Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  05/25/2011
 
Marriott International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  1-13881
 
Delaware
  
52-2055918
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
301-380-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure
 
Marriott International, Inc. ("Marriott") today disclosed that it expects that the anticipated spin-off of its timeshare business would result in the recognition over a number of years of several hundred million dollars of cash tax benefits to Marriott relating to the value of the timeshare business. In 2009, Marriott recorded timeshare strategy impairment pre-tax charges of $752 million, largely relating to its luxury fractional and residential business. See our 2009 Form 10-K for additional information regarding the 2009 charges. We expect to provide more information about these tax benefits after the timeshare business files its Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we have targeted for late June.

Marriott's expectation of tax benefits from the anticipated spin-off and the target date for filing the Form 10 registration statement are both "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including unanticipated developments that could prevent, delay, alter the terms of, or otherwise negatively affect the planned spin-off, and other risk factors that we identify in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
           
Marriott International, Inc.
 
 
Date: May 25, 2011
     
By:
 
/s/    Ward Cooper
               
Ward Cooper
               
Assistant Secretary