Form 10-Q/A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 19, 2009
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission file number 001-32514
DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Maryland
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20-1180098 |
(State of Incorporation)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800, Bethesda, Maryland
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20817 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code) |
(240) 744-1150
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. þ Yes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). o Yes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer þ
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Accelerated filer o
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Non-accelerated filer o
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Smaller reporting company o |
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act). o Yes þ No
The registrant had 107,972,100 shares of its $0.01 par value common stock outstanding as of
July 28, 2009.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are
filing this Amendment No.1 (this Amendment) to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 19, 2009 (the Original Form 10-Q), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, on July 28, 2009:
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to amend the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to the Original
10-Q, which inadvertently omitted certain introductory language of
paragraph 4 of Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K, and |
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to file as exhibit 10.1 to this Amendment, the Sales Agreement, dated
July 27, 2009 by and among DiamondRock Hospitality Company,
DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership and Cantor Fitzgerald &
Co. (originally filed as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 27, 2009), in its entirety,
including all schedules and exhibits thereto. |
This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-Q, which continues to speak
as of the date that the Original Form 10-Q was filed. Except as specifically noted above, this
Amendment does not modify or update any disclosures in the Original Form 10-Q. Accordingly, this
Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-Q or modify or
update any disclosures that may have been affected by subsequent events.
INDEX
Item I.
Financial Statements
DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of June 19, 2009 and December 31, 2008
(in thousands, except share amounts)
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June 19, 2009 |
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December 31, 2008 |
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(Unaudited) |
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ASSETS |
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Property and equipment, at cost |
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$ |
2,158,448 |
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$ |
2,146,616 |
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Less: accumulated depreciation |
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(264,946 |
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(226,400 |
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1,893,502 |
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1,920,216 |
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Deferred financing costs, net |
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2,949 |
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3,335 |
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Restricted cash |
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30,176 |
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30,060 |
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Due from hotel managers |
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53,297 |
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61,062 |
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Favorable lease assets, net |
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38,983 |
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40,619 |
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Prepaid and other assets |
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38,219 |
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33,414 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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51,557 |
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13,830 |
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Total assets |
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2,108,683 |
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$ |
2,102,536 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Liabilities: |
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Mortgage debt |
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$ |
819,385 |
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$ |
821,353 |
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Senior unsecured credit facility |
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57,000 |
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Total debt |
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819,385 |
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878,353 |
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Deferred income related to key money, net |
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20,067 |
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20,328 |
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Unfavorable contract liabilities, net |
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83,610 |
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84,403 |
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Due to hotel managers |
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32,185 |
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35,196 |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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54,189 |
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66,624 |
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Total other liabilities |
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190,051 |
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206,551 |
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Stockholders Equity: |
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Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 10,000,000
shares authorized; no shares issued and
outstanding |
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Common stock, $.01 par value; 200,000,000
shares authorized; 107,972,100 and 90,050,264
shares issued and outstanding at June 19, 2009
and December 31, 2008, respectively |
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1,080 |
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901 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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1,184,893 |
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1,100,541 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(86,726 |
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(83,810 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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1,099,247 |
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1,017,632 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
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2,108,683 |
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$ |
2,102,536 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Fiscal Quarters Ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008 and
the Periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Fiscal Quarter |
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Fiscal Quarter |
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Period from |
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Period from |
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Ended |
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Ended |
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January 1, 2009 to |
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January 1, 2008 to |
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June 19, 2009 |
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June 13, 2008 |
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June 19, 2009 |
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June 13, 2008 |
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(Unaudited) |
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(Unaudited) |
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(Unaudited) |
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(Unaudited) |
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Revenues: |
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Rooms |
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$ |
90,228 |
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$ |
116,011 |
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$ |
165,343 |
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$ |
201,938 |
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Food and beverage |
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44,697 |
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55,532 |
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81,587 |
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95,614 |
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Other |
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8,682 |
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9,473 |
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15,221 |
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16,327 |
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Total revenues |
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143,607 |
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181,016 |
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262,151 |
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313,879 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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Rooms |
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22,974 |
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26,249 |
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42,956 |
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47,408 |
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Food and beverage |
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30,320 |
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36,377 |
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56,901 |
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65,305 |
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Management fees |
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5,008 |
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8,048 |
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8,336 |
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13,013 |
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Other hotel expenses |
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50,516 |
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55,189 |
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96,540 |
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101,641 |
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Impairment of favorable lease asset |
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1,286 |
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1,286 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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19,729 |
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18,069 |
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38,446 |
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34,756 |
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Corporate expenses |
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3,651 |
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3,345 |
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7,419 |
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6,305 |
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Total operating expenses |
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133,484 |
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147,277 |
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251,884 |
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268,428 |
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Operating profit |
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10,123 |
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33,739 |
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10,267 |
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45,451 |
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Other Expenses (Income): |
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Interest income |
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(101 |
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(332 |
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(183 |
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(770 |
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Interest expense |
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11,086 |
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11,430 |
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22,584 |
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22,125 |
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Total other expenses |
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10,985 |
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11,098 |
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22,401 |
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21,355 |
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(Loss) income before income taxes |
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(862 |
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22,641 |
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(12,134 |
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24,096 |
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Income tax benefit (expense) |
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3,319 |
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(886 |
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9,297 |
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2,836 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
2,457 |
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$ |
21,755 |
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(2,837 |
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$ |
26,932 |
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Earnings (loss) per share: |
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Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share |
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$ |
0.02 |
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$ |
0.23 |
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(0.03 |
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0.28 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Periods from January 1, 2009 to June 18, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008
(in thousands)
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Period from |
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Period from |
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January 1, 2009 to |
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January 1, 2008 to |
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June 19, 2009 |
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June 13, 2008 |
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(Unaudited) |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net (loss) income |
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(2,837 |
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$ |
26,932 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Real estate depreciation |
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38,446 |
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34,756 |
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Corporate asset depreciation as corporate expenses |
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67 |
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75 |
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Non-cash ground rent |
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3,570 |
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3,550 |
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Non-cash financing costs as interest |
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386 |
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372 |
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Impairment of favorable lease asset |
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1,286 |
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Amortization of unfavorable contract liabilities |
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(794 |
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(794 |
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Amortization of deferred income |
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(260 |
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(253 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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2,532 |
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1,567 |
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Yield support received |
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797 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses and other assets |
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(3,565 |
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(4,022 |
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Restricted cash |
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123 |
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(582 |
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Due to/from hotel managers |
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4,754 |
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(5,966 |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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(13,457 |
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(8,455 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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30,251 |
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47,977 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Hotel capital expenditures |
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(13,265 |
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(36,766 |
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Receipt of deferred key money |
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5,000 |
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Change in restricted cash |
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(970 |
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(1,820 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(14,235 |
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(33,586 |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Repayments of credit facility |
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(57,000 |
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(15,000 |
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Draws on credit facility |
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47,000 |
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Scheduled mortgage debt principal payments |
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(1,968 |
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(1,413 |
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Repurchase of shares |
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(159 |
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(3,184 |
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Proceeds from sale of common stock |
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82,562 |
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Payment of costs related to sale of common stock |
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(404 |
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Payment of financing deposits |
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(1,240 |
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Payment of dividends |
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(80 |
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(46,630 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
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21,711 |
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(19,227 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
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37,727 |
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(4,836 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
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13,830 |
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29,773 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
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$ |
51,557 |
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$ |
24,937 |
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Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
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$ |
23,819 |
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$ |
24,176 |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
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$ |
868 |
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$ |
861 |
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Capitalized interest |
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$ |
19 |
|
|
$ |
183 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Cash Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unpaid dividends |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
23,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Organization
DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the Company or we) is a lodging-focused real estate
company that owns, as of July 28, 2009, 20 premium hotels and
resorts that contain approximately 9,600 guestrooms. We are committed to
maximizing stockholder value through investing in premium full-service hotels and, to a lesser
extent, premium urban limited-service hotels located throughout the United States. Our hotels are
concentrated in key gateway cities and in destination resort locations and are all operated under a
brand owned by one of the top three lodging national brand companies (Marriott International, Inc.
(Marriott), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (Starwood) or Hilton Hotels Corporation
(Hilton)).
We are owners, as opposed to operators, of hotels. As an owner, we receive all of the
operating profits or losses generated by our hotels, after we pay the
hotel managers fees, which are based on
the revenues and profitability of the hotels, and reimburse all of their direct and indirect
operating costs.
As of June 19, 2009, we owned 20 hotels, comprising 9,586 rooms, located in the following
markets: Atlanta, Georgia (3); Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois (2); Fort
Worth, Texas; Lexington, Kentucky; Los Angeles, California (2); New York, New York (2); Northern
California; Oak Brook, Illinois; Orlando, Florida; Salt Lake City, Utah; Washington D.C.; St.
Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Vail, Colorado.
We conduct our business through a traditional umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT, in which
our hotel properties are owned by our operating partnership, DiamondRock Hospitality Limited
Partnership, or subsidiaries of our operating partnership. We are the sole general partner of the
operating partnership and currently own, either directly or indirectly, all of the limited
partnership units of the operating partnership.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in
financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or
GAAP, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe the
disclosures made are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading. However,
the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December
31, 2008, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K dated February 27, 2009.
In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect
all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position as of June 19, 2009, the results
of our operations for the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008 and the periods
from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 and cash flows for the
periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008. Interim
results are not necessarily indicative of full-year performance because of the impact of seasonal
and short-term variations.
Our financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries in
accordance with U.S. GAAP. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Reporting Periods
The results we report in our condensed consolidated statements of operations are based on
results of our hotels reported to us by our hotel managers. Our hotel managers use different
reporting periods. Marriott, the manager of most of our properties, uses a fiscal year ending on
the Friday closest to December 31 and reports twelve weeks of operations for each of the first
three quarters and sixteen or seventeen weeks for the fourth quarter of the year for its domestic
managed hotels. In contrast, Marriott, for its non-domestic hotels (including Frenchmans Reef),
Vail Resorts, manager of the Vail Marriott, Davidson Hotel Company, manager of the Westin Atlanta
North at Perimeter, Hilton Hotels Corporation, manager of the Conrad Chicago, and Westin Hotel
Management, L.P, manager of the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel report results on a monthly basis.
Additionally, as a REIT, we are required by U.S. federal tax laws to report results on a calendar
year basis. As a result, we have adopted the reporting periods used by Marriott for its domestic
hotels, except that the fiscal year always ends on December 31 to comply with REIT rules. The first
three fiscal quarters end on the same day as Marriotts
fiscal quarters but the fourth quarter ends on December 31 and the full year results, as
reported in the statement of operations, always include the same number of days as the calendar
year.
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Two consequences of the reporting cycle we have adopted are: (1) quarterly start dates will
usually differ between years, except for the first quarter which always commences on January 1, and
(2) the first and fourth quarters of operations and year-to-date operations may not include the
same number of days as reflected in prior years.
While the reporting calendar we adopted is more closely aligned with the reporting calendar
used by the manager of most of our properties, one final consequence of the calendar is we are
unable to report any results for Frenchmans Reef, Vail Marriott, Westin Atlanta North at
Perimeter, Conrad Chicago, or Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel for the month of operations that ends
after its fiscal quarter-end because neither Westin Hotel Management, L.P., Hilton Hotels
Corporation, Davidson Hotel Company, Vail Resorts nor Marriott make mid-month results available to
us. As a result, our quarterly results of operations include results from Frenchmans Reef, the
Vail Marriott, the Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter, the Conrad Chicago, and the Westin Boston
Waterfront Hotel as follows: first quarter (January, February), second quarter (March to May),
third quarter (June to August) and fourth quarter (September to December). While this does not
affect full-year results, it does affect the reporting of quarterly results.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues from operations of the hotels are recognized when the services are provided.
Revenues consist of room sales, golf sales, food and beverage sales, and other hotel department
revenues, such as telephone and gift shop sales.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic
earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net
income (loss), adjusted for
dividends on unvested stock grants, by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss),
adjusted for dividends on unvested stock grants, by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding during the period plus other potentially dilutive securities such as stock grants or
shares issuable in the event of conversion of operating partnership units. No adjustment is made
for shares that are anti-dilutive during a period.
We implemented the provisions of FASB Staff Position EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether
Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions are Participating Securities, which
resulted in no significant impact on current or prior period earnings (loss) per share.
Stock-based Compensation
We account for stock-based employee compensation using the fair value based method of
accounting under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS 123R),
Share-Based Payment. We record the cost of awards with service conditions based on the grant-date
fair value of the award. That cost is recognized over the period during which an employee is
required to provide service in exchange for the award. No compensation cost is recognized for
equity instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service. No awards with
performance-based or market-based conditions have been issued.
Intangible Assets and Liabilities
Intangible assets and liabilities are recorded on non-market contracts assumed as part of the
acquisition of certain hotels. We review the terms of agreements assumed in conjunction with the
purchase of a hotel to determine if the terms are favorable or unfavorable compared to an estimated
market agreement at the acquisition date. Favorable lease assets or unfavorable contract
liabilities are recorded at the acquisition date and amortized using the straight-line method over
the term of the agreement. We do not amortize intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, but
review these assets for impairment if events or circumstances indicate that the asset may be
impaired.
We have a favorable lease asset with an indefinite life related to the right to enter into a
favorable lease under our option to develop a hotel on an undeveloped parcel of land adjacent to
the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. The fair value estimate of the favorable lease uses a
discounted cash flow method. Inputs to the estimate include observable market inputs, including
current ground lease rates and discount rates, and unobservable inputs such as estimated future
hotel revenues. The fair market value of the ground lease declined from $12.1 million to $10.8
million as of June 19, 2009 and we have recorded an impairment loss of $1.3 million during the
fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009.
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Straight-Line Rent
We record rent expense on leases that provide for minimum rental payments that increase in
pre-established amounts over the remaining term of the lease on a straight-line basis as required
by U.S. GAAP.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations
of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. We maintain cash and cash
equivalents with various high credit-quality financial institutions. We perform periodic
evaluations of the relative credit standing of these financial institutions and limit the amount of
credit exposure with any one institution.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Risks and Uncertainties
The state of the overall economy can significantly impact hotel operational performance and
thus, impact our financial position. Should any of our hotels experience a significant decline in
operational performance, it may affect our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and
service debt or meet other financial obligations.
3. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment as of June 19, 2009 (unaudited) and December 31, 2008 consists of the
following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
December 31, 2008 |
|
Land |
|
$ |
219,590 |
|
|
$ |
219,590 |
|
Land improvements |
|
|
7,994 |
|
|
|
7,994 |
|
Buildings |
|
|
1,664,897 |
|
|
|
1,658,227 |
|
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |
|
|
264,933 |
|
|
|
259,154 |
|
CIP and corporate office equipment |
|
|
1,034 |
|
|
|
1,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,158,448 |
|
|
|
2,146,616 |
|
Less: accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(264,946 |
) |
|
|
(226,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,893,502 |
|
|
$ |
1,920,216 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 19, 2009, we did not have any accrued capital expenditures. As of December 31,
2008, we had accrued capital expenditures of $2.6 million.
4. Capital Stock
Common Shares
We are authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share.
Each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to
a vote of stockholders. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets
legally available for the payment of dividends when authorized by our board of directors.
On April 17, 2009, we completed a follow-on public offering of our common stock. We sold
17,825,000 shares of common stock, including the underwriters overallotment of 2,325,000 shares,
at an offering price of $4.85 per share. The net proceeds to us, after deduction of offering
costs, were approximately $82.1 million.
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Preferred Shares
We are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per
share. Our board of directors is required to set for each class or series of preferred stock the
terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms or conditions of redemption. As of June
19, 2009 and December 31, 2008, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
Operating Partnership Units
Holders of operating partnership units have certain redemption rights, which enable them to
cause our operating partnership to redeem their units in exchange for cash per unit equal to the
market price of our common stock, at the time of redemption, or, at our option for shares of our
common stock on a one-for-one basis. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the redemption
rights will be adjusted upon the occurrence of stock splits, mergers, consolidations or similar
pro-rata share transactions, which otherwise would have the effect of diluting the ownership
interests of the limited partners or our stockholders. As of June 19, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
there were no operating partnership units held by unaffiliated third parties.
5. Stock Incentive Plans
As of June 19, 2009, we have issued or committed to issue 3,194,151 shares of our common stock
under our 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, including 1,978,595 shares of unvested
restricted common stock and a commitment to issue 466,819 units of deferred common stock.
Restricted Stock Awards
As of June 19, 2009, our officers and employees have been awarded 3,066,967 shares of
restricted common stock, including those shares which have since vested. Shares issued to our
officers and employees vest over a three-year period from the date of the grant based on continued
employment. We measure compensation expense for the restricted stock awards based upon the fair
market value of our common stock at the date of grant. Compensation expense is recognized on a
straight-line basis over the vesting period and is included in corporate expenses in the
accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.
A summary of our restricted stock awards from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Grant Date |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
Unvested balance at January 1, 2009 |
|
|
605,809 |
|
|
$ |
13.02 |
|
Granted |
|
|
1,515,955 |
|
|
|
2.82 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(135,985 |
) |
|
|
15.29 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(7,184 |
) |
|
|
14.61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unvested balance at June 19, 2009 |
|
|
1,978,595 |
|
|
$ |
5.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The remaining share awards are expected to vest as follows: 62,748 shares during 2009, 631,082
shares during 2010, 779,448 shares during 2011 and 505,317 during 2012. As of June 19, 2009, the
unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards was $7.5 million and the
weighted-average period over which the unrecognized compensation expense will be recorded is
approximately 26 months. For the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, we
recorded $1.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to restricted
stock awards. For the periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June
13, 2008, we recorded $2.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively, of compensation expense related
to restricted stock awards.
Deferred Stock Awards
At the time of our initial public offering, we made a commitment to issue 382,500 shares of
deferred stock units to our senior executive officers. These deferred stock units are fully vested
and represent the promise to issue a number of shares of our common stock to each senior executive
officer upon the earlier of (i) a change of control or (ii) five years after the date of grant,
which was the initial public offering completion date (the Deferral Period). However, if an
executives service with the Company is terminated for cause prior to the expiration of the
Deferral Period, all deferred stock unit awards will be forfeited. The executive officers are
restricted from transferring these shares until the fifth anniversary of the initial public
offering completion date. As of June 19, 2009, we have a commitment to issue 466,819 shares under
this plan. The share commitment increased from 382,500 to 466,819 since our initial public
offering because current dividends are not
paid out but instead are effectively reinvested in additional deferred stock units based on
the closing price of our common stock on the dividend payment date.
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Stock Appreciation Rights and Dividend Equivalent Rights
In 2008, we awarded our executive officers stock-settled stock appreciation rights (SARs)
and dividend equivalent rights (DERs). The SARs/DERs vest over three years based on continued
employment and may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time after the instrument vests and
before the tenth anniversary of issuance. As of June 19, 2009, we have awarded 300,225 SARs/DERs
to our executive officers with an aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $2.0 million.
For the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, we recorded approximately $0.2
million and $0.1 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the SARs/DERs. For the
periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, we recorded
approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the
SARs/DERs. A summary of our SARs/DERs as of June 19, 2009 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Grant Date |
|
|
|
SARs/DERs |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
Balance at January 1, 2009 |
|
|
300,225 |
|
|
$ |
6.62 |
|
Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at June 19, 2009 |
|
|
300,225 |
|
|
$ |
6.62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One-third of the SAR/DER awards vested in 2009 and the remainder are expected to vest as
follows: one-third in 2010 and one-third in 2011. As of June 19, 2009, the unrecognized
compensation cost related to the SAR/DER awards was $1.1 million and the weighted-average period
over which the unrecognized compensation expense will be recorded is approximately 23 months.
6. Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic
earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) available to
common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net (loss) income available to common stockholders, that
has been adjusted for dilutive securities, by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding including dilutive securities. No effect is shown for our restricted stock and SARs
when the impact is anti-dilutive.
The following is a reconciliation of the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per
share (in thousands, except share and per share data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Period from |
|
|
Period from |
|
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
January 1, 2009 to |
|
|
January 1, 2008 to |
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
Basic Earnings (Loss) per Share
Calculation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,755 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,932 |
|
Less: dividends on
unvested restricted
common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(119 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(237 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) after
dividends on unvested
restricted common stock |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,636 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average number of
common shares outstandingbasic |
|
|
104,194,871 |
|
|
|
95,212,142 |
|
|
|
97,292,933 |
|
|
|
95,195,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings (loss) per share |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
0.28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted Earnings (Loss) per
Share Calculation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,755 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,932 |
|
Less: dividends on
unvested restricted
common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(119 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(237 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) after
dividends on unvested
restricted common stock |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,636 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average number of
common shares outstandingbasic |
|
|
104,194,871 |
|
|
|
95,212,142 |
|
|
|
97,292,933 |
|
|
|
95,195,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unvested restricted common stock |
|
|
666,921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unvested SARs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average number of
common shares
outstandingdiluted |
|
|
104,861,792 |
|
|
|
95,212,142 |
|
|
|
97,292,933 |
|
|
|
95,195,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings (loss) per share |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
0.28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 8 -
7. Debt
We have incurred limited recourse, property specific mortgage debt in conjunction with certain
of our hotels. In the event of default, the lender may only foreclose on the pledged assets;
however, in the event of fraud, misapplication of funds and other customary recourse provisions,
the lender may seek payment from us. As of June 19, 2009, 12 of our 20 hotel properties were
secured by mortgage debt. Our mortgage debt contains certain property specific covenants and
restrictions, including minimum debt service coverage ratios that trigger cash management
provisions as well as restrictions on incurring additional debt without lender consent. As of June
19, 2009, we were in compliance with the financial covenants of our mortgage debt.
The following table sets forth information regarding the Companys debt as of June 19, 2009
(unaudited), in thousands:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Property |
|
Balance |
|
|
Interest Rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Courtyard Manhattan / Midtown East |
|
$ |
40,706 |
|
|
5.195% |
Marriott Salt Lake City Downtown |
|
|
33,781 |
|
|
5.50% |
Courtyard Manhattan / Fifth Avenue |
|
|
51,000 |
|
|
6.48% |
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort |
|
|
28,066 |
|
|
5.11% |
Renaissance Worthington |
|
|
57,400 |
|
|
5.40% |
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott
Beach Resort |
|
|
61,832 |
|
|
5.44% |
Marriott Los Angeles Airport |
|
|
82,600 |
|
|
5.30% |
Orlando Airport Marriott |
|
|
59,000 |
|
|
5.68% |
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile |
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
5.975% |
Renaissance Austin |
|
|
83,000 |
|
|
5.507% |
Renaissance Waverly |
|
|
97,000 |
|
|
5.503% |
Bethesda Marriott Suites |
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
LIBOR + 0.95 (1.27% as of June 19, 2009) |
Senior unsecured credit facility |
|
|
|
|
|
LIBOR + 0.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt |
|
$ |
819,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-Average Interest Rate |
|
|
|
|
|
5.62% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The mortgage debt on the Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East matures on December 11, 2009. We
have signed a term sheet with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to provide
a new $43 million of non-recourse mortgage loan on the Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East bearing an
interest rate of 8.8% and a term of five years. We have provided $1.2 million of refundable
deposits to MassMutual, but the closing of the loan is subject to numerous closing conditions,
including a material adverse change clause.
We are party to a four-year, $200.0 million unsecured credit facility (the Facility)
expiring in February 2011. We may extend the maturity date of the Facility for an additional year
upon the payment of applicable fees and the satisfaction of certain other customary conditions. As
of June 19, 2009, we did not have an outstanding balance on the Facility.
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Interest is paid on the periodic advances under the Facility at varying rates, based upon
either LIBOR or the alternate base rate, plus an agreed upon additional margin amount. The interest
rate depends upon our level of outstanding indebtedness in relation to the value of our assets from
time to time, as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leverage Ratio |
|
|
|
60% or Greater |
|
|
55% to 60% |
|
|
50% to 55% |
|
|
Less Than 50% |
|
Alternate base rate margin |
|
|
0.65 |
% |
|
|
0.45 |
% |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
LIBOR margin |
|
|
1.55 |
% |
|
|
1.45 |
% |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
|
|
0.95 |
% |
The Facility contains various corporate financial covenants. A summary of the most restrictive
covenants is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actual at |
|
|
Covenant |
|
June 19, 2009 |
Maximum leverage ratio(1) |
|
65% |
|
44.7% |
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio(2) |
|
1.6x |
|
2.4x |
Minimum tangible net worth(3) |
|
$738.4 million |
|
$1.4 billion |
Unhedged floating rate debt as a percentage of total indebtedness |
|
35% |
|
0.6% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Maximum leverage ratio is determined by dividing the total debt outstanding by the net asset value of our corporate assets and hotels. Hotel level net asset values are
calculated based on the application of a contractual capitalization rate (which range from 7.5% to 8.0%) to the trailing twelve month hotel net operating income. |
|
(2) |
|
Minimum fixed charge ratio is calculated based on the trailing four quarters. |
|
(3) |
|
Tangible net worth is defined as the gross book value of our real estate assets and other corporate assets less our total debt and all other corporate liabilities. |
The Facility requires that we maintain a specific pool of unencumbered borrowing base
properties. The unencumbered borrowing base assets are subject to the following limitations and
covenants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actual at |
|
|
Covenant |
|
June 19, 2009 |
Minimum implied debt service ratio |
|
1.5x |
|
N/A |
Maximum unencumbered leverage ratio |
|
65% |
|
0% |
Minimum number of unencumbered borrowing base properties |
|
4 |
|
8 |
Minimum unencumbered borrowing base value |
|
$150 million |
|
$579.5 million |
Percentage of total asset value owned by borrowers or guarantors |
|
90% |
|
100% |
In addition to the interest payable on amounts outstanding under the Facility, we are required
to pay unused credit facility fees equal to 0.20% of the unused portion of the Facility if the unused portion of the
Facility is greater than 50% or 0.125% of the unused portion of the
Facility if the unused portion of the Facility is less than 50%. We
incurred interest and unused credit facility fees on the Facility of $0.1 million and $0.4 million
for the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, respectively, and $0.4 million and
$0.6 million for the periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13,
2008, respectively.
8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of certain financial assets and liabilities and other financial instruments as
of June 19, 2009 and December 31, 2008, in thousands, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 19, |
|
|
As of December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
Carrying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt |
|
$ |
819,385 |
|
|
$ |
721,411 |
|
|
$ |
878,353 |
|
|
$ |
750,899 |
|
9. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
We are not involved in any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material
litigation threatened against us. We are involved in routine litigation arising out of the
ordinary course of business, all of which is expected to be covered by insurance and none of which
is expected to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Income Taxes
We had no accruals for tax uncertainties as of June 19, 2009 and December 31, 2008. As of
June 19, 2009, all of our federal income tax returns and state tax returns for the jurisdictions in
which our hotels are located remain subject to examination by the respective jurisdiction tax
authorities.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor
provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions.
These forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words believe,
expect, intend, anticipate, estimate, project or similar expressions, whether in the
negative or affirmative. Forward-looking statements are based on managements current expectations
and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance. Factors that may cause actual
results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, the risk
factors discussed herein and other factors discussed from time to time in our periodic filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the Companys
expectations will be realized. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the
Company disclaims any obligations or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to
any forward-looking statement contained in this report to reflect events, circumstances or changes
in expectations after the date of this report.
Overview
We are a lodging-focused real estate company that owns, as of July 28, 2009, 20 premium hotels
and resorts that contain approximately 9,600 guestrooms. We are committed to maximizing stockholder
value through investing in premium full-service hotels and, to a lesser extent, premium urban
limited-service hotels located throughout the United States. Our hotels are concentrated in key
gateway cities and in destination resort locations and are all operated under a brand owned by one
of the top three lodging national brand companies (Marriott, Starwood
or Hilton).
We are owners, as opposed to operators, of hotels. As an owner, we receive all of the
operating profits or losses generated by our hotels, after we pay the hotel managers fees, which
are based on the revenues and profitability of the hotels, and reimburse all of their direct and
indirect operating costs.
As
an owner, we believe we create value by acquiring the right hotels with the right brands in the right
markets, prudently financing our hotels, thoughtfully re-investing capital in our hotels,
implementing profitable operating strategies, approving the annual operating and capital budgets
for our hotels, and deciding if and when to sell
our hotels. In addition, we are committed to enhancing the value of our operating platform by being
open and transparent in our communications with investors, monitoring our corporate overhead and
following corporate governance best practice.
We differentiate ourselves from our competitors because of our adherence to three basic
principles:
|
|
|
high-quality urban- and resort-focused branded real estate; |
|
|
|
conservative capital structure; and |
|
|
|
thoughtful asset management. |
High-Quality Urban- and Resort-Focused Branded Real Estate
We own 20 premium hotels and resorts in North America. These hotels and resorts are primarily
categorized as upper upscale as defined by Smith Travel Research and are generally located in high
barrier to entry markets with multiple demand generators.
Our properties are concentrated in five key gateway cities (New York City, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Boston and Atlanta) and in destination resort locations (such as the U.S. Virgin Islands
and Vail, Colorado). We believe that gateway cities and destination resorts will achieve higher
long-term growth because they are attractive business and leisure destinations. We also believe
that these locations are better insulated from new supply due to relatively high barriers to entry
and expensive construction costs.
We believe that higher quality lodging assets create more dynamic cash flow growth and
superior long-term capital appreciation.
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In addition, a core tenet of our strategy is to leverage national hotel brands. We
strongly believe in the value of powerful national brands because we believe that they are able to
produce incremental revenue and profits compared to similar unbranded hotels. In particular, we
believe that branded hotels outperform unbranded hotels in an economic downturn. Dominant national
hotel brands typically have very strong reservation and reward systems and sales organizations, and
all of our hotels are operated under a brand owned by one of the top three national brand companies
(Marriott, Starwood or Hilton) and all but two of our hotels are managed by the brand company
directly. Generally, we are interested in owning hotels that are operated under a
nationally recognized brand or acquiring hotels that can be converted into a nationally branded
hotel.
Capital Structure
Since our formation in 2004, we have been consistently committed to a flexible capital
structure with prudent leverage levels. During 2004 though early 2007, we took advantage of the low
interest rate environment by fixing our interest rates for an extended period of time. Moreover,
during the peak in the commercial real estate market in the past
several years, we maintained low financial leverage
by funding the majority of our acquisitions through the issuance of equity. This strategy allowed
us to maintain a balance sheet with a moderate amount of debt. During the peak years, we believed,
and present events have confirmed, that it would be inappropriate to increase the inherent risk of
a highly cyclical business through a highly levered capital structure.
We believe the current economic environment has confirmed the merits of our financing
strategy. We believe that we maintain a reasonable amount of fixed interest rate mortgage debt with
few near-term maturities. As of June 19, 2009, we had $819.4 million of mortgage debt outstanding.
We currently have eight hotels, with an aggregate historic cost of $792.1 million, which are
unencumbered by mortgage debt. As of June 19, 2009, our debt had a weighted-average interest rate
of 5.62% and a weighted-average maturity date of 6.12 years. In addition, as of June 19, 2009,
99.4% of our debt was fixed rate.
We prefer a relatively simple but efficient capital structure. We have not invested in joint
ventures and have not issued any operating partnership units or preferred stock. We endeavor to
structure our hotel acquisitions so that they will not overly complicate our capital structure;
however, we will consider a more complex transaction if we believe that the projected returns to
our stockholders will significantly exceed the returns that would otherwise be available.
We have always strived to operate our business with conservative leverage. During the current
recession, our corporate goals and objectives continue to be focused on preserving and enhancing
our liquidity. We have taken, or intend to take, a number of steps to achieve these goals, as
follows:
|
|
|
We completed a follow-on public offering of our common stock on during the second
quarter. We sold 17,825,000 shares of common stock, including the underwriters
overallotment of 2,325,000 shares, at an offering price of $4.85 per share. The net
proceeds to us, after deduction of offering costs, were approximately $82.1 million. In
addition, our Board of Directors recently authorized us to sell up to $75 million of common
stock. |
|
|
|
We repaid the $52 million outstanding on our senior unsecured credit facility during the
second quarter with a portion of the proceeds from our follow-on offering. |
|
|
|
We intend to pay our next dividend to our stockholders of record as of December 31, 2009.
We expect the 2009 dividend will be in an amount equal to 100% of our 2009 taxable income.
We may elect to pay up to 90 percent of our 2009 dividend in shares of our common stock, as
permitted by the Internal Revenue Services Revenue Procedure 2009-15. |
|
|
|
We have focused on minimizing capital spending during 2009 and expect to fund
approximately $10 million of 2009 capital expenditures from corporate cash. |
|
|
|
We explored the potential sale of certain hotels earlier in the year, but currently do
not have any hotels listed for sale with a broker. We will evaluate any unsolicited offers
received for any of our hotels. |
We have two near-term mortgage debt maturities totaling $68 million. The debt maturities
include $40.2 million coming due on the Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East on December 11, 2009 and
$27.7 million coming due on the Griffin Gate Marriott in January 2010. The status of our efforts
to address our near-term debt maturities is as follows:
|
|
|
We have signed a term sheet with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
(MassMutual) to provide a new $43 million non-recourse mortgage loan on the Courtyard
Manhattan/Midtown East bearing an interest rate of 8.8% and a term of five years. The
closing of the loan is subject to numerous closing conditions, including a material adverse
change clause. |
|
|
|
We are currently assessing the best alternatives to address the Griffin Gate Marriott
mortgage debt maturity, including either refinancing the loan or
repaying the loan with
corporate cash. |
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Thoughtful Asset Management
We believe that we are able to create significant value in our portfolio by utilizing our
managements extensive experience and our innovative asset management strategies. Our senior
management team has an established broad network of hotel industry contacts and relationships,
including relationships with hotel owners, financiers, operators, project managers and contractors
and other key industry participants.
In the current economic environment, we believe that our extensive lodging experience, our
network of industry relationships and our asset management strategies position us to
minimize the impact of declining revenues on our hotels. In particular, we are focused on
controlling our property-level and corporate expenses, as well as working closely with our managers
to optimize the mix of business at our hotels in order to maximize potential revenue. Our
property-level cost containment includes the implementation of aggressive contingency plans at each
of our hotels. The contingency plans include controlling labor expenses, eliminating hotel staff
positions, adjusting food and beverage outlet hours of operation and not filling open positions. In
addition, our strategy to significantly renovate many of the hotels in our portfolio from
2006 to 2008 resulted in the flexibility to significantly curtail our planned capital expenditures
for 2009 and 2010.
We
use our broad network of hotel industry contacts and relationships to maximize the value of our hotels. Under the regulations governing
REITs, we are required to engage a hotel manager that is an eligible independent contractor through
one of our subsidiaries to manage each of our hotels pursuant to a management agreement. Our
philosophy is to negotiate management agreements that give us the right to exert significant
influence over the management of our properties, annual budgets and all capital expenditures, and
then to use those rights to continually monitor and improve the performance of our properties. We
cooperatively partner with the managers of our hotels in an attempt to increase operating results
and long-term asset values at our hotels. In addition to working directly with the personnel at our
hotels, our senior management team also has long-standing professional relationships with our hotel
managers senior executives, and we work directly with these senior executives to improve the
performance of our portfolio.
We believe we can create significant value in our portfolio through innovative asset
management strategies such as rebranding, renovating and repositioning. We are committed to
regularly evaluating our portfolio to determine if we can employ these value-added strategies at
our hotels. From 2006 to 2008 we completed a significant amount of capital reinvestment in our
hotels completing projects that ranged from room renovations, to a total renovation and
repositioning of the hotel, to the addition of new meeting space, spa or restaurant repositioning.
In connection with our renovations and repositionings, our senior management team and our asset
managers are individually committed to completing these renovations on time, on budget and with
minimum disruption to our hotels. As we have significantly renovated
many of the hotels in
our portfolio, we chose to substantially reduce capital expenditures beginning in 2009.
Key Indicators of Financial Condition and Operating Performance
We use a variety of operating and other information to evaluate the financial condition and
operating performance of our business. These key indicators include financial information that is
prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as other financial information that is not prepared in
accordance with GAAP. In addition, we use other information that may not be financial in nature,
including statistical information and comparative data. We use this information to measure the
performance of individual hotels, groups of hotels and/or our business as a whole. We periodically
compare historical information to our internal budgets as well as industry-wide information. These
key indicators include:
|
|
|
Average Daily Rate (or ADR); |
|
|
|
Revenue per Available Room (or RevPAR); |
|
|
|
Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (or EBITDA); and |
|
|
|
Funds From Operations (or FFO). |
Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR are commonly used measures within the hotel industry to evaluate
operating performance. RevPAR, which is calculated as the product of ADR and occupancy percentage,
is an important statistic for monitoring operating performance at the individual hotel level and
across our business as a whole. We evaluate individual hotel RevPAR performance on an absolute
basis with comparisons to budget and prior periods, as well as on a company-wide and regional
basis. ADR and RevPAR include only room revenue. Room revenue comprised approximately 63% of our
total revenues for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009, and is dictated by demand, as measured
by occupancy percentage, pricing, as measured by ADR, and our available supply of hotel rooms.
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Our ADR, occupancy percentage and RevPAR performance may be impacted by macroeconomic
factors such as regional and local employment growth, personal income and corporate earnings,
office vacancy rates and business relocation decisions, airport and other business and leisure
travel, new hotel construction and the pricing strategies of competitors. In addition, our ADR,
occupancy percentage and RevPAR performance is dependent on the continued success of Marriott and
its brands as well as the Westin and Conrad brands.
We also use EBITDA and FFO as measures of the financial performance of our business. See
Non-GAAP Financial Matters.
Outlook
The impact of the severe economic recession on U.S. travel fundamentals and our operating
results is likely to persist for some period of time. Lodging demand has historically correlated
with several key economic indicators such as GDP growth, employment trends, corporate profits,
consumer confidence and business investment. Although there have been recent signs that occupancy
in the industry may have stabilized, the average daily rate has continued to decline. We expect
lodging demand to follow its historical course and lag the general economic recovery by several
quarters and thus, we anticipate a challenging operating environment for the balance of 2009 and
into 2010.
New hotel supply remains a short-term negative and a long-term positive. Although the
industry benefited from supply growth less than historical averages from 2004 through 2007, new
hotel supply began to increase at the end of the last economic expansion. While some of those
projects have been delayed or eliminated, the rate of new supply is expected to peak in 2009 and
remain above historical averages in 2010. We have been or will be impacted by new supply in a few
of our markets, most notably Fort Worth, Texas during 2009 and Chicago and Austin in 2010. Due to
a number of factors, we expect below average supply growth for an extended period of time beginning
in 2011, when we expect minimal new supply to be a significant positive for operating fundamentals.
Our Hotels
The following table sets forth certain operating information for each of our hotels for the
period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Occupancy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
from 2008 |
|
Property |
|
Location |
|
Rooms |
|
|
(%) |
|
|
ADR($) |
|
|
RevPAR($) |
|
|
RevPAR |
|
Chicago Marriott |
|
Chicago, Illinois |
|
|
1,198 |
|
|
|
67.9 |
% |
|
$ |
169.99 |
|
|
$ |
115.46 |
|
|
|
(17.6 |
)% |
Los Angeles Airport Marriott |
|
Los Angeles, California |
|
|
1,004 |
|
|
|
75.1 |
|
|
|
112.27 |
|
|
|
84.27 |
|
|
|
(16.2 |
) |
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel (1) |
|
Boston, Massachusetts |
|
|
793 |
|
|
|
60.0 |
|
|
|
190.13 |
|
|
|
114.00 |
|
|
|
(7.9 |
) |
Renaissance Waverly Hotel |
|
Atlanta, Georgia |
|
|
521 |
|
|
|
62.6 |
|
|
|
137.52 |
|
|
|
86.11 |
|
|
|
(17.4 |
) |
Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown |
|
Salt Lake City, Utah |
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
54.3 |
|
|
|
134.59 |
|
|
|
73.15 |
|
|
|
(24.0 |
) |
Renaissance Worthington |
|
Fort Worth, Texas |
|
|
504 |
|
|
|
68.1 |
|
|
|
166.43 |
|
|
|
113.36 |
|
|
|
(20.7 |
) |
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort (1) |
|
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
|
|
502 |
|
|
|
86.5 |
|
|
|
252.70 |
|
|
|
218.60 |
|
|
|
(8.2 |
) |
Renaissance Austin Hotel |
|
Austin, Texas |
|
|
492 |
|
|
|
63.2 |
|
|
|
153.74 |
|
|
|
97.12 |
|
|
|
(17.2 |
) |
Torrance Marriott South Bay |
|
Los Angeles County, California |
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
67.4 |
|
|
|
115.41 |
|
|
|
77.77 |
|
|
|
(23.2 |
) |
Orlando Airport Marriott |
|
Orlando, Florida |
|
|
486 |
|
|
|
78.4 |
|
|
|
87.07 |
|
|
|
68.28 |
|
|
|
(17.2 |
) |
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort |
|
Lexington, Kentucky |
|
|
408 |
|
|
|
57.4 |
|
|
|
122.83 |
|
|
|
70.52 |
|
|
|
(18.3 |
) |
Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort |
|
Oak Brook, Illinois |
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
|
|
120.41 |
|
|
|
42.52 |
|
|
|
(34.4 |
) |
Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter (1) |
|
Atlanta, Georgia |
|
|
369 |
|
|
|
66.5 |
|
|
|
103.88 |
|
|
|
69.08 |
|
|
|
(26.8 |
) |
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa (1) |
|
Vail, Colorado |
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
67.9 |
|
|
|
241.82 |
|
|
|
164.17 |
|
|
|
(25.3 |
) |
Marriott Atlanta Alpharetta |
|
Atlanta, Georgia |
|
|
318 |
|
|
|
59.1 |
|
|
|
128.38 |
|
|
|
75.82 |
|
|
|
(21.1 |
) |
Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East |
|
New York, New York |
|
|
312 |
|
|
|
83.2 |
|
|
|
204.01 |
|
|
|
169.69 |
|
|
|
(33.6 |
) |
Conrad Chicago (1) |
|
Chicago, Illinois |
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
67.2 |
|
|
|
177.78 |
|
|
|
119.53 |
|
|
|
(23.8 |
) |
Bethesda Marriott Suites |
|
Bethesda, Maryland |
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
62.7 |
|
|
|
179.41 |
|
|
|
112.45 |
|
|
|
(21.5 |
) |
Courtyard Manhattan/Fifth Avenue |
|
New York, New York |
|
|
185 |
|
|
|
88.4 |
|
|
|
208.59 |
|
|
|
184.31 |
|
|
|
(27.1 |
) |
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa |
|
Sonoma, California |
|
|
182 |
|
|
|
51.4 |
|
|
|
176.20 |
|
|
|
90.59 |
|
|
|
(33.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL/WEIGHTED AVERAGE |
|
|
|
|
9,586 |
|
|
|
66.4 |
% |
|
$ |
157.36 |
|
|
$ |
104.53 |
|
|
|
(19.9 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, Vail Marriott Mountain Resort
& Spa, Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter, Conrad Chicago and the Westin Boston Waterfront
Hotel report operations on a calendar month and year basis. The period from January 1,
2009 to June 19, 2009 includes the operations for the period from January 1, 2009 to May
31, 2009 for these five hotels. |
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Results of Operations
As of June 19, 2009, we owned 20 hotels. Our total assets were $2.1 billion as of June 19,
2009. Total liabilities were $1.0 billion as of June 19, 2009, including $819.4 million of debt.
Stockholders equity was approximately $1.1 billion as of June 19, 2009.
Comparison of the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 19, 2009 to the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 13, 2008
Our net income for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009 was $2.5 million compared to net
income of $21.8 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 13, 2008.
Revenue. Revenue consists primarily of the room, food and beverage and other operating
revenues from our hotels. Revenues for the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008,
respectively, consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
Rooms |
|
$ |
90,228 |
|
|
$ |
116,011 |
|
|
|
(22.2 |
)% |
Food and beverage |
|
|
44,697 |
|
|
|
55,532 |
|
|
|
(19.5 |
)% |
Other |
|
|
8,682 |
|
|
|
9,473 |
|
|
|
(8.4 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
143,607 |
|
|
$ |
181,016 |
|
|
|
(20.7 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Individual hotel revenues for the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008,
respectively, consist of the following (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chicago Marriott |
|
$ |
21.7 |
|
|
$ |
28.3 |
|
|
|
(23.3 |
)% |
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel (1) |
|
|
18.2 |
|
|
|
19.0 |
|
|
|
(4.2 |
)% |
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort (1) |
|
|
14.6 |
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
(11.5 |
)% |
Los Angeles Airport Marriott |
|
|
10.6 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
(21.5 |
)% |
Renaissance Worthington |
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
|
10.0 |
|
|
|
(26.0 |
)% |
Renaissance Austin Hotel |
|
|
7.2 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
(15.3 |
)% |
Renaissance Waverly Hotel |
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
|
|
|
(17.4 |
)% |
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort |
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
(19.7 |
)% |
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa (1) |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
(24.7 |
)% |
Conrad Chicago (1) |
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
(26.0 |
)% |
Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East |
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
(35.9 |
)% |
Torrance Marriott South Bay |
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
(18.3 |
)% |
Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort |
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
(27.9 |
)% |
Orlando Airport Marriott |
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
(20.7 |
)% |
Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown |
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
(28.8 |
)% |
Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter (1) |
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
(19.6 |
)% |
Bethesda Marriott Suites |
|
|
3.4 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
(27.7 |
)% |
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa |
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
(31.9 |
)% |
Courtyard Manhattan/Fifth Avenue |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
|
(31.8 |
)% |
Marriott Atlanta Alpharetta |
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
(21.6 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
143.6 |
|
|
$ |
181.0 |
|
|
|
(20.7 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, Vail Marriott Mountain Resort
& Spa, Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter, Conrad Chicago and the Westin Boston Waterfront
Hotel report operations on a calendar month and year basis. The fiscal quarters ended June
19, 2009 and June 13, 2008 include the operations for the period from March 1, 2009 to May
31, 2009 and March 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008, respectively, for these five hotels. |
- 15 -
Our total revenues declined $37.4 million, or 20.7%, from $181.0 million for the fiscal
quarter ended June 13, 2008 to $143.6 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009,
reflecting the continued weakness in lodging fundamentals. The decline reflects a 22.2 percent
decline in RevPAR, which is the result of a 14.6 percent decrease in ADR and a 6.7 percentage point
decrease in occupancy. The following are the key hotel operating statistics for our hotels for
the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
Occupancy % |
|
|
69.0 |
% |
|
|
75.7 |
% |
|
|
(6.7) percentage points |
|
ADR |
|
$ |
159.30 |
|
|
$ |
186.53 |
|
|
|
(14.6)% |
|
RevPAR |
|
$ |
109.85 |
|
|
$ |
141.28 |
|
|
|
(22.2)% |
|
Our RevPAR declined in the second quarter by 22.2%. Most of the decline in RevPAR can be
attributed to a significant decline in the average daily rate and reflects a number of negative
trends within our primary customer segments, including a change in the mix between those segments.
Our room revenue by primary customer segment in the second quarter was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ in millions |
|
|
% of Total |
|
|
$ in millions |
|
|
% of Total |
|
|
% Decrease |
|
Business Transient |
|
$ |
22.2 |
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
$ |
35.4 |
|
|
|
31 |
% |
|
|
37.0 |
% |
Group |
|
|
34.0 |
|
|
|
38 |
% |
|
|
44.2 |
|
|
|
38 |
% |
|
|
23.2 |
% |
Leisure and Other |
|
|
34.0 |
|
|
|
37 |
% |
|
|
36.4 |
|
|
|
31 |
% |
|
|
6.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
90.2 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
116.0 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
22.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business Transient: Revenue from the business transient segment, traditionally
the most profitable segment for hotels, has declined more than any other customer segment.
Business transient revenue was partially replaced with lower-rated government, leisure and
contract business. We expect business transient demand trends to remain negative until
there is an improvement in the overall economic climate in the United States. |
|
|
|
Group: Groups have postponed, cancelled or reduced their meetings in response to
the current economic recession. The deterioration in revenue is primarily due to a decline
in group room nights and, to a much lesser extent, rate. Moreover, as there were fewer
cancellations in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the deterioration in
group room nights appears to have been caused by a decline in short-term group pick-up. As
of the end of the second quarter, our group booking pace was 19% lower than at the same time
last year, which represents the continued deterioration of group booking trends during the
year. |
|
|
|
Leisure and Other: The decline in revenue from the leisure and other segment was
almost entirely driven by lower average daily rates. |
Food and beverage revenues decreased 19.5% from 2008, reflecting a decline in both banquet and
outlet revenues. Other revenues, which primarily represent spa, golf, parking and attrition and
cancellation fees, decreased 8.4% from 2008.
Hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses consist primarily of operating expenses
of our hotels, including non-cash ground rent expense. The operating expenses for the fiscal
quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, respectively, consist of the following (in
millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
Rooms departmental expenses |
|
$ |
23.0 |
|
|
$ |
26.2 |
|
|
|
(12.2 |
)% |
Food and beverage departmental expenses |
|
|
30.3 |
|
|
|
36.4 |
|
|
|
(16.8 |
)% |
Other departmental expenses |
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
(7.4 |
)% |
General and administrative |
|
|
12.2 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
(12.2 |
)% |
Utilities |
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
|
(18.2 |
)% |
Repairs and maintenance |
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
(4.2 |
)% |
Sales and marketing |
|
|
10.2 |
|
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
(13.6 |
)% |
Base management fees |
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
(24.0 |
)% |
Incentive management fees |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
(60.0 |
)% |
Property taxes |
|
|
6.2 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
12.7 |
% |
Ground rentContractual |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
(20.0 |
)% |
Ground rentNon-cash |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total hotel operating expenses |
|
$ |
108.8 |
|
|
$ |
125.9 |
|
|
|
(13.6 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 16 -
Our hotel operating expenses decreased $17.1 million or 13.6%, from $125.9 million for the
fiscal quarter ended June 13, 2008 to $108.8 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009.
Due to the poor operating fundamentals at our hotels, we have worked with our hotel managers to
lower operating expenses. As a result of these cost-containment measures, and an overall decline
in occupancy, we have reduced the rooms, food and beverage and other hotel departmental expenses.
The primary driver for the decrease in these operating expenses is an overall decline in wages and
benefits. We expect the decreases in the rooms, food and beverage, and other hotel departmental
expenses to continue in 2009.
Management fees are calculated as a percentage of total revenues, as well as the level of
operating profit at certain hotels. Therefore, the decline in base management fees is due to the
overall decline in revenues at our hotels. We pay incentive management fees only at certain of our
hotels based on operating profits. The decrease in incentive management fees of approximately $1.8
million is due to the decline in operating profits at those hotels as well as fewer hotels earning
incentive management fees in 2009 compared to 2008.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is recorded on our hotel
buildings over 40 years for the periods subsequent to acquisition. Depreciable lives of hotel
furniture, fixtures and equipment are estimated as the time period between the acquisition date and
the date that the hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment will be replaced. Our depreciation and
amortization expense increased $1.6 million from $18.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended June
13, 2008 to $19.7 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009. This increase is primarily
the result of having additional assets in service as of June 19, 2009, due primarily to our
significant 2008 capital projects at the Chicago Marriott and the Westin Boston Waterfront.
Corporate expenses. Our corporate expenses increased from $3.3 million for the fiscal
quarter ended June 13, 2008 to $3.7 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009, due
primarily to an increase in stock-based compensation expense. Corporate expenses principally
consist of employee-related costs, including base payroll, bonus and restricted stock. Corporate
expenses also include corporate operating costs, professional fees and directors fees.
Interest expense. Our interest expense decreased $0.3 million from $11.4 million for the
fiscal quarter ended June 13, 2008 to $11.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009.
The decrease in interest expense is primarily attributable to the repayment of our credit facility
in April. The 2009 interest expense was comprised of mortgage debt ($10.8 million), amortization
of deferred financing costs ($0.2 million) and interest and unused facility fees on our credit
facility ($0.1 million). The 2008 interest expense is comprised of mortgage debt ($10.8 million),
amortization of deferred financing costs ($0.2 million) and interest and unused facility fees on
our credit facility ($0.4 million).
As of June 19, 2009, we had property-specific mortgage debt outstanding on twelve of our
hotels. On all but one of the hotels, we have fixed-rate secured debt, which bears interest at
rates ranging from 5.11% to 6.48% per year. Our weighted-average interest rate on all debt as of
June 19, 2009 was 5.62%.
Interest income. Interest income decreased $0.2 million from $0.3 million for the fiscal
quarter ended June 13, 2008 to $0.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009. Although
our corporate cash balances are higher in 2009, the interest rates earned on corporate cash are
significantly lower.
Income taxes. We recorded an income tax benefit of $3.3 million for the fiscal quarter
ended June 19, 2009 and an income tax expense of $0.9 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 13,
2008. The second quarter 2009 income tax benefit was incurred on the $9.9 million pre-tax loss of
our taxable REIT subsidiary, or TRS, for the fiscal quarter ended June 19, 2009, together with
foreign income tax expense of $0.5 million related to the taxable REIT subsidiary that owns the
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort. The second quarter 2008 income tax expense
was incurred on the $0.6 million pre-tax income of our TRS for the fiscal quarter ended June 13,
2008, together with foreign income tax expense of $0.5 million related to the taxable REIT
subsidiary that owns the Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort.
Comparison of the Period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 to the Period from January 1, 2008
to June 13, 2008
We incurred a net loss for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 of $2.8 million
compared to net income of $26.9 million for the period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008.
- 17 -
Revenue. Revenue consists primarily of the room, food and beverage and other operating
revenues from our hotels. Revenues for the periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and
January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively, consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period from |
|
|
Period from |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 1, 2009 |
|
|
January 1, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
to June 19, 2009 |
|
|
to June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
Rooms |
|
$ |
165,343 |
|
|
$ |
201,938 |
|
|
|
(18.1 |
)% |
Food and beverage |
|
|
81,587 |
|
|
|
95,614 |
|
|
|
(14.7 |
)% |
Other |
|
|
15,221 |
|
|
|
16,327 |
|
|
|
(6.8 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
262,151 |
|
|
$ |
313,879 |
|
|
|
(16.5 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Individual hotel revenues for the periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1,
2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively, consist of the following (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period from |
|
|
Period from |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 1, 2009 |
|
|
January 1, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
to June 19, 2009 |
|
|
to June 13, 2008 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chicago Marriott |
|
$ |
36.4 |
|
|
$ |
39.2 |
|
|
|
(7.1 |
)% |
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel (1) |
|
|
25.2 |
|
|
|
27.9 |
|
|
|
(9.7 |
)% |
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort (1) |
|
|
24.6 |
|
|
|
27.7 |
|
|
|
(11.2 |
)% |
Los Angeles Airport Marriott |
|
|
23.6 |
|
|
|
27.9 |
|
|
|
(15.4 |
)% |
Renaissance Worthington |
|
|
16.0 |
|
|
|
19.5 |
|
|
|
(17.9 |
)% |
Renaissance Austin Hotel |
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
|
16.7 |
|
|
|
(11.4 |
)% |
Renaissance Waverly Hotel |
|
|
14.3 |
|
|
|
17.3 |
|
|
|
(17.3 |
)% |
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa (1) |
|
|
11.6 |
|
|
|
15.6 |
|
|
|
(25.6 |
)% |
Orlando Airport Marriott |
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
|
(16.4 |
)% |
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort |
|
|
9.9 |
|
|
|
11.6 |
|
|
|
(14.7 |
)% |
Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown |
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
|
|
|
(20.3 |
)% |
Torrance Marriott South Bay |
|
|
9.5 |
|
|
|
11.7 |
|
|
|
(18.8 |
)% |
Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East |
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
13.8 |
|
|
|
(31.9 |
)% |
Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort |
|
|
7.9 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
(21.8 |
)% |
Conrad Chicago (1) |
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
|
(22.4 |
)% |
Bethesda Marriott Suites |
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
|
(16.9 |
)% |
Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter (1) |
|
|
6.2 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
|
(25.3 |
)% |
Marriott Atlanta Alpharetta |
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
(17.8 |
)% |
Courtyard Manhattan/Fifth Avenue |
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
(24.4 |
)% |
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa |
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5.4 |
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7.7 |
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(29.9 |
)% |
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Total |
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$ |
262.2 |
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$ |
313.9 |
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(16.5 |
)% |
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(1) |
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The Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, Vail Marriott Mountain Resort
& Spa, Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter, Conrad Chicago and the Westin Boston Waterfront
Hotel report operations on a calendar month and year basis. The periods from January 1,
2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 include the operations for the
period from January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008,
respectively, for these five hotels. |
Our total revenues declined $51.7 million, or 16.5%, from $313.9 million for the period
from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 to $262.2 million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June
19, 2009, reflecting the continued weakness in lodging fundamentals. The decline reflects a 19.9
percent decline in RevPAR, which is the result of a 12.8 percent decrease in ADR and a 5.9
percentage point decrease in occupancy. In addition, the operations for the first half of 2009 of
our Marriott-managed hotels include five additional days as compared to the comparable period of
2008. The following are the key hotel operating statistics for our hotels for the periods from
January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively.
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Period from |
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Period from |
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January 1, 2009 |
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January 1, 2008 |
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to June 19, 2009 |
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to June 13, 2008 |
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% Change |
Occupancy % |
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66.4 |
% |
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72.3 |
% |
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(5.9) percentage points |
ADR |
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$ |
157.36 |
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$ |
180.48 |
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(12.8)% |
RevPAR |
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$ |
104.53 |
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$ |
130.53 |
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(19.9)% |
Food and beverage revenues decreased 14.7% from 2008, reflecting a decline in both banquet and
outlet revenues. Other revenues, which primarily represent spa, golf, parking and attrition and
cancellation fees, decreased 6.8% from 2008.
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Hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses consist primarily of operating expenses
of our hotels, including non-cash ground rent expense. The operating expenses for the periods from
January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively, consist of the
following (in millions):
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Period from |
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Period from |
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January 1, 2009 |
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January 1, 2008 |
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to June 19, 2009 |
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to June 13, 2008 |
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% Change |
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Rooms departmental expenses |
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$ |
43.0 |
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$ |
47.4 |
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(9.3 |
)% |
Food and beverage departmental expenses |
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56.9 |
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65.3 |
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(12.9 |
)% |
Other hotel expenses |
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14.0 |
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14.9 |
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(6.0 |
)% |
General and administrative |
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23.1 |
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25.5 |
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(9.4 |
)% |
Utilities |
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10.8 |
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11.4 |
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(5.3 |
)% |
Repairs and maintenance |
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13.0 |
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13.4 |
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(3.0 |
)% |
Sales and marketing |
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18.8 |
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21.4 |
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(12.2 |
)% |
Base management fees |
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6.9 |
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8.6 |
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(19.8 |
)% |
Incentive management fees |
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1.4 |
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4.4 |
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(68.2 |
)% |
Property taxes |
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12.3 |
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10.6 |
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16.0 |
% |
Ground rentContractual |
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0.9 |
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1.0 |
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(10.0 |
)% |
Ground rentNon-cash |
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3.6 |
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3.5 |
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2.9 |
% |
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Total hotel operating expenses |
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$ |
204.7 |
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$ |
227.4 |
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(10.0 |
)% |
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Our hotel operating expenses decreased $22.7 million or 10.0%, from $227.4 million for the
period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 to $204.7 million for the period from January 1, 2009
to June 19, 2009. Due to the decreased occupancy levels at our hotels, we have worked with our
hotel managers to lower operating expenses. As a result of these cost-containment measures, and an
overall decline in occupancy, we have reduced the rooms, food and beverage and other hotel
departmental expenses. The primary driver for the decrease in these operating expenses is an
overall decline in wages and benefits. We expect the decreases in the rooms, food and beverage,
and other hotel departmental expenses to continue in 2009.
Management fees are calculated as a percentage of total revenues, as well as the level of
operating profit at certain hotels. Therefore, the decline in base management fees is due to the
overall decline in revenues at our hotels. We pay incentive management fees only at certain of our
hotels based on operating profits. The decrease in incentive management fees of approximately $3.0
million is due to the decline in operating profits at those hotels, as well as fewer hotels earning
incentive management fees in 2008.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is recorded on our hotel
buildings over 40 years for the periods subsequent to acquisition. Depreciable lives of hotel
furniture, fixtures and equipment are estimated as the time period between the acquisition date and
the date that the hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment will be replaced. Our depreciation and
amortization expense increased $3.6 million from $34.8 million for the period from January 1, 2008
to June 13, 2008 to $38.4 million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009. This
increase is primarily the result of having additional assets in service as of June 19, 2009, due
primarily to our significant 2008 capital projects at the Chicago Marriott and the Westin Boston
Waterfront.
Corporate expenses. Our corporate expenses increased from $6.3 million for the period from
January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 to $7.4 million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19,
2009, due primarily to an increase in stock-based compensation expense. Corporate expenses
principally consist of employee-related costs, including base payroll, bonus and restricted stock.
Corporate expenses also include corporate operating costs, professional fees and directors fees.
Interest expense. Our interest expense increased $0.5 million from $22.1 million for the
period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 to $22.6 million for the period from January 1, 2009
to June 19, 2009. The increase in interest expense is primarily attributable to the period from
January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 having five additional days of interest expense compared to the
period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 as well as lower interest expense on our credit
facility in 2009 and higher capitalized interest recorded for the period from January 1, 2008 to
June 13, 2008. The 2009 interest expense was comprised of mortgage debt ($21.8 million),
amortization of deferred financing costs ($0.4 million) and interest and unused facility fees on
our credit facility ($0.4 million). The 2008 interest expense is comprised of mortgage debt ($21.1
million), amortization of deferred financing costs ($0.4 million) and interest and unused
facility fees on our credit facility ($0.6 million).
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As of June 19, 2009, we had property-specific mortgage debt outstanding on twelve of our
hotels. On all but one of the hotels, we have fixed-rate secured debt, which bears interest at
rates ranging from 5.11% to 6.48% per year. Our weighted-average interest rate on all debt as of
June 19, 2009 was 5.62%.
Interest income. Interest income decreased $0.6 million from $0.8 million for the period from
January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008 to $0.2 million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19,
2009 due to lower interest rates in 2009. Although our corporate cash balances are higher in 2009,
the interest rates earned on corporate cash are approaching zero.
Income taxes. We recorded an income tax benefit of $9.3 million and $2.8 million for the
periods from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively.
The 2009 income tax benefit was incurred on the $25.6 million pre-tax loss of our taxable REIT
subsidiary, or TRS, for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009, together with foreign
income tax expense of $0.7 million related to the taxable REIT subsidiary that owns the Frenchmans
Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort. The 2008 income tax expense was incurred on the $9.9
million pre-tax loss of our TRS for the period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, together with
foreign income tax expense of $0.9 million related to the taxable REIT subsidiary that owns the
Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The current recession and related financial crisis has resulted in the continued deleveraging
of the global financial system. As banks and other financial intermediaries reduce their leverage
and incur losses on their existing portfolio of loans, the amount of capital that they are able to
lend has materially decreased. As a result, it is a very difficult borrowing environment for all
borrowers, even those that have strong balance sheets. While we have low leverage and a significant
number of high quality unencumbered assets, we are uncertain if we could currently obtain new debt,
or refinance existing debt, on reasonable terms or at all in the current market.
Our short-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to fund future
distributions to our stockholders to maintain our REIT status as well as to pay for operating
expenses and other expenditures directly associated with our hotels, including capital expenditures
as well as payments of interest and principal. We currently expect that our operating cash flows
will be sufficient to meet our short-term liquidity requirements generally through net cash
provided by operations, existing cash balances and, if necessary, short-term borrowings under our
credit facility.
Our long-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for the costs
of acquiring additional hotels, renovations, expansions and other capital expenditures that need to
be made periodically to our hotels, scheduled debt payments and making distributions to our
stockholders. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements through various sources of
capital, cash provided by operations and borrowings, as well as through our issuances of additional
equity or debt securities. Our ability to incur additional debt is dependent upon a number of
factors, including the current state of the overall credit markets, our degree of leverage, the
value of our unencumbered assets and borrowing restrictions imposed by existing lenders. Our
ability to raise additional equity is also dependent on a number of factors including the current
state of the capital markets, investor sentiment and use of proceeds.
Our Financing Strategy
Since our formation in 2004, we have been consistently committed to a flexible capital
structure with prudent leverage levels. During 2004 though early 2007, we took advantage of the low
interest rate environment by fixing our interest rates for an extended period of time. Moreover,
during the peak in the commercial real estate market in the
past several years, we maintained low financial leverage
by funding the majority of our acquisitions through the issuance of equity. This strategy allowed
us to maintain a balance sheet with a moderate amount of debt. During the peak years, we believed,
and present events have confirmed, that it would be inappropriate to increase the inherent risk of
a highly cyclical business through a highly levered capital structure.
We believe the current economic environment has confirmed the merits of our financing
strategy. We believe that we maintain a reasonable amount of fixed interest rate mortgage debt with
few near-term maturities. As of June 19, 2009, we had $819.4 million of mortgage debt outstanding.
We currently have eight hotels, with an aggregate historic cost of $792.1 million, which are
unencumbered by mortgage debt. As of June 19, 2009, our debt had a weighted-average interest rate
of 5.62% and a weighted-average maturity date of 6.12 years. In addition, as of June 19, 2009,
99.4% of our debt was fixed rate.
We prefer a relatively simple but efficient capital structure. We have not invested in joint
ventures and have not issued any operating partnership units or preferred stock. We endeavor to
structure our hotel acquisitions so that they will not
overly complicate our capital structure; however, we will consider a more complex transaction
if we believe that the projected returns to our stockholders will significantly exceed the returns
that would otherwise be available.
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We have always strived to operate our business with conservative leverage. During the current
recession, our corporate goals and objectives continue to be focused on preserving and enhancing
our liquidity. We have taken, or intend to take, a number of steps to achieve these goals, as
follows:
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We completed a follow-on public offering of our common stock during the second quarter.
We sold 17,825,000 shares of common stock, including the underwriters overallotment of
2,325,000 shares, at an offering price of $4.85 per share. The net proceeds to us, after
deduction of offering costs, were approximately $82.1 million. In addition, our Board of
Directors recently authorized us to sell up to $75 million of common stock. |
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We repaid the $52 million outstanding on our senior unsecured credit facility during the
second quarter with a portion of the proceeds from our follow-on offering. |
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We intend to pay our next dividend to our stockholders of record as of December 31, 2009.
We expect the 2009 dividend will be in an amount equal to 100% of our 2009 taxable income.
We may elect to pay up to 90 percent of our 2009 dividend in shares of our common stock, as
permitted by the Internal Revenue Services Revenue Procedure 2009-15. |
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We have focused on minimizing capital spending during 2009 and expect to fund
approximately $10 million of 2009 capital expenditures from corporate cash. |
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|
We explored the potential sale of certain hotels earlier in the year, but currently do
not have any hotels listed for sale with a broker. We will evaluate any unsolicited offers
received for any of our hotels. |
We have two near-term mortgage debt maturities totaling $68 million. The debt maturities
include $40.2 million coming due on the Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East on December 11, 2009 and
$27.7 million coming due on the Griffin Gate Marriott in January 2010. The status of our efforts
to address our near-term debt maturities is as follows:
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|
We have signed a term sheet with MassMutual to provide a new $43 million non-recourse mortgage loan on the Courtyard
Manhattan/Midtown East bearing an interest rate of 8.8% and a term of five years. The
closing of the loan is subject to numerous closing conditions, including a material adverse
change clause. |
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We are currently assessing the best alternatives to address the Griffin Gate Marriott
mortgage debt maturity, including either refinancing the loan or repaying loan with
corporate cash. |
Credit Facility
We are party to a four-year, $200.0 million unsecured credit facility (the Facility)
expiring in February 2011. We may extend the maturity date of the Facility for an additional year
upon the payment of applicable fees and the satisfaction of certain other customary conditions. On
April 17, 2009, we repaid the outstanding balance of $52.0 million under the Facility with a
portion of the proceeds from our follow-on public offering of common stock.
Interest is paid on the periodic advances under the Facility at varying rates, based upon
either LIBOR or the alternate base rate, plus an agreed upon additional margin amount. The interest
rate depends upon our level of outstanding indebtedness in relation to the value of our assets from
time to time, as follows:
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Leverage Ratio |
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60% or Greater |
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55% to 60% |
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50% to 55% |
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Less Than 50% |
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Alternate base rate margin |
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0.65 |
% |
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0.45 |
% |
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0.25 |
% |
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0.00 |
% |
LIBOR margin |
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|
1.55 |
% |
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|
1.45 |
% |
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1.25 |
% |
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0.95 |
% |
Our Facility contains various corporate financial covenants. A summary of the most restrictive
covenants is as follows:
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Actual at |
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Covenant |
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June 19, 2009 |
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Maximum leverage ratio(1) |
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65% |
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44.7% |
|
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio(2) |
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1.6x |
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2.4x |
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Minimum tangible net worth(3) |
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$738.4 million |
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$1.4 billion |
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Unhedged floating rate debt as a percentage of total indebtedness |
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35% |
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0.6% |
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(1) |
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Maximum leverage ratio is determined by dividing the total debt outstanding
by the net asset value of our corporate assets and hotels. Hotel level net
asset values are calculated based on the application of a contractual
capitalization rate (which range from 7.5% to 8.0%) to the trailing twelve
month hotel net operating income. |
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(2) |
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Minimum fixed charge ratio is calculated based on the trailing four quarters. |
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(3) |
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Tangible net worth is defined as the gross book value of our real estate
assets and other corporate assets less our total debt and all other corporate
liabilities. |
Our Facility requires that we maintain a specific pool of unencumbered borrowing base
properties. The unencumbered borrowing base assets are subject to the following limitations and
covenants:
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Actual at |
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Covenant |
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June 19, 2009 |
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Minimum implied debt service ratio |
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1.5x |
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N/A |
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Maximum unencumbered leverage ratio |
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65% |
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0% |
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Minimum number of unencumbered borrowing base properties |
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4 |
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8 |
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Minimum unencumbered borrowing base value |
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$150 million |
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$579.5 million |
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Percentage of total asset value owned by borrowers or guarantors |
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90% |
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100% |
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If we were to default under any of the above covenants, we would be obligated to repay all
amounts outstanding under our Facility and our Facility would terminate. Our ability to comply with
two most restrictive financial covenants, the maximum leverage ratio and the fixed charge coverage
ratio, depend primarily on our EBITDA. The following table shows the impact of various hypothetical
scenarios on those two covenants.
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EBITDA Change from 2008 |
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Covenant |
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-10% |
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-20% |
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-30% |
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-40% |
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-50% |
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Maximum leverage ratio |
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65 |
% |
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42 |
% |
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47 |
% |
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53 |
% |
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62 |
% |
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74 |
% |
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio |
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1.6x |
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2.6x |
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2.3x |
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2.0x |
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1.7x |
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1.4x |
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In addition to the interest payable on amounts outstanding under the Facility, we are required
to pay unused credit facility fees equal to 0.20% of the unused portion of the Facility if the unused portion of the
Facility is greater than 50% or 0.125% of the unused portion of the
Facility if the unused portion of the Facility is less than 50%. We
incurred interest and unused credit facility fees on the Facility of $0.1 million and $0.4 million
for the fiscal quarters ended June 19, 2009 and June 13, 2008, respectively. We incurred interest
and unused credit facility fees on the Facility of $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the periods
from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 and January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, respectively. As of
June 19, 2009, we did not have an outstanding balance on the Facility.
Sources and Uses of Cash
Our principal sources of cash are net cash flow from hotel operations, borrowing under
mortgage debt, draws on the Facility and the proceeds from our equity offerings. Our principal uses
of cash are debt service, asset acquisitions, capital expenditures, operating costs, corporate
expenses and dividends.
Cash Provided by Operating Activities. Our cash provided by operating activities was $30.3
million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009, which is the result of our $2.8
million net loss adjusted for the impact of several non-cash charges, including $38.4 million of
depreciation, $3.6 million of non-cash straight line ground rent, $0.4 million of amortization of
deferred financing costs, $1.3 million of an impairment loss, and $2.5 million of stock
compensation, offset by $0.8 million of amortization of unfavorable agreements, $0.3 million of
amortization of deferred income and unfavorable working capital changes of $12.1 million.
Our cash provided by operating activities was $48.0 million for the period from January 1,
2008 to June 13, 2008, which is the result of our $26.9 million net income adjusted for the impact
of several non-cash charges, including $34.8 million of depreciation, $3.6 million of non-cash
straight line ground rent, $0.4 million of amortization of deferred financing costs, $0.8 million
of yield support received and $1.6 million of stock compensation, offset by $0.8 million of
amortization of unfavorable agreements, $0.3 million of amortization of deferred income and
unfavorable working capital changes of $19.0 million.
Cash Used In Investing Activities. Our cash used in investing activities was $14.2 million
for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009. During the period from January 1, 2009 to
June 19, 2009, we incurred capital expenditures at our hotels of $13.3 million and a decrease in
restricted cash of $1.0 million.
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Our cash used in investing activities was $33.6 million for the period from January 1, 2008 to
June 13, 2008. During the period from January 1, 2008 to June 13, 2008, we incurred capital
expenditures at our hotels of $36.8 million and a decrease in restricted cash of $1.8 million,
which was offset by the receipt of $5.0 million of key money related to the Chicago Marriott
Downtown.
Cash Provided by Financing Activities. Our cash provided by financing activities was $21.7
million for the period from January 1, 2009 to June 19, 2009 consisted of $2.0 million of scheduled
debt principal payments, $0.2 million of share repurchases, $57.0 million in repayments of our
credit facility, $0.4 million of costs related to the sale of common stock, $1.2 million of
deposits for the Courtyard Midtown refinancing, and $0.1 million of vested dividend payments to
SAR/DER holders, offset by $82.6 million in proceeds from the sale of common stock.
Our cash used in financing activities was $19.2 million for the period from January 1, 2008 to
June 13, 2008 consisted of $1.4 million of scheduled debt principal payments, $3.2 million of share
repurchases, and $46.6 million of dividend payments offset by $32.0 million in net draws under our
credit facility.
Dividend Policy
We intend to distribute to our stockholders dividends equal to our REIT taxable income so as
to avoid paying corporate income tax and excise tax on our earnings (other than the earnings of our
TRS and TRS lessees, which are all subject to tax at regular corporate rates) and to qualify for
the tax benefits afforded to REITs under the Code. In order to qualify as a REIT under the Code, we
generally must make distributions to our stockholders each year in an amount equal to at least:
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90% of our REIT taxable income determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction,
plus |
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90% of the excess of our net income from foreclosure property over the tax imposed on
such income by the Code, minus |
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any excess non-cash income. |
We intend to issue our next dividend to our stockholders of record as of December 31, 2009. We
expect the 2009 dividend will be an amount equal to 100% of our 2009 taxable income. Depending on
our 2009 liquidity needs, we may elect to pay a portion of our 2009 dividend in shares of our
common stock, as permitted by the Internal Revenue Services Revenue Procedure 2009-15.
Capital Expenditures
The management and franchise agreements for each of our hotels provide for the establishment
of separate property improvement funds to cover, among other things, the cost of replacing and
repairing furniture and fixtures at our hotels. Contributions to the property improvement fund are
calculated as a percentage of hotel revenues. In addition, we may be required to pay for the cost
of certain additional improvements that are not permitted to be funded from the property
improvement fund under the applicable management or franchise agreement. As of June 19, 2009, we
have set aside $27.5 million for capital projects in property improvement funds. Funds held in
property improvement funds for one hotel are typically not permitted to be applied to any other
property.
Although we have significantly curtailed the capital expenditures at our hotels, we continue
to benefit from the extensive capital investments made from 2006 to 2008, during which time many of
our hotels were fully renovated. In 2009, we have focused our capital
expenditures primarily on life safety, capital preservation, and return-on-investment projects. The total budget in 2009 for
capital improvements is $35 million, only $10 million of which is expected to be funded from
corporate cash and the balance to be funded from hotel escrow reserves. We spent approximately
$13.3 million on capital improvements during the period from January 1, 2009 through June 19, 2009,
of which approximately $3.7 million was funded from corporate cash.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current
or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses,
results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to
investors.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use the following two non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are useful to investors
as key measures of our operating performance: (1) EBITDA and (2) FFO. These measures should not be
considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance in accordance with GAAP.
EBITDA represents net (loss) income excluding: (1) interest expense; (2) provision for income
taxes, including income taxes applicable to sale of assets; and (3) depreciation and amortization.
We believe EBITDA is useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because it helps
investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the
impact of our capital structure (primarily interest expense) and our asset base (primarily
depreciation and amortization) from our operating results. In addition, covenants included in our
indebtedness use EBITDA as a measure of financial compliance. We also use EBITDA as one measure in
determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions.
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|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
|
Period from |
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|
Period from |
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|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
January 1, 2009 |
|
|
January 1, 2008 |
|
|
|
June 19, 2009 |
|
|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
to June 19, 2009 |
|
|
to June 13, 2008 |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,755 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,932 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
11,086 |
|
|
|
11,430 |
|
|
|
22,584 |
|
|
|
22,125 |
|
Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
|
(3,319 |
) |
|
|
886 |
|
|
|
(9,297 |
) |
|
|
(2,836 |
) |
Real estate related depreciation and amortization |
|
|
19,729 |
|
|
|
18,069 |
|
|
|
38,446 |
|
|
|
34,756 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA |
|
$ |
29,953 |
|
|
$ |
52,140 |
|
|
$ |
48,896 |
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|
$ |
80,977 |
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|
|
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|
We compute FFO in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real
Estate Investment Trusts, which defines FFO as net (loss) income (determined in accordance with
GAAP), excluding gains (losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization. We
believe that the presentation of FFO provides useful information to investors regarding our
operating performance because it is a measure of our operations without regard to specified
non-cash items, such as real estate depreciation and amortization and gain or loss on sale of
assets. We also use FFO as one measure in assessing our results.
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|
Fiscal Quarter |
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|
Fiscal Quarter |
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Period from |
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Period from |
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Ended |
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|
Ended |
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|
January 1, 2009 |
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|
January 1, 2008 |
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|
|
June 19, 2009 |
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|
June 13, 2008 |
|
|
to June 19, 2009 |
|
|
to June 13, 2008 |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,457 |
|
|
$ |
21,755 |
|
|
$ |
(2,837 |
) |
|
$ |
26,932 |
|
Real estate related
depreciation and
amortization |
|
|
19,729 |
|
|
|
18,069 |
|
|
|
38,446 |
|
|
|
34,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO |
|
$ |
22,186 |
|
|
$ |
39,824 |
|
|
$ |
35,609 |
|
|
$ |
61,688 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the DiamondRock Hospitality
Company and all consolidated subsidiaries. The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of our
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
While we do not believe the reported amounts would be materially different, application of these
policies involves the exercise of judgment and the use of assumptions as to future uncertainties
and, as a result, actual results could differ materially from these estimates. We evaluate our
estimates and judgments, including those related to the impairment of long-lived assets, on an
ongoing basis. We base our estimates on experience and on various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. All of our significant accounting policies are
disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. The following represent certain
critical accounting policies that require us to exercise our business judgment or make significant
estimates:
Investment in Hotels. Acquired hotels, land improvements, building and furniture,
fixtures and equipment and identifiable intangible assets are initially recorded at fair value in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations.
Additions to property and equipment, including current buildings, improvements, furniture, fixtures
and equipment are recorded at cost. Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line
method over an estimated useful life of 15 to 40 years for buildings and land improvements and one
to ten years
for furniture and equipment. Identifiable intangible assets are typically related to
contracts, including ground lease agreements and hotel management agreements, which are recorded at
fair value. Above-market and below-market contract values are based on the present value of the
difference between contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the contracts acquired and our
estimate of the fair market contract rates for corresponding contracts. Contracts acquired that are
at market do not have significant value. We typically enter into a new hotel management agreement
based on market terms at the time of acquisition. Intangible assets are amortized using the
straight-line method over the remaining non-cancelable term of the related agreements. In making
estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we may utilize a number of
sources that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of a property and
other market data. Management also considers information obtained about each property as a result
of its pre-acquisition due diligence in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible
assets acquired.
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We review our investments in hotels for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the investments in hotels may not be recoverable.
Events or circumstances that may cause us to perform a review include, but are not limited to,
adverse changes in the demand for lodging at our properties due to declining national or local
economic conditions and/or new hotel construction in markets where our hotels are located. When
such conditions exist, management performs an analysis to determine if the estimated undiscounted
future cash flows from operations and the proceeds from the ultimate disposition of an investment
in a hotel exceed the hotels carrying value. If the estimated undiscounted future cash flows are
less than the carrying amount of the asset, an adjustment to reduce the carrying value to the
estimated fair market value is recorded and an impairment loss recognized.
Revenue Recognition. Hotel revenues, including room, golf, food and beverage, and other
hotel revenues, are recognized as the related services are provided.
Stock-based
Compensation. We account for stock-based employee compensation
using the fair value based method of accounting described in Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS 123R),
Share-Based Payment. We record the cost
of awards with service conditions based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is
recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for
the award. No compensation cost is recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not
render the requisite service. No awards with performance-based or market-based conditions have
been issued.
Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated
future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying
amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period when the new rate is
enacted.
We have elected to be treated as a REIT under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and,
as such, are not subject to federal income tax, provided we distribute all of our taxable income
annually to our stockholders and comply with certain other requirements. In addition to paying
federal and state income tax on any retained income, we are subject to taxes on built-in-gains on
sales of certain assets. Additionally, our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to federal, state
and foreign income tax.
Inflation
Operators of hotels, in general, possess the ability to adjust room rates daily to reflect the
effects of inflation. However, competitive pressures may limit the ability of our management
companies to raise room rates.
Seasonality
The operations of hotels historically have been seasonal depending on location, and
accordingly, we expect some seasonality in our business. Historically, we have experienced
approximately two-thirds of our annual income in the second and fourth fiscal quarters.
New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Implemented
There are no new unimplemented accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material
impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
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Item 3. |
Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk |
Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency
exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market
sensitive instruments. In pursuing our business strategies, the primary market risk to which we
are currently exposed, and, to which we expect to be exposed in the future, is interest rate risk.
As of June 19, 2009, we were exposed to interest rate risk on
only $5.0 million of our debt, as the remaining 99.4% of our debt was fixed rate.
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Item 4. |
Controls and Procedures |
The Companys management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of
the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)), as required by paragraph (b) of
Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, and has concluded that as of the end of the period
covered by this report, the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were effective to give
reasonable assurances that information we disclose in reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms.
There was no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting identified in
connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the
Exchange Act during the Companys most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
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|
Item 1. |
Legal Proceedings |
We are not involved in any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material
litigation threatened against us other than routine litigation arising out of the ordinary course
of business or which is expected to be covered by insurance and none of which is expected to have a
material impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
There have been no material changes in the risk factors described in Item 1A of the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
|
|
Item 2. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
None.
|
|
Item 3. |
Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
Not applicable.
|
|
Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 30, 2009. The proposals in front of
our stockholders and the results of voting on such proposals were as noted below.
Election of Directors: the following persons were elected as directors for a one-year term and
until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
VOTES FOR |
|
|
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
William W. McCarten |
|
|
76,289,109 |
|
|
|
9,860,766 |
|
Mark W. Brugger |
|
|
78,551,055 |
|
|
|
7,598,819 |
|
John L. Williams |
|
|
77,511,444 |
|
|
|
8,638,431 |
|
Daniel Altobello |
|
|
79,461,516 |
|
|
|
6,688,358 |
|
W. Robert Grafton |
|
|
79,479,365 |
|
|
|
6,670,510 |
|
Maureen L. McAvey |
|
|
79,054,890 |
|
|
|
7,094,984 |
|
Gilbert T. Ray |
|
|
79,462,470 |
|
|
|
6,687,405 |
|
Ratification of Independent Auditors: the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors
for fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 was ratified. The voting results were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
VOTES FOR |
|
VOTES AGAINST |
|
VOTES ABSTAINED |
85,000,059
|
|
1,144,488
|
|
5,327 |
|
|
Item 5. |
Other Information |
None.
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(a) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 10-Q:
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.1 |
|
|
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles
of Incorporation of DiamondRock Hospitality Company
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Registration
Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (File no. 333-123065)) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.2 |
|
|
Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement
of the Articles of Incorporation of DiamondRock Hospitality
Company (incorporated by reference to the Registrants
Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2007) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.2.1 |
|
|
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of DiamondRock
Hospitality Company (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (File no.
333-123065)) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.2.2 |
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Bylaws
of DiamondRock Hospitality Company (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
7, 2006) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
Form of Certificate for Common Stock for DiamondRock
Hospitality Company (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (File no.
333-123065)) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
Sales
Agreement, dated July 27, 2009 by and among DiamondRock Hospitality
Company, DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.1 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Required by
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Required by
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.1 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DiamondRock Hospitality Company |
|
|
|
December 7, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Michael D. Schecter
|
|
|
Sean M. Mahoney
|
|
Michael D. Schecter |
|
|
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
|
|
- 29 -
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
Sales Agreement, dated July 27, 2009 by and among DiamondRock Hospitality Company,
DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.1 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Required by Rule
13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Required by Rule
13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.1 |
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. |
- 30 -
Exhibit 10.1
Exhibit 10.1
DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
$75,000,000 OF COMMON STOCK
CONTROLLED EQUITY OFFERINGSM
SALES AGREEMENT
July 27, 2009
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.
499 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY, a Maryland corporation (the Company), and DIAMONDROCK
HOSPITALITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), confirm their
respective agreements (this Agreement) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (CF&Co), as follows:
1. Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time to
time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, it may issue and sell through CF&Co, acting as agent and/or principal, (a) shares of the
Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), having an aggregate
offering price of up to $75,000,000 (the Shares). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitation set forth in this
Section 1 on the number of Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole
responsibility of the Company, and CF&Co shall have no obligation in connection with such
compliance. The issuance and sale of Shares through CF&Co will be effected pursuant to the
Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company and declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), although nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement (as defined below) to issue
the Shares.
The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), with the
Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157753), including a base prospectus
dated March 6, 2009, relating to certain securities, including the Shares, to be issued from time
to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or
will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act). The Company has prepared a
prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares (the Prospectus Supplement) to the base
prospectus included as part of such registration statement. The Company has furnished to CF&Co,
for use by CF&Co, copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Shares. Except where the context
otherwise requires, such registration statement, on each date and time that such registration
statement and any post-effective amendment thereto became or becomes effective, including all
documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information
contained in a Prospectus
(as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B or 462(b) of the
Securities Act, is herein called the Registration Statement. The base prospectus, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or Prospectus
Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, together with any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule
433 of the Securities Act Regulations (Rule 433), relating to the Shares that (i) is required to
be filed with the Commission by the Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule
433(d)(5)(i), in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not
required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule 433(g) (Issue
Free Writing Prospectus), is herein called the Prospectus. Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to
the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing after the execution hereof of any
document with the Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this
Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or
supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to either
the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System or Interactive Data Electronic
Applications (collectively IDEA).
The Company owns 100% of the partnership interests of the Partnership and is the sole general
partner of the Partnership. The Partnership directly or indirectly owns twenty (20) hotels as
described in the Prospectus (individually a Hotel and collectively, the Hotels). The
Partnership (or one of its subsidiaries) leases each of the Hotels to a wholly-owned subsidiary (a
Lessee), pursuant to a separate lease (collectively, the Leases). All of the Hotels are
operated and managed by a manager (the Manager) pursuant to separate management agreements
(collectively, the Management Agreements), each between a Lessee and the Manager, with the
exception of the Frenchmans Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort property (which does not
operate under a lessee structure). The Leases and the Management Agreements are referred to
herein, collectively, as the Hotel Agreements.
2. Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the
Shares hereunder (each, a Placement), it will notify CF&Co by email notice (or other method
mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) (a Placement Notice) containing the parameters in
accordance with which it desires the Shares to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number
of Shares to be issued (the Placement Shares), the time period during which sales are requested
to be made, any limitation on the number of Shares that may be sold in any one Trading Day (as
defined in Section 3) and any minimum price below which sales may not be made, a form of which
containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The
Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on
Schedule 2 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule),
and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from CF&Co set forth on Schedule 2, as such
Schedule 2 may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt
by CF&Co unless and until (i) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4,
CF&Co declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii)
the entire amount of the Placement Shares have been sold, (iii) in accordance with the notice
requirements set forth in Section 4, the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, (iv)
the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier
dated Placement Notice, or (v) the Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section
11. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to
CF&Co in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with
the terms set forth in Schedule 3. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the
Company nor
CF&Co will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares
unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to CF&Co and CF&Co does not decline such
Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified
therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms
of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.
2
3. Sale of Placement Shares by CF&Co. Subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, upon the Companys issuance of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale
of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, CF&Co., for the period specified in the Placement
Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales
practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the New
York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified, and
otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. CF&Co will provide written
confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the
Company set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any
of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) no later than the opening
of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made
sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day,
the compensation payable by the Company to CF&Co pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales,
and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the
deductions made by CF&Co (as set forth in Section 5(a)) from the gross proceeds that it receives
from such sales. CF&Co may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an
at the market offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including without limitation
sales made directly on the NYSE, on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or
through a market maker. After consultation with the Company, CF&Co may also sell Placement Shares
in privately negotiated transactions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no
assurance that CF&Co will be successful in selling Placement Shares, and (ii) CF&Co will incur no
liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement
Shares for any reason other than a failure by CF&Co to use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell such Placement Shares as required
under this Section 3. For the purposes hereof, Trading Day means any day on which the Companys
Common Stock is purchased and sold on the principal market on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted.
4. Suspension of Sales. The Company or CF&Co may, upon notice to the
other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other
party set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any
of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone
(confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the
individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2), suspend any sale of Placement Shares;
provided, however, that such suspension shall not affect or impair either partys obligations with
respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. Each of the
Parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against the other unless
it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 2 hereto, as such schedule may be amended
from time to time.
5. Settlement.
(a) Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the third (3rd)
Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the
date on which such sales are made (each, a Settlement Date). The amount of proceeds to be
delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the
Net Proceeds) will be equal to the
aggregate sales price received by CF&Co at which such Placement Shares were sold, after
deduction for (i) CF&Cos commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the
Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, (ii) any other amounts due and payable by the Company to
CF&Co hereunder pursuant to Section 7(g) hereof, and (iii) any transaction fees imposed by any
governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.
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(b) Delivery of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement Date, the
Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares
being sold by crediting CF&Cos or its designees account (provided CF&Co shall have given the
Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery
as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradeable,
transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, CF&Co will
deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or
prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if
applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, that in
addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 9(a) hereto, it
will (i) hold CF&Co harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the
Company and (ii) pay to CF&Co any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would
otherwise have been entitled absent such default.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the
Partnership. The Company and the Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to,
and agree with, CF&Co that as of the date of this Agreement and as of each Representation Date (as
defined in Section 7(m) below) on which a certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 7(m) of this Agreement, as the case may be:
(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration Statement
and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement have been declared effective by the Commission under the
Securities Act. The Company has complied to the Commissions satisfaction with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information.
(b) No Misstatement or Omission. The Prospectus when filed complied and,
as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities
Act. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied and, as of each of the
Settlement Dates, if any, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not
and, as of each of the Settlement Dates, if any, will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date,
did not and, as of each of the Settlement Dates, if any, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations
and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to CF&Co furnished to the Company in
writing by CF&Co expressly for use therein. There are no contracts or other documents required to
be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have
not been described or filed as required.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its
issue date, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or
will conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or
other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
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(d) Incorporated Documents. Each document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter
are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply when filed in all material respects with
the requirements of the Exchange Act and, when read together with the other information in the in
the Prospectus, at the date of the Prospectus and as of each Settlement Date, if any, did not and
will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with
the Commission, as the case may be, will conform to the requirements of the Exchange Act, in all
material respects, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(e) Offering Materials Furnished to CF&Co. The Company has delivered to
CF&Co one complete copy of the Registration Statement and a copy of each consent and certificate of
experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without
exhibits) and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as
CF&Co has reasonably requested. The Prospectus delivered to CF&Co for use in connection with the
offering of the Shares was, and any amendment or supplement thereto will be, at the time of such
delivery, identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to IDEA, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(f) Offering Materials. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute,
prior to the later of the final Settlement Date, if any, or the completion of CF&Cos distribution
of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other
than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(g) No Stop Order. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
contemplated by the Commission or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction. No order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by the
Commission or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction.
(h) Capitalization. The shares of Common Stock conform in all material respects to
the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; immediately
prior to the execution of this Agreement, 107,972,100 shares of Common Stock will be issued and
outstanding; all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company and the outstanding
shares of capital stock or equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company, all of which are
listed on Schedule 4 attached hereto (each, including the Partnership, except where noted, a
Subsidiary, and collectively, the Subsidiaries) have been duly and validly authorized and
issued are fully paid and nonassessable, and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests and limited
liability company membership interests, as applicable, of the Subsidiaries, including the
Partnership, are directly or indirectly owned of record and beneficially by the Company; except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there are no outstanding
(i) securities or obligations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries convertible into or
exchangeable for any equity interests of the Company or any such Subsidiary, (ii) warrants, rights
or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company or any such Subsidiary any such equity
interests or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (iii) obligations of
the Company or any such Subsidiary to issue any equity interests, any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or obligation, or any such warrants, rights or options.
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(i) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing
with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland, with all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified or licensed to
transact business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
nature or conduct of its business requires such qualification or license and in which the failure
to be so qualified or licensed, individually or in the aggregate, (i) would reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any
transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on, or result in a material adverse change in, the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth or
contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto)
(any such effect or change described in clause (ii) hereof is hereinafter called a Material
Adverse Effect); except for pledges of limited liability company membership interests granted in
connection with the incurrence of debt as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, capital stock, limited
liability company membership interests or partnership interests, as applicable, of each Subsidiary
are owned by the Company directly or through its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim; except for restrictions in loan documents
entered into in connection with indebtedness, which loan documents were provided to CF&Co or its
counsel, no Subsidiary is prohibited or restricted, directly or indirectly, from (A) paying
dividends to the Company, (B) making any other distribution with respect to such Subsidiarys
capital stock, (C) repaying to the Company or any other Subsidiary any amounts which may from time
to time become due under any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or such other
Subsidiary, or (D) transferring any such Subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or to any
other Subsidiary; other than the Subsidiaries, the Company does not, and upon completion of the
offering of the Shares will not, own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity
securities of any corporation or any ownership interest in any partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or other entity other than the Subsidiaries.
(j) Ownership of the Partnership; Good Standing of the Subsidiaries. The Company is
the sole general partner of the Partnership and owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
partnership interests (Units) in the Partnership; the Subsidiaries have been duly incorporated,
formed or organized, as the case may be, and are validly existing as a corporation, limited
liability company, general partnership or limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing
under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, formation or organization, as
applicable, with all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate their respective
properties and to conduct their respective business as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus; each Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign
entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business
requires such qualification or license, and in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(k) The Partnership Agreement. The Agreement of Limited Partnership of the
Partnership, as further amended and/or restated (the Partnership Agreement), has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the partners of the
Partnership and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the parties thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally or by general
principles of equity.
(l) Compliance with Laws. The Company, the Subsidiaries and the Hotels are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees
and judgments, including those relating to transactions with affiliates, except where the failure
to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Absence of Breaches and Defaults. The Company is not in violation of its Articles
of Amendment and Restatement, as amended and/or restated (the Articles), or its bylaws, as
amended and/or restated (the Bylaws); the Partnership is not in violation of its Certificate of
Limited Partnership or the Partnership Agreement; no Subsidiary is in violation of its
organizational documents (including, without limitation, partnership and limited liability company
agreements), except for such violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
in breach of or default in, nor to the knowledge of the Company and the Partnership has any event
occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of or default in, the
performance or observance by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, of any obligation,
agreement, contract, franchise, covenant or condition contained in any license, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is
bound, except for such breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Absence of Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other agreements listed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Company and the
Partnership (to the extent a party thereto) and the issuance, sale and delivery by the Company of
the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein do not and will not
(A) conflict with, or result in any breach or constitute a default (nor constitute any event which
with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or default) (i) by the Company of any
provisions of its Articles or Bylaws, by the Partnership of any provisions of its Certificate of
Limited Partnership or Partnership Agreement, by any Subsidiary (excluding the Partnership) of any
provision of its organizational documents, or (ii) by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
provision of any obligation, agreement, contract, franchise, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties may be bound or
affected, or (iii) by the Company or any Subsidiary under any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign
law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary, except in the use of clauses (A)(ii) and (A)(iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches
or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (B) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim or
encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary, except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(o) Company Authorization of Agreement and Offering. The Company has the full
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein; the Company has the corporate power to issue, sell and deliver the Shares as
provided herein; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, and by general
equitable principles and except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited
by applicable law or policies underlying such law.
(p) Partnership Authorization of Agreement and Offering. The Partnership has the full
partnership power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Partnership and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Partnership enforceable against the
Partnership in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, and
by general equitable principles and except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may
be limited by applicable law or policies underlying such law.
(q) Absence of Further Requirements. No approval, authorization, consent or order of,
or registration or filing with, any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency is required for the Companys or the Partnerships or
any Subsidiarys execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein or therein, including the sale and delivery of the Shares, other
than (A) such approvals as have been obtained, or will have been obtained before the Closing Time
or each Date of Delivery, as the case may be, under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
(B) such approvals as have been obtained in connection with the approval of the listing of the
Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, and (C) any necessary qualification under the securities or
blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by CF&Co.
(r) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company, the Subsidiaries, and,
to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels, has all necessary
licenses, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals, possess valid and current certificates,
has made all necessary filings required under any federal, state or local law, regulation or rule,
and has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, required
in order to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except for such licenses, permits, authorizations, consents and other approvals the
absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor any Hotel nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels, is in violation of, in default
under, or has received any notice regarding a possible violation, default or revocation of any such
certificate, license, permit, authorization, consent or approval or any federal, state, local or
foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Hotel the effect of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(s) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or investigations pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any
Hotel or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels, or which
has as the subject thereof any of the respective officers and directors of the Company or any
officers, directors, managers or partners of its Subsidiaries, or to which the properties, assets
or rights of any such entity are subject, at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority, arbitral panel or
agency, that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the
respective entities to which such financial statements relate (the Covered Entities) as of and at
the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and changes in financial position
and shareholders equity and cash flows of the Covered Entities for the periods specified; the
supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any,
fairly present the information required to be stated therein; such financial statements and
supporting schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
as applied in the United States (GAAP) and on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto) and in accordance with Regulation
S-X promulgated by the Commission; the financial data set forth or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly present the information shown therein and has been
compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus; no other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be
included in the Registration Statement; all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the rules and
regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of
Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
(u) Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, who has audited the financial statements of
the Covered Entities and has expressed their opinion in a report with respect to the financial
statements of the Covered Entities included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, is, and was during the periods covered by its report, an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Covered Entities as required by the
Securities Act.
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Subsequent to the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as may be
otherwise stated in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, there has not been (A) any
Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) any
probable transaction or binding agreement that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (C) any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (D) any dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock or
repurchase or redemption by the Company of any class of capital stock.
(w) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or
debt securities, including securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for equity
securities, registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the
Company under the Securities Act;
and no person has a right of participation or first refusal with respect to the sale of the
Shares by the Company.
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(x) Authorization of the Shares. The issuance and sale of the Shares to CF&Co
hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company, and when issued and duly delivered against
payment therefor as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other
claim created by or known to the Company, and the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company is
not subject to preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of law, under the
organizational documents of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party.
(y) Authorization of the Units. The issuance of the Units to the Company in exchange
for contribution of proceeds from the sale of the Shares described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus has been duly authorized by the Partnership, and when issued and duly delivered
against payment therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim created by or known to the Company
or the Partnership; and the issuance of Units by the Partnership is not subject to preemptive or
other similar rights arising by operation of law under the organizational documents of the
Partnership or under any agreement to which the Partnership is a party.
(z) Transfer Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the
laws of any state or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Shares.
(aa) Listing on NYSE. The Shares have been or will be registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and as of each Settlement Date, the Shares will be duly listed
and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official
notice of issuance.
(bb) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, and will not take, directly
or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably
be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(cc) FINRA. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (i) is required to register
as a broker or dealer in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act, or (ii) directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or has any other association with
(within the meaning of Article I of the By-laws of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
Inc. (the FINRA)) any member firm of the FINRA.
(dd) Legal, Tax or Accounting Advice. Neither the Company nor the Partnership has
relied upon CF&Co or legal counsel for CF&Co for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection
with the offering and sale of the Shares.
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(ee) Form of Stock Certificate. The form of certificate used to evidence the Common
Stock complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any
applicable requirements of the Articles and Bylaws of the Company and the requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange.
(ff) Title to Property. (A) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all real property owned or leased by them
that are material to the business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
and good title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, encroachments, restrictions, mortgages and
other defects, except such as are (i) disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
(ii) listed as an exception to the owners or leasehold title insurance policies furnished by the
Company to CF&Co or its counsel or (iii) would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Companys interest in the related property, the value of such property or the
business conducted thereon; (B) any real property, improvements, equipment and personal property
held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary are held under valid, existing and enforceable
leases, in each case, with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary; and (C) except with
respect to the Companys corporate headquarters at 6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD
20817 (the Headquarters), the Company or a Subsidiary has an owners or leasehold title insurance
policy, from a title insurance company licensed to issue such policy, on each property described in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus as being owned or leased, as the case may be, by the
Company or a Subsidiary, that insures the Companys or the Subsidiarys fee simple or leasehold
interest, as the case may be, in such real property, which policies include only commercially
reasonable exceptions, and with coverages in amounts at least equal to amounts that are generally
deemed in the Companys industry to be commercially reasonable in the markets where the Companys
properties are located.
(gg) Condition of Property. To the knowledge of the Company, all real property owned
or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the Companys corporate headquarters office
space), whether owned in fee simple or through a joint venture or other partnership, including the
Hotels (each, a Property and collectively, the Properties), is free of any material structural
defects and all building systems contained therein are in reasonable working order in all material
respects, subject to ordinary wear and tear or, in each instance, the Company or any Subsidiary, as
the case may be, has created an adequate reserve or capital budget to effect reasonably required
repairs, maintenance and capital expenditures; to the knowledge of the Company, water, storm water,
sanitary sewer, electricity and telephone service are all available at the property lines of such
property over duly dedicated streets or perpetual easements of record benefiting such property;
except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the
Company, there is no pending or threatened special assessment, tax reduction proceeding or other
action that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Property Leases. Except with respect to the Headquarters, each of the properties
listed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as a property with respect to which the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries has a leasehold interest is the subject of a lease that (A) is
in the name of the relevant Subsidiary and has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the relevant Subsidiary or (B) has been assigned to a Subsidiary
pursuant to an assignment of lease which has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the relevant Subsidiary and to the knowledge of the Company, by each
of the other parties thereto and each such lease constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the
parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors rights generally or by general principles of equity.
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(ii) Disclosure of Legal Matters. The descriptions in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus of the legal or governmental proceedings, contracts, leases and other legal
documents therein described present fairly in all material respects the information required to be
disclosed, and there are no legal or governmental proceedings, contracts, leases, or other
documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as
required; all agreements between the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and third parties expressly
referenced in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are or will be legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company or one or more of the Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and by general
equitable principles and except with respect to this Agreement to the extent that the
indemnification provisions hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and public
policy considerations in respect thereof; and to the best of the Companys knowledge, no party
thereto is in, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both will be in, breach or
default under any of such agreements that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and each Subsidiary, and, to
the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels, owns or possesses adequate
and sufficient licenses or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, domain names, software and design licenses, approvals, trade secrets, manufacturing
processes, other intangible property rights and know-how (collectively Intellectual Property
Rights) necessary to entitle the Company and each Subsidiary to conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
notice of infringement of or conflict with (and the Company knows of no such infringement of or
conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the
Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and are not described as required.
(kk) Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company, each of the Subsidiaries and,
to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for
assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or
specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(v) management is made aware of all material transactions concerning the Company or its properties;
and (vi) the Company qualifies as a REIT under the requirements of the Code. The Company, each of
the Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels
employ disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to
be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and
forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Companys
management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
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(ll) Payment of Taxes. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed on a timely
basis (including in accordance with any applicable extensions) all necessary U.S. federal, state,
local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof or
have properly requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and have paid all taxes shown
as due thereon, and if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied
against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; no tax deficiency has been asserted against any
such entity, nor does the Company or any of the Subsidiaries know of any tax deficiency which is
likely to be asserted against any such entity which, if determined adversely to any such entity,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all such tax liabilities are
adequately provided for on the respective books of such entities.
(mm) Insurance. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries maintains insurance (issued
by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types and with policies in such amounts
and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are in the reasonable opinion of management
prudent for their respective businesses; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds
insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees,
officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are
no claims by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which
any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the
Company has no reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage
from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now
conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(nn) Environmental Laws. The Company has obtained Phase I Environmental Audits with
respect to the Properties as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except
as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) none of the Company,
the Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other owners of
the Properties, has used, handled, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, spilled, leaked,
released or discharged, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous
Materials (as defined below) on, in, under or affecting any Property, except for the use, handling,
storage, and transportation of Hazardous Materials (a) necessary for the operation of the Hotels
and consistent with (1) the practice of comparable hotels in the industry and (2) the intended or
recommended use, handling, storage and transportation of such Hazardous Materials, and (b) in
compliance with applicable Environmental Statutes (as defined below); (ii) the Company, the
Partnership and the other Subsidiaries do not intend to use any Property or any subsequently
acquired properties for the purpose of using, handling, storing, treating, transporting,
manufacturing, spilling, leaking, discharging, dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or
dealing with Hazardous Materials, except for the use, handling, storage, and transportation of
Hazardous Materials (a) necessary for the operation of the Hotels and consistent with (1) the
practice of comparable hotels in the industry and (2) the intended or recommended use, handling,
storage and transportation of such Hazardous Materials, and (b) in compliance with applicable
Environmental Statutes; (iii) none of the Company, the Partnership, nor any of the other
Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has any knowledge of, any occurrence or circumstance
which, with notice or passage of time or both, would give rise to a claim under or pursuant to
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any
federal, state or local environmental statute or regulation or under common law, pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from any
Property or any assets described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other real
property owned or occupied by any such party or arising out of the conduct of any such party or of
an agent of any such party, including without limitation a claim under or pursuant to any
Environmental Statute; (iv) no Property is included or proposed for inclusion on the National
Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (the EPA) or, to the knowledge of the Company, proposed for inclusion on any
similar list or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or issued by any other
Governmental Authority (as defined below).
As used herein, Hazardous Material shall include, without limitation, any
flammable explosive, radioactive material, hazardous substance, hazardous material,
hazardous waste, toxic substance, asbestos or related material, as defined by any
federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule or regulation including
without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 9601-9675 (CERCLA), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. Sections 1801-1819,
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Solid Waste Disposal Act), as amended,
42 U.S.C. Sections 6901-6992k, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Sections 11001-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as
amended, 15 U.S.C. Sections 2601-2692, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Sections 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 7401-7671q, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution
Control Act), as amended, 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 300f-300j-26, and the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Sections 651-678, as any of the above statutes may be
amended from time to time, and in the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of
the foregoing (individually, an Environmental Statute) or by any federal, state or
local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the properties and
assets described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (a
Governmental Authority).
(oo) Environmental Liabilities. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no costs
or liabilities associated with the Properties pursuant to any Environmental Statute (including,
without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of
properties or compliance with any Environmental Statute or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(pp) Independent Appraisals and Environmental Reports. To the knowledge of the
Company, none of the entities that prepared appraisals of the Properties, nor the entities that
prepared Phase I or other environmental assessments with respect to any Property, was employed for
such purpose on a contingent basis or has any substantial interest in the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, and none of their directors, officers or employees is connected with the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries as a promoter, selling agent, officer, director or employee.
(qq) Anti-Discrimination Laws. None of the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary
or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager, with respect to the Hotels, is in violation of or
has received notice of any violation with respect to any U.S. federal or state law relating to
discrimination in
the hiring, termination, promotion, terms or conditions of employment or pay of employees, nor
any applicable U.S. federal or state wages and hours law, the violation of any of which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(rr) ERISA. Any employee benefit plan (as defined under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (collectively, ERISA)) established or maintained by the Company, the Subsidiaries or
their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) or to which the Company, the Subsidiaries or their
ERISA Affiliates contribute or are required to contribute are in compliance in all material
respects with ERISA; ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated,
which with the Company or a Subsidiary is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c),
(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the Code); no such employee benefit plan is subject to Section 412 of the
Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA; all contributions required to have been made under
each such employee benefit plan have been made on a timely basis; there has been no prohibited
transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 or 407 of ERISA) for which the
Company, the Subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates have any material liability; and each such
employee benefit plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
qualified and to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure
to act, which would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification, in each case,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(ss) Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company any officer, director, manager or director purporting to act on behalf of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has at any time (i) made any contributions to any candidate
for political office, or failed to disclose fully any such contributions, in violation of law,
(ii) made any payment to any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign governmental officer or
official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments
required or allowed by applicable law and the Companys Code of Business Conduct provided to CF&Co
or its counsel, or (iii) engaged in any transactions, maintained any bank account or used any
corporate funds except for transactions, bank accounts and funds which have been and are reflected
in the normally maintained books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(tt) Loans to Certain Related Parties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding loans or advances or material
guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any
of the officers, directors, managers or trustees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any
of the members of the families of any of them.
(uu) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company
or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any
provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission thereunder (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and
Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
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(vv) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and
reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding
by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ww) Affiliations with CF&Co. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company
(i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of
CF&Co and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder to
repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of CF&Co.
(xx) Compliance with Securities Laws. All securities issued by the Company have been
issued and sold in compliance with (i) all applicable federal and state securities laws and (ii)
the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is in compliance in all material
respects with the current listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
(yy) Rights and Actions Affecting Properties. To the knowledge of the Company, each
of the Properties complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, regulations and deed
restrictions or other covenants in all material respects; if and to the extent there is a failure
to comply, such failure, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion of title; to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened condemnation, zoning change, or other
similar proceeding or action that will in any material respect affect the size of use of,
improvements on, construction on or access to any of the Properties, except such zoning changes,
proceedings or actions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, or restrictions on or affecting the properties
and assets (including the Properties) of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are disclosed therein; to
the knowledge of the Company, no lessee, licensee, concessionaire or vendor of any portion of any
of the Properties is in default under any of the leases or licenses governing such properties and
there is no event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice or both could
constitute a default under any of such leases or licenses, except such defaults that would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no person has an option or right of first
refusal to purchase all or any part of any Hotel, or any interest therein, which option or right is
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and which option or right
is not so described.
(zz) Convertible Property Interests. The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the
Hotels are not convertible into equity interests in the property, nor will the Company or the
Partnership hold a participating interest therein and such mortgages and deeds of trust are not
cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized to any property not to be owned directly or indirectly by
the Company or the Partnership.
(aaa) Finders Fees. The Company has not incurred any liability for any finders fees
or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated.
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(bbb) Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Company or any of the Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
trustees, managers, shareholders, partners, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and which is not so described.
(ccc) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, and
after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the use of the proceeds as described
under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Prospectus, will be an investment company or an entity
controlled by an investment company, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act).
(ddd) Absence of Labor Disputes. There are no existing or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or,
to the knowledge of the Company, the Manager with respect to the Hotels which would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(eee) Statistical and Market Related Data. The industry, statistical and market
related data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from
sources available that the Company believes are reliable and, to the knowledge of the Company, such
data are accurate.
(fff) Federal Tax Status. The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment
trust (a REIT) under the Code commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2005;
commencing with the Companys taxable year ended December 31, 2005, the Company has been organized
and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the
Code, and its current and proposed ownership and operations will allow the Company to continue to
satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable
year ending December 31, 2009 and in the future; as long as the Partnership has only one member for
federal income tax purposes, it will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Company and if
and when the Partnership has two or more members for federal income tax purposes, the Partnership
will be treated as a partnership within the meaning of Sections 7701(a)(2) and 761(a) of the Code
and will not be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation under Section
7704 of the Code; the Company intends to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Code for all
subsequent years; and the Company does not know of any event that would reasonably be expected to
cause the Company to fail to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code for the
taxable year ending December 31, 2009 or at any time thereafter.
(ggg) Tax Disclosures. The factual description of, and the assumptions and
representations regarding, the Companys organization and current and proposed method of operation
set forth in the Prospectus under the headings Federal Income Tax Considerations and Supplement
to Federal Income Tax Considerations accurately and completely summarize the matters referred to
therein in all material respects.
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(hhh) Absence of Business Interruption. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries,
nor any Hotel has sustained, since June 19, 2009, any loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or arbitrators or court or governmental action, order or decree that
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(iii) CF&Co Purchases. The Company acknowledges and agrees that CF&Co has informed
the Company that CF&Co may, to the extent permitted under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
purchase and sell shares of Common Stock for its own account while this Agreement is in effect,
provided, that (i) no such purchase or sales shall take place while a Placement Notice is in effect
(except to the extent CF&Co may engage in sales of Placement Shares purchased or deemed purchased
from the Company as a riskless principal or in a similar capacity) and (ii) the Company shall not
be deemed to have authorized or consented to any such purchases or sales by CF&Co.
(jjj) Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendments thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another
offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities
Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer,
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
(kkk) Officers Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company,
the Partnership, or any Subsidiary delivered to CF&Co or to counsel for CF&Co pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company and the
Partnership to CF&Co as to the matters covered thereby.
The Company acknowledges that CF&Co and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to
Section 7 hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to CF&Co, will rely upon the accuracy and
truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.
7. Covenants of the Company and the Partnership. The Company and the
Partnership, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with CF&Co that:
(a) Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement
and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be
delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the
Securities Act), (i) the Company will notify CF&Co promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, of
the time when (A) any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents
incorporated by reference, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any
subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (B) of the receipt of any comments from the
Commission, (C) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or for
additional information and (D) the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of
the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares, (ii) the Company will prepare and
file with the Commission, promptly upon CF&Cos request, any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in CF&Cos reasonable opinion, may be necessary or
advisable in connection with the distribution of the Placement Shares by CF&Co (provided, however,
that the failure of CF&Co to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or
liability hereunder, or affect CF&Cos right to rely on the representations
and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement); (iii) the Company will not file any
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than documents
incorporated by reference, relating to the offering and sale of Placement Shares under this
Agreement unless a copy thereof has been submitted to CF&Co within a reasonable period of time
before the filing and CF&Co has not reasonably objected thereto (provided, however, that the
failure of CF&Co to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or
liability hereunder, or affect CF&Cos right to rely on the representations and warranties made by
the Company in this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to CF&Co at the time of filing thereof
a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via IDEA; and (iv) the
Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, including any
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus, in the manner and within the time period required by
Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) of the Securities Act).
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(b) Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise CF&Co,
promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and
it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to
obtain the lifting thereof if such a stop order should be issued.
(c) Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period in which
a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the
Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares, (including in circumstances
where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company
will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in
force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If during such period
any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during
such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to
comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify CF&Co, and confirm the notice in
writing, to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will
promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the
Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(d) Listing of Placement Shares. During any period in which the Prospectus
relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with
respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such
requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use
its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange and
to qualify the Placement Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as CF&Co
reasonably designates and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Placement Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
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(e) Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will
furnish to CF&Co and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all
amendments and
supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission
during any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act (including all documents filed with the Commission during such
period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as reasonably
practicable and in such quantities as CF&Co may from time to time reasonably request and, at
CF&Cos request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which
sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to CF&Co to the extent such document
is available on IDEA.
(f) Earnings Statement. The Company will timely file such reports
pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to
CF&Co the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(g) Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11 hereunder, will pay the following expenses all incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, expenses relating to (i) the preparation,
printing, filing and delivery to CF&Co of the Registration Statement and each amendment and
supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto, and of this
Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase,
sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
Placement Shares, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable
upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares to CF&Co, (iii) the qualification of the
Placement Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(d) of this
Agreement, including filing fees (provided, however, that any fees or disbursements of counsel for
CF&Co in connection therewith shall be paid by CF&Co), (iv) the printing and delivery to CF&Co of
copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and of this Agreement, (v) the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Placement Shares
for trading on the Exchange, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Shares, and (vii) filing fees incident to, and fees and expenses, if any, in connection with, the
review of the Commission or the FINRA.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the Net Proceeds in accordance
in all material respects with the statements under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Prospectus.
(i) Notice of Other Sales. During the pendency of any Placement Notice
given hereunder, the Company shall provide CF&Co notice, subject to CF&Cos agreement to keep the
information in such notice confidential, as promptly as reasonably possible before it offers to
sell, contracts to sell, sells, grants any option to sell or otherwise disposes of any shares of
Common Stock (other than Placement Shares offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or
acquire Common Stock; provided, that such notice shall not be required in connection with the (i)
issuance, grant or sale of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of options or other equity awards pursuant to any stock option, stock
bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus, (ii) the issuance of
securities, including Units, in connection with an acquisition, merger or sale or purchase of
assets or (iii) the issuance or sale of Common Stock pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan
that the Company may adopt from time to time, provided the implementation of such is disclosed to
CF&Co in advance or (iv) any shares of common stock issuable upon the redemption of Units in the
Partnership.
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(j) Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during a
fiscal quarter in which the Company tenders a Placement Notice or sells Placement Shares, advise
CF&Co promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any
information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate,
letter or other document provided to CF&Co pursuant to this Agreement.
(k) Due Diligence Cooperation. The Company will cooperate with any
reasonable due diligence review conducted by CF&Co or its agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making
available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the
Companys principal offices, as CF&Co may reasonably request.
(l) Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The
Company agrees that it will (i) file and disclose in a prospectus supplement with the Commission
under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (each and every filing under
Rule 424(b), a Filing Date) or (ii) disclose in its annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, as applicable, the number of Shares sold through CF&Co under this Agreement,
the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation paid by the Company with respect to sales of
Shares pursuant to this Agreement during the relevant period; the Company agrees to deliver such
number of copies of each such prospectus supplement (if any) to each exchange or market on which
such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market.
(m) Representation Dates; Certificate. On or prior to the date that the
first Shares are sold pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each time the Company (i) files
the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or supplements the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares (other than a prospectus supplement filed in
accordance with Section 7(l) of this Agreement) by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or
supplement but not by means of incorporation of document(s) by reference to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares; (ii) files an annual report on Form
10-K under the Exchange Act; (iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act;
or (iv) files a report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than an earnings
release, to furnish information pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide
disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassifications of certain
properties as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act (each date of filing of one or more of the documents
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a Representation Date); the Company shall
furnish CF&Co with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) within three
(3) Trading Days of any Representation Date if requested by CF&Co. The requirement to provide a
certificate under this Section 7(m) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time
at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of
the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall
be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a
Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide CF&Co with a
certificate under this Section 7(m), then before the Company delivers the Placement Notice or CF&Co
sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall provide CF&Co with a certificate, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m), dated the date of the Placement Notice.
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(n) Legal Opinion. On or prior to the date that the first Shares are sold
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and within three (3) Trading Days of each Representation
Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause to be
furnished to CF&Co (i) the written
opinions of Goodwin Proctor LLP (Company Counsel), or other counsel satisfactory to CF&Co,
in form and substance satisfactory to CF&Co and its counsel, dated the date that the opinion is
required to be delivered, substantially similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit
7(n)(i) and Exhibit 7(n)(ii), and (ii) a written opinion of Michael D. Schecter, Esq.,
General Counsel of the Company (General Counsel), in form and substance satisfactory to CF&Co and
its counsel, dated the date that the opinion is required to be delivered, substantially similar to
the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(n)(iii), each such opinion modified, as necessary, to
relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided,
however, that in lieu of such opinions for subsequent Representation Dates, counsel may furnish
CF&Co with a letter (a Reliance Letter) to the effect that CF&Co may rely on a prior opinion
delivered under this Section 7(n) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter
(except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at such Representation Date).
(o) Comfort Letter. On or prior to the date that the first Shares are sold
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and within three (3) Trading Days of each Representation
Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause its
independent accountants to furnish CF&Co letters (the Comfort Letters), dated the date the
Comfort Letter is delivered, in form and substance satisfactory to CF&Co, (i) confirming that they
are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and
the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to
the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants comfort letters to
CF&Co in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the Initial Comfort
Letter) and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been
included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to
relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of
such letter.
(p) Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i)
take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected
to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase the Shares to be
issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases
of the Shares other than CF&Co; provided, however, that the Company may bid for and purchase shares
of its common stock in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act.
(q) Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain, or caused
to be maintained, insurance of the types and with policies in such amounts and with such
deductibles and covering such risks as are in the reasonable opinion of management prudent for
their respective businesses.
(r) Compliance with Laws. The Company will comply in all material
respects with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the Companys directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all
material respects with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(s) REIT Qualification. The Company shall not take any action to revoke
or otherwise terminate the Companys REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code, except
as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be in the best interests of
stockholders.
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(t) Investment Company Act. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise
use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would
require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act.
(u) No Offer to Sell. Other than a free writing prospectus (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Act) approved in advance by the Company and CF&Co in its capacity as principal
or agent hereunder, neither CF&Co nor the Company or the Partnership (including its agents and
representatives, other than CF&Co in its capacity as such) will make, use, prepare, authorize,
approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), required to
be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy
the Shares as contemplated to be sold pursuant to this Agreement.
(v) Undertakings. The Company will comply with all of the provisions of
any undertakings in the Registration Statement.
8. Conditions to CF&Cos Obligations. The obligations of CF&Co hereunder
with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the
representations and warranties made by the Company and the Partnership herein, to the due
performance by the Company and the Partnership of their obligations hereunder, to the completion by
CF&Co of a due diligence review satisfactory to CF&Co in its reasonable judgment, and to the
continuing satisfaction (or waiver by CF&Co in its sole discretion) of the following additional
conditions:
(a) Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall be
effective and shall be available for (i) all sales of Placement Shares issued pursuant to all prior
Placement Notices and (ii) the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any
Placement Notice.
(b) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred
and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any request for
additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would
require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose; (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any
changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or such documents so that, in the case of
the Registration Statement, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any
materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(c) No Misstatement or Material Omission. CF&Co shall not have advised the
Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
contains an untrue statement of fact that in CF&Cos reasonable opinion is material, or omits to
state a fact that in
CF&Cos opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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(d) Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or
disclosed in the Companys reports filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, there shall not have been any material adverse change, on a consolidated basis, in the
authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or any development that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or any downgrading in or
withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Companys securities (other than asset backed
securities) by any rating organization or a public announcement by any rating organization that it
has under surveillance or review its rating of any of the Companys securities (other than asset
backed securities), the effect of which, in the case of any such action by a rating organization
described above, in the reasonable judgment of CF&Co (without relieving the Company of any
obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
(e) Legal Opinions. CF&Co shall have received the opinions of each of
Company Counsel and General Counsel required to be delivered pursuant Section 7(n) on or before the
date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 7(n).
(f) Comfort Letter. CF&Co shall have received the Comfort Letter required
to be delivered pursuant Section 7(o) on or before the date on which such delivery of such letter
is required pursuant to Section 7(o).
(g) Representation Certificate. CF&Co shall have received the certificate
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which delivery of such
certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(m) .
(h) No Suspension. Trading in the Shares shall not have been suspended on
the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to
deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m), the Company shall have furnished to CF&Co such
appropriate further information, certificates and documents as CF&Co may have reasonably requested.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents shall have been in compliance with the
provisions hereof. The Company will furnish CF&Co with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as CF&Co shall have reasonably requested.
(j) Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission required
by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement
Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing
by Rule 424.
(k) Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been (i)
approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall
have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the NYSE at, or prior to, the
issuance of any Placement Notice.
(l) No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that
would permit CF&Co to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a).
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9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Company Indemnification. The Company and the Partnership, jointly and
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless CF&Co, the directors, officers, partners, employees
and agents of CF&Co and each person, if any, who (i) controls CF&Co within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or (ii) is controlled by or is under
common control with CF&Co (a CF&Co Affiliate) from and against any and all losses, claims,
liabilities, expenses and damages (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable
investigative, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any and all amounts paid
in settlement (in accordance with Section 9(c) ) of, any action, suit or proceeding between any of
the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third
party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), as and when incurred, to which CF&Co, or any such
person, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based, directly or indirectly, on (x) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or in any free writing prospectus or in any application or other document executed by or
on behalf of the Company or based on written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company
filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Shares under the securities laws thereof or filed
with the Commission, (y) the omission or alleged omission to state in any such document a material
fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it not misleading or (z)
any breach by any of the indemnifying parties of any of their respective representations,
warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement; provided, however, that this indemnity
agreement shall not apply to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises
from the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and is caused directly or
indirectly by an untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information relating to CF&Co and furnished to the Company by CF&Co expressly for inclusion in any
document as described in clause (x) of this Section 9(a). This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.
(b) CF&Co Indemnification. CF&Co agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, each officer of the Company that signed the Registration Statement, the
Partnership and each person, if any, who (i) controls the Company or the Partnership within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled
by or is under common control with the Company or the Partnership (a Company Affiliate) against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in
Section 9(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto) or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information relating to CF&Co and furnished to the Company by CF&Co expressly for inclusion
in any document as described in clause (x) of Section 9(a).
(c) Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be
indemnified under this Section 9 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any
action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party
or parties under this Section 9, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such
action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying
party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 9 and (ii) any liability that it may have to
any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 9 unless, and only to the
extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the
indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the
indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in
and, to
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the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly
after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable
to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for
the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection
with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such
action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized
in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on
advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties
that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict
or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have
the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the
indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a
reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the
indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not,
in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to
practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such
fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they
are incurred. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any
action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters
contemplated by this Section 9 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless
such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party
from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding.
(d) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution
in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this
Section 9 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable
from the Company, the Partnership or CF&Co, the Company, the Partnership and CF&Co will contribute
to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal
and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of,
any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received
by the Company or the Partnership from persons other than CF&Co, such as persons who control the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, officers of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to
which the Company, the Partnership and CF&Co may be subject in such proportion as shall be
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Partnership on the one
hand and CF&Co on the other. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Partnership on
the one hand and CF&Co on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
Net Proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting
expenses) bear to the total compensation received by CF&Co from the sale of Placement Shares on
behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not
permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but
also the relative fault of the Company and the Partnership, on the one hand, and CF&Co, on the
other, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability,
expense
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or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Partnership or CF&Co, the
intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Partnership and CF&Co agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(d) were to be
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in
respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose
of this Section 9(d) , any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent
with Section 9(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(d), CF&Co
shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under
this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9(d), any person who
controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any officers,
directors, partners, employees or agents of CF&Co, will have the same rights to contribution as
that party, and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the
same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any
party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action
against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section
9(d), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission
to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any
other obligation it or they may have under this Section 9(d) except to the extent that the failure
to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party
from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last
sentence of Section 9(c) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any
action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section
9(c) hereof.
10. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 9 of this Agreement and all representations and
warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of
their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of CF&Co, any
controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling
persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any
termination of this Agreement.
11. Termination.
(a) CF&Co shall have the right by giving notice as hereinafter specified at any
time to terminate this Agreement if (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that has
actually occurred and that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred that, in the reasonable judgment of CF&Co, may materially impair the ability of CF&Co to
sell the Placement Shares hereunder, (ii) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to
perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder; provided, however, in the case of any
failure of the Company to deliver (or cause another person to deliver) any certification, opinion,
or letter required under Sections 7(m), 7(n), or 7(o), CF&Cos right to terminate shall not arise
unless such failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) continues for more than thirty (30) days
from the date such delivery was required; or (iii) any other condition of CF&Cos obligations
hereunder is not fulfilled, or (iv), any suspension or limitation of trading in the Placement
Shares or in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have occurred. Any such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions
of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain
in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If CF&Co elects to terminate this
Agreement as provided in this Section 11(a), CF&Co shall provide the required notice as specified
in Section 12.
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(b) The Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days notice as hereinafter
specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this
Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except
that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(c) CF&Co shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days notice as hereinafter
specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this
Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except
that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(d) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 11, this Agreement shall
automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of the Placement Shares through CF&Co on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; provided, that the provisions of Section
7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination.
(e) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant
to Sections 11(a), (b), (c), or (d) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties;
provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to
provide that Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 16 and Section 17 shall remain in full
force and effect.
(f) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in
such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until
the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by CF&Co or the Company, as the case
may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement
Shares, such termination shall not become effective until the close of business on such Settlement
Date, with Placement Shares settling in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to
be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in
writing, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, and if sent to CF&Co, shall be delivered to
CF&Co at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., 499 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, fax no. (212)
308-3730, Attention: Capital Markets/Jeff Lumby, with copies to Stephen Merkel, General Counsel, at
the same address, and Hunton & Williams LLP, Riverfront Plaza, East Tower, 951 East Byrd Street,
Richmond Virginia 23219, fax no. (804) 788-8218, Attention: David C. Wright; or if sent to the
Company or the Partnership, shall be delivered to DiamondRock Hospitality Company, 6903 Rockledge
Drive, Suite 800, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, fax no. (301) 380-6727, attention: Michael D. Schecter,
with a copy to Goodwin Proctor LLP, Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, fax no. (617)
523-1231, attention: Suzanne Lecaroz. Each party to this Agreement may change such address for
notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such
purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered
personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30
p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day (as defined below), or, if such day is not a Business
Day on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a
nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if
deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid). For
purposes of this Agreement, Business Day shall mean any day on which the NYSE and commercial
banks in the City of New York are open for business.
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13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Company, the Partnership and CF&Co and their respective successors and the
affiliates, controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 9 hereof.
References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the
successors and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and
permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party; provided,
however, that CF&Co may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an affiliate of CF&Co
without obtaining the Companys consent.
14. Adjustments for Share Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that
all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any
share split, share dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Shares.
15. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability. This Agreement (including
all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto)
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and
undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter
hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written
instrument executed by the Company, the Partnership and CF&Co. In the event that any one or more
of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such
provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid,
legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as
if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to
the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions
hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement.
16. Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without
regard to the principles of conflicts of laws. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough
of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection with any transaction
contemplated hereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company, the Partnership and CF&Co each
hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any claim based
upon or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
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18. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Partnership,
jointly and severally, acknowledge and agree that:
(a) CF&Co has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the
sale of the Shares and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, the
Partnership and CF&Co has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, irrespective of whether CF&Co has advised or is advising the Company or the Partnership
on other matters;
(b) each of the Company and the Partnership is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) each of the Company and the Partnership has been advised that CF&Co and its
affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ
from those of the Company or the Partnership and that CF&Co has no obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company or the Partnership by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory
or agency relationship; and
(d) each of the Company and the Partnership waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any claims it may have against CF&Co, for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty and agrees that CF&Co shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the
Company or the Partnership in respect of such a fiduciary claim or to any person asserting a
fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or the Partnership, including
stockholders, partners, employees or creditors of the Company or the Partnership.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be
made by facsimile transmission.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and CF&Co, please
so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a
binding agreement between the Company and CF&Co.
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF PLACEMENT NOTICE
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Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Controlled Equity
OfferingSM Sales Agreement between DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the Company), DiamondRock
Hospitality Limited Partnership, and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (CF&Co) dated July 27, 2009 (the
Agreement), I hereby request on behalf of the Company that CF&Co sell up to [ ] shares of the
Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a minimum market price of $ per share
until [date]*.
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The Company shall add additional parameters, such as the bracketed text above regarding a
termination date, to the Placement Notice as it may deem necessary at any time. |
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. |
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Peter Dippolito
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Joshua Feldman
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Jeff Lumby
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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY |
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Mark Brugger
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SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
Compensation
CF&Co shall be paid compensation equal to up to two percent (2%) of the gross proceeds from the
sales of Shares pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
Subsidiaries
DiamondRock Hospitality Company
Subsidiaries
7/2009
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1 Bloodstone TRS, Inc.
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Delaware
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Massachusetts |
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2 DiamondRock Alpharetta Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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Georgia |
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3 DiamondRock Alpharetta Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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4 DiamondRock Atlanta Perimeter Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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5 DiamondRock Atlanta Perimeter Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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6 DiamondRock Bethesda General, LLC
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Delaware
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7 DiamondRock Bethesda Limited, LLC
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Delaware
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8 DiamondRock Bethesda Owner Limited Partnership
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Maryland
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9 DiamondRock Bethesda Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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10 DiamondRock Boston Expansion Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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11 DiamondRock Boston Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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12 DiamondRock Boston Retail Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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13 DiamondRock Boston Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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14 DiamondRock Buckhead Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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15 DiamondRock Buckhead Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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16 DiamondRock Cayman Islands, Inc.
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17 DiamondRock Chicago Conrad Owner, LLC
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Delaware
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18 DiamondRock Chicago Conrad Tenant, LLC
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Delaware
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SCHEDULE 4
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DiamondRock Hospitality Company
Subsidiaries
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20 DiamondRock Chicago Tenant, LLC
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21 DiamondRock East 40th Street NYC Owner Holdings, LLC
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24 DiamondRock Frenchmans Holdings, LLC
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DiamondRock Hospitality Company
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SCHEDULE 4
3
Exhibit 7(n)(i)
MATTERS TO BE COVERED BY INITIAL OPINION OF
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.
2. The Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a partnership in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
3. Each of the Company and the Partnership has the corporate power or limited partnership
power to conduct its business and to own, lease and operate its respective properties as such
business and properties are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to
execute and to perform its obligations under the Agreement.
4. Each Subsidiary listed on Exhibit A is validly existing as a corporation or limited
liability company and in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of organization as set
forth opposite its name on Exhibit A attached hereto.
5. Each of the Subsidiaries has the corporate power or limited liability company power, as the
case may be, to conduct its respective business and to own, lease and operate its respective
properties as such business and properties are described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
6. The Common Stock Certificate complies in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Maryland General Corporation Law (MGCL), the Articles of Amendment and
Restatement of the Company (the Articles) and the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Company (the Bylaws).
7. The capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the captions Description
of Capital Stock, Description of Common Stock, Description of Preferred Stock, and Description
of Certain Material Provisions of Maryland Law, Our Charter and Our Bylaws.
8. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act. Any required
filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b). To our knowledge, (i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and (ii) no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
9. The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the
Partnership.
10. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the Agreement
against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and will not be subject to any preemptive right in the Articles or the Bylaws of
the Company or arising under the MGCL.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(i)
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11. The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Company and the
Partnership and the issuance by the Company of the Shares in accordance therewith: (a) do not
require any consent, approval, authorization, license or exemption by, or order of or filing by the
Company or the Partnership with, any governmental authority, except such as has been made or
obtained under the Securities Act, and except as may be required under the securities or Blue Sky
laws of any foreign jurisdiction or of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, as to
which we express no opinion, (b) will not violate (i) the provisions of the Articles or Bylaws of
the Company, (ii) the provisions of the certificate of limited partnership or the Partnership
Agreement of the Partnership or (iii) the provisions of the organizational documents of the
Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate any law or regulation of the United States, the MGCL, the
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware or the Limited Liability Company
Act of the State of Delaware applicable to the Company or the Partnership, or any order, judgment
or decree of any Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts instrumentality or court, specifically naming
the Company or the Partnership of which we are aware and (d) will not result in a breach of, or
default under, any of the material contracts filed with or incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement.
12. The Shares have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York
Stock Exchange.
13. The statements set forth under the headings captioned Description of Capital Stock,
Description of Certain Material Provisions of Maryland Law, Our Charter and Our Bylaws and
Description of The Partnership Agreement of Diamond Rock Hospitality Limited Partnership in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements contain description of laws,
rules or regulations, and insofar as they describe the terms of agreements or the Companys
Articles or Bylaws have been reviewed by us and are correct in all material respects.
14. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the issuance of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an investment company,
as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
We understand that Hunton & Williams LLP will rely upon paragraphs 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 of this
opinion only to the extent that such paragraphs relate to the MGCL in connection with the rendering
of its opinions of even date herewith to the addressees hereof.
This opinion letter is furnished by us as counsel for the Company to you and is solely for your
benefit as sales agent in connection with the issuance of the Shares, and, except as set forth in
the paragraph above, may not be relied on by you for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to,
or relied on by, in whole or in part, any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose,
without our prior written consent.
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Reference is made to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act) of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Shares), of DiamondRock
Hospitality Company, a Maryland corporation (the Company), pursuant to a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (No. 333-157753), together with all amendments thereto (the Registration Statement),
all as filed prior to the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) under the Securities Act, and the form of prospectus supplement dated July 27, 2009,
relating to the Shares (the Prospectus Supplement). The Registration Statement was declared
effective by the Commission on March 23, 2009. The form of prospectus included in the Registration
Statement when the Registration Statement became effective, as supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement and filed with the Commission on July 27, 2009 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the
Securities Act, is herein referred to as
the Prospectus. When the Registration Statement became effective, the form of prospectus
included in it omitted certain information in reliance upon Rule 430B under the Securities Act.
That information is contained in the Prospectus, which is deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B(f)(1). The Prospectus also updates or supplements
certain information contained in the Registration Statement.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(i)
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This letter is being furnished to you at the request of the Company and pursuant to Section
7(n)(ii) of the Sales Agreement (the Agreement), dated as of July 27, 2009, among the Company,
DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership),
and you (the CF&Co).
As counsel to the Company, we reviewed the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and
participated in discussions with your representatives, those of your counsel and those of the
Company and its independent registered public accounting firm, at which the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed.
The purpose of our engagement was not to establish or to confirm factual matters set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and we have not undertaken any obligation to verify
independently any of the factual matters set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. Moreover, many of the determinations required to be made in the preparation of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature.
Subject to the foregoing, we confirm to you that: (i) on the basis of the information that we
gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, nothing came to our attention
that caused us to believe that (a) the Registration Statement, at the date and time it became
effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (b)
the Prospectus, as of its date and the date of the Agreement, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and (ii) nothing further came to our attention in the course of the procedures
described in the second sentence of the third paragraph of this letter that caused us to believe
that the Prospectus, as of the date and time of delivery of this letter, contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, except as set forth in paragraph 13 of our letter to you as of even date
herewith, we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and we do not express any
belief as to the financial statements and related notes, financial statement schedules or financial
or accounting data contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In the first
sentence of this paragraph, attention refers to the actual knowledge of each of the lawyers of
our firm who actively participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus after such inquiries as they deemed appropriate with other lawyers in our firm providing
substantive attention to other legal matters on behalf of the Company and the Partnership; and
believe refers to the good faith belief of each of those lawyers.
Based solely upon oral telephonic advice from one or more members of the Commissions staff, we
inform you that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or threatened by the Commission.
We are not representing the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary in any pending litigation in
which it is a named defendant that challenges the validity or enforceability of, or seeks to enjoin
the performance of, the Agreement.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(i)
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Further, we confirm to you that the Registration Statement, as of its effective time and date, and
the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus, appeared to us on their face to be responsive in
all material respects to the requirements of the form on which the Registration Statement was
filed, as well as the applicable requirements of Regulation C under the Securities Act, except that
the foregoing statement does not address any requirement relating to financial statements and
related notes, financial statement schedules or financial or accounting data contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
This letter is furnished by us as counsel for the Company to you in connection with the Agreement
and is solely for your benefit in connection with the issuance to you of the Shares, and may not be
relied on for any other purpose by you or anyone else.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(i)
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Exhibit 7(n)(ii)
FORM OF TAX OPINION OF GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(n)(i)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for DiamondRock Hospitality Company, a Maryland corporation (the
Company), in connection with the Companys automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as
amended by a post-effective amendment filed on March 9, 2009 (File No. 333-157753) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 6, 2009,
as amended by the prospectus supplement dated July 27, 2009 (as so amended or supplanted, the
Registration Statement), and sale by the Company through Cantor Fitzgerald & Co (CF&Co), in one
or more offerings, of up to $75,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the Shares), of the Company pursuant to the sales agreement dated July
27, 2009 (the Sales Agreement) among the Company, DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), and CF&Co. This opinion letter
addresses the Companys qualification as a real estate investment trust (a REIT) under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), the classification of the Operating
Partnership for federal income tax purposes, and the accuracy of certain matters discussed in the
Registration Statement under the heading Federal Income Tax Considerations Related to our REIT
Election and in the prospectus supplement under the heading Supplement to Federal Income Tax
Considerations.
The advice set forth herein is not intended for or written to be used, nor can it be used, by
any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding United States tax penalties that may be imposed on the
taxpayer. The advice contained herein was written to support the issuance and sale of the Shares.
You should seek advice based on your particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor. The
foregoing language is intended to satisfy the requirements under the regulations in Section 10.35
of Treasury Department Circular 230.
In rendering the following opinions, we have reviewed and relied upon the Articles of
Amendment and Restatement of Articles of Incorporation dated as of June 25, 2004 and Second Amended
and Restated Bylaws of the Company dated as of April 20, 2005, each as amended from time to time
and as in effect as of the date of this opinion letter, the Limited Partnership Agreement of the
Operating Partnership dated as of June 4, 2004 and as in effect as of the date hereof, and such
other records, certificates, and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes
of rendering the opinions set forth herein, including the documents pertaining to the loan to
Palomar Holding Inc. made as of January 31, 2007. For purposes of this opinion letter, we have
assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures on documents we have examined, (ii) the authenticity
of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iii) the conformity to the original documents of
all documents submitted to us as copies, (iv) the conformity, to the extent relevant to our
opinions, of final documents to all documents submitted to us as drafts, (v) the authority and
capacity of the individual or individuals who executed any such documents on behalf of any person,
(vi) due execution and delivery of all such documents by all the parties thereto, (vii) the
compliance of each party with all material provisions of such documents, and (viii) the accuracy
and completeness of all records made available to us.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(ii)
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We also have reviewed and relied upon the representations, as to factual matters, and
covenants of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained in a letter that the Company
provided to us in connection with the preparation of this opinion letter (the REIT Certificate),
and that we have discussed with the Companys representative, regarding the organization and
operations of the Company and the Operating Partnership and other matters affecting the Companys
ability to qualify as a REIT. For
purposes of this opinion letter, we assume that each such representation and covenant has
been, is and will be true, correct and complete, that the Company, the Operating Partnership and
any subsidiaries have been, are and will be owned and operated in accordance with the REIT
Certificate and that all representations that speak to the best of the belief and/or knowledge of
any person(s) or party(ies), or are subject to similar qualification, have been, are and will
continue to be true, correct and complete as if made without such qualification. To the extent
such representations and covenants speak to the intended ownership or operations of the Company or
the Operating Partnership, we assume that each of the Company and the Operating Partnership will in
fact be owned and operated in accordance with such stated intent.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, we are of the
opinion that:
(i) commencing with the Companys taxable year ended December 31, 2005, the Company has been
organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT
under the Code and its current and proposed ownership and operations will allow the Company to
continue to satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for
subsequent taxable years;
(ii) as long as the Operating Partnership has only one partner for federal income tax
purposes, it will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Company and if and when the
Operating Partnership has two or more partners for federal income tax purposes, the Operating
Partnership will be treated as a partnership within the meaning of Code Sections 7701(a)(2) and
761(a) and will not be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation under the
rules of Code Section 7704; and
(iii) the statements set forth under the heading Federal Income Tax Considerations Related to
our REIT Election in the Registration Statement and under the heading Supplement to Federal
Income Tax Considerations in the prospectus supplement, insofar as such statements constitute
matters of law, summaries of legal matters, legal documents, contracts or legal proceedings, or
legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a matter of law
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
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We express no opinion other than the opinions expressly set forth herein. Our opinions are
not binding on the Internal Revenue Service. The Internal Revenue Service may disagree with and
challenge our conclusions, and a court could sustain such a challenge. Our opinions are based upon
the Code, the Income Tax Regulations and Procedure and Administration Regulations promulgated
thereunder and existing administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect as of
the date of this opinion letter. Changes in applicable law could cause the federal income tax
treatment of the Company or the Operating Partnership to differ materially and adversely from the
treatment described above and render the tax discussion in the Registration Statement incorrect or
incomplete.
We are rendering this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section 7(n)(i) of the Sales Agreement
in connection with the sale of Shares and this opinion letter may not be relied upon by any other
person or for any other purpose without our prior written consent. This opinion letter speaks only
as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update this opinion letter or to notify
any person of any changes in facts, circumstances or applicable law (including without limitation
any discovery of any facts that are inconsistent with the REIT Certificate).
Very truly yours
EXHIBIT 7(n)(ii)
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Exhibit 7(n)(iii)
FORM OF OPINION OF MICHAEL D. SCHECTER, ESQ.,
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(n)(ii)
I am the general counsel of DiamondRock Hospitality Company, a Maryland corporation (the
Company). I have represented the Company and DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), in connection with, among other things, the
execution and delivery of the Sales Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2009 (the Agreement), among
the Company, the Partnership and you (CF&Co).
I am furnishing this opinion letter pursuant to Section 7(n) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms
that are not defined herein but are defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Agreement.
In connection with the delivery of this opinion, I have examined such corporate or partnership
records, certificates and other documents or other agreements and such questions of law that I have
considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such
examination, I advise you that, in my opinion:
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are
no outstanding (i) securities or obligations of the Company, the Partnership or any
Subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, (ii)
warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company, the
Partnership or any Subsidiary any such capital stock or any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or obligations or (iii) obligations of the Company, the
Partnership or any Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock, partnership
interests or membership interests, as applicable, any such convertible or exchangeable
securities or obligation, or any such warrants, rights or options. |
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To my knowledge, no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, legal or
governmental proceedings are pending or overtly threatened to which the Company or the
Partnership or any Subsidiary or any of their directors, officers or employees is a
party or to which the properties, assets or rights of the Company or the Partnership or
any Subsidiary is subject, at law or in equity, before any federal, state, local or
foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority, arbitral panel
or agency that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus. |
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Neither the Company nor the Partnership, nor, to my knowledge, any Subsidiary
is (i) in breach of, or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice,
lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of, or default under), its charter,
bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement or other
organizational documents or (ii) in breach or default (nor has any event occurred which
with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or default) in the
performance or observance of any of its obligations, agreements, covenants or
conditions contained in any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or
credit agreement or other agreement or instrument known to me which the Company, the
Partnership or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or its properties are bound or
affected, except for such breaches or defaults which would not individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Each Subsidiary listed on Exhibit A (the Designated Subsidiaries) is
validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership,
and in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the
Designated Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the jurisdictions set
forth opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto. |
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With the exception of its interests in the Designated Subsidiaries, the Company
does not own, directly or indirectly, capital stock or other equity interests in any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other entity. |
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The Shares, when issued in accordance with the Agreement against payment of the
consideration set forth therein, will be free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance, security interest or claim created by the Company. |
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The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable. |
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The issued and outstanding units of partnership interests or membership
interests of the Partnership and each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned of record directly or
indirectly by the Company. |
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To my knowledge, there are no contracts or documents of a character required to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or summarized in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus that have not been so filed, summarized or described. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Company and the
Partnership and the issuance by the Company of the Shares in accordance therewith will
not, to my knowledge, result in a breach of, or default that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect under any agreement, license, instrument,
indenture, mortgage or deed of trust known to me to which the Company, the Partnership
or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties may
be bound. |
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Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to my
knowledge, no agreement grants to any person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such
securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in
any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by
the Company under the Securities Act, except for any such rights that have been waived. |
The foregoing opinions are limited to the Federal laws of the United States and the laws of the
States of New York, Delaware (but only insofar as set forth in the Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of the State of Delaware) and Maryland (but only insofar as set forth in the
Maryland General Corporation Law).
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I have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials and other sources
believed by me to be responsible, and I have assumed that the original documents conformed to the
specimens examined by me and that the signatures on all documents examined by me are genuine,
assumptions which I have not independently verified but have no information to the contrary.
This opinion letter is furnished by me as counsel for the Company and the Partnership and may be
relied upon by you, your successors and assigns. I also consent to reliance on this opinion by
Goodwin Procter LLP (Goodwin Procter) and Hunton & Williams LLP (Hunton & Williams) in
connection with the rendering of their opinions of even date herewith to the addressees hereof.
Except as set forth above, this opinion letter may not be used or relied upon by you, Goodwin
Procter or Hunton & Williams, or quoted
by you, Goodwin Procter or Hunton & Williams, for any other purpose or by any other person, nor may
copies be delivered to any other person, without in each instance, my prior written consent.
This opinion letter is given as of the date hereof. I assume no obligation to update or supplement
this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to my attention,
including any subsequent changes in law or regulation, or the interpretation thereof.
EXHIBIT 7(n)(iii)
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Exhibit 7(m)
OFFICER CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, the duly qualified and elected [Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
or Executive Vice President and General Counsel], of DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY (Company), a
Maryland corporation, does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the Company, for itself
and as the general partner of DiambondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the Partnership) pursuant to Section 7(m) of the Sales Agreement dated July 27, 2009
(the Sales Agreement) between the Company, the Partnership and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., that to
the best of the knowledge of the undersigned:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 6 of the Sales
Agreement (A) to the extent such representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and
exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and
correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as
of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a
specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, and (B) to the extent such
representations and warranties are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions, are true and
correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof with
the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those
representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and
correct as of such date; and
(ii) The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sales Agreement at or prior to the date
hereof.
Date: , 2009
EXHIBIT 7(m)
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a14(a)
I, Mark W. Brugger, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of DiamondRock Hospitality
Company; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting. |
Date: December 7, 2009
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/s/ Mark W. Brugger
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Mark W. Brugger |
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a14(a)
I, Sean M. Mahoney, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of DiamondRock Hospitality
Company; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting. |
Date: December 7, 2009
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/s/ Sean M. Mahoney
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Sean M. Mahoney |
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.1
Certification
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(18 U.S.C. Section 1350(a) and (b))
The undersigned officers, who are the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of
DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the Company), each hereby certifies to the best of his
knowledge, that the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the Report) to which this
certification is attached, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof,
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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/s/ Sean M. Mahoney
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Mark W. Brugger
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Sean M. Mahoney |
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Chief Executive Officer
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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December 7, 2009
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December 7, 2009 |
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