOLDINGS SURVIVING CORPORATION'S AGREEMENT
TO INDEMNIFY.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from
and after the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Holdings Surviving
Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub
Surviving Corporation and their respective directors, officers, employees and
Affiliates and their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively,
the "Acquiror Indemnitees") from and against all liability, demands, claims,
actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses)
(collectively, the "Acquiror Damages") asserted against or incurred by any
Acquiror Indemnitee as a result of or arising out of (i) a breach of any
representation or warranty of Parent or Holdings contained in this Agreement
(provided that for purposes of indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.2(a),
any breach of any representation or warranty shall be determined without regard
to any qualification related to materiality or Material Adverse Effect on the
Business); (ii) a breach of any covenant or agreement of Parent, Holdings or the
Holdings Surviving Corporation contained in this Agreement; and (iii) the
Holdings Retained Liabilities and the Holdings Retained Assets.
(b) The obligation of Parent and the Holdings Surviving
Corporation to indemnify the Acquiror Indemnitees pursuant to clause 9.2(a)(i)
hereof is subject to the following limitations:
(i) no indemnification shall be made by Parent or the
Holdings Surviving Corporation unless the aggregate amount of Acquiror Damages
exceeds $30,000,000 and, in such event, indemnification shall be made by Parent
or the Holdings Surviving Corporation only to the extent such Acquiror Damages
exceed $18,000,000; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of Acquiror Damages for
any individual Claim must exceed $250,000, it being acknowledged and agreed that
Acquiror Indemnitiees shall not have the right to make a Claim for
indemnification under this Agreement in respect of Acquiror Damages in an amount
less than $250,000 ("De Minimis Acquiror Claims") and such De Minimis Acquiror
Claims shall not count toward the threshold amounts referred to above;
(ii) in no event shall the aggregate obligation of
Parent and the Holdings Surviving Corporation to so indemnify the Acquiror
Indemnitees exceed $500,000,000; and
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(iii) Parent and the Holdings Surviving Corporation
shall be obligated to indemnify the Acquiror Indemnitees only for those claims
giving rise to Acquiror Damages as to which the Acquiror Indemnitees have given
Parent and the Holdings Surviving Corporation written notice thereof prior to
the end of the applicable survival period (as provided for in Section 9.1
hereof); any written notice delivered by an Acquiror Indemnitee to Parent and
the Holdings Surviving Corporation with respect to Acquiror Damages shall set
forth with as much specificity as is reasonably practicable the basis of the
claim for Acquiror Damages and, to the extent reasonably practicable, a
reasonable estimate of the amount thereof.
(c) The amount of any Acquiror Damages shall be reduced by (i)
any amount received by a Acquiror Indemnitee with respect thereto under any
insurance coverage or from any other party alleged to be responsible therefor
and (ii) the amount of any Tax Benefit Actually Realized by the Acquiror
Indemnitee (or any of its Affiliates) relating thereto. The Acquiror Indemnitees
shall use reasonable efforts to collect any amounts available under such
insurance coverage and from such other party alleged to have responsibility. If
a Acquiror Indemnitee receives an amount under insurance coverage or from such
other party with respect to Acquiror Damages at any time subsequent to any
indemnification provided by Parent or the Holdings Surviving Corporation
pursuant to this Section 9.2, then such Acquiror Indemnitee shall promptly
reimburse Parent or the Holdings Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, for
any payment made or expense incurred by Parent or the Holdings Surviving
Corporation in connection with providing such indemnification up to such amount
received by the Acquiror Indemnitee.
9.3 ACQUIROR'S AND THE ACQUIROR SUB SURVIVING CORPORATION'S
AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from
and after the Effective Time, Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent, the Holdings Surviving
Corporation and their respective directors, officers, employees and Affiliates
and their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the
"Holdings Indemnitees") from and against all liability, demands, claims, actions
or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses)
(collectively, "Holdings Damages") asserted against or incurred by any Holdings
Indemnitee as a result of or arising out of (i) a breach of any representation
or warranty of Acquiror or Acquiror Sub contained in this Agreement (provided
that for purposes of indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.3(a), any breach
of any representation or warranty shall be
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determined without regard to any qualification related to materiality or
"Acquiror Material Adverse Effect"); (ii) a breach of any covenant or agreement
on the part of Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation
contained in this Agreement; (iii) the Transferred Liabilities; (iv) the
Acquiror Sub Retained Liabilities and the Acquiror Sub Retained Assets,
(b) Acquiror's and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation's
obligation to indemnify the Holdings Indemnitees pursuant to clause 9.3(a)(i)
hereof is subject to the following limitations:
(i) no indemnification shall be made by Acquiror or the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation unless the aggregate amount of Holdings
Damages exceeds $30,000,000 and, in such event, indemnification shall be made by
Acquiror or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation only to the extent such
Holdings Damages exceed $18,000,000; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of such
Holdings Damages for any individual claim must exceed $250,000; it being
acknowledged and agreed that Seller shall not have the right to make a claim for
indemnification under this Agreement in respect of any Holdings Damages in an
amount less than $250,000 ("De Minimis Holdings Claims"), and such De Minimis
Holdings Claims shall not count toward the threshold amounts referred to above;
(ii) in no event shall the aggregate obligation of
Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to so indemnify the Holdings
Indemnitees exceed $500,000,000; and
(iii) Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving
Corporation shall be obligated to indemnify the Holdings Indemnitees only for
those claims giving rise to Holdings Damages as to which the Holdings
Indemnitees have given Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation
written notice thereof prior to the end of the applicable survival period (as
provided in Section 9.1 hereof); any written notice delivered by a Holdings
Indemnitee to Acquiror and the Acquiror Surviving Corporation with respect to
Holdings Damages shall set forth with as much specificity as is reasonably
practicable the basis of the claim for Acquiror Damages and, to the extent
reasonably practicable, a reasonable estimate of the amount thereof.
(c) The amount of any Holdings Damages shall be reduced by (i)
any amount received by a Holdings Indemnitee with respect thereto under any
insurance coverage or from any other party alleged to be responsible therefor
and (ii) the amount of any Tax Benefit Actually Realized by the Holdings
Indemnitee (or any
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of its Affiliates) relating hereto. The Holdings Indemnitees shall use
reasonable efforts to collect any amounts available under such insurance
coverage and from such other party alleged to have responsibility. If a Holdings
Indemnitee receives any amount under insurance coverage or from such other party
with respect to Holdings Damages at any time subsequent to any indemnification
provided by Acquiror or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation pursuant to this
Section 9.3, then such Holdings Indemnitee shall promptly reimburse Acquiror or
the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, for any payment made
or expense incurred by Acquiror or the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation in
connection with providing such indemnification up to such amount received by the
Holdings Indemnitee.
9.4 THIRD-PARTY INDEMNIFICATION. The obligations of Parent and the
Holdings Surviving Corporation to indemnify the Acquiror Indemnitees under
Section 9.2 hereof with respect to Acquiror Damages and the obligations of
Acquiror and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation to indemnify the Holdings
Indemnitees under Section 9.3 hereof with respect to Holdings Damages, in either
case, resulting from the assertion of liability by third parties (each, as the
case may be, a "Claim"), will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Any party against whom any Claim is asserted will give the
indemnifying party written notice of any such Claim promptly after learning of
such Claim, and the indemnifying party may at its option undertake the defense
thereof by representatives of its own choosing. Failure to give prompt notice of
a Claim hereunder shall not affect the indemnifying party obligations under this
Article IX, except to the extent the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced
by such failure to give prompt notice. If the indemnifying party, within 30 days
after notice of any such Claim, or such shorter period as is reasonably
required, fails to assume the defense of such Claim, the Acquiror Indemnitee or
the Holdings Indemnitee, as the case may be, against whom such Claim has been
made will (upon further notice to the indemnifying party) have the right to
undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such Claim on behalf of, and
for the account and risk, and at the expense, of, the indemnifying party,
subject to the right of the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such
Claim at any time prior to settlement, compromise or final determination
thereof.
(b) Anything in this Section 9.4 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the indemnifying party shall not enter into any settlement or
compromise of any action, suit or proceeding or consent to the entry of any
judgment (i) which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
delivery by the claimant or plaintiff to the Holdings Indemnitee or the Acquiror
Indemnitee, as the
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case may be, of a written release from all liability in respect of such action,
suit or proceeding or (ii) for other than monetary damages to be borne by the
indemnifying party, without the prior written consent of the Holdings Indemnitee
or the Acquiror Indemnitee, as the case may be, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(c) The indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
cooperate fully in all aspects of any investigation, defense, pre-trial
activities, trial, compromise, settlement or discharge of any claim in respect
of which indemnity is sought pursuant to this Article IX, including, but not
limited to, by providing the other party with reasonable access to employees and
officers (including as witnesses) and other information.
9.5 INSURANCE. The indemnifying party shall be subrogated to the
rights of the indemnified party in respect of any insurance relating to Acquiror
Damages or Holdings Damages, as the case may be, to the extent of any
indemnification payments made hereunder.
9.6 NO DUPLICATION; SOLE REMEDY.
(a) Any liability for indemnification hereunder shall be
determined without duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts
giving rise to such liability constituting a breach of more than one
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement.
(b) Subject to Section 11.11 hereof, the respective rights to
indemnification of Parent, the Holdings Surviving Corporation, Acquiror and the
Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation as provided for in Sections 6.2, 9.2 and 9.3,
as applicable, for a breach of this Agreement, shall constitute such party's
sole remedy for such a breach and the breaching party shall have no other
liability or damages to the other party resulting from the breach, except that
nothing herein shall relieve a party from liability for fraud.
9.7 INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN LITIGATION. From and after the
Effective Time, each of Parent and the Holdings Surviving Corporation shall
continue the defense of, indemnify and hold harmless the Acquiror Indemnitees
and the Transferred Companies from and against any Acquiror Damages asserted
against or incurred by any Acquiror Indemnitee or any Transferred Company as a
result of or arising out of the litigation referred to in item 6 of Section 3.9
of the HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, provided that no indemnification shall be
made by Parent or the Holdings Surviving Corporation unless the aggregate amount
of Acquiror Damages
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exceeds $500,000 and, in such event, indemnification shall be made by Parent or
Holdings Surviving Corporation only to the extent such Acquiror Damages exceed
$500,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
(i) the indemnification obligations of Parent and Holdings Surviving Corporation
provided under this Section 9.7(a) shall not be subject to the limitations set
forth in Section 9.2(b) and (b) shall not be subrogated in respect of any
insurance and (ii) any amounts paid hereunder shall not be counted against the
amounts set forth in Section 9.2(b).
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT
10.1 TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Effective Time:
(a) by mutual written consent of the parties hereto; or
(b) by Parent or Holdings at any time after June 30, 1999;
(c) by Acquiror or Acquiror Sub at any time after July 31,
1999;
(d) by Parent or Holdings if Acquiror shall notify (or be
required under Section 5.8 to notify) Holdings of a Funding Termination Event
(unless any Lender whose commitment has been withdrawn or terminated has been
replaced with another lending institution of comparable funding resources with
an equal or greater commitment on substantially the same terms and subject to
substantially the same conditions); or
(e) by Parent or Holdings if there shall have occurred any
disruption or adverse change, as determined by Parent or Holdings in its sole
discretion, in the financial or capital markets generally, or in the markets for
bank loan or bridge loan syndication, high yield debt, asset-backed securities
or equity securities in particular or affecting the syndication or funding of
bank loans or bridge loans (or the refinancing thereof) (each a "Market Event"),
provided that Parent or Holdings cannot terminate this Agreement if, after
giving written notice to the Lenders of its intent to terminate this Agreement,
the Lenders, within three (3)
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Business Days, confirm in writing that such Market Event will not result in
their refusing to comply with their obligations under the Commitment Letters.
10.2 PROCEDURE FOR, AND EFFECT OF, TERMINATION. In the event of
termination of this Agreement and abandonment of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the parties hereto pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof, written notice
thereof shall be given by a party so terminating to the other party and this
Agreement shall forthwith terminate and shall become null and void and of no
further effect, and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned
without further action by any of the parties hereto. If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof:
(a) each party shall redeliver all documents, work papers and
other materials of the other parties relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby, whether so obtained before or after the execution hereof, to the party
furnishing the same, and all confidential information received by any party
hereto with respect to the other party shall be treated in accordance with the
Confidentiality Agreement and Section 5.4(b) hereof;
(b) all filings, applications and other submissions made
pursuant hereto shall, at the option of Holdings, and to the extent practicable,
be withdrawn from the agency or other Person to which made; and
(c) there shall be no liability or obligation hereunder on the
part of Parent, Holdings, Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or any of their respective
directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents or
representatives, except that such party may have liability to the other party if
the basis of termination is a willful, material breach by such party of one or
more of the provisions of this Agreement, and except that (i) the obligations
provided for in Sections 5.4 and 11.1 hereof shall survive any such termination
and (ii) all of the rights and obligations of each of the parties pursuant to
the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement
without limitation.
10.3 ALTERNATIVE TRANSACTION. In the event that a Tax Notification
(as defined in EXHIBIT M hereto) shall be delivered, then the parties hereto
shall effectuate the transactions set forth in EXHIBIT M hereto.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.1 FEES AND EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such transactions will
be paid by the party incurring said expenses. Parent, Holdings and the Holdings
Surviving Corporation shall indemnify Acquiror, Acquiror Sub and the Acquiror
Sub Surviving Corporation for the fees of Chase Securities, Inc. and any other
brokerage or similar fees payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby based on agreements made by or on behalf of Parent,
Holdings, any Transferred Company or their respective Affiliates, and Acquiror
and the Acquiror Sub Surviving Corporation shall indemnify Parent, Holdings and
the Holdings Surviving Corporation for the fees of Lehman Brothers Inc. and BT
Wolfensohn and any other brokerage or similar fees payable in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby based on agreements made by or on behalf of
Acquiror, Acquiror Sub or any of their respective Affiliates.
11.2 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified, supplemented or
amended only by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.
11.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement (together with the Transaction
Agreements, the Disclosure Schedules, Schedules and Exhibits expressly
identified or referred to in this Agreement) and the Confidentiality Agreement
constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject
matter, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings of the parties,
oral and written, with respect to its subject matter.
11.4 EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same document.
11.5 NOTICES. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing and may be given by any of
the following methods: (a) personal delivery; (b) facsimile transmission; (c)
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested; or (d)
overnight delivery service. Such notices and communications shall be sent to the
appropriate party at its address or facsimile number given below or at such
other address or facsimile number for such party as shall be specified by notice
given hereunder (and shall be
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deemed given upon receipt by such party or upon actual delivery to the
appropriate address, or, in case of a facsimile transmission, upon transmission
thereof by the sender and issuance by the transmitting machine of a confirmation
slip that the number of pages constituting the notice have been transmitted
without error; in the case of notices sent by facsimile transmission, the sender
shall contemporaneously mail a copy of the notice to the addressee at the
address provided for above, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such mailing shall in no way
alter the time at which the facsimile notice is deemed received):
If to Parent or Holdings PHH Corporation
6 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Telecopy: (973) 496-5355
Attention: General Counsel
Copies to: Cendant Corporation
9 West 57th Street
37th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Telecopy: (212) 413-1922
Attention: General Counsel
and
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Rodney Square
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telecopy: (302) 651-3001
Attention: Patricia Moran Chuff, Esq.
If to Acquiror or Acquiror Sub:
Avis Rent a Car, Inc.
900 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11530
Telecopy: (516) 222-6922
Attention: Karen Sclafani, Esq.
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Copy to: White & Case LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Telecopy: (212) 354-8113
Attention: Sean Geary, Esq.
11.6 WAIVERS. At any time prior to the Closing, the parties hereto
may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other
acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties of the other parties contained herein or in any
document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance by the other
parties hereto with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein of the
other party subject to any specific provisions governing the effect of such
extensions or waivers. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such
extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument
signed on behalf of such party.
11.7 APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without giving
effect to any of the conflict of law rules thereof; PROVIDED, that the Merger
shall be governed by the TBCA. Each party to this Agreement (a) waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by
jury in respect of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, (b) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of
any federal court located in the State of New York or any New York state court
in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny such
personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court
and (d) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than a
federal or state court sitting in the State of New York.
11.8 HEADINGS. The headings contained in this Agreement are for the
sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or
affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement.
11.9 ASSIGNMENTS. This Agreement may not be assigned, directly or
indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, by any party hereto without the
prior written consent of the other parties; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the parties hereto shall have the right
to assign any or all of its
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rights and obligations under this Agreement, collectively or individually, to
any of their respective Affiliates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such assignment
shall relieve such party from its obligations under this Agreement.
11.10 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable, such a provision shall (so far as invalid or
unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed to be excluded from this
Agreement, but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid
or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify
this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as
possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that terms of such provision
be effectuated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
11.11 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached, irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law
would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, and that the parties
shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof and immediate
injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money
damages as a remedy, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.
11.12 INTERPRETATION. All references herein to "$" or "dollars"
shall mean United States dollars. In the event an ambiguity or question of
intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted
jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions
of this Agreement.
11.13 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is solely for the
benefit of Parent, Holdings and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, with respect to the obligations of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub under this
Agreement, and for the benefit of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub, and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, with respect to the obligations of
Parent and Holdings, under this Agreement, and this Agreement shall not be
deemed to confer upon or give to any other third party any remedy, claim of
liability or reimbursement, cause of action or other right.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by duly
authorized officers of each of the parties all as of the date first above
written.
PHH CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert D. Kunisch
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Name: Robert D. Kunisch
Title: President and CEO
PHH HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert D. Kunisch
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Name: Robert D. Kunisch
Title: President
AVIS RENT A CAR, INC.
By: /s/ Kevin Sheehan
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Name: Kevin Sheehan
Title: Executive Vice President
AVIS FLEET LEASING AND
MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Kevin Sheehan
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Name: Kevin Sheehan
Title: Executive Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
TRANSFERRED COMPANIES
NAME OF COMPANY JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION
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PHH Vehicle Management Services, LLC Delaware
PHH VMS Subsidiary Corporation Maryland
D.L. Peterson Trust Maryland
JHH Partnership Maryland
PHH Paymentech LLC Delaware
TRAC Funding II, Inc. Delaware
TRAC Funding, Inc. Delaware
PHH Commercial Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Corner Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Page Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH St. Paul Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Continental Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Caribbean Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Market Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Milford Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH National Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Power Leasing, Inc. Maryland
PHH Personalease Corp. Maryland
Dealers Holdings, Inc. Maryland
Williamsburg Motors, Inc. Maryland
Edenton Motors, Inc. Maryland
Wright Express Corporation Delaware
Wright Express Financial Services Corporation Utah
Wright Express Canada, Inc. Canada
PHH Canadian Holdings, Inc. Delaware
PHH Vehicle Management Services, Inc. Canada
Canadian Lease Management, Ltd. Canada
PHH Leasing of Canada, Ltd. Canada
PHH Deutschland, Inc. Maryland
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PHH Charitable Trust England and Wales
Cendant Business Answers (Europe) PLC England and Wales
PHH Vehicle Management Services PLC England and Wales
All Star Petrol Card Limited England and Wales
PHH Card Services Ltd. England and Wales
PHH Investment Services Ltd. England and Wales
PHH Financial Services Ltd. England and Wales
PHH Truck Management Services, Ltd. England and Wales
PHH Leasing (No. 9) Ltd. England and Wales
Pointeuro Limited England and Wales
The Harpur Group Limited England and Wales
Harpur UK Limited England and Wales
Overdrive Credit Card Limited England and Wales
Dialcard Limited England and Wales
Harpur Assets Limited England and Wales
Overdrive Business Solutions Limited England and Wales
Overdrive Fleet Information Services Limited England and Wales
Dialcard Fleet Services Limited England and Wales
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SCHEDULE II
TRANSFERRED ASSETS
The following assets shall constitute the "Transferred Assets" to be
allocated to and vested in Acquiror Sub in the Merger:
1. All of Holdings' right, title and interest in and to all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock and other equity interests of the following
Directly Transferred Companies (as defined in the Agreement):
PHH Vehicle Management Services, LLC
PHH Commercial Leasing, Inc.
PHH Corner Leasing, Inc.
PHH Page Leasing, Inc.
PHH St. Paul Leasing, Inc.
PHH Continental Leasing, Inc.
PHH Caribbean Leasing, Inc.
PHH Market Leasing, Inc.
PHH Milford Leasing, Inc.
PHH National Leasing, Inc.
PHH Power Leasing, Inc.
PHH Personalease Corp.
Dealers Holdings, Inc.
Wright Express Corporation
PHH Canadian Holdings, Inc.
PHH Charitable Trust
PHH Deutschland, Inc.
Cendant Business Answers (Europe) PLC
Pointeuro Limited
2. All right, title and interest in and to all of the properties, assets,
rights, claims, contracts and businesses of the entities listed in item 1 above
and the Transferred Companies, including, without limitation, all shares of
capital stock and other equity interests of all Transferred Companies that are
owned by any of the entities listed in item 1 above as of the Effective Time.
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SCHEDULE III
HOLDINGS RETAINED ASSETS
The following assets shall constitute the "Holdings Retained Assets" which
shall be retained by, allocated to and vested in Holdings in the Merger and
shall not constitute part of the Transferred Assets allocated to and vested in
Acquiror Sub:
1. All of Holdings' right, title and interest in and to all of the
properties, assets, rights, claims, contracts and businesses of Holdings and its
subsidiaries and Affiliates immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than
the Transferred Assets, including, without limitation, all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock and other equity interests of the following
corporations and other entities owned, directly or indirectly, by Holdings:
PHH Gate Leasing, Inc.
PHH 1972 Long Leasing, Inc.
PHH Metals Leasing, Inc.
PHH ABT Leasing, Inc.
PHH Gallop Leasing, Inc.
PHH Brunswick Leasing, Inc.
PHH Long Leasing, Inc.
PHH NLC Leasing, Inc.
PHH Inter-Group Leasing, Inc.
PHH Star Leasing, Inc.
TRAC Funding III, Inc.
Cendant Mortgage Corporation
Wells Resource/PHH Real Estate Services, LLC
Cendant Residential Mortgage Owner Trust
Financial Express Mortgage Corporation
Coldwell Banker Mortgage Partners, Inc.
The Home Mortgage Network, LP
Acacia Mortgage, LLC
THMN, Inc.
Cendant Mobility Services Corporation
Cendant International Assignment Services Asia Pacific Ltd.
Executrans Canada Ltd.
Mobility Funding Corporation
PHH Asset Management/Southwest Harvard
Cendant Mobility Funding Corporation
Cendant Mobility Real Property Services Corporation
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<PAGE>
PHH Network Services S.A. do C.V.
PHH do Brasil Particopacoes Ltda. (Brazil)
PHH Asia Corporation
PHH Funding Corporation
PHH Broker Partner Corporation
American Home Mortgage, LLC
Speedy Title & Appraisal Review Services Corporation
Fairtide Insurance Ltd.
PHH Services B.V. Netherlands
PHH Auto Finance Corporation
PHH Mexico Corporation
Atrium Insurance Corporation
Peterson, Howell & Heather, Inc.
PHH Mortgage Services Corporation
PHH Financial Services, Inc.
J.W. Geckle Trust
PHH Home Equity Ltd.
PHH Funding No. 1 PLC
PHH Services Ltd.
Cendant Business Answers PLC
PHH Independent Financial Advisors Ltd.
PHH Limited (United Kingdom)
PHH Insurance Broking Services Ltd.
PHH Ideal Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Peterson, Howell and Heather (United Kingdom) Ltd.
PHH Leasing (No. 12) Ltd. (United Kingdom)
PHH Asset Management Ltd.
Cendant Property Services Ltd.
Cendant Relocation PLC
M.S. Part Exchange Properties Ltd.
Coldwell Banker Relocation Services Limited
2. All right, title and interest in and to all of the properties, assets,
rights, claims, contracts and businesses of the entities listed in item 1 above
as of the Effective Time.
3. All right, title and interest in and to the Retained Intellectual
Property.
4. All cash, term or time deposits, lock box receipts, short-term
instruments, marketable securities and similar items of Holdings and its
subsidiaries and Affiliates, including all proceeds received pursuant to the
Holdings Indebtedness.
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SCHEDULE IV
TRANSFERRED LIABILITIES
The following liabilities and obligations shall constitute the
"Transferred Liabilities" to be allocated to, assumed by, and vested in Acquiror
Sub in the Merger:
1. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement all
liabilities and obligations of Holdings arising out of or related to
the Holdings Indebtedness pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated
January 13, 1999 between Holdings and Parent, including, without
limitation, the obligation to repay any and all Loans (as defined
therein) upon demand in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2. Any and all liabilities and obligations of the Transferred Companies
as of the Effective Time, whether direct or indirect, known or
unknown, absolute or contingent, including, without limitation, the
Intercompany Indebtedness.
3. Any and all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Business and
the Transferred Companies arising on or after the Effective Time,
whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or
contingent.
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SCHEDULE V
HOLDINGS RETAINED LIABILITIES
The following liabilities and obligations shall constitute the "Holdings
Retained Liabilities" to be allocated to, retained by, and vested in Holdings in
the Merger and shall not constitute part of the Transferred Liabilities
allocated to, assumed by and vested in Acquiror Sub in the Merger:
1. All liabilities and obligations of Holdings and its subsidiaries and
Affiliates immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than the
Transferred Liabilities.
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SCHEDULE VI
RETAINED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The following intellectual property shall constitute the "Retained
Intellectual Property" to be allocated to, retained by, and vested in Holdings
in the Merger and shall not constitute part of the Transferred Assets allocated
to, assumed by and vested in Acquiror Sub in the Merger:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRADEMARK COUNTRY APP OR REG. APP. OR REG. STATUS FORMER RECORD
NUMBER DATE OWNER
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BLUE RIBBON CANADA TMA420280 12-3-93 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
AUCTION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEETLEADER CANADA TMA425222 3-18-94 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
AND DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEY PLAN CANADA TMA308681 11-29-85 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VALUEPLAN CANADA 895055 10-30-98 PENDING PHH CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VEHICLE UNITED 75309319 6-16-97 PENDING PHH CORPORATION
MAINTENANCE STATES
ASSISTANCE
PLUS (VMA+)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH CANADA TMA399270 6-19-92 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 1289659 10-3-86 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 1289660 10-3-86 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 1368918 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND BENELUX 451893 12-9-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND BENELUX 371773 3-11-81 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND CANADA TMA429246 5-26-95 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND CANADA TMA400373 7-24-92 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND CANADA TMA272728 10-15-82 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRADEMARK COUNTRY APP OR REG. APP. OR REG. STATUS FORMER RECORD
NUMBER DATE OWNER
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PHH AND CANADA TMA214224 6-11-76 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND DENMARK VR52491992 6-19-92 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND EUROPEAN 461277 1-28-97 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN COMMUNITY
(CTM)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND FRANCE 1646254 2-22-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND FRANCE 1721175 12-12-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND FRANCE 93451056 1-18-93 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND GERMANY 1064838 6-22-84 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND GERMANY 2913616 3-5-97 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND ITALY 552656 10-29-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND SPAIN 1294000 5-6-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND SPAIN 1293998 6-18-90 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND SPAIN 1293999 7-3-90 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1368942 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1368920 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1368919 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1368941 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1368917 12-29-88 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
DESIGN KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1307387 11-27-84 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN STATES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH AND UNITED 1665195 11-19-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
DESIGN STATES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRADEMARK COUNTRY APP OR REG. APP. OR REG. STATUS FORMER RECORD
NUMBER DATE OWNER
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PHH ALL STAR CANADA TMA421861 1-7-94 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH ALLSTAR CANADA TMA384212 5-10-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
AND DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH ALLSTAR CANADA TMA384211 5-10-91 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
AND DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH CANADA CANADA TMA214476 6-25-76 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
AND DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETCARD EUROPEAN 799668 5-28-98 PENDING CENDANT BUSINESS
COMMUNITY ANSWERS PLC
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETCARD UNITED 1289657 10-3-86 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETCARD UNITED 1289658 10-3-86 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETLINE UNITED 1494853 7-5-88 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
STATES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETNET UNITED B1523871 1-12-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETNET UNITED B1523868 1-12-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETNET UNITED B1523869 1-12-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH FLEETNET UNITED B1523870 1-12-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED B1523867 1-12-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
FLEETWORKS KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 1523866 10-31-94 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
FLEETWORKS KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 75543156 8-25-98 PENDING PHH VEHICLE
INTERACTIVE STATES MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH KEY PLAN CANADA TMA308680 11-29-85 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH MARKETING CANADA TMA422228 1-21-94 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
CENTRE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH PARTS PLUSUNITED 2131390 4-30-97 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
PARTS + AND KINGDOM
DESIGN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH UNITED 1524863 2-14-89 REGISTERED PHH CORPORATION
PERSONALEASE STATES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRADEMARK COUNTRY APP OR REG. APP. OR REG. STATUS FORMER RECORD
NUMBER DATE OWNER
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PHH SERVICE UNITED 1523693 1-8-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
CARD KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH SERVICE UNITED 1523692 1-8-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
CARD KINGDOM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHH SERVICE UNITED 1523694 1-8-93 REGISTERED PHH EUROPE PLC
CARD SERVICE KINGDOM
CARD PHH
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
Exh 99.(G)(1)
CENDANT CORPORATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FOOTNOTES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1998
<PAGE>
INDEX
Page
----
Independent Auditors' Report 1
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 3
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 10
<PAGE>
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Cendant Corporation
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Cendant Corporation and
subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated
financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the statements of
income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows of PHH Corporation (a consolidated
subsidiary of Cendant Corporation) for the year ended December 31, 1996 which
statements reflect net income of $87.7 million. Those statements were audited by
other auditors whose reports has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar
as it relates to the amounts included for PHH Corporation, is based solely on
the report of such other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits and the report of the other auditors provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Cendant Corporation and
subsidiaries at December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is
involved in certain litigation related to the discovery of accounting
irregularities in certain former CUC International Inc. business units.
Additionally, as discussed in Note 2, effective January 1, 1997 the Company
changed its method of recognizing revenue and membership solicitation costs for
its individual membership business.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey
May 10, 1999
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
--------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Membership and service fees - net $ 4,883.5 $ 3,895.3 $ 2,972.4
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation and interest costs of
$1,279.4, $1,205.2 and $1,132.4) 88.7 59.5 56.7
Other 114.4 97.1 34.0
--------- --------- ---------
Net revenues 5,086.6 4,051.9 3,063.1
--------- --------- ---------
Expenses
Operating 1,721.5 1,179.4 1,042.6
Marketing and reservation 1,158.5 1,031.8 909.1
General and administrative 648.7 627.8 330.7
Depreciation and amortization 314.0 229.0 138.5
Other charges
Litigation settlement 351.0 -- --
Termination of proposed acquisitions 433.5 -- --
Executive terminations 52.5 -- --
Investigation-related costs 33.4 -- --
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits) (67.2) 704.1 109.4
Financing costs 35.1 -- --
Interest - net 113.9 50.6 14.2
--------- --------- ---------
Total expenses 4,794.9 3,822.7 2,544.5
--------- --------- ---------
Income from continuing operations before income taxes,
minority interest, extraordinary gain and cumulative effect
of accounting change 291.7 229.2 518.6
Provision for income taxes 95.4 180.1 214.1
Minority interest, net of tax 50.6 -- --
--------- --------- ---------
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary gain
and cumulative effect of accounting change 145.7 49.1 304.5
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (10.8) (9.6) 25.5
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax 404.7 -- --
--------- --------- ---------
Income before extraordinary gain and cumulative effect
of accounting change 539.6 39.5 330.0
Extraordinary gain, net of tax -- 26.4 --
--------- --------- ---------
Income before cumulative effect of accounting change 539.6 65.9 330.0
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax -- (283.1) --
--------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss) $ 539.6 $ (217.2) $ 330.0
========= ========= =========
Income (loss) per share
Basic
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative effect of accounting change $ 0.17 $ 0.06 $ 0.40
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (0.01) (0.01) 0.04
Gain on sale of discontinued operations 0.48 -- --
Extraordinary gain -- 0.03 --
Cumulative effect of accounting change -- (0.35) --
--------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss) $ 0.64 $ (0.27) $ 0.44
========= ========= =========
Diluted
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative effect of accounting change $ 0.16 $ 0.06 $ 0.38
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (0.01) (0.01) 0.03
Gain on sale of discontinued operations 0.46 -- --
Extraordinary gain -- 0.03 --
Cumulative effect of accounting change -- (0.35) --
--------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss) $ 0.61 $ (0.27) $ 0.41
========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
--------------------------
1998 1997
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,007.1 $ 65.3
Receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of $110.9 and $60.9) 1,490.5 1,122.1
Deferred membership commission costs 253.0 169.5
Deferred income taxes 460.6 306.9
Other current assets 898.7 632.4
Net assets of discontinued operations 462.5 360.5
----------- -----------
Total current assets 4,572.4 2,656.7
----------- -----------
Property and equipment, net 1,420.3 530.9
Franchise agreements, net 1,363.2 1,079.6
Goodwill, net 3,911.0 2,124.6
Other intangibles, net 743.5 608.6
Other assets 679.8 597.4
----------- -----------
Total assets exclusive of assets under programs 12,690.2 7,597.8
----------- -----------
Assets under management and mortgage programs
Net investment in leases and leased vehicles 3,801.1 3,659.1
Relocation receivables 659.1 775.3
Mortgage loans held for sale 2,416.0 1,636.3
Mortgage servicing rights 635.7 373.0
----------- -----------
7,511.9 6,443.7
----------- -----------
Total assets $ 20,202.1 $ 14,041.5
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
3
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
----------------------
1998 1997
--------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities $ 1,502.6 $ 1,478.3
Deferred income 1,354.2 1,042.0
--------- ---------
Total current liabilities 2,856.8 2,520.3
--------- ---------
Deferred income 233.9 292.1
Long-term debt 3,362.9 1,246.0
Deferred income taxes 77.4 66.2
Other non-current liabilities 125.6 97.2
--------- ---------
Total liabilities exclusive of liabilities under programs 6,656.6 4,221.8
--------- ---------
Liabilities under management and mortgage programs
Debt 6,896.8 5,602.6
--------- ---------
Deferred income taxes 341.0 295.7
--------- ---------
Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities issued by subsidiary 1,472.1 --
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value - authorized 10 million shares;
none issued and outstanding -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value - authorized 2 billion shares;
issued 860,551,783 and 838,333,800 shares 8.6 8.4
Additional paid-in capital 3,863.4 3,085.0
Retained earnings 1,480.2 940.6
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (49.4) (38.2)
Treasury stock, at cost, 27,270,708 and 6,545,362 shares (467.2) (74.4)
--------- ---------
Total shareholders' equity 4,835.6 3,921.4
--------- ---------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $20,202.1 $14,041.5
========= =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Accumulated
Common Stock Additional Other Total
------------------ Paid-in Retained Comprehensive Treasury Shareholders'
Shares Amount Capital Earnings Income (Loss) Stock Equity
------- -------- -------- -------- ------------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at
January 1, 1996 725.2 $ 7.3 $1,041.9 $ 905.1 $ (25.1) $ (31.0) $1,898.2
Comprehensive income:
Net income -- -- -- 330.0 -- --
Currency translation
adjustment -- -- -- -- 12.2 --
Net unrealized gain
on marketable
securities -- -- -- -- 6.5 --
Total comprehensive
income -- -- -- -- -- -- 348.7
Issuance of common
stock 63.3 .6 1,627.9 -- -- -- 1,628.5
Exercise of stock
options by payment
of cash and
common stock 14.0 .1 74.6 -- -- (25.5) 49.2
Restricted stock
issuance 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Amortization of
restricted stock -- -- 2.3 -- -- -- 2.3
Tax benefit from
exercise of stock
options -- -- 78.9 -- -- -- 78.9
Cash dividends
declared and other
equity distributions -- -- -- (41.3) -- -- (41.3)
Adjustment to reflect
change in fiscal
years of pooled
entities -- -- (.6) (7.1) -- -- (7.7)
Conversion of convertible
notes 3.8 .1 18.0 -- -- -- 18.1
Purchase of common
stock -- -- -- -- -- (19.2) (19.2)
----- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----------- --------
Balance at
December 31, 1996 807.7 $ 8.1 $2,843.0 $1,186.7 $ (6.4) $ (75.7) $3,955.7
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
5
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Accumulated
Common Stock Additional Other Total
------------------- Paid-in Retained Comprehensive Treasury Shareholders'
Shares Amount Capital Earnings Loss Stock Equity
------- -------- -------- -------- ------------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at
January 1, 1997 807.7 $ 8.1 $2,843.0 $1,186.7 $ (6.4) $ (75.7) $3,955.7
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss -- -- -- (217.2) -- --
Currency translation
adjustment -- -- -- -- (27.6) --
Net unrealized loss
on marketable securities -- -- -- -- (4.2) --
Total comprehensive
loss -- -- -- -- -- -- (249.0)
Issuance of
common stock 6.2 -- 46.3 -- -- -- 46.3
Exercise of stock options
by payment of cash
and common stock 11.4 .1 132.8 -- -- (17.8) 115.1
Restricted stock
issuance .2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Amortization of
restricted stock -- -- 28.5 -- -- -- 28.5
Tax benefit from exercise
of stock options -- -- 93.5 -- -- -- 93.5
Cash dividends declared -- -- -- (6.6) -- -- (6.6)
Adjustment to reflect
change in fiscal year
from Cendant Merger -- -- -- (22.3) -- -- (22.3)
Conversion of
convertible notes 20.2 .2 150.9 -- -- -- 151.1
Purchase of
common stock -- -- -- -- -- (171.3) (171.3)
Retirement of treasury
stock (7.4) -- (190.4) -- -- 190.4 --
Other -- (19.6) -- -- -- (19.6)
----- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance at
December 31, 1997 838.3 $ 8.4 $3,085.0 $ 940.6 $ (38.2) $ (74.4) $3,921.4
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Accumulated
Common Stock Additional Other Total
------------------- Paid-in Retained Comprehensive Treasury Shareholders'
Shares Amount Capital Earnings Loss Stock Equity
-------- -------- ---------- -------- ------------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at
January 1, 1998 838.3 $ 8.4 $3,085.0 $ 940.6 $ (38.2) $ (74.4) $3,921.4
Comprehensive income:
Net income -- -- -- 539.6 -- --
Currency translation
adjustment -- -- -- -- (11.2) --
Total comprehensive
income -- -- -- -- -- -- 528.4
Exercise of stock options
by payment of cash and
common stock 16.4 .1 168.4 -- -- (.2) 168.3
Amortization of
restricted stock -- -- .7 -- -- -- .7
Tax benefit from exercise
of stock options -- -- 147.3 -- -- -- 147.3
Conversion of convertible
notes 5.9 .1 113.7 -- -- -- 113.8
Purchase of common
stock -- -- -- -- -- (257.7) (257.7)
Mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities
issued by subsidiary -- -- (65.7) -- -- -- (65.7)
Common stock received as
consideration in sale
of discontinued
operations -- -- -- -- -- (134.9) (134.9)
Rights issuable -- -- 350.0 -- -- -- 350.0
Other -- -- 64.0 -- -- -- 64.0
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance at
December 31, 1998 860.6 $ 8.6 $3,863.4 $1,480.2 $ (49.4) $ (467.2) $4,835.6
======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
--------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating Activities
Net income (loss) $ 539.6 $ (217.2) $ 330.0
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities from continuing operations:
(Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of tax 10.8 9.6 (25.5)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax (404.7) -- --
Non cash charges:
Litigation settlement 351.0 -- --
Extraordinary gain on sale of subsidiary, net of tax -- (26.4) --
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax -- 283.1 --
Asset impairments and termination benefits 62.5 -- --
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits) (67.2) 704.1 109.4
Payments of merger-related costs and other unusual
charge liabilities (158.2) (317.7) (61.3)
Depreciation and amortization 314.0 229.0 138.5
Membership acquisition costs -- -- (512.1)
Amortization of membership costs -- -- 492.3
Proceeds from sales of trading securities 136.1 -- --
Purchases of trading securities (181.6) -- --
Deferred income taxes (105.0) (21.3) 66.6
Net change in assets and liabilities from continuing operations:
Receivables (128.7) (71.8) (133.2)
Deferred membership commission costs (86.8) -- --
Income taxes receivable (97.9) (84.0) (18.3)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities 94.3 (103.1) 25.2
Deferred income 82.3 134.0 43.9
Other, net (49.9) (55.9) 53.9
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by continuing operations exclusive of
management and mortgage programs 310.6 462.4 509.4
--------- --------- ---------
Management and mortgage programs:
Depreciation and amortization 1,259.9 1,121.9 1,021.8
Origination of mortgage loans (26,571.6) (12,216.5) (8,292.6)
Proceeds on sale and payments from mortgage loans
held for sale 25,791.9 11,828.5 8,219.3
--------- --------- ---------
480.2 733.9 948.5
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by operating activities of
continuing operations 790.8 1,196.3 1,457.9
--------- --------- ---------
Investing Activities
Property and equipment additions (351.1) (151.7) (97.6)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities -- 506.1 72.4
Purchases of marketable securities -- (458.1) (125.6)
Investments (24.4) (272.5) (12.7)
Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and
acquisition-related payments (2,850.5) (551.0) (1,608.6)
Net proceeds from sale of subsidiary 314.8 224.0 --
Other, net 106.5 (108.7) (56.2)
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations
exclusive of management and mortgage programs (2,804.7) (811.9) (1,828.3)
--------- --------- ---------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
------------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Management and mortgage programs:
Investment in leases and leased vehicles $(2,446.6) $(2,068.8) $(1,901.2)
Payments received on investment in leases and leased vehicles 987.0 589.0 595.9
Proceeds from sales and transfers of leases and leased vehicles
to third parties 182.7 186.4 162.8
Equity advances on homes under management (6,484.1) (6,844.5) (4,308.0)
Repayment on advances on homes under management 6,624.9 6,862.6 4,348.9
Additions to mortgage servicing rights (524.4) (270.4) (164.4)
Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights 119.0 49.0 7.1
-------- -------- --------
(1,541.5) (1,496.7) (1,258.9)
-------- -------- --------
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations (4,346.2) (2,308.6) (3,087.2)
-------- -------- --------
Financing Activities
Proceeds from borrowings 4,808.3 66.7 459.3
Principal payments on borrowings (2,595.9) (174.0) (3.5)
Issuance of convertible debt -- 543.2 --
Issuance of common stock 171.0 132.2 1,223.8
Purchases of common stock (257.7) (171.3) (19.2)
Proceeds from mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
issued by subsidiary, net 1,446.7 -- --
Other, net -- (6.6) (121.3)
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing
operations exclusive of management and mortgage programs 3,572.4 390.2 1,539.1
-------- -------- --------
Management and mortgage programs:
Proceeds from debt issuance or borrowings 4,300.0 2,816.3 1,656.0
Principal payments on borrowings (3,089.7) (1,692.9) (1,645.9)
Net change in short-term borrowings (93.1) (613.5) 231.8
-------- -------- --------
1,117.2 509.9 241.9
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing
operations 4,689.6 900.1 1,781.0
-------- -------- --------
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash
equivalents (16.4) 15.4 (46.2)
Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations (176.0) (181.0) 113.4
-------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 941.8 (377.8) 218.9
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 65.3 443.1 224.2
-------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $1,007.1 $ 65.3 $ 443.1
======== ======== ========
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Interest payments $ 623.6 $ 374.8 $ 291.7
======== ======== ========
Income tax payments, net $ (23.0) $ 264.5 $ 89.4
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Background
Cendant Corporation, together with its subsidiaries (the "Company"), is
one of the foremost consumer and business services companies in the world.
The Company was created through the merger (the "Cendant Merger") of HFS
Incorporated ("HFS") and CUC International Inc. ("CUC") in December 1997,
which was accounted for as a pooling of interests. Prior to the Cendant
Merger, both HFS and CUC had grown significantly through mergers and
acquisitions accounted for under both the pooling of interests method (the
most significant being the merger of HFS with PHH Corporation ("PHH") in
April 1997 (the "PHH Merger")) and purchase method of accounting (See Note
4). The accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes hereto
are presented as if all mergers and acquisitions accounted for as poolings
of interests have operated as one entity since inception. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements and footnotes for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 set forth herein have been amended to
reflect the reclassification of Entertainment Publications, Inc., a
Company subsidiary, as a discontinued operation (see Note 5). Accordingly,
the restated consolidated financial statements presented herein are the
Company's primary historical financial statements for the periods
presented.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
and transactions of the Company together with its wholly owned
subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers highly liquid investments purchased with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Marketable Securities
The Company determines the appropriate classification of marketable
securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such determination as
of each balance sheet date. Marketable securities classified as available
for sale are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses
included in the determination of comprehensive income and reported as a
component of shareholders' equity. Marketable securities classified as
trading securities are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and
losses recognized in earnings. Securities that are bought and held
principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are
classified as trading securities. During 1998, unrealized holding gains on
trading securities of approximately $16.0 million were included in other
revenue in the consolidated statements of operations. Marketable
securities consist principally of mutual funds, corporate bonds and other
debt securities. The cost of marketable securities sold is determined on
the specific identification method.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of
leasehold improvements is computed by the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the related assets or the lease term, if
shorter.
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Franchise Agreements
Franchise agreements are recorded at their acquired fair values and are
amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated periods to be
benefited, ranging from 12 to 40 years. At December 31, 1998 and 1997,
accumulated amortization amounted to $169.1 million and $126.4 million,
respectively.
Goodwill
Goodwill, which represents the excess of cost over fair value of net
assets acquired, is amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated
useful lives, substantially ranging from 25 to 40 years. At December 31,
1998 and 1997, accumulated amortization amounted to $244.0 million and
$173.6 million, respectively.
Asset Impairments
The Company periodically evaluates the recoverability of its investments,
intangible assets and long-lived assets, comparing the respective carrying
values to the current and expected future cash flows, on an undiscounted
basis, to be generated from such assets. Property and equipment is
evaluated separately within each business. The recoverability of goodwill
and franchise agreements is evaluated on a separate basis for each
acquisition and franchise brand, respectively.
Based on an evaluation of its intangible assets and in connection with the
Company's regular forecasting processes, the Company determined that $37.0
million of goodwill associated with a Company subsidiary, National Library
of Poetry, was permanently impaired. In addition, the Company had equity
investments in interactive businesses, which were generating negative cash
flows and were unable to access sufficient liquidity through equity or
debt offerings. As a result, the Company wrote off $13.0 million of such
investments. The aforementioned impairments impacted the Company's Other
services segment and are classified as operating expenses in the
consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue Recognition and Business Operations
Franchising. Franchise revenue principally consists of royalties as well
as marketing and reservation fees, which are based on a percentage of
franchisee revenue. Royalty, marketing and reservation fees are accrued as
the underlying franchisee revenue is earned. Franchise revenue also
includes initial franchise fees, which are recognized as revenue when all
material services or conditions relating to the sale have been
substantially performed which is generally when a franchised unit is
opened.
Timeshare. Timeshare revenue principally consists of exchange fees and
subscription revenue. Exchange fees are recognized as revenue when the
exchange request has been confirmed to the subscriber. Subscription
revenue, net of related procurement costs, is deferred upon receipt and
recognized as revenue over the subscription period during which delivery
of publications and other services are provided to subscribers.
Individual Membership. Membership revenue is generally recognized upon the
expiration of the membership period. Memberships are generally cancelable
for a full refund of the membership fee during the entire membership
period, generally one year.
In August 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") requested
that the Company change its accounting policies with respect to revenue
and expense recognition for its membership businesses, effective January
1, 1997. Although the Company believed that its accounting for memberships
had been appropriate and consistent with industry practice, the Company
complied with the SEC's request and adopted new accounting policies for
its membership businesses.
Prior to such adoption, the Company recorded deferred membership income,
net of estimated cancellations, at the time members were billed (upon
expiration of the free trial period), which was recognized as revenue
ratably over the membership term and modified periodically based on actual
cancellation experience. In addition, membership acquisition and renewal
costs, which related primarily to membership solicitations were
capitalized as direct response advertising costs due to the Company's
ability to demonstrate that the direct response advertising resulted in
future economic benefits. Such costs were amortized on a straight-line
basis as revenues were recognized (over the average membership period).
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The SEC's conclusion was that when membership fees are fully refundable
during the entire membership period, membership revenue should be
recognized at the end of the membership period upon the expiration of the
refund offer. The SEC further concluded that non-refundable solicitation
costs should be expensed as incurred since such costs are not recoverable
if membership fees are refunded. The Company agreed to adopt such
accounting policies effective January 1, 1997 and accordingly, recorded a
non-cash after-tax charge on such date of $283.1 million to account for
the cumulative effect of the accounting change.
Insurance/Wholesale. Commissions received from the sale of third party
accidental death and dismemberment insurance are recognized over the
underlying policy period. The Company also receives a profit commission
based on premiums less claims and certain other expenses (including the
above commissions). Such profit commissions are accrued based on claims
experience to date, including an estimate of claims incurred but not
reported.
Relocation. Relocation services provided by the Company include
facilitating the purchase and resale of the transferee's residence,
providing equity advances on the transferee's residence and home
management services. The home is purchased under a contract of sale and
the Company obtains a deed to the property; however, it does not generally
record the deed or transfer title. Transferring employees are provided
equity advances on their home based on an appraised value generally
determined by independent appraisers, after deducting any outstanding
mortgages. The mortgage is generally retired concurrently with the advance
of the equity and the purchase of the home. Based on its client
agreements, the Company is given parameters under which it negotiates for
the ultimate sale of the home. The gain or loss on resale is generally
borne by the client corporation. In certain transactions, the Company will
assume the risk of loss on the sale of homes; however, in such
transactions, the Company will control all facets of the resale process,
thereby, limiting its exposure.
While homes are held for resale, the amount funded for such homes carry an
interest charge computed at a floating rate based on various indices.
Direct costs of managing the home during the period the home is held for
resale, including property taxes and repairs and maintenance, are
generally borne by the client corporation. The client corporation normally
advances funds to cover a portion of such carrying costs. When the home is
sold, a settlement is made with the client corporation netting actual
costs with any advanced funding.
Revenues and related costs associated with the purchase and resale of a
residence are recognized over the period in which services are provided.
Relocation services revenue is recorded net of costs reimbursed by client
corporations and interest expenses incurred to fund the purchase of a
transferee's residence. Under the terms of contracts with client
corporations, the Company is generally protected against losses from
changes in real estate market conditions. The Company also offers
fee-based programs such as home marketing assistance, household goods
moves and destination services. Revenues from these fee-based services are
taken into income over the periods in which the services are provided and
the related expenses are incurred.
Fleet. The Company primarily leases its vehicles under three standard
arrangements: open-end operating leases, closed-end operating leases or
open-end finance leases (direct financing leases). See Note 10 -- Net
Investment in Leases and Leased Vehicles. Each lease is either classified
as an operating lease or direct financing lease, as defined. Lease
revenues are recognized based on rentals. Revenues from fleet management
services other than leasing are recognized over the period in which
services are provided and the related expenses are incurred.
Mortgage. Loan origination fees, commitment fees paid in connection with
the sale of loans, and direct loan origination costs associated with loans
is deferred until such loans are sold. Mortgage loans are recorded at the
lower of cost or market value on an aggregate basis. Sales of mortgage
loans are generally recorded on the date a loan is delivered to an
investor. Gains or losses on sales of mortgage loans are recognized based
upon the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of
the related mortgage loans sold. See Note 11 -- Mortgage Loans Held For
Sale.
Fees received for servicing loans owned by investors are based on the
difference between the weighted average yield received on the mortgages
and the amount paid to the investor, or on a stipulated percentage of the
outstanding monthly principal balance on such loans. Servicing fees are
credited to income when received. Costs associated with loan servicing are
charged to expense as incurred.
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The Company recognizes as separate assets the rights to service mortgage
loans for others by allocating total costs incurred between the loan and
the servicing rights retained based on their relative fair values. The
carrying value of mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs") is amortized over the
estimated life of the related loan portfolio in proportion to projected
net servicing revenues. Such amortization is recorded as a reduction of
loan servicing fees in the consolidated statements of operations.
Projected net servicing income is in turn determined on the basis of the
estimated future balance of the underlying mortgage loan portfolio, which
declines over time from prepayments and scheduled loan amortization. The
Company estimates future prepayment rates based on current interest rate
levels, other economic conditions and market forecasts, as well as
relevant characteristics of the servicing portfolio, such as loan types,
interest rate stratification and recent prepayment experience. MSRs are
periodically assessed for impairment, which is recognized in the
consolidated statements of operations during the period in which
impairment occurs as an adjustment to the corresponding valuation
allowance. Gains or losses on the sale of MSRs are recognized when title
and all risks and rewards have irrevocably passed to the buyer and there
are no significant unresolved contingencies. See Note 12 -- Mortgage
Servicing Rights.
Advertising Expenses
Advertising costs, including direct response advertising (subsequent to
January 1, 1997), are generally expensed in the period incurred.
Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
were $684.7 million, $574.4 million and $503.8 million, respectively.
Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes includes deferred income taxes resulting
from items reported in different periods for income tax and financial
statement purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the
expected future tax consequences of the differences between the financial
statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases. The effects of changes in tax rates on deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized in the period that includes the
enactment date. No provision has been made for U.S. income taxes on
approximately $312.3 million of cumulative undistributed earnings of
foreign subsidiaries at December 31, 1998 since it is the present
intention of management to reinvest the undistributed earnings
indefinitely in foreign operations. The determination of unrecognized
deferred U.S. tax liability for unremitted earnings is not practicable.
Translation of Foreign Currencies
Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the
exchange rates in effect as of the balance sheet dates. Equity accounts
are translated at historical exchange rates and revenues, expenses and
cash flows are translated at the average exchange rates for the periods
presented. Translation gains and losses are included as a component of
comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of
shareholders' equity.
New Accounting Standard
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 133 "Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". The Company will adopt
SFAS No. 133 effective January 1, 2000. SFAS No. 133 requires the Company
to record all derivatives in the consolidated balance sheet as either
assets or liabilities measured at fair value. If the derivative does not
qualify as a hedging instrument, the change in the derivative fair values
will be immediately recognized as a gain or loss in earnings. If the
derivative does qualify as a hedging instrument, the gain or loss on the
change in the derivative fair values will either be recognized (i) in
earnings as offsets to the changes in the fair value of the related item
being hedged or (ii) be deferred and recorded as a component of other
comprehensive income and reclassified to earnings in the same period
during which the hedged transactions occur. The Company has not yet
determined what impact the adoption of SFAS No. 133 will have on its
financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years' financial
statements to conform to the presentation used in 1998.
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3. Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share ("EPS") are computed based solely on the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS
reflects all potential dilution of common stock, including the assumed
exercise of stock options using the treasury method and convertible debt.
At December 31, 1998, 38.0 million stock options outstanding with a
weighted average exercise price of $29.58 per option were excluded from
the computation of diluted EPS because the options' exercise prices were
greater than the average market price of the Company's common stock. In
addition, at December 31, 1998, the Company's 3% Convertible Subordinated
Notes, convertible into 18.0 million shares of Company common stock were
antidilutive and, therefore, excluded from the computation of diluted EPS.
Basic and diluted EPS from continuing operations is calculated as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
------------------------------
(In millions, except per share amounts) 1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative effect of accounting change $ 145.7 $ 49.1 $ 304.5
Convertible debt interest - net of tax -- -- 5.8
-------- -------- --------
Income from continuing operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative effect of accounting change, as
adjusted $ 145.7 $ 49.1 $ 310.3
======== ======== ========
Weighted average shares
Basic 848.4 811.2 757.4
Potential dilution of common stock:
Stock options 32.0 40.5 40.1
Convertible debt -- -- 24.1
-------- -------- --------
Diluted 880.4 851.7 821.6
======== ======== ========
EPS - continuing operations before extraordinary gain
and cumulative effect of accounting change
Basic $ 0.17 $ 0.06 $ 0.40
======== ======== ========
Diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.06 $ 0.38
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
4. Purchase Method Business Combinations
The acquisitions discussed below were accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting. Accordingly, assets acquired and liabilities assumed
were recorded at their estimated fair values. The excess of purchase price
over the fair value of the underlying net assets acquired is allocated to
goodwill. The operating results of such acquired companies are included in
the Company's consolidated statements of operations since the respective
dates of acquisition.
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The following tables present information about the Company's acquisitions
consummated and other acquisition-related payments made during each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998
-------------------------------------------
Jackson
(In millions) NPC Harpur Hewitt Other
-------- -------- -------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash paid $1,637.7 $ 206.1 $ 476.3 $ 562.3
Fair value of identifiable net
assets acquired (1) 590.2 51.3 99.2 216.8
-------- -------- -------- ----------
Goodwill $1,047.5 $ 154.8 $ 377.1 $ 345.5
======== ======== ======== ==========
Goodwill benefit period (years) 40 40 40 25 to 40
======== ======== ======== ==========
<CAPTION>
1996
--------------------------------------------
(In millions) Coldwell
1997 RCI Avis Banker Other
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash paid $ 244.9 $ 412.1 $ 367.2 $ 745.0 $ 224.0
Common stock issued 21.6 75.0 338.4 -- 52.5
Notes issued -- -- 100.9 -- 5.0
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total consideration 266.5 487.1 806.5 745.0 281.5
Fair value of identifiable net
assets acquired (1) 111.1 9.4 472.5 393.2 42.8
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Goodwill $ 155.4 $ 477.7 $ 334.0 $ 351.8 $ 238.7
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Goodwill benefit period (years) 25 to 40 40 40 40 25 to 40
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Number of shares issued as
consideration 0.9 2.4 11.1 -- 2.5
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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(1) Cash acquired in connection with acquisitions during 1998, 1997 and
1996 was $57.5 million, $1.7 million, and $135.0 million,
respectively.
1998 Acquisitions
National Parking Corporation. On April 27, 1998, the Company completed the
acquisition of National Parking Corporation Limited ("NPC") for $1.6
billion, substantially in cash, which included the repayment of
approximately $227.0 million of outstanding NPC debt. NPC was
substantially comprised of two operating subsidiaries: National Car Parks
and Green Flag. National Car Parks is the largest private (non-municipal)
car park operator in the United Kingdom ("UK") and Green Flag operates the
third largest roadside assistance group in the UK and offers a wide-range
of emergency support and rescue services.
Harpur Group. On January 20, 1998, the Company completed the acquisition
of The Harpur Group Ltd. ("Harpur"), a leading fuel card and vehicle
management company in the UK, for approximately $206.1 million in cash
plus contingent payments of up to $20.0 million over two years.
Jackson Hewitt. On January 7, 1998, the Company completed the acquisition
of Jackson Hewitt Inc. ("Jackson Hewitt"), for approximately $476.3
million in cash. Jackson Hewitt operates the second largest tax
preparation service franchise system in the United States. The Jackson
Hewitt franchise system specializes in computerized preparation of federal
and state individual income tax returns.
Other 1998 Acquisitions and Acquisition-Related Payments. The Company
acquired certain other entities for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $462.3 million in cash during the year ended December 31,
1998. Additionally, the Company made a $100.0 million cash payment to the
seller of Resort Condominiums International, Inc. ("RCI") in satisfaction
of a contingent purchase liability, which was accounted for as additional
goodwill.
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Pro forma Information (unaudited)
The following table reflects the operating results of the Company for the
years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997 on a pro forma basis, which gives
effect to the acquisition of NPC. The remaining acquisitions completed
during 1998 and 1997 are not significant on a pro forma basis and are
therefore not included. The pro forma results are not necessarily
indicative of the operating results that would have occurred had the NPC
acquisition been consummated on January 1, 1997, nor are they intended to
be indicative of results that may occur in the future. The underlying pro
forma information includes the amortization expense associated with the
assets acquired, the Company's financing arrangements, certain purchase
accounting adjustments and related income tax effects.
The following table reflects the operating results of the Company for the
years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997 on a pro forma basis, which gives
effect to the acquisition of NPC. The remaining acquisitions completed
during 1998 and 1997 are not significant on a pro forma basis and are
therefore not included. The pro forma results are not necessarily
indicative of the operating results that would have occurred had the NPC
acquisition been consummated on January 1, 1997, nor are they intended to
be indicative of results that may occur in the future. The underlying pro
forma information includes the amortization expense associated with the
assets acquired, the Company's financing arrangements, certain purchase
accounting adjustments and related income tax effects.
Year Ended December 31,
-------------------------
(In millions, except per share amounts) 1998 1997
----------- -----------
Net revenues $ 5,288.1 $ 4,649.3
Income from continuing operations
before extraordinary gain and
cumulative effect of accounting change 143.1 40.5
Net income (loss) (1) 537.0 (225.8)(2)
Per share information:
Basic
Income from continuing operations
before extraordinary gain and
cumulative effect of accounting change $ 0.17 $ 0.05
Net income (loss) (1) $ 0.63 $ (0.28)
Weighted average shares 848.4 811.2
Diluted
Income from continuing operations
before extraordinary gain and
cumulative effect of accounting change $ 0.16 $ 0.05
Net income (loss)(1) $ 0.61 $ (0.28)
Weighted average shares 880.4 851.7
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(1) Includes gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, of
$404.7 million ($0.46 per diluted share) in 1998 and loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax, of $10.8 million ($0.01 per diluted
share) and $9.6 million ($0.01 per diluted share), in 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
(2) Includes an extraordinary gain, net of tax, of $26.4 million ($0.03
per diluted share) and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting,
net of tax, of $283.1 million ($0.35 per diluted share).
1996 Acquisitions
Resort Condominiums International, Inc. In November 1996, the Company
completed the acquisition of all the outstanding capital stock of RCI for
$487.1 million. The purchase agreement provides for contingent payments of
up to $200.0 million over a five year period which are based on components
which measure RCI's future performance, including EBITDA, net revenues and
number of members, as defined.
Avis, Inc. In October 1996, the Company completed the acquisition of all
of the outstanding capital stock of Avis, Inc. ("Avis"), including
payments under certain employee stock plans of Avis and the redemption of
certain series of preferred stock of Avis for an aggregate $806.5 million.
Subsequently, the Company made contingent cash payments of $26.0 million
in 1996 and $60.8 million in 1997. The contingent payments made in 1997
represented the incremental amount of value attributable to Company common
stock as of the stock purchase agreement date in excess of the proceeds
realized upon the subsequent sale of such Company common stock. See Note
23-Related Party Transactions-Avis-for a discussion of the Company's
executed business plan regarding Avis.
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Coldwell Banker Corporation. In May 1996, the Company acquired by merger
Coldwell Banker Corporation ("Coldwell Banker"), the largest gross revenue
producing residential real estate company in North America and a leading
provider of corporate relocation services. The Company paid $640.0 million
in cash for all of the outstanding capital stock of Coldwell Banker and
repaid $105.0 million of Coldwell Banker indebtedness. The aggregate
purchase price for the transaction was financed through the May 1996 sale
of an aggregate 46.6 million shares of Company common stock pursuant to a
public offering.
5. Discontinued Operations
On April 21, 1999, the Company announced that its Board of Directors
approved management's plan to pursue the sale of the Company's
Entertainment Publications, Inc. ("EPub") business segment, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, and has engaged Veronis, Suhler & Associates,
Inc. to manage the sale process. EPub sells discount programs to schools,
community groups and other organizations, which typically offer the
discount programs to individuals in the form of local discount coupon
books, gift wrap and other seasonal items. EPub solicits restaurants,
hotels, theaters, sporting events, retailers and other businesses which
agree to offer services and/or merchandise at discount prices.
On August 12, 1998, the Company announced that the Executive Committee of
its Board of Directors committed to discontinue the Company's classified
advertising and consumer software businesses by disposing of Hebdo Mag
International, Inc. ("Hebdo Mag") and Cendant Software Corporation
("CDS"), two wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. Hebdo Mag is a
publisher and distributor of classified advertising information and CDS is
a developer, publisher and distributor of educational and entertainment
software.
On December 15, 1998, the Company completed the sale of Hebdo Mag to its
former 50% owners for $449.7 million. The Company received $314.8 million
in cash and 7.1 million shares of Company common stock valued at $134.9
million on the date of sale. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of
Hebdo Mag of $206.9 million, including a tax benefit of $52.1 million,
which is included in the gain on sale of discontinued operations in the
consolidated statements of operations.
On January 12, 1999, the Company completed the sale of CDS for $800.0
million in cash plus potential future contingent cash payments pursuant to
the contract. The Company realized a gain of approximately $390.5 million
based upon the finalization of the closing balance sheet at the sale date.
The Company recognized $197.8 million of such gain in 1998 substantially
in the form of a tax benefit and corresponding deferred tax asset. The
Company recognized this deferred tax asset upon executing the definitive
agreement to sell CDS, which was when it became apparent to the Company
that the deferred tax asset would be realized. The recognized gain is
included in the gain on sale of discontinued operations in the
consolidated statements of operations.
Summarized financial data of discontinued operations are as follows:
Statement of Operations Data:
EPub
-----------------------------
(In millions) Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------
1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
Net revenues $ 197.2 $ 188.1 $ 174.6
-------- -------- --------
Income before income taxes 23.3 28.1 14.9
Provision for income taxes 9.1 10.9 6.1
-------- -------- --------
Net income $ 14.2 $ 17.2 $ 8.8
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CDS
-----------------------------
Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------
1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
Net revenues $ 345.8 $ 433.7 $ 384.5
-------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes (57.3) (5.9) 42.0
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes (22.9) 2.4 27.3
-------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) $ (34.4) $ (8.3) $ 14.7
======== ======== ========
Classified Advertising
-----------------------------
Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------
1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
Net revenues $ 202.4 $ 208.5 $ 126.4
-------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes
and extraordinary loss 16.9 (4.5) 3.7
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 7.5 (1.2) 1.7
Extraordinary loss from early extinguishment
of debt, net of a $4.9 million tax benefit -- (15.2) --
-------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) $ 9.4 $ (18.5) $ 2.0
======== ========= ========
The Company allocated $19.9 million and $5.0 million of interest expense
to discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively. Such interest expense represents the cost of funds
associated with businesses acquired by the discontinued business segments
at an interest rate consistent with the Company's consolidated effective
borrowing rate.
Balance Sheet Data:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EPub CDS
------------------ ------------------ Classified
December 31, December 31, Advertising
------------------ ------------------ -----------------
(In millions) 1998 1997 1998 1997 December 31, 1997
------- ------- ------- ------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Current assets $ 63.3 $ 64.3 $ 284.9 $ 209.1 $ 58.6
Goodwill 12.1 23.6 105.7 42.2 181.5
Other assets 27.9 31.2 88.2 49.2 33.2
Total liabilities (14.4) (31.9) (105.2) (127.0) (173.5)
------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net assets of discontinued operations $ 88.9 $ 87.2 $ 373.6 $ 173.5 $ 99.8
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
6. Other Charges
Litigation Settlement
On March 17, 1999, the Company reached a final agreement to settle the
class action lawsuit that was brought on behalf of the holders of Income
or Growth FELINE PRIDES ("PRIDES") securities who purchased their
securities on or prior to April 15, 1998, the date on which the Company
announced the discovery of accounting irregularities in the former
business units of CUC (see Note 17 -- Mandatorily Redeemable Trust
Preferred Securities Issued by Subsidiary). We originally announced a
preliminary agreement in principle to settle such lawsuit on January 7,
1999. The final agreement maintained the basic structure and accounting
treatment as the preliminary agreement. Under the terms of the agreement
only holders who owned PRIDES at the close of business on April 15, 1998
will be eligible to receive a new additional "Right" for each PRIDES
security held. Right holders may (i) sell them or (ii) exercise them by
delivering to the Company, three Rights together with two PRIDES in
exchange for two New PRIDES (the "New PRIDES"), for a period beginning
upon distribution of the Rights and concluding upon expiration of the
Rights (February 2001).
The terms of the New PRIDES will be the same as the original PRIDES except
that the conversion rate will be revised so that, at the time the Rights
are distributed, each New PRIDES will have a value equal to $17.57 more
than each original PRIDES, or, in the aggregate, approximately $351.0
million. Accordingly, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of $351.0
million in the fourth quarter of 1998 with an increase in additional
paid-in capital and accrued liabilities of $350.0 million and $1.0
million, respectively, based on the prospective issuance of the Rights.
The agreement also requires the Company to offer to sell four million
additional PRIDES (having identical terms to currently outstanding PRIDES)
to holders of Rights for cash, at a value
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which will be based on the valuation model that was utilized to set the
conversion rate of the New PRIDES. Based on that valuation model, the
currently outstanding PRIDES have a theoretical value of $28.07 based on
the closing price of the Company's common stock of $16.6875 on March 17,
1999. The offering of additional PRIDES will be made only pursuant to a
prospectus filed with the SEC. The Company currently expects to use the
proceeds of such an offering to repurchase our common stock and for other
general corporate purposes. The arrangement to offer additional PRIDES is
designed to enhance the trading value of the Rights by removing up to six
million Rights from circulation via exchanges associated with the offering
and to enhance the open market liquidity of New PRIDES by creating four
million New PRIDES via exchanges associated with the offering. If holders
of Rights do not acquire all such PRIDES, they will be offered to the
public. Under the settlement agreement, the Company also agreed to file a
shelf registration statement for an additional 15 million PRIDES, which
could be issued by the Company at any time for cash. However, during the
last 30 days prior to the expiration of the Rights in February 2001, the
Company will be required to make these additional PRIDES available to
holders of Rights at a price in cash equal to 105% of the theoretical
value of the additional PRIDES as of a specified date. The PRIDES, if
issued, would have the same terms as the currently outstanding PRIDES and
could be used to exercise Rights. Based on a market price of $16.6875, the
closing price per share of the Company's common stock on March 17, 1999,
the effect of the issuance of the New PRIDES will be to distribute
approximately 19 million more shares of Company common stock when the
mandatory purchase of Company common stock associated with the PRIDES
occurs in February 2001. This represents approximately 2% more shares of
Company common stock than are currently outstanding. The Rights will be
distributed following final court approval of the settlement and after the
effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the SEC covering
the New PRIDES. It is presently expected that if the court approves the
settlement and such conditions are fulfilled, the Rights will be
distributed in August or September 1999. This summary of the settlement
does not constitute an offer to sell any securities, which will only be
made by means of a prospectus after a registration statement is filed with
the SEC. There can be no assurance that the court will approve the
agreement or that the conditions contained in the agreement will be
fulfilled.
Termination of Proposed Acquisitions
On October 13, 1998, the Company and American Bankers Insurance Group,
Inc. ("American Bankers") entered into a settlement agreement (the
"Settlement Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company and American
Bankers terminated a definitive agreement dated March 23, 1998 which
provided for the Company's acquisition of American Bankers for $3.1
billion. Accordingly, the Company's pending tender offer for American
Bankers shares was also terminated. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement
and in connection with termination of the Company's proposed acquisition
of American Bankers, the Company made a $400.0 million cash payment to
American Bankers and wrote off $32.3 million of costs, primarily
professional fees.
On October 5, 1998, the Company announced the termination of an agreement
to acquire, for $219.0 million in cash, Providian Auto and Home Insurance
Company ("Providian"). Certain representations and covenants in such
agreement had not been fulfilled and the conditions to closing had not
been met. The Company did not pursue an extension of the termination date
of the agreement because Providian no longer met the Company's acquisition
criteria. In connection with the termination of the Company's proposed
acquisition of Providian, the Company wrote off $1.2 million of costs.
Executive Terminations
The Company incurred $52.5 million of costs in 1998 related to the
termination of certain former executives of the Company, principally
Walter A. Forbes, who resigned as Chairman of the Company and as a member
of the Board of Directors. The severance agreement reached with Mr. Forbes
entitled him to the benefits required by his employment contract relating
to a termination of Mr. Forbes' employment with the Company for reasons
other than for cause. Aggregate benefits given to Mr. Forbes resulted in a
charge of $50.9 million comprised of $38.4 million in cash payments and
1.3 million Company stock options, with a Black-Scholes value of $12.5
million. Such options were immediately vested and expire on July 28, 2008.
Investigation-Related Costs
The Company incurred $33.4 million of professional fees, public relations
costs and other miscellaneous expenses in connection with accounting
irregularities and resulting investigations into such matters.
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Financing Costs
In connection with the Company's discovery and announcement of accounting
irregularities on April 15, 1998 and the corresponding lack of audited
financial statements, the Company was temporarily prohibited from
accessing public debt markets. As a result, the Company paid $27.9 million
in fees associated with waivers and various financing arrangements.
Additionally, during 1998, the Company exercised its option to redeem its
4-3/4% Convertible Senior Notes (the "4 3/4% Notes") (see Note 13 --
Long-Term Debt -- 4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes). At such time, the
Company anticipated that all holders of the 4-3/4% Notes would elect to
convert the 4 3/4% Notes to Company common stock. However, at the time of
redemption, holders of the 4 3/4% Notes elected not to convert the 4-3/4%
Notes to Company common stock and as a result, the Company redeemed such
notes at a premium. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $7.2 million loss
on early extinguishment of debt.
1997 Merger-Related Costs and Other Unusual Charges (Credits) The Company
incurred merger-related costs and other unusual charges ("Unusual
Charges") in 1997 related to continuing operations of $704.1 million
primarily associated with the Cendant Merger (the "Fourth Quarter 1997
Charge") and the PHH Merger (the "Second Quarter 1997 Charge").
Liabilities associated with Unusual Charges are classified as a component
of accounts payable and other current liabilities. The reduction of such
liabilities from inception is summarized by category of expenditure and by
charge as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 Activity
Net 1997 Balance at -------------------------------- Balance at
Unusual 1997 December 31, Cash Non December 31,
(In millions) Charges Reductions 1997 Payments Cash Adjustments 1998
------- ---------- ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Professional fees $ 123.3 $ (72.6) $ 50.7 $ (38.2) $ -- $(10.9) $ 1.6
Personnel related 324.8 (156.3) 168.5 (75.3) -- (23.0) 70.2
Business terminations 133.9 (130.0) 3.9 (1.2) 6.1 (7.1) 1.7
Facility related and other 156.0 (105.6) 50.4 (15.7) 2.1 (26.7) 10.1
------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges $ 738.0 $(464.5) $273.5 $(130.4) $ 8.2 $(67.7) $ 83.6
Reclassification for
discontinued operations (33.9) 33.9 -- -- -- -- --
------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges
related to continuing
operations $ 704.1 $ 430.6 $273.5 $(130.4) $ 8.2 $(67.7) $ 83.6
======= ======= ====== ======= ====== ====== ======
<CAPTION>
1998 Activity
Net 1997 Balance at -------------------------------- Balance at
Unusual 1997 December 31, Cash Non December 31,
(In millions) Charges Reductions 1997 Payments Cash Adjustments 1998
------- ---------- ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Fourth Quarter 1997
Charge $454.9 $(257.5) $197.4 $(102.6) $ 0.5 $(28.1) $ 67.2
Second Quarter 1997
Charge 283.1 (207.0) 76.1 (27.8) 7.7 (39.6) 16.4
------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges $738.0 $(464.5) $273.5 $(130.4) $ 8.2 $(67.7) $ 83.6
Reclassification for
discontinued operations (33.9) 33.9 -- -- -- -- --
------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges
related to continuing
operations $704.1 $(430.6) $273.5 $(130.4) $ 8.2 $(67.7) $ 83.6
====== ======= ====== ======= ====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
Fourth Quarter 1997 Charge. The Company incurred Unusual Charges in the
fourth quarter of 1997 totaling $454.9 million substantially associated
with the Cendant Merger and the merger in October 1997 with Hebdo Mag.
Reorganization plans were formulated prior to and implemented as a result
of the mergers. The Company determined to streamline its corporate
organization functions and eliminate several office locations in
overlapping markets. Management's plan included the consolidation of
European call centers in Cork, Ireland and terminations of franchised
hotel properties.
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Unusual Charges included $93.0 million of professional fees primarily
consisting of investment banking, legal and accounting fees incurred in
connection with the mergers. The Company also incurred $170.7 million of
personnel-related costs including $73.3 million of retirement and employee
benefit plan costs, $23.7 million of restricted stock compensation, $61.4
million of severance resulting from consolidations of European call
centers and certain corporate functions and $12.3 million of other
personnel-related costs. The Company provided for 474 employees to be
terminated, the majority of which have been severed as of December 31,
1998. Unusual Charges included $78.3 million of business termination costs
which consisted of a $48.3 million impairment write down of hotel
franchise agreement assets associated with a quality upgrade program and
$30.0 million of costs incurred to terminate a contract which may have
restricted the Company from maximizing opportunities afforded by the
Cendant Merger. Facility-related and other unusual charges of $112.9
million included $70.0 million of irrevocable contributions to independent
technology trusts for the direct benefit of lodging and real estate
franchisees, $16.4 million of building lease termination costs and a $22.0
million reduction in intangible assets associated with the Company's
wholesale annuity business for which impairment was determined in 1997.
During the year ended December 31, 1998, the Company recorded a net credit
of $28.1 million to Unusual Charges with a corresponding reduction to
liabilities primarily as a result of a change in the original estimate of
costs to be incurred.
Second Quarter 1997 Charge. The Company incurred $295.4 million of Unusual
Charges in the second quarter of 1997 primarily associated with the PHH
Merger. During the fourth quarter of 1997, as a result of changes in
estimates, the Company adjusted certain merger-related liabilities, which
resulted in a $12.3 million credit to Unusual Charges. Reorganization
plans were formulated in connection with the PHH Merger and were
implemented upon consummation. The PHH Merger afforded the combined
company, at such time, an opportunity to rationalize its combined
corporate, real estate and travel related businesses, and enabled the
corresponding support and service functions to gain organizational
efficiencies and maximize profits. Management initiated a plan just prior
to the PHH Merger to close hotel reservation call centers, combine travel
agency operations and continue the downsizing of fleet operations by
reducing headcount and eliminating unprofitable products. In addition,
management initiated plans to integrate its relocation, real estate
franchise and mortgage origination businesses to capture additional
revenue through the referral of one business unit's customers to another.
Management also formalized a plan to centralize the management and
headquarters functions of the world's largest, second largest and other
company-owned corporate relocation business unit subsidiaries. Such
initiatives resulted in write-offs of abandoned systems and leasehold
assets commencing in the second quarter 1997. The aforementioned
reorganization plans provided for 560 job reductions, which included the
elimination of PHH Corporate functions and facilities in Hunt Valley,
Maryland.
Unusual Charges included $154.1 million of personnel-related costs
associated with employee reductions necessitated by the planned and
announced consolidation of the Company's corporate relocation service
businesses worldwide as well as the consolidation of corporate activities.
Personnel-related charges also included termination benefits such as
severance, medical and other benefits and provided for retirement benefits
pursuant to pre-existing contracts resulting from a change in control.
Unusual Charges also included professional fees of $30.3 million,
primarily comprised of investment banking, accounting and legal fees
incurred in connection with the PHH Merger. The Company incurred business
termination charges of $55.6 million, which were comprised of $38.8
million of costs to exit certain activities primarily within the Company's
fleet management business (including $35.7 million of asset write-offs
associated with exiting certain activities), a $7.3 million termination
fee associated with a joint venture that competed with the PHH Mortgage
Services business (now Cendant Mortgage Corporation) and $9.6 million of
costs to terminate a marketing agreement with a third party in order to
replace the function with internal resources. Facility-related and other
charges totaling $43.1 million included costs associated with contract and
lease terminations, asset disposals and other charges incurred in
connection with the consolidation and closure of excess office space.
The Company had substantially completed the aforementioned restructuring
activities at December 31, 1998. During the year ended December 31, 1998,
the Company recorded a net credit of $39.6 million to Unusual Charges with
a corresponding reduction to liabilities primarily as a result of a change
in the original estimate of costs to be incurred.
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1996 Merger-Related Costs and Other Unusual Charges
In connection with and coincident to Company mergers accounted for as
poolings of interests during 1996, the Company incurred Unusual Charges of
approximately $134.3 million in 1996, of which $109.4 million was related
to continuing operations (substantially related to the Company's merger
with Ideon Group, Inc. ("Ideon")) and $24.9 million was associated with
consumer software businesses that are discontinued. The collective Unusual
Charges recorded during 1996 related to Company mergers and the
utilization of such liabilities is summarized below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 Balance at Balance at
Unusual 1997 December 31, 1998 December 31,
(In millions) Charges Reductions 1997 Reductions 1998
------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Professional fees $ 27.5 $(27.5) $ -- $ -- $ --
Personnel related 7.5 (7.5) -- -- --
Facility related 12.4 (10.4) 2.0 (2.0) --
Litigation related 80.4 (14.4) 66.0 (25.0) 41.0
Other 6.5 (6.2) .3 (0.3) --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges 134.3 (66.0) 68.3 (27.3) 41.0
Reclassification for
discontinued operations (24.9) 24.9 -- -- --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total Unusual Charges
related to continuing
operations $109.4 $(41.1) $ 68.3 $(27.3) $ 41.0
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
Costs associated with the discontinued operations were comprised primarily
of professional fees incurred in connection with the Company's mergers
with consumer software businesses. Costs associated with the Company's
merger with Ideon were non-recurring and included transaction and exit
costs as well as a provision relating to certain litigation matters giving
consideration to the Company's intended approach to these matters. The
Company has since settled all outstanding litigation matters. The
remaining $41.0 million of litigation-related liabilities at December 31,
1998 consists of the present value of settlement payments to be made in
annual installments to the co-founder of SafeCard Services, Inc. 1998
reductions include $27.8 million of cash payments and a $0.5 million
charge to Unusual Charges as a result of a change in the original estimate
of costs to be incurred.
The 1996 Unusual Charges also provided for costs to be incurred in
connection with the Company's consolidation efforts, including severance
costs to be accrued resulting from the Ideon merger and costs relating to
the expected obligations for certain third-party contracts (existing
leases and vendor agreements) to which Ideon is a party and which are
neither terminable at will nor automatically terminate upon a
change-in-control of Ideon. In addition, the Company incurred certain exit
costs in transferring and consolidating Ideon's credit card registration
and enhancement services into the Company's credit card registration and
enhancement services business. As a result of the Ideon merger, 120
employees were terminated.
7. Property and Equipment - net
Property and equipment - net consisted of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Estimated December 31,
Useful Lives ----------------------
(In millions) in Years 1998 1997
------------ -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land -- $ 153.3 $ 8.4
Building and leasehold improvements 5 - 50 749.2 214.8
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 3 - 10 984.1 609.2
-------- --------
1,886.6 832.4
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 466.3 301.5
-------- --------
$1,420.3 $ 530.9
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</TABLE>
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8. Other Intangibles - net
Other intangibles - net consisted of:
Estimated December 31,
Benefit Periods --------------------
(In millions) in Years 1998 1997
------------ ------ ------
Avis trademark 40 $402.0 $402.0
Other trademarks 40 170.9 72.5
Customer lists 3-10 162.7 116.8
Other 2-16 102.4 88.5
------ ------
838.0 679.8
Less accumulated amortization 94.5 71.2
------ ------
$743.5 $608.6
====== ======
Other intangibles are recorded at their estimated fair values at the dates
acquired and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the periods to be
benefited.
9. Accounts Payable and Other Current Liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities consisted of:
December 31,
--------------------------
(In millions) 1998 1997
---------- ----------
Accounts payable $ 453.9 $ 479.5
Merger and acquisition obligations 152.7 359.0
Accrued payroll and related 199.7 187.3
Advances from relocation clients 59.5 57.2
Other 636.8 395.3
---------- ----------
$ 1,502.6 $ 1,478.3
========== ==========
10. Net Investment in Leases and Leased Vehicles
Net investment in leases and leased vehicles consisted of:
December 31,
--------------------------
(In millions) 1998 1997
---------- ----------
Vehicles under open-end operating leases $ 2,725.6 $ 2,640.1
Vehicles under closed-end operating leases 822.1 577.2
Direct financing leases 252.4 440.8
Accrued interest on leases 1.0 1.0
---------- ----------
$ 3,801.1 $ 3,659.1
========== ==========
The Company records the cost of leased vehicles as "net investment in
leases and leased vehicles." The vehicles are leased primarily to
corporate fleet users for initial periods of twelve months or more under
either operating or direct financing lease agreements. Vehicles under
operating leases are amortized using the straight-line method over the
expected lease term. The Company's experience indicates that the full term
of the leases may vary considerably due to extensions beyond the minimum
lease term. Lessee repayments of investment in leases and leased vehicles
were $1.9 billion and $1.6 billion in 1998 and 1997, respectively, and the
ratio of such repayments to the average net investment in leases and
leased vehicles was 50.7% and 46.8% in 1998 and 1997, respectively.
The Company has two types of operating leases. Under one type, open-end
operating leases, resale of the vehicles upon termination of the lease is
generally for the account of the lessee except for a minimum residual
value which the Company has guaranteed. The Company's experience has been
that vehicles under this type of lease agreement have generally been sold
for amounts exceeding the residual value guarantees. Maintenance and
repairs of vehicles under these agreements are the responsibility of the
lessee. The original cost and accumulated depreciation of vehicles under
this type of operating lease was $5.3 billion and $2.6 billion,
respectively, at December 31, 1998 and $5.0 billion and $2.4 billion,
respectively, at December 31, 1997.
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Under the second type of operating lease, closed-end operating leases,
resale of the vehicles on termination of the lease is for the account of
the Company. The lessee generally pays for or provides maintenance,
vehicle licenses and servicing. The original cost and accumulated
depreciation of vehicles under these agreements were $1.0 billion and
$190.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 1998 and $754.4 million and
$177.2 million, respectively, at December 31, 1997. The Company, based on
historical experience and a current assessment of the used vehicle market,
established an allowance in the amount of $14.2 million and $11.7 million
for potential losses on residual values on vehicles under these leases at
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Under the direct financing lease agreements, the minimum lease term is 12
months with a month to month renewal thereafter. In addition, resale of
the vehicles upon termination of the lease is for the account for the
lessee. Maintenance and repairs of these vehicles are the responsibility
of the lessee.
Open-end operating leases and direct financing leases generally have a
minimum lease term of 12 months with monthly renewal options thereafter.
Closed-end operating leases typically have a longer term, usually 24
months or more, but are cancelable under certain conditions.
Gross leasing revenues, which are included in fleet leasing in the
consolidated statements of operations, consist of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
------------------------------------
(In millions) 1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating leases $1,330.3 $1,222.9 $1,145.8
Direct financing leases, primarily interest 37.8 41.8 43.3
-------- -------- --------
$1,368.1 $1,264.7 $1,189.1
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
In June 1998, the Company entered into an agreement with an independent
third party to sell and leaseback vehicles subject to operating leases.
The net carrying value of the vehicles sold was $100.6 million. Since the
net carrying value of these vehicles was equal to their sales price, there
was no gain or loss recognized on the sale. The lease agreement entered
into between the Company and the counterparty was for a minimum lease term
of 12 months with three one-year renewal options. For the year ended
December 31, 1998, the total rental expense incurred by the Company under
this lease was $17.7 million.
The Company has transferred existing managed vehicles and related leases
to unrelated investors and has retained servicing responsibility. Credit
risk for such agreements is retained by the Company to a maximum extent in
one of two forms: excess assets transferred, which were $9.4 million and
$7.6 million at December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively; or guarantees to
a maximum extent. There were no guarantees to a maximum extent at December
31, 1998 or 1997. All such credit risk has been included in the Company's
consideration of related allowances. The outstanding balances under such
agreements aggregated $259.1 million and $224.6 million at December 31,
1998 and 1997, respectively.
Other managed vehicles with balances aggregating $221.8 million and $157.9
million at December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, are included in
special purpose entities which are not owned by the Company. These
entities do not require consolidation as they are not controlled by the
Company and all risks and rewards rest with the owners. Additionally,
managed vehicles totaling approximately $81.9 million and $69.6 million at
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, are owned by special purpose
entities which are owned by the Company. However, such assets and related
liabilities have been netted in the consolidated balance sheet since there
is a two-party agreement with determinable accounts, a legal right of
offset exists and the Company exercises its right of offset in settlement
with client corporations.
11. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
Mortgage loans held for sale represent mortgage loans originated by the
Company and held pending sale to permanent investors. The Company sells
loans insured or guaranteed by various government sponsored entities and
private insurance agencies. The insurance or guaranty is provided
primarily on a non-recourse basis to the
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Company, except where limited by the Federal Housing Administration and
Veterans Administration and their respective loan programs. As of December
31, 1998 and 1997, mortgage loans sold with recourse amounted to
approximately $58.3 million and $58.5 million, respectively. The Company
believes adequate allowances are maintained to cover any potential losses.
The Company entered into a three year agreement effective May 1998 and
expanded in December 1998 under which an unaffiliated Buyer (the "Buyer")
committed to purchase, at the Company's option, mortgage loans originated
by the Company on a daily basis, up to the Buyer's asset limit of $2.4
billion. Under the terms of this sale agreement, the Company retains the
servicing rights on the mortgage loans sold to the Buyer and provides the
Buyer with opportunities to sell or securitize the mortgage loans into the
secondary market. At December 31, 1998, the Company was servicing
approximately $2.0 billion of mortgage loans owned by the Buyer.
12. Mortgage Servicing Rights
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs") activity was as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In millions) MSRs Allowance Total
------ --------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1996 $192.8 $ (1.4) $191.4
Less: PHH activity for January 1996
to reflect change in PHH fiscal year (14.0) .2 (13.8)
Additions to MSRs 164.4 -- 164.4
Amortization (51.8) -- (51.8)
Write-down/provision -- .6 .6
Sales (1.9) -- (1.9)
------ ------ ------
Balance, December 31, 1996 289.5 (.6) 288.9
Additions to MSRs 251.8 -- 251.8
Amortization (95.6) -- (95.6)
Write-down/provision -- (4.1) (4.1)
Sales (33.1) -- (33.1)
Deferred hedge, net 18.6 -- 18.6
Reclassification of mortgage-related securities (53.5) -- (53.5)
------ ------ ------
Balance, December 31, 1997 377.7 (4.7) 373.0
Additions to MSRs 475.2 -- 475.2
Additions to hedge 49.2 -- 49.2
Amortization (82.5) -- (82.5)
Write-down/provision -- 4.7 4.7
Sales (99.1) -- (99.1)
Deferred hedge, net (84.8) -- (84.8)
------ ------ ------
Balance, December 31, 1998 $635.7 $ -- $635.7
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</TABLE>
The value of the Company's MSRs is sensitive to changes in interest rates.
The Company uses a hedge program to manage the associated financial risks
of loan prepayments. Commencing in 1997, the Company used certain
derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate floors, interest
rate swaps, principal only swaps, futures and options on futures to
administer its hedge program. Premiums paid/received on the acquired
derivatives instruments are capitalized and amortized over the life of the
contracts. Gains and losses associated with the hedge instruments are
deferred and recorded as adjustments to the basis of the MSRs. In the
event the performance of the hedge instruments do not meet the
requirements of the hedge program, changes in the fair value of the hedge
instruments will be reflected in the income statement in the current
period. Deferrals under the hedge programs are allocated to each
applicable stratum of MSRs based upon its original designation and
included in the impairment measurement.
For purposes of performing its impairment evaluation, the Company
stratifies its portfolio on the basis of interest rates of the underlying
mortgage loans. The Company measures impairment for each stratum by
comparing estimated fair value to the recorded book value. The Company
records amortization expense in proportion to and over the period of the
projected net servicing income. Temporary impairment is recorded through a
valuation allowance in the period of occurrence.
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13. Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consisted of:
December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997
-------- --------
Term Loan Facility $1,250.0 $ --
Revolving Credit Facilities -- 276.0
7 1/2% Senior Notes 399.7 --
7 3/4% Senior Notes 1,148.0 --
3% Convertible Subordinated Notes 545.4 543.2
5 7/8% Senior Notes -- 149.9
4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes -- 240.0
Other 24.9 39.2
-------- --------
3,368.0 1,248.3
Less current portion 5.1 2.3
-------- --------
$3,362.9 $1,246.0
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Term Loan Facilities
On May 29, 1998, the Company entered into a 364 day term loan agreement
with a syndicate of financial institutions which provided for borrowings
of $3.25 billion (the "Term Loan Facility"). The Term Loan Facility, as
amended, incurred interest based on the London Interbank Offered Rate
("LIBOR") a margin of approximately 87.5 basis points. The weighted
average interest rate on the Term Loan Facility was 6.2% at December 31,
1998.
At December 31, 1998, borrowings under the Term Loan Facility of $1.25
billion were classified as long-term based on the Company's intent and
ability to refinance such borrowings on a long-term basis. On February 9,
1999, the Company replaced the Term Loan Facility with a new two year term
loan facility (the "New Facility") which provides for borrowings of $1.25
billion. The Company used $1.25 billion of the proceeds from the New
Facility to refinance the majority of the outstanding borrowings under the
Term Loan Facility. The New Facility bears interest at a rate of LIBOR
plus a margin of approximately 100 basis points and is payable in five
consecutive quarterly installments beginning on the first anniversary of
the closing date. The New Facility contains certain restrictive covenants,
which are substantially similar to and consistent with the covenants in
effect for the Company's existing revolving credit agreements.
Credit Facilities
The Company's primary credit facility, as amended, consists of (i) a
$750.0 million, five year revolving credit facility (the "Five Year
Revolving Credit Facility") and (ii) a $1.0 billion, 364 day revolving
credit facility (the "364 Day Revolving Credit Facility") (collectively
the "Revolving Credit Facilities"). The 364-Day Revolving Credit Facility
will mature on October 29, 1999 but may be renewed on an annual basis for
an additional 364 days upon receiving lender approval. The Five Year
Revolving Credit Facility will mature on October 1, 2001. Borrowings under
the Revolving Credit Facilities, at the option of the Company, bear
interest based on competitive bids of lenders participating in the
facilities, at prime rates or at LIBOR, plus a margin of approximately 75
basis points. The Company is required to pay a per annum facility fee of
.175% and .15% of the average daily unused commitments under the Five Year
Revolving Credit Facility and 364 Day Revolving Credit Facility,
respectively. The interest rates and facility fees are subject to change
based upon credit ratings on the Company's senior unsecured long-term debt
by nationally recognized debt rating agencies. Letters of credit of $45.0
million were outstanding under the Five-Year Revolving Credit Facility at
December 31, 1998. The Revolving Credit Facilities contain certain
restrictive covenants including restrictions on indebtedness, mergers,
liquidations and sale and leaseback transactions and requires the
maintenance of certain financial ratios, including a 3:1 minimum interest
coverage ratio and a 0.5:1 maximum debt-to-capitalization ratio.
7 1/2% and 7 3/4% Senior Notes
On November 17, 1998, the Company filed an amended shelf registration
statement with the SEC for the aggregate issuance of up to $3.0 billion of
debt and equity securities. On November 24, 1998, the Company priced a
total of $1.55 billion of Senior Notes (the "Notes") in a two-part issue.
The first issue, $400.0 million principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes
due December 1, 2000, was priced to yield 7.545%. The second issue, $1.15
billion principal amount of 7 3/4% Senior Notes due December 1, 2003, was
priced to yield 7.792%. Interest on the Notes will be payable on June 1
and December 1 each year, beginning on June 1, 1999. The
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Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of
the Company at a redemption price plus accrued interest to the date of
redemption. The redemption price is equal to the greater of (i) the face
value of the notes or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments discounted at the treasury rate plus a spread defined
in the indenture. Net proceeds from the offering were used to repay a
portion of the Company's Term Loan Facility and for general corporate
purposes, which included the repurchase of Company common stock.
3% Convertible Subordinated Notes
In February 1997, the Company completed a public offering of $550.0
million 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes (the "3% Notes") due 2002. Each
$1,000 principal amount of 3% Notes is convertible into 32.6531 shares of
Company common stock subject to adjustment in certain events. The 3% Notes
may be redeemed at the option of the Company at any time on or after
February 15, 2000, in whole or in part, at the appropriate redemption
prices (as defined in the indenture governing the 3% Notes) plus accrued
interest to the redemption date. The 3% Notes will be subordinated in
right of payment to all existing and future Senior Debt (as defined in the
indenture governing the 3% Notes) of the Company.
5 7/8% Senior Notes
On December 15, 1998, the Company repaid the $150.0 million principal
amount of 5 7/8% Senior Notes outstanding in accordance with the
provisions of the indenture agreement.
4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes
In February 1996, the Company completed a public offering of $240.0
million unsecured 4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2003, which were
convertible at the option of the holder at any time prior to maturity into
36.030 shares of Company common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 4
3/4% Notes, representing a conversion price of $27.76 per share. On May 4,
1998, the Company redeemed all of the outstanding ($144.5 million
principal amount) 4 3/4% Notes at a price of 103.393% of the principal
amount, together with interest accrued to the redemption date (see Note 6
-- Other Charges -- Financing Costs). Prior to the redemption date, during
1998, holders of such notes exchanged $95.5 million of the 4 3/4% Notes
for 3.4 million shares of Company common stock.
Debt Maturities
Aggregate maturities of debt for each of the next five years commencing in
1999 are as follows:
(In millions)
Year Amount
---- ------
1999 $ 5.1
2000 403.3
2001 1,250.3
2002 545.4
2003 1,148.0
Thereafter 15.9
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$3,368.0
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14. Liabilities under Management and Mortgage Programs
Borrowings to fund assets under management and mortgage programs consisted
of:
December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997
-------- --------
Commercial paper $2,484.4 $2,577.5
Medium-term notes 2,337.9 2,747.8
Securitized obligations 1,901.5 --
Other 173.0 277.3
-------- --------
$6,896.8 $5,602.6
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Commercial Paper
Commercial paper, which matures within 180 days, is supported by committed
revolving credit agreements described below and short-term lines of
credit. The weighted average interest rates on the Company's outstanding
commercial paper were 6.1% and 5.9% at December 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
Medium-Term Notes
Medium-term notes of $2.3 billion primarily represent unsecured loans,
which mature through 2002. The weighted average interest rates on such
medium-term notes were 5.6% and 5.9% at December 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
Securitized Obligations
The Company maintains four separate financing facilities, the outstanding
borrowings under which are securitized by corresponding assets under
management and mortgage programs. The collective weighted average interest
rate on such facilities was 5.8% at December 31, 1998. Such securitized
obligations are described below.
Mortgage Facility. In December 1998, the Company entered into a 364 day
financing agreement to sell mortgage loans under an agreement to
repurchase such mortgages (the "Agreement"). The Agreement is
collateralized by the underlying mortgage loans held in safekeeping by the
custodian to the Agreement. The total commitment under this Agreement is
$500.0 million and is renewable on an annual basis at the discretion of
the lender in accordance with the securitization agreement. Mortgage loans
financed under this Agreement at December 31, 1998 totaled $378.0 million
and are included in mortgage loans held for sale on the consolidated
balance sheet.
Relocation Facilities. The Company entered into a 364-day asset
securitization agreement effective December 1998 under which an
unaffiliated buyer has committed to purchase an interest in the right to
payments related to certain Company relocation receivables. The revolving
purchase commitment provides for funding up to a limit of $325.0 million
and is renewable on an annual basis at the discretion of the lender in
accordance with the securitization agreement. Under the terms of this
agreement, the Company retains the servicing rights related to the
relocation receivables. At December 31, 1998, the Company was servicing
$248.0 million of assets, which were funded under this agreement.
The Company also maintains an asset securitization agreement with a
separate unaffiliated buyer, which has a purchase commitment up to a limit
of $350.0 million. The terms of this agreement are similar to the
aforementioned facility with the Company retaining the servicing rights on
the right of payment. At December 31, 1998, the Company was servicing
$171.0 million of assets eligible for purchase under this agreement.
Fleet Facilities. In December 1998, the Company entered into two secured
financing transactions each expiring five years from the effective
agreement date through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, TRAC Funding and
TRAC Funding II. Secured leased assets (specified beneficial interests in
a trust which owns the leased vehicles and the leases) totaling $600.0
million and $725.3 million, respectively, were contributed to the
subsidiaries by the Company. Loans to TRAC Funding and TRAC Funding II
were funded by commercial paper conduits in the amounts of $500.0 million
and $604.0 million, respectively, and were secured by the specified
beneficial interests. Monthly loan repayments conform to the amortization
of the leased vehicles with the repayment of the outstanding loan balance
required at time of disposition of the vehicles. Interest on the loans is
based upon the conduit commercial paper issuance cost and committed bank
lines priced on a LIBOR basis. Repayments of loans are limited to the cash
flows generated from the leases represented by the specified beneficial
interests.
Other. Other liabilities under management and mortgage programs are
principally comprised of unsecured borrowings under uncommitted short-term
lines of credit and other bank facilities, all of which matures in 1999.
The weighted average interest rate on such debt was 5.5% and 6.7% at
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
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Interest expense is incurred on indebtedness, which is used to finance
fleet leasing, relocation and mortgage servicing activities. Interest
incurred on borrowings used to finance fleet leasing activities was $177.3
million, $177.0 million and $161.8 million for the years ended December
31, 1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively, and is included net within fleet
leasing revenues in the consolidated statements of operations. Interest
related to equity advances on homes was $26.9 million, $32.0 million and
$35.0 million for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Interest related to origination and mortgage servicing
activities was $138.9 million, $77.6 million and $63.4 million for the
years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Interest
expense incurred on borrowings used to finance both equity advances on
homes and mortgage servicing activities are recorded net within membership
and service fee revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.
To provide additional financial flexibility, the Company's current policy
is to ensure that minimum committed facilities aggregate 100 percent of
the average amount of outstanding commercial paper. As of December 31,
1998, the Company maintained $2.75 billion in committed and unsecured
credit facilities, which were backed by a consortium of domestic and
foreign banks. The facilities were comprised of $1.25 billion in 364 day
credit lines maturing in March 1999, a $250.0 million (changed to $150.0
million in March 1999) revolving credit facility maturing December 1999
and a five year $1.25 billion credit line maturing in the year 2002. Under
such credit facilities, the Company paid annual commitment fees of $1.9
million, $1.7 million and $2.4 million for the years ended December 31,
1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. In March 1999, the Company extended the
$1.25 billion in 364 day credit lines to March 2000. In addition, the
Company has other uncommitted lines of credit with various banks of which
$5.1 million was unused at December 31, 1998. The full amount of the
Company's committed facility was undrawn and available at December 31,
1998 and 1997.
Although the period of service for a vehicle is at the lessee's option,
and the period a home is held for resale varies, management estimates, by
using historical information, the rate at which vehicles will be disposed
and the rate at which homes will be resold. Projections of estimated
liquidations of assets under management and mortgage programs and the
related estimated repayments of liabilities under management and mortgage
programs as of December 31, 1998, are set forth as follows:
(In millions) Assets under Management Liabilities under Management
Years and Mortgage Programs and Mortgage Programs (1)
----- ----------------------- ----------------------------
1999 $ 4,882.0 $ 4,451.7
2000 1,355.9 1,342.2
2001 668.6 659.0
2002 289.0 263.1
2003 168.3 142.0
2004-2008 148.1 38.8
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$ 7,511.9 $ 6,896.8
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(1) The projected repayments of liabilities under management and
mortgage programs are different than required by contractual
maturities.
15. Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company uses derivative financial instruments as part of its overall
strategy to manage its exposure to market risks associated with
fluctuations in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, prices of
mortgage loans held for sale and anticipated mortgage loan closings
arising from commitments issued. The Company performs analyses on an
on-going basis to determine that a high correlation exists between the
characteristics of derivative instruments and the assets or transactions
being hedged. As a matter of policy, the Company does not engage in
derivative activities for trading or speculative purposes. The Company is
exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by
counterparties to certain derivative financial instruments. The Company
manages such risk by periodically evaluating the financial position of
counterparties and spreading its positions among multiple counterparties.
The Company presently does not expect non-performance by any of the
counterparties.
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Interest Rate Swaps
The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to match the
interest characteristics of the assets being funded and to modify the
contractual costs of debt financing. The swap agreements correlate the
terms of the assets to the maturity and rollover of the debt by
effectively matching a fixed or floating interest rate with the stipulated
revenue stream generated from the portfolio of assets being funded.
Amounts to be paid or received under interest rate swap agreements are
accrued as interest rates change and are recognized over the life of the
swap agreements as an adjustment to interest expense. For the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, the Company's hedging activities
increased interest expense $2.1 million, $4.0 million and $4.1 million,
respectively, and had no effect on its weighted average borrowing rate.
The fair value of the swap agreements is not recognized in the
consolidated financial statements since they are accounted for as matched
swaps.
The following table summarizes the maturity and weighted average rates of
the Company's interest rate swaps.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 Notional Weighted Average Weighted Average Swap
(Dollars in millions) Amount Receive Rate Pay Rate Maturities
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper $ 355.2 4.92% 5.84% 1999-2006
Medium-term notes 931.0 5.27% 5.04% 1999-2000
Canada commercial paper 89.8 5.52% 5.27% 1999-2002
Sterling liabilities 662.3 6.26% 6.62% 1999-2002
Deutsche mark liabilities 31.9 3.24% 4.28% 1999-2001
--------
$2,070.2
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<CAPTION>
1997 Notional Weighted Average Weighted Average Swap
(Dollars in millions) Amount Receive Rate Pay Rate Maturities
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper $ 355.7 5.68% 6.26% 1999-2004
Medium-term notes 1,551.0 5.93% 5.73% 1999-2000
Canada commercial paper 142.8 4.93% 4.95% 1999-2002
Sterling liabilities 491.5 7.21% 7.69% 1999-2002
Deutsche mark liabilities 9.1 3.76% 5.34% 1999-2001
--------
$2,550.1
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</TABLE>
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(1) The projected repayments of liabilities under management and
mortgage programs are different than required by contractual
maturities.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
In order to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates, on a selective basis, the Company enters into foreign
exchange contracts. Such contracts are primarily utilized to hedge
intercompany loans to foreign subsidiaries and certain monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The
Company may also hedge currency exposures that are directly related to
anticipated, but not yet committed transactions expected to be denominated
in foreign currencies. The principal currencies hedged are the British
pound and the German mark. Market value gains and losses on foreign
currency hedges related to intercompany loans are deferred and recognized
upon maturity of the underlying loan. Market value gains and losses on
foreign currency hedges of anticipated transactions are recognized in the
statement of operations as exchange rates change. However, fluctuations in
exchange rates are generally offset by the anticipated exposures being
hedged. Historically, foreign exchange contracts have been short-term in
nature.
Other Financial Instruments
With respect to both mortgage loans held for sale and anticipated mortgage
loan closings arising from commitments issued, the Company is exposed to
the risk of adverse price fluctuations primarily due to changes in
interest rates. The Company uses forward delivery contracts, financial
futures and option contracts to reduce such risk. Market value gains and
losses on such positions used as hedges are deferred and considered in the
valuation of cost or market value of mortgage loans held for sale.
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With respect to the mortgage servicing portfolio, the Company acquired
certain derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate floors,
interest rate swaps, principal only swaps, futures and options on futures
to manage the associated financial impact of interest rate movements.
16. Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Servicing Rights
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in
estimating its fair value disclosures for material financial instruments.
The fair values of the financial instruments presented may not be
indicative of their future values.
Marketable Securities
Fair value is based upon quoted market prices or investment advisor
estimates.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
Fair value is estimated using the quoted market prices for securities
backed by similar types of loans and current dealer commitments to
purchase loans net of mortgage-related positions. The value of embedded
MSRs has been considered in determining fair value.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
Fair value is estimated by discounting future net servicing cash flows
associated with the underlying securities using discount rates that
approximate current market rates and externally published prepayment
rates, adjusted, if appropriate, for individual portfolio characteristics.
Debt
The fair values of the Company's Senior Notes, Convertible Notes and
Medium-term Notes are estimated based on quoted market prices or market
comparables.
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Securities Issued by Subsidiary
Fair value is estimated based on quoted market prices and incorporates the
settlement of litigation and the resulting modification of terms (see Note
6 -- Other Charges -- Litigation Settlement).
Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Exchange Contracts, Other Mortgage-Related
Positions
The fair values of these instruments are estimated, using dealer quotes,
as the amount that the Company would receive or pay to execute a new
agreement with terms identical to those remaining on the current
agreement, considering interest rates at the reporting date.
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The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company's financial instruments at
December 31, 1998 and 1997 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Notional/Estimated Notional/Estimated
Contract Carrying Fair Contract Carrying Fair
(In millions) Amount Amount Value Amount Amount Value
--------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Marketable securities $ -- $ 220.8 $ 220.8 $ -- $ 65.2 $ 65.2
Investment in mortgage
securities -- 46.2 46.2 -- 48.0 48.0
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Assets under management and
mortgage programs
Relocation receivables -- 659.1 659.1 -- 775.3 775.3
Mortgage loans held for sale -- 2,416.0 2,462.7 -- 1,636.3 1,668.1
Mortgage servicing rights -- 635.7 787.7 -- 373.0 394.6
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Long-term debt -- 3,362.9 3,351.1 -- 1,246.0 1,468.3
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Off balance sheet derivatives
relating to long-term debt
Foreign exchange forwards 1.1 -- -- 5.5 -- --
Other off balance sheet derivatives
Foreign exchange forwards 47.6 -- -- 102.7 -- --
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Liabilities under management
and mortgage programs
Debt -- 6,896.8 6,895.0 -- 5,602.6 5,604.2
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Mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities issued by subsidiary -- 1,472.1 1,333.2 -- -- --
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Off balance sheet derivatives
relating to liabilities under
management and mortgage
programs
Interest rate swaps 2,070.2 -- -- 2,550.1 -- --
in a gain position -- -- 7.8 -- -- 5.6
in a loss position -- -- (11.5) -- -- (3.9)
Foreign exchange forwards 349.3 -- 0.1 409.8 -- 2.5
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Mortgage-related positions
Forward delivery
commitments(a) 5,057.0 2.9 (3.5) 2,582.5 19.4 (16.2)
Option contracts to sell(a) 700.8 8.5 3.7 290.0 .5 --
Option contracts to buy(a) 948.0 5.0 1.0 705.0 1.1 4.4
Commitments to fund
mortgages 3,154.6 -- 35.0 1,861.7 -- 19.7
Constant maturity treasury
floors(b) 3,670.0 43.8 84.0 825.0 12.5 17.1
Interest rate swaps(b) 775.0 175.0
in a gain position -- -- 34.6 -- -- 1.3
in a loss position -- -- (1.2) -- -- --
Treasury futures(b) 151.0 -- (0.7) 331.5 -- 4.8
Principal only swaps(b) 66.3 -- 3.1 -- -- --
</TABLE>
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(a) Carrying amounts and gains (losses) on these mortgage-related
positions are already included in the determination of respective
carrying amounts and fair values of mortgage loans held for sale.
Forward delivery commitments are used to manage price risk on sale
of all mortgage loans to end investors including loans held by an
unaffiliated buyer as described in Note 11.
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(b) Carrying amounts on these mortgage-related positions are capitalized
and recorded as a component of MSRs. Gains (losses) on such
positions are included in the determination of the respective
carrying amounts and fair value of MSRs.
17. Mandatorily Redeemable Trust Preferred Securities Issued by Subsidiary
On March 2, 1998, Cendant Capital I (the "Trust"), a statutory business
Trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly-owned
consolidated subsidiary of the Company, issued 29.9 million FELINE PRIDES
and 2.3 million trust preferred securities and received approximately $1.5
billion in gross proceeds therefrom. The Trust invested the proceeds in
6.45% Senior Debentures due 2003 (the "Debentures") issued by the Company,
which represents the sole asset of the Trust. The obligations of the Trust
related to the FELINE PRIDES and trust preferred securities are
unconditionally guaranteed by the Company to the extent the Company makes
payments pursuant to the Debentures. Upon the issuance of the FELINE
PRIDES and trust preferred securities, the Company recorded a liability of
$43.3 million with a corresponding reduction to shareholders' equity equal
to the present value of the total future contract adjustment payments to
be made under the FELINE PRIDES. The FELINE PRIDES, upon issuance,
consisted of 27.6 million Income PRIDES and 2.3 million Growth PRIDES
(Income PRIDES and Growth PRIDES hereinafter referred to as "PRIDES"),
each with a face amount of $50 per PRIDE. The Income PRIDES consist of
trust preferred securities and forward purchase contracts under which the
holders are required to purchase common stock from the Company in February
2001. The Growth PRIDES consist of zero coupon U.S. Treasury securities
and forward purchase contracts under which the holders are required to
purchase common stock from the Company in February 2001. The stand alone
trust preferred securities and the trust preferred securities forming a
part of the Income PRIDES, each with a face amount of $50, bear interest,
in the form of preferred stock dividends, at the annual rate of 6.45%
payable in cash. Such preferred stock dividends are presented as minority
interest, net of tax in the consolidated statements of operations.
Payments under the forward purchase contract forming a part of the Income
PRIDES will be made by the Company in the form of a contract adjustment
payment at an annual rate of 1.05%. Payments under the forward purchase
contract forming a part of the Growth PRIDES will be made by the Company
in the form of a contract adjustment payment at an annual rate of 1.30%.
The forward purchase contracts require the holder to purchase a minimum of
1.0395 shares and a maximum of 1.3514 shares of Company common stock per
PRIDES security depending upon the average of the closing price per share
of the Company's common stock for a 20 consecutive day period ending in
mid-February of 2001. The Company has the right to defer the contract
adjustment payments and the payment of interest on the Debentures to the
Trust. Such election will subject the Company to certain restrictions,
including restrictions on making dividend payments on its common stock
until all such payments in arrears are settled.
The Company has reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that
was brought on behalf of holders of PRIDES securities who purchased their
securities on or prior to April 15, 1998 (see Note 6 -- Other Charges
-- Litigation Settlement).
18. Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
The Company has noncancelable operating leases covering various facilities
and equipment, which primarily expire through the year 2004. Rental
expense for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 was $171.5
million, $84.9 million and $69.2 million, respectively. The Company
incurred contingent rental expenses in 1998 of $44.1 million, which is
included in total rental expense, principally based on rental volume or
profitability at certain NPC parking facilities. The Company has been
granted rent abatements for varying periods on certain of its facilities.
Deferred rent relating to those abatements is being amortized on a
straight-line basis over the applicable lease terms. Commitments under
capital leases are not significant.
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Future minimum lease payments required under noncancelable operating
leases as of December 31, 1998 are as follows:
(In millions)
Year Amount
---- -------
1999 $ 116.4
2000 104.3
2001 89.2
2002 65.7
2003 52.4
Thereafter 138.2
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$ 566.2
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Litigation
Accounting Irregularities. On April 15, 1998, the Company publicly
announced that it discovered accounting irregularities in the former
business units of CUC. Such discovery prompted investigations into such
matters by the Company and the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of
Directors. As a result of the findings from the investigations, the
Company restated its previously reported financial results for 1997, 1996
and 1995. Since the April 15, 1998 announcement more than 70 lawsuits
claiming to be class actions, two lawsuits claiming to be brought
derivatively on the Company's behalf and several individual lawsuits have
been filed in various courts against the Company and other defendants. The
majority of these actions were all filed in or transferred to the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey, where they are
pending before Judge William H. Walls and Magistrate Judge Joel A. Pisano.
The Court has ordered consolidation of many of the actions.
The SEC and the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey are
conducting investigations relating to the matters referenced above. The
SEC advised the Company that its inquiry should not be construed as an
indication by the SEC or its staff that any violations of law have
occurred. While the Company made all adjustments considered necessary as a
result of the findings from the Investigations, in restating its financial
statements, the Company can provide no assurances that additional
adjustments will not be necessary as a result of these government
investigations.
On October 14, 1998, an action claiming to be a class action was filed
against the Company and four of the Company's former officers and
directors. The complaint claims that the Company made false and misleading
public announcements and filings with the SEC in connection with the
Company's proposed acquisition of American Bankers allegedly in violation
of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) on the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and that the plaintiff and the alleged class members purchased
American Bankers' securities in reliance on these public announcements and
filings at inflated prices. On April 26, 1999, the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey found that the class action failed to
state a claim upon which relief could be granted and, accordingly,
dismissed the class action.
As previously disclosed, the Company reached a final agreement with
plaintiff's counsel representing the class of holders of its PRIDES
securities who purchased their securities on or prior to April 15, 1998 to
settle their class action lawsuit against the Company through the issuance
of a new "Right" for each PRIDES security held. (See Note 6 -- Other
Charges for a more detailed description of the settlement).
Other than with respect to the PRIDES class action litigation, the Company
does not believe it is feasible to predict or determine the final outcome
or resolution of these proceedings or to estimate the amounts or potential
range of loss with respect to these proceedings and investigations. In
addition, the timing of the final resolution of these proceedings and
investigations is uncertain. The possible outcomes or resolutions of these
proceedings and investigations could include judgements against the
Company or settlements and could require substantial
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payments by the Company. Management believes that material adverse
outcomes with respect to such proceedings and investigations could have a
material adverse impact on the Company's financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows.
Other pending litigation. The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in
pending litigation in the usual course of business. In the opinion of
management, such other litigation will not have a material adverse effect
on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or
cash flows.
19. Income Taxes
The income tax provision consists of:
Year Ended December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997 1996
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Current
Federal $(173.1) $ 142.8 $ 97.5
State (0.6) 23.3 13.0
Foreign 56.5 28.5 18.1
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(117.2) 194.6 128.6
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Deferred
Federal 181.5 (14.5) 68.4
State 30.0 (3.2) 16.3
Foreign 1.1 3.2 0.8
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212.6 (14.5) 85.5
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Provision for income taxes $ 95.4 $ 180.1 $ 214.1
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Net deferred income tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the
following:
December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997
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Current net deferred income taxes
Merger and acquisition-related liabilities $ 52.8 $ 101.2
Accrued liabilities and deferred income 319.8 223.9
Excess tax basis on assets held for sale 190.0 --
Insurance retention refund (21.2) (19.3)
Provision for doubtful accounts 13.8 4.0
Franchise acquisition costs (6.9) (2.6)
Deferred membership acquisition costs 2.6 8.6
Other (90.3) (8.9)
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Current net deferred tax asset $ 460.6 $ 306.9
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December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997
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Non-current net deferred income taxes
Depreciation and amortization $(296.5) $(277.9)
Deductible goodwill - taxable poolings 49.3 44.2
Merger and acquisition-related liabilities 25.8 35.0
Accrued liabilities and deferred income 63.9 66.9
Acquired net operating loss carryforward 83.5 59.9
Other (3.4) 5.7
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Non-current net deferred tax liability $ (77.4) $ (66.2)
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December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997
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Management and mortgage program deferred
income taxes
Depreciation $(121.3) $(233.1)
Unamortized mortgage servicing rights (248.0) (74.6)
Accrued liabilities 25.8 9.5
Alternative minimum tax carryforwards 2.5 2.5
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Net deferred tax liabilities under management
and mortgage programs $(341.0) $(295.7)
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Net operating loss carryforwards at December 31, 1998 acquired in
connection with the acquisition of Avis expire as follows: 2001, $8.2
million; 2002, $89.6 million; 2005, $7.2 million; 2009, $17.7 million; and
2010, $116.0 million. Certain state net operating loss carryforwards of
$43.9 million are not expected to be realized; therefore, a valuation
allowance of $43.9 million was established in 1998.
The Company's effective income tax rate for continuing operations differs
from the federal statutory rate as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Federal statutory rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
State income taxes net of federal benefit 6.5% 5.6% 3.6%
Non-deductible merger-related costs -- 32.6% --
Amortization of non-deductible goodwill 6.4% 1.4% 1.5%
Foreign taxes differential (8.6%) 3.7% .8%
Recognition of excess tax basis on assets held for sale (2.9%) -- --
Other (3.7%) .3% .4%
------ ------ ------
32.7% 78.6% 41.3%
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</TABLE>
20. Stock Option Plans
On December 12, 1998, the Company adopted the 1999 Broad-Based Employee
Stock Option Plan (the "Broad-Based Plan"). The Broad-Based Plan
authorizes the granting of up to 16 million shares of Company common stock
through awards of nonqualified stock options (stock options which do not
qualify as incentive stock options as defined under the Internal Revenue
Service Code). Certain officers and all employees and independent
contractors of the Company are eligible to receive awards under the
Broad-Based Plan. Options granted under the plan generally have a ten year
term and are exercisable at 20% per year commencing one year from the date
of grant.
In connection with the Cendant Merger, the Company adopted the 1997 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"). The Incentive Plan authorizes the
granting of up to 25 million shares of Company common stock through awards
of stock options (which may include incentive stock options and/or
nonqualified stock options), stock appreciation rights and shares of
restricted Company common stock. All directors, officers and employees of
the Company and its affiliates are eligible to receive awards under the
Incentive Plan. Options granted under the Incentive Plan generally have a
ten year term and are exercisable at 20% per year commencing one year from
the date of grant. During 1997, the Company also adopted two other stock
plans: the 1997 Employee Stock Plan (the "1997 Employee Plan") and the
1997 Stock Option Plan (the "1997 SOP"). The 1997 Employee Plan authorizes
the granting of up to 25 million shares of Company common stock through
awards of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights and shares
of restricted Company common stock to employees of the Company and its
affiliates. The 1997 SOP provides for the granting of up to 10 million
shares of Company common stock to key employees (including employees who
are directors and officers) of the Company and its subsidiaries through
awards of incentive and/or nonqualified stock options. Options granted
under the 1997 Employee Plan and the 1997 SOP generally have ten-year
terms and are exercisable at 20% per year commencing one year from the
date of grant.
The Company also grants options to employees pursuant to three additional
stock option plans under which the Company may grant options to purchase
in the aggregate up to 70.8 million shares of Company common stock. Annual
vesting periods under these plans range from 20% to 33%, all commencing
one-year from the respective grant dates. At December 31, 1998 and 1997,
there were 38.6 million and 49.3 million shares available for grant under
the Company's stock option plans. On September 23, 1998, the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors approved a program to effectively
reprice certain Company stock options granted to middle management
employees during December 1997 and the first quarter of 1998. Such options
were effectively repriced on October 14, 1998 at $9.8125 per share (the
"New Price"), which was the fair market value (as defined in the option
plans) on the date of such repricing. On September 23, 1998, the
Compensation Committee also modified the terms of certain options held by
certain executive officers and senior managers of the Company subject to
certain conditions including revocation of a portion of existing options.
Additionally, a management equity ownership program was adopted that
requires these executive officers and senior managers
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to acquire Company common stock at various levels commensurate with their
respective compensation levels. The option modifications were accomplished
by canceling existing options and issuing a lesser amount of new options
at the New Price and, with respect to certain options of executive
officers and senior managers, at prices above the New Price.
The table below summarizes the annual activity of the Company's stock
option plans:
Weighted
Options Avg. Exercise
(Shares in millions) Outstanding Price
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Balance at December 31, 1995 98.7 $ 7.21
Granted 36.1 22.14
Canceled (2.8) 18.48
Exercised (14.0) 5.77
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Balance at December 31, 1996 118.0 11.68
Granted 78.8 27.94
Canceled (6.4) 27.29
Exercised (14.0) 7.20
PHH conversion (1) (4.4) --
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Balance at December 31, 1997 172.0 18.66
Granted
Equal to fair market value 83.8 19.16
Greater than fair market value 20.8 17.13
Canceled (81.8) 29.36
Exercised (17.0) 10.01
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Balance at December 31, 1998 177.8 14.64
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(1) In connection with the PHH Merger, all unexercised PHH stock options
were canceled and converted into 1.8 million shares of Company
common stock.
The Company utilizes the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS No. 123
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" and applies Accounting
Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in
accounting for its stock option plans. Under APB No. 25, because the
exercise prices of the Company's employee stock options are equal to or
greater than the market prices of the underlying Company stock on the date
of grant, no compensation expense is recognized.
Had the Company elected to recognize compensation cost for its stock
option plans based on the calculated fair value at the grant dates for
awards under such plans, consistent with the method prescribed by SFAS
No.123, net income (loss) per share would have reflected the pro forma
amounts indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
--------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share data) 1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss)
as reported $ 539.6 $ (217.2) $ 330.0
pro forma 392.9 (663.9)(2) 245.1
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic
as reported $ .64 $ (.27) $ .44
pro forma (1) .46 (.82)(2) .32
Diluted
as reported .61 (.27) .41
pro forma (1) .46 (.82)(2) .31
</TABLE>
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(1) The effect of applying SFAS No. 123 on the pro forma net income per
share disclosures is not indicative of future amounts because it
does not take into consideration option grants made prior to 1995 or
in future years.
(2) Includes incremental compensation expense of $335.4 million ($204.9
million, after tax) or $.25 per basic and diluted share as a result
of the immediate vesting of HFS options upon consummation of the
Cendant Merger.
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The fair values of the stock options are estimated on the dates of grant
using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted
average assumptions for options granted in 1998, 1997 and 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CUC HFS PHH
Plans Plans Plans
----- ----- -----
1998 1997 1996
--------- --------- -------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend yield -- -- -- -- 2.8%
Expected volatility 55.0% 32.5% 28.0% 37.5% 21.5%
Risk-free interest rate 4.9% 5.6% 6.3% 6.4% 6.5%
Expected holding period 6.3 years 7.8 years 5.0 years 9.1 years 7.5 years
</TABLE>
The weighted average fair values of Company stock options granted during
the year ended December 31, 1998, which were repriced with exercise prices
equal to and higher than the underlying stock price at the date of grant,
were 19.69 and 18.10, respectively. The weighted average fair value of the
stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 1998, which were
not repriced was $10.16. The weighted average fair value of stock options
granted during the year ended December 31, 1997 was $13.71. The weighted
average fair value of stock options granted under the former CUC plans
(inclusive of plans acquired) during the year ended December 31, 1996 was
$7.51. The weighted average fair value of stock options granted under the
former HFS plans (inclusive of the PHH plans) during the year ended
December 31, 1996 was $10.96.
The tables below summarize information regarding Company stock options
outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
------------------------------------ ---------------------
Weighted Avg. Weighted Weighted
Remaining Average Average
Contractual Exercise Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices Shares Life Price Shares Price
------------------------ ------ ------------- -------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$.01 to $10.00 89.6 6.8 $ 7.40 50.5 $ 5.56
$10.01 to $20.00 38.6 7.5 15.44 17.3 14.52
$20.01 to $30.00 27.3 7.9 23.02 20.8 23.09
$30.01 to $40.00 22.3 8.8 32.03 14.8 31.83
----- -----
177.8 7.4 14.64 103.4 14.34
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</TABLE>
21. Shareholders' Equity
On December 1, 1998, the Company's Board of Directors amended and restated
the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Company reserved
2.5 million shares of Company common stock in connection with the Plan,
which enables eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock from
the Company at 85% of the fair market value on the first business day of
each calendar quarter (the "Offering Date"). Eligible employees may
authorize the Company to withhold up to 10% of their compensation from
each paycheck during any calendar quarter, in an amount not to exceed a
total of $25,000 of Company common stock (at fair market value as of the
Offering Date) during any calendar year.
In November 1998, the Board of Directors authorized a $1.0 billion common
share repurchase program. As of December 31, 1998, the Company had
repurchased 13.4 million shares costing $257.7 million. During the first
quarter of 1999, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an additional
$600.0 million of Company common stock to be repurchased under such
program. The Company has executed this program through open market
purchases or privately negotiated transactions, subject to bank credit
facility covenants and certain rating agency constraints. As of May 3,
1999, the Company repurchased $1.6 billion of Company common stock,
reducing its outstanding shares by 83.9 million shares under this share
repurchase program.
22. Employee Benefit Plans
The Company sponsors several defined contribution plans that provide
certain eligible employees of the Company an opportunity to accumulate
funds for their retirement. The Company matches the contributions of
participating employees on the basis of the percentages specified in the
plans. The Company's cost for
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contributions to these plans was $22.8 million, $15.0 million and $9.4
million for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively.
The Company's PHH subsidiary has a domestic non-contributory defined
benefit pension plan covering substantially all domestic employees of PHH
and its subsidiaries employed prior to July 1, 1997. Additionally, the
Company has contributory defined benefit pension plans in certain United
Kingdom subsidiaries with participation in the plans at the employees'
option. Under both the domestic and foreign plans, benefits are based on
an employee's years of credited service and a percentage of final average
compensation.
The Company's policy for all plans is to contribute amounts sufficient to
meet the minimum requirements plus other amounts as deemed appropriate.
The projected benefit obligations of the funded plans were $196.3 million
and $108.1 million and funded assets, at fair value, were $162.2 million
and $102.7 million at December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The net
pension cost and the recorded liability were not material to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
23. Related Party Transactions
NRT
During 1997, the Company executed agreements with NRT Incorporated
("NRT"), a corporation created to acquire residential real estate
brokerage firms. In 1997, NRT acquired the real estate brokerage business
and operations of National Realty Trust ("the Trust"). The Trust was an
independent trust to which the Company contributed the brokerage offices,
which were owned by Coldwell Banker at the time of the Company's
acquisition of Coldwell Banker in 1996. Since inception, NRT acquired
other local and regional real estate brokerage businesses. NRT is the
largest residential brokerage firm in the United States. Certain officers
of the Company serve on the Board of Directors of NRT. NRT is party to
various agreements and arrangements with the Company and its subsidiaries.
Under these agreements, the Company acquired $182.0 million of NRT
preferred stock (and may be required to acquire up to an additional $81.3
million of NRT preferred stock). The Company received preferred dividend
payments of $15.4 million and $5.2 million during the years ended 1998 and
1997, respectively which are included in other revenue in the consolidated
statements of operations. NRT is the largest franchisee, based on gross
commission income, of the Company's three real estate franchise systems.
During 1998, 1997 and 1996, NRT and its predecessors paid an aggregate
$121.5 million, $60.5 million and $24.0 million, respectively, in
franchise royalties to the Company. On February 9, 1999, the Company
executed new agreements with NRT, which among other things, increased the
term of each of the three franchise agreements under which NRT operates
from 40 years to 50 years.
In connection with the aforementioned agreements, the Company at its
election, will participate in NRT's acquisitions by acquiring up to an
aggregate $946.3 million (plus an additional $500.0 million if certain
conditions are met) of intangible assets, and in some cases mortgage
operations, of real estate brokerage firms acquired by NRT. Through
December 31, 1998, the Company acquired $445.7 million of such mortgage
operations and intangible assets, primarily franchise agreements
associated with real estate brokerage companies acquired by NRT, which
brokerage companies will become subject to the NRT 50-year franchise
agreements. In February 1999, NRT and the Company entered into an
agreement whereby the Company made an upfront payment of $30.0 million to
NRT for services to be provided by NRT to the Company related to the
identification of potential acquisition candidates, the negotiation of
agreements and other services in connection with future brokerage
acquisitions by NRT. Such fee is refundable in the event the services are
not provided.
Avis, Inc.
Upon entering into the definitive merger agreement to acquire Avis, the
Company announced its strategy to dilute its interest in the subsidiary of
Avis which controlled the car rental operations of Avis ("ARAC") while
retaining assets associated with the franchise business, including
trademarks, reservation system assets and franchise agreements with ARAC
and other licensees. Since the Company's control was planned to be
temporary, the Company accounted for its 100% investment in ARAC under the
equity method. The Company's equity interest was diluted to 27.5% pursuant
to an Initial Public Offering ("IPO") by ARAC in
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September 1997. Net proceeds from the IPO of $359.3 million were retained
by ARAC. In March 1998, the Company sold one million shares of Avis common
stock and recognized a pre-tax gain of approximately $17.7 million, which
is included in other revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.
At December 31, 1998, the Company's interest in ARAC was approximately
22.6%. The Company recorded its equity in the earnings of ARAC, which
amounted to $13.5 million, $51.3 million and $1.2 million for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively, as a component of
other revenue in the consolidated statements of operations. In January
1999, the Company's equity interest was further diluted to 19.4% as a
result of the Company's sale of 1.3 million shares of Avis common stock.
The Company licenses the Avis trademark to ARAC pursuant to a 50-year
master license agreement and receives royalty fees based upon 4% of ARAC
revenue, escalating to 4.5% of ARAC revenue over a 5-year period. During
1998 and 1997, total franchise royalties paid to the Company from ARAC
were $91.9 million and $81.7 million, respectively. In addition, the
Company operates the telecommunications and computer processing system,
which services ARAC for reservations, rental agreement processing,
accounting and fleet control for which the Company charges ARAC at cost.
Certain officers of the Company serve on the Board of Directors of ARAC.
24. Divestiture
On December 17, 1997, as directed by the Federal Trade Commission in
connection with the Cendant Merger, CUC sold immediately preceding the
Cendant Merger all of the outstanding shares of its timeshare exchange
businesses, Interval International Inc. ("Interval"), for net proceeds of
$240.0 million less transaction related costs amortized as services are
provided. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of Interval of $76.6
million ($26.4 million, after tax), which has been reflected as an
extraordinary gain in the consolidated statements of operations.
25. Franchising and Marketing/Reservation Activities
Revenue from franchising activities includes initial franchise fees
charged to lodging properties, car rental locations, tax preparation
offices and real estate brokerage offices upon execution of a franchise
contract. Initial franchise fees amounted to $44.7 million, $26.0 million
and $24.2 million for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively.
Franchising information at December 31 is as follows:
1998(1) 1997 1996
------ ------ ------
Franchised Units in Operation 22,471 18,876 18,535
Backlog (Franchised units sold
but not yet opened) 2,063 1,547 1,061
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(1) 1998 franchised units were acquired in connection with the
acquisition of Jackson Hewitt.
The Company receives marketing and reservation fees from several of its
lodging and real estate franchisees. Marketing and reservation fees
related to the Company's lodging brands' franchisees are calculated based
on a specified percentage of gross room revenues. Marketing fees received
from the Company's real estate brands' franchisees are based on a
specified percentage of gross closed commissions earned on the sale of
real estate. As provided in the franchise agreements, at the Company's
discretion, all of these fees are to be expended for marketing purposes
and the operation of a centralized brand-specific reservation system for
the respective franchisees and are controlled by the Company until
disbursement. Membership and service fee revenues included marketing and
reservation fees of $222.4 million, $215.4 million and $157.6 million for
the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
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26. Segment Information
Effective December 31, 1998, the Company adopted SFAS No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information". The
provisions of SFAS No. 131 established revised standards for public
companies relating to reporting information about operating segments in
annual financial statements and requires selected information about
operating segments in interim financial reports. It also established
standards for related disclosures about products and services, and
geographic areas. The adoption of SFAS No. 131 did not affect the
Company's primary financial statements, but did affect the disclosure of
segment information. The segment information for 1997 and 1996 has been
restated from the prior years' presentation in order to conform to the
requirements of SFAS No. 131.
Management evaluates each segment's performance on a stand-alone basis
based on a modification of earnings before interest, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization. For this purpose, Adjusted EBITDA is
defined as earnings before non-operating interest, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization, adjusted for other charges which are of a
non-recurring or unusual nature, which are not measured in assessing
segment performance or are not segment specific. The Company determined
that it has eight reportable operating segments based primarily on the
types of services it provides, the consumer base to which marketing
efforts are directed and the methods used to sell services. Inter-segment
net revenues were not significant to the net revenues of any one segment
or the consolidated net revenues of the Company. A description of the
services provided within each of the Company's reportable operating
segments is as follows:
Travel
Travel services include the franchising of lodging properties and car
rental locations, as well as vacation/timeshare exchange services. As a
franchiser of guest lodging facilities and car rental agency locations,
the Company licenses the independent owners and operators of hotels and
car rental agencies to use its brand names. Operation and administrative
services are provided to franchisees, which include access to a national
reservation system, national advertising and promotional campaigns,
co-marketing programs and volume purchasing discounts. As a provider of
vacation and timeshare exchange services, the Company enters into
affiliation agreements with resort property owners/developers (the
developers) to allow owners of weekly timeshare intervals (the
subscribers) to trade their owned weeks with other subscribers. In
addition, the Company provides publications and other travel-related
services to both developers and subscribers.
Individual membership
Individual membership provides customers with access to a variety of
services and discounted products in such areas as retail shopping, travel,
auto, dining, home improvement, credit information and special interest
outdoor and gaming clubs. The Company affiliates with business partners
such as leading financial institutions and retailers to offer membership
as an enhancement to their credit card customers. Individual memberships
are marketed primarily using direct marketing techniques. Through the
Company's membership based online consumer sites, similar products and
services are offered over the Internet.
Insurance/Wholesale
Insurance/Wholesale markets and administers competitively priced insurance
products, primarily accidental death and dismemberment insurance and term
life insurance. The Company also provides services such as checking
account enhancement packages, various financial products and discount
programs to financial institutions, which in turn provide these services
to their customers. The Company affiliates with financial institutions,
including credit unions and banks, to offer their respective customer
bases such products and services.
Relocation
Relocation services are provided to client corporations for the transfer
of their employees. Such services include appraisal, inspection and
selling of transferees' homes, providing equity advances to transferees
(generally guaranteed by the corporate customer), purchase of a
transferee's home which is sold within a specified time period for a price
which is at least equivalent to the appraised value, certain home
management services, assistance in locating a new home at the transferee's
destination, consulting services and other related services.
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Real estate franchise
The Company licenses the owners and operators of independent real estate
brokerage businesses to use its brand names. Operational and
administrative services are provided to franchisees, which are designed to
increase franchisee revenue and profitability. Such services include
advertising and promotions, referrals, training and volume purchasing
discounts.
Fleet
Fleet services primarily consist of the management, purchasing, leasing,
and resale of vehicles for corporate clients and government agencies.
These services also include fuel, maintenance, safety and accident
management programs and other fee-based services for clients' vehicle
fleets. The Company leases vehicles primarily to corporate fleet users
under operating and direct financing lease arrangements.
Mortgage
Mortgage services primarily include the origination, sale and servicing of
residential mortgage loans. Revenues are earned from the sale of mortgage
loans to investors as well as from fees earned on the servicing of loans
for investors. The Company markets a variety of mortgage products to
consumers through relationships with corporations, affinity groups,
financial institutions, real estate brokerage firms and other mortgage
banks.
The Company customarily sells all mortgages it originates to investors
(which include a variety of institutional investors) either as individual
loans, as mortgage-backed securities or as participation certificates
issued or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation or the Government National Mortgage Association while
generally retaining mortgage servicing rights. Mortgage servicing consists
of collecting loan payments, remitting principal and interest payments to
investors, holding escrow funds for payment of mortgage-related expenses
such as taxes and insurance, and otherwise administering the Company's
mortgage loan servicing portfolio.
Other services
In addition to the previously described business segments, the Company
also derives revenues from providing a variety of other consumer and
business products and services which include the Company's tax preparation
services franchise, information technology services, car park facility
services, vehicle emergency support and rescue services, credit
information services, financial products, published products, welcoming
packages to new homeowners, value added-tax refund services to travelers
and other consumer-related services.
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Segment Information (1)
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31, 1998
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Individual Insurance/
Total Travel(2) Membership Wholesale Relocation
----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 5,086.6 $ 1,063.3 $ 929.1 $ 544.0 $ 444.0
Adjusted EBITDA 1,557.9 542.5 (57.8) 137.8 124.5
Depreciation and amortization 314.0 88.3 23.7 14.0 16.7
Segment assets 19,739.6 2,761.6 839.0 371.5 1,130.3
Capital expenditures 351.1 79.0 28.4 16.6 69.6
<CAPTION>
Real Estate
Franchise Fleet Mortgage Other
--------- ----- -------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 455.8 $ 387.4 $ 353.4 $ 909.6
Adjusted EBITDA 348.6 173.8 187.6 100.9
Depreciation and amortization 53.2 22.2 8.8 87.1
Segment assets 2,014.3 4,697.2 3,504.0 4,421.7
Capital expenditures 5.8 57.7 36.4 57.6
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year Ended December 31, 1997
Individual Insurance/
Total Travel(2) Membership Wholesale Relocation
----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 4,051.9 $ 971.6 $ 778.7 $ 482.7 $ 401.6
Adjusted EBITDA 1,212.9 467.3 5.3 111.0 92.6
Depreciation and amortization 229.0 81.9 17.8 11.0 8.1
Segment assets 13,681.0 2,601.5 840.6 357.0 1,008.7
Capital expenditures 151.7 36.5 12.1 5.6 23.0
<CAPTION>
Real Estate
Franchise Fleet Mortgage Other
--------- ----- -------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 334.6 $ 324.1 $ 179.2 $ 579.4
Adjusted EBITDA 226.9 120.5 74.8 114.5
Depreciation and amortization 43.6 16.3 5.1 45.2
Segment assets 1,827.1 4,125.8 2,233.3 687.0
Capital expenditures 12.6 24.3 16.2 21.4
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year Ended December 31, 1996
Individual Insurance/
Total Travel(2) Membership Wholesale Relocation
----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 3,063.1 $ 429.2 $ 745.9 $ 448.0 $ 344.9
Adjusted EBITDA 780.7 189.5 43.2 99.0 65.5
Depreciation and amortization 138.5 36.9 12.8 12.8 11.2
Segment assets 12,558.5 2,686.2 882.7 297.1 1,086.4
Capital expenditures 97.6 20.8 8.9 5.2 9.1
<CAPTION>
Real Estate
Franchise Fleet Mortgage Other
--------- ----- -------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 236.3 $ 293.5 $ 127.7 $ 437.6
Adjusted EBITDA 137.8 99.0 45.7 101.0
Depreciation and amortization 27.3 17.6 4.4 15.5
Segment assets 1,295.5 3,991.1 1,742.4 577.1
Capital expenditures 9.9 15.3 9.9 18.5
</TABLE>
- ----------
(1) Segment data includes the financial results associated with acquisitions
accounted for under the purchase method of accounting since the respective
dates of acquisition as follows:
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Acquisition
Segment Acquisition Date
--------------------- --------------- --------------
Travel Avis October 1996
RCI November 1996
Real Estate franchise Coldwell Banker May 1996
Other NPC April 1998
Jackson Hewitt January 1998
(2) Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA include the equity in earnings from the
Company's investment in ARAC of $13.5 million, $51.3 million and $1.2
million in 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA
include a pre-tax gain of $17.7 million as a result of a 1998 sale of a
portion of the Company's equity interest. Total assets include such equity
method investment in the amount of $139.1 million, $123.8 million and
$76.5 million at December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Provided below is a reconciliation of total Adjusted EBITDA and total assets for
reportable segments to the consolidated amounts.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
-------------------------------------
(In millions) 1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Adjusted EBITDA for reportable segments $1,557.9 $1,212.9 $ 780.7
Other charges
Litigation settlement 351.0 -- --
Termination of proposed acquisitions 433.5 -- --
Executive terminations 52.5 -- --
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits) (67.2) 704.1 109.4
Investigation-related costs 33.4 -- --
Financing costs 35.1 -- --
Depreciation and amortization 314.0 229.0 138.5
Interest, net 113.9 50.6 14.2
-------- -------- --------
Consolidated income from continuing operations before
income taxes, minority interest, extraordinary gain and
cumulative effect of accounting change $ 291.7 $ 229.2 $ 518.6
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
--------- --------- ---------
Total assets for reportable segments $19,739.6 $13,681.0 $12,558.5
Net assets of discontinued operations 462.5 360.5 189.1
--------- --------- ---------
Consolidated total assets $20,202.1 $14,041.5 $12,747.6
========= ========= =========
Geographic Segment Information
(In millions) United United All Other
Total States Kingdom Countries
--------- --------- --------- ---------
1998
Net revenues $ 5,086.6 $ 4,090.5 $ 695.5 $ 300.6
Assets 20,202.1 16,238.0 3,706.5 257.6
Long-lived assets 1,420.3 633.6 767.8(1) 18.9
1997
Net revenues $ 4,051.9 $ 3,481.0 $ 231.8 $ 339.1
Assets 14,041.5 12,717.3 1,014.7 309.5
Long-lived assets 530.9 463.8 49.1 18.0
1996
Net revenues $ 3,063.1 $ 2,772.7 $ 133.7 $ 156.7
Assets 12,747.6 11,551.7 830.7 365.2
Long-lived assets 509.3 429.8 65.9 13.6
- ----------
(1) Includes $691.0 million of property and equipment acquired in connection
with the NPC acquisition.
Geographic segment information is classified based on the geographic
location of the subsidiary. Long-lived assets are comprised of property
and equipment.
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<PAGE>
27. Subsequent Event
On February 4, 1999, the Company announced its intention not to proceed
with the acquisition of RAC Motoring Services ("RACMS") due to certain
conditions imposed by the UK Secretary of State of Trade and Industry that
the Company determined to be not commercially feasible and therefore
unacceptable. The Company originally announced on May 21, 1998 its
definitive agreement with the Board of Directors of Royal Automobile Club
Limited to acquire RACMS for approximately $735.0 million in cash. The
Company wrote-off $7.0 million of deferred acquisition costs in the first
quarter of 1999 in connection with the termination of the proposed
acquisition of RACMS.
28. Selected Quarterly Financial Data - (unaudited)
Provided below is the selected unaudited quarterly financial data for 1998
and 1997. The underlying per share information is calculated from the
weighted average shares outstanding during each quarter, which may
fluctuate based on quarterly income levels. Therefore, the sum of the
quarters may not equal the total year amounts.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share data) First Second (1) Third (2) Fourth (3) Total Year
--------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 1,119.9 $ 1,272.3 $ 1,362.0 $ 1,332.4 $ 5,086.6
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from continuing operations 196.3 184.7 86.1 (321.4) 145.7
Income (loss) from discontinued
operations, net of tax (23.4) (31.7) 24.9 19.4 (10.8)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations,
net of tax -- -- -- 404.7(4) 404.7
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net income $ 172.9 $ 153.0 $ 111.0 $ 102.7 $ 539.6
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Per share information:
Basic
Income (loss) from continuing
operations $ 0.23 $ 0.22 $ 0.10 $ (0.38) $ 0.17
Net income $ 0.21 $ 0.18 $ 0.13 $ 0.12 $ 0.64
Weighted average shares 838.7 850.8 850.8 850.0 848.4
Diluted
Income (loss) from continuing
operations $ 0.22 $ 0.21 $ 0.10 $ (0.38) $ 0.17
Net income $ 0.20 $ 0.18 $ 0.13 $ 0.12 $ 0.61
Weighted average shares 908.5 900.9 877.4 850.0 880.4
Common Stock Market Prices:
High 41 41 3/8 22 7/16 20 5/8
Low 32 7/16 18 9/16 10 7/16 7 1/2
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Second (5) Third Fourth (6) Total Year
--------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $ 936.7 $ 990.3 $ 1,095.1 $ 1,029.8 $ 4,051.9
-------- -------- --------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from continuing operations
before extraordinary gain and
cumulative effect of accounting
change 130.3 (47.2) 165.9 (199.9) 49.1
Income (loss) from discontinued
operations, net of tax (13.7) (36.8) 36.7 4.2 (9.6)
Extraordinary gain, net of tax -- -- -- 26.4 (8) 26.4
Cumulative effect of accounting
change, net of tax (283.1)(7) -- -- -- (283.1)
-------- -------- --------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss) $ (166.5) $ (84.0) $ 202.6 $ (169.3) $ (217.2)
======== ======== ========= ========= =========
Per share information:
Basic
Income (loss) from continuing
operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative
effect of accounting change $ 0.16 $ (0.06) $ 0.21 $ (0.24) $ 0.06
Net income (loss) $ (0.21) $ (0.11) $ 0.25 $ (0.20) $ (0.27)
Weighted average shares 799.4 804.2 805.9 828.4 811.2
Diluted
Income (loss) from continuing
operations before extraordinary
gain and cumulative
effect of accounting change $ 0.15 $ (0.06) $ 0.19 $ (0.24) $ 0.06
Net income (loss) $ (0.19) $ (0.11) $ 0.23 $ (0.20) $ (0.27)
Weighted average shares 877.1 804.2 889.0 828.4 851.7
Common Stock Market Prices:
High 26 7/8 26 3/4 31 3/4 31 3/8
Low 22 1/2 20 23 11/16 26 15/16
</TABLE>
----------
(1) Includes charges of $32.2 million ($20.4 million, after tax or $0.02
per diluted share) comprised of the costs of the investigations into
previously discovered accounting irregularities at the former CUC
business units, including incremental financing costs. Such charges
were partially offset by a credit of $27.5 million ($18.6 million,
after tax of $0.02 per diluted share) associated with changes to the
original estimate of costs to be incurred in connection with the
1997 Unusual Charges.
(2) Includes charges of: (i) $76.4 million ($49.2 million, after tax or
$0.06 per share) comprised of costs associated with the
investigations into previously discovered accounting irregularities
at the former CUC business units, including incremental financing
costs and separation payments, principally to the Company's former
chairman; and (ii) a $50.0 million ($32.2 million, after-tax or
$0.04 per diluted share) non-cash write off of certain equity
investments in interactive membership businesses and impaired
goodwill associated with the National Library of Poetry, a Company
subsidiary.
(3) Includes charges of: (i) $433.5 million ($281.7 million, after tax
or $0.33 per diluted share) for the costs of terminating the
proposed acquisitions of American Bankers and Providian; (ii) $351.0
million ($228.2 million, after tax or $0.27 per diluted share) of
costs associated with an agreement to settle the PRIDES securities
class action suit, and (iii) $12.4 million (9.9 million, after tax
or $0.01 per diluted share) comprised of the costs of the
investigations into previously discovered accounting irregularities
at the former CUC business units, including incremental financing
costs and separation payments. Such charges were partially offset by
a credit of $42.8 million ($27.5 million, after tax or $0.03 per
diluted share) associated with changes to the original estimate of
costs to be incurred in connection with the 1997 Unusual Charges.
(4) Represents gains associated with the sales of Hebdo Mag and CDS (see
Note 5 - Discontinued Operations).
(5) Includes Unusual Charges of $295.4 million primarily associated with
the PHH Merger. Unusual Charges of $278.9 million ($208.4 million,
after-tax or $.24 per diluted share) pertained to continuing
operations and $16.5 million were associated with discontinued
operations.
(6) Includes Unusual Charges in the net amount of $442.6 million
substantially associated with the Cendant Merger and Hebdo Mag
merger. Net Unusual Charges of $425.2 million ($296.3 million,
after-tax or $.34 per diluted share) pertained to continuing
operations and $17.4 million were associated with discontinued
operations.
(7) Represents a non-cash after-tax charge of $0.35 per diluted share to
account for the cumulative effect of a change in accounting,
effective January 1, 1997, related to revenue and expenses
recognition for memberships.
(8) Represents the gain on the sale of Interval, which was sold
coincident to the Cendant Merger in consideration of Federal Trade
Commission anti-trust concerns within the timeshare industry.
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Exh 99.(G)(2)
CENDANT CORPORATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FOOTNOTES
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED
MARCH 31, 1999
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
Index
Page No.
--------
Financial Statements
Consolidated Statements of Income - Three Months Ended
March 31, 1999 and 1998 1
Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998 2
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended
March 31, 1999 and 1998 4
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
March 31,
----------------------
1999 1998
--------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues
Membership and service fees, net $ 1,247.9 $ 1,048.8
Fleet leasing (net of depreciation and interest
costs of $326.4 and $311.6) 18.6 19.9
Other 38.4 51.2
--------- ---------
Net revenues 1,304.9 1,119.9
--------- ---------
Expenses
Operating 432.4 311.6
Marketing and reservation 262.2 264.8
General and administrative 160.6 142.1
Depreciation and amortization 91.0 63.6
Other charges
Termination of proposed acquisition 7.0 --
Investigation-related costs 1.7 --
Merger-related costs and other unusual charges (credits) (1.3) 3.1
Interest, net 48.3 18.9
--------- ---------
Total expenses 1,001.9 804.1
--------- ---------
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and
minority interest 303.0 315.8
Provision for income taxes 106.5 114.6
Minority interest, net of tax 15.1 4.9
--------- ---------
Income from continuing operations 181.4 196.3
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (12.1) (23.4)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax 192.7 --
--------- ---------
Net income $ 362.0 $ 172.9
========= =========
Income (loss) per share
Basic
Income from continuing operations $ 0.23 $ 0.23
Loss from discontinued operations (0.02) (0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations 0.24 --
--------- ---------
Net income $ 0.45 $ 0.21
========= =========
Diluted
Income from continuing operations $ 0.22 $ 0.22
Loss from discontinued operations (0.01) (0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations 0.22 --
--------- ---------
Net income $ 0.43 $ 0.20
========= =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
March 31, December 31,
1999 1998
----------- ------------
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 520.7 $ 1,007.1
Receivables, net 1,600.8 1,490.5
Deferred membership commission costs 252.5 253.0
Deferred income taxes 302.7 460.6
Other current assets 874.5 898.7
Net assets of discontinued operations 61.8 462.5
----------- -----------
Total current assets 3,613.0 4,572.4
----------- -----------
Property and equipment, net 1,399.9 1,420.3
Franchise agreements, net 1,353.4 1,363.2
Goodwill, net 3,874.7 3,911.0
Other intangibles, net 734.2 743.5
Other assets 698.4 679.8
----------- -----------
Total assets exclusive of assets under programs 11,673.6 12,690.2
----------- -----------
Assets under management and mortgage programs
Net investment in leases and leased vehicles 3,873.5 3,801.1
Relocation receivables 620.9 659.1
Mortgage loans held for sale 1,955.6 2,416.0
Mortgage servicing rights 743.5 635.7
----------- -----------
7,193.5 7,511.9
----------- -----------
Total assets $ 18,867.1 $ 20,202.1
=========== ===========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
March 31, December 31,
1999 1998
--------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities $ 1,585.2 $ 1,502.6
Deferred income 1,342.1 1,354.2
--------- ---------
Total current liabilities 2,927.3 2,856.8
--------- ---------
Deferred income 234.7 233.9
Long-term debt 3,357.7 3,362.9
Deferred income taxes 38.2 77.4
Other non-current liabilities 86.4 125.6
--------- ---------
Total liabilities exclusive of liabilities under programs 6,644.3 6,656.6
--------- ---------
Liabilities under management and mortgage programs
Debt 6,327.3 6,896.8
--------- ---------
Deferred income taxes 328.6 341.0
--------- ---------
Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities issued by subsidiary 1,473.5 1,472.1
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value - authorized 10 million shares;
none issued and outstanding -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value - authorized 2 billion shares;
issued 863,046,029 and 860,551,783 shares 8.6 8.6
Additional paid-in capital 3,960.3 3,863.4
Retained earnings 1,842.2 1,480.2
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (120.2) (49.4)
Treasury stock, at cost, 85,302,899 and 27,270,708 shares (1,597.5) (467.2)
--------- ---------
Total shareholders' equity 4,093.4 4,835.6
--------- ---------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $18,867.1 $20,202.1
========= =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
March 31,
--------------------
1999 1998
-------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Operating Activities
Net income $ 362.0 $ 172.9
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities from continuing operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax 12.1 23.4
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax (192.7) --
Depreciation and amortization 91.0 63.6
Payments of merger-related costs and other unusual
charge liabilities (5.4) (97.0)
Other, net (127.9) (147.6)
-------- --------
Net cash provided by continuing operations exclusive of
management and mortgage programs 139.1 15.3
-------- --------
Management and mortgage programs:
Depreciation and amortization 312.4 278.5
Origination of mortgage loans (6,819.0) (4,779.3)
Proceeds on sale and payments from mortgage loans
held for sale 7,279.4 4,619.9
-------- --------
772.8 119.1
-------- --------
Net cash provided by operating activities of
continuing operations 911.9 134.4
-------- --------
Investing Activities
Property and equipment additions (62.6) (58.3)
Investments -- (139.2)
Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and
acquisition-related payments (64.3) (943.2)
Net proceeds from sale of subsidiary 800.0 --
Other, net 41.9 38.8
-------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of continuing
operations exclusive of management and mortgage programs 715.0 (1,101.9)
-------- --------
Management and mortgage programs:
Investment in leases and leased vehicles (560.8) (626.2)
Proceeds from disposal of leases and leased vehicles 132.6 222.0
Proceeds from sales and transfers of leases and leased vehicles
to third parties 44.6 27.3
Equity advances on homes under management (1,461.9) (1,436.8)
Repayment on advances on homes under management 1,501.5 1,564.5
Additions to mortgage servicing rights (183.4) (109.5)
Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights 56.6 39.9
-------- --------
(470.8) (318.8)
-------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of continuing operations 244.2 (1,420.7)
-------- --------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
<PAGE>
Cendant Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
March 31,
------------------------
1999 1998
---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Financing Activities
Principal payments on borrowings $ (9.0) $ (205.1)
Issuance of common stock 29.9 144.2
Purchases of common stock (1,141.7) --
Proceeds from mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities issued by subsidiary, net -- 1,446.7
---------- ----------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
of continuing operations exclusive of management
and mortgage programs (1,120.8) 1,385.8
---------- ----------
Management and mortgage programs:
Proceeds from debt issuance or borrowings 1,830.5 983.8
Principal payments on borrowings (2,101.8) (449.1)
Net change in short-term borrowings (299.1) (340.4)
---------- ----------
(570.4) 194.3
---------- ----------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities of
continuing operations (1,691.2) 1,580.1
---------- ----------
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash
equivalents 22.8 (24.3)
Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations 25.9 (184.6)
---------- ----------
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (486.4) 84.9
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 1,007.1 65.3
---------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 520.7 $ 150.2
========== ==========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
