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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 20, 2023
Travel + Leisure Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-32876
20-0052541
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
6277 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando
Florida
32821
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(407)
626-5200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
TNL
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


Item 1.01.     Regulation FD disclosure.
On December 20, 2023, Travel + Leisure Co. (the “Borrower”) entered into the Fifth Amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018, among the Borrower (f/k/a Wyndham Destinations, Inc.), the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The Fifth Amendment, among other things, established (i) term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $297.75 million to refinance the 2022 Incremental Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “B-1 Refinancing Term Loans”) and (ii) term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million, which the Company expects to use together with available cash on hand and revolving credit facility borrowings to refinance the Borrower’s senior secured notes due April 2024 and pay related fees and expenses (the “B-2 Refinancing Term Loans”, and together with the B-1 Refinancing Term Loans, the “2023 Incremental Term Loan Facility”). The 2023 Incremental Term Loan Facility matures on December 14, 2029.
The 2023 Incremental Term Loan Facility has substantially the same terms as the outstanding term loans under the Credit Agreement, except, among other things, the 2023 Incremental Term Loan Facility:
•bears interest at the Borrower’s option at a rate of (a) Base Rate (which is the highest of Bank of America’s prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and the Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) one month rate, inclusive of the SOFR Adjustment (defined as 0.10% per annum in the Credit Agreement), plus 1.00%, plus an applicable rate of 2.25%, or (b) the Term SOFR rate, inclusive of the SOFR Adjustment, plus an applicable rate of 3.25% (subject to a floor of 0.50%); and
•may be prepaid at any time, without prepayment premium or penalty, but is subject to a prepayment premium of 1.00% if a prepayment of the Incremental Term Loan is made in connection with certain “repricing events” at any time during the first six months after the closing date.

The description of the Fifth Amendment in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms of the Fifth Amendment included therein. The Fifth Amendment is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 20, 2023, the Company issued a press release to announce the closing of the 2023 Incremental Term Loan Facility. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information set forth under Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished with this report:
Exhibit No.Description
10.1
99.1
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 TRAVEL + LEISURE CO.
  
 
By: /s/ Thomas M. Duncan
 Name: Thomas M. Duncan
 Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
Date: December 20, 2023