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PART III<br />

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />

Identification of Directors.<br />

Information required by this item is included in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Election of Directors”<br />

and is incorporated by reference in this report.<br />

Identification of Executive Officers.<br />

The following provides information for each of our executive officers.<br />

Stephen P. Holmes, 54, has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and as our Chief Executive<br />

Officer since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was a Director since May 2003 of the alreadyexisting,<br />

wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant that held the assets and liabilities of Cendant’s hospitality services<br />

(including timeshare resorts) businesses before our separation from Cendant and has served as a Director of<br />

Wyndham Worldwide since the separation in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was Vice Chairman and director of Cendant<br />

and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant’s Travel Content Division from December 1997 until our<br />

separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was Vice Chairman of HFS Incorporated, from September 1996<br />

until December 1997 and was a director of HFS from June 1994 until December 1997. From July 1990 through<br />

September 1996, Mr. Holmes served as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of HFS.<br />

Geoffrey A. Ballotti, 49, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Exchange & Rentals,<br />

since March 2008. Prior to joining Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, from October 2003 to March 2008, Mr. Ballotti<br />

was President, North America Division of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. From 1989 to 2003, Mr. Ballotti<br />

held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide including President<br />

of Starwood North America, Executive Vice President, Operations, Senior Vice President, Southern Europe and<br />

Managing Director, Ciga Spa, Italy. Prior to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Mr. Ballotti was a Banking<br />

Officer in the Commercial Real Estate Group at the Bank of New England.<br />

Eric A. Danziger, 56, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Hotel Group, since<br />

December 2008. From August 2006 to December 2008, Mr. Danziger was Chief Executive Officer of WhiteFence,<br />

Inc., an online site for home services firm. From June 2001 to August 2006, Mr. Danziger was President and Chief<br />

Executive Officer of ZipRealty, a real estate brokerage. From April 1998 to June 2001, Mr. Danziger was President<br />

and Chief Operating Officer of Carlson Hotels Worldwide. From June 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Danziger was<br />

President and CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. From September 1990 to June 1996, Mr. Danziger<br />

was President of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.<br />

Franz S. Hanning, 57, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Vacation Ownership,<br />

since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Hanning was the Chief Executive Officer of Cendant’s<br />

Timeshare Resort Group from March 2005 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Hanning served as<br />

President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. (formerly known as Fairfield Resorts,<br />

Inc.) from April 2001, when Cendant acquired Fairfield Resorts, Inc., to March 2005 and as President and Chief<br />

Executive Officer of Wyndham Resort Development Corporation (formerly known as Trendwest Resorts, Inc.) from<br />

August 2004 to March 2005. Mr. Hanning joined Fairfield Resorts, Inc. in 1982 and held several key leadership<br />

positions with Fairfield Resorts, Inc., including Regional Vice President, Executive Vice President of Sales and<br />

Chief Operating Officer.<br />

Thomas G. Conforti, 52, has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since<br />

September 2009. From December 2002 to September 2008, Mr. Conforti was Chief Financial Officer of DineEquity,<br />

Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Conforti held a number of general management, financial and strategic roles over a<br />

ten-year period in the Consumer Products Division of the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Conforti also held numerous<br />

finance and strategy roles within the College Textbook Publishing Division of CBS and the Soft Drink Division of<br />

Pepsico.<br />

Scott G. McLester, 48, has served as our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since our separation<br />

from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. McLester was Senior Vice President, Legal for Cendant from April 2004 until our<br />

separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. McLester was Group Vice President, Legal for Cendant from March<br />

2002 to April 2004, Vice President, Legal for Cendant from February 2001 to March 2002 and Senior Counsel for<br />

Cendant from June 2000 to February 2001. Prior to joining Cendant, Mr. McLester was a Vice President in the Law<br />

Department of Merrill Lynch in New York and a partner with the law firm of Carpenter, Bennett and Morrissey in<br />

Newark, New Jersey.<br />

Mary R. Falvey, 50, has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since our<br />

separation from Cendant in July 2006. Ms. Falvey was Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources for<br />

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