MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC MD

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All statements in this report are made as of the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We make forward-looking statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and elsewhere in this report based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information available to us through the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements include information related to our development pipeline; our expectations regarding rooms growth; our expectations regarding our ability to meet our liquidity requirements; our capital expenditures and other investment spending and reimbursement expectations; our expectations regarding future dividends and share repurchases; our expectations regarding certain claims, legal proceedings, settlements or resolutions; our comprehensive initiative to enhance our effectiveness and efficiency across the Company, including related plans and goals, anticipated charges and cost reductions, and other expected or potential benefits and outcomes; and other statements that are preceded by, followed by, or include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “foresees,” or similar expressions; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts.

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All statements in this report are made as of the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We make forward-looking statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and elsewhere in this report based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information available to us through the date this Form 10-Q is filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements include information related to our development pipeline; our expectations regarding rooms growth; our expectations regarding our ability to meet our liquidity requirements; our capital expenditures and other investment spending and reimbursement expectations; our expectations regarding future dividends and share repurchases; our expectations regarding certain claims, legal proceedings, settlements or resolutions; our expectations regarding our acquisition of the citizenM brand and the addition of the citizenM hotels to our system; and other statements that are preceded by, followed by, or include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “foresees,” or similar expressions; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts.

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We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the risks and uncertainties we describe in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (“2023 Form 10-K”), Part II, Item 1A of this report, and other factors we describe from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC.

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We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the citizenM transaction; uncertainty resulting from economic, political or other global, national, and regional conditions and events, including related to tariffs, trade, travel and other policies; the risks and uncertainties we describe in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (“2024 Form 10-K”); Part II, Item 1A of this report; and other factors we describe from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC.

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We are a worldwide operator, franchisor, and licensor of hotel, residential, timeshare, and other lodging properties under more than 30 brand names. Under our asset-light business model, we typically manage or franchise hotels, rather than own them. We discuss our operations in the following reportable business segments: (1) U.S. & Canada, (2) Europe, Middle East & Africa (“EMEA”), (3) Greater China, and (4) Asia Pacific excluding China (“APEC”). Our Caribbean & Latin America (“CALA”) operating segment does not meet the applicable criteria for separate disclosure as a reportable business segment, and as such, we include its results in “Unallocated corporate and other.”

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We are a worldwide operator, franchisor, and licensor of hotel, residential, timeshare, and other lodging properties under more than 30 brand names. We discuss our operations in the following reportable business segments: (1) U.S. & Canada, (2) Europe, Middle East & Africa (“EMEA”), (3) Greater China, and (4) Asia Pacific excluding China (“APEC”). Our Caribbean & Latin America (“CALA”) operating segment does not meet the applicable accounting criteria for separate disclosure as a reportable business segment, and as such, we include its results in “Unallocated corporate and other.”

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Terms of our management agreements vary, but our management fees generally consist of base management fees and incentive management fees. Base management fees are typically calculated as a percentage of property-level revenue. Incentive management fees are typically calculated as a percentage of a hotel profitability measure, and, in many cases (particularly in our U.S. & Canada, Europe, and CALA regions), are subject to a specified owner return. Under our franchise and license agreements for most properties, franchise fees are calculated as a percentage of property-level revenue or a portion thereof. Additionally, we earn franchise fees for the use of our intellectual property, including primarily co-branded credit card fees, as well as timeshare and yacht fees, residential branding fees, franchise application and relicensing fees, and certain other non-hotel licensing fees.

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Under our asset-light business model, we typically manage or franchise hotels and other lodging offerings, rather than own them. Terms of our management agreements vary, but we earn a management fee that is typically composed of a base management fee, which is a percentage of the revenues of the hotel, and an incentive management fee, which is based on the profits of the hotel. In many cases (particularly in our U.S. & Canada, Europe, and CALA regions), incentive management fees are subject to a specified owner return. Under our hotel franchising arrangements, we generally receive an initial application fee and continuing royalty fees, which are typically based on a percentage of room revenues, plus for certain brands, a percentage of food and beverage revenues. We also have license and other agreements with third parties for certain offerings, such as for our timeshare properties, MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy, Design Hotels, and The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, under which we receive royalty fees and certain other fees. Additionally, we earn fees for other uses of our intellectual property, including primarily co-branded credit card fees, as well as residential branding fees and certain other licensing fees.

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We believe Revenue per Available Room (“RevPAR”), which we calculate by dividing property level room revenue by total rooms available for the period, is a meaningful indicator of our performance because it measures the period-over-period change in room revenues. RevPAR may not be comparable to similarly titled measures, such as revenues, and should not be viewed as necessarily correlating with our fee revenue. We also believe occupancy and average daily rate (“ADR”), which are components of calculating RevPAR, are meaningful indicators of our performance. Occupancy, which we calculate by dividing total rooms sold by total rooms available for the period, measures the utilization of a property’s available capacity. ADR, which we calculate by dividing property level room revenue by total rooms sold, measures average room price and is useful in assessing pricing levels. RevPAR, occupancy, and ADR statistics are on a systemwide basis for comparable properties, unless otherwise stated. Unless otherwise stated, all changes refer to year-over-year changes for the comparable period. Comparisons to prior periods are on a constant U.S. dollar basis, which we calculate by applying exchange rates for the current period to the prior comparable period. We believe constant dollar analysis provides valuable information regarding our properties’ performance as it removes currency fluctuations from the presentation of such results.

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We believe Revenue per Available Room (“RevPAR”), which we calculate by dividing property level room revenue by total rooms available for the period, is a meaningful indicator of our performance because it measures the period-over-period change in room revenues. RevPAR may not be comparable to similarly titled measures, such as revenues, and should not be viewed as necessarily correlating with our fee revenue. We also believe occupancy and average daily rate (“ADR”), which are components of calculating RevPAR, are meaningful indicators of our performance. Occupancy, which we calculate by dividing total rooms sold by total rooms available for the period, measures the utilization of a property’s available capacity. ADR, which we calculate by dividing property level room revenue by total rooms sold, measures average room price and is useful in assessing pricing levels. Unless otherwise stated, RevPAR, occupancy, and ADR statistics are on a systemwide basis for comparable properties, and all changes refer to year-over-year changes for the comparable period. Comparisons to prior periods are on a constant U.S. dollar basis, which we calculate by applying exchange rates for the current period to the prior comparable period. We believe constant dollar analysis provides valuable information regarding the performance of hotels in our system as it removes currency fluctuations from the presentation of such results.

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We define our comparable properties as our properties that were open and operating under one of our hotel brands since the beginning of the last full calendar year (since January 1, 2023 for the current period) and have not, in either the current or previous year: (1) undergone significant room or public space renovations or expansions, (2) been converted between company-operated and franchised, or (3) sustained substantial property damage or business interruption. Our comparable properties also exclude MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy, Design Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, and timeshare properties.

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We define our comparable properties as hotels in our system that were open and operating under one of our brands since the beginning of the last full calendar year (since January 1, 2024 for the current period) and have not, in either the current or previous year: (1) undergone significant room or public space renovations or expansions, (2) been converted between company-operated and franchised, or (3) sustained substantial property damage or business interruption. Our comparable properties also exclude MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy, Design Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, and timeshare properties.

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We saw solid global RevPAR growth during the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters compared to the same periods in 2023. For the 2024 third quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 3.0 percent, reflecting ADR growth of 2.5 percent and occupancy improvement of 0.3 percentage points. For the 2024 first three quarters, worldwide RevPAR increased 4.0 percent, reflecting ADR growth of 2.7 percent and occupancy improvement of 0.9 percentage points. The increase in RevPAR in the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters was primarily driven by strong year-over-year demand growth in nearly all of our regions.

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We saw solid global RevPAR growth during the 2025 first quarter compared to the same period in 2024. For the 2025 first quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 4.1 percent, reflecting ADR growth of 2.9 percent and occupancy improvement of 0.7 percentage points. The increase in RevPAR in the 2025 first quarter was primarily driven by year-over-year demand growth in nearly all of our regions.

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On November 30, 2018, we announced a data security incident involving unauthorized access to the Starwood reservations database (the “Data Security Incident”). We are currently unable to reasonably estimate the range of total possible financial impact to the Company from the Data Security Incident in excess of the expenses already recorded; however, we do not believe this incident will impact our long-term financial health. See Note 5 for additional information related to legal proceedings and governmental investigations related to the Data Security Incident.

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On November 30, 2018, we announced a data security incident involving unauthorized access to the Starwood reservations database (the “Data Security Incident”). We are currently unable to reasonably estimate the range of total possible financial impact to the Company from the Data Security Incident in excess of the expenses already recorded; however, we do not believe this incident will impact our long-term financial health. See Note 6 for additional information related to legal proceedings and investigations related to the Data Security Incident.

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At the end of the 2024 third quarter, our system had 9,068 properties (1,674,600 rooms), compared to 8,785 properties (1,597,380 rooms) at year-end 2023 and 8,675 properties (1,581,002 rooms) at the end of the 2023 third quarter. In the 2024 first three quarters, we added over 77,200 net rooms, including the addition of approximately 37,000 rooms from our exclusive, long-term strategic licensing agreement with MGM Resorts International.

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At the end of the 2025 first quarter, our system had 9,463 properties (1,718,542 rooms), compared to 9,361 properties (1,706,331 rooms) at year-end 2024 and 8,861 properties (1,643,172 rooms) at the end of the 2024 first quarter. In the 2025 first quarter, we added roughly 12,200 net rooms.

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At the end of the 2024 third quarter, we had approximately 3,800 hotels and 585,000 rooms in our development pipeline, which includes roughly 34,000 rooms approved for development but not yet under signed contracts. More than 220,000 rooms in the pipeline, or 38 percent, including rooms from our long-term licensing agreement with Sonder Holdings Inc. that we announced in August 2024, were under construction at the end of the 2024 third quarter. Fifty-six percent of the rooms in our development pipeline are located outside U.S. & Canada.

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At the end of the 2025 first quarter, we had approximately 3,800 properties and over 587,000 rooms in our development pipeline, which included over 27,000 rooms approved for development but not yet under signed contracts. Our development pipeline included nearly 244,000 rooms, or 42 percent, that were under construction or in the process of converting to our system at the end of the 2025 first quarter. Over half of the rooms in our quarter-end development pipeline are located outside U.S. & Canada.

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We currently expect full year 2024 net rooms growth to be around 6.5 percent.

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We currently expect full year 2025 net rooms growth to approach 5 percent, including the rooms associated with the citizenM brand acquisition discussed in Note 2.

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(1)In addition to franchised, includes timeshare, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, and certain license and other agreements.

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(1)In addition to franchised, includes our timeshare properties, MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy, Design Hotels, and The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection.

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The following tables present RevPAR, occupancy, and ADR statistics for comparable properties. Systemwide statistics include data from our franchised properties, in addition to our company-operated properties.

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The following table presents RevPAR, occupancy, and ADR statistics for comparable properties. Systemwide statistics include data from our franchised properties, in addition to our company-operated properties.

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The discussion below presents an analysis of our consolidated results of operations for the 2024 third quarter compared to the 2023 third quarter and for the 2024 first three quarters compared to the 2023 first three quarters. Also see the “Business Trends” section above for further discussion.

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The discussion below presents an analysis of our consolidated results of operations for the 2025 first quarter compared to the 2024 first quarter. Also see the “Business Trends” section above for further discussion.

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The increase in base management fees in the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters primarily reflected higher RevPAR.

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The increase in base management fees in the 2025 first quarter primarily reflected higher RevPAR.

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Cost reimbursements, net (cost reimbursement revenue, net of reimbursed expenses) varies due to timing differences between the costs we incur for centralized programs and services and the related reimbursements we receive from property owners and franchisees. Over the long term, our centralized programs and services are not designed to impact our economics, either positively or negatively.

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Cost reimbursements, net (cost reimbursement revenue, net of reimbursed expenses) varies due to timing differences between the costs we incur for centralized programs and services and the related reimbursements we receive from hotel owners and certain other counterparties. Over the long term, our centralized programs and services are not designed to impact our economics, either positively or negatively.

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Interest expense increased in the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters primarily due to higher debt balances driven by Senior Notes issuances, net of maturities ($35 million and $93 million, respectively).

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Interest expense increased in the 2025 first quarter primarily due to higher debt balances driven by Senior Notes issuances, net of maturities ($37 million).

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Provision for income taxes increased in the 2024 first three quarters primarily due to the prior year release of tax reserves ($103 million), which was mostly due to completion of a tax audit, and a shift in earnings to jurisdictions with higher tax rates ($37 million), partially offset by the decrease in pre-tax income ($61 million).

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Provision for income taxes decreased in the 2025 first quarter primarily due to the current year release of tax reserves ($86 million).

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The following discussion presents an analysis of the operating results of our reportable business segments for the 2024 third quarter compared to the 2023 third quarter and for the 2024 first three quarters compared to the 2023 first three quarters. Also see the “Business Trends” section above for further discussion.

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The following discussion presents an analysis of the operating results of our reportable business segments for the 2025 first quarter compared to the 2024 first quarter. Also see the “Business Trends” section above for further discussion.

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In the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters, net fee revenue grew in U.S. & Canada, EMEA, and APEC, compared to the same periods in 2023, primarily reflecting higher RevPAR and unit growth (see the Lodging Statistics and Properties and Rooms tables above for more information), as well as higher profits at managed hotels. In Greater China, net fee revenue decreased in the 2024 third quarter and 2024 first three quarters, primarily due to lower demand.

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In the 2025 first quarter, segment profits grew in U.S. & Canada and APEC, compared to the same period in 2024, primarily driven by higher net fee revenues as a result of higher RevPAR and unit growth (see the Lodging Statistics and Properties and Rooms tables above for more information).

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Our long-term financial objectives include maintaining diversified financing sources, optimizing the mix and maturity of our long-term debt, and reducing our working capital. At the end of the 2024 third quarter, our long-term debt had a weighted average interest rate of 4.5 percent and a weighted average maturity of approximately 5.4 years. The ratio of our fixed-rate long-term debt to our total long-term debt was 0.9 to 1.0 at the end of the 2024 third quarter.

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Our long-term financial objectives include maintaining diversified financing sources, optimizing the mix and maturity of our long-term debt, and reducing our working capital. At the end of the 2025 first quarter, including the effect of interest rate swaps, our long-term debt had a weighted average interest rate of 4.6 percent, a weighted average maturity of approximately 5.8 years, and a ratio of fixed-rate to total long-term debt of 0.9 to 1.0.

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We monitor the status of the capital markets and regularly evaluate the effect that changes in capital market conditions may have on our ability to fund our liquidity needs. We believe the Credit Facility, and our access to capital markets, together with cash we expect to generate from operations, remain adequate to meet our liquidity requirements.

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We monitor the status of the capital markets and regularly evaluate the effect that changes in capital market conditions may have on our ability to fund our liquidity needs. We believe the Credit Facility, and our access to capital markets, together with cash we expect to generate from operations, remain adequate to meet our liquidity requirements over the next 12 months and thereafter for the foreseeable future.

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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaled $416 million at September 30, 2024, an increase of $50 million from year-end 2023, primarily due to net cash provided by operating activities ($2,431 million), Senior Notes issuances, net of repayments ($2,398 million), and issuances of common stock for our employee stock purchase plan ($73 million), partially offset by share repurchases ($3,176 million), net commercial paper repayments ($648 million), dividends paid ($506 million), capital and technology expenditures ($408 million), and financing outflows for employee stock-based compensation withholding taxes ($127 million).

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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaled $546 million at March 31, 2025, an increase of $121 million from year-end 2024, primarily due to long-term debt issuances, net of repayments ($1,608 million) and net cash provided by operating activities ($647 million), partially offset by net commercial paper repayments ($1,002 million), share repurchases ($751 million), dividends paid ($174 million), capital and technology expenditures ($135 million), and financing outflows for employee stock-based compensation withholding taxes ($109 million).

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Our ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 0.4 to 1.0 at the end of the 2024 third quarter. We have significant borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility should we need additional working capital.

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Our ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 0.5 to 1.0 at the end of the 2025 first quarter. We have significant borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility should we need additional working capital.

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We made capital and technology expenditures of $408 million in the 2024 first three quarters and $318 million in the 2023 first three quarters. We expect capital expenditures and other investments will total approximately $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion for the 2024 full year, including capital and technology expenditures, loan advances, contract acquisition costs, and other investing activities (including approximately $160 million for maintenance capital spending). Our anticipated capital and technology expenditures include $200 million of spending related to our option to purchase the land underlying the Sheraton Grand Chicago, which we discuss in Note 5. Capital and technology expenditures in 2024 include higher than typical spending on our worldwide technology systems transformation, which is overwhelmingly expected to be reimbursed over time.

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We made capital and technology expenditures of $135 million in the 2025 first quarter and $109 million in the 2024 first quarter. We expect capital expenditures and other investments will total approximately $1,355 million to $1,455 million for the 2025 full year, including capital and technology expenditures, loan advances, contract acquisition costs, and other investing activities. This estimate includes $355 million of investment spending related to the citizenM brand acquisition discussed in Note 2, which we expect to close later in 2025, but excludes any additional potential property or brand acquisitions, which we cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and which may be significant. Our anticipated capital and technology expenditures include higher than typical spending on our worldwide technology systems transformation, the overwhelming portion of which we expect to be reimbursed over time, and renovations of hotels in our owned and leased portfolio.

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We repurchased 4.5 million shares of our common stock for $1.0 billion in the 2024 third quarter. Year-to-date through October 31, 2024, we repurchased 14.2 million shares for $3.4 billion. For additional information, see “Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” in Part II, Item 2.

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We repurchased 2.8 million shares of our common stock for $0.8 billion in the 2025 first quarter. Year-to-date through April 29, 2025, we repurchased 3.9 million shares for $1.0 billion. For additional information, see “Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” in Part II, Item 2.

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$0.63 per share declared on August 2, 2024 and paid on September 30, 2024 to stockholders of record on August 16, 2024.

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On February 13, 2025, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.63 per share, which was paid on March 31, 2025 to stockholders of record on February 27, 2025.

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As of the end of the 2024 third quarter, there have been no material changes to our cash requirements as disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K. See Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of our 2023 Form 10-K for more information about our cash requirements. Also, see Note 6 for information on our long-term debt.

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As of the end of the 2025 first quarter, other than with respect to our agreement to purchase the citizenM brand discussed in Note 2, there have been no material changes to our cash requirements as disclosed in our 2024 Form 10-K. See Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of our 2024 Form 10-K for more information about our cash requirements. Also, see Note 7 for information on our long-term debt.

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At September 30, 2024, projected Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax payments under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act totaled $135 million, which is payable within the next 12 months from September 30, 2024.

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At March 31, 2025, projected Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax payments under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act totaled $135 million, which was paid in April 2025.