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[LOGO OF HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES APPEARS HERE] HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES
CORPORATION
Law Department
72/928.83
6600 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
301/380-3532
301/380-7626 Fax
JOE P. MARTIN
Senior Vice President
and
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
April 20, 1998
Dear Host Marriott Services Corporation Shareholder:
In the Company Proxy Statement dated April 6, 1998, which has previously been
sent to you, there is an error on page 25 regarding the number of shares
purchased by the Company's executive officers and the total purchases of all
Company employees from the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESP) in the 1997 Plan
Year. The number of shares reported in the Proxy Statement were for the 1996
Plan Year. The correct number of shares purchased from the Plan for each
executive officer for the 1997 Plan Year is as follows:
Mr. McCarten: 2738 shares
Mr. McCarthy: 2738 shares
Mr. O'Hare: 1258 shares
Mr. Bethers: 2266 shares
Mr. Martin: 1934 shares
The total number of shares purchased by all Company employees from the ESP for
the 1997 Plan Year was 193,880.
On a separate matter, some of you received the Company Proxy Statement and
Annual Report in an envelope from the Company's Transfer Agent, First Chicago
Trust Company of New York, which had printed on the outside of the envelope the
statement that the Company's 1997 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission was enclosed. The 1997 Form 10-K was not enclosed and was
not intended to be enclosed. A copy of the 1997 Form 10-K is available on
request. If you would like a copy, please write to our Investor Relations
Department, Host Marriott Services Corporation, 6600 Rockledge Drive, Dept.
72/928.93, Bethesda, Maryland 20817.
I am sorry for any inconvenience to you in this matter. I look forward to see-
ing you at our annual shareholders meeting on May 5.
Sincerely,
/s/ Joe P. Martin
Joe P. Martin
