CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORP
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                           ------------------------

                                   FORM 8-K

             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 1998




                         Crestline Capital Corporation
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



          Maryland                      1-14635                 52-2039044
(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer 
      of Incorporation)                                     Indemnification no.)


           10400 Fernwood Road
            Bethesda, Maryland                               20817
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)






      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 380-9000



                          Exhibit index is on page 2.

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Item 5.    Other Events.

           At 9:00 a.m. (EST) on December 29, 1998, the previously announced
spin-off by Host Marriott Corporation ("Host Marriott"), a Delaware corporation,
of Crestline Capital Corporation ("Crestline" NYSE: CLJ), a former subsidiary,
was completed. Each Host Marriott stockholder of record as of 5:00 p.m. (EST) on
December 28, 1998 received one Crestline share for every ten shares of Host
Marriott stock owned (subject to the payment of cash in lieu of fractional
shares). Crestline owns one of the premier portfolios of senior living
communities and will lease virtually all of Host Marriott's hotels. The spin-off
was consummated pursuant to the terms of a Distribution Agreement dated as of
December 28, 1998 by and among Host Marriott, Host Marriott L.P., Crestline,
Fernwood Hotel Assets, Inc. and Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc., a copy of
which is filed as an exhibit hereto and the terms of which are incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and  Exhibits.

           (a)     Financial statements of business acquired.

                   Not applicable.

           (b)     Pro forma financial information.

           Introduction to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements of Crestline
           Pro Forma Balance Sheet as of September 11, 1998
           Pro Forma Statement of Operations for the First Three Quarters 1998
           Pro Forma Statement of Operations for Fiscal Year 1997


           (c)      Exhibits.

                    99.1  Distribution Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998
                          by and among Host Marriott Corporation, Host Marriott,
                          L.P., Crestline Capital Corporation, Fernwood Hotel
                          Assets, Inc. and Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.

                    99.2  Noncompetition Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998
                          by and among Host Marriott Corporation, Host Marriott,
                          L.P., Crestline Capital Corporation, Fernwood Hotel
                          Assets, Inc. and Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.



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           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                     CRESTLINE CAPITAL 
                                     CORPORATION 


                                     By:  /s/ Larry K. Harvey
                                        ---------------------------------------
Date:  December 29, 1998             Name:  Larry K. Harvey
                                     Title: Senior Vice President, Chief 
                                            Accounting Officer and Controller



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                        PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION


                                                                       Page No.
                                                                       --------

Introduction to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial
   Statements of Crestline...............................................   5
Pro Forma Balance Sheet as of September 11, 1998.........................   7
Pro Forma Statement of Operations for the First Three                   
     Quarters 1998.......................................................   8
Pro Forma Statement of Operations for Fiscal Year 1997...................   9






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                  PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF CRESTLINE
 
  The REIT Conversion involves a complex series of transactions not all of
which necessarily have to occur in order for the REIT Conversion to be
consummated. The consent of a number of lenders and several outside partners
in certain key Partnerships are required in order for certain hotel properties
owned by Host to be leased to the Company, and there can be no assurance that
all such consents will be obtained. Accordingly, the number of hotel
properties that will be leased by Crestline may vary, perhaps substantially.
 
  The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations of
Crestline reflect the following transactions for the First Three Quarters 1998
and for the fiscal year ended January 2, 1998, as if such transactions had
been completed at the beginning of each of the periods:
 
  . 1997 acquisition of Forum Group, Inc. (the "Forum Acquisition") and one
    additional senior living community
 
  . 1998 retirement of $26 million of debt through a capital contribution
    from Host Marriott
 
  . 1998 repayment and forgiveness of $92 million of unsecured debt and $14.8
    million intercompany note treated as a capital contribution by Host
 
  . 1998 acquisition of one senior living community
 
  . 1998 acquisition of minority interests in certain consolidated
    subsidiaries of Crestline through contributions from Host Marriott
 
  . 1998 spin off of Crestline by Host Marriott and the concurrent lease or
    sublease of hotels from Host REIT
 
  . 1998 adoption of EITF 97-2 to reflect the change in presentation to
    present property-level sales and operating expenses
 
  . Acquisition from Host of a 5% interest in a joint venture which holds an
    approximate $130 million mortgage note from a consolidated subsidiary of
    Host in connection with the REIT Conversion
 
  . Adjustment to corporate expenses as if Crestline were operated on a
    stand-alone basis, partially offset by the asset management fee to be
    charged to Host REIT.
 
  The adjustments to the unaudited pro forma balance sheet of Crestline
reflect the lease and sublease of substantially all of Host Marriott's owned
or leased hotels and certain other transactions as described herein in
conjunction with the REIT Conversion.
 
  In 1998, Crestline acquired one senior living community for $21 million.
Also, during 1998, Host Marriott prepaid approximately $26 million of
Crestline's mortgage debt and repaid $92 million of unsecured debt to Marriott
International. The prepayment was recorded as a capital contribution to
Crestline and the $92 million was repaid in exchange for a $92 million note
due to Host Marriott with similar terms. The $92 million note and an
additional $14.8 million intercompany note were forgiven by Host and treated
as a capital contribution in the First Three Quarters 1998.
 
  In 1997, Host Marriott Corporation acquired 29 senior living communities
from Marriott International and concurrently contributed all of the assets and
liabilities obtained in the Forum Acquisition to Crestline. In addition,
during 1997, Crestline acquired 49% of the remaining 50% interest in Leisure
Park Venture Limited Partnership which owns a 418-unit retirement community in
New Jersey for approximately $23 million, including the assumption of
approximately $15 million in debt. Crestline currently owns 99% of the
partnership.
 
  The unaudited pro forma financial statements present the financial position
and the results of operations of Crestline as if the transactions described
above were completed. These presentations do not purport to represent what
Crestline's results of operations would actually have been if the transactions
described above had in fact occurred on such date or at the beginning of such
period or to project Crestline's results of operations for any future date or
period.
 
 
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  The unaudited pro forma financial statements are based upon certain
assumptions, as set forth in the notes to the unaudited pro forma financial
statements, that Crestline believes are reasonable under the circumstances and
should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and
Notes thereto for HMC Senior Communities, Inc included in the Proxy Statement
of Host Marriott and the Prospectus of Crestline.
 
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                         CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
                       UNAUDITED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET
 
                            AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
                       (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         PRO FORMA
                                             HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS    PRO FORMA
                                             ---------- -----------    ---------
<S>                                          <C>        <C>            <C>
                   ASSETS
Property and equipment, net.................  $649,528   $    --       $649,528
Amounts due from Marriott International.....     4,097        --          4,097
Other assets................................    14,290     85,000(A)    105,772
                                                            6,482(B)
Cash and cash equivalents...................    26,504     15,000(B)     35,022
                                                           (6,482)(B)
                                              --------   --------      --------
  Total assets..............................  $694,419   $100,000      $794,419
                                              ========   ========      ========
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Debt........................................  $213,034   $    --       $213,034
Deferred income taxes.......................    61,376        --         61,376
Due to Host Marriott Corporation, net.......    12,989     85,000(A)     97,989
Accounts payable and other accrued
 liabilities................................    13,639        --         13,639
Deferred revenue............................     1,310        --          1,310
                                              --------   --------      --------
  Total liabilities.........................   302,348     85,000       387,348
                                              --------   --------      --------
Stockholder's equity
Common stock, 100 shares authorized, issued
 and outstanding (on a pro forma basis 75
 million shares of common stock authorized;
 21.8 million issued and outstanding)(/1/)
 ...........................................       --         --            --
Additional paid-in capital..................   386,627     15,000(B)    401,627
Retained earnings...........................     5,444        --          5,444
                                              --------   --------      --------
  Total stockholder's equity................   392,071     15,000       407,071
                                              --------   --------      --------
  Total liabilities and stockholder's
   equity...................................  $694,419   $100,000      $794,419
                                              ========   ========      ========
</TABLE>
 
 
             See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements.
 
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                         CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
                  UNAUDITED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
                           FIRST THREE QUARTERS 1998
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            D            E           F         G           H
                                           DEBT
                                       REFINANCING/  COMMUNITY   CORPORATE   HOTEL    ADOPTION OF
                          HISTORICAL    REPAYMENTS  ACQUISITIONS EXPENSES   LEASES     EITF 97-2   PRO FORMA
                          ----------   ------------ ------------ --------- ---------  -----------  ----------
<S>                       <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>       <C>        <C>          <C>
REVENUES
Hotels
 Rooms..................   $    --       $   --        $ --       $   --   $     --   $1,785,698   $1,785,698
 Food and beverage......        --           --          --           --         --      834,913      834,913
 Other..................        --           --          --           --         --      157,640      157,640
 House profit...........        --           --          --           --   1,087,328  (1,087,328)         --
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
 Total hotels...........        --           --          --           --   1,087,328   1,690,923    2,778,251
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
Senior living
 communities
 Routine................     54,872          --           84          --         --       94,792      149,748
 Ancillary..............      2,928          --            1          --         --       13,483       16,412
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
 Total senior living
  communities...........     57,800          --           85          --         --      108,275      166,160
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
 Total revenues.........     57,800          --           85          --   1,087,328   1,799,198    2,944,411
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
OPERATING COSTS AND
 EXPENSES
Hotels
 Property-level costs
  and expenses
 Rooms..................        --           --          --           --         --      725,311      725,311
 Food and beverage......        --           --          --           --         --      725,064      725,064
 Other department costs
  and deductions........        --           --          --           --         --      240,548      240,548
 Management fees and
  other.................        --           --          --           --     195,397         --       195,397
 Lease expense..........        --           --          --           --     861,400         --       861,400
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
  Total hotels..........        --           --          --           --   1,056,797   1,690,923    2,747,720
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
Senior living
 communities
 Property-level costs
  and expenses
 Routine................        --           --          --           --         --       94,792       94,792
 Ancillary..............        --           --          --           --         --       13,483       13,483
 Other operating costs
  and expenses..........     29,803          --           49          --         --          --        29,852
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
  Total senior living
   communities..........     29,803          --           49          --         --      108,275      138,127
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
  Total operating costs
   and expenses.........     29,803          --           49          --   1,056,797   1,799,198    2,885,847
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
Operating profit .......     27,997          --           36          --      30,531         --        58,564
Corporate expenses......     (2,937)         --          --        (9,938)       --          --       (12,875)
Interest expense........    (17,560)       4,789         --           --      (3,531)        --       (16,302)
Interest and dividend
 income.................      1,120          --            6          --         392         --         1,518
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
Income (loss) before
 income taxes...........      8,620        4,789          42       (9,938)    27,392         --        30,905
Benefit (provision) for
 income taxes...........     (3,534)      (1,963)        (18)       4,075    (11,231)        --       (12,671)
                           --------      -------       -----      -------  ---------  ----------   ----------
Income (loss) before
 extraordinary item.....   $  5,086      $ 2,826       $  24      $(5,863) $  16,161  $      --    $   18,234
                           ========      =======       =====      =======  =========  ==========   ==========
Pro forma earnings per
 share..................   $    .23(1)                                                             $      .84(2)
                           ========                                                                ==========
</TABLE>
 
             See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements.
 
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                         CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
                  UNAUDITED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
                       FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 2, 1998
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          C           D            E           F         G            H
                                                     DEBT
                                        FORUM    REFINANCING/  COMMUNITY   CORPORATE   HOTEL     ADOPTION OF     PRO
                        HISTORICAL   ACQUISITION  REPAYMENT   ACQUISITIONS EXPENSES    LEASES     EITF 97-2     FORMA
                        ----------   ----------- ------------ ------------ --------- ----------  -----------  ----------
<S>                     <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>       <C>         <C>          <C>
REVENUES
Hotels
 Room.................   $    --       $   --      $   --       $   --      $   --   $      --   $ 2,373,968  $2,373,968
 Food and beverage....        --           --          --           --          --          --     1,115,307   1,115,307
 Other................        --           --          --           --          --          --       240,329     240,329
 House profit.........        --           --          --           --          --    1,425,789   (1,425,789)        --
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total hotels........        --           --          --           --          --    1,425,789    2,303,815   3,729,604
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Senior living
 communities..........
 Routine..............     35,473       30,859         --         7,031         --          --       127,135     200,498
 Ancillary............      1,427        1,983         --           188         --          --        18,693      22,291
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total senior living
   communities........     36,900       32,842         --         7,219         --          --       145,828     222,789
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total revenues......     36,900       32,842         --         7,219         --    1,425,789    2,449,643   3,952,393
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
Hotels
 Property-level costs and expenses
 Rooms................        --           --          --           --          --          --       985,891     985,891
 Food and beverage....        --           --          --           --          --          --       989,552     989,552
 Other department
  costs and
  deductions..........        --           --          --           --          --          --       328,372     328,372
 Management fees
  and other...........        --           --          --           --          --      255,389          --      255,389
 Lease expense........        --           --          --           --          --    1,130,700          --    1,130,700
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total hotels........        --           --          --           --          --    1,386,089    2,303,815   3,689,904
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Senior living communi-
 ties
 Property-level costs and expenses
 Routine..............        --           --          --           --          --          --       127,135     127,135
 Ancillary............        --           --          --           --          --          --        18,693      18,693
 Other operating costs
  and expenses........     20,929       17,977         --         4,733         --          --           --       43,639
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total senior living
   communities........     20,929       17,977         --         4,733         --          --       145,828     189,467
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
  Total operating
   costs and
   expenses...........     20,929       17,977         --         4,733         --    1,386,089    2,449,643   3,879,371
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Operating profit .....     15,971       14,865         --         2,486         --       39,700          --       73,022
Corporate expenses....     (2,304)      (5,115)        --           745      (9,826)        --           --      (16,500)
Interest expense......    (13,396)      (9,630)      7,312       (2,118)        --       (5,100)         --      (22,932)
Interest and
 dividend income......        336          598         --           --          --          567          --        1,501
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Income (loss) before
 income taxes.........        607          718       7,312        1,113      (9,826)     35,167          --       35,091
Benefit (provision)
 for income taxes.....       (249)        (294)     (2,998)        (456)      4,029     (14,419)         --      (14,387)
                         --------      -------     -------      -------     -------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Income (loss) before
 extraordinary item...   $    358      $   424     $ 4,314      $   657     $(5,797) $   20,748  $       --   $   20,704
                         ========      =======     =======      =======     =======  ==========  ===========  ==========
Pro forma earnings
 per share............   $    .02(1)                                                                          $      .95(2)
                         ========                                                                             ==========
</TABLE>
 
             See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements.
 
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               NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
  A. Represents the adjustment to increase working capital and record a loan
payable to Host of $85 million to record the transfer of hotel working capital
to the Company related to the leasing of Host's hotels.
 
  B. Represents the following transactions in connection with the
Distribution:
 
    . Host's contribution of $15 million in incremental cash to the Company.
    . Acquisition from Host of a 5% limited partner interest in a
      joint venture with Host that owns an approximate $130 million note
      receivable from a consolidated subsidiary of Host.
 

  C. Represents the adjustment to reflect the historical revenues, operating
expenses, corporate expenses, interest expense and interest income for the
Forum Acquisition as if such acquisition occurred at the beginning of 1997
(actual acquisition date was June 21, 1997).
 
  D. Represents the adjustment to eliminate interest expense on $133 million
of debt repaid during 1998 by Host on behalf of the Company and treated as a
capital contribution by Host.
 
  E. Represents the adjustment to record the historical revenues, operating
expenses, corporate expenses and interest income related to the acquisition of
one senior living community in 1998 and the acquisition of one senior living
community in 1997. The adjustment also includes the elimination of $745,000 of
minority interest expense included in corporate expenses related to the
purchase of minority interests in certain consolidated subsidiaries of the
Company in 1997.
 
  F. Represents the adjustment to record additional corporate expenses
anticipated to be incurred when the Company is operated on a stand-alone basis
subsequent to the Distribution, net of the asset management contract of $4.5
million per annum. The adjustment includes the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        FIRST THREE  FISCAL YEAR
                                                       QUARTERS 1998    1997
                                                       ------------- -----------
<S>                                                    <C>           <C>
Payroll costs.........................................    $ 8,102      $ 8,894
Rent and insurance....................................      1,185        1,207
Other general and administrative costs................      3,766        4,225
                                                          -------      -------
                                                           13,053       14,326
Less: asset management fee............................     (3,115)      (4,500)
                                                          -------      -------
  Net corporate expense adjustment....................    $ 9,938      $ 9,826
                                                          =======      =======
</TABLE>
 
  G. Represents the adjustment to record the historical hotel revenues and
hotel expenses and pro forma lease expense associated with the leasing of
certain hotel properties from Host, interest expense on the $85 million
working capital loan at 6%, and dividend income from the 5% investment in the
joint venture with Host that owns a $130 million note receivable from a
consolidated subsidiary of Host.
 
  Rental revenues under the leases are based on the greater of Percentage Rent
or Minimum Rent. Total rent in the pro forma statement of operations is
calculated based on the historical gross sales of the property and the
negotiated rental rates and thresholds by property as if the leases were
entered into on the first day of fiscal year 1997. There are generally three
sales categories utilized in the rent calculation: rooms, food and beverage
and other. For rooms and food and beverage, there are three tiers of rent with
two thresholds, while the other category generally has two tiers of rent and
one threshold. The percentage rent thresholds are increased annually on the
first day of each year after the initial lease year based on a blended
increase of the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") and a wage and benefit index. For
purposes of the pro formas, 1997 is the assumed initial lease year
 
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and the blended increase applied to the thresholds at January 3, 1998 is
assumed to be 3%. Minimum rent is expressed as a fixed dollar amount that
increases annually on the first day of each year after the initial lease year
at 50% of the CPI increase. Accordingly, the 1998 rent thresholds and minimum
rent included in the pro formas were adjusted as of January 3, 1998 for the
1997 increases in the indices. Rental revenues are recognized only for leases
to be executed with Host REIT at or prior to completion of the Distribution.
The execution of the leases is dependent upon the consummation of the
Distribution, and to certain contingencies that are outside the control
of the Company, including consent of shareholders, lenders, debt holders,
partners and ground lessors of Host. The Company believes that negotiations
with third parties to complete the Distribution will not result in any
material change to the leases. The table below details gross sales, minimum
rent and total rent for all full-service properties to be leased and
summarized amounts for the limited-service properties to be subleased:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                FIRST THREE
                                         FISCAL YEAR 1997      QUARTERS 1998
                                        ------------------- -------------------
                                        GROSS MINIMUM TOTAL GROSS MINIMUM TOTAL
PROPERTY                                SALES  RENT   RENT  SALES  RENT   RENT
- --------                                ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- -----
                                                     (IN MILLIONS)
<S>                                     <C>   <C>     <C>   <C>   <C>     <C>
Grand Hotel Resort and Golf Club....... $23.4  $2.8   $4.2  $18.0  $2.0   $3.7
Scottsdale Suites......................  11.9   3.0    5.0    8.2   2.1    3.4
The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix..............  23.3   4.6    7.2   17.3   3.2    5.5
Coronado Island Resort.................  22.0   2.1    2.1   16.2   1.5    3.6
Costa Mesa Suites......................   9.7   1.9    3.3    7.2   1.3    2.3
Desert Springs Resort and Spa.......... 103.3  21.3   30.3   80.3  15.0   22.6
Manhattan Beach........................  16.3   2.4    4.8   12.2   1.7    3.6
Marina Beach ..........................  21.1   4.6    7.1   16.9   3.2    6.2
Newport Beach..........................  33.5   5.5    8.7   24.0   3.9    6.8
Newport Beach Suites...................  11.0   2.6    4.1    8.0   1.8    3.0
Ontario Airport........................  12.1   1.8    3.4    8.3   1.3    2.2
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina.... 103.3  38.0   39.6   78.6  26.7   31.1
San Francisco Airport..................  43.8   8.2   13.2   32.2   5.8    9.5
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf........  17.8   4.0    6.4   12.1   2.8    4.3
San Francisco Moscone Center........... 120.2  20.7   37.9   90.5  14.6   28.5
San Ramon..............................  19.7   4.4    5.1   14.4   3.1    4.0
Santa Clara............................  47.3   7.8   16.5   37.2   5.5   13.5
The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey.......  32.4   5.5   10.8   23.4   3.9    7.9
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco........  50.1   9.6   14.7   34.2   6.7   10.3
Torrance...............................  20.5   2.3    3.5   15.0   1.6    5.1
Denver Southeast.......................  21.5   3.0    6.2   14.9   2.1    4.1
Denver Tech Center.....................  26.8   5.1    8.3   20.1   3.6    6.0
Denver West............................  13.7   1.8    4.0    9.6   1.2    2.7
Marriott's Mountain Resort at Vail.....  17.6   3.0    5.1   14.1   2.1    4.5
Hartford/Farmington....................  18.4   3.5    4.7   13.4   2.4    3.5
Hartford/Rocky Hill....................  11.6   1.5    2.7    8.5   1.1    2.0
Fort Lauderdale Marina.................  28.5   4.3    7.9   20.4   3.0    5.7
Jacksonville...........................  11.8   1.8    3.6    8.0   1.2    2.4
Miami Airport..........................  29.7   3.9    8.4   21.6   2.8    6.1
Orlando World Center................... 128.2  23.5   39.6   98.7  16.5   30.4
Palm Beach Gardens.....................  11.8   1.9    3.7    8.5   1.4    3.0
Singer Island (Holiday Inn)............   6.6   1.4    2.5    5.2   1.0    2.1
Tampa Airport..........................  17.1   1.6    3.5   13.1   1.1    2.7
Tampa Westshore........................  15.0   1.8    3.6   10.8   1.3    2.6
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples...............  66.4  18.1   23.3   53.1  12.7   18.0
Atlanta Marriott Marquis...............  85.4  21.3   33.3   58.6  15.0   25.6
Atlanta Midtown Suites.................  10.5   1.8    3.5    7.8   1.3    2.6
Atlanta Norcross.......................   7.6   1.0    1.7    5.6   0.7    1.2
Atlanta Northwest......................  14.9   2.7    4.3   11.3   1.9    3.3
Atlanta Perimeter......................  16.6   2.5    4.5   12.6   1.7    3.5
JW Marriott Hotel at Lenox.............  24.8   3.7    6.8   17.7   2.6    5.0
The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta..............  30.2   5.8    8.8   21.7   4.1    6.8
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         FIRST THREE QUARTERS
                                  FISCAL YEAR 1997               1998
                              ------------------------- -----------------------
                               GROSS   MINIMUM  TOTAL    GROSS   MINIMUM TOTAL
PROPERTY                       SALES    RENT     RENT    SALES    RENT    RENT
- --------                      -------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------
                                                (IN MILLIONS)
<S>                           <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>
The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead..  $   49.3 $ 13.1  $   16.3 $   35.8 $  9.2  $ 11.7
Chicago/Deerfield Suites....      10.2    1.8       3.1      7.4    1.3     2.3
Chicago/Downers Grove
 Suites.....................       9.0    1.8       2.9      6.7    1.3     2.2
Chicago/Downtown Courtyard..      16.3    3.1       4.9     12.2    2.2     3.9
Chicago O'Hare..............      40.0    5.5      11.5     28.8    3.9     8.2
South Bend..................       9.9    1.1       2.1      7.0    0.8     1.5
New Orleans ................      66.4   17.5      21.8     47.6   12.3    15.8
Bethesda....................      23.2    3.2       5.6     17.3    2.2     4.1
Gaithersburg/Washingtonian
 Center.....................      13.2    2.4       3.8      9.7    1.7     2.8
Boston/Newton...............      27.4    4.8       7.8     19.1    3.4     5.5
Detroit Romulus.............       8.8    1.1       1.8      6.6    0.8     1.4
The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn..      25.7    3.6       5.5     17.7    2.5     4.0
Minneapolis/Bloomington.....      20.2    3.3       6.5     13.8    2.3     4.7
Minneapolis City Center.....      27.5    3.7       7.5     20.4    2.4     5.2
Kansas City Airport.........      14.3    1.7       3.7      9.9    1.2     2.5
Nashua......................       7.5    0.8       1.3      5.3    0.5     0.9
Hanover.....................      22.5    4.7       6.6     15.1    3.3     4.3
Newark Airport..............      39.4    6.5      11.8     29.2    4.6     8.6
Park Ridge..................      16.0    2.5       4.0     11.9    1.7     4.2
Saddle Brook................      10.7    1.3       2.1      7.8    0.9     1.7
New York Marriott Financial
 Center.....................      39.6    7.7      13.2     29.1    5.4    10.1
New York Marriott Marquis...     210.3   40.0      60.8    155.4   29.7    47.6
Marriott World Trade
 Center.....................      65.4   12.2      19.4     49.1    8.6    14.9
Charlotte Executive Park....      14.0    2.3       3.7      9.8    1.6     2.6
Raleigh Crabtree Valley.....      14.9    2.4       3.9     10.9    1.7     2.8
Oklahoma City...............      15.6    2.0       3.8     10.4    1.4     2.4
Oklahoma City Waterford.....       9.1    1.5       2.7      6.1    1.0     1.7
Portland....................      26.4    4.1       7.5     17.6    2.9     4.8
Philadelphia (Convention
 Center)....................      80.7   14.2      25.0     58.2   10.0    17.8
Philadelphia Airport........      25.0    4.1       7.6     18.6    2.9     5.6
Pittsburgh City Center......      16.4    1.9       3.0     11.1    1.3     2.2
Memphis.....................      10.6    1.5       3.2      5.7    1.0     1.8
Dallas/Fort Worth...........      28.9    5.9       9.3     21.9    4.1     7.0
Dallas Quorum...............      25.7    4.2       8.2     18.3    3.0     5.8
El Paso.....................      11.6    0.9       2.3      7.8    0.6     1.4
Houston Airport ............      21.6    2.8       6.0     16.9    2.0     4.6
JW Marriott Houston.........      27.2    5.0       8.0     20.1    3.5     5.9
Plaza San Antonio...........      13.8    2.9       4.6      9.7    2.0     3.3
San Antonio Rivercenter.....      68.9   17.5      24.5     49.3   12.3    17.8
San Antonio Riverwalk.......      29.3    6.1      10.3     21.7    4.3     7.6
Salt Lake City..............      28.5    5.6       9.5     21.1    3.9     7.2
Dulles Airport..............      14.6    1.8       4.0     10.9    1.2     3.0
Key Bridge..................      29.4    5.6      10.2     21.2    3.9     7.4
Norfolk Waterside...........      18.1    3.3       5.4     12.8    2.4     3.8
Pentagon City Residence
 Inn........................      11.7    3.5       5.5      8.7    2.5     4.2
The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons
 Corner.....................      34.4    5.9       9.8     24.9    4.1     7.3
Washington Dulles Suites....      10.3    2.5       4.0      7.8    1.8     3.0
Westfields..................      28.0    4.7       7.4     20.3    3.3     5.4
Williamsburg................      12.6    1.8       2.8      9.3    1.3     2.1
Washington Metro Center.....      25.2    4.5       7.3     19.2    3.2     5.3
Calgary.....................      13.4    1.7       1.7      9.8    1.2     2.3
Toronto Airport.............      17.1    2.9       5.6     13.0    2.0     4.2
Toronto Eaton Centre........      21.1    6.1       7.1     16.0    4.3     5.6
Toronto Delta Meadowvale....      16.1    2.6       4.9     10.6    1.9     3.1
Fairview Park...............      22.5    3.9       7.3     16.3    2.8     5.2
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         FIRST THREE QUARTERS
                                  FISCAL YEAR 1997               1998
                              ------------------------- -----------------------
                               GROSS   MINIMUM  TOTAL    GROSS   MINIMUM TOTAL
PROPERTY                       SALES    RENT     RENT    SALES    RENT    RENT
- --------                      -------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------
                                                (IN MILLIONS)
<S>                           <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>
Dayton......................  $   18.2 $  3.2  $    6.0 $   13.4 $  2.3  $  4.3
Research Triangle Park......       9.1    1.4       2.9      6.8    1.0     2.3
Detroit Marriott
 Southfield.................       8.8    1.2       2.1      6.9    0.9     1.7
Detroit Marriott Livonia....      10.0    1.4       2.6      7.4    1.0     1.9
Fullerton...................       6.8    1.2       1.8      5.0    0.8     1.3
Marriott O'Hare Suites......      14.4    2.7       4.9     10.8    1.9     4.0
Albuquerque.................      16.4    3.6       3.6     11.1    2.5     2.6
Greensboro-High Point.......      13.6    3.3       3.3     10.2    2.3     2.4
Houston Medical Center......      16.5    4.0       4.0     12.2    2.8     2.9
Miami Biscayne Bay..........      26.8    6.5       6.6     20.5    4.5     5.1
Marriott Mountain Shadows
 Resort.....................      24.1    4.4       4.5     16.9    3.1     3.1
Seattle SeaTac Airport......      23.1    6.7       6.7     17.5    4.7     5.1
Four Seasons, Atlanta.......      15.6    5.8       5.9     14.2    4.1     4.5
Four Seasons, Philadelphia..      41.1    7.9      12.4     30.6    5.6    10.1
Grand Hyatt, Atlanta........      25.3   10.0      10.0     22.6    7.0     8.2
Hyatt Regency, Burlingame...      47.9    8.8      17.6     39.5    6.2    15.1
Hyatt Regency, Cambridge....      32.4    6.7      11.9     26.8    4.7    10.4
Hyatt Regency, Reston.......      30.5    6.5      11.3     24.2    4.5     9.2
Swissotel, Atlanta..........      22.2    5.0       6.3     17.2    3.5     5.8
Swissotel, Boston...........      26.8    6.4       8.5     20.5    4.5     6.9
Swissotel, Chicago..........      38.1   10.9      15.1     28.9    7.7    12.0
The Drake (Swissotel), New
 York.......................      38.8   11.6      13.6     34.2    8.2    13.4
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia
 Island.....................      45.7   10.3      13.4     37.4    7.2    11.1
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston....      40.1    6.9      10.5     31.4    4.8     8.8
                              -------- ------  -------- -------- ------  ------
Total Full-service
 Properties.................   3,465.1  683.6   1,053.8  2,574.3  481.8   805.3
Total Courtyard Properties(3)    212.0   50.6      57.3    159.2   35.0    42.2
Total Residence Inns(3).....      69.9   17.2      19.6     50.6   12.0    13.9
                              -------- ------  -------- -------- ------  ------
  Total.....................  $3,747.0 $751.4  $1,130.7 $2,784.1 $528.8  $861.4
                              ======== ======  ======== ======== ======  ======
</TABLE>
 
  H. Represents the adjustment to reflect the Company's anticipated adoption
of EITF 97-2 in the fourth quarter of 1998 by recording property-level sales
and operating expenses. The adjustment has no impact on operating profit or
net income.

- --------
  (1) On a pro forma basis as of September 11, 1998, the Company had 75
million shares of common stock, $.01 par value authorized with 21.8 million
shares issued and outstanding. In addition, on a pro forma basis, 10 million
shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value are authorized with none issued or
outstanding.
 
  (2) Reflects the pro forma earnings per share based on 21.8 million weighted
average shares outstanding subsequent to the Distribution. Pro forma weighted
average shares are based on Host's weighted average shares outstanding,
adjusted for a one-for-ten share distribution, and the issuance of 1.4 million
shares to the Blackstone Entities.
     
  (3) The Courtyard and Residence Inn properties will be subleased by 
subsidiaries of the Company from subsidiaries of Host Marriott under sublease 
agreements. The owners of these properties have not yet consented to the 
subleases but have agreed to waive any defaults under the related leases until 
February 17, 1999 to provide Host Marriott with additional time to obtain such 
consents (which could require modifications in the terms of the subleases or 
structural or other changes related thereto.) The Company expects that such 
consents will be obtained during this period and has agreed to cooperate in 
connection therewith, but if such consents are not obtained, the subleases could
be terminated without any payment to the Company. This change would have the
effect of reducing the Company's revenues by $210 million and $282 million for
the First Three Quarters 1998 and fiscal year 1997, respectively, and reducing
the Company's net income by approximately $4 million for each period. The
Company does not believe that any changes that might be required to the
subleases would result in material changes to the lease terms.     

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                       Exhibit Description               Page No.
- ------------                      -------------------               --------

99.1       Distribution Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998        15
           by and among Host Marriott Corporation, Host Marriott, 
           L.P., Crestline Capital Corporation, Fernwood Hotel 
           Assets, Inc. and Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.


99.2       Noncompetition Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998      52
           by and among Host Marriott Corporation, Host Marriott, 
           L.P., Crestline Capital Corporation, Fernwood Hotel 
           Assets, Inc. and Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.




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<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
 
                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
                             ----------------------

              This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of this
28th day of December, 1998 by and among Host Marriott Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Host"), Host Marriott, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Operating Partnership"), Crestline Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation
and currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Host ("Crestline"), Fernwood Hotel
Assets, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Fernwood"), and Rockledge Hotel
Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Rockledge"). Unless the context
requires otherwise, (i) all references to "Host" shall be deemed to refer (x)
prior to the Merger (as defined below), to Host Marriott Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) and Affiliates (as defined
below), and (y) from and after the Merger, HMC Merger Corporation, a Maryland
corporation to be renamed "Host Marriott Corporation" ("Host REIT"), and to its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, (ii) all references to "Crestline" shall be deemed
to refer to Crestline Capital Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates,
(iii) all references to "Fernwood" shall be deemed to refer to Fernwood Hotel
Assets, Inc. and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and (iv) and all references to
"Rockledge" shall be deemed to refer to Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc. and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates.

                                    RECITALS
                                    --------

         WHEREAS, Host currently, directly and through its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates, (i) acquires and owns hotel properties and engages in activities
related thereto and (ii) owns certain senior living community properties;

         WHEREAS, Crestline currently, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates,
conducts a substantial portion of the business of Host relating to such senior
living community properties;

         WHEREAS, Fernwood is a newly-formed corporation which, following the
REIT Conversion (as defined below), will own certain assets related to the
operation of certain hotel properties and engage in activities related thereto;

         WHEREAS, Rockledge is a newly-formed corporation which, following the
REIT Conversion, will own certain hotel properties and assets related to the
operation of such hotel properties and engage in activities related thereto;

         WHEREAS, the Host Board of Directors (as defined below) has determined
that it is in the best interests of Host and the stockholders of Host (the "Host
Stockholders") to reorganize the business and operations of Host so that it will




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<PAGE>
 
qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for federal income tax
purposes, and has adopted a plan to restructure the business and operations of
Host so it may qualify as a REIT (the "REIT Conversion");

         WHEREAS, in connection with the REIT Conversion, (i) Host and its
consolidated Subsidiaries will contribute their respective full-service hotel
properties and certain other businesses and assets to the Operating Partnership
(as defined below) and its Subsidiaries, in exchange for OP Units (as defined
below) and the assumption of liabilities and (ii) Host will merge with and into
Host REIT (the "Merger");

         WHEREAS, as a REIT, Host would not be permitted under current federal
income tax law to derive revenues directly from the operation of hotels and must
distribute to the Host Stockholders prior to the end of the first full taxable
year for which the REIT election is effective all accumulated "earnings and
profits" ("E&P");

         WHEREAS, as a result of these requirements, in connection with the REIT
Conversion, (i) Host will distribute approximately 93.6% of the then outstanding
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Crestline
to the Host Stockholders (the "Distribution") to help accomplish the requisite
distribution of E&P, (ii) Host will transfer the remaining 1.4 million shares
(approximately 6.4% of the then outstanding shares) of Common Stock (the
"Contributed Shares") to the Operating Partnership for payment to the Blackstone
Entities (as defined below) as part of consideration for the Blackstone
Acquisition (as defined below), if such acquisition is consummated, (iii) Host
will lease to Subsidiaries of Crestline substantially all of the full-service
hotels currently owned by Host, as well as those hotels to be acquired in the
Blackstone Acquisition and (iv) Host will sublease to Crestline substantially
all of the limited-service hotels currently leased by Host; and

         WHEREAS, in connection with the Distribution, Host, Crestline, Fernwood
and Rockledge have determined that it is necessary and desirable to set forth
the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Distribution and the
agreements that will govern certain matters following the Distribution.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions
and covenants contained in this Agreement and in the Other Agreements (as
defined below), the parties hereby agree as follows:

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<PAGE>
 
                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS
                                   -----------


         Section 1.01  General

         As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

         "Action" shall mean any action, claim, suit, arbitration, inquiry,
proceeding or investigation by or before any court, any governmental or other
regulatory or administrative agency or commission or any arbitration tribunal.

         "Advisors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.06.

         "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control," when used with respect to any Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
The terms "controlling" and "controlled" shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Affiliates of Host shall not
include Crestline, Fernwood or Rockledge and (b) the Affiliates of Crestline
shall not include Host, Fernwood or Rockledge.

         "Amended and Restated Community Noncompetition Agreement" shall mean
the Amended and Restated Noncompetition Agreement, by and among Host, Marriott
International and Crestline substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.10 to the
Crestline Registration Statement.

         "Amendment to MI Noncompetition Agreement" shall mean the First
Amendment to Restated Noncompetition Agreement by and among Marriott
International, Host and Crestline substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.12 to
the Crestline Registration Statement.

         "Assignment of License/Franchise Agreement" shall mean an assignment to
a Hotel Lessee by the applicable Hotel Lessor of its rights under a license or
franchise agreement with Marriott International for the term of the applicable
Lease.

         "Asset Management Agreements" shall mean the Asset Management Agreement
by and between the Operating Partnership and Crestline and the Asset Management
Agreement by and between Rockledge and Crestline substantially in the form of
Exhibits 10.19 and 10.20, respectively, to the Crestline Registration Statement.

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<PAGE>
 
         "Blackstone Acquisition" shall mean the expected acquisition from the
Blackstone Entities of ownership of, or controlling interests in, twelve hotels,
a mortgage loan secured by a thirteenth hotel and a 25% interest in Swissotel
Management in exchange for OP Units, the assumption of certain liabilities and
other consideration, including the Contributed Shares.

         "Blackstone Entities" shall mean a series of funds under common control
with Blackstone Real Estate Advisors L.P.

         "Blackstone Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration
Rights Agreement by and among Crestline and the Blackstone Entities,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.21 to the Crestline Registration
Statement.

         "Blackstone Standstill Agreement" shall mean the Standstill Agreement
by and among Crestline and the Blackstone Entities, substantially in the form of
Schedule 16 attached hereto.
- -----------

         "Commission" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

         "Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Common Stock Repurchase" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.02.

         "Contributed Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Corporate Transitional Services Agreement" shall mean the Corporate
Transitional Services Agreement by and between the Operating Partnership and
Crestline substantially in the form of Schedule 12 attached hereto.
                                       -----------

         "Crestline" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.

         "Crestline Articles" shall mean the Articles of Amendment and
Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of Crestline substantially in the form
of Exhibit 3.1 to the Crestline Registration Agreement.

         "Crestline Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of 
Crestline.

         "Crestline Books and Records" shall mean the books and records
(including computerized records) of Crestline and the Crestline Group
Subsidiaries and any 

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<PAGE>
 
other books and records of Host or any Subsidiary of Host which relate
principally to the Crestline Group or the Crestline Group Assets that are
necessary to conduct the Crestline Group Business or are required by law to be
retained by Crestline or any Crestline Group Subsidiary, including, without
limitation, (a) all such books and records relating to Crestline Group
Employees, (b) all files relating to any Action being assumed by Crestline as
part of the Crestline Group Liabilities, and (c) original corporate minute
books, stock ledgers and certificates and corporate seals, and all licenses,
leases, agreements and filings relating to Crestline, the Crestline Group
Subsidiaries, the Crestline Group Assets or the Crestline Group Business (but
not including the Host Books and Records, provided that Crestline shall have
access to, and have the right to obtain duplicate copies of, the Host Books and
Records which pertain to the Crestline Group Business or any other matters
affecting Crestline and relating to the period ending on and including the
Distribution Date in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII).

         "Crestline Bylaws" shall mean the Bylaws of Crestline, substantially in
the form of Exhibit 3.2 to the Crestline Registration Statement.

         "Crestline Group" shall mean Crestline and the Crestline Group
Subsidiaries, collectively.

         "Crestline Group Assets" shall mean all the assets and properties of
the Crestline Group, including, without limitation, the Transferred Subsidiaries
Interests and the Crestline Books and Records.

         "Crestline Group Business" shall mean the business conducted by 
Crestline Group.

         "Crestline Group Employees" shall mean Crestline Employees (as defined
in the Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement).

         "Crestline Group Liabilities" shall mean (a) all of the liabilities of
Crestline or any Crestline Group Subsidiary under, or to be retained or assumed
by Crestline or any of the Crestline Group Subsidiaries pursuant to, this
Agreement or any of the Other Agreements; (b) any guaranty obligation of
Crestline or any Crestline Group Subsidiary not constituting a Crestline
Guarantee, (c) except as and to the extent expressly provided in the Other
Agreements, all other liabilities arising out of, or in connection with, any of
the Crestline Group Assets or the Crestline Group Business, (d) all other
liabilities of Crestline or any of the Crestline Group Subsidiaries not
transferred to Host or to any Host Group Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement
or any Other Agreement, and (e) all liabilities of Host and Crestline arising
after the Distribution Date under the Forum Indemnity Agreement and the
Transition Agreements each dated June 21, 1997, executed with respect to senior

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<PAGE>
 
living communities owned by each of FRP Financing Limited, L.P., FGI Financing I
Corp., Forum Ohio Healthcare, Inc., and Forum Retirement Communities I, L.P.

         "Crestline Group Subsidiaries" shall mean all Subsidiaries of Crestline
and the Transferred Subsidiaries.

         "Crestline Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee by Crestline or any
Crestline Group Subsidiary of the performance or obligation of Host or any Host
Group Subsidiary under any agreement or obligation to which Host or any Host
Group Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.

         "Crestline Indemnifiable Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in 
Section 6.01.

         "Crestline Indemnitees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
6.01.

         "Crestline Logo" shall mean the corporate logo of Crestline.

         "Crestline Plans" shall mean the Crestline Capital Corporation 1998
Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan (as described in the Employee Benefits
Allocation Agreement), the Crestline Capital Corporation Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (as described in the Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement),
the Crestline Capital Corporation Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation
Plan (as described in the Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement), the Crestline
Capital Corporation Retirement and Savings Plan (as described in the Employee
Benefits Allocation Agreement), the Crestline Capital Corporation Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (as described in the Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement) and
the Crestline Capital Corporation Non-Employees' Director Deferred Stock Plan
(as described in the Crestline Registration Statement).

         "Crestline Registration Statement" shall mean the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of Crestline, as amended (File No. 333-64657), declared
effective by the Commission by Crestline on November 23, 1998.

         "Crestline Rights Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
2.06.

         "Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Distribution Agent" shall mean The Bank of New York, as distribution
agent appointed by Host to distribute the Common Stock pursuant to the
Distribution.

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<PAGE>
 
         "Distribution Date" shall mean the date determined by the Host Board of
Directors as the date on which the Distribution shall be effected, which
Distribution Date has been determined to be December 29, 1998.

         "Distribution Record Date" shall mean the date determined by the Host
Board of Directors for taking a record of Host Stockholders entitled to
participate in the Distribution, which Distribution Record Date has been
determined to be 5:00 p.m. (EST) on December 28, 1998.

         "Distribution Time" shall mean 9:00 A.M. (EST) on December 29, 1998.

         "Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement" shall mean the Employee
Benefits and Other Employment Matters Allocation Agreement by and among Host,
the Operating Partnership and Crestline, substantially in the form of Exhibit
10.18 to the Crestline Registration Statement.

         "E&P" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Fair Market Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

         "Fernwood" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.

         "FF&E Lease" shall mean a lease of furniture, fixtures and equipment by
and between Fernwood, Rockledge or a Subsidiary thereof, as lessor, and a Hotel
Lessee, as lessee, substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.15 to the Crestline
Registration Statement.

         "Forum Indemnity Agreement" shall mean that certain Indemnity
Agreement, dated as of June 21, 1997, among MSLS, Marriott International,
Crestline and Host.

         "Full-Service Hotel" shall mean any of the approximately 125
full-service hotels which will be owned directly or indirectly by the Operating
Partnership upon consummation of the Merger, which hotels will be leased to the
Hotel Lessees.

         "Guarantees" shall mean (i) the Pool Guarantee of Crestline and a Pool
Parent for the benefit of certain Hotel Lessors substantially in the form of
Exhibit 10.16 to the Crestline Registration Statement, and (ii) the Guarantees
of Crestline for the benefit of the HPT Sublessors, substantially in the form of
Schedule 10 attached hereto.
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         "Host" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this 
Agreement.

         "Host Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of Host.

         "Host Books and Records" shall mean the books and records (including
computerized records) of Host and the Host Group Subsidiaries and any other
books and records of Host or the Host Group Subsidiaries which relate
principally to the Host Group or the Host Group Assets that are necessary to
conduct the Host Group Business or are required by law to be retained by Host or
any Host Group Subsidiary, including, without limitation, (a) all such books and
records relating to employees of the Host Group, (b) all files relating to any
Action pertaining to the Hotel Group Liabilities, and (c) original corporate
minute books, stock ledgers and certificates and corporate seals, and all
licenses, leases, agreements and filings, relating to Host, the Host Group
Subsidiaries, the Host Group Assets or the Host Group Business (but not
including the Crestline Books and Records, provided that Host shall have access
to, and shall have the right to obtain duplicate copies of, the Crestline Books
and Records which pertain to the Host Group Business or any other matters
affecting Host and relating to the period ending on and including the
Distribution Date in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII).

         "Host Group" shall mean Host and the Host Group Subsidiaries, 
collectively.

         "Host Group Assets" shall mean all of the assets and properties of the
Host Group.

         "Host Group Business" shall mean the business conducted by the Host
Group.

         "Host Group Liabilities" shall mean (a) all of the liabilities of Host
or any of the Host Group Subsidiaries under, or to be retained or assumed by
Host or any of the Host Group Subsidiaries pursuant to, this Agreement or any of
the Other Agreements, (b) any guaranty obligations of Host or any Host Group
Subsidiary not constituting a Host Guarantee, (c) except as and to the extent
expressly provided in the Other Agreements, all other liabilities arising out
of, or in connection with, any of the Host Group Assets or the Host Group
Business and (d) all other liabilities of Host or any Host Group Subsidiary not
transferred to Crestline or any Crestline Group Subsidiary pursuant to this
Agreement or any Other Agreement.

         "Host Group Subsidiaries" shall mean all Subsidiaries of Host, except
the Transferred Subsidiaries.

         "Host Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee by Host or any Host Group
Subsidiary of the performance or obligation of Crestline or any Crestline Group

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Subsidiary under any agreement or obligation to which Crestline or any Crestline
Group Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.

         "Host Indemnifiable Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in 
Section 6.02.

         "Host Indemnitees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

         "Host Logo" shall mean the corporate logo of Host.

         "Host REIT" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.

         "Host Stockholders" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Hotel Lessee" shall mean any of the Subsidiaries of Crestline which
will lease one or more Full-Service Hotels from a Hotel Lessor or sublease one
or more Limited Service Hotels from an HPT Sublessor, respectively.

         "Hotel Lessor" shall mean the Operating Partnership or any of the
Subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership which will lease one or more
Full-Service Hotels to a Hotel Lessee.

         "HPT Sublessors" shall mean HMH HPT Courtyard LLC and HMH HPT Residence
Inn LLC, both of which are Delaware limited liability companies.

         "Indemnifiable Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
6.02.

         "Indemnification Payment Tax Opinion" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 6.06.

         "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.03.

         "Indemnitee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.03.

         "Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02.

         "Insurance Proceeds" shall mean those moneys (a) received by an insured
from an insurance carrier, or (b) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the
insured, in either case net of any applicable premium adjustment,
retrospectively-rated premium, deductible, retention, cost or reserve paid or
held by or for the benefit of such insured.

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         "Lease" shall mean a lease or sublease agreement to be entered into
between a Hotel Lessor and Hotel Lessee in respect of any Full-Service Hotel to
be substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.1 to the Crestline Registration
Statement.

         "Leisure Park Bonds" shall mean those certain Series 1997A tax-exempt
bonds issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated December 1, 1997, between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Marine Midland Bank.

         "Leisure Park Guaranty" shall mean the Guaranty Agreement, dated
December 1, 1997, of HMC in favor of Marine Midland Bank relating to the Leisure
Park Bonds.

         "Limited-Service Hotel" shall mean any of the approximately 71 limited
service hotels which will be subleased by an HPT Sublessor to a Hotel Lessee.

         "Marriott Financial" shall mean Marriott Financial Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.

         "Marriott International" shall mean Marriott International, Inc., a 
Delaware corporation.

         "Merger" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "Merger Agreement" shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as
of November 23, 1998 by and among Host, Host REIT and the Operating Partnership
substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1 to the Registration Statement of Host
and Host REIT on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-64783), declared effective
by the Commission on November 23, 1998.

         "MI Noncompetition Agreement" shall mean the Restated Noncompetition
Agreement, dated as of March 3, 1998, by and between Host and Marriott
International.

         "MSLS" shall mean Marriott Senior Living Services, Inc., a subsidiary 
of Marriott International.

         "Noncompetition Agreement" shall mean the Noncompetition Agreement by
and among Host, Crestline, Fernwood and Rockledge, substantially in the form of
Schedule 14 attached hereto.

         "Operating Partnership" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.

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        "OP Units" shall mean the limited partnership units of the Operating
Partnership.

        "Other Agreements" shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Community
Noncompetition Agreement, (b) the Amendment to MI Noncompetition Agreement; (c)
the Asset Management Agreements, (d) the Assignment of License/Franchise
Agreements, including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 1 attached
                                                           ---------- 
hereto, (e) the Corporate Transitional Services Agreement, (f) the Employee
Benefits Allocation Agreement, (g) the FF&E Leases, including, without
limitation, those listed on Schedule 2 attached hereto, (h) the Guarantees,
                            ----------
including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 3 attached hereto, (i)
                                               ----------
the Leases, including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 4 attached
                                                           ----------
hereto, (j) the Noncompetition Agreement, (k) the Owner's Agreements, including,
without limitation, those listed on Schedule 5 attached hereto, (l) the Pooling
                                    ----------   
Agreements, including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 6 attached
                                                           ----------
hereto, (m) the Subleases, including, without limitation, those listed on
Schedule 7 attached hereto, (n) the Tax Sharing Agreement, (o) the Working
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Capital Notes, including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 8
                                                              ----------
attached hereto, (p) the Working Capital Security Agreements, including, without
limitation, those listed on Schedule 9 attached hereto, (q) the Supplement to
                            ----------
Noncompetition Agreement between Host and Crestline and substantially in the
form of Schedule 11 attached hereto, (r) the Facility Mortgagee Agreements,
        -----------
including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 15 hereto, and (s) such
                                               -----------
other agreements, instruments, understandings, assignments or other arrangements
set forth in writing, which one or more of the parties or their respective
Affiliates or Subsidiaries agree to enter into in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.

         "Owner's Agreements" shall mean the Consent, Assignment and Assumption
and Amendment of Management Agreements, by and among a Hotel Lessor, the
applicable Hotel Lessee and the manager of the applicable hotel, each to be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.5 to the Crestline Registration
Statement.

         "Person" shall mean any individual, person, firm, corporation, general
or limited partnership, association, or other entity or organization, including
any governmental entity or authority.

         "Pool Parent" shall mean each Crestline Group Subsidiary which directly
or indirectly owns the equity interest in any Hotel Lessee.

         "Pooling Agreements" shall mean the Pooling and Security Agreements, by
and among Crestline, a Pool Parent, the Hotel Lessees whose outstanding equity
interests are directly or indirectly owned by such Pool Parent, the Operating

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Partnership, and the Hotel Lessors of the applicable hotels, each to be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.17 to the Crestline Registration
Statement.

         "Privileges" shall mean all privileges that may be asserted under
applicable law including, without limitation, privileges arising under or
relating to the attorney-client relationship (including but not limited to the
attorney-client and work product privileges), the accountant-client privilege
and privileges relating to internal evaluative processes.

         "Privileged Information" shall mean all Information as to which Host,
Crestline or any of their respective Subsidiaries is entitled to assert the
protection of a Privilege.

         "Publicly Traded" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

         "Qualifying Income" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

         "REIT" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "REIT Commencement Date" shall mean the first day of the first taxable
year for which Host intends to qualify as a REIT, which currently is expected to
be January 1, 1999.

         "REIT Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

         "REIT Requirements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

         "Required Indemnification Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.06.

         "Rockledge" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of 
this Agreement.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         "Sublease" shall mean a sublease agreement to be entered into between a
Hotel Lessee and an HPT Sublessor substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.3 to
the Crestline Registration Statement.

         "Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) any
corporation or other entity of which at least a majority in interest of the
outstanding voting stock or similar equity interests (having by the terms
thereof voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the
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such corporation, irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other
equity interests of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, or (b) any corporation or other entity in which
such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly,
has an ownership interest which is included in the consolidated financial
reports of such Person consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiaries of Host shall include none of
Crestline or any of its Subsidiaries, Fernwood or any of its Subsidiaries or
Rockledge or any of its Subsidiaries.

         "Swissotel Management" shall mean Swissotel Management (U.S.A.) LLC.

         "Tax Sharing Agreement" shall mean the Tax Sharing Agreement, by and
between Host and Crestline substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.14 to the
Crestline Registration Statement.

         "Third Party Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.

         "Transferred Subsidiaries" shall mean Marriott Realty Sales, Inc. and
HMC Boynton Beach, Inc.

         "Transferred Subsidiaries Interests" shall mean all of capital stock,
partnership interests or limited liability company interests of the Transferred
Subsidiaries.

         "Working Capital"  shall have the meaning set forth in a Lease.

         "Working Capital Note" shall mean the Working Capital Note and
Agreement, by and between a Hotel Lessee and the Hotel Lessor of the applicable
hotel, substantially in the form of Exhibit 10.13 to the Crestline Registration
Statement.

         "Working Capital Security Agreement" shall mean the HL Security
Agreement by and between the Hotel Lessee and the Hotel Lessor of the applicable
hotel substantially in the form of Schedule 13 attached hereto.
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                                  ARTICLE II
            ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRIBUTION
            -------------------------------------------------------


         Section 2.01.  Transfers of Certain Assets

         (a) Transferred Subsidiaries. At or before the Distribution Time, Host
             ------------------------
shall take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to cause the transfer,
assignment, delivery and conveyance to Crestline of all of Host's and its
Subsidiaries' right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Subsidiaries
Interests.

         (b) Cash Contribution to Capital. At or before the Distribution Time,
             ----------------------------
Host shall make a cash contribution in respect of the capital of Crestline in
the amount of $54 million.

         (c) Cancellation of Certain Intercompany Receivables. Prior to the
             ------------------------------------------------
Distribution Time, Host shall make a contribution in respect of the capital of
Crestline by cancellation of all outstanding intercompany receivables arising
after June 21, 1997 and relating to the senior living business.

         (d) Blackstone Matters. Upon the consummation of the Blackstone
             ------------------ 
Acquisition, Crestline and the Blackstone Entities shall enter into the
Blackstone Registration Rights Agreement and the Blackstone Standstill Agreement
and Host shall take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to cause the
transfer, assignment, delivery and conveyance to Crestline of all of Host's and
its Subsidiaries' member interests in Swissotel Management for a purchase price
equal to Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000).

             (e) Host Loan to Crestline. On or prior to the Distribution Time,
                 ----------------------
Host will make a loan to Crestline in the principal amount of $1.7 million and
otherwise on terms mutually satisfactory to Host and Crestline.


         Section 2.02.  Other Agreements

         At or before the Distribution Time, Host, Crestline, Fernwood and
Rockledge shall execute and deliver (or cause their respective Subsidiaries to
execute and deliver) each of the Other Agreements to which it is a party, in the
form approved by the officers executing the same, such approval to be
conclusively (but not exclusively) evidenced by such execution and delivery.

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         Section 2.03.  Employees and Related Matters

         At or before the Distribution Time, Host and Crestline shall take or
cause to be taken all actions necessary for Crestline to establish and
administer the Crestline Plans. At or before the Distribution Time, Host and
Crestline shall take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to transfer the
employment of Crestline Employees to Crestline or one or more of the Crestline
Group Subsidiaries, and immediately after such transfer, Crestline or one or
more of the Crestline Group Subsidiaries shall assume responsibility as employer
for the Crestline Employees.

         Section 2.04.  Crestline Board

         Host and Crestline shall take all actions which may be required to
constitute, effective immediately following the Distribution Time, the following
persons as the directors of Crestline: Bruce D. Wardinski, Christopher J.
Nassetta, Adam M. Aron, Louise M. Cromwell, Kelvin L. Davis, John W. Marriott
III, John B. Morse, Jr. and Michael A. Wildish.

         Section 2.05.  Articles and Bylaws

         At or before the Distribution Time, the Crestline Board of Directors
shall adopt the Crestline Articles and the Crestline Bylaws, and shall cause the
Crestline Articles to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Maryland. Host shall consent to the adoption of the Crestline Articles.

         Section 2.06.  Crestline Rights Plan

         At or before the Distribution Time, Crestline shall adopt a
stockholders rights plan (the "Crestline Rights Plan"), which shall be
substantially consistent with the description thereof in the Crestline
Registration Statement.

         Section 2.07.  The Distribution

         At or before the Distribution Time, Host shall deliver to the
Distribution Agent, as distribution agent for the benefit of Host Stockholders
of record as of the Distribution Record Date, a share certificate representing
20,526,206 shares of Common Stock, and shall instruct the Distribution Agent to
deliver, on or as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, share
certificates evidencing such shares of Common Stock and checks for cash in lieu
of fractional shares, if any, to the Host Stockholders of record as of the
Distribution Record Date. Crestline shall cause the transfer agent of the Common
Stock to reflect the Distribution Agent as the record owner of such shares of
Common Stock from and after the Distribution Time until certificates actually
are delivered to the Host Stockholders. Crestline shall provide all share
certificates that the Distribution Agent shall require in order to effect the
Distribution. Host also shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the

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Distribution Agent, at or before the Distribution Time, cash in an amount
sufficient to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock, and Host
shall be entitled to any amounts so delivered which are not so paid. Any shares
of Common Stock delivered to the Distribution Agent which are not delivered to
the Host Stockholders as a result of the payment of cash in lieu of fractional
shares shall be delivered to Crestline for cancellation.


         Section 2.08.  The Contribution to the Operating Partnership

         On or before the Distribution Date, Host shall contribute to the
Operating Partnership a share certificate representing the Contributed Shares,
and shall cause the Operating Partnership to hold such shares in accordance with
this Agreement.



                                  ARTICLE III
                        LIABILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS
                        -------------------------------


         Section 3.01.  Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities

         Except as set forth in any of the Other Agreements and in Section 3.04
below, effective as of and after the Distribution Time, (a) Crestline shall
assume, pay, perform and discharge in due course all of the Crestline Group
Liabilities and (b) Host shall assume, pay, perform and discharge in due course
all of the Host Group Liabilities.

         Section 3.02.  Leisure Park Bonds

         Notwithstanding Section 3.03, Crestline will be primarily liable, and
Host will be secondarily liable, for the full satisfaction of the Leisure Park
Bonds. In connection with the Leisure Park Bonds, promptly after the
Distribution Time Host REIT shall comply, or cause compliance, with all the
terms and conditions under the Leisure Park Guaranty with respect to the Merger,
including, but not limited to, (a) provision by Host REIT of a written
assumption of all of Host's obligations under the Leisure Park Guaranty, (b)
delivery by Host of an opinion from a nationally recognized bond counsel opining
that the Merger will not affect the tax-exempt status of the interest on the
Leisure Park Bond and (c) obtaining for Host REIT a senior unsecured long-term
debt rating from a nationally recognized rating agency which is at least equal
to the senior unsecured long-term debt rating of Host immediately prior to the
Merger.

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         Section 3.03.  Host Guarantees

         Crestline shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain
the release of any Host Guarantee, other than the Leisure Park Guaranty or as
otherwise expressly contemplated by any of the Other Agreements, existing on and
after the Distribution Date. For purposes of this Section 3.03, "commercially
reasonable best efforts" shall include offering to assume liability under any
Host Guarantee in substitution for the party obligated thereunder.

         Section 3.04.  Crestline Guarantees

         Host shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the
release of any Crestline Guarantee existing as of and after the Distribution
Time. For purposes of this Section 3.04, "commercially reasonable best efforts"
shall include offering to assume liability under any Crestline Guarantee in
substitution for the party obligated thereunder.

         Section 3.05.  No Representations or Warranties; Consents; 
                        Further Action

         No party is, in this Agreement, in any Other Agreement (except as
expressly set forth therein), or otherwise, representing or warranting (a) as to
the value or freedom from encumbrance of, or any other matter concerning, any
assets of such party or (b) as to the legal sufficiency to convey title to any
asset transferred pursuant to this Agreement or any Other Agreement. There are
no warranties, express or implied, as to the merchantability or fitness of any
of the assets either transferred to or retained by the parties, as the case may
be, and all such assets shall be "as is, where is" and "with all faults,"
provided, however, that the absence of warranties shall have no effect upon the
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allocation of liabilities under this Agreement. No party is, in this Agreement,
in any Other Agreement or otherwise, representing or warranting as to whether or
not the obtaining of any consents or approvals, or the making of any filings or
applications, in each case contemplated by this Agreement, any Other Agreement
or otherwise, is required pursuant to any applicable laws or judgments or other
instruments or agreements relating to such assets.

         Section 3.06.  Cash Management

         Crestline shall establish and maintain a separate cash management
system and accounting records with respect to the Crestline Group, effective as
of the Distribution Time. In connection therewith, (a) any payments by the Host
Group on behalf of the Crestline Group made after such time in connection with
the Crestline Group Business or the Crestline Group Assets (including, without
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such payments in respect of any Crestline Group Liabilities) shall be recorded
in the accounts of the Crestline Group as a payable from the Crestline Group to
the Host Group, (b) any payments by the Crestline Group on behalf of the Host
Group made after such time in connection with the Host Group Business or the
Host Group Assets (including, without limitation, any such payments in respect
of Host Group Liabilities) shall be recorded in the accounts of the Host Group
as a payable from the Host Group to the Crestline Group, (c) any cash payments
received by the Host Group relating to the Crestline Group Business or the
Crestline Group Assets after such time shall be recorded in the accounts of the
Host Group as a payable from the Host Group to the Crestline Group, (d) any cash
payments received by the Crestline Group relating to the Host Group Business or
the Host Group Assets after such time shall be recorded in the accounts of the
Crestline Group as a payable from the Crestline Group to the Host Group, (e)
Crestline and Host shall make adjustments for late deposits, checks returned for
not sufficient funds and other transactions following the Distribution Date as
shall be reasonable under the circumstances and consistent with the purpose and
intent of this Agreement and the Other Agreements, and (f) the net balance due
to the Host Group or the Crestline Group, as the case may be, in respect of the
aggregate amounts of clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be paid by Host or
Crestline, as appropriate, as promptly as practicable following the date such
net balance is determinable. For purposes of this Section 3.06, the parties
contemplate that their respective businesses, including, but not limited to,
administration of accounts payable and accounts receivable, will be conducted in
the normal course.

         Section 3.07.  Ownership Limitations in Crestline Articles

         Crestline shall comply with the provisions of Article VIII of the
Crestline Charter.



                                  ARTICLE IV
              COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION
              --------------------------------------------------- 

         Section 4.01.  Cooperation Prior to the Distribution

                  (a) Host and Crestline shall cooperate in preparing, filing
with the Commission and causing to become effective any registration statements
or amendments thereof which are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the
Distribution or to reflect the establishment of, or amendments to, the Crestline
Plans or any employee benefit plans or arrangements contemplated by the Employee
Benefits Allocation Agreement.

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                  (b) Host and Crestline shall take all such action as may be
necessary or appropriate under the securities or blue sky laws of states or
other political subdivisions of the United States in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Agreements.

                  (c) Host, Crestline, Fernwood and Rockledge shall use all
reasonable efforts to obtain any third-party consents or approvals and to make
any filings or applications necessary or desirable in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Agreements.

                  (d) Host, Crestline, Fernwood and Rockledge shall use all
reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and to do or cause
to be done all things, necessary or desirable under applicable law to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Agreements.

         Section 4.02.  Conditions Precedent to the Distribution

         In no event shall the Distribution occur unless the following
conditions shall have been satisfied:

                  (a) the transactions contemplated by Sections 2.01 through
2.06 shall have been consummated in all material respects;

                  (b) all of directors (other than Christopher J. Nassetta) and
officers of Crestline and all Crestline Group Employees shall have tendered
their resignations, effective no later than the Distribution Date, from all
boards of directors or similar governing bodies of Host or any of its
Subsidiaries on which they serve, and from all positions as officers or
employees of Host or any of its Subsidiaries in which they serve, except as
otherwise set forth in Schedule 17 and

                  (c) the parties shall have performed their obligations under
this Agreement and each Other Agreement to the extent required to be performed
at or prior to the Distribution Time.

         Section 4.03.  Cooperation After the Distribution

         From and after the Distribution Time, each party shall execute and
deliver such further documents and take such other actions as may be reasonably
requested by the other to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. In furtherance thereof, during the period ending March 31, 1999, the
parties shall work together to correct any mistakes or oversights that the
parties mutually agree in good faith do not reflect the intentions of the
parties, and shall cooperate with each other in connection therewith,
particularly when third parties are involved.

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                                   ARTICLE V
                    REPURCHASE AND RESALE OF COMMON STOCK 
                    ------------------------------------- 


         Section 5.01.  Repurchase of Common Stock from Host

         In the event that the Blackstone Acquisition does not occur prior to
the close of business on December 31, 1998 and Host shall have determined to
convert into a REIT effective for its taxable year beginning January 1, 1999,
effective as of the close of business on December 31, 1998, Host shall cause the
Operating Partnership to return such Contributed Shares to Host and shall resell
the Contributed Shares to Crestline, and Crestline shall repurchase such
Contributed Shares from Host (or the Operating Partnership for the account of
Host), for a consideration of $0.01 per Contributed Share (the "Common Stock
Repurchase"). Such transaction shall be treated by all parties for federal
income tax purposes as a contribution by Host to the capital of Crestline.


         Section 5.02  Resale of Contributed Shares by Crestline to 
                       Blackstone

         In the event that, at any time after the date of any Common Stock
Repurchase and on or prior to June 30, 1999, Host notifies Crestline that the
Blackstone Acquisition is likely to occur, Host and Crestline shall cooperate in
good faith to develop an arrangement whereby the Blackstone Entities would be
entitled to purchase from Crestline the Contributed Shares on or after the
closing of the Blackstone Acquisition (to occur no later than June 30, 1999) for
a per share price equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of a share
of Common Stock on the date of the purchase thereof. Without limiting the
foregoing, Crestline shall, if requested by Host as aforesaid, issue to the
Operating Partnership an option to purchase the Contributed Shares on, or at any
time and from time to time after, the date of the closing of the Blackstone
Acquisition for a per share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on the date of the purchase thereof, which option would be
assignable solely to, and exercisable solely by, the Blackstone Entities or
their respective distributees or permitted designees and would contain such
other terms as to which the parties shall mutually agree. For purposes of the
foregoing, (i) the term "Fair Market Value" means, as to a share of Common
Stock, (A) if the Common Stock is Publicly Traded (as defined below) on the
relevant date, the average of the daily market price for a share of Common Stock
for the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date, which
market price for each such trading day shall be the closing price, regular way,
on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices on such day and (B) if the Common Stock is not
Publicly Traded on the relevant date, the value determined by the Crestline
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in good faith and based upon a commercially reasonable estimate of the amount
that would be realized by Crestline if each asset of Crestline (and each asset
of each corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture or other entity in which Crestline owns a direct or indirect interest)
were sold to an unrelated purchaser in an arms' length transaction where neither
the purchaser nor the seller were under economic compulsion to enter into the
transaction (without regard to any discount in value as a result of Crestline's
minority interest in any property or any illiquidity of Crestline's interest in
any property) and (ii) the term "Publicly Traded" means listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or another
national securities exchange or designated for quotation on the Nasdaq National
Market, or any successor to any of the foregoing.


                                  ARTICLE VI
                                INDEMNIFICATION
                                ---------------


         Section 6.01.  Indemnification by Host

         Except as otherwise expressly set forth in an Other Agreement, Host
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Crestline and each of its
Subsidiaries, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and Affiliates and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns
of any of the foregoing (the "Crestline Indemnitees") from and against any and
all losses, liabilities and damages, including, without limitation, the costs
and expenses of any and all Actions, threatened Actions, demands, assessments,
judgments, settlements (with Host's consent) and compromises (with Host's
consent) relating thereto, and attorneys' fees and any other expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing for or defending against any such Actions
or threatened Actions (collectively, the "Crestline Indemnifiable Losses"), of
the Crestline Indemnitees arising out of or due to the failure of Host or any of
its Affiliates or Subsidiaries to pay, perform or otherwise discharge in due
course any of the Host Group Liabilities.


         Section 6.02.  Indemnification by Crestline

         Except as otherwise expressly set forth in an Other Agreement,
Crestline shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Host and each of its
Subsidiaries, and each of their directors, officers, employees, agents and
Affiliates and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of
the foregoing (the "Host Indemnitees," and, together with the Crestline
Indemnitees, the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all losses, liabilities
and damages, including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of any and
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demands, assessments, judgments, settlements (with Crestline's consent) and
compromises (with Crestline's consent) relating thereto, and attorneys' fees and
any other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing for or
defending against any such Actions or threatened Actions (collectively, the
"Host Indemnifiable Losses" and, together with the Crestline Indemnifiable
Losses, the "Indemnifiable Losses"), of the Host Indemnitees arising out of or
due to the failure of Crestline or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries to pay,
perform or otherwise discharge in due course any of the Crestline Group
Liabilities or arising out of any liabilities incurred by Host under the Leisure
Park Guaranty.

         Section 6.03.  Insurance Proceeds

         The amount which any party (an "Indemnifying Party") is or may be
required to pay to an "Indemnitee" pursuant to Section 6.01 or Section 6.02
shall be reduced (including, without limitation, retroactively) by any Insurance
Proceeds or other amounts actually recovered by or on behalf of such Indemnitee
in reduction of the related Indemnifiable Loss. If an Indemnitee shall have
received the payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in
respect of an Indemnifiable Loss and shall subsequently receive Insurance
Proceeds or other amounts in respect of such Indemnifiable Loss, then such
Indemnitee shall pay to such Indemnifying Party a sum equal to the amount of
such Insurance Proceeds or other amounts received.

         Section 6.04.  Procedure for Indemnification

                  (a) Except as may be set forth in an Other Agreement, if an
Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a Person
(including, without limitation, any governmental entity) who is not a party to
this Agreement or to any Other Agreement (or a successor to such party) of any
claim or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action with respect to
which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant
to this Agreement (a "Third-Party Claim"), such Indemnitee shall give such
Indemnifying Party written notice thereof promptly after becoming aware of such
Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnitee to give
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notice as required by this Section 6.04 shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party
of its obligations under this Article VI, except to the extent that such
Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure to give notice. Such notice
shall describe the Third-Party Claim in reasonable detail, and shall indicate
the amount (estimated if necessary) of the Indemnifiable Loss that has been or
may be sustained by such Indemnitee.

                  (b) An Indemnifying Party may elect to defend or to seek to
settle or compromise, at such Indemnifying Party's own expense and by counsel
chosen by such Indemnifying Party (which may include such Indemnifying Party's
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corporate counsel), any Third-Party Claim, provided that such Indemnifying Party
has confirmed in writing that it agrees that the Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification hereunder in respect of such Third-Party Claim. Within 30 days
of the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 6.04(a)
(or sooner, if the nature of such Third-Party Claim so requires), the
Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee of its election whether to assume
responsibility for such Third-Party Claim (provided that if the Indemnifying
Party does not so notify the Indemnitee of its election within 30 days after
receipt of such notice from the Indemnitee, the Indemnifying Party shall be
deemed to have elected not to assume responsibility for such Third-Party Claim),
and such Indemnitee shall cooperate in the defense or settlement or compromise
of such Third-Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to an
Indemnitee of its election to assume responsibility for a Third-Party Claim,
such Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnitee under this
Article VI for any legal or other expenses (except expenses approved in advance
by the Indemnifying Party) subsequently incurred by such Indemnitee in
connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if the defendants
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in any such claim include both the Indemnifying Party and one or more
Indemnitees and in such Indemnitees' reasonable judgment a conflict of interest
between such Indemnitees and such Indemnifying Party exists in respect of such
claim, such Indemnitees shall have the right to employ separate counsel of its
own choosing (but not more than one separate counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnifying Party) and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of
such separate counsel shall be paid by such Indemnifying Party. If an
Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for a Third-Party Claim
(which election may be made only in the event of a good faith dispute that such
claim was not subject to Section 6.01 or 6.02, as the case may be), such
Indemnitee may defend or (subject to the following sentence) seek to compromise
or settle such Third-Party Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnitee
may not settle or compromise any claim without prior written notice to the
Indemnifying Party, which shall have the option within ten days following the
receipt of such notice (i) to disapprove the settlement and assume all past and
future responsibility for the claim, including reimbursing the Indemnitee for
prior expenditures in connection with the claim, (ii) to disapprove the
settlement and continue to refrain from participation in the defense of the
claim, in which event the Indemnifying Party shall have no further right to
contest the amount or reasonableness of the settlement if the Indemnitee elects
to proceed therewith, (iii) to approve the amount of the settlement, reserving
the Indemnifying Party's right to contest the Indemnitee's right to indemnity,
or (iv) to approve and agree to pay the settlement. In the event the
Indemnifying Party makes no response to such written notice from the Indemnitee,
the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have elected the option described in
clause (ii).

                  (c) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to seek to
compromise any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitee shall make available to such

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Indemnifying Party any personnel and any books, records or other documents
within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available that
are necessary or appropriate for such defense.

                  (d) Any claim on account of an Indemnifiable Loss which does
not result from a Third-Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by
the Indemnitee to the Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a
period of fifteen (15) days after the receipt of such notice within which to
respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 15-day
period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have rejected such claim. If
such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 15-day period or rejects
such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnitee shall be free to pursue such
remedies as may be available to such party under applicable law or under this
Agreement.

                  (e) In addition to any adjustments required pursuant to
Section 6.03, if the amount of any Indemnifiable Loss shall, at any time
subsequent to the payment required by this Agreement, be reduced by recovery,
settlement or otherwise, the amount of such reduction, less any expenses
incurred in connection therewith, shall promptly be repaid by the Indemnitee to
the Indemnifying Party.

                  (f) In the event of payment by an Indemnifying Party to any
Indemnitee in connection with any Third-Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party
shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnitee as to any
events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnitee may have any right
or claim relating to such Third-Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff
asserting such Third-Party Claim. Such Indemnitee shall cooperate with such
Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such
Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right or claim.

         Section 6.05.  Remedies Cumulative

         The remedies provided in this Article VI shall be cumulative and shall
not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of
any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party consistent with the
provisions of Section 9.10.

         Section 6.06.  Survival of Indemnities

         Subject to the provisions of Section 6.07, the obligations of each of
Host and Crestline under this Article VI shall survive the sale merger,
consolidation, or other transfer by it of any assets or businesses or the
assignment by it of any liabilities, with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss of
the other related to such assets, businesses or liabilities.

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         Section 6.07.  Limitation on Indemnification Payments to Host REIT.

         Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Article VI, in the event
the Merger is consummated, the payments otherwise to be made by Crestline to
Host REIT under this Article VI (the "Required Indemnification Payments") shall
not exceed the sum of (A) the maximum amount that can be paid to Host REIT in
any taxable year without causing Host REIT to fail to meet the requirements of
Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code, determined as if the payment of such
amount did not constitute income described in Sections 856(c)(2)(A)-(H) and
856(c)(3)(A)-(I) of the Code ("Qualifying Income") , as determined by
independent accountants to Host REIT, and (B) in the event Host REIT receives a
letter from outside counsel (the "Indemnification Payment Tax Opinion")
indicating that Host REIT has received a ruling from the IRS holding that Host
REIT's receipt of the additional amount otherwise to be paid under this Article
VI would either constitute Qualifying Income or would be excluded from gross
income of Host REIT within the meaning of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code
(the "REIT Requirements") or that the receipt by Host REIT of the remaining
balance of the Required Indemnification Payments to be made under this Article
VI following the receipt of and pursuant to such ruling would not be deemed
constructively received prior thereto, the Required Indemnification Payments
less the amount otherwise paid or payable under clause (A) above. Crestline's
obligation to pay any unpaid portion of any Required Indemnification Payment
shall terminate three years from the date such payment otherwise would have been
made but for this Section 6.07. In the event that Host REIT is not able to
receive the full Required Indemnification Payments that otherwise would be due
under this Article VI as and when such payments otherwise would be required to
be made, Crestline shall place the unpaid amount in escrow and shall not release
any portion thereof to Host REIT unless and until Crestline receives either one
of the following: (i) a letter from Host REIT's independent accountants
indicating the maximum amount that can be paid at that time to Host REIT without
causing Host REIT to fail to meet the REIT Requirements or (ii) an
Indemnification Payment Tax Opinion, in either of which events Crestline shall
pay to Host REIT the lesser of the unpaid Required Indemnification Payments or
the maximum amount stated in the letter referred to in (i) above. At the end of
the three year period referred to above in this Section 6.07 with respect to any
amount placed in such escrow, if neither of the events referred to in item (i)
or item (ii) of the preceding sentence shall have occurred, such amount shall be
released from such escrow to be used as determined by Crestline in its sole and
absolute discretion.

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                                  ARTICLE VII
                          CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS


         Section 7.01.  Use of the "Host" Name and the Host Logo

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any
Other Agreement, Host shall retain the right to use the name "Host" and the
right to use the Host Logo following the Distribution, in each case without
limitation or expiration. Neither Crestline nor any member of the Crestline
Group shall have any right to use the name "Host" or the Host Logo without the
prior written consent of Host, which consent may be withheld at the sole
discretion of Host.

         Section 7.02.  Use of the "Crestline" Name and the Crestline Logo

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any
Other Agreement, Crestline shall retain the right to use the name "Crestline"
and the right to use the Crestline Logo following the Distribution, in each case
without limitation or expiration. Neither Host nor any member of the Host Group
shall have any right to use the name "Crestline" or the Crestline Logo without
the prior written consent of Crestline, which consent may be withheld at the
sole discretion of Crestline.

         Section 7.03.  Use of Host Photographs

         Except as otherwise prohibited or limited by any agreement between Host
and any Person, upon request from Crestline from time to time following the
Distribution Date and with the prior written approval of Host, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld, Crestline may make use of photographs of properties
taken prior to the date hereof which are subject to Leases and which are owned
or otherwise held by Host solely for Crestline corporate purposes (such as
inclusion in annual reports or documentation or other presentations prepared for
lenders, prospective lenders, investors or prospective investors). Crestline
shall comply with any use limitations imposed upon Host by any agreement with
another Person and shall indemnify Host and each of its Subsidiaries, and each
of their directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates and each of their
executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing from and against any
Host Indemnifiable Losses (as defined in Section 6.02) arising out of or due to
the failure of Crestline or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to perform its
obligations under this Section 7.03.

         Section 7.04.  Assignment of Times Square Marquis Lease

         On or before January 31, 1999, Host and Crestline shall negotiate in
good faith the terms upon which the Lease between Times Square Marquis Hotel,
L.P., and Spectacolor Communications, Inc., dated as of April 1, 1985, as
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be assigned from Times Square Marquis Hotel, L.P. to CCMH Times Square LLC (or
such other entity designated by Crestline as acceptable to Host), such terms to
be mutually acceptable to Host and Crestline.


                                 ARTICLE VIII
                      ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SERVICES


         Section 8.01.  Delivery of Corporate Records

                  (a) Except as may be otherwise provided in an Other Agreement,
Host shall arrange as soon as practicable following the Distribution Time, to
the extent not previously delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated in Article II, for the delivery to Crestline of the Crestline Books
and Records in Host's possession, except to the extent such items are already in
the possession of Crestline or a Crestline Group Subsidiary. The Crestline Books
and Records shall be the property of Crestline, but, as to matters which
occurred prior to the Distribution Time, shall be available to Host for review
and duplication until Host shall notify Crestline in writing that such records
are no longer of use to Host.

                  (b) Except as may be otherwise provided in an Other Agreement,
Crestline shall arrange as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date,
to the extent not previously delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated in Article II, for the delivery to Host of the Host Books and
Records in Crestline's possession, except to the extent such items are already
in the possession of Host or a Host Group Subsidiary. The Host Books and Records
shall be the property of Host, but any of the Host Books and Records that
reasonably relate to the Crestline Group Business as to matters which occurred
prior to the Distribution Time shall be available to Crestline for review and
duplication until Crestline shall notify Host in writing that such records are
no longer of use to Crestline.

         Section 8.02.  Access to Information

         Except as otherwise provided in an Other Agreement, from and after the
Distribution Time, Host shall afford to Crestline and its authorized
accountants, counsel, financial advisors, lenders, ground lessors and other
designated representatives reasonable access (including using reasonable efforts
to give access to Persons possessing information) and duplicating rights during
normal business hours to all records, books, contracts, instruments, computer
data and other data and information relating to operations prior to the
Distribution Time (collectively, "Information") within Host's possession,
insofar as such access is reasonably required by Crestline with regard to the
Crestline Group Assets or for the conduct of the Crestline Group Business,
subject to appropriate restrictions for classified or 


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Privileged Information. Similarly, except as otherwise provided in an Other
Agreement, from and after the Distribution Time, Crestline shall afford to Host
and its authorized accountants, counsel, financial advisors, lenders, ground
lessors and other designated representatives reasonable access (including using
reasonable efforts to give access to Persons possessing information) and
duplicating rights during normal business hours to Information within
Crestline's possession, insofar as such access is reasonably required by Host
for the conduct of the Host Group Business, subject to appropriate restrictions
for classified or Privileged Information. Information may be requested under
this Section 8.02 for the legitimate business purposes of either party,
including without limitation, audit, accounting, claims (including claims for
indemnification hereunder), litigation and tax purposes, as well as for purposes
of fulfilling disclosure and reporting obligations and for performing this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, but such information shall
be treated by the recipient thereof as set forth in Section 8.06 below.

         Section 8.03.  Production of Witnesses

         From and after the Distribution Time, each of Crestline and Host shall
use reasonable efforts to make available to the other, upon written request, its
and its Subsidiaries' current and former officers, directors, employees and
agents as witnesses to the extent that such persons may reasonably be required
in connection with any Action.

         Section 8.04.  Reimbursement

         Except as otherwise provided in an Other Agreement or as otherwise
provided by law, a Party providing Information or witness services to the other
party under this Article VIII shall be entitled to receive from the recipient,
upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments of such amounts, relating
to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (at cost) and direct
and indirect expenses of employees (including without limitation salary and
fringe benefits of such employees) who are witnesses or otherwise furnish
assistance (at cost), as may be reasonably incurred in providing such
Information or witness services.

         Section 8.05.  Retention of Records

         Except as otherwise required by law or provided in an Other Agreement,
each party may destroy or otherwise dispose of any Information at any time after
the tenth anniversary of this Agreement, provided, however, that, prior to such
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destruction or disposal, (a) it shall provide no less than 90 or more than 120
days prior written notice to the other party, specifying in reasonable detail
the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of, and (b) if such other
party shall request in writing prior to the scheduled date for such destruction
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any of the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of be delivered to
such other party, the party proposing the destruction or disposal shall promptly
arrange for the delivery of such of the Information as was requested at the
expense of the other party.

         Section 8.06.    Confidentiality

         Each of Host and its Subsidiaries on the one hand, and Crestline and
its Subsidiaries on the other hand, shall hold, and shall cause its auditors,
attorneys, financial advisors, rating agencies, bankers and other consultants
and advisors ("Advisors") to hold, in strict confidence, all Information
concerning the other in its or their possession (except to the extent that such
Information has been (a) in the public domain through no fault of such party, or
(b) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such party). Neither party
shall release or disclose such Information to any other Person other than its
Advisors, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or,
as reasonably advised by its counsel, by other requirements of law, or unless
such Information is reasonably required to be disclosed in connection with (x)
any litigation with any third parties or between Host and Crestline, or (y) any
contractual agreement to which Host and its Subsidiaries or Crestline and its
Subsidiaries are currently parties.

         Section 8.07.    Privileged Information

         Crestline and Host recognize that legal and other professional services
have been and will be provided prior to the Distribution Time for the benefit of
both Host and Crestline, and that both Host and Crestline have common interests
in such Privileged Information and that both Host and Crestline are hereby
deemed to be the client for the purposes of asserting any Privileges. To
allocate the invocation of the interests of each Party in the Privileged
Information, Host and Crestline agree as follows:

                  (a) Except with respect to proceedings to enforce Host's
obligations under Section 6.01, Host shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to
control the assertion or waiver of all Privileges in connection with Privileged
Information which relates solely to the Host Group, the Host Group Business or
the Host Group Assets whether or not such Privileged Information is in the
possession of or under the control of Host or Crestline. Host shall also be
entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all Privileges in
connection with Privileged Information which relates solely to the subject
matter of any claims constituting Host Group Liabilities, now pending or which
may be asserted in the future, whether or not the Privileged Information is in
the possession of or under the control of Host or Crestline.


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                  (b) Except with respect to proceedings to enforce Crestline's
obligations under Section 6.02, Crestline shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to
control the assertion or waiver of all Privileges in connection with Privileged
Information which relates solely to the Crestline Group, the Crestline Group
Business or the Crestline Group Assets whether or not such Privileged
Information is in the possession of or under the control of Host or Crestline.
Crestline shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or
waiver of all Privileges in connection with Privileged Information which relates
solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting Crestline Group
Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, whether or not
the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of Host
or Crestline.

                  (c) Each of Host and Crestline shall have a shared Privilege,
with equal right to assert or waive, subject to the restrictions in this Section
8.07, with respect to all Privileges not allocated pursuant to the terms of
Sections 8.07(a) and (b). All Privileges relating to any claims, proceedings,
litigation, disputes, or other matters which involve both Crestline and Host or
in respect of which both Crestline and Host retain any responsibility or
liability under this Agreement, shall be subject to a shared Privilege.

                  (d) Neither Host nor Crestline may waive any Privilege in
which the other has a shared Privilege, without the written consent of the
other, except to the extent reasonably required connection with any litigation
with third-parties or as provided in subsection (e) below. Consent shall be
deemed to be granted unless written objection to the party requesting such
consent is made within twenty (20) days after written notice of such request is
received by the non-requesting party.

                  (e) In the event of any litigation or dispute between a member
of the Host Group and a member of the Crestline Group, either Host or Crestline
may waive a Privilege in which the other has a shared Privilege, without
obtaining the consent of the other party, provided, however, that such waiver of
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a shared Privilege shall be effective only as to the use of Information with
respect to such litigation or dispute and shall not operate as a waiver of the
shared Privilege with respect to third parties.

                  (f) If a dispute arises between Host and Crestline regarding
whether a Privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of
either of them, each of them shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to
minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other, and shall not unreasonably
withhold consent to any request for waiver by the other. Each of Host and
Crestline will withhold consent to waiver of any Privilege only to protect its
own legitimate interests.

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                  (g) Upon receipt by either Host or Crestline of any subpoena,
discovery or other request which arguably calls for the production or disclosure
of Information subject to a shared Privilege or as to which the other has the
sole right hereunder to assert a Privilege, or if either Host or Crestline
obtains knowledge that any of its current or former directors, officers, agents
or employees have received any subpoena, discovery or other request which
arguably calls for the production or disclosure of such Privileged Information,
such party shall promptly notify the other party of the existence of the request
and shall provide the other party a reasonable opportunity to review the
Information and to assert any rights it may have under this Section 8.07 or
otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such Privileged
Information.

                  (h) The delivery of the Crestline Books and Records and the
Host Books and Records pursuant to Section 8.01, the access to Information
between Host and its Subsidiaries and Crestline and its Subsidiaries pursuant to
Section 8.02, and the agreement to provide witnesses pursuant to Section 8.03,
are made in reliance on the agreement of Crestline and Host, as set forth in
Sections 8.06 and 8.07, to maintain the confidentiality of Privileged
Information and to assert and maintain all applicable Privileges and shall not
be deemed to waive any Privilege.


                                   ARTICLE IX
                                  MISCELLANEOUS


         Section 9.01.    Complete Agreement; Construction

         This Agreement and the Other Agreements shall constitute the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments and writings with respect
to such subject matter. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or in any Other Agreement, in the event and to the extent that there
shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions
of any Other Agreement, then the provisions of such Other Agreement shall
control.

         Section 9.02.    Governing Law

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof.

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         Section 9.03.    Notices

         All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand or mailed by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other
addresses as shall be specified by like notice) and shall be deemed given on the
date on which such notice is received:

         To Host:

                           Host Marriott Corporation
                           10400 Fernwood Road
                           Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                           Attention: Christopher G. Townsend
                           Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate 
                              Secretary

         To Crestline:

                           Crestline Capital Corporation
                           10400 Fernwood Road
                           Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                           Attention: Tracy M. J. Colden
                           Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
                              Secretary

         To Fernwood:

                           Fernwood Hotel Assets, Inc.
                           10400 Fernwood Road
                           Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                           Attention:  President


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         with a copy to:

                           Host Marriott Corporation - Law Department, as
                                agent for Fernwood Hotel Assets, Inc.
                           10400 Fernwood Road
                           Bethesda, Maryland  20817
                           Attention:  Christopher G. Townsend

         To Rockledge:

                           Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.
                           10400 Fernwood Road
                           Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                           Attention:  President

         with a copy to:

                           Host Marriott Corporation - Law Department, as
                                agent for Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.
                           Bethesda, Maryland  20817
                           Attention:  Christopher G. Townsend


         Section 9.04.    Amendments

         This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in
writing signed by the parties.

         Section 9.05.    Successors and Assigns

         This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. No party may assign this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the other parties. Host REIT and the Operating Partnership shall be
deemed to be the successor of Host upon consummation of the Merger. Immediately
following the consummation of the Merger and in connection with the REIT
Conversion, the Operating Partnership shall be considered to have assumed all
obligations of Host REIT hereunder and, as between Host and Crestline and
Crestline's Subsidiaries and Affiliates and all Crestline Indemnitees, Host REIT
shall be released from all obligations hereunder.


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         Section 9.06.    Subsidiaries

         Each party shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the
performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be
performed by any Subsidiary of such party on and after the Distribution Date.

         Section 9.07.    No Third Party Beneficiaries

         Except for the provisions of Article VI, this Agreement is solely for
the benefit of the parties and their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates,
successors and permitted assigns, and should not be deemed to confer upon any
third party any remedy, claim, claim of action or other right.

         Section 9.08.    Titles and Headings

         Titles and headings to sections herein are inserted for the convenience
of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.

         Section 9.09.    Legal Enforceability

         Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof. Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. Without prejudice to any rights or remedies otherwise available to
any party, each party acknowledges that damages would be an inadequate remedy
for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and agrees that the
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be specifically enforceable.

         Section 9.10.    Arbitration of Disputes

                  (a) Any controversy or claim arising out of this Agreement
shall be settled by arbitration before a single arbitrator in accordance with
the Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect, as modified by
this Section 9.10 or by the further agreement of the parties.

                  (b) Such arbitration shall be conducted in Montgomery County,
Maryland.

                  (c) Any judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrators shall
not, under any circumstances, have any authority to award punitive, exemplary or
similar 


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damages, and may not, in any event, make any ruling, finding or award that does
not conform to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

                  (d) Nothing contained in this Section 9.10 shall limit or
restrict in any way the right or power of a party at any time to seek injunctive
relief in any court or to litigate the issues relevant to such request for
injunctive relief before such court (i) to restrain the other Party from
breaching this Agreement, or (ii) for specific enforcement of this Section 9.10.

                  (e) The parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the
federal courts located in the State of Maryland for all purposes under this
Agreement.

                  (f) Neither party nor the arbitrators may disclose the
existence or results of any arbitration under this Agreement or any evidence
presented during the course of the arbitration without the prior written consent
of the other parties, except as required to fulfill applicable disclosure and
reporting obligations, or as otherwise required by law.

                  (g) Each party shall bear its own costs incurred in the
arbitration. If any party refuses to submit to arbitration any dispute required
to be submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.10, and instead
commences any other proceeding, then the party who seeks enforcement of the
obligation to arbitrate shall be entitled to its attorneys' fees and costs
incurred in any such proceeding.

         Section 9.11.    Prompt Payment

         Where the terms of this Agreement require payment of an amount "as
promptly as possible," "as soon as practicable" or "as soon as possible,"
following a specified event, occurrence or date, such payment shall be made
within five (5) business days of such event, occurrence or date.


         Section 9.12.    Counterparts

         This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which,
when taken together, shall constitute a single binding instrument.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.


                       HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION



                       By:/s/ Christopher G. Townsend  
                          ------------------------------------------   
                          Name: Christopher G. Townsend    
                               -------------------------------------
                          Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary
                                ------------------------------------     



                       HOST MARRIOTT L.P.



                       By:/s/ Christopher G. Townsend    
                          -----------------------------------   
                          Name: Christopher G. Townsend    
                               ------------------------------
                          Title: Executive Vice President
                                -----------------------------     




                       CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORPORATION



                       By:/s/ Bruce D. Wardinski 
                          ------------------------------------
                          Name: Bruce D. Wardinski
                          Title President and Chief Executive Officer


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                       FERNWOOD HOTEL ASSETS, INC.

                       By:  /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                          -----------------------------------   
                          Name:  Christopher G. Townsend
                               ------------------------------
                          Title: Vice President & Secretary
                                -----------------------------     



                       ROCKLEDGE HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC.


                       By:  /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                          -----------------------------------   
                          Name:  Christopher G. Townsend
                               ------------------------------
                          Title: Vice President & Secretary
                                -----------------------------     
            

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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

                           NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT

     THIS NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of
December 28, 1998, between and among HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation ("HMC"), HOST MARRIOTT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Operating Partnership," together with HMC "Host"), CRESTLINE CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation ("CCC"), FERNWOOD HOTEL ASSETS, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Fernwood") and ROCKLEDGE HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Rockledge"). As used in this Agreement, the terms "Host,"
"CCC," "Fernwood" and "Rockledge" shall mean Host, CCC, Fernwood and Rockledge,
respectively, and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates (as such terms
are defined in Section 1).

     WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the lease of substantially all of the full-
service hotels owned by Host, and the sublease of certain limited-service hotels
leased by Host from third parties, to CCC (each, a "Hotel Lease" and, together,
the "Hotel Leases") and (ii) the lease by Fernwood or Rockledge to CCC of
certain furniture, furnishing, fixtures, soft goods, case goods, equipment and
other similar items for use in the hotels ("FF&E") under certain leases entered
into in connection with the Hotel Leases (the "FF&E Leases"), in each case as
part of the REIT Conversion (as defined in Section 1), Host, CCC, Fernwood and
Rockledge have agreed to enter into this Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, CCC's principal business consists of owning
the Senior Living Community Business, the Hotel Leasing Business, the Asset
Management Services Business and the Swissotel Management Company Interest (as
such terms are defined in Section 1); and WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Host's
principal business consists of owning the Host Business and the Non-Controlled
Subsidiary Interests (as such terms are defined in Section 1).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, in the Hotel Leases and the FF&E Leases, and in the related
agreements entered into pursuant to or related to the Hotel Leases or the FF&E
Leases, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby mutually acknowledged, Host, CCC, Fernwood and Rockledge agree
as follows:

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                                  ARTICLE ONE

                                  DEFINITIONS

1.   Definitions.

     The following terms when used herein shall have the meanings set forth
below:

     "Affiliates" shall mean any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
      ----------
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, Host, Fernwood,
Rockledge or CCC, as the case may be. For purposes of this definition,
"control," when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) Host's Affiliates shall not include CCC, Marriott International,
Inc., Fernwood, Rockledge or any other Non-Controlled Subsidiary, or their
respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (ii) CCC's Affiliates shall not include
Host, Marriott International, Inc., Fernwood, Rockledge or any other
Non-Controlled Subsidiary or their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (iii)
Fernwood's Affiliates shall not include Host, CCC, Marriott International, Inc.,
Rockledge or any other Non-Controlled Subsidiary, or their respective
Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (iv) Rockledge's Affiliates shall not include
Host, CCC, Marriott International, Inc., Fernwood or any other Non-Controlled
Subsidiary, or their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

     "Asset Management Services Business" means the provision of asset
      ----------------------------------
management services to owners of hotels, including without limitation, (i)
administration of contracts, (ii) review of operating and financial results,
financial statements, budgets, revenue projections and capital spending plans
with hotel managers and owners, (iii) administration of facility loans, (iv)
negotiation of third party management arrangements, (v) assessment of market
conditions, (vi) negotiation of regulatory issues and (vii) provision of advice
and information in connection with acquisitions or dispositions of hotels.

     "Carried Interest" shall mean with respect to any Person (the "Paying
      ----------------
Person"), any right of another Person (by reason of its status as a general
partner, sponsor or otherwise) (the "Recipient Person") either (i) to receive a
specific portion of the earnings or assets of the Paying Person once other
investors in the Paying Person have received an agreed upon return on their
investment in the Paying Person or (ii) to receive payments or other
distributions which are disproportionate to the Recipient Person's investment in
the Paying Person.

     "CCC" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
      ---
Agreement.

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     "CCC Managed Hotel" shall have the meaning given to it in the definition of
      -----------------
"Permitted Operating Lease." 

     "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
      ----

     "Compete" shall mean (i) to conduct or participate or engage in, or bid
      -------
for, or otherwise pursue, a business, whether as a principal, sole proprietor,
partner, stockholder, or agent of, or consultant or lender to, or manager for,
any Person or in any other capacity, or (ii) to have any ownership or financial
interest in any Person or business which conducts, participates or engages in,
or bids for, or otherwise pursues, a business, whether as a principal, sole
proprietor, partner, stockholder, or agent of, investor in, or consultant or
lender to or manager for, any Person or in any other capacity.

     "FF&E" shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this 
      ----
Agreement.

     "FF&E Leases" shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of
      -----------
this Agreement.

     "Fernwood" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
      --------
Agreement.

     "Franchise Business" shall mean the ownership or operation of any single or
      ------------------
multiple full-service hotel management or franchise system operating under one
or more common brand names. Without otherwise expanding the definition of
"Franchise Business," the term "Franchise Business" shall not include (i) the
operation of hotels, whether owned by CCC or otherwise, pursuant to a franchise
or similar license agreement with the owner or operator of the brand name as
long as such owner or operator is not CCC, including the operation of
full-service hotels owned by owners other than CCC pursuant to leases or
management agreements, (ii) any business or activity with respect to
limited-service hotels or (iii) any asset management activities undertaken with
respect to hotels for the owners of such hotels.

     "Host" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
      ----
Agreement.

     "Host Business" shall mean the business of owning, investing in, lending
      -------------
money to, or otherwise financing, full-service hotels, including without
limitation the Initial Hotels, acquiring additional existing and newly developed
full-service hotels, developing and constructing for ownership by Host full-
service hotels, and improving and expanding the Initial Hotels and any
additional full-service hotels in which Host acquires an interest. The term
"Host Business" shall not include, without limitation, (i) any business or other
activity with respect to limited-service hotels or (ii) any business or other
activity with respect to full-service hotels other

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than the acquisition, development or ownership of full-service hotels or equity
interests therein.

     "Host REIT" shall mean HMC Merger Corporation, a Maryland corporation into
      ---------
and with which HMC will merge as part of the REIT Conversion. 

     "Hotel Lease" shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of
      -----------
this Agreement.

     "Hotel Leasing Business" means the business of any Person of leasing, as 
      ----------------------
the tenant or subtenant, limited-service or full-service hotel properties from a
REIT pursuant to a lease under which the rental payments made by such Person to
the lessor qualify as "rents from real property" within the meaning of Section
856(d) of the Code where such Person will not be the operator or manager of such
hotel (other than through a contractual arrangement with a third-party manager
that is not an Affiliate of such Person). Without otherwise expanding the
foregoing, the term "Hotel Leasing Business" shall not include any lease of a
limited-service or full-service hotel property (i) from a lessor that is not a
REIT, (ii) from a lessor that is a REIT but pursuant to a lease under which the
rental payments made to the lessor do not qualify as "rents from real property"
within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, or (iii) where the lessee (or
any Affiliate of the lessee) will be the operator or manager of such hotel
(other than through a contractual arrangement with a third-party manager that is
not an Affiliate of the lessee).

     "Hotel Management Business" means the business of managing, operating or
      -------------------------
franchising limited-service or full-service hotel properties on behalf of third
parties with respect to matters incident to the operation of such properties
including, without limitation, management services with respect to food,
beverages, housekeeping, laundry, vending, plant and equipment operation and
maintenance, grounds care, gift or merchandise shops within such properties,
reservations, sales and marketing services, conference and meeting facilities,
health rooms, swimming and other sports facilities and all other services
related to the operation of such hotel properties.

     "Initial Hotels" shall mean the full-service hotels operated primarily
      --------------
under the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Swissotel and Hyatt brand names
in which Host will initially have controlling interests or own outright
following the REIT Conversion, as set forth on Schedule A hereto.
                                               ----------
     "Lease Term" shall mean the period commencing on the lease commencement
      ----------
date and ending on the initial expiration date of the lease, or, in the case of
any extension or renewal of any lease which may be exercised solely at the
lessee's option (other than renewals or extensions which provide for rent at
then prevailing fair market rental rates), the expiration of the extension or
renewal period.

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     "Leased Hotel Equity Value" shall mean for a hotel the Leased Hotel Present
      -------------------------
Value of such hotel less the outstanding third party debt (provided by lenders
unrelated to the owner of the hotel) with respect to such hotel at the
commencement of the Lease Term or reasonably anticipated at such time to become
outstanding. For purposes of the foregoing, any debt that is secured directly by
the hotel, incurred by the owner of the hotel, or directly or indirectly secured
by an equity interest in the entity owning the hotel shall be taken into
account.

     "Leased Hotel Present Value" shall mean the estimated total economic
      --------------------------
benefit to be derived from the leased property during the Lease Term, which
shall equal the sum of (1) the present value (calculated by applying a discount
factor which is appropriate in light of the leased property's condition and
overall market conditions at the time of determination of such economic value)
of the projected total net operating income from the leased property for the
Lease Term (before any deductions for rental payments to be made under the lease
and before any deductions for debt service on the hotel or of the tenant or
subtenant, but after any deductions for base management fees (but without
deduction for "incentive management fees" that are based upon operating profit
of the hotel or proceeds from the sale or refinancing of the hotel)) and (2) the
present value (calculated by applying a discount factor which is appropriate in
light of the leased property's condition and overall market conditions at the
time of determination of such economic value) of the projected residual value of
the leased property at the expiration of the Lease Term, computed by applying a
capitalization rate which is appropriate in light of the leased property's
expected condition and overall market conditions as of such date to the
projected annual net operating income (before any deductions for rental payments
to be made under the lease, and before any deductions for debt service on the
hotel or of the tenant or subtenant, but after deduction for any base management
fees that a buyer of the hotel would be required to assume (or if greater, an
imputed reasonable market-level base management fee) (but without any deduction
for "incentive management fees" that are based upon the operating profit of the
hotel or proceeds from a sale or refinancing of the hotel)) as of the last day
of the Lease Term.

     "Managed Hotel Equity Value" shall mean, with respect to any CCC Managed
      --------------------------
Hotel, the Managed Hotel Present Value of such hotel less the third party debt
(provided by lenders unrelated to the owner of the hotel) outstanding (or
reasonably contemplated to become outstanding) with respect to such hotel at the
commencement of the Management Agreement Term (computed as of the time specified
in the specific provision of this Agreement where the term is being used). For
purposes of the foregoing, any debt that is secured directly by the hotel,
incurred by the owner of the hotel, or directly or indirectly secured by an
equity interest in the entity owning the hotel shall be taken into account.

     "Managed Hotel Present Value" shall have the meaning given to it in
      ---------------------------
subsection (ii) of the definition of "Permitted Full-Service Management
Agreement" 

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(computed as of the time specified in the specific provision of this Agreement
where the term is being used).

     "Management Agreement Term" shall have the meaning given to it in the
      -------------------------
definition of "Permitted Full-Service Management Agreement."

     "Merger" shall mean the merger of HMC with and into Host REIT as part of
      ------
the REIT Conversion.

     "1998 Noncompetition Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
      -----------------------------
4.1.B. hereof.

     "Non-Controlled Subsidiary" shall mean any taxable corporation, including
      -------------------------
without limitation Fernwood and Rockledge, in which the Operating Partnership
owns, directly or through a Subsidiary, more than fifty percent (50%) of the
economic interest but which the Operating Partnership, either directly or
through a Subsidiary, does not control. For purposes of this definition,
"control," when used with respect to any Non-Controlled Subsidiary, means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Non-Controlled Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting securities, by contract,
or otherwise.

     "Non-Controlled Subsidiary Interests" shall mean the economic interests
      -----------------------------------
held by the Operating Partnership, either directly or through a Subsidiary, in
the Non-Controlled Subsidiaries.

     "Operating Partnership" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
      ---------------------
paragraph of this Agreement.

     "Permitted Full-Service Lease" shall mean either a Permitted REIT Lease or
      ----------------------------
a Permitted Operating Lease.

     "Permitted Full-Service Management Agreement" shall mean a management
      -------------------------------------------
agreement entered into by CCC (or to be entered into by CCC) with respect to a
full-service hotel where CCC will be the manager but CCC will not also be the
lessee with respect to such full-service hotel and with respect to which the
estimated economic benefit to be derived by CCC from such management contract
(including any base, incentive and other similar management fees) during the
period commencing on the management agreement commencement date and ending on
the initial termination date for such management agreement, or, in the case of
any extension or renewal of any management agreement which may be exercised
solely at the manager's option (other than renewals or extensions which provide
for management fees at then prevailing fair market rates), the termination of
the extension or renewal period (the "Management Agreement Term"), computed as
described in clause (i) below, shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the
estimated Managed Hotel Present Value (as defined below) (and if CCC is making a
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indirect investment with respect to the hotel, the condition in Section
3.B(v)(D) shall have been satisfied). For purposes of the foregoing:

                 (i) The estimated economic benefit to be derived by CCC during
           the Management Agreement Term shall equal the present value of the
           projected management fees (including base management fees, incentive
           management fees, and other similar fees payable to CCC pursuant to
           the management agreement, but not including expense reimbursements),
           calculated by applying a discount factor which is appropriate in
           light of overall market conditions at the time of determination of
           such economic value and the risk to the manager associated with the
           proposed management agreement fee structure; and

                 (ii) The term "Managed Hotel Present Value" means the estimated
           total economic benefit to be derived from the managed property during
           the Management Agreement Term, which shall equal the sum of (1) the
           present value (calculated by applying a discount factor which is
           appropriate in light of the managed property's condition and overall
           market conditions at the time of determination of such economic
           value) of the projected total net operating income from the managed
           property for the Management Agreement Term (before any deductions for
           rental payments to be made under any lease and before any deductions
           for debt service on the hotel or of the tenant or subtenant, but
           after any deductions for base management fees (but without deduction
           for "incentive management fees" that are based upon operating profit
           of the hotel or proceeds from the sale or refinancing of the hotel))
           and (2) the present value (calculated by applying a discount factor
           which is appropriate in light of the managed property's condition and
           overall market conditions at the time of determination of such
           economic value) of the projected residual value of the managed
           property at the expiration of the Management Agreement Term, computed
           by applying a capitalization rate which is appropriate in light of
           the managed property's expected condition and overall market
           conditions as of such date to the projected annual net operating
           income (before any deductions for debt service on the hotel or of the
           tenant or subtenant and before any deductions for rent but after
           deduction for any base management fee that a buyer of the hotel would
           be required to assume (or if greater, an imputed reasonable market-
           level base management fee) (but without any deduction for "incentive
           management fees" that are based upon operating profit of the hotel or
           proceeds from a sale or refinancing of the hotel) as of the last day
           of the Management Agreement Term (the "Managed Hotel Present Value").

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     All of the various determinations of net operating income from the managed
property provided for above, together with the various adjustments thereto, and
the discount rates and capitalization rates to be applied in making the
computations provided for above shall be as reasonably determined by CCC
(subject to the review and approval of Host in its reasonable judgment and to
Section 5.1 of this Agreement in the event that there is a disagreement between
Host and CCC with respect thereto).

           "Permitted Operating Lease" shall mean a lease by CCC with respect 
            -------------------------
to a full-service hotel where CCC will be the operator or manager of the hotel
(other than through a contractual arrangement with a third-party manager) (a
"CCC Managed Hotel"), and which meets the following conditions:

                (i)   If the lessor is a Publicly-Traded REIT or a Permitted
           Private REIT and the lease is such that the rental payments made
           thereunder by CCC to the lessor qualify as "rents from real property"
           within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, the estimated
           economic benefit to be derived by CCC from the lease and any related
           management contract (including both management fees, including any
           base, incentive and other similar management fees, and any operating
           profit to be retained by the tenant or subtenant in such capacity)
           during the Lease Term, computed as described in clause (iii) below,
           shall not exceed either twenty-five percent (25%) of the Leased Hotel
           Present Value, or fifty percent (50%) of the Leased Hotel Equity
           Value of such hotel.

                 (ii)  If the lessor is not either a Publicly-Traded REIT or a
           Permitted Private REIT or if the lease is such that the rental
           payments made thereunder by CCC to the lessor will not qualify as
           "rents from real property" within the meaning of Section 856(d) of
           the Code, the estimated economic benefit to be derived by CCC from
           the lease and any related management contract (including both
           management fees, including any base, incentive and other similar
           management fees, and any operating profit to be retained by the
           tenant or subtenant in such capacity) during the Lease Term, computed
           as described in clause (iii) below, shall not exceed either twenty
           percent (20%) of the Leased Hotel Present Value, or forty percent
           (40%) of the Leased Hotel Equity Value of such hotel.

                 (iii) For purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, the
           estimated economic benefit to be derived by CCC during the Lease Term
           shall equal the present value of the sum of (1) the projected net
           operating income to be received by the tenant or subtenant,
           respectively, from the leased property for the Lease Term (after
           deduction for rental payments but before deduction for debt service
           on

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           the hotel or of the tenant or subtenant and including any residual
           payments to be received by the tenant or subtenant at any time during
           the Lease Term (including on the last day thereof)) and (2) the
           projected management fees to be received by CCC, the tenant or the
           subtenant during the Lease Term (including base management fees,
           incentive management fees, and other similar fees payable to CCC
           pursuant to the management agreement, but not including expense
           reimbursements), calculated by applying a discount factor which is
           appropriate in light of the leased property's condition and overall
           market conditions at the time of determination of such economic value
           and the risk to the tenant or subtenant associated with the proposed
           lease structure.

     All of the various determinations of net operating income from the leased
property provided for above, together with the various adjustments thereto, and
the discount rates and capitalization rates to be applied in making the
computations provided for above shall be as reasonably determined by CCC
(subject to the review and approval of Host in its reasonable judgment and to
Section 5.1 of this Agreement in the event that there is a disagreement between
Host and CCC with respect thereto).

     "Permitted Private REIT" shall mean an entity that would be a Publicly-
      ----------------------
Traded REIT but for the fact that shares of capital stock or other units of
equity interests of the REIT that are generally entitled to vote for the
election of directors or similar managers are not listed or admitted to trading
on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or designated for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, or any successor to any of the
foregoing, so long as CCC's lease or sublease of a full-service hotel from such
entity and any other investment in or with respect to such full-service hotel
would not cause CCC to violate Section 3.D.

     "Permitted REIT Lease" shall mean a lease by CCC that is with respect to a
      --------------------
full-service hotel where CCC will not be the operator or manager of such hotel
(other than through a contractual arrangement with a third-party manager) and
which meets the following conditions:

                 (i)   the lessor must be a Publicly-Traded REIT or a Permitted
           Private REIT and the rental payments made by CCC to the lessor must
           qualify as "rents from real property" within the meaning of Section
           856(d) of the Code; and

                 (ii)  the estimated economic benefit to be derived by the
           tenant or subtenant, as applicable, during the Lease Term shall not
           exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Leased Hotel Present Value.

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                 (iii) For purposes of clause (ii) above, the estimated economic
           benefit to be derived by the tenant or subtenant during the Lease
           Term shall equal the present value of the projected net operating
           income to be received by the tenant or subtenant, respectively, from
           the leased property for the Lease Term (after deduction for rental
           payments but before deduction for debt service on the hotel or of the
           tenant or subtenant and including any residual payments to be
           received by the tenant or subtenant at any time during the Lease Term
           (including on the last day thereof)), calculated by applying a
           discount factor which is appropriate in light of the leased
           property's condition and overall market conditions at the time of
           determination of such economic value and the risk to the tenant or
           subtenant associated with the proposed lease structure.

     All of the various determinations of net operating income from the leased
property provided for above, together with the various adjustments thereto, and
the discount rates and capitalization rates to be applied in making the
computations provided for above shall be as reasonably determined by CCC
(subject to the review and approval of Host in its reasonable judgment and to
Section 5.1 of this Agreement in the event that there is a disagreement between
Host and CCC with respect thereto).

     "Person" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, general or limited
      ------
partnership, association, or other entity.

     "Primary Host Lessee" shall mean the lessee of more than 25% by number of
      -------------------
the Initial Hotels.

     "Publicly-Traded REIT" shall mean a REIT whose shares of capital stock or
      --------------------
other units of equity interests that are generally entitled to vote for the
election of directors or similar managers are listed or admitted to trading on
the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or designated for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, or any successor to any of the
foregoing. The term "Publicly-Traded REIT" shall include any Person whose
operations are consolidated with those of a Publicly-Traded REIT under generally
accepted accounting principles or in which the Publicly-Traded REIT otherwise
owns, directly or indirectly, a twenty-five percent (25%) or greater equity
interest so long as, in either case, the Publicly-Traded REIT must take the
assets and operations of such Person into account in determining whether it
satisfies the income and asset requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code.

     "REIT" shall mean a "real estate investment trust" within the meaning of
      ----
Sections 856 through 859 of the Code.

     "REIT Conversion" shall mean the reorganization of Host's business
      ---------------
operations to permit Host REIT to qualify as a REIT, including the Merger and
the 

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other transactions described in the Prospectus/Consent Solicitation that is part
of the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Host REIT and the Operating Partnership on Form S-4 (File No. 333-55807).

     "Rockledge" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
      ---------
Agreement.

     "Senior Living Community Business" shall mean, as to any Person, the 
      --------------------------------
business of developing, acquiring, owning or investing in, existing and newly
developed retirement community properties (including, without limitation,
assisted living facilities, independent care facilities and nursing homes),
improving and expanding the retirement community properties (including, without
limitation, assisted living facilities, independent care facilities and nursing
homes) owned and acquired by such Person and/or operating retirement community
properties (including, without limitation, assisted living facilities,
independent care facilities and nursing homes) for other owners thereof (whether
pursuant to a management agreement, operating agreement, lease, license or
otherwise).

     "Subsidiaries" shall mean corporations or other entities which are more
      ------------
than ten percent (10%) owned, directly or indirectly, by Host, CCC, Fernwood or
Rockledge, as the case may be, and partnerships in which Host, CCC, Fernwood or
Rockledge, as the case may be, or a Subsidiary thereof, is a general partner.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Host's Subsidiaries shall not include Fernwood,
Rockledge or any other Non-Controlled Subsidiary which becomes a party to this
Agreement or otherwise agrees to be bound by terms which are substantially the
same as those set forth in Section 2.

     "Swissotel Management Company Interest" means CCC's 25% interest in
      -------------------------------------
Swissotel Management (U.S.A.) L.L.C.

     "Transfer" shall mean the sale, conveyance, disposal of or other transfer
      --------
of ownership, title or other interest.


                                  ARTICLE TWO

               NONCOMPETITION WITH RESPECT TO THE SENIOR LIVING 
                              COMMUNITY BUSINESS

2.   Certain Restrictions on Host, Fernwood and Rockledge.

     A.    Except as provided in Section 2.C., from the date hereof until
December 31, 2003, neither Host, Fernwood nor Rockledge shall Compete in the
Senior Living Community Business.

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     B.    Except as provided in Section 2.C., from the date hereof until the
earlier of (i) December 31, 2008 and (ii) the date on which CCC is no longer the
Primary Host Lessee, neither Host, Fernwood nor Rockledge shall Compete in the
Hotel Leasing Business.

     C.    Neither Section 2.A. nor Section 2.B. shall prohibit Host, Fernwood
or Rockledge from engaging in the following activities:

           (i)   the ownership of any equity interest in any Person which
     Competes in the Senior Living Community Business or the Hotel Leasing
     Business if Host, Fernwood or Rockledge, as the case may be, directly or
     indirectly, is the beneficial owner of not more than five percent (5%) of
     such Person's outstanding equity interests, including for such purpose any
     Carried Interest in such Person, whether or not earned (based upon the
     maximum percentage applicable for such Carried Interest) and cannot, by
     reason of the ownership of such equity interest or otherwise, have any
     right to control such Person (including, but not limited to, control
     resulting from a general partner interest, special rights as a manager of a
     limited liability company or similar entity, contractual or other rights to
     representation on the board of such Person that are disproportionate to
     Host's, Fernwood's or Rockledge's, as the case may be, equity ownership in
     such Person, disproportionate voting rights with respect to Host's,
     Fernwood's or Rockledge's, as the case may be, equity position, or veto or
     approval rights as to major decisions);

           (ii)  the acquisition (by merger, stock purchase or otherwise) of, or
     the purchase of assets from, any Person who Competes in the Senior Living
     Community Business or the Hotel Leasing Business if the fair market value,
     on the acquisition date, of the acquired assets which relate to activities
     which Compete with the Senior Living Community Business or the Hotel
     Leasing Business, as the case may be, do not constitute more than ten
     percent (10%) of the total purchase price for the transaction; or

           (iii) (A) the leasing, directly or indirectly, by Host from Fernwood
     or Rockledge or by Fernwood or Rockledge from Host of limited-service or
     full-service hotel properties, (B) the leasing, directly or indirectly, by
     Host of properties pursuant to the leases listed on Schedule B attached
     hereto, including any renewals or extensions thereof, (C) the leasing,
     directly or indirectly, by Host, Fernwood or Rockledge from any other
     Person of limited-service or full-service hotel properties where Host,
     Fernwood or Rockledge, as the case may be, has a direct or indirect equity
     interest in such Person sufficient for such Person to be consolidated with
     Host for financial accounting purposes, or (D) any leasing, directly or
     indirectly, by Host, Fernwood, Rockledge or any other Non-Controlled
     Subsidiary, as lessee, of full-service hotels or limited-service hotels
     pursuant to leases that would not fall within the scope of the term "Hotel
     Leasing Business."

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        D.   Each of Host, Fernwood and Rockledge agrees that, from the date
hereof until December 31, 2000, it will not solicit, hire or induce the
termination of employment of, a person who is employed by CCC at the time of, or
was employed by CCC at any time within three months prior to, such solicitation,
hiring or inducement and whose grade is, or, if applicable, was at the time of
the termination of his employment with CCC, the equivalent of Host's current
grade 56 or above.

                                 ARTICLE THREE

               NONCOMPETITION WITH RESPECT TO THE HOST BUSINESS

3.      Certain Restrictions on CCC.

        A.   Except as provided in Section 3.B., from the date hereof until the
earlier of (i) December 31, 2008 and (ii) the date on which CCC is no longer the
Primary Host Lessee, (a) CCC shall not Compete in the Host Business, and (b) CCC
shall not, without the consent of Host, in its sole and absolute discretion,
either enter into any leases with respect to full-service hotels other than
Permitted Full-Service Leases or enter into any management agreements with
respect to full-service hotels other than Permitted Full-Service Management
Agreements and management agreements in connection with Permitted Operating
Leases.

        B.   Section 3.A. shall not prohibit CCC from engaging in the following
activities:

             (i)    any activity (including any investments) undertaken by CCC
        that is necessary to and reasonably connected with its business of
        acting as a lessee of full-service hotels, including acquisitions of
        property and assets used in such hotels that are incidental to CCC's
        role as lessee (such as "hotel working capital" and "furniture, fixtures
        and equipment" in a manner similar to that contemplated under the Hotel
        Leases) but excluding loans to or equity investments in the lessor or
        any of its Affiliates except to the extent permitted under clause (v)
        below;

             (ii)   any activity undertaken by CCC with respect to the Asset
        Management Services Business;

             (iii)  the ownership of any equity interest in any Person which
        Competes in the Host Business if CCC, directly or indirectly, is the
        beneficial owner of not more than five percent (5%) or more of such
        Person's outstanding equity interests, including for such purpose any
        Carried Interest in such Person, whether or not earned (based upon the
        maximum percentage applicable for such Carried Interest) and cannot, by
        reason of the ownership of such equity interest or otherwise, have any
        right to control such Person 

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        (including, but not limited to, control resulting from a general partner
        interest, special rights as a manager of a limited liability company or
        similar entity, contractual or other rights to representation on the
        board of such Person that are disproportionate to CCC's equity ownership
        in such Person, disproportionate voting rights with respect to CCC's
        equity position, or veto or approval rights as to major decisions);

             (iv)   the acquisition (by merger, stock purchase or otherwise) of,
        or the purchase of assets from, any Person who Competes in the Host
        Business if the fair market value, on the acquisition date, of the
        acquired assets which relate to activities which Compete with the Host
        Business do not constitute more than ten percent (10%) of the total
        purchase price for the transaction; or

             (v)    the provision of financing for any full-service hotel
        (whether directly or by participation in a lender syndicate) so long as
        the following conditions are met:

                    (A) on the date on which CCC becomes contractually committed
             to provide such financing (1) CCC is (or in connection with such
             financing will become) the lessee (or lessee and manager) of such
             hotel pursuant to a lease which is a Permitted Full-Service Lease,
             (2) CCC is (or in connection with such financing will become) the
             manager of such hotel pursuant to a management agreement which is a
             Permitted Full-Service Management Agreement, or (3) CCC has a bona
             fide contract to become either the lessee (or lessee and manager)
             of such hotel pursuant to a lease which would be a Permitted Full-
             Service Lease or the manager of such hotel pursuant to a management
             agreement which would be a Permitted Full-Service Management
             Agreement upon completion of the construction and development or
             stabilization of such hotel and upon satisfaction of reasonable
             conditions;

                    (B) if such financing is in the form of a loan, (x) the
             present value of CCC's interest in the hotel represented by such
             financing (determined applying the principles set forth in clause
             (E) below) does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Leased
             Hotel Present Value or Managed Hotel Present Value, as applicable,
             of the hotel which is subject to such financing, each determined as
             of the date on which CCC becomes contractually committed to provide
             such financing, and (y) such loan does not include any equity
             participation feature (whether in the form of warrants, options, a
             conversion right, interest payments based upon profits, revenues,
             and/or appreciation, or otherwise) that would cause CCC to violate
             clause (C) below at any time, assuming for purposes of such
             determination that CCC would exercise any and all options and other
             rights that it might have in connection with such loan (provided
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             prevent the exercise by CCC of its rights upon foreclosure of such
             indebtedness unless the default with respect to such indebtedness
             giving the right to such foreclosure had occurred or was imminent
             at the time CCC acquired such indebtedness),

                    (C) if such financing is in the form of an equity
             investment, directly or indirectly, in the full-service hotel or
             the Person owning, directly or indirectly, such hotel, CCC will not
             beneficially own (and will not have any right to acquire beneficial
             ownership of) more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding
             Leased Hotel Equity Value or Managed Hotel Equity Value, as
             applicable, computed on the date on which CCC becomes contractually
             committed to make such equity investment (including for such
             purpose any Carried Interest in the Person which owns such hotel,
             whether or not earned (based upon the maximum percentage applicable
             for such Carried Interest)), and CCC cannot, by reason of the
             ownership of such equity interest or otherwise, have any right to
             control the hotel or the Person owning such hotel (including, but
             not limited to, control resulting from a general partner interest,
             special rights as a manager of a limited liability company or
             similar entity, contractual or other rights to representation on
             the board of such Person that are disproportionate to CCC's equity
             ownership in such Person, disproportionate voting rights with
             respect to CCC's equity position, or veto or approval rights as to
             major decisions), and

                    (D) the following condition, as applicable, is satisfied:

                    (1) if the Permitted Full-Service Lease will not be a
                    Permitted Operating Lease where the lessor is a Publicly-
                    Traded REIT or a Permitted Private REIT and with respect to
                    which the rental payments made thereunder by CCC to the
                    lessor qualify as "rents from real property" within the
                    meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, the combined economic
                    interest of CCC in the full-service hotel under such
                    Permitted Full-Service Lease (calculated as set forth in the
                    definition of "Permitted REIT Lease" or "Permitted Operating
                    Lease," as applicable) and the present value of CCC's
                    interest in the hotel represented by any financing or equity
                    interests described in clauses (B) and (C) above (determined
                    applying the principles set forth in clause (E) below), all
                    determined as of the date CCC becomes contractually
                    committed to make such investment, cannot exceed either (x)
                    twenty percent (20%) of the Leased Hotel Present Value, on
                    the date CCC becomes contractually committed to provide such
                    financing, of the hotel which is subject to such financing,
                    or (y) 

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                    forty percent (40%) of the Leased Hotel Equity Value of such
                    hotel on such date; or

                    (2)   if the Permitted Full-Service Lease will be a
                    Permitted Operating Lease where the lessor is a Publicly-
                    Traded REIT or a Permitted Private REIT and with respect to
                    which the rental payments made thereunder by CCC to the
                    lessor qualify as "rents from real property" within the
                    meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, the combined economic
                    interest of CCC in the full-service hotel under such
                    Permitted Full-Service Lease (calculated as set forth in the
                    definition of "Permitted REIT Lease" or "Permitted Operating
                    Lease," as applicable) and the present value of CCC's
                    interest in the hotel represented by any financing or equity
                    interests described in clauses (B) and (C) above (determined
                    applying the principles set forth in clause (E) below), all
                    determined as of the date CCC becomes contractually
                    committed to make such investment, cannot exceed either (x)
                    twenty-five percent (25%) of the Leased Hotel Present Value,
                    on the date CCC becomes contractually committed to provide
                    such financing, of the hotel which is subject to such
                    financing, or (y) fifty percent (50%) of the Leased Hotel
                    Equity Value of such hotel on such date; or

                    (3)   if CCC is a party to, or has a bona fide contract to
                    become a party to, a Permitted Full-Service Management
                    Agreement, the combined economic interest of CCC in the 
                    full-service hotel under such Permitted Full-Service
                    Management Agreement (calculated as set forth in the
                    definition of "Permitted Full-Service Management Agreement")
                    and the present value of CCC's interest in the hotel
                    represented by any financing or equity interests described
                    in clauses (B) and (C) above (determined applying the
                    principles set forth in clause (E) below), all determined as
                    of the date CCC becomes contractually committed to make such
                    investment, cannot exceed either (x) twenty percent (20%) of
                    the Managed Hotel Present Value, on the date CCC becomes
                    contractually committed to provide such financing, of the
                    hotel which is subject to such financing, or (y) forty
                    percent (40%) of the Managed Hotel Equity Value of such
                    hotel on such date. (Payments to a third party unrelated to
                    the owner of the hotel to purchase an existing management
                    agreement do not constitute an investment subject to the
                    foregoing provisions.)

                    (E)   For purposes of this Section 3.B.(v), the present
             value of CCC's interest in any financing or equity interests shall
             be determined 

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             by computing the present value of the cash flow projected to be
             received by CCC with respect to such financing or equity interest
             during the Lease Term or the Management Agreement Term, as
             applicable, assuming that the hotel is sold for its projected fair
             market value at the expiration of the Lease Term or Management
             Agreement Term, as applicable, and the proceeds of such sale are
             applied to repay debt and make distributions to equity owners in
             accordance with their respective interests, calculated by applying
             a discount factor which is appropriate in light of overall market
             conditions at the time of determination of such economic value and
             the risk to CCC associated with the proposed financing or equity
             interest. All of the various determinations of cash flow projected
             to be received from the proposed financing or equity interest and
             the discount rates to be applied in making the computations
             provided for above (and any capitalization rates to be applied for
             determining projected fair market values at the expiration of the
             Lease Term or Management Agreement Term, as applicable) shall be as
             reasonably determined by CCC (subject to the review and approval of
             Host in its reasonable judgment and to Section 5.1 of this
             Agreement in the event that there is a disagreement between Host
             and CCC with respect thereto).

        C.   CCC agrees that, from the date hereof until December 31, 2000, it
will not solicit, hire, or induce the termination of employment of, a person who
is employed by Host, Fernwood or Rockledge at the time of, or was employed by
Host, Fernwood or Rockledge at any time within three months prior to, such
solicitation, hiring or inducement and whose grade, is or, if applicable, was at
the time of the termination of his employment with Host or Fernwood or
Rockledge, the equivalent of Host's current grade 56 or above.

        D.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, until the
expiration of the period set forth in Section 3.A., CCC shall not lease or
sublease any full-service hotel from a REIT that is not a Publicly-Traded REIT
unless the combined investments, if any, of CCC in such lease and any other
leases of full-service hotels from REITs that are not Publicly-Traded REITs
(including any security or other deposits provided by CCC to the landlord) and
any financing or equity interests in hotels leased from such REITs (or in the
Persons owning such hotels) (with the value thereof determined using the
methodology described in Section 3.B(v)(E) above as of the date on which the
determination is being made under this Paragraph D) does not exceed the greater
of $125,000,000 or fifteen percent (15%) of the book value of CCC's assets as of
such date.

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                                 ARTICLE FOUR

               LIMITATION ON ENGAGEMENT IN THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT 
                                   BUSINESS

4.   Certain Restrictions on CCC.

     A.    Except as provided in Sections 4.1.B. and 4.1.C., CCC shall be
entitled to Compete in the Hotel Management Business.

     B.    CCC acknowledges that the provisions of that certain Restated
Noncompetition Agreement between and among Host and Marriott International,
Inc., dated March 3, 1998 (the "1998 Noncompetition Agreement"), applies to it
and that such 1998 Noncompetition Agreement has been amended effective the date
hereof to include CCC as a party thereto.

     C.    Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 4.1.A., from the date hereof
until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2008 and (ii) the date on which CCC is no
longer the Primary Host Lessee, CCC shall comply with the following
restrictions:

                (i)   CCC shall not, without the consent of Host in its sole
           discretion, engage in the Hotel Management Business with regard to
           any hotels owned by Host, provided that, the foregoing shall not be
           deemed to prohibit CCC from acting in its capacity as a lessee of
           hotels owned by Host where CCC has engaged another Person who is not
           a Affiliate of CCC to manage or operate, within the meaning of the
           term "Hotel Management Business," the leased hotels.

                (ii)  CCC shall not engage in the Hotel Management Business with
           regard to any full-service hotels not owned by Host unless either (a)
           if CCC is not the lessee (or sublessee) with respect to such hotel,
           the management agreement with respect to such hotel is a Permitted
           Full-Service Management Agreement, or (b) if CCC is either the lessee
           or sublessee with respect to such hotel, the lease with respect to
           such hotel is a Permitted Full-Service Lease and CCC is compliance
           with the conditions set forth in Section 3.B(v) with respect to such
           hotel.

                (iii) CCC shall not Compete in the Franchise Business.

     D.    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this
Agreement shall prohibit CCC from owning the Swissotel Management Company
Interest or any activities undertaken by Swissotel Management (U.S.A.) L.L.C.

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                                 ARTICLE FIVE

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

5.1     Arbitration of Certain Matters.

        Host, CCC, Fernwood and Rockledge agree that any controversy or dispute
concerning any calculation or determination of value, present values, net
operating income, anticipated cash flow, capitalization rate or sales arising
under the definition of "Host Leasing Business," "Leased Hotel Equity Value,"
"Leased Hotel Present Value," "Permitted Full-Service Management Agreement,"
"Managed Hotel Present Value," or "Managed Hotel Equity Value" in Section 1, or
under Section 2.C.(ii), Section 3.B.(iv), Section 3.B.(v), or Section 3.E
hereof, including without limitation any dispute as to whether as determination
of any of the foregoing by CCC is reasonable, shall be settled in arbitration in
accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. Such arbitration shall take place in Washington, D.C. Any judgment upon
the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrators shall not, under any circumstances, have
any authority to award punitive, consequential, exemplary or similar damages,
and may not, in any event, make any ruling, finding or award that does not
conform to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this
Section 5.1 shall limit or restrict in any way the right or power of a party at
any time to seek injunctive relief in any court and to litigate the issues
relevant to such request for injunctive relief before such court (i) to restrain
the other party from breaching this Agreement, or (ii) for specific enforcement
of this Section 5.1. The parties agree that any legal remedy available to a
party with respect to a breach of this Section 5.1 will not be adequate and
that, in addition to all other legal remedies, each party is entitled to an
order specifically enforcing this Section 5.1. Neither party nor the arbitrators
may disclose the existence or results of any arbitration under this Agreement or
any evidence presented during the course of the arbitration without the prior
written consent of both parties, except as required to fulfill applicable
disclosure and reporting obligations, or as otherwise required by agreements
with third parties, or by law.

5.2     Entire Agreement.

        This Agreement, the Hotel Leases, the FF&E Leases and the 1998
Noncompetition Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof.

5.3     Modification.

        This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented in a
written agreement signed by both parties hereto.

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5.4     Waiver.

        No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision
hereof, except by written instrument of the party charged with such waiver or
estoppel.

5.5     Severability.

        Host, CCC, Fernwood and Rockledge agree that the period of restriction
and the lack of geographical area of restriction imposed upon the parties are
fair and reasonable, are reasonably required for the protection of each of the
parties hereto and have been specifically negotiated and carefully tailored with
a view to preventing the serious and irreparable injury the other party will
suffer in the event of competition by such party with the other party during the
time periods set forth herein. If any term or other provision of this Agreement
is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public
policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless
remain in full force and effect as though the invalid portions were not a part
hereof. If the provisions of this Agreement relating to the geographical area of
restriction or the period of restriction shall be deemed to exceed the maximum
geographical area or period which a court having jurisdiction over the matter
would deem enforceable, such area or period shall, for purposes of this
Agreement, be deemed to be the maximum geographical area or period which such
court would deem valid and enforceable.

5.6     Remedies.

        CCC, Host, Fernwood and Rockledge agree that irreparable damage would
occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not to be
performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and that their remedy at law for
any breach of the other party's obligations hereunder would be inadequate. CCC,
Host, Fernwood and Rockledge agree and consent that temporary and permanent
injunctive relief may be granted in any proceeding which may be brought to
enforce any provision hereof without the necessity of proof of actual damage. 

        The parties hereby agree that the obligations of each of Host, Fernwood
and Rockledge hereunder are independent and that none of them shall have any
liability for the breach by any of the others of such other's obligations
hereunder. CCC and Host agree that, in the event that any Non-Controlled
Subsidiary which is not a party to this Agreement engages in any activity in
which Host is prohibited from engaging under this Agreement, CCC shall not be
entitled to terminate this Agreement but Host shall indemnify and hold CCC
harmless from any liabilities, damages, losses and reasonable expenses incurred
by CCC as a result thereof.

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5.7     Enforceability.

        The terms, conditions and promises contained in this Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto, their
heirs, personal representatives, or successors and assigns. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the parties agree that, following the Merger, Host
REIT shall be deemed to be a successor of Host under this Agreement. Each of the
parties hereto shall cause its Subsidiaries which are not Non-Controlled
Subsidiaries to comply with such party's obligations hereunder. Nothing herein,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to give any other Person any legal or
equitable rights hereunder.

5.8     Assignment and Successors and Assigns.

        Neither party shall, without the prior written consent of the other,
assign any rights or delegate any obligations under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the restrictions, rights and
obligations set forth herein shall be treated as follows: in the event Host
Transfers all or substantially all of the Host Business, the transferee thereof
shall automatically be bound by the terms of this Agreement; in the event CCC
Transfers all or substantially all of the Senior Living Community Business or
all or substantially all of the Hotel Leasing Business or all or substantially
all of the Asset Management Services Business, the transferee thereof shall
automatically be bound by the terms of this Agreement; and, in the event either
Fernwood or Rockledge Transfers all or substantially all of its business of
leasing FF&E to lessees of full and limited-service hotels, the transferee
thereof shall automatically be bound by the terms of this Agreement. The parties
acknowledge that, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, Host REIT shall succeed
to all of the rights and obligations of HMC under this Agreement.

5.9     Consent to Jurisdiction.

        Subject to Section 5.1 hereof, the parties irrevocably submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the Courts of the State of Maryland in Montgomery
County, and (ii) if federal jurisdiction exists, the United States District
Court for the State of Maryland for the purposes of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of this Agreement.

5.10    Interpretation.

        When a reference is made to this Agreement to a Section, Article, or
Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section, Article, or Schedule of this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall neither affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement, nor define or limit the scope or intent of any

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provision or part hereof. Whenever the words "include," or "includes," or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."

5.11    Notices.

        All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand, by telecopier with computer generated acknowledgment
of receipt, by mail or by Federal Express or similar expedited commercial
carrier, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other addresses
for a party as shall be specified by like notice), postpaid and certified with
return receipt requested (if by mail), or with all freight charges prepaid (if
by Federal Express or similar carrier), and shall be deemed given on the date of
acknowledged receipt, in the case of a notice by telecopier, and, in all other
cases, on the date of receipt or refusal:

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To Host:

        Host Marriott Corporation                               
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland 20817
        Attention: Christopher G. Townsend, Senior Vice 
                   President, General Counsel and
                   Corporate Secretary
        Fax No.:  301/380-3588 

To CCC:

        Crestline Capital Corporation
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland 20817
        Attention:  General Counsel
        Fax No.:  240/694-2040

with a copy to:

        Crestline Capital Corporation
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland 20817
        Attention:  Executive Vice President - Asset Management
        Fax No.:  240/694-2082


To Fernwood:

        Fernwood Hotel Assets, Inc.
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland  20817
        Attention:  President
        Fax:  301/380-6338

With a copy to:

        Host Marriott Corporation Law Department,
         as agent for Fernwood Hotel Assets, Inc.
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland 20817
        Attention:  Christopher G. Townsend, Senior Vice
                    President, General Counsel and
                    Corporate Secretary
        Fax No.:  301/380-3588

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To Rockledge:

        Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland  20817
        Attention:  President
        Fax:  301/380-5188

With a copy to:

        Host Marriott Corporation Law Department,
         as agent for Rockledge Hotel Properties, Inc.
        10400 Fernwood Road
        Bethesda, Maryland 20817
        Attention:  Christopher G. Townsend, Senior Vice
                    President, General Counsel and
                    Corporate Secretary
        Fax No.:  301/380-3588


5.12    Governing Law.

        This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Maryland, regardless of the laws that might be applied
under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

5.13    Relationship of Parties.

        It is understood and agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed or construed by the parties or any third party as creating an employer-
employee, principal/agent, partnership or joint venture relationship between or
among the parties.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered, all as of the day and year first above written.


                                        CRESTLINE CAPITAL CORPORATION           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        By: /s/ Bruce D. Wardinski
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Name:     Bruce D. Wardinski          
                                        Title:    President and Chief Executive 
                                                  Officer   
                                                                                
                                                                                

                                        HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        By: /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Name:                                   
                                        Title:                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        HOST MARRIOTT, L.P.                     
                                                                                
                                        By: HMC REAL ESTATE LLC,        
                                            General Partner             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        By: /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Title:                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        FERNWOOD HOTEL ASSETS, INC.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        By: /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Name:                                   
                                        Title:                                  

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                                        ROCKLEDGE HOTEL PROPERTIES,
                                        INC.



                                        By: /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Name: 
                                        Title: 


            The undersigned is executing this Agreement solely for the purpose
of acknowledging and consenting to the provisions of the last sentence of
Section 5.8 hereof.


                                        HMC MERGER CORPORATION



                                        By: /s/ Christopher G. Townsend
                                           ____________________________________
                                        Name: 
                                        Title: 

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