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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

Note 10: Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”). The activities of these entities are limited primarily to purchasing qualifying non-recourse timeshare financing receivables from us and issuing debt securities and/or borrowing under a debt facility to facilitate such purchases. The timeshare financing receivables held by these entities are not available to our creditors and are not our legal assets, nor is the debt that is securitized through these entities a legal liability to us.

We have determined that we are the primary beneficiaries of all VIEs as we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect their economic performance. We are also the servicer of these timeshare financing receivables and we often replace or repurchase timeshare financing receivables that are in default at their outstanding principal amounts. Additionally, we have the obligation to absorb their losses and the right to receive benefits that could be significant to them. Only the assets of our VIEs are available to settle the obligations of the respective entities.

As part of the Diamond Acquisition, we acquired the variable interests in the entities associated with Diamond’s outstanding timeshare financing receivables securitization transactions. They have been aggregated for disclosure purposes as they are similar in nature to our previously established VIEs. We also acquired conduit facilities which are VIEs and do not have an outstanding balance as of September 30, 2021.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets included the assets and liabilities of these entities, which primarily consisted of the following:

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

($ in millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Restricted cash

 

$

63

 

 

$

28

 

Timeshare financing receivables, net

 

 

1,033

 

 

 

742

 

Non-recourse debt(1)

 

 

1,187

 

 

 

766

 

 

(1) Net of deferred financing costs.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we did not provide any financial or other support to any VIEs that we were not previously contractually required to provide, nor do we intend to provide such support in the future.