Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 28, 2018, frontdoor, inc. (the Company) entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement with ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (ServiceMaster), pursuant to which ServiceMaster agreed to transfer its American Home Shield business to the Company (the Separation) and distribute approximately 80.2% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company to ServiceMaster shareholders in a tax-free distribution (the Distribution). The Distribution was made at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 1, 2018, to ServiceMaster shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 14, 2018. As a result of the Distribution, the Company is now an independent public company and its common stock is listed under the symbol FTDR on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
In connection with the Separation and Distribution, on September 28, 2018, the Company entered into various agreements with ServiceMaster contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement to provide a framework for the Companys relationship with ServiceMaster after the Separation and Distribution, including the following agreements:
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a Transition Services Agreement;
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a Tax Matters Agreement;
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an Employee Matters Agreement; and
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a Stockholder and Registration Rights Agreement.
Summaries of certain terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement and these other agreements can be found in the section entitled Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions on pages 133-139 of the Companys information statement, dated September 10, 2018 (the Information Statement), which was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2018, and are incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of these agreements contained therein and herein are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of these agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, each of which is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.