EX-10.8







	 	 	 	 	 



Exhibit 10.8




AMENDMENT NO. 1




TO




EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT





     AMENDMENT (“Amendment”) made to the Employment Agreement dated as of the Effective Date (the
“Employment Agreement”), by and between Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and Virginia M. Wilson (the “Executive”). Except as provided herein all terms and
conditions set forth in the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.



     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have previously entered into the Employment Agreement;
and



     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment Agreement in a manner
intended to address Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).



     NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of December 31, 2008, the Employment Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:



     1. Section II of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
to the end thereof:




“The Company acknowledges that given the nature and scope of the
Executive’s duties and responsibilities as the Chief Financial Officer
of a publicly traded company, an integral part of the Executive being
able to perform such duties and responsibilities is the Executive’s
ability to report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and the Company further agrees the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company shall not delegate the direct supervision of the
Executive.”



     2. Section IV(b) is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:




“The Incentive Compensation Award shall be paid to the Executive at
such time as shall be determined by the Committee, but in no event
later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar
year with respect to which the performance targets relate.”



     3. Section V of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
to the end thereof:




“The Company shall reimburse all taxable business expenses to the
Executive on or before the last day of the Executive’s taxable year
following the taxable year in which the expenses are incurred.”



 









 





     4. The penultimate sentence of Section VI of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended in
its entirety as follows:




“The Company’s obligation to make payments to the Executive under this
Agreement shall cease as of such date of termination, except for Base
Salary and any Incentive Compensation Awards earned but unpaid as of
the date of such termination, which shall be paid in accordance with
the terms set forth in Section IV(a) and in accordance with the terms
of any applicable plan, respectively.”



     5. Section VII(c)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as
follows:




“ii. ‘Constructive Discharge’ means (1) any material breach by the Company of this
Agreement (including a material reduction of Base Salary, as the same may be
increased during the Period of Employment), (2) the Business Office is relocated to
any location which is more than 50 miles from the city limits of Parsippany, New
Jersey or (3) a material diminution of the Executive’s duties, responsibility or
authority. The Executive shall provide the Company a written notice which describes
the circumstances being relied on for the termination with respect to this Agreement
within thirty (30) days after an event giving rise to the notice. The Company shall
have thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to remedy the situation prior to
the termination for Constructive Discharge.”



     6. Section VII(d) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:




“(d) Conditions to Payment and Acceleration. In the event of
a termination under this Section VII, Base Salary earned but unpaid as
of the date of such termination shall be paid in accordance with
Section IV(a), and any Incentive Compensation Awards earned but unpaid
as of the date of such termination shall be paid in accordance with
the terms of any applicable plan. All payments due to the Executive
under the first sentence of Section VII(a) shall be made to the
Executive in a lump sum no later than the 60th day
following the date of termination; provided, however,
that such payment shall be subject to, and contingent upon, the
execution by the Executive (or her beneficiary or estate) of a release
of claims against the Company and its affiliates in such reasonable
form determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The payments
due to the Executive under this Section VII shall be in lieu of any
other severance benefits otherwise payable to the Executive under any
severance plan of the Company or its affiliates.”



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     7. The following new Section XIX is hereby added to the Employment Agreement:



“Section XIX

SECTION 409A OF THE CODE





(a) Section 409A. Although the Company does not guarantee to
the Executive any particular tax treatment relating to the payments
and benefits under this Agreement, it is intended that such payments
and benefits be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Code
and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively,
“Code Section 409A”) and this Agreement shall be construed in a manner
consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under
Code Section 409A.




(b) Separation From Service. A termination of employment
shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of
this Agreement providing for the payment of amounts or benefits
subject to Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of
employment unless such termination is also a “Separation from Service”
within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such
provision of this Agreement, references to a “resignation,”
“termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean
Separation from Service.




(c) Reimbursement. With regard to any provision herein that
provides for reimbursement of costs and expenses or in-kind benefits,
except as permitted by Code Section 409A, (i) the right to
reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation
or exchange for another benefit and (ii) the amount of expenses
eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits, provided during any
taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement,
or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year,
provided, that the foregoing clause shall not be violated with
regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section
105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit
related to the period the arrangement is in effect.




(d) Specified Employee. If the Executive is deemed on the
date of termination of employment to be a “specified employee”, within
the meaning of that term under Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code and
using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time
to time, or if none, the default methodology, then:



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     (i) With regard to any payment, the providing of any benefit or
any distribution of equity that constitutes “deferred compensation”
subject to Code Section 409A, payable upon separation from service,
such payment, benefit or distribution shall not be made or provided
prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six-month period
measured from the date of the Executive’s Separation from Service or
(ii) the date of the Executive’s death; and




     (ii) On the first day of the seventh month following the date of
the Executive’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, on the date of
death, (x) all payments delayed pursuant to this Section XIX shall be
paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining
payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or
provided in accordance with the normal dates specified for them herein
and (y) all distributions of equity delayed pursuant to this Section
XIX shall be made to the Executive.”



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amendment to be executed this
31st day of December 2008.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	/s/ Virginia M. Wilson
 	 
	 	Virginia M. Wilson 	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mary R. Falvey
 	 
	 	 	Mary R. Falvey, Executive Vice President