Company: SABR
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-049383
Chunk: 180

Company: Sabre Corp
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 180
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 revenue, excluding technology costs, also includes incentive consideration expense representing payments or other consideration to travel agencies for reservations made on our GDS which accrue on a monthly basis, amortization of upfront incentive consideration representing upfront payments or other consideration provided to travel agencies for reservations made on our GDS which are capitalized and amortized over the expected life of the contract and costs such as stock-based compensation and restructuring charges (in applicable periods). Depreciation and amortization included in cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, is associated with capitalized implementation costs and intangible assets associated with contracts, supplier and distributor agreements acquired through acquisitions. The technology costs excluded from Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, are presented separately below.

Technology Costs

Technology costs consist of expenses related to third-party providers and employee-related costs to operate technology operations including hosting, third-party software, and other costs associated with the maintenance and minor enhancement of our technology. Technology costs also include costs associated with our technology transformation efforts. Technology costs are less variable in nature and therefore may not correlate with related changes in revenue. Technology costs also include certain expenses such as stock-based compensation and restructuring charges (in applicable periods). Depreciation and amortization included in technology costs is associated with software developed for internal use that supports our products, assets supporting our technology platform, businesses and systems and intangible assets for technology purchased through acquisitions.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of professional service fees, certain settlement charges or reimbursements, costs to defend legal disputes, provision for expected credit losses, non-recoverable taxes, indirect taxes, other overhead costs, and personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, for employees engaged in sales, sales support, account management and who administratively support the business in finance, legal, human resources, information technology and communications. Depreciation and amortization included in selling, general and administrative expenses is associated with property and equipment, acquired customer relationships, trademarks and brand names purchased through acquisitions or established through the take private transaction in 2007, which includes a remaining useful life of 12 years as of September 30, 2025 for trademarks and brand names.

Key Metrics

“Direct billable bookings” and “passengers boarded” are the primary metrics we utilize to measure operating performance. We generate distribution revenue for each direct billable booking, which includes bookings made through our GDS (e.g., Air, and Lodging, Ground and Sea (“LGS”)) and through our equity method investments in cases where we