INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANIES
Choice
Choice is primarily a hotel franchisor operating
in 50 states, the District of Columbia and over 45 countries and territories. At September 30, 2023, we had 7,463 hotels with 627,694 rooms open and operating, and 980 hotels with 99,076 rooms under construction, awaiting conversion, approved
for development or committed to future franchise development on outstanding master development agreements. Our brand names include Comfort Inn®, Comfort Suites®, Quality®, Clarion®, Clarion PointeTM, Ascend Hotel Collection®, Sleep Inn®, Econo Lodge®, Rodeway Inn®, MainStay Suites®, Suburban StudiosTM, WoodSpring Suites®, Everhome Suites®, and Cambria® Hotels.
Additionally,
through our acquisition of Radisson, completed on August 11, 2022, our brands expanded to include Radisson Blu®, Radisson RED®,
Radisson®, Park Plaza®, Country Inn & Suites® by Radisson, Radisson
Inn & SuitesSM, Park Inn by Radisson®, Radisson Individuals®, and Radisson Collection®, which are located across the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Choice was
incorporated in 1980 in the State of Delaware.
Choices principal executive offices are located at 915 Meeting St., North Bethesda, Maryland 20852,
and its telephone number at that location is (301) 592-5000.
Additional information concerning Choice is included in the Choice reports incorporated
by reference in this proxy statement. See the section in this proxy statement entitled Where You Can Find More Information.
Purchaser
Purchaser is a Delaware corporation incorporated on December 7, 2023, with principal executive offices 915 Meeting St., North Bethesda, Maryland
20852. The telephone number of Purchasers principal executive offices is (301) 592-5000. Purchaser is a wholly owned subsidiary of Choice that was formed to facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer. Purchaser has
engaged in no activities to date and has no material assets or liabilities of any kind, in each case other than those incidental to its formation and its activities and obligations in connection with the Offer.
Wyndham
Wyndham, a NYSE-listed company, is primarily a
hotel franchisor, with approximately 9,100 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Wyndham has a network of approximately 858,000 rooms appealing to the value conscious traveler, and operates a portfolio of 24 hotel brands, including
Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®,
Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. Wyndhams award-winning Wyndham Rewards loyalty program offers approximately 105 million enrolled members the
opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally.
Wyndham was incorporated in 2017 under the laws
of the state of Delaware in connection with its 2018 spin-off from Wyndham Worldwide Corporation. Wyndhams principal executive offices are located at 22 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, and its telephone number at that location is
(973) 753-6000.
Additional information concerning Wyndham is contained in Wyndhams reports incorporated by reference herein. See the section
in this proxy statement entitled Where You Can Find More Information.
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