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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2012.

Registration No. 333-181988

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   6531   20-8050955

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Campus Drive

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(973) 407-2000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Marilyn J. Wasser, Esq.

Realogy Holdings Corp.

One Campus Drive

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(973) 407-2000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Stacy J. Kanter, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

 

Arthur D. Robinson, Esq.

Marisa D. Stavenas, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017-3954

(212) 455-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box:   ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share(2)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(2)

 

Amount of
Registration

Fee(3)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

46,000,000

  $27.00   $1,242,000,000  

$142,334

 

 

(1) Includes 6,000,000 shares which may be sold pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act.
(3) Of this amount, $114,600 has been previously paid.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

40,000,000 Shares

 

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Realogy Holdings Corp.

Common Stock

$         Per Share

 

 

This is Realogy Holdings Corp.’s initial public offering. Realogy Holdings Corp. is selling 40,000,000 shares of its common stock.

Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. will continue to own a majority of the voting power of our outstanding common stock. As a result, we expect to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). See “Principal Stockholders.”

 

 

We expect the public offering price to be between $23.00 and $27.00 per share. Currently, no public market exists for the shares. Our shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the NYSE under the symbol “RLGY”.

 

 

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See “ Risk Factors ” beginning on page 25 to read about certain factors you should consider before buying our common stock.

 

     Per
Share
     Total  

Initial Public Offering Price

   $                    $                

Underwriting Discounts and Commissions

   $                    $                

Proceeds to Us, before Expenses

   $                    $                

We have agreed to allow underwriters to purchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares from us, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of common stock against payment on or about                     , 2012.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.   J.P. Morgan
Barclays   Credit Suisse

 

 

 

Citigroup                     Wells Fargo Securities   BofA Merrill Lynch

 

 

 

Credit Agricole CIB   Comerica Securities   CRT Capital   Houlihan Lokey
Lebenthal & Co., LLC   Loop Capital Markets   Apollo Global Securities

 

 

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2012.


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TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS

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MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECASTS

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

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RISK FACTORS

     25   

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     51   

USE OF PROCEEDS

     53   

CAPITALIZATION

     55   

DILUTION

     58   

DIVIDEND POLICY

     60   

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     61   

SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

     71   

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     75   

BUSINESS

     127   

MANAGEMENT

     153   

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

     188   

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     191   

DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS

     198   

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

     214   

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

     220   

CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK

     222   

UNDERWRITING (CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)

     225   

LEGAL MATTERS

     233   

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

     233   

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     233   

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     F-1   

APPENDIX A

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf that we have referred you to. We and the underwriters have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. If anyone provides you with additional, different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document regardless of its time of delivery or the time of any sales of our common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows may have changed since the date of the applicable document.

Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company” and the “Company” refer to Realogy Holdings Corp., which was previously known as Domus Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Intermediate”), and Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Realogy”). Neither Holdings nor Intermediate conducts any operations other than with respect to its respective direct or indirect ownership of Realogy.


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TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS

We own or have rights to use the trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in conjunction with the operation of our business. Some of the more important trademarks that we own or have rights to use that appear in this prospectus include the CENTURY 21 ® , COLDWELL BANKER ® , ERA ® , THE CORCORAN GROUP ® , COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL ® , SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY ® and BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS ® REAL ESTATE marks, which are registered in the United States and/or registered or pending registration in other jurisdictions, as appropriate to the needs of our relevant business. Each trademark, trade name or service mark of any other company appearing in this prospectus is owned by such company.

MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECASTS

This prospectus includes data, forecasts and information obtained from independent trade associations, industry publications and surveys and other information available to us. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from management’s knowledge of the industry and independent sources. As noted in this prospectus, the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) were the primary sources for third-party industry data and forecasts. While data provided by NAR and Fannie Mae are two indicators of the direction of the residential housing market, we believe that homesale statistics will continue to vary between us and NAR and Fannie Mae because they use survey data in their historical reports and forecasting models whereas we use data based on actual reported results. In addition to the differences in calculation methodologies, there are geographical differences and concentrations in the markets in which we operate versus the national market. For instance, comparability is impaired due to NAR’s utilization of seasonally adjusted annualized rates whereas we report actual period over period changes and NAR’s use of median price for its forecasts compared to our average price. Additionally, NAR data is subject to periodic review and revision. While we believe that the industry data presented herein is derived from the most widely recognized sources for reporting U.S. residential housing market statistical data, we do not endorse or suggest reliance on this data alone.

Forecasts regarding median sales price, volume of homesales, and other metrics included in this prospectus to describe the housing industry are inherently uncertain or speculative in nature and actual results for any period may materially differ. Industry publications and surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but such information may not be accurate or complete. We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. Statements as to our market position are based on market data currently available to us. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding industry data provided herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based upon various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements.” Similarly, we believe our internal research is reliable, even though such research has not been verified by any independent sources.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before making an investment decision to purchase our common stock. All amounts in this prospectus are expressed in U.S. dollars and the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).

Our Company

We are the preeminent and most integrated provider of residential real estate services in the U.S. We are the world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brokerages with some of the most recognized brands in the real estate industry, the largest owner of U.S. residential real estate brokerage offices, the largest U.S. and a leading global provider of outsourced employee relocation services and a significant provider of title and settlement services. Our owned and franchised brokerage businesses are more than two and a half times larger than their nearest competitor and, in 2011, we were involved in approximately 26% of domestic existing homesale transaction volume that involved a real estate brokerage firm. Our revenue is derived on a fee-for-service basis, and given our breadth of complementary service offerings, we are able to generate fees from multiple aspects of a residential real estate transaction. Our operating platform is supported by our portfolio of industry leading franchise brokerage brands, including Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate and we also own and operate the Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats brands. Our multiple brands and operations allow us to derive revenue from many different segments of the residential real estate market, in many different geographies and at varying price points.

We believe that we are experiencing the beginning of a recovery in the residential real estate market. In the first eight months of 2012, on a company-wide basis, our volume of completed homesales (i.e., average homesale price times number of homesale transactions) increased 13% compared to the first eight months of 2011. According to NAR, existing homesale transaction volume (i.e., median homesale price times number of homesale transactions) for August 2012 increased approximately 20% as compared to August 2011. Furthermore, the most recent NAR forecast estimates that the volume of existing homesales will increase 14% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011 and increase a further 14% in 2013 compared to 2012.

We believe that our business is well positioned to benefit from a sustained recovery in the residential real estate market as a result of our scale, market leadership, breadth of complementary service offerings and operations, and the substantial brand equity of our portfolio of brokerage brands. Furthermore, since the downturn in the residential real estate market began, we have implemented a number of actions which we believe have fundamentally improved our operations and enhanced our ability to generate significant growth in our Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow upon a sustained recovery in the residential real estate market. For the period from 2006 through 2011, due to the decline in the residential real estate market, our revenues and related commission expense decreased $2.4 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. Since 2006, we have reduced our operating cost base, which we define as our operating, marketing and general and administrative expenses, which are line items on the face of our statement of operations included elsewhere in this prospectus, by approximately $500 million, of which approximately $200 million of the reduction occurred from 2009 to 2011, primarily through reductions in salaries and related employee expense, occupancy costs and marketing expenses. This has been accomplished by streamlining business units, consolidating offices and increasing the use of online listings distribution, while improving the infrastructure necessary to preserve our best-in-class service and enhancing our ability to capitalize on a recovery in the residential real estate market. While both our revenues and commission expense would be expected to increase in connection with a recovery in the residential real estate market, we believe the reduction in our operating cost base will be largely sustainable, as these cost reductions relate primarily to the decrease in our employee headcount from approximately 15,000 employees at January 1, 2006 to approximately 10,400 employees at December 31, 2011 and the consolidation or closing of 358 brokerage offices

 

 

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(and the related savings from no longer operating such offices) during the same period. These two expense items are not expected to increase as our current office footprint and employee level can efficiently operate at present levels even if we were to experience a significant increase in residential real estate activity. We have continued to invest in our businesses to further strengthen our long-term growth prospects in a recovering housing market, including growing our franchise network through adding brokers to our existing franchise brands, adding a new franchise brokerage brand, Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate, recruiting sales associates and completing several strategic acquisitions.

Upon completion of this offering and using the net proceeds therefrom to reduce indebtedness as described in “Use of Proceeds” and the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes (as defined below) substantially concurrently with the closing of the offering as described below, our outstanding indebtedness (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012) will be reduced by approximately $2.8 billion, or 38%, and our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million (including the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. Our reduced interest expense, combined with our modest capital expenditure requirements and the substantial reduction of future cash taxes from the anticipated utilization of approximately $2.1 billion of net operating loss carry forwards as of December 31, 2011, positions us to generate significant free cash flow upon a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Although we do not have any significant debt maturities until 2016, it is our primary objective to use a substantial portion of future free cash flow generation to further reduce our outstanding indebtedness.

Segment Overview

We report our operations in four segments, each of which receives fees based upon services performed for our customers: Real Estate Franchise Services (known as Realogy Franchise Group or RFG), Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (known as NRT), Relocation Services (known as Cartus) and Title and Settlement Services (known as Title Resource Group or TRG). See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements, including the notes thereto, included elsewhere in this prospectus for further information on our reportable segments.

Real Estate Franchise Services (61% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We are the largest franchisor of residential real estate brokerages in the world through our portfolio of well known brokerage brands, including Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , Coldwell Banker Commercial ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate. We derive substantially all of our real estate franchising revenues from royalty fees received under long-term (typically ten year) franchise agreements with our franchisees. The royalty fee is based on a percentage of the franchisees’ sales commission earned from real estate transactions, which we refer to as gross commission income. Our franchisees pay us fees for the right to operate under one of our trademarks and to enjoy the benefits of the systems and business-enhancing tools provided by our real estate franchise operations. These fees provide us with recurring franchise revenue streams at high operating margins. In addition to highly competitive brands that provide unique offerings to our franchisees, we support our franchisees with dedicated national marketing and servicing programs, technology, training and education to facilitate our franchisees in growing their business and increasing their revenue and profitability. We believe that one of our strengths is the strong relationships that we have with our franchisees, as evidenced by our 97% retention rate of gross commission income in our franchise system through June 30, 2012. At June 30, 2012, our real estate franchise system had approximately 13,500 offices worldwide in 103 countries and territories, including approximately 6,100 brokerage offices and approximately 238,500 independent sales associates (which included approximately 41,500 independent sales agents working with our company owned brokerage offices) operating under our franchise and proprietary brands in the U.S., with an average tenure among U.S. franchisees of approximately 19 years as of June 30, 2012.

 

 

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Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (11% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We own and operate the largest residential real estate brokerage business in the U.S. under the Coldwell Banker ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , ERA ® , Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats brand names. We offer full-service residential brokerage services through approximately 720 company owned brokerage offices in more than 35 of the largest metropolitan areas of the U.S. As a result of our attractive geographic positioning, the average sales price of an NRT transaction is approximately twice the national average. NRT, as the broker for a home buyer or seller, derives revenues primarily from gross commission income received at the closing of real estate transactions. We also operate a large independent real estate owned (“REO”) residential asset manager, which assists our clients in selling bank-owned properties. In addition, our home mortgage joint venture with PHH Corporation (“PHH”) is the exclusive recommended provider of mortgages for our real estate brokerage and relocation service customers (unless exclusivity is waived by PHH). We also assist landlords and tenants through property management services.

Relocation Services (22% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We are a leading global provider of outsourced employee relocation services. We are the largest provider of such services in the U.S. and also operate in key international relocation destinations. We offer a broad range of world-class employee relocation services designed to manage all aspects of an employee’s move to facilitate a smooth transition in what otherwise may be a complex and difficult process for the employee and employer. Our relocation services business serves corporations, including over 64% of the Fortune 50 companies, as well as affinity organizations such as insurance companies and credit unions that provide our services to their members. In 2011, we assisted in over 153,000 relocations in more than 165 countries for approximately 1,500 active clients and as of June 30, 2012, our top 25 relocation clients had an average tenure of 17 years with us.

Title and Settlement Services (6% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We assist with the closing of real estate transactions by providing full-service title and settlement (i.e., closing and escrow) services to customers, real estate companies, including our company owned real estate brokerage and relocation services businesses, as well as a targeted channel of large financial institution clients, including PHH. In 2011, TRG was involved in the closing of approximately 156,000 transactions of which approximately 56,000 related to NRT. In addition to our own title and settlement services, we also coordinate a nationwide network of attorneys, title agents and notaries to service financial institution clients on a national basis. We also serve as an underwriter of title insurance policies in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions. Our average claims rate in the past three years in title underwriting of 1.5% is well below the industry average of 7% for the same period.

Our Complementary Businesses Build Value for Each Other

Our four complementary businesses and mortgage joint venture work together to form our “value circle,” allowing us to generate revenue at various points in a residential real estate transaction, as illustrated in the diagram below. Unlike other industry participants who offer only one or two services, we can offer homeowners, our franchisees and our corporate and affinity clients ready access to numerous associated services that facilitate and simplify the home purchase and sale process. These services provide further revenue opportunities for our owned businesses and those of our franchisees. All four of our businesses and our mortgage joint venture can derive revenue from the same real estate transaction. An example is when a relocation services business client engages us to relocate an employee, who then hires a real estate agent affiliated with one of our franchisees or company owned real estate brokerages to assist the employee in listing his or her residence in the departure city, buying a home in the destination city, uses our local title agent for title insurance and settlement services and obtains a mortgage through our mortgage venture with PHH. See “Business—Our Brands” for a discussion of key drivers relating to our business.

 

 

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Industry Trends

Industry definition : We primarily operate in the U.S. residential real estate industry, which, according to NAR, is an approximately $990 billion industry based on 2011 transaction volume (i.e. average homesale price times the number of new and existing homesale transactions), as compared to $2.1 trillion in 2006, and derive the majority of our revenues from serving the needs of buyers and sellers of existing homes rather than those of new homes. Residential real estate brokerage companies typically realize revenues in the form of a commission that is based on a percentage of the price of each home sold and/or a flat fee. As a result, the real estate industry generally benefits from rising home prices and increased volume of homesales (and conversely is adversely impacted by falling prices and decreased volume of homesales). We believe that existing home transactions and the services associated with these transactions, such as mortgage origination, title services and relocation services, represent the most attractive segment of the residential real estate industry for the following reasons: (i) the existing homesales segment represents a significantly larger addressable market than new homesales, (ii) existing homesales afford us the opportunity to represent either the buyer or the seller and in some cases both the buyer and the seller and (iii) we are able to generate revenues from ancillary services provided to our customers.

We also believe that the traditional broker-assisted business model compares favorably to alternative channels of the residential brokerage industry, such as discount brokers and “for sale by owner” (“FSBO”). According to NAR, FSBO transactions, including services from Internet-based providers, declined to 13% of

 

 

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existing homesales in 2011 from 21% in 2001. We are confident that consumers will continue to choose to use the broker-assisted model for residential real estate transactions because (i) the average transaction size is very high and generally the largest transaction one does in a lifetime; (ii) transactions occur infrequently; (iii) there is a high variance in price, depending on neighborhood, floor plan, architecture, fixtures, and outdoor space; (iv) there is a compelling need for personal service as home preferences are unique to each buyer; and (v) a high level of support is required given the complexity associated with the process. Underscoring the value of the traditional brokerage model, after declining modestly during the height of the residential real estate market to 2.47% per transaction side, the average broker commission rate earned by our franchisees and our owned operations has held steady at 2.53% over the past three years.

Cyclical nature of industry : The existing homesale real estate industry is cyclical in nature and has historically shown strong growth though it has been in a significant and lengthy downturn since the second half of 2005, which has had a material adverse effect on our results of operations, after having experienced significant growth between 2000 and 2005. Based upon data published by NAR, from 2005 to 2011, annual U.S. existing homesale units declined by 40% from 7.1 million to 4.3 million and the median homesale price declined by 24% from a median price of $219,600 to $166,100, resulting in a total transaction volume decline of 54%.

We believe that the 2012 year-to-date improvement in the residential real estate market may be reflective of a sustainable market recovery driven by lower interest rates, fewer foreclosures, high affordability of home ownership, and satisfying demand that has built up during a period of economic uncertainty. The inventory supply is returning to a more typical level and acting as a stabilizing force on home prices. In addition, as rental prices have recently continued to rise, the cost of owning a home is now lower than the rental of a comparable property in the vast majority of U.S. metropolitan areas.

As of their most recent releases, Fannie Mae and NAR are forecasting an 8% and 9% increase in existing homesale transactions for 2012 compared to 2011, respectively. With respect to homesale prices, NAR’s most recent release is forecasting median homesale prices for 2012 to increase 5% compared to 2011. Fannie Mae’s most recent forecast shows a 2% increase in median homesale price for 2012 compared to 2011. For 2013, NAR is forecasting an 8% increase in homesales to 5.0 million units compared to 2012, although it noted in its May 2012 release that the number of homesales could rise to as many as 5.3 million units, or a 14% increase compared to 2012, assuming a return to more normal mortgage lending standards. NAR also is forecasting a 5% increase in median existing homesale prices in 2013 compared to 2012.

Although there have been concerns about significant “shadow inventory” (i.e., properties where the homeowner is seriously delinquent in meeting its mortgage obligations or where the property is in some stage of foreclosure or already a REO), we do not believe that this will have a significant impact on our business, as the concentration of the shadow inventory is limited to a few regions of the country and the potential increase in unit sales activity should offset in whole or in part the adverse impact on home prices in these regions. Furthermore, according to NAR, the percentage of distressed properties has declined from 31% of sales in August 2011 to 22% of sales in August 2012, and institutions holding distressed mortgages have increasingly shifted activity away from REOs and focused on short sales, which are less disruptive to the market.

Favorable long-term demand dynamics : We believe that long-term demand for housing and the growth of our industry is primarily driven by affordability, the economic health of the domestic economy, positive demographic trends such as population growth, increases in the number of U.S. households, low interest rates, increases in renters that qualify as homebuyers and locally based economic factors such as demand relative to supply. We believe that the residential real estate market will benefit over the long term from expected positive fundamentals, including the following factors:

 

   

based on U.S. Census data and NAR, from 1991 through 2011, the average number of existing homesale transactions as a percentage of U.S. households was approximately 4.5%, compared to an average of approximately 3.7% from 2007 through 2011. During the same period, the number of U.S.

 

 

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households grew from 94 million in 1991 to 119 million in 2011, increasing at a 1% CAGR. We believe that as the U.S. economy stabilizes, the number of existing homesale transactions as a percentage of U.S. households will progress to the 4.5% mean level and the number of annual existing homesale transactions will increase;

 

   

according to the 2011 State of the Nation’s Housing Report compiled by the Joint Center for Housing Studies (“JCHS”), the number of U.S. households is projected to grow by an average of 1.2 million annually from 2010 to 2020. Assuming this annual household formation and given the lack of new home building activity over the past several years, we would expect both home sale price and volume to exhibit strong growth over the long term;

 

   

aging echo boomers (i.e., children born to baby boomers) are expected to drive much of the next U.S. household growth;

 

   

we believe that as baby boomers age, a portion are likely to purchase smaller homes or purchase retirement homes thereby increasing homesale activity; and

 

   

according to NAR, the number of renters that qualify to buy a median priced home increased from 9 million in 2005 to 19 million in 2011.

See “Business—Industry Trends” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further discussion of our industry.

Our Strengths

We believe that our scale, market leadership, breadth of complementary servicing offerings and operations, and the substantial brand equity of our portfolio of brokerage brands, coupled with our efficient shared back office operations are distinguishing factors in our industry and provide us with various competitive advantages. These strengths include the following:

The market leader in residential real estate services. We believe that we are the preeminent provider of residential real estate services with a strong market presence in each of our business units. For instance:

 

   

in 2011, we were involved, either through our franchise operations or company owned brokerage offices, in approximately 26% of all existing domestic homesale transaction volume that involved a real estate brokerage firm;

 

   

our franchise real estate brokerage business is more than two and a half times larger than our nearest competitor when measured by the number of independent sales associates;

 

   

our owned real estate brokerage business generates approximately three and a half times the sales volume of our nearest domestic competitor;

 

   

our relocation services business is nearly double that of our nearest competitor when measured by the volume of relocated employees in 2011; and

 

   

our title and settlement services business continues to strengthen through continued participation in NRT transactions, expansion of services provided to third party mortgage originators and growth in title underwriting.

World class portfolio of real estate brands serving all market segments. We are the only major residential real estate services provider to successfully manage multiple, locally competing real estate brands on both a national and international basis. Our brands are among the most well known and established real estate brokerage brands in the world. The strong image and familiarity of our brands attract potential real estate buyers and sellers to seek out brokers affiliated with our brands. We believe that brand recognition is important in the real estate

 

 

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business because home buyers and sellers are generally infrequent users of brokerage services and typically rely on reputation and market prominence as well as word-of-mouth recommendations. In addition, we believe that brand recognition contributes significantly to the retention of independent sales associates, as evidenced by the retention of the production of approximately 94% of our first and second quartile of sales associates at NRT through June 30, 2012, as well as the retention of our franchisees, as evidenced by our franchisee retention rate of 97% of gross commission income in our franchise system through June 30, 2012. Our broad array of brands and operations allows us to derive revenue from many different segments of the residential real estate market, in many different geographies and at varying price points. For example, our Sotheby’s brand serves the high-end market and its global brand recognition is fueling its strong international growth, while our Century 21 ® brand serves all market segments in the U.S. and internationally as one of the most recognizable names in real estate.

Attractive business model with recurring revenue base . We believe that our established role as an intermediary in the home sale process and our integrated fee-for-services platform creates a strong business model with recurring revenue streams. Our real estate franchise operations have a recurring franchisee revenue base, generate high profit margins and require relatively modest capital investment. We also realize significant economies of scale by servicing multiple brands with a single shared service organization that provides, among other services, accounting, collection and technology platforms that benefit all our brands. We believe that our business model positions us well to take advantage of the continually-evolving housing needs of individuals across the demographic spectrum, providing a certain level of recurring revenue.

Revenue enhancing “value circle” among our complementary businesses. We believe that our four complementary businesses and mortgage joint venture uniquely position us to generate revenue growth opportunities from the multiple components of a residential real estate transaction, with each service generating the potential for revenues in ancillary services offered by other business units. We believe that our strong, long-term relationships with our franchisees, the broad range of our real estate and relocation services and our ability to capture incremental business opportunities through cross-selling many of our related products and services provide us with significant market place advantages and incremental revenue generation opportunities.

Well-positioned for a residential real estate market recovery. Since 2005, we have instituted a number of actions that we believe more favorably position our business, relative to prior residential real estate market cycles, to take advantage of a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Although the unfavorable conditions in the real estate market have resulted in significant operating losses over the last several years, we have reduced our operating cost base by approximately $500 million since 2006, of which approximately $200 million of the reduction occurred from 2009 to 2011. We believe that we will be able to maintain a significant majority of those savings as the residential housing market recovers. Furthermore, we have continued to invest in our business to drive future growth opportunities. For example, in 2008 we launched the Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brokerage brand to expand market penetration opportunities. At RFG, we have continued to enlarge our franchise network footprint by adding a significant number of new franchisees and at NRT we have continued to add to our sales associate base by recruiting productive new sales associates and strategically acquiring brokerage firms. In addition, we expanded the Cartus global footprint through the acquisition of Primacy Relocation LLC (“Primacy”) in 2010. Our historically strong performance at higher residential real estate activity levels, combined with the investments we have made in our business and the cost-saving actions we have taken, position us to take advantage of a sustained residential real estate market recovery.

Attractive cash flow generation characteristics. Upon completion of this offering and related transactions, we expect to reduce our annualized interest expense by approximately $330 million assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012, which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. We believe this reduction in our interest expense, combined with our profitability improvement with a residential real estate market recovery, modest capital expenditure requirements and the substantial reduction of future cash taxes from the anticipated utilization of

 

 

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our significant net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2011, will position us to be able to generate significant free cash flow with a residential real estate market recovery. The cash tax benefit from our net operating losses (“NOLs”) is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Accordingly, we may be unable to earn enough taxable income in order to fully utilize our current NOLs.

Industry leading management team. Our executive officers have extensive experience in the real estate industry, which we believe is an essential component to our future growth. Our senior executive management team combines a deep knowledge of the real estate markets and an understanding of industry trends. We believe that our depth of experience in these areas has enabled us to effectively manage through the economic downturn despite our significant operating losses during such time, adapt to technological advances, operate more effectively, and remain a preeminent provider of real estate and relocation services in the U.S.

Our Strategies

We intend to pursue the following key elements of our business strategy in order to continue to grow and strengthen the Company:

Capitalize on a residential real estate market recovery. Since 2005, we have undertaken significant efforts to streamline our businesses, expand our operational footprint and invest in our business which we believe positions us well to capitalize on a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Notwithstanding the fact that we incurred net losses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily due to our high interest expense obligations combined with the downturn in the residential real estate market, we believe that our business model will allow us to achieve incremental EBITDA driven by macroeconomic improvements to the overall residential real estate market and/or due to actions taken by management to improve our market position through organic gains or strategic acquisitions. For example, in 2011, EBITDA at NRT and RFG combined would have increased by approximately $11 million (assuming all other variables remain constant) with every 1% increase in either our homesale sides or average selling price. In addition, EBITDA at Cartus and TRG will also benefit from a recovering residential real estate market and overall economy. We believe that our ability to capitalize on a residential real estate market recovery, together with our anticipated reduction of indebtedness and interest expense in connection with this offering and related transactions, will result in a significant improvement in our net equity which was a deficit of approximately $1.7 billion as of June 30, 2012. After giving effect to the offering and related transactions, our total equity would have been approximately $1.0 billion as of June 30, 2012.

Continue to utilize our technology platform to add value and differentiate our services. We believe that we effectively use innovative technology to attract more customers, enhance sales associates’ productivity and improve our profitability. We intend to continue to identify, acquire, develop, and market new technologies and tools that are designed to further solidify our market position, expand our customer base, convert Internet leads into revenue generating opportunities, be more responsive to our customers’ needs and help our independent sales associates to become more efficient and successful. We continue to expand our technological platform to effectively leverage technologies across our franchised and proprietary brands and differentiate our business from new entrants in the real estate market. This technological platform allows us to continue to strengthen ties and maximize connectivity with our independent sales associates, franchisees, corporate customers and home buyers.

Ongoing focus on growth opportunities. We continue to focus on the growth of our businesses, and believe that each of our segments is well-positioned to take advantage of unique growth opportunities.

 

   

Real Estate Franchise Services . We intend to grow our real estate franchise business by selling new franchises and helping current franchisees recruit productive sales associates and grow their businesses. We believe we have significant incremental franchise sales opportunities with real estate brokers that

 

 

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are unaffiliated with a real estate brand, currently estimated to represent 55% of brokers, as well as real estate brokers that are affiliated with competing brands. We believe our franchise sales force can effectively market our franchise systems to these brokerages by leveraging our brand names, technologies, sales, marketing and educational support systems, and prospective participation in the Cartus Broker Network, which is a network of real estate brokers consisting of our company owned brokerage operations, select franchisees and independent real estate brokers who have been approved to become members. We also intend to continue to expand our international presence through the sale of international master franchises (with the right to subfranchise), which has been our primary method of international expansion at RFG in 103 countries and territories, and, with some of our brands, direct franchise sales.

 

   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services . We intend to continue to recruit, acquire and develop effective independent sales associates who can successfully engage and promote transactions from new and existing clients, which we believe will increase NRT’s profit margins due in part to our ability to incorporate new sales associates into our existing infrastructure. We also intend to continue to optimize our office footprint by opportunistically consolidating offices, rationalizing office size and reducing lease expense where appropriate in order to enhance overall profitability.

 

   

Relocation Services . We intend to continue to expand our relocation services business domestically and globally through a combination of adding new clients, providing additional services to existing clients and providing new product offerings. In 2011, we signed 124 new clients and expanded services provided to 300 existing clients. Our pipeline of client prospects for 2012 is robust. We also intend to grow our affinity services business, which provide our services to organizations such as insurance companies and credit unions that have established members.

 

   

Title and Settlement Services . We intend to grow our title and settlement services business by recruiting title and escrow sales associates in existing markets and by completing acquisitions to expand our geographic footprint or complement existing operations. We also intend to continue to increase our capture rate of title business from our NRT homesale sides. During 2011, approximately 38% of the customers of our company owned brokerage offices where we offer title coverage also utilized our title and settlement services. In addition, we expect to continue to grow and diversify our lender channel and our title underwriting businesses by expanding and adding clients and increasing our agent base, respectively.

Utilize Cash Flow from Operations to further reduce indebtedness. Although we do not have any significant corporate debt maturities until 2016, with the positive cash flow we expect to generate from improved profitability as a result of the continuation of the residential real estate market recovery, our low capital expenditure requirements, low cash income taxes as a result of the anticipated utilization of our significant net operating loss position of $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2011 and the reduction in our annual interest expense following this offering, it is our primary objective to use a substantial portion of the cash flow generated from our business to further reduce our outstanding indebtedness in the future. The cash tax benefit from our NOLs is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Accordingly, we may be unable to earn enough taxable income in order to fully utilize our current NOLs.

Risks Relating to Our Business and This Offering

Participating in this offering involves substantial risk. Our ability to execute our strategy also is subject to certain risks. The risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” immediately following this summary may cause us not to realize the full benefits of our strengths or may cause us to be unable to successfully execute all or part of our strategy. Some of the more significant challenges and risks include the following:

 

   

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changes in the economy or our industry, or incur additional borrowings under our existing facilities, and we have historically needed to incur additional debt in order to fund negative cash flow;

 

   

the residential real estate market is cyclical and we have been, and will continue to be, negatively impacted by downturns in this market;

 

   

seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage and relocation businesses could adversely affect our business;

 

   

a prolonged decline or lack of sustained growth in the number of homesales and/or prices would adversely affect our revenues and profitability;

 

   

diverse macroeconomic developments could slow or impair a housing recovery and if the residential real estate market or the economy as a whole does not improve, we may experience material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to access capital and grow our business;

 

   

competition in the residential real estate and relocation business is intense and may adversely affect our financial performance;

 

   

several of our businesses are highly regulated and any failure to comply with such regulations or any changes in such regulations could adversely affect our business; and

 

   

investors in this offering will suffer immediate and substantial dilution, including as a result of conversions of the Convertible Notes by the holders thereof.

Before you participate in this offering, you should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus, including matters set forth under the heading “Risk Factors.”

Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes

In order to facilitate the successful completion of this offering, we have entered into letter agreements (the “Significant Holders letter agreements”) with certain holders of our Convertible Notes, including Apollo (as defined below), Paulson & Co. Inc., on behalf of the several investment funds and accounts managed by it (together with such investment funds and accounts, “Paulson”), York Capital Management, Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC (on behalf of the several investment funds and accounts managed by it) and Western Asset Management Company, as investment manager on behalf of certain of its investment funds and separately managed accounts, whom we collectively refer to herein as the “Significant Holders.” As of September 4, 2012, the Significant Holders together held approximately $1.903 billion of the total approximately $2.110 billion aggregate principal amount of our Convertible Notes. Pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements, in consideration for such Significant Holders agreeing (1) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of such Significant Holders letter agreement (unless the transferee agrees to assume the restrictions on transfer and lock-up obligations contained in such agreement), (2) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters for this offering (covering all shares of common stock that each such Significant Holder owns) for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement, and (3) to convert all of their respective Convertible Notes, including any Convertible Notes acquired after the date of the Significant Holders letter agreements, substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering, each such Significant Holder will receive (a) 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of such Significant Holder’s Convertible Notes as of the date of conversion (the “New Share Issuance”) and (b) a cash payment equal to $55.00 for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes converted, or approximately $105 million in the aggregate (a portion of which will be attributable to accrued interest on the Convertible Notes from April 15, 2012 to the closing date of this offering). The Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012. The amount of the cash payment to be paid to the Significant Holders is equal to the

 

 

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accrued and unpaid interest that the Significant Holders would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes. In addition, Apollo and Paulson have agreed to allow us to suspend our existing resale registration statement relating to the Convertible Notes and the underlying shares of common stock, provided that the resale registration statement is reinstated on the expiration of the lock-up period provided for in their lock-up agreement with the underwriters for this offering. The obligations of the Significant Holders to convert their Convertible Notes are subject to certain conditions, including that the closing of this offering shall have occurred or shall be occurring simultaneously with the conversion. Each Significant Holders letter agreement will automatically terminate upon the earlier of (1) the New Share Issuance (although the Significant Holders will continue to be bound by their lock-up agreements with the underwriters) or (2) December 26, 2012, if an underwriting agreement in connection with this offering has not been executed on or prior to such date.

We have also entered into letter agreements (the “Other Holders letter agreements” and, together with the Significant Holders letter agreements, the “letter agreements”) with other eligible holders of our Convertible Notes, whom we refer to herein as the “Other Holders,” which, as of September 4, 2012, together held approximately $127 million aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes, which provide that in consideration for agreeing with us (1) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of the Other Holders letter agreement (unless the transferee agrees to assume the restrictions on transfer and lock-up obligations contained in such agreement) and (2) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters of this offering (covering all shares of common stock that each such Other Holder owns) for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement, each such Other Holder will receive 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of such Other Holder’s Convertible Notes. The Other Holders are under no obligation to convert their Convertible Notes but are not entitled to receive the additional shares of common stock except in the event of conversion of their Convertible Notes. Each Other Holders letter agreement will automatically terminate upon the earlier of (1) the date on which the Other Holder no longer holds Convertible Notes (although such Other Holder will continue to be bound by its lock-up agreement with the underwriters of this offering to the extent all or a portion of its Convertible Notes have been converted) or (2) December 26, 2012, if an underwriting agreement in connection with this offering has not been executed on or prior to such date.

Pursuant to the letter agreements:

 

   

the Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of their approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes into shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering and all of their shares will be subject to lock-up agreements for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus (subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreements), including all of the shares issued to them pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements; and

 

   

the Other Holders, which, as of September 4, 2012, held approximately $127 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, will be subject to lock-up agreements for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus (subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreements), which will cover any shares they receive upon conversion of their Convertible Notes and pursuant to the Other Holders letter agreements.

Assuming the conversion of all of the Convertible Notes into shares of common stock, approximately 97% of our outstanding shares of common stock (excluding the shares issued in this offering) will be subject to lock-up agreements for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus (subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreements). See “Shares Eligible For Future Sale.”

 

 

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Concurrently with the closing of this offering, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes, we intend to issue a redemption notice to holders of approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, which include the Other Holders, to redeem on the 31st day following the date of such notice any remaining Convertible Notes that have not been surrendered to us for conversion prior to such date, at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We are required to make an interest payment with respect to such Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012 which is prior to the anticipated redemption date for the Convertible Notes. As a result, we expect that the Other Holders who, as noted above, held approximately $127 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes as of September 4, 2012, will receive the interest payment due on October 15, 2012 prior to converting their Convertible Notes, assuming they elect to so convert. Holders of the Convertible Notes other than the Significant Holders and the Other Holders, representing approximately $80 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, may elect to convert their respective Convertible Notes at any time prior to the redemption date for the Convertible Notes and such holders will receive the interest payment due on October 15, 2012, to the extent that they have not elected to convert their Convertible Notes prior to such date. However, such other holders will not be entitled to receive 0.125 shares for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of their respective Convertible Notes and will not be subject to any lock-up agreements. For every 100 shares of common stock issued upon the conversion of Convertible Notes by the Other Holders, an additional 12.5 shares of common stock will be issued pursuant to the Other Holders letter agreements. The Significant Holders will receive an aggregate of 73,006,178 shares of common stock upon conversion of their Convertible Notes and 9,125,776 shares of common stock pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements.

Principal Stockholders

Our principal stockholders are investment funds affiliated with or managed by Apollo Management VI, L.P. or one of its affiliates (together with Apollo Global Management, LLC and its subsidiaries, “Apollo”). Founded in 1990, Apollo is one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers, with total assets under management of approximately $105 billion as of June 30, 2012, and a team of over 600 employees located in ten offices around the world. See “Principal Stockholders.”

Our headquarters are located at One Campus Drive, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054. We have entered into a lease for new corporate headquarters at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey and expect to take occupancy of the new headquarters in early 2013. Our general telephone number is (973) 407-2000. We were incorporated on December 14, 2006 in the State of Delaware. We maintain an Internet website at http://www.realogy.com. Our website address is provided as an inactive textual reference. The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference herein or otherwise a part of this prospectus.

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As used in this prospectus, “this offering and related transactions” refers, collectively, to (i) the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes into 73,006,178 shares of common stock by the Significant Holders, including by Apollo and Paulson, (ii) the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock to the Significant Holders and the cash payment of approximately $105 million pursuant to the letter agreements described above under “—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes,” (iii) the offering of our common stock hereby and the use of net proceeds therefrom to repay certain outstanding indebtedness described herein, (iv) the reverse stock split that we effected prior to the date hereof whereby holders of our outstanding shares of common stock received 1 share for every 25 shares of common stock held by them and (v) the statutory conversions of Intermediate and Realogy into Delaware limited liability companies.

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issued on the closing date of this offering and thereafter. Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes the conversion of all of the shares of Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation following the completion of this offering, we will only have one class of common stock.

As used in this prospectus, the term “Existing Notes” refers, collectively, to the 10.50% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “10.50% Senior Notes”), the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2014 (the “Senior Toggle Notes”) and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes”) issued on April 10, 2007. The term “Extended Maturity Notes” refers collectively to the 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “11.50% Senior Notes”), the 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “12.00% Senior Notes” and, together with the 11.50% Senior Notes, the “Senior Cash Notes”) and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes”) issued on January 5, 2011. The term “Senior Notes” refers collectively to the 10.50% Senior Notes, the Senior Toggle Notes, the 11.50% Senior Notes and the 12.00% Senior Notes. The term “Convertible Notes” refers collectively to the 11.00% Series A Convertible Notes due 2018, the 11.00% Series B Convertible Notes due 2018 and the 11.00% Series C Convertible Notes due 2018, issued on January 5, 2011. The term “Unsecured Notes” refers, collectively, to the Existing Notes, the Extended Maturity Notes and the Convertible Notes. The term “Senior Subordinated Notes” refers, collectively, to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes. The term “Existing First and a Half Lien Notes” refers to the 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 issued on February 3, 2011. The term “New First and a Half Lien Notes” refers to the 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 issued on February 2, 2012. The term “First and a Half Lien Notes” refers, collectively, to the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes. The term “First Lien Notes” refers to the 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 issued on February 2, 2012.

 

 

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SUMMARY HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents our summary historical consolidated financial data and operating statistics. The consolidated statement of operations data and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The consolidated statement of operations data and cash flow data for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2012 have been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The condensed consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

The summary historical consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with the sections of this prospectus entitled “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information” and “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data” and our financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any future period.

 

(In millions, except per share data)   Pro Forma
As Adjusted  (3)(4)

For the Six
Months Ended
June 30,
    As of and
For the Six
Months Ended

June 30,
    As of and
For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
    2012         2012             2011         2011     2010     2009  

Statement of Operations Data:

           

Net revenue

  $ 2,184      $ 2,184      $ 2,010      $ 4,093      $ 4,090      $ 3,932   

Total expenses

    2,244        2,410        2,270        4,526        4,084        4,266   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    (60     (226     (260     (433     6        (334

Income tax expense (benefit)

    15        15        2        32        133        (50

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

    (25     (25     (4     (26     (30     (24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

    (50     (216     (258     (439     (97     (260

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (1     (1     (1     (2     (2     (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

  $ (51   $ (217   $ (259   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic loss per share

    $ (27.07   $ (32.31   $ (55.01   $ (12.35   $ (32.71

Diluted loss per share

      (27.07     (32.31     (55.01     (12.35     (32.71

Other Data:

           

Interest expense, net (1)

  $ 181      $ 346      $ 340      $ 666      $ 604      $ 583   

Depreciation and amortization

      89        93        186        197        194   

Loss (gain) on the early extinguishment of debt

      6        36        36        —          (75

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

      (93     (194     (192     (118     341   

Net cash used in investing activities

      (30     (24     (49     (70     (47

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

      118        179        192        124        (479

Adjusted EBITDA (2)

    $ 274      $ 240      $ 571      $ 633      $ 619   

Senior secured leverage ratio for the trailing twelve month period (2)

      4.08x          4.44x        4.59x        4.66x   

 

 

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     As of June 30, 2012  
     Actual     Pro Forma  (3)      Pro Forma, As
Adjusted (4)
 

Balance Sheet Data:

       

Cash and cash equivalents (5)

   $ 138      $ 138       $ 49   

Securitization assets (6)

     393        393         393   

Total assets

     7,362        7,356         7,263   

Securitization obligations

     267        267         267   

Long-term debt, including short-term portion

     7,335        5,432         4,562   

Equity (deficit) (7)

   $ (1,712   $ 185       $ 1,040   

 

(1) Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, our annualized interest expense (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012) will decline by approximately $330 million (including the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012.
(2) We define “EBITDA” as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, net (other than relocation services interest for securitization assets and securitization obligations) and income taxes. We believe EBITDA facilitates company-to-company operating performance comparisons by backing out potential differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting net interest expense), taxation, the age and book depreciation of facilities (affecting relative depreciation expense) and the amortization of intangibles, which may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to operating performance. We further believe that EBITDA is frequently used by investors, securities analysts and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies, many of which present an EBITDA measure when reporting their results.

“Adjusted EBITDA” calculated for a twelve-month period corresponds to the definition of “EBITDA,” calculated on a “pro forma basis,” used in our senior secured credit facility to calculate the senior secured leverage ratio. Adjusted EBITDA includes adjustments to EBITDA for merger costs, restructuring costs, former parent legacy cost (benefit) items, net, gain (loss) on the early extinguishment of debt, pro forma cost savings, the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives and the pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees, in each case calculated as of the beginning of the twelve-month period. Adjusted EBITDA calculated for a quarterly period adjusts for the same items as for a twelve-month period, except that the pro forma effect of cost savings, business optimizations and acquisitions and new franchisees are calculated as of the beginning of the quarterly period instead of the twelve-month period. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental measures of performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with GAAP and may be calculated differently by other companies, including other companies in our industry, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute to any GAAP measures and should be assessed alongside other performance measures, including operating income, net income and our other GAAP results. For further discussion of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

 

 

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The unaudited financial data for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 have been derived by adding the financial data for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 to the financial data for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and subtracting the financial data for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Set forth in the table below is (i) a reconciliation of net loss attributable to Realogy to Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and (ii) a reconciliation of net loss attributable to Realogy to Adjusted EBITDA as calculated in accordance with the senior secured credit facility and presented in certificates delivered to the lenders under the senior secured credit facility for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009:

    For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
    For the Twelve Months Ended  
        2012             2011         June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Net loss attributable to Realogy

  $ (217   $ (259   $ (399   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262

Income tax expense (benefit)

    15        2        45        32        133        (50
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

    (202     (257     (354     (409     34        (312

Interest expense (income), net

    346        340        672        666        604        583   

Depreciation and amortization

    89        93        182        186        197        194   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

    233        176        500        443        835        465   

Merger costs, restructuring costs and former parent legacy costs (benefit), net (a)

    2        (9     8        (3     (301     37   

Loss (gain) on the early extinguishment of debt

    6        36        6        36        —          (75

Pro forma cost savings for restructuring initiatives (b)

    2        3        8        11        20        33   

Pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives (c)

    21        22        48        52        49        38   

Non-cash charges (d)

    (4     (1     —          4        (4     34   

Non-recurring fair value adjustments for purchase accounting (e)

    2        2        4        4        4        5   

Pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees  (f)

    2        2        7        7        13        5   

Apollo management fees (g)

    8        8        15        15        15        15   

Proceeds from WEX contingent asset  (h)

    —          —          —          —          —          55   

Incremental securitization interest costs (i)

    2        1        3        2        2        3   

Expenses incurred in debt modification activities (j)

    —          —          —          —          —          4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 274      $ 240      $ 599      $ 571      $ 633      $ 619   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total senior secured net debt (k)

      $ 2,445      $ 2,536      $ 2,905      $ 2,886   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior secured leverage ratio

        4.08x        4.44x        4.59x        4.66x   

 

  (a) Consists of:

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
    For the Twelve Months Ended  
         2012             2011         June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Restructuring costs

   $ 5      $ 5      $ 11      $ 11      $ 21      $ 70   

Merger costs

     —          —          1        1        1        1   

Former parent legacy benefits

     (3     (14     (4     (15     (323     (34
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 2      $ (9   $ 8      $ (3   $ (301   $ 37   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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  (b) Represents actual costs incurred that are not expected to recur in subsequent periods due to restructuring activities initiated during the period. The adjustment shown represents the impact the savings would have had on the period from the first day of the period through the time they were put in place, had those actions been effected as of such date.

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
     For the Twelve Months Ended  
         2012              2011          June 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     December 31,
2010
     December 31,
2009
 

Expected reduction in operating costs based on a three or twelve month run-rate

   $ 4       $ 5       $ 18       $ 21       $ 34       $ 103   

Estimated savings realized from the time they were put in place

     2         2         10         10         14         70   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 2       $ 3       $ 8       $ 11       $ 20       $ 33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c) Represents the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives that have been completed to reduce costs.

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
     For the Twelve Months Ended  
         2012             2011          June 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     December 31,
2010
     December 31,
2009
 

Relocation Services integration costs and acquisition related non-cash adjustments

   $ 1      $ 1       $ 3       $ 1       $ 12       $ —     

Initiatives to improve the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage profit margin

     1        —           —           —           —           3   

Initiatives to improve the Relocation Services and Title and Settlement Service fees

     —          —           —           —           —           2   

Vendor renegotiations

     —          —           5         6         6         —     

Employee retention accruals

     20        21         40         41         23         19   

Other initiatives

     (1     —           —           4         8         14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 21      $ 22       $ 48       $ 52       $ 49       $ 38   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The employee retention accruals reflect the employee retention plans that have been implemented in lieu of our customary bonus plan, due to the ongoing and prolonged downturn in the housing market in order to ensure the retention of executive officers and other key personnel, principally within our corporate services unit and the corporate offices of our four business units.

 

 

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  (d) Represents the elimination of non-cash expenses, including:

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
    For the Twelve Months Ended  
         2012             2011         June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Stock-based compensation expense

   $ 2      $ 4      $ 5      $ 7      $ 6      $ 7   

Change in allowance for doubtful accounts and notes reserves

     (7     (6     (11     (7     (8     12   

Write-down of a cost method investment

     —          —          —          —          —          14   

Unrealized net losses on foreign currency transactions and foreign currency forward contracts

     1        1        —          —          —          1   

Other items

     —          —          6        4        (2     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (4   $ (1   $ —        $ 4      $ (4   $ 34   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (e) Reflects the adjustment for the negative impact of fair value adjustments for purchase accounting at the operating business segments primarily related to deferred rent.
  (f) Represents the estimated impact of acquisitions and new franchisees as if they had been acquired or signed at the beginning of the period. Franchisee sales activity is comprised of new franchise agreements as well as growth acquired by existing franchisees with our assistance. We have made a number of assumptions in calculating such estimate and there can be no assurance that we would have generated the projected levels of EBITDA had we owned the acquired entities or entered into the franchise contracts at the beginning of the period.
  (g) Represents the elimination of annual management fees payable to Apollo.
  (h) Wright Express Corporation (“WEX”) was divested by Cendant in February 2005 through an initial public offering. On June 26, 2009, we entered into a Tax Receivable Prepayment Agreement with WEX, pursuant to which WEX simultaneously paid us the sum of $51 million, less expenses of approximately $2 million, as prepayment in full of its remaining contingent obligations to us under Article III of the Tax Receivable Agreement dated February 22, 2005 among WEX, Cendant and Cartus. We also received an aggregate of $6 million of recurring tax receivable payments from WEX during 2009.
  (i) Reflects the incremental borrowing costs incurred as a result of the securitization facilities refinancing.
  (j) Represents the expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s unsuccessful debt modification activities in the third quarter of 2009.
  (k) Pursuant to the terms of our senior secured credit facility, total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets that is pari passu or junior in priority to the First and a Half Lien Notes, including our $650 million of second lien term loans under the incremental loan feature of the senior secured credit facility (the “Second Lien Loans”), our securitization obligations and the Unsecured Notes.
(3) Pro forma gives effect to the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering.
(4) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to (i) our sale of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and our expected use of the net proceeds of this offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” and (ii) the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements.
(5)

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  equivalents less statutory cash required for our title business. Pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents reflects (i) the payment of interest of approximately $59 million, representing the interest on indebtedness that will be repaid as described in “Use of Proceeds,” and (ii) the cash payment of approximately $105 million pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements as described in “Use of Proceeds.” The amount of such payment is equal to the interest that the Significant Holders would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date. The Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012. See footnote 2 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”
(6) Represents the portion of relocation receivables and advances and other related assets that collateralize our securitization obligations.
(7) See footnotes 10 and 11 to the table under the heading “Capitalization.”

Key Business Drivers

The following table represents key business drivers for the periods set forth below:

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,     Year Ended December 31,  
          2012                 2011           2011     2010     2009  

Operating Statistics:

         

Real Estate Franchise Services (1)

         

Closed homesale sides (2)

    471,229        435,688        909,610        922,341        983,516   

Average homesale price (3)

  $ 205,967      $ 198,513      $ 198,268      $ 198,076      $ 190,406   

Average homesale broker commission rate  (4)

    2.55     2.55     2.55     2.54     2.55

Net effective royalty rate (5)

    4.68     4.85     4.84     5.00     5.10

Royalty per side (6)

  $ 256      $ 255      $ 256      $ 262      $ 257   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services  (7)

         

Closed homesale sides (2)

    138,041        124,261        254,522        255,287        273,817   

Average homesale price (3)

  $ 429,267      $ 432,618      $ 426,402      $ 435,500      $ 390,688   

Average homesale broker commission rate  (4)

    2.50     2.49     2.50     2.48     2.51

Gross commission income per side (8)

  $ 11,497      $ 11,625      $ 11,461      $ 11,571      $ 10,519   

Relocation Services

         

Initiations (9)

    86,168        81,541        153,269        148,304        114,684   

Referrals (10)

    36,305        33,095        72,169        69,605        64,995   

Title and Settlement Services

         

Purchase title and closing units (11)

    50,538        45,190        93,245        94,290        104,689   

Refinance title and closing units (12)

    39,782        27,666        62,850        62,225        69,927   

Average price per closing unit (13)

  $ 1,350      $ 1,457      $ 1,409      $ 1,386      $ 1,317   

 

(1) These amounts include only those relating to third-party franchisees and do not include amounts relating to the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.
(2) A closed home sale side represents either the “buy” side or the “sell” side of a homesale transaction.
(3) Represents the average selling price of closed homesale transactions.
(4) Represents the average commission rate earned on either the “buy” side or “sell” side of a homesale transaction.
(5)

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  effect of non-standard incentives granted to some franchisees. Royalty fees are charged to all franchisees pursuant to the terms of the relevant franchise agreements and are included in each of the real estate brands’ franchise disclosure documents. Non-standard incentives are occasionally used by the sales force as consideration for new or renewing franchisees. Due to the limited number of franchisees that receive these non-standard incentives, we believe excluding such incentives from the net effective royalty rate provides a more meaningful average for typical franchisees. We anticipate that as the housing market recovers and our franchise revenues increase, the impact of these non-standard incentives on the net effective royalty rate will decrease accordingly. The inclusion of these non-standard incentives would reduce the net effective royalty rate by approximately 20 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2011.
(6) Represents net domestic royalties earned from our franchisees (excluding NRT) divided by the total number of our franchisees’ closed homesale sides.
(7) Our real estate brokerage business has a significant concentration of offices and transactions in geographic regions where home prices are at the higher end of the U.S. real estate market, particularly the east and west coasts. The real estate franchise business has franchised offices that are more widely dispersed across the United States than our real estate brokerage operations. Accordingly, operating results and homesale statistics may differ between our brokerage and franchise businesses based upon geographic presence and the corresponding homesale activity in each geographic region.
(8) Represents gross commission income divided by closed homesale sides. Gross commission income includes commissions earned in homesale transactions and certain other activities, primarily leasing and property management transactions.
(9) Represents the total number of transferees served by the relocation services business. Revenue is recognized when services are performed. The amounts presented for the year ended December 31, 2010 include 26,087 initiations as a result of the acquisition of Primacy in January 2010.
(10) Represents the number of completed referral transactions from which we earned revenue from real estate brokers. The amounts presented for the year ended December 31, 2010 include 4,997 referrals as a result of the acquisition of Primacy in January 2010.
(11) Represents the number of title and closing units processed as a result of a home purchases.
(12) Represents the number of title and closing units processed as a result of homeowners refinancing their home loans.
(13) Represents the average fee we earn on purchase title and refinancing title units.

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common stock offered by the Company hereby

40,000,000 shares.

 

Common stock to be outstanding after this offering

130,153,234 shares (136,153,234 shares if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us), assuming the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders into shares of common stock and the issuance of the shares of common stock pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements and assuming further the redemption of the Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders.

 

Listing

Our shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “RLGY”.

 

Option to purchase additional shares

We have agreed to allow the underwriters to purchase up to 6,000,000 additional shares from us, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus.

 

Use of proceeds

Assuming an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, we estimate that the net proceeds to us from the sale of our common stock in this offering will be approximately $946 million (or $1,089 million if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

 

 

We currently intend to use the net proceeds received by us in this offering, along with readily available cash, (i) to prepay all of the outstanding $650 million principal amount of the Second Lien Loans, (ii) to repurchase or redeem approximately $64 million principal amount of outstanding 10.50% Senior Notes and $41 million principal amount of outstanding Senior Toggle Notes, (iii) to redeem approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes that are not held by the Significant Holders following the closing date of this offering at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, or $186 million, (iv) to pay the $15 million cash portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee (as defined below) which will be paid on January 15, 2013, (v) to pay the cash payment of approximately $105 million pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements (a portion of which will be attributable to accrued interest on the Convertible Notes), (vi) to pay prepayment premiums and fees in connection with the repayment of the foregoing indebtedness and (vii) to pay interest of approximately $59 million, representing interest payable from April 15, 2012 through the anticipated prepayment date of the

 

 

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indebtedness that will be repaid. To the extent that any Convertible Notes not owned by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock, the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that would have been used to pay the redemption price for such Convertible Notes would instead be applied to the repayment of our other indebtedness. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Description of Indebtedness” and footnote 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”

 

Dividends

We do not currently anticipate paying dividends on our common stock following this offering. Any declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock may be limited by restrictive covenants in our debt agreements, and will be at the sole discretion of our board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applicable to the payment of dividends and other considerations that our Board of Directors deems relevant. See “Dividend Policy,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources,” and “Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock.”

 

Risk factors

See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our common stock.

 

Directed share program

The underwriters have reserved for sale, at the initial public offering price, up to 400,000 shares of the common stock being offered to our employees and directors. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”

 

Conflicts of interest

Affiliates of Apollo Global Securities, LLC own more than 10% of our outstanding common stock. Because Apollo Global Securities, LLC is an underwriter for this offering, it is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121(f)(5)(B). In addition, affiliates of Apollo Global Securities, LLC will be deemed to receive more than 5% of net offering proceeds and will have a “conflict of interest” pursuant to Rule 5121(f)(5)(C)(ii). Accordingly, this offering is being made in compliance with the requirements of FINRA Rule 5121. Since Apollo Global Securities, LLC is not primarily responsible for managing this offering, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5121, the appointment of a qualified independent underwriter is not necessary. Apollo Global Securities, LLC will not confirm sales to discretionary accounts without the prior written approval of the customer.

 

 

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Except as otherwise indicated, all of the information in this prospectus assumes or reflects:

 

   

the effect of the 1-for-25 reverse stock split described below;

 

   

the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders into 73,006,178 shares of common stock;

 

   

the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements;

 

   

the redemption of approximately $207 million of Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders rather than the conversion of such Convertible Notes;

 

   

the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis;

 

   

no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to 6,000,000 additional shares of common stock;

 

   

an initial public offering price of $25.00, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus; and

 

   

our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws are in effect, pursuant to which the provisions described under “Description of Capital Stock” will become operative.

Prior to the date hereof, we effected a reverse stock split whereby holders of our outstanding shares of common stock received 1 share of common stock for every 25 shares of common stock held by them, resulting in 8,021,280 shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the reverse stock split. As a result of the reverse stock split and pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes, the conversion rates applicable to each series of Convertible Notes were adjusted as follows:

 

   

the conversion rate for the Series A Convertible Notes and the Series B Convertible Notes was adjusted from 975.6098 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes to 39.0244 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an adjusted conversion price of $25.625; and

 

   

the conversion rate for the Series C Convertible Notes was adjusted from 926.7841 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes to 37.0714 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an adjusted conversion price of $26.975.

The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of the Convertible Notes held by them into shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering. As of September 4, 2012, the Significant Holders held in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, which, once converted, will result in the issuance of an additional 82,131,954 shares of common stock promptly following the closing of this offering, including the shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. See “—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.”

Following the conversion by Apollo of all of its Convertible Notes, all of the shares of Class B common stock outstanding immediately prior to such conversion will convert into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. There will be no shares of Class B common stock outstanding following the completion of this offering. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we will only have one class of common stock.

 

 

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On the closing date of this offering, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes, we intend to issue a redemption notice to redeem on the 31st day following the date of such notice any remaining Convertible Notes that have not been surrendered to us for conversion prior to such date at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

Prior to the completion of this offering and other related transactions, we intend to effect statutory conversions of Intermediate and Realogy into Delaware limited liability companies (the “Statutory Conversions”) in order to permit our Convertible Notes to be converted into shares of our common stock on a tax-free basis, and as a result facilitate such conversions. As a result of the Statutory Conversions, our ability to utilize certain of our NOLs for state tax purposes will be eliminated, which we do not expect to have a significant impact on us.

The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after completion of this offering is based on shares of our common stock to be sold by us in this offering and, except where we state otherwise, the information with respect to our common stock we present in this prospectus, including as set forth above, and:

 

   

does not give effect to 2,686,600 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the Holdings 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Stock Incentive Plan”), including, as of June 30, 2012, 109,883 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options at a weighted average exercise price of $48.25 and 1,461,530 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options which have not yet vested, at a weighted average exercise price of $23.50;

 

   

does not give effect to 6,800,000 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2012 LTIP”), which includes an aggregate of 290,000 shares of restricted stock and 1,653,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options at an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price, in each case, to be awarded to our named executive officers and certain of our employees in connection with this offering, and options in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $1.2 million anticipated to be granted in October to certain of our executive officers related to the consideration such officers would have been entitled to under the Phantom Value Plan (as defined below) if Apollo continued to hold Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes; and

 

   

does not give effect to shares of common stock in an amount equal to $25 million that will be issued on January 15, 2013, representing the non-cash portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider each of the following risk factors and all of the other information set forth in this prospectus before making any investment decision. The risk factors generally have been separated into three groups: (1) risks related to our indebtedness; (2) risks related to our business; and (3) risks related to an investment in our common stock and this offering. Based on the information currently known to us, we believe that the following information identifies the most significant risk factors affecting our company and our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us may also adversely affect our business. In addition, past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. As a result, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this prospectus before making any investment decision.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our significant indebtedness and interest obligations could prevent us from meeting our obligations under our debt instruments and could adversely affect our ability to fund our operations, react to changes in the economy or our industry, or incur additional borrowings under our existing facilities.

We are significantly encumbered by our debt obligations. As of June 30, 2012, our total debt, excluding our securitization obligations, was $7,335 million (without giving effect to outstanding letters of credit under our senior secured credit facility). In addition, as of June 30, 2012, our current liabilities included $267 million of securitization obligations which were collateralized by $393 million of securitization assets that are not available to pay our general obligations. While our outstanding indebtedness upon completion of this offering and related transactions will be reduced by approximately $2.8 billion, or 38% (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012), and our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million (which includes the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), we will remain highly leveraged.

Our indebtedness was principally incurred to finance our acquisition by Apollo in April 2007 and reflected our then current earnings and our expectations that the housing downturn would recover in the near term. Since the date of our acquisition, the industry and economy have experienced significant declines that have negatively impacted our operating results and we have had to incur additional debt to fund negative cash flows. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2007, on a pro forma combined basis, decreased by approximately 31%. There can be no assurance that we will be able to reduce the level of our indebtedness in the future.

Our substantial degree of leverage could have important consequences, including the following:

 

   

it causes a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to be dedicated to the payment of interest and required amortization on our indebtedness and not be available for other purposes, including our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities or principal repayment. Our significant level of interest payments are challenging in periods when seasonal cash flows in the residential real estate market are at their lowest points;

 

   

it could cause us to be unable to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant under our senior secured credit facility;

 

   

it could cause us to be unable to meet our debt service requirements under our senior secured credit facility or the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes or meet our other financial obligations;

 

   

it may limit our ability to incur additional borrowings under our existing facilities or securitizations, to obtain additional debt or equity financing for working capital, capital expenditures, business development, debt service requirements, acquisitions or general corporate or other purposes, or to refinance our indebtedness;

 

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it exposes us to the risk of increased interest rates because a portion of our borrowings, including borrowings under our senior secured credit facility, are at variable rates of interest;

 

   

it may limit our ability to adjust to changing market conditions and place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt;

 

   

it may cause a further downgrade of our debt and long-term corporate ratings;

 

   

it may limit our ability to attract acquisition candidates or to complete future acquisitions;

 

   

it may cause us to be more vulnerable to periods of negative or slow growth in the general economy or in our business, or may cause us to be unable to carry out capital spending that is important to our growth; and

 

   

it may limit our ability to attract and retain key personnel.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness and be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our ability to make scheduled payments or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. Historically, we have needed to incur additional debt in order to fund negative cash flow. We cannot assure you that we will maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities and from drawings on our revolving credit facilities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness or meet our operating expenses.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We cannot assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would be successful and permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our existing or future debt agreements. In the absence of such operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations. The senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, the Extended Maturity Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes restrict our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from the disposition. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions or realize the related proceeds from them and these proceeds may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due.

If we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default and, as a result:

 

   

our debt holders could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable;

 

   

the lenders under our senior secured credit facility could terminate their commitments to lend us money and foreclose against the assets securing their borrowings; and

 

   

we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

Following the completion of the offering, we will continue to evaluate potential financing transactions, including refinancing certain tranches of our indebtedness and extending maturities. There can be no assurance that financing or refinancing will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

Future indebtedness may impose various additional restrictions and covenants on us which could limit our ability to respond to market conditions, to make capital investments or to take advantage of business opportunities. Our ability to make payments to fund working capital, capital expenditures, debt service, and strategic acquisitions will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future, which is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

 

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An event of default under our senior secured credit facility or the indentures governing our other material indebtedness would adversely affect our operations and our ability to satisfy obligations under our indebtedness.

The senior secured credit facility contains restrictive covenants, including a requirement that we maintain a specified senior secured leverage ratio, which is defined as the ratio of our total senior secured debt (net of unrestricted cash and permitted investments) to trailing four quarter Adjusted EBITDA. Our senior secured leverage ratio may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. Total senior secured debt, for purposes of this ratio, does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets pari passu or junior in priority to the liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes (including indebtedness supported by letters of credit issued under our senior secured credit facility), including the Second Lien Loans, our securitization obligations or the Unsecured Notes. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, we were in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant with a ratio of 4.08 to 1.0. Based upon our financial forecast, we expect to remain in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant for at least the next 12 months. If a housing recovery is not sustained or is weak or if general macroeconomic or other factors do not continue to improve, we may be subject to additional pressure in maintaining compliance with our senior secured leverage ratio covenant. In future periods, if we are unable to renew or refinance bank indebtedness secured by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility (which are not included in the calculation of the senior secured leverage ratio) and the letters of credit are drawn upon, the reimbursement obligations related to those letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility will be included in the calculation of the senior secured leverage ratio. A failure to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant, or a breach of any of the other restrictive covenants, would result in a default under the senior secured credit facility.

We have the right to cure an event of default of the senior secured leverage ratio in three of any four consecutive quarters through the issuance of additional equity for cash, which would be infused as capital into Realogy to increase Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio for the applicable twelve-month period and reduce net senior secured indebtedness upon actual receipt of such capital. If we are unable to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant and we fail to remedy or avoid a default through an equity cure permitted thereunder, there would be an “event of default” under the senior secured credit facility.

Other events of default include, without limitation, nonpayment of principal or interest, material misrepresentations, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain material judgments, change of control, and cross-events of default on material indebtedness as well as failure to obtain an unqualified audit opinion by 90 days after the end of any fiscal year. Upon the occurrence of any event of default under the senior secured credit facility, the lenders:

 

   

will not be required to lend any additional amounts to us;

 

   

could elect to declare all borrowings outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees, to be immediately due and payable;

 

   

could require us to apply all of our available cash to repay these borrowings; or

 

   

could prevent us from making payments on the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes or the First and a Half Lien Notes,

any of which could result in an event of default under the indentures governing the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes and the Unsecured Notes or our Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program.

If we were unable to repay the amounts outstanding under our senior secured credit facility or meet our payment obligations with respect to the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes, the lenders and holders of such debt under our senior secured credit facility could proceed against the collateral granted to secure the senior secured credit facility and the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes. We have pledged a significant portion of our assets as collateral to secure such indebtedness. If the lenders under our senior secured

 

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credit facility or holders of the First Lien Notes and/or the First and a Half Lien Notes accelerate the repayment of borrowings, we may not have sufficient assets to repay the senior secured credit facility and our other indebtedness or borrow sufficient funds to refinance such indebtedness. In the future, we may need to seek new financing, or explore the possibility of amending the terms of our senior secured credit facility, and we may not be able to do so on commercially reasonable terms, or terms that are acceptable to us, if at all.

If an event of default is continuing under our senior secured credit facility, the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes or our other material indebtedness, such event could cause a termination of our ability to obtain future advances under, and amortization of, our Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program.

Variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

At June 30, 2012, $2,036 million of our borrowings primarily under our senior secured credit facility and other bank indebtedness was at variable rates of interest thereby exposing us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even if the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income would decrease. Although we have entered into interest rate swaps, involving the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments, to reduce interest rate volatility for a portion of our variable rate borrowings, such interest rate swaps do not eliminate interest rate volatility for all of our variable rate indebtedness at June 30, 2012.

Restrictive covenants under our indentures and the senior secured credit facility may limit the manner in which we operate.

Our senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the Extended Maturity Notes, the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes contain, and any future indebtedness we incur may contain, various covenants and conditions that limit our ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional debt;

 

   

incur debt that is junior to senior indebtedness and, with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes, senior to such Senior Subordinated Notes;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions to Realogy’s stockholders;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness;

 

   

make loans, investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain of Realogy’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s and its material subsidiaries’ assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes and debt that is junior in right of payment to loans under the senior secured credit facility, the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes.

As a result of these covenants, we are limited in the manner in which we conduct our business and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs.

 

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Risks Related to Our Business

The residential real estate market is cyclical and we are negatively impacted by downturns in this market and general economic conditions.

The residential real estate market tends to be cyclical and typically is affected by changes in general economic conditions which are beyond our control. The U.S. residential real estate market has most recently shown signs of recovery after having been in a significant and prolonged downturn, which began in the second half of 2005. However, we cannot predict whether the recovery will continue or if and when the market and related economic forces will return the U.S. residential real estate industry to a period of sustained growth. We had net losses of $216 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and $439 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to our high interest expense obligations combined with the downturn in the residential real estate market. If the residential real estate market or the economy as a whole does not improve, we may experience further adverse effects on our business, financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to access capital and grow our business.

Any of the following could halt or limit a recovery in the housing market and have a material adverse effect on our business by causing a lack of sustained growth or a decline in the number of homesales and/or prices which, in turn, could adversely affect our revenues and profitability:

 

   

continued high unemployment;

 

   

a period of slow economic growth or recessionary conditions;

 

   

weak credit markets;

 

   

a low level of consumer confidence in the economy and/or the residential real estate market;

 

   

instability of financial institutions;

 

   

legislative, tax or regulatory changes that would adversely impact the residential real estate market, including but not limited to potential reform relating to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other government sponsored entities (“GSEs”) that provide liquidity to the U.S. housing and mortgage markets;

 

   

increasing mortgage rates and down payment requirements and/or constraints on the availability of mortgage financing, including but not limited to the potential impact of various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act or other legislation and regulations that may be promulgated thereunder relating to mortgage financing, including restrictions imposed on mortgage originators as well as retention levels required to be maintained by sponsors to securitize certain mortgages;

 

   

excessive or insufficient regional home inventory levels;

 

   

renewed high levels of foreclosure activity including but not limited to the release of homes already held for sale by financial institutions;

 

   

adverse changes in local or regional economic conditions;

 

   

the inability or unwillingness of homeowners to enter into homesale transactions due to negative equity in their existing homes;

 

   

a decrease in the affordability of homes;

 

   

our geographic and high-end market concentration relating in particular to our company-owned brokerage operations;

 

   

local, state and federal government laws or regulations that burden residential real estate transactions or ownership, including but not limited to changes in the tax laws, such as potential limits on, or elimination of, the deductibility of certain mortgage interest expense, the application of the alternative minimum tax, real property taxes and employee relocation expense;

 

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shifts in populations away from the markets that we or our franchisees serve;

 

   

decreasing home ownership rates, declining demand for real estate and changing social attitudes toward home ownership;

 

   

commission pressure from brokers who discount their commissions; and/or

 

   

acts of God, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters that disrupt local or regional real estate markets.

Seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage and relocation businesses could adversely affect our business.

The residential real estate brokerage business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Historically, operating results and revenues for all of our businesses have been strongest in the second and third quarters of the calendar year. A significant portion of the expenses we incur in our real estate brokerage operations are related to marketing activities and commissions and are, therefore, variable. However, many of our other expenses, such as interest payments, facilities costs and certain personnel-related costs, are fixed and cannot be reduced during a seasonal slowdown. For example, interest payments of approximately $215 million are due on our Unsecured Notes and Second Lien Loans in October and April of each year. Accordingly, one of our significant interest payments falls in, or immediately following, the period of our lowest cash flow generation. Because of this asymmetry and the size of our cash interest obligations, if the housing market does not experience a sustained recovery, we may be required to seek additional sources of working capital for our future liquidity needs. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms or at all.

A prolonged decline or lack of sustained growth in the number of homesales and/or prices would adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

Based upon data published by NAR, from 2005 to 2011, annual U.S. existing homesale units declined by 40% and the median homesale price declined by 24%. Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2007, on a pro forma combined basis, decreased approximately 31%. A further decline or lack of sustained growth in existing homesales, a continued decline in home prices or a decline in commission rates charged by brokers would further adversely affect our results of operations by reducing the royalties we receive from our franchisees and company owned brokerages, reducing the commissions our company owned brokerage operations earn, reducing the demand for our title and settlement services and reducing the referral fees earned by our relocation services business. For example, for 2011, a 100 basis point (or 1%) decline in either our homesale sides or the average selling price of closed homesale transactions, with all else being equal, would have decreased EBITDA by $11 million for our Real Estate Franchise Services and our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segments on a combined basis.

Our company owned brokerage operations are subject to geographic and high-end real estate market risks, which could continue to adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

Our subsidiary, NRT, owns real estate brokerage offices located in and around large metropolitan areas in the U.S. Local and regional economic conditions in these locations could differ materially from prevailing conditions in other parts of the country. NRT has more offices and realizes more of its revenues in California, Florida and the New York metropolitan area than any other regions in the country. For the year ended December 31, 2011, NRT realized approximately 64% of its revenues from California (28%), the New York metropolitan area (25%) and Florida (11%). For the six months ended June 30, 2012, NRT realized approximately 64% of its revenues from California (29%), the New York metropolitan area (24%) and Florida (11%). A further downturn in residential real estate demand or economic conditions in these regions could result in a further decline in NRT’s total gross commission income and profitability and have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, given the significant geographic overlap of our title and settlement services business with our company owned brokerage offices, such regional declines affecting our company owned brokerage operations

 

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could have an adverse effect on our title and settlement services business as well. A further downturn in residential real estate demand or economic conditions in these states could continue to result in a decline in our overall revenues and have a material adverse effect on us.

NRT has a significant concentration of transactions at the higher end of the U.S. real estate market. A shift in NRT’s mix of property transactions from the high range to lower and middle range homes would adversely affect the average price of NRT’s closed homesales.

Loss or attrition among our senior management or other key employees could adversely affect our financial performance.

Our success is largely dependent on the efforts and abilities of our senior management and other key employees. Our ability to retain our employees is generally subject to numerous factors, including the compensation and benefits we pay, the mix between the fixed and variable compensation we pay our employees and prevailing compensation rates. Given the lengthy and prolonged downturn in the real estate market and the cost-cutting measures we implemented during the downturn, certain of our employees have received, and may in the near term continue to receive, less incentive compensation. As such, we may suffer significant attrition among our current key employees. If we were to lose key employees and not promptly fill their positions with comparably qualified individuals, our business may be materially adversely affected.

Tightened mortgage underwriting standards could continue to reduce homebuyers’ ability to access the credit market on reasonable terms.

During the past several years, many lenders have significantly tightened their underwriting standards, and many subprime and other alternative mortgage products are no longer being made available in the marketplace. If these trends continue and mortgage loans continue to be difficult to obtain, including in the jumbo mortgage markets important to our higher value and luxury brands, the ability and willingness of prospective buyers to finance home purchases or to sell their existing homes will be adversely affected, which will adversely affect our operating results.

Adverse developments in general business, economic and political conditions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and our results of operations.

Our business and operations and those of our franchisees are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the U.S. and worldwide. These conditions include short-term and long-term interest rates, inflation, fluctuations in debt and equity capital markets, levels of unemployment, consumer confidence and the general condition of the U.S. and the world economy.

The residential real estate market also depends upon the strength of financial institutions, which are sensitive to changes in the general macroeconomic environment. Lack of available credit or lack of confidence in the financial sector could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, negative macroeconomic conditions could exacerbate the fragility of financial institutions, heightening our exposure to counterparty risk under certain of our agreements which require counterparties to maintain, among other things, certain credit quality levels.

A host of factors beyond our control could cause fluctuations in these conditions, including the political environment and acts or threats of war or terrorism. Adverse developments in these general business and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and our results of operations.

Potential reform of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae or a reduction in U.S. government support for the housing market could have a material impact on our operations.

In September 2008, the U.S. government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in conservatorship and has provided funding of billions of dollars to these entities in the form of preferred stock investments to backstop shortfalls in their capital requirements. Congress also has held hearings on the future of Freddie Mac and Fannie

 

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Mae and other government sponsored entities with a view towards further legislative reform. On February 11, 2011, the Obama Administration issued a report to the U.S. Congress outlining proposals to reform the U.S. housing finance market, including, among other things, reform designed to reduce government support for housing finance and the winding down of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae over a period of years. Numerous pieces of legislation seeking various types of reform for the GSEs have been introduced in Congress. In August 2012, the U.S. Treasury announced modifications to its preferred stock investments in these entities that are aimed at winding these entities down through an orderly process. The modifications include an accelerated reduction of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s investment portfolios, requiring these portfolios to be wound down at the annual rate of 15%, an increase from the 10% annual reduction in the prior agreements. The impact of that change is to reduce the investment portfolio of those entities to $250 billion four years ahead of the prior schedule. The modifications also include the U.S. government’s sweep of all quarterly profits generated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay the quarterly cash dividends on the U.S. government’s preferred stock investments, thereby eliminating the prior practice of issuing additional preferred stock to the U.S. government (and thereby increasing its investment) to fund the quarterly cash dividend payments. Legislation, if enacted, or further regulation which curtails Freddie Mac and/or Fannie Mae’s activities and/or results in the wind down of these entities could increase mortgage costs and could result in more stringent underwriting guidelines imposed by lenders or cause other disruptions in the mortgage industry, any of which could have a materially adverse affect on the housing market in general and our operations in particular. Given the current uncertainty with respect to the extent, if any, of such reform, it is difficult to predict either the long-term or short-term impact of government action that may be taken.

At present, the U.S. government also is attempting, through various avenues, to increase loan modifications for home owners with negative equity. There can be no assurance that these measures or any other governmental action will support a sustained recovery in the housing market.

The Dodd-Frank Act and other financial reform legislation may, among other things, result in new rules and regulations that may adversely affect the housing industry.

On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law for the express purpose of regulating the financial services industry. The Dodd-Frank Act establishes an independent federal bureau of consumer financial protection to enforce laws involving consumer financial products and services, including mortgage finance. The bureau is empowered with examination and enforcement authority. The Dodd-Frank Act also establishes new standards and practices for mortgage originators, including determining a prospective borrower’s ability to repay their mortgage, removing incentives for higher cost mortgages, prohibiting prepayment penalties for non-qualified mortgages, prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses, requiring additional disclosures to potential borrowers and restricting the fees that mortgage originators may collect. These standards and practices include limitations, which are scheduled to become effective in 2013, on the amount that a mortgage originator may receive with respect to a “qualified mortgage,” including fees received by affiliates of the mortgage originator. Based upon the current legislation and the definition of a qualified mortgage, such limitation could adversely affect the fees received by TRG, as provider of title and settlement services, in transactions originated by our joint venture, PHH Home Loans, LLC (“PHH Home Loans”). While we are continuing to evaluate all aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act, such legislation and regulations promulgated pursuant to such legislation as well as other legislation that may be enacted to reform the U.S. housing finance market could materially and adversely affect the mortgage and housing industries, result in heightened federal regulation and oversight of the mortgage and housing industries, increase down payment requirements, increase mortgage costs, curtail affiliated business transactions and result in increased costs and potential litigation for housing market participants.

Certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act may impact the operation and practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other GSEs and require sponsors of securitizations to retain a portion of the economic interest in the credit risk associated with the assets securitized by them. Substantial reduction in, or the elimination of, GSE demand for mortgage loans could have a material adverse effect on the mortgage industry and the housing industry in general and these provisions may reduce the availability of mortgages to certain individuals.

 

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Monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies may have a material impact on our operations.

Our business is significantly affected by the monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies. We are particularly affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve Board, which regulates the supply of money and credit in the U.S. The Federal Reserve Board’s policies affect the real estate market through their effect on interest rates as well as the pricing on our interest-earning assets and the cost of our interest-bearing liabilities.

We are affected by any rising interest rate environment. Changes in the Federal Reserve Board’s policies, the interest rate environment and mortgage market are beyond our control, are difficult to predict and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, the possibility of the elimination of the mortgage interest deduction could have an adverse effect on the housing market by reducing incentives for buying or refinancing homes and negatively affecting property values.

Competition in the residential real estate and relocation business is intense and may adversely affect our financial performance.

We generally face intense competition in the residential real estate services business. As a real estate brokerage franchisor, our products are our brand names and the support services we provide to our franchisees. Upon the expiration of a franchise agreement, a franchisee may choose to franchise with one of our competitors or operate as an independent broker. Competitors may offer franchisees whose franchise agreements are expiring similar products and services at rates that are lower than we charge. Our largest national competitors in this industry include Brookfield Residential Property Services, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (“Brookfield”), which in December 2011 acquired Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services and also operates the brands, Real Living in the U.S. and Royal LePage in Canada; RE/MAX International, Inc.; and Keller Williams Realty, Inc. Some of these companies may have greater financial resources than we do, including greater marketing and technology budgets, and may be less leveraged. Regional and local franchisors provide additional competitive pressure in certain areas. To remain competitive in the sale of franchises and to retain our existing franchisees, we may have to reduce the fees we charge our franchisees to be competitive with those charged by competitors, which may accelerate if market conditions deteriorate. In addition, we face the risk that at the time of contract renewal, our franchisees will decide not to renew their agreements with us, or that unaffiliated brokers will decide to remain independent because they believe they can compete effectively in the market without the need to license a brand of a franchisor and receive services offered by a franchisor.

Our company owned brokerage business, like that of our franchisees, is generally in intense competition. We compete with other national independent real estate organizations, including Home Services of America, franchisees of our brands and of other national real estate franchisors, franchisees of local and regional real estate franchisors, regional independent real estate organizations, discount brokerages, and smaller niche companies competing in local areas. Competition is particularly severe in the densely populated metropolitan areas in which we operate. In addition, the real estate brokerage industry has minimal barriers to entry for new participants, including participants pursuing non-traditional methods of marketing real estate, such as Internet-based brokerage or brokers who discount their commissions. Discount brokers have had varying degrees of success and, while they were negatively impacted by the prolonged downturn in the residential housing market, they may adjust their model and increase their market presence in the future. Listing aggregators and other web-based real estate service providers may also begin to compete for part of the service revenue through referral or other fees. Real estate brokers compete for sales and marketing business primarily on the basis of services offered, reputation, utilization of technology, personal contacts and brokerage commission. As with our real estate franchise business, a decrease in the average brokerage commission rate may adversely affect our revenues. We also compete for the services of qualified licensed independent sales associates. Some of the firms competing for sales associates use a different model of compensating agents, in which agents are compensated for the revenue generated by other agents that they recruit to those firms. This business model may be appealing to certain agents and hinder our ability to attract and retain those agents. The ability of our company owned brokerage offices to retain independent sales associates is generally subject to numerous factors, including the sales commissions they receive and their perception of brand value. Given our substantial debt and negative perceptions in the media

 

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relating to our financial condition, our company owned brokerage offices may not be successful in attracting or maintaining independent sales associates. In addition, competition for sales associates could reduce the commission amounts retained by our company after giving effect to the split with independent sales associates and possibly increase the amounts that we spend on marketing. Our average homesale commission rate per side in our Company Owned Real Estate Services segment has declined from 2.62% in 2002 to 2.50% for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

In our relocation services business, we compete primarily with global and regional outsourced relocation service providers. The larger outsourced relocation service providers that we compete with include: Brookfield Global Relocation Services, an affiliate of Brookfield (including the recently acquired operations of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services), SIRVA, Inc., and Weichert Relocation Resources, Inc. As the relocation business becomes more global in nature with greater emphasis on relocation of employees throughout the world, we will face greater competition from firms that provide services on a global basis.

The title and settlement services business is highly competitive and fragmented. The number and size of competing companies vary in the different areas in which we conduct business. We compete with other title insurers, title agents and vendor management companies. The title and settlement services business competes with a large, fragmented group of smaller underwriters and agencies as well as national competitors.

Several of our businesses are highly regulated and any failure to comply with such regulations or any changes in such regulations could adversely affect our business.

Several of our businesses are highly regulated. The sale of franchises is regulated by various state laws as well as by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”). The FTC requires that franchisors make extensive disclosure to prospective franchisees but does not require registration. A number of states require registration and/or disclosure in connection with franchise offers and sales. In addition, several states have “franchise relationship laws” or “business opportunity laws” that limit the ability of franchisors to terminate franchise agreements or to withhold consent to the renewal or transfer of these agreements.

Our real estate brokerage business must comply with the requirements governing the licensing and conduct of real estate brokerage and brokerage-related businesses in the jurisdictions in which we do business. These laws and regulations contain general standards for and prohibitions on the conduct of real estate brokers and sales associates, including those relating to licensing of brokers and sales associates, fiduciary and agency duties, administration of trust funds, collection of commissions, advertising and consumer disclosures. Under state law, our real estate brokers have certain duties to supervise and are responsible for the conduct of their brokerage business.

Several of the litigation matters we are involved with allege claims based upon breaches of fiduciary duties by our licensed brokers, violations of state laws relating to business practices or consumer disclosures, claims alleging that we improperly terminated franchises, and with respect to compliance with wage and hour regulations. We cannot predict with certainty the cost of defense or the ultimate outcome of these or other litigation matters filed by or against us, including remedies or awards, and adverse results in any such litigation, including treble damages, may harm our business and financial condition.

Our company owned real estate brokerage business, our relocation business, our mortgage origination joint venture, our title and settlement service business and the businesses of our franchisees (excluding commercial brokerage transactions) must comply with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”). RESPA and comparable state statutes, among other things, restrict payments which real estate brokers, agents and other settlement service providers may receive for the referral of business to other settlement service providers in connection with the closing of real estate transactions. Such laws may to some extent restrict preferred vendor arrangements involving our franchisees and our company owned brokerage business. RESPA and similar state laws also require timely disclosure of certain relationships or financial interests that a broker has with providers

 

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of real estate settlement services. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, administration of RESPA has been moved from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) and it is possible that the practice of HUD taking very expansive readings of RESPA will continue or accelerate at the CFPB creating increased regulatory risk.

Our title insurance business also is subject to regulation by insurance and other regulatory authorities in each state in which we provide title insurance. State regulations may impede or impose burdensome conditions on our ability to take actions that we may want to take to enhance our operating results.

There is a risk that we could be adversely affected by current laws, regulations or interpretations or that more restrictive laws, regulations or interpretations will be adopted in the future that could make compliance more difficult or expensive. There is also a risk that a change in current laws could adversely affect our business. For example, the “Bush tax cuts,” which have reduced ordinary income and capital gains rates on federal taxes, have been extended until the end of 2012, after which these tax cuts are due to expire. There can be no assurance that these tax cuts will be extended or if extended, the extension may apply only to a portion of the tax cuts and/or the extension could be limited in duration. Other potential federal tax legislation includes the elimination or narrowing of mortgage tax deductions. Higher federal income tax rates or further limits on mortgage tax deductions could negatively impact the purchase and sale of residential homes. In addition, any adverse changes in regulatory interpretations, rules and laws that would place additional limitations or restrictions on affiliated transactions could have the effect of limiting or restricting collaboration among our business units. We cannot assure you that future legislative or regulatory changes will not adversely affect our business operations.

Regulatory authorities also have relatively broad discretion to grant, renew and revoke licenses and approvals and to implement regulations. Accordingly, such regulatory authorities could prevent or temporarily suspend us from carrying on some or all of our activities or otherwise penalize us if our financial condition or our practices were found not to comply with the then current regulatory or licensing requirements or any interpretation of such requirements by the regulatory authority. Our failure to comply with any of these requirements or interpretations could limit our ability to renew current franchisees or sign new franchisees or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our operations.

We are also, to a lesser extent, subject to various other rules and regulations such as:

 

   

the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which governs the disclosure and safeguarding of consumer financial information;

 

   

various state and federal privacy laws protecting consumer data;

 

   

the USA PATRIOT Act;

 

   

restrictions on transactions with persons on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury;

 

   

federal and state “Do Not Call,” “Do Not Fax,” and “Do Not E-Mail” laws;

 

   

“controlled business” statutes, which impose limitations on affiliations between providers of title and settlement services, on the one hand, and real estate brokers, mortgage lenders and other real estate providers, on the other hand, or similar laws or regulations that would limit or restrict transactions among affiliates in a manner that would limit or restrict collaboration among our businesses;

 

   

the Affiliated Marketing Rule, which prohibits or restricts the sharing of certain consumer credit information among affiliated companies without notice and/or consent of the consumer;

 

   

the Fair Housing Act;

 

   

laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and U.K. Bribery Act, that impose sanctions on improper payments;

 

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laws and regulations in jurisdictions outside the United States in which we do business;

 

   

state and federal employment laws and regulations, including any changes that would require classification of independent contractors to employee status, and wage and hour regulations;

 

   

increases in state, local or federal taxes that could diminish profitability or liquidity; and

 

   

consumer fraud statutes that are broadly written.

Our failure to comply with any of the foregoing laws and regulations may subject us to fines, penalties, injunctions and/ or potential criminal violations. Any changes to these laws or regulations or any new laws or regulations may make it more difficult for us to operate our business and may have a material adverse effect on our operations.

Changes in accounting standards, subjective assumptions and estimates used by management related to complex accounting matters could have an adverse effect on results of operations.

Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and related accounting pronouncements, implementation guidance and interpretations with regard to a wide range of matters, such as stock-based compensation, asset impairments, valuation reserves, income taxes and fair value accounting, are highly complex and involve many subjective assumptions, estimates and judgments made by management. Changes in these rules or their interpretations or changes in underlying assumptions, estimates or judgments made by management could significantly change our reported results.

We may not have the ability to complete future acquisitions.

We have pursued an active acquisition strategy as a means of strengthening our businesses and have sought to integrate acquisitions into our operations to achieve economies of scale. Our company owned brokerage business has completed over 350 acquisitions since its formation in 1997 and, in 2004, we acquired the Sotheby’s International Realty ® residential brokerage business and entered into an exclusive license agreement for the rights to the Sotheby’s International Realty ® trademarks which are used in the Sotheby’s International Realty ® franchise system. In January 2006, we acquired our title insurance underwriter and certain title agencies. In addition, in 2010, we expanded the Cartus global footprint through the acquisition of Primacy. As a result of these and other acquisitions, we have derived a substantial portion of our growth in revenues and net income from acquired businesses. The success of our future acquisition strategy will continue to depend upon our ability to fund such acquisitions given our total outstanding indebtedness, find suitable acquisition candidates on favorable terms and to finance and complete these transactions.

We may not realize anticipated benefits from future acquisitions.

Integrating acquired companies involves complex operational and personnel-related challenges. Future acquisitions may present similar challenges and difficulties, including:

 

   

the possible defection of a significant number of employees and independent sales associates;

 

   

increased amortization of intangibles;

 

   

the disruption of our respective ongoing businesses;

 

   

possible inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies;

 

   

the failure to maintain important business relationships and contracts;

 

   

unanticipated costs of terminating or relocating facilities and operations;

 

   

unanticipated expenses related to integration; and

 

   

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A prolonged diversion of management’s attention and any delays or difficulties encountered in connection with the integration of any business that we have acquired or may acquire in the future could prevent us from realizing the anticipated cost savings and revenue growth from our acquisitions.

We may be unable to maintain anticipated cost savings and other benefits from our restructuring activities.

We have achieved cost savings from various restructuring initiatives targeted at reducing costs and enhancing organizational effectiveness while consolidating existing processes and facilities and will continue to identify additional cost savings. We may not be able to achieve or maintain the anticipated cost savings and other benefits from these restructuring initiatives that are described elsewhere in this prospectus. If our cost savings or the benefits are less than our estimates or take longer to implement than we project, the savings or other benefits we projected may not be fully realized.

Our financial results are affected by the operating results of franchisees.

Our real estate franchise services segment receives revenue in the form of royalties, which are based on a percentage of gross commission income earned by our franchisees. Accordingly, the financial results of our real estate franchise services segment are dependent upon the operational and financial success of our franchisees. If industry trends or economic conditions are not sustained or do not continue to improve, our franchisees’ financial results may worsen and our royalty revenues may decline. Gross closed commission income of our new franchisees may never materialize and accordingly we may not receive any material royalty revenues from new franchisees. In addition, we may have to increase our bad debt and note reserves. We may also have to terminate franchisees more frequently due to non-reporting and non-payment. Further, if franchisees fail to renew their franchise agreements, or if we decide to restructure franchise agreements in order to induce franchisees to renew these agreements, then our royalty revenues may decrease, and profitability from new franchisees may be lower than in the past due to reduced royalty rates, non-standard incentives and higher expenses from licensing fees.

The success of our franchisees is largely dependent on the efforts and abilities of the independent sales associates, which is subject to numerous factors, including the sales commissions they receive and their perception of brand value. Given our substantial debt and negative perceptions in the media relating to our financial condition, our independent franchisees may not be successful in attracting or maintaining independent sales associates. If our franchisees fail to attract and retain independent sales associates, our business may be materially adversely affected.

Our franchisees and independent sales associates could take actions that could harm our business.

Our franchisees are independent business operators and the sales associates that work with our company owned brokerage operations are independent contractors, and, as such, neither are our employees, and we do not exercise control over their day-to-day operations. Our franchisees may not successfully operate a real estate brokerage business in a manner consistent with industry standards, or may not hire and train qualified independent sales associates or employees. If our franchisees and independent sales associates were to provide diminished quality of service to customers, our image and reputation may suffer materially and adversely affect our results of operations. Improper actions by our franchisees may also lead to direct claims against us based on theories of vicarious liability and negligence.

Additionally, franchisees and independent sales associates may engage or be accused of engaging in unlawful or tortious acts such as, for example, violating the anti-discrimination requirements of the Fair Housing Act. Such acts or the accusation of such acts could harm our and our brands’ image, reputation and goodwill.

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time in the future as we continue to offer franchises. To the extent we have such disputes, the attention of our management and our franchisees will be diverted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Clients of our relocation business may terminate their contracts and clients of our lender channel business may terminate their relationships with us at any time.

Substantially all of our contracts with our relocation clients are terminable at any time at the option of the client. If a client terminates its contract, we will only be compensated for all services performed up to the time of termination and reimbursed for all expenses incurred up to the time of termination. In addition, TRG’s lender channel business is highly dependent on our relationships with institutional clients who have not historically entered into contracts with us. If a significant number of our relocation clients terminate their contracts with us or if our relationships with the institutional clients in TRG’s lender channel business deteriorate, our results of operations would be materially adversely affected.

Our marketing arrangement with PHH Home Loans may limit our ability to work with other key lenders to grow our business.

Under our Strategic Relationship Agreement relating to PHH Home Loans, we are required to recommend PHH Home Loans as originator of mortgage loans to the independent sales associates, customers and employees of our company owned and operated brokerage offices. This provision may limit our ability to enter into beneficial business relationships with other lenders and mortgage brokers.

We do not control the joint venture PHH Home Loans and PHH as the managing partner of that venture may make decisions that are contrary to our best interests.

Under our Operating Agreement with PHH relating to PHH Home Loans, we own a 49.9% equity interest but do not have control of the operations of the joint venture. Rather, our joint venture partner, PHH, is the managing partner of the venture and may make decisions with respect to the operation of the venture, which may be contrary to our best interests and may adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, our joint venture may be materially adversely impacted by changes affecting the mortgage industry, including but not limited to regulatory changes, increases in mortgage interest rates and decreases in operating margins.

In the event of a termination of our joint venture PHH Home Loans, our earnings derived from the business that had been conducted by the joint venture and the related marketing fees that our franchise segment earns from PHH could be materially adversely affected.

Either party has the right to terminate the joint venture upon the occurrence of certain events, such as a material breach by the other party of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in the Operating Agreement, Strategic Relationship Agreement or certain other related agreements that is not cured following any applicable notice or cure period, or the insolvency of the other party. In addition, we may terminate the joint venture at our election at any time after January 31, 2015 by providing two years’ prior notice to PHH, and PHH may terminate the venture at its election effective January 31, 2030 by notice delivered no earlier than three years, but not later than two years, before such date. Upon any termination of the joint venture by us, we may require that PHH purchases our interest or sells its interest to a buyer designated by us. Upon any termination of the joint venture by PHH, PHH will be entitled to purchase our interest. In each case, the purchase price would be the fair market value of the interest sold.

If the joint venture is terminated, we may not be able to replace PHH with a new joint venture partner on terms comparable to us as those contained in the existing agreements governing the joint venture and, even if successful in finding a replacement partner, may incur expenses or loss of mortgage related earnings during any such transition. We may also decide not to continue to engage in the loan origination business conducted by the

 

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joint venture. In the event of a termination of the joint venture, our earnings derived from the business that had been conducted by the joint venture and the related marketing fees that we earned from PHH could be materially adversely affected.

We may experience significant claims relating to our operations and losses resulting from fraud, defalcation or misconduct.

We issue title insurance policies which provide coverage for real property to mortgage lenders and buyers of real property. When acting as a title agent issuing a policy on behalf of an underwriter, our insurance risk is typically limited to the first $5,000 of claims on any one policy, though our insurance risk is not limited if we are negligent. The title underwriter which we acquired in January 2006 typically underwrites title insurance policies of up to $1.5 million. For policies in excess of $1.5 million, we typically obtain a reinsurance policy from a national underwriter to reinsure the excess amount. To date, our title underwriter has experienced claims losses that are significantly below the industry average; however, our claims experience could increase in the future, which could negatively impact the profitability of that business. We may also be subject to legal claims or additional claims losses arising from the handling of escrow transactions and closings by our owned titled agencies or our underwriter’s independent title agents. Our subsidiary, NRT, carries errors and omissions insurance for errors made during the real estate settlement process of $15 million in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $1 million per occurrence. In addition, we carry an additional errors and omissions insurance policy for Realogy and its subsidiaries for errors made for real estate related services up to $35 million in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $2.5 million per occurrence. This policy also provides excess coverage to NRT creating an aggregate limit of $50 million, subject to the NRT deductible of $1 million per occurrence. The occurrence of a significant claim in excess of our insurance coverage in any given period could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations during the period. In addition, insurance carriers may dispute coverage for various reasons and there can be no assurance that all claims will be covered by insurance.

Fraud, defalcation and misconduct by employees are also risks inherent in our business. We carry insurance covering the loss or theft of funds by employees of up to $30 million annually in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $1 million per occurrence. We may also from time to time be subject to liability claims based upon the fraud or misconduct of our franchisees. To the extent that any loss or theft of funds substantially exceeds our insurance coverage, our business could be materially adversely affected.

In addition, we rely on the collection and use of personally identifiable information from customers to conduct our business. We disclose our information collection and dissemination practices in a published privacy statement on our websites, which we may modify from time to time. We may be subject to legal claims, government action and damage to our reputation if we act or are perceived to be acting inconsistently with the terms of our privacy statement, customer expectations or the law. In the event we or the vendors with which we contract to provide services on behalf of our customers were to suffer a breach of personally identifiable information, our customers, such as our Cartus corporate or affinity clients, could terminate their business with us. Further, we may be subject to claims to the extent individual employees or independent contractors breach or fail to adhere to company policies and practices and such actions jeopardize any personally identifiable information. In addition, concern among potential home buyers or sellers about our privacy practices could keep them from using our services or require us to incur significant expense to alter our business practices or educate them about how we use personally identifiable information.

We could be subject to significant losses if banks do not honor our escrow and trust deposits.

Our company owned brokerage business and our title and settlement services business act as escrow agents for numerous customers. As an escrow agent, we receive money from customers to hold until certain conditions are satisfied. Upon the satisfaction of those conditions, we release the money to the appropriate party. We deposit this money with various banks and while these deposits are not assets of the Company (and therefore excluded from our consolidated balance sheet), we remain contingently liable for the disposition of these deposits. The

 

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banks may hold a significant amount of these deposits in excess of the federal deposit insurance limit. If any of our depository banks were to become unable to honor any portion of our deposits, customers could seek to hold us responsible for such amounts and, if the customers prevailed in their claims, we could be subject to significant losses. These escrow and trust deposits totaled $481 million at June 30, 2012.

Title insurance regulations limit the ability of our insurance underwriter to pay cash dividends to us.

Our title insurance underwriter is subject to regulations that limit its ability to pay dividends or make loans or advances to us, principally to protect policy holders. Generally, these regulations limit the total amount of dividends and distributions to a certain percentage of the insurance subsidiary’s surplus, or 100% of statutory operating income for the previous calendar year. These restrictions could limit our ability to receive dividends from our insurance underwriter, make acquisitions or otherwise grow our business.

We may be unable to continue to securitize certain of our relocation assets, which may adversely impact our liquidity or limit the scope of our relocation business.

At June 30, 2012, $267 million of securitization obligations were outstanding through special purpose entities monetizing certain assets of our relocation services business under two lending facilities. We have provided a performance guaranty which guarantees the obligations of our Cartus subsidiary and its subsidiaries, as originator and servicer under the Apple Ridge securitization program. The securitization markets have experienced significant disruptions which may have the effect of increasing our cost of funding or reducing our access to these markets in the future. If we are unable to continue to securitize these assets, we may be required to find additional sources of funding which may be on less favorable terms or may not be available at all. In such an event, without alternative sources of liquidity, our relocation segment’s operations could be significantly curtailed.

The occurrence of any trigger events under our Apple Ridge securitization facility could cause us to lose funding under that facility and therefore restrict our ability to fund the operation of our U.S. relocation business.

The Apple Ridge securitization facility, which we use to advance funds on behalf of certain clients of our relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees, contains terms which if triggered may result in a termination or limitation of new or existing funding under the facility and/or may result in a requirement that all collections on the assets be used to pay down the amounts outstanding under such facility. The triggering events include but are not limited to: those tied to the age and quality of the underlying assets; a change of control; a breach of our senior secured leverage ratio covenant under our senior secured credit facility if uncured; and the acceleration of indebtedness under our senior secured credit facility, unsecured or secured notes or other material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business.

We are highly dependent on the availability of the asset-backed securities market to finance the operations of our relocation business, and disruptions in this market or any adverse change or delay in our ability to access the market could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, liquidity or results of operations.

Our Apple Ridge securitization facility, as amended in December 2011, matures in December 2013. We could encounter difficulties in renewing this facility and if this source of funding is not available to us for any reason, we could be required to borrow under the revolving credit facility or incur other indebtedness to finance our working capital needs, and there can be no assurance in this regard, or we could require our clients to fund the home purchases themselves, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business and financial objectives.

 

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Our international operations are subject to risks not generally experienced by our U.S. operations.

Our relocation services business operates worldwide, and to a lesser extent, our real estate franchise services segment has international franchisees and master franchisees. For each of the year ended December 31, 2011 and the six months ended June 30, 2012, revenues from these operations represented approximately 3% of our total revenues. Our international operations are subject to risks not generally experienced by our U.S. operations. The risks involved in our international operations and relationships that could result in losses against which we are not insured and therefore affect our profitability include:

 

   

fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

 

   

exposure to local economic conditions and local laws and regulations, including those relating to our employees;

 

   

economic and/or credit conditions abroad;

 

   

potential adverse changes in the political stability of foreign countries or in their diplomatic relations with the U.S.;

 

   

restrictions on the withdrawal of foreign investment and earnings;

 

   

government policies against businesses owned by foreigners;

 

   

investment restrictions or requirements;

 

   

diminished ability to legally enforce our contractual rights in foreign countries;

 

   

difficulties in registering, protecting or preserving trade names and trademarks in foreign countries;

 

   

restrictions on the ability to obtain or retain licenses required for operation;

 

   

foreign exchange restrictions;

 

   

withholding and other taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries;

 

   

changes in foreign taxation structures; and

 

   

compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Anti-Bribery Act or similar laws of other countries.

We are subject to certain risks related to litigation filed by or against us, and adverse results may harm our business and financial condition.

We cannot predict with certainty the cost of defense, the cost of prosecution, insurance coverage or the ultimate outcome of litigation and other proceedings filed by or against us, including remedies or damage awards, and adverse results in such litigation and other proceedings may harm our business and financial condition. Such litigation and other proceedings may include, but are not limited to, actions relating to intellectual property, commercial arrangements, franchising arrangements, negligence and fiduciary duty claims arising from franchising arrangements or company owned brokerage operations, actions against our title company alleging it knew or should have known others were committing mortgage fraud, standard brokerage disputes like the failure to disclose hidden defects in the property such as mold, vicarious liability based upon conduct of individuals or entities outside of our control, including franchisees and independent sales associates, antitrust claims, general fraud claims and employment law claims, including claims challenging the classification of our sales associates as independent contractors, and claims alleging violations of RESPA or state consumer fraud statutes. In the case of intellectual property litigation and proceedings, adverse outcomes could include the cancellation, invalidation or other loss of material intellectual property rights used in our business and injunctions prohibiting our use of business processes or technology that is subject to third party patents or other third party intellectual property rights. In addition, we may be required to enter into licensing agreements (if available on acceptable terms or at all) and pay royalties.

 

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We are also party to an action pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, arising from the relationship of two of our subsidiaries with a former Coldwell Banker Commercial franchisee, whose 40.5% shareholder allegedly utilized the Coldwell Banker Commercial name in the offer and sale of securities that were improperly sold. On July 19, 2012 we entered into a definitive settlement agreement and on September 17, 2012, the settlement was preliminarily approved by the court, subject to final court approval. There can be no assurance that the court will grant such final approval. See “Business—Legal Proceedings.”

We are reliant upon information technology to operate our business and maintain our competitiveness, and any disruption or reduction in our information technology capabilities could harm our business.

Our business depends upon the use of sophisticated information technologies and systems, including technology and systems utilized for communications, records of transactions, procurement, call center operations and administrative systems. The operation of these technologies and systems is dependent upon third party technologies, systems and services, for which there are no assurances of continued or uninterrupted availability and support by the applicable third party vendors on commercially reasonable terms. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to effectively operate and maintain our information technologies and systems. In addition, our information technologies and systems are expected to require refinements and enhancements on an ongoing basis, and we expect that advanced new technologies and systems will continue to be introduced. We may not be able to obtain such new technologies and systems, or to replace or introduce new technologies and systems as quickly as our competitors or in a cost-effective manner. Also, we may not achieve the benefits anticipated or required from any new technology or system, and we may not be able to devote financial resources to new technologies and systems in the future.

In addition, our information technologies and systems and those of our suppliers are vulnerable to breach, damage or interruption from various causes, including: (1) natural disasters, war and acts of terrorism, (2) power losses, computer systems failure, Internet and telecommunications or data network failures, operator error, losses and corruption of data, and similar events and (3) computer viruses, penetration by individuals seeking to disrupt operations or misappropriate information and other physical or electronic breaches of security. We maintain certain disaster recovery capabilities for critical functions in most of our businesses, including certain disaster recovery services from International Business Machines Corporation. We also have certain protections designed to protect against breaches. However, these capabilities may not successfully prevent a disruption to or material adverse effect on our businesses or operations in the event of a disaster, theft of data or other business interruption. Any extended interruption in our technologies or systems or significant breach could significantly curtail our ability to conduct our business and generate revenue. Additionally, our business interruption insurance may be insufficient to compensate us for losses that may occur.

We do not own two of our brands and must manage cooperative relationships with both owners.

The Sotheby’s International Realty ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brands are owned by the companies that founded these brands. We are the exclusive party licensed to run brokerage services in residential real estate under those brands, whether through our franchisees or our company owned operations. Our future operations and performance with respect to these brands requires the continued cooperation from the owners of those brands and successful protection of those brands. In particular, Sotheby’s has the right to approve the master franchisors of, and the material terms of our master franchise agreements governing our relationships with, our Sotheby’s franchisees located outside the U.S., which approval cannot be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Sotheby’s unreasonably withholds or delays its approval for new international master franchisors, our relationship with them could be disrupted. Any significant disruption of the relationships with the owners of these brands could impede our franchising of those brands and have a material adverse effect on our operations and performance.

 

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The weakening or unavailability of our intellectual property rights could adversely impact our business.

Our trademarks, trade names, domain names, trade dress and other intellectual property rights are fundamental to our brands and our franchising business. The steps we take to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate and, in particular, we may not own all necessary registrations for our intellectual property. Applications we have filed to register our intellectual property may not be approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Our intellectual property rights may not be successfully asserted in the future or may be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. We may be unable to prevent third parties from using our intellectual property rights without our authorization or independently developing technology that is similar to ours. Also third parties may own rights in similar trademarks. Any unauthorized use of our intellectual property by third parties could reduce any competitive advantage we have developed or otherwise harm our business and brands. If we had to litigate to protect these rights, any proceedings could be costly, and we may not prevail. Our intellectual property rights, including our trademarks, may fail to provide us with significant competitive advantages in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions that do not have or do not enforce strong intellectual property rights.

We cannot be certain that our intellectual property does not and will not infringe issued intellectual property rights of others. We may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of our business, including claims of alleged infringement of the patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights of third parties. Any such claims, whether or not meritorious, could result in costly litigation. Depending on the success of these proceedings, we may be required to enter into licensing or consent agreements (if available on acceptable terms or at all), or to pay damages or cease using certain service marks or trademarks.

We franchise our brands to franchisees. While we try to ensure that the quality of our brands is maintained by all of our franchisees, we cannot assure that these franchisees will not take actions that hurt the value of our intellectual property or our reputation.

Our license agreement with Sotheby’s for the use of the Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand is terminable by Sotheby’s prior to the end of the license term if certain conditions occur, including but not limited to the following: (1) we attempt to assign any of our rights under the license agreement in any manner not permitted under the license agreement, (2) we become bankrupt or insolvent, (3) a court issues a non-appealable, final judgment that we have committed certain breaches of the license agreement and we fail to cure such breaches within 60 days of the issuance of such judgment, or (4) we discontinue the use of all of the trademarks licensed under the license agreement for a period of twelve consecutive months.

Our license agreement with Meredith Corporation (“Meredith”) for the use of the Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brand is terminable by Meredith prior to the end of the license term if certain conditions occur, including but not limited to the following: (1) we attempt to assign any of our rights under the license agreement in any manner not permitted under the license agreement, (2) we become bankrupt or insolvent, or (3) a trial court issues a final judgment that we are in material breach of the license agreement or any representation or warranty we made was false or materially misleading when made.

We may incur substantial and unexpected liabilities arising out of our pension plan.

We have a defined benefit pension plan for which participation was frozen as of July 1, 1997, however, the plan is subject to minimum funding requirements. Although the Company to date has met its minimum funding requirements, the pension plan represents a liability on our balance sheet and will generate substantial cash requirements for us, which may increase beyond our expectations in future years based on changing market conditions. For example, as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, for financial reporting purposes, we estimated that required cash contributions will be between $8 million and $9 million each year for the next five years and approximately $48 million over the succeeding five years. In addition, changes in interest rates, mortality rates, health care costs, early retirement rates, investment returns and the market value of plan assets can affect the funded status of our pension plan and cause volatility in the future funding requirements of the plan.

 

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Our ability to use our NOLs and other tax attributes may be limited if we undergo an “ownership change.”

Our ability to utilize our NOLs and other tax attributes could be limited if we undergo an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). An ownership change is generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point increase in equity ownership by 5% shareholders in any three-year period. It is possible that an ownership change occurs as a result of the sale of our common stock pursuant to this offering, the conversion of the Convertible Notes, the issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the letter agreements, prior and future equity issuances, or the cumulative effect of such transactions. Pursuant to rules under Section 382 of the Code and a published Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) notice, a company’s “net unrealized built-in gain” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code may reduce the limitation on such company’s ability to utilize NOLs resulting from an ownership change. Although there can be no assurance in this regard, we believe that, to the extent we undergo an ownership change, the resulting limitation on our ability to utilize our NOLs should be significantly reduced as a result of our net unrealized built-in gain. However, the cash tax benefit from our NOLs is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Accordingly, we may be unable to earn enough taxable income in order to fully utilize our current NOLs.

The Statutory Conversions will eliminate certain of our NOLs for state tax purposes.

Prior to the completion of this offering and other related transactions, we intend to effect the Statutory Conversions in order to permit our Convertible Notes to be converted into shares of our common stock on a tax-free basis, and as a result facilitate such conversions. As a result of the Statutory Conversions, our ability to utilize certain of our NOLs for state tax purposes will be eliminated, the net cash impact of which is expected to be approximately $19 million (net of benefits from payments of additional taxes in these states, which are deductible for federal income tax purposes).

We are responsible for certain of Cendant’s contingent and other corporate liabilities.

Under the Separation and Distribution Agreement dated July 27, 2006 the (“Separation and Distribution Agreement”) among Realogy, Cendant Corporation (“Cendant”), which changed its name to Avis Budget Group, Inc. (“Avis Budget”) in August 2006, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (“Wyndham Worldwide”) and Travelport Inc. (“Travelport”), and other agreements, subject to certain exceptions contained in the Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of July 28, 2006, as amended (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”), among Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, Realogy and Wyndham Worldwide have each assumed and are generally responsible for 62.5% and 37.5%, respectively, of certain of Cendant’s contingent and other corporate liabilities not primarily related to the businesses of Travelport, Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide or Avis Budget Group. The due to former parent balance was $76 million at June 30, 2012 and represents Realogy’s accrual of its share of potential Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities.

If any party responsible for Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities were to default in its payment, when due, of any such assumed obligations related to any such contingent and other corporate liability, each non-defaulting party (including Cendant) would be required to pay an equal portion of the amounts in default. Accordingly, Realogy may, under certain circumstances, be obligated to pay amounts in excess of its share of the assumed obligations related to such contingent and other corporate liabilities, including associated costs and expenses.

Although we have resolved various Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities and have established reserves for most of the remaining unresolved claims of which we have knowledge, adverse outcomes from the unresolved Cendant liabilities for which Realogy has assumed partial liability under the Separation and Distribution Agreement could be material with respect to our earnings or cash flows in any given reporting period.

 

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Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock and this Offering

There is no existing market for our common stock and we do not know if one will develop, which could impede your ability to sell your shares and depress the market price of our common stock.

Prior to this offering, there has not been a public market for our common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in the company will lead to the development of an active trading market on the NYSE or otherwise, or how liquid that market might become. If an active trading market does not develop, you may have difficulty selling any of our common stock that you buy. The initial public offering price for the common stock will be determined by negotiations between us and the representatives of the underwriters and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the open market following this offering. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).” Consequently, you may not be able to sell our common stock at prices equal to or greater than the price you paid in this offering.

The price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Volatility in the market price of our common stock may prevent you from being able to sell your shares of common stock at or above the price you paid for them. The market price for our common stock could fluctuate significantly for various reasons, many of which are outside our control, including those described above and the following:

 

   

our operating and financial performance and prospects, including but not limited to the incurrence of additional indebtedness or other adverse changes relating to our debt;

 

   

our quarterly or annual earnings or those of other companies in our industry;

 

   

conditions that impact demand for our products and services, including the condition of the U.S. residential housing market;

 

   

future announcements concerning our business or our competitors’ businesses;

 

   

the public’s reaction to our press releases, other public announcements and filings with the SEC;

 

   

changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts who track our common stock;

 

   

market and industry perception of our success, or lack thereof, in pursuing our growth strategy;

 

   

strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;

 

   

changes in government and environmental regulation;

 

   

housing and mortgage finance markets;

 

   

changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;

 

   

arrival and departure of key personnel;

 

   

the number of shares to be publicly traded after this offering;

 

   

sales of common stock by us, Apollo, Paulson, or members of our management team;

 

   

adverse resolution of new or pending litigation against us;

 

   

changes in general market, economic and political conditions in the United States and global economies or financial markets, including those resulting from natural disasters, terrorist attacks, acts of war and responses to such events; and

 

   

material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting.

As a result of these factors, investors in our common stock may not be able to resell their shares at or above the initial public offering price or may not be able to resell them at all. These broad market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In addition, price volatility may be greater if the public float and trading volume of our common stock is low.

 

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Apollo controls us and Paulson will also be a significant stockholder, and their interests may conflict with or differ from your interests as a stockholder.

Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, funds affiliated with our equity sponsor, Apollo, will indirectly beneficially own approximately 50.2% of our common stock, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares. If the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares, funds affiliated with Apollo will indirectly beneficially own approximately 48.0% of our common stock. Apollo will also receive shares of our common stock in an amount equal to $25 million on January 15, 2013, representing a portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee. As a result, subject to Paulson’s right to designate one director, Apollo will have the power to elect all of our directors. Therefore, Apollo effectively will have the ability to prevent any transaction that requires the approval of our Board of Directors or our stockholders, including the approval of significant corporate transactions such as restructurings, mergers and the sale of substantially all of our assets and Apollo will continue to be able to significantly influence or effectively control our decisions. In addition, so long as Apollo holds at least 25% of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock, a majority of the directors designated to the Board of Directors by Apollo must approve certain of our significant business decisions. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Description of Capital Stock—Composition of Board of Directors; Election and Removal of Directors; Number of Directors.”

In addition, following the completion of this offering and related transactions, Paulson will indirectly beneficially own approximately 10.2% of our common stock, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares. If the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares, Paulson will indirectly beneficially own approximately 9.8% of our common stock. Pursuant to a securityholders agreement we have entered into with Paulson (the “Paulson Securityholders Agreement”), Paulson also has the right to nominate a member of our Board of Directors or designate a non-voting observer to attend meetings of our Board of Directors, in addition to certain other rights. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Description of Capital Stock—Composition of Board of Directors; Election and Removal of Directors; Number of Directors.”

The interests of Apollo could conflict with or differ from your interests as a holder of our common stock. For example, the concentration of ownership held by Apollo could delay, defer or prevent a change of control of the company or impede a merger, takeover or other business combination that you as a stockholder may otherwise view favorably. In addition, pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, Apollo, and any of our directors who are affiliated with Apollo, will continue to have the right to, and will have no duty to abstain from, exercising such right to, conduct business with any business that is competitive or in the same line of business as us, do business with any of our clients, customers or vendors, or make investments in the kind of property in which we may make investments. Apollo is in the business of making or advising on investments in companies and may hold, and may from time to time in the future acquire interests in or provide advice to businesses that directly or indirectly compete with certain portions of our business or are suppliers or customers of ours. Apollo may also pursue acquisitions that may be complementary to our business, and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. So long as Apollo continues to own a significant amount of our common stock, even if such amount is less than 50%, Apollo will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions.

Additionally, the Apollo Securityholders Agreement (as defined below) provides for the right of the Apollo Group (as defined below) to designate a number of directors, no fewer than that number that would constitute a majority of the number of directors if there were no vacancies on the Board of Directors (so long as the Apollo Group hold at least a majority of the voting power of our common stock), to the Board of Directors which will decline based upon the percentage of the voting power owned by the Apollo Group at the time of such designation. See “Description of Capital Stock—Composition of Board of Directors; Election and Removal of Directors; Number of Directors.”

 

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Furthermore, a sale of a substantial number of shares of stock in the future by funds affiliated with Apollo or Paulson could cause our stock price to decline.

We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE rules and, as a result, will qualify for, and intend to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.

Upon the closing of this offering, we expect that funds affiliated with Apollo will continue to control a majority of our voting common stock. As a result, we expect to qualify as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance standards. Under the NYSE rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain NYSE corporate governance requirements, including:

 

   

the requirement that a majority of the Board of Directors consists of independent directors;

 

   

the requirement that we have a nominating/corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities;

 

   

the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and

 

   

the requirement for an annual performance evaluation of the nominating/corporate governance and compensation committees.

Following this offering, we intend to utilize these exemptions. As a result, we will not have a majority of independent directors nor will our nominating/corporate governance and compensation committees consist entirely of independent directors and we will not be required to have an annual performance evaluation of the nominating/corporate governance and compensation committees. See “Management.” Accordingly, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to such corporate governance requirements.

Texas insurance laws and regulations may delay or impede your ability to purchase our common stock.

The insurance laws and regulations of Texas, the jurisdiction in which our title insurance underwriter subsidiary is domiciled, generally provide that no person may acquire control, directly or indirectly, of a Texas domiciled insurer, unless the person has provided required information to, and the acquisition is approved or not disapproved by, the Texas Department of Insurance. Generally, any person acquiring beneficial ownership of 10% or more of our voting securities would be presumed to have acquired indirect control of our title insurance underwriter subsidiary unless the Texas Department of Insurance, upon application, determines otherwise. Apollo and Paulson have previously received approvals for their current holdings from the Texas Department of Insurance. Certain purchasers of our common stock could be subject to similar approvals which could significantly delay or otherwise impede your ability to complete such purchase.

We have no plans to pay regular dividends on our common stock, so you may not receive funds without selling your common stock.

We have no plans to pay regular dividends on our common stock. Any declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applying to the payment of dividends and other considerations that our Board of Directors deems relevant.

Certain of our debt instruments contain covenants that restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to us. See “Description of Indebtedness” and “Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock.” Furthermore, we

 

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will be permitted under the terms of our debt instrument to incur additional indebtedness, which may restrict or prevent us from paying dividends on our common stock. Agreements governing any future indebtedness, in addition to those governing our current indebtedness, may not permit us to pay dividends on our common stock.

Future sales or the perception of future sales of a substantial amount of our common stock may depress the price of shares of our common stock.

Future sales or the availability for sale of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future sales of equity securities.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will authorize us to issue 400,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 130,153,234 shares will be outstanding following the completion of this offering and related transactions (assuming the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders). Of these shares, (a) 40,000,000 shares of our common stock to be sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act (other than restrictions pursuant to lock-up agreements entered into by participants in the directed share program), (b) 24,685,552 shares will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act (following the expiration of the lock-up period in the lock-up agreements described herein) and (c) 65,467,682 shares will be tradable subject to the volume limitations and applicable holding period requirements of Rule 144, as well as the lock-up agreements described herein. If the holders of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders also convert their Convertible Notes into shares of common stock, it will result in the issuance of an additional 8,641,178 shares of common stock which will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, subject to, with respect to 5,534,765 shares issuable to the Other Holders (including pursuant to the Other Holders letter agreements), the expiration of the lock-up period in the lock-up agreements described herein. We will also issue shares of our common stock in an amount equal to $25 million to Apollo on January 15, 2013, representing a portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” for a discussion of the shares of our common stock that may be sold into the public market in the future and the lock-up agreements relating to certain of those shares. Pursuant to our securityholders agreements with Apollo and Paulson, each of Apollo and Paulson have certain rights to demand underwritten registered offerings in respect of the approximately 78,677,380 shares of common stock that they will own immediately following this offering and we have granted Apollo and Paulson incidental registration rights in respect of such shares of common stock. In addition, we have agreed with Apollo and Paulson to reinstate our existing resale registration statement relating to the shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, as well as the shares of common stock issued to Apollo and Paulson pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements, upon the expiration of the lock-up period provided for in their lock-up agreement with the underwriters. Upon the effectiveness of such registration statement, all shares covered by the registration statement would be freely transferable. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

As soon as practicable following the completion of this offering, we intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act covering 9,486,600 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan and the 2012 LTIP. Accordingly, shares of our common stock registered under such registration statements will be immediately available for sale in the open market upon exercise by the holders, subject to vesting restrictions, Rule 144 limitations applicable to our affiliates and the contractual lock-up provisions described above.

We may issue shares of our common stock or other securities from time to time as consideration for future acquisitions and investments. If any such acquisition or investment is significant, the number of shares of our common stock, or the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of other securities that we may issue may in turn be substantial. We may also grant registration rights covering those shares of our common stock or other securities in connection with any such acquisitions and investments.

 

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We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of our common stock will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares of our common stock issued in connection with an acquisition), or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.

Delaware law and our organizational documents may impede or discourage a takeover, which could deprive our investors of the opportunity to receive a premium for their shares.

We are a Delaware corporation, and the anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law impose various impediments to the ability of a third party to acquire control of us, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the Apollo Securityholders Agreement that will each be effective upon completion of this offering may make it more difficult for, or prevent a third party from, acquiring control of us without the approval of our Board of Directors. Among other things, these provisions:

 

   

classify our Board of Directors so that only some of our directors are elected each year;

 

   

do not permit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow less than a majority of stockholders to elect director candidates;

 

   

delegate the sole power to a majority of the Board of Directors to fix the number of directors;

 

   

provide the power of our Board of Directors to fill any vacancy on our Board of Directors, whether such vacancy occurs as a result of an increase in the number of directors or otherwise;

 

   

authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock without any need for action by stockholders;

 

   

eliminate the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;

 

   

prohibit stockholders from acting by written consent if less than a majority of the voting power of our outstanding common stock is controlled by Apollo;

 

   

establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings; and

 

   

provide that the approval of a majority of the directors designated to the Board of Directors by Apollo will be required for certain change of control transactions until such time as Apollo no longer controls at least 25% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock.

The foregoing factors, as well as the significant common stock ownership by funds affiliated with Apollo, could impede a merger, takeover or other business combination or discourage a potential investor from making a tender offer for our common stock, which, under certain circumstances, could reduce the market value of our common stock and your ability to realize any potential change-in-control premium. See “Description of Capital Stock.”

We may issue shares of preferred stock in the future, which could make it difficult for another company to acquire us or could otherwise adversely affect holders of our common stock, which could depress the price of our common stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will authorize us to issue one or more series of preferred stock. Our Board of Directors will have the authority to determine the preferences, limitations and relative rights of shares of preferred stock and to fix the number of shares constituting any series and the designation of such series, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our preferred stock could be issued with voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to the rights of our common stock. The potential issuance of preferred stock may delay or prevent a change in control of us, discouraging bids for our common stock at a premium to the market price, and materially and adversely affect the market price and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock.

 

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You will suffer immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of the common stock you purchase.

Prior investors have paid substantially less per share than the price in this offering. The initial public offering price is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of the outstanding common stock after giving effect to this offering and related transactions. Accordingly, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $25.00 per share (the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in “Use of Proceeds,” and following the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders substantially concurrently with the closing of the offering and the issuance of          shares of common stock pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements, purchasers of common stock in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution of approximately $61.63 per share. Additionally, investors in our common stock will be further diluted in the event that the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares. See “Dilution.”

We are a holding company and accordingly are dependent upon distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations and pay dividends.

We are a holding company and have no business operations of our own. Our only material asset is our indirect interest in all of the outstanding capital stock of Realogy, through which we conduct our business. We have no independent means of generating revenue. As a result, we are dependent on loans, dividends and other payments from Realogy to generate the funds necessary to pay our expenses and to pay any cash dividends. There can be no assurance that Realogy will generate sufficient cash flow to dividend or distribute funds to us or that applicable state law and contractual restrictions, including negative covenants in our senior secured credit facility and indentures, will permit such dividends or distributions. Our senior secured credit facility and indentures currently restrict Realogy from paying dividends or making distributions to us.

If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our company, or if they issue unfavorable commentary about us or our industry or downgrade our common stock, the price of our common stock could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will depend in part on the research and reports that third-party securities analysts publish about our company and our industry. We may be unable or slow to attract research coverage and if one or more analysts cease coverage of our company, we could lose visibility in the market. In addition, one or more of these analysts could downgrade our common stock or issue other negative commentary about our company or our industry. As a result of one or more of these factors, the trading price of our common stock could decline.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Forward-looking statements included in this prospectus or other public statements that we make from time to time are based on various facts and derived utilizing numerous important assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our future financial performance, business strategy, projected plans and objectives, as well as projections of macroeconomic and industry trends, which are inherently unreliable due to the multiple factors that impact economic trends, and any such variations may be material. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans,” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. You should understand that the following important factors could affect our future results and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements:

 

   

risks associated with our substantial indebtedness and interest obligations, including risks associated with our ability to comply with our senior secured leverage ratio covenant under our senior secured credit facility, interest rate risk, risks related to an event of default under our outstanding indebtedness, risks related to our ability to refinance our indebtedness and to incur additional indebtedness, and risks related to having to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to service our debt;

 

   

risks related to general business, economic, employment and political conditions and the U.S. residential real estate markets, either regionally or nationally, including but not limited to:

 

   

a lack of improvement in the number of homesales, further declines in home prices and/or a deterioration in other economic factors that particularly impact the residential real estate market and the business segments in which we operate;

 

   

a lack of improvement in consumer confidence;

 

   

the impact of future recessions, slow economic growth, disruptions in the banking system and high levels of unemployment in the U.S. and abroad;

 

   

increasing mortgage rates and down payment requirements and/or constraints on the availability of mortgage financing, including but not limited to the potential impact of various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and regulations that may be promulgated thereunder relating to mortgage financing;

 

   

legislative, tax or regulatory changes that would adversely impact the residential real estate market, including potential reforms of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;

 

   

negative trends and/or a negative perception of the market trends in value for residential real estate;

 

   

renewed high levels of foreclosure activity including but not limited to the release of homes already held for sale by financial institutions;

 

   

excessive or insufficient regional home inventory levels;

 

   

the inability or unwillingness of homeowners to enter into homesale transactions due to negative equity in their existing homes; and

 

   

lower homeownership rates or failure of homeownership rates to return to more typical levels;

 

   

our geographic and high-end market concentration, particularly with respect to our company owned brokerage operations;

 

   

our inability to securitize certain assets of our relocation business, which would require us to find an alternative source of liquidity that may not be available, or if available, may not be on favorable terms;

 

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limitations on flexibility in operating our business due to restrictions contained in our debt agreements;

 

   

our inability to sustain the improvements we have realized during the past several years in our operating efficiency through cost savings and business optimization efforts;

 

   

our inability to enter into franchise agreements with new franchisees or to realize royalty revenue growth from them;

 

   

our inability to renew existing franchise agreements or maintain franchisee satisfaction with our brands;

 

   

the inability of our existing franchisees to survive the challenges of the downturn in the real estate market or to grow their businesses;

 

   

disputes or issues with entities that license us their trade names for use in our business that could impede our franchising of those brands;

 

   

actions by our franchisees that could harm our business or reputation, non-performance of our franchisees, controversies with our franchisees or actions against us by third parties with which our franchisees have business relationships;

 

   

competition in our existing and future lines of business;

 

   

our failure to comply with laws and regulations and any changes in laws and regulations;

 

   

seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage business which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and liquidity;

 

   

the loss of any of our senior management or key managers or employees or other significant labor or employment issues;

 

   

adverse effects of natural disasters or environmental catastrophes;

 

   

risks related to our international operations;

 

   

any remaining resolutions or outcomes with respect to Cendant’s contingent liabilities under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and the Tax Sharing Agreement, including any adverse impact on our future cash flows;

 

   

the cumulative effect of adverse litigation, governmental proceedings or arbitration awards against us and the adverse effect of new regulatory interpretations, rules and laws; and

 

   

new types of taxes or increases in state, local or federal taxes that could diminish profitability or liquidity.

Other factors not identified above, including those described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” may also cause actual results to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are difficult to anticipate and are generally beyond our control. You should consider these factors in connection with considering any forward-looking statements that may be made by us and our businesses generally. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless we are required to do so by law.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Assuming an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, we estimate that the net proceeds to us from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering will be approximately $946 million (or $1,089 million if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

We intend to use the net proceeds that we receive in this offering, along with readily available cash, (i) to prepay all of the outstanding $650 million principal amount of the Second Lien Loans, (ii) to repurchase or redeem approximately $64 million principal amount of outstanding 10.50% Senior Notes and $41 million principal amount of outstanding Senior Toggle Notes, (iii) to redeem approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes that are not held by the Significant Holders following the closing date of this offering at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, or $186 million, (iv) to pay the $15 million cash portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee which will be paid on January 15, 2013, (v) to pay the cash payment of approximately $105 million pursuant to the Significant Holder letter agreements (a portion of which will be attributable to accrued interest on the Convertible Notes), (vi) to pay the prepayment premiums and fees in connection with the repayment of the foregoing indebtedness and (vii) to pay interest of approximately $59 million, representing interest payable from April 15, 2012 through the anticipated prepayment date of the indebtedness that will be repaid. The Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012. The amount of the cash payment to be paid to the Significant Holders is equal to the accrued and unpaid interest that the Significant Holders would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes. We expect that the prepayment of the Second Lien Loans and our issuance of redemption notices to holders of the 10.50% Senior Notes and the Senior Toggle Notes (which will specify that the redemption date will be on the 31st day following the date of such notice) will occur promptly following the closing of this offering. The prepayment, repurchase or redemption of the foregoing indebtedness will be in accordance with the respective agreements governing such indebtedness.

The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of the Convertible Notes held by them into shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering. As of September 4, 2012, the Significant Holders held in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, which, once converted, will result in the issuance of an additional 82,131,954 shares of common stock promptly following the closing of this offering, including the shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. See “Prospectus Summary—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.” We intend to issue a redemption notice to holders of approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes on the closing date of this offering, which will specify that the redemption date will be on the 31 st day following the date of such notice.

To the extent that any Convertible Notes not owned by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock, the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that would have been used to pay the redemption price for such Convertible Notes would instead be applied to the repayment of our other indebtedness. See footnote 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”

We expect delivery of the shares of common stock issued in this offering will be made against payment therefor with the underwriters of this offering on or about                      , 2012, which is the second business day following the date hereof; however, we expect delivery of the shares of common stock issued in this offering will be made against payment therefor with purchasers in this offering on or about                      , 2012, which is the fourth business day following the date hereof.

 

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The Second Lien Loans bear interest at a rate of 13.50% per year and mature on October 15, 2017. The 10.50% Senior Notes and the Senior Toggle Notes bear interest at rates of 10.50% and 11.00% per annum, respectively, and mature on April 15, 2014. The Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 11.00% per annum and mature on April 15, 2018. See “Description of Indebtedness” for further information on the terms of our outstanding indebtedness.

Certain affiliates of the underwriters hold a portion of the indebtedness being repaid with a portion of the proceeds of this offering as described above. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Other Relationships.”

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by $38.1 million (or $43.8 million if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us) assuming the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of June 30, 2012:

 

   

on an actual basis;

 

   

on a pro forma basis giving effect to the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders into 73,006,178 shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering; and

 

   

on a pro forma as adjusted basis giving effect to (i) our sale of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and our expected use of the net proceeds of this offering as described in “Use of Proceeds” and (ii) the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements described under “Prospectus Summary—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.”

To the extent that any Convertible Notes not owned by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock, the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that would have been used to pay the redemption price for such Convertible Notes will instead be applied to the repayment of our other indebtedness. See footnote 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”

You should read this table in conjunction with the information included under the headings “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information,” “Selected Historical Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements,” ”Use of Proceeds,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

     As of June 30, 2012  
     Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma
As Adjusted
 
Capitalization (excluding securitization obligations)    (In millions)  

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

   $ 138      $ 138      $ 49   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt (including current portion):

      

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

      

Extended revolving credit facility (2)

     109        109        201   

Extended term loan facility (3)

     1,822        1,822        1,822   

7.625% First Lien Notes due 2020

     593        593        593   

7.875% First and a Half Lien Notes due 2019

     700        700        700   

9.000% First and a Half Lien Notes due 2020

     325        325        325   

Second Lien Loans (4)

     650        650        —     

Other bank indebtedness (5)

     105        105        105   

10.50% Senior Notes due 2014

     64        64        —     

11.00/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2014

     41        41        —     

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (6)

     188        188        188   

11.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (7)

     489        489        489   

12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (8)

     129        129        129   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018

     10        10        10   

11.00% Convertible Notes due 2018 (9)

     2,110        207        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      

Total long-term debt (including current portion)

     7,335        5,432        4,562   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity:

      

Common stock; 178,000,000 authorized shares, 8,021,280 shares issued and outstanding (actual); 81,027,458 shares issued and outstanding (pro forma); 400,000,000 authorized shares, 130,153,234 shares issued and outstanding (pro forma as adjusted)

     —          1        1   

Additional paid-in capital (10)

     2,035        3,937        5,136   

Accumulated deficit (11)

     (3,719     (3,725     (4,069

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (30     (30     (30

Noncontrolling interests

     2        2        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

     (1,712     185        1,040   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capitalization (12)

   $ 5,623      $ 5,617      $ 5,602   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(1) Readily available cash as of June 30, 2012 was $89 million. Readily available cash includes cash and cash equivalents less statutory cash required for our title business. Pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents reflects (i) the payment of interest of approximately $59 million, representing the interest on indebtedness that will be repaid as described in “Use of Proceeds,” and (ii) the cash payment of approximately $105 million pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements as described in “Use of Proceeds.” The amount of such payment is equal to the interest that the Significant Holders would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date. The Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012. See footnote 2 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”
(2) Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.25% or (b) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate (“ABR”) plus 2.25% in each case subject to reductions based on the attainment of certain leverage ratios. The available capacity under this facility was reduced by $89 million of outstanding letters of credit as of June 30, 2012. On September 27, 2012, the Company had $20 million outstanding on the extended revolving credit facility and $95 million of outstanding letters of credit, leaving $248 million of available capacity.
(3) Interest rates with respect to term loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 4.25% or (b) the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1.75% and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate plus 3.25%.
(4) The Second Lien Loans accrue interest at a rate of 13.50% per annum.
(5) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility; $50 million is due in January 2013, $50 million is due in July 2013, and $5 million is due in August 2013.
(6) Consists of $190 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, less a discount of $2 million.
(7) Consists of $492 million of 11.50% Senior Notes, less a discount of $3 million.
(8) Consists of $130 million of 12.00% Senior Notes, less a discount of $1 million.
(9) The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of their Convertible Notes into common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering, representing in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes.
(10) Pro forma additional paid-in capital reflects the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of our Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders.

Pro forma as adjusted additional paid-in capital includes the impact of the following transactions: (i) the net proceeds from this offering of approximately $946 million; (ii) the fair value of the shares of common stock issued to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements of $228 million; and (iii) the $25 million portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee to be paid in shares of our common stock on January 15, 2013.

 

(11) Pro forma accumulated deficit reflects a $6 million loss on the extinguishment of debt, related to the write-off of deferred financing costs due to the conversion of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders.

Pro forma as adjusted accumulated deficit includes the impact of (i) the expense of $228 million, which represents the fair value of the shares of common stock issued to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements; (ii) $105 million of expense related to the cash payment to be made pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements as described in “Use of Proceeds”; (iii) interest expense of $59 million, which represents the interest payable from April 15, 2012 through the anticipated prepayment date on the indebtedness that will be repaid as described in “Use of Proceeds”; (iv) $40 million of expense to be recognized related to the Management Agreement Termination Fee payment to be paid $15 million in cash and $25 million in shares of our common stock on January 15, 2013; (v) $7 million of prepayment fees associated with the prepayment of our indebtedness; and (vi) a $4 million loss on the extinguishment of debt, related to the write-off of deferred financing costs on other indebtedness; offset by a

 

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(a) $21 million gain related to the $207 million of Convertible Notes redeemed by the Company at 90% of the principal amount thereof, (b) $44 million reduction of accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 on the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders which will not be paid as a result of the cash payment made pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements, (c) $26 million reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 which is included in the interest expense of $59 million reflected above and (d) an $8 million reduction in the amount accrued related to the Management Agreement (as defined below).

(12) Total capitalization excludes our securitization obligations which are collateralized by relocation related assets and appear in our current liabilities.

 

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DILUTION

If you invest in our common stock, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of our common stock and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock upon completion of this offering and related transactions. Dilution results from the fact that the per share offering price of our common stock is substantially in excess of the book value per share attributable to our existing equityholders.

The tables and calculations below set forth our net tangible book value (deficit) as of June 30, 2012:

 

   

on an actual basis;

 

   

on a pro forma basis giving effect to the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering; and

 

   

on a pro forma as adjusted basis giving effect to (i) our sale of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and our expected use of the net proceeds of this offering as described in “Use of Proceeds” and (ii) the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements described under “Prospectus Summary—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.”

Our net tangible book value (deficit) as of June 30, 2012 was $(7,529) million, or $(938.63) per share of common stock. Net tangible book value per share is calculated by subtracting $3,303 million of goodwill, $2,813 million of intangible assets, $367 million of net deferred tax liabilities and $68 million of deferred financing costs from total equity (deficit) of $(1,712) million divided by the number of common shares outstanding.

Our pro forma net tangible book value (deficit) as of June 30, 2012 was $(5,626) million, or $(69.43) per share of common stock, assuming the conversion of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders and the redemption by us of the remaining outstanding Convertible Notes. Pro forma net tangible book value per share is calculated by subtracting $3,303 million of goodwill, $2,813 million of intangible assets, $367 million of net deferred tax liabilities and $62 million of deferred financing costs from total equity of $185 million divided by the number of common shares outstanding.

Our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value (deficit) as of June 30, 2012 would have been $(4,767) million, or $(36.63) per share. This amount represents an immediate dilution of $61.63 per share to new investors. The following table illustrates this dilution per share:

 

Assumed initial public offering price per share of common stock

     $ 25.00   

Net tangible book value (deficit) per share of common stock as of June 30, 2012

   $ (938.63  

Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to the conversion of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders

     869.20     
  

 

 

   

Pro forma net tangible book value (deficit) per share of common stock attributable to the conversion of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders

     (69.43  

Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to this offering

     32.80     
  

 

 

   

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value (deficit) per share of common stock as of June 30, 2012 after this offering

       (36.63
    

 

 

 

Dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value (deficit) per share to new investors

     $ 61.63   
    

 

 

 

 

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If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book deficit will decrease to $33.96 per share, representing an increase to existing holders of $2.67 per share, and there will be an immediate dilution of $58.96 per share to new investors.

Assuming the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses in connection with this offering, a $1.00 increase in the assumed public offering price of $25.00 per share would decrease the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book deficit attributable to this offering by $0.30 per share and a $1.00 decrease in the assumed public offering price would increase the dilution to new investors by $0.29 per share.

The following table summarizes, as of June 30, 2012, the difference between the number of shares of our common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us, and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders, issued upon conversion of Convertible Notes (including Significant Holders letter agreement shares) and by new investors, at the assumed initial public offering price of $25.00 per share (the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), before deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses in connection with this offering:

 

     Shares Purchased     Total Consideration     Average Price  
       Number      Percent     Amount
(in  millions)
     Percent     Per Share  

Existing stockholders

     8,021,280         6   $ 2,000         41   $ 249.34   

Conversion of Convertible Notes (including Significant Holders letter agreement shares)

     82,131,954         63        1,903         39        23.17   

New investors in this offering

     40,000,000         31     1,000         20     25.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     130,153,234         100   $ 4,903         100   $ 37.67   

See “Prospectus Summary—The Offering” for a description of those shares not reflected in the foregoing table.

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We do not currently anticipate paying dividends on our common stock following this offering. Any declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, cash flows, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applicable to the payment of dividends and other considerations that our Board of Directors deems relevant. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock and this Offering—We have no plans to pay regular dividends on our common stock, so you may not receive funds without selling your common stock.” Because we are a holding company and have no direct operations, we will only be able to pay dividends from our available cash on hand and any funds we receive from our subsidiaries. The terms of our indebtedness restrict our subsidiaries from paying dividends to us. Under Delaware law, dividends may be payable only out of surplus, which is our net assets minus our liabilities and our capital, or, if we have no surplus, out of our net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. As a result, we may not pay dividends according to our policy or at all, if, among other things, we do not have sufficient cash to pay the intended dividends, if our financial performance does not achieve expected results or the terms of our indebtedness prohibit it. See “Description of Indebtedness” and “Description of Capital Stock.”

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We derived the unaudited pro forma financial data set forth below by the application of pro forma adjustments to the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2012 and pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 have been presented:

 

   

on a pro forma basis which gives effect to the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes by the Significant Holders into 73,006,178 shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering; and

 

   

on a pro forma as adjusted basis, which gives effect to (i) our sale of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and our expected use of the net proceeds of this offering as described in “Use of Proceeds” and (ii) the issuance of 9,125,776 shares of common stock to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements described under “Prospectus Summary—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.”

The pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet gives effect to the pro forma adjustments as if they occurred on June 30, 2012 and the pro forma consolidated statement of operations gives effect to the pro forma adjustments as if they occurred on January 1, 2011. In addition, the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2012 has also been presented on a pro forma basis and on a pro forma as adjusted basis giving further effect to the conversion of all of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders. See footnotes 7 through 9 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.

The pro forma adjustments set forth below were based on available information and certain assumptions made by our management and may be revised as additional information becomes available. The unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only, and does not purport to represent what our balance sheet and results of operations would actually have been if the transactions had occurred on the dates indicated, nor does it purport to project our results of operations or financial condition that we may achieve in the future.

You should read our unaudited pro forma financial information and the accompanying notes in conjunction with all of the historical financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the financial and other information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus, including information contained in “Risk Factors,” “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2012

(In millions)

 

     Actual     Convertible Notes
Pro Forma
Adjustments  (1)
    Pro
Forma
     Offering
Transaction
Adjustments  (2)
    Pro Forma As
Adjusted
 

ASSETS

           

Current assets:

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 138      $ —        $ 138       $ (89   $ 49   

Trade receivables

     147        —          147         —          147   

Relocation receivables

     419        —          419         —          419   

Relocation properties held for sale

     10        —          10         —          10   

Deferred income taxes

     59        —          59         —          59   

Other current assets

     97        —          97         —          97   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     870        —          870         (89     781   

Property and equipment, net

     151        —          151         —          151   

Goodwill

     3,303        —          3,303         —          3,303   

Trademarks

     732        —          732         —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

     1,663        —          1,663         —          1,663   

Other intangibles, net

     418        —          418         —          418   

Other non-current assets

     225        (6     219         (4     215   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 7,362      $ (6   $ 7,356       $ (93   $ 7,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

           

Current liabilities:

           

Accounts payable

   $ 214      $ —        $ 214       $ —        $ 214   

Securitization obligations

     267        —          267         —          267   

Due to former parent

     76        —          76         —          76   

Revolving credit facilities and current portion of long-term debt

     214        —          214         92        306   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     583        —          583         (78     505   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,354        —          1,354         14        1,368   

Long-term debt

     7,121        (1,903     5,218         (962     4,256   

Deferred income taxes

     426        —          426         —          426   

Other non-current liabilities

     173        —          173         —          173   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     9,074        (1,903     7,171         (948     6,223   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

     (1,712     1,897        185         855        1,040   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

   $ 7,362      $ (6   $ 7,356       $ (93   $ 7,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

(In millions, except per share data)

 

     Actual     Convertible Notes
Pro Forma
Adjustments  (3)
    Pro Forma     Offering
Transaction
Adjustments  (4)
    Pro Forma As
Adjusted
 

Revenues

          

Gross commission income

   $ 2,926      $ —        $ 2,926      $ —        $ 2,926   

Service revenue

     752        —          752        —          752   

Franchise fees

     256        —          256        —          256   

Other

     159        —          159        —          159   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

     4,093        —          4,093        —          4,093   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

          

Commission and other agent-related costs

     1,932        —          1,932        —          1,932   

Operating

     1,270        —          1,270        —          1,270   

Marketing

     185        —          185        —          185   

General and administrative

     254        —          254        7        261   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

     (15     —          (15     —          (15

Restructuring costs

     11        —          11        —          11   

Merger costs

     1        —          1        —          1   

Depreciation and amortization

     186        —          186        —          186   

Interest expense, net

     666        (210     456        (120     336   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

     36        —          36        —          36   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,526        (210     4,316        (113     4,203   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (433     210        (223     113        (110

Income tax expense

     32        —          32        —          32   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (26     —          (26     —          (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (439     210        (229     113        (116

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (2     —          (2     —          (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (441   $ 210      $ (231   $ 113      $ (118
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:

          

Basic loss per share:

   $ (55.01     $ (2.85     $ (0.91

Diluted loss per share:

     (55.01       (2.85       (0.91

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares (Basic and Diluted shares are the same due to the net loss):

          

Existing stockholders

     8.0          8.0          8.0   

Conversion of Convertible Notes held by the significant holders

     —            73.0          73.0   

Additional shares pursuant to the significant holders letter agreements

     —            —            9.1   

New investors in this offering

     —            —            40.0   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted weighted average common and common equivalent shares

     8.0          81.0          130.1   

 

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012

(In millions, except per share data)

 

     Actual     Convertible
Notes
Pro Forma
Adjustments  (5)
    Pro Forma     Offering
Transaction
Adjustments  (6)
    Pro Forma As
Adjusted
 

Revenues

          

Gross commission income

   $ 1,589      $ —        $ 1,589      $   —        $ 1,589   

Service revenue

     380        —          380          —          380   

Franchise fees

     130        —          130          —          130   

Other

     85        —          85          —          85   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

     2,184        —          2,184          —          2,184   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

          

Commission and other agent-related costs

     1,064        —          1,064          —          1,064   

Operating

     643        —          643          —          643   

Marketing

     103        —          103          —          103   

General and administrative

     156        —          156        4        160   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

     (3     —          (3       —          (3

Restructuring costs

     5        —          5          —          5   

Depreciation and amortization

     89        —          89          —          89   

Interest expense, net

     346        (105     241        (60     181   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

     6        —          6          —          6   

Other (income)/expense, net

     1        —          1          —          1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     2,410        (105     2,305        (56     2,249   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (226     105        (121     56        (65

Income tax expense

     15        —          15          —          15   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (25     —          (25       —          (25
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (216     105        (111     56        (55

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (1     —          (1       —          (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (217   $ 105      $ (112   $ 56      $ (56
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Loss per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:

          

Basic loss per share:

   $ (27.07     $ (1.38     $ (0.43

Diluted loss per share:

     (27.07       (1.38       (0.43

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares (Basic and Diluted shares are the same due to the net loss):

          

Existing stockholders

     8.0          8.0          8.0   

Conversion of Convertible Notes held by the significant holders

     —            73.0          73.0   

Additional shares pursuant to the significant holders letter agreements

     —            —            9.1   

New investors in this offering

     —            —            40.0   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted weighted average common and common equivalent shares

     8.0          81.0          130.1   

 

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(ASSUMING CONVERSION OF ALL OF THE CONVERTIBLE NOTES)

June 30, 2012

(In millions)

 

     Actual     Convertible Notes
Pro Forma
Adjustments  (7)
    Pro
Forma
     Offering
Transaction
Adjustments  (8)
    Pro Forma As
Adjusted
 

ASSETS

           

Current assets:

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 138      $ —        $ 138       $ (89   $ 49   

Trade receivables

     147        —          147         —          147   

Relocation receivables

     419        —          419         —          419   

Relocation properties held for sale

     10        —          10         —          10   

Deferred income taxes

     59        —          59         —          59   

Other current assets

     97        —          97         —          97   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     870        —          870         (89     781   

Property and equipment, net

     151        —          151         —          151   

Goodwill

     3,303        —          3,303         —          3,303   

Trademarks

     732        —          732         —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

     1,663        —          1,663         —          1,663   

Other intangibles, net

     418        —          418         —          418   

Other non-current assets

     225        (7     218         (3     215   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 7,362      $ (7   $ 7,355       $ (92   $ 7,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

           

Current liabilities:

           

Accounts payable

   $ 214      $ —        $ 214       $ —        $ 214   

Securitization obligations

     267        —          267         —          267   

Due to former parent

     76        —          76         —          76   

Revolving credit facilities and current portion of long-term debt

     214        —          214         (94     120   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     583        —          583         (79     504   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,354        —          1,354         (173     1,181   

Long-term debt

     7,121        (2,110     5,011         (755     4,256   

Deferred income taxes

     426        —          426         —          426   

Other non-current liabilities

     173        —          173         —          173   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     9,074        (2,110     6,964         (928     6,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit) (9)

     (1,712     2,103        391         836        1,227   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

   $ 7,362      $ (7   $ 7,355       $ (92   $ 7,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

Balance Sheet

(1) Pro forma gives effect to the conversion of approximately $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering. The pro forma balance sheet also reflects the write-off of deferred financing costs of $6 million as a result of the repayment of outstanding debt as described in “Use of Proceeds.”
(2) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to the following:

 

•      Anticipated gross proceeds from the sale of common stock in this offering

   $ 1,000   

•      Use of cash on hand

     89   

•      Borrowings under our revolving credit facility

     92   
Less   

•      Transaction related costs, including $47.5 million in underwriting discounts and commissions

     (54

•      Prepayment of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Loans

     (650

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes

     (64

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes

     (41

•      Payment of prepayment premiums and fees

     (7

•      Redemption of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes that are not held by the Significant Holders following the closing date of this offering at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof

     (186

•      Payment of the cash portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee to be paid on January 15, 2013

     (15

•      Payment of cash pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements (the Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes)

     (105

•      Payment of interest ($26 million was accrued at June 30, 2012), which represents the interest payable from April 15, 2012 through the anticipated prepayment date on the indebtedness that will be repaid as described in “Use of Proceeds”

     (59

The decrease in other non-current assets reflects the write-off of deferred financing costs of $4 million as a result of the repayment of outstanding debt as described in “Use of Proceeds.”

The reduction in accrued liabilities of $78 million is due to: (a) a $44 million reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 on the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders which will not be paid as a result of the conversion of their Convertible Notes pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements; (b) a $26 million reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 which is included in the interest expense of $59 million reflected above; and (c) an $8 million reduction in the amount accrued related to the Management Agreement.

The decrease in long-term debt of $962 million is comprised of the prepayment of $650 million principal amount of the Second Lien Loans, $64 million principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes, $41 million principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes and $207 million principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

(3)

Pro forma gives effect to the reduction in interest expense due to the conversion of approximately $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders. The

 

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  adjustment to interest expense includes a $209 million reduction in interest expense due to the conversion of such Convertible Notes and a $1 million reduction in deferred financing costs which are amortized to interest expense. The Company has not included in the pro forma statement of operations the loss on the extinguishment of debt as it is nonrecurring.

Pro forma also gives effect to the issuance of 73,006,178 additional shares as a result of the conversion of approximately $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders.

(4) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to the use of net proceeds from this offering, cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to facilitate:

 

•      Prepayment of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Loans

   $ (650

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes

     (64

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes

     (41

•      Redemption of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes that are not held by the Significant Holders following the closing date of this offering at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof

     (186

The adjustment to interest expense includes a $121 million reduction in interest expense due to the repayment of outstanding debt noted above and a $2 million reduction in deferred financing costs, which are amortized to interest expense; offset by a $3 million increase in interest expense related to additional borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

If the $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock instead of being redeemed, the Company will utilize the $186 million of proceeds from this offering that otherwise would have been applied to redeem the Convertible Notes to instead repay other indebtedness, which would result in additional annual interest savings. See footnote 8 below.

The increase in general and administrative expenses of $7 million is for both the annual stock compensation expense for the grant of stock options (vesting over four years) and restricted stock (vesting over three years) to be issued in connection with this offering assuming an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, as well as, less than $1 million of stock compensation expense related to performance based options that will be recorded upon the completion of this offering.

We have not included in our pro forma statement of operations the impact of non-recurring charges which include the following:

 

•      Expense which represents the fair value of the shares of common stock to be issued to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements

   $ 228   

•      Expense related to the cash payment to be made pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements as described in “Use of Proceeds”

     105   

•      Expense to be recognized related to the Management Agreement Termination Fee to be paid $15 million in cash and $25 million in shares of our common stock on January 15, 2013

     40   

•      Payment of prepayment premiums and fees associated with the prepayment of our indebtedness as described in “Use of Proceeds”

     7   

•      Loss on the extinguishment of debt, related to the write-off of deferred financing costs

     4   

Offset by

  

•      Gain related to the approximately $207 million principal amount of Convertible Notes to be redeemed by the Company at 90% of the principal amount thereof

     21   

 

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•      Reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 on the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders which will not be paid as a result of the conversion of their Convertible Notes pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements

     44   

•      Reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 which is included in the interest expense of $59 million reflected above

     26   

•      Reduction in the amount accrued related to the Management Agreement

     8   

Pro forma as adjusted also gives effect to the issuance of 9,125,776 additional shares pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements and the issuance of 40,000,000 shares in this offering.

Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

 

(5) Pro forma gives effect to the reduction in interest expense due to the conversion of $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders. The adjustment to interest expense includes a $105 million reduction in interest expense due to the conversion of the Convertible Notes. The Company has not included in the pro forma statement of operations the loss on the extinguishment of debt as it is nonrecurring.

Pro forma also gives effect to the issuance of 73,006,178 additional shares as a result of the conversion of $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders.

 

(6) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to the use of net proceeds related to the offering, cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to facilitate:

 

•      Prepayment of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Loans

   $ (650

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes

     (64

•      Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes

     (41

•      Redemption of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes that are not held by the Significant Holders following the closing date of this offering at a redemption price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof

     (186

The adjustment to interest expense includes a $61 million reduction in interest expense due to the repayment of outstanding debt noted above and a $1 million reduction in deferred financing costs, which are amortized to interest expense; offset by a $2 million increase in interest expense related to additional borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

If the $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock instead of being redeemed, the Company will utilize the $186 million of proceeds from this offering that otherwise would have been applied to redeem the Convertible Notes to instead repay other indebtedness, which would result in additional annual interest savings. See footnote 8 below.

The increase in general and administrative expenses of $4 million is the six-month amount of stock compensation expense for the grant of stock options (vesting over four years) and restricted stock (vesting over three years) to be issued in connection with this offering assuming an initial public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range.

Pro forma as adjusted also gives effect to the issuance of 9,125,776 additional shares pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements and the issuance of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering.

 

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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

(assuming conversion of all of the Convertible Notes)

Balance Sheet (assuming conversion of all of the Convertible Notes)

 

(7) Pro forma gives effect to the conversion of all of the approximately $1,903 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering and the assumed conversion of the approximately $207 million principal amount of Convertible Notes within 30 days from the closing of this offering, representing all of the Convertible Notes that will remain outstanding. The pro forma balance sheet also reflects the write-off of deferred financing costs of $7 million as a result of the repayment of outstanding debt.

 

(8) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to the following:

 

•    Anticipated gross proceeds from the sale of common stock in this offering

   $ 1,000   

•    Use of cash on hand

     89   

•    Borrowings under our revolving credit facility

     6   

Less

  

•    Transaction related costs, including $47.5 million in underwriting discounts and commissions

     (54

•    Prepayment of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Loans

     (650

•    Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes

     (64

•    Redemption of all of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes

     (41

•    Payment of prepayment premiums and fees

     (7

•    Repayment of other bank indebtedness

     (100

•    Payment of the cash portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee to be paid on January 15, 2013

     (15

•    Payment of cash pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements (the Significant Holders will not receive the interest payment to be paid on the Convertible Notes on October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes)

     (105

•    Payment of interest ($27 million was accrued at June 30, 2012), which represents the interest payable from April 15, 2012 through the anticipated prepayment date on the indebtedness that will be repaid as described in “Use of Proceeds.”

     (59

The decrease in other non-current assets reflects the write-off of deferred financing costs of $3 million as a result of the repayment of outstanding debt.

The decrease in short-term debt of $94 million is comprised of the prepayment of $100 million of other bank indebtedness, offset by $6 million of borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

The reduction in accrued liabilities of $79 million is due to: (a) a $44 million reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 on the Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders which will not be paid as a result of the conversion of their Convertible Notes pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements; (b) a $27 million reduction in accrued interest recorded as of June 30, 2012 which is included in the interest expense of $59 million reflected above; and (c) an $8 million reduction in the amount accrued related to the Management Agreement.

The decrease in long-term debt of $755 million is comprised of the prepayment of $650 million principal amount of the Second Lien Loans, $64 million principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes and $41 million principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes.

 

(9)

Pro forma reflects interest savings of $233 million as a result of the conversion of all of the $2,110 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes and pro forma as adjusted reflects interest savings of $107

 

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  million as a result of proceeds being utilized to repay $650 million principal amount of the Second Lien Loans, $64 million principal amount of the 10.50% Senior Notes, $41 million principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes, $100 million of other bank indebtedness and $86 million of reduced borrowings under our revolving credit facility resulting in total interest savings of $340 million.

Pro forma gives effect to the issuance of 81,032,379 additional shares as a result of the conversion of all of the $2,110 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes. Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to the issuance of 9,740,754 additional shares pursuant to the letter agreements and the issuance of 40,000,000 shares in this offering.

The table below sets forth selected pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2012 on a pro forma basis and on a pro forma as adjusted basis giving further effect to the conversion of all of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes not held by the Significant holders.

 

     Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma
As Adjusted
 

Loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (441   $ (231   $ (118

Additional interest savings

            23        10   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (441   $ (208   $ (108
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:

      

Basic loss per share:

   $ (55.01   $ (2.34   $ (0.78

Diluted loss per share:

     (55.01     (2.34     (0.78

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares of Realogy Holdings outstanding:

      

Basic:

     8.0        89.0        138.8   

Diluted:

     8.0        89.0        138.8   

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents our selected historical consolidated financial data and operating statistics. The consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the periods from April 10, 2007 through December 31, 2007 and January 1, 2007 through April 9, 2007 (Predecessor Period as described below) and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements not included in this prospectus.

The consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2012 and 2011 have been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

The financial data for 2007 are presented for two periods: January 1 through April 9, 2007 (the “Predecessor Period” or “Predecessor,” as context requires) and April 10 through December 31, 2007 (the “Successor Period” or “Successor,” as context requires), which relate to the period preceding the Merger and the period succeeding the Merger, respectively. The results of the Successor are not comparable to the results of the Predecessor due to the difference in the basis of presentation of purchase accounting as compared to historical cost. In the opinion of management, the statement of operations data for 2007 include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

 

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The selected historical consolidated financial data and operating statistics presented below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any future period.

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
    Year Ended December 31,     Revised
For the
Period From
April 10
Through
December 31,
2007
          For the
Period From
January 1
Through
April 9,
2007
 
    2012     2011     2011     2010     2009     Revised
2008
       
    (In millions, except per share data)              

Statement of Operations Data:

                   

Net revenue

  $ 2,184      $ 2,010      $ 4,093      $ 4,090      $ 3,932      $ 4,725      $ 4,472          $ 1,492   

Total expenses

    2,410        2,270        4,526        4,084        4,266        6,806        5,678            1,560   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    (226     (260     (433     6        (334     (2,081     (1,206         (68

Income tax expense (benefit)

    15        2        32        133        (50     (345     (271         (23

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

    (25     (4     (26     (30     (24     28        (2         (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Net loss

    (216     (258     (439     (97     (260     (1,764     (933         (44

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (1     (1     (2     (2     (2     (1     (2         —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Realogy

  $ (217   $ (259   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262   $ (1,765   $ (935       $ (44
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

  $ (217   $ (259   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262   $ (1,765   $ (935       $ —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

                   

Basic loss per share

  $ (27.07   $ (32.31   $ (55.01   $ (12.35   $ (32.71   $ (220.49   $ (116.82       $ (0.20

Diluted loss per share

    (27.07     (32.31     (55.01     (12.35     (32.71     (220.49     (116.82         (0.20

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares used in:

                   

Basic

    8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0            217.5   

Diluted

    8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0            217.5   

 

     As of June 30,     As of December 31,  
     2012     2011     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007  
     (In millions)  

Balance Sheet Data revised:

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 138      $ 154      $ 143      $ 192      $ 255      $ 437      $ 153   

Securitization assets

     393        412        366        393        364        845        1,300   

Total assets

     7,362        7,520        7,350        7,569        7,581        8,452        10,530   

Securitization obligations

     267        328        327        331        305        703        1,014   

Long-term debt, including short-term portion

     7,335        7,133        7,150        6,892        6,706        6,760        6,239   

Equity (deficit)

     (1,712     (1,307     (1,499     (1,063     (972     (731     1,065   

 

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NRT Franchise Agreement - Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements

In connection with the preparation of our Registration Statement, we identified and corrected an error related to the allocation of the purchase price paid by Apollo in April 2007. Specifically, we previously identified the discounted cash flows generated from the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with NRT as a separately identifiable indefinite lived intangible asset. We have concluded that the value ascribed to this agreement should have been attributed to the Real Estate Franchise Services business unit as goodwill. Accordingly, we corrected our error through the elimination of the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with the NRT intangible asset and increased the value associated with our goodwill, which resulted in a concurrent decrease in our deferred income tax liability. In connection with these changes, we updated our impairment analyses which were completed in 2007 and 2008 and the revisions are reflected in the 2007 and 2008 information above. These revisions had no impact on our 2011, 2010 or 2009 consolidated statement of operations or cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 or 2009.

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30,
    For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
    2012     2011     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007  

Operating Statistics:

             

Real Estate Franchise Services  (a)

             

Closed homesale sides  (b)

    471,229        435,688        909,610        922,341        983,516        995,622        1,221,206   

Average homesale price  (c)

  $ 205,967      $ 198,513      $ 198,268      $ 198,076      $ 190,406      $ 214,271      $ 230,346   

Average homesale brokerage commission rate  (d)

    2.55     2.55     2.55     2.54     2.55     2.52     2.49

Net effective royalty rate  (e)

    4.68     4.85     4.84     5.00     5.10     5.12     5.03

Royalty per side  (f)

  $ 256      $ 255      $ 256      $ 262      $ 257      $ 287      $ 298   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services  (g)

             

Closed homesale sides  (b)

    138,041        124,261        254,522        255,287        273,817        275,090        325,719   

Average homesale price  (c)

  $ 429,267      $ 432,618      $ 426,402      $ 435,500      $ 390,688      $ 479,301      $ 534,056   

Average homesale brokerage commission rate  (d)

    2.50     2.49     2.50     2.48     2.51     2.48     2.47

Gross commission income per side  (h)

  $ 11,497      $ 11,625      $ 11,461      $ 11,571      $ 10,519      $ 12,612      $ 13,806   

Relocation Services

             

Initiations  (i)

    86,168        81,541        153,269        148,304        114,684        136,089        132,343   

Referrals  (j)

    36,305        33,095        72,169        69,605        64,995        71,743        78,828   

Title and Settlement Services

             

Purchasing title and closing units  (k)

    50,538        45,190        93,245        94,290        104,689        110,462        138,824   

Refinance title and closing units  (l)

    39,782        27,666        62,850        62,225        69,927        35,893        37,204   

Average price per closing unit  (m)

  $ 1,350      $ 1,457      $ 1,409      $ 1,386      $ 1,317      $ 1,500      $ 1,471   

 

(a) These amounts include only those relating to third-party franchisees and do not include amounts relating to the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.
(b) A closed homesale side represents either the “buy” side or the “sell” side of a homesale transaction.
(c) Represents the average selling price of closed homesale transactions.
(d) Represents the average commission rate earned on either the “buy” side or “sell” side of a homesale transaction.
(e)

Represents the average percentage of our franchisees’ commission revenue (excluding NRT) paid to the Real Estate Franchise Services segment as a royalty. The net effective royalty rate does not include the effect of non-standard incentives granted to some franchisees. Royalty fees are charged to all franchisees pursuant to the terms of the relevant franchise agreements and are included in each of the real estate brands’ franchise disclosure documents. Non-standard incentives are occasionally used by the sales force as consideration for new or renewing franchisees. Due to the limited number of franchisees that receive these non-standard incentives, we believe

 

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  excluding such incentives from the net effective royalty rate provides a more meaningful average for typical franchisees. We anticipate that as the housing market recovers and our franchise revenues increase, the impact of these non-standard incentives on the net effective royalty rate will decrease accordingly. The inclusion of these non-standard incentives would reduce the net effective royalty rate by approximately 20 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2011.
(f) Represents net domestic royalties earned from our franchisees (excluding NRT) divided by the total number of our franchisees’ closed homesale sides.
(g) Our real estate brokerage business has a significant concentration of offices and transactions in geographic regions where home prices are at the higher end of the U.S. real estate market, particularly the east and west coasts. The real estate franchise business has franchised offices that are more widely dispersed across the United States than our real estate brokerage operations. Accordingly, operating results and homesale statistics may differ between our brokerage and franchise businesses based upon geographic presence and the corresponding homesale activity in each geographic region.
(h) Represents gross commission income divided by closed homesale sides. Gross commission income includes commissions earned in homesale transactions and certain other activities, primarily leasing and property management transactions.
(i) Represents the total number of transferees served by the relocation services business. Revenue is recognized when services are performed. The amounts presented for the year ended December 31, 2010 include 26,087 initiations as a result of the acquisition of Primacy in January 2010.
(j) Represents the number of completed referral transactions from which we earned revenue from real estate brokers. The amounts presented for the year ended December 31, 2010 include 4,997 referrals as a result of the acquisition of Primacy in January 2010.
(k) Represents the number of title and closing units processed as a result of home purchases.
(l) Represents the number of title and closing units processed as a result of homeowners refinancing their home loans.
(m) Represents the average fee we earn on purchase title and refinancing title units.

In presenting the financial data above in conformity with GAAP, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” for a detailed discussion of the accounting policies that we believe require subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included elsewhere herein. Unless otherwise noted, all dollar amounts in tables are in millions. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are a global provider of real estate and relocation services and report our operations in the following four segments:

 

   

Real Estate Franchise Services (known as Realogy Franchise Group or RFG)—franchises the Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , Coldwell Banker Commercial ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brand names. As of June 30, 2012, our franchise system had approximately 13,500 franchised and company owned offices and approximately 238,500 independent sales associates (which included approximately 41,500 independent sales agents working with our company owned brokerage offices) operating under our franchise and proprietary brands in the U.S. and 102 other countries and territories around the world (internationally, generally through master franchise agreements). We franchise our real estate brokerage franchise systems to real estate brokerage businesses that are independently owned and operated. We provide a license to use the brand names, plus operational and administrative services and certain systems and tools that are designed to help our franchisees serve their customers and attract new, or retain existing, independent sales associates. Such services include national and local advertising programs, listing and agent-recruitment tools, including technology, training and purchasing discounts through our preferred vendor programs. Franchise revenue principally consists of royalty and marketing fees from our franchisees. The royalty received is primarily based on a percentage of the franchisee’s gross commission income. Royalty fees are accrued as the underlying franchisee revenue is earned (upon closing of the homesale transaction). Annual volume incentives given to certain franchisees on royalty fees are recorded as a reduction to revenue and are accrued for in relative proportion to the recognition of the underlying gross franchise revenue. In the U.S. and generally in Canada, we employ a direct franchising model, however, in other parts of the world, we usually employ a master franchise model, whereby we contract with a qualified, experienced third party to build a franchise enterprise. Under the master franchise model, we typically enter into long term franchise agreements (often 25 years in duration) and receive an initial area development fee and ongoing royalties. Royalty increases or decreases are recognized with little corresponding increase or decrease in expenses due to the operating efficiency within the franchise operations. In addition to royalties received from our independently owned franchisees, our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment pays royalties to the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

 

   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (known as NRT)—operates a full-service real estate brokerage business principally under the Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Corcoran Group ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® and CitiHabitats brand names. As an owner-operator of real estate brokerages, we assist home buyers and sellers in listing, marketing, selling and finding homes. We earn commissions for these services, which are recorded upon the closing of a real estate transaction (i.e., purchase or sale of a home), which we refer to as gross commission income. We then pay commissions to independent real estate agents, which are recognized concurrently with associated revenues. We also operate a large independent residential REO asset manager. These REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders.

 

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Relocation Services (known as Cartus)—primarily offers clients employee relocation services such as homesale assistance, providing home equity advances to transferees (generally guaranteed by the client), home finding and other destination services, expense processing, relocation policy counseling and consulting services, arranging household goods moving services, visa and immigration support, intercultural and language training and group move management services. We provide these relocation services to corporate and affinity clients for the transfer of their employees. We earn revenues from fees charged to clients for the performance and/or facilitation of these services and recognize such revenue as services are provided. In the majority of relocation transactions, the gain or loss on the sale of a transferee’s home is generally borne by the client. For all homesale transactions, the value paid to the transferee is either the value per the underlying third party buyer contract with the transferee, which results in no gain or loss, or the appraised value as determined by independent appraisers. We generally earn interest income on the funds we advance on behalf of the transferring employee, which is typically based on prime rate or London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) and recorded within other revenue (as is the corresponding interest expense on the securitization borrowings) in the consolidated statement of operations included elsewhere in this prospectus. Additionally, we earn revenue from real estate brokers and other third-party service providers. We recognize such fees from real estate brokers at the time the underlying property closes. For services where we pay a third-party provider on behalf of our clients, we generally earn a referral fee or commission, which is recognized at the time of completion of services.

 

   

Title and Settlement Services (known as Title Resource Group or TRG)—provides full-service title, settlement and vendor management services to real estate companies, affinity groups, corporations and financial institutions with many of these services provided in connection with the Company’s real estate brokerage and relocation services business. We provide title and closing services, which include title search procedures for title insurance policies, homesale escrow and other closing services. Title revenues, which are recorded net of amounts remitted to third party insurance underwriters, and title and closing service fees are recorded at the time a homesale transaction or refinancing closes. We provide many of these services to third party clients in connection with transactions generated by our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage and Relocation Services segments as well as various financial institutions in the mortgage lending industry. We also serve as an underwriter of title insurance policies in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions.

As discussed under the heading “Current Industry Trends,” although the domestic residential real estate market has recently shown signs of recovery, it has been in a significant and lengthy downturn. As a result, our results of operations have been, and may continue to be, materially adversely affected.

July 2006 Separation from Cendant

Realogy was incorporated on January 27, 2006 to facilitate a plan by Cendant to separate into four independent companies—one for each of Cendant’s real estate services, travel distribution services (“Travelport”), hospitality services (including timeshare resorts) (“Wyndham Worldwide”) and vehicle rental businesses (“Avis Budget Group”). Prior to July 31, 2006, the assets of the real estate services businesses of Cendant were transferred to Realogy and, on July 31, 2006, Cendant distributed all of the shares of Realogy’s common stock held by it to the holders of Cendant common stock issued and outstanding on the record date for the distribution, which was July 21, 2006 (the “Separation”). The Separation was effective on July 31, 2006.

Before the Separation, Realogy entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement, a Tax Sharing Agreement and several other agreements with Cendant and Cendant’s other businesses to effect the separation and distribution and provide a framework for Realogy’s relationships with Cendant and Cendant’s other businesses after the Separation. These agreements govern the relationships among Realogy, Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport subsequent to the completion of the separation plan and provide for the allocation among Realogy, Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport of Cendant’s assets, liabilities and obligations attributable to periods prior to the Separation. Matters governed by these agreements have been substantially concluded other than the resolution of certain Cendant tax and other liabilities attributable to periods prior to the Separation.

 

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April 2007 Merger Agreement with Affiliates of Apollo

On December 15, 2006, Realogy entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Holdings and Domus Acquisition Corp., which are affiliates of Apollo Management VI, L.P., an entity affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC. Under the merger agreement, Holdings acquired the outstanding shares of Realogy pursuant to the merger of Domus Acquisition Corp. with and into Realogy, with Realogy being the surviving entity (the “Merger”). The Merger was consummated on April 10, 2007. All of Realogy’s issued and outstanding common stock is currently owned by Intermediate, which is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings.

Realogy incurred substantial indebtedness in connection with the Merger, the aggregate proceeds of which were sufficient to pay the aggregate merger consideration, repay a portion of Realogy’s then outstanding indebtedness and pay fees and expenses related to the Merger. Specifically, Realogy entered into the senior secured credit facility, issued unsecured notes and refinanced the credit facilities governing Realogy’s relocation securitization programs. In addition, investment funds affiliated with, or co-investment vehicles managed by, Apollo, as well as members of management who purchased our common stock with cash or through rollover equity, contributed $2,001 million to Realogy to complete the Merger Transactions, which was treated as a contribution to Realogy’s equity.

Current Industry Trends

Our businesses compete primarily in the domestic residential real estate market. This market is cyclical in nature and we believe that we are experiencing the beginning of a recovery after having been in a significant and prolonged downturn, which began in the second half of 2005. Based upon data published by NAR from 2005 to 2011, the number of annual U.S. existing homesale units declined by 40% and the median existing homesale price declined by 24%. Despite economic headwinds that particularly impacted the housing market, according to NAR, the number of existing homesale transactions for the past four years have been in the 4.1 to 4.3 million range on an annual basis. The signs of growth in the first eight months of 2012 were particularly evident with respect to year-over-year unit growth, due to favorable affordability trends reflective of low mortgage rates and lower home prices.

NAR reported a year-over-year increase of 9% in existing homesale transactions in the first eight months of 2012 compared to the first eight months of 2011 and is forecasting a 9% increase in existing homesale transactions for 2012 compared to 2011. For 2013, NAR is forecasting an 8% increase in homesales to 5.0 million units compared to 2012, although it noted in its May 2012 release that the number of homesales could rise to as many as 5.3 million units, or a 14% increase compared to 2012, with a return to more normal mortgage lending standards. Fannie Mae is forecasting existing homesale transactions for 2012 to increase 8% compared to 2011.

With respect to homesale prices, NAR reported a year-over-year increase of 5% in average homesale price in the first eight months of 2012 compared to the first eight months of 2011 and is forecasting median homesale prices for 2012 to increase 5% compared to 2011. NAR is also forecasting a 5% increase in median existing homesale prices in 2013 compared to 2012. Fannie Mae’s most recent forecast shows a 2% increase in median homesale price for 2012 compared to 2011.

The most recent NAR forecast estimates that the existing homesales transaction volume (i.e., median homesale price times existing homesale transactions) will increase 14% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011 and increase a further 14% in 2013 compared to 2012.

According to NAR, the housing affordability index has continued to improve as a result of the cumulative homesale price declines that began in 2007. An index above 100 signifies that a family earning the median income has more than enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a median-priced home, assuming a 20 percent down payment. The housing affordability index was 182 as of July 2012 and 185 for 2011 compared to 174 for 2010 and 169 for 2009. The overall improvement in this index could favorably impact a housing recovery. In addition, as rental prices have recently continued to rise, the cost of owning a home is now lower than the rental of a comparable property in the vast majority of U.S. metropolitan areas.

 

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Interest rates continue to be at low levels by historical standards, which we believe has helped stimulate demand in the residential real estate market. According to Freddie Mac, interest rates on commitments for 30-year, conventional, fixed-rate first mortgages have decreased from 5.3% in December 2008 to 3.6% in August 2012. Continuing constraints on the housing market include conservative mortgage underwriting standards, increased down payment requirements and homeowners having limited or negative equity in homes in certain markets. Mortgage credit conditions have tightened significantly during this housing downturn, with banks limiting credit availability to more creditworthy borrowers and requiring larger down payments, stricter appraisal standards, and more extensive mortgage documentation. As a result, mortgages are less available to borrowers and it frequently takes longer to close a homesale transaction due to the enhanced mortgage and underwriting requirements.

CoreLogic, one of several third parties that track residential housing statistics, in its June 2012 press release, disclosed that there were 1.5 million units of “shadow inventory” (i.e., properties where the homeowner is seriously delinquent in meeting its mortgage obligations or where the property is in some stage of foreclosure or already a REO) as of April 2012 which is down from 1.8 million units as of April 2011. This inventory consists of approximately 720,000 units which are seriously delinquent (90 days or more), approximately 410,000 units which are in some stage of foreclosure and approximately 390,000 units which are already in REO. Although there have been concerns about significant shadow inventory, we do not believe that this will have a significant impact on our business, as the concentration of the shadow inventory is limited to a few regions of the country and the potential increase in unit sales activity should offset in whole or in part the adverse impact on home prices in these regions. Furthermore, according to NAR, the percentage of distressed properties has declined from 31% of sales in August 2011 to 22% of sales in August 2012, and institutions holding distressed mortgages have increasingly shifted activity away from REOs and focused on short sales, which are less disruptive to the market. In addition, an increase in housing inventory available for sale would be welcome in many housing markets given the significant decrease in overall housing inventory.

According to NAR, the inventory of existing homes for sale is 2.5 million homes at August 2012 and the inventory level has trended down from a record 4.0 million homes in July 2007, and is 18% below August 2011. The August 2012 inventory represents a supply of 6.1 months at the current sales pace. The inventory supply is returning to a more typical level and is acting as a stabilizing force on home prices. In addition, in many markets there are low levels of inventory at certain price points, which could limit sales activity over the near term.

Recent Legislative and Regulatory Matters

Dodd-Frank Act . On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law for the express purpose of regulating the financial services industry. The Dodd-Frank Act establishes an independent federal bureau of consumer financial protection to enforce laws involving consumer financial products and services, including mortgage finance. The bureau is empowered with examination and enforcement authority. The Dodd-Frank Act also establishes new standards and practices for mortgage originators, including determining a prospective borrower’s ability to repay their mortgage, removing incentives for higher cost mortgages, prohibiting prepayment penalties for non-qualified mortgages, prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses, requiring additional disclosures to potential borrowers and restricting the fees that mortgage originators may collect. These standards and practices include limitations, which are scheduled to become effective in 2013, on the amount that a mortgage originator may receive with respect to a “qualified mortgage,” including fees received by affiliates of the mortgage originator. Based upon the current legislation and the definition of a qualified mortgage, such limitation could adversely affect the fees received by TRG, as a provider of title and settlement services, in transactions originated by our joint venture, PHH Home Loans. While we are continuing to evaluate all aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act, legislation and regulations promulgated pursuant to such legislation as well as other legislation that may be enacted to reform the U.S. housing finance market could materially and adversely affect the mortgage and housing industries, result in heightened federal regulation and oversight of the mortgage and housing industries, disrupt mortgage availability, increase down payment requirements, increase mortgage costs, curtail affiliated business transactions and result in increased costs and potential litigation for housing market participants.

 

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Certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act may impact the operation and practices of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other government sponsored entities (“GSEs”), and require sponsors of securitizations to retain a portion of the economic interest in the credit risk associated with the assets securitized by them. Substantial reduction in, or the elimination of, GSE demand for mortgage loans by reducing qualifying mortgages could have a material adverse effect on the mortgage industry and the housing industry in general and these provisions may reduce the availability or increase the cost of mortgages to certain individuals.

Potential Reform of the U.S. Housing Finance Market and Potential Wind-Down of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae . In September 2008, the U.S. government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in conservatorship and has provided funding of billions of dollars to these entities to backstop shortfalls in their capital requirements. Congress also has held hearings on the future of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and other GSEs with a view towards further legislative reform. On February 11, 2011, the Obama Administration issued a report to the U.S. Congress outlining proposals to reform the U.S. housing finance market, including, among other things, reform designed to reduce government support for housing finance and the winding down of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae over a period of years. Numerous pieces of legislation seeking various types of reform for the GSEs have been introduced in Congress. In August 2012, the U.S. Treasury announced modifications to its preferred stock investments in these entities that are aimed at winding these entities down through an orderly process. The modifications include an accelerated reduction of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s investment portfolios, requiring these portfolios to be wound down at the annual rate of 15%, an increase from the 10% annual reduction in the prior agreements. The impact of that change is to reduce the investment portfolio of those entities to $250 billion four years ahead of the prior schedule. The modifications also include the U.S. government’s sweep of all quarterly profits generated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay the quarterly cash dividends on the U.S. government’s preferred stock investments, thereby eliminating the prior practice of issuing additional preferred stock to the U.S. government (and thereby increasing its investment) to fund the quarterly cash dividend payments. Legislation, if enacted, or further regulation which curtails Freddie Mac and/or Fannie Mae’s activities and/or results in the wind down of these entities could increase mortgage costs and could result in more stringent underwriting guidelines imposed by lenders or cause other disruptions in the mortgage industry, any of which could have a materially adverse affect on the housing market in general and our operations in particular. Given the current uncertainty with respect to the extent, if any, of such reform, it is difficult to predict either the long-term or short-term impact of government action that may be taken. At present, the U.S. government also is attempting, through various avenues, to increase loan modifications for home owners with negative equity.

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We believe that long-term demand for housing and the growth of our industry is primarily driven by affordability of housing, the economic health of the domestic economy, positive demographic trends such as population growth, increases in the number of U.S. households, low interest rates, increases in renters that qualify as homebuyers and locally based dynamics such as housing demand relative to housing supply. While the housing market has recently shown signs of a recovery, there remains substantial uncertainty with respect to the timing and scope of a sustained housing recovery. Factors that may negatively affect a sustained housing recovery include:

 

   

higher mortgage rates as well as reduced availability of mortgage financing;

 

   

lower unit sales, due to reduced inventory levels in certain markets at lower price points, the reluctance of first time homebuyers to purchase due to concerns about investing in a home and move-up buyers having limited or negative equity in homes;

 

   

lower average homesale price, particularly if banks and other mortgage servicers liquidate foreclosed properties that they are currently holding in certain concentrated affected markets;

 

   

continuing high levels of unemployment and associated lack of consumer confidence;

 

   

unsustainable economic recovery in the U.S. or a weak recovery resulting in only modest economic growth;

 

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a lack of stability or improvement in home ownership levels in the U.S.; and

 

   

legislative or regulatory reform, including but not limited to reform that adversely impacts the financing of the U.S. housing market or amends the Internal Revenue Code in a manner that negatively impacts home ownership such as reform that reduces the amount that certain taxpayers would be allowed to deduct for home mortgage interest.

Many of the trends impacting our businesses that derive revenue from homesales also impact our Relocation Services business, which is a global provider of outsourced employee relocation services. In addition to general residential housing trends, key drivers of our Relocation Services business are corporate spending and employment trends which have recently shown signs of a recovery; however, there can be no assurance that corporate spending on relocation services will return to previous levels following any economic recovery.

Homesales

According to NAR, homesale transactions for 2011 increased 2% over 2010 and represent the fourth consecutive year that existing homesale transactions have been in the 4.1 to 4.3 million range on an annual basis, despite adverse economic conditions during that period. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, RFG and NRT homesale transactions increased 8% and 11%, respectively, due to an overall pick-up in homebuyer activity compared to the first half of 2011. The quarterly and annual year over year trend in homesale transactions is as follows:

 

    Full Year
2009 vs.
2008
    Full Year
2010 vs.
2009
    Full Year
2011 vs.
2010
    2012 vs. 2011  
        First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
    Third
Quarter
Forecast
    Fourth
Quarter
Forecast
    Full Year
2012 vs.
2011
Forecast
 

Number of Homesales

               

Industry

               

NAR (a)

    6     (3 )%      2     5     9     10     9     9

Fannie Mae (a)

    6     (3 )%      2     5     9     8     7     8

Realogy

               

Real Estate Franchise Services

    (1 )%      (6 )%      (1 )%      7     9      

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

    —       (7 )%      —       8     13      

 

(a)

Existing homesale data, on a seasonally adjusted basis, is as of the most recent NAR and Fannie Mae press release.

As of their most recent releases, NAR and Fannie Mae are forecasting an increase in existing homesale transactions in 2012 of 9% and 8%, respectively, compared to 2011. For 2013, NAR and Fannie Mae are forecasting an increase of 8% and 3%, respectively, in existing homesale transactions for 2013 compared to 2012.

Homesale Price

In 2010, the percentage decrease in the average price of homes brokered by our franchisees and company owned offices significantly outperformed the percentage change in median home price reported by NAR, due to the geographic areas they serve, as well as, a greater impact from increased activity in the mid and higher price point segment of the housing market and less distressed homesale activity in our company owned offices compared to the prior year. NAR reported homesale price declines of 4% for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to 2010 while our price was flat for RFG and down 2% for NRT. We believe that one significant reason, other than our geographic footprint, that accounts for the difference between our average homesale price and the median homesale price of NAR in 2011 compared to 2010 was due to the high level of distressed sales

 

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included in NAR’s data. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the average homesale price was up 4% for RFG which was consistent with NAR’s average homesale price increase of 3% and down 1% for NRT due to a shift in the mix of business to more lower priced homes. We believe the improvement in price in 2012 is due to the low level of home inventory in many markets. The quarterly and annual year over year trend in the price of homes is as follows:

 

    Full Year
2009 vs.
2008
    Full Year
2010 vs.
2009
    Full Year
2011 vs.
2010
    2012 vs. 2011  
          First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
    Third
Quarter
Forecast
    Fourth
Quarter
Forecast
    Full Year
2012 vs.
2011
Forecast
 

Price of Homes

               

Industry

               

NAR  (a)

    (13 )%      —       (4 )%      —       7     7     5     5

Fannie Mae  (a)

    (13 )%      —       (4 )%      —       7     1     2     2

Realogy

               

Real Estate Franchise Services

    (11 )%      4     —       —       6      

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

    (18 )%      11     (2 )%      (3 )%      —        

 

(a) Existing homesale price data is for median price and is as of the most recent NAR and Fannie Mae press release.

As of their most recent releases, for 2012 NAR is forecasting a 5% increase in the median existing homesale price compared to 2011 and Fannie Mae is forecasting a 2% increase. For 2013 NAR is forecasting an increase of 5% in median homesale prices for 2013 compared to 2012 and Fannie Mae is forecasting median homesale prices to remain flat compared to 2012.

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While data provided by NAR and Fannie Mae are two indicators of the direction of the residential housing market, we believe that homesale statistics will continue to vary between us and NAR and Fannie Mae because they use survey data in their historical reports and forecasting models whereas we use data based on actual reported results. In addition to the differences in calculation methodologies, there are geographical differences and concentrations in the markets in which we operate versus the national market. For instance, comparability is impaired due to NAR’s utilization of seasonally adjusted annualized rates whereas we report actual period over period changes and their use of median price for their forecasts compared to our average price. Additionally, NAR data is subject to periodic review and revision. While we believe that the industry data presented herein is derived from the most widely recognized sources for reporting U.S. residential housing market statistical data, we do not endorse or suggest reliance on this data alone. We also note that forecasts are inherently uncertain or speculative in nature and actual results for any period may materially differ. See “Market and Industry Data and Forecasts.”

Other Factors

Due to the prolonged downturn in the residential real estate market, a significant number of third party franchisees have experienced operating difficulties. As a result, many of our franchisees with multiple offices have reduced overhead and consolidated offices in an attempt to remain competitive in the marketplace. In addition, we have had to terminate franchisees due to non-reporting and non-payment which could adversely impact transaction volumes in the future. Due to the factors noted above, we continue to actively monitor the collectability of receivables and notes from our franchisees.

Key Drivers of Our Businesses

Within our Real Estate Franchise Services segment and our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment, we measure operating performance using the following key operating statistics: (i) closed

 

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homesale sides, which represents either the “buy” side or the “sell” side of a homesale transaction, (ii) average homesale price, which represents the average selling price of closed homesale transactions and (iii) average homesale broker commission rate, which represents the average commission rate earned on either the “buy” side or “sell” side of a homesale transaction. Our Real Estate Franchise Services segment is also impacted by the net effective royalty rate which represents the average percentage of our franchisees’ commission revenues payable to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment, net of volume incentives achieved. The net effective royalty rate does not include the effect of non-standard incentives granted to some franchisees.

Prior to 2006, the average homesale broker commission rate was declining several basis points per year, the effect of which was more than offset by increases in homesale prices. From 2007 through the second quarter of 2012, the average broker commission rate remained fairly stable; however, we expect that, over the long term, the average brokerage commission rates will modestly decline.

The net effective royalty rate has been declining over the past three years. We would expect that, over the near term, the net effective royalty rate will continue to modestly decline due to an increased concentration of business with larger franchisees which earn higher volume incentives as well as our focus on strategic growth through relationships with larger established real estate companies which may pay a lower royalty rate. In addition, mergers and consolidations of distressed franchisees into larger franchisees can drive down the net effective royalty rate. The net effective rate can also be affected by a shift in volume amongst our brands which operate under different royalty rate arrangements.

Our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment has a significant concentration of real estate brokerage offices and transactions in geographic regions where home prices are at the higher end of the U.S. real estate market, particularly the east and west coasts, while our Real Estate Franchise Services segment has franchised offices that are more widely dispersed across the United States. Accordingly, operating results and homesale statistics may differ between our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment and our Real Estate Franchise Services segment based upon geographic presence and the corresponding homesale activity in each geographic region.

Within our Relocation Services segment, we measure operating performance using the following key operating statistics: (i) initiations, which represent the total number of transferees we serve and (ii) referrals, which represent the number of referrals from which we earn revenue from real estate brokers. In our Title and Settlement Services segment, operating performance is evaluated using the following key metrics: (i) purchase title and closing units, which represent the number of title and closing units we process as a result of home purchases, (ii) refinance title and closing units, which represent the number of title and closing units we process as a result of homeowners refinancing their home loans, and (iii) average price per closing unit, which represents the average fee we earn on purchase title and refinancing title sides.

A decline in the number of homesale transactions and the decline in homesale prices has and could continue to adversely affect our results of operations by: (i) reducing the royalties we receive from our franchisees and company owned brokerages, (ii) reducing the commissions our company owned brokerage operations earn, (iii) reducing the demand for our title and settlement services, (iv) reducing the referral fees we earn in our relocation services business, and (v) increasing the risk of franchisee default due to lower homesale volume. Our results could also be negatively affected by a decline in commission rates charged by brokers.

 

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The following table presents our drivers for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 and the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. See “Results of Operations” below for a discussion as to how the material drivers affected our business for the periods presented.

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,     Year Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2012     2011     %
Change
    2011     2010     %
Change
    2010     2009     %
Change
 

Real Estate Franchise Services (a)

                 

Closed homesale sides

    471,229        435,688        8%        909,610        922,341        (1%)        922,341        983,516        (6%)   

Average homesale price

  $ 205,967      $ 198,513        4%      $ 198,268      $ 198,076        —  %      $ 198,076      $ 190,406        4%   

Average homesale broker commission rate

    2.55     2.55     — bps        2.55     2.54     1 bps        2.54     2.55     (1) bps   

Net effective royalty rate

    4.68     4.85     (17) bps        4.84     5.00     (16) bps        5.00     5.10     (10) bps   

Royalty per side

  $ 256      $ 255        —  %      $ 256      $ 262        (2%)      $ 262      $ 257        2%   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

                 

Closed homesale sides

    138,041        124,261        11%        254,522        255,287        —  %        255,287        273,817        (7%)   

Average homesale price

  $ 429,267      $ 432,618        (1%)      $ 426,402      $ 435,500        (2%)      $ 435,500      $ 390,688        11%   

Average homesale broker commission rate

    2.50     2.49     1 bps        2.50     2.48     2 bps        2.48     2.51     (3) bps   

Gross commission income per side

  $ 11,497      $ 11,625        (1%)      $ 11,461      $ 11,571        (1%)      $ 11,571      $ 10,519        10%   

Relocation Services

                 

Initiations (b)

    88,168        81,541        6%        153,269        148,304        3%        148,304        114,684        29%   

Referrals (c)

    36,305        33,095        10%        72,169        69,605        4%        69,605        64,995        7%   

Title and Settlement Services

                 

Purchase title and closing units

    50,538        45,190        12%        93,245        94,290        (1%)        94,290        104,689        (10%)   

Refinance title and closing units

    39,782        27,666        44%        62,850        62,225        1%        62,225        69,927        (11%)   

Average price per closing unit

  $ 1,350      $ 1,457        (7%)      $ 1,409      $ 1,386        2%      $ 1,386      $ 1,317        5%   

 

(a) Includes all franchisees except for our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.
(b) Includes initiations of 26,087 for the year ended December 31, 2010, related to the Primacy acquisition in January 2010.
(c) Includes referrals of 4,997 for the year ended December 31, 2010, related to the Primacy acquisition in January 2010.

The following table sets forth the impact on EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011 assuming either our homesale sides or average selling price of closed homesale transactions, with all else being equal, increased or decreased by 1%, 3% and 5%. Because we maintain a full valuation allowance on our deferred taxes, there is no difference between the impact to net income and the impact to EBITDA from hypothetical changes to homesale sides and average price. If we reverse our valuation allowance, the future impact of the estimated increase or decrease to net income would be approximately 40% lower for each hypothetical increase or decrease in homesale sides and average price. We believe that homesale sides and average selling prices are the two most important drivers of our business. However, the impact to EBITDA included in the table below is an estimate, and may change as a result of factors not considered, such as changes to the average broker commission rate, agent commissions and overhead costs.

 

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     Homesale
Sides/Average
Price (1)
     Decline of     Increase of  
      5%     3%     1%     1%      3%      5%  
    

(units and price

in thousands)

     ($ in millions)  

Homesale sides change impact on:

                 

Real Estate Franchise Services (2)

     910 sides       $ (12   $ (7   $ (2   $ 2       $ 7       $ 12   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (3)

     255 sides       $ (43   $ (26   $ (9   $ 9       $ 26       $ 43   

Homesale average price change impact on:

                 

Real Estate Franchise Services (2)

     $198       $ (12   $ (7   $ (2   $ 2       $ 7       $ 12   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (3)

     $426       $ (43   $ (26   $ (9   $ 9       $ 26       $ 43   

 

(1) Average price represents the average selling price of closed homesale transactions.
(2) Increase/(decrease) relates to impact on non-company owned real estate brokerage operations only.
(3) Increase/(decrease) represents impact on company owned real estate brokerage operations and related intercompany royalties to our real estate franchise services operations.

Results of Operations

Discussed below are our consolidated results of operations and the results of operations for each of our reportable segments. The reportable segments presented below represent our operating segments for which separate financial information is available and which is utilized on a regular basis by our chief operating decision maker to assess performance and to allocate resources. In identifying our reportable segments, we also consider the nature of services provided by our operating segments. Management evaluates the operating results of each of our reportable segments based upon revenue and EBITDA. EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, net (other than Relocation Services interest for securitization assets and securitization obligations) and income taxes, each of which is presented on our consolidated statements of operations included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies. See “Prospectus Summary—Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data” for further discussion of our presentation of EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to the nearest GAAP measure.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 vs. Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

Our consolidated results comprised the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     Change  

Net revenues

   $ 1,309      $ 1,179      $ 130   

Total expenses (1)

     1,340        1,203        137   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (31     (24     (7

Income tax expense

     8        1        7   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (15     (4     (11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (24     (21     (3

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (1     (1     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (25   $ (22   $ (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Total expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 include $2 million of restructuring costs. Total expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 include $3 million of restructuring costs, offset by a net benefit of $12 million of former parent legacy items.

Net revenues increased $130 million (11%) for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the three months ended June 30, 2011, principally due to an increase in revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services

 

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segment and the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment primarily due to higher homesale transaction volume as well as an increase in revenues for the Title and Settlement Services segment due to higher resale volume, refinancing volume and underwriter volume.

Total expenses increased $137 million (11%) primarily due to:

 

   

a $114 million increase in commission and other agent-related costs, operating, marketing and general and administrative expenses primarily related to:

 

   

an $85 million increase in commission expense for the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment due to increased volume, $9 million in incremental employee related costs and a $6 million increase in franchise fees paid to RFG, partially offset by $10 million of lower operating expenses primarily as a result of restructuring and cost-saving activities;

 

   

an increase in expenses for the Real Estate Franchise Service segment, primarily due to $10 million for a settlement of a legal matter and $3 million of incremental employee related costs partially offset by a $3 million decrease in marketing expenses; and

 

   

an increase in variable operating expenses for the Title and Settlement segment of $11 million as a result of increases in resale, refinancing and underwriter volume and a $2 million increase in incremental employee related costs.

The incremental employee related costs noted above were primarily due to $15 million of expense for the 2012 bonus plan which is in addition to $10 million of expense being recognized for the 2011-2012 retention plan whereas in the second quarter of 2011 only $10 million of expense was being recognized for the retention plan. As a result, there is $15 million of incremental employee related costs in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011.

 

   

an increase of $15 million in interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011 as a result of incremental interest related to the offering of the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes (the “2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering”); and

 

   

a reduction in the net benefit of former parent legacy items of $12 million due to benefits received in 2011 that did not recur in 2012.

Our provision for income taxes in interim periods is computed by applying our estimated annual effective tax rate against the income (loss) before income taxes for the period. In addition, non-recurring or discrete items, including the increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite lived intangibles, are recorded during the period in which they occur. No federal income tax benefit was recognized for the current period loss due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance for domestic operations. Income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $8 million. This expense included $6 million for an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets and $2 million was recognized for foreign and state income taxes for certain jurisdictions.

 

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Following is a more detailed discussion of the results of each of our reportable segments during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     Revenues (a)           EBITDA (b)           Margin        
     2012     2011     %
Change
    2012     2011     %
Change
    2012     2011     Change  

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 170      $ 160        6   $ 99      $ 97        2     58     61     (3

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     994        884        12        78        48        63        8        5        3   

Relocation Services

     109        110        (1     30        32        (6     28        29        (1

Title and Settlement Services

     106        90        18        14        12        17        13        13        —     

Corporate and Other

     (70     (65     *        (18     (2     *         
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Total Company

   $ 1,309      $ 1,179        11   $ 203      $ 187        9     16     16     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Less: Depreciation and amortization

           44        47           

 Interest expense, net

           176        161           

 Income tax expense

           8        1           
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net loss attributable to Holdings

         $ (25   $ (22        
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

 

* not meaningful

 

(a) Includes the elimination of transactions between segments, which consists of intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $70 million and $65 million during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

(b) EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2012 includes $2 million of restructuring costs. EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2011 includes $3 million of restructuring costs offset by the net benefit of $12 million of former parent legacy items.

As described in the aforementioned table, EBITDA margin for “Total Company” expressed as a percentage of revenues remained constant at 16% for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to a $12 million increase in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans and a $10 million decrease in other operating expenses for the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services Segment offset by $15 million of incremental employee related costs and $10 million of incremental legal expenses.

On a segment basis, the Real Estate Franchise Services segment margin decreased 3 percentage points to 58% from 61%. The three months ended June 30, 2012 reflected increases in legal and employee related expenses partially offset by increases in franchisee royalty revenue due to an increase in homesale transactions. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment margin increased 3 percentage points to 8% from 5% in the prior period. The three months ended June 30, 2012 reflected an increase in the number of homesale transactions. The Relocation Services segment margin decreased 1 percentage point to 28% from 29% in the comparable prior period primarily due to flat revenues and higher employee related costs. The Title and Settlement Services segment margin remained constant at 13%.

Corporate and Other EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2012 decreased $16 million to negative $18 million primarily due to the absence of a net benefit of $12 million of former parent legacy items that occurred in the three months ended June 30, 2011 and $3 million of incremental employee related costs.

Real Estate Franchise Services

Revenues increased $10 million to $170 million and EBITDA increased $2 million to $99 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

 

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The increase in revenues was driven by a $7 million increase in third-party domestic franchisee royalty revenues due to a 9% increase in the number of homesale transactions along with a 6% increase in the average homesale price, partially offset by a lower net effective royalty rate as a result of our larger affiliates achieving higher volume levels. Marketing revenues and related expense decreased $3 million primarily due to lower television and online advertising spend during the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues was also attributable to a $6 million increase in royalties received from our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment which pays royalties to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment. These intercompany royalties of $65 million and $59 million during the second quarter of 2012 and 2011, respectively, are eliminated in consolidation. See “—Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services” for a discussion of the drivers related to this period over period revenues increase for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

The $2 million increase in EBITDA was principally due to the $13 million increase in royalty revenue discussed above and a $2 million reduction in bad debt expense, partially offset by a $10 million increase in legal expenses primarily due to a settlement of a legal matter and a $3 million increase in employee related expenses.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Revenues increased $110 million to $994 million and EBITDA increased $30 million to $78 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues, excluding REO revenues, of $114 million was due to increased commission income earned on homesale transactions which was primarily driven by a 13% increase in the number of homesale transactions while the average price of homes remained flat. We believe the 13% increase in homesale transactions was due to higher activity in the Midwest, New England and California markets and the flat average homesale price is reflective of industry trends in the markets we serve. Separately, revenues from our REO asset management company decreased by $4 million to $3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 due to reduced inventory levels of foreclosed properties being made available for sale. Our REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders.

EBITDA increased $30 million due to:

 

   

$110 million increase in revenues discussed above;

 

   

a $12 million increase in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans; and

 

   

a $10 million decrease in other operating expenses, net of inflation, primarily due to restructuring and cost-saving activities and employee costs.

These increases were partially offset by an $85 million increase in commission expenses paid to real estate agents as a result of the increase in revenues, a $6 million increase in royalties paid to the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and a $9 million increase in employee related costs. Commission expense as a percentage of gross commission income increased slightly compared to the same period in 2011, caused by the mix of business. Commission schedules are generally progressive to incentivize agents with higher levels of production.

Relocation Services

Revenues decreased $1 million to $109 million and EBITDA decreased $2 million to $30 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011.

The decrease in revenues was primarily driven by a $4 million decrease in at-risk revenues due to lower at-risk transaction volume and a $1 million decrease in financial income due to higher securitization interest expense as a result of the new Apple Ridge agreement during the second quarter of 2012 compared to 2011. The

 

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decrease was partially offset by a $4 million increase in referral fees due to increased transaction volume and higher home values compared to the same quarter in 2011.

EBITDA decreased $2 million as a result of a $3 million increase in employee related costs, a $2 million increase in operating costs, primarily due to higher volume related staffing costs and the $1 million decrease in revenue discussed above. The increase in operating costs is higher than the change in revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011, primarily due to incremental staffing associated with the increase in initiations, where related revenues will be recognized in later periods as services are provided. These factors were partially offset by a $3 million reduction in costs for at-risk transactions due to lower volume and a $2 million net reduction in insurance loss reserves due to an improvement in claim activity.

Title and Settlement Services

Revenues increased $16 million to $106 million and EBITDA increased $2 million to $14 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011.

The increase in revenues was primarily driven by a $7 million increase in resale volume, a $5 million increase in underwriter revenue and a $4 million increase in refinancing transactions. Resale title and closing units increased 14% and refinance title and closing units increased 64% while average price per closing decreased 5% for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011. The decrease in the average price per closing unit was primarily due to a greater percentage of total closing units being derived from refinancing closings, which have a lower average price than resale closings.

EBITDA increased $2 million as a result of the increase in revenues partially offset by a $9 million increase in variable operating costs as a result of the increase in transaction volume, as well as $2 million of increased costs related to the expansion of the lender channel and a $2 million increase in employee related expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 vs. Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

Our consolidated results comprised the following:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
       2012         2011         Change    

Net revenues

   $ 2,184      $ 2,010      $ 174   

Total expenses (1)

     2,410        2,270        140   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (226     (260     34   

Income tax expense

     15        2        13   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (25     (4     (21
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (216     (258     42   

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (1     (1     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (217   $ (259   $ 42   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Total expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 include $5 million of restructuring costs and $6 million related to the loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $3 million of former parent legacy items. Total expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 include $5 million of restructuring costs and $60 million related to the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, partially offset by a net benefit of $14 million of former parent legacy items.

Net revenues increased $174 million (9%) for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the six months ended June 30, 2011, principally due to an increase in revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment due to higher homesale transaction volume.

 

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Total expenses increased $140 million (6%) primarily due to:

 

   

a $156 million increase in commission and other agent-related costs, operating, marketing and general and administrative expenses primarily related to:

 

   

a $113 million increase in commission expense for the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment due to increased volume, $10 million in incremental employee related costs and an $8 million increase in franchise fees paid to RFG, partially offset by $21 million lower operating expenses primarily as a result of restructuring and cost-saving activities;

 

   

an increase in expenses for the Real Estate Franchise Service segment, primarily due to $13 million of incremental legal expenses, a $5 million increase in marketing expenses and $5 million of incremental employee related costs;

 

   

$6 million of incremental employee related costs for the Relocation Services segment and an increase in operating costs related to incremental staffing needs; and

 

   

an increase in variable operating expenses for the Title and Settlement segment of $15 million as a result of increases in resale, refinancing and underwriter volume and $3 million of incremental employee related costs.

The incremental employee related costs noted above were primarily due to $30 million of expense for the 2012 bonus plan which is in addition to $20 million of expense being recognized for the 2011-2012 retention plan, whereas in the first half of 2011 only $21 million of expense was being recognized for the retention plan. As a result, during the first half of 2012, there is approximately $30 million of incremental employee related costs compared to the first half of 2011.

 

   

a net increase in interest expense of $6 million as a result of incremental interest related to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering offset by the absence of $17 million of interest expense due to the de-designation of interest rate swaps and $7 million due to the write-off of financing costs as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions which occurred in the first six months of 2011;

 

   

a reduction in the net benefit of former parent legacy items of $11 million due to benefits received in 2011 that did not recur in 2012; and

 

   

offset by a decrease of $30 million related to the loss on the early extinguishment of debt which was $6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to $36 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Our provision for income taxes in interim periods is computed by applying our estimated annual effective tax rate against the income (loss) before income taxes for the period. In addition, non-recurring or discrete items, including the increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite lived intangibles, are recorded during the period in which they occur. No federal income tax benefit was recognized for the current period loss due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance for domestic operations. Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $15 million. This expense included $12 million for an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets and $3 million for foreign and state income taxes for certain jurisdictions.

 

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Following is a more detailed discussion of the results of each of our reportable segments during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     Revenues (a)     EBITDA (b)     Margin  
     2012     2011     %
Change
    2012     2011     %
Change
    2012     2011     Change  

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 299      $ 278        8   $ 160      $ 159        1     54     57     (3

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     1,611        1,471        10        61        11        455        4        1        3   

Relocation Services

     197        197        —          34        42        (19     17        21        (4

Title and Settlement Services

     194        173        12        16        14        14        8        8        —     

Corporate and Other

     (117     (109     *        (38     (50     *        32        46        (14
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Total Company

   $ 2,184      $ 2,010        9   $ 233      $ 176        32     11     9     2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Less: Depreciation and amortization

           89        93           

Interest expense, net (c)

           346        340           

Income tax expense

           15        2           
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net loss attributable to Holdings

         $ (217   $ (259        
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

 

* not meaningful
(a) Includes the elimination of transactions between segments, which consists of intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $117 million and $109 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(b) EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012 includes $5 million of restructuring costs and $6 million related to the loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $3 million of former parent legacy items. EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2011 includes $5 million of restructuring costs and $36 million related to the loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $14 million of former parent legacy items.
(c) Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2011 includes $24 million due to the de-designation of interest rate swaps and the write-off of deferred financing costs as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions.

As described in the aforementioned table, EBITDA margin for “Total Company” expressed as a percentage of revenues increased 2 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to improved margins at the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage segment, partially offset by $30 million of incremental employee related costs, $13 million of incremental legal expenses and a reduction in the net benefit of former parent legacy items of $11 million.

On a segment basis, the Real Estate Franchise Services segment margin decreased 3 percentage points to 54% from 57%. The six months ended June 30, 2012 reflected increases in franchisee royalty revenues due to an increase in homesale transactions offset by the timing of marketing spend into the first half of 2012 for Century 21 advertising that took place during Super Bowl XLVI and increases in legal expenses and employee related expenses. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment margin increased 3 percentage points to 4% from 1% in the prior period. The six months ended June 30, 2012 reflected an increase in the number of homesale transactions offset by a 1% decrease in average homesale price. The Relocation Services segment margin decreased 4 percentage points to 17% from 21% in the comparable prior period, primarily due to flat revenues and incremental employee related costs. The Title and Settlement Services segment margin remained flat at 8% due to increases in revenue and related variable operating costs as well as incremental employee related costs.

Corporate and Other EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012 improved $12 million to negative $38 million from negative $50 million, primarily due to a $30 million reduction in the loss on the early extinguishment of debt, which was $6 million as a result of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, compared to

 

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$36 million as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions partially offset by a reduction in the net benefit of former parent legacy items of $11 million and incremental employee related costs of $4 million during the first half of 2012.

Real Estate Franchise Services

Revenues increased $21 million to $299 million and EBITDA increased $1 million to $160 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues was driven by a $9 million increase in third-party domestic franchisee royalty revenues, due to an 8% increase in the number of homesale transactions along with a 4% increase in the average homesale price, partially offset by a lower net effective royalty rate as a result of our larger affiliates achieving higher volume levels. In addition, marketing revenues and related marketing expenses increased $4 million and $5 million, respectively, primarily due to the timing of advertising spend for Century 21 compared to the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues was also attributable to an $8 million increase in royalties received from our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment which pays royalties to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment. These intercompany royalties of $109 million and $101 million during the first half of 2012 and 2011, respectively, are eliminated in consolidation. See “—Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services” for a discussion of the drivers related to this period over period revenue increase for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

The $1 million increase in EBITDA was principally due to the $17 million increase in royalty revenues noted above and a $3 million decrease in operating expenses, partially offset by $13 million of legal expenses due to the settlement of a legal matter and other incremental legal expenses, a $5 million increase in employee related costs and a net $1 million decrease in EBITDA due to marketing activities.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Revenues increased $140 million to $1,611 million and EBITDA increased $50 million to $61 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues, excluding REO revenues, of $147 million was due to increased commission income earned on homesale transactions, which was primarily driven by an 11% increase in the number of homesale transactions, partially offset by a 1% decrease in average price of homes sold. We believe the 11% increase in homesale transactions and the 1% decrease in the average price of homes sold is reflective of industry trends in the markets we serve. Separately, revenues from our REO asset management company decreased by $7 million to $7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, due to reduced inventory levels of foreclosed properties being made available for sale. Our REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders.

EBITDA increased $50 million due to:

 

   

a $140 million increase in revenues discussed above;

 

   

a $22 million increase in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans; and

 

   

a $21 million decrease in other operating expenses, net of inflation, primarily due to restructuring and cost-saving activities and employee costs.

These increases were partially offset by a $113 million increase in commission expenses paid to real estate agents as a result of the increase in revenues, a $10 million increase in employee related costs, an $8 million increase in royalties paid to the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and a $2 million increase in marketing

 

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expenses due to increased transaction volume. Commission expense as a percentage of gross commission income increased slightly compared to the same period in 2011, caused by the mix of business. Commission schedules are generally progressive to incentivize agents with higher levels of production.

Relocation Services

Revenues remained flat at $197 million and EBITDA decreased $8 million to $34 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

Revenues remained flat primarily due to a $5 million increase in referral fees due to increased transaction volume and higher home values, $2 million of higher international revenues due to increased transaction volume offset by a $5 million decrease in at-risk revenue driven by lower at-risk transaction volume and a $2 million decrease in financial income due to higher securitization interest expense as a result of the new Apple Ridge agreement. The increase in referral revenues year over year was slightly lower than the increase in referral volume due to a shift in mix of business.

EBITDA decreased $8 million as a result of a $6 million increase in operating costs driven by higher volume. The increase in operating costs is higher than the change in revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, primarily due to incremental staffing associated with the increase in initiations where related revenues will be recognized in later periods as services are provided. EBITDA was further impacted by a $6 million increase in employee related costs, partially offset by a reduction in costs of $4 million for at-risk transactions due to lower at-risk transaction volume and a $2 million net reduction in insurance loss reserves due to an improvement in claim activity.

Title and Settlement Services

Revenues increased $21 million to $194 million and EBITDA increased $2 million to $16 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

The increase in revenues was primarily driven by a $10 million increase in resale volume, a $6 million increase in underwriter revenues and a $4 million increase in refinancing transactions. Resale title and closing units increased 12% and refinance title and closing units increased 44% while average price per closing decreased 7% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011. The decrease in the average price per closing unit was primarily due to a greater percentage of total closing units being derived from refinance closings, which have a lower average price than resale closings.

EBITDA increased as a result of the increase in revenues partially offset by an increase of $13 million in variable operating costs due to an increase in volume, as well as, $2 million of increased costs related to the expansion of the lender channel and $3 million of incremental employee related costs.

2012 Restructuring Program

During the first six months of 2012, we committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. We currently expect to incur restructuring charges of $10 million in 2012. As of June 30, 2012, the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services recognized $2 million of personnel related expenses and $1 million of facility related expenses. The Relocation Services and the Title and Settlement Services segments each recognized $1 million of facility related expenses. At June 30, 2012, the remaining liability was $2 million.

2011 Restructuring Program

During 2011, we committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. We incurred restructuring charges of $11 million in 2011. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $5 million of facility related

 

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expenses and $4 million of personnel related expenses. The Relocation Services segment recognized $1 million of personnel related expenses and the Title and Settlement Services segment recognized $1 million of facility related expenses. At June 30, 2012, the remaining liability was $2 million.

Prior Restructuring Programs

We committed to restructuring activities targeted principally at reducing personnel related costs and consolidating facilities during 2006 through 2010. At December 31, 2011, the remaining liability for these various restructuring activities was $17 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2012, we utilized $4 million of the remaining accrual, resulting in a remaining liability of $13 million related to future lease payments.

Year Ended December 31, 2011 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2010

Our consolidated results were comprised of the following:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     Change  

Net revenues

   $ 4,093      $ 4,090      $ 3   

Total expenses (1)

     4,526        4,084        442   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (433     6        (439

Income tax expense (benefit)

     32        133        (101

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (26     (30     4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (439     (97     (342

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (2     (2     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (441   $ (99   $ (342
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Total expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 include $11 million of restructuring costs, $1 million of merger costs and $60 million related to the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, partially offset by a net benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items. Total expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010 include $21 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments.

Net revenues increased $3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the year ended December 31, 2010 principally due to an increase in revenues for the Title and Settlement Services segment due to higher refinance and title insurance premiums and the Relocation Services segment due to volume increases. These increases were offset by decreases in homesale transaction volume at the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment as a result of the absence of the homebuyer tax credit in 2011.

Total expenses increased $442 million (11%) primarily due to:

 

   

the absence of a net benefit of $323 million of parent legacy items as a result of tax and other liability adjustments which occurred in 2010 compared to a net benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items in 2011;

 

   

the impact of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, which resulted in a $36 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt as well as an increase in interest expense of $17 million as a result of the de-designation of interest rate swaps and $7 million due to the write-off of financing costs; and

 

   

a $51 million increase in operating, marketing and general and administrative expenses primarily due to:

 

   

an increase in variable operating expenses for the Title and Settlement Services segment of $25 million as a result of increases in underwriter and refinancing volume and $3 million increase in legal expenses;

 

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an increase in expenses for the Real Estate Franchise Service segment, primarily due to $10 million of incremental legal expenses, $7 million of incremental employee related costs, $5 million of incremental expenses related to the international business conferences for all of our brands in 2011 that were not held in 2010 and a $4 million increase in marketing expenses;

 

   

an increase in variable operating expenses for the Relocation Services segment of $11 million primarily as a result of increases in international volume and $5 million of incremental employee related costs; and

 

   

partially offset by a decrease of $30 million in operating expenses at the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment due to restructuring and cost-saving activities as well as reduced employee related costs.

Our income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $32 million and was comprised of the following:

 

   

$19 million of income tax expense which was primarily due to an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets; and

 

   

$13 million of income tax expense for foreign and state income taxes in certain jurisdictions.

No federal income tax benefit was recognized for the current period due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance for domestic operations.

Following is a more detailed discussion of the results of each of our reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Revenues (a)           EBITDA (b) (c)           Margin        
     2011     2010     %
Change
    2011     2010     %
Change
    2011     2010     Change  

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 557      $ 560        (1 )%    $ 320      $ 352        (9 )%      57     63     (6

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     2,970        3,016        (2     56        80        (30     2        3        (1

Relocation Services

     423        405        4        115        109        6        27        27        —     

Title and Settlement Services

     359        325        10        29        25        16        8        8        —     

Corporate and Other

     (216     (216           (77     269               
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Total Company

   $ 4,093      $ 4,090        —     $ 443      $ 835        (47 )%      11     20     (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Less: Depreciation and amortization

           186        197           

Interest expense, net (d)

           666        604           

Income tax expense (benefit)

           32        133           
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net loss attributable to Holdings

         $ (441   $ (99        
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

 

* not meaningful
(a) Revenues include elimination of transactions between segments, which primarily consists of intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $216 million and $216 million during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(b) EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes $11 million of restructuring costs, $1 million of merger costs and $36 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items.
(c) EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes $21 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments.

 

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(d) Includes $24 million of incremental interest expense in 2011 which is comprised of $17 million due to the de-designation of interest rate swaps from an accounting perspective and $7 million due to the write-off of financing costs as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions.

As described in the aforementioned table, EBITDA margin for “Total Company” expressed as a percentage of revenues decreased 9 percentage points for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 primarily due to a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items resulting from tax and other liability adjustments in 2010 compared to a net benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items for 2011. In addition, there was a decrease in current year EBITDA due to a $36 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt as well as a decrease in homesale transaction volume at the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment as well as increased expenses at the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

On a segment basis, the Real Estate Franchise Services segment margin decreased 6 percentage points to 57% from 63% in the comparable prior period due to an increase in legal expenses, employee related expenses, incremental expenses related to the international business conferences and other expenses. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment margin decreased 1 percentage point to 2% from 3% in the comparable prior period due to a slight decrease in the number of homesale transactions and a decrease in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans, partially offset by lower operating expenses primarily as a result of restructuring and cost-saving activities. The Relocation Services segment margin remained at 27% and the Title and Settlement Services segment margin remained at 8%.

Corporate and Other EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased $346 million to negative $77 million primarily due to a net benefit of $323 million in 2010 of former parent legacy items resulting from tax and other liability adjustments compared to a net benefit of $15 million in 2011 from former parent legacy items for the same comparable period and a $36 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions.

Real Estate Franchise Services

Revenues decreased $3 million to $557 million and EBITDA decreased $32 million to $320 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.

The decrease in revenue was driven by a $10 million decrease in third-party domestic franchisee royalty revenues due to a 1% decrease in the number of homesale transactions and a lower net effective royalty rate as our larger affiliates are achieving higher volume levels. Average homesale price remained flat compared to 2010.

The decrease in revenue was also attributable to a $2 million decrease in royalties received from our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment which pays royalties to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment. These intercompany royalties of $204 million and $206 million during 2011 and 2010, respectively, are eliminated in consolidation. See “—Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services” for a discussion of the drivers related to this period over period revenue decrease for Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

These decreases were partially offset by a $7 million increase in marketing revenue compared to the same period in 2010 and a $3 million increase in area development fees.

The decrease in EBITDA was due to the decrease in revenues discussed above, as well as:

 

   

a $10 million increase in legal expenses primarily due to higher legal costs and legal reserves and the reversal of litigation accruals in 2010 due to a favorable legal outcome and an insurance reimbursement;

 

   

an increase in employee related costs of $7 million;

 

 

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incremental expenses of $5 million related to the international business conferences for all of our brands in 2011;

 

   

an increase in marketing expense of $4 million; and

 

   

a $2 million impairment of a cost method investment.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Revenues decreased $46 million to $2,970 million and EBITDA decreased $24 million to $56 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.

Excluding REO revenues, revenues decreased $33 million primarily due to decreased commission income earned on homesale transactions. This decrease was driven by a 2% decrease in the average price of homes sold while the number of homesale transactions remained flat and an increase in the average broker commission rate. We believe the 2% decrease in the average price of homes sold and flat homesale transactions were reflective of industry trends in the markets we served. Separately, revenues from our REO asset management company decreased by $13 million to $23 million in the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 due to reduced inventory levels of foreclosed properties being made available for sale. Our REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders.

EBITDA decreased $24 million due to the decrease in revenues discussed above, as well as:

 

   

$14 million related to additional operating costs related to late 2010 acquisitions; and

 

   

a $4 million decrease in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans;

partially offset by,

 

   

a $44 million decrease in operating expenses, net of inflation, due to restructuring and cost-saving activities as well as reduced employee costs; and

 

   

a $2 million decrease in royalties paid to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment.

Relocation Services

Revenues increased $18 million to $423 million and EBITDA increased $6 million to $115 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.

The increase in revenues was primarily driven by $19 million of incremental international revenue due to increased transaction volume and a $4 million increase in relocation service fee revenues primarily due to higher domestic transaction volume. These increases were partially offset by a $5 million decrease in at-risk revenue due to fewer closings in 2011 compared to 2010.

EBITDA increased $6 million primarily as a result of the increase in revenues discussed above and a $3 million decrease in restructuring expenses, partially offset by an $8 million increase in operating expenses due to higher volume related international costs and an $8 million increase due to higher employee related costs.

Title and Settlement Services

Revenues increased $34 million to $359 million and EBITDA increased $4 million to $29 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.

The increase in revenues was primarily driven by a $32 million increase in underwriter revenue and a $2 million increase in volume from refinancing transactions. EBITDA increased $4 million as a result of the

 

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increase in revenues discussed above partially offset by an increase of $25 million in variable operating costs as a result of the increase in underwriter and refinancing volume noted above and $3 million increase in legal expenses.

2011 Restructuring Program

During 2011, we committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. The Company incurred restructuring charges of $11 million in 2011. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $5 million of facility related expenses and $4 million of personnel related expenses. The Relocation Services and Title and Settlement Services segments each recognized $1 million of facility and personnel related expenses. At December 31, 2011, the remaining liability was $3 million.

2010 Restructuring Program

During 2010, we committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating facilities. We recognized $21 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $9 million of facility related expenses, $3 million of personnel related expenses and $1 million of expense related to asset impairments. The Relocation Services segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses and $1 million of personnel related expenses. The Title and Settlement Services segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses and $1 million of personnel related expenses. The Corporate and Other segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses. At December 31, 2011, the remaining liability was $3 million.

Year Ended December 31, 2010 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2009

Our consolidated results were comprised of the following:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2010     2009     Change  

Net revenues

   $ 4,090      $ 3,932      $ 158   

Total expenses (1)

     4,084        4,266        (182
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     6        (334     340   

Income tax benefit

     133        (50     183   

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

     (30     (24     (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (97     (260     163   

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (2     (2     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (99   $ (262   $ 163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Total expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010 include $21 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments. Total expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 include $70 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs offset by a benefit of $34 million of former parent legacy items (comprised of a benefit of $55 million recorded at Cartus related to Wright Express Corporation (”WEX”) partially offset by $21 million of expenses recorded at Corporate) and a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $75 million.

Net revenues increased $158 million (4%) for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the year ended December 31, 2009 principally due to an increase in the average price of homes sold and the impact of the Primacy acquisition.

 

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Total expenses decreased $182 million (4%) primarily due to a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments compared to a net benefit of $34 million of former parent legacy items during the same period in 2009 which was primarily comprised of $55 million of tax receivable payments from WEX, as well as a decrease in restructuring expenses of $49 million compared to the same period in 2009. The decrease in expenses was partially offset by an $82 million increase in commission expenses paid to real estate agents due to increased gross commission income, the absence of a $75 million gain on the extinguishment of debt included in expenses in 2009, as well as a $21 million increase in interest expense.

Our income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $133 million and was comprised of the following:

 

   

$109 million of income tax expense was recorded for the reduction of certain deferred tax assets as a result of our former parent company’s IRS examination settlement of Cendant’s taxable years 2003 through 2006;

 

   

$22 million of income tax expense was recorded for an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets; and

 

   

$2 million of income tax expense was recognized primarily for foreign and state income taxes for certain jurisdictions.

No Federal income tax benefit was recognized for the current period due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance for domestic operations.

Following is a more detailed discussion of the results of each of our reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.

 

     Revenues (a)     %
Change
    EBITDA (b) (c)     %
Change
    Margin        
     2010     2009       2010     2009       2010     2009     Change  

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 560      $ 538        4   $ 352      $ 323        9     63     60     3   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     3,016        2,959        2        80        6        1,233        3        —          3   

Relocation Services

     405        320        27        109        122        (11     27        38        (11

Title and Settlement Services

     325        328        (1     25        20        25        8        6        2   

Corporate and Other (d)

     (216     (213     *        269        (6     *         
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Total Company

   $ 4,090      $ 3,932        4   $ 835      $ 465        80     20     12     8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

         

Less: Depreciation and amortization

           197        194           

Interest expense, net

           604        583           

Income tax expense (benefit)

           133        (50        
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net loss attributable to Holdings

         $ (99   $ (262        
        

 

 

   

 

 

         

 

* not meaningful
(a) Revenues include elimination of transactions between segments, which consists of intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $216 million and $213 million during the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
(b) EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes $21 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments.
(c) EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2009 includes $70 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs offset by a benefit of $34 million of former parent legacy items (comprised of a benefit of
  $55 million recorded at Cartus related to WEX partially offset by $21 million of expenses recorded at Corporate).

 

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(d) EBITDA includes unallocated corporate overhead and a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $75 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.

As described in the aforementioned table, EBITDA margin for “Total Company” expressed as a percentage of revenues increased 8 percentage points for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to a $289 million increase in former parent legacy benefits as well as improvements in operating results from our Real Estate Franchise Services and Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segments.

On a segment basis, the Real Estate Franchise Services segment margin increased 3 percentage points to 63% from 60% in the prior period. The year ended December 31, 2010 reflected a decline in homesale transactions, primarily in the second half of the year, largely offset by higher average homesale prices. In addition, the segment had lower bad debt and notes reserve expense.

The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment margin increased 3 percentage points to 3% from zero in the comparable prior period. The year ended December 31, 2010 reflected an increase in the average homesale price and lower operating expenses primarily as a result of restructuring and cost-saving activities partially offset by a decrease in the number of homesale transactions. Sales volume for the year ended December 31, 2010 benefited from the homebuyer tax credit in the first half of the year as well as a notable increase in activity at the mid and higher end of the housing market throughout the year.

The Relocation Services segment margin decreased 11 percentage points to 27% from 38% in the comparable prior period primarily due to the absence in 2010 of $55 million of tax receivable payments from WEX in 2009, partially offset by reduced employee costs and other cost saving initiatives.

The Title and Settlement Services segment margin increased 2 percentage points to 8% from 6% in the comparable prior period primarily due to cost reductions which more than offset the slight decrease in revenue.

Corporate and Other EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased $275 million to $269 million due to a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments compared to a net cost of $21 million of former parent legacy items for the same period in 2009. The increase was also due to the absence in 2010 versus 2009 of a $14 million writedown of a cost method investment. The net increase was partially offset by the absence in 2010 versus 2009 of a $75 million gain on debt extinguishment and $11 million of proceeds from a legal settlement.

Real Estate Franchise Services

Revenues increased $22 million to $560 million and EBITDA increased $29 million to $352 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

Intercompany royalties from our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment increased $4 million from $202 million in 2009 to $206 million in 2010. These intercompany royalties are eliminated in consolidation through the Corporate and Other segment and therefore have no impact on consolidated revenues and EBITDA, but do affect segment level revenues and EBITDA. See “—Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services” for a discussion as to the drivers related to this period over period revenue increase for real estate franchise services.

International revenue increased $4 million during the year ended December 31, 2010, while third-party domestic franchisee royalty revenue decreased $11 million compared to the prior year due to a 6% decrease in the number of homesale transactions partially offset by a 4% increase in the average homesale price. In addition, marketing revenue and related marketing expenses increased $27 million and $22 million, respectively.

The $29 million increase in EBITDA was principally due to the increase in revenues discussed above, a $17 million decrease in bad debt and note reserves expense as a result of improved collection activities compared to the prior period and a $7 million decrease in expenses related to conferences and franchisee events.

 

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Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Revenues increased $57 million to $3,016 million and EBITDA increased $74 million to $80 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

Excluding REO revenues, revenues increased $87 million primarily due to increased commission income earned on homesale transactions which was driven by an 11% increase in the average price of homes sold, partially offset by a 7% decrease in the number of homesale transactions and a decrease in the average broker commission rate. The increase in the average homesale price and lower average broker commission rate are primarily the result of a shift in homesale activity from lower to higher price points. We believe the 7% decrease in homesale transactions is reflective of industry trends in the markets we serve and the decrease may have been higher if the housing market was not aided by the 2010 homebuyer tax credit program in the first half of 2010, particularly in locations which have lower average homesale prices. Separately, revenues from our REO asset management company decreased by $30 million to $36 million in the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 due to generally reduced inventory levels of foreclosed properties being made available for sale. Our REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders.

EBITDA increased $74 million due to the $57 million increase in revenues discussed above as well as:

 

   

a decrease in restructuring expense of $35 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to the same period in the prior year;

 

   

a decrease of $60 million in other operating expenses, net of inflation, primarily due to restructuring and cost-saving activities as well as reduced employee costs;

 

   

an increase of $6 million in equity earnings related to our investment in PHH Home Loans; and

 

   

a decrease of $5 million in marketing costs due to cost reduction initiatives;

partially offset by:

 

   

an increase of $82 million in commission expenses paid to real estate agents as a result of the increase in revenues earned on homesale transactions; and

 

   

an increase of $4 million in royalties paid to our Real Estate Franchise Services segment as a result of the increase in revenues earned on homesale transactions.

Relocation Services

Revenues increased $85 million to $405 million, including $75 million related to Primacy, and EBITDA decreased $13 million to $109 million, despite an increase of $14 million related to Primacy, for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

Relocation revenue, excluding the Primacy acquisition, increased $10 million and was primarily driven by a $7 million increase in international revenue due to higher transaction volume. The acquisition of Primacy in January 2010 contributed $75 million of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2010, which primarily consisted of $31 million of referral and domestic relocation service fee revenue, $25 million of government at-risk revenue and $14 million of international revenue.

EBITDA, excluding the Primacy acquisition, decreased $27 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009 due to the absence in 2010 of $55 million of tax receivable payments from WEX. Absent the impact of the WEX tax receivable payments and the Primacy results, EBITDA increased $28 million primarily as a result of a $12 million decrease in other operating expenses as a result of reduced employee costs and other cost-saving initiatives, a $9 million decrease in restructuring expenses, and a $4 million year over year reduction in legal expenses. EBITDA, excluding the impact of the WEX tax receivable payments, increased $42 million.

 

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Title and Settlement Services

Revenues decreased $3 million to $325 million and EBITDA increased $5 million to $25 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

The decrease in revenues was primarily driven by an $11 million decrease in resale volume and a $7 million decrease in volume from refinancing transactions partially offset by a $13 million increase in underwriter revenue. The refinancing activity was weighted towards the second half of 2010 when mortgage rates fell below 5% for an extended period of time. EBITDA increased $5 million primarily due to $7 million of cost reductions offset by the decrease in revenues discussed above.

2010 and 2009 Restructuring Programs

During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, we committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs and enhancing organizational efficiencies while consolidating existing processes and facilities. The following are total restructuring charges by segment as of December 31:

 

     2010     2009  
     Expense Recognized
and Other Additions
    Expense Recognized
and Other Additions  (b)
 

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ —        $ 3   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     13        52   

Relocation Services

     4 (a)       9   

Title and Settlement Services

     3        3   

Corporate and Other

     2        7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 22      $ 74   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes $1 million of unfavorable lease liability recorded in purchase accounting for Primacy which was reclassified to restructuring liability as a result of us restructuring certain facilities after the acquisition date.
(b) During the year ended December 31, 2009, we reversed $4 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations related to restructuring accruals established in 2006 through 2008.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Financial Condition

 

     June 30, 2012     December 31,
2011
    Change  

Total assets

   $ 7,362      $ 7,350      $ 12   

Total liabilities

     9,074        8,849        225   

Total equity (deficit)

   $ (1,712   $ (1,499   $ (213

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, total assets increased $12 million, primarily as a result of a $41 million increase in relocation receivables, a $27 million increase in trade receivables and a $13 million increase in other non-current assets, partially offset by a decrease in franchise agreements intangible assets, other intangibles and property and equipment of $34 million, $21 million and $14 million, respectively, due to amortization and depreciation.

Total liabilities increased $225 million, principally due to a $185 million increase in indebtedness. Accrued expenses and other current liabilities increased $63 million, primarily due to an increase in accrued interest of $18 million, an increase in accrued debt financing costs of $14 million related to the 2012 Senior Secured Note Offering as well as an increase in accounts payable of $30 million. These increases were partially offset by a $60 million decrease in securitization obligations.

 

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Total equity (deficit) decreased $213 million, primarily due to the net loss attributable to Holdings of $217 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

     December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
    Change  

Total assets

   $ 7,350      $ 7,569      $ (219

Total liabilities

     8,849        8,632        217   

Total equity (deficit)

     (1,499     (1,063     (436

For the year ended December 31, 2011, total assets decreased $219 million primarily as a result of a decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $49 million, a $21 million decrease in other current assets, a decrease in franchise agreements intangible assets, other intangibles and property and equipment of $67 million, $39 million and $21 million, respectively, due to amortization and depreciation and an $10 million decrease in deferred taxes.

Total liabilities increased $217 million principally due to a $258 million increase in long term debt, primarily as a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, partially offset by a $24 million decrease in due to former parent and a $19 million decrease in accounts payable.

Total equity (deficit) decreased $436 million primarily due to the net loss attributable to Holdings of $441 million for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity position has been negatively affected by the substantial interest expense on our debt obligations and the unfavorable conditions in the real estate market resulting in negative operating cash flows. Our liquidity position would also be adversely impacted by our inability to access our relocation securitization programs and could be adversely impacted by our inability to access the capital markets. In addition, our short-term liquidity position from time to time has been and may continue to be negatively affected by seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage business.

Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, our outstanding indebtedness (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012) will be reduced by approximately $2.8 billion, or 38%, and our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million (including the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. In addition to the expected reduction of our outstanding indebtedness in connection with this offering and related transactions, we believe that we are experiencing the beginning of a recovery in the residential real estate market and we have seen improvement in affordability and an increase in homesale sides at our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment and our Real Estate Franchise Services segment. However, we are not certain whether such improvement will lead to a sustained recovery and cannot predict when the residential real estate industry will return to a period of sustainable growth. Moreover, if the residential real estate market or the economy as a whole does not improve or deteriorates, we may experience further adverse effects on our business, financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to access capital and grow our business.

Our primary liquidity needs have been to service our debt and finance our working capital and capital expenditures, which we have historically satisfied with cash flows from operations and funds available under our revolving credit facilities and securitization facilities. Primarily as a consequence of our cash interest obligations and before giving effect to this offering and related transactions, we expect to experience negative cash flows in 2012 given our operating environment. However, assuming conditions in the real estate market do not deteriorate, given our availability under our extended revolving credit facility and other sources of liquidity

 

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which we believe are available to us, we believe we will be able to meet our cash flow needs through June 30, 2013. Given the expected significant reduction of indebtedness and related interest expense in connection with this offering and related transactions, we believe our ability to meet our cash flow needs will be significantly enhanced, and we expect that we will generate free cash flows which we intend to utilize to further reduce our overall indebtedness.

Historically, operating results and revenues for all of our businesses have been strongest in the second and third quarters of the calendar year. A significant portion of the expenses we incur in our real estate brokerage operations are related to marketing activities and commissions and are, therefore, variable. However, many of our other expenses, such as interest payments, facilities costs and certain personnel-related costs, are fixed and cannot be reduced during a seasonal slowdown. Consequently, our debt balances are generally at their highest levels at or around the end of the first and fourth quarters of every year.

We will continue to evaluate potential financing transactions, including refinancing certain tranches of our indebtedness and extending maturities. There can be no assurance that financing or refinancing will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

Future indebtedness may impose various additional restrictions and covenants on us which could limit our ability to respond to market conditions, to make capital investments or to take advantage of business opportunities. Our ability to make payments to fund working capital, capital expenditures, debt service, and strategic acquisitions will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future, which is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 vs. Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

At June 30, 2012, we had $138 million of cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $5 million compared to the balance of $143 million at December 31, 2011. The following table summarizes our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

         Six Months Ended June 30,  
         2012     2011     Change  

Cash provided by (used in):

      
 

Operating activities

   $     (93   $     (194   $ 101   
 

Investing activities

     (30     (24     (6
 

Financing activities

     118        179        (61
 

Effects of change in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     —          1        (1
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (5   $ (38   $ 33   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we utilized $101 million less cash in operations compared to the same period in 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, $93 million of cash was used in operating activities primarily due to negative cash flows from operating results of $125 million after $320 million of cash interest payments as well as an increase in trade receivables and relocation receivables of $27 million and $41 million, respectively, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities of $82 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, $194 million of cash was used in operating activities due to negative cash flows from operating results of $121 million after $287 million of cash interest payments as well as an increase in trade receivables and relocation receivables of $32 million and $41 million, respectively.

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services customers. We received cash dividends from PHH Home Loans of $20 million, $25 million, and $8 million during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. As discussed in the notes to the PHH Home Loans financial statements, PHH Home Loans provides residential mortgage banking services, including the origination and ultimate sale of such mortgage loans. The nature and timing of the sale of mortgages and related short term borrowings to fund the loan originations may create a disconnect between net cash used in operating activities (as shown on PHH Home Loan’s statement of cash flows included elsewhere in this prospectus) and cash available to distribute as dividends. Due to the rapid resale of Mortgages Held for Sale to third-party permanent investors, there is a short time period between when income is recorded and the subsequent collection of cash associated with that income. We expect that PHH Home Loans will continue to generate income and will be able to provide corresponding dividends as a continuing source of our cash flows, although the level of future dividends will continue to be dependent upon a sustainable recovery in the residential real estate market.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we used $6 million more cash for investing activities compared to the same period in 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, $30 million of cash was used for $19 million of property and equipment additions, $4 million of acquisition related payments, a $3 million increase in restricted cash and the purchase of certificates of deposit for $4 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, $24 million of cash was used in investing activities primarily due to $25 million of property and equipment additions, $4 million of acquisition related payments partially offset by net proceeds from certificates of deposit of $9 million.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, $61 million less cash was provided from financing activities compared to the same period in 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, $118 million of cash was provided as a result of the issuance of $593 million of First Lien Notes and $325 million of First and a Half Lien Notes partially offset by $640 million of term loan facility repayments, the repayment of revolver borrowings of $94 million and $61 million of securitization obligation repayments. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, $179 million of cash was provided by financing activities and was comprised of $700 million of proceeds from the issuance of the First and a Half Lien Notes, $98 million related to the proceeds from the extension of the term loan facility and an increase in incremental revolver borrowings of $125 million, partially offset by $703 million of term loan facility repayments and the payment of $34 million of debt issuance costs.

Year Ended December 31, 2011 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2010

At December 31, 2011, we had $143 million of cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $49 million compared to the balance of $192 million at December 31, 2010. The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     Change  

Cash provided by (used in):

      

Operating activities

   $ (192   $ (118   $ (74

Investing activities

     (49     (70     21   

Financing activities

     192        124        68   

Effects of change in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     —          1        (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (49   $ (63   $ 14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we used $74 million of additional cash in operations compared to the same period in 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2011, $192 million of cash was used in operating activities due to negative cash flows from operating results of $201 million after $608 million of cash interest payments, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities of $23 million. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $118 million of cash was used in operating activities due to uses

 

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of cash related to trade receivables and relocation receivables of $9 million and $27 million, respectively, as well as by negative cash flows from operating results of $152 million after $550 million of cash interest payments, partially offset by sources of cash related to accounts payable and relocation properties held for sale of $30 million and $43 million, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we used $21 million less cash for investing activities compared to the same period in 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2011, $49 million of cash was used in investing activities primarily due to $49 million of property and equipment additions and acquisition related payments of $6 million, partially offset by a $6 million change in restricted cash and net proceeds from certificates of deposit of $5 million. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $70 million of cash was used in investing activities and was primarily due to $49 million of property and equipment additions, $17 million related to acquisition related payments and the purchase of certificates of deposit for $9 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of assets of $5 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we generated $68 million more cash from financing activities compared to the same period in 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2011, $192 million of cash was provided by financing activities and was comprised of $700 million of proceeds from the issuance of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes, $98 million related to the proceeds from the extension of the term loan facility and an increase in incremental revolver borrowings of $145 million, partially offset by $706 million of term loan facility repayments and the payment of $35 million of debt issuance costs. On December 14, 2011, Realogy entered into agreements to amend and extend the existing Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program which resulted in the pay off of the 2007 securitization notes and issuance of the 2011 securitization notes under the extended securitization facility. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $124 million of cash was provided by financing activities and was comprised of $142 million of proceeds from drawings on our unsecured revolving credit facilities and additional securitization obligations of $27 million, partially offset by $32 million of term loan facility repayments.

Year Ended December 31, 2010 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2009

At December 31, 2010, we had $192 million of cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $63 million compared to the balance of $255 million at December 31, 2009. The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2010     2009     Change  

Cash provided by (used in):

      

Operating activities

   $ (118   $ 341      $ (459

Investing activities

     (70     (47     (23

Financing activities

     124        (479     603   

Effects of change in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     1        3        (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (63   $ (182   $ 119   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2010 we used $459 million of additional cash in operations compared to the same period in 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $118 million of cash was used in operating activities due to uses of cash related to trade receivables and relocation receivables of $9 million and $27 million, respectively, as well as by negative cash flows from operating results of $152 million after $550 million of cash interest payments, partially offset by sources of cash related to accounts payable and relocation properties held for sale of $30 million and $43 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2009, $341 million of cash was provided by operating activities and was comprised of sources of cash related to relocation receivables and relocation properties held for sale of $442 million and $22 million, respectively, and trade receivables and accounts payable of $40 million and $26 million, respectively, partially offset by negative cash flows from operating results of $200 million after $487 million of cash interest payments.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2010 we used $23 million more cash for investing activities compared to the same period in 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $70 million of cash was used in investing activities and was primarily due to $49 million of property and equipment additions, $17 million related to acquisition related payments and the purchase of certificates of deposit for $9 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of assets of $5 million. For the year ended December 31, 2009, $47 million of cash was used in investing activities and was primarily comprised of $40 million of property and equipment additions and $5 million related to acquisition related payments.

For the year ended December 31, 2010 we provided $603 million more cash from financing activities compared to the same period in 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $124 million of cash was provided by financing activities and was comprised of $142 million of proceeds from drawings on our unsecured revolving credit facilities and additional securitization obligations of $27 million, partially offset by $32 million of term loan facility repayments. For the year ended December 31, 2009, $479 million of cash was used in financing activities and was comprised of $410 million of securitization obligation repayments, a decrease in incremental revolver borrowings of $515 million and $32 million of term loan facility repayments, partially offset by proceeds of $500 million related to the issuance of the Second Lien Loans.

Financial Obligations

Indebtedness Table

As of June 30, 2012, the total capacity, outstanding borrowings and available capacity under the Company’s borrowing arrangements were as follows:

 

     Interest
Rate
    Expiration
Date
   Total
Capacity
     Outstanding
Borrowings
     Available
Capacity
 

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

             

Extended revolving credit facility (1)

              (2)     April 2016    $ 363       $ 109       $ 165   

Extended term loan facility

              (3)     October 2016      1,822         1,822         —     

First Lien Notes

     7.625   January 2020      593         593         —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     7.875   February 2019      700         700         —     

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     9.00   January 2020      325         325         —     

Second Lien Loans

     13.50   October 2017      650         650         —     

Other bank indebtedness (4)

     Various      108         105         3   

Existing Notes:

             

Senior Notes

     10.50   April 2014      64         64         —     

Senior Toggle Notes (5)

     11.00   April 2014      41         41         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes (6)

     12.375   April 2015      190         188         —     

Extended Maturity Notes:

             

Senior Notes (7)

     11.50   April 2017      492         489         —     

Senior Notes (8)

     12.00   April 2017      130         129         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes

     13.375   April 2018      10         10         —     

Convertible Notes

     11.00   April 2018      2,110         2,110         —     

Securitization obligations: (9)

             

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     December 2013      400         245         155   

Cartus Financing Limited (10)

     Various      63         22         41   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        $ 8,061       $ 7,602       $ 364   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) The available capacity under this facility was reduced by $89 million of outstanding letters of credit as of June 30, 2012. On September 27, 2012, the Company had $20 million outstanding on the extended revolving credit facility and $95 million of outstanding letters of credit, leaving $248 million of available capacity.

 

(2) Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.25% or (b) ABR plus 2.25% in each case subject to reductions based on the attainment of certain leverage ratios.

 

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(3) Interest rates with respect to term loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 4.25% or (b) the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1.75% and ABR plus 3.25%.
(4) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility; $50 million is due in January 2013, $50 million is due in July 2013, and $5 million is due in August 2013.
(5) On April 16, 2012, the Company redeemed $11 million principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes at par.
(6) Consists of $190 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, less a discount of $2 million.
(7) Consists of $492 million of 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $3 million.
(8) Consists of $130 million of 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $1 million.
(9) Available capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient relocation related assets to collateralize these securitization obligations.
(10) Consists of a £35 million facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2013.

Indebtedness Incurred in Connection with the Merger and Subsequent Debt Transactions

We incurred indebtedness in 2007 in connection with the Merger, which included borrowings under our senior secured credit facility and the issuance of unsecured notes. We borrowed an initial amount of $3,170 million term loan facility under the senior secured credit facility (consisting of $1,950 million initial term loan facility and a $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility) with original maturity dates of October 2013. The $1,950 million initial term loan facility was used by us to finance a part of the Merger, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses contemplated thereby. In addition, we used the $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility to finance the refinancing or discharge of our previously existing senior notes, including, without limitation, the payment of fees and expenses. We issued an original aggregate principal amount of $3,125 million of the Existing Notes with maturity dates in 2014 and 2015 to finance a part of the Merger, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses.

In 2009, 2011 and 2012, we completed various debt transactions, which are detailed below, which resulted in the following: (1) additional flexibility with respect to compliance with our senior secured leverage ratio under our senior secured credit facility; (2) the extension of the maturities of certain portions of our indebtedness; (3) additional liquidity to fund operations; and (4) the issuance of approximately $2,110 million of Convertible Notes.

In September and October 2009, we incurred $650 million of Second Lien Loans under the senior secured credit facility, the net proceeds of which were used to pay down outstanding balances on the revolving credit facility under the senior secured credit facility and for working capital as well as to exchange $150 million of Second Lien Loans for $221 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Toggle Notes.

On January 5, 2011, we completed private exchange offers, relating to our then outstanding Existing Notes (the “Debt Exchange Offering”). As a result of the Debt Exchange Offering, $2,110 million of Existing Notes were tendered for Convertible Notes due 2018, $632 million of Existing Notes due 2014 and 2015 were tendered for Extended Maturity Notes due 2017 and 2018 and $303 million of Existing Notes remained outstanding.

Effective February 3, 2011, we entered into a first amendment to our senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment”) and an incremental assumption agreement, which resulted in the following: (i) extended the maturity of a significant portion of our first lien term loans to October 10, 2016; (ii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the loans and commitments under our revolving credit facility to April 10, 2016, and converted a portion of the extended revolving loans to extended term loans ($98 million in the aggregate); (iii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the commitments under our synthetic letter of credit facility to October 10, 2016; and (iv) allowed for the issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes, which would not be counted as senior secured debt for purposes of determining our compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant under the senior secured credit facility.

 

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On February 3, 2011, we issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the net proceeds of which, along with cash on hand, were used to prepay $700 million of certain of the first lien term loans that were extended in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment.

The Debt Exchange Offering, the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment, the offering of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes and the related transactions are collectively referred to herein as the 2011 Refinancing Transactions.

On February 2, 2012, we issued $593 million of First Lien Notes due 2020 and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes due 2020 in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We used the proceeds from the offering, of approximately $918 million, to: (i) prepay $629 million of our non-extended term loan borrowings under our senior secured credit facility which were due to mature in October 2013, (ii) repay all of the $133 million in outstanding borrowings under our non-extended revolving credit facility which was due to mature in April 2013, and (iii) repay $156 million of the outstanding borrowings under our extended revolving credit facility. In conjunction with the repayments of $289 million described in clauses (ii) and (iii), we reduced the commitments under our non-extended revolving credit facility by a like amount, thereby terminating the non-extended revolving credit facility.

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Senior Secured Credit Facility

The senior secured credit facility consists of (i) term loan facilities, (ii) revolving credit facilities, (iii) a synthetic letter of credit facility (the facilities described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as amended by the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment, collectively referred to as the “First Lien Facilities”), and (iv) an incremental (or accordion) loan facility, a portion of which was utilized in connection with the incurrence of the Second Lien Loans (as summarized below).

We use the revolving credit facility for, among other things, working capital and other general corporate purposes.

The loans under the First Lien Facilities (the “First Lien Loans”) are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of Realogy, Intermediate and all of their domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, including but not limited to (i) a first-priority pledge of substantially all capital stock held by Realogy or any subsidiary guarantor (which pledge, with respect to obligations in respect of the borrowings secured by a pledge of the stock of any first-tier foreign subsidiary, is limited to 100% of the non-voting stock (if any) and 65% of the voting stock of such foreign subsidiary), and (ii) perfected first-priority security interests in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Realogy and each subsidiary guarantor, subject to certain exceptions.

The Second Lien Loans are secured by liens on the assets of Realogy, Intermediate and by the subsidiary guarantors that secure the First Lien Loans. However, such liens are junior in priority to the First Lien Loans, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes. The Second Lien Loans interest payments are payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Second Lien Loans mature on October 15, 2017 and there are no required amortization payments. We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to prepay, promptly following the closing of this offering, all of the outstanding Second Lien Loans in accordance with the terms of our senior secured credit facility. See “Use of Proceeds.”

The senior secured credit facility also provides for a synthetic letter of credit facility which is for: (i) the support of our obligations with respect to Cendant contingent and other liabilities assumed under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and (ii) general corporate purposes in an amount not to exceed $100 million. The

 

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synthetic letter of credit facility capacity is $186 million at June 30, 2012, of which $43 million will expire in October 2013 and $143 million will expire in October 2016. As of June 30, 2012, the capacity was being utilized by a $70 million letter of credit with Cendant for any remaining potential contingent obligations and $100 million of letters of credit for general corporate purposes.

Our senior secured credit facility contains financial, affirmative and negative covenants and requires us to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed a maximum amount on the last day of each fiscal quarter. Specifically, our total senior secured net debt to trailing twelve month EBITDA may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facility, includes certain adjustments and is calculated on a “pro forma” basis for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio. In this prospectus, we refer to the term “Adjusted EBITDA” to mean EBITDA as so defined for purposes of determining compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant. Total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets pari passu or junior in priority to the liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes, including the Second Lien Loans, our securitization obligations or the Unsecured Notes. At June 30, 2012, our senior secured leverage ratio was 4.08 to 1.0.

We have the right to cure an event of default of the senior secured leverage ratio in three of any of the four consecutive quarters through the issuance of additional Intermediate equity for cash, which would be infused as capital into Realogy. The effect of such infusion would be to increase Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio for the applicable twelve-month period and reduce net senior secured indebtedness upon actual receipt of such capital. If we are unable to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio and fail to remedy a default through an equity cure as described above, there would be an “event of default” under the senior secured credit facility. Other events of default under the senior secured credit facility include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentations, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain material judgments, change of control and cross-events of default on material indebtedness.

If an event of default occurs under the senior secured credit facility, and we fail to obtain a waiver from the lenders, our financial condition, results of operations and business would be materially adversely affected. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the senior secured credit facility, the lenders:

 

   

would not be required to lend any additional amounts to us;

 

   

could elect to declare all borrowings outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees, to be due and payable;

 

   

could require us to apply all of our available cash to repay these borrowings; or

 

   

could prevent us from making payments on the First and a Half Lien Notes or the Unsecured Notes;

any of which could result in an event of default under the First and a Half Lien Notes, the Unsecured Notes and our Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program.

If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under the senior secured credit facility could proceed against the collateral granted to secure the senior secured credit facility, which assets also secure our other secured indebtedness. Realogy has pledged the majority of its assets as collateral to secure such indebtedness. If the lenders under the senior secured credit facility were to accelerate the repayment of borrowings, then we may not have sufficient assets to repay the senior secured credit facility and our other indebtedness, including the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes, the Second Lien Loans and the Unsecured Notes, or be able to borrow sufficient funds to refinance such indebtedness. Even if we are able to obtain new financing, it may not be on commercially reasonable terms, or terms that are acceptable to us.

First Lien Notes

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January 15 and July 15 of each year (the first interest payment date was July 15, 2012). The First Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Intermediate and each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility and certain of Realogy’s outstanding securities. The First Lien Notes are also guaranteed by the Company, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. The First Lien Notes are secured by the same collateral as Realogy’s existing secured obligations under its senior secured credit facility. The priority of the collateral liens securing the First Lien Notes is (i) equal to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under the senior secured credit facility, and (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s other secured obligations not secured by a first priority lien, including the First and a Half Lien Notes and the Second Lien Loans.

First and a Half Lien Notes

The First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of Realogy. The $700 million of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes mature on February 15, 2019 and bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per annum, payable semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The New First and a Half Lien Notes mature on January 15, 2020. The $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.0% per annum and interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the first interest payment date was July 15, 2012). The First and a Half Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Intermediate and each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility and certain of Realogy’s outstanding securities. The First and a Half Lien Notes are also guaranteed by Holdings, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. The First and a Half Lien Notes are secured by the same collateral as Realogy’s existing secured obligations under its senior secured credit facility, but the priority of the collateral liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes is (i) junior to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility and the First Lien Notes, and (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing the Second Lien Loans. The priority of the collateral liens securing each series of the First and a Half Lien Notes is equal to one another.

Other Bank Indebtedness

Realogy has separate revolving U.S. credit facilities under which it could borrow up to $100 million at June 30, 2012 and $125 million at December 31, 2011 and a separate U.K. credit facility under which it could borrow up to £5 million (approximately $8 million) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These facilities are not secured by assets of Realogy or any of its subsidiaries but are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, including the synthetic letter of credit facility. The facilities generally have a one-year term with certain options for renewal. As of June 30, 2012, Realogy had outstanding borrowings of $105 million under these credit facilities. Realogy has $50 million due in January 2013, $50 million due in July 2013, and $5 million outstanding on an $8 million capacity facility due in August 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the weighted average interest rate under the U.S. credit facilities was 2.9% with interest payable either monthly or quarterly.

Unsecured Notes

On April 10, 2007, Realogy issued in a private placement $1,700 million of 10.50% Senior Notes, $550 million of Senior Toggle Notes and $875 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes. On January 5, 2011, Realogy settled the Debt Exchange Offering to exchange its Existing Senior Notes and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes for the Extended Maturity Notes and the Convertible Notes. On the settlement date of the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy issued (i) $492 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Senior Notes, (ii) $130 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Notes and (iii) $10 million aggregate principal amount of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

The 10.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2014 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 11.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

 

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The Senior Toggle Notes mature on April 15, 2014. Interest is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. For any interest payment period after the initial interest payment period and through October 15, 2011, Realogy had the option to pay interest on the Senior Toggle Notes (i) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”), (ii) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes or by issuing Senior Toggle Notes (“PIK Interest”), or (iii) 50% as Cash Interest and 50% as PIK Interest. Cash Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at a rate of 11.00% per annum. PIK Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at the Cash Interest rate per annum plus 0.75%. Beginning with the interest period which ended October 2008 through the interest period which ended April 2011, Realogy elected to satisfy its interest payment obligations by issuing additional Senior Toggle Notes. Realogy elected to pay Cash Interest for the interest period commencing April 15, 2011 and is required to make all future interest payments on the Senior Toggle Notes entirely in cash until they mature.

Realogy would be subject to certain interest deduction limitations if the Senior Toggle Notes were treated as “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. In order to avoid such treatment, Realogy is required to redeem for cash a portion of each Senior Toggle Note outstanding on April 15, 2012 for the periods that Realogy elected to pay PIK Interest. As a result, on April 16, 2012, Realogy redeemed $11 million principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes.

The 12.00% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2015 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, by each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility and certain of Realogy’s outstanding securities. The Senior Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured junior subordinated basis.

We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repurchase or redeem substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering all of the outstanding 10.50% Senior Notes and Senior Toggle Notes in accordance with the terms of the respective indentures. See “Use of Proceeds.”

Convertible Notes

The Series A Convertible Notes, Series B Convertible Notes and Series C Convertible Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest at a rate per annum of 11.00% payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes are convertible into common stock at any time prior to April 15, 2018. The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of the Convertible Notes held by them into shares of common stock concurrently with the closing of this offering. As of September 4, 2012, the Significant Holders held in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, which, once converted, will result in the issuance of an additional 82,131,954 shares of common stock promptly following the closing of this offering, including the additional shares issued pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. To the extent that any Convertible Notes not owned by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock, the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that would have been used to pay the redemption price for such Convertible Notes will instead be applied to the repayment of our other indebtedness. See “Use of Proceeds” and footnote 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.”

We intend to issue a redemption notice to holders of approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes on the closing date of this offering, which will specify that the redemption date will be on the 31 st day following the date of such notice.

 

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Loss (Gain) on the Early Extinguishment of Debt and Write-Off of Deferred Financing Costs

As a result of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, we recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

As a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, we recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $36 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $7 million to interest expense as a result of debt modifications during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

On September 24, 2009, Realogy and certain affiliates of Apollo entered into an agreement with a third party pursuant to which Realogy exchanged approximately $221 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Toggle Notes held by it for $150 million aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Loans. The third party also sold the balance of the Senior Toggle Notes it held for cash to an affiliate of Apollo in a privately negotiated transaction and used a portion of the cash proceeds to participate as a lender in the Second Lien Loan transaction. The transaction with the third party closed concurrently with the initial closing of the Second Lien Loans. As a result of the exchange, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $75 million.

Securitization Obligations

We have secured obligations through Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a securitization program with a borrowing capacity of $400 million and expiration date of December 2013.

In 2010, we, through a special purpose entity, Cartus Financing Limited, entered into agreements providing for a £35 million revolving loan facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2013. These Cartus Financing Limited facilities are secured by relocation assets of a U.K. government contract in a special purpose entity and are therefore classified as permitted securitization financings as defined in our senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes.

The Apple Ridge entities and Cartus Financing Limited entity are consolidated special purpose entities that are utilized to securitize relocation receivables and related assets. These assets are generated from advancing funds on behalf of clients of our relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees. Assets of these special purpose entities are not available to pay our general obligations. Under the Apple Ridge program, provided no termination or amortization event has occurred, any new receivables generated under the designated relocation management agreements are sold into the securitization program and as new eligible relocation management agreements are entered into, the new agreements are designated to the program. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, breach of our senior secured leverage ratio under our senior secured credit facility if uncured, and cross-defaults to our credit agreement, unsecured and secured notes or other material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business.

Certain of the funds that we receive from relocation receivables and related assets must be utilized to repay securitization obligations. These obligations were collateralized by $393 million and $366 million of underlying relocation receivables and other related relocation assets at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Substantially all relocation related assets are realized in less than twelve months from the transaction date. Accordingly, all of our securitization obligations are classified as current in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Interest incurred in connection with borrowings under these facilities amounted to $4 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $6 million and $7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. This interest is recorded within net revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as related borrowings are utilized to fund our relocation business where

 

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interest is generally earned on such assets. These securitization obligations represent floating rate debt for which the average weighted interest rate was 3.5% and 1.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 2.1% and 2.4% for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Covenants under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Certain Indentures

The senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the First Lien Notes, First and a Half Lien Notes, the Extended Maturity Notes and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes contain various covenants that limit Realogy’s ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional debt;

 

   

incur debt that is junior to senior indebtedness and, with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes, senior to such Senior Subordinated Notes;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions to Realogy’s stockholders;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness;

 

   

make loans, investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain of Realogy’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to Realogy;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s and its material subsidiaries’ assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes and debt that is junior in right of payment to the Unsecured Notes, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes.

In connection with the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy received consents from the holders of the 10.50% Senior Notes and Senior Toggle Notes to amend the respective indentures governing the terms of such Existing Notes to remove substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain other provisions previously contained in such indentures.

As a result of the covenants to which we remain subject, we are limited in the manner in which we conduct our business and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs. In addition, on the last day of each fiscal quarter, the financial covenant in the senior secured credit facility requires us to maintain on a quarterly basis a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed a maximum amount. Specifically, Realogy’s total senior secured net debt to trailing twelve month EBITDA may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. See “Description of Indebtedness.” At June 30, 2012, our senior secured leverage ratio was 4.08 to 1.0.

Based upon our financial forecast, we believe that we will continue to be in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant during the next twelve months. While the housing market has recently shown signs of recovery, there remains substantial uncertainty with respect to the timing and scope of a housing recovery and if a housing recovery is not sustained or is weak, we may be subject to additional pressure in maintaining compliance with our senior secured leverage ratio.

Our financial forecast of Adjusted EBITDA considers numerous factors including open homesale contract trends, industry forecasts and macroeconomic factors, local market dynamics and concentrations in the markets in which we operate. Our twelve month forecast is updated monthly to consider our actual results and incorporates current homesale contract activity, updated industry forecasts and macroeconomic factors and changes in local

 

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market dynamics as well as additional cost savings and business optimization initiatives underway or to be implemented by management. As such initiatives are implemented, management, as permitted by the existing agreement, will pro forma the effect of such measures and add back the savings or enhanced revenue from those initiatives as if they had been implemented at the beginning of the trailing twelve-month period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The SEC has adopted rules to regulate the use in filings with the SEC and in public disclosures of “non-GAAP financial measures,” such as EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA and the ratios related thereto. These measures are derived on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with GAAP.

EBITDA is defined by us as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, net (other than relocation services interest for securitization assets and securitization obligations) and income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA is presented to demonstrate our compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant in the senior secured credit facility. We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the performance of our operating businesses and provide greater transparency into our results of operations. Our management, including our chief operating decision maker, use EBITDA as a factor in evaluating the performance of our business. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other statement of operations data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We believe EBITDA facilitates company-to-company operating performance comparisons by backing out potential differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting net interest expense), taxation, the age and book depreciation of facilities (affecting relative depreciation expense) and the amortization of intangibles, which may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to operating performance. We further believe that EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies, many of which present an EBITDA measure when reporting their results.

Adjusted EBITDA calculated for a twelve-month period corresponds to the definition of “EBITDA,” calculated on a “pro forma basis,” used in the senior secured credit facility to calculate the senior secured leverage ratio. Adjusted EBITDA includes adjustments to EBITDA for merger costs, restructuring costs, former parent legacy cost (benefit) items, net, gain (loss) on the early extinguishment of debt, pro forma cost savings, the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives and the pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees, in each case calculated as of the beginning of the twelve-month period.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA either in isolation or as substitutes for analyzing our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

 

   

these measures do not reflect changes in, or cash requirement for, our working capital needs;

 

   

these measures do not reflect our interest expense (except for interest related to our securitization obligations), or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;

 

   

these measures do not reflect our income tax expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes;

 

   

these measures do not reflect historical cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

 

   

although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often require replacement in the future, and these measures do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and

 

   

other companies may calculate these measures differently so they may not be comparable.

 

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In addition to the limitations described above, Adjusted EBITDA includes pro forma cost savings, the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives and the pro forma full year effect of acquisitions and new franchisees. These adjustments may not reflect the actual cost savings or pro forma effect recognized in future periods.

A reconciliation of net loss attributable to Realogy to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011 is set forth in the following table:

 

           Less     Equals     Plus     Equals        
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2011
    Six Months
Ended
December 31,
2011
    Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2012
    Twelve Months
Ended
June 30,
2012
    Twelve
Months Ended
December 31,
2011
 

Net loss attributable to Realogy

   $ (441   $ (259   $ (182   $ (217   $ (399 ) (a)     $ (441

Income tax expense

     32        2        30        15        45        32   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (409     (257     (152     (202     (354     (409

Interest expense, net

     666        340        326        346        672        666   

Depreciation and amortization

     186        93        93        89        182        186   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

         443            176            267            233             500 (b)           443   

Covenant calculation adjustments:

            

Merger costs, restructuring costs and former parent legacy costs (benefit), net (c)

  

    8        (3

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

  

    6        36   

Pro forma cost savings for 2012 restructuring initiatives (d)

  

    5          

Pro forma cost savings for 2011 restructuring initiatives (e)

  

    3        11   

Pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives (f)

  

    48        52   

Non-cash charges (g)

  

           4   

Non-recurring fair value adjustments for purchase accounting (h)

  

    4        4   

Pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees (i)

  

    7        7   

Apollo management fees (j)

  

    15        15   

Incremental securitization interest costs (k)

  

    3        2   
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

  

  $ 599      $ 571   
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total senior secured net debt (l)

  

  $ 2,445      $ 2,536   
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior secured leverage ratio

  

    4.08x        4.44x   

 

(a) For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, net loss attributable to Realogy consists of: (i) a loss of $28 million for the third quarter of 2011; (ii) a loss of $154 million for the fourth quarter of 2011; (iii) a loss of $192 million for the first quarter of 2012 and (iv) a loss of $25 million for the second quarter of 2012.
(b) For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, EBITDA consists of: (i) $187 million for the third quarter of 2011; (ii) $80 million for the fourth quarter of 2011; (iii) $30 million for the first quarter of 2012 and (iv) $203 million for the second quarter of 2012.
(c) For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, net merger costs, restructuring costs and former parent legacy costs (benefit) consists of $11 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs offset by a net benefit of $4 million for former parent legacy items. For the year ended December 31, 2011 net merger costs, restructuring costs and former parent legacy costs (benefit) consists of $11 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs offset by a benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items.
(d) Represents actual costs incurred that are not expected to recur in subsequent periods due to restructuring activities initiated during the first six months of 2012. From this restructuring, we expect to reduce our operating costs by approximately $7 million on a twelve-month run-rate basis and estimate that less than $2 million of such savings were realized from the time they were put in place. The adjustment shown represents the impact the savings would have had on the period from July 1, 2011 through the time they were put in place had those actions been effected on July 1, 2011.

 

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(e) Represents actual costs incurred that are not expected to recur in subsequent periods due to restructuring activities initiated during the year ended December 31, 2011. From this restructuring, we expect to reduce our operating costs by approximately $21 million on a twelve-month run-rate basis and estimate that $18 million and $10 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, of such savings were realized from the time they were put in place. The adjustment shown for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 represents the impact the savings would have had on the period from July 1, 2011 through the time they were put in place had those actions been effected on July 1, 2011. The adjustment shown for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 represents the impact the savings would have had on the period from January 1, 2011 through the time they were put in place, had those actions been effected on January 1, 2011.
(f) Represents the twelve-month pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, $3 million related to our Relocation Services integration costs, $5 million related to vendor renegotiations and $40 million for employee retention accruals. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, $1 million related to our Relocation Services integration costs and acquisition related non-cash adjustments, $6 million related to vendor renegotiations, $41 million for employee retention accruals and $4 million of other initiatives. The employee retention accruals reflect the employee retention plans that have been implemented in lieu of our customary bonus plan, due to the ongoing and prolonged downturn in the housing market in order to ensure the retention of executive officers and other key personnel, principally within our corporate services unit and the corporate offices of our four business units.
(g) Represents the elimination of non-cash expenses. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, $5 million of stock-based compensation expense and $6 million of other items less $11 million for the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts and notes reserves from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, $7 million of stock-based compensation expense and $4 million of other items less $7 million for the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts and notes reserves from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011.
(h) Reflects the adjustment for the negative impact of fair value adjustments for purchase accounting at the operating business segments primarily related to deferred rent.
(i) Represents the estimated impact of acquisitions and new franchisees as if they had been acquired or signed on July 1, 2011 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and January 1, 2011 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. Franchisee sales activity is comprised of new franchise agreements as well as growth acquired by existing franchisees with our assistance. We have made a number of assumptions in calculating such estimate and there can be no assurance that we would have generated the projected levels of EBITDA had we owned the acquired entities or entered into the franchise contracts as of July 1, 2011 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 or January 1, 2011 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011.
(j) Represents the elimination of annual management fees payable to Apollo for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
(k) Incremental borrowing costs incurred as a result of the securitization facilities refinancing for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
(l) As of June 30, 2012 represents total borrowings under the senior secured credit facility which are secured by a first priority lien on our assets of $2,524 million plus $10 million of capital lease obligations less $89 million of readily available cash as of June 30, 2012. As of December 31, 2011 represents total borrowings under the senior secured credit facility which are secured by a first priority lien on our assets of $2,626 million plus $11 million of capital lease obligations less $101 million of readily available cash as of December 31, 2011. Pursuant to the terms of our senior secured credit facility, total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets that is pari passu or junior in priority to the First and a Half Lien Notes (including the Second Lien Loans), our securitization obligations and the Unsecured Notes.

 

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Liquidity Risks

Our liquidity position may be negatively affected as a result of the following specific liquidity risks.

Negative Cash Flows; Seasonality and Cash Requirements

Our liquidity position has been negatively affected by the substantial interest expense on our debt obligations and the unfavorable conditions in the real estate market resulting in negative operating cash flows. Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, our liquidity position will continue to be negatively impacted by the substantial interest expense on our debt obligations, although such interest expense will be substantially reduced from its current level. Our business segments are also subject to seasonal fluctuations. Historically, operating results and revenues for all of our businesses have been strongest in the second and third quarters of the calendar year. A significant portion of the expenses we incur in our real estate brokerage operations are related to marketing activities and commissions and are, therefore, variable. However, many of our other expenses, such as interest payments, facilities costs and certain personnel-related costs, are fixed and cannot be reduced during a seasonal slowdown. For example, prior to this offering, interest payments of approximately $215 million were due on our Unsecured Notes and Second Lien Loans in April and October of each year. Accordingly, the two most significant interest payments fall in, or immediately following, periods of our lowest cash flow generation. Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, our outstanding indebtedness (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012) will be reduced by approximately $2.8 billion, or 38%, and our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million (including the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. Because of this asymmetry and the size of our cash interest obligations, if there is not a sustained recovery in the housing market, we may be required to seek additional sources of working capital for our future liquidity needs. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms or at all.

Senior Secured Credit Facility Covenant Compliance

On the last day of each fiscal quarter, the financial covenant in the senior secured credit facility requires us to maintain on a quarterly basis a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed a maximum amount. Specifically, our total senior secured net debt to trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDA may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. As of June 30, 2012, we were in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant with a ratio of 4.08 to 1.0.

While the housing market has recently shown signs of a recovery, there remains substantial uncertainty with respect to the timing and scope of a sustained housing recovery and if a housing recovery is not sustained or is weak, we will be subject to additional pressure in maintaining compliance with our senior secured leverage ratio.

To maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio (or to avoid an event of default thereof), the Company will need to achieve a certain amount of Adjusted EBITDA and/or reduced levels of total senior secured net debt. We expect that as a result the offering and related transactions, our ability to remain in compliance with our senior secured credit facility will be greatly enhanced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the factors that will impact covenant compliance include: (a) changes in homesale transactions and/or the price of existing homesales, (b) the ability to continue to implement cost-savings and business productivity enhancement initiatives, (c) increasing new franchise sales, sales associate recruitment and/or brokerage and other acquisitions, (d) obtaining additional equity financing, (e) obtaining additional debt financing from affiliated or non-affiliated debt holders, or (f) a combination thereof. Factors (b) through (e) may be insufficient to overcome macroeconomic conditions affecting the Company.

If we fail to maintain the senior secured leverage ratio or otherwise default under our senior secured credit facility and if we fail to obtain a waiver from our lenders, then our financial condition, results of operations and business would be materially adversely affected. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness—An event of default under our senior secured credit facility or the indentures governing our other material indebtedness would adversely affect our operations and our ability to satisfy obligations under our indebtedness.”

 

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We will continue to evaluate potential financing transactions, including refinancing certain tranches of our indebtedness and extending maturities. There can be no assurance that financing or refinancing will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

There can be no assurance as to which, if any, of these alternatives we may pursue as the choice of any alternative will depend upon numerous factors such as market conditions, our financial performance and the limitations applicable to such transactions under our existing financing agreements and the consents we may need to obtain under the relevant documents. There also can be no assurance that financing or refinancing will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

Interest Rate Risk

Certain of our borrowings, primarily borrowings under the senior secured credit facility, our other bank indebtedness and our securitization arrangements, are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net loss would increase further. We have entered into interest rate swaps, involving the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments, to reduce interest rate volatility for a portion of our floating interest rate debt facilities.

Securitization Programs

Funding requirements of our relocation business are primarily satisfied through the issuance of securitization obligations to finance relocation receivables and advances. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants, including restrictions on dividends, and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, breach of our senior secured leverage ratio under our senior secured credit facility if uncured, and cross-defaults to our credit agreement, unsecured and secured notes or other material indebtedness.

 

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Contractual Obligations as of June 30, 2012

The following table summarizes our future contractual obligations as of June 30, 2012 but does not reflect (i) the conversion by the Significant Holders of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of their Convertible Notes substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering and related transactions and (ii) the anticipated uses of the net proceeds of this offering, including the redemption of the remaining approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes at a redemption price of 90% of the principal amount thereof promptly following the closing of this offering, as described in “Use of Proceeds”:

 

     Remaining
2012
     2013      2014      2015      2016      Thereafter      Total  

Extended revolving credit facility (a)

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 109       $ —         $ 109   

Extended term loan facility (b)

     —           —           —           —           1,822         —           1,822   

First Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           593         593   

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           700         700   

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           325         325   

Second Lien Loans

     —           —           —           —           —           650         650   

Other bank indebtedness (c)

     5         100         —           —           —           —           105   

10.50% Senior Notes

     —           —           64         —           —           —           64   

11.50% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           492         492   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes

     —           —           41         —           —           —           41   

12.00% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           130         130   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           190         —           —           190   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           10         10   

11.00% Convertible Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           2,110         2,110   

Interest payments on long-term debt (d)

     327         653         646         629         614         872         3,741   

Securitized obligations (e)

     267         —           —           —           —           —           267   

Operating leases (f)

     74         117         80         54         28         123         476   

Capital leases (including imputed interest)

     3         4         3         1         —           —           11   

Purchase commitments (g)

     35         26         13         10         9         248         341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total (h) (i)

   $ 711       $ 900       $ 847       $ 884       $ 2,582       $ 6,253       $ 12,177   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) The Company’s senior secured credit facility includes a $363 million extended revolving facility expiring in April 2016. Outstanding borrowings under this facility are classified on the balance sheet as current due to the revolving nature of the facility.
(b) Our extended term loan facility matures in October 2016. There is no scheduled amortization of principal. We have entered into derivative instruments to fix the interest rate over the next twelve months for $408 million of the $1,822 million of variable rate debt.
(c) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility; $50 million due in January 2013, $50 million due in July 2013 and $5 million due in August 2013.
(d) Interest payments are based on applicable interest rates in effect at June 30, 2012. Following the completion of this offering and related transactions, our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million, including approximately $232 million of annual interest expense related to the elimination of the Convertible Notes.
(e) The Apple Ridge securitization facility expires in December 2013 and the Cartus Financing Limited agreements expire in August 2013 and August 2015. These obligations are classified as current on the balance sheet due to the current classification of the underlying assets that collateralize the obligations.
(f) The operating lease amounts included in the above table do not include variable costs such as maintenance, insurance and real estate taxes.
(g)

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  include a minimum licensing fee to be paid to Meredith from 2009 through 2057. The annual minimum fee began at $0.5 million in 2009 and will increase to $4 million by 2014 and generally remains the same thereafter.
(h) In April 2007, we established a standby irrevocable letter of credit for the benefit of Avis Budget Group Inc. in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement. At June 30, 2012, the letter of credit was at $70 million. This letter of credit is not included in the contractual obligations table above.
(i) The contractual obligations table does not include the annual Apollo management fee and does not include other non-current liabilities such as pension liabilities of $57 million and unrecognized tax benefits of $45 million as the Company is not able to estimate the year in which these liabilities could be paid.

Pro Forma Contractual Obligations as of June 30, 2012

The following table summarizes our future contractual obligations as of June 30, 2012 and reflects (i) the conversion by the Significant Holders of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of their Convertible Notes, substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering and related transactions and (ii) the anticipated use of the net proceeds from this offering, including the redemption of the remaining approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes at a redemption price of 90% of the principal amount thereof promptly following the closing of this offering, as described in “Use of Proceeds”:

 

     Remaining
2012
     2013      2014      2015      2016      Thereafter      Total  

Extended revolving credit facility (a)

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 201       $ —         $ 201   

Extended term loan facility (b)

     —           —           —           —           1,822         —           1,822   

First Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           593         593   

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           700         700   

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           325         325   

Other bank indebtedness (c)

     5         100         —           —           —           —           105   

11.50% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           492         492   

12.00% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           130         130   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           190         —           —           190   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           10         10   

Interest payments on long-term debt (d)

     163         325         324         313         296         437         1,858   

Securitized obligations (e)

     267         —           —           —           —           —           267   

Operating leases (f)

     74         117         80         54         28         123         476   

Capital leases (including imputed interest)

     3         4         3         1         —           —           11   

Purchase commitments (g)

     35         26         13         10         9         248         341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total (h) (i)

   $ 547       $ 572       $ 420       $ 568       $ 2,356       $ 3,058       $ 7,521   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) The Company’s senior secured credit facility included a $363 million extended revolving facility expiring in April 2016. Outstanding borrowings under this facility are classified on the balance sheet as current due to the revolving nature of the facility.
(b) Our extended term loan facility matures in October 2016. There is no scheduled amortization of principal. We have entered into derivative instruments to fix the interest rate over the next twelve months for $408 million of the $1,822 million of variable rate debt.
(c) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility; $50 million due in January 2013, $50 million due in July 2013 and $5 million due in August 2013.
(d) Interest payments are based on applicable interest rates in effect at June 30, 2012. The interest payments reflect the elimination of interest expense related to the Convertible Notes and interest expense related to the use of the net proceeds from this offering to repay indebtedness. The amounts do not reflect future pay downs of indebtedness from cash generated from operations.
(e) The Apple Ridge securitization facility expires in December 2013 and the Cartus Financing Limited agreements expire in August 2013 and August 2015. These obligations are classified as current on the balance sheet due to the current classification of the underlying assets that collateralize the obligations.

 

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(f) The operating lease amounts included in the above table do not include variable costs such as maintenance, insurance and real estate taxes.
(g) Purchase commitments include a minimum licensing fee that we are required to pay to Sotheby’s from 2009 through 2054. The annual minimum licensing fee is approximately $2 million. The purchase commitments also include a minimum licensing fee to be paid to Meredith from 2009 through 2057. The annual minimum fee began at $0.5 million in 2009 and will increase to $4 million by 2014 and will generally remain the same thereafter.
(h) In April 2007, we established a standby irrevocable letter of credit for the benefit of Avis Budget Group Inc. in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement. At June 30, 2012, the letter of credit was at $70 million. This letter of credit is not included in the contractual obligations table above.
(i) The contractual obligations table does not include the annual Apollo management fee or the $40 million Management Agreement Termination Fee ($15 million of which will be paid in cash on January 15, 2013 and the remaining in shares of our common stock on January 15, 2013) in connection with the termination of the Management Agreement. In addition, the contractual obligations table does not include other non-current liabilities such as pension liabilities of $57 million and unrecognized tax benefits of $45 million, as the Company is not able to estimate the year in which these liabilities could be paid.

Contractual Obligations as of December 31, 2011

The following table summarizes our future contractual obligations as of December 31, 2011 and does not reflect the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering:

 

     2012      2013      2014      2015      2016      Thereafter      Total  

Non-extended revolving credit facility (a)

   $ —         $ 78       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 78   

Extended revolving credit facility (a)

     —           —           —           —           97         —           97   

Non-extended term loan facility (b)

     6         623         —           —           —           —           629   

Extended term loan facility (c)

     —           —           —           —           1,822         —           1,822   

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

           —           —           —           700         700   

Second Lien Loans

     —           —           —           —           —           650         650   

Other bank indebtedness (d)

     83         50         —           —           —           —           133   

10.50% Senior Notes

     —           —           64         —           —           —           64   

11.50% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           492         492   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes (e)

     11         —           41         —           —           —           52   

12.00% Senior Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           130         130   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           190         —           —           190   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           10         10   

11.00% Convertible Notes

     —           —           —           —           —           2,110         2,110   

Interest payments on long-term debt (f)

     609         601         571         554         539         612         3,486   

Securitized obligations (g)

     327         —           —           —           —           —           327   

Operating leases (h)

     136         98         66         46         24         119         489   

Capital leases (including imputed interest)

     6         4         2         1         —           —           13   

Purchase commitments (i)

     48         22         11         10         9         253         353   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total (j) (k)

   $ 1,226       $ 1,476       $ 755       $ 801       $ 2,491       $ 5,076       $ 11,825   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Our senior secured credit facility provided for a $652 million revolving credit facility, which includes a $289 million revolving facility expiring in April 2013 and a $363 million extended revolving facility expiring in April 2016. As a result of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, all borrowings under the $289 million non-extended revolver were repaid and the facility was terminated. Outstanding borrowings under this facility are classified on the balance sheet as current due to the revolving nature of the facility.
(b) Our non-extended term loan facility provides for quarterly amortization payments totaling 1% per annum of the principal amount with the balance due on the final maturity date of October 2013. As a result of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, the non-extended term loan facility was repaid and the facility was terminated.

 

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(c) Our extended term loan facility matures in October 2016. There is no scheduled amortization of principal. We have entered into derivative instruments to fix the interest rate for $650 million of the $2,759 million of variable rate debt.
(d) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility, $50 million is due in January 2013, $50 million is due in July 2013, and $5 million is due in August 2013. In January 2012, we repaid $25 million of the outstanding borrowings and reduced the capacity of the credit facility due in July 2012 by $25 million. In April 2012, we extended this $50 million facility that was due in July 2012 to July 2013. These obligations are classified on the balance sheet as current due to the revolving nature of the facilities.
(e) We utilized the PIK Interest option to satisfy interest payment obligations for the Senior Toggle Notes which increased the principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes from October 2008 through April 2011. As a result, we would be subject to certain interest deduction limitations if the Senior Toggle Notes were treated as AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. In order to avoid such treatment, we redeemed $11 million principal amount of the Senior Toggle Notes on April 16, 2012.
(f) Interest payments are based on applicable interest rates in effect at December 31, 2011.
(g) The Apple Ridge agreement expires in December 2013 and the Cartus Financing Limited agreements expire in August 2013 and August 2015. These obligations are classified as current on the balance sheet due to the current classification of the underlying assets that collateralize the obligations.
(h) The operating lease amounts included in the above table do not include variable costs such as maintenance, insurance and real estate taxes.
(i) Purchase commitments include a minimum licensing fee that we are required to pay to Sotheby’s from 2009 through 2054. The annual minimum licensing fee is approximately $2 million. The purchase commitments also include a minimum licensing fee to be paid to Meredith from 2009 through 2057. The annual minimum fee began at $0.5 million in 2009 and will increase to $4 million by 2014 and generally remains the same thereafter.
(j) In April 2007, we established a standby irrevocable letter of credit for the benefit of Avis Budget Group Inc. in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement. At December 31, 2011, the letter of credit was at $70 million. This letter of credit is not included in the contractual obligations table above.
(k) The contractual obligations table does not include the Apollo management fee and does not include other non-current liabilities such as pension liabilities of $60 million and unrecognized tax benefits of $42 million as we are not able to estimate the year in which these liabilities could be paid.

Potential Debt Purchases or Sales

Our affiliates have purchased a portion of our indebtedness and we or our affiliates from time to time may sell such indebtedness or purchase additional portions of our indebtedness. Any such future purchases or sales may be made through open market or privately negotiated transactions with third parties or pursuant to one or more tender or exchange offers or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices as well as with such consideration as we or any such affiliates may determine. Affiliates who own portions of our indebtedness earn interest on a consistent basis with third party owners of such indebtedness.

Critical Accounting Policies

In presenting our financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported therein. Several of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it could result in a material adverse impact to our results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We believe that the estimates and assumptions we used when preparing our financial statements were the most appropriate at that time. Presented below are those accounting policies that we believe involve subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.

 

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Allowance for doubtful accounts

We estimate the allowance necessary to provide for uncollectible accounts receivable. The estimate is based on historical experience, combined with a review of current developments, and includes specific accounts for which payment has become unlikely. The process by which we calculate the allowance begins in the individual business units where specific problem accounts are identified and reserved and an additional reserve is generally recorded driven by the age profile of the receivables. Our allowance for doubtful accounts was $58 million, $64 million and $67 million at June 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Impairment of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets

With regard to the goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets recorded in connection with business combinations, we annually, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred, analyze their carrying values to determine if an impairment exists. In performing this analysis, we are required to make an assessment of fair value for our goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets. We determine the fair value of our reporting units utilizing our best estimate of future revenues, operating expenses, cash flows, market and general economic conditions as well as assumptions that we believe marketplace participants would utilize including discount rates, cost of capital, trademark royalty rates, and long term growth rates. The trademark royalty rate was determined by reviewing similar trademark agreements with third parties. Although we believe our assumptions are reasonable, actual results may vary significantly. A change in these underlying assumptions could cause a change in the results of the tests and, as such, could cause the fair value to be less than the respective carrying amount. In such an event, we would be required to record a charge, which would impact earnings.

The aggregate carrying value of our goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets was $2,618 million and $1,887 million, respectively, at June 30, 2012. It is difficult to quantify the impact of an adverse change in financial results and related cash flows, as certain changes may be isolated to one of our four reporting units or spread across our entire organization. Based upon the impairment analysis performed in the fourth quarter of 2011, there was no impairment for 2011. Management did evaluate the effect of lowering the estimated fair value for each of the reporting units by 10% and determined that no impairment of goodwill would have been recognized under this evaluation.

Common stock valuation

On occasion, we grant stock-based awards to certain senior management employees and directors. These awards are measured at the grant date based on the fair value as calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and are recognized as expense over the service period based on the vesting requirements, or when requisite performance metrics or milestones are achieved. Determining the fair value of stock-based awards at the grant date requires considerable judgment, including estimating expected volatility, expected term and risk-free rate.

In April 2012, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors granted 972,000 of time vesting stock options and 80,000 of performance based options to certain senior management employees. Our expected volatility for these options is based on the average volatility rates of similar actively traded companies. The expected holding period of the option is calculated based on the simplified method and is estimated to be 6.25 year. The risk-free rate is derived from the U.S. Treasuries, the period of which relates to the grant’s holding period. If factors change and we employ different assumptions, the fair value of future awards and resulting stock-based compensation expense may differ significantly from what we have estimated historically.

The estimate of the intrinsic value of these options (share value at the time of issuance less exercise price) was based on a contemporaneous share valuation prepared with the assistance of a third party specialist. In conjunction with the preparation of this valuation, we adhered to the guidance provided by the AICPA as prescribed in its Practice Aid entitled, “Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation.” This Practice Aid specifically addresses valuation of common stock in private companies and outlines approaches that can be taken for that valuation, as well as providing guidelines for each approach. The

 

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approaches outlined in the Practice Aid are: (1) discounted cash flow, or income; (2) public company market approach (market multiples); and (3) the guideline transaction (M&A) market approach. Consistent with these guidelines, we employed the income (discounted cash flows) and public company market (market multiples) approaches when performing the valuation, which provided a value for our shares in the absence of having a quoted market price on an active exchange.

Two inputs for the discounted cash flow model were comprised of our internal forecasts along with a weighted average cost of capital (discount rate). The Company’s weighted average cost of capital provides an expected rate of return based on the Company’s capital structure, the required yield on the Company’s equity and the required yield on the Company’s interest-bearing debt. The inputs used for deriving the multiples that were employed in the market approach analysis were obtained from published financial information from comparable companies, as well as from our historical and forecasted financial results. The results from these two valuation approaches, income (DCF) and market multiples, were given equal weight to determine the value of the enterprise. The Company chose the probability weighted expected return method, as described in the AICPA Practice Aid cited above, given the existing plans to pursue an initial public offering. Two scenarios were prepared, one assuming the Company continued as a private company and one where the company successfully completed an initial public offering based on its then current financial position and the uncertainty of the housing market as of the date of grant. After consideration of these factors, the two scenarios were equally weighted. The results of each scenario were averaged to determine the fair value of our shares of $20.50.

The difference between the fair value calculation and the estimated offering price of $25 per share, though not significant, is primarily due to the ongoing improvements in the housing market between the time the valuation was performed and the current information available. In that regard, we note that transaction volume for RFG and NRT combined increased 6% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011. In the second quarter transaction volume on the same basis increased 15% compared to 2011.

The information used in the above model was based on the most readily available and relevant information at the time. The valuation model employed both observable and objective inputs, such as market data, as well as inputs which were more subjective, such as assumptions used in preparing our forecasts, which were based on our best estimates at the valuation date. Additional factors such as a marketability discount were factored into the final determination of the fair value of our shares. The below table details the grant prices and grant totals for stock option grants issued for the twelve-month period preceding the most recent balance sheet:

 

Type of Grant

   Number
of  options
granted
     Estimated
share value
used  for fair

value calculation
     Fair value of
options
at grant date
     Option
exercise price
 

Time Vested

     972,000       $ 20.50       $ 10.25       $ 17.50   

Performance Based

     80,000       $ 20.50       $ 9.75       $ 17.50   

Based upon an estimated offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the April 2012 options would have an intrinsic value of approximately $8 million.

Income taxes

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. We regularly review our deferred tax balances to assess their potential realization and establish a valuation allowance for amounts that we believe will not be ultimately realized. In performing this review, we make estimates and assumptions regarding projected future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and the identification of tax planning strategies. A change in these assumptions could cause an increase or decrease to our valuation allowance resulting in an increase or decrease in our effective tax rate, which could materially impact our results of operations.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) amended the guidance on testing for goodwill impairment that allows an entity to elect to qualitatively assess whether it is necessary to perform the current two-step goodwill impairment test. If the qualitative assessment determines that it is not more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step test is unnecessary. If the entity elects to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to Step One of the test and validate the conclusion by measuring fair value, it can resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We will consider utilizing the new qualitative analysis for its goodwill impairment test to be performed in the fourth quarter of 2012.

In May 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on Fair Value Measurement that result in common measurement of fair value and disclosure requirements between GAAP and the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The amendments mainly change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments are effective prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. We adopted the amendments on January 1, 2012 and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

Our principal market exposure is interest rate risk. At June 30, 2012, our primary interest rate exposure was to interest rate fluctuations in the United States, specifically LIBOR, due to its impact on our variable rate borrowings. Due to our senior secured credit facility which is benchmarked to U.S. LIBOR, this rate will be the primary market risk exposure for the foreseeable future. We do not have significant exposure to foreign currency risk nor do we expect to have significant exposure to foreign currency risk in the foreseeable future.

We assess our market risk based on changes in interest rates utilizing a sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity analysis measures the potential impact on earnings, fair values and cash flows based on a hypothetical 10% change (increase and decrease) in interest rates. In performing the sensitivity analysis, we are required to make assumptions regarding the fair values of relocation receivables and advances and securitization borrowings, which approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these items. We believe our interest rate risk is further mitigated as the rate we incur on our securitization borrowings and the rate we earn on relocation receivables and advances are based on similar variable indices.

Our total market risk is influenced by various factors, including the volatility present within the markets and the liquidity of the markets. There are certain limitations inherent in the sensitivity analyses presented. While probably the most meaningful analysis, these analyses are constrained by several factors, including the necessity to conduct the analysis based on a single point in time and the inability to include the complex market reactions that normally would arise from the market shifts modeled.

At June 30, 2012, we had total long-term debt of $7,335 million, excluding $267 million of securitization obligations. Of the $7,335 million of long-term debt, we had $2,036 million of variable interest rate debt primarily based on LIBOR. We have entered into four floating to fixed interest rate swap agreements and effectively fixed our interest rate on that portion of variable interest rate debt. One swap, with a notional value of $225 million, expired in July 2012, the second swap, with a notional value of $200 million, expires in December 2012, the third swap, with a notional value of $225 million, commenced in July 2012 and expires in October 2016, and the fourth swap with a notional value of $200 million, commences in January 2013 and expires in October 2016. After considering these interest rate swaps a portion of our variable interest rate debt is still subject to market rate risk as our interest payments will fluctuate as a result of market changes. We have determined that the impact of a 100 basis point change in LIBOR (1% change in the interest rate) on our term loan facility variable rate borrowings would affect our annual interest expense by approximately $16 million. While these results may be used as benchmarks, they should not be viewed as forecasts.

 

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At June 30, 2012, the fair value of our long-term debt approximated $6,752 million, which was determined based on quoted market prices. Since considerable judgment is required in interpreting market information, the fair value of the long-term debt is not necessarily indicative of the amount that could be realized in a current market exchange. A 10% decrease in market rates would have a $205 million impact on the fair value of our long-term debt.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

  (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

 

  (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and

 

  (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in its Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, management determined that Holdings maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011.

Auditor Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, which is included within their audit opinion on page F-40.

 

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BUSINESS

Our Company

We are the preeminent and most integrated provider of residential real estate services in the U.S. We are the world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brokerages with some of the most recognized brands in the real estate industry, the largest owner of U.S. residential real estate brokerage offices, the largest U.S. and a leading global provider of outsourced employee relocation services and a significant provider of title and settlement services. Our owned and franchised brokerage businesses are more than two and a half times larger than their nearest competitor and, in 2011, we were involved in approximately 26% of domestic existing homesale transaction volume that involved a real estate brokerage firm. Our revenue is derived on a fee-for-service basis, and given our breadth of complementary service offerings, we are able to generate fees from multiple aspects of a residential real estate transaction. Our operating platform is supported by our portfolio of industry leading franchise brokerage brands, including Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate and we also own and operate the Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats brands. Our multiple brands and operations allow us to derive revenue from many different segments of the residential real estate market, in many different geographies and at varying price points.

We believe that we are experiencing the beginning of a recovery in the residential real estate market. In the first eight months of 2012, on a company-wide basis, our volume of completed homesales (i.e., average homesale price times number of homesale transactions) increased 13% compared to the first eight months of 2011. According to NAR, existing homesale transaction volume (i.e., median homesale price times number of homesale transactions) for August 2012 increased approximately 20% as compared to August 2011. Furthermore, the most recent NAR forecast estimates that the volume of existing homesales will increase 14% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011 and increase a further 14% in 2013 compared to 2012.

We believe that our business is well positioned to benefit from a sustained recovery in the residential real estate market as a result of our scale, market leadership, breadth of complementary service offerings and operations, and the substantial brand equity of our portfolio of brokerage brands. Furthermore, since the downturn in the residential real estate market began, we have implemented a number of actions which we believe have fundamentally improved our operations and enhanced our ability to generate significant growth in our Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow upon a sustained recovery in the residential real estate market. For the period from 2006 through 2011, due to the decline in the residential real estate market, our revenues and related commission expense decreased $2.4 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. Since 2006, we have reduced our operating cost base, which we define as our operating, marketing and general and administrative expenses, which are line items on the face of our statement of operations included elsewhere in this prospectus, by approximately $500 million, of which approximately $200 million of the reduction occurred from 2009 to 2011, primarily through reductions in salaries and related employee expense, occupancy costs and marketing expenses. This has been accomplished by streamlining business units, consolidating offices and increasing the use of online listings distribution, while improving the infrastructure necessary to preserve our best-in-class service and enhancing our ability to capitalize on a recovery in the residential real estate market. While both our revenues and commission expense would be expected to increase in connection with a recovery in the residential real estate market, we believe the reduction in our operating cost base will be largely sustainable, as these cost reductions relate primarily to the decrease in our employee headcount from approximately 15,000 employees at January 1, 2006 to approximately 10,400 employees at December 31, 2011 and the consolidation or closing of 358 brokerage offices (and the related savings from no longer operating such offices) during the same period. These two expense items are not expected to increase as our current office footprint and employee level can efficiently operate at present levels even if we were to experience a significant increase in residential real estate activity. We have continued to invest in our businesses to further strengthen our long-term growth prospects in a recovering housing market, including growing our franchise network through adding brokers to our existing franchise brands, adding a new franchise brokerage brand, Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate, recruiting sales associates and completing several strategic acquisitions.

 

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Upon completion of this offering and using the net proceeds therefrom to reduce indebtedness as described in “Use of Proceeds” and the conversion of approximately $1.903 billion of the Convertible Notes substantially concurrently with the closing of the offering, our outstanding indebtedness (assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012) will be reduced by approximately $2.8 billion, or 38%, and our annualized interest expense will decline by approximately $330 million (including the elimination of approximately $232 million of annual interest expense relating to the Convertible Notes), which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. Our reduced interest expense, combined with our modest capital expenditure requirements and the substantial reduction of future cash taxes from the anticipated utilization of approximately $2.1 billion of net operating loss carry forwards as of December 31, 2011, positions us to generate significant free cash flow upon a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Although we do not have any significant debt maturities until 2016, it is our primary objective to use a substantial portion of future free cash flow generation to further reduce our outstanding indebtedness.

Segment Overview

We report our operations in four segments, each of which receives fees based upon services performed for our customers: RFG, NRT, Cartus and TRG. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements, including the notes thereto, included elsewhere in this prospectus, for further information on our reportable segments.

Real Estate Franchise Services (61% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We are the largest franchisor of residential real estate brokerages in the world through our portfolio of well known brokerage brands, including Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , Coldwell Banker Commercial ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate. We derive substantially all of our real estate franchising revenues from royalty fees received under long-term (typically ten year) franchise agreements with our franchisees. The royalty fee is based on a percentage of the franchisees’ sales commission earned from real estate transactions, which we refer to as gross commission income. Our franchisees pay us fees for the right to operate under one of our trademarks and to enjoy the benefits of the systems and business-enhancing tools provided by our real estate franchise operations. These fees provide us with recurring franchise revenue streams at high operating margins. In addition to highly competitive brands that provide unique offerings to our franchisees, we support our franchisees with dedicated national marketing and servicing programs, technology, training and education to facilitate our franchisees in growing their business and increasing their revenue and profitability. We believe that one of our strengths is the strong relationships that we have with our franchisees, as evidenced by our 97% retention rate through June 30, 2012. Our retention rate represents the annual gross commission income as of June 30 of the previous year generated by our franchisees that remain in the franchise system on an annual basis, measured against the annual gross commission income of all franchisees as of June 30 of the previous year. At June 30, 2012, our real estate franchise system had approximately 13,500 offices worldwide in 103 countries and territories, including approximately 6,100 brokerage offices and approximately 238,500 independent sales associates (which included approximately 41,500 independent sales agents working with our company owned brokerage offices) operating under our franchise and proprietary brands in the U.S., with an average tenure among U.S. franchisees of approximately 19 years as of June 30, 2012.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (11% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We own and operate the largest residential real estate brokerage business in the U.S. under the Coldwell Banker ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , ERA ® , Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats brand names. We offer full-service residential brokerage services through approximately 720 company owned brokerage offices in more than 35 of the largest metropolitan areas of the U.S. As a result of our attractive geographic positioning, the average sales price of an NRT transaction is approximately twice the national average. NRT, as the broker for a home buyer or seller, derives revenues primarily from gross commission income received at the closing of real estate transactions. We also operate a large independent REO residential asset manager, which assists our clients

 

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in selling bank-owned properties. In addition, our home mortgage joint venture with PHH is the exclusive recommended provider of mortgages for our real estate brokerage and relocation service customers (unless exclusivity is waived by PHH). In 2011, this mortgage joint venture originated approximately $9.4 billion of loans. We also assist landlords and tenants through property management services.

Relocation Services (22% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We are a leading global provider of outsourced employee relocation services. We are the largest provider of such services in the U.S. and also operate in key international relocation destinations. We offer a broad range of world-class employee relocation services designed to manage all aspects of an employee’s move to facilitate a smooth transition in what otherwise may be a complex and difficult process for the employee and employer. Our relocation services business serves corporations, including over 64% of the Fortune 50 companies, as well as affinity organizations such as insurance companies and credit unions that provide our services to their members. In 2011, we assisted in over 153,000 relocations in more than 165 countries for approximately 1,500 active clients and as of June 30, 2012, our top 25 relocation clients had an average tenure of 17 years with us.

Title and Settlement Services (6% of EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011)

We assist with the closing of real estate transactions by providing full-service title and settlement (i.e., closing and escrow) services to customers, real estate companies, including our company owned real estate brokerage and relocation services businesses, as well as a targeted channel of large financial institution clients, including PHH. In 2011, TRG was involved in the closing of approximately 156,000 transactions of which approximately 56,000 related to NRT. In addition to our own title and settlement services, we also coordinate a nationwide network of attorneys, title agents and notaries to service financial institution clients on a national basis. We also serve as an underwriter of title insurance policies in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions. Our average claims rate in the past three years in title underwriting of 1.5% is well below the industry average of 7% for the same period.

Industry Trends

Industry definition : We primarily operate in the U.S. residential real estate industry, which is an approximately $990 billion industry based on 2011 transaction volume (i.e. average homesale price times number of new and existing homesale transactions), as compared to $2.1 trillion in 2006, and derive the majority of our revenues from serving the needs of buyers and sellers of existing homes rather than those of new homes. Residential real estate brokerage companies typically realize revenues in the form of a commission that is based on a percentage of the price of each home sold and/or a flat fee. As a result, the real estate industry generally benefits from rising home prices and increased volume of homesales (and conversely is adversely impacted by falling prices and decreased volume of homesales). We believe that existing home transactions and the services associated with these transactions, such as mortgage origination, title services and relocation services, represent the most attractive segment of the residential real estate industry for the following reasons:

 

   

the existing homesales segment represents a significantly larger addressable market than new homesales. Of the approximately 4.6 million homesales in the U.S. in 2011, NAR estimates that approximately 4.3 million were existing homesales, representing approximately 93% of the overall sales as measured in units;

 

   

existing homesales afford us the opportunity to represent either the buyer or the seller and in some cases both the buyer and the seller; and

 

   

we are able to generate revenues from ancillary services provided to our customers.

 

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We also believe that the traditional broker-assisted business model compares favorably to alternative channels of the residential brokerage industry, such as discount brokers and “for sale by owner” for the following reasons:

 

   

a real estate transaction has certain characteristics that we believe are best-suited for full-service brokerages, including large monetary value, low transaction frequency, wide cost differential among choices, high buyers’ subjectivity regarding styles, tastes and preferences, and the consumer’s need for a high level of personalized advice, specific marketing and technology services and support given the complexity of the transaction; and

 

   

we believe that the enhanced service and value offered by a traditional agent or broker is such that using a traditional agent or broker will continue to be the primary method of buying and selling a home in the long term. According to NAR, FSBO transactions, including services from exclusively Internet-based providers, declined to 13% of existing homesales in 2011 from 21% in 2001.

We are confident that consumers will continue to choose to use the broker-assisted model for residential real estate transactions because (i) the average transaction size is very high and generally the largest transaction one does in a lifetime; (ii) transactions occur infrequently; (iii) there is a high variance in price, depending on neighborhood, floor plan, architecture, fixtures, and outdoor space; (iv) there is a compelling need for personal service as home preferences are unique to each buyer; and (v) a high level of support is required given the complexity associated with the process. Underscoring the value of the traditional brokerage model, after declining modestly during the height of the residential real estate market to 2.47% per transaction side, the average broker commission rate earned by our franchisees and our owned operations has held steady at 2.53% over the past three years.

Cyclical nature of industry : The existing homesale real estate industry is cyclical in nature and has historically shown strong growth though it has been in a significant and lengthy downturn since the second half of 2005, which has had a material adverse effect on our results of operations, after having experienced significant growth between 2000 and 2005. Based upon data published by NAR, from 2005 to 2011, annual U.S. existing homesale units declined by 40% from 7.1 million to 4.3 million and the median homesale price declined by 24% from a median price of $219,600 to $166,100, resulting in a total transaction volume decline of 54%. According to NAR, in August 2012 total existing homesales and median existing home prices each increased approximately 9% and 10%, respectively as compared to August 2011.

According to NAR, the existing homesale transaction volume (median homesale price times existing homesale transactions) was approximately $708 billion in 2011 and grew at a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 6.5% from 1972 through 2011 period. The most recent NAR forecast estimates that the volume of existing homesales (i.e. median homesale price times number of homesale transactions) will increase 14% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011 and increase a further 14% in 2013 compared to 2012. In addition, based on information published by NAR:

 

   

despite four years of economic headwinds that particularly impacted the housing market, the number of annual existing home sales for the past four years has been in the range of 4.1 to 4.3 million;

 

   

over a broader period, existing homesale units increased at a CAGR of 1.6% from 1972 through 2011, with unit increases 24 times on an annual basis, versus 15 annual decreases; and

 

   

median existing homesale prices declined in four of the past five years, however, they increased at a CAGR of 4.8% (not adjusted for inflation) from 1972 through 2011, a period that included four economic recessions.

Due to favorable affordability trends, low mortgage rates and lower home prices, in the first quarter of 2012 the existing home residential real estate market has shown signs of growth. The growth in the first half of 2012 was particularly strong with respect to year-over-year unit growth. NAR reported year-over-year increases of 8% in homesales in the first half of 2012 compared to the first half of 2011. We believe the 2012 year-to-date

 

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improvement in the residential real estate market may be reflective of a sustainable market recovery driven by lower interest rates, fewer foreclosures, high affordability of home ownership, and satisfying demand that has built up during a period of economic uncertainty. The inventory supply is returning to a more typical level and acting as a stabilizing force on home prices. In addition, as rental prices have recently continued to rise, the cost of owning a home is now lower than the rental of a comparable property in the vast majority of U.S. metropolitan areas.

As of their most recent releases, Fannie Mae and NAR are forecasting an 8% and 9% increase in existing homesale transactions for 2012 compared to 2011, respectively. With respect to homesale prices, NAR’s most recent release is forecasting median homesale prices for 2012 to increase 5% compared to 2011. Fannie Mae’s most recent forecast shows a 2% increase in median homesale price for 2012 compared to 2011. For 2013, NAR is forecasting an 8% increase in homesales to 5.0 million units compared to 2012, although it noted in its May 2012 release that the number of homesales could rise to as many as 5.3 million units, or a 14% increase compared to 2012, assuming a return to more normal mortgage lending standards. NAR also is forecasting a 5% increase in median existing homesale prices in 2013 compared to 2012.

Although there have been concerns about significant “shadow inventory” (i.e., properties where the homeowner is seriously delinquent in meeting its mortgage obligations or where the property is in some stage of foreclosure or already a REO), we do not believe that this will have a significant impact on our business, as the concentration of the shadow inventory is limited to a few regions of the country and the potential increase in unit sales activity should offset in whole or in part the adverse impact on home prices in these regions. Furthermore, according to NAR, the percentage of distressed properties has declined from 31% of sales in August 2011 to 22% of sales in August 2012, and institutions holding distressed mortgages have increasingly shifted activity away from REOs and focused on short sales, which are less disruptive to the market.

Favorable long-term demand dynamics : We believe that long-term demand for housing and the growth of our industry is primarily driven by affordability, the economic health of the domestic economy, positive demographic trends such as population growth, increases in the number of U.S. households, low interest rates, increases in renters that qualify as homebuyers and locally based factors such as demand relative to supply. We believe that the residential real estate market will benefit over the long term from expected positive fundamentals, including the following factors:

 

   

based on U.S. Census data and NAR, from 1991 through 2011, the average number of existing homesale transactions as a percentage of U.S. households was approximately 4.5%, compared to an average of approximately 3.7% from 2007 through 2011. During the same period, the number of U.S. households grew from 94 million in 1991 to 119 million in 2011, increasing at a 1% CAGR. We believe that as the U.S. economy stabilizes, the number of existing homesale transactions as a percentage of U.S. households will progress to the 4.5% mean level and the number of annual existing homesale transactions will increase;

 

   

according to the 2011 State of the Nation’s Housing Report compiled by JCHS, the number of U.S. households is projected to grow by an average of 1.2 million annually from 2010 to 2020. Assuming this annual household formation and given the lack of new home building activity over the past several years, we would expect both home sale price and volume to exhibit strong growth over the long term;

 

   

aging echo boomers (i.e., children born to baby boomers) are expected to drive much of the next U.S. household growth;

 

   

we believe that as baby boomers age, a portion are likely to purchase smaller homes or purchase retirement homes thereby increasing homesale activity; and

 

   

according to NAR, the number of renters that qualify to buy a median priced home increased from 9 million in 2005 to 19 million in 2011.

 

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Our Strengths

We believe that our scale, market leadership, breadth of complementary servicing offerings and operations, and the substantial brand equity of our portfolio of brokerage brands, coupled with our efficient, shared back office operations are distinguishing factors in our industry and provide us with various competitive advantages. These strengths include the following:

The market leader in residential real estate services. We believe that we are the preeminent provider of residential real estate services with a strong market presence in each of our business units. For instance:

 

   

in 2011, we were involved, either through our franchise operations or company owned brokerage offices, in approximately 26% of all existing domestic homesale transaction volume that involved a real estate brokerage firm;

 

   

our franchise real estate brokerage business is more than two and a half times larger than our nearest competitor when measured by the number of independent sales associates;

 

   

our owned real estate brokerage business generates approximately three and a half times the sales volume of our nearest domestic competitor;

 

   

our relocation services business is nearly double that of our nearest competitor when measured by the volume of relocated employees in 2011; and

 

   

our title and settlement services business continues to strengthen through continued participation in NRT transactions, expansion of services provided to third party mortgage originators and growth in title underwriting.

World class portfolio of real estate brands serving all market segments. We are the only major residential real estate services provider to successfully manage multiple, locally competing real estate brands on both a national and international basis. Our brands are among the most well known and established real estate brokerage brands in the world. The strong image and familiarity of our brands attract potential real estate buyers and sellers to seek out brokers affiliated with our brands. We believe that brand recognition is important in the real estate business because home buyers and sellers are generally infrequent users of brokerage services and typically rely on reputation and market prominence as well as word-of-mouth recommendations. In addition, we believe that brand recognition contributes significantly to the retention of independent sales associates, as evidenced by the retention of the production of approximately 94% of our first and second quartile of sales associates at NRT through June 30, 2012. These strong brands also contribute to the retention of our franchisees, as evidenced by our franchisee retention rate of 97% of gross commission income in our franchise system through June 30, 2012. Our broad array of brands and operations allows us to derive revenue from many different segments of the residential real estate market, in many different geographies and at varying price points. For example, our Sotheby’s brand serves the high-end market and its global brand recognition is fueling its strong international growth, while our Century 21 ® brand serves all market segments in the U.S. and internationally as one of the most recognizable names in real estate.

Attractive business model with recurring revenue base . We believe that our established role as an intermediary in the home sale process and our integrated fee-for-services platform creates a strong business model with recurring revenue streams. Our real estate franchise operations have a recurring franchisee revenue base, generate high profit margins and require relatively modest capital investment. We also realize significant economies of scale by servicing multiple brands with a single shared service organization that provides, among other services, accounting, collection and technology platforms that benefit all our brands. We believe that our business model positions us well to take advantage of the continually-evolving housing needs of individuals across the demographic spectrum, providing a certain level of recurring revenue.

Revenue enhancing “value circle” among our complementary businesses. We believe that our four complementary businesses and mortgage joint venture uniquely position us to generate revenue growth opportunities from the multiple components of a residential real estate transaction, with each service generating the potential for revenues in ancillary services offered by other business units. We believe that our strong,

 

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long-term relationships with our franchisees, the broad range of our real estate and relocation services and our ability to capture incremental business opportunities through cross-selling many of our related products and services provide us with significant market place advantages and incremental revenue generation opportunities.

Well-positioned for a residential real estate market recovery. Since 2005, we have instituted a number of actions that we believe more favorably position our business, relative to prior residential real estate market cycles, to take advantage of a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Although the unfavorable conditions in the real estate market have resulted in significant operating losses over the last several years, we have reduced our operating cost base by approximately $500 million since 2006, of which approximately $200 million of the reduction occurred from 2009 to 2011. We believe that we will be able to maintain a significant majority of those savings as the residential housing market recovers. Furthermore, we have continued to invest in our business to drive future growth opportunities. For example, in 2008 we launched the Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brokerage brand to expand market penetration opportunities. At RFG, we have continued to enlarge our franchise network footprint by adding a significant number of new franchisees and at NRT we have continued to add to our sales associate base by recruiting productive new sales associates and strategically acquiring brokerage firms. In addition, we expanded the Cartus global footprint through the acquisition of Primacy in 2010. Our historically strong performance at higher residential real estate activity levels, combined with the investments we have made in our business and the cost-saving actions we have taken, position us to take advantage of a sustained residential real estate market recovery.

Attractive cash flow generation characteristics. Upon completion of this offering and related transactions, we expect to reduce our annualized interest expense by approximately $330 million assuming debt balances as of June 30, 2012, which would have represented a reduction of approximately 49% of our $672 million of interest expense for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. We believe this reduction in our interest expense, combined with our profitability improvement with a residential real estate market recovery, modest capital expenditure requirements and the substantial reduction of future cash taxes from the anticipated utilization of our significant net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2011, will position us to be able to generate significant free cash flow with a residential real estate market recovery. The cash tax benefit from our NOLs is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Accordingly, we may be unable to earn enough taxable income in order to fully utilize our current NOLs.

Industry leading management team. Our executive officers have extensive experience in the real estate industry, which we believe is an essential component to our future growth. Our senior executive management team combines a deep knowledge of the real estate markets and an understanding of industry trends. We believe that our depth of experience in these areas has enabled us to effectively manage through the economic downturn despite our significant operating losses during such time, adapt to technological advances, operate more effectively, and remain a preeminent provider of real estate and relocation services in the U.S.

Our Strategies

We intend to pursue the following key elements of our business strategy in order to continue to grow and strengthen the Company:

Capitalize on a residential real estate market recovery. Since 2005, we have undertaken significant efforts to streamline our businesses, expand our operational footprint and invest in our business which we believe positions us well to capitalize on a sustained residential real estate market recovery. Notwithstanding the fact that we incurred net losses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily due to our high interest expense obligations combined with the downturn in the residential real estate market, we believe that our business model will allow us to achieve incremental EBITDA driven by macroeconomic improvements to the overall residential real estate market and/or due to actions taken by management to improve our market position through organic gains or strategic acquisitions. For example, in 2011, EBITDA at NRT and RFG combined would have increased by approximately $11 million (assuming all other variables remain

 

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constant) with every 1% increase in either our homesale sides or average selling price. In addition, EBITDA at Cartus and TRG will also benefit from a recovering residential real estate market and overall economy. We believe that our ability to capitalize on a residential real estate market recovery, together with our anticipated reduction of indebtedness and interest expense in connection with this offering and related transactions, will result in a significant improvement in our net equity which was a deficit of approximately $1.7 billion as of June 30, 2012. After giving effect to the offering and related transactions, our total equity would have been approximately $1.0 billion as of June 30, 2012.

Continue to utilize our technology platform to add value and differentiate our services. We believe that we effectively use innovative technology to attract more customers, enhance sales associates’ productivity and improve our profitability. We intend to continue to identify, acquire, develop, and market new technologies and tools that are designed to further solidify our market position, expand our customer base, convert Internet leads into revenue generating opportunities, be more responsive to our customers’ needs and help our independent sales associates to become more efficient and successful. We continue to expand our technological platform to effectively leverage technologies across our franchised and proprietary brands and differentiate our business from new entrants in the real estate market. This technological platform allows us to continue to strengthen ties and maximize connectivity with our independent sales associates, franchisees, corporate customers and home buyers.

Examples include:

 

   

LeadRouter, our proprietary lead management system, which has helped convert leads for our franchisee and company owned brokerage offices.

 

   

The creation of customer relationship management platforms to facilitate communication between our and our franchisees’ independent sales agents and customers.

 

   

HOMEBASE, a proprietary system which facilitates the delivery of real estate brokerage and title closing services, improves ancillary services capture rates and maintains and fosters ongoing relationships with customers following the close of a transaction. This system is operational in a vast majority of NRT’s brokerage offices and is expected to be made available to our franchisees.

 

   

Attractive financial arrangements with third party websites such as Google, Yahoo, Trulia, Zillow and others that significantly advantage our agents and franchisees. In addition, each RFG brand maintains a dedicated YouTube channel showcasing thousands of property listings to potential buyers.

Ongoing focus on growth opportunities. We continue to focus on the growth of our businesses, and believe that each of our segments is well-positioned to take advantage of unique growth opportunities.

 

   

Real Estate Franchise Services . We intend to grow our real estate franchise business by selling new franchises and helping current franchisees recruit productive sales associates and grow their businesses. We believe we have significant incremental franchise sales opportunities with real estate brokers that are unaffiliated with a real estate brand, currently estimated to represent 55% of brokers, as well as real estate brokers that are affiliated with competing brands. We believe our franchise sales force can effectively market our franchise systems to these brokerages by leveraging our brand names, technologies, sales, marketing and educational support systems, and prospective participation in the Cartus Broker Network. We also intend to continue to expand our international presence through the sale of international master franchises (with the right to subfranchise), which has been our primary method of international expansion at RFG in 103 countries and territories, and, with some of our brands, direct franchise sales.

 

   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services . We intend to continue to recruit, acquire and develop effective independent sales associates who can successfully engage and promote transactions from new and existing clients, which we believe will increase NRT’s profit margins due in part to our ability to incorporate new sales associates into our existing infrastructure. We also intend to continue to optimize our office footprint by opportunistically consolidating offices, rationalizing office size and reducing lease expense where appropriate in order to enhance overall profitability.

 

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Relocation Services . We intend to continue to expand our relocation services business domestically and globally through a combination of adding new clients, providing additional services to existing clients and providing new product offerings. In 2011, we signed 124 new clients and expanded services provided to 300 existing clients. Our pipeline of client prospects for 2012 is robust. We also intend to grow our affinity services business, which provide our services to organizations such as insurance companies and credit unions that have established members.

 

   

Title and Settlement Services . We intend to grow our title and settlement services business by recruiting title and escrow sales associates in existing markets and by completing acquisitions to expand our geographic footprint or complement existing operations. We also intend to continue to increase our capture rate of title business from our NRT homesale sides. During 2011, approximately 38% of the customers of our company owned brokerage offices where we offer title coverage also utilized our title and settlement services. In addition, we expect to continue to grow and diversify our lender channel and our title underwriting businesses by expanding and adding clients and increasing our agent base, respectively.

Utilize Cash Flow from Operations to further reduce indebtedness. Although we do not have any significant corporate debt maturities until 2016, with the positive cash flow we expect to generate from improved profitability as a result of a continuation of the residential real estate market recovery, our low capital expenditure requirements, low cash income taxes as a result of the anticipated utilization of our significant net operating loss position of $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2011 and the reduction in our annual interest expense following this offering, it is our primary objective to use a substantial portion of the cash flow generated from our business to further reduce our outstanding indebtedness in the future. The cash tax benefit from our NOLs is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Accordingly, we may be unable to earn enough taxable income in order to fully utilize our current NOLs.

 

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Our Complementary Businesses Build Value for Each Other

 

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We participate in services associated with many aspects of the residential real estate market. Our four complementary businesses and mortgage joint venture work together to form our “value circle,” allowing us to generate revenue at various points in a residential real estate transaction, including listing of homes, assisting buyers in home searches, corporate relocation services, settlement and title services, and franchising of our brands. The businesses each benefit from our deep understanding of the industry, strong relationships with real estate brokers, sale associates and other real estate professionals and expertise across the transactional process. Unlike other industry participants who offer only one or two services, we can offer homeowners, our franchisees and our corporate and affinity clients ready access to numerous associated services that facilitate and simplify the home purchase and sale process. These services provide further revenue opportunities for our owned businesses and those of our franchisees. Specifically, our brokerage offices and those of our franchisees participate in purchases and sales of homes involving relocations of corporate transferees using Cartus relocation services and we offer customers (purchasers and sellers) of both our owned and franchised brokerage businesses convenient title and settlement services. These services produce incremental revenues for our businesses and franchisees. In addition, we participate in the mortgage process through our 49.9% ownership of PHH Home Loans. All four of our businesses and our mortgage joint venture can derive revenue from the same real estate transaction.

 

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Our Brands

Our brands are among the most well known and established real estate brokerage brands in the real estate industry. As of June 30, 2012, our franchise system had approximately 13,500 franchised and company owned offices and 238,500 independent sales associates operating under our franchise and proprietary brands in the U.S. and other countries and territories around the world, which includes approximately 720 of our company owned and operated brokerage offices. In 2011, based on NAR’s historical survey data and our own results, we were involved, either through our franchise operations or our company owned brokerages, in approximately 26% of all existing homesale transaction volume (sides times price) for domestic transactions involving a real estate brokerage firm.

Our real estate franchise brands, excluding proprietary brands that we own, are listed in the following chart, which includes information as of June 30, 2012 (December 31, 2011, with respect to U.S. annual sides) for both our franchised and company owned offices:

 

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Worldwide Offices (1)

    7,000        3,100        2,300        630        230        165   

Worldwide Brokers and Sales Associates (1)

    100,100        83,200        31,200        12,300        7,600        1,900   

U.S. Annual Sides (as of December 31, 2011)

    372,682        596,268        101,717        49,518        33,884        N/A   

# Countries with Owned or Franchised Operations

    73        51        38        44        2        26   

Characteristics

   
 
 
 
World’s largest
residential real
estate sales
organization
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Longest
running
national real
estate brand in
the U.S. (106
years)
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
Driving value
through
innovation and
collaboration
  
  
  
  
   
 
Synonymous
with luxury
  
  
   
 
 
 
Growing real
estate brand
launched in July
2008
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
A commercial
real estate
franchise
organization
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Identified by
consumers as
the most
recognized
name in real
estate
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Known for
innovative
consumer
services,
marketing and
technology
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Highest
percentage of
international
offices among
international
brands
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
Strong ties to
auction house
established in
1744
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unique
relationship with
a leading media
company,
including largest
lifestyle
magazine in the
U.S.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Serves a wide
range of clients
from
corporations to
small
businesses to
individual
clients and
investors
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
Significant
international
office footprint
  
  
  
       
 
 
Rapid
International
Growth
  
  
  
   

 

(1) Includes offices and related brokers and sales associates of franchisees of master franchisors.

Real Estate Franchise Services

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and support to our franchisees. At June 30, 2012, our real estate franchise system had approximately 13,500 offices worldwide in 103 countries and territories in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia, including approximately 6,100 brokerage offices in the U.S.

Over the past few years, our total number of offices and franchisees contracted due to the prolonged housing downturn. Despite this downturn we continued to sell franchises domestically, increased the number of international master franchise agreements and increased the geographic footprint of our franchisees.

We derive substantially all of our real estate franchising revenues from royalty fees received under long-term franchise agreements with our franchisees (typically ten years in duration), including NRT. The royalty fee is based on a percentage of the franchisees’ sales commission earned from closed homesale sides (either the “buy” side or the “sell” side of a real estate transaction), which we refer to as gross commission income, and our franchisees pay us such royalty fees, net of volume incentives achieved (other than NRT), for the right to operate under one of our trademarks and to utilize the benefits of the franchise system. We provide our franchisees with certain systems and tools that are designed to help our franchisees serve their customers and attract new or retain existing independent sales associates, and support our franchisees with servicing programs, technology, education and market information, as well as a branding-related marketing which is funded through contributions by our franchisees and us (including our company owned brokerage offices). We operate and maintain an Internet-based reporting system for our domestic franchisees which generally allows them to electronically transmit listing information to our websites and other relevant reporting data and also own and operate websites for each of our brands for the benefit of our franchisees.

RFG drives revenue primarily from domestic royalty revenue from affiliates and our company owned brokerage operations. RFG’s domestic annual net royalty revenues from franchisees other than our company owned brokerages are calculated by multiplying (1) that year’s total number of closed homesale sides in which those franchisees participated by (2) the average sale price of those homesales by (3) the average brokerage commission rate charged by these franchisees by (4) RFG’s net effective royalty rate. The net effective royalty rate represents the average percentage of our franchisees’ commission revenues paid to us as a royalty, net of volume incentives achieved. The net effective royalty rate does not include the effect of non-standard production or development incentives granted to some franchisees. The domestic royalty revenue from NRT is also calculated by multiplying homesale sides by average sale price and average brokerage commission rate by 6% royalty rate. NRT does not get volume incentives. In addition, to domestic royalty revenue, RFG earns royalty revenue from international affiliates, marketing fees (which is spent on national advertising campaigns), preferred alliance and other revenue. The following chart illustrates the key drivers for revenue earned by RFG:

 

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We believe one of our strengths is the strong relationships that we have with our franchisees as evidenced by the franchisee retention rate of 97% through June 30, 2012. Our retention rate represents the annual gross commission income as of June 30 th of the previous year generated by our franchisees that remain in the franchise system on an annual basis, measured against the annual gross commission income of all franchisees as of June 30 th of the previous year. On average, our domestic franchisees’ tenure with our brands was approximately 19 years as of June 30, 2012. During 2011, none of our franchisees (other than our company owned brokerage operations) generated more than 1% of our real estate franchise business revenues.

 

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The franchise agreements impose restrictions on the business and operations of the franchisees and require them to comply with the operating and identity standards set forth in each brand’s policy and procedures manuals. A franchisee’s failure to comply with these restrictions and standards could result in a termination of the franchise agreement. The franchisees generally are not permitted to terminate the franchise agreements, and in those cases where termination rights do exist, they are very limited (e.g., if the franchisee retires, becomes disabled or dies). Generally, new domestic franchise agreements have a term of ten years and require the franchisees to pay us an initial franchise fee of up to $35,000 for the franchisee’s principal office, plus, upon the receipt of any commission income, a royalty fee, in most cases, equal to 6% of such income. Each of our franchise systems (other than Coldwell Banker Commercial ® ) offers a volume incentive program, whereby each franchisee is eligible to receive a refund of a portion of the royalties paid upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. The amount of the volume incentive varies depending upon the franchisee’s annual gross revenue subject to royalty payments for the prior calendar year. Under the current form of the franchise agreements, the volume incentive varies for each franchise system, and ranges from zero to 3% of gross revenues. We provide a detailed table to each franchisee that describes the gross revenue thresholds required to achieve a volume incentive and the corresponding incentive amounts. We reserve the right to increase or decrease the percentage and/or dollar amounts in the table, subject to certain limitations. Our company owned brokerage offices do not participate in the volume incentive program. Franchisees and company owned offices are also required to make monthly contributions to marketing funds maintained by each brand for the creation and development of advertising, public relations, other marketing programs and related tools and services.

Under certain circumstances, we extend conversion notes (development advance notes were issued prior to 2009) to eligible franchisees for the purpose of providing an incentive to join the brand, to renew their franchise agreements, or to facilitate their growth opportunities. Growth opportunities include the expansion of franchisees’ existing businesses by opening additional offices, through the consolidation of operations of other franchisees, as well as through the acquisition of independent sales agents and offices operated by independent brokerages. Many franchisees use the proceeds from the conversion notes to change stationery, signage and marketing materials, upgrade technology and websites, or to assist in acquiring companies. The notes are not funded until appropriate credit checks and other due diligence matters are completed and the business is opened and operating under one of our brands. Upon satisfaction of certain performance based thresholds, the notes are forgiven over the term of the franchise agreement.

In addition to offices owned and operated by our franchisees, we, through NRT, own and operate approximately 720 offices under the following names: Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , The Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats. NRT pays intercompany royalty fees and marketing fees to our real estate franchise business in connection with its operation of these offices. These fees are recognized as income or expense by the applicable segment level and eliminated in the consolidation of our businesses. NRT is not eligible for any volume incentives.

In the U.S. and generally in Canada, we employ a direct franchising model whereby we contract with and provide services directly to independent owner-operators. In other parts of the world, we employ either a master franchise model, whereby we contract with a qualified, experienced third party to build a franchise enterprise in such third party’s country or region or a direct franchising model in the case of Sotheby’s International Realty. Under the master franchise model, we typically enter into long term franchise agreements (often 25 years in duration) and receive an initial area development fee and ongoing royalties. The ongoing royalties are generally a percentage of the royalties received by the master franchisor from its franchisees with which it contracts.

We also offer third-party service providers an opportunity to market their products to our franchisees and their independent sales associates and customers through our Preferred Alliance Program. To participate in this program, service providers generally pay us some combination of an initial licensing or access fee, subsequent marketing fees and commissions based upon our franchisees’ or independent sales associates’ usage of the preferred alliance vendors. In connection with the spin-off of PHH, Cendant’s former mortgage business, PHH Mortgage Corporation, the subsidiary of PHH that conducts mortgage financing, is the only provider of

 

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mortgages for customers of our franchisees that we endorse. We receive a fee from PHH for licensing our brands and an advertising fee for allowing PHH promotional opportunities on websites and in offices and at periodic group events.

We own the trademarks “Century 21 ® ”, “Coldwell Banker ® ”, “Coldwell Banker Commercial ® ”, “ERA ® ” and related trademarks and logos, and such trademarks and logos are material to the businesses that are part of our real estate franchise segment. Our franchisees and our subsidiaries actively use these trademarks, and all of the material trademarks are registered (or have applications pending) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as with corresponding trademark offices in major countries worldwide where these businesses have significant operations.

We have an exclusive license to own, operate and franchise the Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand to qualified residential real estate brokerage offices and individuals operating in eligible markets pursuant to a license agreement with SPTC Delaware LLC, a subsidiary of Sotheby’s (“Sotheby’s”). Such license agreement has a 100-year term, which consists of an initial 50-year term ending February 16, 2054 and a 50-year renewal option. In connection with our acquisition of such license, we also acquired the domestic residential real estate brokerage operations of Sotheby’s which are now operated by NRT. We pay a licensing fee to Sotheby’s for the use of the Sotheby’s International Realty ® name equal to 9.5% of the royalties earned by our Real Estate Franchise Services Segment attributable to franchisees affiliated with the Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand, including our company owned offices.

In October 2007, we entered into a long-term license agreement to own, operate and franchise the Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brand from Meredith. The license agreement between Realogy and Meredith is for a 50-year term, with a renewal option for another 50 years at our option. We pay an annual minimum licensing fee which began in 2009 at $0.5 million and will increase to $4 million by 2014 and generally remains the same thereafter. At June 30, 2012, we had approximately 230 offices with approximately 7,600 independent sales associates operating under the Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brand name in the U.S. and Canada.

Each of our brands has a consumer website that offers real estate listings, contacts and services. Century21.com, coldwellbanker.com, coldwellbankercommercial.com, sothebysrealty.com, era.com and bhgrealestate.com are the official websites for the Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , Coldwell Banker Commercial ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , ERA ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate franchise systems, respectively. The contents of these websites are not incorporated by reference herein or otherwise a part of this prospectus.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Through our subsidiary, NRT, we own and operate a full-service real estate brokerage business in more than 35 of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. Our company owned real estate brokerage business operates under the Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® and Sotheby’s International Realty ® franchised brands as well as proprietary brands that we own, but do not currently franchise, such as The Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats. In addition, under NRT, we operate a large independent REO residential asset manager, which focuses on bank-owned properties. Our REO operations facilitate the maintenance and sale of foreclosed homes on behalf of lenders and the profitability of this business is historically countercyclical to the overall state of the housing market. As of June 30, 2012, we had approximately 720 company owned brokerage offices, approximately 4,700 employees and approximately 41,500 independent sales associates working with these company owned offices.

Our company owned real estate brokerage business derives revenue primarily from gross commission income received serving as the broker at the closing of real estate transactions. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our average homesale broker commission rate was 2.50% which represents the average commission rate earned on either the “buy” side or the “sell” side of a homesale transaction. Gross commission income is also

 

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earned on non-sale transactions such as home rentals. NRT, as a franchisee of RFG, pays a royalty fee of 6% per transaction to RFG from the commission earned on a real estate transaction. The following chart illustrates the key drivers for revenue earned by NRT:

 

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In addition, as a full-service real estate brokerage company, we promote the complementary services of our relocation and title and settlement services businesses, in addition to PHH Home Loans. We believe we provide integrated services that enhance the customer experience.

When we assist the seller in a real estate transaction, our independent sales associates generally provide the seller with a full service marketing program, which may include developing a direct marketing plan for the property, assisting the seller in pricing the property and preparing it for sale, listing it on multiple listing services, advertising the property (including on websites), showing the property to prospective buyers, assisting the seller in sale negotiations, and assisting the seller in preparing for closing the transaction. When we assist the buyer in a real estate transaction, our independent sales associates generally help the buyer in locating specific properties that meet the buyer’s personal and financial specifications, show properties to the buyer, assist the buyer in negotiating (where permissible) and in preparing for closing the transaction.

At June 30, 2012, we operated approximately: 90% of our offices under the Coldwell Banker ® brand name, 5% of our offices under The Corcoran Group ® and CitiHabitats brand names, 4% of our offices under the Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand name, and 1% of our offices under the ERA ® brand name. Our offices are geographically diverse with a strong presence in the east and west coast areas, where home prices are generally higher. We operate our Coldwell Banker ® offices in numerous regions throughout the U.S., our Sotheby’s International Realty ® offices in several regions throughout the U.S, our Corcoran ® Group offices in New York City, the Hamptons (New York), and Palm Beach, Florida and our ERA ® offices in Pennsylvania.

 

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We intend to grow our business both organically and through strategic acquisitions. To grow organically, we will focus on working with office managers to recruit, retain and facilitate effective independent sales associates who can successfully engage and promote transactions from new and existing clients.

 

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We have a dedicated group of professionals whose function is to identify, evaluate and complete acquisitions. We are continuously evaluating acquisitions that will allow us to enter into new markets and to expand our market share in existing markets through smaller “tuck-in” acquisitions. Following completion of an acquisition, we consolidate the newly acquired operations with our existing operations. By consolidating operations, we reduce or eliminate duplicative costs, such as advertising, rent and administrative support. By utilizing our existing infrastructure to support a broader network of independent sales associates and revenue base, we can enhance the profitability of our operations. We also seek to enhance the profitability of newly acquired operations by increasing the productivity of the acquired brokerages’ independent sales associates. We provide these independent sales associates with supplemental tools, training and resources that are often unavailable at smaller firms, such as access to sophisticated information technology and ongoing technical support, increased advertising and marketing support, relocation referrals, and a wide offering of brokerage-related services.

Our real estate brokerage business has a contract with Cartus under which the brokerage business provides brokerage services to relocating employees of the clients of Cartus. When receiving a referral from Cartus, our brokerage business seeks to assist the buyer in completing a homesale or home purchase. Upon completion of a homesale or home purchase, our brokerage business receives a commission on the purchase or sale of the property and is obligated to pay Cartus a portion of such commission as a referral fee. We believe that these fees are comparable to the fees charged by other relocation companies.

PHH Home Loans, our home mortgage venture with PHH, a publicly traded company, has a 50-year term, subject to earlier termination upon the occurrence of certain events or at our election at any time after January 31, 2015 by providing two years notice to PHH. We own 49.9% of PHH Home Loans and PHH owns the remaining 50.1%. PHH may terminate the venture upon the occurrence of certain events or, at its option, after January 31, 2030. Such earlier termination would result in (i) PHH selling its interest to a buyer designated by us or (ii) requiring PHH to buy our interest. In either case, the purchase price would be the fair market value of the interest sold. All mortgage loans originated by the venture are sold to PHH or other third party investors after a hold period, and PHH Home Loans does not hold any mortgage loans for investment purposes or perform servicing functions for any loans it originates. Accordingly, we have no mortgage servicing rights asset risk. PHH Home Loans is the exclusive recommended provider of mortgages for our company owned real estate brokerage business (unless exclusivity is waived by PHH).

Relocation Services

Through our subsidiary, Cartus, we are a leading global provider of outsourced employee relocation services.

We primarily offer corporate clients employee relocation services, such as:

 

   

homesale assistance, including the evaluation, inspection, purchasing and selling of a transferee’s home; the issuance of home equity advances to transferees permitting them to purchase a new home before selling their current home (these advances are generally guaranteed by the client); certain home management services; assistance in locating a new home; and closing on the sale of the old home, generally at the instruction of the client;

 

   

expense processing, relocation policy counseling, relocation-related accounting, including international assignment compensation services, and other consulting services;

 

   

arranging household goods moving services, with approximately 71,000 domestic and international shipments in 2011, and providing support for all aspects of moving a transferee’s household goods, including the handling of insurance and claim assistance, invoice auditing and quality control;

 

   

visa and immigration support, intercultural and language training, and expatriation/repatriation counseling and destination services; and

 

   

group move management services providing coordination for moves involving a large number of transferees to or from a specific regional area over a short period of time.

 

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The wide range of our services allows our clients to outsource their entire relocation programs to us.

In January 2010, our relocation business acquired Primacy, a U.S. based relocation and global assignment management services company with international locations in Canada, Europe and Asia. The acquisition enabled Cartus to re-enter the U.S. government relocation business, increase its domestic operations, as well as expand the Company’s global relocation capabilities. Effective January 1, 2011, the Primacy business operates under the Cartus name.

In 2011, we assisted in over 153,000 relocations in more than 165 countries for approximately 1,500 active clients, including over 64% of the Fortune 50 companies as well as affinity organizations. Cartus has offices in the U.S. as well as internationally in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Under relocation services contracts with our clients, homesale services have historically been classified into two types, “at risk” and “no risk.” Under “no risk” business, which during 2011 accounted for substantially all of our homesale service transactions, the client is responsible for reimbursement of all direct expenses associated with the homesale. Such expenses include, but are not limited to, appraisal, inspection and real estate brokerage commissions. The client also bears the risk of loss on the re-sale of the transferee’s home. Clients are responsible for reimbursement of all other direct costs associated with the relocation, including, but not limited to, costs to move household goods, mortgage origination points, temporary living and travel expenses. Generally we fund the direct expenses associated with the homesale as well as those associated with the relocation on behalf of the client and the client then reimburses us for these costs plus interest charges on the advanced money. This limits our exposure on “no risk” homesale services to the credit risk of our clients rather than to the potential fluctuations in the real estate market or to the creditworthiness of the individual transferring employee. Historically, due to the credit quality of our clients, we have had minimal losses with respect to these “no risk” homesale services.

In “at risk” homesale service transactions in which we engage, we acquire the home being sold by relocating employees, pay for all direct expenses (acquisition, carrying and selling costs) associated with the homesale and bear any loss on the sale of the home. As with the “no-risk” contracts, clients with “at risk” contracts bear the non-homesale related direct costs associated with the relocation though we generally advance these expenses and the client reimburses us inclusive of interest charges on the advanced money. The “at risk” business that we do conduct relates almost entirely to certain government and corporate contracts we assumed in the Primacy acquisition, which we believe are structured in a manner that mitigates risks associated with a downturn in the residential real estate market.

Substantially all of our contracts with our relocation clients are terminable at any time at the option of the client. If a client terminates its contract, we will be compensated for all services performed up to the time of termination and reimbursed for all expenses incurred to the time of termination.

There are a number of different revenue streams associated with relocation services. We earn commissions primarily from real estate brokers and household goods moving companies that provide services to the transferee. Clients may also pay transactional fees for the services performed. We also earn net interest income which represents interest earned on the funds we advance on behalf of the transferring employee net of costs associated with the securitization obligations. Cartus measures operating performance based on initiations, which represent the total number of transferees we serve, and referrals, which represent the number of referrals from which we earn revenue from real estate brokers. The following chart illustrates the key drivers for revenue generated by Cartus:

 

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We also manage the Cartus Broker Network, which is a network of real estate brokers consisting of our company owned brokerage operations, select franchisees and independent real estate brokers who have been approved to become members. Member brokers of the Cartus Broker Network receive referrals from our relocation services business in exchange for a referral fee. The Cartus Broker Network closed approximately 61,000 properties in 2011 related to relocation, affinity, and broker to broker activity. The broker to broker segment accounted for approximately 5% of our relocation revenue.

About 6% of our relocation revenue in 2011 was derived from our affinity services, which provide real estate and relocation services, including home buying and selling assistance, as well as mortgage assistance and moving services, to organizations such as insurance companies and credit unions that have established members. Often these organizations offer our affinity services to their members at no cost and, where permitted, provide their members with a financial incentive for using these services. This service helps the organizations attract new members and retain current members.

Title and Settlement Services

Our title and settlement services business, TRG, provides full-service title and settlement (i.e., closing and escrow) services to real estate companies and financial institutions. We act in the capacity of a title agent and sell title insurance to property buyers and mortgage lenders. We are licensed as a title agent in 42 states and Washington, D.C., and have physical locations in 24 states and Washington, D.C. We issue title insurance policies on behalf of large national underwriters as well as through our Dallas-based subsidiary, Title Resources Guaranty Company (“TRGC”), which we acquired in January 2006. TRGC is a title insurance underwriter licensed in 27 states and Washington, D.C. We operate mostly in major metropolitan areas. As of June 30, 2012, we had approximately 340 offices, approximately 200 of which are co-located within one of our company owned brokerage offices.

Virtually all lenders require their borrowers to obtain title insurance policies at the time mortgage loans are made on real property. For policies issued through our agency operations, assuming no negligence on our part, we typically are liable only for the first $5,000 of loss for such policies on a per claim basis, with the title insurer being liable for any remaining loss. Title insurance policies state the terms and conditions upon which a title underwriter will insure title to real property. Such policies are issued on the basis of a preliminary report or commitment. Such reports are prepared after, among others, a search of public records, maps and other relevant documents to ascertain title ownership and the existence of easements, restrictions, rights of way, conditions, encumbrances or other matters affecting the title to, or use of, real property. To facilitate the preparation of preliminary reports, copies of public records, maps and other relevant historical documents are compiled and indexed in a title plant. We subscribe to title information services provided by title plants owned and operated by independent entities to assist us in the preparation of preliminary title reports. In addition, we own, lease or participate with other title insurance companies or agents in the cooperative operation of such plants.

The terms and conditions upon which the real property will be insured are determined in accordance with the standard policies and procedures of the title underwriter. When our title agencies sell title insurance, the title search and examination function is performed by the agent. The title agent and underwriter split the premium. The amount of such premium “split” is determined by agreement between the agency and underwriter, or is promulgated by state law. We have entered into underwriting agreements with various underwriters, which state the conditions under which we may issue a title insurance policy on their behalf.

Our company owned brokerage operations are the principal source of our title and settlement services business for resale transactions. Other sources of our title and settlement services resale business include our real estate franchise business and Cartus. Many of our offices have subleased space from, and are co-located within, our company owned brokerage offices, a strategy that is compliant with RESPA and any analogous state laws. The capture rate of our title and settlement services business from company owned brokerage operations was approximately 38% in 2011. For refinance transactions, we generate revenues from PHH and other financial institutions throughout the mortgage lending industry.

 

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Certain states in which we operate have “controlled business” statutes which impose limitations on affiliations between providers of title and settlement services, on the one hand, and real estate brokers, mortgage lenders and other real estate service providers, on the other hand. For example, in California, a title insurer/agent cannot rely on more than 50% of its title orders from “controlled business sources,” which is defined as sources controlled by, or which control, directly or indirectly, the title insurer/agent, which would include leads generated by our company owned brokerage business. In those states in which we operate our title and settlement services business that have “controlled business” statutes, we comply with such statutes by ensuring that we generate sufficient business from sources we do not control.

We derive revenue through fees charged in real estate transactions for rendering the services described above as well as a percentage of the title premium on each title insurance policy sold. We provide many of these services in connection with our residential and commercial real estate brokerage and relocation operations. Fees for escrow and closing services are separate and distinct from premiums paid for title insurance and other real-estate services.

We coordinate a national network of escrow and closing agents (some of whom are our employees, while others are attorneys in private practice and independent title companies) to provide full-service title and settlement services to a broad-based group that includes lenders, home buyers and sellers, developers, and independent real estate sales associates. Our role is generally that of an intermediary managing the completion of all the necessary documentation and services required to complete a real estate transaction.

We also derive revenues by providing our title and settlement services to various financial institutions in the mortgage lending industry. Such revenues are primarily derived from providing our services to customers who are refinancing their mortgage loans.

Our title and settlement services business measures operating performance based on purchase and refinance closing units and the related title premiums and escrow fees earned on such closings. In addition, we measure net title premiums earned for title policies issued by our underwriting operation. The following chart illustrates the key drivers for revenue generated by our title and settlement services business:

 

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We intend to grow our title and settlement services business by recruiting title and escrow sales associates in existing markets and by completing acquisitions to expand our geographic footprint or complement existing operations. We also intend to continue to increase our capture rate of title business from our NRT homesale sides. In addition, we expect to continue to grow and diversify our lender channel and our underwriting businesses by expanding and adding clients and increasing our agent base, respectively.

Competition

Real Estate Franchise Business . Competition among the national real estate brokerage brand franchisors to grow their franchise systems is intense. Our largest national competitors in this industry include, but are not limited to three large, franchisors: Brookfield Residential Property Services, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. or Brookfield, which in December 2011 acquired Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services and also operates several brands including Real Living in the U.S. and Royal LePage in Canada; RE/MAX International, Inc.; and Keller Williams Realty, Inc. In addition, a real estate broker may choose to

 

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affiliate with a regional chain or choose not to affiliate with a franchisor but to remain unaffiliated. We believe that competition for the sale of franchises in the real estate brokerage industry is based principally upon the perceived value and quality of the brand and services, the nature of those services offered to franchisees, including the availability of financing, and the fees the franchisees must pay. Franchise sales are impacted by the state of the housing industry.

The ability of our real estate brokerage franchisees to compete with other real estate brokerages is important to our prospects for growth. Their ability to compete may be affected by the quality of independent sales associates, the location of offices, the services provided to independent sales associates, the number of competing offices in the vicinity, affiliation with a recognized brand name, community reputation, technology and other factors. A franchisee’s success may also be affected by general, regional and local economic conditions.

Real Estate Brokerage Business . The real estate brokerage industry is highly competitive, particularly in the metropolitan areas in which our owned brokerage businesses operate. In addition, the industry has relatively low barriers to entry for new participants, including participants pursuing non-traditional methods of marketing real estate, such as Internet-based listing services. Companies compete for sales and marketing business primarily on the basis of services offered, reputation, personal contacts, and brokerage commissions. We compete with other national independent real estate organizations, including HomeServices of America in certain of our markets, franchisees of our brands and of other national real estate franchisors, franchisees of local and regional real estate franchisors, regional independent real estate organizations such as Weichert Realtors and Long & Foster Real Estate, discount brokerages and smaller niche companies competing in local areas.

Relocation Business . Competition in our relocation business is based on service, quality and price. We compete primarily with global and regional outsourced relocation services providers. The larger outsourced relocation services providers that we compete with include: Brookfield Global Relocation Services (including the recently acquired operations of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services), SIRVA, Inc., and Weichert Relocation Resources, Inc.

Title and Settlement Business . The title and settlement business is highly competitive and fragmented. The number and size of competing companies vary in the different areas in which we conduct business. We compete with other title insurers, title agents and vendor management companies. The title and settlement business competes with a large, fragmented group of smaller underwriters and agencies. In addition, we compete with national competitors, including Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company, Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Old Republic Title Company.

Marketing

Real Estate Franchise Business

Each of our residential franchise brands operates a marketing fund and our commercial brand operates a commercial marketing fund that is funded by our franchisees and us. The primary focus of each marketing fund is to build and maintain brand awareness, which is accomplished through a variety of media, including increased use of Internet promotion. Our Internet presence, for the most part, features our entire listing inventory in our regional and national markets, plus community profiles, home buying and selling advice, relocation tips and mortgage financing information. Each brand manages a comprehensive system of marketing tools, systems and sales information and data that can be accessed through free standing brand intranet sites to assist independent sales associates in becoming the best marketer of their listings. In addition to the Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand, a leading luxury brand, our franchisees and our company owned brokerages also participate in luxury marketing programs, such as Century 21 ® Fine Homes & Estates ® , Coldwell Banker Previews ® , and ERA International Collection ® .

According to NAR, 88% of homebuyers used the Internet in their search for a new home in 2011. Our marketing and technology strategies focus on capturing these consumers and assisting in their purchase.

 

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Advertising is used by the brands to drive consumers to their respective websites. Significant focus is placed on developing websites for each brand to create value to the real estate consumer. Each brand website focuses on streamlined, easy search processes for listing inventory and rich descriptive details and multiple photos to market the real estate listing. Additionally, each brand website serves as a national distribution point for independent sales associates to market themselves to consumers to enhance the customer experience. We place significant emphasis on distributing our real estate listings with third party websites to expand a consumer’s access to such listings. Consumers seeking more detailed information about a particular listing on a third party website are able to click through to a brand website or a Company-owned brokerage website or telephone the franchisee or Company-owned brokerage directly.

In order to improve our response times to buyers and sellers seeking real estate services, we developed LeadRouter, our proprietary lead management system. We believe LeadRouter provides a competitive advantage by improving the speed at which a brokerage can begin working with a customer. The system converts text to voice and transfers the lead to our agents within a matter of seconds, providing our agents with the ability to quickly respond to the needs of a potential home buyer or seller. Additionally, LeadRouter provides the broker with an accountability tool to manage their agents and evaluate productivity.

Company Owned Brokerage Operations

Our company owned real estate brokerage business markets our real estate services and specific real estate listings primarily through individual property signage, the Internet, and by hosting open houses of our listings for potential buyers to view in person during an appointed time period. In addition, contacts and communication with other real estate sales associates, targeted direct mailings, and local print media, including newspapers and real estate publications, are effective for certain price points and geographical locations.

Our independent sales associates at times choose to supplement our marketing with specialized programs they fund on their own. We provide our independent sales associates with promotional templates and materials which may be customized for this opportunity.

In addition to our Sotheby’s International Realty ® offices, we also participate in luxury marketing programs established by our franchisors, such as Coldwell Banker Previews ® and the ERA International Collection ® . The programs provide special services for buyers and sellers of luxury homes, with attached logos to differentiate the properties. Our independent sales associates are offered the opportunity to receive specific training and certification in their respective luxury properties marketing program. Properties listed in the program are highlighted through specific:

 

   

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features in the appropriate section on the Company’s Internet site;

 

   

targeted mailings to prospective purchasers using specific mailing lists; and

 

   

collateral marketing material, magazines and brochures highlighting the property.

The utilization of information technology as a marketing tool has become increasingly effective in our industry, and we believe that trend will continue to increase. Accordingly, we have sought to become a leader among residential real estate brokerage firms in the use and application of technology. The key features of our approach are as follows:

 

   

The integration of our information systems with multiple listing services to:

 

   

provide property information on a substantial number of listings, including those of our competitors when possible to do so; and

 

   

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The placement of property listings on the appropriate local operating company website as well as multiple third party websites that are real-estate focused.

The majority of these websites provide the opportunity for the customer to utilize different features, allowing them to investigate community information, view property information and print feature sheets on those properties, receive on-line updates, obtain mapping and property tours for open houses, qualify for financing, review the qualifications of our independent sales associates, receive home buying and selling tips, and view information on our local sales offices. The process usually begins with the browsing consumer providing search parameters to narrow their property viewing experience. Wherever possible, we provide at least six photographs of the property and/or a virtual tour in order to make the selection process as complete as possible. To make readily available the robust experience on our websites, we utilize paid web search engine advertising as a source for our consumers.

Most importantly, the browsing customer has the ability to contact us regarding their particular interest and receive a rapid response through our proprietary lead management system, LeadRouter.

Our independent sales associates have the ability to access professional support and information through various extranet sites in order to perform their tasks more efficiently. An example of this is the nationwide availability of a current “Do Not Call List” to assist them in the proper telemarketing of their services.

Seasonality

Our business from time to time has been and may continue to be affected by seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage business. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Negative Cash Flows; Seasonality and Cash Requirements” for further information.

Employees

At June 30, 2012, we had approximately 10,900 employees, including approximately 750 employees outside of the U.S. None of our employees are represented by a union. We believe that our employee relations are good.

Sales Associate Recruiting and Training

Each real estate brand provides training and marketing-related materials to its franchisees to assist them in the recruiting process. Each brand’s recruiting program contains different materials and delivery methods. The marketing materials range from a detailed description of the services offered by our franchise system (which will be available to the independent sales associate) in brochure or poster format to audio tape lectures from industry experts. Live instructors at conventions and orientation seminars deliver some recruiting modules while other modules can be viewed by brokers anywhere in the world through virtual classrooms over the Internet. Most of the programs and materials are then made available in electronic form to franchisees over the respective system’s private intranet site. Many of the materials are customizable to allow franchisees to achieve a personalized look and feel and make modifications to certain content as appropriate for their business and marketplace.

For our company owned brokerage operations, we focus on recruiting and retaining sales associates through a number of programs in order to drive revenue growth.

Government Regulation

Franchise Regulation. The sale of franchises is regulated by various state laws, as well as by the FTC. The FTC requires that franchisors make extensive disclosure to prospective franchisees but does not require registration. A number of states require registration and/or disclosure in connection with franchise offers and sales. In addition, several states have “franchise relationship laws” or “business opportunity laws” that limit the

 

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ability of the franchisor to terminate franchise agreements or to withhold consent to the renewal or transfer of these agreements. The states with relationship or other statutes governing the termination of franchises include Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also have statutes governing termination of franchises. Some franchise relationship statutes require a mandated notice period for termination; some require a notice and cure period. In addition, some require that the franchisor demonstrate good cause for termination. These statutes do not have a substantial effect on our operations because our franchise agreements generally comport with the statutory requirements for cause for termination, and they provide notice and cure periods for most defaults. Where the franchisee is granted a statutory period longer than permitted under the franchise agreement, we extend our notice and/or cure periods to match the statutory requirements. In some states, case law requires a franchisor to renew a franchise agreement unless a franchisee has given cause for non-renewal. Failure to comply with these laws could result in civil liability to the affected franchisees. While our franchising operations have not been materially adversely affected by such existing regulation, we cannot predict the effect of any future federal or state legislation or regulation.

Real Estate Regulation. RESPA and state real estate brokerage laws restrict payments which real estate brokers, title agencies, mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and other settlement service providers may receive or pay in connection with the sales of residences and referral of settlement services (e.g., mortgages, homeowners insurance and title insurance). Such laws may to some extent restrict preferred alliance and other arrangements involving our real estate franchise, real estate brokerage, settlement services and relocation businesses. In addition, with respect to our company owned real estate brokerage, relocation and title and settlement services businesses, RESPA and similar state laws require timely disclosure of certain relationships or financial interests with providers of real estate settlement services.

On November 17, 2008, HUD published a rule that seeks to simplify and improve disclosures regarding mortgage settlement services and encourage consumers to compare prices for such services by consumers. The material provisions of the rule include: new Good Faith Estimate (“GFE”) and HUD-1 forms, permissibility of average cost pricing by settlement service providers, implementation of tolerance limits on various fees from the issuance of the GFE and the HUD-1 provided at closing, and disclosure of the title agent and title underwriter premium splits. To date there has not been any material impact (financial or otherwise) to the Company arising out of compliance with these new rules.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, administration of RESPA has been moved from HUD to the new CFPB and it is possible that the practices of HUD, taking very expansive broad readings of RESPA, will continue or accelerate at the CFPB creating increased regulatory risk. RESPA also has been invoked by plaintiffs in private litigation for various purposes.

Our company owned real estate brokerage business is also subject to numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations that contain general standards for and prohibitions on the conduct of real estate brokers and sales associates, including those relating to the licensing of brokers and sales associates, fiduciary and agency duties, administration of trust funds, collection of commissions, and advertising and consumer disclosures. Under state law, our company-owned real estate brokers have certain duties to supervise and are responsible for the conduct of their brokerage businesses.

Regulation of Title Insurance and Settlement Services. Many states license and regulate title agencies/settlement service providers or certain employees and underwriters through their Departments of Insurance or other regulatory body. In many states, title insurance rates are either promulgated by the state or are required to be filed with each state by the agent or underwriter, and some states promulgate the split of title insurance premiums between the agent and underwriter. States sometimes unilaterally lower the insurance rates relative to loss experience and other relevant factors. States also require title agencies and title underwriters to meet certain minimum financial requirements for net worth and working capital. In addition, the insurance laws and regulations of Texas, the jurisdiction in which our title insurance underwriter subsidiary, TRGC, is domiciled,

 

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generally provide that no person may acquire control, directly or indirectly, of a Texas domiciled insurer, unless the person has provided required information to, and the acquisition is approved or not disapproved by, the Texas Department of Insurance. Generally, any person acquiring beneficial ownership of 10% or more of our voting securities would be presumed to have acquired indirect control of our title insurance underwriter subsidiary unless the Texas Department of Insurance upon application determines otherwise. Our insurance underwriter is also subject to a holding company act in its state of domicile, which regulates, among other matters, investment policies and the ability to pay dividends.

Certain states in which we operate have “controlled business” statutes which impose limitations on affiliations between providers of title and settlement services, on the one hand, and real estate brokers, mortgage lenders and other real estate service providers, on the other hand. We are aware of the states imposing such limits and monitor the others to ensure that if they implement such a limit that we will be prepared to comply with any such rule. “Controlled business” typically is defined as sources controlled by, or which control, directly or indirectly, the title insurer or agent. We are not aware of any pending controlled business legislation. A company’s failure to comply with such statutes could result in the non-renewal of the Company’s license to provide title and settlement services. We provide our services not only to our affiliates but also to third-party businesses in the geographic areas in which we operate. Accordingly, we manage our business in a manner to comply with any applicable “controlled business” statutes by ensuring that we generate sufficient business from sources we do not control. We have never been cited for failing to comply with a “controlled business” statute.

Properties

Corporate headquarters.  Our corporate headquarters is located in leased offices at One Campus Drive in Parsippany, New Jersey. The lease expires in October 2013. We recently entered into a lease for new corporate headquarters at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey, with a term of 17 years. We expect to take occupancy of the new headquarters in early 2013 and expect the lease to commence at that time. The new lease consists of approximately 270,000 square feet and the payment of base rent commences approximately 18 months following the date on which the lease commences.

Real estate franchise services.  Our real estate franchise business conducts its main operations at our leased offices at One Campus Drive in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Company owned real estate brokerage services.  As of June 30, 2012, our company owned real estate brokerage segment leases approximately 4.7 million square feet of domestic office space under approximately 940 leases. Its corporate headquarters and one regional headquarters are located in leased offices at One Campus Drive, Parsippany, New Jersey. As of June 30, 2012, NRT leased six facilities serving as regional headquarters, 21 facilities serving as local administration, training facilities or storage, and approximately 720 brokerage sales offices under approximately 837 leases. These offices are generally located in shopping centers and small office parks, generally with lease terms of one to five years. In addition, there are 77 leases representing vacant and/or subleased offices, principally relating to brokerage sales office consolidations.

Relocation services.  Our relocation business has its main corporate operations in a leased building in Danbury, Connecticut with a lease term expiring in 2015. There are leased offices in the US, located in Lisle, Illinois; Irving, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska, Memphis, Tennessee, Folsom, California; Irvine, California; and St. Louis Park, Minnesota. International offices include leased facilities in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Canada and the Netherlands.

Title and settlement services.  Our title and settlement services business conducts its main operations at a leased facility in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, pursuant to a lease expiring in 2014. As of June 30, 2012, this business also has leased regional and branch offices in 24 states and Washington, D.C.

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Legal Proceedings

Legal—Real Estate Business

We are involved in claims, legal proceedings and governmental inquiries related to alleged contract disputes, business practices, intellectual property and other commercial, employment, regulatory and tax matters. Examples of such matters include but are not limited to allegations:

 

   

that we are vicariously liable for the acts of franchisees under theories of actual or apparent agency;

 

   

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that residential real estate agents engaged by NRT in certain states are potentially common law employees instead of independent contractors, and therefore may bring claims against NRT for breach of contract, wrongful discharge and negligent supervision and obtain benefits available to employees under various state statutes;

 

   

concerning claims generally against the company owned brokerage operations for negligence or breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the performance of real estate brokerage or other professional services; and

 

   

concerning claims generally against the title company contending that, as the escrow company, the company knew or should have known that a transaction was fraudulent.

Real Estate Business Litigation

Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. v. Cendant Corp. and Century 21 Real Estate Corporation (N.J. Super. Ct. L. Div., Morris County, New Jersey). In 2002, Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. filed a putative class action against Cendant and Cendant’s subsidiary, Century 21. The complaint alleged breach of certain provisions of the Real Estate Franchise Agreement entered into between Century 21 and the plaintiffs, breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and breach of certain express and implied fiduciary duties. The complaint alleged, among other things, that Cendant diverted money and resources from Century 21 franchisees and allotted them to NRT owned brokerages and otherwise improperly charged expenses to marketing funds. On August 17, 2010, the court certified a class consisting of Century 21 franchisees at any time between August 1, 1995 and April 17, 2002 whose franchise agreements contain New Jersey choice of law and venue provisions and who have not executed releases releasing the claim (unless the release was a provision of a franchise renewal agreement).

On February 16, 2012, as a matter of litigation avoidance, we executed a Stipulation of Settlement and on June 4, 2012, the Court granted final approval of the settlement. The settlement involves both monetary and non-monetary consideration as well as contributions from insurance carriers. During the second quarter of 2012, the monetary consideration of the settlement was funded by the Company and the insurance carriers into an escrow account established to fund claims made by class participants. The non-monetary consideration includes but is not limited to waivers and modifications of certain fees and payments of incentive fees. We accrued the amount that would be payable beyond carrier contributions in our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011. The full amount of this settlement was subsequently accrued during the quarter ended June 30, 2012, as the amounts were funded by the insurance carriers and final court approval was received during that quarter.

Larsen, et al. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, et al. (case formerly known as Joint Equity Committee of Investors of Real Estate Partners, Inc. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp., et al ). The case, pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, arises from the relationship of two of our subsidiaries with a former Coldwell Banker Commercial franchisee, whose 40.5% shareholder allegedly utilized the Coldwell Banker Commercial name in the offer and sale of securities that were improperly sold. On March 26, 2012, the court granted plaintiffs motion to certify a class as to all claims except for false advertising. On April 13, 2012, the court entered into an order stipulated by the parties to stay the case for 60 days while the parties pursue mediation. Our primary insurance carrier disclaimed coverage of either liability or defense costs. Two mediation sessions were held and at the end of the mediation session held on June 5, 2012, as

 

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a matter of litigation avoidance, we entered into a memorandum of understanding memorializing the principal terms of a settlement of this action. On July 19, 2012, we entered into a definitive settlement agreement and on September 17, 2012, the settlement was preliminarily approved by the court, subject to final court approval. Substantially all of the settlement will be funded directly by the Company with only a modest contribution by its insurance carrier. The settlement is subject to final court approval and other conditions and there can be no assurance that the court will grant such final approval. The Company accrued for the settlement in June 2012.

We are involved in certain other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business. Such litigation and other proceedings may include, but are not limited to, actions relating to intellectual property, commercial arrangements, franchising arrangements, actions against our title company alleging it knew or should have known that others were committing mortgage fraud, standard brokerage disputes like the failure to disclose hidden defects in the property such as mold, vicarious liability based upon conduct of individuals or entities outside of our control, including franchisees and independent sales associates, antitrust claims, general fraud claims, employment law claims, including claims challenging the classification of our sales associates as independent contractors, and claims alleging violations of RESPA or state consumer fraud statutes. While the results of such claims and legal actions cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe based on information currently available to us that the final outcome of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Legal—Cendant Corporate Litigation

Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of July 27, 2006 among Cendant, Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, each of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport have assumed certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses), which are primarily related to each of their respective businesses. In addition, Realogy has assumed 62.5% and Wyndham Worldwide has assumed 37.5% of certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses) of Cendant or its subsidiaries, which are not primarily related to any of the respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and/or Cendant’s vehicle rental operations, in each case incurred or allegedly incurred on or prior to the date of the separation of Travelport from Cendant.

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We record litigation accruals for legal matters which are both probable and estimable and believe that we have adequately accrued for legal matters as appropriate. For legal proceedings for which (1) there is a reasonable possibility of loss (meaning those losses for which the likelihood is more than remote but less than probable) and (2) we are able to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss, we estimate the range of reasonably possible losses to be between zero and $10 million at June 30, 2012.

Litigation and other disputes are inherently unpredictable and subject to substantial uncertainties and unfavorable resolutions could occur. In addition, class action lawsuits can be costly to defend and, depending on the class size and claims, could be costly to settle. Lastly, there may be greater risk of unfavorable resolutions in the current economic environment due to various factors including the absence of other defendants (due to business failures) that may be the real cause of the liability and greater negative sentiment toward corporate defendants. As such, we could incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims with liability that are materially in excess of amounts accrued and these settlements could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in any particular period.

We also monitor litigation and claims asserted against other industry participants together with new statutory and regulatory enactments for potential impacts to its business. Although we respond, as appropriate, to these developments, such developments may impose costs or obligations that adversely affect the Company’s business operations or financial results. On May 24, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Freeman vs. Quicken Loans, Inc. , holding that a violation of RESPA’s prohibition on the splitting of charges made or received for the rendering of a real estate settlement service requires a plaintiff to show that the fee was divided between two or more parties.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth information regarding individuals who currently serve as our executive officers and directors. The age of each individual in the table below is as of June 30, 2012.

 

Name

   Age   

Position(s)

Richard A. Smith

   59    Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Anthony E. Hull

   54    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Marilyn J. Wasser

   57    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

David J. Weaving

   45    Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Kevin J. Kelleher

   58    President and Chief Executive Officer, Cartus Corporation

Alexander E. Perriello, III

   64    President and Chief Executive Officer, Realogy Franchise Group

Bruce Zipf

   55    President and Chief Executive Officer, NRT LLC

Donald J. Casey

   51    President and Chief Executive Officer, Title Resource Group

Dea Benson

   57    Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

Marc E. Becker

   39    Director

V. Ann Hailey

   61    Director

Scott M. Kleinman

   39    Director

M. Ali Rashid

   36    Director

Richard A. Smith has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since November 13, 2007, and has served as a director since our separation from Cendant in July 2006 and as a member of our Executive Committee since its formation in August 2009. On February 27, 2012, Mr. Smith was elected as our Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2012. Prior to November 13, 2007, he served as our Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and President. Mr. Smith was Senior Executive Vice President of Cendant from September 1998 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant’s Real Estate Services Division from December 1997 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Smith was President of the Real Estate Division of HFS from October 1996 to December 1997 and Executive Vice President of Operations for HFS from February 1992 to October 1996.

Anthony E. Hull has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. From December 14, 2007 to February 3, 2008, Mr. Hull performed the functions of our Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Hull was Executive Vice President, Finance of Cendant from October 2003 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006. From January 1996 to September 2003, Mr. Hull served as Chief Financial Officer for DreamWorks, a diversified entertainment company. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Hull worked in various capacities for Paramount Communications, a diversified entertainment and publishing company. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Hull worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.

Marilyn J. Wasser has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 10, 2007. From May 2005 until May 2007, Ms. Wasser was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Telcordia Technologies, a provider of telecommunications software and services. In this capacity, she was responsible for corporate-wide legal and compliance matters and served as a member of the corporate leadership team. From 1983 until 2005, Ms. Wasser served in several positions of increasing responsibility with AT&T Corporation and AT&T Wireless Services. Most recently, from September 2002 to February 2005, Ms. Wasser served as Executive Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for AT&T Wireless Services. There, she had responsibility for all legal matters pertaining to corporate, securities, finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategy matters. From 1995 until 2002, Ms. Wasser served as Secretary to the AT&T Board of Directors and Chief Compliance Officer.

David J. Weaving has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Weaving was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of

 

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Cendant’s Real Estate Division from September 2001 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006. From May 2001 through September 2001, he served as Vice President and Divisional Controller for Cendant’s Real Estate Division. Mr. Weaving joined Cendant in 1999 as a Vice President of Finance. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Weaving worked in increasing roles of responsibility for Cambrex Corporation, a diversified chemical manufacturer.

Kevin J. Kelleher has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cartus (formerly known as Cendant Mobility Services Corporation) since 1997. From 1993 to 1997, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cendant Mobility’s destination services unit. Mr. Kelleher has also held senior leadership positions in sales, client relations, network management and strategic planning.

Alexander E. Perriello, III has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Realogy Franchise Group (formerly known as Cendant Real Estate Franchise Group) since April 2004. From 1997 through 2004, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation.

Bruce Zipf has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NRT LLC since March 2005 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2004 to March 2005. From January 2003 to February 2004, Mr. Zipf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of NRT and from 1998 through December 2002 he served as NRT’s Senior Vice President for most of NRT’s Eastern Operations. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Zipf served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage—New York. Prior to entering the real estate industry, Mr. Zipf was a senior audit manager for Ernst and Young.

Donald J. Casey has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TRG (formerly known as Cendant Settlement Services Group) since April 2002. From 1995 until April 2002, he served as Senior Vice President, Brands of PHH Mortgage. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Casey served as Vice President, Government Operations of Cendant Mortgage. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Casey served as a secondary marketing analyst for PHH Mortgage Services (prior to its acquisition by Cendant).

Dea Benson has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since February 2008. Prior to being named Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, Ms. Benson served from September 2007 to January 2008 as Chief Accounting Officer of Genius Products, Inc., the managing member and minority owner of Genius Products, LLC, an independent home entertainment distributor. For more than 11 years prior thereto, Ms. Benson held various financial and accounting positions with DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures, most recently from November 2002 to January 2006 as Controller of DreamWorks SKG and from February 2006 to December 2006 as divisional CFO of the Worldwide Home Entertainment division of Paramount Pictures, subsequent to Paramount’s acquisition of DreamWorks SKG. Prior to joining Realogy, Ms. Benson gained broad-based experience in financial and accounting management, including financial and strategic planning, internal and external financial reporting, budgeting, oversight of internal controls and treasury operations, and transactional experience, including initial public offerings, acquisitions and divestitures. Ms. Benson is a certified public accountant.

Marc E. Becker has served as a director since April 2007, as a member of our Audit Committee since February 2008, and as Chair of our Compensation Committee and Executive Committee since February 2008 and August 2009, respectively. Mr. Becker is a partner of Apollo. He has been employed by Apollo since 1996. Prior to that time, Mr. Becker was employed by Smith Barney Inc. within its Investment Banking division. Mr. Becker also serves on the boards of directors of Affinion Group, Inc., Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc., Vantium Capital, SourceHOV, Evertec, LLC and Mt. Sinai Children’s Center. During the past five years, Mr. Becker has also served as a director of Countrywide plc (from May 2007 to February 2009), National Financial Partners (from January 1999 to May 2007), Metals USA, Inc. (from November 2005 to December 2007), Metals USA Holdings Corp. (from May 2005 to December 2007), Quality Distribution, Inc. (from June 1998 to May 2011) and SourceCORP (from January 2006 to April 2011).

V. Ann Hailey has served as a director and Chair of our Audit Committee since February 2008. Since July 2012, Ms. Hailey has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Famous Yard

 

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Sale, Inc., a company she co-founded to conduct virtual yard sale auctions where fans can have access to merchandise from their favorite celebrities. From January 2009 to January 2010, Ms. Hailey served as Chief Financial Officer of Gilt Groupe, Inc., an Internet retailer of discounted luxury goods. Ms. Hailey had served as Executive Vice President of Limited Brands, Inc. from August 1997 to September 2007, first having served as EVP, Chief Financial Officer from August 1997 until April 2006 and then serving as EVP, Corporate Development until September 2007. She also served as a member of the Limited Brands, Inc. Board of Directors from 2001 to 2006. From 2004 to 2008, she served as Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and was Chair of its Audit Committee from 2006 through 2008. Ms. Hailey is currently a Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. and serves as Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of its Board Affairs and Nominating Committee. Ms. Hailey also serves as a Director of Avon, Inc. and as a member of its Audit Committee.

Scott M. Kleinman has served as a director since April 2007. Mr. Kleinman is a partner of Apollo. He has been employed by Apollo since 1996. Prior to that time, Mr. Kleinman was employed by Smith Barney Inc. in its Investment Banking division. Mr. Kleinman also serves on the boards of directors of Taminco Global Chemical Corporation, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Verso Paper Holdings, LLC, Verso Paper Corp. and LyondellBasell Industries, N.V. During the past five years, Mr. Kleinman served on the board of Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (now known as Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc.) (from August 2004 to October 2010), was a member of the board of managers of Momentive Specialty Chemicals Holdings LLC (from August 2004 to October 2010) and was on the board of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (from December 2007 to September 2011).

M . Ali Rashid has served as a director since April 2007 and as a member of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee since February 2008, February 2008 and August 2009, respectively. Mr. Rashid is a partner of Apollo. He has been employed by Apollo since 2000. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Rashid was employed by the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in the Financial Institutions Group of its Investment Banking Division. He is also a director of Metals USA, Inc., Metals USA Holdings Corp., Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, Quality Distribution, Inc. and Ascometal S.A. During the past five years, Mr. Rashid has also served as a director of Countrywide plc (from May 2007 to February 2009).

Immediately following the completion of this offering, we intend to appoint one additional director who will be independent under the NYSE listing standards and one additional director who will be a designee of Apollo. The new independent director is also expected to serve as a member of our audit committee.

Under the terms of his employment agreement executed on April 10, 2007, the date of the Merger, Mr. Smith serves as a member of our Board of Directors during his employment term. The initial five year term of employment was automatically renewed for an additional one year pursuant to the terms of employment agreement as neither party provided a 90-day notice of non-renewal. On September 10, 2012, the Company extended the term of Mr. Smith’s employment agreement to April 9, 2016.

See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” for a summary of the following:

 

   

the Apollo Securityholders Agreement, under which Apollo has the right, among other things, to designate members to our Board of Directors; and

 

   

the Securityholders Agreement with Paulson, under which Paulson has the right, among other things, to either nominate a member of, or designate a non-voting observer to attend all meetings of, our Board of Directors. Pursuant to this Securityholders Agreement, Alexander B. Blades, a Senior Vice President at Paulson, serves as a non-voting observer of our Board of Directors meetings.

In addition, pursuant to restrictive covenant agreements between us and certain of our existing and future directors and employees who own shares of common stock and/or options to purchase common stock, such directors and employees are or will be required to abide by certain no solicitation, noncompetition, confidentiality and proprietary rights provisions.

 

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Each current director brings a strong and unique background and set of skills to the Board of Directors, giving the Board of Directors as a whole competence and experience in a wide variety of areas, including corporate governance and board service, executive management, real estate industry experience, accounting and finance, and risk assessment. Set forth below is a brief description of certain experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each director that led the Board of Directors to conclude that such person should serve as one of our directors:

 

   

Mr. Smith has served as our Chairman since March 15, 2012 and our Chief Executive Officer and President since November 2007 and prior thereto as our President and for nearly a decade prior to our separation from Cendant served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Cendant Real Estate Division. His current responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer and his leadership as President prior thereto and as the head of our business while it was a part of Cendant make him well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors.

 

   

Messrs. Becker and Rashid are affiliated with Apollo, have significant experience making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and led the Apollo diligence team for the Realogy acquisition. They have been intimately involved in the management of the Company since the acquisition date.

 

   

Mr. Kleinman is also affiliated with Apollo. He has significant experience making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and his experience with Realogy dates back to 1997-2002 when Apollo and Cendant were partners in the ownership and operation of the NRT (our company-owned brokerage) business prior to Cendant acquiring full ownership of that business.

 

   

Ms. Hailey has served as Chief Financial Officer of both a multi-billion dollar public company and a privately held company. In addition to varied career experiences in finance in multiple complex consumer packaged goods companies (PepsiCo from 1977 to 1989, Pillsbury from 1994 to 1997, and Nabisco from 1992 to 1994), Ms. Hailey has held positions in marketing, human resources, and business development including service as executive vice president, corporate development at Limited Brands, Inc., a multi-billion dollar consumer products company. Ms. Hailey possesses broad expertise in strategic planning and branding and marketing as well as recent experience in e-commerce. She also serves on the board of directors and audit committee of two other public companies.

Composition of our Board of Directors

Upon the closing of this offering, it is anticipated that we will have five directors and two directors who are expected to join the board immediately following the completion of this offering. We intend to avail ourselves of the “controlled company” exception under NYSE rules, which eliminates the requirements that we have a majority of independent directors on our Board of Directors and that we have compensation and nominating/corporate governance committees composed entirely of independent directors. We will be required, however, to have an audit committee comprised entirely of independent directors within the permitted “phase-in” period under NYSE rules.

If at any time we cease to be a “controlled company” under NYSE rules, the Board of Directors will take all action necessary to comply with the applicable stock exchange rules, including appointing a majority of independent directors to the Board of Directors and ensuring we have a compensation committee and nominating/corporate governance committee, each composed entirely of independent directors, subject to a permitted “phase-in” period. We will cease to qualify as a “controlled company” once funds affiliated with Apollo cease to control a majority of our voting stock.

Following the closing of this offering, our Board of Directors will be divided into three classes. The members of each class will serve staggered, three-year terms (other than with respect to the initial terms of the Class I and Class II directors, which will be one and two years, respectively). Upon the expiration of the term of a class of directors, directors in that class will be elected for three-year terms at the annual meeting of stockholders in the year in which their term expires. Following the completion of this offering:

 

   

Ms. Hailey and Mr. Rashid will be Class I directors, whose initial terms will expire at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders;

 

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Mr. Kleinman and a director expected to be appointed immediately following the completion of the offering will be Class II directors, whose initial terms will expire at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders;

 

   

Messrs. Becker and Smith and a director expected to be appointed immediately following the completion of the offering will be Class III directors, whose initial terms will expire at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders;

Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of our directors. This classification of our Board of Directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control.

At each annual meeting following completion of this offering, our stockholders will elect the successors to our directors. Our executive officers and key employees serve at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Directors may be removed for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our common stock.

Director Independence

Our Board of Directors has determined that, under NYSE listing standards and taking into account any applicable committee standards and rules under the Exchange Act, Ms. Hailey is an independent director. Immediately following the completion of this offering, we intend to appoint one additional director who will be independent under the NYSE listing standards and one additional director who will be a designee of Apollo, who we do not expect will be independent under the NYSE listing standards. Mr. Smith is not considered independent under any general listing standards due to his current employment relationship with us, and Messrs. Becker, Rashid and Kleinman, are not considered independent under any general listing standards due to their relationship with Apollo, our largest stockholder. As funds affiliated with Apollo will continue to control a majority of our voting stock following the offering, under NYSE listing standards, we will qualify as a “controlled company” and, accordingly, are exempt from its requirements to have a majority of independent directors and a nominating/corporate governance committee and a compensation committee each composed entirely of independent directors.

Committees of the Board of Directors

We have an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, and a Compensation Committee. Following this offering we will also have a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that will be constituted following the closing of this offering.

Executive Committee. In August 2009, we established an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, whose members currently consist of Mr. Becker (Chair) and Messrs. Smith and Rashid. Each Executive Committee generally may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors when the Board of Directors is not in session other than (1) the submission to stockholders of any action requiring approval of the stockholders, (2) the creation or filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors, (3) the adoption, amendment or repeal of the by-laws, (4) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors that by its terms limits amendment or repeal exclusively to the Board of Directors, (5) action on matters committed by the by-laws, the listing standards of the NYSE or resolution of the Board of Directors exclusively to another committee of the Board of Directors, (6) any action where the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, the listing standards of the NYSE or the applicable law require participation by the full Board of Directors, (7) any action where any member of the Executive Committee has previously voted in opposition to that action, (8) any action under any credit agreement, indenture or other contract of the Company that requires the vote of a disinterested director, (9) the issuance of debt or equity securities in excess of $100 million or the repurchase by the Company of any of its outstanding debt or equity securities and (10) the filing by the Company of a voluntary petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute.

 

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Compensation Committee. In February 2008, our Board of Directors established a Compensation Committee whose members currently consist of Mr. Becker (Chair) and Mr. Rashid. The principal duties of the Compensation Committee are to:

 

   

oversee management compensation policies and practices of Holdings, Intermediate and Realogy, including, without limitation, (i) determining and approving the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and our other executive officers, (ii) reviewing and approving management incentive policies and programs and exercising any applicable rule making or discretion in the administration of such programs, (iii) reviewing and approving equity compensation programs for employees, and exercising any applicable rule making or discretion in the administration of such programs and (iv) any share ownership and clawback policies applicable to the senior management group or other employees;

 

   

set and review the compensation of and reimbursement and share ownership policies for members of the Boards of Directors of Holdings, Intermediate and Realogy;

 

   

provide oversight concerning the selection of officers, expense accounts and severance plans and policies of Holdings, Intermediate and Realogy and compliance with all compensation and benefits-related legal and regulatory matters;

 

   

review and discuss with management Holdings’ compensation discussion and analysis (“CD&A”) to be included in Holdings’ annual proxy statement or annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC; and

 

   

prepare an annual compensation committee report, provide regular reports to our Board of Directors, and take such other actions as are necessary and consistent with the governing law and the organizational documents of Holdings.

Audit Committ ee. Following the closing of the offering, our Audit Committee will consist of Ms. Hailey and the independent director we intend to appoint immediately following the completion of this offering. Our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Hailey is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the SEC. Each member of the Audit Committee meets criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act.

The principal duties of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee management regarding:

 

   

systems of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures;

 

   

the integrity of the financial statements;

 

   

the qualifications, engagement, compensation, independence and performance of the independent auditors and the internal audit function of the Company;

 

   

compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

 

   

review of material related party transactions; and

 

   

compliance with and adequacy of the code of business and ethics, review and, if appropriate, approve any requests for written waivers sought with respect to any executive officer or director under, the code of business and ethics.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Following the closing of this offering, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consist of Mr. Becker (Chair) and Mr. Rashid. The principal duties and responsibilities of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will be the following:

 

   

implementation and review of criteria for membership on our Board of Directors and its committees;

 

   

identification and recommendation of proposed nominees for election to our Board of Directors and membership on its committees;

 

   

development of and recommendation to our Board of Directors regarding governance and related matters; and

 

   

overseeing the evaluation of the Board of Directors.

 

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Code of Ethics

Our Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code of Conduct”) that applies to all officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Code of Conduct is available in the Ethics For Employees section of Realogy’s website at www.realogy.com. The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference herein or otherwise a part of this prospectus. The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; to promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in periodic reports required to be filed by the Company; and to promote compliance with all applicable rules and regulations that apply to the Company and its officers. In 2012, we were recognized by the Ethisphere ® Institute, the leading international business ethics think-tank, as one of the 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Company Background. Realogy became an independent, publicly traded company on the NYSE on August 1, 2006 following its separation from Cendant pursuant to its plan of separation. In December 2006, Realogy entered into a merger agreement with affiliates of Apollo, pursuant to which the Merger was consummated on April 10, 2007 and Realogy became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Shortly prior to the consummation of the Merger, our Board of Directors, whose members then consisted of Apollo’s representatives, Messrs. Marc Becker and M. Ali Rashid, negotiated employment agreements and other arrangements with our current named executive officers.

The current named executive officers who entered into these employment agreements were Richard A. Smith, our President, and, effective November 13, 2007, our Chief Executive Officer; Anthony E. Hull, our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; Kevin J. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cartus; Alexander E. Perriello, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Realogy Franchise Group; and Bruce Zipf, President and Chief Executive Officer of NRT LLC. Our Board of Directors has determined that these officers are the current named executive officers based upon their duties and responsibilities insofar as they are our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer serving during fiscal 2011, and our three most highly compensated executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer serving at December 31, 2011. This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes, among other things, the compensation objectives and the elements of our executive compensation program as embodied by the employment agreements, which remain the core of our executive compensation program.

In February 2008, our Board of Directors established the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the power and authority to oversee our compensation policies and programs and makes all compensation related decisions relating to our named executive officers based upon recommendations from our Chief Executive Officer.

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives. Our primary objective with respect to executive compensation is to design and implement compensation policies and programs that efficiently and effectively provide incentives to, and motivate, officers and key employees to increase their efforts towards creating and maximizing stockholder value. The Compensation Committee evaluates both performance and compensation to ensure that, subject to our financial constraints, we maintain our ability to attract and retain superior employees in key positions and that compensation to key employees remains competitive relative to the compensation paid by similar sized companies. We do not rely on peer compensation information in the residential real estate services industry as most of these companies are privately held and therefore it is difficult for us to obtain this information. We do, however, rely on executive compensation survey data on market comparables. The market comparables have been based principally on service oriented companies of similar revenue and employee size. The Compensation Committee believes executive compensation packages provided by us to our executives, including our named executive officers, should include both cash and stock-based compensation that reward

 

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performance as measured against established goals and/or an increase in the value of our Company. There is no formulaic approach using the executive compensation survey data on market comparables in determining the amount of total compensation to each named executive officer. Each element of compensation is determined on a subjective basis using various factors at the Compensation Committee’s sole discretion. The Compensation Committee has not engaged any compensation consultants to participate in the determination or recommendation of the amount or form of these executive compensation packages.

In negotiating the initial employment agreements and arrangements with our current named executive officers, our Board of Directors, whose members then consisted of Apollo’s representatives, placed significant emphasis on aligning management’s interests with those of Apollo. Our named executive officers made significant equity investments in common stock upon consummation of the Merger and received equity awards that included performance vesting options that would vest upon Apollo and its co-investors receiving reasonable rates of return on its invested capital. Under the 2007 employment agreements, base salary and cash-based incentive compensation remained substantially unchanged post-Merger from the arrangements that had been put in place prior to consummation of the Merger. Since 2007, the Compensation Committee has placed greater emphasis on retention plans and eliminated or reduced certain perquisites and benefits given the lengthy and prolonged downturn in the residential housing market and the overall smaller size of Realogy compared to Cendant as a whole. During 2011, the Compensation Committee increased the base salaries of the named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer in connection with the amendment of their employment agreements as discussed in further detail below.

Role of Executive Officers in Compensation Decisions. Mr. Richard Smith, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors, annually reviews the performance of, and makes recommendations regarding, each of our named executive officers (other than himself), and Mr. Smith’s performance is annually reviewed by the Compensation Committee. The conclusions reached and recommendations based upon these reviews, including with respect to salary adjustment and annual incentive award target and actual payout amounts, are presented to the Compensation Committee, which has the discretion to modify any recommended adjustments or awards to our executives. The Compensation Committee has final approval over all compensation decisions for our named executive officers, including approval of recommendations regarding cash and equity awards to all of our officers. The Chief Administrative Officer participates in the data analysis process.

Setting Executive Compensation. Based on the foregoing objectives, our Board of Directors has structured our annual and long-term incentive cash and stock-based executive compensation programs to motivate our executives to achieve the business goals set by us and to reward our executives for achieving these goals.

During the fourth quarter of 2010 and in 2011, the Compensation Committee structured the executive compensation payable to our named executive officers in a manner to provide them with increased incentives:

 

   

an employee option exchange offer consummated in November 2010;

 

   

the adoption of a 2011-2012 multi-year retention program that provides for enhanced retention payments from prior retention programs;

 

   

the adoption of a phantom value plan in January 2011; and

 

   

the amendment of employment agreements with each of our named executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, which provide for (1) an extended term ending on April 10, 2015, and (2) an annual base salary increase, effective April 1, 2011, and, in the case of Messrs. Hull, Kelleher and Zipf, another annual base salary increase, effective January 1, 2012.

Executive Compensation Elements. The principal components of compensation for our named executive officers are: base salary; bonus; retention plans; phantom value plans; management stock option awards; management equity investments; management restricted stock awards; and severance and other benefits and perquisites.

 

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Base Salary. We provide our named executive officers and other employees with a base salary to compensate them for services rendered during the fiscal year. Base salary ranges for our named executive officers are determined for each executive based on his or her position, scope of responsibility and contribution to our earnings. The initial base salary for our named executive officers was established in their employment agreements entered into upon consummation of the Merger and generally equaled the base salary that the named executive officers had been paid at the time of Realogy’s separation from Cendant in 2006.

Salary levels are generally reviewed annually as part of our performance review process as well as upon a promotion or other material change in job responsibility. Merit based increases to salaries of the executives, including our named executive officers, are based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of individual performance taking into account recommendations from Mr. Smith. In reviewing base salaries for executives, the Compensation Committee considers an internal review of the executive’s compensation, individually and relative to other officers with a primary emphasis on each executive’s ability to contribute to the Company’s financial and strategic goals. The Compensation Committee also considers the individual sustained performance of the executive over a period of time as well as the expected future contributions, outside survey data and analysis on market comparables, and the extent to which the proposed overall operating budget for the upcoming year (which is approved by the Board of Directors) contemplates salary increases. Any base salary adjustment is made by the Compensation Committee subjectively based upon the foregoing and does not specifically weight any one factor in setting base salaries. Due to the lengthy and prolonged downturn in the real estate market, no changes to the base salaries of the named executive officers were made from 2008 to March 31, 2011.

In April 2011, the Compensation Committee, acting on the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer, approved base salary adjustments that were effective on April 1, 2011 for each of the named executive officers, with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer, and for Messrs. Hull, Zipf, and Kelleher a second adjustment was approved that was effective on January 1, 2012. The Compensation Committee determined that the recommended based salary adjustments were warranted after consideration of the above factors and recognizing that the named executive officers’ base salaries had not changed since 2007. The April 1, 2011 and the January 1, 2012 base salary adjustments are detailed below:

 

Executive

  Previous Base
Salary
    April 1, 2011 Base Salary     January 1, 2012 Base Salary     Total Changes  
    Base
Salary
    $ Change     % Change     Base
Salary
    $ Change     % Change     $ Change     % Change  

Anthony E. Hull

  $ 525,000      $ 575,000      $ 50,000        9.5   $ 600,000      $ 25,000        4.3   $ 75,000        14.3

Bruce G. Zipf

    520,000        560,000        40,000        7.7     575,000        15,000        2.7     55,000        10.6

Alexander E. Perriello, III

    520,000        550,000        30,000        5.8     550,000        —          —       30,000        5.8

Kevin J. Kelleher

    416,000        450,000        34,000        8.2     475,000        25,000        5.6     59,000        14.2

Bonus. Our named executive officers generally participate in an annual incentive compensation program with performance objectives established by the Compensation Committee and communicated to our named executive officers generally within 90 days following the beginning of the calendar year. Under their respective employment agreements, the target annual bonus payable to our named executive officers is 100% of his annual base salary, or, in Mr. Smith’s case, given his overall greater responsibilities for the performance of the Company, 200% of his annual base salary.

In November 2010, in conjunction with the adoption of the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan, the Compensation Committee terminated the 2010 Bonus Plan covering the named executive officers and other key personnel principally within the Company’s Corporate Services unit and the corporate offices of Realogy’s four business units. In light of the existence of the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan, the Compensation Committee declined to adopt a 2011 Bonus Plan.

On February 27, 2012, the Compensation Committee approved the annual incentive structure for 2012 under the 2012 Executive Incentive Plan applicable to the Chief Executive Officer, the other named executive officers

 

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and three other executive officers that report to the Chief Executive Officer (collectively, the “Executive Leadership Committee”). The performance criteria under the 2012 Executive Incentive Plan are based on consolidated and business unit EBITDA-or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (as EBITDA is defined in the 2012 Executive Incentive Plan). The incentive opportunity for Mr. Smith and Mr. Hull is based upon consolidated EBITDA results. The incentive opportunity for our other named executive officers (Messrs. Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf) is based upon our consolidated EBITDA results (weighted 50%) and EBITDA results of their respective business units (weighted 50%). Pre-established EBITDA performance levels have been set that, if achieved, would produce incentive payouts under the 2012 Executive Incentive Plan at 25%, 100%, 125% or 150% of the target annual bonus amounts, respectively. The minimum EBITDA performance level, at which there would be a payout equal to 25% of an Executive Leadership Committee member’s target bonus amount have been set at approximately 90% of consolidated target EBITDA and, with respect to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee that are Chief Executive Officers of the four business units, a percentage ranging from approximately 90% to 94% of their respective consolidated business unit target EBITDA. The maximum EBITDA performance level, at which there would be a payout equal to 150% of an Executive Leadership Committee member’s target bonus amount have been set at approximately 115% of consolidated target EBITDA and, with respect to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee that are Chief Executive Officers of the four business units, a percentage ranging from approximately 111% to 116% of their respective consolidated business unit target EBITDA. Where performance levels fall between minimum and target or between target and maximum levels, incentive payments are determined by linear interpolation. Our consolidated EBITDA threshold has to be achieved before any named executive officer may qualify for an incentive payment.

Any amount payable under the 2012 Executive Incentive Plan will be paid in shares of our common stock and cash. At payouts below target, the cash portion will represent 30% of the incentive payment and at or above target, the cash portion will increase to 50%, though in the case of Mr. Smith, he will receive only shares of common stock for any payout below target. The number of shares received will be based upon the fair market value of the common stock as of January 1, 2013 by dividing (1) the dollar amount of a participant’s incentive payment that is payable in shares by (2) the fair market value of the shares on January 1, 2013, as determined by the Compensation Committee. If target EBITDA is achieved or exceeded, the number of shares to be issued shall be the number of shares determined by the formula in the preceding sentence, multiplied by 1.20. If an incentive payment is payable, members of the Executive Leadership Committee may elect to receive additional shares (calculated on the same basis) in lieu of all or a portion of the cash incentive payment that would otherwise be payable to him or her.

Mr. Smith is entitled to an additional annual bonus, the after-tax proceeds of which are required to be used to purchase the annual premium on an existing life insurance policy. This benefit is provided to Mr. Smith as the replacement of a benefit previously provided to him by Cendant. Mr. Smith waived his contractual right to receive this bonus with respect to the bonuses payable in January 2009 and 2010 in order to reduce Company expenses, but did receive this bonus in January 2011 in the amount of $97,000.

Retention Plan. In November 2010, the Compensation Committee approved the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan. The 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan provides for a retention payment equal to 200% of each of the named executive officer’s target annual bonus, half payable in two installments in each of 2011 and 2012, subject to the executive’s continued employment with Realogy. The retention amount payable annually under the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan exceeds the amounts that were payable to the named executive officers under previous plans, under which the named executive officers received 50% of their target annual bonus in 2009 and 80% of their target annual bonus in 2010. (While Mr. Smith is a participant in the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan, he elected not to participate in prior retention plans.) The Compensation Committee took such action to provide greater retention value to Realogy with respect to such key personnel, particularly given the continuing uncertainty regarding company performance over the near term, which is largely influenced by macro-economic factors beyond management’s control, including continuing high unemployment, uncertainty about housing values, and the inability of the 2009 and 2010 federal homebuyer tax credits to fuel a sustained

 

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housing recovery. In December 2011, the Compensation Committee amended the 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan to modify the 2012 payment schedule (which originally provided for 50% of a named executive officer’s 2012 retention payment in each of April and October 2012), such that the named executive officers will receive 60% of their 2012 retention amount in July 2012 and the remaining 40% in October 2012, again subject to their continued employment with Realogy. The Compensation Committee made the change to the 2012 payment schedule in order to better align the Company’s significant fixed and capital expenditures with its strongest periods of cash flow generation—historically the second and third quarters of the year.

Management Equity Investments. Pursuant to individual subscription agreements dated April 20, 2007, the named executive officers and certain other members of management made equity investments in the Company through the purchase of common stock. Our named executive officers purchased an aggregate of 62,000 shares at $250.00 per share for an aggregate investment of $15,500,000.

The amount of equity originally purchased was made through a cash investment, the contribution of shares of Realogy common stock in lieu of receiving the Merger consideration, or a combination thereof. The named executive officers who made cash investments utilized all or substantially all of the net after-tax proceeds they received as Merger consideration for the Realogy options, restricted stock units and stock settled stock appreciation rights they held immediately prior to the Merger. In addition, Mr. Smith purchased shares of our common stock with the after-tax proceeds of the one-time $5 million investment bonus paid to him upon consummation of the Merger as partial consideration for his retention following the Merger. At the time of the Merger, Mr. Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer but pursuant to an existing succession plan, was slated to, and did become, President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2007. All of our equity securities purchased by the executives are subject to restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights and other limitations set forth in a securityholders’ agreement. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

Management Stock Option and Restricted Stock Awards Granted in 2007. Our Board of Directors approved our equity incentive program, including its design and the value of awards granted to our officers and key employees. Equity awards were made to our named executive officers on April 10, 2007, upon consummation of the Merger. Our named executive officers were awarded options to purchase an aggregate of 232,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $250.00 per share and received restricted stock awards for an aggregate of 15,000 shares of common stock at an ascribed initial value of $250.00 per share. The number of options awarded to each of the named executive officers (and other executive officers) was based upon a multiplier of 3.75 times the number of shares purchased in 2007. One half of the restricted stock awards vested in October 2008 and the balance vested in April 2010.

The number of shares of restricted stock awarded to each of the named executive officers was based upon organizational complexity and the named executive officer’s respective contribution to the Company’s results. Given their time vesting provisions, the restricted stock awards were viewed as a retention vehicle as well as a means of providing incentive compensation that could be achieved in the mid-term—over the 18- to 36-month vesting period.

The 2007 initial equity investments made by, and the option grants and restricted stock awards made to, the named executive officers were as follows:

 

Name

   Number of Shares
of our Common
Stock Purchased (#)
     Aggregate Equity
Investment ($)
     Number of Options
to Purchase Shares
of our Common
Stock (#)
     Number of Shares
of Restricted Stock
(#) (1)
 

Richard A. Smith

     33,200       $ 8,300,000         124,500         4,000   

Anthony E. Hull

     8,000       $ 2,000,000         30,000         4,000   

Kevin J. Kelleher

     6,400       $ 1,600,000         24,000         1,000   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

     8,000       $ 2,000,000         30,000         2,000   

Bruce Zipf

     6,400       $ 1,600,000         24,000         4,000   

 

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(1) After giving effect to the named executive officers who elected to forfeit certain shares to pay minimum withholding taxes due upon vesting, the named executive officers received the following net amount of shares upon vesting: Mr. Smith, 3,281 shares; Mr. Hull, 3,281 shares; Mr. Kelleher, 843 shares; Mr. Perriello, 1,281 shares; and Mr. Zipf, 2,562 shares.

Plans and Programs to Address Steep Decline in Equity Value Since 2007. During the fourth quarter of 2010 and early 2011, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors realized that the value of our common stock was significantly below the $250.00 price at which the named executive officers had purchased shares in 2007, the $250.00 per share exercise price of the options granted to them in 2007 and the $250.00 per share implied grant date value of the restricted stock granted to them in 2007. In connection with that review, the Compensation Committee and our Board of Directors approved an employee option exchange offer, which commenced on October 8, 2010, and concluded on November 8, 2010 and our Board of Directors approved the Realogy Corporation Phantom Value Plan (the “Phantom Value Plan”) in January 2011 upon consummation of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions described elsewhere in this prospectus. As described more fully below, the phantom value plan and option exchange program seek to provide the members of the Executive Leadership Committee with a renewed incentive to generate value in the Company.

Phantom Value Plan. On January 5, 2011, Realogy issued RCIV Holdings Luxembourg (as defined below), an affiliate of Apollo, Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,338,190,220 (the “Initial RCIV Notes”) as part of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions described elsewhere in this prospectus. On January 5, 2011, our Board of Directors approved the Phantom Value Plan, and made initial grants thereunder (the “Incentive Awards”) to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee, in an effort to address in part the fact that the market value of the shares initially purchased by the participants in 2007 and the shares granted in the form of a restricted stock grant in 2007 had lost significant value. The Phantom Value Plan provides the Executive Leadership Committee with the opportunity to receive compensation based upon the Company’s success and the cash received by RCIV upon the discharge or third-party sale of not less than $267,638,044 of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes (or on any non-cash consideration into which the Initial RCIV Notes may have been exchanged or converted such as the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Initial RCIV Notes). This offering will not trigger payment with respect to the Incentive Awards under the Phantom Value Plan.

The amount of each Incentive Award granted to each member of the Executive Leadership Committee was determined by the sum of (1) the shares of our common stock purchased by the executive at $250.00 per share in April 2007 and (2) the value of the executive officer’s initial restricted stock grant in April 2007, net of shares forfeited to pay minimum withholding taxes due upon vesting. On the foregoing basis, in January 2011, our Board of Directors made initial grants of Incentive Awards of approximately $21.8 million to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee, of which an aggregate of approximately $18.3 million was granted to the named executive officers, as follows:

 

Name

   Incentive Award  

Richard A. Smith

   $ 9,120,250   

Anthony E. Hull

     2,820,250   

Kevin J. Kelleher

     1,810,690   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

     2,320,250   

Bruce Zipf

     2,240,500   

Each participant is eligible to receive a payment with respect to his or her Incentive Award at such time and from time to time that RCIV receives cash upon the discharge or third-party sale of not less than $267,638,044 of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes, (or on any non-cash consideration into which the Initial RCIV Notes are exchanged or converted such as our shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Initial RCIV Notes). A payment would be an amount which bears the same ratio to the dollar amount of the Incentive Award as (i) the aggregate amount of cash received by RCIV at such time upon discharge or sale of all or a portion

 

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of the principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes (or upon the discharge, sale, exchange or transfer of any non-cash consideration into which the Initial RCIV Notes are exchanged or converted) bears to (ii) $1,338,190,220, representing the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes on the date of issuance.

In the event that a payment subsequent to this offering is to be made with respect to an Incentive Award, a participant may elect to receive stock in lieu of the cash payment in a number of unrestricted shares of common stock with a fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee, equal to the dollar amount then due on such Incentive Award, plus a number of restricted shares of such common stock with a fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee, equal to the amount then due multiplied by 0.15. The restricted shares of common stock will vest based on continued employment, on the first anniversary of issuance. In addition, Incentive Awards will be subject to acceleration and payment upon a change of control as specified in the Phantom Value Plan.

On each date RCIV receives cash interest on the Initial RCIV Notes, participants will be granted stock options under the Stock Incentive Plan with an aggregate value (determined on a Black-Scholes basis) equal to an amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate dollar amount of the executive’s Incentive Award as (i) the aggregate amount of cash interest received by RCIV on such date bears to (ii) $1,338,190,220, which represents the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes on the date of issuance. The stock option grants to our Chief Executive Officer, however, were limited to 50% of the foregoing stock option amount for the interest payment dates in April and October 2011, but that restriction in the Phantom Value Plan has been eliminated for future option grants by a November 2011 amendment to the Phantom Value Plan. Generally, each grant of stock options will vest in three equal annual installments from the grant date, subject to the executive’s continued employment, and vested stock options will become exercisable one year following the completion of this offering. The stock options will have a term of 7.5 years.

In April and October 2011 and April 2012, stock options were granted to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee in accordance with the terms of the Phantom Value Plan as RCIV received cash interest on the Initial RCIV Notes on such dates. It is anticipated that, following the consummation of this offering, we will grant stock options in October 2012 to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee to provide them with the same benefit as if RCIV had received the interest that they would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes.

Incentive Awards are immediately cancelable and forfeitable in the event of the termination of the grantee’s employment for any reason. The Incentive Awards also terminate 10 years following the date of grant. In the event of a change in control, Incentive Awards will be subject to acceleration and payment only if RCIV receives consideration with respect to the Initial RCIV Notes in the change in control transaction.

Option Exchange Program. The option exchange program launched in October 2010 offered our eligible employees, including our named executive officers, the opportunity to exchange all of their respective outstanding options to purchase common stock for an equal number of new stock options with different terms to be issued following the completion of the exchange offer. Each of the outstanding original options had an exercise price per share of $250.00, substantially all of which were granted in 2007 in connection with Apollo’s acquisition of Realogy. On November 9, 2010, 406,360 original options were tendered and exchanged for an equal number of new options, including all 277,500 original options tendered by the Executive Leadership Committee.

The new options were issued under the Stock Incentive Plan and have the same terms as the original options, except as follows: (i) the exercise price of the new options (other than those issued to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee) is $20.75 per share, representing the fair market value per share of common stock as determined by our Compensation Committee as of the date of grant of the new options; (ii) the exercise price of 70% of the new options issued to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee is $20.75 per

 

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share, and the exercise price of the remaining 30% of the new options granted to the members of the Executive Leadership Committee is $137.50 per share; (iii) each new option expires on the tenth anniversary of the new option grant date (unless it expires earlier in accordance with its terms); and (iv) each new option vests as to 25% of the total shares subject to the new option on each of the first four anniversaries of July 1, 2010. Each member of the Executive Leadership Committee tendered all of their original 2007 options for new options. For more information on the Stock Incentive Plan, see “—Outstanding Equity Awards at 2011 Fiscal Year End.”

Neither our Board of Directors nor the Compensation Committee has adopted any formal policy regarding the timing of any future equity awards.

Option Grants in 2012. To provide key employees with additional incentives aligned with the interests of our stockholders, on April 30, 2012 and May 4, 2012, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of non-qualified options to purchase an aggregate of approximately 1.0 million shares to key employees of the Company, including the named executive officers. The options have a term of 10 years and the exercise price of the options is $17.50 per share, representing the fair market value per share of our common stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The options become exercisable over a four-year period at the rate of 25% per year, commencing one year from the date of grant. Pursuant to this action, the named executive officers received options to purchase the following number of shares:

 

Name

   Number of Shares
Underlying Option Grant
 

Richard A. Smith

     120,000   

Anthony E. Hull

     33,000   

Kevin J. Kelleher

     26,000   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

     30,000   

Bruce Zipf

     31,000   

In making the grants, the Compensation Committee accepted the recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer (other than as to himself) who had worked in conjunction with the Chief Administrative Officer in making the recommendations. The quantity of the options granted to each of the named executive officers was based on an approximate current market value of long-term incentives compared to external benchmark data. The Company used Towers Watson general industry long-term incentive data to determine the external benchmark value as a percentage of annual base salary (see Appendix A in this prospectus for a list of the companies used by Towers Watson to compile this data). The external market value was determined to be 400% of annual base salary for the Chief Executive officer and 175% of annual base salary for the other named executive officers. Giving consideration to various factors including our current status as a private enterprise, the Compensation Committee determined the value of the grant at approximately one-third of the external market or approximately 130% of base salary for the Chief Executive Officer and approximately 60% of base salary for the other named executive officers.

Other Benefits and Perquisite Programs. Our executive officers, including our named executive officers, may participate in our 401(k) plan. The plan currently provides for us matching a contribution of 25% of amounts contributed by the officer, subject to a maximum of 6% of eligible compensation. Mr. Kelleher is our only executive officer that participates in a defined benefit pension plan (future accruals of benefits were frozen on October 31, 1999), and this participation relates to his former service with PHH.

The Compensation Committee adopted a policy in December 2006 that limited use of the previous corporate-owned aircraft or our current fractional aircraft ownership (only Mr. Smith has access, subject to availability, for personal use and business use is limited to executive officers and subject to further limitations) and management adopted a policy that limits first-class air travel for our employees. During 2011, Mr. Smith reimbursed us for all variable costs associated with his personal use of the aircraft in which we have a fractional ownership interest.

 

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Severance Pay and Benefits upon Termination of Employment under Certain Circumstances. The employment agreements entered into with our named executive officers at the effective time of the Merger provide for severance pay and benefits under certain circumstances. The level of the severance pay and benefits is substantially consistent with the level of severance pay and benefits that those named executive officers were entitled to under the agreements they had with Realogy following its separation from Cendant but prior to the consummation of the Merger.

Under our employment agreements with our named executive officers, the severance pay is equal to a multiple of the sum of his or her annual base salary and target bonus, along with the continuation of welfare benefits. Severance pay is payable upon a termination without “cause” by the Company or a termination for “good reason” by the executive, as such terms are defined in the employment agreements. The severance multiple for Mr. Smith, as our Chief Executive Officer, is 300%, for Mr. Hull, as our Chief Financial Officer, 200% and for each other named executive officer, 100% (though in the case of such a termination of employment within twelve months following Sale of the Company (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan), their multiple is 200%). The higher multiples of base salary and target bonus payable to Messrs. Smith and Hull are based upon Mr. Smith’s overall greater responsibilities for our performance and Mr. Hull’s significant responsibilities as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith is our only officer who has tax reimbursement protection for “golden parachute excise taxes,” subject to a cutback of up to 10%—a benefit he had under his employment agreement that he entered into at the time of our separation from Cendant.

The agreements also provide for severance pay of 100% of annual base salary and the continuation of welfare benefits to each named executive officer in the event his employment is terminated by reason of death or disability. For more information on the employment agreements, see “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.”

The Compensation Committee believes the severance and benefits payable to our named executive officers under the foregoing circumstances aid in the attraction and retention of these executives as a competitive practice and is balanced by the inclusion of restrictive covenants (such as non-compete provisions) to protect our value following a termination of an executive’s employment without cause or by the employee for good reason. In addition, we believe the provision of these contractual benefits will keep the executives focused on the operation and management of the business. As set forth above, the enhanced severance pay and benefits payable to Messrs. Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf in the event of a termination of employment under certain circumstances within twelve months of a Sale of the Company are substantially consistent with the contractual rights they had prior to the Merger.

Forfeiture of Awards in the Event of Financial Restatement. We have not adopted a policy with respect to the forfeiture of equity incentive awards or bonuses in the event of a restatement of financial results, though each of the employment agreements with the named executive officers includes, within the definition of termination for “cause”, an executive purposefully or negligently making (or being found to have made) a false certification to us pertaining to its financial statements.

Compensation Program Following This Offering

The design of our compensation program following this offering is an ongoing process. We believe in designing compensation programs to attract, motivate and retain our executives following this offering, including permitting us to regularly compensate executives with non-cash compensation reflective of our stock performance. We anticipate that short-term and long-term incentive compensation will be an integral part of our compensation program going forward.

Prior to consummation of this offering, we intend to adopt the 2012 STIP and the 2012 LTIP, each as defined below, which we believe will allow us to compete for executive talent and align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our stockholders. A detailed description of the 2012 STIP is provided

 

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under “—2012 Short-Term Incentive Plan” and a detailed description of the 2012 LTIP is provided under “—2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.” We have sought the advice of and have worked with Pearl Meyer & Partners in designing the 2012 LTIP and in determining the initial option grants to be made in connection with this offering under the 2012 LTIP.

While we are still in the process of determining specific details of the compensation program that will take effect following the offering, it is anticipated that our compensation program following the offering will be based on the same principles and designed to achieve the same objectives as our current compensation program.

2012 Short-Term Incentive Plan

The following is a summary of the expected principal features of our Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Short-Term Incentive Plan, or the 2012 STIP. This summary of the 2012 STIP is qualified in its entirety by the actual terms of the 2012 STIP plan document.

Purpose . The purpose of the 2012 STIP is to provide incentive awards to selected employees of the Company or any subsidiary in order to increase stockholder value by motivating employees to perform to the best of their abilities and to achieve the Company’s objectives.

Eligibility . The 2012 STIP permits the grant of awards to employees, as selected by the compensation committee.

Form of Awards . The 2012 STIP authorizes the grant of awards, payable in cash, shares or a combination of both, to employees based on the achievement of performance goals. Shares would be issued pursuant to the 2012 LTIP (described below).

Administration . The 2012 STIP is administered by the compensation committee. The compensation committee will have the authority to designate eligible recipients of awards; establish performance goals; adopt target awards and payout formulae; determine awards and the amount, manner and time of payment of the awards; prescribe, amend and rescind rules, regulations and procedures for carrying out the 2012 STIP; and construe and interpret the 2012 STIP. The compensation committee may delegate the authority to grant or amend awards or to take other administrative actions to the extent permitted under the plan and applicable law.

Performance Goals . Performance goals will be based on criteria as determined by the compensation committee. The 2012 STIP will utilize the same list of performance goals as provided in the 2012 LTIP. Information and the list of performance goals is set forth below in the summary of the 2012 LTIP under the heading “Performance Goals.”

Determination of Performance Goals, Target Award and Payout Formula . The compensation committee will establish performance goals for each participant for the applicable performance period. The compensation committee will establish the target award for each participant as well as the payout formula for purposes of determining the award payable to each participant.

Payout Determination . The compensation committee will determine the extent to which the performance goals were achieved or exceeded. The compensation committee has discretion to eliminate or reduce the award payable to any participant below that which otherwise would be payable under the payout formula.

Forfeiture and Recoupment Provisions . Pursuant to the Company’s general authority to determine the terms and conditions applicable to awards under the 2012 STIP, the compensation committee will have the right to provide, in the terms of awards made under the plan, or to require a participant to agree by separate written or electronic instrument, that any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit must be paid to the Company and the award will terminate and be forfeited if (i) a termination of employment or other service occurs prior to a specified date, or within a specified time period following receipt or exercise of the award, (ii) the participant at

 

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any time, or during a specified time period, engages in any activity which violates any applicable restrictive covenants of the Company, as may be further specified in an award agreement, (iii) the participant incurs a termination of employment or other service for “cause,” as defined in the applicable award agreement or (iv) the participant at any time engages in unlawful and/or fraudulent activity or an activity which constitutes a breach of the Company’s Code of Conduct policy as in effect from time to time or a breach of the participant’s employment agreement, as may be further specified in an award agreement. In addition, all awards will be subject to any clawback or recoupment policies of the Company, as in effect from time to time, or as otherwise required by law.

Termination and Amendment . The compensation committee generally may terminate, suspend or amend the 2012 STIP at any time. No amendment may be made without shareholder approval if such amendment otherwise requires shareholder approval by reason of any law, regulation or rule applicable to the 2012 STIP.

2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan

The following is a summary of the expected principal features of our Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, or the 2012 LTIP. This summary of the 2012 LTIP is qualified in its entirety by the actual terms of the 2012 LTIP plan document.

Purpose . The purposes of the 2012 LTIP are to provide long-term incentives to those individuals with significant responsibility for the success and growth of the Company and its affiliates, to align the interests of such individuals with those of the Company’s stockholders, to assist the Company in recruiting, retaining and motivating qualified employees and other service providers and to provide an effective means to link pay to performance for such employees and service providers.

Plan Administration . The Compensation Committee will administer the 2012 LTIP. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee will consist solely of two or more non-employee directors as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and each of whom is also an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code and an “independent director” under the rules of any applicable securities exchange, in each case, to the extent required under a provision of the 2012 LTIP. To the extent permitted by applicable law or the rules of any applicable securities exchange, the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board of Directors or to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant or amend awards or to take other administrative actions. Any delegation will be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee specifies at the time of such delegation.

Under the 2012 LTIP, the Compensation Committee has the authority to, among other things:

 

   

interpret the 2012 LTIP and its award agreements;

 

   

make rules and regulations relating to the administration of the 2012 LTIP;

 

   

designate eligible persons to receive awards;

 

   

determine the type and number of awards to be granted;

 

   

establish the terms and conditions of awards; and

 

   

determine whether the awards or any portion of an award will contain time-based restrictions and/or performance-based restrictions, and, with respect to performance-based awards, the criteria for achievement of performance goals, as set forth in more detail below.

Eligibility . The Compensation Committee will generally designate those employees, consultants and non-employee directors eligible to participate in the 2012 LTIP.

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issuance in connection with awards granted under the 2012 LTIP. Any unexercised, unconverted or undistributed portion of any award that is not paid in connection with the settlement of an award or is forfeited without the issuance of shares will again be available for grant under the 2012 LTIP, as will the shares surrendered or withheld as payment of either exercise price and/or withholding taxes.

Individual Share Limits . The number of shares subject to options and stock appreciation rights awarded to any one participant during any calendar year may not exceed 1,000,000 shares. The number of shares subject to awards other than options and stock appreciation rights awarded to any one participant during any calendar year may not exceed 400,000. Cash-based awards will not exceed $2 million multiplied by the number of fiscal years in a performance period.

Change in Control . The award agreements will set forth the treatment of each award granted under the 2012 LTIP upon a change in control.

Amendment and Termination . Our Board of Directors may at any time terminate, suspend or discontinue the 2012 LTIP. Our board may amend the 2012 LTIP at any time, provided that any increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the plan must be approved by our stockholders. In addition, our board of directors may not, without stockholder approval, extend the term of the 2012 LTIP, materially expand the types of awards available under the 2012 LTIP, add a category or categories of individuals who are eligible to participate in the 2012 LTIP, limit any prohibition against re-pricing options or stock appreciation rights, or make any other changes that require approval by stockholders in order to comply with applicable laws or stock market rules. No amendment or termination of the 2012 LTIP may adversely change a participant’s rights under an outstanding award without the participant’s prior written consent.

Types of awards under the 2012 LTIP

The 2012 LTIP provides for the grant of stock options (including nonqualified stock options and incentive stock options), restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards (which include, but are not limited to, cash bonuses), dividend equivalents, stock payment awards, stock appreciation rights, and other incentive awards.

Options . Options to purchase shares of common stock may be granted alone or in tandem with stock appreciation rights. A stock option may be granted in the form of a non-qualified stock option or an incentive stock option. No incentive stock options shall be granted to any person who is not one of our employees. The price at which a share may be purchased under an option (the exercise price) will be determined by the compensation committee, but may not be less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date the option is granted (or, as to incentive stock options granted to a greater than 10% stockholder, 110% of the fair market value). Except in the case of an adjustment related to a corporate transaction, the exercise price of a stock option may not be decreased after the date of grant and no outstanding option may be surrendered as consideration for the grant of a new option with a lower exercise price without stockholder approval. The award agreement will set forth the terms and conditions of each option. The amount of incentive stock options that become exercisable for the first time in a particular year cannot exceed a value of $100,000 per participant, determined using the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant.

Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock appreciation rights, or SARs, may be granted either alone or in tandem with stock options. The exercise price of a SAR must be equal to or greater than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. The award agreement will set forth the terms and conditions of each SAR.

Restricted Stock/Restricted Stock Units . Restricted stock and restricted stock units may be awarded to eligible participants. The terms and conditions on such awards will be set forth in the award agreement which may include time-based, performance-based, and service-based restrictions. Restricted stock units may be settled in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two. Except as may otherwise be set forth in the award agreement, holders of restricted stock will have the right to receive dividends and will have voting rights during the restriction period.

 

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Performance Awards . Performance awards may be issued to any eligible participants. The value of performance awards may be linked to performance goals, or to other specific criteria determined by the plan administrator (which may include the compensation committee). Performance awards may be paid in cash, shares, or a combination of both. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, performance awards may be granted in the form of a cash bonus payable upon the attainment of objective performance goals or such other criteria as are established by the plan administrator. Performance awards may be structured to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

Performance Goals . The performance goals may be based upon one or more of the following performance goals established by the compensation committee (in each case, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, if applicable): (i) net earnings (either before or after one or more of the following: (A) interest, (B) taxes, (C) depreciation, (D) amortization and (E) non-cash equity-based compensation expense); (ii) gross or net sales or revenue; (iii) net income (either before or after taxes); (iv) adjusted net income; (v) operating earnings or profit; (vi) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); (vii) return on assets; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on stockholders’ equity; (x) total stockholder return; (xi) gross or net profit or operating margin; (xii) costs; (xiii) funds from operations; (xiv) expenses; (xv) working capital; (xvi) earnings per share; (xvii) adjusted earnings per share; (xviii) price per share; (xix) implementation or completion of critical projects; (xx) market share; (xxi) debt levels or reduction; (xxii) customer retention; (xxiii) customer satisfaction and/or growth; (xxiv) research and development achievements; (xxv) financing and other capital raising transactions; (xxvi) risk management; and (xxvii) capital expenditures.

Performance goals may be expressed in terms of our overall performance or the performance of an affiliate, or one or more divisions or business units. In addition, such performance goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other corporations. Further, the compensation committee, in its sole discretion, may provide objectively determinable adjustments be made to one or more of the performance goals. Such adjustments may include: (i) items related to a change in accounting principles; (ii) items relating to financing activities; (iii) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (iv) other non-operating items; (v) items related to acquisitions; (vi) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by us during the performance period; (vii) items related to the disposal or sale of a business or segment of a business; (viii) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under applicable accounting standards; (ix) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the performance period; (x) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (xi) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments; (xii) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (xiii) items that are outside the scope of our core, on-going business activities; (xiv) items related to acquired in-process research and development; (xv) items relating to changes in tax laws; (xvi) items relating to major licensing or partnership arrangements; (xvii) items relating to asset impairment charges; (xviii) items related to employee retention and former parent legacy costs (benefits), (xix) items relating to gains or losses for litigation, arbitration and contractual settlements; or (xx) items relating to any other unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable laws, accounting principles or business conditions.

Dividend Equivalents . Dividend equivalents may be granted either alone or in tandem with other awards. Dividend equivalent awards are based on the dividends that are declared on the common stock, to be credited as of the dividend payment dates during the period between the date that the dividend equivalent awards are granted and such dates that the dividend equivalent awards terminate or expire. The award agreement may provide that dividend equivalents may only be paid out at the same time and to the same extent that vesting conditions of the award are satisfied. Dividend equivalent awards can be converted to cash or shares by a formula as set forth in the applicable award agreement. Dividend equivalents are not payable with respect to stock options or stock appreciation rights.

 

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Stock Payment Awards . Stock payments may be granted to eligible participants. The number of shares of any stock payment may be based upon performance goals or any other specific criteria.

Other Incentive Awards . Other incentive awards may be granted to eligible participants. Such other incentive awards may cover shares or the right to purchase shares or have a value derived from the value of, or an exercise or conversion privilege at a price related to, or otherwise payable in or based on shares, stockholder value, or stockholder return. Other incentive awards may be linked to any one or more of the performance criteria or other specific performance criteria and may be paid in cash or shares.

Forfeiture and Recoupment Provisions . Pursuant to the Company’s general authority to determine the terms and conditions applicable to awards under the 2012 LTIP, the plan administrator will have the right to provide, in the terms of awards made under the plan, or to require a participant to agree by separate written or electronic instrument, that any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit must be paid to the Company and the award will terminate and any unexercised portion of the award (whether or not vested) will be forfeited, in either case, if (i) a termination of employment or other service occurs prior to a specified date, or within a specified time period following receipt or exercise of the award, (ii) the participant at any time, or during a specified time period, engages in any activity which violates any applicable restrictive covenants of the Company, as may be further specified in an award agreement, (iii) the participant incurs a termination of employment or other service for “cause,” as defined in the applicable award agreement or (iv) the participant at any time engages in unlawful and/or fraudulent activity or an activity which constitutes a breach of the Company’s Code of Conduct policy as in effect from time to time or a breach of the participant’s employment agreement, as may be further specified in an award agreement. In addition, all awards will be subject to any clawback or recoupment policies of the Company, as in effect from time to time, or as otherwise required by law.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following discussion addresses only the general federal income tax consequences relating to participation under the 2012 LTIP. It does not purport to be a complete description of all applicable rules, and those rules (including those summarized here) are subject to change. Further, the summary below does not address the impact of state and local taxes, or the federal alternative minimum tax and is not intended as tax advice to participants under the 2012 LTIP.

Non-Qualified Stock Options . A participant who has been granted a non-qualified stock option will not realize taxable income at the time of grant, and we will not be entitled to a tax deduction at that time. In general, when the option is exercised, the participant will realize ordinary income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the acquired shares over the exercise price for those shares, and we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. Any gains or losses realized by the participant upon disposition of the shares will be treated as capital gains or losses, and the participant’s basis in such shares will be equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise.

Incentive Stock Options . A participant who has been granted an incentive stock option will not realize taxable income at the time of grant, and we will not be entitled to a tax deduction at that time. The exercise of an incentive stock option will not result in taxable income to the participant provided that the participant was, without a break in service, an employee of us or a subsidiary during the period beginning on the date of the grant of the option and ending on the date three months prior to the date of exercise (one year prior to the date of exercise if the participant is disabled). The excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time of the exercise of an incentive stock option over the exercise price is included in calculating the participant’s alternative minimum taxable income for the tax year in which the incentive stock option is exercised unless the participant disposes of the shares in the year of exercise. If the participant does not sell or otherwise dispose of the shares within two years from the date of the grant of the incentive stock option or within one year after the transfer of such shares to the participant, then, upon disposition of such shares, any amount realized in excess of the exercise price will be taxed to the participant as capital gain and we will not be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction.

 

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The participant will generally recognize a capital loss to the extent that the amount realized is less than the exercise price. If the foregoing holding period requirements are not met, the participant will generally realize ordinary income at the time of the disposition of the shares in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price or (ii) the excess, if any, of the amount realized upon disposition of the shares over the exercise price, and we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. Any amount realized in excess of the value of the shares on the date of exercise will be capital gain. If the amount realized is less than the exercise price, the participant will not recognize ordinary income, and the participant will generally recognize a capital loss equal to the excess of the exercise price over the amount realized upon the disposition of the shares.

Stock Appreciation Rights . A participant who has been granted a SAR will not realize taxable income at the time of the grant, and we will not be entitled to a tax deduction at that time. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the amount of cash or the fair market value of any shares received will be taxable to the participant as ordinary income and we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. Any gains or losses realized by the participant upon disposition of any such shares will be treated as capital gains or losses, and the participant’s basis in such shares will be equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise.

Restricted Stock Units . A participant who has been granted a restricted stock unit award will not realize taxable income at the time of grant and we will not be entitled to a tax deduction at that time. The participant will generally have compensation income at the time of settlement equal to the amount of cash received and the then fair market value of the distributed shares, and will have a tax basis in the shares equal to the amount of compensation income recognized. We will then be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction.

Restricted Stock . In general, a participant who has been granted a restricted stock award will not realize taxable income at the time of grant and we will not be entitled to a tax deduction at that time, assuming that the shares are not transferable and that the restrictions create a “substantial risk of forfeiture” for federal income tax purposes. Upon the vesting of the shares subject to an award, the participant will realize ordinary income in an amount equal to the then fair market value of the shares, and we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. Any gains or losses realized by the participant upon disposition of such shares will be treated as capital gains or losses, and the participant’s basis in such shares will be equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of vesting. A participant may elect, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, to have income recognized at the date of grant of a restricted stock award and to have the applicable capital gain holding period commence as of that date. If a participant makes this election, we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction in the year of grant. If the participant does not make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, dividends paid to the participant during the restriction period will be treated as compensation income to the participant and we will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction.

Performance Awards; Dividend Equivalent Awards; Stock Payment Awards; Other Incentive Awards . With respect to these types of awards, a participant generally will not recognize taxable income until the cash or shares of common stock are delivered to the participant upon satisfaction of the conditions of the award, and we generally will become entitled to a deduction at such time equal to the amount of income recognized by the participant. The amount of ordinary income recognized by the participant will generally be equal to the amount of the cash or the fair market value of the shares received.

Tax Considerations

Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a federal income tax deduction to public corporations for compensation greater than $1 million paid for any fiscal year to the corporation’s five named executive officers. As we are not currently publicly-traded, our board of directors has not previously taken the deductibility limit imposed by Section 162(m) into consideration in setting compensation. We expect that our compensation committee will adopt a policy that, where reasonably practicable, will seek to qualify the variable compensation paid to our named executive officers for an exemption from the deductibility limitations of Section 162(m). Until

 

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such policy is implemented, the compensation committee may, in its judgment, authorize compensation payments that do not consider the deductibility limit imposed by Section 162(m) when it believes that such payments are appropriate to attract and retain executive talent. In addition, transition provisions under Section 162(m) may apply for a period of three years following the consummation of this offering to certain compensation arrangements that were entered into by a company before it was publicly held, including the awards under the 2012 STIP.

Initial Grants

In connection with this offering, our named executive officers and certain Company employees will be awarded initial stock option grants to purchase shares of our common stock. The option grants will vest over four years, with 25% vesting on each anniversary of the grant date. The options will have a ten-year term. A total of approximately 1,653,000 shares will be issuable upon the exercise of these initial option grants and the exercise price per share of the options will be equal to the initial public offering price per share of common stock. The anticipated initial option grants to the named executive officers are as follows: Mr. Smith 360,000 options, Mr. Hull 120,000 options, Mr. Kelleher 72,000 options, Mr. Perriello 80,000 options and Mr. Zipf 92,000 options.

In addition, our named executive officers and certain Company employees will be awarded initial grants of restricted stock. The restrictions on the shares of restricted stock will lapse over three years, with 33.33% lapsing on each anniversary of the grant date. The number of shares of restricted stock to be granted will be determined using the initial public offering price per share of our common stock. A total of approximately 290,000 shares will be issuable upon the lapse of restrictions with respect to this initial award of restricted stock. The anticipated initial grants of restricted stock to the named executive officers are as follows: Mr. Smith 94,772 shares, Mr. Hull 28,962 shares, Mr. Kelleher 19,179 shares, Mr. Perriello 24,283 shares and Mr. Zipf 23,394 shares.

The form award agreements with respect to these initial awards generally provide that with respect to each outstanding option or restricted stock award that is assumed or substituted in connection with a change in control, in the event that during the twenty-four (24) month period following such change in control a participant’s employment or service is terminated without cause by the Company or any affiliate or the participant resigns from employment or service from the Company or any affiliate with “good reason” (as defined in the award agreement), options will become fully vested and exercisable and restricted stock awards will become fully vested. But with respect to each outstanding option or restricted stock award that is not assumed or substituted in connection with a change in control, immediately upon the occurrence of the change in control, options will become fully vested and exercisable and restricted stock awards will become fully vested.

 

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth the compensation and benefits earned in 2011, 2010 and 2009 by our named executive officers:

 

Name and Principal
Position

  Year     Salary
($) (1)
    Bonus
($) (2)
    Stock Option
and Stock
Appreciation
Rights Awards

($) (3)
    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation

($) (4)
    Change in Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($) (5)
    All Other
Compensation

($)
    Total ($)  

Richard A. Smith

    2011        1,000,000        97,000        —          2,000,000        —          2,000        3,099,000   

Chief Executive Officer and President

    2010        1,000,000        —          1,005,338        —          —          1,750        2,007,088   
    2009        1,000,000        —          —          —          —          1,858        1,001,858   

Anthony E. Hull

    2011        562,500        —          —          525,000        —          3,675        1,091,175   

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer

    2010        525,000        —          242,250        420,000        —          —          1,187,250   
    2009        525,000        —          —          262,500        —          44,817        832,317   
               
               

Kevin J. Kelleher

    2011        441,500        —          —          416,000        80,409        —          937,909   

President and Chief Executive Officer of Cartus Corporation

    2010        416,000        —          193,800        332,800        44,784        —          987,384   
    2009        416,000        —          —          208,000        47,763        39,938        711,701   
               

Alexander E. Perriello, III

    2011        542,500        —          —          520,000        —          2,525        1,065,025   

President and Chief Executive Officer, Realogy Franchise Group

    2010        520,000        —          242,250        416,000        —          —          1,178,250   
    2009        520,000        —          —          260,000        —          40,367        820,367   
               
               

Bruce Zipf

    2011        550,000        —          —          520,000        —          3,558        1,073,558   

President and Chief Executive Officer, NRT

    2010        520,000        —          193,800        416,000        —          —          1,129,800   
    2009        520,000        —          —          —          —          39,443        819,443   

 

(1) The following are the annual rates of base salary paid to each of the named executive officers as of December 31, 2011: Mr. Smith, $1,000,000; Mr. Hull, $575,000; Mr. Kelleher, $450,000; Mr. Perriello, $550,000; and Mr. Zipf, $560,000. Effective January 1, 2012, the annual base salaries of Messrs. Hull, Kelleher and Zipf were increased to $600,000, $475,000 and $575,000, respectively.
(2) In January 2011, the Compensation Committee approved an annual bonus of $97,000 payable to Mr. Smith pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, the after-tax proceeds of which are required to be used to purchase the annual premium on an existing life insurance policy.
(3) Each named executive officer received grants of our non-qualified stock options in April and October 2011 pursuant to the terms of the Phantom Value Plan. These options vest as to one-third of the total shares subject to the options on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the date of grant but are not exercisable until one year following the completion of this offering. Following the completion of this offering, the total grant date fair value of these options in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 guidance on stock-based compensation would be as follows (with the assumptions used in determining such value being described in Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” to our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 included elsewhere in this prospectus):

 

Name

   Grant Date Fair Value
as of April 15, 2011
Option Grant
     Grant Date Fair Value
as of October 17, 2011
Option Grant
 

Richard A. Smith

   $ 85,999       $ 148,105   

Anthony E. Hull

     53,188         91,597   

Kevin J. Kelleher

     34,148         58,809   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

     43,758         75,358   

Bruce Zipf

     42,254         72,768   

 

(4) Amounts for 2011 represent aggregate amount paid to the named executive officers under the Realogy 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan.
(5) None of our named executive officers (other than Mr. Kelleher) is a participant in any defined benefit pension arrangement. The amounts in this column with respect to 2011 reflect the aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefit under the Realogy Pension Plan from January 1 through December 31, 2011. See “—Realogy Pension Benefits at 2011 Fiscal Year End” for additional information regarding the benefits accrued for Mr. Kelleher.

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal Year 2011

Each of the named executive officers received grants in 2011 under the following non-equity incentive and stock-based compensation plans. Each of the named executive officers:

 

   

received Incentive Awards under the Phantom Value Plan in January 2011; and

 

   

received stock options in April and October 2011 under the Stock Incentive Plan as provided by the Phantom Value Plan.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2011

 

         

Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards

    Estimated Future Payouts Under
Equity Incentive Plan Awards
    Exercise or
Base Price of
Options
Awards

($/Sh)
    Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
Options (4)
 

Name

  Grant
Date
    Threshold
($) (2)
    Target
($) (1)
    Maximum
($) (2)
    Threshold
(#)
    Target
(#) (3)
    Maximum
(#)
     

Richard A. Smith

    1/5/2011        —          9,120,250        —          —          —          —          —          —     
    4/15/2011        —          —          —          —          7,479        —          22.25        —     
    10/17/2011        —          —          —          —          14,106        —          22.00        —     

Anthony E. Hull

    1/5/2011        —          2,820,250        —          —          —          —          —       
    4/15/2011        —          —          —          —          4,626        —          22.25        —     
    10/17/2011        —          —          —          —          8,724        —          22.00        —     

Kevin J. Kelleher

    1/5/2011        —          1,810,690        —          —          —          —          —       
    4/15/2011        —          —          —          —          2,970        —          22.25        —     
    10/17/2011        —          —          —          —          5,601        —          22.00        —     

Alexander E. Perriello, III

    1/5/2011        —          2,320,250        —          —          —          —          —       
    4/15/2011        —          —          —          —          3,806        —          22.25        —     
    10/17/2011        —          —          —          —          7,177        —          22.00        —     

Bruce Zipf

    1/5/2011        —          2,240,500        —          —          —          —          —       
    4/15/2011        —          —          —          —          3,675        —          22.25        —     
    10/17/2011        —          —          —          —          6,931        —          22.00        —     

 

(1) Represents payout under Incentive Awards granted under Phantom Value Plan assuming RCIV receives cash for the discharge and/or sale of all of the Initial RCIV Notes (or all non-cash consideration into which the Initial RCIV Notes are exchanged or converted) equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes on the date of issuance or $1,338,190,220. This may not be the actual payout as the aggregate amount that RCIV may receive in cash could be less or more than the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes.
(2) It is not possible to calculate the threshold or maximum amounts payable under the Phantom Value Plan as it is too speculative to determine the amount of cash, if any, that RCIV may receive for the discharge of all or any portion of the Initial RCIV Notes or on the sale of all or any portion of the Initial RCIV Notes (or other non-cash consideration into which the Initial RCIV Notes are exchanged or converted).
(3) Pursuant to the terms of the Phantom Value Plan and the Incentive Awards made thereunder, we issued non-qualified stock options to the named executive officers on April 15, 2011 and October 17, 2011, the first two dates following adoption of the Phantom Value Plan on which RCIV received cash interest on the Initial RCIV Notes. The number of stock options granted represented an aggregate value as determined by the Compensation Committee equal to an amount which bore the same ratio to the aggregate dollar amount of the named executive officer’s Incentive Award as the aggregate amount of cash interest received by RCIV on the grant date bore to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes on the date of their issuance, though for purposes of calculating the number of options for the April 15, 2011 grant, the amount of interest received by RCIV was based upon the interest accrued from January 5, 2011 through April 14, 2011. Pursuant to the terms of the Phantom Value Plan, as it existed until November 2011, the stock options granted to Mr. Smith, our Chief Executive Officer, were limited to 50% of the foregoing stock option amount. In November 2011, the Phantom Value Plan was amended to eliminate this limitation.
(4) See footnote 3 to the Summary Compensation Table.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2011 Fiscal Year End

The following two tables set forth outstanding stock option awards as of December 31, 2011 held by our named executive officers. There were no other Holdings equity awards outstanding at December 31, 2011.

Outstanding Option Awards at December 31, 2011

 

Name

  Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
Exercisable (#)
    Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
Unexercisable (#)
    Equity Incentive Plan
Awards: Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Unearned
Options (#)
    Option
Exercise
Price
($)
    Option
Expiration Date  (1) (2)
 

Richard A. Smith

    —          —          7,479        22.25        10/15/2018   
    —          —          14,106        22.00        4/17/2019   
    9,338        28,012        —          137.50        11/9/2020   
    21,788        65,362        —          20.75        11/9/2020   

Anthony E. Hull

    —          —          4,626        22.25        10/15/2018   
    —          —          8,724        22.00        4/17/2019   
    2,250        6,750        —          137.50        11/9/2020   
    5,250        15,750        —          20.75        11/9/2020   

Kevin J. Kelleher

    —          —          2,970        22.25        10/15/2018   
    —          —          5,601        22.00        4/17/2019   
    1,800        5,400        —          137.50        11/9/2020   
    4,200        12,600        —          20.75        11/9/2020   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

    —          —          3,806        22.25        10/15/2018   
    —          —          7,177        22.00        4/17/2019   
    2,250        6,750        —          137.50        11/9/2020   
    5,250        15,750        —          20.75        11/9/2020   

Bruce Zipf

    —          —          3,675        22.25        10/15/2018   
    —          —          6,931        22.00        4/17/2019   
    1,800        5,400        —          137.50        11/9/2020   
    4,200        12,600        —          20.75        11/9/2020   

 

(1) All options with an expiration date of October 15, 2018 or April 17, 2019 vest as to one-third of the total shares subject to the options on each of the first three annual anniversaries from the date of grant (April 15, 2011 for the options granted at $22.25 per share and October 17, 2011 for the options granted at $22.00 per share) but are not exercisable until one year following the completion of this offering.
(2) All options with an expiration date of November 9, 2020 vest as to 25% of the total shares subject to the option on each of the first four anniversaries of July 1, 2010.

 

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The following table sets forth outstanding equity awards (consisting solely of stock options of Avis Budget Group and Wyndham Worldwide) as of December 31, 2011 held by our named executive officers that were issued (or in the case of Avis Budget Group equity awards, adjusted) as part of the equitable adjustment of outstanding Cendant equity awards at the date of our separation from Cendant made pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement. Except for tax withholding and related liabilities, the awards relating to Wyndham Worldwide common stock are liabilities of Wyndham Worldwide, and the awards relating to Avis Budget Group common stock are liabilities of Avis Budget Group. All of these stock options are fully exercisable. Avis Budget Group awards also reflect an adjustment in connection with a one-for-ten reverse stock split.

 

Name

   Issuer    Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
Exercisable (#)
     Exercise Price
($)
     Option
Expiration Date  (1)
 

Richard A. Smith

   Avis Budget      26,063         27.40         1/22/2012   
   Wyndham Worldwide      52,124         40.03         1/22/2012   

Anthony E. Hull

   Avis Budget      988         28.34         10/15/2013   
   Wyndham Worldwide      1,976         41.40         10/15/2013   

Kevin J. Kelleher

   Avis Budget      12,009         27.40         1/22/2012   
   Wyndham Worldwide      24,018         40.03         1/22/2012   

Alexander E. Perriello, III

   Avis Budget      6,005         27.40         1/22/2012   
   Wyndham Worldwide      12,009         40.03         1/22/2012   

Bruce Zipf

   Avis Budget      5,212         26.87         4/17/2012 (2)  
   Wyndham Worldwide      10,424         39.25         4/17/2012 (2)  

 

(1) The Avis Budget Group and Wyndham Worldwide options with an expiration date of January 22, 2012 expired without having been exercised.
(2) Mr. Zipf exercised the Wyndham Worldwide options in February 2012. The Avis Budget options expired without having been exercised.

Option Exercises for Fiscal Year 2011

None of our named executive officers exercised any options for our common stock during 2011.

None of our named executive officers exercised any Wyndham Worldwide or Avis Budget Group options during 2011.

Stock Incentive Plan

The Realogy Holdings Corp. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended in November 2007 and further amended in November 2010, August 2011, February 2012 and April 30, 2012, authorizes approximately 2,686,600 shares of common stock, excluding the 113,400 shares that have been already been issued under the Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee with certain delegations to the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Administrative Officer. Awards granted under the Stock Incentive Plan may be nonqualified stock options, rights to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other awards settleable in, or based upon, common stock. Awards may be granted under the Stock Incentive Plan only to persons who are our employees, consultants or directors of us or any of our subsidiaries on the date of the grant.

The 113,400 shares issued under the Stock Incentive Plan to date are comprised of the 90,840 shares of common stock purchased by management in 2007 and the 22,560 shares of common stock subject to restricted stock awards that were made to executive officers in 2007 and to our independent director in 2008 and 2011 (all of which have vested with the exception of the 2011 restricted stock award made to our independent director). All of the stock options held by management (including board members) were granted under the Stock Incentive Plan.

 

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Options issued under the Stock Incentive Plan must have an exercise price determined by the Compensation Committee and set forth in an option agreement. In no event, however, may the exercise price be less than the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, will determine whether and to what extent any options are subject to vesting based upon the optionee’s continued service to, and our performance of duties for, us and our subsidiaries, or upon any other basis.

In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, disaffiliation or similar event affecting us or any of our subsidiaries (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), the Compensation Committee may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to: (a) the aggregate number and kind of share of common stock or other securities, (b) the number and kind of shares of common stock or other securities subject to outstanding awards, (c) performance metrics and targets underlying outstanding awards and (d) the option price of outstanding options. In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (1) the cancellation of outstanding equity securities issued under the Stock Incentive Plan in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such equity securities, as determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion and (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than us for the shares of common stock subject to outstanding equity securities).

Upon (i) the consummation of certain sales of the Company or (ii) any transactions or series of related transactions in which Apollo sells at least 50% of the shares of common stock directly or indirectly acquired by it and at least 50% of the aggregate of all investor investments (a “Realization Event”), subject to any provisions of the award agreements to the contrary with respect to certain sales of the Company, the Company may purchase each outstanding vested and/or unvested option for a per share amount equal to (a) the amount per share received in respect of the shares of common stock sold in such transaction constituting the Realization Event, less (b) the option price thereof.

The Stock Incentive Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by our Board of Directors, or April 10, 2017.

Realogy Pension Benefits at 2011 Fiscal Year End

Prior to Realogy’s separation from Cendant, Cendant sponsored and maintained the Cendant Corporation Pension Plan (the “Cendant Pension Plan”), which was a “defined benefit” employee pension plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and a successor to the former PHH Corporation Pension Plan (the “Former PHH Pension Plan”). During 1999, the Former PHH Pension Plan was frozen and curtailed, other than for certain employees who attained certain age and service requirements. A number of our employees were entitled to benefits under the Realogy Pension Plan by virtue of their prior participation in the Former PHH Pension Plan as well as their subsequent participation in the Cendant Pension Plan.

In connection with Realogy’s separation, Realogy adopted a new defined benefit employee pension plan, named the Realogy Corporation Pension Plan (the “Realogy Pension Plan”). At Realogy’s separation, the Realogy Pension Plan assumed all liabilities and obligations under the Cendant Pension Plan that related to the Former PHH Pension Plan. Realogy also assumed any supplemental pension obligations accrued by any participant of the Cendant Pension Plan which related to the Former PHH Pension Plan. In consideration of the Realogy Pension Plan accepting and assuming the liabilities and obligations described above under the Cendant Pension Plan, Cendant caused the Cendant Pension Plan to make a direct transfer of a portion of its assets to the Realogy Pension Plan proportional to the liabilities assumed by the Realogy Pension Plan.

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participation has been previously frozen (other than two participants whose participation is not frozen pursuant to the terms of the Realogy Pension Plan). Participants eligible to commence their pension benefit have several optional forms of payment available to them under the Realogy Pension Plan. Lump sum distributions are only permissible when the present value of a participant’s benefit is $5,000 or below. The Realogy Pension Plan is funded by Realogy.

Mr. Kelleher is our only named executive officer who participates in the Realogy Pension Plan and his participation in the Cendant Pension Plan was frozen on October 31, 1999 and, as of that date, he no longer accrues additional benefits under the Cendant Pension Plan or the Realogy Pension Plan.

The following table sets forth information relating to Mr. Kelleher’s participation in the Realogy Pension Plan:

 

Number of Years of

Credited Service (#) (1)

  

Present Value of

Accumulated Benefit ($) (2)

  

Payments During

Last Fiscal Year ($)

27

   466,763    —  

 

(1) The number of years of credited service shown in this column is calculated based on the actual years of service with us (or Cendant) for Mr. Kelleher through December 31, 2011.
(2) The valuations included in this column have been calculated as of December 31, 2011 assuming Mr. Kelleher will retire at the normal retirement age of 65 and using the interest rate and other assumptions as described in Note 9, “Employee Benefit Plans—Defined Benefit Pension Plan” to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation at 2011 Fiscal Year End

In December 2008, in accordance with the transition rules under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, our Compensation Committee amended the Realogy Officer Deferred Compensation Plan. The amendment permitted participants to revoke their current distribution elections on file and make a new unifying election for their entire account balance. The revocation and election had to be made prior to December 31, 2008. Participants could elect to receive a lump sum distribution in April 2009 or maintain their then current election. Mr. Hull and Mr. Zipf were the only named executive officers who were participants under the Realogy Officer Deferred Compensation Plan. Each of them made new elections prior to the end of 2008. Under those new elections, they received lump sum distributions in April 2009.

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company suspended participation in the Realogy Officer Deferred Compensation Plan due to the prolonged downturn in the residential housing market and our highly levered debt structure. The suspension remains in effect. Accordingly, none of the named executive officers had any nonqualified deferred compensation at December 31, 2011.

Employment Agreements

The following summarizes the terms of the employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. Severance provisions are described in the section titled “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control.”

Mr. Smith. On April 10, 2007, we entered into a new employment agreement with Mr. Smith, with a five-year term commencing as of the effective time of the Merger (unless earlier terminated). The agreement was initially automatically extended for one additional year pursuant to the terms of the employment agreement as neither party provided a 90-day notice of non-renewal. On September 10, 2012, the Company extended the term of Mr. Smith’s employment agreement to April 9, 2016. This employment agreement supersedes any prior employment agreements that we entered into with Mr. Smith except for the “golden parachute” payment provision contained in Mr. Smith’s prior agreement, which is incorporated by reference in the current employment agreement. Pursuant to the

 

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agreement, Mr. Smith serves as our President. In addition, Mr. Smith has served as our Chief Executive Officer since November 13, 2007. He also serves as a member of our Board of Directors during his term of employment. Mr. Smith is entitled to a base salary of $1 million (the base salary in effect for him as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger), may participate in employee benefit plans generally available to our executive officers, and is eligible to receive an annual bonus award with a target amount equal to 200% of his annual base salary, subject to the attainment of performance goals and his continued employment with us on the last day of the applicable bonus year. In connection with entering into his employment agreement and as partial consideration for his retention following the Merger, Mr. Smith received a one-time $5 million bonus in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the after-tax amount of which Mr. Smith elected to invest in shares of common stock.

Mr. Smith is also entitled to an annual bonus, the after-tax proceeds of which are required to be used to purchase the annual premium on an existing life insurance policy. This benefit is provided to Mr. Smith as the replacement of a benefit previously provided to him by Cendant. Mr. Smith waived his contractual right to receive this bonus with respect to the bonuses payable in January 2009 and 2010 in order to reduce Company expense.

Messrs. Hull, Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf. On April 10, 2007, we entered into new employment agreements with each of Messrs. Hull, Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf (for purposes of this section, each, an “Executive”), with an initial five-year term (unless earlier terminated) commencing as of the effective time of the Merger, subject to one automatic extension for an additional year unless either party provides notice of non-renewal. Pursuant to these employment agreements, each of the Executives continues to serve in the same positions with us as they had served prior to the Merger.

In April 2011, we amended these agreements to provide for (1) the initial term to end on April 10, 2015, and (2) an annual base salary increase, effective April 1, 2011, and, in the case of Messrs. Hull, Kelleher and Zipf, another annual base salary increase, effective January 1, 2012. The following are the annual rates of base salary, effective April 1, 2011: for Mr. Hull, $575,000, Mr. Kelleher, $450,000, Mr. Perriello, $550,000 and Mr. Zipf, $560,000. Effective January 1, 2012, the annual base salary of Messrs. Hull, Kelleher and Zipf increased to $600,000, $475,000 and $575,000, respectively.

Under their employment agreements, Messrs. Hull, Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf are entitled to employee benefit plans generally available to our executive officers and are eligible for annual bonus awards with a target amount equal to the target bonus in effect for them as of the effective time of the Merger, which target is currently equal to 100% of each Executive’s annual base salary, subject to the attainment of performance goals and the Executive’s being employed with us on the last day of the applicable bonus year.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

The following summarizes the potential payments that may be made to our named executive officers in the event of a termination of their employment or a change of control as of December 30, 2011.

If Mr. Smith’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by Mr. Smith for “good reason,” subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims against us and our affiliates, he will be entitled to (1) a lump sum payment of his unpaid base salary and unpaid earned bonus and (2) an aggregate amount equal to 300% of the sum of his (a) then-current annual base salary and (b) his then-current target bonus, 50% of which will be paid thirty (30) business days after his termination of employment and the remaining portion of which will be paid in 36 equal monthly installments following his termination of employment. If Mr. Smith’s employment is terminated for any reason, Mr. Smith and his dependents may continue to participate in all of our health care and group life insurance plans until the end of the plan year in which he reaches, or would have reached, age 75, subject to his continued payment of the employee portion of the premiums for such coverage. Mr. Smith is subject to three-year post-termination non-competition and non-solicitation covenants and is entitled to be reimbursed by us for any “golden parachute” excise taxes, including taxes on any such reimbursement, subject to certain limitations described in his employment agreement.

 

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Cause is defined in Mr. Smith’s employment agreement to mean (i) his willful failure to substantially perform his duties as an employee of the Company or any subsidiary (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), (ii) any act of fraud, misappropriation, dishonesty, embezzlement or similar conduct against the Company or any subsidiary, (iii) his conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge of commission of, a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, (iv) his indictment for a charge of commission of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, provided that the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such indictment would result in a material adverse impact to the business or reputation of the Company, (v) his gross negligence in the performance of his duties, or (vi) his purposefully or negligently making (or having been found to have made) a false certification to the Company pertaining to its financial statements; a termination will not be for “Cause” pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (v), to the extent such conduct is curable, unless the Company shall have notified Mr. Smith in writing describing such conduct and he shall have failed to cure such conduct within ten (10) business days after his receipt of such written notice.

Good Reason is defined in Mr. Smith’s employment agreement as voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company or any of its subsidiaries without Mr. Smith’s consent: (i) his removal from, or failure to be elected or re-elected to, the Board of Directors; (ii) a material reduction of his duties and responsibilities to the Company, (iii) a reduction in his annual base salary or target bonus (not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that (a) is made in consultation with Mr. Smith and (b) is applied to all senior executives of the Company in a relatively proportionate manner); (iv) the relocation of Mr. Smith’s primary office to a location more than 30 miles from the prior location; (v) delivery of notice of non-renewal of the employment period by the Company (other than non-renewal by the Company due to Mr. Smith’s disability, termination for Cause or termination by Mr. Smith); or (vi) a material breach by the Company of a material provision of the employment agreement (including a breach of Section 2(a) of the employment agreement, which sets forth Mr. Smith’s position with the Company). A termination shall not be for “Good Reason” pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), unless Mr. Smith shall have given written notice of his intention to resign for Good Reason and the Company shall have failed to cure the event giving rise to Good Reason within ten (10) business days after the Company’s receipt of such written notice.

With respect to Messrs. Hull, Kelleher, Perriello and Zipf (also for purposes of this section, each, an “Executive”), each Executive’s employment agreement provides that if his employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by the Executive for “good reason,” subject to his execution of a general release of claims against us and our affiliates, the Executive will be entitled to:

 

   

a lump sum payment of his unpaid annual base salary and unpaid earned bonus;

 

   

an aggregate amount equal to (x) if such termination occurs within twelve months after a “Sale of the Company,” 200% of the sum of his (a) then-current annual base salary plus his (b) then-current annual target bonus; or (y) 100% (200% in the case of Mr. Hull) of the sum of his (a) then-current annual base salary plus his (b) then-current annual target bonus. Of such amount, 50% will be payable in a lump sum within 30 business days of the date of termination, and the remaining portion will be payable in 12 (24 in the case of Mr. Hull) equal monthly installments following his termination of employment; and

 

   

from the period from the date of termination of employment to the earlier to occur of the second anniversary of such termination or the date on which the individual becomes eligible to participate in another employer’s medical and dental benefit plans, participation in the medical and dental benefit plans maintained by us for active employees, on the same terms and conditions as such active employees, as in effect from time to time during such period.

The definition of Cause and Good Reason under each Executive’s employment agreement are identical to those contained in Mr. Smith’s employment agreement except as follows: (a) clause (i) of the definition of Good Reason under Mr. Smith’s employment agreement regarding director service is not contained in the definition of Good Reason in each Executive’s employment agreement; and (b) the addition of language in the definition of Good Reason that a material breach by the Company of a material provision of the Executive’s employment agreement does not include any promotion or lateral assignment of the Executive.

 

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Each Executive is subject to a two-year post-termination non-competition covenant and three-year post-termination non-solicitation covenant.

The employment agreements also provide for severance pay of 100% of annual base salary and the continuation of welfare benefits for one year to each named executive officer in the event his employment is terminated by reason of death or disability.

The following table sets forth information regarding the value of potential termination payments and benefits our named executive officers would have become entitled to receive upon their termination of employment with us had the triggering event occurred on December 30, 2011 (the last business day of our most recently completed fiscal year):

 

Name

  Benefit  (4)   Termination without
Cause or for
Good Reason within 12
months following a
Sale of the Company
($)
    Termination without
Cause or for
Good Reason other
than within 12 months
following a Sale of the
Company ($)
    Death
($)
    Disability
($)
 

Richard A. Smith

  Severance Pay     9,000,000  (3)       9,000,000        1,000,000        1,000,000   
  Health Care  (1)     304,484        304,484        304,484        304,484   
  Equity Acceleration  (2)     —          —          —          —     

Anthony E. Hull

  Severance Pay     2,300,000        2,300,000        575,000        575,000   
  Health Care     26,129        26,129        13,065        13,065   
  Equity Acceleration  (2)     —          —          —          —     

Kevin J. Kelleher

  Severance Pay     1,800,000        900,000        450,000        450,000   
  Health Care     17,592        17,592        8,796        8,796   
  Equity Acceleration  (2)     —          —          —          —     

Alexander E. Perriello, III

  Severance Pay     2,200,000        1,100,000        550,000        550,000   
  Health Care     6,996        6,996        3,498        3,498   
  Equity Acceleration  (2)     —          —          —          —     

Bruce Zipf

  Severance Pay     2,240,000        1,120,000        560,000        560,000   
  Health Care     18,694        18,694        9,347        9,347   
  Equity Acceleration  (2)     —          —          —          —     

 

(1) If Mr. Smith’s employment is terminated for any reason, Mr. Smith and his dependents may continue to participate in all of our health care and group life insurance plans until the end of the plan year in which he reaches, or would have reached, age 75, subject to his continued payment of the employee portion of the premiums for such coverage.
(2) The vesting of options accelerate upon a Sale of the Company provided, however, that in the event the individual terminates his employment without “good reason” or his employment is terminated for “cause” within one year of the Sale of the Company, the individual would be required to remit to the Company the proceeds realized in the Sale of the Company for those options, the vesting of which was accelerated due to the Sale of the Company. The value ascribed to the accelerated vesting of the options is based upon a fair market value of our common stock computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 of $17.50 per share as of December 30, 2011.
(3) No “golden parachute” excise tax would have been payable based upon Mr. Smith’s historical compensation and, accordingly, the Company would have had no obligation to reimburse Mr. Smith for any such taxes.
(4)

To the extent that there had been a change of control as of December 30, 2011 and assuming (i) all Initial RCIV Notes had been converted into shares of common stock immediately prior to such change in control and (ii) in connection with such change of control, RCIV had received cash consideration of $17.50 per share (representing the fair market value of our common stock as of December 30, 2011), the aggregate amount of cash received by RCIV would have equaled approximately $893,857,024, or approximately

 

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  66.8% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial RCIV Notes. Pursuant to the Phantom Value Plan, upon RCIV’s receipt of that cash payment, the named executive officers would have been entitled to receive approximately 66.8% of their respective Incentive Awards under the Phantom Value Plan, which would have resulted in payments of approximately $6,092,327, $1,883,927, $1,209,540, $1,549,927 and $1,496,654 to Mr. Smith, Mr. Hull, Mr. Kelleher, Mr. Perriello, and Mr. Zipf, respectively, assuming the named executive officer had not terminated his employment as of December 30, 2011.

Director Compensation

The following sets forth information concerning the compensation of our independent director in 2011 as well as certain other post-employment compensation for our former Chairman of the Board of Directors. None of the other members of the Board of Directors received any compensation for their service as a director in 2011.

 

Name

   Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash

($) (1)
     Stock
Awards
($)
    Option
Awards
($)
    All Other
Compensation

($)
    Total
($)
 

V. Ann Hailey

     85,000         90,300 (2)       119,850 (3)       —          295,150   

Henry R. Silverman

     —           —          —                146,964 (4)       146,964   

 

(1) Represents one-half of Ms. Hailey’s $150,000 annual independent director retainer fee and the $10,000 cash fee paid for Ms. Hailey’s service as Chair of our Audit Committee. One half of the annual retainer fee is payable in cash and the balance is payable pursuant to a grant of non-qualified stock options.
(2) On March 3, 2011, Ms. Hailey was granted a restricted stock award for 4,200 shares of common stock, 2,100 shares of which vested 18 months following the date of grant (September 3, 2012) and the balance will vest 36 months following the date of grant, subject to her continued service on our Board of Directors. We determined the fair market value of the restricted stock awards on the date of grant ($90,300). The table reflects the grant date fair value of this award computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The assumptions we used in determining the grant date fair value are described in Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. As of December 31, 2011, Ms. Hailey held 4,200 shares of restricted stock.
(3) On March 3, 2011, Ms. Hailey was granted two non-qualified options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $21.50 per share, one for 6,000 options and the other for 4,200 options, each of which becomes exercisable at the annual rate of 25% of the total number of shares underlying the option commencing March 3, 2012, one year from the date of grant, subject to her continued service on our Board of Directors. The option for 4,200 shares represents one-half of Ms. Hailey’s annual independent director grant. We determined the grant date fair value of the options on the date of grant ($11.75 per share or $119,850 in the aggregate). The table reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of these options computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The assumptions we used in determining the grant date fair value of these options are described in Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. As of December 31, 2011, Ms. Hailey held 12,200 options.
(4) Consists of post-employment secretarial support provided to Mr. Silverman. Mr. Silverman resigned from our Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2012. As of December 31, 2011, Mr. Silverman held 200,000 options, but all his options were canceled on March 15, 2012.

Ms. Hailey, currently our only independent director and the Chair of our Audit Committee, joined the Board of Directors on February 4, 2008. She receives a director retainer of $150,000 and a fee as Audit Committee Chair of $10,000, each on an annualized basis. During 2009 and 2010, the entire $150,000 director retainer fee was payable in cash pursuant to an action taken by the Compensation Committee. For 2008, of the $150,000 director retainer fee, $90,000 was payable pursuant to a grant of restricted shares of common stock based upon the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, provided that in connection with the initial grant made on February 4, 2008, the common stock was valued at $250.00 per share. The vesting of the restricted stock is identical to the vesting terms of the restricted stock awards granted to certain executive officers: namely, one-half vested 18 months following the date of grant (August 4, 2009) and the other half vested 36 months following the date of grant (February 4, 2011).

 

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In accordance with the director compensation policy in effect in 2008, as a newly appointed independent director, Ms. Hailey also received on the date of her appointment a one-time grant of non-qualified options to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price equal to the greater of $250.00 per share or the fair market value of common stock on the date of grant. The options become exercisable at the rate of 25% of the underlying shares upon each of the first four anniversaries following the date of grant, subject to acceleration and vesting in full upon a Sale of the Company (as that term is defined in the Stock Incentive Plan).

On March 3, 2011, the Compensation Committee amended our preexisting policy with respect to compensation of directors, effective as of January 1, 2011, to eliminate the one-time grant of non-qualified options for any newly appointed independent director and to provide that one-half of the $150,000 annual independent director retainer fee is payable in cash on a quarterly basis and the remaining one-half pursuant to a grant of non-qualified stock options. The term of the options is ten years and the exercise price of the options is equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and the options become exercisable at the rate of 25% of the underlying shares upon each of the first four anniversaries following the date of grant, subject to her continued service on our Board of Directors and subject to acceleration and vesting in full upon a Sale of the Company. The 2011 grant of non-qualified options representing one-half of Ms. Hailey’s annual independent director retainer for 2011 is reflected in the table above. On February 27, 2012, the Compensation Committee awarded Ms. Hailey, as part of her 2012 annual independent director retainer, non-qualified options to purchase 5,164 shares of common stock at $17.50 per share, in accordance with the foregoing policy.

To increase the retention incentives provided by our stock based compensation programs to Ms. Hailey, on March 3, 2011, the Compensation Committee also approved the grant of 6,000 non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $21.50 per share to become exercisable at the rate of 1,500 options per year commencing March 3, 2012, subject to her continued service on our Board of Directors, and the grant of a restricted stock award for 4,200 shares of common stock, 2,100 shares of which will vest 18 months following the date of grant (September 3, 2012) and the balance will vest 36 months following the date of grant, subject to her continued service on our Board of Directors.

In connection with Mr. Silverman’s appointment as non-executive chairman of the Company, on November 13, 2007, our Board of Directors granted Mr. Silverman an option to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at $250.00 per share. The options include both time vesting (tranche A) options and performance vesting (tranche B and tranche C) options. In general, one-half of the options granted to Mr. Silverman vest and become exercisable in five equal installments on each of the 12th, 24th, 36th, 48th and 60th month anniversaries of September 1, 2007 (the tranche A options), and one-half of the options are performance vesting options, one-half of which vest upon the achievement of an internal rate of return of funds managed by Apollo with respect to its investment in Holdings of 20% (the tranche B options), and the remaining half of which vest upon the achievement of an internal rate of return of such funds of 25% (the tranche C options). We determined that excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures, in accordance with the FASB’s guidance, the fair market value of the option on the date of grant (November 13, 2007) was $64.50 per share or an aggregate of $6,450,000, which includes only the value of the time-vested options (the tranche A options). We also determined the grant date fair market value of the tranche B options and tranche C options but will only recognize those costs as compensation expense when the performance criteria are probable of occurring (e.g. an initial public offering or significant capital transaction). Assuming the highest level of performance conditions is probable, the total grant date fair value of the options would be $11,611,431. The assumptions used in determining the value of these options on the date of grant are described in Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Effective with Mr. Silverman’s resignation from our Board of Directors and pursuant to the terms of a release he executed with Apollo, all of his options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were canceled.

 

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Director Compensation Program Following this Offering

We expect that our Board of Directors will establish guidelines with respect to the compensation of our independent directors following the completion of this offering. These guidelines will set forth the proportion of the compensation of our independent directors that will include common stock or stock options, and will provide that a meaningful portion of non-employee director compensation will consist of restricted stock, stock options or deferred units, which must be held until some period following the termination of the director’s service as a director.

The following table sets forth the compensation for future services expected to be paid to our independent directors (to be applied prospectively for Ms. Hailey) following the completion of this offering. All director compensation, other than the new director equity grant, will be pro-rated for the period from the completion of this offering until our next annual meeting of stockholders.

 

     Compensation (1)  

Annual Director Retainer (2)

   $ 170,000   

New Director Equity Grant (3)

     100,000   

Board and Committee Meeting Attendance Fee

     —     

Audit Committee Chair

     20,000   

Audit Committee Member

     10,000   

Compensation Committee Chair

     15,000   

Compensation Committee Member

     7,500   

Corporate Governance Committee Chair

     10,000   

Corporate Governance Committee Member

     5,000   

Executive Committee Member

     10,000   

 

(1) Members of our Board of Directors who are also our or our subsidiaries’ officers or employees and members who are Apollo representatives will not receive compensation for serving as directors (other than travel-related expenses for meetings).
(2) The annual director retainer (the “Retainer”) will be paid as follows: $70,000 in cash, payable in quarterly installments, and $100,000 in the form of non-qualified stock options, payable in full immediately following the annual election of directors, provided, however, that with respect to Ms. Hailey, her Retainer will be paid $75,000 in cash, payable in quarterly installments, and $75,000 in the form of non-qualified stock options. Following the completion of this offering, the Retainer will represent an increase of $20,000 with respect to the retainer paid or payable to Ms. Hailey for 2012, and Ms. Hailey will receive a pro rata portion of such increase in cash until our next annual meeting of stockholders. The options will have a term of ten years, an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, and become exercisable at the rate of 25% per year, commencing one year from the date of grant. The initial option grant will be made following the completion of this offering and have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price.
(3) The grant will be made in the form of non-qualified stock options. The options will have a term of ten years, an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, and become exercisable at the rate of 25% per year, commencing one year from the date of grant. Insofar as Ms. Hailey has served on our Board of Directors since 2008, she will not be eligible to receive the new director equity grant.

A director who serves on our Board of Directors does not receive any additional compensation for service on the Board of Directors of our subsidiaries, unless there shall be a committee of any such subsidiary where there is not a corresponding committee of the Company.

 

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Shortly prior to the consummation of the Merger, our Board of Directors, whose members then consisted of Apollo’s representatives, Messrs. Marc Becker and M. Ali Rashid, negotiated employment agreements and other arrangements with our named executive officers. Between April 10, 2007 and mid-February 2008, decisions relating to executive compensation were within the province of our Board of Directors, which were (and are) controlled by Apollo representatives. In February 2008, our Board of Directors established the Compensation Committee, whose members consist of Messrs. Becker and Rashid.

During 2011, none of the members of the Compensation Committee had any relationship that requires disclosure in this prospectus as a transaction with a related person, though both members are employed by Apollo, which has engaged in related party transactions with us during 2011 as discussed in “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

During 2011, (1) none of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on our Board of Directors; (2) none of our executive officers served as a director of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on our Board of Directors; and (3) none of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers served as one of the directors of our Board of Directors.

 

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of September 10, 2012, and after giving effect to this offering (and assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares), by (i) each person known to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock, (ii) each of our named executive officers, (iii) each member of the Board of Directors and (iv) all of our executive officers and members of the Board of Directors as a group. The information set forth in the following table assumes the conversion by the Significant Holders of their Convertible Notes held by the Significant Holders into 73,006,178 shares and the issuance of 9,125,776 shares to the Significant Holders pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. The percentage of ownership indicated before this offering is based on 90,153,234 shares of common stock outstanding (and assumed to be outstanding) on September 10, 2012 and the percentage of ownership indicated after this offering is based on 130,153,234 shares of common stock outstanding, including the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus.

The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Securities not outstanding but included in the beneficial ownership of each such person, are deemed to be outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding securities owned by such person, but are not deemed to be outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage owned by any other person. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest.

Except as indicated by footnote, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
of Common Stock (1)
     Percentage Before
the Offering
    Percentage After
Giving Effect to
the Offering (2)
 

Apollo Funds (3)

     65,375,041         72.6     50.2

Richard A. Smith (4)

     98,731         *        *   

Anthony E. Hull (5)

     26,281         *        *   

Kevin J. Kelleher (6)

     19,243         *        *   

Alexander E. Perriello, III (7)

     24,281         *        *   

Bruce Zipf (8)

     20,962         *        *   

Marc E. Becker (9)

     —           —          *   

V. Ann Hailey (10)

     9,110         *        *   

Scott M. Kleinman (9)

     —           —          *   

M. Ali Rashid (9)

     —           —          *   

Directors and executive officers as a group (13 persons)  (11)

     236,841         *        *   

Paulson & Co. Inc. (12)

     13,302,339         14.8     10.2

 

 * Less than one percent.
(1)

Assumes conversion by the Significant Holders of their outstanding Convertible Notes into 73,006,178 shares of common stock and the issuance of 9,125,776 shares pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. As of September 10, 2012, approximately $1,144 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes, $291 million aggregate principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes and $675 million aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes were outstanding. The conversion rates of the Convertible Notes are 39.0244 shares of common stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes or Series B Convertible Notes and 37.0714 shares of common stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes. The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of their Convertible

 

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  Notes into common stock, representing in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of outstanding Convertible Notes, substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering.
(2) In addition to the assumptions outlined in footnote 1, also assumes the issuance of 40,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering but does not assume the conversion of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes held by persons other than the Significant Holders, which would result in the issuance of an additional 8,641,178 shares of common stock, including the shares issued pursuant to the Other Holders letter agreements.
(3) Reflects the aggregate amount of outstanding shares of common stock that are held of record by Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P. (“AIF VI LP”), Domus Investment Holdings, LLC (“Domus LLC”), Domus Co-Investment Holdings LLC (“Domus Co-Invest LLC”) and RCIV Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l. (“RCIV Luxembourg”), assuming the conversion of all of the Convertible Notes held by such persons into shares of common stock. The general partner of AIF VI LP is Apollo Advisors VI, L.P. (“Advisors VI”). The general partner of Advisors VI is Apollo Capital Management VI, LLC (“ACM VI”). The sole member and manager of ACM VI is Apollo Principal Holdings I, L.P. (“Principal I”), and the general partner of Principal I is Apollo Principal Holdings I GP, LLC (“Principal I GP” and together with Advisors VI, ACM VI and Principal I, the “Apollo Advisor Entities”). The sole shareholder of RCIV Luxembourg is RCIV Holdings, L.P. (“RCIV LP”). Apollo Management VI, L.P. (“Management VI”) is the manager of each of AIF VI LP, Domus LLC and RCIV LP, and the managing member of Domus Co-Invest LLC, and as such has voting and investment power over the shares of Realogy Holdings Corp. held of record by AIF VI LP, Domus LLC and Domus Co-Invest LLC, and of any shares of Holdings Corp. held by RCIV Luxembourg upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. The general partner of Management VI is AIF VI Management, LLC (“AIF VI LLC”), and the sole member and manager of AIF VI LLC is Apollo Management, L.P. (“Apollo Management”). The general partner of Apollo Management is Apollo Management GP, LLC (“Management GP”). The sole member and manager of Management GP is Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“Management Holdings”). The general partner of Management Holdings is Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (“Management Holdings GP” and together with Management VI, AIF VI LLC, Apollo Management, Management GP and Management Holdings, the “Apollo Management Entities”). Leon Black, Joshua Harris and Marc Rowan are the managers, as well as principal executive officers, of Management Holdings GP, and the managers of Principal I GP. Each of AIF VI LP, Domus LLC, Domus Co-Invest LLC, RCIV Luxembourg, RCIV LP, the Apollo Advisor Entities, the Apollo Management Entities, and Messrs. Black, Harris and Rowan, disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of capital stock of Realogy held by Intermediate, and of the shares of common stock of Holdings not held of record by them, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. If all holders of the Convertible Notes converted their Convertible Notes into shares of common stock and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the letter agreements were issued immediately prior to the closing of this offering, Apollo would beneficially own approximately 48.0% of our outstanding shares of common stock following this offering. The address of AIF VI LP, Domus LLC, Domus Co-Invest LLC and each of the Apollo Advisor Entities is One Manhattanville Road, Suite 201, Purchase, New York 10577. The address of RCIV Luxembourg is 44, Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1885, Luxembourg. The address of RCIV LP is c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands. The address of each of the Apollo Management Entities, and of Messrs. Black, Harris and Rowan, is 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
(4) Includes 62,250 shares of common stock issuable upon currently exercisable options. Does not include an additional 237,701 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are not yet exercisable, including 2,493 options that have vested but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(5) Includes 15,000 shares of common stock issuable upon currently exercisable options. Does not include an additional 71,634 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are not yet exercisable, including 1,542 options that have vested but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(6)

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  yet exercisable, including 990 options that have vested but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(7) Includes 15,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options. Does not include an additional 64,444 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are not yet exercisable, including 1,269 options that have vested but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(8) Includes 12,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options. Does not include an additional 61,776 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are not yet exercisable, including 1,225 options that have vested but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(9) Messrs. Becker, Kleinman and Rashid are each associated with Apollo and certain of its affiliates. Although each of Messrs. Becker, Kleinman and Rashid may be deemed the beneficial owner of shares beneficially owned by Apollo, each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(10) Includes 4,550 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options and 2,100 shares of common stock subject to vesting under a restricted stock agreement. Does not include an additional 12,814 shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of options that remain subject to vesting.
(11) Includes options to purchase 145,200 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options and 2,100 shares of common stock subject to vesting under a restricted stock agreement. Does not include an additional 629,717 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are not yet exercisable, including 9,410 options that have vested or will vest within 60 days of September 10, 2012 but will not become exercisable until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering.
(12) Paulson & Co. Inc. holds the Convertible Notes and would hold the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes owned by Paulson Credit Opportunities Master Ltd. (“Paulson Credit”). Paulson Credit has indicated that Paulson Management II LLC has sole voting power and investment authority with respect to the Convertible Notes and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes held by Paulson. John Paulson controls Paulson & Co. Inc. and may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Convertible Notes and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes beneficially owned by Paulson Credit but disclaims beneficial ownership of any Convertible Notes or common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. If all holders of the Convertible Notes converted their Convertible Notes into shares of common stock and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the letter agreements were issued immediately prior to the closing of this offering, Paulson would beneficially own approximately 9.8% of our outstanding shares of common stock following this offering. The address for Paulson is 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 50th Floor, New York, New York 10020.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Issuance of the Convertible Notes Upon Consummation of Debt Exchange Offering; Amendment and Restatement of Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings

On January 5, 2011, Realogy, in connection with the consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering, issued $1,144 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes, $291 million aggregate principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes and $675 million aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes to eligible holders of Existing Notes that elected to receive Convertible Notes in the Debt Exchange Offering. The Convertible Notes were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act only to holders who were “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or institutional “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Realogy issued approximately $1,338 million and $494 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes to Apollo and Paulson.

In connection with the Debt Exchange Offering, Paulson also entered into a securityholders agreement with Realogy, Holdings and Apollo as further described below.

Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes

In order to facilitate the successful completion of this offering, we have entered into letter agreements with certain holders of our Convertible Notes, including the Significant Holders, pursuant to which we will issue up to 9,740,754 shares of our common stock in a private placement and, with respect to the Significant Holders, make a cash payment equal to $55.00 for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes converted, or approximately $105 million in the aggregate, as consideration for, among other things, such holders agreeing to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters of this offering. The amount of the cash payment to be paid to the Significant Holders is equal to the accrued and unpaid interest that the Significant Holders would have otherwise been entitled to receive with respect to the Convertible Notes held by them if they held such Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes. For a more detailed description of the letter agreements see “Prospectus Summary—Letter Agreements with Holders of Convertible Notes.”

To further facilitate the conversions of the Convertible Notes, prior to the completion of this offering and other related transactions, we intend to effect the Statutory Conversions in order to permit our Convertible Notes to be converted into shares of our common stock on a tax-free basis. As a result of the Statutory Conversions, our ability to utilize certain of our NOLs for state tax purposes will be eliminated, the net cash impact of which is expected to be approximately $19 million (net of benefits from payments of additional taxes in these states, which are deductible for federal income tax purposes).

Apollo Securityholders Agreement

Prior to the completion of this offering, we and certain holders of our common stock affiliated with Apollo entered into an amended and restated Securityholders Agreement, originally dated as of April 10, 2007, as amended and restated on January 5, 2011 (as amended and restated, the “Apollo Securityholders Agreement”), which will become effective upon the completion of this offering. The Apollo Securityholders Agreement, among other things, generally sets forth the rights and obligations of Domus Co-Invest LLC, a co-investment entity formed at the time of the Merger for the purpose of owning shares of common stock held beneficially by certain co-investors in Apollo funds, as well as the other members of the Apollo Group. The material terms of the Apollo Securityholders Agreement are described below.

 

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Registration Rights

Demand Rights . The Apollo Securityholders Agreement grants, AIF VI LP, RCIV Luxembourg, RCIV LP, Domus Co-Invest LLC and Domus LLC (collectively, the “Apollo Group” and, not including Domus Co-Invest LLC, the “Sponsor Funds”) unlimited “demand” rights to request that we register all or part of its shares of common stock under the Securities Act.

Blackout Periods . We have the ability to delay the filing of a registration statement in connection with an underwritten demand request for not more than one period of 60 days in any 360-day period, subject to certain conditions.

Piggyback Registration Rights . The Apollo Securityholders Agreement also grants to the holders of shares of our common stock that are parties thereto certain “piggyback” registration rights, which allow such holders the right to include certain securities in a registration statement filed by us, including in connection with the exercise of any “demand” rights by any other securityholder possessing such rights, subject to certain customary exceptions.

Preemptive Rights . The Apollo Securityholders Agreement also provides for limited preemptive rights to Domus Co-Invest LLC in connection with any subscription of equity securities of us or our subsidiaries (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such equity securities) by the members of the Apollo Group (other than Domus Co-Invest LLC) or any of their respective affiliates to which any transfers of common stock are made.

Indemnification; Expenses

We have agreed to indemnify Apollo and its officers, directors, employees, managers, members, partners, agents and controlling persons against any losses resulting from any untrue statement or omission of material fact in any registration statement or prospectus pursuant to which Apollo sells shares of common stock, unless such liability arose from Apollo’s misstatement or omission, and Apollo has agreed to indemnify us against all losses caused by its misstatements or omissions up to the amount of proceeds received by Apollo upon the sale of the securities giving rise to such losses. We will pay all registration expenses incidental to our obligations under the Apollo Securityholders Agreement, including Apollo’s legal fees and expenses, and Apollo will pay its portion of all underwriting discounts, commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale of its shares of common stock under the Apollo Securityholders Agreement.

Designation and Election of Directors

The Apollo Securityholders Agreement provides that for so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 50% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock, the Apollo Group shall have the right to designate no fewer than that number of directors that would constitute a majority of the number of directors if there were no vacancies on the Board of Directors. So long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns (i) at least 30% but less than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock, the Apollo Group shall have the right to designate four directors, (ii) at least 20% but less than 30% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock, the Apollo Group shall have the right to designate three directors and (iii) at least 10% but less than 20% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock, the Apollo Group shall have the right to designate two directors.

Termination

The Apollo Securityholders Agreement will terminate upon the first to occur of (i) Holdings’ dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and (ii) with respect to each member of the Apollo Group, when such member ceases to own shares of common stock.

 

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Consent and Other Rights

The Apollo Securityholders Agreement provides that as long as the Apollo Group holds at least 25% of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock, a majority of the directors designated to the Board of Directors by the Apollo Group must approve certain of our significant business decisions before we are permitted to take action, including each of the following:

 

   

amending, modifying or repealing any provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws in a manner that adversely affects the Apollo Group or their affiliates;

 

   

issuing additional shares of any class of our capital stock (other than any award under any stockholder approved equity compensation plan);

 

   

consolidating, merging with or into any other entity, transferring all or substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets to another entity or undergoing a “Change of Control” as defined in our senior secured credit facility or the indentures governing our secured and unsecured notes;

 

   

disposing of any of our or any of our subsidiaries’ assets with a value in excess of $150 million in the aggregate, other than the sale of inventory or products in the ordinary course of business;

 

   

consummating any acquisition of the stock or assets of any other entity involving consideration in excess of $150 million in the aggregate;

 

   

incurring any indebtedness by us or by any of our subsidiaries aggregating more than $75 million, except for borrowings under a revolving credit facility that has previously been approved or is in existence (with no increase in maximum availability) or otherwise approved by the Apollo Group;

 

   

terminating our Chief Executive Officer or designating a new Chief Executive Officer; and

 

   

changing the size of the Board of Directors.

The Apollo Securityholders Agreement also:

 

   

provides that as long as the Apollo Group holds at least 10% of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock, the Apollo Group may (i) consult with and advise our senior management, (ii) have access to our books, records, facilities and properties and (iii) send representatives to attend meetings of our Board of Directors;

 

   

provides for certain rights and obligations of Domus Co-Invest LLC upon any disposition of shares of common stock by the Apollo Group (other than Domus Co-Invest LLC) to any third party;

 

   

restricts the ability of Domus Co-Invest LLC to transfer its shares of common stock, other than in connection with sales initiated by the Apollo Group (other than Domus Co-Invest LLC); and

 

   

provides Domus Co-Invest LLC with certain information rights.

Paulson Securityholders Agreement

On November 30, 2010, Realogy, Holdings, Paulson and certain affiliates of Apollo (Domus LLC, RCIV Holdings, RCIV, AIF VI LP and Domus Co-Invest LLC) entered into a securityholders agreement with Paulson (the “Initial Paulson Agreement”) which was subsequently amended and restated effective January 5, 2011, upon consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering. The material terms of the Paulson Securityholders Agreement are described below.

Registration Rights

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of our common stock under the Securities Act so long as the estimated gross proceeds of any such underwritten public offering would be equal to or greater than $75 million, provided that if the number of Paulson’s shares of common stock originally included in Paulson’s demand request is reduced to less than two-thirds of such shares in the underwritten public offering as a result of underwriter cutbacks, Paulson shall not be deemed to have used one of its demand rights.

Blackout Periods . We have the ability to delay the filing of a registration statement in connection with an underwritten demand request for not more than an aggregate of 90 days (the “Maximum Blackout Period”) in any twelve-month period, subject to certain conditions. To the extent we delay the filing of a registration statement for a period in excess of the Maximum Blackout Period, we have agreed to pay liquidated damages to Paulson based on the principal amount of Convertible Notes exchanged for the shares of common stock requested to be included in such registration by Paulson.

Piggyback Registration Rights . Paulson also has unlimited “piggyback” registration rights that allow Paulson to include its common stock in any public offering of equity securities initiated by us or by any of our other stockholders that have registration rights, subject to certain customary exceptions. Such registration rights are subject to proportional cutbacks based on the manner of the offering and the identity of the party initiating such offering and may be assigned to third parties if assigned together with a transfer by Paulson of at least $10 million aggregate principal amount of its Convertible Notes or shares of common stock issued upon conversion of such Convertible Notes. Paulson has determined not to exercise its piggyback registration rights in connection with this offering.

Lock-Up

If we register shares of common stock in an underwritten offering and if requested by the lead managing underwriter in such offering, Paulson will not sell publicly any of our capital stock for a period of not more than 90 days (or up to 180 days in the case of this offering), commencing on the effective date of the applicable registration statement (each, a “Lock-Up Period”), subject to certain customary exceptions. Paulson has also agreed to enter into customary lock-up agreements with the underwriter to the extent requested to do so and has entered into a lock-up agreement in connection with this offering. See “Shares Eligible For Future Sale.”

Indemnification; Expenses

We have agreed to indemnify Paulson and its officers, directors, employees, managers, members, partners and agents and controlling persons against any losses resulting from any untrue statement or omission of material fact in any registration statement or prospectus pursuant to which Paulson sells shares of common stock, unless such liability arose from Paulson’s misstatement or omission, and Paulson has agreed to indemnify us against all losses caused by its misstatements or omissions up to the amount of proceeds received by Paulson upon the sale of the securities giving rise to such losses. We will pay all registration expenses incidental to our obligations under the Paulson Securityholders Agreement, including a specified portion of Paulson’s legal fees and expenses, and Paulson will pay any remaining legal fees and expenses and its portion of all underwriting discounts, commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale of its shares of common stock under the Paulson Securityholders Agreement.

Designation and Election of Directors

Until Paulson ceases to own directly or indirectly, shares of common stock (assuming conversion of all of its then outstanding Convertible Notes) representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock on a fully-diluted basis, Paulson has the right to either (i) nominate one appointee to the Board of Directors or (ii) designate one non-voting observer to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

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Consent Rights

The Paulson Securityholders Agreement provides that without the prior written consent of Paulson, (i) we shall not permit any of our direct or indirect subsidiaries to effectuate an initial public offering of common stock, (ii) we shall at all times own 100% of the capital stock of Intermediate and Intermediate shall at all times own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of Realogy and (iii) we shall not engage in any business or activity other than owning shares of Intermediate and Intermediate shall not engage in any business or activity other than owning shares of Realogy.

Other Rights

The Paulson Securityholders Agreement also provides certain “tag-along” rights to participate in transfers by certain Apollo entities, preemptive rights with respect to certain offerings by Holdings or Realogy of equity or debt and consent rights with respect to certain transactions by Holdings. All such rights will terminate upon the completion of this offering.

Termination

The Paulson Securityholders Agreement will terminate upon the first to occur of (i) Holdings’ dissolution, liquidation or winding-up; (ii) with respect to Paulson, when Paulson ceases to own shares of common stock (assuming conversion of all of its then outstanding Convertible Notes) representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis and (iii) with respect to each Apollo Holder, when such Apollo Holder ceases to own shares of common stock or Convertible Notes.

Management Investor Rights Agreement

Prior to this offering, we will amend and restate our existing amended and restated management investor rights agreement, dated January 5, 2011 (the “Management Investor Rights Agreement”). The Management Investor Rights Agreement was entered into by and among us and AIF VI LP, RCIV Luxembourg, RCIV LP, Domus LLC (collectively, the “Apollo Holders”) and certain management holders (collectively, the “Management Holders”). The Management Investor Rights Agreement previously governed certain rights and obligations of the Management Holders and the Apollo Holders with respect to our common stock, including registration rights and repurchase rights. Upon consummation of this offering, only certain no solicitation, noncompetition, confidentiality and proprietary rights provisions will remain in effect and all provisions relating to the Apollo Holders will terminate.

Conversion Shares Agreement

On January 5, 2011, upon consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering, Holdings and Realogy entered into an agreement pursuant to which Holdings agreed to, at Realogy’s option, issue and contribute shares of common stock to Realogy or to holders of the Convertible Notes at Realogy’s direction upon conversion or exchange of the Convertible Notes in accordance with their terms and conditions.

Apollo Management Fee Agreement

In connection with the Merger, Apollo Management VI, L.P. (“Apollo Management”) also entered into a management fee agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Realogy which provides that Apollo Management and its affiliates will provide certain management consulting services to us through the end of 2016 (subject to possible extension). The Management Agreement provides for the payment to Apollo Management of an annual management fee for this service up to the sum of (1) the greater of $15 million or 2.0% of our annual Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding year, plus out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith, plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (1) above originally). The 2007 management fee was capped at $10.5 million. The Management Agreement also provides that if Apollo Management elects to terminate the Management Agreement, as consideration for the termination of Apollo Management’s services under the agreement and any additional compensation to be received, we will

 

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agree to pay to Apollo Management the net present value of the sum of the remaining payments due to Apollo Management and any payments deferred by Apollo Management. At June 30, 2012, the Company had $38 million accrued for the payment of management fees, $15 million of which was paid in July 2012.

In addition, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, at the closing of any merger, acquisition, financing and similar transaction with a related transaction or enterprise value equal to or greater than $200 million, Apollo Management is entitled to a fee equal to 1% of the aggregate transaction or enterprise value paid to or provided by such entity or its stockholders (including the aggregate value of (x) equity securities, warrants, rights and options acquired or retained, (y) indebtedness acquired, assumed or refinanced and (z) any other consideration or compensation paid in connection with such transaction). We agreed to indemnify Apollo Management and its affiliates and their directors, officers and representatives for potential losses relating to the services to be provided under the Management Agreement. Apollo Management waived any fees due to it under the Management Agreement in connection with the Debt Exchange Offering, the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment, the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes offering and the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering.

In connection with this offering, the Company will enter into an agreement with Apollo Management to terminate the Management Agreement at December 31, 2012. The Company will pay Apollo Management a $40 million fee to terminate the agreement (the “Management Agreement Termination Fee”), $15 million of which will be paid in cash on January 15, 2013 and the remainder in shares of our common stock to be issued on January 15, 2013, at a price per share equal to the average trading price of such common stock over the preceding 30-day period. Upon such payments, we will have no further obligations with respect to the payment of any fees pursuant to the Management Agreement, other than the payment of the $15 million annual management fee that has already accrued and is expected to be paid later in 2012.

Co-Manager Participation in 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued and sold $593 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% senior secured first lien notes due 2020 and $325 million aggregate principal amount of 9.000% senior secured notes due 2020 in the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering. Apollo Global Securities, LLC (“AGS”), an affiliate of Apollo, acted as a co-manager in this offering. AGS is a registered limited purpose broker-dealer formed in April 2011 and a member of FINRA. In the offering, AGS received a customary initial purchaser’s discount of 1.5%, which represented AGS’s portion of the discounts and related commissions payable to the initial purchasers. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Other Relationships.”

AGS is also an underwriter in this offering and is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121. Accordingly, this offering is being made in compliance with the requirements of FINRA Rule 5121. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Conflicts of Interest.”

Related Transactions with Apollo Portfolio Companies

On June 30, 2008, Affinion Group, Inc., a company controlled by Apollo, entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “AAA”) with Avis Budget Group, Wyndham Worldwide and Realogy. Prior to this transaction, Avis Budget Group, Wyndham Worldwide and we had provided certain loyalty program-related benefits and services to credit card holders of a major financial institution and received a fee from this financial institution based on spending by the credit card holders. One-half of the loyalty program was deemed a contingent asset and contingent liability under the terms of the Separation Agreement, with Realogy being responsible for 62.5% of such half or 31.25% of the assets and liabilities under the entire program. Under the AAA, Affinion Group, Inc. assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of Avis Budget Group, Wyndham Worldwide and Realogy relating to the loyalty program, including the fulfillment of the then-outstanding loyalty program points obligations. In connection with the transaction, on the June 30, 2008 closing date, as

 

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consideration for Affinion Group, Inc.’s assignment and assumption of Realogy’s proportionate share (31.25%) of the fulfillment obligation relating to the loyalty program points outstanding as of the closing date, Realogy agreed to pay approximately $8 million in the aggregate, of which $2,343,750 was paid on July 1, 2008, $2,109,375 was paid on July 1, 2009, $2,031,250 was paid on June 30, 2010 and the remaining balance of $1,484,375 was paid on July 1, 2011.

We have entered into certain transactions in the normal course of business with entities that are owned by affiliates of Apollo. During 2011, we recognized revenue related to these transactions of approximately $2 million in the aggregate.

Policies and Procedures for Review of Related Party Transactions

Pursuant to its written charter, the Audit Committee must review and approve all material related party transactions, which include any related party transactions that we would be required to disclose pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. In determining whether to approve a related party transaction, the Audit Committee will consider a number of factors including whether the related party transaction is on terms and conditions no less favorable to us than may reasonably be expected in arm’s-length transactions with unrelated parties. The Audit Committee also has a written policy with respect to the approval of related party transactions. Under that policy, the Audit Committee delegated to the General Counsel or Chief Financial Officer the authority to approve certain related party transactions that do not require disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K as well as related party transactions with portfolio companies of Apollo and other principal stockholders, provided the consideration to be paid or received by the portfolio company does not exceed $2.5 million and the transaction is in the ordinary course of business.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS

Senior Secured Credit Facility

General

On April 10, 2007, Realogy entered into the senior secured credit facility consisting of (i) a $3,170 million term loan facility, (ii) a $750 million revolving credit facility, (iii) a $525 million synthetic letter of credit facility and (iv) a $650 million incremental (or accordion) loan facility, which was utilized in connection with the incurrence of Second Lien Loans, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Credit Suisse, as syndication agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC, as co-documentation agents, and other lenders. The key terms of the senior secured credit facility are described below. Such description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the related credit agreement and security agreements.

The senior secured credit facility initially provided for a six-and-a-half year, $3,170 million term loan facility (consisting of a $1,950 million initial term loan facility and a $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility). Realogy used the $1,950 initial term loan facility to finance a portion of the Merger, including, without limitation, the payment of fees and expenses contemplated thereby. Realogy used the $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility to finance the refinancing or discharge of Realogy’s previously outstanding senior notes, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses contemplated thereby.

The senior secured credit facility initially provided for a six-year, $750 million revolving credit facility, which included:

 

   

a $200 million letter of credit subfacility; and

 

   

a $50 million swingline loan subfacility.

We use the revolving credit facility for, among other things, working capital and other general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, effecting permitted acquisitions and investments. We had $109 million of borrowings under the revolving credit facility outstanding as of June 30, 2012.

The senior secured credit facility initially provided for a six-and-a-half-year $525 million synthetic letter of credit facility which is used for: (1) the support of the obligations with respect to Cendant contingent and other liabilities assumed under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and (2) general corporate purposes in an amount not to exceed $100 million. The synthetic letter of credit facility capacity was $186 million at June 30, 2012, of which $43 million will expire in October 2013 and $143 million will expire in October 2016. As of June 30, 2012, the capacity was being utilized by a $70 million letter of credit with Cendant for any remaining potential contingent obligations and $100 million of letters of credit for general corporate purposes.

The senior secured credit facility initially permitted us to obtain up to $650 million of additional credit facilities from lenders reasonably satisfactory to the collateral agent and us, without the consent of the existing lenders under the senior secured credit facility. In late 2009, we incurred $650 million of Second Lien Loans, including $135 million of Second Lien Loans on a delayed draw basis. The Second Lien Loans are secured by liens on Realogy’s assets and the assets of Intermediate and certain guarantor subsidiaries but such liens are junior in priority to the liens securing the senior secured credit facility, the First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes. The Second Lien Loans bear interest at a rate of 13.50% per year and interest payments are payable semi-annually with the first interest payment made on April 15, 2010. The Second Lien Loans mature on October 15, 2017 and there are no required amortization payments. Subject to certain limitations set forth in our senior secured credit facility, we may prepay the Second Lien Loans prior to October 15, 2012 at par plus a make-whole payment with respect to all interest that would accrue to October 15, 2012 in respect of the principal amount of Second Lien Loans to be prepaid, and thereafter, until October 15, 2013, we may prepay the Second Lien Loans at par plus a prepayment fee in an amount equal to 10.125% of the principal amount of Second Lien

 

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Loans to be prepaid. There are no prepayment fees payable in connection with prepayments of the Second Lien Loans following October 15, 2013. We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to prepay promptly following the closing of this offering all of the outstanding Second Lien Loans in accordance with the terms of our senior secured credit facility. See “Use of Proceeds.”

Amendment to Senior Secured Credit Facility

Effective February 3, 2011, we entered into the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment and an incremental assumption agreement, which: (i) extended the maturity of a significant portion of our first lien term loans to October 10, 2016; (ii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the loans and commitments under our revolving credit facility to April 10, 2016, and converted a portion of the extended revolving loans to extended term loans ($98 million in the aggregate); (iii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the commitments under our synthetic letter of credit facility to October 10, 2016; and (iv) allowed for the issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes, which would not be counted as senior secured debt for purposes of determining the our compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant under the senior secured credit facility.

The Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment also allows for one or more future issuances of additional senior secured notes or unsecured notes or loans to prepay Realogy’s first lien term loans or Realogy’s Second Lien Loans, subject to certain conditions set forth therein. The Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment also permits the incurrence of additional incremental term loans that are secured on a junior basis to the Second Lien Loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350 million. The extended term loans do not require any scheduled amortization of principal.

In connection with the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, the non-extended portions of our term loan facility and our revolving credit facility were repaid and terminated.

Scheduled Amortization Payments and Mandatory Prepayments

The synthetic letter of credit facility provides for quarterly amortization payments of 1% of the original principal amount of the synthetic letter of credit facility, with the balance payable upon the final maturity date. There are no scheduled amortization payments for our extended term loans.

Mandatory prepayment obligations under our term loan facility include:

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds of asset sales and dispositions in excess of certain specified amounts, subject to certain exceptions and customary reinvestment provisions; provided that, if the senior secured leverage ratio (see “—Covenants” below) (which for this purpose includes the First and a Half Lien Notes in the calculation of such ratio) is less than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0, we may retain up to $200 million of asset sale proceeds;

 

   

if our senior secured leverage ratio (which for this purpose includes the First and a Half Lien Notes in the calculation of such ratio) (see “—Covenants” below) exceeds 3.25 to 1.0, 50% of our excess cash flow (reducing to 25% if our senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 2.5 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.0 and to 0% if our senior secured leverage ratio is less than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0); and

 

   

if our senior secured leverage ratio (which for this purpose includes the First and a Half Lien Notes in the calculation of such ratio) (see “—Covenants” below) exceeds 2.5 to 1.0, 100% of the net cash proceeds received from issuances of debt, subject to certain exclusions including certain debt permitted to be incurred under the senior secured credit facility.

Voluntary Prepayments and Reduction and Termination of Commitments

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any. The revolving loan commitment may not be reduced to less than the outstanding balance of loans and letter of credit obligations under such commitment on the date of such reduction. In addition, we may terminate the senior secured credit facility without paying a premium or penalty upon prior written notice and, in some cases, we may revoke such notice. Upon termination, we are required to repay all obligations outstanding under the senior secured credit facility and to satisfy all outstanding letter of credit obligations.

Interest, Applicable Margins and Fees

The interest rates with respect to extended term loans are based on, at our option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 4.25% or (b) ABR plus 3.25%. The interest rates with respect to borrowings under our extended revolving credit facility are based on, at our option, adjusted LIBOR plus 3.25% or ABR plus 2.25%.

Following and during the continuance of an event of default, overdue amounts owing under our senior secured credit facility will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate otherwise applicable thereto (or the rate applicable to ABR loans, in the case of any other amounts other than principal) plus an additional 2.0%.

We have the option of requesting that loans be made as LIBOR loans, converting any part of outstanding base rate loans (other than swingline loans) to LIBOR loans and converting any outstanding LIBOR loan to a base rate loan, subject to the payment of LIBOR breakage costs. With respect to LIBOR loans, interest is payable in arrears at the end of each applicable interest period, but in any event at least every three months. With respect to base rate loans, interest is payable on the last business day of each fiscal quarter. In each case, calculations of interest are based on a 360-day year (or 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in the case of loans based on the agent’s prime or rate) and actual days elapsed.

The revolving credit facility requires us to pay the respective participating lenders a quarterly commitment fee initially equal to 0.50% per annum of the average daily amount of undrawn commitments under such facility during the preceding quarter, subject to adjustment based upon attainment of certain leverage ratios.

The letter of credit subfacility and the synthetic letter of credit facility require us to pay the respective issuing banks a fronting fee (payable quarterly) for each outstanding letter of credit equal to 0.125% per annum of the daily stated amount of such letter of credit.

The letter of credit subfacility requires us to pay lenders under the revolving credit facility a letter of credit fee (payable quarterly) on the aggregate daily face amount of the outstanding letters of credit under the revolving credit facility equal to the applicable LIBOR margin for revolving credit loans stated above.

The synthetic letter of credit facility requires us to pay lenders under the synthetic letter of credit facility (i) a participation fee (payable quarterly) on the average daily amount of credit-linked deposits supporting the synthetic letters of credit equal to the applicable LIBOR margin for term loans stated above and (ii) an additional fee (payable quarterly) of 0.125% per annum (or as otherwise agreed with the issuing lender) on the average daily amount of such credit-linked deposits. The participation fee with respect to credit-linked deposits supporting the extended commitments under the synthetic letter of credit facility is equal to 4.25% per annum.

Guarantees and Collateral

Realogy’s obligations under the senior secured credit facility and under any interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a lender or any affiliate thereof are guaranteed by Intermediate and by each of Realogy’s existing and subsequently acquired or organized domestic subsidiaries and certain special purpose securitization subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

The senior secured credit facility is secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of (i) Intermediate which consists of a perfected first-priority pledge of all of our capital stock and (ii) Realogy and the subsidiary guarantors, including, but not limited to: (a) a first-priority pledge of substantially all capital

 

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stock held by Realogy or any subsidiary guarantor (which pledge, with respect to obligations in respect of the borrowings secured by a pledge of the stock of any first-tier foreign subsidiary and certain holding companies that hold the stock of first-tier foreign subsidiaries, is limited to 65% of the voting stock of such entity) and (b) perfected first-priority security interests in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Realogy and each subsidiary guarantor, subject to certain exceptions.

Covenants

The senior secured credit facility contains financial, affirmative and negative covenants that we believe are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants in the senior secured credit facility include, among other things, limitations (none of which are absolute) on Realogy’s and its material subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

declare dividends and make other distributions, including to the Company;

 

   

redeem or repurchase our capital stock;

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase certain of their indebtedness;

 

   

make loans or investments (including acquisitions);

 

   

incur additional indebtedness;

 

   

grant liens;

 

   

enter into sale-leaseback transactions;

 

   

modify the terms of certain debt;

 

   

restrict dividends from their subsidiaries;

 

   

change our business or the business of their subsidiaries;

 

   

merge or enter into acquisitions;

 

   

sell our assets; and

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, which would include certain transactions with the Company.

In addition, the senior secured credit facility requires Realogy and its material subsidiaries to maintain a maximum senior secured leverage ratio with respect to Realogy and its subsidiaries, effective as of the last day of each quarter. Specifically, the first-lien secured debt of Realogy and its subsidiaries (net of unrestricted cash and permitted investments) to trailing four quarter EBITDA of Realogy and its subsidiaries (as such term is defined in the senior secured credit facility), calculated on a “pro forma” basis pursuant to the senior secured credit facility, may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. The calculation of the senior secured leverage ratio covenant does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, which are effectively junior to the first lien obligations under the senior secured credit facility to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets pari passu or junior in priority to the liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes, including the Second Lien Loans, our securitization obligations or the Unsecured Notes. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, we were in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant with a ratio of 4.08 to 1.0.

Events of Default

Events of default under the senior secured credit facility include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentations, breach of covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, change of control (as defined in the credit agreement governing the senior secured credit facility) and cross-events of default on material indebtedness, including any events of default under the indentures governing the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes and the Unsecured Notes.

 

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First Lien Notes and New First and a Half Lien Notes

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million aggregate principal amount of First Lien Notes and $325 million aggregate principal amount of New First and a Half Lien Notes in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The First Lien Notes and New First and a Half Lien Notes are secured senior obligations of Realogy and will mature on January 15, 2020. The First Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.625% per annum, and the New First and a Half Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.00% per annum. Interest on each of the First Lien Notes and New First and a Half Lien Notes is payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The first interest payment date was July 15, 2012.

The First Lien Notes and New First and a Half Lien Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility and Realogy’s other outstanding notes or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions and by Intermediate on a senior secured basis, and by Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis.

The First Lien Notes, the New First and a Half Lien Notes and guarantees thereof (other than the guarantees by Holdings) have the benefit of liens on substantially all of Realogy’s, Intermediate’s and the subsidiary guarantors’ tangible and intangible assets that secure Realogy’s outstanding senior secured indebtedness, subject to permitted liens and certain excluded assets. The First Lien Notes, the New First and a Half Lien Notes and guarantees thereof are not secured by the assets of non-guarantor subsidiaries. The priority of the collateral liens securing the First Lien Notes is equal to all senior priority liens, including those securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under the senior secured credit facility. The priority of the collateral liens securing the New First and a Half Lien Notes is effectively junior to all senior priority liens including those securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility and the First Lien Notes, equal to the liens securing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes and senior to all junior priority liens including those securing Realogy’s second lien obligations under the senior secured credit facility.

On or after January 15, 2016, Realogy may redeem each of the First Lien Notes and New First and a Half Lien Notes at its option at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on January 15 of the years set forth in the applicable table below:

First Lien Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2016

     103.813

2017

     101.906

2018 and thereafter

     100.000

New First and a Half Lien Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2016

     104.500

2017

     102.250

2018 and thereafter

     100.000

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100% of the principal amount of such First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes redeemed plus a “make whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to January 15, 2015, Realogy may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional First Lien Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 107.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided , however , that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional First Lien Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided , further , that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of First Lien Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture governing the First Lien Notes. Notice of any redemption upon any equity offering may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at Realogy’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related equity offering.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to January 15, 2015, Realogy may redeem, in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the New First and a Half Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional New First and a Half Lien Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 109.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided , however , that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the New First and a Half Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional New First and a Half Lien Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided , further , that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of New First and a Half Lien Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture governing the New First and a Half Lien Notes. Notice of any redemption upon any equity offering may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at Realogy’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related equity offering.

Covenants

The indentures governing the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes contain various covenants that limit Realogy’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions, including to the Company;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock;

 

   

make investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to Realogy;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, which would include certain transactions with the Company;

 

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create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s restricted subsidiaries assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes.

In addition, the indentures governing the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes contain covenants that limit the activities of Intermediate, including its ability to merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of its assets.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. In addition, for so long as either of the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes have an investment grade rating from both Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and no default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable indenture, Realogy will not be subject to certain of the covenants listed above with respect to the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes.

Events of Default

The indentures governing the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes also provide for events of default which include, without limitation, nonpayment, failure to comply with certain specified covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, as well as the nonpayment or cross-acceleration of material indebtedness in certain circumstances. An event of default under the indentures would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the indentures governing the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes, Realogy must offer to repurchase each of the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes at 101% of the applicable principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the repurchase date. A change of control under the indentures governing the First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes will not be triggered by this offering and related transactions.

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

On February 3, 2011, Realogy issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Existing First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of Realogy and will mature on February 15, 2019. The Existing First and a Half Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per annum, payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on February 1 or August 1 immediately preceding the interest payment dates of February 15 and August 15 of each year.

The Existing First and a Half Lien Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility and Realogy’s other outstanding notes or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions and by Intermediate on a senior secured basis, and by Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis.

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intangible assets that secure Realogy’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility, subject to permitted liens and certain excluded assets, and that secure Realogy’s obligations under the First Lien Notes. The priority of the collateral liens securing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes is effectively junior to all senior priority liens including those securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under the senior secured credit facility and the First Lien Notes, equal to all other of Realogy’s obligations secured by a lien of equal priority to the New First and a Half Lien Notes and senior to all junior priority liens including those securing the Second Lien Loans.

On or after February 15, 2015, Realogy may redeem the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes at its option at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on February 15 of the years set forth in the applicable table below:

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2015

     103.938

2016

     101.969

2017 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, prior to February 15, 2015, Realogy may redeem the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes redeemed plus a “make whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to February 15, 2014, Realogy may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional First and a Half Lien Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 107.875%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional First and a Half Lien Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes. Notice of any redemption upon any equity offering may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at Realogy’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related equity offering.

Covenants

The indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes contains various covenants that limit Realogy’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions, including to the Company;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock;

 

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make investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to Realogy;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, which would include certain transactions with the Company;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is subordinated in right of payment to the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes.

In addition, the indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes contains covenants that limit the activities of Intermediate, including its ability to merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of its assets.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. In addition, for so long as the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes have an investment grade rating from both Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and no default has occurred and is continuing under the indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes, Realogy will not be subject to certain of the covenants listed above.

Events of Default

The indenture governing the Existing First Lien Notes also provides for events of default which include, without limitation, nonpayment, failure to comply with certain specified covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, as well as the nonpayment or cross-acceleration of material indebtedness in certain circumstances. An event of default under the indenture would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes, Realogy must offer to repurchase each of the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes at 101% of the applicable principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date. A change of control under the indenture governing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes will not be triggered by this offering and related transactions.

Other Bank Indebtedness

Realogy has separate revolving U.S. credit facilities under which it could borrow up to $100 million at June 30, 2012 and $125 million at December 31, 2011 and a separate U.K. credit facility under which it could borrow up to £5 million (approximately $8 million) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These facilities are not secured by assets of Realogy or any of its subsidiaries but are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under Realogy’s synthetic letter of credit facility. The facilities generally have a one-year term with certain options for renewal. As of June 30, 2012, Realogy had outstanding borrowings of $105 million under these credit facilities. Realogy has $50 million due in January 2013, $50 million due in July 2013, and $5 million due in August 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the weighted average interest rate under the U.S. credit facilities was 2.9% with interest payable either monthly or quarterly.

 

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Unsecured Notes

Existing Notes

On April 10, 2007, Realogy issued $1,700 million aggregate principal amount of 10.50% Senior Notes, $550 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Toggle Notes and $875 million aggregate principal amount of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

On January 5, 2011, Realogy settled the Debt Exchange Offering to exchange its Existing Senior Notes and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes for the Extended Maturity Notes and the Convertible Notes. On the settlement date of the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy issued:

 

   

$492 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Senior Notes and $1,144 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes in exchange for $1,636 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 10.50% Senior Notes;

 

   

$130 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Notes and $291 million aggregate principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes in exchange for $421 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Toggle Notes; and

 

   

$10 million aggregate principal amount of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes and $675 million aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes in exchange for $685 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

Following the completion of the Debt Exchange Offering, there were $64 million aggregate principal amount of 10.50% Senior Notes outstanding, $49 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Toggle Notes outstanding and $190 million aggregate principal amount of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes outstanding.

The 10.50% Senior Notes that remain outstanding are unsecured senior obligations of Realogy and will mature on April 15, 2014. Each 10.50% Senior Note bears interest at a rate per annum of 10.50% payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment dates of April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Toggle Notes that remain outstanding are unsecured senior obligations of Realogy and will mature on April 15, 2014. Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes is payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

For any interest payment period after the initial interest payment period and through October 15, 2011, Realogy had the option to pay interest on the Senior Toggle Notes (1) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”), (2) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes or by issuing Senior Toggle Notes (“PIK Interest”), or (3) 50% as Cash Interest and 50% as PIK Interest. Cash Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at a rate of 11.00% per annum. PIK Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at the Cash Interest rate per annum plus 0.75%. Beginning with the interest period which ended October 2008 through the interest period which ended April 2011, Realogy elected to satisfy its interest payment obligations by issuing additional Senior Toggle Notes. Realogy elected to pay Cash Interest for the interest period commencing April 15, 2011 and is required to make all future interest payments on the Senior Toggle Notes entirely in cash until they mature.

Realogy would be subject to certain interest deduction limitations if the Senior Toggle Notes were treated as AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, as amended. In order to avoid such treatment, Realogy is required to redeem for cash a portion of each Senior Toggle Note outstanding on April 15, 2012 for the periods that Realogy elected to pay PIK Interest. As a result, on April 16, 2012, Realogy redeemed $11 million principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes at par.

 

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The 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes that remain outstanding are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of Realogy and will mature on April 15, 2015. Each 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note bears interest at a rate per annum of 12.375% payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes contain various covenants that limit Realogy’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional debt;

 

   

incur debt that is junior to senior indebtedness and senior to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions, including to the Company;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock;

 

   

make investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to Realogy;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, which would include certain transactions with the Company;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is junior in right of payment to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

Upon consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering, substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain default provisions in the indentures relating to the Existing Senior Notes were eliminated.

The Existing Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. The Existing Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by Holdings and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by Holdings.

Realogy may redeem the Existing Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address (or electronically transmitted), at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth in the applicable table below:

10.50% Senior Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2012

     102.625

2013 and thereafter

     100.000

Senior Toggle Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2012

     102.750

2013 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2012

     104.125

2013 and thereafter

     100.000

Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the indenture governing the terms of the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, each holder of the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes has the right to require us to repurchase some or all of such holder’s 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date. A change of control under the indentures governing the Existing Notes will not be triggered by this offering and related transactions.

Events of Default

The indentures governing the Existing Notes also provide for events of default which include, without limitation, nonpayment, insolvency, bankruptcy, and, with respect to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, certain judgments and failure to comply with certain specified covenants, as well as the nonpayment or cross-acceleration of material indebtedness in certain circumstances. An event of default under the indentures would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Existing Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repurchase or redeem all of the outstanding 10.50% Senior Notes and the Senior Toggle Notes. See “Use of Proceeds.”

Extended Maturity Notes

On January 5, 2011, in connection with the consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy issued $492 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Senior Notes, $130 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Notes and $10 million aggregate principal amount of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

The 11.50% Senior Notes are unsecured senior obligations of Realogy and will mature on April 15, 2017. The 11.50% Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 11.50% per annum, payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The 12.00% Senior Notes are unsecured senior obligations of Realogy and will mature on April 15, 2017. The 12.00% Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 12.00% per annum, payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company and will mature on April 15, 2018. The 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes bear interest at a rate of 13.375% per annum, payable semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2011.

The indentures governing the terms of the Extended Maturity Notes contain various covenants that limit Realogy’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional debt;

 

   

incur debt that is junior to senior indebtedness and senior to the senior subordinated notes;

 

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pay dividends or make distributions, including to the Company;

 

   

repurchase or redeem capital stock;

 

   

prepay, for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the Extended Maturity Notes, the Existing Senior Notes, and for a period of two years from the date of issuance of the Extended Maturity Notes, the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes;

 

   

make investments or acquisitions;

 

   

incur restrictions on the ability of certain of Realogy’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to Realogy;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, which would include certain transactions with the Company;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of Realogy’s assets;

 

   

transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is subordinated in right of payment to the Extended Maturity Notes.

The 11.50% Senior Notes and the 12.00% Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. The 11.50% Senior Notes and the 12.00% Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by Holdings and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by Holdings.

On or after April 15, 2013, Realogy may redeem the Extended Maturity Notes at its option at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth in the applicable table below:

11.50% Senior Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2013

     105.750

2014

     102.875

2015 and thereafter

     100.000

12.00% Senior Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2013

     106.000

2014

     103.000

2015 and thereafter

     100.000

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2013

     106.688

2014

     104.458

2015 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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In addition, prior to April 15, 2013, Realogy may redeem such Extended Maturity Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Extended Maturity Notes redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or prior to April 15, 2013, Realogy may redeem in the aggregate up to 100% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 11.50% Senior Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional 11.50% Senior Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 111.500%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of 11.50% Senior Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture governing the 11.50% Senior Notes.

At any time and from time to time on or prior to April 15, 2013, Realogy may redeem in the aggregate up to 100% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 12.00% Senior Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional 12.00% Senior Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 112.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of 12.00% Senior Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture governing the 12.00% Senior Notes.

At any time and from time to time on or prior to April 15, 2013, Realogy may redeem in the aggregate up to 100% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (1) by Realogy or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Realogy, in each case to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Realogy or used to purchase capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Realogy from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) of 113.375%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such equity offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed (or electronically transmitted) to each holder of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture governing the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

Notice of any redemption of the Extended Maturity Notes upon any equity offering may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at Realogy’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related equity offering.

Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in each of the indentures governing the terms of the Extended Maturity Notes, each holder of the Extended Maturity Notes has the right to require us to repurchase some or all of such holder’s Extended Maturity Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal

 

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amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date. A change of control under the indentures governing the Extended Maturity Notes will not be triggered by this offering and related transactions.

Events of Default

The indentures governing the Extended Maturity Notes also provide for events of default which include, without limitation, nonpayment, failure to comply with certain specified covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, as well as the nonpayment or cross-acceleration of material indebtedness in certain circumstances. An event of default under the indentures would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Extended Maturity Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

Convertible Notes

The Series A Convertible Notes, Series B Convertible Notes and Series C Convertible Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest at a rate per annum of 11.00% payable semiannually to the holders of record at the close of business on April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment dates of April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes are convertible into common stock at any time prior to April 15, 2018. The Significant Holders have agreed to convert all of the Convertible Notes held by them into 73,006,178 shares of common stock concurrently with the closing of this offering. As of September 4, 2012, the Significant Holders held in the aggregate approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, which, once converted, will result in the issuance of an additional 82,131,954 shares of common stock promptly following the closing of this offering, including the additional shares issued pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements. To the extent that any Convertible Notes not owned by the Significant Holders are converted into common stock, the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that would have been used to pay the redemption price for such Convertible Notes will instead be applied to the repayment of our other indebtedness. See “Use of Proceeds” and footnote 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information under the heading “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information.” On the closing date of this offering, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes, we intend to issue a redemption notice to redeem on the 31st day following the date of such notice any remaining Convertible Notes which have not been surrendered to us for conversion prior to such date at the redemption price specified in the indenture governing the Convertible Notes equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

Securitization Obligations

We have secured obligations through Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a securitization program with a borrowing capacity of $400 million and expiration date of December 2013.

In 2010, we through a special purpose entity, Cartus Financing Limited, entered into agreements providing for a £35 million revolving loan facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2013. These Cartus Financing Limited facilities are secured by relocation assets of a U.K. government contract in a special purpose entity and are therefore classified as permitted securitization financings as defined in our senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes.

The Apple Ridge entities and Cartus Financing Limited entity are consolidated special purpose entities that are utilized to securitize relocation receivables and related assets. These assets are generated from advancing funds on behalf of clients of our relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees. Assets of these special purpose entities are not available to pay our general obligations. Under the Apple Ridge program, provided no termination or amortization event has occurred, any new receivables generated under the designated relocation management agreements are sold into the securitization program and as new eligible relocation management agreements are entered into, the new agreements are designated to the program. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, breach of our senior secured leverage ratio under our senior secured credit facility if uncured, and cross-defaults to our credit agreement, unsecured and secured notes or

 

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other material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business.

Certain of the funds that we receive from relocation receivables and related assets must be utilized to repay securitization obligations. These obligations were collateralized by $393 million and $366 million of underlying relocation receivables and other related relocation assets at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Substantially all relocation related assets are realized in less than twelve months from the transaction date. Accordingly, all of our securitization obligations are classified as current in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Interest incurred in connection with borrowings under these facilities amounted to $4 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $6 million and $7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. This interest is recorded within net revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as related borrowings are utilized to fund our relocation business where interest is generally earned on such assets. These securitization obligations represent floating rate debt for which the average weighted interest rate was 3.5% and 1.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and 2.1% and 2.4% for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following is a description of the material terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws as each will be in effect as of the completion of this offering, and of specific provisions of Delaware law. The following description is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, or “DGCL.”

General

Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our capital stock will consist of 450,000,000 authorized shares, of which 400,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, will be designated as “common stock,” and 50,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, will be designated as “preferred stock.” There will be no shares of preferred stock outstanding immediately following this offering. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation following the closing of this offering, we will only have one class of common stock.

Common Stock

Voting Rights. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors.

Dividend Rights. Subject to the rights of the holders of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably dividends if, as and when dividends are declared from time to time by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, after payment of dividends required to be paid on outstanding preferred stock, as described below, if any. Under Delaware law, we can only pay dividends either out of “surplus” or out of the current or the immediately preceding year’s net profits. Surplus is defined as the excess, if any, at any given time, of the total assets of a corporation over its total liabilities and statutory capital. The value of a corporation’s assets can be measured in a number of ways and may not necessarily equal their book value.

Liquidation Rights. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably the assets available for distribution to the stockholders after payment of liabilities and accrued but unpaid dividends and liquidation preferences on any outstanding preferred stock.

Other Matters. The common stock has no preemptive, subscription or conversion rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable, and the shares of our common stock offered in this offering, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the underwriting agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable.

Preferred Stock

Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, shares of preferred stock will be issuable from time to time, in one or more series, with the designations of the series, the dividend rates and whether such dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative, the voting conversion or exchange rights of the shares of the series (if any), redemption rights, whether or not the shares of the series will be entitled to the benefit of a retirement or sinking fund, liquidation rights, the powers, preferences and relative, participation, optional or other special rights (if any), and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as our Board of Directors from time to time may adopt by resolution (and without further stockholder approval), subject to certain limitations. Each series will consist of that number of shares as will be stated and expressed in the certificate of designations providing for the issuance of the stock of the series, which number may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board Directors. All shares of any one series of preferred stock will be identical.

 

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Composition of Board of Directors; Election and Removal of Directors; Number of Directors

In accordance with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, the number of directors comprising our Board of Directors will be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors, and only a majority of the Board of Directors may fix the number of directors; provided that in no event shall the total number of directors be less than three nor more than fifteen. We intend to avail ourselves of the “controlled company” exception under the NYSE rules, which exempt us from certain requirements, including the requirements that we have a majority of independent directors on our Board of Directors and that we have compensation and nominating/corporate governance committees composed entirely of independent directors. We will, however, remain subject to the requirement that we have an audit committee composed entirely of independent members.

Upon the closing of this offering, it is anticipated that we will have five directors and two directors who are expected to join the board immediately following the completion of this offering. Our amended and restated bylaws will provide that our Board of Directors is divided into three classes of directors, with the classes to be as nearly equal in number as possible. As a result, approximately one-third of our Board of Directors will be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, with such elections decided by plurality vote, each year. The classification of directors has the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our Board of Directors. Each director is to hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Any vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that stockholders do not have the right to cumulative votes in the election of directors. At any meeting of our Board of Directors, except as otherwise required by law, a majority of the total number of directors then in office will constitute a quorum for all purposes. See “Management—Committees of the Board of Directors.”

Special Meetings of Stockholders

Our amended and restated bylaws will provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the majority of the Board of Directors or the chairman of the Board of Directors, and only proposals included in the company’s notice may be considered at such special meetings.

Certain Corporate Anti-Takeover Provisions

Certain provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the Apollo Securityholders Agreement may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including attempts that might result in a premium being paid over the market price for the shares held by stockholders.

Preferred Stock

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will contain provisions that permit our Board of Directors to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the dividend rates and whether such dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative, the voting conversion or exchange rights of the shares of the series (if any), redemption rights, whether or not the shares of the series will be entitled to the benefit of a retirement or sinking fund, liquidation rights, the powers, preferences and relative, participation, optional and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series. See “—Preferred Stock.”

Classified Board

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possible, and the number of directors on our Board of Directors may be fixed only by the majority of our Board of Directors, as described above in “Composition of Board of Directors; Election and Removal of Directors.”

Removal of Directors, Vacancies

At any time at least 25% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company is owned by affiliates of Apollo and Apollo casts its votes associated with such shares in favor of the proposed action, our stockholders will be able to remove directors only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitled to vote for the election of directors. At any other time, our stockholders will be able to remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of the voting power entitled to vote for the election of directors. Vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of our Board of Directors, although less than a quorum.

No Cumulative Voting

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that stockholders do not have the right to cumulative votes in the election of directors. Cumulative voting rights would have been available to the holders of our common stock if our amended and restated articles of incorporation had not specifically provided that cumulative voting was not available.

No Stockholder Action by Written Consent; Calling of Special Meetings of Stockholders

Our amended and restated bylaws will not permit stockholder action without a meeting by consent if less than a majority of the voting power of all the shares of the Company is owned by affiliates of Apollo. Our amended and restated bylaws will also provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by a majority of the Board of Directors or the chairman of the Board of Directors, and only proposals included in the company’s notice may be considered at such special meetings.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholders Proposals and Director Nominations

Our amended and restated bylaws will provide that stockholders seeking to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders, or to nominate candidates for election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, must provide timely notice thereof in writing. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice generally will have to be delivered to and received at our principal executive offices not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, that in the event that the date of such meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to, or delayed by more than 30 days after, the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of our stockholders, a stockholder’s notice to be timely will have to be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to such meeting, the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Our amended and restated bylaws will also specify certain requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions may preclude stockholders from bringing matters before an annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at an annual meeting of stockholders.

Apollo Approval Rights.

Until such time as Apollo no longer beneficially owns at least 25% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, the approval of a majority of the directors designated to the Board of Directors by Apollo will be required for, among other things, a consolidation or merger with or into any other entity, a transfer of all or substantially of our assets to another entity or another transaction that would trigger a “Change of Control” as defined in our senior secured credit facility or the indentures governing our secured and unsecured notes. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Apollo Securityholders Agreement.”

 

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All the foregoing proposed provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the Apollo Securityholders Agreement could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and in the policies formulated by the Board of Directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of control. These same provisions may delay, deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interest. In addition, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

Section 203 of the DGCL provides that, subject to exception specified therein, an “interested stockholder” of a Delaware corporation shall not engage in any “business combination,” including general mergers or consolidations or acquisitions of additional shares of the corporation, with the corporation for a three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder unless:

 

   

prior to such time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

   

upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an “interested stockholder,” the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding specified shares); or

 

   

on or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66  2 / 3 % of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

Under Section 203, the restrictions described above also do not apply to specified business combinations proposed by an interested stockholder following the announcement or notification of one of specified transactions involving the corporation and a person who had not been an interested stockholder during the previous three years or who became an interested stockholder with the approval of a majority of the corporation’s directors, if such transaction is approved or not opposed by a majority of the directors who were directors prior to any person becoming an interested stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors.

Except as otherwise specified in Section 203, an “interested stockholder” is defined to include:

 

   

any person that is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the date of determination; and

 

   

the affiliates and associates of any such person.

Under some circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for a person who is an interested stockholder to effect various business combinations with us for a three-year period. We have elected to be exempt from the restrictions imposed under Section 203.

Corporate Opportunity

Under Holdings’ amended and restated certificate of incorporation, to the extent permitted by law:

 

   

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from, exercising such right to, conduct business with any business that is competitive or in the same line of business as Holdings, do business with any of Holdings’ clients, customers, vendors or lessors, or make investments in the kind of property in which Holdings’ may make investments;

 

   

if a Covered Apollo Person or any of its officers, partners, directors or employees acquire knowledge of a potential transaction that could be a corporate opportunity, he has no duty to offer such corporate opportunity to Holdings;

 

   

Holdings has renounced any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, such corporate opportunities; and

 

   

in the event that any of Holdings’ directors and officers who is also a director, officer, partner or employee of any Covered Apollo Person acquires knowledge of a corporate opportunity or is offered a corporate opportunity, provided that this knowledge was not acquired solely in such person’s capacity as Holdings’ director or officer and such person acted in good faith, then such person will be deemed to have fully satisfied such person’s fiduciary duty and will not liable to us if any of the Apollo Covered Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity or if such person did not present the corporate opportunity to Holdings.

Amendment of Our Certificate of Incorporation

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that at any time Apollo controls at least 25% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of common stock, it may be amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon, so long as Apollo votes in favor of such amendment. At any other time, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation can be amended by the affirmative vote of 75% of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon or by the vote of a majority of the board of the directors. Apollo’s prior written consent is required for any amendment, modification or repeal of the provisions discussed above under “—Corporate Opportunity” regarding the ability of Apollo-related directors to direct or communicate corporate opportunities to Apollo.

Amendment of Our Bylaws

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that at any time Apollo controls at least 25% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of common stock, the amended and restated bylaws can be amended with the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon or by the vote of a majority of the board of the directors, so long as Apollo votes in favor of such amendment. At any other time our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that the amended and restated bylaws can be amended by the affirmative vote of 75% of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon or by the vote of a majority of the board of the directors.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will limit the liability of our directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except with respect to liability:

 

   

for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

   

for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

   

for any unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemption as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or

 

   

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However, if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. The modification or repeal of this provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will not adversely affect any right or protection of a director existing at the time of such modification or repeal.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by laws will provide that we will, to the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law, indemnify our directors and officers against all liabilities and expenses in any suit or proceeding, arising out of their status as an officer or director or their activities in these capacities. We will also indemnify any person who, at our request, is or was serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. We may, by action of our Board of Directors, provide indemnification to our employees and agents within the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, which may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the DGCL. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct.

The right to be indemnified will include the right of an officer or a director to be paid expenses, including attorneys’ fees, in advance of the final disposition of any proceeding, provided that, if required by law, we receive an undertaking to repay such amount if it will be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified.

Our Board of Directors may take such action as it deems necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions, including adopting procedures for determining and enforcing indemnification rights and purchasing insurance policies. Our Board of Directors may also adopt bylaws, resolutions or contracts implementing indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. Neither the amendment nor the repeal of these indemnification provisions, nor the adoption of any provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation inconsistent with these indemnification provisions, will eliminate or reduce any rights to indemnification relating to such person’s status or any activities prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

We believe these provisions will assist in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as directors and officers.

Listing

Our shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the NYSE under the symbol “RLGY”.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock, and no predictions can be made about the effect, if any, that market sales of shares of our common stock or the availability of such shares for sale will have on the market price prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, the actual sale of, or the perceived potential for the sale of, our common stock in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price for our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future sales of our securities. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to an Investment in our common stock and this Offering—Future sales or the perception of future sales of a substantial amount of our common stock may depress the price of shares of our common stock.”

Upon completion of this offering and related transactions, we will have an aggregate of 130,153,234 shares of our common stock outstanding (including the conversion by the Significant Holders of approximately $1.903 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes). Of these shares, (a) the 40,000,000 shares of our common stock to be sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act (other than restrictions pursuant to lock-up agreements entered into by participants in the directed share program), (b) 24,685,552 shares will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act (following the expiration of the lock-up period in the lock-up agreements described below) and (c) 65,467,682 shares will be tradable subject to the volume limitations and applicable holding period requirements of Rule 144, as well as the lock-up agreements described below. If the holders of the approximately $207 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes not held by the Significant Holders also convert their Convertible Notes into shares of common stock, it will result in the issuance of an additional 8,641,178 shares of common stock which will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, subject to, with respect to 5,534,765 shares issuable to the Other Holders (including pursuant to the Other Holders letter agreements), the expiration of the lock-up period in the lock-up agreements described below. We will also issue shares of our common stock in an amount equal to $25 million to Apollo on January 15, 2013, representing a portion of the Management Agreement Termination Fee.

Equity Incentive Plan

After the closing of this offering, we intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act covering 2,686,600 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our Stock Incentive Plan and 6,800,000 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 2012 LTIP. As of the date of this prospectus, we have granted options to purchase 1,571,413 shares of our common stock, of which 109,883 shares are vested and exercisable, and intend to award 290,000 shares of restricted stock and options to purchase 1,653,000 shares of our common stock (at an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price) to our named executive officers and certain of our employees in connection with this offering. In addition, we expect to grant in October 2012 options in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $1.2 million to certain of our executive officers related to the consideration such officers would have been entitled to under the Phantom Value Plan if Apollo continued to hold Convertible Notes through October 15, 2012, the next regularly scheduled interest payment date for the Convertible Notes. Accordingly, shares of our common stock registered under any such registration statement will be available for sale in the open market upon exercise by the holders, subject to vesting restrictions, Rule 144 limitations applicable to our affiliates and the contractual lock-provisions described below.

Lock-up Agreements

We and our executive officers, directors and certain of our other existing securityholders, have agreed not to directly or indirectly, sell or dispose of any shares of our common stock for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, without the prior written consent of both Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. We expect that 97% of our outstanding shares of common stock following the completion of this offering, assuming the conversion of all Convertible Notes subject to the letter agreements and excluding the shares issued in this offering, will be subject to a lock-up agreement. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest—Lock-Up Agreements)” for a description of these lock-up provisions.

 

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Rule 144

In general, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months (including any period of consecutive ownership of preceding non-affiliated holders), will be entitled to sell those shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliated person who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least one year will be entitled to sell those shares without regard to the provisions of Rule 144.

A person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of (i) one percent of the then-outstanding shares of our common stock and (ii) the average weekly trading volume of our common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which a notice of the sale is filed with the SEC. Such sales are also subject to certain manner of sales provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us.

Rule 701

In general, under Rule 701 under the Securities Act, an employee, consultant or advisor who purchases shares of our common stock from us in connection with a compensatory stock or option plan or other written agreement relating to compensation is eligible to resell those shares 90 days after we become a reporting company under the Exchange Act in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period restriction, contained in Rule 144.

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the Apollo Securityholders Agreement and the Paulson Securityholders Agreement, we have granted Apollo and Paulson certain rights to demand underwritten registered offerings and we have granted Apollo and Paulson incidental registration rights, in each case, with respect to shares of common stock owned by them. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.” In addition, we have agreed with Apollo and Paulson to reinstate our existing resale registration statement relating to the shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, as well as the shares of common stock issued to Apollo and Paulson pursuant to the Significant Holders letter agreements, upon the expiration of the lock-up period provided for in their lock-up agreements with the underwriters.

 

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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S.

HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to non-U.S. holders (as defined below) with respect to the ownership and disposition of our common stock. The following summary is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, Treasury regulations and judicial and administrative authority, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. State, local, estate and foreign tax consequences are not summarized, nor are tax consequences to special classes of investors including, but not limited to, tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, banks or other financial institutions, partnerships or other entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, dealers in securities, persons liable for the alternative minimum tax, U.S. expatriates, traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings, persons who have acquired our common stock as compensation or otherwise in connection with the performance of services, or persons that will hold our common stock as a position in a hedging transaction, “straddle,” “conversion transaction” or other risk reduction transaction. Tax consequences may vary depending upon the particular status of an investor. The summary is limited to non-U.S. holders who will hold our common stock as “capital assets” (generally, property held for investment). Each potential investor should consult its own tax advisor as to the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and any other tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our common stock.

For purposes of this summary, the term “non-U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of our common stock that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is: (i) an individual who is classified as a non-resident of the United States, (ii) a foreign corporation, or (iii) a foreign estate or foreign trust.

If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds our common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are treated as a partner in such an entity holding our common stock, you should consult your own tax advisor as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to you.

Distributions

Distributions with respect to our common stock will be treated as dividends to the extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, distributions treated as dividends paid to a non-U.S. holder with respect to our common stock will be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

Dividends that are effectively connected with a non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if a tax treaty applies, are attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of such non-U.S. holder) are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if the non-U.S. holder were a United States person, as defined under the Code, and are exempt from the 30% withholding tax (assuming compliance with certain certification requirements). Any such effectively connected dividends received by a non-U.S. holder that is a corporation may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate). A non-U.S. holder who claims the benefit of an applicable tax treaty generally will be required to satisfy applicable certification and other requirements. Non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding their entitlement to benefits under a relevant tax treaty. A non-U.S. holder can generally meet the relevant certification requirement by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN (if the holder is claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty) or Form W-8ECI (if the dividends are effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States) or suitable substitute form.

 

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Dispositions

Subject to the discussion below concerning backup withholding, a non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax with respect to gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common stock unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with such non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if a tax treaty applies, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of such non-U.S. holder), (ii) in the case of a non-U.S. holder that is a non-resident alien individual, such non-U.S. holder is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year of disposition, and certain other conditions are met or (iii) we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In the case described above in (i), the gain on the disposition of our common stock will be recognized in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other property received for the common stock and the non-U.S. holder’s basis in the common stock. Such gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the common stock has been held for more than one year. In the case of a non-U.S. holder that is a foreign corporation, such gain may also be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower applicable treaty rate). In the case described above in (ii), the non-U.S. holder generally will be subject to a flat income tax at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on any capital gain recognized on the disposition of our common stock, which may be offset by certain U.S. source capital losses.

We believe we are not and do not anticipate becoming a “United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Payment of dividends, and the tax withheld with respect thereto, is subject to information reporting requirements. These information reporting requirements apply regardless of whether withholding was reduced or eliminated by an applicable income tax treaty. Under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty or agreement, copies of the information returns reporting such dividends and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which the non-U.S. holder resides. U.S. backup withholding will generally apply on payment of dividends to non-U.S. holders unless such non-U.S. holders furnish to the payor an IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form), or otherwise establish an exemption and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the holder is a United States person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient.

Payment of the proceeds of a sale of our common stock within the United States or conducted through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries is subject to information reporting and, depending on the circumstances, backup withholding, unless the non-U.S. holder, or beneficial owner thereof, as applicable, certifies that it is a non-U.S. holder on IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form), or otherwise establishes an exemption and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know the holder is a United States person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient.

Any amount withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a non-U.S. holder is allowable as a credit against such non-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax, which may entitle the non-U.S. holder to a refund, provided that the non-U.S. holder timely provides the required information to the IRS. Moreover, certain penalties may be imposed by the IRS on a non-U.S. holder who is required to furnish information but does not do so in the proper manner. Non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding in their particular circumstances and the availability of and procedure for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding.

 

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Recent Legislation Relating to Foreign Accounts

Recently enacted legislation will require, after December 31, 2012, withholding at a rate of 30% on dividends in respect of, and gross proceeds from the sale of, our common stock held by or through certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds), unless such institution enters into an agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury to report, on an annual basis, information with respect to accounts in the institution held by certain United States persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by United States persons and certain other requirements are satisfied. Accordingly, the entity through which our common stock is held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Similarly, dividends in respect of, and gross proceeds from the sale of, our common stock held by an investor that is a non-financial non-U.S. entity will be subject to withholding at a rate of 30%, unless such entity either (i) certifies to us that such entity does not have any “substantial United States owners” or (ii) provides certain information regarding the entity’s “substantial United States owners,” which we will in turn provide to the Secretary of the Treasury. The IRS recently issued a notice stating that it will issue regulations providing that this 30% withholding tax will not apply to dividends paid in respect of stock until after December 31, 2013, and will not apply to the gross proceeds from a disposition of stock until after December 31, 2014. Non-U.S. holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of the legislation on their investment in our common stock.

 

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UNDERWRITING (CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as representatives of each of the underwriters named below. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement among us and the underwriters, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and each of the underwriters has agreed, severally and not jointly, to purchase from us, the number of shares of common stock set forth opposite its name below.

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  

Barclays Capital Inc.

  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 

  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                          Incorporated

  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

  

Comerica Securities, Inc. 

  

CRT Capital Group LLC

  

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.

  

Lebenthal & Co., LLC

  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

  

Apollo Global Securities, LLC

  
  

 

Total

  
  

 

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters’ obligation to purchase shares of common stock depends on the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the underwriting agreement including:

 

   

the obligation to purchase all of the shares of common stock offered hereby (other than those shares of common stock covered by their option to purchase additional shares as described below), if any of the shares are purchased;

 

   

that the representations and warranties made by us to the underwriters are true;

 

   

that there is no material change in our business or the financial markets; and

 

   

that we deliver customary closing documents to the underwriters.

We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities. The offering of shares by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

We expect delivery of the shares of common stock issued in this offering will be made against payment therefor with the underwriters of this offering on or about                      , 2012, which is the second business day following the date hereof; however, we expect delivery of the shares of common stock issued in this offering will be made against payment therefor with purchasers in this offering on or about                      , 2012, which is the fourth business day following the date hereof.

There is no established trading market for shares of our common stock and a liquid trading market may not develop. It is also possible that the shares will not trade at or above the initial offering price following the offering.

 

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Commissions and Discounts

The representatives have advised us that the underwriters propose initially to offer the shares to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $         per share. The underwriters may allow, and the dealers may re-allow, a discount not in excess of $         per share to other dealers. After the initial public offering, the public offering price, concession or any other term of the offering may be changed.

The following table shows the underwriting discounts and expenses we will pay to the underwriters. The information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares.

 

     Without Option      With Option  
     Per Share      Total      Per Share      Total  

Public offering price

   $                    $                    $                    $                

Underwriting discounts and commissions

   $         $         $         $     

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

   $         $         $         $     

The expenses of the offering, not including the underwriting discount, are estimated at $         million and are payable by us.

Option to Purchase Additional Shares

We have granted an option to the underwriters to purchase up to 6,000,000 additional shares at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option for 30 days from the date of this prospectus solely to cover any options to purchase additional shares. If the underwriters exercise this option, each will be obligated, subject to conditions contained in the purchase agreement, to purchase a number of additional shares proportionate to that underwriter’s initial amount reflected in the above table.

Directed Share Program

At our request, the underwriters have reserved, at the initial public offering price, up to 400,000 shares of common stock, being offered to our employees and directors. If purchased by these persons, these shares will be subject to a 180-day lock-up restriction. The number of shares of common stock available for sale to the general public will be reduced to the extent these individuals purchase such reserved shares. Any reserved shares that are not so purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same basis as the other shares of common stock offered by this prospectus. We have agreed to indemnify Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the directed share program, including for the failure of any participant to pay for its shares of common stock. Other than the underwriting discounts and commissions described on the cover of this prospectus, the underwriters will not be entitled to any commissions with respect to shares of common stock sold pursuant to the directed share program.

Lock-Up Agreements

We, and our executive officers, directors and certain of our securityholders, have agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, for 180 days after the date of this prospectus, without the prior written consent of both Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, we and they will not directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of our common stock (including, without limitation, shares of our common stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by us or them in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and shares of common stock that may be issued upon exercise of any options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our

 

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common stock, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our common stock or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right or file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into our common stock or any of our other securities.

The 180-day restricted period described in the preceding paragraph will be extended if:

 

   

during the last 17 days of the restricted period referred to above we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs; or

 

   

prior to the expiration of the restricted period referred to above, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period, in which case the restrictions described in the preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration of the restricted period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news or occurrence of a material event, unless such extension is waived in writing by the representatives.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in their discretion, may release our common stock and other securities subject to the lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time with or without notice. When determining whether or not to release our common stock and other securities from the lock-up agreements. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will consider, among other factors, our or the holder’s reasons for requesting the release, the number of shares of our common stock and other securities for which the release is being requested and market conditions at the time.

In addition, RCIV, an affiliate of Apollo Global Securities, LLC, an underwriter for this offering, is the beneficial owner of approximately $1.34 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes, which will be converted into 51,077,546 shares of common stock substantially concurrently with the closing of the offering. RCIV will also receive 6,384,695 shares of common stock pursuant to its Significant Holders letter agreement. These holdings in the aggregate would represent approximately 44% of our outstanding common stock after giving effect to this offering. Such shares are subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1). RCIV (or permitted assignees) may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate such shares of common stock, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such shares of common stock for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus.

Listing

Our shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the NYSE under the symbol “RLGY”. In order to meet the requirements for listing on that exchange, the underwriters have undertaken to sell a minimum number of shares to a minimum number of beneficial owners as required by that exchange.

Determination of Offering Price

Before this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. The initial public offering price will be determined through negotiations among us and the representatives of the underwriters. In addition to prevailing market conditions, the factors to be considered in determining the initial public offering price are:

 

   

the valuation multiples of publicly traded companies that the representative believes to be comparable to us;

 

   

our financial information;

 

   

the history of, and the prospects for, our company and the industry in which we compete;

 

   

an assessment of our management, its past and present operations, and the prospects for, and timing of, our future revenues;

 

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the present state of our development; and

 

   

the above factors in relation to market values and various valuation measures of other companies engaged in activities similar to ours.

Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

Until the distribution of the shares is completed, SEC rules may limit underwriters and selling group members from bidding for and purchasing our common stock. However, the representative may engage in transactions that stabilize the price of the common stock, such as bids or purchases to peg, fix or maintain that price.

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell our common stock in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, purchases on the open market to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares than they are required to purchase in the offering. “Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares described above. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their option to purchase additional shares or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the option to purchase additional shares. “Naked” short sales are sales in excess of the option to purchase additional shares. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of our common stock in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or purchases of shares of common stock made by the underwriters in the open market prior to the completion of the offering.

The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representative has repurchased shares sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.

Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. The underwriters may conduct these transactions on the NYSE, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

Neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our common stock. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation that the representative will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Electronic Distribution

In connection with the offering, certain of the underwriters or securities dealers may distribute prospectuses by electronic means, such as e-mail.

Other Relationships

The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investments, hedging, market-making, brokerage and other financial

 

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and non-financial activities and services. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. In particular, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acts as administrative agent and an affiliate of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acts as syndication agent under the senior secured credit facility, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC act as joint bookrunners under the senior secured credit facility, an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc. acts as co-documentation agent under the senior secured credit facility, and affiliates of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc. are lenders under the senior secured credit facility, an affiliate of Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. acts as administrative agent and lead arranger and an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities acts as a managing agent under the Apple Ridge Securitization Facility. In addition, certain affiliates of the underwriters hold a portion of the indebtedness being repaid with a portion of the proceeds of this offering and Apollo Global Securities, LLC is an affiliate of Apollo, which is our controlling stockholder and owns a significant portion of our Convertible Notes which will be repaid with a portion of the proceeds of this offering. See “Use of Proceeds.” In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors or employees may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and instruments. Such investment and securities activities may involve our securities and instruments. In addition, the Company and its affiliates have in the past entered, and may in the future enter, into certain financial and other arrangements with certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates, pursuant to which the Company and its affiliates have received, and may in the future receive, certain fees, commissions and other payments in the performance of its ordinary course services. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time recommend to clients that they should acquire long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.

Conflicts of Interest

Affiliates of Apollo Global Securities, LLC own more than 10% of our outstanding common stock. Because Apollo Global Securities, LLC is an underwriter for this offering, it is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121(f)(5)(B). In addition, affiliates of Apollo Global Securities, LLC will be deemed to receive more than 5% of net offering proceeds and will have a “conflict of interest” pursuant to Rule 5121(f)(5)(C)(ii). Accordingly, this offering is being made in compliance with the requirements of FINRA Rule 5121. Since Apollo Global Securities, LLC is not primarily responsible for managing this offering, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5121, the appointment of a qualified independent underwriter is not necessary. Apollo Global Securities, LLC will not confirm sales to discretionary accounts without the prior written approval of the customer.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), no offer of shares may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:

 

   

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

 

   

to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representative; or

 

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in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of shares shall require the Company or the representatives to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

Each person in a Relevant Member State (other than a Relevant Member State where there is a Permitted Public Offer) who initially acquires any shares or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that (A) it is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of the law in that Relevant Member State implementing Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive, and (B) in the case of any shares acquired by it as a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, the shares acquired by it in the offering have not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in any Relevant Member State other than “qualified investors” as defined in the Prospectus Directive, or in circumstances in which the prior consent of the has been given to the offer or resale. In the case of any shares being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, each such financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the shares acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a nondiscretionary basis on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer of any shares to the public other than their offer or resale in a Relevant Member State to qualified investors as so defined or in circumstances in which the prior consent of has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

The Company, the representatives and their affiliates will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representation, acknowledgement and agreement.

This prospectus has been prepared on the basis that any offer of shares in any Relevant Member State will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of shares. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State of shares which are the subject of the offering contemplated in this prospectus may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Company or any of the underwriters to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive in relation to such offer. Neither the Company nor the underwriters have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of shares in circumstances in which an obligation arises for the Company or the underwriters to publish a prospectus for such offer.

For the purpose of the above provisions, the expression “an offer to the public” in relation to any shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the shares, as the same may be varied in the Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in the Relevant Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (including the 2010 PD Amending Directive) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom

In addition, in the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer subsequently made may only be directed at persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Prospectus Directive) (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “ Order ”) and/or (ii) who are high net worth companies (or persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “ relevant persons ”). This document must not be acted on or relied on in the United Kingdom by persons who are not relevant persons. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is only available to, and will be engaged in with, relevant persons.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland

The shares may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the shares or the offering may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the offering, the Company, the shares have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of shares will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA), and the offer of shares has not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (“CISA”). The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of shares.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre

This document relates to an exempt offer in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority. This document is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in those rules. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The Dubai Financial Services Authority has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with exempt offers. The Dubai Financial Services Authority has not approved this document nor taken steps to verify the information set out in it, and has no responsibility for it. The shares which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the shares offered should conduct their own due diligence on the shares. If you do not understand the contents of this document you should consult an authorized financial adviser.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Hong Kong

The shares may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Japan

Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law) and each underwriter has agreed that it will not offer or sell any securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon for us the validity of the shares of our common stock offered hereby. The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the underwriters by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

The financial statements as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, and management’s assessments of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) as of December 31, 2011 included in the Registration Statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

With respect to the unaudited financial information of Realogy Holdings Corp. and subsidiaries for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 included elsewhere in this prospectus, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate report dated August 7, 2012 appearing herein states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that unaudited financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for their report on the unaudited financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

The consolidated financial statements of PHH Home Loans and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 included elsewhere in this prospectus and in the Registration Statement have been so included in reliance on the reports of ParenteBeard, LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein and in the Registration Statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy these documents at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room. In addition, our filings with the SEC are also available to the public on the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov.

You may request a copy of certain of the information referred to in this prospectus, at no cost, by contacting us at the following address: Realogy Holdings Corp., One Campus Drive, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 and our general telephone number is (973) 407-2000. Certain of such information is also available on our Internet website at http://www.realogy.com. The contents of our website and documents accessible therefrom are not incorporated by reference herein or otherwise a part of this prospectus.

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC relating to this offering. This prospectus is part of the registration statement. As allowed by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information you can find in the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement. You should note that where we summarize the material terms of any contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement in this prospectus, the summary information provided in the prospectus is less complete than the actual contract, agreement or document. You should refer to the exhibits filed with the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or document.

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Realogy Holdings Corp.

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Realogy Holdings Corp.

     F-2   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)

     F-3   

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)

     F-4   

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2012 and as of December 31, 2011 (unaudited)

     F-5   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June  30, 2011 (unaudited)

     F-6   

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

     F-7   

Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Realogy Holdings Corp.

     F-41   

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

     F-42   

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

     F-43   

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and as of December 31, 2010

     F-44   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

     F-45   

Consolidated Statements of Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

     F-46   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-47   

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. Consolidated Financial Statements as of December  31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (*)

     F-105   

 

(*) Included herein pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Realogy Holdings Corp.:

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.) and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated March 2, 2012, except with respect to our opinion on the consolidated financial statements insofar as it relates to the effects of the reverse stock split and the NRT franchise agreement matter as described in Note 1 as to which the date is September 27, 2012, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Florham Park, New Jersey

August 7, 2012, except for the effects of the reverse stock split and the NRT franchise agreement matter as described in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is September 27, 2012

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
    Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
             2012                     2011                     2012                     2011          

Revenues

        

Gross commission income

   $ 983      $ 873      $ 1,589      $ 1,448   

Service revenue

     208        192        380        356   

Franchise fees

     76        70        130        121   

Other

     42        44        85        85   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

     1,309        1,179        2,184        2,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Commission and other agent-related costs

     662        577        1,064        951   

Operating

     325        317        643        635   

Marketing

     52        54        103        97   

General and administrative

     79        56        156        127   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

     —          (12     (3     (14

Restructuring costs

     2        3        5        5   

Depreciation and amortization

     44        47        89        93   

Interest expense, net

     176        161        346        340   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

     —          —          6        36   

Other (income)/expense, net

     —          —          1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     1,340        1,203        2,410        2,270   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (31     (24     (226     (260

Income tax expense

     8        1        15        2   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (15     (4     (25     (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (24     (21     (216     (258

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (1     (1     (1     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (25   $ (22   $ (217   $ (259
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:

        

Basic loss per share:

     (3.12     (2.74     (27.07     (32.31

Diluted loss per share:

     (3.12     (2.74     (27.07     (32.31

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares of Realogy Holdings outstanding:

        

Basic:

     8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0   

Diluted:

     8.0        8.0        8.0        8.0   

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
             2012                     2011                     2012                     2011          

Net loss

   $ (24   $ (21   $ (216   $ (258

Currency Translation Adjustment

     (1     —          1        1   

Defined Benefit Pension Plan—amortization of actuarial loss to periodic pension cost

     2        —          3        —     

Cash Flow Hedges:

        

Less: interest rate hedge losses to interest expense

     —          —          —          (1

Less: de-designation of interest rate hedges to interest expense

     —          —          —          (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

     —          —          —          18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, before tax

     1        —          4        19   

Income tax expense related to other comprehensive income amounts

     —          —          1        8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

     1        —          3        11   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

     (23     (21     (213     (247

Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (1     (1     (1     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (24   $ (22   $ (214   $ (248
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

 

     Revised
June  30,
2012
    Revised
December  31,
2011
 

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 138      $ 143   

Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $58 and $64)

     147        120   

Relocation receivables

     419        378   

Relocation properties held for sale

     10        11   

Deferred income taxes

     59        66   

Other current assets

     97        88   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     870        806   

Property and equipment, net

     151        165   

Goodwill

     3,303        3,299   

Trademarks

     732        732   

Franchise agreements, net

     1,663        1,697   

Other intangibles, net

     418        439   

Other non-current assets

     225        212   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 7,362      $ 7,350   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 214      $ 184   

Securitization obligations

     267        327   

Due to former parent

     76        80   

Revolving credit facilities and current portion of long-term debt

     214        325   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     583        520   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,354        1,436   

Long-term debt

     7,121        6,825   

Deferred income taxes

     426        421   

Other non-current liabilities

     173        167   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     9,074        8,849   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8 and 9)

    

Equity (deficit):

    

Realogy Holdings common stock: $.01 par value; 178,000,000 shares authorized, 4,200 Class A shares outstanding, 8,017,080 Class B shares outstanding at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

     —          —     

Additional paid-in capital

     2,035        2,033   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,719     (3,502

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (30     (32
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Realogy Holdings stockholders’ deficit

     (1,714     (1,501
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interests

     2        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

     (1,712     (1,499
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

   $ 7,362      $ 7,350   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
             2012                     2011          

Operating Activities

    

Net loss

   $ (216   $ (258

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     89        93   

Deferred income taxes

     12        (1

Amortization of deferred financing costs and discount on unsecured notes

     8        9   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

     6        36   

De-designation of interest rate hedges

     —          17   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (25     (4

Other adjustments to net loss

     6        10   

Net change in assets and liabilities, excluding the impact of acquisitions and dispositions:

    

Trade receivables

     (27     (32

Relocation receivables and advances

     (41     (41

Relocation properties held for sale

     2        2   

Other assets

     1        (8

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     82        (1

Due (to) from former parent

     (5     (23

Other, net

     15        7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (93     (194
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Property and equipment additions

     (19     (25

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

     (4     (4

(Purchases of) proceeds from certificates of deposit, net

     (4     9   

Change in restricted cash

     (3     1   

Other, net

     —          (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (30     (24
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Net change in revolving credit facilities

     (94     125   

Proceeds from term loan extension

     —          98   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

     (640     (703

Proceeds from issuance of First Lien Notes

     593        —     

Proceeds from issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes

     325        700   

Net change in securitization obligations

     (61     (4

Debt issuance costs

     (3     (34

Other, net

     (2     (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     118        179   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     —          1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (5     (38

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     143        192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 138      $ 154   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

    

Interest payments (including securitization interest expense)

   $ 320      $ 287   

Income tax payments, net

     4        2   

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are in millions)

(Unaudited)

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Realogy Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp., is a holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Intermediate”). Intermediate is a holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Realogy”), and its subsidiaries (Holdings, Intermediate and Realogy and its subsidiaries being referred to herein collectively as the “Company”). Holdings derives all of its operating income and cash flows from Realogy and its subsidiaries.

Holdings was incorporated on December 14, 2006. On December 15, 2006, Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiary Domus Acquisition Corp., entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger”) with Realogy which was consummated on April 10, 2007 with Holdings becoming the indirect parent company of Realogy. Holdings is owned by investment funds affiliated with, or co-investment vehicles managed by, Apollo Management VI, L.P., an entity affiliated with Apollo Management, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Apollo”) and members of the Company’s management. As of June 30, 2012, all of Realogy’s issued and outstanding common stock was currently owned by Intermediate, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings.

Realogy is a global provider of real estate and relocation services. Realogy was incorporated in January 2006 to facilitate a plan by Cendant Corporation (now known as Avis Budget Group, Inc.) to separate into four independent companies—one for each of Cendant’s business units—real estate services or Realogy, travel distribution services (“Travelport”), hospitality services, including timeshare resorts (“Wyndham Worldwide”), and vehicle rental (“Avis Budget Group”). On July 31, 2006, the separation (“Separation”) from Cendant became effective.

Realogy incurred indebtedness in connection with the Merger which included borrowings under Realogy’s senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”) and the issuance of unsecured notes. See Note 5, “Short and Long-Term Debt” for additional information on the indebtedness incurred related to the Merger, indebtedness incurred following the Merger as well as additional information related to the senior secured leverage ratio that Realogy is required to maintain.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial statements of Holdings and these statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and with Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Interim results may not be indicative of full year performance because of seasonal and short-term variations. The Company has eliminated all material intercompany transactions and balances between entities consolidated in these financial statements. In presenting the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and the related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Holdings’ only asset is its investment in the common stock of Intermediate, and Intermediate’s only asset is its investment in the common stock of Realogy. Holdings’ only obligations are its guarantees of certain borrowings and certain franchise obligations of Realogy. All expenses incurred by Holdings and Intermediate are for the benefit of Realogy and have been reflected in Realogy’s consolidated financial statements. In management’s opinion, the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the Holdings’ financial position as of June 30, 2012 and the results of operations, and comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

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As the interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared using the same accounting principles and policies used to prepare the annual financial statements, they should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

NRT Franchise Agreement – Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements

In connection with the preparation of our Registration Statement, we identified and corrected an error in the manner in which we had allocated the purchase price paid by Apollo subsequent to their 2007 acquisition. Specifically, we inappropriately identified the discounted cash flows generated from the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with NRT as a separately identifiable indefinite lived intangible asset. We concluded that the value ascribed to this agreement should have been attributed to the Real Estate Franchise Services business unit as goodwill. Accordingly, we corrected our error through the elimination of the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with NRT intangible asset and increased the value associated with our goodwill, which resulted in a concurrent decrease in our deferred income tax liability. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality), we assessed the materiality of the errors and concluded that the errors were not material to any of our previously issued financial statements. These non-cash errors had no impact to our condensed consolidated statement of operations or cash flows for any of the periods presented in these financial statements.

The following table presents the effect the revision had on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

     June 30, 2012  
     (in millions)  
     As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Revised
 

Goodwill

   $ 2,618      $ 685      $ 3,303   

Franchise agreements, net

     2,808        (1,145     1,663   

Total Assets

     7,822        (460     7,362   

Deferred income taxes

     895        (469     426   

Total Liabilities

     9,543        (469     9,074   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,728     9        (3,719
    

 

December 31, 2011

 
     (in millions)  
     As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Revised
 

Goodwill

   $ 2,614      $ 685      $ 3,299   

Franchise agreements, net

     2,842        (1,145     1,697   

Total Assets

     7,810        (460     7,350   

Deferred income taxes

     890        (469     421   

Total Liabilities

     9,318        (469     8,849   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,511     9        (3,502

 

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Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation; Reverse Stock Split:

On September 11, 2012, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to effect a change in the name of the Company to Realogy Holdings Corp., to amend and restate its authorized capital stock and to approve a reverse stock split of the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock at a ratio of 1 to 25 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). On the same day, the stockholders of the Company approved the foregoing amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.

On September 27, 2012, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the change in authorized capital stock, the Reverse Stock Split and the name change. The Certificate of Amendment provides that the Reverse Stock Split became effective upon filing, at which time every twenty five (25) issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock were automatically combined into one (1) issued and outstanding share of the respective class of the Company’s Common Stock, without any change in par value. Immediately following the Reverse Stock Split, there were 4,200 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding and 8,017,080 shares of Class B Common stock issued and outstanding. The Company did not issue any fractional shares in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, but rounded those shares up to the next whole share. Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, the stated conversion rates applicable to each series of Convertible Notes were adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the number of shares reserved there under, as well as the number of options outstanding and their stated exercise prices, was adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. All amounts and per share data presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes give retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million of First Lien Notes and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes to repay amounts outstanding under its senior secured credit facility. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and will mature on January 15, 2020. Interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2012. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes were issued in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Company used the proceeds from the offering, of approximately $918 million, to: (i) prepay $629 million of its non-extended term loan borrowings under its senior secured credit facility which were due to mature in October 2013, (ii) repay all of the $133 million in outstanding borrowings under its non-extended revolving credit facility which was due to mature in April 2013, and (iii) repay $156 million of the outstanding borrowings under its extended revolving credit facility. In conjunction with the repayments of $289 million described in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Company reduced the commitments under its non-extended revolving credit facility by a like amount, thereby terminating the non-extended revolving credit facility.

Under the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the New First and a Half Lien Notes (as well as the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes) do not constitute senior secured debt for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio maintenance covenant under our senior secured credit facility. This facility requires Realogy to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio of total senior secured net debt to trailing 12-month Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in Note 5, “Short and Long-Term Debt”), that may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. Realogy was in compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant with a senior secured leverage ratio of 4.08 to 1.0 at June 30, 2012.

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Holdings

Basic earnings per share is computed based upon weighted-average shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings per share is computed consistently with the basic computation while giving effect to all dilutive

 

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potential common shares and common share equivalents that were outstanding during the period. Holdings uses the treasury stock method to reflect the potential dilutive effect of unvested stock awards and unexercised options.

The Company was in a net loss position for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and therefore the impact of stock options, restricted stock and the convertible notes were excluded from the computation of dilutive earnings (loss) per share as the inclusion of such amounts would be anti-dilutive. At June 30, 2012, the number of shares of common stock issuable under the stock options, restricted stock and the convertible notes that were excluded from the computation was 2 million, 4 thousand and 81 million, respectively.

Derivative Instruments

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts largely to manage its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates associated with its foreign currency denominated receivables and payables. The Company primarily manages its foreign currency exposure to the Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar, British Pound and Euro. The Company has elected not to utilize hedge accounting for these forward contracts; therefore, any change in fair value is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. However, the fluctuations in the value of these forward contracts generally offset the impact of changes in the value of the underlying risk that they are intended to economically hedge. As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with a fair value of less than $1 million and a notional value of $15 million.

The Company also enters into interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates associated with its variable rate borrowings. The Company has four interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $850 million to hedge the variability in cash flows resulting from the term loan facility. One swap, with a notional value of $225 million, expired in July 2012, the second swap, with a notional value of $200 million, expires in December 2012, the third swap, with a notional value of $225 million, commences in July 2012 and expires in October 2016, and the fourth swap with a notional value of $200 million, commences in January 2013 and expires in October 2016. The Company is utilizing pay fixed interest swaps (in exchange for floating LIBOR rate based payments) to perform this hedging strategy.

At December 31, 2010, the interest rate swap derivatives were being accounted for as cash flow hedges in accordance with the FASB’s derivative and hedging guidance and the unfavorable fair market value of the swaps was recorded within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) (“AOCI”). Following the completion of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, the Company was not able to maintain hedge effectiveness in accordance with the accounting guidance. As a result, the interest rate swaps were de-designated as cash flow hedging instruments and the fair value of $17 million was reclassified from AOCI and recognized in interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the first quarter of 2011.

 

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The fair value of derivative instruments was as follows:

 

Liability Derivatives

   June 30, 2012
Fair Value
     December 31,  2011
Fair Value
 

Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

  

Balance Sheet Location

     

Interest rate swap contracts

   Other current liabilities    $ 1       $ 7   
   Other non-current liabilities      26         10   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 27       $ 17   

 

       Gain or (Loss) Recognized in

Other Comprehensive Income
     Location of Gain or (Loss)
Reclassified from AOCI into
Income
     Gain or (Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI into Income
 

Derivatives in Cash Flow

Hedge Relationships

   Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2012
     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
        Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2012
     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
 

Interest rate swap contracts

   $ —         $ —           Interest expense       $ —         $ (17

 

Derivative Instruments Not

Designated as Hedging Instruments

   Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized

in Income for Derivative Instruments
     Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
 
      Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2012
     Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
 

Interest rate swap contracts

     Interest expense       $ 4       $ 2   

Foreign exchange contracts

     Operating expense         1       $ —     

 

Derivative Instruments Not

Designated as Hedging Instruments

   Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized
in Income for Derivative Instruments
   Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
 
      Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2012
     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
 

Interest rate swap contracts

   Interest expense    $ —         $ 4   

Foreign exchange contracts

   Operating expense      —         $ (1

Financial Instruments

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value.

 

Level Input:

  

Input Definitions:

Level I

   Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

Level II

   Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level I that are observable for the asset or liability through corroboration with market data at the measurement date.

Level III

   Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from asset to asset and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of asset, whether the asset is new and not yet established in the marketplace, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level III. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

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The fair value of financial instruments is generally determined by reference to quoted market values. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques, as appropriate. The fair value of interest rate swaps is determined based upon a discounted cash flow approach that incorporates counterparty and performance risk and therefore is categorized in Level III.

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at June 30, 2012 for assets/liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Level I      Level II      Level III      Total  

Derivatives

           

Interest rate swaps (included in other current and non-current liabilities)

   $ —         $ —         $ 27       $ 27   

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2011 for assets/liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Level I      Level II      Level III      Total  

Derivatives

           

Interest rate swaps (included in other current and non-current liabilities)

   $ —         $ —         $ 17       $ 17   

Deferred compensation plan assets (included in other non-current assets)

   $ 1       $ —         $ —         $ 1   

The following table presents changes in Level III financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

Fair value at December 31, 2011

   $ 17   

Loss reflected in the statement of operations

     10   
  

 

 

 

Fair value at June 30, 2012

   $ 27   
  

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the carrying amount of the Company’s indebtedness compared to the estimated fair value, primarily determined by quoted market values, at:

 

     June 30, 2012      December 31, 2011  
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair Value (a)
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair Value (a)
 

Debt

           

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

           

Non-extended revolving credit facility

   $ —         $ —         $ 78       $ 78   

Extended revolving credit facility

     109         109         97         97   

Non-extended term loan facility

     —           —           629         590   

Extended term loan facility

     1,822         1,721         1,822         1,630   

First Lien Notes

     593         620         —           —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     700         686         700         606   

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     325         335         —           —     

Second Lien Loans

     650         663         650         655   

Other bank indebtedness

     105         105         133         133   

Existing Notes:

           

10.50% Senior Notes

     64         63         64         56   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes

     41         40         52         43   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     188         175         187         144   

Extended Maturity Notes:

           

11.50% Senior Notes

     489         463         489         367   

12.00% Senior Notes

     129         120         129         95   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     10         9         10         7   

11.00% Convertible Notes

     2,110         1,643         2,110         1,189   

Securitization obligations

     267         267         327         327   

 

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Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income taxes in interim periods is computed by applying its estimated annual effective tax rate against the income (loss) before income taxes for the period. In addition, non-recurring or discrete items, including the increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite lived intangibles, are recorded during the period in which they occur. No Federal income tax benefit was recognized for the current period loss due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance for domestic operations. Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $15 million. This expense included $12 million for an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets and $3 million was recognized for foreign and state income taxes for certain jurisdictions.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash primarily relates to amounts specifically designated as collateral for the repayment of outstanding borrowings under the Company’s securitization facilities. Such amounts approximated $10 million and $7 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively and are primarily included within Other current assets on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

The net periodic pension cost for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was $1 million and was comprised of interest cost and amortization of actuarial loss of $3 million offset by a benefit of $2 million for the expected return on assets.

The net periodic pension cost for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $3 million and was comprised of interest cost and amortization of actuarial loss of $6 million offset by a benefit of $3 million for the expected return on assets. The net periodic pension cost for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $2 million and was comprised of interest cost and amortization of actuarial loss of $5 million offset by a benefit of $3 million for the expected return on assets.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on testing for goodwill impairment that allows an entity to elect to qualitatively assess whether it is necessary to perform the current two-step goodwill impairment test. If the qualitative assessment determines that it is not more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step test is unnecessary. If the entity elects to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to Step One of the test and validate the conclusion by measuring fair value, it can resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will consider utilizing the new qualitative analysis for its goodwill impairment test to be performed in the fourth quarter of 2012.

In May 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on Fair Value Measurement that result in common measurement of fair value and disclosure requirements between U.S. GAAP and the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The amendments mainly change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments are effective prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the amendments on January 1, 2012 and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

2. ACQUISITIONS

2012 ACQUISITIONS

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company acquired four real estate brokerage operations through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRT, for total consideration of $4 million. These acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $4 million that was assigned to the Company Owned Brokerage Services segment.

 

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None of the 2012 acquisitions were significant to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows individually or in the aggregate.

2011 ACQUISITIONS

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired thirteen real estate brokerage operations through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRT, for total consideration of $4 million. These acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $3 million that was assigned to the Company Owned Brokerage Services segment.

None of the 2011 acquisitions were significant to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows individually or in the aggregate.

3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill by segment and changes in the carrying amount are as follows:

 

     Real Estate
Franchise
Services
    Company
Owned
Brokerage
Services
    Relocation
Services
    Title and
Settlement
Services
    Total
Company
 

Gross Goodwill as of December 31, 2011

   $ 3,264      $ 783      $ 641      $ 397      $ 5,085   

Accumulated impairment losses

     (1,023     (158     (281     (324     (1,786
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

     2,241        625        360        73        3,299   

Goodwill acquired

     —          4        —          —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2012

   $ 2,241      $ 629      $ 360      $ 73      $ 3,303   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intangible assets are as follows:

 

     As of June 30, 2012      As of December 31, 2011  
     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Net
Carrying
Amount
     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Amortizable—Franchise agreements (a)

   $ 2,019       $ 356       $ 1,663       $ 2,019       $ 322       $ 1,697   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unamortizable—Trademarks (b)

   $ 732       $ —         $ 732       $ 732       $ —         $ 732   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Intangibles

                 

Amortizable—License agreements (c)

   $ 45       $ 5       $ 40       $ 45       $ 4       $ 41   

Amortizable—Customer relationships (d)

     529         163         366         529         144         385   

Unamortizable—Title plant shares (e)

     10         —           10         10         —           10   

Amortizable—Other (f)

     12         10         2         17         14         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Intangibles

   $ 596       $ 178       $ 418       $ 601       $ 162       $ 439   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Generally amortized over a period of 30 years.
(b) Relates to the Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, The Corcoran Group, Coldwell Banker Commercial and Cartus tradenames, which are expected to generate future cash flows for an indefinite period of time.
(c) Relates to the Sotheby’s International Realty and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate agreements which are being amortized over 50 years (the contractual term of the license agreements).
(d) Relates to the customer relationships at the Title and Settlement Services segment and the Relocation Services segment. These relationships are being amortized over a period of 5 to 20 years.
(e) Primarily related to the Texas American Title Company title plant shares. Ownership in a title plant is required to transact title insurance in certain states. The Company expects to generate future cash flows for an indefinite period of time.
(f) Generally amortized over periods ranging from 2 to 10 years.

 

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Intangible asset amortization expense is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,      Six Months Ended June 30,  
           2012                  2011                  2012                  2011        

Franchise agreements

   $ 17       $ 17       $ 34       $ 34   

License agreement

     —           —           1         —     

Customer relationships

     9         10         19         19   

Other

     —           1         2         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 26       $ 28       $ 56       $ 56   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Based on the Company’s amortizable intangible assets as of June 30, 2012, the Company expects related amortization expense for the remainder of 2012, the four succeeding years and thereafter to approximate $53 million, $105 million, $105 million, $95 million, $94 million and $1,619 million, respectively.

4. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of:

 

     June 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Accrued payroll and related employee costs

   $ 114       $ 69   

Accrued volume incentives

     14         17   

Accrued commissions

     29         14   

Restructuring accruals

     17         20   

Deferred income

     66         76   

Accrued interest

     157         139   

Relocation services home mortgage obligations

     6         9   

Other

     180         176   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 583       $ 520   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5. SHORT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Total indebtedness is as follows:

 

     June 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

     

Non-extended revolving credit facility

   $ —         $ 78   

Extended revolving credit facility

     109         97   

Non-extended term loan facility

     —           629   

Extended term loan facility

     1,822         1,822   

First Lien Notes

     593         —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     700         700   

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     325         —     

Second Lien Loans

     650         650   

Other bank indebtedness

     105         133   

Existing Notes:

     

10.50% Senior Notes

     64         64   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes

     41         52   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     188         187   

Extended Maturity Notes:

     

11.50% Senior Notes

     489         489   

12.00% Senior Notes

     129         129   

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     10         10   

11.00% Convertible Notes

     2,110         2,110   

Securitization Obligations:

     

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     245         296   

Cartus Financing Limited

     22         31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 7,602       $ 7,477   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indebtedness Table

As of June 30, 2012, the total capacity, outstanding borrowings and available capacity under the Company’s borrowing arrangements were as follows:

 

     Interest
Rate
    Expiration Date    Total
Capacity
     Outstanding
Borrowings
     Available
Capacity
 

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

             

Extended revolving credit facility (1)

     (2   April 2016    $ 363       $ 109       $ 165   

Extended term loan facility

     (3   October 2016      1,822         1,822         —     

First Lien Notes

     7.625%      January 2020      593         593         —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     7.875%      February 2019      700         700         —     

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     9.00%      January 2020      325         325         —     

Second Lien Loans

     13.50%      October 2017      650         650         —     

Other bank indebtedness (4)

     Various      108         105         3   

Existing Notes:

             

Senior Notes

     10.50%      April 2014      64         64         —     

Senior Toggle Notes (5)

     11.00%      April 2014      41         41         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes (6)

     12.375%      April 2015      190         188         —     

Extended Maturity Notes:

             

Senior Notes (7)

     11.50%      April 2017      492         489         —     

Senior Notes (8)

     12.00%      April 2017      130         129         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes

     13.375%      April 2018      10         10         —     

Convertible Notes

     11.00%      April 2018      2,110         2,110         —     

Securitization obligations: (9)

             

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     December 2013      400         245         155   

Cartus Financing Limited (10)

     Various      63         22         41   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        $ 8,061       $ 7,602       $ 364   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1) The available capacity under this facility was reduced by $89 million of outstanding letters of credit. On August 6, 2012, the Company had $150 million outstanding on the extended revolving credit facility and $89 million of outstanding letters of credit, leaving $124 million of available capacity.
(2) Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.25% or (b) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., prime rate (“ABR”) plus 2.25% in each case subject to reductions based on the attainment of certain leverage ratios.
(3) Interest rates with respect to term loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 4.25% or (b) the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1.75% and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate (“ABR”) plus 3.25%.
(4) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, a portion of which are issued under the synthetic letter of credit facility: $5 million due in August 2012, $50 million due in January 2013 and $50 million due in July 2013.
(5) On April 16, 2012, the Company redeemed $11 million principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes.
(6) Consists of $190 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, less a discount of $2 million.
(7) Consists of $492 million of 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $3 million.
(8) Consists of $130 million of 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $1 million.
(9) Available capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient relocation related assets to collateralize these securitization obligations.
(10) Consists of a £35 million facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2012.

Indebtedness Incurred in Connection with the Merger and Subsequent Debt Transactions

Realogy incurred indebtedness in 2007 in connection with the Merger, which included borrowings under Realogy’s senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”) and the issuance of unsecured notes. Realogy borrowed an initial amount of $3,170 million term loan facility under the Senior Secured Credit Facility (consisting of $1,950 million initial term loan facility and a $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility) with original maturity dates of October 2013. The $1,950 million initial term loan facility was used by Realogy to finance a part of the Merger, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses contemplated thereby. In addition, Realogy used the $1,220 million delayed draw term loan facility to finance the refinancing or discharge of Realogy’s previously existing senior notes, including, without limitation, the payment of fees and expenses. Realogy issued an original aggregate principal amount of $3,125 million of unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2014 and 2015 (the “Existing Notes”) to finance a part of the Merger, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses.

In 2009, 2011 and 2012, Realogy completed various debt transactions, which are detailed below, that resulted in the following: (1) additional flexibility with respect to compliance with Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio under the senior secured credit facility; (2) the extension of the maturities of certain portions of our indebtedness; (3) additional liquidity to fund operations; and (4) the issuance of $2,110 million of Convertible Notes.

In September and October 2009, Realogy incurred $650 million of Second Lien Loans (the “Second Lien Loans”) under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the net proceeds of which were used to pay down outstanding balances on the revolving credit facility under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and for working capital as well as to exchange $150 million of Second Lien Loans for $221 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Toggle Notes.

In January and February of 2011, Realogy completed a series of transactions, referred to herein as the “2011 Refinancing Transactions,” to refinance portions of its Senior Secured Credit Facility and the Existing Notes.

 

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On January 5, 2011, Realogy completed private exchange offers, relating to its then outstanding Existing Notes (the “Debt Exchange Offering”). As a result of the Debt Exchange Offering, $2,110 million of Existing Notes were tendered for Convertible Notes due 2018, $632 million of Existing Notes due 2014 and 2015 were tendered for Extended Maturity Notes due 2017 and 2018 and $303 million of Existing Notes remained outstanding.

Effective February 3, 2011, we entered into a first amendment to our senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment”) and an incremental assumption agreement, which resulted in the following: (i) extended the maturity of a significant portion of our first lien term loans to October 10, 2016; (ii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the loans and commitments under our revolving credit facility to April 10, 2016, and converted a portion of the extended revolving loans to extended term loans ($98 million in the aggregate); (iii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the commitments under our synthetic letter of credit facility to October 10, 2016; and (iv) allowed for the issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes, which would not be counted as senior secured debt for purposes of determining the Company’s compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

On February 3, 2011, the Company issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes due 2019 in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the net proceeds of which, along with cash on hand, were used to prepay $700 million of certain of the first lien term loans that were extended in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment.

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million of First Lien Notes due 2020 and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes due 2020 in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, referred to herein as the “2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering.” The Company used the proceeds from the offering, of approximately $918 million, to: (i) prepay $629 million of its non-extended term loan borrowings under its senior secured credit facility which were due to mature in October 2013, (ii) repay all of the $133 million in outstanding borrowings under its non-extended revolving credit facility which was due to mature in April 2013, and (iii) repay $156 million of the outstanding borrowings under its extended revolving credit facility. In conjunction with the repayments of $289 million described in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Company reduced the commitments under its non-extended revolving credit facility by a like amount, thereby terminating the non-extended revolving credit facility.

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Senior Secured Credit Facility

The Senior Secured Credit Facility consists of (i) term loan facilities, (ii) revolving credit facilities, (iii) a synthetic letter of credit facility (the facilities described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as amended by the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment, collectively referred to as the “First Lien Facilities”), and (iv) an incremental (or accordion) loan facility, a portion of which as summarized above was utilized in connection with the incurrence of Second Lien Loans. Realogy uses the revolving credit facility for, among other things, working capital and other general corporate purposes.

The loans under the First Lien Facilities (the “First Lien Loans”) are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of Realogy, Intermediate and all of their domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, including but not limited to (i) a first-priority pledge of substantially all capital stock held by Realogy or any subsidiary guarantor (which pledge, with respect to obligations in respect of the borrowings secured by a pledge of the stock of any first-tier foreign subsidiary, is limited to 100% of the non-voting stock (if any) and 65% of the voting stock of such foreign subsidiary), and (ii) perfected first-priority security interests in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Realogy and each subsidiary guarantor, subject to certain exceptions.

The Second Lien Loans are secured by liens on the assets of Realogy, Intermediate and by the subsidiary guarantors that secure the First Lien Loans. However, such liens are junior in priority to the First Lien Loans, the

 

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First Lien Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes. The Second Lien Loans bear interest at a rate of 13.50% per year and interest payments are payable semi-annually with the first interest payment made on April 15, 2010. The Second Lien Loans mature on October 15, 2017 and there are no required amortization payments.

The senior secured credit facility also provides for a synthetic letter of credit facility which is for: (i) the support of Realogy’s obligations with respect to Cendant contingent and other liabilities assumed under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and (ii) general corporate purposes in an amount not to exceed $100 million. The synthetic letter of credit facility capacity is $186 million at June 30, 2012, of which $43 million will expire in October 2013 and $143 million will expire in October 2016. As of June 30, 2012, the capacity was being utilized by a $70 million letter of credit with Cendant for any remaining potential contingent obligations and $100 million of letters of credit for general corporate purposes.

Realogy’s senior secured credit facility contains financial, affirmative and negative covenants and requires Realogy to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed a maximum amount on the last day of each fiscal quarter. Specifically, Realogy’s total senior secured net debt to trailing twelve month EBITDA may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facility, includes certain adjustments and is calculated on a “pro forma” basis for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio. In this report, the Company refers to the term “Adjusted EBITDA” to mean EBITDA as so defined for purposes of determining compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant. Total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets pari passu or junior in priority to the liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes, including the Second Lien Loans, our securitization obligations or the unsecured notes. At June 30, 2012, Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio was 4.08 to 1.0.

Realogy has the right to cure an event of default of the senior secured leverage ratio in three of any of the four consecutive quarters through the issuance of additional Intermediate equity for cash, which would be infused as capital into Realogy. The effect of such infusion would be to increase Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio for the applicable twelve-month period and reduce net senior secured indebtedness upon actual receipt of such capital. If Realogy is unable to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio and fails to remedy a default through an equity cure as described above, there would be an “event of default” under the senior secured credit facility. Other events of default under the senior secured credit facility include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentations, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain material judgments, change of control and cross-events of default on material indebtedness.

If an event of default occurs under the senior secured credit facility, and Realogy fails to obtain a waiver from the lenders, Realogy’s financial condition, results of operations and business would be materially adversely affected. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the senior secured credit facility, the lenders:

 

   

would not be required to lend any additional amounts to Realogy;

 

   

could elect to declare all borrowings outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees, to be due and payable;

 

   

could require Realogy to apply all of its available cash to repay these borrowings; or

 

   

could prevent Realogy from making payments on the First and a Half Lien Notes or the unsecured notes;

any of which could result in an event of default under the First and a Half Lien Notes, the unsecured notes and the Company’s Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program.

If the Company were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under the senior secured credit facility could proceed against the collateral granted to secure the senior secured credit facility, which assets also secure its other secured indebtedness. The Company has pledged the majority of its assets as collateral to secure such indebtedness. If the lenders under the senior secured credit facility were to accelerate the repayment of

 

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borrowings, then the Company may not have sufficient assets to repay the senior secured credit facility and its other indebtedness, including the First Lien Notes, the First and a Half Lien Notes, the Second Lien Loans and the Unsecured Notes, or be able to borrow sufficient funds to refinance such indebtedness. Even if the Company is able to obtain new financing, it may not be on commercially reasonable terms, or terms that are acceptable to the Company.

First Lien Notes

The $593 million of First Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and mature on January 15, 2020. The First Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.625% per annum and interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the first interest payment was July 15, 2012). The First Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Intermediate and each domestic subsidiary of the Company that is a guarantor under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and certain of the Company’s outstanding securities. The First Lien Notes are also guaranteed by Holdings, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. The First Lien Notes are secured by the same collateral as the Company’s existing secured obligations under its Senior Secured Credit Facility. The priority of the collateral liens securing the First Lien Notes is (i) equal to the collateral liens securing the Company’s first lien obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing the Company’s other secured obligations not secured by a first priority lien, including the First and a Half Lien Notes and the Second Lien Loans.

First and a Half Lien Notes

The First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company. The $700 million of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes mature on February 15, 2019 and bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per annum, payable semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The New First and a Half Lien Notes mature on January 15, 2020. The $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.0% per annum and interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the first interest payment date was July 15, 2012). The First and a Half Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Intermediate and each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and certain of Realogy’s outstanding securities. The First and a Half Lien Notes are also guaranteed by Holdings, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. The First and a Half Lien Notes are secured by the same collateral as the Company’s existing secured obligations under its Senior Secured Credit Facility, but the priority of the collateral liens securing the First and a Half Lien Notes is (i) junior to the collateral liens securing the Company’s first lien obligations under its Senior Secured Credit Facility and the First Lien Notes, and (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing the Second Lien Loans. The priority of the collateral liens securing each series of the First and a Half Lien Notes is equal to one another.

Other Bank Indebtedness

Realogy has separate revolving U.S. credit facilities under which it could borrow up to $100 million at June 30, 2012 and $125 million at December 31, 2011 and a separate U.K. credit facility under which it could borrow up to £5 million ($8 million) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These facilities are not secured by assets of Realogy or any of its subsidiaries but are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, including the synthetic letter of credit facility. The facilities generally have a one-year term with certain options for renewal. As of June 30, 2012, Realogy had outstanding borrowings of $105 million under these credit facilities. Realogy has $5 million outstanding on an $8 million capacity facility which expires in August 2012, $50 million due in January 2013 and $50 million due in July 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the weighted average interest rate under the U.S. credit facilities was 2.9% with interest payable either monthly or quarterly.

Unsecured Notes

On April 10, 2007, Realogy issued in a private placement $1,700 million of Senior Notes due 2014, $550 million of Senior Toggle Notes due 2014 and $875 million of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015. On

 

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February 15, 2008, Realogy completed an exchange offer to register the privately placed notes under the Securities Act. The registration statement was filed on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153 declared effective by the SEC on January 9, 2008). The term “Existing Notes” refers to the privately placed notes and the exchange notes. On January 5, 2011, Realogy settled the Debt Exchange Offering to exchange its Existing Senior Notes and the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes for the Extended Maturity Notes and the Convertible Notes. On the settlement date of the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy issued (i) $492 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Senior Notes, (ii) $130 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Notes and (iii) $10 million aggregate principal amount of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes.

The 10.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2014 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 11.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Toggle Notes mature on April 15, 2014. Interest is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. For any interest payment period after the initial interest payment period and through October 15, 2011, Realogy had the option to pay interest on the Senior Toggle Notes (i) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”), (ii) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes or by issuing Senior Toggle Notes (“PIK Interest”), or (iii) 50% as Cash Interest and 50% as PIK Interest. Cash Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at a rate of 11.00% per annum. PIK Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at the Cash Interest rate per annum plus 0.75%. Beginning with the interest period which ended October 2008 through the interest period which ended April 2011, Realogy elected to satisfy its interest payment obligations by issuing additional Senior Toggle Notes. Realogy elected to pay Cash Interest for the interest period commencing April 15, 2011 and is required to make all future interest payments on the Senior Toggle Notes entirely in cash until they mature.

Realogy would be subject to certain interest deduction limitations if the Senior Toggle Notes were treated as “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. In order to avoid such treatment, Realogy is required to redeem for cash a portion of each Senior Toggle Note outstanding on April 15, 2012 for the periods that Realogy elected to pay PIK Interest. As a result, on April 16, 2012, Realogy redeemed $11 million principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes.

The 12.00% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2015 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, by each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or certain of Realogy’s outstanding securities. The Senior Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured junior subordinated basis.

On June 24, 2011, Realogy completed offers of exchange notes for Extended Maturity Notes issued in the Debt Exchange Offering. The term “exchange notes” refers to the 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, the 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018, all as registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173254 declared effective by the SEC on May 20, 2011). Each series of the exchange notes are substantially identical in all material respects to the Extended Maturity Notes of the applicable series issued in the Debt Exchange Offering (except that the new registered exchange notes do not contain terms with respect to additional interest or transfer restrictions). Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Extended Maturity Notes” refers to the exchange notes.

 

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Convertible Notes

The Series A Convertible Notes, Series B Convertible Notes and Series C Convertible Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest at a rate per annum of 11.00% payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes are convertible into Common Stock at any time prior to April 15, 2018. The Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 39.0244 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $25.625 per share, and the Series C Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 37.0714 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $26.975 per share, subject to adjustment if specified distributions to holders of the Common Stock are made or specified corporate transactions occur, in each case as set forth in the indenture governing the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. The Convertible Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by Holdings.

Following a Qualified Public Offering, Realogy may, at its option, redeem the Convertible Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price, payable in cash, equal to 90% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest.

On March 21, 2012, the SEC declared effective a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-179896) of Holdings and Realogy, which included the effectiveness of a Post-Effective Amendment to the registration statement initially declared effective on June 16, 2011. The Registration Statement registers for resale the outstanding Convertible Notes and the Common Stock of Holdings issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. Offers and sales of the Convertible Notes and Common Stock may be made by selling securityholders named in the registration statement pursuant to the related prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Loss on the Early Extinguishment of Debt and Write-Off of Deferred Financing Costs

As a result of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

As a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $36 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $7 million to interest expense as a result of debt modifications during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Securitization Obligations

Realogy has secured obligations through Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a securitization program with a borrowing capacity of $400 million and expiration date of December 2013.

In 2010, Realogy, through a special purpose entity, Cartus Financing Limited, entered into agreements providing for a £35 million revolving loan facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2012. These Cartus Financing Limited facilities are secured by relocation assets of a U.K. government contract in a special purpose entity and are therefore classified as permitted securitization financings as defined in Realogy’s senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes.

The Apple Ridge entities and Cartus Financing Limited entity are consolidated special purpose entities that are utilized to securitize relocation receivables and related assets. These assets are generated from advancing funds on behalf of clients of Realogy’s relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees.

 

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Assets of these special purpose entities are not available to pay Realogy’s general obligations. Under the Apple Ridge program, provided no termination or amortization event has occurred, any new receivables generated under the designated relocation management agreements are sold into the securitization program and as new eligible relocation management agreements are entered into, the new agreements are designated to the program. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, breach of Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio under Realogy’s senior secured credit facility if uncured, and cross-defaults to Realogy’s credit agreement, unsecured and secured notes or other material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business.

Certain of the funds that the Company receives from relocation receivables and related assets must be utilized to repay securitization obligations. These obligations were collateralized by $393 million and $366 million of underlying relocation receivables and other related relocation assets at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Substantially all relocation related assets are realized in less than twelve months from the transaction date. Accordingly, all of the Company’s securitization obligations are classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Interest incurred in connection with borrowings under these facilities amounted to $2 million and $4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively and $2 million and $3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. This interest is recorded within net revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as related borrowings are utilized to fund the Company’s relocation business where interest is generally earned on such assets. These securitization obligations represent floating rate debt for which the average weighted interest rate was 3.5% and 1.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

6. RESTRUCTURING COSTS

2012 Restructuring Program

During the first six months of 2012, the Company committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. The Company currently expects to incur restructuring charges of $10 million in 2012. As of June 30, 2012, the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services recognized $2 million of personnel related expense and $1 million of facility related expenses. The Relocation Services and the Title and Settlement Services segments each recognized $1 million of facility related expenses. At June 30, 2012, the remaining liability is $2 million.

2011 Restructuring Program

During 2011, the Company committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. The Company incurred restructuring charges of $11 million in 2011. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $5 million of facility related expenses and $4 million of personnel related expenses. The Relocation Services segment recognized $1 million of personnel related expense and the Title and Settlement Services segment recognized $1 million of facility related expenses. At June 30, 2012, the remaining liability is $2 million.

Prior Restructuring Programs

The Company committed to restructuring activities targeted principally at reducing personnel related costs and consolidating facilities during 2006 through 2010. At December 31, 2011, the remaining liability for these various restructuring activities was $17 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company utilized $4 million of the remaining accrual resulting in a remaining liability of $13 million related to future lease payments.

 

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7. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Incentive Equity Awards Granted by Holdings

In April 2007, Holdings adopted the Realogy Holdings Corp. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) under which non-qualified stock options, rights to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock and other awards settleable in, or based upon, Holdings common stock may be issued to employees, consultants or directors of Realogy. The original stock options granted were either time vesting or performance based awards with an exercise price equal to the grant date fair price of the underlying shares and a contractual term of 10 years. The time vesting options are subject to ratable vesting over the requisite service period.

In November 2010, Holdings exchanged almost all of the original stock options granted to employees (0.41 million) for new stock options as described below. Each original option held by eligible employees was exchanged on a one-for-one basis for a new option with different terms. The original options had an exercise price of $250 per share and were 50% time vested and 50% performance based awards. These awards were exchanged for all time vested new awards. The new options were unvested on the date of grant and vest at a rate of 25% a year over a four-year period, which began on July 1, 2010 with a 10-year contractual term beginning on the date of grant. The exercise price for 30% of the new options issued to certain senior executives was $137.50 per share and the exercise price of all other new options issued was $20.75 per share, which represented the fair market value of Common Stock of Holdings as determined by its Compensation Committee as of the date of grant of the new options. The exchange resulted in an incremental stock compensation expense of $4 million that will be recognized over a four-year vesting period, which began on July 1, 2010.

The fair value of the time vesting options and Phantom Value Plan (see discussion below) options was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model utilizing the following assumptions. Expected volatility was based on historical volatilities of comparable companies. The expected term of the options granted represents the period of time that options were expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant, which corresponds to the expected term of the options.

In February 2012, the Holdings Board granted 4 thousand of time vesting stock options to an independent director of Realogy. In April and May 2012, the Holdings Board granted 0.97 million of time vesting stock options to senior management employees. The options have a term of 10 years, an exercise price of $17.50 per share and a fair market value of $20.50 per share on the date of grant. The options become exercisable over a four-year period at the rate of 25% per year, commencing one year from the date of grant. In addition, in April 2012, 0.08 million of performance based stock options were granted under the Phantom Value Plan. The performance based stock options have a term of 7 years, an exercise price of $17.50 per share and a fair market value of $20.50 per share on the date of grant.

On April 30, 2012, the Holdings Compensation Committee approved a further amendment to the plan to increase the number of shares reserved thereunder by 1 million to 2.69 million reserved shares. As of June 30, 2012, the total number of shares available for future grant was approximately 1.12 million shares.

 

     2012  
     Time Vesting
Options
    Phantom Plan
Options
 

Weighted average grant date fair value

   $ 10.25      $ 9.75   

Expected volatility

     46.84     50.28

Expected term (years)

     6.25        4.75   

Risk-free interest rate

     1.1     0.79

Dividend yield

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Equity Award Activity

A summary of 2012 option and restricted share activity is presented below (number of shares in millions):

 

     Time Vesting
Options
    Performance
Based Options
    Restricted
Stock
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2012

     0.53        0.18        *   

Granted

     0.98        0.08        —     

Exercised

     —          —          —     

Vested

     —          —          —     

Forfeited

     (0.10     (0.10     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding as of June 30, 2012

     1.41        0.16        *   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The outstanding amount is 4 thousand shares of restricted stock.

 

     Options
Vested
     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
     Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
     Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 

Exercisable at June 30, 2012

     0.11         48.25         8.32 years         —     

As of June 30, 2012, there was approximately $11 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the time vesting options and restricted stock under the Plan and $2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to performance based options issued under the Phantom Value Plan described below. Unrecognized cost for the time vesting options and restricted stock will be recorded in future periods as compensation expense as the awards vest over the 4 year period from the date of grant with a remaining weighted average period of approximately 2.9 years. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to the incentive equity awards of $1 million and $2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and $1 million and $3 million related to the incentive equity awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

Phantom Value Plan

On January 5, 2011, the Board of Directors of Holdings approved the Realogy Corporation Phantom Value Plan (the “Phantom Value Plan”), which is intended to provide certain of Realogy’s executive officers with an incentive (the “Incentive Awards”) to remain in the service of Realogy, increase interest in the success of Realogy and create the opportunity to receive compensation based upon Realogy’s success. On January 5, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company made initial grants of Incentive Awards in an aggregate amount of $22 million to certain executive officers of Realogy. The amount of the Incentive Awards granted to certain of Realogy’s executive officers was determined by the sum of (1) the shares of common stock purchased by the executives at $250 per share in April 2007 (representing an aggregate purchase price of $18.5 million) and (2) the implied $250 per share grant date value in April 2007 of the executive’s restricted stock grant (representing an aggregate of $3.3 million). Incentive Awards are immediately cancelable and forfeitable in the event of the termination of a participant’s employment for any reason. The Incentive Awards terminate 10 years from the date of grant.

Incentive Awards under the Phantom Value Plan

Under the Phantom Value Plan, each participant is eligible to receive a cash payment with respect to an Incentive Award relating to the Convertible Notes that RCIV Holdings (“RCIV”), an affiliate of Apollo, purchased ($1.3 billion aggregate principal amount) for which RCIV receives cash upon the discharge or third-party sale of not less than $267 million of the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes (the “Plan Notes”). Any cash payments made under the Phantom Value Plan will be recorded as compensation expense when RCIV receives cash upon the discharge or third-party sale of the Plan Notes (or the shares underlying the Plan Notes).

 

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Stock Option Awards under the Phantom Value Plan

On each date RCIV receives cash interest on the Plan Notes, certain executive officers of Realogy may be granted stock options under the Holdings 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The aggregate value of stock options granted (determined by the Holdings Board or its Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) is equal to an amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate dollar amount of the participant’s Incentive Award as the aggregate amount of cash interest received by RCIV on such date bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Plan Notes held by RCIV on the date of grant of the Incentive Award. Generally, each grant of stock options vests over a three year period subject to the participant’s continued employment, however, the vested stock options does not become exercisable until one year following a qualified public offering. As such, compensation expense will begin to be recorded after a public offering becomes probable of occurring. The stock options have a term of 7.5 years. In April 2012, Holdings issued 0.08 million stock options under the Phantom Value Plan in conjunction with RCIV receiving cash interest on the Plan Notes.

 

8. SEPARATION ADJUSTMENTS, TRANSACTIONS WITH FORMER PARENT AND SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED PARTIES

Transfer of Cendant Corporate Liabilities and Issuance of Guarantees to Cendant and Affiliates

The Company has certain guarantee commitments with Cendant (pursuant to the assumption of certain liabilities and the obligation to indemnify Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport for such liabilities). These guarantee arrangements primarily relate to certain contingent litigation liabilities, contingent tax liabilities, and other corporate liabilities, of which the Company assumed and is generally responsible for 62.5%. Upon separation from Cendant, the liabilities assumed by the Company were comprised of certain Cendant corporate liabilities which were recorded on the historical books of Cendant as well as additional liabilities which were established for guarantees issued at the date of Separation related to certain unresolved contingent matters that could arise during the guarantee period. Regarding the guarantees, if any of the companies responsible for all or a portion of such liabilities were to default in its payment of costs or expenses related to any such liability, the Company would be responsible for a portion of the defaulting party or parties’ obligation. To the extent such recorded liabilities are in excess or are not adequate to cover the ultimate payment amounts, such deficiency or excess will be reflected in the results of operations in future periods.

The due to former parent balance was $76 million and $80 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. At June 30, 2012, the due to former parent balance was comprised of the Company’s portion of the following: (i) Cendant’s remaining state and foreign contingent tax liabilities, (ii) accrued interest on contingent tax liabilities, (iii) potential liabilities related to Cendant’s terminated or divested businesses, and (iv) potential liabilities related to the residual portion of accruals for Cendant operations.

Transactions with PHH Corporation

In January 2005, Cendant completed the spin-off of its former mortgage, fleet leasing and appraisal businesses in a tax free distribution of 100% of the common stock of PHH to its stockholders. In connection with the spin-off, the Company entered into a venture, PHH Home Loans, with PHH for the purpose of originating and selling mortgage loans primarily sourced through the Company’s real estate brokerage and relocation businesses. The Company owns 49.9% of the venture. In connection with the venture, the Company entered into an agreement with PHH and PHH Home Loans regarding the operation of the venture and a marketing agreement with PHH whereby PHH is the recommended provider of mortgage products and services promoted by the Company to its independently owned and operated franchisees. The Company also entered into a license agreement with PHH whereby PHH Home Loans was granted a license to use certain of the Company’s real estate brand names. The Company also maintains a relocation agreement with PHH whereby PHH outsources its employee relocation function to the Company and the Company subleases office space to PHH Home Loans.

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months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. In addition, the Company recorded equity earnings of $15 million and $25 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively and $3 million and $3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. The Company received cash dividends from PHH Home Loans of $14 million and $12 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Transactions with Related Parties

The Company has entered into certain transactions in the normal course of business with entities that are owned by affiliates of Apollo. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company has recognized revenue related to these transactions of less than $1 million in each of the periods.

 

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

The Company is involved in claims, legal proceedings and governmental inquiries related to alleged contract disputes, business practices, intellectual property and other commercial, employment, regulatory and tax matters. Examples of such matters include but are not limited to allegations:

 

   

that the Company is vicariously liable for the acts of franchisees under theories of actual or apparent agency;

 

   

by former franchisees that franchise agreements were breached including improper terminations;

 

   

that residential real estate agents engaged by NRT—in certain states—are potentially common law employees instead of independent contractors, and therefore may bring claims against NRT for breach of contract, wrongful discharge and negligent supervision and obtain benefits available to employees under various state statutes;

 

   

concerning claims for alleged RESPA or state law violations including but not limited to claims challenging the validity of sales associates indemnification and administrative fees;

 

   

concerning claims generally against the company owned brokerage operations for negligence or breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the performance of real estate brokerage or other professional services; and

 

   

concerning claims generally against the title company contending that, as the escrow company, the company knew or should have known that a transaction was fraudulent.

Real Estate Business Litigation

Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. v. Cendant Corp. and Century 21 Real Estate Corporation (N.J. Super. Ct. L. Div., Morris County, New Jersey). In 2002, Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. filed a putative class action against Cendant and Cendant’s subsidiary, Century 21. The complaint alleged breach of certain provisions of the Real Estate Franchise Agreement entered into between Century 21 and the plaintiffs, breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and breach of certain express and implied fiduciary duties. The complaint alleged, among other things, that Cendant diverted money and resources from Century 21 franchisees and allotted them to NRT owned brokerages and otherwise improperly charged expenses to marketing funds. On August 17, 2010, the court certified a class consisting of Century 21 franchisees at any time between August 1, 1995 and April 17, 2002 whose franchise agreements contain New Jersey choice of law and venue provisions and who have not executed releases releasing the claim (unless the release was a provision of a franchise renewal agreement).

On February 16, 2012, as a matter of litigation avoidance, we executed a Stipulation of Settlement and on June 4, 2012, the Court granted final approval of the settlement. The settlement involves both monetary and non-monetary consideration as well as contributions from insurance carriers. During the second quarter of 2012,

 

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the monetary consideration of the settlement was funded by the Company and the insurance carriers into an escrow account established to fund claims made by class participants. The non-monetary consideration includes but is not limited to waivers and modifications of certain fees and payments of incentive fees. The Company accrued the amount that would be payable beyond carrier contributions in its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011. The full amount of this settlement was subsequently accrued during the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as the amounts were funded by the insurance carriers and final court approval during that quarter.

Larsen, et al. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, et al. (case formerly known as Joint Equity Committee of Investors of Real Estate Partners, Inc. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp., et al ). The case, pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, arises from the relationship of two of the Company’s subsidiaries with a former Coldwell Banker Commercial franchisee, whose 40.5% shareholder allegedly utilized the Coldwell Banker Commercial name in the offer and sale of securities that were improperly sold. On March 26, 2012, the Court granted plaintiffs motion to certify a class as to all claims except for false advertising. On April 13, 2012, the court entered into an order stipulated by the parties to stay the case for 60 days while the parties pursue mediation. Our primary insurance carrier disclaimed coverage of either liability or defense costs. Two mediation sessions were held and at the end of the mediation session held on June 5, 2012, as a matter of litigation avoidance, we entered into a memorandum of understanding memorializing the principal terms of a settlement of this action. On July 19, 2012, we entered into a definitive settlement agreement. Substantially all of the settlement will be funded directly by the Company with only a modest contribution by its insurance carrier. The settlement is subject to court approval and other conditions and there can be no assurance that the court will grant such approval. The Company accrued for the settlement in June 2012.

Cendant Corporate Litigation

Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of July 27, 2006 among Cendant, Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, each of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport have assumed certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses), which are primarily related to each of their respective businesses. In addition, Realogy has assumed 62.5% and Wyndham Worldwide has assumed 37.5% of certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses) of Cendant or its subsidiaries, which are not primarily related to any of the respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and/or Cendant’s vehicle rental operations, in each case incurred or allegedly incurred on or prior to the date of the separation of Travelport from Cendant.

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The Company believes that it has adequately accrued for legal matters as appropriate. The Company records litigation accruals for legal matters which are both probable and estimable. For legal proceedings for which (1) there is a reasonable possibility of loss (meaning those losses for which the likelihood is more than remote but less than probable) and (2) the Company is able to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss, the Company estimates the range of reasonably possible losses to be between zero and $10 million at June 30, 2012.

Litigation and other disputes are inherently unpredictable and subject to substantial uncertainties and unfavorable resolutions could occur. In addition, class action lawsuits can be costly to defend and, depending on the class size and claims, could be costly to settle. Lastly, there may be greater risk of unfavorable resolutions in the current economic environment due to various factors including the absence of other defendants (due to business failures) that may be the real cause of the liability and greater negative sentiment toward corporate defendants. As such, the Company could incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims with liability that are materially in excess of amounts accrued and these settlements could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in any particular period.

Tax Matters

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States and several foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes and recording related assets and

 

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liabilities. In the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The Company is regularly under audit by tax authorities whereby the outcome of the audits is uncertain. The Company believes there is appropriate support for positions taken on its tax returns. The liabilities that have been recorded represent the best estimates of the probable loss on certain positions and are adequate for all open years based on an assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter. However, the outcome of tax audits are inherently uncertain.

Under the Tax Sharing Agreement with Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, the Company is generally responsible for 62.5% of payments made to settle claims with respect to tax periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2006 that relate to income taxes imposed on Cendant and certain of its subsidiaries, the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to the respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Avis Budget or Travelport.

With respect to any remaining legacy Cendant tax liabilities, the Company and its former parent believe there is appropriate support for the positions taken on Cendant’s tax returns. However, tax audits and any related litigation, including disputes or litigation on the allocation of tax liabilities between parties under the Tax Sharing Agreement, could result in outcomes for the Company that are different from those reflected in the Company’s historical financial statements.

Contingent Liability Letter of Credit

In April 2007, the Company established a standby irrevocable letter of credit for the benefit of Avis Budget Group in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement. The synthetic letter of credit was utilized to support the Company’s payment obligations with respect to its share of Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities. The stated amount of the standby irrevocable letter of credit is subject to periodic adjustment to reflect the then current estimate of Cendant contingent and other liabilities. The letter of credit was $70 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The standby irrevocable letter of credit will be terminated if (i) the Company’s senior unsecured credit rating is raised to BB by Standard and Poor’s or Ba2 by Moody’s or (ii) the aggregate value of the former parent contingent liabilities falls below $30 million.

Apollo Management Fee Agreement

In connection with the Merger, Apollo entered into a management fee agreement with the Company which allows Apollo Management VI, L.P. and its affiliates to provide certain management consulting services to the Company through the end of 2016 (subject to possible extension). The Company pays Apollo Management VI, L.P. an annual management fee for this service up to the sum of the greater of $15 million or 2.0% of the Company’s annual Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding year, plus out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith. At June 30, 2012, the Company had $38 million accrued for the payment of Apollo Management VI, L.P. management fees, $15 million of which were paid in July 2012.

In addition, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, at the closing of any merger, acquisition, financing and similar transaction with a related transaction or enterprise value equal to or greater than $200 million, Apollo Management VI, L.P. will receive a fee equal to 1% of the aggregate transaction or enterprise value paid to or provided by such entity or its stockholders (including the aggregate value of (x) equity securities, warrants, rights and options acquired or retained, (y) indebtedness acquired, assumed or refinanced and (z) any other consideration or compensation paid in connection with such transaction). Apollo waived any fees payable to it pursuant to the management fee agreement in connection with the 2011 Refinancing Transactions and 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering. The Company has agreed to indemnify Apollo Management VI, L.P. and its affiliates and their directors, officers and representatives for potential losses relating to the services to be provided under the management fee agreement.

 

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Escrow and Trust Deposits

As a service to the Company’s customers, it administers escrow and trust deposits which represent undisbursed amounts received for settlements of real estate transactions. With the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in July 2010, deposits at FDIC-insured institutions are permanently insured up to $250 thousand. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act temporarily provides unlimited coverage for non-interest-bearing transaction accounts from December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012. These escrow and trust deposits totaled approximately $481 million and $272 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. These escrow and trust deposits are not assets of the Company and, therefore, are excluded from the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. However, the Company remains contingently liable for the disposition of these deposits.

 

10. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The reportable segments presented below represent the Company’s operating segments for which separate financial information is available and which is utilized on a regular basis by its chief operating decision maker to assess performance and to allocate resources. In identifying its reportable segments, the Company also considers the nature of services provided by its operating segments. Management evaluates the operating results of each of its reportable segments based upon revenue and EBITDA, which is defined as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest (income) expense, net (other than Relocation Services interest for secured assets and obligations) and income taxes, each of which is presented in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

 

     Revenues (a) (b)  
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
         2012             2011             2012             2011      

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 170      $ 160      $ 299      $ 278   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     994        884        1,611        1,471   

Relocation Services

     109        110        197        197   

Title and Settlement Services

     106        90        194        173   

Corporate and Other (c)

     (70     (65     (117     (109
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 1,309      $ 1,179      $ 2,184      $ 2,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment include intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $70 million and $117 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and $65 million and $109 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation. Such amounts are eliminated through the Corporate and Other line.
(b) Revenues for the Relocation Services segment include intercompany referral and relocation fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $11 million and $18 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and $11 million and $18 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Such amounts are recorded as contra-revenues by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment. There are no other material inter-segment transactions.
(c) Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.

 

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     EBITDA (a) (b)  
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
         2012             2011             2012             2011      

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 99      $ 97      $ 160      $ 159   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     78        48        61        11   

Relocation Services

     30        32        34        42   

Title and Settlement Services

     14        12        16        14   

Corporate and Other

     (18     (2     (38     (50
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 203      $ 187      $ 233      $ 176   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

        

Depreciation and amortization

     44        47        89        93   

Interest expense, net

     176        161        346        340   

Income tax expense

     8        1        15        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (25   $ (22   $ (217   $ (259
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes $2 million of restructuring costs for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $3 million of restructuring costs, offset by a net benefit of $12 million of former parent legacy items for the three months ended June 30, 2011.
(b) Includes $5 million of restructuring costs and a $6 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $3 million of former parent legacy items for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $5 million of restructuring costs and a $36 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a net benefit of $14 million of former parent legacy items for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

 

11. GUARANTOR/NON-GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following consolidating financial information presents the Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations and Cash Flows for: (i) Realogy Holdings Corp. (“Holdings”); (ii) its direct wholly owned subsidiary Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp. (“Intermediate”); (iii) its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”); (iv) the guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy; (v) the non-guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy; (vi) elimination entries necessary to consolidate Holdings, Intermediate, Realogy and the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries; and (vii) the Company on a consolidated basis. The guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy are comprised of 100% owned entities. Guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by Realogy, either directly or indirectly. All guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several, subject to release under certain customary circumstances, including but not limited to: (i) the sale, disposition or other transfer of the capital stock of a Guarantor made in compliance with the provisions of the applicable indenture; (ii) the designation of a Guarantor as “Unrestricted Subsidiary” (as that term is defined in the applicable indenture); (iii) subject to certain exceptions, the release or discharge of a Guarantor’s guarantee of indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility; and (iv) Realogy’s exercise of legal defeasance or covenant defeasance in accordance with the applicable indenture. Non-guarantor entities are comprised of securitization entities, foreign subsidiaries, unconsolidated entities, insurance underwriter subsidiaries and qualified foreign holding corporations. The guarantor and non-guarantor financial information is prepared using the same basis of accounting as the consolidated financial statements except for the investments in consolidated subsidiaries which are accounted for using the equity method.

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Three Months Ended June 30, 2012

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 983      $ —        $ —        $ 983   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          143        65        —          208   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          76        —          —          76   

Other

    —          —          —          40        2        —          42   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          1,242        67        —          1,309   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          662        —          —          662   

Operating

    —          —          —          280        45        —          325   

Marketing

    —          —          —          51        1        —          52   

General and administrative

    —          —          18        57        4          79   

Restructuring costs

    —          —          —          2        —          —          2   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          3        41        —          —          44   

Interest expense, net

    —          —          175        1        —          —          176   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          1        (1     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          197        1,093        50        —          1,340   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (197     149        17        —          (31

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (66     64        10        —          8   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (15     —          (15

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    25        25        (106     (21     —          77        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (25     (25     (25     106        22        (77     (24

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (1     —          (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (25   $ (25   $ (25   $ 106      $ 21      $ (77   $ (25
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (24   $ (24   $ (24   $ 106      $ 20      $ (78   $ (24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 873      $ —        $ —        $ 873   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          130        62        —          192   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          70        —          —          70   

Other

    —          —          —          42        2        —          44   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          1,115        64        —          1,179   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          577        —          —          577   

Operating

    —          —          —          273        44        —          317   

Marketing

    —          —          —          53        1        —          54   

General and administrative

    —          —          13        39        4        —          56   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          (12     —          —          —          (12

Restructuring costs

    —          —          —          3        —          —          3   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          3        44        —          —          47   

Interest expense, net

    —          —          160        1        —          —          161   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          1        (1     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          165        989        49        —          1,203   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (165     126        15        —          (24

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (50     46        5        —          1   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (4     —          (4

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    22        22        (93     (13     —          62        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (22     (22     (22     93        14        (62     (21

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (1     —          (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (22   $ (22   $ (22   $ 93      $ 13      $ (62   $ (22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (22   $ (22   $ (22   $ 93      $ 13      $ (62   $ (22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 1,589      $ —        $ —        $ 1,589   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          252        128        —          380   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          130        —          —          130   

Other

    —          —          —          83        2        —          85   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          2,054        130        —          2,184   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          1,064        —          —          1,064   

Operating

    —          —          —          549        94        —          643   

Marketing

    —          —          —          102        1        —          103   

General and administrative

    —          —          35        114        7          156   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          (3     —          —          —          (3

Restructuring costs

    —          —          —          5        —          —          5   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          5        83        1        —          89   

Interest expense, net

    —          —          343        3        —          —          346   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

    —          —          6        —          —          —          6   

Other (income)/expense, net

    —          —          —          1        —          —          1   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          2        (2     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          388        1,919        103        —          2,410   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (388     135        27        —          (226

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (60     58        17        —          15   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (25     —          (25

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    217        217        (111     (34     —          (289     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (217     (217     (217     111        35        289        (216

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (1     —          (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (217   $ (217   $ (217   $ 111      $ 34      $ 289      $ (217
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Holding

  $ (214   $ (214   $ (214   $ 111      $ 35      $ 282      $ (214
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 1,448      $ —        $ —        $ 1,448   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          235        121        —          356   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          121        —          —          121   

Other

    —          —          —          82        3        —          85   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          1,886        124        —          2,010   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          951        —          —          951   

Operating

    —          —          —          547        88        —          635   

Marketing

    —          —          —          96        1        —          97   

General and administrative

    —          —          28        92        7        —          127   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          (14     —          —          —          (14

Restructuring costs

    —          —          —          5        —          —          5   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          4        88        1        —          93   

Interest expense, net

    —          —          337        3        —          —          340   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

    —          —          36        —          —          —          36   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          2        (2     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          393        1,780        97        —          2,270   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (393     106        27        —          (260

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (45     39        8        —          2   

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (4     —          (4

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    259        259        (89     (22     —          (407     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (259     (259     (259     89        23        407        (258

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (1     —          (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (259   $ (259   $ (259   $ 89      $ 22      $ 407      $ (259
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (248   $ (248   $ (248   $ 89      $ 23      $ 384      $ (248
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

June 30, 2012

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

ASSETS

             

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ —        $ —        $ 2      $ 86      $ 56      $ (6   $ 138   

Trade receivables, net

    —          —          —          103        44        —          147   

Relocation receivables

    —          —          —          34        385        —          419   

Relocation properties held for sale

    —          —          —          10        —          —          10   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          8        53        (2     —          59   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          91        20        (111     —     

Other current assets

    1        —          9        67        20        —          97   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    1        —          19        444        523        (117     870   

Property and equipment, net

    —          —          16        133        2        —          151   

Goodwill

    —          —          —          3,303        —          —          3,303   

Trademarks

    —          —          —          732        —          —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

    —          —          —          1,663        —          —          1,663   

Other intangibles, net

    —          —          —          418        —          —          418   

Other non-current assets

    —          —          71        84        70        —          225   

Investment in subsidiaries

    (1,712     (1,712     8,328        206        —          (5,110     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ (1,711   $ (1,712   $ 8,434      $ 6,983      $ 595      $ (5,227   $ 7,362   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

             

Current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

  $ —        $ —        $ 27      $ 182      $ 11      $ (6   $ 214   

Securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          267        —          267   

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          20        91        (111     —     

Due to former parent

    —          —          76        —          —          —          76   

Revolving credit facilities and current portion of long-term debt

    —          —          159        50        5        —          214   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    —          —          234        314        35        —          583   

Intercompany payables

    1        —          2,304        (2,261     (44     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    1        —          2,800        (1,695     365        (117     1,354   

Long-term debt

    —          —          7,121        —          —          —          7,121   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          (600     1,027        (1     —          426   

Other non-current liabilities

    —          —          96        52        25        —          173   

Intercompany liabilities

    —          —          729        (729     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1        —          10,146        (1,345     389        (117     9,074   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

    (1,712     (1,712     (1,712     8,328        206        (5,110     (1,712
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

  $ (1,711   $ (1,712   $ 8,434      $ 6,983      $ 595      $ (5,227   $ 7,362   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

ASSETS

             

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ —        $ —        $ 2      $ 80      $ 67      $ (6   $ 143   

Trade receivables, net

    —          —          —          75        45        —          120   

Relocation receivables

    —          —          —          14        364        —          378   

Relocation properties held for sale

    —          —          —          11        —          —          11   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          14        53        (1     —          66   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          6        19        (25     —     

Other current assets

    —          —          8        64        16        —          88   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    —          —          24        303        510        (31     806   

Property and equipment, net

    —          —          17        145        3        —          165   

Goodwill

    —          —          —          3,299        —          —          3,299   

Trademarks

    —          —          —          732        —          —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

    —          —          —          1,697        —          —          1,697   

Other intangibles, net

    —          —          —          439        —          —          439   

Other non-current assets

    —          —          68        85        59        —          212   

Investment in subsidiaries

    (1,499     (1,499     8,216        181        —          (5,399     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ (1,499   $ (1,499   $ 8,325      $ 6,881      $ 572      $ (5,430   $ 7,350   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

             

Current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

  $ —        $ —        $ 22      $ 158      $ 10      $ (6   $ 184   

Securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          327        —          327   

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          19        6        (25     —     

Due to former parent

    —          —          80        —          —          —          80   

Revolving credit facilities and current portion of long-term debt

    —          —          267        50        8        —          325   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    —          —          202        282        36        —          520   

Intercompany payables

    —          —          2,222        (2,203     (19     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    —          —          2,793        (1,694     368        (31     1,436   

Long-term debt

    —          —          6,825        —          —          —          6,825   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          (604     1,025        —          —          421   

Other non-current liabilities

    —          —          83        61        23        —          167   

Intercompany liabilities

    —          —          727        (727     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    —          —          9,824        (1,335     391        (31     8,849   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

    (1,499     (1,499     (1,499     8,216        181        (5,399     (1,499
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

  $ (1,499   $ (1,499   $ 8,325      $ 6,881      $ 572      $ (5,430   $ 7,350   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ —        $ —        $ (342   $ 236      $ 22      $ (9   $ (93
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

             

Property and equipment additions

        (2     (17         (19

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

    —          —          —          (4     —          —          (4

Purchases of certificates of deposit, net

    —          —          —          (4     —          —          (4

Change in restricted cash

    —          —          —          —          (3     —          (3

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          (85     —          85        —     

Other, net

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    —          —          (2     (110     (3     85        (30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

             

Net change in revolving credit facilities

    —          —          (91     —          (3     —          (94

Repayments of term loan credit facility

    —          —          (640     —          —          —          (640

Proceeds from issuance of First Lien Notes

    —          —          593        —          —          —          593   

Proceeds from issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes

    —          —          325        —          —          —          325   

Net change in securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          (61     —          (61

Debt issuance costs

    —          —          (2     —          (1     —          (3

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          —          (9     9        —     

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          —          85        (85     —     

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          155        (116     (39     —          —     

Other, net

    —          —          4        (4     (2     —          (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    —          —          344        (120     (30     (76     118   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          6        (11     —          (5

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    —          —          2        80        67        (6     143   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ —        $ —        $ 2      $ 86      $ 56      $ (6   $ 138   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ —        $ —        $ (347   $ 142      $ 14      $ (3   $ (194
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

             

Property and equipment additions

    —          —          (2     (22     (1     —          (25

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

    —          —          —          (4     —          —          (4

Proceeds from certificates of deposit, net

    —          —          —          —          9        —          9   

Change in restricted cash

    —          —          —          —          1        —          1   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          (18     —          18        —     

Other, net

    —          —          —          (5     —          —          (5
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    —          —          (2     (49     9        18        (24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

             

Net change in revolving credit facilities

    —          —          130        (5     —          —          125   

Proceeds from term loan extension

    —          —          98        —          —          —          98   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

    —          —          (703     —          —          —          (703

Proceeds from issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes

    —          —          700        —          —          —          700   

Net change in securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          (4 )       —          (4 )  

Debt issuance costs

    —          —          (34     —          —          —          (34

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          —          (4     4        —     

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          —          18        (18     —     

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          94        (77     (17     —          —     

Other, net

    —          —          (1     (5     3        —          (3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    —          —          284        (87     (4     (14     179   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          —          1        —          1   

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          (65     6        20        1        (38

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    —          —          69        74        51        (2     192   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ —        $ —        $ 4      $ 80      $ 71      $ (1   $ 154   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Convertible Notes Letter Agreements

On September 4, 2012, the Company entered into letter agreements (the “Agreements”) with certain holders of its Convertible Notes, including RCIV Holdings, an affiliate of the Company’s controlling stockholder, (collectively , the “Significant Holders”), which as of September 4, 2012, together held approximately $1.9 billion of the total approximately $2.1 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

Under the terms of the Agreements, each Significant Holder has agreed (i) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of the agreement, (ii) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters in the IPO (covering all shares of common stock that each such Significant Holder owns) for a period of 180 days, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement, and (iii) to convert all of their respective Convertible Notes substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO.

In return, each Significant Holder will receive (i) 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of their Convertible Notes and (ii) a cash payment equal to approximately $105 million, or $55.00 for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes converted.

The Company also entered into letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with other eligible holders (collectively the “Other Holders”) of Convertible Notes who, as of September 4, 2012, together held approximately $127 million aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes.

Under the terms of the Letter Agreements, each Other Holder can elect (i) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of the agreement (subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreements) and (ii) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters in the IPO (covering all shares of common stock that it owns) for a period of 180 days, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement.

In return, each Other Holder will receive 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of their Convertible Notes. The Other Holders are under no obligation to convert their Convertible Notes but are not entitled to receive the additional shares of common stock except in the event of conversion of their Convertible Notes.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Realogy Holdings Corp.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, equity (deficit) and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.) and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 16 (b) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing on page 126. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Florham Park, New Jersey

March 2, 2012, except with respect to our opinion on the consolidated financial statements insofar as it relates to the effects of the reverse stock split and the NRT franchise agreement matter as described in Note 1, as to which the date is September 27, 2012

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2009  

Revenues

      

Gross commission income

   $ 2,926      $ 2,965      $ 2,886   

Service revenue

     752        700        621   

Franchise fees

     256        263        273   

Other

     159        162        152   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

     4,093        4,090        3,932   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

      

Commission and other agent-related costs

     1,932        1,932        1,850   

Operating

     1,270        1,241        1,263   

Marketing

     185        179        161   

General and administrative

     254        238        250   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

     (15     (323     (34

Restructuring costs

     11        21        70   

Merger costs

     1        1        1   

Depreciation and amortization

     186        197        194   

Interest expense/(income), net

     666        604        583   

Loss (gain) on the early extinguishment of debt

     36        —          (75

Other (income)/expense, net

     —          (6     3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,526        4,084        4,266   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

     (433     6        (334

Income tax expense (benefit)

     32        133        (50

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

     (26     (30     (24
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (439     (97     (260

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (2     (2     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:

      

Basic loss per share:

     (55.01     (12.35     (32.71

Diluted loss per share:

     (55.01     (12.35     (32.71

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares of Realogy Holdings outstanding:

      

Basic:

     8.0        8.0        8.0   

Diluted:

     8.0        8.0        8.0   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In millions)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2009  

Net loss

   $ (439   $ (97   $ (260

Currency Translation Adjustment

     (1     —          3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined Benefit Pension Plan:

      

Actuarial loss for pension plan

     (24     (7     (4

Less: amortization of actuarial loss to periodic pension cost

     (3     (2     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Defined benefit pension plan

     (21     (5     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges:

      

Unrealized loss on interest rate hedges

     —          (11     (10

Less: interest rate hedge losses to interest expense

     (1     (19     (23

Less: de-designation of interest rate hedges to interest expense

     (17     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

     18        8        13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax

     (4     3        14   

Income tax expense (benefit) related to items of other comprehensive income

     (2     1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     (2     2        14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

     (441     (95     (246

Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (2     (2     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss attributable to Realogy Holdings

   $ (443   $ (97   $ (248
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions)

 

     Revised
December  31,
 
     2011     2010  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 143      $ 192   

Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $64 and $67)

     120        114   

Relocation receivables

     378        386   

Relocation properties held for sale

     11        21   

Deferred income taxes

     66        76   

Other current assets

     88        109   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     806        898   

Property and equipment, net

     165        186   

Goodwill

     3,299        3,296   

Trademarks

     732        732   

Franchise agreements, net

     1,697        1,764   

Other intangibles, net

     439        478   

Other non-current assets

     212        215   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 7,350      $ 7,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 184      $ 203   

Securitization obligations

     327        331   

Due to former parent

     80        104   

Revolving credit facility and current portion of long-term debt

     325        194   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     520        525   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,436        1,357   

Long-term debt

     6,825        6,698   

Deferred income taxes

     421        414   

Other non-current liabilities

     167        163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     8,849        8,632   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 13 and 14)

    

Equity (deficit):

    

Realogy Holdings common stock: $.01 par value; 178,000,000 shares authorized, 4,200 Class A shares outstanding, 8,017,080 Class B shares outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 8,017,240 Class B shares outstanding at December 31, 2010

     —          —     

Additional paid-in capital

     2,033        2,026   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,502     (3,061

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (32     (30
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Realogy Holdings stockholders’ deficit

     (1,501     (1,065
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interests

     2        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

     (1,499     (1,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

   $ 7,350      $ 7,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010     2009  

Operating Activities

      

Net loss

   $ (439   $ (97   $ (260

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

      

Depreciation and amortization

     186        197        194   

Deferred income taxes

     18        131        (59

Amortization and write-off of deferred financing costs and discount on unsecured notes

     18        30        29   

Loss (gain) on the early extinguishment of debt

     36        —          (75

De-designation of interest rate hedge

     17        —          —     

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

     (26     (30     (24

Other adjustments to net loss

     12        20        43   

Net change in assets and liabilities, excluding the impact of acquisitions and dispositions:

      

Trade receivables

     (6     (9     40   

Relocation receivables and advances

     8        (27     442   

Relocation properties held for sale

     9        43        22   

Other assets

     3        (6     19   

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (23     30        26   

Due (to) from former parent

     (23     (403     (48

Other, net

     18        3        (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (192     (118     341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

      

Property and equipment additions

     (49     (49     (40

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

     (6     (17     (5

Net proceeds from sale of assets

     —          5        —     

Proceeds from (purchase of) certificates of deposit, net

     5        (9     —     

Change in restricted cash

     6        —          (2

Other, net

     (5     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (49     (70     (47
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

      

Net change in revolving credit facilities

     145        142        (515

Proceeds from issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes

     700        —          —     

Proceeds from term loan extension

     98        —          —     

Proceeds from issuance of Second Lien Loans

     —          —          500   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

     (706     (32     (32

Repayment of prior securitization obligations

     (299     —          —     

Proceeds from new securitization obligations

     295        —          —     

Net change in securitization obligations

     —          27        (410

Debt issuance costs

     (35     —          (11

Other, net

     (6     (13     (11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     192        124        (479

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     —          1        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (49     (63     (182

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     192        255        437   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 143      $ 192      $ 255   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

      

Interest payments (including securitization interest expense)

   $ 608      $ 550      $ 487   

Income tax payments, net

     3        7        6   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(In millions)

 

     Realogy Holdings Stockholders’ Equity              
     Common Stock      Additional
Paid-In
Capital
     Accumulated
Deficit
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
    Non-
controlling
Interests
    Total
Equity
(Deficit)
 
     Shares      Amount              

Balance at January 1, 2009

     8.0       $ —         $ 2,013       $ (2,700   $ (46   $ 2      $ (731

Net loss

     —           —           —           (262     —          2        (260

Other comprehensive income

     —           —           —           —          14        —          14   

Stock-based compensation

     —           —           7         —          —          —          7   

Dividends

     —           —           —           —          —          (2     (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

     8.0       $ —         $ 2,020       $ (2,962   $ (32   $ 2      $ (972
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     —         $ —         $ —         $ (99   $ —        $ 2      $ (97

Other comprehensive income

     —           —           —           —          2        —          2   

Stock-based compensation

     —           —           6         —          —          —          6   

Dividends

     —           —           —           —          —          (2     (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

     8.0       $ —         $ 2,026       $ (3,061   $ (30   $ 2      $ (1,063
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     —         $ —         $ —         $ (441   $ —        $ 2      $ (439

Other comprehensive loss

     —           —           —           —          (2     —          (2

Stock-based compensation

     —           —           7         —          —          —          7   

Dividends

     —           —           —           —          —          (2     (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

     8.0       $ —         $ 2,033       $ (3,502   $ (32   $ 2      $ (1,499
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are in millions, except per share amounts)

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Realogy Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp. is a holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp. (“Intermediate”). Intermediate is a holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Realogy”), and its subsidiaries (Holdings, Intermediate and Realogy and its subsidiaries being referred to herein collectively as the “Company”). Holdings derives all of its operating income and cash flows from Realogy and its subsidiaries.

Holdings was incorporated on December 14, 2006. On December 15, 2006, Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiary Domus Acquisition Corp., entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger”) with Realogy which was consummated on April 10, 2007 with Holdings becoming the indirect parent company of Realogy. Holdings is owned by investment funds affiliated with, or co-investment vehicles managed by, Apollo Management VI, L.P., an entity affiliated with Apollo Management, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Apollo”) and members of the Company’s management. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, all of Realogy’s issued and outstanding common stock was currently owned by Intermediate, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings.

Realogy is a global provider of real estate and relocation services. Realogy was incorporated on January 27, 2006 to facilitate a plan by Cendant Corporation (now known as Avis Budget Group, Inc.) to separate into four independent companies—one for each of Cendant’s business units—real estate services or Realogy, travel distribution services (“Travelport”), hospitality services including timeshare resorts (“Wyndham Worldwide”), and vehicle rental (“Avis Budget Group”). On July 31, 2006, the separation (“Separation”) from Cendant became effective.

The accompanying financial statements comprise the consolidated financial statements of Holdings. Holdings’ only asset is its investment in the common stock of Intermediate, and Intermediate’s only asset is its investment in the common stock of Realogy. Holdings’ only obligations are its guarantees of certain borrowings of Realogy. All expenses incurred by Holdings and Intermediate are for the benefit of Realogy and have been reflected in Realogy’s consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

NRT Franchise Agreement - Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements

In connection with the preparation of our Registration Statement, we identified and corrected an error in the manner in which we had allocated the purchase price paid by Apollo subsequent to their 2007 acquisition. Specifically, we inappropriately identified the discounted cash flows generated from the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with NRT as a separately identifiable indefinite lived intangible asset. We concluded that the value ascribed to this agreement should have been attributed to the Real Estate Franchise Services business unit as goodwill. Accordingly, we corrected our error through the elimination of the Real Estate Franchise Services franchise agreement with NRT intangible asset and increased the value associated with our goodwill, which resulted in a concurrent decrease in our deferred tax liability. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality), we assessed the materiality of the errors and concluded that the errors were not material to any of our previously issued financial statements. These non-cash errors had no impact to our consolidated statement of operations or cash flows for any of the periods presented in these financial statements.

 

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The following table presents the effect the revision had on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

     December 31, 2011  
     (in millions)  
     As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Revised
 

Goodwill

   $ 2,614      $ 685      $ 3,299   

Franchise agreements, net

     2,842        (1,145     1,697   

Total Assets

     7,810        (460     7,350   

Deferred income taxes

     890        (469     421   

Total Liabilities

     9,318        (469     8,849   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,511     9        (3,502
      

 

December 31, 2010

 
       (in millions)  
       As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Revised
 

Goodwill

   $ 2,611      $ 685      $ 3,296   

Franchise agreements, net

     2,909        (1,145     1,764   

Total Assets

     8,029        (460     7,569   

Deferred income taxes

     883        (469     414   

Total Liabilities

     9,101        (469     8,632   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,070     9        (3,061

Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation; Reverse Stock Split:

On September 11, 2012, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to effect a change in the name of the Company to Realogy Holdings Corp., to amend and restate its authorized capital stock and to approve a reverse stock split of the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock at a ratio of 1 to 25 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). On the same day, the stockholders of the Company approved the foregoing amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.

On September 27, 2012, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the change in authorized capital stock, the Reverse Stock Split and the name change. The Certificate of Amendment provides that the Reverse Stock Split became effective upon filing, at which time every twenty five (25) issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock were automatically combined into one (1) issued and outstanding share of the respective class of the Company’s Common Stock, without any change in par value. Immediately following the Reverse Stock Split, there were 4,200 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding and 8,017,080 shares of Class B Common stock issued and outstanding. The Company did not issue any fractional shares in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, but rounded those shares up to the next whole share. Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, the stated conversion rates applicable to each series of Convertible Notes were adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the number of shares reserved there under, as well as the number of options outstanding and their stated exercise prices, was adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. All amounts and per share data presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes give retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

 

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Business Description

The Company reports its operations in the following business segments:

 

   

Real Estate Franchise Services (known as Realogy Franchise Group or RFG)—franchises the Century 21 ® , Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Sotheby’s International Realty ® , Coldwell Banker Commercial ® and Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate brand names. As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s franchise system had approximately 14,000 franchised and company owned offices and 245,800 independent sales associates operating under the Company’s brands in the U.S. and 100 other countries and territories around the world, which included approximately 725 company owned and operated brokerage offices with approximately 42,100 independent sales associates.

 

   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services (known as NRT)—operates a full-service real estate brokerage business principally under the Coldwell Banker ® , ERA ® , Corcoran Group ® and Sotheby’s International Realty ® brand names. In addition, the Company operates a large independent real estate owned (“REO”) residential asset manager, which focuses on bank-owned properties.

 

   

Relocation Services (known as Cartus)—primarily offers clients employee relocation services such as homesale assistance, home finding and other destination services, expense processing, relocation policy counseling and other consulting services, arranging household goods moving services, visa and immigration support, intercultural and language training, and group move management services.

 

   

Title and Settlement Services (known as Title Resource Group or TRG)—provides full-service title, settlement and vendor management services to real estate companies, affinity groups, corporations and financial institutions with many of these services provided in connection with the Company’s real estate brokerage and relocation services business.

2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million of First Lien Notes and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes to repay amounts outstanding under its senior secured credit facility. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and will mature on January 15, 2020. Interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2012. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes were issued in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Company used the proceeds from the offering, of approximately $918 million, to: (i) prepay $629 million of its non-extended term loan borrowings under its senior secured credit facility which were due to mature in October 2013, (ii) repay all of the $133 million in outstanding borrowings under its non-extended revolving credit facility which was due to mature in April 2013, and (iii) repay $156 million of the outstanding borrowings under its extended revolving credit facility. In conjunction with the repayments of $289 million described in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Company reduced the commitments under its non-extended revolving credit facility by a like amount, thereby terminating the non-extended revolving credit facility.

Additionally, the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment provides that the First and a Half Lien Notes will not constitute senior secured debt for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio maintenance covenant under our senior secured credit facility. This facility requires Realogy to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio of total senior secured net debt to trailing 12-month Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in Note 8, “Short and Long-Term Debt”), that may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. Realogy was in compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant with a senior secured leverage ratio of 4.44 to 1.0 at December 31, 2011. After giving effect to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, our senior secured leverage ratio would have been 3.87 to 1.0 at December 31, 2011. See Note 20 “Subsequent Events” for additional information related to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering.

 

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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

CONSOLIDATION

Effective January 1, 2010, the Company adopted FASB’s amended guidance on the consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”), in which the Company consolidates a VIE for which it is the primary beneficiary with a controlling financial interest. Also, the Company consolidates an entity not deemed a VIE if its ownership, direct or indirect, exceeds 50% of the outstanding voting shares of an entity and/or that it has the ability to control the financial or operating policies through its voting rights, board representation or other similar rights. For entities where the Company does not have a controlling interest (financial or operating), the investments in such entities are accounted for using the equity or cost method, as appropriate. The Company applies the equity method of accounting when it has the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies of an investee. The Company uses the cost method for all other investments.

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the FASB’s new guidance on noncontrolling interests which established requirements for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the Company (“noncontrolling interest”) be clearly identified, presented and disclosed in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent’s equity. The presentation and disclosure requirements in the guidance were applied retrospectively to comparative financial statements.

USE OF ESTIMATES

In presenting the consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Real Estate Franchise Services

The Company franchises its real estate brokerage franchise systems to real estate brokerage businesses that are independently owned and operated. The Company provides operational and administrative services and systems to franchisees, which include national and local advertising programs, systems and tools that are designed to help the Company’s franchisees serve their customers and attract new or retain existing independent sales associates, training and volume purchasing discounts through the Company’s preferred vendor program. Franchise revenue principally consists of royalty and marketing fees from the Company’s franchisees. The royalty received is primarily based on a percentage of the franchisee’s gross commission income. Royalty fees are accrued as the underlying franchisee revenue is earned (upon close of the homesale transaction). Annual volume incentives given to certain franchisees on royalty fees are recorded as a reduction to revenue and are accrued for in relative proportion to the recognition of the underlying gross franchise revenue. Franchise revenue also includes initial franchise fees, which are generally non-refundable and recognized by the Company as revenue when all material services or conditions relating to the sale have been substantially performed (generally when a franchised unit opens for business). The Company also earns marketing fees from its franchisees and utilizes such fees to fund advertising campaigns on behalf of its franchisees.

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

As an owner-operator of real estate brokerages, the Company assists home buyers and sellers in listing, marketing, selling and finding homes. Real estate commissions earned by the Company’s real estate brokerage business are recorded as revenue on a gross basis upon the closing of a real estate transaction (i.e., purchase or sale of a home), which are referred to as gross commission income. The commissions the Company pays to real estate agents are recognized concurrently with associated revenues and presented as commission and other agent-related costs line item on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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Relocation Services

The Company provides relocation services to corporate and government clients for the transfer of their employees. Such services include the purchasing and/or selling of a transferee’s home, providing home equity advances to transferees (generally guaranteed by the client), expense processing, arranging household goods moving services, home-finding and other related services. The Company earns revenues from fees charged to clients for the performance and/or facilitation of these services and recognizes such revenue as services are provided, except for limited instances in which the Company assumes the risk of loss on the sale of a transferring employee’s home (“at-risk”). In such cases, revenues are recorded as earned with associated costs recorded within operating expenses. In the majority of relocation transactions, the gain or loss on the sale of a transferee’s home is generally borne by the client. However, there are limited instances in which the Company assumes the risk of loss. Under “at-risk” contracts the Company records the value of the home on its Consolidated Balance Sheets within the relocation properties held for sale line item at the lower of cost or net realizable value less estimated direct costs to sell. The difference between the actual purchase price and proceeds received on the sale of the home is recorded within operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and the gain or loss was not material for any period presented. The aggregate selling price of such homes was $123 million, $170 million and $45 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Additionally, the Company generally earns interest income on the funds it advances on behalf of the transferring employee, which is recorded within other revenue (as is the corresponding interest expense on the securitization obligations) in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company also earns referral revenue from real estate brokers, which is recognized at the time the underlying property closes, and revenues from other third-party service providers where the Company earns a referral fee or commission, which is recognized at the time of completion of services.

Title and Settlement Services

The Company provides title and closing services, which include title search procedures for title insurance policies, homesale escrow and other closing services. Title revenues, which are recorded net of amounts remitted to third party insurance underwriters, and title and closing service fees are recorded at the time a homesale transaction or refinancing closes. The Company also owns an underwriter of title insurance. For independent title agents, the underwriter recognizes policy premium revenue on a gross basis (before deduction of agent commission) upon notice of policy issuance from the agent. For affiliated title agents, the underwriter recognizes the incremental policy premium revenue upon the effective date of the title policy as the agent commission revenue is already recognized by the affiliated title agent.

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

The Company estimates the allowance necessary to provide for uncollectible accounts receivable. The estimate is based on historical experience, combined with a review of current developments and includes specific accounts for which payment has become unlikely. The process by which the Company calculates the allowance begins in the individual business units where specific problem accounts are identified and reserved primarily based upon the age profile of the receivables and specific payment issues.

ADVERTISING EXPENSES

Advertising costs are generally expensed in the period incurred. Advertising expenses, recorded within the marketing expense line item on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations, were approximately $164 million, $156 million and $161 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

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INCOME TAXES

The Company’s operations were included in the consolidated federal tax return of Cendant up to the date of Separation. In addition, the Company filed consolidated and unitary state income tax returns with Cendant in jurisdictions where required or permitted. The income taxes associated with the Company’s inclusion in Cendant’s consolidated federal and state income tax returns are included in the due to former parent line item on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company’s provision for income taxes is determined using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated based upon the temporary differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using currently enacted tax rates. These differences are based upon estimated differences between the book and tax basis of the assets and liabilities for the Company. Certain tax assets and liabilities of the Company may be adjusted in connection with the finalization of income tax audits.

The Company’s deferred tax assets are recorded net of a valuation allowance when, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the recorded deferred tax balances will not be realized in future periods. Decreases to the valuation allowance are recorded as reductions to the Company’s provision for income taxes and increases to the valuation allowance result in additional provision for income taxes.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Company considers highly-liquid investments with remaining maturities not exceeding three months at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash primarily relates to amounts specifically designated as collateral for the repayment of outstanding borrowings under the Company’s securitization facilities. Such amounts approximated $7 million and $13 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively and are primarily included within Other current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Company records derivatives and hedging activities on the balance sheet at their respective fair values. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument is dependent upon whether the derivative has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship.

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts largely to manage its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates associated with its foreign currency denominated receivables and payables. The Company primarily manages its foreign currency exposure to the Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar, British Pound and Euro. The Company has elected to not utilize hedge accounting for these forward contracts; therefore, any change in fair value is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. However, the fluctuations in the value of these forward contracts generally offset the impact of changes in the value of the underlying risk that they are intended to economically hedge.

The Company also enters into interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates associated with its variable rate borrowings. The Company has three interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $650 million to hedge the variability in cash flows resulting from the term loan facility. One swap, with a notional value of $225 million, expires in July 2012, the second swap, with a notional value of $200 million, expires in December 2012 and the third swap, with a notional value of $225 million, commences in July 2012 and expires in October 2016. The Company is utilizing pay fixed interest swaps (in exchange for floating

 

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LIBOR rate based payments) to perform this hedging strategy. As of December 31, 2011, the Company has elected to not utilize hedge accounting for these interest rate swaps; therefore, any change in fair value is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had various equity method investments aggregating $54 million and $48 million, respectively, which are primarily recorded within Other non-current assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Included in such investments is a 49.9% interest in PHH Home Loans, a mortgage origination venture formed in 2005. This venture enables the Company to participate in the earnings generated from mortgages originated by customers of its real estate brokerage and relocation businesses. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss with respect to its investment in PHH Home Loans is limited to its equity investment of $47 million at December 31, 2011. See Note 13, “Separation Adjustments, Transactions with Former Parent and Subsidiaries and Related Parties” for a more detailed description of the Company’s relationship with PHH Home Loans.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment (including leasehold improvements) are initially recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation, recorded as a component of depreciation and amortization on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of leasehold improvements, also recorded as a component of depreciation and amortization, is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated benefit period of the related assets or the lease term, if shorter. Useful lives are 30 years for buildings, up to 20 years for leasehold improvements, and from 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

The Company capitalizes the costs of software developed for internal use which commences during the development phase of the project. The Company amortizes software developed or obtained for internal use on a straight-line basis, from 3 to 10 years, when such software is substantially ready for use. The net carrying value of software developed or obtained for internal use was $67 million and $76 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND OTHER LONG-LIVED ASSETS

The Company assesses goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. The Company performs its required annual impairment testing in the fourth quarter of each year subsequent to completing its annual forecasting process. Each of the Company’s operating segments represents a reporting unit.

The Company assesses goodwill for impairment by first comparing the carrying value of each reporting unit to its fair value using the present value of expected future cash flows. If the fair value is less than the carrying value, then the Company would perform a second test for that reporting unit to determine the amount of impairment loss, if any. The Company determines the fair value of its reporting units utilizing the Company’s best estimate of future revenues, operating expenses, cash flows, market and general economic conditions as well as assumptions that it believes marketplace participants would utilize, including discount rates, cost of capital, and long term growth rates. When available and as appropriate, the Company uses comparative market multiples and other factors to corroborate the discounted cash flow results. Other indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment and written down to fair value.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company performed its annual impairment analysis of goodwill and unamortized intangible assets. Based upon the analysis performed, there was no impairment. Management evaluated the effect of lowering the estimated fair value for each of the reporting units by 10% and determined that no impairment of goodwill would have been recognized under this evaluation for 2011, 2010 or 2009.

 

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The Company evaluates the recoverability of its other long-lived assets, including amortizable intangible assets, if circumstances indicate an impairment may have occurred. This analysis is performed by comparing the respective carrying values of the assets 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 unit. If such analysis indicates that the carrying value of these assets is not recoverable, then the carrying value of such assets is reduced to fair value through a charge to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no impairments relating to other long-lived assets, including amortizable intangible assets, during 2011, 2010 or 2009.

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Significant non-cash transactions in 2011, 2010 and 2009 included the Company’s election to satisfy the interest payment obligation by issuing $3 million, $51 million and $57 million, respectively, of Senior Toggle Notes which resulted in non-cash transfers between accrued interest and long-term debt.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of time vested stock options and a lattice based valuation model to estimate the fair value of performance based awards on the date of grant which requires certain estimates by management including the expected volatility and expected term of the option. Management also makes decisions regarding the risk-free interest rate used in the models and makes estimates regarding forfeiture rates. Fluctuations in the market that affect these estimates could have an impact on the resulting compensation cost. For non-performance based employee stock awards, the fair value of the compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award. Compensation cost for restricted stock (non-vested stock) is recorded based on its market value on the date of grant and is expensed in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations ratably over the vesting period.

RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In January 2010, the FASB expanded the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements relating to the transfers in and out of Level II measurements and amended the disclosures for the Level III activity reconciliation to be presented on a gross basis. In addition, valuation techniques and inputs should be disclosed for both Levels II and III recurring and nonrecurring measurements. The new requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about the Level III activity reconciliation which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the new disclosure requirements on January 1, 2010 except for the disclosure related to the Level III reconciliation, which was adopted on January 1, 2011. The adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance to clarify when to perform step two of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. In certain situations, a reporting unit may have a negative carrying amount, particularly for companies that only have a single reporting unit and have significant debt. In that case, since the first step is passed, the negative carrying amount may shield a potential impairment. The guidance requires that reporting units with a zero or negative carrying value should proceed to step two of the impairment test if there are qualitative factors indicating that it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. This guidance is effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the guidance beginning January 1, 2011 and determined that the adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance to clarify the disclosure of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations. Previous guidance on “Business Combinations” requires disclosure of revenue and earnings of the combined entity as if the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of both the current period and the comparable prior year reporting period. However, presenting pro forma results as if the

 

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acquisition occurred at the beginning of each annual period inappropriately results in certain adjustments, such as amortization expense of intangible assets with useful lives of less than two years, being included in the pro forma results of both reporting periods. The new guidance therefore requires pro forma information to be prepared as if the acquisition occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior period and is applied prospectively for acquisitions consummated after the beginning of the fiscal year beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the guidance beginning January 1, 2011 and determined that the adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on comprehensive income to allow companies an option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments do not change the items that must be reported in OCI or when an item of OCI must be reclassified to net income (loss), nor do they change how earnings per share is calculated and presented. In addition, companies continue to have the option to present the OCI components net of tax or one amount reported for the tax effects of all OCI items. The amendments are effective retrospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted these amendments as of December 31, 2011 and has presented the required information in two separate but consecutive statements in accordance with the guidance.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In September 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on testing for goodwill impairment that allows an entity to elect to qualitatively assess whether it is necessary to perform the current two-step goodwill impairment test. If the qualitative assessment determines that it is not more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step test is unnecessary. If the entity elects to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to Step One of the test and validate the conclusion by measuring fair value, it can resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will consider utilizing the new qualitative analysis for its goodwill impairment test to be performed in the fourth quarter of 2012.

In May 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on Fair Value Measurement that result in common measurement of fair value and disclosure requirements between U.S. GAAP and the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The amendments mainly change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments are effective prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the amendments on January 1, 2012 and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

3. ACQUISITIONS

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations were recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the respective acquisition dates based upon their estimated fair values at such dates. The results of operations of businesses acquired by the Company have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations since their respective dates of acquisition.

In connection with the Company’s acquisition of real estate brokerage operations, the Company obtains contractual pendings and listings intangible assets, which represent the estimated fair value of homesale transactions that are pending closing or homes listed for sale by the acquired brokerage operations. Pendings and listings intangible assets are amortized over the estimated closing period of the underlying contracts and homes listed for sale, which in most cases, is approximately 5 months.

 

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2011 ACQUISITIONS

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired thirteen real estate brokerage operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NRT, for total consideration of $4 million. These acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $3 million that was assigned to the Company Owned Brokerage Services segment.

None of the 2011 acquisitions were significant to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows individually or in the aggregate.

2010 ACQUISITIONS

On January 21, 2010, the Company completed the stock acquisition of Primacy for the assumption of approximately $26 million of indebtedness (excluding $9 million of indebtedness related to the sale of relocation receivables). Primacy was a relocation and global assignment management services company headquartered in the U.S. with international locations in Canada, Europe and Asia. The acquisition of Primacy increased goodwill by $16 million, customer relationships intangibles by $62 million and other intangibles by $5 million. Effective January 1, 2011, the Primacy business operates under the Cartus name.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company acquired nine real estate brokerage operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NRT, for a total consideration of $24 million. These acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $20 million and $2 million of pendings and listings intangible assets that was assigned to the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.

None of the 2010 acquisitions were significant to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows individually or in the aggregate.

2009 ACQUISITIONS

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired seven real estate brokerage operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NRT, for a total consideration of approximately $4 million. These acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $4 million that was assigned to the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.

None of the 2009 acquisitions were significant to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows individually or in the aggregate.

 

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4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill by segment and changes in the carrying amount are as follows:

 

     Real  Estate
Franchise
Services
    Company
Owned
Brokerage
Services
    Relocation
Services
    Title and
Settlement
Services
    Total
Company
 

Goodwill balance at January 1, 2009

   $ 2,241      $ 600      $ 344      $ 72      $ 3,257   

Goodwill Acquired

     —          4        —          1        5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

     2,241        604        344        73        3,262   

Goodwill acquired (a)

     —          20        16        —          36   

Goodwill reduction for locations sold

     —          (2     —          —          (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

     2,241        622        360        73        3,296   

Goodwill acquired

     —          3        —          —          3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

   $ 2,241      $ 625      $ 360      $ 73      $ 3,299   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill and accumulated impairment summary

          

Gross Goodwill as of December 31, 2011

   $ 3,264      $ 783      $ 641      $ 397      $ 5,085   

Accumulated impairment losses (b)

     (1,023     (158     (281     (324     (1,786
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

   $ 2,241      $ 625      $ 360      $ 73      $ 3,299   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) The increase in goodwill relates to acquisitions of real estate brokerages and the acquisition of Primacy.
(b) During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $1,557 million which reduced intangible assets by $278 million and reduced goodwill by $1,279 million. During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $637 million which reduced intangible assets by $130 million and reduced goodwill by $507 million.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company performed its annual impairment analysis of goodwill and unamortized intangible assets. These analyses resulted in no impairment charges.

Intangible assets are as follows:

 

     As of December 31, 2011      As of December 31, 2010  
     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Net
Carrying
Amount
     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Amortizable—Franchise agreements (a)

   $ 2,019       $ 322       $ 1,697       $ 2,019       $ 255       $ 1,764   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unamortizable—Trademarks (b)

   $ 732       $ —         $ 732       $ 732       $ —         $ 732   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Intangibles

                 

Amortizable—License agreements (c)

   $ 45       $ 4       $ 41       $ 45       $ 3       $ 42   

Amortizable—Customer relationships (d)

     529         144         385         529         107         422   

Amortizable—Pendings and listings (e)

     —           —           —           2         1         1   

Unamortizable—Title plant shares (f)

     10         —           10         10         —           10   

Amortizable—Other (g)

     17         14         3         12         9         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Intangibles

   $ 601       $ 162       $ 439       $ 598       $ 120       $ 478   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Generally amortized over a period of 30 years.
(b) Relates to the Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, The Corcoran Group, Coldwell Banker Commercial and Cartus tradenames, which are expected to generate future cash flows for an indefinite period of time.
(c) Relates to the Sotheby’s International Realty and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate agreements which are being amortized over 50 years (the contractual term of the license agreements).
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(e) Amortized over the estimated closing period of the underlying contracts (in most cases five months).
(f) Primarily related to the Texas American Title Company title plant shares. Ownership in a title plant is required to transact title insurance in certain states. The Company expects to generate future cash flows for an indefinite period of time.
(g) Generally amortized over periods ranging from 2 to 10 years.

Intangible asset amortization expense is as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
     2011      2010      2009  

Franchise agreements

     67         67         67   

License agreement

     1         —           1   

Customer relationships

     37         37         25   

Pendings and listings

     2         1         1   

Other

     5         6         1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     112         111         95   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Based on the Company’s amortizable intangible assets as of December 31, 2011, the Company expects related amortization expense to be approximately $107 million, $105 million, $105 million, $95 million, $95 million and $1,619 million in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and thereafter, respectively.

 

5. FRANCHISING AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES

Franchise fee revenue includes domestic initial franchise fees and international area development fees of $9 million, $6 million, and $6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In addition, franchise fee revenue is net of annual volume incentives provided to real estate franchisees of $25 million, $24 million and $25 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company’s real estate franchisees may receive volume incentives on their royalty payments. Such annual incentives are based upon the amount of commission income earned and paid during a calendar year. Each brand has several different annual incentive schedules currently in effect.

The Company’s wholly-owned real estate brokerage services segment, NRT, pays royalties to the Company’s franchise business; however, such amounts are eliminated in consolidation. NRT paid royalties to the Real Estate Franchise Services segment of $204 million, $206 million and $202 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Marketing fees are generally paid by the Company’s real estate franchisees and are calculated based on a specified percentage of gross closed commissions earned on the sale of real estate, subject to certain minimum and maximum payments. Such fees are recorded within Other revenues on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. As provided for in the franchise agreements and generally at the Company’s discretion, all of these fees are to be expended for marketing purposes.

 

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The number of franchised and company owned outlets in operation are as follows:

 

     (Unaudited)
As of December 31,
 
         2011              2010              2009      

Franchised:

        

Century 21 ®

     7,475         7,955         7,711   

ERA ®

     2,364         2,488         2,621   

Coldwell Banker ®

     2,485         2,583         2,648   

Coldwell Banker Commercial ®

     175         181         212   

Sotheby’s International Realty ®

     573         531         470   

Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate

     210         201         103   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     13,282         13,939         13,765   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Company Owned:

        

ERA ®

     10         11         11   

Coldwell Banker ®

     649         669         676   

Sotheby’s International Realty ®

     30         31         36   

Corcoran ® /Other

     35         35         35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     724         746         758   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The number of franchised and company owned outlets (in the aggregate) changed as follows:

 

     (Unaudited)
For the Year  Ended December 31,
 
         2011             2010             2009      

Franchised:

      

Beginning balance

     13,939        13,765        14,794   

Additions

     335        1,269        452   

Terminations

     (992     (1,095     (1,481
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending Balance

     13,282        13,939        13,765   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Company Owned:

      

Beginning balance

     746        758        835   

Additions

     10        20        7   

Closures

     (32     (32     (84
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending Balance

     724        746        758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2011, there were an insignificant amount of franchise agreements that have been executed, but for which offices are not yet operating. Additionally, as of December 31, 2011, there were an insignificant number of franchise agreements pending termination.

In connection with ongoing fees the Company receives from its franchisees pursuant to the franchise agreements, the Company is required to provide certain services, such as training and marketing. In order to assist franchisees in converting to one of the Company’s brands or in franchise expansion, the Company may also, at its discretion, provide conversion notes to franchisees who are either new or who are expanding their operations. Prior to 2009, the Company issued development advance notes. Provided the franchisee meets certain minimum annual revenue thresholds during the term of the notes, and is in compliance with the terms of the franchise agreement, the amount of the note is forgiven annually in equal ratable amounts over the life of the franchise agreement. Otherwise, related principal is due and payable to the Company. The amount of such franchisee conversion notes and development advance notes were $90 million, net of $14 million of reserves, and

 

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$85 million, net of $20 million of reserves, at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These notes are principally classified within Other non-current assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recorded an income statement charge related to the forgiveness of these notes of $13 million, $13 million and $13 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consisted of:

 

     December 31,  
       2011         2010    

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

   $ 175      $ 161   

Capitalized software

     225        208   

Building and leasehold improvements

     131        127   

Land

     4        4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     535        500   

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (370     (314
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 165      $ 186   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company recorded depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment of $74 million, $86 million and $99 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

7. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of:

 

     December 31,  
       2011          2010    

Accrued payroll and related employee costs

   $ 69       $ 93   

Accrued volume incentives

     17         17   

Accrued commissions

     14         15   

Restructuring accruals

     20         36   

Deferred income

     76         76   

Accrued interest

     139         112   

Relocation services home mortgage obligations

     9         16   

Other

     176         160   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 520       $ 525   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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8. SHORT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Total indebtedness is as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

     

Non-extended revolving credit facility

   $ 78       $ —     

Extended revolving credit facility

     97         —     

Non-extended term loan facility

     629         3,059   

Extended term loan facility

     1,822         —     

First and a Half Lien Notes

     700         —     

Second Lien Loans

     650         650   

Other bank indebtedness

     133         163   

Existing Notes:

     

10.50% Senior Notes

     64         1,688   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes

     52         468   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     187         864   

Extended Maturity Notes:

     

11.50% Senior Notes

     489         —     

12.00% Senior Notes

     129         —     

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     10         —     

11.00% Convertible Notes

     2,110         —     

Securitization Obligations:

     

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     296         296   

Cartus Financing Limited

     31         35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 7,477       $ 7,223   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indebtedness Table

As of December 31, 2011, the total capacity, outstanding borrowings and available capacity under the Company’s borrowing arrangements were as follows:

 

     Interest
Rate
    Expiration
Date
   Total
Capacity
     Outstanding
Borrowings
     Available
Capacity
 

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

             

Non-extended revolving credit facility (1)

       (2)     April 2013    $ 289       $ 78       $ 158   

Extended revolving credit facility (1)

       (2)     April 2016      363         97         200   

Non-extended term loan facility

       (3)     October 2013      629         629         —     

Extended term loan facility

       (3)     October 2016      1,822         1,822         —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     7.875   February 2019      700         700         —     

Second Lien Loans

     13.50   October 2017      650         650         —     

Other bank indebtedness (4) 

     Various      133         133         —     

Existing Notes:

             

Senior Notes

     10.50   April 2014      64         64         —     

Senior Toggle Notes

     11.00   April 2014      52         52         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes (5)

     12.375   April 2015      190         187         —     

Extended Maturity Notes:

             

Senior Notes (6)

     11.50   April 2017      492         489         —     

Senior Notes (7)

     12.00   April 2017      130         129         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes

     13.375   April 2018      10         10         —     

Convertible Notes

     11.00   April 2018      2,110         2,110         —     

Securitization obligations: (8)

             

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     December 2013      400         296         104   

Cartus Financing Limited (9)

     Various      62         31         31   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        $ 8,096       $ 7,477       $ 493   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1) The available capacity under these facilities was reduced by $53 million and $66 million of outstanding letters of credit on the non-extended and the extended revolving credit facility, respectively, at December 31, 2011. On February 2, 2012, the Company completed the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering (described below) which, among other things, terminated availability under the non-extended revolving credit facility. On February 27, 2012, the Company had $55 million outstanding on the extended revolving credit facility and $81 million of outstanding letters of credit.
(2) Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, adjusted LIBOR plus 2.25% (or with respect to the extended revolving loans, 3.25%) or ABR plus 1.25% (or with respect to the extended revolving loans, 2.25%) in each case subject to reductions based on the attainment of certain leverage ratios.
(3) Interest rates with respect to term loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.0% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 4.25%) or (b) the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 1.75%) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate (“ABR”) plus 2.0% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 3.25%).
(4) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, $75 million due in July 2012, $8 million due in August 2012 and $50 million due in January 2013. In January 2012, Realogy repaid $25 million of the outstanding borrowings and reduced the capacity of the credit facility due in July 2012 by $25 million.
(5) Consists of $190 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, less a discount of $3 million.
(6) Consists of $492 million of 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $3 million.
(7) Consists of $130 million of 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $1 million.
(8) Available capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient relocation related assets to collateralize these securitization obligations.
(9) Consists of a £35 million facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2012.

2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million of First Lien Notes and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes, the proceed of which were used to repay amounts outstanding under its senior secured credit facility. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and will mature on January 15, 2020. Interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2012. See Note 20, “Subsequent Events” for additional information related to these transactions.

2011 Refinancing Transactions

In January and February of 2011, Realogy completed a series of transactions, referred to herein as the “2011 Refinancing Transactions,” to refinance portions of its senior secured credit facility and unsecured notes.

Debt Exchange Offering

On January 5, 2011, we completed private exchange offers under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to its outstanding Existing Notes (the “Debt Exchange Offering”). As a result of the Debt Exchange Offering, $2,110 million of Existing Notes were tendered for Convertible Notes, $632 million of Existing Notes were tendered for Extended Maturity Notes and $303 million of Existing Notes remained outstanding.

Amendment to Senior Secured Credit Facility

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following: (i) extended the maturity of a significant portion of our first lien term loans to October 10, 2016 and increased the interest rate with respect to the extended term loans; (ii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the loans and commitments under our revolving credit facility to April 10, 2016, increased the interest rate with respect to the extended revolving loans and converted a portion of the extended revolving loans to extended term loans ($98 million in the aggregate); (iii) extended the maturity of a significant portion of the commitments under our synthetic letter of credit facility to October 10, 2016 and increased the fee with respect to the extended synthetic letter of credit commitments; and (iv) allowed for the issuance of $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes, the net proceeds of which, along with cash on hand, were used to prepay $700 million of the outstanding extended term loans. The Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment also provides for the incurrence of additional incremental term loans that are secured on a junior basis to the second lien loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350 million.

Issuance of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

On February 3, 2011, the Company issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Existing First and a Half Lien Notes are secured by substantially the same collateral as the Company’s existing secured obligations under its senior secured credit facility, but the priority of the collateral liens securing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes is (i) junior to the collateral liens securing the Company’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility and (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing the Company’s second lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility. The Existing First and a Half Lien Notes mature on February 1, 2019 and bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per annum, payable semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year.

As discussed above, the net proceeds from the offering of the First and a Half Lien Notes, along with cash on hand, were used to prepay $700 million of certain of the first lien term loans that were extended in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

Realogy has a senior secured credit facility which consists of (i) term loan facilities, (ii) revolving credit facilities, (iii) a synthetic letter of credit facility (the facilities described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as amended by the Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment, collectively referred to as the “First Lien Facilities”), and (iv) an incremental (or accordion) loan facility, a portion of which was utilized in connection with the incurrence of Second Lien Loans in 2009 as described below.

The extended term loans do not require any scheduled amortization of principal. The non-extended term loan facility will continue to provide for quarterly amortization payments totaling 1% per annum of the principal amount of the non-extended term loans.

Realogy uses the revolving credit facility for, among other things, working capital and other general corporate purposes. The loans under the First Lien Facilities (the “First Lien Loans”) are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of Realogy, Intermediate and the subsidiary guarantors, including but not limited to (i) a first-priority pledge of substantially all capital stock held by Realogy or any subsidiary guarantor (which pledge, with respect to obligations in respect of the borrowings secured by a pledge of the stock of any first-tier foreign subsidiary, is limited to 100% of the non-voting stock (if any) and 65% of the voting stock of such foreign subsidiary), and (ii) perfected first-priority security interests in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Realogy and each subsidiary guarantor, subject to certain exceptions.

In late 2009, Realogy incurred $650 million of Second Lien Loans (the “Second Lien Loans”). The Second Lien Loans are secured by liens on the assets of Realogy and by the guarantors that secure the First Lien Loans. However, such liens are junior in priority to the First Lien Loans and the First and a Half Lien Notes. The Second Lien Loans interest payments are payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Second Lien Loans mature on October 15, 2017 and there are no required amortization payments.

 

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The senior secured credit facility also provides for a synthetic letter of credit facility which is for: (i) the support of Realogy’s obligations with respect to Cendant contingent and other liabilities assumed under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and (ii) general corporate purposes in an amount not to exceed $100 million. The synthetic letter of credit facility capacity is $187 million at December 31, 2011, of which $43 million will expire in October 2013 and $144 million will expire in October 2016. As of December 31, 2011, the capacity was being utilized by a $70 million letter of credit with Cendant for any remaining potential contingent obligations and $100 million of letters of credit for general corporate purposes.

Realogy’s senior secured credit facility contains financial, affirmative and negative covenants and requires Realogy to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed a maximum amount on the last day of each fiscal quarter. Specifically, Realogy’s total senior secured net debt to trailing twelve month EBITDA may not exceed 4.75 to 1.0. EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facility, includes certain adjustments and is calculated on a “pro forma” basis for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio. In this report, the Company refers to the term “Adjusted EBITDA” to mean EBITDA as so defined for purposes of determining compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant. Total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, Second Lien Loans, other bank indebtedness not secured by a first lien on Realogy or its subsidiaries assets, securitization obligations or the Unsecured Notes (as defined below). At December 31, 2011, Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio was 4.44 to 1.0. After giving effect to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering, Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio would have been 3.87 to 1.0 at December 31, 2011.

Based upon Realogy’s financial forecast, Realogy believes that it will continue to be in compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio during the next twelve months. While the housing market has shown signs of stabilization, there remains substantial uncertainty with respect to the timing and scope of a housing recovery and if a housing recovery is delayed or is weak, Realogy may be subject to additional pressure in maintaining compliance with its senior secured leverage ratio.

To maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio for the twelve-month periods ending March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012, September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2012 (or to avoid an event of default thereof), the Company will need to achieve a certain amount of Adjusted EBITDA and/or reduced levels of total senior secured net debt. The factors that will impact the foregoing include: (a) changes in sales volume and/or the price of existing homesales, (b) the ability to continue to implement cost-savings and business productivity enhancement initiatives, (c) increasing new franchise sales, sales associate recruitment and/or brokerage and other acquisitions, (d) obtaining additional equity financing from our parent company, (e) obtaining additional debt or equity financing from third party sources, or (f) a combination thereof. Factors (b) through (e) may be insufficient to overcome macroeconomic conditions affecting the Company.

Realogy has the right to cure an event of default of the senior secured leverage ratio in three of any of the four consecutive quarters through the issuance of additional Holdings equity for cash, which would be infused as capital into Realogy. The effect of such infusion would be to increase Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of calculating the senior secured leverage ratio for the applicable twelve-month period and reduce net senior secured indebtedness upon actual receipt of such capital. If Realogy is unable to maintain compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio and fails to remedy a default through an equity cure as described above, there would be an “event of default” under the senior secured credit facility. Other events of default under the senior secured credit facility include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentations, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain material judgments, change of control and cross-events of default on material indebtedness.

If an event of default occurs under the senior secured credit facility, and Realogy fails to obtain a waiver from the lenders, Realogy’s financial condition, results of operations and business would be materially adversely affected. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the senior secured credit facility, the lenders:

 

   

would not be required to lend any additional amounts to Realogy;

 

   

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could require Realogy to apply all of its available cash to repay these borrowings; or

 

   

could prevent Realogy from making payments on the First and a Half Lien Notes or the Unsecured Notes;

any of which could result in an event of default under the First and a Half Lien Notes, the Unsecured Notes and the Company’s Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program.

Other Bank Indebtedness

Realogy has separate revolving U.S. credit facilities under which it could borrow up to $125 million at December 31, 2011 and $155 million at December 31, 2010 and a separate U.K. credit facility under which it could borrow up to £5 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010. These facilities are not secured by assets of Realogy or any of its subsidiaries but are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility. The facilities generally have a one-year term with certain options for renewal. As of December 31, 2011, Realogy had outstanding borrowings of $133 million under these credit facilities with $75 million due in July 2012, $8 million due in August 2012 and $50 million due in January 2013. In January 2012, Realogy repaid $25 million of the outstanding borrowings and reduced the capacity of the credit facility due in July 2012 by $25 million. For the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the weighted average interest rate under the U.S. credit facilities was 2.9% and 3.0%, respectively, and under the U.K. credit facility was 2.5% and 2.5%, respectively, with interest payable either monthly or quarterly.

Unsecured Notes

On April 10, 2007, Realogy issued $1,700 million of Senior Notes, $550 million of Senior Toggle Notes and $875 million of Senior Subordinated Notes.

On January 5, 2011, Realogy consummated the Debt Exchange Offering for a portion of its Existing Notes pursuant to which Realogy issued the Extended Maturity Notes and three series of Convertible Notes. Pursuant to the Debt Exchange Offering, $2,110 million aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes were tendered for Convertible Notes, which are convertible at the holder’s option into Class A Common Stock, and $632 million aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes were tendered for the Extended Maturity Notes.

As a result of the Debt Exchange Offering, Realogy extended the maturity of $2,742 million aggregate principal amount of the Unsecured Notes to 2017 and 2018, leaving $303 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes that mature in 2014 and 2015. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the terms of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes are redeemable at Realogy’s option at a price equal to 90% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption upon a Qualified Public Offering.

The 10.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2014 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 11.50% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Toggle Notes mature on April 15, 2014. Interest is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. For any interest payment period after the initial interest payment period and through October 15, 2011, Realogy had the option to pay interest on the Senior Toggle Notes (i) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”), (ii) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Senior Toggle Notes or by issuing Senior Toggle Notes (“PIK Interest”), or (iii) 50% as Cash Interest and 50% as PIK Interest. Cash Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at a rate of 11.00% per annum. PIK Interest on the Senior Toggle Notes accrues at the Cash Interest rate per annum plus 0.75%. Beginning with the interest period which ended October 2008 through the interest period which ended April 2011, Realogy elected to satisfy its interest payment obligations by

 

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issuing additional Senior Toggle Notes. Realogy elected to pay Cash Interest for the interest period commencing April 15, 2011 and is required to make all future interest payments on the Senior Toggle Notes entirely in cash until they mature.

Realogy would be subject to certain interest deduction limitations if the Senior Toggle Notes were treated as “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. In order to avoid such treatment, Realogy is required to redeem for cash a portion of each Senior Toggle Note then outstanding at the end of the accrual period ending in April 2012. The portion of a Senior Toggle Note required to be redeemed is an amount equal to the excess of the accrued original issue discount as of the end of such accrual period, less the amount of interest paid in cash on or before such date, less the first-year yield (the issue price of the debt instrument multiplied by its yield to maturity). For the periods that Realogy elected to pay PIK Interest, Realogy will be required to repay approximately $11 million in April 2012.

The 12.00% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2017 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2015 and bear interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

The Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. The Senior Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis and the Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed by Holdings on an unsecured junior subordinated basis.

On June 24, 2011, Realogy completed offers of exchange notes for Extended Maturity Notes issued in the Debt Exchange Offering. The term “exchange notes” refers to the 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, the 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 and the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018, all as registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173254 declared effective by the SEC on May 20, 2011). Each series of the exchange notes are substantially identical in all material respects to the Extended Maturity Notes of the applicable series issued in the Debt Exchange Offering (except that the new registered exchange notes do not contain terms with respect to additional interest or transfer restrictions). Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Extended Maturity Notes” refers to the exchange notes.

Convertible Notes

The Series A Convertible Notes, Series B Convertible Notes and Series C Convertible Notes mature on April 15, 2018 and bear interest at a rate per annum of 11.00% payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes are convertible into Class A Common Stock at any time prior to April 15, 2018. The Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 39.0244 shares of Class A Common Stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $25.625 per share, and the Series C Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 37.0714 shares of Class A Common Stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $26.975 per share, subject to adjustment if specified distributions to holders of the Class A Common Stock are made or specified corporate transactions occur, in each case as set forth in the indenture governing the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by each of Realogy’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the senior secured credit facility or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. The Convertible Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by Holdings.

 

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Following a Qualified Public Offering, Realogy may, at its option, redeem the Convertible Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price, payable in cash, equal to 90% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

On June 16, 2011, the SEC declared effective a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-173250) of Holdings and Realogy, registering for resale the outstanding Convertible Notes and the Class A Common Stock of Holdings issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. Offers and sales of the Convertible Notes and Class A Common Stock may be made by selling securityholders pursuant to the June 2011 Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Loss (Gain) on the Early Extinguishment of Debt and Write-off of Deferred Financing Costs

As a result of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $36 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $7 million to interest expense as a result of debt modifications during the year ended December 31, 2011.

On September 24, 2009, Realogy and certain affiliates of Apollo entered into an agreement with a third party pursuant to which Realogy exchanged approximately $221 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Toggle Notes held by it for $150 million aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Loans. The third party also sold the balance of the Senior Toggle Notes it held for cash to an affiliate of Apollo in a privately negotiated transaction and used a portion of the cash proceeds to participate as a lender in the Second Lien Loan transaction. The transaction with the third party closed concurrently with the initial closing of the Second Lien Loans. As a result of the exchange, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $75 million.

Securitization Obligations

Realogy has secured obligations through Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a securitization program which was due to expire in April 2012. On December 14, 2011, Realogy entered into agreements to amend and extend the existing Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program. The maturity date has been extended until December 2013. The maximum borrowing capacity remained at $400 million.

In 2010, Realogy, through a special purpose entity, Cartus Financing Limited, entered into agreements providing for a £35 million revolving loan facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2012. These Cartus Financing Limited facilities are secured by relocation assets of a U.K. government contract in a special purpose entity and are therefore classified as permitted securitization financings as defined in Realogy’s senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes.

The Apple Ridge entities and Cartus Financing Limited entity are consolidated special purpose entities that are utilized to securitize relocation receivables and related assets. These assets are generated from advancing funds on behalf of clients of Realogy’s relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees. Assets of these special purpose entities are not available to pay Realogy’s general obligations. Under the Apple Ridge program, provided no termination or amortization event has occurred, any new receivables generated under the designated relocation management agreements are sold into the securitization program and as new eligible relocation management agreements are entered into, the new agreements are designated to the program. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, breach of Realogy’s senior secured leverage ratio under Realogy’s senior secured credit facility if uncured, and cross-defaults to Realogy’s credit agreement, unsecured and secured notes or other material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business.

 

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Certain of the funds that the Company receives from relocation receivables and related assets must be utilized to repay securitization obligations. These obligations were collateralized by $366 million and $393 million of underlying relocation receivables and other related relocation assets at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Substantially all relocation related assets are realized in less than twelve months from the transaction date. Accordingly, all of the Company’s securitization obligations are classified as current in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Interest incurred in connection with borrowings under these facilities amounted to $6 million and $7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. This interest is recorded within net revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as related borrowings are utilized to fund the Company’s relocation business where interest is generally earned on such assets. These securitization obligations represent floating rate debt for which the average weighted interest rate was 2.1% and 2.4% for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the accumulated benefit obligation of this plan was $154 million and $135 million, respectively, and the fair value of the plan assets were $94 million and $91 million, respectively, resulting in an unfunded accumulated benefit obligation of $60 million and $44 million, respectively, which is recorded in Other non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Participation in this plan was frozen as of July 1, 1997. The projected benefit obligation of this plan is equal to the accumulated benefit obligation as almost all of the employees participating in this plan are no longer accruing benefits.

The following tables show the changes in benefit obligation and plan assets for the defined benefit pension plan during the years ended:

 

     2011     2010  

Change in benefit obligation

    

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

   $ 135      $ 125   

Interest cost

     7        7   

Actuarial (gain) loss

     20        11   

Net benefits paid

     (8     (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at end of year

     154        135   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in plan assets

    

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

   $ 91      $ 86   

Actual return on plan assets

     3        10   

Employer contribution

     8        3   

Net benefits paid

     (8     (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

     94        91   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Underfunded at end of year

   $ 60      $ 44   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The weighted average assumptions that were used to determine the Company’s benefit obligation and net periodic benefit cost for the following years ended December 31 are:

 

     2011     2010  

Discount rate for year-end obligation

     4.10     5.20

Discount rate for net periodic pension cost

     5.20     5.70

Expected long term return on assets for year-end obligation

     7.50     7.50

Expected long-term return on assets for net periodic pension cost

     7.25     7.50

Compensation increase

     —          —     

 

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The net periodic pension cost for 2011 was approximately $3 million and is comprised of interest cost of approximately $7 million and the amortization of the actuarial net loss of $3 million offset by a benefit of $7 million for the expected return on assets. The net periodic pension cost for 2010 was approximately $3 million and is comprised of interest cost of approximately $7 million and the amortization of the actuarial net loss of $2 million offset by a benefit of $6 million for the expected return on assets. The estimated actuarial loss of approximately $3 million will be amortized from the accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic pension cost in 2012.

Estimated future benefit payments as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

Year

   Amount  

2012

   $ 8   

2013

     8   

2014

     8   

2015

     9   

2016

     9   

2017 through 2021

     48   

The minimum funding required during 2012 is estimated to be $9 million.

The Company recognized a loss of $21 million and a loss of $6 million in other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The total amount recognized in net periodic pension cost (benefit) and other comprehensive income was $24 million and $9 million for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The amount in accumulated other comprehensive income not yet recognized as components of the periodic pension cost (benefit) is comprised of an actuarial loss of $54 million and $34 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

It is the objective of the plan sponsor to maintain an adequate level of diversification to balance market risk, prudently invest to preserve capital and to provide sufficient liquidity under the plan. The assumption used for the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is based on the long-term expected returns for the investment mix of assets currently in the portfolio. Historic real return trends for the various asset classes in the class portfolio are combined with anticipated future market conditions to estimate the real rate of return for each class. These rates are then adjusted for anticipated future inflation to determine estimated nominal rates of return for each class.

The following table presents the fair values of plan assets by category as of December 31, 2011:

 

Asset Category

   Quoted Price
in Active
Market for
Identical
Assets
(Level I)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level II)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level III)
     Total  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2       $ —         $ —         $ 2   

Equity Securities:

           

U.S. large-cap funds

     —           25         —           25   

U.S. small-cap funds

     —           5         —           5   

International funds

     —           8         —           8   

Real estate fund

     —           3         —           3   

Fixed Income Securities:

           

Bond funds

     —           51         —           51   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2       $ 92       $ —         $ 94   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table presents the fair values of plan assets by category as of December 31, 2010:

 

Asset Category

   Quoted Price
in Active
Market for
Identical
Assets
(Level I)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level II)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level III)
     Total  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2       $ —         $ —         $ 2   

Equity Securities:

           

U.S. large-cap funds

     —           22         —           22   

U.S. small-cap funds

     —           5         —           5   

International funds

     —           7         —           7   

Real estate fund

     —           3         —           3   

Fixed Income Securities:

           

Bond funds

     —           52         —           52   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2       $ 89       $ —         $ 91   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company also maintains post-retirement health and welfare plans for certain subsidiaries and a non-qualified pension plan for certain individuals. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the related projected benefit obligation for these plans accrued on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets (primarily within Other non-current liabilities) was $10 million and $10 million, respectively. The expense recorded by the Company in 2011 and 2010 was less than $1 million.

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION SAVINGS PLAN

The Company sponsors a defined contribution savings plan that provides certain eligible employees of the Company an opportunity to accumulate funds for retirement. Prior to mid-February 2008, the Company matched a portion of the contributions made by participating employees. In July 2010, the Company reinstated the match for a portion of the contributions made by participating employees. The Company’s cost for contributions to this plan was $5 million, $2 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

10. INCOME TAXES

The income tax provision consists of the following:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011             2010             2009      

Current:

      

Federal

   $ 1      $ —        $ (1

State

     5        (3     1   

Foreign

     8        5        8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     14        2        8   

Deferred:

      

Federal

     28        112        (45

State

     (10     19        (13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     18        131        (58
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   $ 32      $ 133      $ (50
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Pre-tax income (loss) for domestic and foreign operations consisted of the following:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011             2010              2009      

Domestic

   $ (422   $ 30       $ (334

Foreign

     13        6         24   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pre-tax income (loss)

   $ (409   $ 36       $ (310
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current and non-current deferred income tax assets and liabilities, as of December 31, are comprised of the following:

 

     2011     2010  

Current deferred income tax assets:

    

Accrued liabilities and deferred income

   $ 84      $ 78   

Provision for doubtful accounts

     23        27   

Liability for unrecognized tax benefits

     3        —     

Cash flow hedges

     3        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     113        105   

Less: valuation allowance

     (30     (11
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current deferred income tax assets

     83        94   

Current deferred income tax liabilities:

    

Prepaid expenses

     17        18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current deferred income tax liabilities

     17        18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current net deferred income tax asset

   $ 66      $ 76   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current deferred income tax assets:

    

Net operating loss carryforwards

   $ 846      $ 663   

Alternative minimum tax credit carryforward

     2        2   

Foreign tax credit carryforwards

     3        3   

State tax credit carryforwards

     1        1   

Accrued liabilities and deferred income

     26        32   

Capital loss carryforward

     32        32   

Investment in joint venture

     3        3   

Minimum pension obligation

     22        14   

Cash flow hedges

     4        7   

Provision for doubtful accounts

     6        7   

Liability for unrecognized tax benefits

     11        9   

Other

     5        4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     961        777   

Less: valuation allowance

     (308     (107
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current deferred income tax assets

     653        670   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

    

Non-current deferred income tax liabilities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     1,074        1,084   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current net deferred income tax liability

   $ (421   $ (414
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had gross federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of $2,068 million. The federal net operating loss carryforwards expire between 2025 and 2031 and the state net operating loss carryforwards expire between 2012 and 2031.

 

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Management has determined that, based upon all available evidence, it is more likely than not that certain deferred tax assets will not be utilized in the foreseeable future and, as such, has recorded a corresponding valuation allowance. In assessing the valuation allowance at December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company determined that a full valuation allowance was required on the net definite-lived deferred tax asset balance. The Company’s valuation allowance was $338 million and $118 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2009  

Federal statutory rate

     35     35     35

State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefits

     1        (6     6   

Net impact of IRS settlement

     —          303        —     

Foreign rate differential

     (2     14        —     

Permanent differences

     1        —          —     

Net change in valuation allowance

     (43     23        (23

Other

     —          —          (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (8 %)      369     16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The 2011 change in valuation allowance reflects a full valuation allowance on tax benefits generated from current period operations and the impact of tax benefits from intangibles that are indefinite lived for financial statement purposes.

The majority of the rate differential for the year ended December 31, 2010 reflects the impact of our former parent company’s IRS examination settlement. The settlement resulted in nontaxable book income related to the reversal of a portion of our legacy reserves as well as a reduction of certain deferred tax assets. The net tax impact of the IRS settlement reflects the federal and state tax impact of the reduction of deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance ($109 million). The 2010 change in valuation allowance reflects the balance of the federal and state tax impact of current operations (loss for tax purposes) offset by a tax provision for the increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets.

The 2009 change in valuation allowance reflects a reduction to the previously recorded valuation allowance, partially offset by a full valuation allowance on tax benefits generated from current period operations and the impact of indefinite-lived intangible assets.

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States and several foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes and recording related assets and liabilities. In the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The Company is regularly under audit by tax authorities whereby the outcome of the audits is uncertain. The Company believes there is appropriate support for positions taken on its tax returns. The liabilities that have been recorded represent the best estimates of the probable loss on certain positions and are adequate for all open years based on an assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter. However, the outcome of tax audits are inherently uncertain.

Tax Sharing Agreement

Under the Tax Sharing Agreement with Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, the Company is generally responsible for 62.5% of payments made to settle claims with respect to tax periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2006 that relate to income taxes imposed on Cendant and certain of its subsidiaries, the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to the

 

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respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Avis Budget or Travelport. On July 15, 2010, Cendant and the IRS agreed to settle the previously disclosed IRS examination of Cendant’s taxable years 2003 through 2006. Pursuant to the IRS settlement, Tax Sharing Agreement and a letter agreement executed with Wyndham, Realogy in 2010 paid $58 million, including interest, to reimburse Cendant for a portion of the amount payable by Cendant to the IRS and Wyndham for certain tax credits used under the IRS settlement. With respect to any remaining residual legacy Cendant tax liabilities which remain after the IRS settlement, the Company and its former parent believe there is appropriate support for the positions taken on Cendant’s tax returns. However, tax audits and any related litigation, including disputes or litigation on the allocation of tax liabilities between parties under the Tax Sharing Agreement, could result in outcomes for the Company that are different from those reflected in the Company’s historical financial statements.

Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes

The Company utilizes the FASB guidance for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company reflects changes in its liability for unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $42 million, of which $31 million would affect the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized. The Company does not expect that its unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change over the next 12 months.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and operating expenses, respectively. The Company recognized interest expense of $5 million and penalties of $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, a reduction of interest expense of $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and interest expense of $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.

The rollforward of unrecognized tax benefits are summarized in the table below:

 

Unrecognized tax benefits—January 1, 2009

   $ 25   

Gross decreases—tax positions in prior periods

     2   

Gross increases—current period tax positions

     3   
  

 

 

 

Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2009

   $ 30   
  

 

 

 

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods

     7   

Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations

     (3
  

 

 

 

Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2010

   $ 34   
  

 

 

 

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods

     8   

Gross increases—tax positions in current period

     5   

Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations

     (5
  

 

 

 

Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2011

   $ 42   
  

 

 

 

 

11. RESTRUCTURING COSTS

2011 Restructuring Program

During 2011, the Company committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating existing facilities. The Company incurred restructuring charges of $11 million in 2011. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $5 million of facility related expenses and $4 million of personnel related expenses. The Relocation Services and Title and Settlement Services segments each recognized $1 million of facility and personnel related expenses. At December 31, 2011 the remaining liability is $3 million.

 

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2010 Restructuring Program

During 2010, the Company committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating facilities. The Company recognized $21 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment recognized $9 million of facility related expenses, $3 million of personnel related expenses and $1 million of expense related to asset impairments. The Relocation Services segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses and $1 million of personnel related expenses. The Title and Settlement Services segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses and $1 million of personnel related expenses. The Corporate and Other segment recognized $2 million of facility related expenses. At December 31, 2011, the remaining liability is $3 million.

2009 Restructuring Program

During 2009, the Company committed to various initiatives targeted principally at reducing costs, enhancing organizational efficiencies and consolidating facilities. The Company recognized $74 million of restructuring expense in 2009 and the remaining liability at December 31, 2010 was $21 million. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company utilized $9 million of the accrual resulting in a remaining liability of $12 million related to future lease payments.

Prior Restructuring Programs

The Company committed to restructuring activities targeted principally at reducing personnel related costs and consolidating facilities during 2006 through 2008. At December 31, 2010, the remaining liability was $6 million. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company utilized $4 million of the remaining accrual resulting in a remaining liability of $2 million related to future lease payments.

 

12. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Incentive Equity Awards Granted by Holdings

In April 2007, Holdings adopted the Realogy Holdings Corp. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) under which non-qualified stock options, rights to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock and other awards settleable in, or based upon, Holdings common stock may be issued to employees, consultants or directors of Realogy. The stock options and restricted stock granted are either time vesting or performance based awards with an exercise price equal to the grant date fair price of the underlying shares and a contractual term of 10 years. The time vesting options are subject to ratable vesting over the requisite service period. The performance based options are “cliff” vested upon the achievement of certain internal rate of return (“IRR”) targets which are measured based upon distributions made to the stockholders of Holdings. The restricted stock was granted at the grant date fair value and has a three-year requisite service period with one-half “cliff” vesting after 18 months of service and one-half “cliff” vesting at the end of the three-year service period.

During 2011, the Holdings Board granted 0.03 million of time vesting stock options and 4 thousand shares of time vesting restricted stock to senior management employees and an independent director of Realogy, as well as 0.08 million of performance based stock options granted under the Phantom Value Plan (see discussion below).

The fair value of the time vesting options and Phantom Plan options was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model utilizing the following assumptions. Expected volatility was based on historical volatilities of comparable companies. The expected term of the options granted represents the period of time that options were expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant, which corresponds to the expected term of the options.

In 2010, Holdings exchanged certain stock options granted to employees for new stock options as described below. Each original option held by eligible employees was exchanged on a one-for-one basis for a new option

 

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with different terms. The original options had an exercise price of $250 per share and were 50% time vested and 50% performance based awards. They were exchanged for all time vested new awards. The new options were unvested on the date of grant and vest at a rate of 25% a year over a four-year period, which began on July 1, 2010 with a 10-year contractual term beginning on the date of grant. The exercise price of 30% of the new options issued to the Senior Executives is $137.50 per share and the exercise price of all other new options issued is $20.75 per share, which represented the fair market value of Common Stock of Holdings as determined by its Compensation Committee as of the date of grant of the new options. In November 2010, 0.41 million original options were tendered and exchanged for an equal number of new options and 0.20 million original options held by non-employees that were not eligible to participate in the exchange offer. The exchange resulted in an incremental stock compensation expense of $4 million that is recognized over a four-year vesting period, which began on July 1, 2010. The Company will continue to expense the remaining unrecognized stock compensation expense of $8 million related to the original options over their remaining vesting period. No stock options were granted during 2009. As of December 31, 2011, there were 0.89 million shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Amended and Restated Holdings 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, including approximately 0.72 million shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding options and approximately 0.17 million shares available for future grant. See Note 20, “Subsequent Events” for additional shares reserved under the Plan.

 

     2011     2010  
     Time Vesting
Options
    Phantom Plan
Options
    Time Vesting
Options
 

Weighted average grant date fair value

   $ 11.75      $ 10.75      $ 9.25   

Expected volatility

     55.5     58.4     54.6

Expected term (years)

     6.25        4.75        6.25   

Risk-free interest rate

     2.6     1.3     1.5

Dividend yield

     —          —          —     

Equity Award Activity

A summary of option and restricted share activity is presented below (number of shares in millions):

 

     Time-vesting
Options
    Performance
Based Options
    Restricted
Stock
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2009

     0.32        0.32        *   

Granted

     —          —          —     

Exercised

     —          —          —     

Vested

     —          —          —     

Forfeited

     (0.01     (0.01     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2009

     0.31        0.31        *   

Granted/(tendered for exchange)

     0.20        (0.20     —     

Exercised

     —          —          —     

Vested

     —          —          *   

Forfeited

     (0.01     (0.01     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

     0.50        0.10        —     

Granted

     0.03        0.08        *   

Exercised

     —          —          —     

Vested

     —          —          —     

Forfeited

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

     0.53        0.18        *   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The outstanding restricted stock of 9 thousand shares at January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 vested during 2010. In 2011, 4 thousand of restricted stock was granted and remained outstanding at December 31, 2011.

 

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    Options Vested     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
    Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
    Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 

Exercisable at December 31, 2011

    0.18        124.25        7.5 years        —     

As of December 31, 2011, there was approximately $5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the time vesting options and restricted stock under the Plan and $6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the performance based options. Unrecognized cost for the time vesting options and restricted stock will be recorded in future periods as compensation expense as the awards vest over the next three years with a weighted average period of approximately 1.7 years. The unrecognized cost for the performance based options will be recorded as compensation expense when an IPO or significant capital transaction is probable of occurring. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to the incentive equity awards granted by Holdings of $7 million, $6 million and $7 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Phantom Value Plan

On January 5, 2011, the Board of Directors of Holdings approved the Realogy Corporation Phantom Value Plan (the “Phantom Value Plan”), which is intended to provide certain of Realogy’s executive officers, with an incentive (the “Incentive Awards”) to remain in the service of Realogy, increase interest in the success of Realogy and create the opportunity to receive compensation based upon Realogy’s success. On January 5, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company made initial grants of Incentive Awards in three series in an aggregate amount of $22 million to certain executive officers of Realogy. Incentive Awards are immediately cancelable and forfeitable in the event of the termination of a participant’s employment for any reason. The Incentive Awards also terminate 10 years following the date of grant.

Cash and Stock Awards under the Phantom Value Plan

Under the Phantom Value Plan, each participant is eligible to receive a payment with respect to an Incentive Award relating to the Convertible Notes that RCIV Holdings (“RCIV”) purchased ($1.3 billion aggregate principal amount) for which RCIV receives cash upon the discharge or third-party sale of not less than $267 million of the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes (the “Plan Notes”) (or on any non-cash consideration into which any series of Plan Notes may have been exchanged or converted). The payment with respect to an Incentive Award would be an amount which bears the same ratio to the dollar amount of the Incentive Award relating to the aggregate amount of cash received by RCIV bears to the aggregate principal amount of Plan Notes held by RCIV on the date of grant of such Incentive Award. In addition, participants may be eligible to receive additional amounts based upon cash received by RCIV pursuant to the terms of any non-cash consideration into which any Plan Notes may have been exchanged or converted. Any cash payments made under the Phantom Value Plan will be recorded as compensation expense when RCIV receives cash upon the discharge or third-party sale of the Convertible Notes.

In the event that a payment is to be made with respect to an Incentive Award in conjunction with or subsequent to a qualified public offering of common stock of Realogy or its direct or indirect parent company, a participant may elect to receive stock in lieu of the cash payment in a number of unrestricted shares of common stock with a fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee, equal to the dollar amount then due on such Incentive Award, plus a number of restricted shares of such common stock with a fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee, equal to the amount then due multiplied by 0.15. The restricted shares of common stock will vest, based on continued employment, on the first anniversary of issuance. Compensation expense for the restricted shares of common stock will be recorded over a one-year vesting period upon issuance, while compensation expense for the unrestricted shares of common stock will be recorded on the issuance date. In addition, Incentive Awards will be subject to acceleration and payment upon a change of control as specified in the Phantom Value Plan.

 

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Stock Option Awards under the Phantom Value Plan

On each date RCIV receive cash interest on the Plan Notes, certain executive officers of Realogy may be granted stock options under the Holdings 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The aggregate value of stock options granted (determined by the Holdings Board or its Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) is equal to an amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate dollar amount of the participant’s Incentive Award as the aggregate amount of cash interest received by RCIV on such date bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Plan Notes held by RCIV on the date of grant of the Incentive Award. The stock option grants to Realogy’s CEO were limited to 50% of the foregoing stock option amount until November 2011 when the grants were increased to 100%. Generally, each grant of stock options will have a three year vesting schedule, subject to the participant’s continued employment, and vested stock options will become exercisable one year following a qualified public offering. As such, compensation expense will be recorded after a public offering becomes probable of occurring. The stock options have a term of 7.5 years. In April and October 2011, Holdings issued approximately 0.03 million and 0.05 million, respectively, of stock options under the Phantom Value Plan in conjunction with RCIV receiving cash interest on the Plan Notes.

 

13. SEPARATION ADJUSTMENTS, TRANSACTIONS WITH FORMER PARENT AND SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED PARTIES

Transfer of Cendant Corporate Liabilities and Issuance of Guarantees to Cendant and Affiliates

The Company has certain guarantee commitments with Cendant (pursuant to the assumption of certain liabilities and the obligation to indemnify Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport for such liabilities) and guarantee commitments related to deferred compensation arrangements with Cendant and Wyndham Worldwide. These guarantee arrangements primarily relate to certain contingent litigation liabilities, contingent tax liabilities, and other corporate liabilities, of which the Company assumed and is generally responsible for 62.5%. Upon separation from Cendant, the liabilities assumed by the Company were comprised of certain Cendant corporate liabilities which were recorded on the historical books of Cendant as well as additional liabilities which were established for guarantees issued at the date of Separation related to certain unresolved contingent matters and certain others that could arise during the guarantee period. Regarding the guarantees, if any of the companies responsible for all or a portion of such liabilities were to default in its payment of costs or expenses related to any such liability, the Company would be responsible for a portion of the defaulting party or parties’ obligation. To the extent such recorded liabilities are in excess or are not adequate to cover the ultimate payment amounts, such deficiency or excess will be reflected in the results of operations in future periods.

The due to former parent balance was $80 million and $104 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. At December 31, 2011, the due to former parent balance was comprised of the Company’s portion of the following: (i) Cendant’s remaining state and foreign contingent tax liabilities, (ii) accrued interest on contingent tax liabilities, (iii) potential liabilities related to Cendant’s terminated or divested businesses, and (iv) potential liabilities related to the residual portion of accruals for Cendant operations.

Transactions with PHH Corporation

In January 2005, Cendant completed the spin-off of its former mortgage, fleet leasing and appraisal businesses in a tax free distribution of 100% of the common stock of PHH to its stockholders. In connection with the spin-off, the Company entered into a venture, PHH Home Loans, with PHH for the purpose of originating and selling mortgage loans primarily sourced through the Company’s real estate brokerage and relocation businesses. The Company owns 49.9% of the venture. In connection with the venture, the Company entered into an agreement with PHH and PHH Home Loans regarding the operation of the venture and a marketing agreement with PHH whereby PHH is the recommended provider of mortgage products and services promoted by the Company to its independently owned and operated franchisees. The Company also entered into a license agreement with PHH whereby PHH Home Loans was granted a license to use certain of the Company’s real estate brand names. The Company also maintains a relocation agreement with PHH whereby PHH outsources its employee relocation function to the Company and the Company subleases office space to PHH Home Loans.

 

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In connection with these agreements, the Company recorded net revenues of $6 million, $6 million and $6 million, for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In addition, the Company recorded equity earnings of $24 million, $28 million and $23 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company received cash dividends from PHH Home Loans of $20 million, $25 million and $8 million during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The following presents the summarized financial information for PHH Home Loans:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

Balance sheet data:

     

Total assets

   $ 569       $ 449   

Total liabilities

     478         367   

Total members’ equity

     91         82   

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011      2010      2009  

Statement of operations data:

        

Total revenues

   $ 248       $ 279       $ 252   

Total expenses

     199         222         206   

Net income

     49         57         46   

Transactions with Related Parties

On June 26, 2009, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Prepayment Agreement (the “Prepayment Agreement”) with WEX, pursuant to which WEX simultaneously paid the Company the sum of $51 million, less expenses of approximately $2 million, as prepayment in full of its remaining contingent obligations to the Company under the TRA.

The Company has entered into certain transactions in the normal course of business with entities that are owned by affiliates of Apollo. For the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company has recognized revenue related to these transactions of approximately $2 million, $1 million and $1 million in the aggregate, respectively.

 

14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

The Company is involved in claims, legal proceedings and governmental inquiries related to alleged contract disputes, business practices, intellectual property and other commercial, employment, regulatory and tax matters. Examples of such matters include but are not limited to allegations:

 

   

concerning adverse impacts to franchisees related to purported changes made to the Century 21 ® system and its marketing fund after the Company acquired it in 1995, which is referred to elsewhere in this report as the “Cooper Litigation”;

 

   

that the Company is vicariously liable for the acts of franchisees under theories of actual or apparent agency;

 

   

by former franchisees that franchise agreements were improperly terminated;

 

   

that residential real estate agents engaged by NRT—in certain states—are potentially common law employees instead of independent contractors, and therefore may bring claims against NRT for breach of contract, wrongful discharge and negligent supervision and obtain benefits available to employees under various state statutes;

 

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concerning claims for alleged RESPA or state law violations including but not limited to claims relating to administrative fees or commissions that include both a fixed fee and percentage payment as well as the validity of sales associates indemnification and administrative fees;

 

   

concerning claims generally against the company-owned brokerage operations for negligence or breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the performance of real estate brokerage or other professional services; and

 

   

concerning claims generally against the title company contending that, as the escrow company, the company knew or should have known that a transaction was fraudulent.

Real Estate Business Litigation

Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. v. Cendant Corp. and Century 21 Real Estate Corporation (N.J. Super. Ct. L. Div., Morris County, New Jersey). In 2002, Frank K. Cooper Real Estate #1, Inc. filed a putative class action against Cendant and Cendant’s subsidiary, Century 21 Real Estate Corporation (“Century 21”). The complaint alleges breach of certain provisions of the Real Estate Franchise Agreement entered into between Century 21 and the plaintiffs, breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and breach of certain express and implied fiduciary duties. The complaint alleges, among other things, that Cendant diverted money and resources from Century 21 franchisees and allotted them to NRT owned brokerages and otherwise improperly charged expenses to marketing funds. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, interest, attorney’s fees and costs. The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, if applicable, provides for treble damages, attorney’s fees and costs as remedies for violation of the Act. On August 17, 2010, the court granted plaintiffs’ renewed motion to certify a class. The certified class includes Century 21 franchisees at any time between August 1, 1995 and April 17, 2002 whose franchise agreements contain New Jersey choice of law and venue provisions and who have not executed releases releasing the claim (unless the release was a provision of a franchise renewal agreement). A case management order entered on November 29, 2010 established, among other things, a trial date of April 16, 2012. All expert reports have been produced and expert depositions have commenced.

As of January 24, 2012, Realogy entered into a memorandum of understanding memorializing the principal terms of a proposed settlement of this action. The structure of the proposed settlement involves both monetary and non-monetary consideration as well as contributions from insurance carriers. The non-monetary consideration includes but is not limited to waivers and modifications of certain fees and payments of incentive fees. On February 16, 2012, the parties executed a Stipulation of Settlement finalizing the terms of the settlement reflected in the memorandum of understanding. The Stipulation of Settlement and related settlement documents were submitted to the Court on February 17th by the plaintiffs to obtain preliminary approval. The court granted preliminary approval on February 22nd. Notice of the settlement will go to the class in the next 30 days. A fairness hearing will be held on June 4, 2012 when the court will determine whether to grant final approval of the settlement. Realogy has reserved for funding that would be required beyond carrier contributions and that amount is reflected in our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011.

This class action involves substantial, complex litigation. Class action litigation is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. If the proposed settlement is not finalized and approved by the court, the resolution of this litigation could result in substantial losses and there can be no assurance that such resolution will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

Larsen, et al. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, et al. (case formerly known as Joint Equity Committee of Investors of Real Estate Partners, Inc. v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp., et al. ). The case, pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, arises from the relationship of several of our subsidiaries with a former Coldwell Banker Commercial franchise, whose affiliated entity allegedly utilized the Coldwell Banker Commercial name in the offer and sale of securities during the period in which it was a franchisee and for a period of time after the franchise agreement was terminated. In a SEC civil proceeding

 

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asserting violations of various securities laws, by stipulated judgment dated September 2, 2009, a shareholder of the franchisee, Real Estate Partners, Inc. (“REP”), and REP’s affiliated entities were ordered to disgorge approximately $53 million in funds raised from investors. REP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2007. The complaint, initially filed in April 2010 and subsequently amended twice, most recently in March 2011, alleges, among other things, that our subsidiaries Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation and Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, engaged in negligence and fraud as they knew or should have known that REP and the Coldwell Banker Commercial franchisee were using the marks in connection with the promotion of securities but that the Coldwell Banker subsidiaries failed to act to stop that use. The second amended complaint is a putative class action brought on behalf of REP investors. On September 8, 2011, the court denied the Coldwell Banker subsidiaries’ motion to dismiss on the second amended complaint. On August 22, 2011, plaintiffs filed their motion to certify a class. Oral argument on the motion to certify the class is scheduled for March 5, 2012 and a decision is expected shortly after oral argument. Trial is currently scheduled for August 2012.

Realogy Corporation v. Triomphe Partners and Triomphe Immobilien (AAA/District New York). On August 15, 2011, the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York denied Triomphe’s appeal of an August 4, 2010 arbitration decision in this matter. As previously disclosed, the arbitrators found that Realogy properly terminated the franchise contracts of a former master franchisor of the Coldwell Banker brand for 28 countries, in Eastern and Western Europe, for failing to meet minimum office requirements but denied Realogy’s monetary claim. All of the former master franchisee’s counterclaims were denied.

Cendant Corporate Litigation

Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of July 27, 2006 among Cendant, Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, each of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport have assumed certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses), which are primarily related to each of their respective businesses. In addition, Realogy has assumed 62.5% and Wyndham Worldwide has assumed 37.5% of certain contingent and other corporate liabilities (and related costs and expenses) of Cendant or its subsidiaries, which are not primarily related to any of the respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and/or Cendant’s vehicle rental operations, in each case incurred or allegedly incurred on or prior to the date of the separation of Travelport from Cendant.

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The Company believes that it has adequately accrued for legal matters as appropriate. The Company records litigation accruals for legal matters which are both probable and estimable. For legal proceedings for which there is a reasonable possibility of loss (meaning those losses for which the likelihood is more than remote but less than probable), the Company has determined that it does not have material exposure, or it is unable to develop a range of reasonably possible losses.

Litigation and other disputes are inherently unpredictable and subject to substantial uncertainties and unfavorable resolutions could occur. In addition, class action lawsuits can be costly to defend and, depending on the class size and claims, could be costly to settle. Lastly, there may be greater risk of unfavorable resolutions in the current economic environment due to various factors including the absence of other defendants (due to business failures) that may be the real cause of the liability and greater negative sentiment toward corporate defendants. As such, the Company could incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims with liability that are materially in excess of amounts accrued and these settlements could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in any particular period.

Tax Matters

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determination is uncertain. The Company is regularly under audit by tax authorities whereby the outcome of the audits is uncertain. The Company believes there is appropriate support for positions taken on its tax returns. The liabilities that have been recorded represent the best estimates of the probable loss on certain positions and are adequate for all open years based on an assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter. However, the outcome of tax audits are inherently uncertain.

Under the Tax Sharing Agreement with Cendant, Wyndham Worldwide and Travelport, the Company is generally responsible for 62.5% of payments made to settle claims with respect to tax periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2006 that relate to income taxes imposed on Cendant and certain of its subsidiaries, the operations (or former operations) of which were determined by Cendant not to relate specifically to the respective businesses of Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Avis Budget or Travelport. On July 15, 2010, Cendant and the IRS agreed to settle the previously disclosed IRS examination of Cendant’s taxable years 2003 through 2006. Pursuant to the IRS settlement, Tax Sharing Agreement and a letter agreement executed with Wyndham, Realogy in 2010 paid $58 million, including interest, to reimburse Cendant for a portion of the amount payable by Cendant to the IRS and Wyndham for certain tax credits used under the IRS settlement.

With respect to any remaining residual legacy Cendant tax liabilities which remain after the IRS settlement, the Company and its former parent believe there is appropriate support for the positions taken on Cendant’s tax returns. However, tax audits and any related litigation, including disputes or litigation on the allocation of tax liabilities between parties under the Tax Sharing Agreement, could result in outcomes for the Company that are different from those reflected in the Company’s historical financial statements.

Contingent Liability Letter of Credit

In April 2007, the Company established a standby irrevocable letter of credit for the benefit of Avis Budget Group in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement. The synthetic letter of credit was utilized to support the Company’s payment obligations with respect to its share of Cendant contingent and other corporate liabilities. The stated amount of the standby irrevocable letter of credit is subject to periodic adjustment to reflect the then current estimate of Cendant contingent and other liabilities. In 2010, the Company entered into agreements with Avis Budget Group and Wyndham to reduce the letter of credit from $446 million to $123 million primarily due to Cendant’s IRS tax settlement for the taxable years 2003 through 2006 and other liability adjustments. In 2011, Realogy further reduced the letter of credit to $70 million. The standby irrevocable letter of credit will be terminated if (i) the Company’s senior unsecured credit rating is raised to BB by Standard and Poor’s or Ba2 by Moody’s or (ii) the aggregate value of the former parent contingent liabilities falls below $30 million.

Apollo Management Fee Agreement

In connection with the Merger, Apollo entered into a management fee agreement with the Company which allows Apollo and its affiliates to provide certain management consulting services to the Company through the end of 2016 (subject to possible extension). The Company pays Apollo an annual management fee for this service up to the sum of the greater of $15 million or 2.0% of the Company’s annual Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding year, plus out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith. At December 31, 2011, the Company had $30 million accrued for the payment of Apollo management fees.

In addition, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, at the closing of any merger, acquisition, financing and similar transaction with a related transaction or enterprise value equal to or greater than $200 million, Apollo will receive a fee equal to 1% of the aggregate transaction or enterprise value paid to or provided by such entity or its stockholders (including the aggregate value of (x) equity securities, warrants, rights and options acquired or retained, (y) indebtedness acquired, assumed or refinanced and (z) any other consideration or compensation paid in connection with such transaction). Apollo waived any fees payable to it pursuant to the

 

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management fee agreement in connection with the 2011 Refinancing Transactions and 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering. The Company has agreed to indemnify Apollo and its affiliates and their directors, officers and representatives for potential losses relating to the services to be provided under the management fee agreement.

Escrow and Trust Deposits

As a service to the Company’s customers, it administers escrow and trust deposits which represent undisbursed amounts received for settlements of real estate transactions. With the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in July 2010, deposits at FDIC-insured institutions are permanently insured up to $250 thousand. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act temporarily provides unlimited coverage for non-interest-bearing transaction accounts from December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012. These escrow and trust deposits totaled approximately $272 million and $190 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These escrow and trust deposits are not assets of the Company and, therefore, are excluded from the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. However, the Company remains contingently liable for the disposition of these deposits.

Leases

The Company is committed to making rental payments under noncancelable operating leases covering various facilities and equipment. Future minimum lease payments required under noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

Year

   Amount  

2012

   $ 136   

2013

     98   

2014

     66   

2015

     46   

2016

     24   

Thereafter

     119   
  

 

 

 
   $ 489   
  

 

 

 

Capital lease obligations were $12 million, net of $1 million of imputed interest, at December 31, 2011 and $12 million, net of $2 million of imputed interest, at December 31, 2010.

The Company incurred rent expense as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011              2010             2009      

Gross rent expense

   $ 173       $ 181      $ 195   

Less: Sublease rent income

     —           (3     (3
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net rent expense

   $ 173       $ 178      $ 192   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase Commitments and Minimum Licensing Fees

In the normal course of business, the Company makes various commitments to purchase goods or services from specific suppliers, including those related to capital expenditures. The purchase commitments made by the Company as of December 31, 2011 are approximately $80 million.

The Company is required to pay a minimum licensing fee to Sotheby’s which began in 2009 and continues through 2054. The annual minimum licensing fee is approximately $2 million per year. The Company is also required to pay a minimum licensing fee to Meredith Corporation for the licensing of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand. The annual minimum licensing fee began in 2009 at $0.5 million and will increase to $4 million by 2014 and generally remains the same thereafter.

 

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Future minimum payments for these purchase commitments and minimum licensing fees as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

Year

   Amount  

2012

   $ 48   

2013

     22   

2014

     11   

2015

     10   

2016

     9   

Thereafter

     253   
  

 

 

 
   $ 353   
  

 

 

 

Standard Guarantees/Indemnifications

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into numerous agreements that contain standard guarantees and indemnities whereby the Company indemnifies another party for breaches of representations and warranties. In addition, many of these parties are also indemnified against any third party claim resulting from the transaction that is contemplated in the underlying agreement. Such guarantees or indemnifications are granted under various agreements, including those governing: (i) purchases, sales or outsourcing of assets or businesses, (ii) leases of real estate, (iii) licensing of trademarks, (iv) use of derivatives, and (v) issuances of debt securities. The guarantees or indemnifications issued are for the benefit of the: (i) buyers in sale agreements and sellers in purchase agreements, (ii) landlords in lease contracts, (iii) franchisees in licensing agreements, (iv) financial institutions in derivative contracts, and (v) underwriters in debt security issuances. While some of these guarantees extend only for the duration of the underlying agreement, many survive the expiration of the term of the agreement or extend into perpetuity (unless subject to a legal statute of limitations). There are no specific limitations on the maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these guarantees, nor is the Company able to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these guarantees as the triggering events are not subject to predictability. With respect to certain of the aforementioned guarantees, such as indemnifications of landlords against third party claims for the use of real estate property leased by the Company, the Company maintains insurance coverage that mitigates any potential payments to be made.

Other Guarantees/Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company coordinates numerous events for its franchisees and thus reserves a number of venues with certain minimum guarantees, such as room rentals at hotels local to the conference center. However, such room rentals are paid by each individual franchisee. If the franchisees do not meet the minimum guarantees, the Company is obligated to fulfill the minimum guaranteed fees. Such guarantees in effect at December 31, 2011 extend into 2013 and the maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company may be required to make under such guarantees is approximately $2 million. The Company would only be required to pay this maximum amount if none of the franchisees conducted their planned events at the reserved venues. Historically, the Company has not been required to make material payments under these guarantees.

Insurance and Self-Insurance

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Consolidated Balance Sheets include approximately $39 million and $61 million, respectively, of liabilities relating to: (i) self-insured risks for errors and omissions and other legal matters incurred in the ordinary course of business within the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment, (ii) vacant dwellings and household goods in transit within the Relocation Services segment, and (iii) premium and claim reserves for the Company’s title underwriting business. The Company may also be

 

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subject to legal claims arising from the handling of escrow transactions and closings. The Company’s subsidiary, NRT, carries errors and omissions insurance for errors made during the real estate settlement process of $15 million in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $1 million per occurrence. In addition, the Company carries an additional errors and omissions insurance policy for Realogy Corporation and its subsidiaries for errors made for real estate related services up to $35 million in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $2.5 million per occurrence. This policy also provides excess coverage to NRT creating an aggregate limit of $50 million, subject to the NRT deductible of $1 million per occurrence.

The Company issues title insurance policies which provide coverage for real property mortgage lenders and buyers of real property. When acting as a title agent issuing a policy on behalf of an underwriter, the Company’s insurance risk is limited to the first $5,000 of claims on any one policy. The title underwriter which the Company acquired in January 2006 typically underwrites title insurance policies of up to $1.5 million. For policies in excess of $1.5 million, the Company typically obtains a reinsurance policy from a national underwriter to reinsure the excess amount.

Fraud, defalcation and misconduct by employees are also risks inherent in the business. The Company is the custodian of cash deposited by customers with specific instructions as to its disbursement from escrow, trust and account servicing files. The Company maintains Fidelity insurance covering the loss or theft of funds of up to $30 million annually in the aggregate, subject to a deductible of $1 million per occurrence.

The Company also maintains self-insurance arrangements relating to health and welfare, workers’ compensation, auto and general liability in addition to other benefits provided to the Company’s employees. The accruals for these self-insurance arrangements totaled approximately $17 million and $17 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

15. EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The after-tax components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:

 

     Currency
Translation
Adjustments  (1)
    Minimum
Pension Liability
Adjustment
    Unrealized Loss
on Cash Flow
Hedges
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss (2)
 

Balance at January 1, 2009

   $ (7   $ (16   $ (23   $ (46

Current period change

     7        (1     8        14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

     —          (17     (15     (32

Current period change

     —          (3     5        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

     —          (20     (10     (30

Current period change

     —          (12     10        (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

   $ —        $ (32   $ —        $ (32
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries having non-U.S.–dollar functional currencies are translated at exchange rates at the balance sheet dates and equity accounts are translated at historical spot rates. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates during the periods presented. The gains or losses resulting from translating foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Holdings

Basic earnings per share is computed based upon weighted-average shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings per share is computed consistently with the basic computation while giving effect to all dilutive potential common shares and common share equivalents that were outstanding during the period. Holdings uses the treasury stock method to reflect the potential dilutive effect of unvested stock awards and unexercised options.

The Company was in a net loss position for each of the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, and therefore the impact of stock options and restricted stock were excluded from the computation of dilutive earnings (loss) per share because they were anti-dilutive. The number of stock options excluded from the computation was 0.7 million, 0.6 million and 0.6 million shares for the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. The number of restricted stock shares excluded from the computation were 4 thousand, none and 8 thousand shares for the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On January 5, 2011, in connection with the consummation of the Debt Exchange Offering, Holdings amended and restated its certificate of incorporation. Under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, Holdings has the authority to issue up to 180,000,000 shares, of which Holdings has the authority to issue 168,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Class A Common Stock”), 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value and 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value. Pursuant to Holdings’ amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the outstanding shares of common stock of Holdings were reclassified on a share-for-share basis into shares of Class B Common Stock, the voting of which is controlled by Apollo.

The Convertible Notes are convertible to shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion. Each share of Class A Common Stock has one vote per share, and each share of Class B Common Stock has five votes per share. The Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into Class A Common Stock on a share-for-share basis once (i) Apollo converts all of the Convertible Notes it received in the Debt Exchange Offering into shares of Class A Common Stock or (ii) upon a Qualified Public Offering, provided that such conversion would not result in a change of control of Realogy under the senior secured credit facility or any of Realogy’s other debt arrangements.

 

16. RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

RISK MANAGEMENT

The following is a description of the Company’s risk management policies.

Interest Rate Risk

At December 31, 2011, the Company had total long-term debt of $7,150 million, excluding $327 million of securitization obligations. Of the $7,150 million of long-term debt, the Company has $2,759 million of variable interest rate debt primarily based on LIBOR. Although we have entered into interest rate swaps, involving the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments, to reduce interest rate volatility for a portion of our variable rate borrowings, such interest rate swaps do not eliminate interest rate volatility for all of our variable rate indebtedness at December 31, 2011. The remaining variable interest rate debt is subject to market rate risk as our interest payments will fluctuate as a result of market changes.

At December 31, 2011, the fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, excluding securitization obligations, approximated $5,690 million, which was determined based on quoted market prices. Since considerable judgment is required in interpreting market information, the fair value of the long-term debt is not necessarily indicative of the amount that could be realized in a current market exchange.

 

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In the normal course of business, the Company borrows funds under its securitization facilities and utilizes such funds to generate assets on which it generally earns interest income. The Company does not believe it is exposed to significant interest rate risk in connection with these activities as the rate it incurs on such borrowings and the rate it earns on such assets are generally based on similar variable indices, thereby providing a natural hedge.

Credit Risk and Exposure

The Company is exposed to counterparty credit risk in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to various agreements and sales transactions. The Company manages such risk by evaluating the financial position and creditworthiness of such counterparties and by requiring collateral in instances in which financing is provided. The Company mitigates counterparty credit risk associated with its derivative contracts by monitoring the amounts at risk with each counterparty to such contracts, periodically evaluating counterparty creditworthiness and financial position, and where possible, dispersing its risk among multiple counterparties.

As of December 31, 2011, there were no significant concentrations of credit risk with any individual counterparty or groups of counterparties. The Company actively monitors the credit risk associated with the Company’s receivables.

Market Risk Exposure

The Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment, NRT, owns real estate brokerage offices located in and around large metropolitan areas in the U.S. NRT has more offices and realizes more of its revenues in California, Florida and the New York metropolitan area than any other regions of the country. For the year ended December 31, 2011, NRT generated approximately 28% of its revenues from California, 25% from the New York metropolitan area and 11% from Florida. For the year ended December 31, 2010, NRT generated approximately 27% of its revenues from California, 26% from the New York metropolitan area and 10% from Florida. For the year ended December 31, 2009, NRT generated approximately 27% of its revenues from California, 23% from the New York metropolitan area and 11% from Florida.

Derivative Instruments

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts largely to manage its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates associated with its foreign currency denominated receivables and payables. The Company primarily manages its foreign currency exposure to the Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar, British Pound and Euro. The Company has elected not to utilize hedge accounting for these forward contracts; therefore, any change in fair value is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. However, the fluctuations in the value of these forward contracts generally offset the impact of changes in the value of the underlying risk that they are intended to economically hedge. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with a fair value of less than $1 million and a notional value of $15 million. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with a fair value of less than $1 million and a notional value of $18 million.

The Company also enters into interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates associated with its variable rate borrowings. The Company has three interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $650 million to hedge the variability in cash flows resulting from the term loan facility. One swap, with a notional value of $225 million, expires in July 2012, the second swap, with a notional value of $200 million, expires in December 2012 and the third swap, with a notional value of $225 million, commences in July 2012 and expires in October 2016. The Company is utilizing pay fixed interest swaps (in exchange for floating LIBOR rate based payments) to perform this hedging strategy.

At December 31, 2010, $425 million of the derivatives were being accounted for as cash flow hedges in accordance with the FASB’s derivative and hedging guidance and the unfavorable fair market value of the swaps

 

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was recorded within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) (“AOCI”). Following the completion of the 2011 Refinancing Transactions, the Company was not able to maintain hedge effectiveness in accordance with the accounting guidance. As a result, the interest rate swaps were de-designated as cash flow hedging instruments and the fair value of $17 million was reclassified from AOCI and recognized in interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the first quarter of 2011.

The fair value of derivative instruments was as follows:

 

Liability Derivatives

   December  31,
2011

Fair Value
     December  31,
2010

Fair Value
 

Designated as Hedging Instruments

  

Balance Sheet Location

     

Interest rate swap contracts

   Other non-current liabilities    $ —         $ 17   

Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

                  

Interest rate swap contracts

   Other current liabilities    $ 7       $ —     
   Other non-current liabilities      10         —     
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 17       $ —     

The effect of derivative instruments on earnings is as follows:

 

Derivatives in Cash Flow

Hedge Relationships

   Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Other Comprehensive Income
     Location of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI into
Income (Effective
Portion)
     Gain or (Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI into Income
 
   Year Ended
December  31,
2011
     Year Ended
December 31,
2010
        Year Ended
December  31,
2011
    Year Ended
December  31,
2010
 

Interest rate swap contracts

   $ —         $ 8         Interest expense       $ (17   $ (19

 

Derivative Instruments Not

Designated as Hedging Instruments

  

Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized

in Income for Derivative Instruments

   Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
 
      Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended,
December 31,
2010
 

Interest rate swap contracts

   Interest expense    $ (7   $ —     

Foreign exchange contracts

   Operating expense      —        $ (1

Financial Instruments

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value.

 

Level Input:

  

Input Definitions:

Level I    Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.
Level II    Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level I that are observable for the asset or liability through corroboration with market data at the measurement date.
Level III    Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from asset to asset and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of asset, whether the asset is new and not yet established in the marketplace, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for

 

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instruments categorized in Level III. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The fair value of financial instruments is generally determined by reference to quoted market values. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques, as appropriate. The fair value of interest rate swaps is determined based upon a discounted cash flow approach that incorporates counterparty and performance risk and therefore is categorized in Level III.

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2011 for assets/liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Level I      Level II      Level III      Total  

Derivatives

           

Interest rate swaps (included in other current and non-current liabilities)

   $ —         $ —         $ 17       $ 17   

Deferred compensation plan assets (included in other non-current assets)

   $ 1       $ —         $ —         $ 1   

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2010 for assets/liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Level I      Level II      Level III      Total  

Derivatives

           

Interest rate swaps (included in other current and non-current liabilities)

   $ —         $ —         $ 17       $ 17   

Deferred compensation plan assets (included in other non-current assets)

   $ 1       $ —         $ —         $ 1   

The following table presents changes in Level III financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

Fair value at January 1, 2010

   $ 25   

Changes reflected in other comprehensive loss

     (8
  

 

 

 

Fair value at December 31, 2010

     17   

Changes reflected in other comprehensive loss

     —     
  

 

 

 

Fair value at December 31, 2011

   $ 17   
  

 

 

 

 

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The following table summarizes the carrying amount of the Company’s indebtedness compared to the estimated fair value, primarily determined by quoted market values, at:

 

     December 31, 2011      December 31, 2010  
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair  Value
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair  Value
 

Debt

           

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

           

Non-extended revolving credit facility

   $ 78       $ 78       $ —         $ —     

Extended revolving credit facility

     97         97         —           —     

Non-extended term loan facility

     629         590         3,059         2,903   

Extended term loan facility

     1,822         1,630         —           —     

First and a Half Lien Notes

     700         606         —           —     

Second Lien Loans

     650         655         650         720   

Other bank indebtedness

     133         133         163         163   

Existing Notes:

           

10.50% Senior Notes

     64         56         1,688         1,656   

11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes

     52         43         468         449   

12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     187         144         864         806   

Extended Maturity Notes:

           

11.50% Senior Notes

     489         367         —           —     

12.00% Senior Notes

     129         95         —           —     

13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes

     10         7         —           —     

11.00% Convertible Notes

     2,110         1,189         —           —     

Securitization obligations

     327         327         331         331   

 

17. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The reportable segments presented below represent the Company’s operating segments for which separate financial information is available and which is utilized on a regular basis by its chief operating decision maker to assess performance and to allocate resources. In identifying its reportable segments, the Company also considers the nature of services provided by its operating segments. Management evaluates the operating results of each of its reportable segments based upon revenue and EBITDA, which is defined as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest (income) expense, net (other than Relocation Services interest for secured assets and obligations) and income taxes, each of which is presented in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

 

     Revenues (a) (b)  
     For the Year Ended December 31,  
           2011                 2010                 2009        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 557      $ 560      $ 538   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     2,970        3,016        2,959   

Relocation Services

     423        405        320   

Title and Settlement Services

     359        325        328   

Corporate and Other (c)

     (216     (216     (213
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 4,093      $ 4,090      $ 3,932   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation. Revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment include intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $216 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, $216 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $213 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Such amounts are eliminated through the Corporate and Other line.

 

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(b) Revenues for the Relocation Services segment include intercompany referral and relocation fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $37 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, $37 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $34 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Such amounts are recorded as contra-revenues by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment. There are no other material inter-segment transactions.
(c) Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.

 

     EBITDA (a) (b) (c)  
     For the Year Ended December 31,  
           2011                 2010                  2009        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 320      $ 352       $ 323   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     56        80         6   

Relocation Services

     115        109         122   

Title and Settlement Services

     29        25         20   

Corporate and Other (c)

     (77     269         (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 443      $ 835       $ 465   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes $11 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $15 million of former parent legacy items for the year ended December 31, 2011. Includes $21 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs, offset by a net benefit of $323 million of former parent legacy items primarily as a result of tax and other liability adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2010. Includes $70 million of restructuring costs and $1 million of merger costs offset by a benefit of $34 million of former parent legacy items (comprised of a benefit of $55 million recorded at Cartus related to WEX partially offset by $21 million of expenses recorded at Corporate) for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(b) 2011 EBITDA includes a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $36 million and 2009 EBITDA includes a gain on the early extinguishment of debt of $75 million.
(c) Includes the elimination of transactions between segments.

Provided below is a reconciliation of EBITDA to Net loss attributable to Holdings:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011             2010             2009      

EBITDA

   $ 443      $ 835      $ 465   

Less:

      

Depreciation and amortization

     186        197        194   

Interest expense/(income), net

     666        604        583   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (409     34        (312

Income tax expense (benefit)

     32        133        (50
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (441   $ (99   $ (262
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011              2010              2009      

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 77       $ 78       $ 78   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     41         44         56   

Relocation Services

     47         50         34   

Title and Settlement Services

     12         17         18   

Corporate and Other

     9         8         8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 186       $ 197       $ 194   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Segment Assets

 

     As of December 31,  
         2011              2010      

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 4,730       $ 4,802   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     840         874   

Relocation Services

     1,369         1,404   

Title and Settlement Services

     290         277   

Corporate and Other

     121         212   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 7,350       $ 7,569   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital Expenditures

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
         2011              2010              2009      

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 7       $ 6       $ 6   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     22         22         17   

Relocation Services

     7         8         7   

Title and Settlement Services

     8         6         6   

Corporate and Other

     5         7         4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Company

   $ 49       $ 49       $ 40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The geographic segment information provided below is classified based on the geographic location of the Company’s subsidiaries.

 

     United
States
     All Other
Countries
     Total  

On or for the year ended December 31, 2011

        

Net revenues

   $ 3,968       $ 125       $ 4,093   

Total assets

     7,246         104         7,350   

Net property and equipment

     164         1         165   

On or for the year ended December 31, 2010

        

Net revenues

   $ 3,990       $ 100       $ 4,090   

Total assets

     7,463         106         7,569   

Net property and equipment

     185         1         186   

On or for the year ended December 31, 2009

        

Net revenues

   $ 3,838       $ 94       $ 3,932   

Total assets

     7,518         63         7,581   

Net property and equipment

     210         1         211   

 

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18. SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

Provided below is selected unaudited quarterly financial data for 2011 and 2010.

 

     2011  
       First         Second         Third         Fourth    

Net revenues

        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 118      $ 160      $ 151      $ 128   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     587        884        841        658   

Relocation Services

     87        110        126        100   

Title and Settlement Services

     83        90        95        91   

Other (a)

     (44     (65     (58     (49
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 831      $ 1,179      $ 1,155      $ 928   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests (b)

        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 42      $ 78      $ 74      $ 50   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     (47     34        24        (23

Relocation Services

     (2     21        39        11   

Title and Settlement Services

     (1     9        6        4   

Other

     (228     (166     (171     (187
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (236   $ (24   $ (28   $ (145
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Holdings

   $ (237   $ (22   $ (28   $ (154
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share attributable to Holdings (c) :

        

Basic loss per share:

     (29.56     (2.74     (3.49     (19.21

Diluted loss per share:

     (29.56     (2.74     (3.49     (19.21

 

(a) Represents the elimination of transactions primarily between the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.
(b) The quarterly results include the following:
   

A loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $36 million in the first quarter;

   

Former parent legacy cost (benefit) of $(2) million, $(12) million, $(3) million and $2 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters, respectively;

   

Restructuring charges of $2 million, $3 million, $3 million and $3 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters, respectively; and

   

Merger costs of $1 million in the fourth quarter.

(c) Basic and diluted EPS amounts in each quarter are computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during that quarter, while basic and diluted EPS for the full year is computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the year. Therefore, the sum of the four quarters’ basic or diluted EPS may not equal the full year basic or diluted EPS.

 

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     2010  
       First         Second         Third         Fourth    

Net revenues

        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 122      $ 173      $ 138      $ 127   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     601        956        762        697   

Relocation Services

     76        106        122        101   

Title and Settlement Services

     65        86        84        90   

Other (a)

     (45     (68     (54     (49
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 819      $ 1,253      $ 1,052      $ 966   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests  (b)

        

Real Estate Franchise Services

   $ 46      $ 103      $ 71      $ 55   

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

     (47     64        8        (20

Relocation Services

     (8     15        38        15   

Title and Settlement Services

     (10     8        3        8   

Other

     (173     143        (156     (157
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (192   $ 333      $ (36   $ (99
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

   $ (197   $ 222      $ (33   $ (91
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Holdings (c) :

        

Basic earnings (loss) per share:

     (24.60     27.69        (4.12     (11.35

Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

     (24.60     27.69        (4.12     (11.35

 

(a) Represents the elimination of transactions primarily between the Real Estate Franchise Services segment and the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.
(b) The quarterly results include the following:
   

Former parent legacy cost (benefit) of $5 million, $(314) million, $(6) million and $(8) million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters, respectively;

   

Restructuring charges of $6 million, $4 million, $2 million and $9 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters, respectively; and

   

Merger costs of $1 million in the fourth quarter.

(c) Basic and diluted EPS amounts in each quarter are computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during that quarter, while basic and diluted EPS for the full year is computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the year. Therefore, the sum of the four quarters’ basic or diluted EPS may not equal the full year basic or diluted EPS. In the second quarter of 2010, the impact of unexercised options and unvested restricted stock were anti-dilutive and, accordingly, no unexercised options or unvested restricted stock were included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share based on the application of the treasury stock method.

 

19. GUARANTOR/NON-GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following consolidating financial information presents the Consolidating Balance Sheets and Consolidating Statements of Operations and Cash Flows for: (i) Realogy Holdings Corp. (“Holdings”); (ii) its direct wholly owned subsidiary Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp. (“Intermediate”); (iii) its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”); (iv) the guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy; (v) the non-guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy; (vi) elimination entries necessary to consolidate Holdings, Intermediate, Realogy and the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries; and (vii) the Company on a consolidated basis. The guarantor subsidiaries of Realogy are comprised of 100% owned entities. Guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by Realogy, either directly or indirectly. All guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. Non-guarantor entities are comprised of securitization entities, foreign subsidiaries, unconsolidated entities, insurance underwriter subsidiaries and qualified foreign holding corporations. The guarantor and non-guarantor financial information is prepared using the same basis of accounting as the consolidated financial statements except for the investments in consolidated subsidiaries which are accounted for using the equity method.

 

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Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 2,926      $ —        $ —        $ 2,926   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          494        258        —          752   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          256        —          —          256   

Other

    —          —          —          152        7        —          159   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          3,828        265        —          4,093   

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          1,932        —          —          1,932   

Operating

    —          —          1        1,072        197        —          1,270   

Marketing

    —          —          —          183        2        —          185   

General and administrative

    —          —          55        181        18          254   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          (15     —          —          —          (15

Restructuring costs

    —          —          —          11        —          —          11   

Merger costs

    —          —          1        —          —          —          1   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          9        176        1        —          186   

Interest expense/(income), net

    —          —          655        11        —          —          666   

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

    —          —          36        —          —          —          36   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          5        (4     (1     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          747        3,562        217        —          4,526   

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (747     266        48        —          (433

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (111     127        16        —          32   

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (26     —          (26

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    441        441        (195     (56     —          (631     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (441     (441     (441     195        58        631        (439

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (2     —          (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (441   $ (441   $ (441   $ 195      $ 56      $ 631      $ (441
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2010

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 2,965      $ —        $ —        $ 2,965   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          496        204        —          700   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          263        —          —          263   

Other

    —          —          —          157        5        —          162   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          3,881        209        —          4,090   

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          1,932        —          —          1,932   

Operating

    —          —          —          1,086        155        —          1,241   

Marketing

    —          —          —          177        2        —          179   

General and administrative

    —          —          51        172        15        —          238   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          (323     —          —          —          (323

Restructuring costs

    —          —          3        18        —          —          21   

Merger Costs

    —          —          1        —          —          —          1   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          8        187        2        —          197   

Interest expense/(income), net

    —          —          597        7        —          —          604   

Other (income)/expense, net

    —          —          (1     (5     —          —          (6

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          5        (4     (1     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          341        3,570        173        —          4,084   

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (341     311        36        —          6   

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (252     383        2        —          133   

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (30     —          (30

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    99        99        10        (62     —          (146     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (99     (99     (99     (10     64        146        (97

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (2     —          (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (99   $ (99   $ (99   $ (10   $ 62      $ 146      $ (99
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2009

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

             

Gross commission income

  $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 2,884      $ 2      $ —        $ 2,886   

Service revenue

    —          —          —          436        185        —          621   

Franchise fees

    —          —          —          273        —          —          273   

Other

    —          —          —          146        6        —          152   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

    —          —          —          3,739        193        —          3,932   

Expenses

             

Commission and other agent-related costs

    —          —          —          1,850        —          —          1,850   

Operating

    —          —          —          1,135        128        —          1,263   

Marketing

    —          —          —          159        2        —          161   

General and administrative

    —          —          49        193        8        —          250   

Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

    —          —          21        (55     —          —          (34

Restructuring costs

    —          —          7        63        —          —          70   

Merger Costs

    —          —          1        —          —          —          1   

Depreciation and amortization

    —          —          8        184        2        —          194   

Interest expense/(income), net

    —          —          580        3        —          —          583   

Gain on the extinguishment of debt

    —          —          (75     —          —          —          (75

Other (income)/expense, net

    —          —          2        —          1        —          3   

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          6        (5     (1     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —          —          599        3,527        140        —          4,266   

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in earnings and noncontrolling interests

    —          —          (599     212        53        —          (334

Income tax expense (benefit)

    —          —          (173     97        26        —          (50

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities

    —          —          —          —          (24     —          (24

Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries

    262        262        (164     (49     —          (311     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (262     (262     (262     164        51        311        (260

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          (2     —          (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Holdings

  $ (262   $ (262   $ (262   $ 164      $ 49      $ 311      $ (262
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

ASSETS

             

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ —        $ —        $ 2      $ 80      $ 67      $ (6   $ 143   

Trade receivables, net

    —          —          —          75        45        —          120   

Relocation receivables

    —          —          —          14        364        —          378   

Relocation properties held for sale

    —          —          —          11        —          —          11   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          14        53        (1     —          66   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          6        19        (25     —     

Other current assets

    —          —          8        64        16        —          88   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    —          —          24        303        510        (31     806   

Property and equipment, net

    —          —          17        145        3        —          165   

Goodwill

    —          —          —          3,299        —          —          3,299   

Trademarks

    —          —          —          732        —          —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

    —          —          —          1,697        —          —          1,697   

Other intangibles, net

    —          —          —          439        —          —          439   

Other non-current assets

    —          —          68        85        59        —          212   

Investment in subsidiaries

    (1,499     (1,499     8,216        181        —          (5,399     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ (1,499   $ (1,499   $ 8,325      $ 6,881      $ 572      $ (5,430   $ 7,350   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

  

Current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

  $ —        $ —        $ 22      $ 158      $ 10      $ (6   $ 184   

Securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          327        —          327   

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          19        6        (25     —     

Due to former parent

    —          —          80        —          —          —          80   

Revolving credit facility and current portion of long-term debt

    —          —          267        50        8        —          325   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    —          —          202        282        36        —          520   

Intercompany payables

    —          —          2,222        (2,203     (19     —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    —          —          2,793        (1,694     368        (31     1,436   

Long-term debt

    —          —          6,825        —          —          —          6,825   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          (604     1,025        —          —          421   

Other non-current liabilities

    —          —          83        61        23        —          167   

Intercompany liabilities

    —          —          727        (727     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    —          —          9,824        (1,335     391        (31     8,849   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

    (1,499     (1,499     (1,499     8,216        181        (5,399     (1,499
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

  $ (1,499   $ (1,499   $ 8,325      $ 6,881      $ 572      $ (5,430   $ 7,350   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2010

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

ASSETS

             

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ —        $ —        $ 69      $ 74      $ 51      $ (2   $ 192   

Trade receivables, net

    —          —          —          79        35        —          114   

Relocation receivables

    —          —          —          —          386        —          386   

Relocation properties held for sale

    —          —          —          21        —          —          21   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          15        63        (2     —          76   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          13        19        (32     —     

Other current assets

    —          —          9        69        31        —          109   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    —          —          93        319        520        (34     898   

Property and equipment, net

    —          —          21        162        3        —          186   

Goodwill

    —          —          —          3,296        —          —          3,296   

Trademarks

    —          —          —          732        —          —          732   

Franchise agreements, net

    —          —          —          1,764        —          —          1,764   

Other intangibles, net

    —          —          —          478        —          —          478   

Other non-current assets

    —          —          80        83        52        —          215   

Investment in subsidiaries

    (1,063     (1,063     8,023        152        —          (6,049     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ (1,063   $ (1,063   $ 8,217      $ 6,986      $ 575      $ (6,083   $ 7,569   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

  

Current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

  $ —        $ —        $ 25      $ 168      $ 12      $ (2   $ 203   

Securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          331        —          331   

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          19        13        (32     —     

Due to former parent

    —          —          104        —          —          —          104   

Revolving credit facility and current portion of long-term debt

    —          —          132        55        7        —          194   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    —          —          178        316        31        —          525   

Intercompany payables

    —          —          1,949        (1,962     13        —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    —          —          2,388        (1,404     407        (34     1,357   

Long-term debt

    —          —          6,698        —          —          —          6,698   

Deferred income taxes

    —          —          (614     1,028        —          —          414   

Other non-current liabilities

    —          —          86        61        16        —          163   

Intercompany liabilities

    —          —          722        (722     —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    —          —          9,280        (1,037     423        (34     8,632   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity (deficit)

    (1,063     (1,063     (1,063     8,023        152        (6,049     (1,063
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

  $ (1,063   $ (1,063   $ 8,217      $ 6,986      $ 575      $ (6,083   $ 7,569   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2011

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ —        $ —        $ (666   $ 414      $ 74      $ (14   $ (192

Investing Activities

             

Property and equipment additions

    —          —          (5     (43     (1     —          (49

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

    —          —          —          (6     —          —          (6

Proceeds from (purchase of) certificates of deposit, net

    —          —          —          (3     8        —          5   

Change in restricted cash

    —          —          1        —          5        —          6   

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          7        —          (7     —     

Other, net

    —          —          —          (5     —          —          (5
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    —          —          (4     (50     12        (7     (49

Financing Activities

             

Net change in revolving credit facilities

    —          —          150        (5     —          —          145   

Proceeds from the issuance of First and a Half Lien Notes

    —          —          700        —          —          —          700   

Proceeds from term loan extensions

    —          —          98        —          —          —          98   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

    —          —          (706     —          —          —          (706

Repayment of prior securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          (299     —          (299

Proceeds from new securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          295        —          295   

Net change in securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Debt issuance costs

    —          —          (34     —          (1     —          (35

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          —          (10     10        —     

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          —          (7     7        —     

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          392        (343     (49     —          —     

Other, net

    —          —          3        (10     1        —          (6
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    —          —          603        (358     (70     17        192   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          (67     6        16        (4     (49

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    —          —          69        74        51        (2     192   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ —        $ —        $ 2      $ 80      $ 67      $ (6   $ 143   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2010

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ —        $ —        $ (638   $ 504      $ 24      $ (8   $ (118

Investing Activities

             

Property and equipment additions

    —          —          (7     (41     (1     —          (49

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

    —          —          —          (17     —          —          (17

Proceeds from sale of assets

    —          —          —          5        —          —          5   

Purchase of certificates of deposit

    —          —          —          —          (9     —          (9
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

    —          —          (7     (53     (10     —          (70

Financing Activities

             

Net change in revolving credit facilities

    —          —          100        35        7        —          142   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

    —          —          (32     —          —          —          (32

Net change in securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          27        —          27   

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          —          (11     11        —     

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          454        (428     (26     —          —     

Other, net

    —          —          (2     (8     (3     —          (13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    —          —          520        (401     (6     11        124   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          —          1        —          1   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          (125     50        9        3        (63

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    —          —          194        24        42        (5     255   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ —        $ —        $ 69      $ 74      $ 51      $ (2   $ 192   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2009

(in millions)

 

    Holdings     Intermediate     Realogy     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor

Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ —        $ —        $ (583   $ 309      $ 650      $ (35   $ 341   

Investing Activities

             

Property and equipment additions

    —          —          (4     (36     —          —          (40

Net assets acquired (net of cash acquired) and acquisition-related payments

    —          —          —          (5     —          —          (5

Change in restricted cash

    —          —          —          —          (2     —          (2

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          63        —          (63     —     

Intercompany note receivable

    —          —          —          37        —          (37     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    —          —          (4     59        (2     (100     (47

Financing Activities

             

Net change in revolving credit facilities

    —          —          (515     —          —          —          (515

Proceeds from issuance of Second Lien Loans

    —          —          500        —          —          —          500   

Repayments of term loan credit facility

    —          —          (32     —          —          —          (32

Net change in securitization obligations

    —          —          —          —          (410     —          (410

Debt issuance costs

    —          —          (11     —          —          —          (11

Intercompany dividend

    —          —          —          —          (96     96        —     

Intercompany note payable

    —          —          —          —          (37     37        —     

Intercompany transactions

    —          —          463        (364     (99     —          —     

Other, net

    —          —          (2     (6     (3     —          (11
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    —          —          403        (370     (645     133        (479
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          —          —          3        —          3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          (184     (2     6        (2     (182

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    —          —          378        26        36        (3     437   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ —        $ —        $ 194      $ 24      $ 42      $ (5   $ 255   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)

2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering

On February 2, 2012, Realogy issued $593 million of First Lien Notes with an interest rate of 7.625% and $325 million of New First and a Half Lien Notes with an interest rate of 9.00%, the proceeds of which were used to repay amounts outstanding under its senior secured credit facility. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and will mature on January 15, 2020. Interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2012. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes were issued in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Company used the proceeds from the offering of approximately $918 million to: (i) prepay $629 million of its non-extended term loan borrowings under its senior secured credit facility which were due to mature in October 2013, (ii) repay all of the $133 million in outstanding borrowings under its non-extended revolving credit facility which was due to mature in April 2013, and (iii) repay $156 million of the outstanding borrowings under its extended revolving credit facility. In conjunction with the repayments of $289 million described in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Company reduced the commitments under its non-extended revolving credit facility by a like amount, thereby terminating the non-extended revolving credit facility.

The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy’s parent, and each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under its senior secured credit facility and certain of its outstanding securities. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are also guaranteed by Holdings, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. The First Lien Notes and the New First and a Half Lien Notes are secured by substantially the same collateral as Realogy’s existing obligations under its senior secured credit facility. The priority of the collateral liens securing the First Lien Notes is (i) equal to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility and (ii) senior to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s other secured obligations that are not secured by a first priority lien, including the First and a Half Lien Notes, and Realogy’s second lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility. The priority of the collateral liens securing the New First and a Half Lien Notes is (i) junior to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s first lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility and the First Lien Notes, (ii) equal to the collateral liens securing the Existing First and a Half Lien Notes, and (iii) senior to the collateral liens securing Realogy’s second lien obligations under its senior secured credit facility.

 

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Pro forma Indebtedness Table

The debt table below gives effect to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes Offering as if it occurred on December 31, 2011.

 

     Interest
Rate
    Expiration
Date
   Total
Capacity
     Outstanding
Borrowings
     Available
Capacity
 

Senior Secured Credit Facility:

             

Extended revolving credit facility (1)

       (2)     April 2016      363         97         172   

Extended term loan facility

       (3)     October 2016      1,822         1,822         —     

First Lien Notes

     7.625   January 2020      593         593         —     

Existing First and a Half Lien Notes

     7.875   February 2019      700         700         —     

New First and a Half Lien Notes

     9.00   January 2020      325         325         —     

Second Lien Loans

     13.50   October 2017      650         650         —     

Other bank indebtedness (4)

     Various      133         133         —     

Existing Notes:

             

Senior Notes

     10.50   April 2014      64         64         —     

Senior Toggle Notes

     11.00   April 2014      52         52         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes (5)

     12.375   April 2015      190         187         —     

Extended Maturity Notes:

             

Senior Notes (6)

     11.50   April 2017      492         489         —     

Senior Notes (7)

     12.00   April 2017      130         129         —     

Senior Subordinated Notes

     13.375   April 2018      10         10         —     

Convertible Notes

     11.00   April 2018      2,110         2,110         —     

Securitization obligations: (8)

             

Apple Ridge Funding LLC

     December 2013      400         296         104   

Cartus Financing Limited (9)

     Various      62         31         31   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        $ 8,096       $ 7,688       $ 307   
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) The available capacity under this facility was reduced by $94 million of outstanding letters of credit after taking into consideration the $25 million reduction in letters of credit backed revolving credit borrowings that occurred in January 2012. On February 27, 2012, the Company had $55 million outstanding on the extended revolving credit facility and $81 million of outstanding letters of credit.
(2) Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, adjusted LIBOR plus 2.25% (or with respect to the extended revolving loans, 3.25%) or ABR plus 1.25% (or with respect to the extended revolving loans, 2.25%) in each case subject to reductions based on the attainment of certain leverage ratios.
(3) Interest rates with respect to term loans under the senior secured credit facility are based on, at Realogy’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.0% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 4.25%) or (b) the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 1.75%) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate (“ABR”) plus 2.0% (or with respect to the extended term loans, 3.25%).
(4) Consists of revolving credit facilities that are supported by letters of credit issued under the senior secured credit facility, $75 million due in July 2012, $8 million due in August 2012 and $50 million due in January 2013.
(5) Consists of $190 million of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, less a discount of $3 million.
(6) Consists of $492 million of 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $3 million.
(7) Consists of $130 million of 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017, less a discount of $1 million.
(8) Available capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient relocation related assets to collateralize these securitization obligations.
(9) Consists of a £35 million facility which expires in August 2015 and a £5 million working capital facility which expires in August 2012.

 

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Additional Shares Reserved for the Stock Incentive Plan

As of February 24, 2012, there were 0.9 million shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Amended and Restated Holdings 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, including approximately 0.7 million shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding options and approximately 0.2 million shares reserved for future grants under the plan. On February 27, 2012, the Holdings Compensation Committee approved a further amendment and restatement of the plan to increase the number of shares reserved thereunder by approximately 0.8 million, thereby increasing the total number of shares reserved for issuance to approximately 1.7 million.

Convertible Notes Letter Agreements

On September 4, 2012, the Company entered into letter agreements (the “Agreements”) with certain holders of its Convertible Notes, including RCIV Holdings, an affiliate of the Company’s controlling stockholder, (collectively , the “Significant Holders”), which as of September 4, 2012, together held approximately $1.9 billion of the total approximately $2.1 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

Under the terms of the Agreements, each Significant Holder has agreed (i) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of the agreement, (ii) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters in the IPO (covering all shares of common stock that each such Significant Holder owns) for a period of 180 days, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement, and (iii) to convert all of their respective Convertible Notes substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO.

In return, each Significant Holder will receive (i) 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of their Convertible Notes and (ii) a cash payment equal to approximately $105 million, or $55.00 for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes converted.

The Company also entered into letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with other eligible holders (collectively the “Other Holders”) of Convertible Notes who, as of September 4, 2012, together held approximately $127 million aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes.

Under the terms of the Letter Agreements, each Other Holder can elect (i) not to transfer their respective Convertible Notes from the date of the agreement (subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreements) and (ii) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters in the IPO (covering all shares of common stock that it owns) for a period of 180 days, subject to certain exceptions pursuant to the terms of the lock-up agreement.

In return, each Other Holder will receive 0.125 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of their Convertible Notes. The Other Holders are under no obligation to convert their Convertible Notes but are not entitled to receive the additional shares of common stock except in the event of conversion of their Convertible Notes.

 

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Independent Auditors’ Report

Members

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C.

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ ParenteBeard LLC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 22, 2012

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 52,283       $ 40,681   

Restricted cash

     1,553         5   

Mortgage loans held for sale

     476,168         383,701   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $53 and $54

     20,274         14,207   

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net

     1,387         905   

Other assets

     17,442         9,859   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 569,107       $ 449,358   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

     

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 20,500       $ 19,547   

Debt

     433,720         304,197   

Due to affiliates, net

     14,377         38,424   

Other liabilities

     9,218         4,849   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     477,815         367,017   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

     —           —     

MEMBERS’ EQUITY

     

Capital

     60,994         78,992   

Retained earnings

     30,298         3,349   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total members’ equity

     91,292         82,341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ equity

   $ 569,107       $ 449,358   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
             2011                     2010          

Revenues

    

Fee income

   $ 49,930      $ 80,812   

Gain on mortgage loans, net

     195,652        193,859   

Interest income

     12,437        9,945   

Interest expense

     (11,635     (7,060
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

     802        2,885   

Other income

     1,472        1,281   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     247,856        278,837   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Salaries and related expenses

     121,338        140,485   

Occupancy and other office expenses

     8,692        9,067   

Depreciation and amortization

     418        419   

Allocated expenses (Note 6)

     32,856        38,368   

Other operating expenses

     35,512        33,307   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     198,816        221,646   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 49,040      $ 57,191   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands)

 

     Capital     (Accumulated
Deficit)/
Retained
Earnings
    Total
Members’
Equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2009

   $ 102,991      $ (25,059   $ 77,932   

Net income

     —          57,191        57,191   

Return of Capital

     (21,712     —          (21,712

Dividends

     —          (28,783     (28,783

Acquisition of PHH Preferred Mortgage (Note 6)

     (2,287     —          (2,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

     78,992        3,349        82,341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     —          49,040        49,040   

Return of Capital

     (17,852     —          (17,852

Dividends

     —          (22,147     (22,147

Adjustments related to acquisition of PHH Preferred Mortgage (Note 6)

     (146     56        (90
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

   $ 60,994      $ 30,298      $ 91,292   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 49,040      $ 57,191   

Adjustments to reconcile Net income to net cash used in operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     418        419   

Origination of mortgage loans held for sale

     (8,650,014     (8,148,039

Proceeds on sale of and payments from mortgage loans held for sale

     8,630,406        7,893,926   

Earnings in equity method investment

     (374     (511

Net unrealized gain on mortgage loans held for sale and related derivatives

     (75,793     (71,345

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     4,232        1,702   

Changes in related balance sheet accounts:

    

Increase in accounts receivable, net

     (6,067     (11,807

Increase in other assets

     (114     (151

Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

     1,047        6,067   

(Decrease) increase in other liabilities

     (34     567   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (47,253     (271,981
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements

     (900     (552

Increase in restricted cash

     (1,548     —     

Payment for acquisition

     —          (2,287

Dividends on equity method investment

     509        705   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,939     (2,134
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Net (decrease) increase in due to affiliates, net

     (23,209     23,267   

Net increase in short-term borrowings

     129,519        304,193   

Payment of debt issuance costs

     (5,517     (2,193

Return of capital to members

     (17,852     (21,712

Dividends

     (22,147     (28,783
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     60,794        274,772   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in Cash and cash equivalents

     11,602        657   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     40,681        40,024   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 52,283      $ 40,681   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flows Information

    

Interest payments

   $ 7,499      $ 4,436   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. is a joint venture formed by PHH Broker Partner Corporation (“PHH Broker Partner”), a wholly owned subsidiary of PHH Corporation (“PHH”) and Realogy Services Venture Partner, LLC (“Realogy”), formally Cendant Venture Partner, Inc. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, PHH Broker Partner holds a 50.1% ownership interest in PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and Realogy holds a 49.9% ownership interest in PHH Home Loans, L.L.C.

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. provides residential mortgage banking services, including the origination and sale of mortgage loans primarily sourced through NRT Incorporated (“NRT”), Realogy’s wholly-owned real estate brokerage business and Cartus Corporation (“Cartus”), Realogy’s wholly-owned relocation business.

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, the “Company”). In presenting the Consolidated Financial Statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

The acquisition of PHH Preferred Mortgage in 2010 was recorded using the pooling-of interests method and the financial information for all periods presented reflects the financial statements of the combined companies. See Note 6, “Due to Affiliates and Other Related Party Transactions” for further discussion of this transaction.

Unless otherwise noted, dollar amounts are presented in thousands.

CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business Combinations. In December 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on business combinations, ASU No. 2010-29, “Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations”. This new accounting guidance requires a public entity that presents comparative financial statements to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. This new accounting guidance also expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures for Business Combinations to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The Company adopted the new business combination guidance effective January 1, 2011. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Fair Value Measurement. In January 2010, the FASB updated ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” to add disclosures for transfers in and out of level one and level two of the valuation hierarchy and to present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation for assets and liabilities classified within level three of the valuation hierarchy. The updates to this standard also clarify existing disclosure requirements about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The disclosure provisions of the updates to ASC 820 were adopted for transfers in and out of level one and level two, level of disaggregation and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value effective January 1, 2010, and the disclosures about the reconciliation of level three activity were adopted effective January 1, 2011 and all updated disclosures are included in 12, “Fair Value Measurements”.

Revenue Recognition. In October 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on revenue recognition, ASU No. 2009-13, “Multiple Deliverable Arrangements”. This new accounting guidance addresses how to determine

 

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whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables (i) contains more than one unit of accounting and (ii) how the arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting. The Company adopted the updates to revenue recognition guidance effective January 1, 2011. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. This update requires disclosure of both gross and net information about instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position or subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. This includes derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements, reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and lending arrangements. The new accounting guidance is effective beginning January 1, 2013, and should be applied retrospectively. This update will enhance the disclosure requirements for offsetting assets and liabilities but will not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Comprehensive Income. In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”. Subsequently in December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12, “Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05”. The updates to comprehensive income guidance require all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements. In the two-statement approach, the first statement should present total net income and its components followed consecutively by a second statement that should present total other comprehensive income, the components of other comprehensive income, and the total of comprehensive income. The new accounting guidance is effective beginning January 1, 2012, and should be applied retrospectively. The adoption of these updates will impact the presentation and disclosure of the Company’s financial statements but will not impact its results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Fair Value Measurement. In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards”. This update to fair value measurement guidance addresses changes to concepts regarding performing fair value measurements including: (i) the application of the highest and best use and valuation premise; (ii) the valuation of an instrument classified in the reporting entity’s shareholders’ equity; (iii) the valuation of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio; and (iv) the application of premiums and discounts. This update also enhances disclosure requirements about fair value measurements, including providing information regarding Level 3 measurements such as quantitative information about unobservable inputs, further discussion of the valuation processes used and assumption sensitivity analysis. The new accounting guidance is effective beginning January 1, 2012, and should be applied prospectively. The Company does not anticipate the adoption of this update will have a material impact on its financial statements.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company’s operations include the origination (brokering or funding) and sale of residential mortgage loans. Fee income consists of income earned on all loan originations, brokered loan fees, application and underwriting fees, and fees on cancelled loans.

Gain on mortgage loans, net includes the realized and unrealized gains and losses on MLHS, as well as the changes in fair value of all loan-related derivatives, including IRLCs and freestanding loan-related derivatives. The fair value of IRLCs is based upon the estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, adjusted for: (i) estimated costs to complete and originate the loan and (ii) the estimated percentage of IRLCs that will result in a closed mortgage loan. The valuation of the Company’s IRLCs and MLHS approximates a whole-loan price, which includes the value of the related servicing.

 

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Loans are placed on non-accrual status when any portion of the principal or interest is ninety days past due or earlier if factors indicate that the ultimate collectability of the principal or interest is not probable. Interest received from loans on non-accrual status is recorded as income when collected. Loans return to accrual status when principal and interest become current and are anticipated to be fully collectible.

INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to report as a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes, and, accordingly, there is no provision for income taxes in the accompanying financial statements.

MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE

Mortgage loans held for sale represent loans originated and held until sold to permanent market investors. Mortgage loans held for sale are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment (including leasehold improvements) are recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated benefit period of the related assets or the lease term, if shorter. Estimated useful lives range from 1 to 5 years for leasehold improvements, 3 to 5 years for capitalized software, and 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

FAIR VALUE

A three-level valuation hierarchy is used to classify inputs into the measurement of assets and liabilities at fair value. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the relative reliability and availability to market participants of inputs for the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. When the valuation technique used in determining fair value of an asset or liability utilizes inputs from different levels of the hierarchy, the level within which the measurement in its entirety is categorized is based upon the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety. The valuation hierarchy consists of the following levels:

Level One . Level One inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities which the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level Two . Level Two inputs are observable for that asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, and include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, observable inputs for the asset or liability other than quoted prices and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified contractual term, the inputs must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level Three . Level Three inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that reflect the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, and are developed based on the best information available.

Fair value is based on quoted market prices, where available. If quoted prices are not available, fair value is estimated based upon other observable inputs. Unobservable inputs are used when observable inputs are not available and are based upon judgments and assumptions, which are the Company’s assessment of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, which may include assumptions about risk, counterparty credit quality, the Company’s creditworthiness and liquidity and are developed based on the best information available.

 

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When a determination is made to classify an asset or liability within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy, the determination is based upon the significance of the unobservable factors to the overall fair value measurement of the asset or liability. The fair value of assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy also typically includes observable factors. In the event that certain inputs to the valuation of assets and liabilities are actively quoted and can be validated to external sources, the realized and unrealized gains and losses recorded include changes in fair value determined by observable factors.

Changes in the availability of observable inputs may result in the reclassification of certain assets or liabilities. Such reclassifications are reported as transfers in or out of Level Three as of the beginning of the period that the change occurs.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events are evaluated through the date of issuance of the Consolidated Financial Statements, which was February 22, 2012.

 

2. Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2011     2010  
     (In thousands)  

Receivables related to loan sales and brokered loans

   $ 17,366      $ 12,038   

Amounts due from corporate customers

     1,933        1,757   

Other

     1,028        466   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, gross

     20,327        14,261   

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (53     (54
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

   $ 20,274      $ 14,207   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

3. Property, Equipment And Leasehold Improvements

 

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net consisted of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2011     2010  
    (In thousands)  

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

  $ 2,889      $ 2,625   

Capitalized software

    1,046        529   

Leasehold improvements

    481        362   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, gross

    4,416        3,516   

Accumulated depreciation

    (3,029     (2,611
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net

  $ 1,387      $ 905   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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4. Other Assets

 

Other assets consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  
     (In thousands)  

Derivative assets

   $ 12,169       $ 5,851   

Equity method investment

     2,497         2,632   

Debt issuance costs

     1,776         491   

Security deposits

     424         450   

Prepaid expenses

     409         266   

Other

     167         169   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,442       $ 9,859   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5. Debt

 

The following table summarizes the components of Debt:

 

     December 31, 2011     December 31,
2010
 
     Balance      Capacity      Interest
Rate   (1)
    Expiration
Date
    Balance  
     ($ in thousands)  

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage

            

Capital LLC

   $ 269,774       $ 325,000         2.51     5/23/2012  (2)     $ 229,209   

Wells Fargo Bank

     118,980         150,000         3.08     8/10/2012        —     

Barclays Bank PLC

     —           150,000         2.7     12/11/2012        —     

Ally Bank

     44,966         75,000         3.13     4/1/2012        74,988   
  

 

 

    

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total

   $ 433,720       $ 700,000           $ 304,197   
  

 

 

    

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents the stated interest rate as of December 31, 2011.
(2) Provided certain conditions are met, the Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, LLC facility may be renewed for an additional year at the Company’s request.

The Company’s debt represents committed asset-backed variable-rate repurchase facilities to support the origination of mortgage loans, which provide creditors a collateralized interest in specific mortgage loans that meet the eligibility requirements under the terms of the facility. The source of repayment of the facilities is typically from the sale of the loans to permanent investors.

The fair value of debt was $433.7 million and $304.2 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Assets held as collateral are not available to pay the Company’s general obligations. As of December 31, 2011, collateral amounts included $460.7 million and $1.5 million of Mortgage loans held for sale and Restricted cash, respectively.

On December 13, 2011, the Company entered into a $150 million committed warehouse facility with Barclays Bank PLC, pursuant to a master repurchase agreement and certain related agreements.

On December 1, 2011, the variable-rate committed facility with Ally Bank was amended to reduce the committed capacity to $75 million and to extend the maturity date from December 1, 2011 to April 1, 2012, provided that no new loans can be funded after March 1, 2012.

 

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On August 12, 2011, the Company entered into a $150 million variable-rate mortgage repurchase facility with Wells Fargo, pursuant to a master repurchase agreement and certain related agreements.

On May 25, 2011, the committed variable-rate mortgage repurchase facility with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, LLC was extended to May 23, 2012, with the option to renew the agreement for an additional year.

Certain debt arrangements require the maintenance of certain financial ratios and contain affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, liquidity maintenance, net worth maintenance, and limitations on certain transactions with affiliates. As of December 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants related to its debt arrangements.

 

6. Due to Affiliates and Other Related Party Transactions

 

Due to affiliates, net consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  
     (In thousands)  

Due to PHH Corporation

   $ 9,286       $ 26,181   

Due to other PHH affiliates

     5,090         11,754   

Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit

     1         489   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 14,377       $ 38,424   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due to PHH Corporation represents amounts payable for payroll processing and funding, as PHH provides administrative payroll services to the Company. All amounts due to PHH, other than the intercompany line of credit, are settled on a monthly basis. Due to other PHH affiliates represents net amounts due to/from PHH Mortgage Corporation (“PHH Mortgage”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH, under a Management Services Agreement as further discussed below. The Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit is described in detail below.

On October 5, 2010, the Company acquired PHH Preferred Mortgage, a mortgage broker in the residential market. The entity was acquired from Coldwell Banker Preferred, an unrelated third party, and PHH Broker Partner Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH Corporation. The Company paid $2.3 million associated with the acquisition, with $1.9 million paid to Coldwell Banker Preferred and $0.4 million paid to PHH Broker Partner.

Agreement with PHH Corporation

The Company has entered into a Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit agreement with PHH Corporation with $100 million capacity. This indebtedness is unsecured and is subordinate to the asset-backed debt facilities. The Company and PHH entered into the subordinated financing to increase the Company’s borrowing capacity to fund Mortgage loans held for sale and support the tangible net worth requirements of the asset-backed debt facilities.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had no debt outstanding, and the amount of interest payable under the Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit was not significant. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had no debt outstanding and $0.5 million of interest payable.

 

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Agreements with PHH Mortgage

Management Services Agreement

The Company has entered into a Management Services Agreement with PHH Mortgage, whereby PHH Mortgage provides the Company with the following types of services:

 

   

Seasonal staffing services

 

   

Product support service

 

   

General and administrative services

 

   

IT administrative services

The Company receives the benefit of these services from PHH Mortgage. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the expense for these services was $31.8 million and $37.4 million, respectively, as recorded in Allocated expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Loan Purchase Agreement

The Company has entered into a loan purchase agreement with PHH Mortgage, whereby it has committed to sell or broker, and PHH Mortgage has committed to purchase or fund, certain loans originated. This agreement represents a best efforts commitment to the Company, whereby the ultimate price paid by PHH Mortgage for the loan is determined at the time the Company issues the commitment to the borrower. This agreement had the following impact on the financial position and results of operation or cash flows:

 

   

During 2011 and 2010, the Company sold or brokered $6.2 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively, of mortgage loans to PHH Mortgage.

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, $1.2 million and $28.7 million, respectively, of broker fees were recognized within Fee income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

   

Gains of $60.4 million and $77.1 million were recognized for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, within Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

   

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had outstanding commitments expected to result in a closed mortgage loan with PHH Mortgage to sell or broker loans totaling $759 million.

Strategic Relationship Agreement

PHH and Realogy entered into a Strategic Relationship Agreement that sets forth the business relationship between the Company and certain affiliates of PHH and Realogy. Under the terms of the LLC Operating Agreement, PHH has the right to terminate the strategic relationship agreement and terminate its interest in the Company upon, among other things, a material breach by Realogy of a material provision of the LLC Operating Agreement, in which case PHH has the right to purchase Realogy’s interest in the Company at a price derived from an agreed-upon formula based upon fair market value which is determined with reference to the trailing twelve months EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for the Company and the average market EBITDA multiple for mortgage banking companies.

Upon termination of the mortgage venture, all of the mortgage venture agreements will terminate automatically (excluding certain privacy, non-competition, venture related transition provisions and other general provisions), and Realogy will be released from any restrictions under the mortgage venture agreements that may restrict its ability to pursue a partnership, joint venture or another arrangement with any third party mortgage operation.

Sublease Agreement

See Note 10, “Leases” for further information regarding lease agreements with PHH Mortgage.

 

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Arrangements with Realogy

Trademark License Agreement

The Company has entered into a Trademark License Agreement with certain affiliates of Realogy, whereby those affiliates have granted the Company exclusive rights to use certain trademarks. Under the terms of the agreement, Realogy remains the owner of the trademarks, and as consideration for shares/units purchased on the Company, the Company has the exclusive rights to use the trademarks in conducting its mortgage banking operations and does not pay a fee for the use of these rights.

Strategic Relationship Agreement

PHH and Realogy entered into a Strategic Relationship Agreement that sets forth the business relationship between the Company and certain affiliates of PHH and Realogy. Under the terms of the LLC Operating Agreement, Realogy has the right to terminate the strategic relationship agreement and terminate its interest in the Company in the event of:

 

   

a Regulatory Event (defined below) continuing for six months or more; provided that the Company may defer termination on account of a Regulatory Event for up to six additional one month periods by paying Realogy a $1.0 million fee at the beginning of each such one month period;

 

   

a change in control of PHH involving a competitor of Realogy or certain other specified parties;

 

   

a material breach, not cured within the requisite cure period, by PHH or its affiliates of the representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements related to the formation of the Company;

 

   

failure by the Company to make scheduled distributions pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement;

 

   

bankruptcy or insolvency of PHH or the Company, or

 

   

any act or omission by PHH that causes or would reasonably be expected to cause material harm to Realogy.

A Regulatory Event means a situation in which (a) the Company becomes subject to any regulatory order, or any governmental entity initiates a proceeding with respect to the Company, and (b) such regulatory order or proceeding prevents or materially impairs the Company’s ability to originate loans for any period of time in a manner that adversely affects the value of one or more quarterly distributions to be paid pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement; provided, however, that a Regulatory Event does not include (1) any order, directive or interpretation or change in law, rule or regulation, in any such case that is applicable generally to companies engaged in the mortgage lending business such that the Company is unable to cure the resulting circumstances described in (b) above, or (2) any regulatory order or proceeding that results solely from acts or omissions on the part of Realogy or its affiliates.

In the case of a change in control of PHH, Realogy may terminate the LLC Operating Agreement. In addition, beginning on February 1, 2015, Realogy may terminate the LLC Operating Agreement at any time by giving two years’ notice to PHH. Upon Realogy’s termination of the agreement, Realogy will have the option either to (i) require that PHH purchase Realogy’s interest in the Company, (ii) require PHH to sell its interest in the Company to Realogy or its designee. The fair value of the purchase or sale of interests in the company upon Realogy’s termination will be determined in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement, and in certain cases, liquidated damages will be paid.

Shared Office Space Agreement

See Note 10, “Leases” for further information regarding lease agreements with Realogy.

 

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7. Derivatives and Risk Management Activities

 

Derivative instruments are used as part of the overall strategy to manage exposure to market risks primarily associated with fluctuations in interest rates, specifically mortgage interest rates due to their impact on mortgage loans held for sale and related commitments. The Company also has exposure to LIBOR due to its impact on variable-rate borrowings. The Company uses best efforts commitments with various investors, including PHH Mortgage, to mitigate the risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale and interest rate lock commitments. As a matter of policy, derivatives are not used for speculative purposes. The following is a description of the Company’s risk management policies related to IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale:

Interest Rate Lock Commitments . Interest rate lock commitments (“IRLCs”) represent an agreement to extend credit to a mortgage loan applicant, whereby the interest rate on the loan is set prior to funding. The loan commitment binds the Company (subject to the loan approval process) to lend funds to a potential borrower at the specified rate, regardless of whether interest rates have changed between the commitment date and the loan funding date. As such, outstanding IRLCs are subject to interest rate risk and related price risk during the period from the date of issuance through the date of loan funding, cancellation or expiration. Loan commitments generally range between 30 and 90 days; however, the borrower is not obligated to obtain the loan. The Company is subject to fallout risk related to IRLCs, which is realized if approved borrowers choose not to close on the loans within the terms of the IRLCs. The Company uses best efforts commitments to substantially eliminate these risks. Historical commitment-to-closing ratios are considered to estimate the quantity of mortgage loans that will fund within the terms of the IRLCs.

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale. The Company is subject to interest rate and price risk on its Mortgage loans held for sale from the loan funding date until the date the loan is sold. Best efforts commitments which fix the forward sales price that will be realized in the secondary market are used to substantially eliminate the interest rate and price risk to the Company.

See Note 12, “Fair Value Measurements” for additional information regarding IRLCs, mortgage loans, and related sale commitments.

Derivative instruments are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are included in Other assets or Other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company did not have any derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments, or subject to master netting and collateral agreements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

The following table presents the balances of outstanding derivatives:

 

    December 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
    Asset
Derivatives
    Liability
Derivatives
    Notional     Asset
Derivatives
    Liability
Derivatives
    Notional  
    (In thousands)  

Interest rate lock commitments

  $ 11,896      $ 17      $ 792,878      $ 3,217      $ 1,128      $ 614,199   

Best efforts sale commitments

    273        6,746        1,257,141        2,634        1,228        990,235   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Fair value of derivative instruments

  $ 12,169      $ 6,763        $ 5,851      $ 2,356     
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

The following table summarizes the amounts recorded in Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
           2011                 2010        
     (In thousands)  

Interest rate lock commitments

   $ 136,613      $ 93,336   

Best efforts sale commitments

     (67,218     (30,419
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 69,395      $ 62,917   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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8. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Loan Related Commitments

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had commitments to fund loans with agreed-upon rates or rate protection amounting to $1.1 billion and best efforts commitments to sell loans amounting to $1.5 billion. The Company is only obligated to settle the best efforts commitment if the loan closes in accordance with the terms of the IRLC; therefore, the commitments outstanding do not represent future cash obligations.

Pending Litigation

The Company is involved in litigation arising in the normal course of business. Although the amount of any ultimate liability arising from these matters cannot presently be determined, the Company does not anticipate that any such liability will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

9. Benefit Plans

 

Employees of the Company are participants in a defined contribution plan. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, defined contribution plan expenses of $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively, were recognized in Salaries and related expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

10. Leases

 

The Company leases space from related parties and recognized expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to these agreements as follows:

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, expense was recognized related to office space leased from PHH Mortgage of $1.0 million for both years, in Allocated expenses.

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, expense was recognized related to office space leased from Realogy affiliates of $1.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in Occupancy and other office expenses.

Certain other facilities and equipment are leased under lease agreements expiring at various dates through 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, total rental expense for premises and equipment amounted to $5.4 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

Obligations under non-cancellable leases which have a remaining term of more than twelve months are as follows:

 

     Future
Minimum Lease
Obligations
 
     (In thousands)  

2012

   $ 1,943   

2013

     1,765   

2014

     1,574   

2015

     1,421   

2016

     343   

Thereafter

     136   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 7,182   
  

 

 

 

 

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11. Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

During the current year, the Company had operating cash deposited with banks in excess of federally insured limits.

The Company originates mortgage loans in 48 states sourced through Realogy-owned real estate offices, Cartus, and for U.S.-based employees of Realogy and its subsidiaries. Loan concentrations are considered to exist when there are amounts loaned to a multiple number of borrowers with similar characteristics, which would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions. During 2011 and 2010, 80% and 77%, respectively, of originated and brokered loans were derived from sources related to Realogy.

The Company is exposed to counterparty risk with its best efforts commitments in the event that the counterparty cannot take delivery of the underlying mortgage loan.

 

12. Fair Value Measurements

 

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, all financial instruments were either recorded at fair value or the carrying value approximated fair value, with the exception of Debt. See Note 5, “Debt” for the fair value of Debt as of December 31, 2011. For financial instruments that were not recorded at fair value as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, such as Cash and cash equivalents and Restricted cash and cash equivalents, the carrying value approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments. The incorporation of counterparty credit risk did not have a significant impact on the valuation of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 or 2010.

See Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for a description of the valuation hierarchy of inputs used in determining fair value measurements. The Company does not have any assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

For assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, the valuation methodologies, significant inputs, and classification pursuant to the valuation hierarchy are as follows:

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale . Mortgage loans held for sale are generally classified within Level Two of the valuation hierarchy.

For Level Two mortgage loans held for sale (“MLHS”), fair value is estimated using a market approach by utilizing either: (i) the fair value of securities backed by similar mortgage loans, adjusted for certain factors to approximate the fair value of a whole mortgage loan, including the value attributable to mortgage servicing and credit risk, (ii) current commitments to purchase loans or (iii) recent observable market trades for similar loans, adjusted for credit risk and other individual loan characteristics. The Agency mortgage-backed security market is a highly liquid and active secondary market for conforming conventional loans whereby quoted prices exist for securities at the pass-through level, which are published on a regular basis.

As of December 31, 2011, Level Three MLHS are valued using a discounted cash flow model and include second lien loans, including Scratch and Dent second lien loans.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, certain Scratch and Dent (as defined below), and non-conforming loans were transferred from Level Three to Level Two of the valuation hierarchy based on an increase in the availability of market data and increased trading activity. Although the market for Scratch and Dent loans does not have the same liquidity as the market for conforming loans, the number of observable market participants and the number of non-distressed transactions has increased while the implied risk premium has decreased to the point where available market information on transactions and quoted prices for similar assets are determinative of fair value.

 

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The following tables reflect the difference between the carrying amount of MLHS, measured at fair value, and the aggregate unpaid principal amount that the Company is contractually entitled to receive at maturity:

 

     December 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
     Total      Loans 90 or
more days
past due and
on non-
accrual status
    Total      Loans 90 or
more days
past due and
on non-
accrual status
 
     (In thousands)  

Mortgage loans held for sale:

          

Carrying amount

   $ 476,168       $ 234      $ 383,701       $ 610   

Aggregate unpaid principal balance

     464,781         436        377,403         1,107   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Difference

   $ 11,387       $ (202   $ 6,298       $ (497
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the components of Mortgage loans held for sale:

 

     December 31,
2011
     December 31,
2010
 
     (In thousands)  

First mortgages:

     

Conforming (1)

   $ 451,945       $ 354,638   

Non-conforming

     23,771         27,946   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     475,716         382,584   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Second lien

     154         171   

Scratch and Dent (2)

     234         758   

Other

     64         188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 476,168       $ 383,701   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents mortgage loans that conform to the standards of the government-sponsored entities.
(2) Represents mortgages with origination flaws or performance issues.

Derivative Instruments . Derivative instruments are classified within Level Two and Level Three of the valuation hierarchy.

Best Efforts Commitments: Best efforts commitments are classified within Level Two of the valuation hierarchy. Best efforts commitments fix the forward sales price that will be realized upon the sale of mortgage loans into the secondary market. Best efforts sales commitments are entered into for loans at the time the borrower commitment is made. These best efforts sales commitments are valued using the committed price to the counterparty against the current market price of the interest rate lock commitment or mortgage loan held for sale.

Interest Rate Lock Commitments: Interest rate lock commitments (“IRLCs”) are classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy. The fair value of IRLCs is based upon the estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, including the expected net future cash flows related to servicing the mortgage loan, adjusted for: (i) estimated costs to complete and originate the loan and (ii) an adjustment to reflect the estimated percentage of IRLCs that will result in a closed mortgage loan (or “pullthrough”). The estimate of pullthrough is based on changes in pricing and actual borrower behavior. The average pullthrough percentage used in measuring the fair value of IRLCs was 67% as of December 31, 2011.

 

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Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2011  
     Level
One
     Level
Two
    Level
Three
    Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

         

Mortgage loans held for sale

   $ —         $ 475,931      $ 237      $ 476,168   

Other assets—Derivative assets

         

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —          11,896        11,896   

Best efforts commitments

     —           273        —          273   

Liabilities:

         

Other liabilities—Derivative liabilities

         

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —          (17     (17

Best efforts commitments

     —           (6,746     —          (6,746

 

     December 31, 2010  
     Level
One
     Level
Two
     Level
Three
     Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

           

Mortgage loans held for sale

   $ —         $ 382,772       $ 929       $ 383,701   

Other assets—Derivative assets:

           

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —           3,217         3,217   

Best efforts commitments

     —           2,634         —           2,634   

Liabilities

           

Other liabilities—Derivative liabilities:

           

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —           1,128         1,128   

Best efforts commitments

     —           1,228         —           1,228   

The activity in assets and liabilities that are classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy consisted of:

 

     December 31, 2011  
     Mortgage
loans held
for sale
    IRLCs,
net
 
     (In thousands)  

Balance, January 1,

   $ 929      $ 2,089   

Realized and unrealized gains (1)

     8        136,613   

Purchases

     —          —     

Issuances

     1,886        —     

Settlements

     (1,774     (126,823

Transfers into level three

     —          —     

Transfers out of level three

     (812     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, December 31,

   $ 237      $ 11,879   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     December 31, 2010  
     Mortgage
loans held
for sale
    IRLCs,
net
 
     (In thousands)  

Balance, January 1,

   $ 878      $ 878   

Realized and unrealized (losses) gains (1)

     (301     93,336   

Purchases, issuances and settlements, net

     92        (92,125

Transfers into level three

     260        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, December 31,

   $ 929      $ 2,089   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Realized and unrealized gains (losses) are recognized within Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company conducts a review of fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the availability of observable inputs may result in the reclassification, or transfer, of certain assets or liabilities. Such reclassifications are reported as transfers into or out of a level as of the beginning of the quarter that the change occurs. Transfers into Level three generally represent mortgage loans held for sale with performance issues, origination flaws or other characteristics that impact their salability in active secondary market transactions.

As discussed above under “Mortgage loans held for sale”, for the year ended December 31, 2011, Transfers out of level three represent the transfer of certain mortgage loans between Level Three to Level Two of the valuation hierarchy based on an increase in the availability of market bids and increased trading activity.

The amount of unrealized gains and losses included in Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy that are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 are $11.8 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

 

13. Capital Requirements

 

As a licensed mortgagee, the Company is subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), FHA, Fannie Mae and state regulatory authorities with respect to originating, processing, and selling loans. Those rules and regulations, among other things, require the maintenance of minimum net worth levels. Failure to meet the net worth requirements outlined above could adversely impact the ability to originate loans and access the secondary market.

The following table presents the Company’s capital requirements:

 

     December 31, 2011  
     HUD/FHA     Fannie Mae  
     (In thousands)  

Net Worth

    

Net worth requirement

   $ 1,000      $ 2,500   

Total members’ equity

     91,292        91,292   

Less: Unacceptable assets

     (167     (167
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net worth

     91,125        91,125   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net worth above net worth requirement

   $ 90,125      $ 88,625   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liquidity

    

Liquid asset requirement

   $ 200        n/a   

Total liquid assets

     52,283        n/a   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liquid assets above liquid asset requirement

   $ 52,083        n/a   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Independent Auditors’ Report

Members

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C.

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ ParenteBeard

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 18, 2011

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     As of December 31,  
     2010      2009  

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 40,681       $ 40,024   

Restricted cash

     5         5   

Mortgage loans held for sale

     383,701         59,801   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $54 and $91

     14,207         2,400   

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net

     905         772   

Other assets

     9,859         6,554   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 449,358       $ 109,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

     

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 19,547       $ 13,925   

Debt

     304,197         —     

Due to affiliates, net

     38,424         15,157   

Other liabilities

     4,849         2,542   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     367,017         31,624   

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

     —           —     

EQUITY

     

Capital

     78,992         102,991   

Retained earnings / (Accumulated deficit)

     3,349         (25,059

Total members’ equity

     82,341         77,932   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 449,358       $ 109,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
           2010                 2009        

Revenues

    

Fee income

   $ 80,812      $ 114,267   

Gain on mortgage loans, net

     193,859        137,045   

Interest income

     9,945        4,983   

Interest expense

     (7,060     (3,986
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

     2,885        997   

Other income

     1,281        1,370   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     278,837        253,679   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Salaries and related expenses

     140,485        128,557   

Occupancy and other office expenses

     9,067        8,984   

Depreciation and amortization

     419        369   

Allocated expenses (See Note 6)

     38,368        41,869   

Other operating expenses

     33,307        27,513   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     221,646        207,292   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 57,191      $ 46,387   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands)

 

     Capital     Retained
Earnings /
(Accumulated
Deficit)
    Total
Members’
Equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2008

   $ 120,013      $ (70,810   $ 49,203   

Net income

     —          46,387        46,387   

Return of Capital

     (17,022     —          (17,022

Dividends

     —          (636     (636
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

     102,991        (25,059     77,932   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     —          57,191        57,191   

Return of Capital

     (21,712     —          (21,712

Dividends

     —          (28,783     (28,783

Acquisition of PHH Preferred Mortgage (Note 6)

     (2,287     —          (2,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

   $ 78,992      $ 3,349      $ 82,341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2010     2009  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 57,191      $ 46,387   

Adjustments to reconcile Net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     419        369   

Origination of mortgage loans held for sale

     (8,148,039     (6,206,112

Proceeds on sale of and payments from mortgage loans held for sale

     7,893,926        6,309,911   

Earnings in equity method investment

     (511     (705

Net unrealized gain on mortgage loans held for sale and related derivatives

     (71,345     (9,468

Amortization and write-off of debt issuance costs

     1,702        1,111   

Changes in related balance sheet accounts:

    

(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable, net

     (11,807     333   

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (151     5,292   

Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

     6,067        3,487   

Increase (decrease) in other liabilities

     567        (6,251
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (271,981     144,354   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements

     (552     (450

Decrease in restricted cash

     —          24,885   

Payment for acquisition

     (2,287     —     

Dividends on equity method investment

     705        538   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

     (2,134     24,973   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Net increase (decrease) in due to affiliates, net

     23,267        (5,551

Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings

     304,193        (115,628

Payment of debt issuance costs

     (2,193     (15

Return of capital to members

     (21,712     (17,022

Dividends

     (28,783     (636
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     274,772        (138,852
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in Cash and cash equivalents

     657        30,475   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     40,024        9,549   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 40,681      $ 40,024   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flows Information:

    

Interest payments

   $ 4,436      $ 3,530   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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PHH HOME LOANS, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. is a joint venture formed by PHH Broker Partner Corporation (“PHH Broker Partner”), a wholly owned subsidiary of PHH Corporation (“PHH”) and Realogy Services Venture Partner, Inc. (“Realogy”), formally Cendant Venture Partner. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, PHH Broker Partner holds a 50.1% ownership interest in PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and Realogy holds a 49.9% ownership interest in PHH Home Loans, L.L.C.

PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. provides residential mortgage banking services, including the origination and sale of mortgage loans primarily sourced through NRT Incorporated (“NRT”), Realogy’s wholly-owned real estate brokerage business and Cartus Corporation (“Cartus”), Realogy’s wholly-owned relocation business.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, the “Company”). In presenting the consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

The acquisition of PHH Preferred Mortgage in 2010 was recorded using the pooling-of interests method and the financial information for all periods presented reflects the financial statements of the combined companies. See Note 6, “Due to Affiliates and Other Related Party Transactions” for further discussion of this transaction.

Unless otherwise noted, dollar amounts are presented in thousands.

CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Fair Value Measurements.

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) updated Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures to add disclosures for transfers in and out of level one and level two of the valuation hierarchy and to present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation of assets and liabilities classified within level three of the valuation hierarchy. The updates to this standard also clarify existing disclosure requirements about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Effective January 1, 2010, the disclosure provisions of the updates to ASC 820 were adopted for transfers in and out of level one and level two, level of disaggregation and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and are included in Note 12, “Fair Value Measurements”. Certain other updates to disclosures about the reconciliation of level three activities are effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010, which will enhance the disclosure requirements and will not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Receivables. In January 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-01, Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Trouble Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20 , an update to ASC 310, Receivables . Under the existing effective date in ASU No. 2010-20, companies would have provided disclosures about troubled debt restructurings for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The amendments in this update temporarily

 

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defer that effective date, enabling public entity creditors to provide those disclosures after the FASB clarifies the guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. This amendment does not defer the effective date of the other disclosure requirements in ASU No. 2010-20 as discussed above. This update is effective immediately. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU No. 2011-01 to have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Business Combinations. In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations , an update to ASC 805, Business Combinations . This update amends ASC 805 to require a public entity that presents comparative financial statements to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments in this update also expand the supplemental pro-forma disclosures under ASC 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU No. 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU No. 2010-29 to have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition. In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, Multiple Deliverable Arrangements , an update to ASC 605, Revenue Recognition . This update amends ASC 605 for how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables (i) contains more than one unit of accounting and (ii) how the arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting. ASU No. 2009-13 is effective prospectively for arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU No. 2009-13 to have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company’s operations include the origination (brokering or funding) and sale of residential mortgage loans. Fee income consists of income earned on all loan originations, brokered loan fees, application and underwriting fees, and fees on cancelled loans.

Gain on mortgage loans, net includes the realized and unrealized gains and losses on MLHS, as well as the changes in fair value of all loan-related derivatives, including IRLCs and freestanding loan-related derivatives. The fair value of IRLCs is based upon the estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, adjusted for: (i) estimated costs to complete and originate the loan and (ii) the estimated percentage of IRLCs that will result in a closed mortgage loan. The valuation of the Company’s IRLCs and MLHS approximates a whole-loan price, which includes the value of the related servicing.

Loans are placed on non-accrual status when any portion of the principal or interest is ninety days past due or earlier if factors indicate that the ultimate collectability of the principal or interest is not probable. Interest received from loans on non-accrual status is recorded as income when collected. Loans return to accrual status when principal and interest become current and are anticipated to be fully collectible.

INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to report as a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes, and, accordingly, there is no provision for income taxes in the accompanying financial statements.

MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE

Mortgage loans held for sale represent loans originated and held until sold to permanent market investors. Mortgage loans held for sale are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment (including leasehold improvements) are recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated benefit period of the related assets or the lease term, if shorter. Estimated useful lives range from 1 to 5 years for leasehold improvements, 3 to 5 years for capitalized software, and 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

FAIR VALUE

A three-level valuation hierarchy is used to classify inputs into the measurement of assets and liabilities at fair value. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the relative reliability and availability to market participants of inputs for the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. When the valuation technique used in determining fair value of an asset or liability utilizes inputs from different levels of the hierarchy, the level within which the measurement in its entirety is categorized is based upon the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety. The valuation hierarchy consists of the following levels:

Level One . Level One inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities which the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level Two . Level Two inputs are observable for that asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, and include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, observable inputs for the asset or liability other than quoted prices and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified contractual term, the inputs must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level Three . Level Three inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that reflect the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, and are developed based on the best information available.

Fair value is based on quoted market prices, where available. If quoted prices are not available, fair value is estimated based upon other observable inputs. Unobservable inputs are used when observable inputs are not available and are based upon judgments and assumptions, which are the Company’s assessment of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, which may include assumptions about risk, counterparty credit quality, the Company’s creditworthiness and liquidity and are developed based on the best information available.

When a determination is made to classify an asset or liability within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy, the determination is based upon the significance of the unobservable factors to the overall fair value measurement of the asset or liability. The fair value of assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy also typically includes observable factors. In the event that certain inputs to the valuation of assets and liabilities are actively quoted and can be validated to external sources, the realized and unrealized gains and losses recorded include changes in fair value determined by observable factors.

Changes in the availability of observable inputs may result in the reclassification of certain assets or liabilities. Such reclassifications are reported as transfers in or out of Level Three as of the beginning of the period that the change occurs.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events are evaluated through the date of issuance of the Consolidated Financial Statements, which was March 18, 2011.

 

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2. Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Receivables related to loan sales and brokered loans

   $ 12,038      $ 1,669   

Amounts due from corporate customers

     1,757        541   

Other

     466        281   
    

Accounts receivable, gross

     14,261        2,491   

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (54     (91
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

   $ 14,207      $ 2,400   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

3. Property, Equipment And Leasehold Improvements

 

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

   $ 2,625      $ 2,170   

Leasehold improvements

     362        362   

Capitalized software

     529        432   
    

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, gross

     3,516        2,964   

Accumulated depreciation

     (2,611     (2,192
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net

   $ 905      $ 772   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

4. Other Assets

 

Other assets consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2010      2009  
     (In thousands)  

Derivative assets

   $ 5,851       $ 2,994   

Equity method investment

     2,632         2,826   

Debt issuance costs

     491         —     

Security deposits

     450         173   

Prepaid expenses

     266         449   

Other

     169         112   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other assets

   $ 9,859       $ 6,554   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5. Debt

 

The Company’s debt represents asset-backed variable-rate warehouse facilities to support the origination of mortgage loans, and provide creditors a collateralized interest in specific mortgage loans that meet the eligibility requirements under the facility during the warehouse period. Repayment of the facilities typically comes from the sale of the loans to permanent investors. The following summarizes the components of indebtedness, facility expiration dates, and assets held as collateral that are not available to pay the Company’s general obligations:

 

     December 31, 2010  
     Balance      Capacity      Interest Rate   (1)     Expiration Date      Mortgage Loans
Held For Sale
Collateral
 
     ($ in thousands)  

CSFB Warehouse Line

   $ 229,209       $ 325,000         2.57     5/25/2011       $ 242,002   

Ally Bank Repurchase Facility

     74,988         150,000         4.15     3/30/2011         89,261   
  

 

 

    

 

 

         

 

 

 

Total

   $ 304,197       $ 475,000            $ 331,263   
  

 

 

    

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents the stated interest rate as of December 31, 2010.

As of December 31, 2009, the Company has no Debt amounts outstanding. As of December 31, 2010, the fair value of Debt was $304.2 million.

On May 26, 2010, the Company entered into a $150 million committed 364-day variable-rate mortgage repurchase facility with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, LLC pursuant to a master repurchase agreement. Effective December 17, 2010, the committed amount of the repurchase facility was increased to $325 million.

On April 8, 2010, the Company entered into a $150 million 356-day variable-rate committed mortgage repurchase facility with Ally Bank pursuant to a master repurchase agreement and certain related agreements.

Certain debt arrangements require the maintenance of certain financial ratios and contain affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, liquidity maintenance, net worth maintenance, and limitations on certain transactions with affiliates. As of December 31, 2010, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants related to its debt arrangements.

 

6. Due to Affiliates and Other Related Party Transactions

 

Due to affiliates, net consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2010      2009  
     (In thousands)  

Due to PHH Corporation

   $ 26,181       $ 10,494   

Due to other PHH affiliates

     11,754         4,663   

Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit

     489         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 38,424       $ 15,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due to PHH Corporation represents amounts payable for payroll processing and funding, as PHH provides administrative payroll services to the Company. All amounts due to PHH, other than the intercompany line of credit are settled, on a monthly basis. Due to other PHH affiliates represents net amounts due to/from PHH’s wholly-owned title and appraisal services company as well as amounts due to PHH Mortgage Corporation (“PHH Mortgage”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH, under a Management Services Agreement as further discussed below. The Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit is described in detail below.

 

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On October 5, 2010, the Company acquired PHH Preferred Mortgage, a mortgage broker in the residential market. The entity was acquired from Coldwell Banker Preferred, an unrelated third party, and PHH Broker Partner Corporation, a subsidiary of PHH Mortgage. The Company paid $2.3 million associated with the acquisition, with $1.9 million paid to Coldwell Banker Preferred and $0.4 million paid to PHH Broker Partner.

Agreement with PHH Corporation

The Company has entered into a Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit agreement with PHH Corporation with $100 million capacity. This indebtedness is unsecured and is subordinate to the asset-backed debt facilities. The Company and PHH entered into the subordinated financing to increase the Company’s borrowing capacity to fund MLHS and support the tangible net worth requirements of the asset-backed debt facilities.

As of December 31, 2010, the Company has no debt outstanding, and $0.5 million of interest payable under the Subordinated Intercompany Line of Credit.

Agreements with PHH Mortgage

Management Services Agreement

The Company has entered into a Management Services Agreement with PHH Mortgage, whereby PHH Mortgage provides the Company with the following types of services:

 

   

Seasonal staffing services

 

   

Product support services

 

   

General and administrative services

 

   

IT administrative services

The Company receives the benefit of these services from PHH Mortgage. During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the expense for these services was $37.4 million and $40.9 million as recorded in Allocated expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Loan Purchase Agreement

The Company has entered into a loan purchase agreement with PHH Mortgage, whereby it has committed to sell or broker, and PHH Mortgage has committed to purchase or fund, certain loans originated. This agreement represents a best efforts commitment to the Company, whereby the ultimate price paid by PHH Mortgage for the loan is determined at the time the Company issues the commitment to the borrower. This agreement had the following impact on the financial position and results of operation or cash flows:

 

   

During 2010 and 2009, the Company sold or brokered $7.9 billion and $11.1 billion, respectively, of mortgage loans to PHH Mortgage.

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, $28.7 million and $67.3 million, respectively, of broker fees were recognized within Fee income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

   

Gains of $77.1 million and $92.1 million were recognized for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 respectively, within Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

   

As of December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding commitments with PHH Mortgage to sell or broker loans totaling $642 million.

Strategic Relationship Agreement

PHH and Realogy entered into a Strategic Relationship Agreement that sets forth the business relationship between the Company and certain affiliates of PHH and Realogy. Under the terms of the LLC Operating

 

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Agreement, PHH has the right to terminate the strategic relationship agreement and terminate its interest in the Company upon, among other things, a material breach by Realogy of a material provision of the LLC Operating Agreement, in which case PHH has the right to purchase Realogy’s interest in the Company at a price derived from an agreed-upon formula based upon fair market value (which is determined with reference to the trailing twelve months EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for the Company and the average market EBITDA multiple for mortgage banking companies.

Upon termination of the mortgage venture, all of the mortgage venture agreements will terminate automatically (excluding certain privacy, non-competition, venture related transition provisions and other general provisions), and Realogy will be released from any restrictions under the mortgage venture agreements that may restrict its ability to pursue a partnership, joint venture or another arrangement with any third party mortgage operation.

Sublease Agreement

See Note 10 – Leases for further information regarding lease agreements with PHH Mortgage.

Arrangements with Realogy

Trademark License Agreement

The Company has entered into a Trademark License Agreement with certain affiliates of Realogy, whereby those affiliates have granted the Company exclusive rights to use certain trademarks. Under the terms of the agreement, Realogy remains the owner of the trademarks; however, the Company has the exclusive rights to use the trademarks in conducting its mortgage banking operations and does not pay a fee for the use of these rights.

Strategic Relationship Agreement

PHH and Realogy entered into a Strategic Relationship Agreement that sets forth the business relationship between the Company and certain affiliates of PHH and Realogy. Under the terms of the LLC Operating Agreement, Realogy has the right to terminate the strategic relationship agreement and terminate its interest in the Company in the event of:

 

   

a Regulatory Event (defined below) continuing for six months or more; provided that the Company may defer termination on account of a Regulatory Event for up to six additional one month periods by paying Realogy a $1.0 million fee at the beginning of each such one month period;

 

   

a change in control of PHH involving a competitor of Realogy or certain other specified parties;

 

   

a material breach, not cured within the requisite cure period, by PHH or its affiliates of the representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements related to the formation of the Company;

 

   

failure by the Company to make scheduled distributions pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement;

 

   

bankruptcy or insolvency of PHH or the Company, or

 

   

any act or omission by PHH that causes or would reasonably be expected to cause material harm to Realogy.

A “Regulatory Event” means a situation in which (a) the Company becomes subject to any regulatory order, or any governmental entity initiates a proceeding with respect to the Company, and (b) such regulatory order or proceeding prevents or materially impairs the Company’s ability to originate loans for any period of time in a manner that adversely affects the value of one or more quarterly distributions to be paid pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement; provided, however, that a “Regulatory Event” does not include (1) any order, directive or interpretation or change in law, rule or regulation, in any such case that is applicable generally to companies engaged in the mortgage lending business such that the Company is unable to cure the resulting circumstances described in (b) above, or (2) any regulatory order or proceeding that results solely from acts or omissions on the part of Realogy or its affiliates.

 

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In the case of a change in control of PHH, Realogy may terminate the LLC Operating Agreement. In addition, beginning on February 1, 2015, Realogy may terminate the LLC Operating Agreement at any time by giving two years’ notice to PHH. Upon Realogy’s termination of the agreement, Realogy will have the option either to (i) require that PHH purchase Realogy’s interest in the Company, (ii) require PHH to sell its interest in the Company to Realogy or its designee. The fair value of the purchase or sale of interests in the company upon Realogy’s termination will be determined in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement, and in certain cases, liquidated damages will be paid.

Shared Office Space Agreement

See Note 10 – Leases for further information regarding lease agreements with Realogy.

 

7. Derivatives and Risk Management Activities

 

Derivative instruments are used as part of the overall strategy to manage exposure to market risks primarily associated with fluctuations in interest rates, specifically long-term U.S. Treasury and mortgage interest rates due to their impact on mortgage loans held for sale and related commitments. The Company also has exposure to LIBOR due to its impact on variable-rate borrowings. The Company uses best efforts commitments with various investors, including PHH Mortgage, to mitigate the risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale and interest rate lock commitments. As a matter of policy, derivatives are not used for speculative purposes. The following is a description of the Company’s risk management policies related to IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale:

Interest Rate Lock Commitments . Interest rate lock commitments (“IRLCs”) represent an agreement to extend credit to a mortgage loan applicant, or an agreement to purchase a loan from a third-party originator, whereby the interest rate on the loan is set prior to funding. The loan commitment binds the Company (subject to the loan approval process) to lend funds to a potential borrower at the specified rate, regardless of whether interest rates have changed between the commitment date and the loan funding date. As such, outstanding IRLCs are subject to interest rate risk and related price risk during the period from the date of issuance through the date of loan funding, cancellation or expiration. Loan commitments generally range between 30 and 90 days; however, the borrower is not obligated to obtain the loan. The Company is subject to fallout risk related to IRLCs, which is realized if approved borrowers choose not to close on the loans within the terms of the IRLCs. The Company uses best efforts commitments to substantially eliminate these risks. Historical commitment-to-closing ratios are considered to estimate the quantity of mortgage loans that will fund within the terms of the IRLCs.

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale. The Company is subject to interest rate and price risk on its Mortgage loans held for sale from the loan funding date until the date the loan is sold. Best efforts commitments which fix the forward sales price that will be realized in the secondary market are used to eliminate the interest rate and price risk to the Company.

See Note 12, “Fair Value Measurements” for additional information regarding IRLCs, mortgage loans, and related sale commitments.

Derivative instruments are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are included in Other assets or Other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company did not have any derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments, or subject to master netting and collateral agreements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.

 

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The following table presents the balances of outstanding derivatives:

 

     December 31, 2010      December 31, 2009  
     Asset
Derivatives
     Liability
Derivatives
     Notional      Asset
Derivatives
     Liability
Derivatives
     Notional  
     (In thousands)  

Interest rate lock commitments

   $ 3,217       $ 1,128       $ 614,199       $ 1,358       $ 480       $ 455,787   

Best efforts sale commitments

     2,634         1,228         990,235         1,636         133         514,030   
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

Fair value of derivative instruments

   $ 5,851       $ 2,356          $ 2,994       $ 613      
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

The following table summarizes the amounts recorded in Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments:

 

     December 31,  
     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Interest rate lock commitments

   $ 93,336      $ 41,988   

Best Efforts Sale commitments

     (30,419     7,029   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

   $ 62,917      $ 49,017   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Loan Related Commitments

At December 31, 2010, the Company had commitments to fund loans with agreed-upon rates or rate protection amounting to $798 million and best efforts commitments to sell loans amounting to $1.2 billion. The Company is only obligated to settle the best efforts commitment if the loan closes in accordance with the terms of the IRLC; therefore, the commitments outstanding do not represent future cash obligations.

Pending Litigation

The Company is involved in litigation arising in the normal course of business. Although the amount of any ultimate liability arising from these matters cannot presently be determined, the Company does not anticipate that any such liability will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

9. Benefit Plans

 

Employees of the Company are participants in a defined contribution plan. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, defined contribution plan expenses of $2.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively, were recognized in Salaries and related expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

10. Leases

 

The Company leases space from related parties, and recognized expense amount in the Consolidated Statement of Operations related to these agreements as follows:

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, expense was recognized related to office space leased from PHH Mortgage, of $1.0 million for both years, in Allocated expenses.

 

   

For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, expense was recognized related to office space leased from Realogy affiliates, of $1.6 million and $1.8 million, respectively, in Occupancy and other office expenses.

 

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Certain other facilities and equipment are leased under lease agreements expiring at various dates through 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, total rental expense for premises and equipment amounted to $5.5 million and $5.4 million, respectively.

Obligations under non-cancellable leases which have a remaining term of more than twelve months are as follows:

 

     Future Minimum Lease
Obligations
 
     (In thousands)  

2011

   $ 2,784   

2012

     2,346   

2013

     1,257   

2014

     1,134   

2015

     1,038   

Thereafter

     407   
  

 

 

 
   $ 8,966   
  

 

 

 

 

11. Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

During the current period, the Company had operating cash deposited with banks in excess of federally insured limits.

The Company originates mortgage loans in 49 states sourced through Realogy-owned real estate offices, Cartus, and for U.S.-based employees of Realogy and its subsidiaries. Loan concentrations are considered to exist when there are amounts loaned to a multiple number of borrowers with similar characteristics, which would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions. During 2010 and 2009, 77% and 71%, respectively, of originated and brokered loans were derived from sources related to Realogy.

The Company is exposed to counterparty risk with its best efforts commitments in the event that the counterparty cannot take delivery of the underlying mortgage loan.

 

12. Fair Value Measurements

 

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, all financial instruments were either recorded at fair value or the carrying value approximated fair value, with the exception of Debt. See Note 5, “Debt” for the fair value of Debt as of December 31, 2010. For financial instruments that were not recorded at fair value as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, such as Cash and cash equivalents and Restricted cash and cash equivalents, the carrying value approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments. The incorporation of counterparty credit risk did not have a significant impact on the valuation of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2010 or 2009.

See Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for a description of the valuation hierarchy of inputs used in determining fair value measurements. The Company does not have any assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

For assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, the valuation methodologies, significant inputs, and classification pursuant to the valuation hierarchy are as follows:

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale . Mortgage loans held for sale are generally classified within Level Two of the valuation hierarchy.

 

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For Level Two mortgage loans held for sale (“MLHS”), fair value is estimated using a market approach by utilizing either: (i) the fair value of securities backed by similar mortgage loans, adjusted for certain factors to approximate the fair value of a whole mortgage loan, including the value attributable to mortgage servicing and credit risk, (ii) current commitments to purchase loans or (iii) recent observable market trades for similar loans, adjusted for credit risk and other individual loan characteristics. The Agency mortgage-backed security market is a highly liquid and active secondary market for conforming conventional loans whereby quoted prices exist for securities at the pass-through level, which are published on a regular basis.

For Level Three MLHS, fair value is estimated utilizing either a discounted cash flow model or underlying collateral values. For MLHS valued using underlying collateral values as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, an adjustment was made for a pricing discount based on the most recent observable price in an active market.

The following tables reflect the difference between the carrying amount of MLHS, measured at fair value, and the aggregate unpaid principal amount that the Company is contractually entitled to receive at maturity:

 

     December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
     Total      Loans 90 or more
days past due and
on non-accrual
status
    Total      Loans 90 or more
days past due and
on non-accrual
status
 
     (In thousands)  

Mortgage loans held for sale:

          

Carrying amount

   $ 383,701       $ 610      $ 59,801       $ 716   

Aggregate unpaid principal balance

     377,403         1,107        59,321         1,109   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Difference

     6,298         (497     480         (393
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the components of Mortgage loans held for sale:

 

     December 31,
2010
     December 31,
2009
 
     (In thousands)  

First mortgages:

     

Conforming (1)

   $ 354,638       $ 58,923   

Non-conforming

     27,946         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total first mortgages

     382,584         58,923   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Second lien

     171         162   

Scratch and Dent (2)

     758         716   

Other

     188         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 383,701       $ 59,801   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents mortgage loans that conform to the standards of the government-sponsored entities.
(2) Represents mortgages with origination flaws or performance issues.

Derivative Instruments . Derivative instruments are classified within Level Two and Level Three of the valuation hierarchy.

Best Efforts Commitments: Best efforts commitments are classified within Level Two of the valuation hierarchy. Best efforts commitments fix the forward sales price that will be realized upon the sale of mortgage loans into the secondary market. Best efforts sales commitments are entered into for loans at the time the borrower commitment is made. These best efforts sales commitments are valued using the committed price to the counterparty against the current market price of the interest rate lock commitment or mortgage loan held for sale.

 

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Interest Rate Lock Commitments: Interest rate lock commitments (“IRLCs”) are classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy. IRLCs represent an agreement to extend credit to a mortgage loan applicant, or an agreement to purchase a loan from a third-party originator, whereby the interest rate on the loan is set prior to funding. The fair value of IRLCs is based upon the estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, including the expected net future cash flows related to servicing the mortgage loan, adjusted for: (i) estimated costs to complete and originate the loan and (ii) an adjustment to reflect the estimated percentage of IRLCs that will result in a closed mortgage loan (or “pullthrough”). The estimate of pullthrough is based on changes in pricing and actual borrower behavior. The average pullthrough percentage used in measuring the fair value of IRLCs was 72% as of December 31, 2010.

Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2010  
     Level One      Level Two      Level Three      Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

           

Mortgage loans held for sale

   $ —         $ 382,772       $ 929       $ 383,701   

Other assets:

           

Derivative assets

           

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —           3,217         3,217   

Best efforts commitments

     —           2,634         —           2,634   

Liabilities:

           

Other liabilities:

           

Derivative liabilities

           

Interest rate lock commitments

     —           —           1,128         1,128   

Best efforts commitments

     —           1,228         —           1,228   

 

     December 31, 2009  
     Level One      Level Two      Level Three      Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

           

Mortgage loans held for sale

   $ —         $ 58,923       $ 878       $ 59,801   

Other assets:

           

Derivative assets

     —           1,636         1,358         2,994   

Liabilities:

           

Other liabilities:

           

Derivative liabilities

     —           133         480         613   

The activity in assets and liabilities that are classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 consisted of:

 

     December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
     Mortgage loans
held for sale
    IRLCs, net     Mortgage loans
held for sale
    Derivatives, net  
     (In thousands)  

Balance, January 1,

   $ 878      $ 878      $ 616      $ 10,287   

Realized and unrealized (losses) gains (1)

     (301     93,336        (62     41,988   

Purchases, issuances and settlements, net

     92        (92,125     142        (51,397

Transfers into level three (2)

     260        —          182        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, December 31,

   $ 929      $ 2,089      $ 878      $ 878   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Realized and unrealized (losses) gains are recognized within Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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(2) Represents Conforming Loans that were reclassified to Scratch and Dent during the year ended December 31, 2010. The amount of transfer out of level three was not significant for the year ended December 31, 2010 or 2009.

The amount of unrealized gains and losses included in Gain on mortgage loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy that are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are $1.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

 

13. Capital Requirements

 

As a licensed mortgagee, the Company is subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), FHA, Fannie Mae and state regulatory authorities with respect to originating, processing, and selling loans. Those rules and regulations, among other things, require the maintenance of minimum net worth levels (which vary based on the portfolio of FHA loans originated by the Company). Failure to meet the net worth requirements outlined above could adversely impact the ability to originate loans and access the secondary market.

The following table presents required and actual net worth amounts:

 

     December 31, 2010  
     Required      Adjusted actual  
     (In thousands)  

HUD/FHA

   $ 14,318       $ 82,341   

Fannie Mae

     1,000         82,341   

 

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APPENDIX A

Towers Watson Survey Participant List

 

3M    Big Lots    CSR
A.O. Smith    Boeing    CSX
Abbott Laboratories    Boston Scientific    Curtiss-Wright
AbitibiBowater    Bovis Lend Lease    CVS Caremark
Accenture    Brady    Cytec
ACH Food    Bristol-Myers Squibb    Daiichi Sankyo
Acuity Brands    Broadridge Financial Solutions    Daimler Trucks North America
Adecco Aerojet    Brown-Forman    Dannon
Agilent Technologies    Bucyrus International    Darden Restaurants
Agrium    Bunge    Dassault Systems
Air Liquide    Burlington Northern Santa Fe    Day & Zimmermann
Air Products and Chemicals    Bush Brothers    Dean Foods
Alcoa    CA    Deckers Outdoor
Alcon Laboratories    Calgon    Dell
Alexander & Baldwin    Carbon    Delta Air Lines
Alliant Techsystems    Cameron International    Deluxe
American Crystal Sugar    Cardinal Health    Dentsply
American Sugar Refining    Cargill    Dex One
AMERIGROUP    Carmeuse North America Group    Diageo North America
AmerisourceBergen    Carnival    Dollar Tree Stores
AMETEK    Carpenter Technology    Domtar
Amgen    Caterpillar    Donaldson
Ann Taylor Stores    CDI    Dow Corning
AOL    CF Industries    DuPont
APL    CGI Technologies & Solutions    Eastman Chemical
Appleton Papers    Chattem    Eastman Kodak
Applied Materials    Chemtura    Eaton
ARAMARK    Chiquita Brands    eBay
Armstrong World Industries    Choice Hotels International    Ecolab
Arrow Electronics    Chrysler    Eli Lilly
Ashland    CHS    EMC
AstraZeneca    Cisco Systems    EMD Millipore
AT&T    Cliffs Natural Resources    Endo Pharmaceuticals
Automatic Data Processing    COACH    Equifax
Avery Dennison    Coca-Cola    Equity Office Properties
Avis Budget Group    Coca-Cola Enterprises    Ericsson
BAE Systems    Coinstar    Estee Lauder
Ball    Colgate-Palmolive    Evergreen Packaging
Barnes Group    Comcast    Experian Americas
Battelle Memorial Institute    ConAgra Foods    Express Scripts
Baxter International    Continental Automotive Systems    Fair Isaac
Bayer AG    ConvaTec    Federal-Mogul
Bayer CropScience    Convergys    Fidelity National Information Services
Beckman Coulter    Cooper Industries    Fiserv
Belo    CoreLogic    Fluor
Bemis    Corning    Ford
Benjamin Moore    Covance    Fortune Brands
Best Buy    Covidien    GAF Materials

 

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Gavilon   Ingersoll Rand Intel   McKesson
General Atomics   Intercontinental Hotels   MDC Holdings
General Dynamics   International Flavors & Fragrances   MeadWestvaco
General Mills   International Paper   Media General
General Motors   Interpublic Group   Medicines Company Medtronic
Genzyme   Intrepid Potash   Merck & Co.
GlaxoSmithKline   Invensys Controls   Microsoft
Goodman Manufacturing   ION Geophysical   Midstream Partners
Goodrich   Irvine Company   Milacron
Google   ITT   Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas
Graco   ITT Mission Systems   Molson Coors Brewing
Greif   J.M. Smucker   Momentive Specialty Chemicals
Grupo Ferrovial   J.R. Simplot   Monsanto
GSI Commerce   Jabil Circuit   Mosaic
GTECH   Jack in the Box   Motorola Mobility
H.B. Fuller   JetBlue   Motorola Solutions
Hanesbrands   JM Family Enterprises   Murphy Oil
Harcourt Publishing   Johns-Manville   MWH Global
Harland Clarke   Johnson & Johnson   Navistar International
Harley-Davidson   Johnson Controls   NCR
Harman International Industries   Kaman Industrial Technologies   Nestle USA
Hasbro   Kansas City Southern   Newmont Mining
Haynes International   Kao Brands   NewPage
HBO   KBR   Nissan North America
HD Supply   Kellogg   Nokia
Headway Technologies   Kimberly-Clark   Noranda Aluminum
Herman Miller   Kinetic Concepts   Norfolk Southern
Hershey   Kinross Gold   Novartis
Hertz   Koch Industries   Novartis Consumer Health
Hewlett-Packard   Kohler   Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals
Hexcel   Komatsu America   Nypro
Hilton Worldwide   L-3 Communications   Occidental Petroleum
Hitachi Data Systems   Land O’Lakes   Office Depot
HNI   Level 3 Communications   Omnicare
HNTB   Lexmark International   Orange Business Services
Hoffmann-La Roche   Life Technologies   Oshkosh
Holcim   Linde   Overhead Door
Home Depot   Lockheed Martin   Owens Corning
Honeywell   Lorillard Tobacco   Owens-Illinois
Hormel Foods   Lubrizol   Oxford Industries
Hostess Brands   Lyondell Chemical   Panasonic of North America
Houghton Mifflin   Magellan   Parker Hannifin
Hunt Consolidated   ManTech International   Parsons
Huron Consulting Group   Marriott International   Performance Food Group
Husky Injection Molding Systems   Martin Marietta Materials   PerkinElmer
Hyatt Hotels   Mary Kay   Pfizer
IBM   Mattel   Pitney Bowes
IDEXX Laboratories   Matthews International   Plexus
IKON Office Solutions   McClatchy   Polaris Industries
Illinois Tool Works   McDonald’s   Potash
IMS Health   McGraw-Hill   PPG Industries

 

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Praxair    Sonoco Products    Tupperware
ProBuild Holdings    Space Systems Loral    Tyson Foods
Pulte Homes    Spirit AeroSystems    U.S. Foodservice
Purdue Pharma    SprintNextel    Underwriters Laboratories
QUALCOMM    SPX    Unilever
Quintiles    SRA International    United States
R.R. Donnelley    Stantec    Union Pacific
Ralcorp Holdings    Starbucks    Unisys
Reader’s Digest    StarTek    United Rentals
Realogy    Starwood Hotels & Resorts    United States Cellular
Reddy Ice    Statoil    United States Steel
Regal-Beloit    Steelcase    United Technologies
Regency Centers    Stryker    URS Energy & Construction
Rent-A-Center    Sulzer Pumps US    USG
Research in Motion    SunGard Data Systems    UTI Worldwide
Ricardo    Sunoco    Valero Energy
Rio Tinto    Sunovion Pharmaceuticals    Vangent
Roche Diagnostics    SuperValu Stores    Verde Realty
Rockwell Automation    Swagelok    Verizon
Rockwell Collins    Syngenta Crop Protection    Viacom
Ryder System    Takeda Pharmaceutical    Vision Service Plan
Safety-Kleen Systems    Taubman Centers    Visteon
SAIC    TE Connectivity    Vulcan Materials
Sanofi-Aventis    Tektronix    VWR International
SCA Americas    Temple-Inland    Walt Disney
Schreiber Foods    Teradata    Waste Management
Schwan’s    Terex    Wendy’s/Arby’s Group
Scotts Miracle-Gro    Textron    Weyerhaeuser
Scripps Networks Interactive    Thermo Fisher Scientific    Whirlpool
Seagate Technology    Thomas & Betts    Wilsonart International
Sealed Air    Time Warner    Winnebago Industries
ServiceMaster    Time Warner Cable    Wm. Wrigley Jr.
ShawCor    Timken    Wyndham Worldwide
Sherwin-Williams    T-Mobile USA    Xerox
Siemens AG    Toro    YRC Worldwide
Sigma-Aldrich    Total System Services    Yum! Brands
Smith & Nephew    Travelport   
Snap-On    Trident Seafoods   
Sodexo    TRW Automotive   

 

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40,000,000 Shares

 

LOGO

Realogy Holdings Corp.

Common Stock

 

 

Prospectus

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.   J.P. Morgan
Barclays   Credit Suisse

 

 

 

Citigroup   Wells Fargo Securities   BofA Merrill Lynch

 

 

 

Credit Agricole CIB   Comerica Securities   CRT Capital   Houlihan Lokey
Lebenthal & Co., LLC   Loop Capital Markets   Apollo Global Securities

 

                    , 2012

Through and including                     , 2012 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligations to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

 

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the estimated fees and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, paid or payable by the registrant in connection with the issuance and distribution of the common stock. All amounts are estimates except for the SEC registration, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and stock exchange and listing fees.

 

SEC registration fee

   $ 142,334.00   

Stock exchange filing fee and listing fee

     250,000.00   

Transfer agent and registrar fees

     15,000.00   

Printing and engraving costs

     300,000.00   

Legal fees and expenses

     4,000,000.00   

Accountants’ fees and expenses

     625,000.00   

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filing fee

     111,800.00   

Miscellaneous

     500,000.00   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,944,134.00   
  

 

 

 

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such person is made a party by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation—a “derivative action”), if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will limit the liability of our directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except with respect to liability:

 

   

for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to our company or our stockholders;

 

   

for any act or omission not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

   

for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; and

 

   

for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

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However, if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. The modification or repeal of this provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will not adversely affect any right or protection of a director existing at the time of such modification or repeal.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws will provide that we will, to the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law, indemnify our directors and officers against all liabilities and expenses in any suit or proceeding, arising out of their status as an officer or director or their activities in these capacities. We will also indemnify any person who, at our request, is or was serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. We may, by action of our Board of Directors, provide indemnification to our employees and agents within the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, which may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the DGCL. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct.

The right to be indemnified will include the right of an officer or a director to be paid expenses, including attorneys’ fees, in advance of the final disposition of any proceeding, provided that, if required by law, we receive an undertaking to repay such amount if it will be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

During the past three years, we have issued unregistered securities as described below. We believe that each of these transactions was exempt from registration requirements pursuant to the Securities Act.

From the period beginning January 1, 2009 through May 14, 2012, we granted 1,172,417 stock options to purchase an aggregate of 1,172,417 shares of common stock and 4,200 shares of restricted stock to employees and directors under the Holdings Stock Incentive Plan, not including options granted pursuant to the Stock Option Exchange Offer (as defined below).

On November 9, 2010, we granted 406,360 stock options to purchase an aggregate of 406,360 shares of common stock in exchange on a one-for-one basis for 406,360 options to purchase an aggregate of 406,360 shares of common stock held by employees, substantially all of which were granted in 2007 in connection with Apollo’s acquisition of the Company (the “Stock Option Exchange Offer”). The stock options granted in the Stock Option Exchange Offer are exercisable for shares of common stock.

On August 11, 2012 and August 23, 2012, two employees each exercised 560 stock options at an exercise price of $20.75 per share and on August 30, 2012, a former employee exercised 125 stock options at an exercise price of $21.50 per share.

The stock options and restricted stock awards and the shares issued upon exercise of stock options described above were issued pursuant to written compensatory plans or arrangements with our employees and directors in reliance on the exemptions provided by either Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or Rule 701 under the Securities Act. The shares of common stock issued or issuable upon exercise of options are deemed restricted securities for the purposes of the Securities Act.

On January 5, 2011, Realogy issued $492 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Senior Notes, $130 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Notes, $10 million aggregate principal amount of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes, $1,144 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes, $291 million aggregate principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes and $675 million aggregate principal amount

 

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of Series C Convertible Notes to holders of its Existing Notes who were “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or institutional “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and who elected to exchange their Existing Notes for the Extended Maturity Notes and/or the Convertible Notes.

On February 3, 2011, Realogy sold $700 million aggregate principal amount of Existing First and a Half Lien Notes to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Joseph LLC (less underwriting discounts and fees) in an underwritten offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

On or about September 4, 2012, we entered into letter agreements with certain holders of our Convertible Notes, pursuant to which we will issue up to 9,740,754 shares of our common stock in a private placement as consideration for such holders agreeing (1) not to transfer its Convertible Notes from the date of the agreement (unless the transferee agrees to assume the restrictions on transfer and lock-up obligations contained in the agreement), (2) to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters for this offering (covering all shares of Common Stock that it owns), subject to certain exceptions, and (3) with respect to the Significant Holders, to convert all of their respective Convertible Notes substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering. The issuance of these shares is exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a transaction by the issuer not involving a public offering.

On February 2, 2012, Realogy sold $593 million aggregate principal amount of First Lien Notes and $325 million aggregate principal amount of New First and a Half Lien Notes to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Apollo Global Securities, LLC in an underwritten offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

  (a) Exhibits.

See the Index to Exhibits included in this Registration Statement.

 

  (b) Financial Statement Schedules.

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009

(in millions)

 

Description

  Balance  at
Beginning of
Period
    Additions     Deductions     Balance at
End of
Period
 
    Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
    Charged to
Other
Accounts
     

Allowance for doubtful accounts (a)

         

Year ended December 31, 2011

  $ 65      $ 10      $ —        $ (12   $ 63   

Year ended December 31, 2010

    63        13        4        (15     65   

Year ended December 31, 2009

    43        21        5        (6     63   

Reserve for development advance notes, short term  (b)

         

Year ended December 31, 2011

  $ 2      $ —        $ —        $ (1   $ 1   

Year ended December 31, 2010

    3        —          —          (1     2   

Year ended December 31, 2009

    3        —          —          —          3   

Reserve for development advance notes, long term

         

Year ended December 31, 2011

  $ 9      $ (3   $ —        $ (1   $ 5   

Year ended December 31, 2010

    17        (5     —          (3     9   

Year ended December 31, 2009

    21        2        —          (6     17   

Deferred tax asset valuation allowance

         

Year ended December 31, 2011

  $ 118      $ 220      $ —        $ —        $ 338   

Year ended December 31, 2010

    124        —          —          (6     118   

Year ended December 31, 2009

    61        63        —          —          124   

 

(a) The deduction column represents uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries from Trade Receivables in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)

Short-term development advance notes and related reserves are included in Trade Receivables in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

  (i) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

 

  (ii) for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Parsippany, State of New Jersey, on the 28th day of September, 2012.

 

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/S/ ANTHONY E. HULL

Name:   Anthony E. Hull
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

*

Richard A. Smith

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 28, 2012
    

/S/ ANTHONY E. HULL

Anthony E. Hull

  

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

September 28, 2012

*

Dea Benson

  

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

September 28, 2012

*

Marc E. Becker

  

Director

 

September 28, 2012

*

Scott Kleinman

  

Director

 

September 28, 2012

*

M. Ali Rashid

  

Director

 

September 28, 2012

*

V. Ann Hailey

  

Director

 

September 28, 2012

*By:  

/S/ ANTHONY E. HULL

    
 

Anthony E. Hull

    
 

Attorney-in-fact

    

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

 

Description

1.1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
2.1   Separation and Distribution Agreement by and among Cendant Corporation, Realogy Corporation, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and Travelport Inc. dated as of July 27, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 31, 2006).
2.2   Letter Agreement dated August 23, 2006 relating to the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and among Realogy Corporation, Cendant Corporation, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and Travelport Inc. dated as of July 27, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 23, 2006).
2.3   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 15, 2006, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Domus Acquisition Corp. and Realogy Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 18, 2006).
3.1***   Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Realogy Holdings Corp.
3.2***   Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Realogy Holdings Corp.
4.1   Indenture dated as of April 10, 2007, by and among Realogy Corporation, the Note Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, governing the 10.50% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “10.50% Senior Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.2   Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of June 29, 2007 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.3   Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 23, 2007 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.4   Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of December 18, 2007 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.5   Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of March 31, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2008).
4.6   Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of May 12, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
4.7   Supplemental Indenture No. 6 dated as of June 4, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
4.8   Supplemental Indenture No. 7 dated as of August 21, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.9   Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of September 15, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.10   Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of November 10, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

 

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4.11    Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of December 17, 2008 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.12    Supplemental Indenture No. 11 dated as of February 27, 2009 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009).
4.13    Supplemental Indenture No. 12 dated as of September 14, 2009 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
4.14    Supplemental Indenture No. 13 dated as of December 14, 2009 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
4.15    Supplemental Indenture No. 14 dated as of February 25, 2010 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010).
4.16    Supplemental Indenture No. 15 dated as of October 15, 2010 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.17    Supplemental Indenture No. 16 dated as of November 30, 2010 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.18    Supplemental Indenture No. 17 dated as of December 15, 2010 to the 10.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.19    Indenture dated as of April 10, 2007 by and among Realogy Corporation, the Note Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, governing the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2014 (the “11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.20    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of June 29, 2007 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.21    Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of June 29, 2007 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.22    Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of December 18, 2007 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.23    Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of March 31, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2008).
4.24    Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of May 12, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
4.25    Supplemental Indenture No. 6 dated as of June 4, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).

 

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4.26    Supplemental Indenture No. 7 dated as of August 21, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.27    Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of September 15, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.28    Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of November 10, 2008 to the Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.21 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.29    Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of December 17, 2008 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.22 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.30    Supplemental Indenture No. 11 dated as of February 27, 2009 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009).
4.31    Supplemental Indenture No. 12 dated as of September 14, 2009 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
4.32    Supplemental Indenture No. 13 dated as of December 14, 2009 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.28 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
4.33    Supplemental Indenture No. 14 dated as of February 25, 2010 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010).
4.34    Supplemental Indenture No. 15 dated as of October 15, 2010 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.35    Supplemental Indenture No. 16 dated as of November 30, 2010 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.36    Supplemental Indenture No. 17 dated as of December 15, 2010 to the 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.37    Indenture dated as of April 10, 2007, by and among Realogy Corporation, the Note Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee governing the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.38    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of June 29, 2007 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.39    Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 23, 2007 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.40    Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of December 18, 2007 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).

 

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4.41    Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of March 31, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2008).
4.42    Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of May 12, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
4.43    Supplemental Indenture No. 6 dated as of June 4, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
4.44    Supplemental Indenture No. 7 dated as of August 21, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.45    Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of September 15, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2008).
4.46    Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of November 10, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.32 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.47    Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of December 17, 2008 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.33 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
4.48    Supplemental Indenture No. 11 dated as of February 27, 2009 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009).
4.49    Supplemental Indenture No. 12 dated as of September 14, 2009 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
4.50    Supplemental Indenture No. 13 dated as of December 14, 2009 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.42 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
4.51    Supplemental Indenture No. 14 dated as of February 25, 2010 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010).
4.52    Supplemental Indenture No. 15 dated as of October 15, 2010 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.53    Supplemental Indenture No. 16 dated as of November 30, 2010 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010).
4.54    Supplemental Indenture No. 17 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.54 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
4.55    Form of 10.50% Senior Notes due 2014 (Included in the Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).

 

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4.56    Form of 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2014 (Included in the Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.57    Form of 12.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (Included in the Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
4.58    Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of January 8, 2008, by and among Realogy Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
4.59    Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of January 8, 2008, by and among Realogy Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
4.60    Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of January 8, 2008, by and among Realogy Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as resigning trustee, and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
4.61    Indenture dated as of January 5, 2011 by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “11.50% Senior Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.60 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.62    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the 11.50% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.62 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
4.63    Indenture dated as of January 5, 2011 by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “12.00% Senior Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.61 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.64    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the 12.00% Senior Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.64 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
4.65    Indenture dated as of January 5, 2011 by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “13.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.62 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.66    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.66 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
4.67    Form of 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (Included in the 11.50% Senior Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.60 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.68    Form of 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (Included in the 12.00% Senior Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.61 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).

 

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4.69    Form of 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Included in the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.62 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.70    Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. relating to the 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.66 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.71    Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. relating to the 12.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.67 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.72    Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. relating to the 13.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.68 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.73    Indenture dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 11.00% Series A Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018, the 11.00% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 and the 11.00% Series C Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Convertible Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.69 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.74    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the Convertible Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.71 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
4.75    Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of June 18, 2012 to the Convertible Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2012).
4.76*    Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of September 11, 2012 to the Convertible Note Indenture.
4.77    Form of 11.00% Series A Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Included in the Convertible Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.69 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.78    Form of 11.00% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Included in the Convertible Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.69 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.79    Form of 11.00% Series C Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Included in the Convertible Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.69 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
4.80    Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. relating to the 11.00% Series A Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018, the 11.00% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 and the 11.00% Series C Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.73 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).

 

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  4.81    Indenture dated as of February 3, 2011, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “7.875% Senior Secured Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.74 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
  4.82    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of November 30, 2011 to the 7.875% Senior Secured Note Indenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.77 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
  4.83    Form of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (Included in the Senior Secured Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.74 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
  4.84    Indenture dated as of February 2, 2012, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (the “First Lien Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.79 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
  4.85    Form of 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (Included in the First Lien Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.79 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
  4.86    Indenture dated as of February 2, 2012, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, governing the 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “9.000% Senior Secured Note Indenture”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.81 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
  4.87    Form of 9.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 (Included in the 9.000% Senior Secured Note Indenture incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.81 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
  4.88*    Form of the Company’s common stock certificate.
  5.1*    Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
10.1    Tax Sharing Agreement by and among Realogy Corporation, Cendant Corporation, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and Travelport Inc. dated as of July 28, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009).
10.2    Amendment executed July 8, 2008 and effective as of July 26, 2006 to the Tax Sharing Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008).
10.3    Credit Agreement dated as of April 10, 2007, by and among Realogy Corporation, Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc. and Barclays Bank plc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009).
10.4    First Amendment, dated as of January 26, 2011 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents from time to time party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2011).

 

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10.5    Incremental Assumption Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2009, by and among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, the Second Lien Term Lenders (as defined therein), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined therein), and Wilmington Trust Company, as collateral agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
10.6    Incremental Assumption Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2011, by and among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., the First Lien Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.7    Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of April 10, 2007, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, each Subsidiary Loan Party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009).
10.8    First Amendment, dated as of September 28, 2009, to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007, by and among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, the subsidiaries of Realogy Corporation signatory thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
10.9    Collateral Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2011, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, each Subsidiary Guarantor identified therein and party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.10    Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated and effective as of September 28, 2009, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, each Subsidiary Loan Party identified therein and party hereto and Wilmington Trust Company, as collateral agent for the Secured Loan Parties (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
10.11    Collateral Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2012, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, each Subsidiary Guarantor identified therein and party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Note Secured Parties (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.12    Collateral Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2012, among Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, each Subsidiary Guarantor identified therein and party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the 9.000% Senior Secured Note Secured Parties (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.13    Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2012, among Realogy Corporation, the other Grantors (as defined therein) from time to time party hereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as defined therein) and as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, The Bank of New York, Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as the collateral agent and Authorized Representative for the Initial Additional First Lien Priority Note Secured Parties (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).

 

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10.14   Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2012, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the First Lien Senior Priority Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement (as each term is defined below), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the 7.625% Senior Secured Notes Secured Parties, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Note Secured Parties, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the 9.000% Senior Secured Note Secured Parties, Realogy Corporation and each of the other Loan Parties party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.15   Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2009, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined therein), Wilmington Trust Company, as Second Lien Collateral Agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties (as defined therein), Realogy Corporation and each of the other Loan Parties (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2009).
10.16   Joinder Agreement No. 1, dated as of February 3, 2011, to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2009, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as First Priority Representative for the First Priority Secured Parties, Wilmington Trust Company, as Second Priority Representative for the Second Priority Secured Parties, Realogy Corporation and each of the other Loan Parties party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.17   Joinder Agreement No. 2, dated as of February 2, 2012 , to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2009, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Wilmington Trust Company, as second lien collateral agent for the second priority secured parties, Realogy Corporation and each of the other Loan parties party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.18   Joinder Agreement No. 3, dated as of February 2, 2012 , to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2009, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Wilmington Trust Company, as second lien collateral agent for the second priority secured parties, Realogy Corporation and each of the other Loan parties party thereto. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.19+   Letter Agreement dated as of September 24, 2009, by and among Realogy Corporation, Apollo Management VI, L.P., RCIV Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l., certain investment funds managed by Apollo Management VI, L.P., and Icahn Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
10.20**   Employment Agreement dated as of July 31, 2006 between Realogy Corporation and Henry R. Silverman (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.21**   Letter Agreement dated December 19, 2006, between Realogy and Henry R. Silverman amending Employment Agreement between Realogy Corporation and Henry R. Silverman (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3(a) to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006).
10.22**   Term Sheet dated November 13, 2007, among Realogy Holdings Corp., Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation and Henry R. Silverman (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).

 

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10.23**    Option Agreement dated as of November 13, 2007, between Realogy Holdings Corp. and Henry R. Silverman (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
10.24**    Employment Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007 between Realogy Corporation and Richard A. Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.25**    Amendment to Employment Agreement dated September 10, 2012, between Realogy Corporation and Richard A. Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 14, 2012).
10.26**    Employment Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007 between Realogy Corporation and Anthony E. Hull (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.27**    Amendment to Employment Agreement dated April 29, 2011, between Realogy Corporation and Anthony E. Hull (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011).
10.28**    Employment Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007 between Realogy Corporation and Alexander E. Perriello (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.29**    Amendment to Employment Agreement dated April 29, 2011, between Realogy Corporation and Alexander E. Perriello (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011).
10.30**    Employment Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007 between Realogy Corporation and Bruce G. Zipf (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.31**    Amendment to Employment Agreement dated April 29, 2011, between Realogy Corporation and Bruce G. Zipf (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011).
10.32**    Realogy Holdings Corp. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 13, 2007 and as further amended and restated on November 9, 2010, August 2, 2011, February 27, 2012 and April 30, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012).
10.33**    Form of Option Agreement between Realogy Holdings Corp. and the Optionee party thereto governing time and performance vesting options (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-148153)).
10.34**    Form of Restricted Stock Agreement between Realogy Holdings Corp. and the Purchaser party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Realogy Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009).
10.35**    Form of Option Agreement between Realogy Holdings Corp. and the Optionee party thereto governing time-vesting options (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2010).
10.36    Support Agreement dated as of November 30, 2010, by and among Realogy Corporation, Realogy Holdings Corp., RCIV Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l., Avenue Capital Management II, L.P., and Paulson and Co. Inc. (on behalf of the several investment funds and accounts managed by it) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.37    Amended and Restated Investor Securityholders Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, Paulson and Co. Inc. on behalf of the several investment funds and accounts managed by it, and the Apollo Holders (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).

 

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10.38   Amended and Restated Investor Securityholders Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. and the Apollo Holders (as defined therein) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.39   Investor Securityholders Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, the Apollo Holders (as defined therein) and Western Asset Management Company, as investment manager on behalf of its client accounts (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.40   Investor Securityholders Agreement dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Realogy Corporation, the Apollo Holders (as defined therein) and York Capital Management, L.P. and affiliated funds (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.41*   Form of Amended and Restated Securityholders Agreement, by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., Domus Investment Holdings, LLC, RCIV Holdings, L.P. (Cayman) RCIV Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l., Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P. and Domus Co-Investment Holdings LLC.
10.42**   Realogy Corporation Officer Deferred Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 2 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.43**   First Amendment to Realogy Corporation Officer Deferred Compensation Plan dated February 29, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.53 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
10.44**   Realogy Corporation Officer Deferred Compensation Plan, Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
10.45**   First Amendment to Amended and Restated Realogy Corporation Officer Deferred Compensation Plan dated December 23, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
10.46++   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of PHH Home Loans, LLC dated as of January 31, 2005, by and between PHH Broker Partner Corporation and Cendant Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
10.47   Amendment Number 1 to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of PHH Home Loans, LLC, dated as of April 2005, by and between PHH Broker Partner Corporation and Cendant Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(a) to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.48   Amendment Number 2 to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of PHH Home Loans, LLC, dated as of March 31, 2006, by and between PHH Broker Partner Corporation and Cendant Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(b) to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.49+++   Strategic Relationship Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2005, by and among Cendant Real Estate Services Group, LLC, Cendant Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc., PHH Corporation, Cendant Mortgage Corporation, PHH Broker Partner Corporation and PHH Home Loans, LLC. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).

 

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10.50    Amendment Number 1 to the Strategic Relationship Agreement, dated May 2005 by and among Cendant Real Estate Services Group, LLC, Cendant Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc., PHH Corporation, PHH Mortgage Corporation, PHH Broker Partner Corporation and PHH Home Loans, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(a) to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.51    Consent and Amendment dated as of March 14, 2007, between Realogy Real Estate Services Group, LLC (formerly Cendant Real Estate Services Group, LLC), Realogy Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc. PHH Corporation, PHH Mortgage Corporation, PHH Broker Partner Corporation, TM Acquisition Corp., Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates, Inc., ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. Century 21 Real Estate LLC and PHH Home Loans, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to PHH Corporation, Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2007).
10.52    Trademark License Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2004, among SPTC Delaware LLC (as assignee of SPTC, Inc.), Sotheby’s (as successor to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.), Cendant Corporation and Monticello Licensee Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.53    Amendment No. 1 to Trademark License Agreement, dated May 2, 2005, by and among SPTC Delaware LLC (as assignee of SPTC, Inc.), Sotheby’s (as successor to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.), Cendant Corporation and Sotheby’s International Realty Licensee Corporation (f/k/a Monticello Licensee Corporation) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12(a) to Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.54    Amendment No. 2 to Trademark License Agreement, dated May 2, 2005, by and among SPTC Delaware LLC (as assignee of SPTC, Inc.), Sotheby’s (as successor to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.), Cendant Corporation and Sotheby’s International Realty Licensee Corporation (f/k/a Monticello Licensee Corporation) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12(b) to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.55    Consent of SPTC Delaware LLC, Sotheby’s (as successor to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.) and Sotheby International Realty License Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12(c) to Amendment No. 5 to Realogy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32852)).
10.56    Joinder Agreement dated as of January 1, 2005, between SPTC Delaware LLC, Sotheby’s (as successor to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.), and Cendant Corporation and Sotheby’s International Realty Licensee Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Realogy Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009).
10.57    Amendment No. 3 to Trademark License Agreement dated January 14, 2011, by and among SPTC Delaware LLC (as assignee of SPTC, Inc.) and Sotheby’s, as successor by merger to Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc., on the one hand, and Realogy Corporation, as successor to Cendant Corporation, and Sotheby’s International Realty Licensee (f/k/a Monticello Licensee Corporation) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.58    Lease Agreement dated November 23, 2011, between 175 Park Avenue, LLC and Realogy Operations LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.57 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.59    Guaranty dated November 23, 2011, by Realogy Corporation to 175 Park Avenue, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).

 

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10.60   Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated as of December 14, 2011, among Cartus Corporation, Cartus Financial Corporation, Apple Ridge Services Corporation, Apple Ridge Funding LLC, Realogy Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association, the managing agents party to the Note Purchase Agreement of even date and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.59 to Realogy Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.61   Note Purchase Agreement (Secured Variable Funding Notes, Series 2011-1) dated as of December 14, 2011, among Apple Ridge Funding LLC, Cartus Corporation, the commercial paper conduit purchasers party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto, the managing agents party thereto, and committed purchases and managing agents party thereto and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as administrative and lead arranger (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.60 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.62   Series 2011-1 Indenture Supplement, dated as of December 16, 2011, between Apple Ridge Funding LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, paying agent, authentication agent, transfer agent and registrar, which modifies the Master Indenture, dated as of April 25, 2000, among Apple Ridge Funding LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, paying agent, authentication agent, transfer agent and registrar (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.61 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.63**   Employment Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007 between Realogy Corporation and Kevin J. Kelleher (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
10.64**   Amendment to Employment Agreement dated April 29, 2011, between Realogy Corporation and Kevin J. Kelleher (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011).
10.65**   Form of Option Agreement for Independent Directors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
10.66**   Restricted Stock Award for Independent Directors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.52 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007).
10.67**   2008 - 2009 Realogy Corporation Cash Retention Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.62 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).
10.68**   Amended and Restated 2009 Realogy Multi-Year Executive Retention Plan (Terminated in November 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
10.69**   Amendment No. 1 to Realogy 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.69 to Realogy Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.70**   Realogy 2011-2012 Multi-Year Retention Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2010).
10.71**   Realogy Corporation Phantom Value Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.70 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.72**   Amendment No. 1 to Realogy Corporation Phantom Value Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.71 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).

 

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10.73   Agreement dated July 15, 2010, between Realogy Corporation and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2010).
10.74   Conversion Shares Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2011, by and between Realogy Corporation and Realogy Holdings Corp. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.72 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010).
10.75**   Realogy 2012 Executive Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.74 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
10.76*** **   Form of Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Short-Term Incentive Plan.
10.77*** **   Form of Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
10.78*** **   Form of Stock Option Award Agreement pursuant to the Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan.
10.79*   Form of indemnification agreement among Realogy Holdings Corp. and its directors and executive officers.
10.80***    Form of Significant Holders Letter Agreement.
10.81***    Form of Other Holders Letter Agreement.
10.82***   Apollo Letter Agreement dated September 4, 2012 between RCIV Holdings Luxembourg S.á.r.l and Domus Holdings Corp.
10.83* **   Form of Restricted Stock Award pursuant to the Realogy Holdings Corp. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
15.1*   Letter Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Statements.
21.1   Subsidiaries of Realogy Holdings Corp. and Realogy Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Realogy Holdings Corp.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).
23.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*   Consent of ParenteBeard LLC, independent auditors of PHH Home Loans, L.L.C.
23.3*   Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1***   Powers of Attorney.
101.INS^   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

   Prior to September 27, 2012, Realogy Holdings Corp. was known as Domus Holdings Corp.
* Filed herewith.
** Compensatory plan or arrangement.
*** Previously filed.
^ Furnished electronically with this report.
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  re-filed with fewer redactions as Exhibit 10.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The redacted portions of this Exhibit have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
++ Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit, which was filed as Exhibit 10.9 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009. This Exhibit was re-filed with fewer redactions as Exhibit 10.26 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The redacted portions of this Exhibit have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
+++ Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit, which was filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2009. This Exhibit was re-filed with fewer redactions as Exhibit 10.29 to Realogy Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The redacted portions of this Exhibit have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Exhibit 1.1

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

                     Shares of Common Stock

FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

, 2012

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule A hereto

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory . Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters” ), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives” ), an aggregate of                      shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the “Common Stock” ) of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares” ). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional                      shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares” ). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares” . The shares of Common Stock to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock” .

The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act” ), a registration statement (File No. 333-181988), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness ( “Rule 430 Information” ), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement” ; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration


Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement” ), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Schedule B hereto, the “Pricing Disclosure Package” ): a Preliminary Prospectus dated                     , 2012 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Schedule B hereto.

“Applicable Time” means                      [A/P].M., New York City time, on                     , 2012.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:

(a) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b) The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date (each as defined in Section 3(c) hereof), as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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(c) Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” ) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Schedule B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(d) The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be duly qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (“ Material Adverse Effect ”); and the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement and minority interests in joint ventures and other non-controlling interests.

(f) Each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule G hereto (the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, with power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and each of the Significant Subsidiaries of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be duly qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock or other ownership interests of each Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company free from liens, encumbrances and defects except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights which have not been waived or have not expired in accordance with their terms.

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understandings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(i) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(j) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required (except as may be required as a result of the identity or status of the Underwriters) for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transactions Documents to which it is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the compliance by the Company the terms and provisions thereof, except (i) as may be required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) such as will have been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (iii) for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or that would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents, (iv) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, and (v) for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as may be required by The New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulation Authority, Inc. ( “FINRA” ).

(k) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any statute or any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound, which is material to the Company or the subsidiaries of the Company taken as a whole or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, (iii) the charter or by-laws (or applicable formation documents) of the Company or any such subsidiary or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties, rights or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument in which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties, rights or assets of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv),

 

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where such breach, violation, default lien, charge or encumbrance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company has full corporate power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.

(l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the Transaction Documents (except for this Agreement) has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (x) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, (y) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (z) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions” ).

(m) Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries has valid title in fee simple to all real property (except any real property held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries subject to and in connection with its relocation services business) and good and valid title to all personal property (other than intellectual property, which is covered by Section 2(o) hereof) owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except for such liens, encumbrances and defects incurred under the Company’s existing debt instruments, as otherwise described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (i) possess certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) have not received any written or formal notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Subject to each of the franchise and license agreements entered into by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries own or have the right to use such patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, service marks, service mark licenses and trade names and registrations thereof and other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property” ) as are necessary to carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted free of all liens other than Permitted Liens, except where the failure to own or possess any of the Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a

 

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Material Adverse Effect; and except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all such Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable, has not expired or been abandoned, does not infringe or otherwise violate the rights of others and is not being infringed or otherwise violated by others. In addition to, and not in limitation of, anything else contained in this paragraph (o), the Company or a Significant Subsidiary thereof is the exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest (subject to all existing franchise and license agreements referred to above) in and to the Company IP (as defined below) within the United States and outside the United States is the owner of the registrations and applications as are necessary to carry on its business as such description is included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as currently conducted, except where the failure to be such owner would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property with respect to the Company’s ERA Franchise Systems LLC, Century 21 Real Estate LLC, Coldwell Banker LLC, Cartus Corporation, Title Resource Group LLC, NRT LLC, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC and Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC businesses (as such description is included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as currently conducted) is referred to herein as the “Company IP” .

(p) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that is required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

(q) The consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of (1) the Company, its subsidiaries and (2) PHH Home Loans, L.L.C. ( “PHH” ) as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; except as otherwise stated therein, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; and the other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company, its subsidiaries and PHH and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby; and the pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included in the in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have in all material respects been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(r) Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, any change in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (B) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (C) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its respective business from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.

(s) The Company is not an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or a face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act” ); and the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or “controlled” by an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any agent thereof acting on the behalf of them has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Shares to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(u) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act” ), (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering (a) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (b) any announcement that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been placed on negative outlook.

(v) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective charter or by-laws, or similar organizational documents, (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or

 

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lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument, to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or their respective property or assets is bound, or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for such default or violation in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Company believes are adequate to protect the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business; except where any failure of the foregoing to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Each of the agreements entered into in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and described under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” (together with this Agreement, the “Transaction Documents” ) in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(y) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(z) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or

 

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persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the internal controls of the Company and its subsidiaries.

(aa) To the best knowledge of the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no dispute exists or is imminent between the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and one or more parties that license a franchise, directly or indirectly, from the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (each a “ Franchisee ”) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb) Each Franchisee is such by virtue of being a party to a franchise contract with the Company or a subsidiary thereof and assuming each such contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than the Company or a subsidiary thereof, each such contract constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of each party thereto, enforceable against the Company or a subsidiary thereof in accordance with its terms, except (i) for any one or more of such franchise contracts as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

(cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have complied and are currently complying in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the United States Federal Trade Commission and the comparable laws, rules and regulations of each state or state agency applicable to the franchising business of the Company and such subsidiary in each state in which the Company or such subsidiary is doing business. The Company and each subsidiary thereof have complied and are currently complying in all material respects with the Federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the real estate brokerage laws, rules and regulations of each state or state agency applicable to the real estate franchising business of the Company and such subsidiary in each state in which the Company or such subsidiary is doing business. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries that engages in the title insurance business has complied and is currently complying in all material respects with applicable insurance laws in each state in which such subsidiary is doing business.

(dd) Except as set forth on Schedule F hereto, (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ( “ERISA” ), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled

 

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group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code” )) would have any liability (each, a “Plan” ), has been established and maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed, or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code as applicable), whether or not waived; (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vi) none of the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), in each case except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). ParenteBeard LLC, who has certified certain financial statements of PHH and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to PHH and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

(ff) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns, and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon (other than those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings), except where failure to file such tax returns could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to

 

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any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(hh) The Company has not taken nor will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that could reasonably be expected to, cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.

(ii) No forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or have been disclosed other than in good faith.

(jj) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable, it being understood that the Company has not independently verified any data from third party sources, nor has the Company ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon in such data.

(kk) There are no contracts or documents which are required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and each such contract or document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(ll) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission that is not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(mm) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws” ) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, except in each case as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(nn) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ( “OFAC” ); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(oo) There is and has been no failure on the part of either the Company or its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(pp) No order has been issued and no proceedings, litigation or investigation have been initiated or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened before the Commission or any other federal, state or local or other governmental or regulatory agency, authority or instrumentality or court or arbitrator with respect to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the issuance of the Shares or the, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

(qq) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”, “Description of Capital Stock” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders of Common Stock”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

3. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters . (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the “Purchase Price” ) of $                     the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule A hereto from the Company.

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be

 

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the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 8 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives, in their sole discretion shall make.

The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the 30th day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives, in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on                     , 2012, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date” , and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date” .

Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company ( “DTC” ) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

 

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4. Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act, and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(b) The Company will advise the Representatives as soon as reasonably practicable before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representatives’ consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If, at any time prior to the completion of the sale of the Shares by each Underwriter, there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to comply with any applicable law, the Company as soon as reasonably practicable will notify the Representatives of such event and promptly will prepare and file, at their own expense, an amendment or supplement, which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery to investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.

(c) The Company will notify the Representative as soon as reasonably practicable, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below) as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as

 

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then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.

(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters (i) copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.

(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares by each Underwriter, provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(f) For a period of one year from the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish upon request to the Underwriters, as soon as practicable, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided that the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriters to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.

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authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection, and the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including any exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the Shares; (ii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) all expenses and fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Shares for book-entry transfer by DTC; (v) the cost of any advertising approved by the Company in connection with the issue of the Shares; (vi) for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Representatives designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto; (vii) for expenses incurred in distributing the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including any exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters; (viii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (ix) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (x) all expenses and application fees incurred (including related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (xi) the expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors (the “ Road Show Expenses ”); provided, however, that the Initial Purchasers will pay (x) one half of the Road Show Expenses related to the cost of any chartered aircraft and (y) all Road Show Expenses related to the cost of ground transportation and lunches with potential investors; and (xii) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on The New York Stock Exchange. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 7 and 9, the Underwriters will pay all of their respective costs and expenses, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on the sale of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses created by each Underwriter in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least 12 months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) other than as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock (other than any registration statement or post effective amendment to any existing registration statement filed in accordance with the

 

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Company’s obligations pursuant to any agreements existing on the date hereof with its stockholders), or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the grant by the Company of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock-based awards pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 and (D) any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under the stock-based compensation plans of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof for an officer, director or significant securityholder of the Company by means of a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

(j) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”. Concurrently with the closing of the Underwritten Shares, the Company will issue, or cause to be issued, a redemption notice to redeem any outstanding Convertible Notes (as such term is defined in the Pricing Disclosure Package) pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes.

(k) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.

(l) (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or

 

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(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.

(m) The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on The New York Stock Exchange.

(n) The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(o) The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule B hereto or prepared pursuant to Sections 2(c) or 4(b) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus” ).

 

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(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Schedule C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company, in the case of representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, and to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company, in the case of representations and warranties that are not so qualified, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of each of the officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance in all material respects by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter or letters from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at the date hereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and a letter or letters from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to be delivered at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, reaffirming the statements made in each such letter or letters, except that the inquiries and procedures specified therein shall have been carried out to a specified date not more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(b) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto on or after the date of this Agreement) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the financial condition, business, properties, management, prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the

 

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offering or the sale of and payment for the Shares; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of the Representatives, be likely to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Shares, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on The New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchanges, or any suspension of trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (v) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any change in financial markets or any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, change, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(c) No event or condition of a type described in Section 2(r) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion and a negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially in the forms of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 attached hereto.

(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion including a 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, of Marilyn J. Wasser, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

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(f) The Representatives shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion or opinions and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(g) The Company shall deliver to the Representatives, among other documents and certificates as the Representatives shall reasonably request including certificates of good standing from the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries and certificates of good standing and/or qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation in such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably request, to the extent such qualifications can be reasonably obtained, Secretary’s Certificates, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives which shall include the following documents with respect to the Company and Realogy Corporation: (i) certificates of incorporation or organization, (ii) by-laws or comparable organizational documents, and (iii) resolutions and minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of each entity and of the committees thereto, or comparable documents, in each case, relating to the Transaction Documents.

(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate or certificates, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, of an executive officer of the Company, with specific knowledge about the Company’s financial matters, satisfactory to the Representatives, in which such officer, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(d) hereof are true and correct, that the respective other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in the case of representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, and true and correct in all material respects, in the case of representations and warranties that are not so qualified, that the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto on or after the date of this Agreement) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, that would constitute a material adverse change in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto on or after the date of this Agreement).

(i) The Underwriters shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, signed by two officers of the Company who are responsible for financial and accounting matters, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, with respect to certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(j) No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section (a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

(k) The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

(l) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, between you and certain securityholders, officers and directors of the Company listed in Exhibit D-2 hereto relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in

 

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order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following:                     .

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses or exposures to additional liability) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person

 

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and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to a conflict of interest based on the advice of counsel to the Indemnified Person. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by each Underwriter, and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, without duplication, from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

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(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Default of Underwriters .

(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults in its obligations to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Shares by other persons on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes.

 

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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 4 hereof and except that the provisions of Sections 7 and 9 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 8. Nothing in this Section 8 will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) (except for any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company), (v), (vi) or (vii) of Section 6(b), the Company will reimburse each Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Shares.

 

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10. Authority of the Representatives . Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

11. Notices . All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by telecopy, by telex or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the applicable party at the addresses indicated below:

(a) if to the Underwriters:

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Telecopy No.:

Confirmation No.:

Attention:

c/o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Telecopy No.: (212) 622-8358

Confirmation No.: (212) 622-2612

Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk

with a copy to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Telecopy No.: (212) 455-2502

Confirmation No.: (212) 455-7086

Attention: Arthur D. Robinson, Esq.

Attention: Marisa Stavenas, Esq.

Confirmation No: (212) 455-2303

(b) if to the Company:

Realogy Holdings Corp.

One Campus Drive

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Telecopy No.: (973) 408-7004

Confirmation No.: 973-407-5370

Attention: General Counsel

 

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with a copy to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telecopy No.: (917) 777-3497

Confirmation No.: (212) 735-3497

Attention: Stacy Kanter, Esq.

12. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

14. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as financial advisors or fiduciaries to, or agents of the Company or any other person. Additionally, none of the Representatives or any Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the Representatives or any other Underwriters shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or an Underwriter of the Company and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.

15. Amendments or Waivers . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties thereto.

16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

17. Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

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18. Headings . All headings of the sections and subparts thereof of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

19. Jurisdiction . The Issuer and the Guarantors hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Underwriters’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and each Underwriter in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By:  

 

Authorized Signatory
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

 

Authorized Signatory
For themselves and on behalf of the several other Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto.

 

 

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Schedule A

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  

Barclays Capital Inc.

  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

  

Comerica Securities, Inc.

  

CRT Capital Group LLC

  

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.

  

Lebenthal & Co., LLC

  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

  

Apollo Global Securities, LLC

  

Total

  

 

Sch. A-1


Schedule B

a. Pricing Disclosure Package

[list each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to be included in the Pricing Disclosure Package]

b. Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters

[set out key information included in script that will be used by Underwriters to confirm sales]

 

Sch. B-1


Schedule C

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Sch. C-1


Schedule D

 

Sch. D-1


Schedule E

 

Sch. E-1


Schedule F

 

Sch. F-1


Schedule G

 

Sch. F-1


Exhibit A

Form of Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

 

Exhibit A-1


Exhibit B

Form of Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Marilyn J. Wasser, General Counsel of the Company

 

Exhibit B-1


Exhibit C

Form of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer’s Certificate

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

                    , 2012

Each of the undersigned, pursuant to Section 6(i) of the Underwriting Agreement, dated                     , 2012 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.) (the “Company”) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule A thereto, hereby certifies in his or her capacity as the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company, and not in his or her individual capacity, on behalf of the Company, that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned, has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters, and, based on his or her examination of the Company’s financial records and schedules undertaken by himself or herself or members of his or her staff who are responsible for the Company’s financial accounting matters, hereby certifies that:

 

  1. The undersigned has (i) reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus relating to the offering of the Shares, (ii) supervised the compilation of the financial data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iii) read the Company’s financial statements, books and records or schedules or analyses derived therefrom that the undersigned has deemed necessary to make the certifications and to perform the procedures set forth herein.

 

  2. The financial and statistical data and information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (the “Financial Data”) (i) are derived from the internal accounting records of the Company, (ii) are prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the audited financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and operational performance of the Company as of and for the periods presented.

 

  3. The undersigned, to his or her knowledge after inquiry of other employees of the Company, during the period of their engagement by the Company, Deloitte & Touche LLP was independent within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended.

 

  4. The undersigned has read each of the items identified on the attached selected pages of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus attached hereto as Annex A and compared each such item with the corresponding amount included in the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the applicable periods and found them to be in agreement.

 

Exhibit C-1


Capitalized terms not defined in this certificate have the meaning ascribed to them in the Underwriting Agreement.

[Signature page follows]

 

Exhibit C-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

  Anthony E. Hull

Title:

  Executive Vice President,
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

By:

 

 

Name:

  Dea Benson

Title:

  Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

 

Exhibit C-3


Exhibit D-1

Form of Lock-up Agreement

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of

the several Underwriters listed in

Schedule A to the Underwriting

Agreement referred to below

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Re:     Realogy Holdings Corp. — Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement” ) with Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering” ) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters” ), of shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.01 per share par value, of the Company (together with any class of common stock into which it may be reclassified, converted or exchanged, the “Common Stock” ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Common Stock, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees[, as the beneficial owner of Convertible Notes of Realogy Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, which are convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “Convertible Notes” ),] that, without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters (the “Representatives” ), the undersigned will not, during the period ending 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period” ), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock [(which

 

Exhibit D-1-1


shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, include the transfer or other disposition of any Convertible Notes beneficially owned by the undersigned, which transfer or other disposition shall be subject to a letter agreement between the undersigned and the Company entered into on or prior to the date hereof)], or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Common Stock, in each case other than (A) transactions relating to Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, (B) transfers of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts, (C) transfers or distributions of Common Stock to any wholly-owned subsidiary or any stockholders, partners, members or similar persons of the undersigned, (D) transfers of Common Stock to any foundation, trust, partnership or limited liability company for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family members of the undersigned, and in each case such transfer does not involve a disposition for value (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin), (E) transfers of Common Stock to charitable organizations, family foundations or donor-advised funds at sponsoring organizations, and in each case such transfer does not involve a disposition for value, and (F) transfers of Common Stock to a nominee or custodian of a person to whom a transfer or disposition would be permitted hereunder, and (G) transfers or distributions of Common Stock to affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned; provided that (i) in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (B) through (G), each donee, distributee or transferee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement and (ii) in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (B) through (G), no filing by any party (donor, donee, distributor, distributee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer, donation or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 180-day period referred to above). [The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by clauses (B) through (G) above, for the duration of this Letter Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the undersigned’s Common Stock, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims whatsoever.] [The undersigned, except as contemplated by clauses (B) through (G) above, for the duration of this Letter Agreement will have, good and marketable title to any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the undersigned’s Convertible Notes, including Convertible Notes acquired by the undersigned following the date hereof, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims whatsoever.] [If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any Company-directed Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.] 1

[If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Common Stock, the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, will notify the Company

 

1   Bracketed language applies to officers and directors of the Company.

 

Exhibit D-1-2


of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Letter Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.] 2

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the Common Stock described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Common Stock if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the execution of the Underwriting Agreement shall not have occurred on or before December 26, 2012, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an individual or entity (other than the Company) that beneficially owns Convertible Notes (or Common Stock issued upon conversion of Convertible Notes) is released, in full or in part, from the restrictions of any lock-up agreement with the Representatives related to the Public Offering (each, a “Lock-Up Agreement” ) or enters into a Lock-Up Agreement that provides for a lock-up period that is shorter than the Lock-Up Period, then the undersigned shall be released in the same manner from the restrictions of this Letter Agreement or subject to such shorter lock-up period, as the case may be, it being understood that (i) the undersigned shall be released from the restrictions of this

 

2  

Bracketed language applies to officers and directors of the Company.

 

Exhibit D-1-3


Letter Agreement or subject to such shorter lock-up period on the same terms as the individual or entity described above, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the purpose of the release or such shorter lock-up period, and (ii) in the case where a portion of the Common Stock or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes of such individual or entity are released from a Lock-Up Agreement or are subject to such shorter lock-up period, the same percentage of such person’s total ownership of Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes (on an as-converted basis) held by the undersigned shall be released from the restrictions of this Letter Agreement or subject to such shorter lock-up period on the same terms.]

This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Very truly yours,

[ NAME OF STOCKHOLDER ]

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Exhibit D-1-4


Exhibit D-2

List of Locked-up Parties

 

Exhibit D-2-1


Exhibit E

Form of Waiver of Lock-up

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Realogy Holding Corp.

Public Offering of Common Stock

                    , 20    

[Name and Address of

Officer or Director

Requesting Waiver]

Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.) (the “Company”) of              shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company and the lock-up letter dated             , 2012 (the “Lock-up Letter”), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated             , 20    , with respect to              shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”).

Each of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities LLC hereby agree to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective             , 20    ; provided , however , that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].

Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Yours very truly,

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Exhibit E-1


J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

cc: Realogy Holdings Corp.

 

Exhibit E-2


Exhibit F

Form of Press Release

Realogy Holdings Corp. [Date]

Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly known as Domus Holdings Corp.) (the “Company”) announced today that Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, the representatives of the underwriters of the Company’s recent public sale of              shares of common stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to              shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on             , 20    , and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Exhibit F-1

Exhibit 4.76

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 3

Supplemental Indenture No. 3 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of September 11, 2012, among Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Domus Holdings Corp., a Delaware Corporation (“Holdings”), the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (each, a “ Note Guarantor ” and together, the “ Note Guarantor ”), each a subsidiary of the Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, each of the Issuer, Holdings and the Note Guarantors has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as supplemented, the “ Indenture ”), dated as of January 5, 2011, pursuant to which the Issuer has issued its 11.00% Series A Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018, 11.00% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 and 11.00% Series C Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (collectively, the “ Notes ”) and the Note Guarantors have provided guarantees (the “ Guarantees ” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”);

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, subject to certain conditions, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Securities with the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (“ Requisite Consent ”);

WHEREAS, the Requisite Consent to the amendment to the Indenture set forth in Section 1.1 has been received by the Issuer and the Trustee and all other conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the execution of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with as of the date hereof; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Issuer and the Boards of Directors or Boards of Managers of the Note Guarantors, as applicable, have authorized and approved the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:


ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 1.1 Amendment to Indenture.

The Indenture is hereby amended to replace clause (i) of Section 4.07 with the following:

“(i) its corporate existence in accordance with its organizational documents, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause (i) shall prevent the Issuer from converting into a limited liability company in connection with a Qualified Public Offering and”.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture.

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of the Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture, then the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail.

Section 2.2 Governing Law.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 2.3 Capitalized Terms.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

Section 2.4 Counterparts/Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 2.5 Effect of Headings.

The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 2.6 The Trustee.

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Issuer, Holdings and the Note Guarantors. All rights, protections, privileges, indemnities and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall be deemed applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.7 Successors.

All agreements of the Issuer, Holdings and the Note Guarantors in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind their Successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 2.8 Validity; Enforceability.

Section 2.9 In case any provisions in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

REALOGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Anthony E. Hull

Name:  

Anthony E. Hull

Title:  

Executive Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

DOMUS HOLDINGS CORP
By:  

/s/ Anthony E. Hull

Name:  

Anthony E. Hull

Title:  

Executive Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer


NRT INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
REALOGY OPERATIONS LLC
REALOGY SERVICES GROUP LLC

REALOGY SERVICES VENTURE PARTNER

LLC

By:   /s/ Anthony E. Hull
  Name:   Anthony E. Hull
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

CARTUS CORPORATION
CDRE TM LLC
LAKECREST TITLE, LLC
NRT PHILADELPHIA LLC
REFERRAL NETWORK LLC
SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
LICENSEE LLC
WREM, INC.
By:   /s/ Anthony E. Hull
  Name:   Anthony E. Hull
  Title:  

Executive Vice President

Treasurer


  

AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF

HOUSTON

   ATCOH HOLDING COMPANY
   BURNET TITLE LLC
   BURNET TITLE HOLDING LLC
   BURROW ESCROW SERVICES, INC.
   CORNERSTONE TITLE COMPANY
   EQUITY TITLE COMPANY
  

EQUITY TITLE MESSENGER SERVICE

HOLDING LLC

  

FIRST CALIFORNIA ESCROW

CORPORATION

   FRANCHISE SETTLEMENT SERVICES LLC
   GUARDIAN HOLDING COMPANY
   GUARDIAN TITLE AGENCY, LLC
   CASE TITLE COMPANY
  

GULF SOUTH SETTLEMENT SERVICES,

LLC

   KEYSTONE CLOSING SERVICES LLC
  

MARKET STREET SETTLEMENT GROUP

LLC

   MID-ATLANTIC SETTLEMENT SERVICES LLC
  

NATIONAL COORDINATION ALLIANCE

LLC

  

NRT SETTLEMENT SERVICES OF

MISSOURI LLC

  

NRT SETTLEMENT SERVICES OF TEXAS

LLC

   PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC
   SECURED LAND TRANSFERS LLC
   ST. JOE TITLE SERVICES LLC
   TAW HOLDING INC.
   TEXAS AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY
  

TITLE RESOURCE GROUP AFFILIATES

            HOLDINGS LLC

   TITLE RESOURCE GROUP HOLDINGS LLC
   TITLE RESOURCE GROUP LLC


TITLE RESOURCE GROUP SERVICES LLC

TITLE RESOURCES INCORPORATED

TRG SERVICES, ESCROW, INC.

TRG SETTLEMENT SERVICES, LLP

WAYDAN TITLE, INC.

WEST COAST ESCROW COMPANY

By:   /s/ Thomas N. Rispoli
  Name:   Thomas N. Rispoli
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL             ESTATE LLC
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL             ESTATE LICENSEE LLC
CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE LLC
CGRN, INC.
COLDWELL BANKER LLC
COLDWELL BANKER REAL ESTATE LLC
ERA FRANCHISE SYSTEMS LLC
GLOBAL CLIENT SOLUTIONS LLC
ONCOR INTERNATIONAL LLC
REALOGY FRANCHISE GROUP LLC
REALOGY GLOBAL SERVICES LLC
REALOGY LICENSING LLC
SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY             AFFILIATES LLC
WORLD REAL ESTATE MARKETING LLC
By:   /s/ Andrew G. Napurano
  Name:   Andrew G. Napurano
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


CARTUS ASSET RECOVERY

CORPORATION

By:   /s/ Eric Barnes
  Name:   Eric Barnes
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


ALPHA REFERRAL NETWORK LLC BURGDORFF LLC
BURNET REALTY LLC
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER, LLC

CB COMMERCIAL NRT PENNSYLVANIA

LLC

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL

PACIFIC PROPERTIES LLC

COLDWELL BANKER PACIFIC

PROPERTIES LLC

COLDWELL BANKER REAL ESTATE             SERVICES LLC
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL             BROKERAGE COMPANY
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL             BROKERAGE LLC
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL REAL             ESTATE LLC
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL             REFERRAL NETWORK
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL             REFERRAL NETWORK, INC.
COLORADO COMMERCIAL, LLC
HOME REFERRAL NETWORK LLC
JACK GAUGHEN LLC
By:   /s/ Kevin R. Greene
  Name:   Kevin R. Greene
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


NRT ARIZONA LLC
NRT ARIZONA COMMERCIAL LLC
NRT ARIZONA REFERRAL LLC
NRT COLORADO LLC
NRT COLUMBUS LLC
NRT COMMERCIAL LLC
NRT COMMERCIAL UTAH LLC
NRT DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS LLC
NRT DEVONSHIRE LLC
NRT HAWAII REFERRAL, LLC
NRT LLC
NRT MID-ATLANTIC LLC
NRT MISSOURI LLC

NRT MISSOURI REFERRAL NETWORK

LLC

NRT NEW ENGLAND LLC
NRT NEW YORK LLC

NRT NORTHFORK LLC

NRT PITTSBURGH LLC
NRT REFERRAL NETWORK LLC
NRT RELOCATION LLC
NRT REOEXPERTS LLC
NRT SUNSHINE INC.
NRT TEXAS LLC
NRT UTAH LLC
NRT WEST, INC.
REAL ESTATE REFERRAL LLC
REAL ESTATE REFERRALS LLC
REAL ESTATE SERVICES LLC

REFERRAL ASSOCIATES OF NEW

ENGLAND LLC

REFERRAL NETWORK, LLC
REFERRAL NETWORK PLUS, INC.

SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY,

INC.

SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY


REFERRAL COMPANY, LLC
THE SUNSHINE GROUP (FLORIDA) LTD. CORP.
THE SUNSHINE GROUP, LTD.
VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
By:   /s/ Kevin R. Greene
  Name:   Kevin R. Greene
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

By:   /s/ R. Tarnas
  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

Exhibit 4.88

 

LOGO

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

is the owner of

CUSIP

DATED

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR,

FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

Realogy Holdings Corp. (hereinafter called the “Company”), transferable on the books of the Company in

person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and

the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of

Incorporation, as amended, and the By-Laws, as amended, of the Company (copies of which are on file with the

Company and with the Transfer Agent), to all of which each holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This

Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

COMMON STOCK

PAR VALUE $0.01

COMMON STOCK

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN

CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

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Realogy Holdings Corp.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

and President

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and Corporate Secretary

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Realogy Holdings Corp.

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A SUMMARY OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS,

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Exhibit 5.1

September 28, 2012

Realogy Holdings Corp.

One Campus Drive

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

 

  Re:    Realogy Holdings Corp.   
     Registration Statement on Form S-1   
    

(File No. 333-181988)

  

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Realogy Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the initial public offering by the Company of 46,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (including up to 6,000,000 shares subject to an over-allotment option) (the “Shares”).

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-181988) of the Company, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act on June 8, 2012; (b) Pre-Effective Amendments No. 1 through No. 4 thereto (such Registration Statement, as so amended, being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”); (c) the form of underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) proposed to be entered into by and among Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”) and the Company, filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement; (d) a specimen certificate evidencing the Common Stock in the form of Exhibit 4.88 to the Registration Statement; (e) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of


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the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect (the “Charter”); (f) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect (the “Bylaws”); (g) the form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “New Charter”) of the Company, to be in effect in connection with the consummation of the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of Common Stock of the Company and filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (h) the form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “New Bylaws”), to be in effect in connection with the consummation of the IPO and filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and (i) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares and related matters. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.

Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than Delaware corporate law (including, to the extent applicable, the Delaware constitution and judicial decisions) and we do not express any opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinions herein stated.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, upon the (i) due filing of the New Charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the effectiveness thereof, (ii) adoption by the Board of Directors of the Company of the New Bylaws, (iii) due action by a duly appointed committee of the Board of Directors of the Company to determine the price per share of the Shares and (iv) due issuance of the Shares against payment therefor in the manner described in the Underwriting Agreement, will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Exhibit 10.41

 

 

FORM OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT

by and among

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

and the SECURITYHOLDERS that are parties hereto

DATED AS OF                     , 2012

 

 


AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT dated as of                     , 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Realogy Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the parties set forth on the signature pages (each, a “ Securityholder ” and, collectively, the “ Securityholders ”).

WHEREAS , the Company and certain securityholders of the Company are party to that certain Amended and Restated Securityholders agreement (the “Second Securityholders Agreement”), dated as of January 5, 2011, by and among the Company and the securityholders of the Company party thereto;

WHEREAS , the Second Securityholders Agreement amended and restated that certain securityholders agreement (the “First Securityholders Agreement”), dated as of April 10, 2007, by and among the Company and the securityholders of the Company party thereto;

WHEREAS , the Securityholders each own capital stock of the Company and may, from time to time thereafter, acquire additional equity interests in the Company; and

WHEREAS , the Company intends to consummate a Qualified Public Offering (as defined below) and in consideration of the support provided by the Securityholders to the Company in connection therewith, the Company and each Securityholder deems it to be in the best interest of the Company and the Securityholders to amend and restate the Second Securityholders Agreement and enter into this Agreement to set forth their agreements with respect to certain matters concerning the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and of the mutual consents and obligations hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions .

As used in this Agreement:

Affiliate ” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “ Affiliate ” as applied to the Sponsor Funds, shall not at any time include Co-Investment Holdings or any portfolio companies of Apollo Management V, L.P., Apollo Management VI, L.P., and Apollo Management VII, L.P. or any of their affiliates. As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

AIF VI ” means Apollo Investment Fund VI, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

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Apollo Group ” means AIF VI, Domus Investment, RCIV Cayman, RCIV Luxco and Co-Investment Holdings, collectively with each of their respective Affiliates.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company and any duly authorized committee thereof. All determinations by the Board required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be made in the good faith sole discretion of the Board and shall be binding and conclusive.

Closing Date ” means the closing date of the Qualified Public Offering.

Co-Investment Holdings ” means Domus Co-Investment Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Co-Investors ” means the members of Co-Investment Holdings.

Common Stock ” means the authorized, issued and outstanding common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 and any class of common stock into which it may be reclassified, converted or exchanged.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Domus Investment ” means Domus Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Disposition ” means any direct or indirect transfer, assignment, or sale or any other disposition for value, of Common Stock (or in the event that the Sponsor Funds own equity securities of the Company other than Common Stock, Disposition shall have a correlative meaning with respect to such securities), or any other transfer of beneficial ownership of Common Stock (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, granting of a security interest, hedging or borrowing transactions or pledges or hypothecations in connection therewith) whether voluntary or involuntary. “ Dispose ” has a correlative meaning.

Disposition Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(i) .

Disposition Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(i) .

Original Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Person ” shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i) .

Piggyback Registration Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i) .

Preemptive Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4 .

 

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Proportionate Percentage ” with respect to any Securityholder, shall mean a number (expressed as a percentage) equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be transferred by the Sponsor Funds in the Disposition Transaction and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock owned by the Sponsor Funds.

Public Offering ” means any underwritten public offering of Common Stock by the Company or any selling Securityholders pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (other than (i) a registration relating solely to an employee benefit plan or employee stock plan, a dividend reinvestment plan, or a merger or a consolidation, (ii) a registration incidental to an issuance of securities under Rule 144A, (iii) a registration on Form S-4 or any successor form, or (iv) a registration on Form S-8 or any successor form) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Securities Act ”).

Qualified Public Offering ” means (a) an Underwritten Offering of shares of Common Stock by the Company or any selling securityholders pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed by the Company with the SEC (other than (i) a registration relating solely to an employee benefit plan or employee stock plan, a dividend reinvestment plan, or a merger or a consolidation, (ii) a registration incidental to an issuance of securities under Rule 144A, (iii) a registration on Form S-4 or any successor form, or (iv) a registration on Form S-8 or any successor form) under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the aggregate offering price of the Common Stock (by the Company and/or other selling securityholders) sold in such offering (together with the aggregate offering prices from any prior such offerings) is at least $200 million and (b) the listing of Company Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the New York Stock Exchange or any successor exchange to the foregoing.

RCIV Cayman ” means RCIV Holdings, L.P, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

RCIV Luxco ” means RCIV Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée, a wholly owned subsidiary of RCIV Cayman.

Registrable Securities ” shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock and any security issued or distributed in respect thereof; provided , that any Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (A) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in such registration statement, (B) such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in reliance upon Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act or (C) such Registrable Securities shall have been otherwise transferred and new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer under the Securities Act shall have been delivered by the Company; and provided, further, that any securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities shall not thereafter become Registrable Securities and any security that is issued or distributed in respect of securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities is not a Registrable Security and (ii) any shares of Common Stock required to be registered by the Company on behalf of any other Person possessing registration rights pursuant to another agreement in which the Company had granted such rights.

Registration Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i) .

 

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Registration Statement ” means any shelf registration statement or any other registration statement filed with the SEC with respect to the Common Stock.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Securityholder ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Sponsor Funds ” means AIF VI, Domus Investment, RCIV Cayman and RCIV Luxco, collectively with any other member of the Apollo Group to whom shares of Common Stock are transferred or that otherwise acquires Common Stock (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Co-Investment Holdings). Sponsor Fund has a correlative meaning.

Underwritten Offering ” means a sale of shares of Common Stock to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

Section 2. Equal Treatment Upon Disposition .

(a) In the event that the Sponsor Funds desire to effect any Disposition to any third party (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Affiliate of the Sponsor Funds or member of the Apollo Group) in any transaction (including in connection with a public offering) (a “ Disposition Transaction ”), the Sponsor Funds shall give prior written notice to Co-Investment Holdings and the Company (a “ Disposition Notice ”). The Disposition Notice shall set forth the material terms (including without limitation, the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold, the price per share and the form of consideration if other than cash for which a sale is proposed to be made) of the proposed Disposition Transaction and identify the contemplated transferee and the Proportionate Percentage of Co-Investment Holdings.

(b) In any Disposition Transaction, Co-Investment Holdings and the Sponsor Funds shall transfer their respective Proportionate Percentages of Common Stock on substantially the same terms and conditions (but in any event at the same price per share and form of consideration). Co-Investment Holdings shall take all necessary and desirable actions requested by the Sponsor Funds in connection with the consummation of the Disposition Transaction, including the execution of such agreements and such instruments and the taking of such other actions as are reasonably necessary to provide customary representations, warranties, and indemnities as are customarily provided in a sale transaction (provided that (a) the proportionate liability of Co-Investment Holdings under any such indemnity shall not exceed the proportion that the shares being sold by Co-Investment Holdings in such Disposition Transaction bears to the total number of shares being sold by all sellers in such transaction, (b) Co-Investment Holdings’ obligation to indemnify shall be several and not joint, and (c) Co-Investment Holdings shall not be required to incur liability under such indemnity in excess of the proceeds received by Co-Investment Holdings in such sale), as well as escrow arrangements relating to such Disposition Transaction. It is agreed and understood that there may be more than one Disposition Transaction. If the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be transferred by the Sponsor Funds together with those other shares of Common Stock that Co-Investment Holdings shall transfer pursuant to this clause (b), would, if transferred, result in the proposed acquiror in a Disposition

 

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Transaction acquiring a greater number of shares of Common Stock than such acquiror is willing to acquire, the number of shares of Common Stock which shall be transferred by all Securityholders in such Disposition Transaction shall be reduced on a pro rata basis to achieve transfers which in the aggregate will result in the acquiror acquiring its desired number of shares of Common Stock.

(c) In connection with any Disposition Transaction that is a Public Offering, in the case of underwriter cutbacks applicable to the Apollo Group, such cutback will be allocated among the Sponsor Funds and Co-Investment Holdings based on their respective Proportionate Percentages.

(d) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall take such actions as are necessary to facilitate the participation of Co-Investment Holdings in any Disposition Transaction pursuant to this Section 2 .

(e) No less than ten (10) business days prior to the anticipated closing date, or at such later time as may be requested by the Sponsor Funds, in connection with any Disposition Transaction pursuant to this Section 2 , Co-Investment Holdings shall deliver to the Sponsor Funds, the Company or the acquiror in such Disposition Transaction, as requested by the Sponsor Funds, against payment of the purchase price therefor, certificates representing its shares of Common Stock to be sold (if such shares are certificated), duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by duly endorsed stock powers, and evidence of the absence of liens, encumbrances and adverse claims with respect thereto and of such other matters as are deemed necessary by the Company for the proper transfer of such shares on the books of the Company.

Section 3. No Dispositions . Without the prior written consent of each of the Sponsor Funds, subject to Section 2 above, Co-Investment Holdings shall not make any Disposition, directly or indirectly. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to all shares of Common Stock held at any time by Co-Investment Holdings. Any Disposition or attempted Disposition in breach of this Agreement shall be void ab initio and of no effect. In connection with any attempted Disposition in breach of this Agreement, the Company may hold and refuse to transfer any Common Stock or any certificate therefor, in addition to and without prejudice to any and all other rights or remedies which may be available to it or the Securityholders.

Section 4. Preemptive Rights . Co-Investment Holdings shall have the right to participate, in whole or in part, on a pro rata basis (measured with reference to the percentage of Common Stock owned by Co-Investment Holdings relative to the Common Stock owned by the Sponsor Funds, collectively), in any subscription for equity securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such equity securities) by the Sponsor Funds (other than in connection with director or officer compensation plans or arrangements), on the same terms, cash purchase price and subject to the same conditions as applied to the Sponsor Funds (a “ Preemptive Event ”). The offer to Co-Investment Holdings to participate in any such equity issuance shall be made either prior to or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant issuance to achieve the same effect. The Company shall give prompt notice to Co-Investment Holdings of any Preemptive Event, including the terms of such subscription, which Co-Investment Holdings shall have 10 days to accept or reject (in whole or in part), provided that in the event Co-Investment Holdings does not reply

 

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in such period, such offer shall be deemed rejected. If and to the extent Co-Investment Holdings rejects (in whole or in part) its respective right for subscription in a Preemptive Event, it shall forfeit such opportunity, which opportunity shall revert to the Sponsor Funds.

Section 5. Dividends and Distributions . In the event that any dividend is paid on any shares of Common Stock or any other distribution is made in respect of shares of Common Stock, shares of Common Stock owned by Co-Investment Holdings shall be treated in the same manner (on a pro rata basis) as shares of Common Stock owned by the Sponsor Funds.

Section 6. Registration Rights; Piggyback Rights .

(a) Demand Registration Rights .

(i) Subject to the provisions of this Section 6 , at any time and from time to time after the date hereof, the Apollo Group may make one or more written requests (each, a “ Registration Request ”) to the Company for registration under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of all or part of their shares of Common Stock.

(ii) All Registration Requests made pursuant to this Section 6(a) will specify the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock to be registered and will also specify the intended methods of disposition thereof. Subject to Section 6(a)(iii) , upon receipt of any such Registration Request, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement under the Securities Act (including, without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with the applicable regulations promulgated under the Securities Act) for the shares of Common Stock which the Company has been so requested to register as soon as reasonably practicable and cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 120 days of such request (subject to any lock-up restrictions).

(iii) If the Company receives a Registration Request and the Company furnishes to the Apollo Group a copy of a resolution of the Board certified by the secretary of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be materially adverse to the Company for a Registration Statement to be filed on or before the date such filing would otherwise be required hereunder, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than sixty (60) days after the date such filing would otherwise be required hereunder. The Company shall not be permitted to take such action more than once in any 360-day period. If the Company shall so postpone the filing of a Registration Statement, the Apollo Group may withdraw its Registration Request by so advising the Company in writing within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of postponement. In addition, if the Company receives a Registration Request and the Company is then in the process of preparing to engage in a Public Sale, the Company shall inform the Apollo Group of the Company’s intent to engage in a Public Sale and may require the Apollo Group to withdraw such Registration Request for a period of up to 120 days so that the Company may complete its Public Sale. In the event that the Company ceases to pursue such Public Sale, it shall promptly inform the Apollo Group and the Apollo Group shall be permitted to submit a new Registration Request. The foregoing shall be without prejudice to any rights of the Apollo Group pursuant to Section 6(b) .

 

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(iv) Registrations under this Section 6(a) shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Securities and Exchange Commission (i) as shall be selected by the Company and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Apollo Group and (ii) as shall permit the disposition of such Common Stock in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the Registration Request. If, in connection with any registration under this Section 6(a) which is proposed by the Company to be on Form S-3 or any successor form, the managing underwriter (provided that the managing underwriter shall be a nationally recognized investment banking firm), if any, shall advise the Company in writing that in its opinion the use of another permitted form is of material importance to the success of the offering, then such registration shall be on such other permitted form.

(v) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep any Registration Statement filed in response to a Registration Request effective for as long as is necessary for the Apollo Group to dispose of the covered securities.

(vi) In the case of a Registration Request that involves an Underwritten Offering, the Apollo Group shall select the underwriters, provided such selection is reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Apollo Group shall determine the pricing of the Registrable Securities offered pursuant to any Registration Statement in connection with any such Registration Request, the applicable underwriting discount and other financial terms (including the material terms of the applicable underwriting agreement) and determine the timing of any such registration and sale, subject to this Section 6(a) , and Apollo shall be solely responsible for all such discounts and fees payable to such underwriters in such Underwritten Offering.

(b) Piggyback Registration Rights .

(i) Participation . Subject to Section 6(b)(iii) , if at any time the Company proposes to register any of its shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor form to such Forms or any registration of securities as it relates to an offering and sale to management of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit plan arrangement or pursuant to a shelf registration statement), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company, and the registration form to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall give prompt notice (the “ Piggyback Notice ”) to the Securityholders and the Securityholders shall be entitled to include in such Registration Statement the Registrable Securities held by them. The Piggyback Notice shall offer the Securityholders the right, subject to Section 6(b)(iii) (the “ Piggyback Registration Right ”), to register such number of shares of Registrable Securities as each Securityholder may request and shall set forth (X) the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement and (Y) the number of shares of Common Stock that are proposed to be included in such Registration Statement. Subject to Section 6(b)(iii) , the Company shall include in such Registration Statement such shares of Registrable Securities for which it has received written requests to register such shares within fifteen (15) days after the Piggyback Notice has been given.

 

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(ii) Securityholder Withdrawal . Each Securityholder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 6 at any time prior to the execution of an underwriting agreement with respect thereto by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw.

(iii) Underwriters’ Cutback . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration pursuant to this Section 6 involves an Underwritten Offering and the managing underwriter or underwriters of such proposed Underwritten Offering advises the Company that the total or kind of securities which such Securityholders and any other persons or entities intend to include in such offering would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered in such offering, then the number of securities proposed to be included in such registration shall be allocated among the Company, and all of the selling securityholders proportionately, such that the number of securities that each such Person shall be entitled to sell in the Underwritten Offering (other than the initial Underwritten Offering) shall be included in the following order:

(1) In the event of an exercise of any demand rights by the Apollo Group or any other securityholder or securityholders possessing such rights:

(A) first, the Registrable Securities held by the Person exercising a demand right pursuant to Section 6(a) or pursuant to any other agreement in which the Company has granted demand rights, pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be included by each such Person in connection with such registration;

(B) second, the Registrable Securities held by the Persons requesting their Registrable Securities to be included in such registration pursuant to the terms of Section 6(b) or pursuant to any other agreement in which the Company has granted piggyback registration rights, pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be included by each such Person at the time of such registration; and

(C) third, the securities to be issued and sold by the Company in such registration.

(2) In all other cases:

(A) first, the securities to be issued and sold by the Company in such registration; and

 

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(B) second, the Registrable Securities held by the Persons requesting their Registrable Securities be included in such registration pursuant to the terms of Section 6(b) or pursuant to any other agreement in which the Company has granted piggyback registration rights, pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be included by each such Person at the time of such registration.

(c) Company Control . The Company may decline to file a Registration Statement after giving the Piggyback Notice, or withdraw a Registration Statement after filing and after such Piggyback Notice, but prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall promptly notify each Securityholder in writing of any such action and provided further that the Company shall bear all reasonable expenses incurred by such Securityholder or otherwise in connection with such withdrawn Registration Statement. Except as provided in Section 6(a)(vi) , notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Company shall have sole discretion to select any and all underwriters that may participate in any Underwritten Offering; so long as such underwriters are reasonably acceptable to the members of the Apollo Group participating in such Underwritten Offering.

(d) Participation in Underwritten Offerings .

(i) No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-ups and other documents required for such underwriting arrangements. Nothing in this Section 6(d) shall be construed to create any additional rights regarding the piggyback registration of Registrable Securities in any Person otherwise than as set forth herein.

(ii) Any participation by the Securityholders in a registration by the Company shall be in accordance with the plan of distribution of the Company (subject, in the case of a registration pursuant to a Registration Request, to the rights of the Apollo Group in this Section 6(d) ).

(iii) In connection with any proposed registered offering of securities of the Company in which any Securityholder has the right to include Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6 , such Securityholder agrees to supply any information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and/or any other documents relating to such registered offering.

 

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(iv) If the Company requests that the Securityholders take the actions referred to in paragraph (iii) of this Section 6(d) , the Securityholders shall take such action promptly but in any event within five (5) Business Days following the date of such request. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any waivers to the restrictive sale and purchase provisions of any “hold back” agreement that are reasonably requested by a Securityholder.

(e) Expenses . The Company will pay all registration fees and other reasonable expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 6 ; provided, that each Securityholder shall pay all applicable underwriting fees, discounts and similar charges (pro rata based on the securities sold) and that all Securityholders as a group shall be entitled to a single counsel (at the Company’s expense) to be selected by the Apollo Group.

(f) Copies of Registration Statements . The Company will, if requested, prior to filing any Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 6 or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to the Securityholders, and thereafter furnish to the Securityholders, such number of copies of such Registration Statement, amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus) as the Securityholders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Securityholders.

(g) Indemnification.

(i) Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, each selling Securityholder, its officers, directors, employees and representatives and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such selling Securityholder against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, except insofar as the same may be caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling Securityholder for use therein; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such preliminary prospectus if (A) such selling Securityholder failed to deliver or cause to be delivered a copy of the prospectus to the Person asserting such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense after the Company has furnished such selling Securityholder with a sufficient number of copies of the same and (B) the prospectus completely corrected in a timely manner such untrue statement or omission; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission in the prospectus, if such

 

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untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is completely corrected in an amendment or supplement to the prospectus and the selling Securityholder thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus as so amended or supplemented prior to or concurrently with the sale of the securities to the Person asserting such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense after the Company had furnished such selling Securityholder with a sufficient number of copies of the same. The Company will also indemnify underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the selling Securityholder, if requested.

(ii) Indemnification by Selling Securityholders . Each selling Securityholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees and representatives and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such selling Securityholder to the Company for inclusion in such Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus and has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently with the sale of the securities to the Person asserting such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense. In no event shall the liability of any selling Securityholder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such selling Securityholder upon the sale of the securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. The Company and the selling Securityholders shall be entitled to receive indemnities from underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, to the same extent as provided above with respect to information so furnished in writing by such Persons for inclusion in any prospectus or Registration Statement.

(iii) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (A) give prompt (but in any event within 30 days after such Person has actual knowledge of the facts constituting the basis for indemnification) written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (B) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, that any delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder only to the extent, if at all, that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure; provided, further, however, that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to select and employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (1) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, or (2) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person or (3) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, based upon advice of counsel, a conflict of interest may exist between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate

 

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counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person). If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld), provided that an indemnified party shall not be required to consent to any settlement involving the imposition of equitable remedies or involving the imposition of any material obligations on such indemnified party other than financial obligations for which such indemnified party will be indemnified hereunder. No indemnifying party will be required to consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Whenever the indemnified party or the indemnifying party receives a firm offer to settle a claim for which indemnification is sought hereunder, it shall promptly notify the other of such offer. If the indemnifying party refuses to accept such offer within 20 business days after receipt of such offer (or of notice thereof), such claim shall continue to be contested and, if such claim is within the scope of the indemnifying party’s indemnity contained herein, the indemnified party shall be indemnified pursuant to the terms hereof. If the indemnifying party notifies the indemnified party in writing that the indemnifying party desires to accept such offer, but the indemnified party refuses to accept such offer within 20 business days after receipt of such notice, the indemnified party may continue to contest such claim and, in such event, the total maximum liability of the indemnifying party to indemnify or otherwise reimburse the indemnified party hereunder with respect to such claim shall be limited to and shall not exceed the amount of such offer, plus reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) to the date of notice that the indemnifying party desires to accept such offer, provided that this sentence shall not apply to any settlement of any claim involving the imposition of equitable remedies or to any settlement imposing any material obligations on such indemnified party other than financial obligations for which such indemnified party will be indemnified hereunder. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim in any one jurisdiction, unless in the written opinion of counsel to the indemnified party, reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party, use of one counsel would be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim, in which even the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of each additional counsel.

(iv) Other Indemnification . Indemnification similar to that specified in this Section 6(g) (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each selling Securityholder with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under Federal or state law or regulation of governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

(v) Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding clauses g(i) and g(ii) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless as contemplated by the preceding clauses g(i) and g(ii), then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, but also the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, provided that no selling Securityholder shall be required to contribute in an amount greater than the dollar amount of the

 

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proceeds received by such selling Securityholder with respect to the sale of any securities under this Section 6 . No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

Section 7. Rule 144 . The Company covenants that so long as the Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b), Section 12(g) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, it will file any and all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act) and that it will take such further action as the Securityholders may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Securityholders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the written request of any Securityholder, the Company will deliver to such Securityholder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

Section 8. Board of Directors

(a) Composition . As of or shortly following the Closing Date, the Board will consist of seven members (each member of the Board, a “Director”) which shall consist of (i) one Director previously designated by each of Co-Investment Holdings and AIF VI, (ii) three Directors designated by the Sponsor Funds and (iii) two independent Directors. In addition, as of or shortly following the Closing Date there shall be one non-voting observer to the Board designated pursuant to an agreement in which the Company granted the right to designate a Director or a non-voting observer. Directors shall serve for the time periods set forth in the Company’s charter or bylaws. If and to the extent that pursuant to applicable law or stock exchange rules (after giving effect to any applicable “controlled company” exemption and/or phase-in period) shall require the appointment of an additional independent Director to the Board, then the size of the Board shall be increased to nine members, which shall include one additional independent Director and one additional Director designated by the Sponsor Funds. Without limiting the foregoing, if and to the extent that applicable stock exchange rules (after giving effect to any applicable “controlled company” exemption or phase-in period, as the case may be) shall require that a majority of the Board consist of independent Directors, the members of the Apollo Group shall exercise their appointment rights in a manner that allows the Board composition to comply with such requirement. Without limiting any Securityholders’ rights pursuant to this Section 8(a) or any other section of this Agreement, the Board may increase or decrease its size in accordance with the provisions of the charter and bylaws, including to add an additional Director designated pursuant to any agreement in which the Company has granted the right to designate a Director.

(b) Designation of Directors . The Apollo Group shall have the right to designate to the Board up to:

(i) no fewer than that number of Directors that would constitute a majority of the number of Directors that the Company would have if there were no vacancies on the Board, so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 50% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company; provided , that nothing in this Section 8(b)(i) shall be construed to limit the right of the Apollo Group to designate a number of such Directors that is less than the number Directors the Apollo Group would be entitled to designate pursuant to applicable law and the Company’s charter and bylaws;

 

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(ii) 4 Directors (consisting of 1 Director designated by Co-Investment Holdings and 1 Director designated by AIF VI and 2 Directors designated by the Sponsor Funds), so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 30% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company but less than 50% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company;

(iii) 3 Directors (consisting of 1 Director designated by Co-Investment Holdings, 1 Director designated by AIF VI and 1 Director designated by the Sponsor Funds), so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 20% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company but less than 30% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company; or

(iv) 2 Directors (consisting of 1 Director designated by Co-Investment Holdings and 1 Director designated by AIF VI), so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 10% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company but less than 20% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company.

Other than an increase contemplated by the third sentence of Section 8(a) , in the event the size of the Board is increased or decreased at any time, the Sponsor Funds’ designation rights under this Section 8(b) shall be proportionately increased or decreased, respectively, rounded up to the nearest whole number. In the event that the size of the Board increases to nine members as contemplated by the third sentence of Section 8(a) , the number of Directors designated by the Sponsor Funds in each of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 8(b) shall be increased by one. Furthermore, in the event that within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date of this Agreement, the Board increases its size, the Sponsor Funds shall have the right to designate for election to the Board Directors to fill such newly created directorships, and if the Sponsor Funds exercise such right, the Company shall appoint such designees to the Board.

(c) Election of Directors . The Company shall take all action within its power to cause all nominees designated pursuant to Section 8(c) to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board to the Company’s stockholders for election as Directors at each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company (and/or in connection with any election by written consent) and the Company shall use all reasonable best efforts to cause the election of each such nominee, including soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees.

(d) Replacement of Directors . In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of a Director nominated pursuant to Section 8(b) or designated pursuant to this Section 8(d) , or in the event of the

 

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failure of any such nominee to be elected, the Apollo Group shall have the right to designate a replacement to fill such vacancy. The Company shall take all action within its power to cause such vacancy to be filled by the replacement so designated, and the Board shall promptly elect such designee to the Board. Upon the written request of the Apollo Group, the Company shall take all action within its power to submit to a vote of stockholders of the Company, and use reasonable best efforts to cause (including through the solicitation of proxies), the removal, with or without cause, any Director previously nominated pursuant to Section 8(b) or designated pursuant to this Section 8(d) , and to elect any replacement Director designated by the Apollo Group as provided in the first sentence of this Section 8(c) .

(e) Committees . So long as the Apollo Group beneficially owns at least 15% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company, the Company shall take all action within its power to cause any committee of the Board to include in its membership at least one of the Apollo Group’s designated Directors, except to the extent that such membership would violate applicable securities laws or stock exchange or stock market rules.

(f) No Limitation . The provisions of this Section 8 are intended to provide the Apollo Group with the minimum Board representation rights set forth herein. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Company from having a greater number of Apollo Group nominees or designees on the Board than otherwise provided herein.

(g) Implementation; Facilitation . Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees that it shall (and shall cause its Affiliates to) cooperate in facilitating any action described in or required by this Agreement, including by voting all of the shares of Common Stock under its control in support of such action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees that it shall (and shall cause its Affiliates to) vote its shares of Common Stock and any shares of Common Stock it holds proxies or powers of attorney with respect to or execute consents, as the case may be, and take all other necessary action (including nominating such designees and calling an annual or special meeting of stockholders) in order to ensure that the composition of the Board is as set forth in this Section 8 and otherwise to give effect to the provisions of this Section 8 . Each party shall vote its shares of Common Stock and any shares of Common Stock it holds proxies or powers of attorney with respect to, and shall take all other actions necessary, to ensure that the charter and bylaws facilitate and do not at any time conflict with any provision of this Agreement. The Company agrees that it will (and will cause its officers and its subsidiaries to) take all such action as shall be necessary (including by voting all shares of capital stock or other equity interests that it holds in each of its subsidiaries, either in a meeting or in an action by written consent) to ensure that the articles of incorporation and bylaws or other applicable governing documents of each of its subsidiaries are consistent with, and do not conflict with, any provision of this Agreement and that the boards of Directors, general partners, managing members or other applicable governing body or persons for each such subsidiary shall act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and that each subsidiary board of Directors or other applicable governing body is as set forth in this Section 8 .

 

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(h) Laws and Regulations . Nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule.

Section 9. Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance . The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including Side A coverage) covering the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ directors and officers and issued by reputable insurers, with appropriate policy limits, terms and conditions (including “tail” insurance if necessary or appropriate). The provisions of this Section 9 are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified party, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by contract or otherwise.

Section 10. Apollo Group Approval Rights .

(a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b) of this Section 10 , without the approval of the majority of a quorum of the Board, which, for so long as there is at least one Director designated by the Apollo Group on the Board, must include the approval of a majority of the Directors designated by the Apollo Group, the Company shall not, and to the extent applicable, shall not permit any subsidiary of the Company to, take any of the following actions:

(i) amendment, modification or repeal of any provision of the charter, bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Company in a manner that adversely affects the Apollo Group or any of their Affiliates;

(ii) the issuance of additional shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than any award under any stockholder approved equity compensation plan);

(iii) a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other entity, or transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to another entity, or a “Change of Control” as defined in the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ principal senior secured credit facilities or senior note indentures;

(iv) a disposition, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of any assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with a value in excess of $150 million in the aggregate, other than the sale of inventory or products in the ordinary course of business;

(v) consummation of any acquisition of the stock or assets of any other entity (other than a subsidiary of the Company), in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, involving consideration in excess of $150 million in the aggregate;

 

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(vi) the incurrence of indebtedness, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries aggregating more than $75 million, except for borrowings under a revolving credit facility that has previously been approved or is in existence (with no increase in maximum availability) or otherwise approved by the Apollo Group;

(vii) a termination of the Chief Executive Officer or designation of a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company; or

(viii) a change in size of the Board.

(b) The foregoing approval rights shall terminate at such time as the Apollo Group no longer beneficially owns at least 25% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company.

Section 11. Information . For so long as the Apollo Group collectively beneficially owns at least 10% of the voting power of all the shares of the Company, the Apollo Group will be entitled to the following contractual management rights with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries:

(a) the Apollo Group shall be entitled to routinely consult with and advise senior management of the Company (defined as the Chief Executive Officer and any other officers of the Company that report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and, collectively, “ Senior Management ”) with respect to the Company’s business and financial matters, including management’s proposed annual operating plans, and, upon request, members of Senior Management will meet regularly (on a quarterly basis) during each year with representatives of The Apollo Group (each such representative, a “ Representative ”) at the Company’s and/or its subsidiaries’ facilities (or such other locations as the Company may designate) at mutually agreeable times for such consultation and advice, including to review progress in achieving said plans. The Company agrees to give due consideration to the advice given and any proposals made by the Apollo Group;

(b) the Apollo Group may inspect all books and records and facilities and properties of the Company at reasonable times and intervals. The Company shall furnish the Apollo Group with such available financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries as the Apollo Group may reasonably request and at the Apollo Group’ expense. The Company shall permit the Representatives to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries with, and to make proposals and furnish advice to, Senior Management; and

(c) The Company shall, after receiving notice from the Apollo Group as to the identity of any Representative: (i) permit such Representative to attend all meetings of the Board as an observer, (ii) provide such Representative advance notice of each such meeting, including such meeting’s time and place, at the same time and in the same manner as such notice is provided to the members of the Board, (iii) provide, with the Apollo Group’ consent, the Representative with copies of all materials, including notices, minutes, consents and regularly compiled financial and operating data

 

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distributed to the members of the Board at the same time as such materials are distributed to such Board, and shall permit the Representative to have the same access to information concerning the business and operations of the Company, and (iv) permit the Representative to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto to, the Board, without voting, and the Board and the Company’s officers shall give due consideration thereto (recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the Board).

The Apollo Group shall keep confidential any confidential or proprietary information of the Company or its subsidiaries that the Company provides to the Apollo Group pursuant to this Section 11 (“Confidential Information”) and the Apollo Group shall not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party that is not a member of the Apollo Group or its representatives unless authorized by the Company. Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is already in the Apollo Group’s possession, provided that such information is not known by the Apollo Group to be subject to a legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to the Company or another party, (ii) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Apollo Group or its Representatives in violation of the terms hereof, or (iii) becomes available to the Apollo Group on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, provided that such source is not known by the Apollo Group to be bound by a legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to the Company or another party. The obligations of the Apollo Group pursuant to this paragraph shall survive for a period of two years from the disclosure of any Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 11 . In addition, the Apollo Group shall reasonably cooperate with the Company to preserve the privileged nature of any Confidential Information disclosed to the Apollo Group pursuant to this Section 11 .

Section 12. Provision of Financial Statements . If at any time the Company is not a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company shall provide to Co-Investment Holdings such annual and quarterly reports that the Company is required to provide to its lenders under the Company’s senior secured credit facility.

Section 13. Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly delivered: (i) upon personal delivery; (ii) three (3) days after being mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested; (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent via a nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (iv) upon receipt of electronic or other confirmation of transmission if sent via facsimile or electronic mail to the appropriate party at the address, facsimile number or email specified on the signature pages hereto, or at such other addresses, facsimile numbers or email addresses as the parties may designate by written notice in accordance with this Section 13 .

Section 14. Amendment . This Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and each of the Securityholders; provided , however , that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that is disproportionately materially adverse (including any amendment that adversely affects the liquidity rights or pari passu economic status of Co-Investment Holdings or the Co-Investors vis-à-vis the Sponsor Funds) to Co-Investment Holdings without the prior approval of Co-Investors representing at least a majority of the interests in Co-Investment Holdings (excluding interests held by the Sponsor Funds or any Affiliates of the Sponsor Funds).

 

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Section 15. Miscellaneous Provisions .

(a) THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(b) Whenever the context requires, the gender of all words used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the number of all words shall include the singular and plural.

(c) This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company, each of the parties hereto, and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

(d) This Agreement shall only be effective on the Closing Date (and shall be automatically terminated ) if the Closing Date does not occur prior to December 26, 2012; provided , that in such event, the Amended and Restated Securityholders Agreement, dated January 5, 2011 shall remain in full force and effect. Unless earlier terminated by the mutual agreement of all the parties hereto (in the case of Co-Investment Holdings, upon the approval of Co-Investors representing at least a majority of interests in Co-Investment Holdings), this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the dissolution of the Company (unless the Company continues to exist after such dissolution as a limited liability company or in another form, whether incorporated in Delaware or another jurisdiction).

(e) Any Securityholder who disposes of all of his, her or its Common Stock in conformity with the terms of this Agreement shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall have no further rights hereunder other than rights to indemnification under Section 6(g) , if applicable.

(f) Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or attempted breach of this Agreement will be inadequate, agrees that each other party to this Agreement shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in case of any such breach or attempted breach and further agrees to waive (to the extent legally permissible) any legal conditions required to be met for the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief (including posting any bond in order to obtain equitable relief).

 

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(g) This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Exchange and delivery of this Agreement by PDF via electronic mail or by exchange of facsimile copies bearing the facsimile signature of a party shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party. Such PDF and facsimile copies shall constitute legally enforceable original documents.

(h) Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and such invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions shall be null and void as to such jurisdiction. It is the intent of the parties, however, that any invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions be automatically replaced by other provisions which are as similar as possible in terms to such invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions but are valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(i) Each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments, and other documents as any other party hereto reasonably may request in order to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case, subject to the provisions hereunder.

(j) The parties to this Agreement agree that jurisdiction and venue in any action brought by any party hereto pursuant to this Agreement shall exclusively and properly lie in the Delaware State Chancery Court located in Wilmington, Delaware, or (in the event that such court denies jurisdiction) any federal or state court located in the State of Delaware. By execution and delivery of this Agreement each party hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts for himself and in respect of his property with respect to such action. The parties hereto irrevocably agree that venue for such action would be proper in such court, and hereby waive any objection that such court is an improper or inconvenient forum for the resolution of such action. The parties further agree that the mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, of any process required by any such court shall constitute valid and lawful service of process against them, without necessity for service by any other means provided by statute or rule of court.

(k) No course of dealing between the Company, or its subsidiaries, and the Securityholders (or any of them) or any delay in exercising any rights hereunder will operate as a waiver of any rights of any party to this Agreement. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

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(l) BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.

(m) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Co-Investment Agreement with respect to Co-Investment Holdings and the Co-Investors (including Section 11.02 thereof), this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous agreements among all or some of the parties hereto, whether written, oral or otherwise, as to such subject matter. Unless otherwise provided herein, any consent required by the Company may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion.

(n) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Person not a party to this Agreement, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, shall be entitled to enforce any rights or remedies under this Agreement.

(o) If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Common Stock by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Common Stock as so changed.

(p) Without limiting anything in the charter or the bylaws, no Director shall be personally liable to the Company or any Securityholder as a result of any acts or omissions taken under this Agreement in good faith.

(q) In the event additional shares of Common Stock are issued by the Company to a Securityholder at any time during the term of this Agreement, either directly or upon the exercise or exchange of securities of the Company exercisable for or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, such additional shares of Common Stock, as a condition to their issuance, shall become subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, as applicable.

(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to Section 2 , the Sponsor Funds may assign their rights or obligations, in whole or in part, under this Agreement to any member of the Apollo Group. In the event that any additional members of the Apollo Group becomes an owner of Common Stock, such member shall automatically become party to this Agreement and this Agreement shall be amended and restated to provide that such Person or a designee of such Person shall have the same rights and obligations of the Sponsor Funds hereunder.

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This Securityholders Agreement is executed by the Company and by the other parties hereto to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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DOMUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
By:   Apollo Management VI, L.P.,
 

its manager

By:   AIF VI Management, LLC,
 

its general partner

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
RCIV HOLDINGS, L.P. (CAYMAN)
By:   Apollo Advisors VI (EH), L.P.,
  its general partner
By:   Apollo Advisors VI (EH-GP), Ltd.,
  its general partner
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND VI, L.P.
By:   Apollo Advisors VI, L.P.,
  its general partner
By:   Apollo Capital Management VI, LLC,
  its general partner
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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DOMUS CO-INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

Apollo Management VI, L.P.,

its managing member

By:  

AIF VI Management, LLC,

its general partner

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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RCIV HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG), S.A.R.L.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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ANNEX I

ADDRESSES FOR NOTICE

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

DOMUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC

RCIV HOLDINGS, L.P. (CAYMAN)

RCIV HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.

APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND VI, L.P.

DOMUS CO-INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC

c/o Apollo Management VI, L.P.

9 West 57 th Street, 43 rd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention:             

Email:             

Facsimile:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 735-2000

Attention:   

    Stacy J. Kanter, Esq.

    Thomas W. Greenberg, Esq.

 

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Exhibit 10.79

FORM OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of this      day of              2012, by and between Realogy Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and              (the “ Indemnitee ”).

WHEREAS , the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals to act as directors and officers;

WHEREAS , increased corporate litigation and investigations have subjected directors and officers to litigation risks and expenses, and the limitations on the availability and terms of director and officer liability insurance have made it increasingly difficult for the Company to attract and retain such persons;

WHEREAS , the Company’s certificate of incorporation contains provisions with respect to indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers as authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“ DGCL ”), as amended, under which the Company is incorporated, and such certificate of incorporation expressly provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive;

WHEREAS , in light of the fact that the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company are subject to change and do not contain all the provisions and protections set forth in this Agreement, the Company has determined that the Indemnitee and other directors and officers of the Company may not be willing to commence serving or continue to serve in such capacities without additional protection;

WHEREAS , the Company desires and has requested the Indemnitee to commence serving or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company, as the case may be, and has proffered this Agreement to the Indemnitee as an additional inducement to serve in such capacity; and

WHEREAS , the Indemnitee is willing to commence serving, or to continue to serve, as a director or officer of the Company, as the case may be, if the Indemnitee is furnished the indemnity provided for herein by the Company.

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the promises and the covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

(a) “ Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth, as of the date hereof, in the award agreement to the Company’s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

(b) “ Corporate Status ” describes the status of a person who is serving or has served (i) as a director or officer of the Company, (ii) as a Company employee in a fiduciary capacity with respect to an employee benefit plan of the Company or (iii) as a director or officer of any other Entity at the request of the Company. For purposes of subsection (iii) of this Section l(b) , without limitation, a director or officer of the Company who is serving or has served as a director or officer of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be serving at the request of the Company.


(c) “ Disinterested Director ” means a director of the Company who (i) is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee and (ii) is determined to be “disinterested” under applicable Delaware state law.

(d) “ Entity ” shall mean any corporation, partnership (general or limited), limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, company, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity, other than the Company.

(e) “ Expenses ” shall be construed broadly to mean all direct and indirect fees of any type or nature whatsoever, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and costs, disbursements and retainers (including, without limitation, any fees, disbursements and retainers incurred by the Indemnitee pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement), fees and disbursements of experts, witnesses, private investigators and professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, filing fees, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, imaging, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, computer legal research costs, postage, delivery service fees, secretarial services, fees and expenses of third party vendors; the premium, security for, and other costs associated with any bond (including supersedeas or appeal bonds, injunction bonds, cost bonds, appraisal bonds or their equivalents), in each case incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (including, without limitation, any judicial or arbitration Proceeding brought to enforce the Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement), as well as all other “expenses” within the meaning of that term as used in Section 145 of the DGCL, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements or expenses of types customarily and reasonably incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, actions, suits, or proceedings similar to or of the same type as the Proceeding with respect to which such disbursements or expenses were incurred. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding.

(f) “ Indemnifiable Expenses ,” “ Indemnifiable Liabilities ” and “ Indemnifiable Amounts ” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 2(a) below.

(g) “ Independent Counsel ” means a law firm, or a person admitted to practice law in any State of the United States, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall not include any law firm or person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

(h) “ Liabilities ” shall be broadly construed to mean, without limitation, all judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement, in each case, of any type whatsoever, in connection with a Proceeding. References herein to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan.

 

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(i) “ Proceeding ” shall be construed broadly to mean, without limitation, any threatened, pending, completed or reasonably likely claim, government, regulatory and self-regulatory action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation (including any internal investigation), inquiry, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative nature, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Indemnitee’s rights hereunder.

(j) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean any Entity of which the Company owns (either directly or indirectly) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) 50% or more of the voting power of the voting capital equity interests of such Entity, or (B) 50% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such Entity.

(k) References herein to a director of any other Entity shall include, in the case of any Entity that is not managed by a board of directors, such other position, such as manager or trustee or member of the governing body of such Entity, that entails responsibility for the management and direction of such Entity’s affairs, including, without limitation, the general partner of any partnership (general or limited) and the manager or managing member of any limited liability company.

2. Agreement to Indemnify . The Company agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted, and in the manner permitted, by applicable law as in effect as of the date hereof or as such laws may, from time to time, be amended (but only if amended in a way that broadens the right to indemnification and advancement of expenses). The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses pursuant to this Agreement shall include, without limitation:

(a) Indemnification for Third Party Proceedings . Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 3(a) and Section 5 below, if the Indemnitee was or is a party or was or is otherwise involved in or was or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any capacity to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same may be amended from time to time, against all Expenses and Liabilities actually and reasonably incurred or paid by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such a Proceeding (referred to herein as “ Indemnifiable Expenses ” and “ Indemnifiable Liabilities ,” respectively, and collectively as “ Indemnifiable Amounts ”). In addition, the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status may allow for indemnification under certain agreements containing indemnity provisions with another Entity or protections under the organization documents of such other Entity. In those instances, the Company shall remain wholly liable for making any indemnification payments for all Indemnifiable Amounts notwithstanding the payment obligation of such amounts by a third party to the Indemnitee; provided , however , that if and to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received

 

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such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, or otherwise, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to the Indemnitee with respect to such Indemnifiable Amounts that have been satisfied. Nothing hereunder is intended to affect any right of contribution of or against the Company in the event the Company and any other person or persons have co-equal obligations to indemnify (or advance expenses to) the Indemnitee.

(b) Indemnification in Derivative Actions and Direct Actions by the Company . Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 3(b) and Section 5 below, if the Indemnitee was or is a party or was or is otherwise involved in or was or is threatened to be made a party to or was or is otherwise involved in any capacity in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. In addition, the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status may allow for indemnification under certain agreements containing indemnity provisions with another Entity or protections under the organization documents of such other Entity. In those instances, the Company shall remain wholly liable for making any indemnification payments for all Indemnifiable Expenses notwithstanding the payment obligation of such amounts by a third party to the Indemnitee; provided , however , that if and to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, or otherwise, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to the Indemnitee with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses that have been satisfied. Nothing hereunder is intended to affect any right of contribution of or against the Company in the event the Company and any other person or persons have co-equal obligations to indemnify (or advance expenses to) the Indemnitee.

(c) In the event that Apollo Management, L.P. or any of its affiliates (other than the Company) pays, forwards or otherwise satisfies any Indemnifiable Amounts to the Indemnitee, such amounts shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company to such payor to the extent that such Indemnifiable Amounts were required to be paid by the Company to the Indemnitee pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.

3. Exceptions to Indemnification . The Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

(a) Exceptions to Indemnification for Third Party Proceedings . If indemnification is requested under Section 2(a) and there has been a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder, (i) the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Liabilities hereunder and (ii) no Indemnifiable Expenses shall be paid with respect to such claim, issue or matter unless the court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite any adjudication of liability, the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses which such court shall deem proper.

 

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(b) Exceptions to Indemnification in Derivative Actions and Direct Actions by the Company . If indemnification is requested under Section 2(b) and there has been a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder, (i) the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Liabilities hereunder and (ii) no Indemnifiable Expenses shall be paid with respect to such claim, issue or matter unless the court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite any adjudication of liability, the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses which such court shall deem proper.

4. Procedure for Payment of Indemnifiable Amounts.

(a) Subject to Section 8 , the Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request specifying in reasonable detail the Indemnifiable Amounts for which the Indemnitee seeks payment under Section 2 , Section 5 , or Section 6 of this Agreement and a short description of the basis for the claim. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts to the Indemnitee within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the request. At the request of the Company, the Indemnitee shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Indemnitee and necessary to establish that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(b) Upon written request by the Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4(a) hereof, if required by applicable law and to the extent not otherwise provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, a determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under applicable law shall be made in the specific case as follows if there is a dispute between the Company and the Indemnitee with respect to the Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification hereunder: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred and if so requested in writing by the Indemnitee, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred (or if a Change in Control shall have occurred but the Indemnitee shall not have requested that indemnification be determined by Independent Counsel as provided in subpart (i) of this Section 4(b) ), (A) by a majority vote of a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors or (B) if there is no such quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors or, if such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, or (C) if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by a majority of the stockholders of the Corporation. Notice in writing of any determination as to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be delivered to the Indemnitee promptly after such determination is made, and if such determination of entitlement to indemnification has been made by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, then such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such written opinion. If it is determined that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, then payment to the Indemnitee of all amounts to which the Indemnitee is determined to be entitled (other than sums that were already advanced) shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days after such determination. If it is determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, then the written notice to the Indemnitee (or, if such determination has been made by Independent Counsel in a written opinion, the copy of such written opinion delivered to the Indemnitee) shall disclose the basis upon which such determination is based. The Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons, or entity

 

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making the determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons, or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

(c) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 4(c) . If a Change in Control shall not have occurred (or if a Change in Control shall have occurred but the Indemnitee shall not have requested that indemnification be determined by Independent Counsel as provided in subpart (i) of Section 4(b) ), then the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the Company shall give written notice to the Indemnitee advising the Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred and the Indemnitee shall have requested that indemnification be determined by Independent Counsel, then the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee (unless the Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and the Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, the Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within thirty (30) calendar days after such written notice of selection has been given, deliver to the Company or to the Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the law firm or person so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 1 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth the basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the law firm or person so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or another court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware has determined that such objection is without merit. If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof and, following the expiration of thirty (30) calendar days after submission by the Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, Independent Counsel shall not have been selected, or an objection thereto has been made and not withdrawn, then either the Company or the Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for resolution of any objection that shall have been made by the Company or the Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for appointment as Independent Counsel of a law firm or person selected by such court (or selected by such person as the court shall designate), and the law firm or person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the law firm or person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 4(b) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any Proceeding pursuant to Section 10(e) hereof, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing). If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, then the Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Counsel against any and all expenses, claims, liabilities, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

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5. Indemnification for Expenses if the Indemnitee is Wholly or Partly Successful . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the Indemnitee is or was, or is or was threatened to be made, by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defending any Proceeding, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with the defense of such Proceeding. If the Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful on the merits or otherwise as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled. If the Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate the Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to limit the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification which he or she would otherwise be entitled to pursuant to Section 2 and Section 3 hereof, regardless of the Indemnitee’s success in a Proceeding.

6. Indemnification for Expenses as a Witness . Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to the extent that the Indemnitee, by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, is or was, or is or was threatened to be made, a witness in any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee is not a party, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith (including, for the avoidance of doubt, discovery expenses relating to locating and producing data or information that may be in the possession of the Indemnitee). To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for Expenses incurred in connection with being or threatened to be made a witness, as provided in this Section 6 , regardless of whether the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

7. Agreement to Advance Expenses; Conditions . The Company shall pay to the Indemnitee all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee was or is a party or was or is otherwise involved or was or is threatened to be made a party to or was or is otherwise involved in any capacity in any Proceeding by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay the amount of Indemnifiable Expenses paid to the Indemnitee if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, from which decision there is no further right to appeal, that the Indemnitee is not entitled under this Agreement to, or is prohibited by applicable law from, indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 7 shall be unsecured and interest free. The Indemnitee shall be entitled to advancement of Indemnifiable

 

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Expenses as provided in this Section 7 regardless of any determination by or on behalf of the Company that the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

8. Procedure for Advance Payment of Expenses . The Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request specifying in reasonable detail the Indemnifiable Expenses for which the Indemnitee seeks an advancement under Section 7 of this Agreement, together with documentation reasonably evidencing that the Indemnitee has incurred such Indemnifiable Expenses. Payment of Indemnifiable Expenses under Section 7 shall be made no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the Company’s receipt of such request.

9. Burden of Proof; Defenses; and Presumptions .

(a) In any Proceeding pursuant to Section 10 hereof brought by the Indemnitee to enforce rights to indemnification or to an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder, or in any Proceeding brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), the burden shall be on the Company to prove that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses, as the case may be.

(b) It shall be a defense in any Proceeding pursuant to Section 10 hereof to enforce rights to indemnification under Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof (but not in any Proceeding pursuant to Section 10 hereof to enforce a right to an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under Sections 7 and 8 hereof) that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder, as the case may be, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company. With respect to any Proceeding pursuant to Section 10 hereof brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder, or any Proceeding brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), neither (i) the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such Proceeding that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standards of conduct, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standards of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standards of conduct or, in the case of a Proceeding pursuant to Section 10 hereof brought by the Indemnitee seeking to enforce a right to indemnification, be a defense to such Proceeding.

(c) The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendre or its equivalent, shall not, in and of itself, adversely affect the right of the Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder or create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

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(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if the Indemnitee’s action is reasonably based on the records or books of account of the Company or other Entity, including financial statements, or on information supplied to the Indemnitee by the officers of the Company or other Entity in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or other Entity or on information or records given or reports made to the Company or other Entity by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Company or other Entity. The provisions of this Section 9(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company or of an other Entity shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee for purposes of determining the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement.

10. Remedies of the Indemnitees.

(a) Right to Petition Court . In the event that the Indemnitee makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Section 2 or Section 4 herein or a request for an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under Sections 7 or Section 8 herein and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Indemnitee may petition a court to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

(b) Expenses . The Company agrees to reimburse the Indemnitee in full for any Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Indemnitee under Section 10(a) above within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of a written request specifying in reasonable detail the amount and nature of such Expenses; provided , however , that to the extent the Indemnitee is unsuccessful on the merits in such action then the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse the Indemnitee under this Section 10(b) .

(c) Validity of Agreement . The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Section 10(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

(d) Failure to Act or Adverse Determination Not a Defense . The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement or any adverse determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Section 10(a) above, and shall not create a presumption that such payment or advancement is not permissible.

 

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(e) Entitlement to Indemnification; Independent Counsel . In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is not to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Agreement within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Company of the Indemnitee’s written request for indemnification, (iii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Company of the Indemnitee’s written request for indemnification, unless an objection to the selection of such Independent Counsel has been made and substantiated and not withdrawn, in which case the applicable time period shall be thirty (30) calendar days after the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or another court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware (or such person appointed by such court to make such determination) has determined or appointed the person to act as Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6 of this Agreement within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6 of this Agreement is not made within thirty (30) calendar days after a determination has been made pursuant to Section 4(b) that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, then the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek an adjudication by the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware of the Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses.

(f) Not Prejudiced by Adverse Determination . In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Agreement that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any Proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 10 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.

11. Settlement of Proceedings.

(a) The Indemnitee agrees that it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment as to the Indemnitee in any pending or threatened Proceeding (whether or not the Indemnitee is an actual or potential party to such Proceeding) in which Indemnitee has sought indemnification hereunder without the Company’s prior written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, unless such settlement, compromise or consent respecting such Proceeding includes an unconditional release of the Indemnitee and does not (i) require or impose any injunctive or other non-monetary remedy on the Company or its affiliates, (ii) require or impose an admission or consent as to any wrongdoing by the Company or its affiliates, or (iii) otherwise result in a direct or indirect payment by or monetary cost to the Company or its affiliates.

(b) The Company agrees that it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment as to the Indemnitee in any pending or threatened Proceeding (whether or not the

 

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Indemnitee is an actual or potential party to such Proceeding) in which the Indemnitee has sought indemnification hereunder without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Indemnitee and does not (i) require or impose any injunctive or other non-monetary remedy on the Indemnitee, (ii) require or impose an admission or consent as to any wrongdoing by the Indemnitee or (iii) otherwise result in a direct or indirect payment by or monetary cost to the Indemnitee personally (as opposed to a payment to be made or cost to be paid by the Company on the Indemnitee’s behalf).

12. Notice by the Indemnitee . The Indemnitee agrees to notify the Company promptly upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information, or other document relating to any Proceeding which could reasonably be expected to result in the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; provided , however , that the failure to give any such notice shall not disqualify the Indemnitee from the right to receive payments of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancements of Indemnifiable Expenses.

13. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Indemnitee as follows:

(a) Authority . The Company has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company.

(b) Enforceability . This Agreement, when executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

(c) No Conflicts . This Agreement, when executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof, does not, and the Company’s performance of its obligations under the Agreement will not violate the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, other agreements to which the Company is a party to or applicable law.

(d) Insurance . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance (“ D&O Insurance ”) with reputable insurance companies with A.M. Best ratings of “A” or better, providing Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted against, or incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve on behalf of or at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under

 

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the provisions of this Agreement. Such D&O Insurance shall have coverage terms and policy limits at least as favorable to Indemnitee as the insurance coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company. If the Company has such insurance in effect at the time the Company receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the D&O Insurance. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such D&O Insurance.

14. Contract Rights Not Exclusive; Subrogation . The rights to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts and advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to, but not exclusive of, any other rights that the Indemnitee may have at any time under applicable law, the Company’s bylaws or certificate of incorporation, or any other agreement, vote of stockholders or directors (or a committee of directors), or otherwise, both as to action in the Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in any other capacity as a result of the Indemnitee’s serving in a Corporate Status. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy, given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy. In the event of any payment to or on behalf of the Indemnitee under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

15. Successors . This Agreement shall be (a) binding upon all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Indemnitee. This Agreement shall continue for the benefit of the Indemnitee and such heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators after the Indemnitee has ceased to have Corporate Status. The Company shall require and cause any successor(s) (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law), by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee and his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place; provided that no such assumption shall relieve the Company from its obligations hereunder and any obligations shall thereafter be joint and several.

16. Change in Law . To the extent that a change in Delaware law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall permit broader indemnification or advancement of expenses than is provided under the terms of the bylaws of the Company and this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to such broader indemnification and advancements, and this Agreement shall be

 

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deemed to be amended to such extent, but only to the extent such amendment permits the Indemnitee to broader indemnification and advancement rights other than Delaware law permitted prior to the adoption of such amendment.

17. Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

18. Modifications and Waiver . Except as provided in Section 16 above with respect to changes in Delaware law which broaden the right of the Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. In the event the Company or any of its subsidiaries enters into an indemnification agreement with another director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the subject matter hereof containing a term or terms more favorable to the indemnitee thereunder than the terms contained herein, the Indemnitee shall be afforded the benefit of such more favorable term or terms and such more favorable term or terms shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full herein. As promptly as practicable following the execution by the Company or the relevant subsidiary of any such indemnification agreement with any such other director or officer (i) the Company shall send a copy of the indemnification agreement to the Indemnitee, and (ii) if requested by the Indemnitee, the Company shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Indemnitee an amendment to this Agreement containing such more favorable term or terms.

19. General Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed

 

  (i) If to the Indemnitee, to:

 

 

 

  (ii) If to the Company, to:

 

     Realogy Holdings Corp.
     One Campus Drive
     Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
     Facsimile:             

or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

 

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20. Contribution . To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or

transaction(s).

21. Specific Performance . The parties recognize that if any provision of this Agreement is violated by the parties hereto, the Indemnitee may be without an adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the event of any such violation, the Indemnitee shall be entitled, if the Indemnitee so elects, to institute proceedings, to enforce specific performance, to enjoin such violation, or to obtain any relief as the Indemnitee may elect to pursue.

22. Third Party Beneficiaries . Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person or entity, other than the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement, except that Apollo Management, L.P. or any of its affiliates (other than the Company) shall be third party beneficiaries hereunder with respect to the obligations of the Company set forth in Section 2(c) .

23. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law of such state.

24. Consent to Jurisdiction .

(a) Each of the Company and the Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees and consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agrees that any such action instituted under this Agreement shall be brought only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or in any other state court of the State of Delaware if the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court or tribunal in any other country; (ii) consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the courts of the State of Delaware; and (iv) waives, and agrees not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the courts of the State of Delaware has been brought in an improper or otherwise inconvenient forum.

 

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(b) Each of the Company and the Indemnitee hereby consents to service of any summons and complaint and any other process that may be served in any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court of the State of Delaware by mailing by certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, copies of such process to such party at its address for receiving notice pursuant to Section 19 hereof. Nothing herein shall preclude service of process by any other means permitted by applicable law.

25. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by PDF or facsimile), each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart need be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

26. Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

27. Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and negotiations, written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, provided, however, that this Agreement is supplement to and in furtherance of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, the DGCL and any other applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, and does not diminish or abrogate any rights of the Indemnitee thereunder.

[END OF TEXT]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
INDEMNITEE:
By:  

 

Name:  

 

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REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP. 2012 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK NOTICE OF GRANT & RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

Realogy Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the individual listed below (the “Participant”), an Award of Restricted Stock. This Award of Restricted Stock is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”) and the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. In addition, as a condition to receiving this Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant understands and agrees to continue to be bound by and comply with the restrictive covenants and other provisions set forth in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, dated as of             , 2012 (which agreement amended, restated and renamed the Amended and Restated Management Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2011), as amended by any side letter(s) that the Participant may be a party to (as amended to the date hereof, the “Restrictive Covenants Agreement”), a copy of which the Participant acknowledges receipt. The Participant understand and agrees that the restrictive covenants and other provisions set forth in the Restrictive Covenants Agreement (and any side letter thereto) shall survive the grant, vesting or termination of the Restricted Stock, sale of the Shares with respect to the Restricted Stock and any termination of employment of the Participant.

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Notice of Grant (“Notice”) and the Agreement.

Participant:                     

Grant Date:                     

Total Number of Shares of Restricted Stock:                     

Vesting Dates:                      (each, a “Vesting Date”)

By his or her signature, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement and this Notice. The Participant has reviewed the Agreement, the Plan and this Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Notice, the Agreement and the


Plan. The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan or relating to the Restricted Stock Award.

 

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.     PARTICIPANT
By:  

 

    By:  

 

Print Name:  

 

    Print Name:  

 

Title:  

 

     

 

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Exhibit A

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Notice of Grant (the “Notice”) to which this Restricted Stock Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, Realogy Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), has granted to the Participant an Award for Shares of Restricted Stock under the Company’s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the number of Shares indicated in the Notice. Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan and Notice.

ARTICLE I

GENERAL

1.1 Incorporation of Terms of Plan . The Restricted Stock Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK

2.1 Grant of Restricted Stock . In consideration of the Participant’s past and/or continued employment with or service to the Company or any Affiliate and for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Notice (the “Grant Date”), the Company irrevocably grants to the Participant an Award of Restricted Stock for the number of Shares set forth in the Notice, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement.

2.2 Consideration to the Company . In consideration of the grant of the Restricted Stock by the Company, the Participant agrees to render services to the Company or any Affiliate. Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of the Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant.

 

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ARTICLE III

RESTRICTIONS AND RESTRICTION PERIOD

3.1 Restrictions . The Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of and shall be subject to a risk of forfeiture as described in Section 4.1 below until the Restricted Stock vests.

3.3 Restricted Period . Subject to Section 4.1 below, the Shares of Restricted Stock shall vest and the restrictions imposed on the Restricted Stock shall lapse on each Vesting Date as set forth in the Notice.

3.4 Rights as a Stockholder . From and after the Grant Date and for so long as the Restricted Stock is held by or for the benefit of the Participant, the Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted Stock, including, but not limited to, the right to receive dividends and the right to vote such Shares. If there is any stock dividend, stock split or other change in character or amount of the Restricted Stock in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan, then in such event, any and all new, substituted or additional securities to which the Participant is entitled by reason of the Restricted Stock shall be immediately subject to the vesting conditions as set forth in the Notice with the same force and effect as the Restricted Stock subject to such vesting conditions immediately before such event.

ARTICLE IV

FORFEITURES

4.1 Termination of Employment . Except as provided in Article 6, if the Participant’s ceases to be an Employee for any reason, then the Restricted Stock, to the extent not vested, shall be forfeited to the Company without payment of any consideration by the Company, and neither the Participant nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives shall thereafter have any further rights or interests in such Shares of Restricted Stock.

ARTICLE V

OTHER PROVISIONS

5.1 Certificates . Restricted Stock granted herein may be evidenced in such manner as the Administrator shall determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, then the Company may retain physical possession of the certificate until the Restricted Stock becomes vested.

5.2 Legends . The Company may require, as a condition of the issuance and delivery of certificates evidencing Restricted Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, that the certificates bear the legend as set forth immediately below, in addition to any other legends

 

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required under federal and state securities laws or as otherwise determined by the Administrator. All certificates representing any of the Shares of Restricted Stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement shall have endorsed thereon the following legend:

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS UPON TRANSFER HELD BY THE ISSUER OR ITS ASSIGNEES(S) AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER OF THE SHARES, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. NO TRANSFER SHALL BE PERMITTED UNTIL AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING THE PLAN SHALL BE IN EFFECT.

Such legend shall not be removed until such Shares vest pursuant to the terms hereof and a registration statement covering such Shares shall be effective.

ARTICLE VI

CHANGE IN CONTROL

6.1 Change in Control . In the event of a Change in Control:

(a) With respect to each outstanding Share of Restricted Stock that is assumed or substituted in connection with a Change in Control, in the event that during the twenty-four (24) month period following such Change in Control a Participant’s employment or service is terminated without Cause by the Company or any Affiliate or the Participant resigns from employment or service from the Company or any Affiliate with Good Reason, (i) such Restricted Stock shall become fully vested, (ii) the restrictions, payment conditions, and forfeiture conditions applicable to such Restricted Stock granted shall lapse (but, the Participant’s obligations under the Restrictive Covenants Agreement shall not lapse), and (iii) and any performance conditions imposed with respect to such Restricted Stock shall be deemed to be achieved at target performance levels.

(b) With respect to each outstanding Share of Restricted Stock that is not assumed or substituted in connection with a Change in Control, immediately upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, (i) such Restricted Stock shall become fully vested, (ii) the restrictions, payment conditions, and forfeiture conditions applicable to such Restricted Stock granted shall lapse (but, the Participant’s obligations under the Restrictive Covenants Agreement shall not lapse), and (iii) and any performance conditions imposed with respect to such Restricted Stock shall be deemed to be achieved at target performance levels.

(c) For purposes of this Section 6.1, the Shares of Restricted Stock shall be considered assumed or substituted for if, following the Change in Control, the Restricted Stock is of comparable value and remains subject to the same terms and conditions that were

 

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applicable to the Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Change in Control except, that the Restricted Stock that relates to Shares shall instead relate to the common stock of the acquiring or ultimate parent entity.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Administration . The Administrator shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Administrator or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, this Agreement or the Restricted Stock.

7.2 Restrictions on Transfer . Shares of Restricted Stock that have not vested may not be transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Participant, including by way of sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or otherwise, except as permitted by the Administrator, or by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

7.3 Invalid Transfers . No purported sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, gift, transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or creation of a security interest in or lien on, any of the Shares of Restricted Stock by any holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid, and the Company will not transfer any of said Shares of Restricted Stock on its books or otherwise nor will any of said Shares of Restricted Stock be entitled to vote, nor will any dividends be paid thereon, unless and until there has been full compliance with said provisions to the satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies, legal or equitable, available to enforce said provisions.

7.5 Adjustments . The Participant acknowledges that the Restricted Stock is subject to modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and Article 3 of the Plan.

7.6 Termination of Employment or Service . The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to termination of employment or service, including without limitation, whether a termination has occurred, whether any termination resulted from a discharge for Cause and whether any particular leave of absence constitutes a termination.

7.8 Notices . Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at the Company’s principal office, and any notice to be given to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant’s last address reflected on the Company’s records.

 

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7.9 Titles . Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

7.10 Governing Law . The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.

7.11 Conformity to Securities Laws . The Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and state securities laws and regulations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Restricted Stock is granted, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

7.12 Amendments, Suspension and Termination . To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Administrator or the Board; provided, however, that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall adversely affect the Restricted Stock in any material way without the prior written consent of the Participant.

7.13 Successors and Assigns . The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth in this Article 7, this Agreement shall be binding upon the Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

7.14 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if the Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, then the Plan, the Restricted Stock and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

7.15 Entire Agreement . The Plan, the Notice and this Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto, if any) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and the Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.

7.16 Section 409A . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, this Agreement or the Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and the Grant shall be interpreted in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Administrator may, in its discretion, adopt such amendments to the Plan, this Agreement or the Notice or adopt other

 

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policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

ARTICLE VIII

DEFINITIONS

Wherever the following terms are used in the Agreement they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.

8.1 “ Cause ” shall mean, with respect to the Participant, “Cause” as defined in such Participant’s employment, consulting or similar agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such an agreement exists and contains a definition of Cause or, if no such agreement exists or such agreement does not contain a definition of Cause, then Cause shall mean (a) commission of any felony or an act of moral turpitude; (b) engaging in an act of dishonesty or willful misconduct; (c) material breach of the Participant’s obligations hereunder or under any agreement entered into between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (d) material breach of the Company’s policies or procedures, including but not limited to the Realogy Corporation Code of Ethics or any of the Key Policies of Realogy Corporation; or (e) the Participant’s willful failure to substantially perform his or her duties as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness). A termination will not be for “Cause” pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d) or (e), to the extent such conduct is curable, unless the Company shall have notified the Participant in writing describing such conduct and the Participant shall have failed to cure such conduct within ten (10) business days after the receipt of such written notice.

8.2 A “ Change in Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) An acquisition of any voting securities of the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such Person has (i) “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding Voting Securities or (ii) the power to elect a majority of the Board without the vote of any of the Investors; provided, however, that in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to this Section 7.2(a), an acquisition of Shares or Voting Securities by (A) the Company or any corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (a “Related Entity”) or (B) any Investors or any Affiliates of any Investors, shall not constitute a Change in Control; or

 

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(b) The consummation of a merger, consolidation or reorganization of, with or into the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued (a “Merger”), if immediately following the Merger, any Person has (i) Beneficial Ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding Voting Securities or (ii) the power to elect a majority of the Board without the vote of any of the Investors, unless such Merger is a “Non-Control Transaction.” A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean a Merger where immediately following the Merger the Investors or any Affiliates of the Investors own, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation resulting from the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Surviving Corporation; or

(c) The sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person, other than (i) a transfer to a Related Entity or under conditions that would constitute a Non-Control Transaction if the disposition of assets is regarded as a Merger for this purpose or (ii) the distribution to the Company’s stockholders of the stock of a Related Entity or any other assets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

In addition, for each Award that constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred under the Plan with respect to such Award only if a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company shall also be deemed to have occurred under Section 409A of the Code. Consistent with the terms of this Section 7.2, the Administrator shall have full and final authority to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred pursuant to the above definition, the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.

8.3 “ Good Reason ” shall mean, with respect to the Participant, “Good Reason” as defined in such Participant’s employment, consulting or similar agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such an agreement exists and contains a definition of Good Reason (or a term of like import, such as “constructive discharge”) or, if no such agreement exists or such agreement does not contain a definition of Good Reason (or a term of like import, such as “constructive discharge”), then Good Reason shall mean (a) a reduction of the Participant’s annual base salary (but not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to any particular employee or executive) or (b) a required relocation of the Participant’s primary work location to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s

 

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current primary work location; provided, however, that such reduction or relocation in clauses (a) and (b) above shall not constitute Good Reason unless the Participant shall have notified the Company in writing describing such reduction or required relocation within thirty (30) business days of its initial occurrence and then only if the Company shall have failed to cure such reduction or required relocation within thirty (30) business days after the Company’s receipt of such written notice.

8.4 “ Investor ” means, collectively, (i) (x) one or more investment funds controlled by Apollo Management, L.P. and (y) Apollo Management, L.P. and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Apollo Sponsors”) and (ii) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Apollo Sponsors; provided that in the case of clause (ii), the Apollo Sponsors collectively own a majority of the voting power of such group.

 

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Exhibit 15.1

September 27, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We are aware that our report dated August 7, 2012, except for the effects of the reverse stock split and the NRT franchise agreement matter as described in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is September 27, 2012, on our review of interim financial information of Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly Domus Holdings Corp.) and its subsidiaries for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 is included in its Registration Statement on Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1 dated September 27, 2012.

Very truly yours,

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1 of Realogy Holdings Corp. (formerly Domus Holdings Corp.) and its subsidiaries, of our report dated March 2, 2012, except with respect to our opinion on the consolidated financial statements insofar as it relates to the effects of the reverse stock split and the NRT franchise agreement matter as described in Note 1, as to which the date is September 27, 2012, relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Realogy Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, which appear in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us as experts under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Florham Park, New Jersey

September 27, 2012

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement on Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1(File No. 333-181988) of our reports dated February 22, 2012 and March 18, 2011, relating to the consolidated financial statements of PHH Home Loans, LLC and Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 which are contained in that Prospectus.

We also consent to the reference to us as “experts” under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms” in the Prospectus.

/s/ ParenteBeard LLC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 28, 2012