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[STARWOOD LODGING LOGO]
November 12, 1997
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meetings of shareholders of
Starwood Lodging Trust (the "Trust") and the stockholders of Starwood Lodging
Corporation (the "Corporation" and, together with the Trust, "Starwood Lodging")
to be held on Friday, December 12, 1997 at 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (local
time), respectively, at The Westin Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River Road,
Rosemont, Illinois (the "Annual Meetings").
At the Annual Meetings, shareholders will be asked to approve, among other
things, the acquisition by Starwood Lodging of Westin Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc. ("Westin Worldwide") and certain of its affiliates pursuant to a
Transaction Agreement which is attached to the accompanying Joint Proxy
Statement (the "Acquisition Proposal"). Pursuant to the Acquisition Proposal,
among other things, Westin Worldwide will be merged with and into the Trust and
in connection with the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, the Trust and the Corporation will be authorized to issue
(upon the exchange or conversion of preferred shares and limited partnership
interests issued pursuant to the Transaction Agreement) Paired Shares
representing, in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis (after giving effect to
such issuances), approximately 16.6% of the issued and outstanding Paired Shares
on November 3, 1997. Information regarding the Acquisition Proposal and other
matters to be considered at the Annual Meetings is set forth in the accompanying
Joint Proxy Statement.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the
Corporation have approved the Acquisition Proposal and recommend that
shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation vote FOR approval
of the Acquisition Proposal. That recommendation is based on a number of factors
described in the accompanying Joint Proxy Statement.
As previously announced, Starwood Lodging and ITT Corporation ("ITT") have
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for Starwood Lodging to
acquire ITT. The ITT acquisition is subject to approval of the shareholders of
the Trust, the stockholders of the Corporation and the stockholders of ITT and
certain other conditions. Certain information with respect to the ITT
acquisition is set forth in the accompanying Joint Current Report on Form 8-K of
Starwood Lodging.
Shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation are NOT being
asked to vote on the ITT acquisition at the Annual Meetings. It is currently
anticipated that special meetings of the shareholders of the Trust and the
stockholders of the Corporation will be held in January of 1998 to approve the
ITT acquisition. Consummation of the Westin acquisition is NOT contingent on, or
subject to the consummation of, the ITT acquisition.
It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual
Meetings. Whether or not you plan to attend, please take a moment to sign, date
and promptly mail your proxy in the enclosed prepaid envelope. This will not
limit your right to vote in person should you wish to attend the Annual
Meetings.
If you have any questions or need assistance in voting your shares, please
call our proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., toll free at (800) 628-8509.
On behalf of your Board of Trustees and your Board of Directors, thank you
for your continued support and interest in Starwood Lodging.
Sincerely,
/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT
Barry S. Sternlicht
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Trust and Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the
Corporation
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[STARWOOD TRUST LOGO]
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NOTICE OF 1997 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To the Shareholders of Starwood Lodging Trust:
Notice is hereby given that the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
Starwood Lodging Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the "Trust"),
will be held at The Westin Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River Road, Rosemont,
Illinois, on December 12, 1997 at 10:00 a.m., local time, for the following
purposes:
1. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the acquisition by
the Trust, Starwood Lodging Corporation (the "Corporation") and certain of
their affiliates of Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ("Westin
Worldwide") and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") attached as Exhibit A to the
accompanying Joint Proxy Statement, pursuant to which proposal, among other
things, (i) Westin Worldwide will be merged with and into the Trust, (ii)
the Trust will be authorized to issue (upon the exchange or conversion of
preferred shares to be issued by the Trust and limited partnership
interests to be issued by SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Transaction Agreement) shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ("Trust
Shares") representing, in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis (after
giving effect to such issuances), approximately 16.6% of the issued and
outstanding Trust Shares on November 3, 1997 and (iii) the Pairing
Agreement between the Trust and the Corporation will be amended to permit
the issuance of the preferred shares of the Trust pursuant to the
Transaction Agreement.
2. To consider and vote upon a proposed amendment to the Declaration
of Trust of the Trust to change the name of the Trust to "Starwood Hotels &
Resorts Trust" and to increase the number of authorized shares of
beneficial interest of the Trust.
3. To elect three Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
4. To consider and vote upon the approval of the amendment and
restatement of the 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
Only holders of record of Trust Shares at the close of business on November
3, 1997 are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the 1997 Annual
Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, SHAREHOLDERS WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG THE CORPORATION, THE
TRUST, CHESS ACQUISITION CORP. AND ITT CORPORATION. CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
OF WESTIN WORLDWIDE INTO THE TRUST AND THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY
THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT ARE NOT CONTINGENT ON, OR SUBJECT TO, THE CLOSING OF
THE ITT MERGER.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON.
HOWEVER, WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND, YOU ARE URGED TO READ THE
ACCOMPANYING JOINT PROXY STATEMENT AND THEN COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED
PROXY CARD AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE. IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING, AND YOUR PROMPTNESS
WILL ASSIST US IN AVOIDING ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION COSTS. IF YOU RECEIVE MORE
THAN ONE PROXY CARD BECAUSE YOU OWN SHARES REGISTERED IN DIFFERENT NAMES OR AT
DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, EACH CARD SHOULD BE SIGNED AND RETURNED.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
[Sherwin L. Samuels Signature]
Sherwin L. Samuels
Secretary
November 12, 1997
Phoenix, Arizona
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[STARWOOD CORP. LOGO]
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NOTICE OF 1997 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To the Stockholders of Starwood Lodging Corporation:
Notice is hereby given that the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Starwood Lodging Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), will
be held at The Westin Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois,
on December 12, 1997 at 10:30 a.m., local time, for the following purposes:
1. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the acquisition by
the Corporation, Starwood Lodging Trust (the "Trust") and certain of their
affiliates of Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ("Westin Worldwide")
and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (the
"Transaction Agreement") attached as Exhibit A to the accompanying Joint
Proxy Statement, pursuant to which proposal, among other things, (i) the
Corporation will be authorized to issue (upon the exchange or conversion of
preferred shares to be issued by the Trust and limited partnership
interests to be issued by SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Transaction Agreement) shares of common stock of the Corporation
("Corporation Shares") representing, in the aggregate on a fully diluted
basis (after giving effect to such issuances), approximately 16.6% of the
issued and outstanding Corporation Shares on November 3, 1997 and (ii) the
Pairing Agreement between the Trust and the Corporation will be amended to
permit the issuance of the preferred shares of the Trust pursuant to the
Transaction Agreement.
2. To consider and vote upon a proposed amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation to change the name of the Corporation to
"Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc." and to increase the number of
authorized shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
3. To elect two directors to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
4. To consider and vote upon the approval of the amendment and
restatement of the 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
Only holders of record of Corporation Shares at the close of business on
November 3, 1997 are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the 1997
Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, STOCKHOLDERS WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG THE CORPORATION, THE
TRUST, CHESS ACQUISITION CORP. AND ITT CORPORATION. CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
OF WESTIN WORLDWIDE INTO THE TRUST AND THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY
THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT ARE NOT CONTINGENT ON, OR SUBJECT TO, THE CLOSING OF
THE ITT MERGER.
STOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON.
HOWEVER, WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND, YOU ARE URGED TO READ THE
ACCOMPANYING JOINT PROXY STATEMENT AND THEN COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED
PROXY CARD AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE. IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING, AND YOUR PROMPTNESS
WILL ASSIST US IN AVOIDING ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION COSTS. IF YOU RECEIVE MORE
THAN ONE PROXY CARD BECAUSE YOU OWN SHARES REGISTERED IN DIFFERENT NAMES OR AT
DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, EACH CARD SHOULD BE SIGNED AND RETURNED.
By Order of the Board of Directors
[Nir E. Margalit signature]
Nir E. Margalit
Secretary
November 12, 1997
Phoenix, Arizona
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
2231 E. CAMELBACK ROAD
SUITE 410
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016
(602) 852-3900
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
2231 E. CAMELBACK ROAD
SUITE 400
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016
(602) 852-3900
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JOINT PROXY STATEMENT
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ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 12, 1997
This Joint Proxy Statement is being furnished to shareholders of Starwood
Lodging Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the "Trust"), and
stockholders of Starwood Lodging Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the
"Corporation" and, together with the Trust, "Starwood Lodging"), in connection
with the solicitation of proxies by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board of
Trustees") and the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Board of Directors"
and, together with the Board of Trustees, the "Boards") for use at the Trust's
1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and at any and all adjournments or
postponements thereof (the "Trust Meeting") and the Corporation's 1997 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof
(the "Corporation Meeting" and, together with the Trust Meeting, the "Annual
Meetings"), respectively, to be held on December 12, 1997, at the times and
place and for the purposes specified in the accompanying Notices.
The shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share, of the Trust
("Trust Shares") and the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Corporation ("Corporation Shares") are "paired" pursuant to a Pairing
Agreement between the Trust and the Corporation (the "Pairing Agreement") and
may be held and transferred only in combined units consisting of one Trust Share
and one Corporation Share (a "Paired Share").
At the Annual Meetings, shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the
Corporation will each be voting on, among other things, a proposal to approve
the acquisition by the Trust, the Corporation and certain of their affiliates of
Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ("Westin Worldwide") and certain of its
affiliates pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (the "Transaction Agreement")
attached as Exhibit A to this Joint Proxy Statement. Pursuant to the Acquisition
Proposal, among other things, (i) Westin Worldwide will be merged with and into
the Trust, (ii) the Trust will be authorized to issue (upon the exchange or
conversion of preferred shares to be issued by the Trust and limited partnership
interests to be issued by SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Transaction Agreement) Trust Shares representing, in the aggregate on a fully
diluted basis (after giving effect to such issuances), approximately 16.6% of
the issued and outstanding Trust Shares on November 3, 1997, (iii) the
Corporation will be authorized to issue (upon the exchange or conversion of such
preferred shares and limited partnership interests) Corporation Shares
representing, in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis (after giving effect to
such issuances), approximately 16.6% of the issued and outstanding Corporation
Shares on November 3, 1997 and (iv) the Pairing Agreement will be amended to
permit the issuance of the preferred shares of the Trust pursuant to the
Transaction Agreement.
This Joint Proxy Statement and the related form of proxy are first being
mailed to shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation on or
about November 12, 1997.
THE DATE OF THIS JOINT PROXY STATEMENT IS NOVEMBER 12, 1997.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Summary..................................................... 4
Recent Developments......................................... 13
Introduction and Voting Rights.............................. 14
The Acquisition Proposal.................................... 17
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences..................... 67
Certain Information Concerning Westin....................... 80
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition
of Westin................................................. 104
Amendments to Declaration of Trust of the Trust and Articles
of Incorporation of the Corporation....................... 109
Election of Trustees of the Trust........................... 113
Election of Directors of the Corporation.................... 117
Amendment and Restatement of the Long-Term Incentive
Plans..................................................... 121
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management................................................ 127
Executive Compensation...................................... 130
Option/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year....................... 133
Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises in 1996 and December 31,
1996 Option Values........................................ 135
Report on Executive Compensation............................ 138
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation............................................. 140
Shareholder Return Performance.............................. 141
Price Ranges of Paired Shares; Distributions................ 142
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.............. 143
Shareholder Proposals for Next Annual Meetings.............. 144
Independent Public Accountants.............................. 145
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference............. 145
Index to Financial Statements............................... F-1
Exhibits:
Exhibit A -- The Transaction Agreement
Exhibit B -- Opinion of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Exhibit C -- Starwood Lodging Trust 1995 Long-Term
Incentive Plan
Exhibit D -- Starwood Lodging Corporation 1995 Long-Term
Incentive Plan
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This Joint Proxy Statement contains statements which constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements appear in a number of places in
this Proxy Statement, including, without limitation, under "Summary," "The
Transaction," "Certain Information Concerning Westin" and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition of
Westin." Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the
intent, belief or current expectations with respect to the matters discussed in
this Proxy Statement. Shareholders are cautioned that any such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various
uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, completion of
the transactions described herein and future acquisitions, the availability of
capital for acquisitions and for renovations, the ability to maintain existing
management, franchise or representation agreements and to obtain new agreements
on current terms, competition within the lodging industry, the cyclicality of
the real estate business and the hotel business, real estate and economic
conditions, the continuing ability of the Trust to qualify as a REIT and other
risks described in this Joint Proxy Statement and in the annual, quarterly and
current reports of Starwood Lodging incorporated by reference herein.
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SUMMARY
Certain significant matters discussed or incorporated by reference in this
Joint Proxy Statement are summarized below. This summary is not intended to be
complete and is qualified in all respects by reference to the more detailed
information appearing or incorporated by reference in this Joint Proxy
Statement, including the Exhibits hereto. Shareholders of the Trust and
stockholders of the Corporation are urged to review carefully the entire Joint
Proxy Statement, including the Exhibits hereto.
ANNUAL MEETINGS
DATE, TIME AND PLACE The Trust Meeting and the Corporation Meeting
are to be held on December 12, 1997 at 10:00,
a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (local time), respectively,
at The Westin Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River
Road, Rosemont, Illinois.
PURPOSES OF THE ANNUAL
MEETINGS The purposes of the Annual Meetings are to
consider and vote upon:
1. A proposal (the "Acquisition Proposal") to
approve the acquisition by the Trust, the
Corporation and certain of their affiliates
of Westin Worldwide and certain of its
affiliates pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement attached as Exhibit A to this
Joint Proxy Statement. Pursuant to the
Acquisition Proposal, among other things,
(i) Westin Worldwide will be merged with and
into the Trust (the "Merger"), (ii) the
Trust will be authorized to issue (upon the
exchange or conversion of preferred shares
to be issued by the Trust and limited
partnership interests to be issued by SLT
Realty Limited Partnership (the "Realty
Partnership") and SLC Operating Limited
Partnership (the "Operating Partnership")
upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of the Transaction Agreement) Trust Shares
representing, in the aggregate on a fully
diluted basis (after giving effect to such
issuances), approximately 16.6% of the
issued and outstanding Trust Shares on
November 3, 1997, (iii) the Corporation will
be authorized to issue (upon the exchange or
conversion of such preferred shares and
limited partnership interests) Corporation
Shares representing, in the aggregate on a
fully diluted basis (after giving effect to
such issuances), approximately 16.6% of the
issued and outstanding Corporation Shares on
November 3, 1997 and (iv) the Pairing
Agreement will be amended to permit the
issuance of the preferred shares issued by
the Trust pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement.
2. A proposed amendment (the "Trust Amendment")
of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust to
change the name of the Trust to "Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Trust" and to increase the
number of authorized shares of beneficial
interest of the Trust and a proposed
amendment (the "Corporation Amendment") to
the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation to change the name of the
Corporation to "Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc." and to increase the number
of authorized shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.
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3. The election of three Trustees to the Board
of Trustees of the Trust and two directors
to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
4. A proposed amendment and restatement (the
"Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement") of
the 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan of the
Trust and a proposed amendment and
restatement (the "Corporation LTIP Amendment
and Restatement") of the 1995 Long-Term
Incentive Plan of the Corporation.
5. Such other business as may properly come
before the Annual Meetings.
RECORD DATE Only holders of record of Trust Shares at the
close of business on November 3, 1997 are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Trust
Meeting and only holders of record of
Corporation Shares at the close of business on
November 3, 1997 are entitled to notice of and
to vote at the Corporation Meeting.
THE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL
WESTIN As of November 1, 1997, Westin owns, manages,
franchises or represents 108 first class hotel
and resort properties worldwide. Westin's
primary business strategy is to provide, for
its own hotels and to the other owners of
Westin's hotel and resort properties, focused,
responsive, high quality marketing,
reservations, management and, as appropriate,
franchise services that are designed to
increase the operating revenues and
profitability of the properties and to increase
hotel and resort customer satisfaction.
Westin was rated the highest among 11 U.S.
upscale hotel chains in the 1997 Frequent Flier
Magazine/JD Power and Associates Domestic Hotel
Guest Satisfaction Study, which surveyed over
6,000 business travelers in 1996 as to certain
aspects of a guest's stay.
Of the 108 Westin properties worldwide, 56 are
owned or managed, 36 are franchised and 16 are
represented. Of the owned or managed hotels,
Westin is the 100% owner of, or has a
controlling or significant interest in, 11
properties (six of which are fee simple real
property ownership, two of which are the
ownership of the hotel subject to a ground
lease and three of which are leaseholds) and is
a minority owner of five properties. In
addition, Westin owns and operates the
unbranded Cherry Creek Inn in Denver, Colorado,
and owns a 25% interest in an office building
in Seattle, Washington, which serves as the
corporate headquarters of Westin.
Westin Hotel Company, originally founded as
Western Hotels in 1930, became Western
International Hotels in 1963 and adopted the
Westin name and logo in the late 1970's. It
grew from its initial 17 hotels located in the
Pacific Northwest to 82 properties when it was
acquired by its current ownership in May 1995,
and has since grown to its current 108 first
class hotel and resort properties throughout
the world through a combination of its own
hotel development efforts and working with
other hotel owners to enable Westin to serve as
manager, franchisor or representative. Today,
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Westin's hotel and resort properties are
located throughout the United States and in
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, England,
France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore,
Switzerland and Thailand.
Westin's principal executive offices are
located at 2001 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,
Washington 98121, and its telephone number is
(206) 443-5000.
THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT On September 8, 1997, the Transaction Agreement
was entered into among the Trust, the Realty
Partnership, the Corporation and the Operating
Partnership (the Trust, the Realty Partnership,
the Corporation and the Operating Partnership
are collectively referred to as the "Starwood
Companies"), WHWE L.L.C. ("WHWE"), Woodstar
Investor Partnership ("Woodstar"), Nomura Asset
Capital Corporation ("Nomura"), Juergen Bartels
("Bartels" and, together with WHWE, Woodstar
and Nomura, the "Members"), Westin Worldwide,
W&S Lauderdale Corp. ("Lauderdale"), W&S
Seattle Corp. ("Seattle"), Westin St. John
Hotel Company, Inc. ("St. John"), W&S Denver
Corp. ("Denver"), W&S Atlanta Corp. ("Atlanta"
and, together with Westin Worldwide,
Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John and Denver,
"Westin") and W&S Hotel L.L.C. (the "LLC" and,
together with Westin, the "Westin Companies").
The Transaction Agreement provides that Westin
Worldwide will be merged into the Trust. In
connection with the Merger, all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of
Westin Worldwide (other than dissenting shares
and shares held by Westin and its subsidiaries
or shares held by the Starwood Companies and
their subsidiaries) will be converted into an
aggregate of 6,285,783 Class A Exchangeable
Preferred Shares, par value $.01 per share (the
"Class A EPS"), of the Trust and 5,294,783
Class B Exchangeable Preferred Shares,
liquidation value $38.50 per share (the "Class
B EPS" and, together with the Class A EPS, the
"Exchangeable Preferred Shares"), of the Trust
and cash in the amount of $177.9 million. The
Transaction Agreement provides for an
adjustment to the cash consideration paid in
connection with the Merger under certain
circumstances, including adjustments based on
the aggregate indebtedness and working capital
of Westin on the closing date and the capital
expenditures made by Westin between the date
the Transaction Agreement was signed and the
closing date. Subject to certain limitations,
the Transaction Agreement also permits Westin
Worldwide to make a cash dividend to its
stockholders in 1997, which dividend Westin
Worldwide had determined that it expected to
make prior to the execution of the Transaction
Agreement and irrespective of the closing under
the Transaction Agreement.
The Transaction Agreement also contemplates
that the stockholders of Lauderdale, Seattle
and Denver will contribute all the outstanding
shares of such companies to the Realty
Partnership and the Realty Partnership will
issue to such stockholders an aggregate of
597,844 units of the Realty Partnership. In
addition, in
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connection with the foregoing share
contributions, the Realty Partnership will
assume, repay or refinance the indebtedness of
Lauderdale, Seattle and Denver and assume up to
$147.2 million of indebtedness expected to be
incurred by the Members prior to such
contributions. The Transaction Agreement also
permits Lauderdale and Seattle to make cash
dividends in an aggregate amount up to $6.0
million to their stockholders in 1997, which
dividends Lauderdale and Seattle had determined
that they expected to make prior to the
execution of the Transaction Agreement and
irrespective of the closing under the
Transaction Agreement. The Transaction
Agreement also permits Denver to make a cash
dividend to its stockholders in 1997 in an
amount equal to Denver's earnings and profits
for 1997, which dividend Denver had determined
that it expected to make prior to the execution
of the Transaction Agreement and irrespective
of the closing under the Transaction Agreement.
In the event that Denver makes any such cash
dividend, the cash portion of the consideration
to be paid in connection with the Merger will
be decreased by an amount equal to the amount
of such dividend.
The Transaction Agreement also contemplates
that the stockholders of Atlanta and St. John
will contribute all the outstanding shares of
such companies to the Operating Partnership and
the Operating Partnership will issue to such
stockholders an aggregate of 393,156 units of
the Operating Partnership. In addition, in
connection with the foregoing share
contributions, the Operating Partnership will
assume, repay or refinance the indebtedness of
Atlanta and St. John and assume up to $6.0
million of indebtedness expected to be incurred
by the Members prior to such contributions. The
Transaction Agreement also contemplates that
prior to the closing date, the Realty
Partnership will lend Atlanta approximately
$34.2 million and permits Atlanta to pay a
dividend of such amount to its stockholders,
which dividend Atlanta had determined that it
expected to make prior to the execution of the
Transaction Agreement and irrespective of the
closing under the Transaction Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS;
REASONS FOR THE TRANSACTION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST AND THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION HAVE
APPROVED THE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL AND RECOMMEND
THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE TRUST AND STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE CORPORATION VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE
ACQUISITION PROPOSAL. Such recommendation is
based on a number of factors described herein.
See "The Acquisition Proposal -- Recommendation
of the Board of Trustees and the Board of
Directors; Reasons for the Transaction."
OPINION OF FINANCIAL ADVISOR Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan
Stanley") has delivered its written opinion, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B,
that, based on and subject to certain matters
stated therein, the aggregate consideration to
be paid by the Starwood Companies to acquire
Westin pursuant to the Transaction Agreement is
fair from a financial point of view to the
Starwood Companies. See "The
Acquisition -- Opinion of Financial Advisor."
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INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS
IN THE
TRANSACTION Barry S. Sternlicht, the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Trust and Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
controls and has been the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group,
L.L.C. ("Starwood Capital") since its
formation. Starwood Capital and its affiliates
and Mr. Sternlicht beneficially owned as of
November 3, 1997 8.0% of the Paired Shares on a
fully diluted basis and an affiliate of
Starwood Capital holds an approximate 50%
voting (an approximate 35.16% interest in
profits) Class A membership interest in the
LLC. Other Trustees of the Trust and a Director
of the Corporation are also officers of and/or
have ownership interests in Starwood Capital or
its affiliates. In addition, Starwood Capital
and its affiliates hold interests in entities
that have entered into strategic relationships
with Westin. See "The Acquisition
Proposal -- Interests of Certain Persons in the
Transaction."
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK The Class A EPS, Class B EPS and partnership
units to be issued in connection with the
Merger and the contribution of Seattle,
Lauderdale, Denver, St. John and Atlanta to the
Realty Partnership and the Operating
Partnership will be directly or indirectly
exchangeable on a one-for-one basis (subject to
certain adjustments) for Paired Shares. The
partnership units will also be exchangeable for
shares of Class B EPS on a one-for-one basis.
In addition, shares of Class B EPS will have a
liquidation preference of $38.50 and provide
the holders with certain rights to require the
Trust to redeem such shares at a price of
$38.50 after the fifth anniversary of the date
of issuance. See "The Acquisition
Proposal -- Description of Preferred Shares and
Units."
CONDITIONS The closing is subject to numerous conditions,
including, among other things, that the
Transaction Agreement shall have been duly
approved by the shareholders of the Trust and
the stockholders of the Corporation, any
waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the "HSR Act"), shall have expired or been
terminated, an opinion shall have been
delivered by counsel to the Starwood Companies
with respect to certain tax matters, there
shall have been no change in the general
economic, financial or market conditions in the
United States that materially and adversely
affects the ability of the Starwood Companies
to obtain the financing necessary to consummate
the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement and the owners of hotels
party to management, franchise or similar
agreements with the Westin Companies from whom
consents, approvals or authorizations are
required to be obtained in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Agreement shall not have
delivered written notices of their intention to
terminate agreements that would account for a
threshold level of the projected revenues for
1998. See "The Acquisition
Proposal -- Conditions."
TERMINATION The Transaction Agreement provides that it may
be terminated and the Merger abandoned in
certain events. If the Transaction Agreement is
terminated under certain circumstances, the
Starwood Companies will be required to pay the
Westin Companies
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a termination fee of $5 million and all costs
and expenses incurred by the Westin Companies
and the Members in connection with the
Transaction Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby in an amount not to exceed
$5 million. See "The Acquisition
Proposal -- Termination."
VOTES REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL Approval of the Acquisition Proposal requires
the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding Trust Shares
entitled to vote at the Trust Meeting and the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of the outstanding Corporation Shares entitled
to vote at the Corporation Meeting. See "The
Acquisition Proposal -- Votes Required for
Approval."
QUESTIONS OR ASSISTANCE Shareholders and stockholders of Starwood
Lodging who have questions or need assistance
in voting their shares should call Starwood
Lodging's proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co.,
Inc., toll free at (800) 628-8509.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On October 20, 1997, Starwood Lodging and ITT Corporation ("ITT") announced
the signing of a definitive merger agreement providing for Starwood Lodging to
acquire ITT. Pursuant to the merger agreement, each share of common stock of ITT
will be converted into $15 in cash and $67 of newly issued Paired Shares,
subject to certain collar provisions. The ITT transaction is subject to the
approval of the shareholders of the Trust, the stockholders of the Corporation
and the shareholders of ITT and other conditions. The transaction is expected to
close in January 1998. See "Recent Developments" and Starwood Lodging's Joint
Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 12, 1997, which accompanies this Joint
Proxy Statement.
At the time the merger agreement was signed, Hilton Hotels Corporation
("Hilton") had outstanding a hostile tender offer to acquire ITT. On November 3,
1997, Hilton amended its hostile tender offer to (i) change the per share
consideration payable in the tender offer to $80 in cash for 55% of the
outstanding common stock of ITT and (ii) change the per share consideration
payable in its second step squeeze out merger to two shares of Hilton common
stock and two shares of contingent value preferred stock of Hilton.
On November 7, 1997, Starwood Lodging announced that it had proposed to
amend the merger agreement. If accepted by ITT, the amendment would increase the
consideration to be paid in the merger to $85 per share of common stock of ITT,
with ITT shareholders able to elect to receive up to 30% (but not less than 18%)
of the aggregate consideration (calculated at $85 per share) in cash, with the
remainder to be paid in Paired Shares (subject to the collar provisions
described herein). In addition, such consideration would be increased (in cash)
by 7% per annum to the extent the merger occurs after February 1, 1998.
Shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation are NOT
considering or voting on the ITT transaction at the Annual Meetings. It is
currently anticipated that special meetings of the shareholders of the Trust and
the stockholders of the Corporation will be held in January 1998 to consider the
ITT transaction.
Consummation of the Merger of Westin Worldwide into the Trust and the other
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement are NOT contingent on, or
subject to, the closing of the ITT transaction.
On October 14, 1997, Westin entered into an agreement to settle its
existing litigation with Radisson Hotels International, Inc. and is pursuing
insurance recoveries related thereto. See "The Acquisition Proposal -- The
Transaction Agreement -- Indemnity Agreement" and "Certain Information
Concerning Westin -- Legal Proceedings."
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WESTIN SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected historical financial information
for the LLC for the period from May 12, 1995 through December 31, 1995, for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1997
and 1996, and for the predecessor business to Westin for each of the years ended
December 31, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and for the period from January 1, 1995 through
May 12, 1995. The following information should be read in conjunction with (i)
the historical financial statements and the notes thereto for the LLC and its
subsidiaries and the Predecessor Business and (ii) Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition of Westin, which are
included elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement. In the opinion of Westin's
management financial data as of September 30, 1997 and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996 include all adjustments necessary to present fairly
the information set forth therein. All amounts are in thousands.
<TABLE>
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PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
------------------------------------------------
NINE MONTHS MAY 12 JANUARY 1
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, YEAR ENDED THROUGH THROUGH YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------- DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, MAY 12, ------------------------------------
1997 1996 1996 1995 1995 1994 1993 1992
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------ --------- -------- ----------- -----------
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue.............. $235,513 $175,417 $238,065 $138,802 $74,150 $198,266 $193,551 $192,981
Net income (loss).... $ 23,609(1) $ 160 $ (672) $ (9,554) $ 2,144 $ 5,551(1) $ 763 $ 385
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total assets................ $1,081,734 $774,037 $773,220 $705,001 $724,260 $724,405
Total long-term debt,
including capital
leases.................... $ 647,924 $432,132 $440,299 $155,378 $122,076 $136,519
Equity...................... $ 148,334 $ 82,454 $ 81,179
Net assets.................. $243,255 $290,953 $323,775
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(1) Includes pre-tax nonrecurring other income, net, of $13,423 for the nine
months ended September 30, 1997 and $17,023 for the year ended December 31,
1994.
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STARWOOD LODGING SUMMARY SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected combined consolidated and separate
consolidated historical and pro forma financial information for Starwood
Lodging. The following information should be read in conjunction with (i) the
historical financial statements and notes thereto for Starwood Lodging, (ii)
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Combined Financial Condition and Results
of Operations, which are included in Starwood Lodging's Joint Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 and Starwood Lodging's Joint
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 1997, June 30,
1997 and September 30, 1997, and (iii) Starwood Lodging's Reports on Form 8-K
dated February 10, 1997, February 14, 1997, March 20, 1997, March 21, 1997,
September 9, 1997, September 10, 1997, October 21, 1997 and November 12, 1997.
The historical operating information of Starwood Lodging as of December 31,
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992 and for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995,
1994, 1993 and 1992 have been derived from financial statements that are not
required to be included in this Joint Proxy Statement. In the opinion of
management, the financial data as of September 30, 1997 and for the three months
ended March 31, 1997 and 1996, the six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 and
the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 include all adjustments
necessary to present fairly the information set forth therein.
The pro forma operations and other data for the nine months ended September
30, 1997 and for the year ended December 31, 1996 have been prepared as if the
acquisition of Westin had been consummated on January 1, 1996. The pro forma
financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial
position and results of operations of Starwood Lodging would have been as of and
for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to represent Starwood Lodging's
future financial position and results of operations.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE NINE MONTHS
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
PRO FORMA PRO FORMA
1997 1997 1996(5) 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
--------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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OPERATING DATA
Revenue:
Trust.................. $245,166 $180,760 $ 62,798 $185,089 $115,059 $ 44,023 $ 21,671 $ 20,342 $ 26,784
Corporation............ 892,938 619,375 224,922 754,321 410,156 149,184 110,962 114,828 116,172
Combined(1)............ $910,675 $632,788 $234,741 $776,045 $428,538 $161,716 $113,997 $117,155 $117,656
Net income (Loss):
Trust(2)............... $ 11,771 $ 31,104 $ 20,350 $ (9,990) $ 33,589 $ 10,709 $ (3,465) $ (3,889) $ (9,818)
Corporation(2)......... 13,783 (6,279) (563) 11,746 (6,638) (1,739) (1,198) (3,143) (9,925)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Combined............... $ 25,554 $ 24,825 $ 19,787 $ 1,756 $ 26,951 $ 8,970 $ (4,663) $ (7,032) $(19,743)
Net Income (Loss) Per
Share/Paired Share(3):
Trust.................. $ 0.17 $ .66 $ .78 $ (0.19) $ 1.12 $ 0.92 $ (1.14) $ (1.28) $ (3.24)
Corporation............ 0.20 (0.13) (0.02) 0.22 (0.22) (0.15) (0.39) (1.04) (3.27)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Combined............... $ 0.37 $ .53 $ .76 $ 0.03 $ 0.90 $ 0.77 $ (1.53) $ (2.32) $ (6.51)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------ AS OF DECEMBER 31,
PRO FORMA ------------------------------------------------------
1997 1997 1996(5) 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA
Total Assets:
Trust......................... $4,264,729 $2,491,206 $1,139,854 $1,233,366 $425,737 $162,245 $232,845 $245,540
Corporation................... 877,007 371,746 173,504 185,192 120,721 48,626 49,993 53,611
Combined(1)................... $4,605,198 $2,595,598 $1,214,312 $1,312,740 $459,994 $183,955 $195,352 $210,945
Total Debt:
Trust......................... $2,143,560 $1,435,467 $ 423,709 $ 477,603 $119,200 $146,734 $156,526 $157,541
Corporation................... 537,490 268,306 100,628 107,781 90,749 40,664 101,846 100,246
Combined(1)................... $2,144,512 $1,436,419 $ 425,291 $ 479,566 $123,485 $160,482 $170,886 $170,297
Shareholder's Equity (Deficit):
Trust......................... $1,553,763 $ 760,354 $ 565,762 $ 569,300 $204,728 $ 10,450 $ 72,205 $ 76,371
Corporation................... 82,172 31,684 30,024 23,361 10,740 (1,742) (58,879) (55,752)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Combined...................... $1,635,935 $ 792,038 $ 595,786 $ 592,661 $215,468 $ 8,708 $ 13,326 $ 20,351
Paired Shares outstanding at end
of period(3).................. 56,426 45,726 39,954 40,078 20,697 3,033 3,033 3,033
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
--------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
1997 1996(5) 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
--------- --------- --------- --------- -------- ------- -------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOW AND DIVIDEND DATA
Net cash provided by operating activities:
Trust....................................... $ 111,497 $ 40,556 $ 61,589 $ 11,267 $ 4,455 $ 3,136 $ 2,773
Corporation................................. (12,836) 7,753 12,578 5,144 4,438 2,396 1,917
Combined.................................... $ 98,661 $ 48,309 $ 74,167 $ 16,411 $ 8,893 $ 5,532 $ 4,690
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities:
Trust....................................... $(932,387) $(714,854) $(726,427) $(175,506) $ 8,239 $ 2,474 $ (161)
Corporation................................. (11,932) (32,818) (33,774) (44,003) 215 (4,426) (942)
Combined(1)................................. $(918,709) $(731,641) $(746,800) $(181,995) $ 4,489 $(3,645) $(1,514)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities:
Trust....................................... $ 820,249 $ 686,440 $ 667,938 $ 164,694 $(13,357) $(7,307) $ (850)
Corporation................................. 28,510 34,889 34,190 42,671 (4,577) (1,138) (816)
Combined(1)................................. $ 823,149 $ 705,298 $ 688,727 $ 169,851 $(13,969) $(6,752) $(1,255)
Cash distributions to
shareholders -- Trust(4).................... $ 65,767 $ 30,206 $ 46,218 $ 9,265 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
Cash distributions per share -- Trust(3)(4)... $ 1.26 $ 0.95 $ 1.36 $ 0.62 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
</TABLE>
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(1) The individual amounts with respect to the Trust and Corporation do not add
to Combined amounts due to accounting elimination entries.
(2) For the Trust, includes gains (losses) on sales in the amount of $4,290,000,
($125,000), $432,000, ($53,000) and ($791,000) for the years ended December
31, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively, and 283,000 and
($1,384,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, and provisions for investment losses of $759,000, $2,369,000
and $3,419,000 in the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992,
respectively. For the Corporation, includes gains (losses) on sales of
$24,000, $74,000 and $4,000 for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and
1992, respectively, and ($504,000) for the nine months ended September 30,
1997.
(3) As adjusted for a one-for-six reverse stock split in June 1995 and a
three-for-two stock split in January 1997.
(4) Presented only for the Trust, as the Corporation did not pay cash dividends
for the periods presented.
(5) Reflects the Company's interest in the Boston Park Plaza on an equity basis.
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On October 20, 1997, Starwood Lodging and ITT announced the signing of a
definitive agreement providing for ITT to merge (the "ITT Merger") with a
subsidiary of the Corporation. The terms of the ITT Merger are set forth in the
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "ITT Merger Agreement") dated as of October
19, 1997, among the Corporation, the Trust, Chess Acquisition Corp. and ITT. In
the ITT Merger, each share of ITT's common stock, no par value ("ITT Common
Stock"), together with each associated preferred stock purchase right, will be
converted into the right to receive the Exchange Ratio (as defined below) of
Paired Shares and $15.00 cash. The Exchange Ratio will be a number equal to the
quotient of (x) $67.00 divided by (y) the Market Price (as defined below) of
Paired Shares on the fifth New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE") trading day
prior to the date of the meeting of ITT stockholders held to vote on the ITT
Merger Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall the Exchange Ratio
be (A) greater than an amount equal to $67.00 divided by $53.263 or (B) less
than an amount equal to $67.00 divided by $61.263. For purposes of the ITT
Merger Agreement, the "Market Price" of a Paired Share on any date means the
average of the daily closing prices per Paired Share as reported on the NYSE
Composite Transactions reporting system for the 20 consecutive NYSE trading days
immediately preceding such date.
At the time the ITT Merger Agreement was signed, Hilton had outstanding a
hostile tender offer to purchase ITT Common Stock. On November 3, 1997, Hilton
amended its hostile tender offer to (i) change the per share consideration
payable in the tender offer to $80 in cash for 55% of the outstanding ITT Common
Stock and (ii) change the per share consideration payable in its second step
squeeze out merger to two shares of Hilton common stock and two shares of
contingent value preferred stock of Hilton.
On November 7, 1997, Starwood Lodging announced that it had proposed to
amend the ITT Merger Agreement. If accepted by ITT, the amendment would increase
the consideration to be paid in the ITT Merger to $85 per share of ITT Common
Stock, with ITT shareholders able to elect to receive up to 30% (but not less
than 18%) of the aggregate consideration (calculated at $85 per share) in cash,
with the remainder to be paid in Paired Shares (subject to the collar provisions
described above). In addition, such consideration would be increased (in cash)
by 7% per annum to the extent the ITT Merger occurs after February 1, 1998.
Shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation are NOT
considering or voting on the ITT Merger or the transactions contemplated by the
ITT Merger Agreement at the Annual Meetings. It is currently anticipated that
special meetings of the shareholders of the Trust and the stockholders of the
Corporation will be held in January 1998 to consider the ITT Merger and related
transactions.
The ITT Merger is subject to the approval of the shareholders of the
Corporation, the Trust and ITT and other conditions. Consummation of the Merger
of Westin Worldwide into the Trust and the other transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreement are NOT contingent on, or subject to, the closing of
the ITT Merger.
ITT consists of Sheraton, a premier hotel company which owns, manages or
franchises 424 hotels in 62 countries; Caesars, a leading brand name in the
gaming industry; and ITT World Directories. ITT also has ownership positions in
ITT Educational Services (83.3%) and Madison Square Garden (10.2%). The
combination of Starwood Lodging, Westin and ITT would create a global hotel
company, with approximately 650 hotels in approximately 70 countries, with
combined revenues of over $10 billion. If the Westin and ITT acquisitions are
both completed, Starwood Lodging would own six international hospitality brands:
Westin, Sheraton, CIGA, Four Points, the Luxury Collection and Caesars.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text
of the ITT Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to
Starwood Lodging's Joint Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 21, 1997.
Certain other information with respect to the ITT transaction, including the
"Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements," are set forth in Starwood
Lodging's Joint Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 12, 1997, which
accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement.
On October 14, 1997, Westin entered into an agreement to settle its
existing litigation with Radisson Hotels International, Inc. and is pursuing
insurance recoveries related thereto. See "The Acquisition Proposal -- The
Transaction Agreement -- Indemnity Agreement" and "Certain Information
Concerning Westin -- Legal Proceedings."
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INTRODUCTION AND VOTING RIGHTS
DATE, PLACE AND TIME
The Trust Meeting and the Corporation Meeting are to be held on December
12, 1997 at 10:00 a.m., and 10:30 a.m. (local time), respectively, at The Westin
Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
The Trust Meeting. At the Trust Meeting, the shareholders of the Trust will
consider and vote upon (i) the Acquisition Proposal, (ii) the Trust Amendment,
(iii) the election of three Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Trust, (iv)
the Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement and (v) such other business as may
properly come before the Trust Meeting.
The Board of Trustees is not aware of any matter that will be presented at
the Trust Meeting other than as described above. If any other matter is
presented at the Trust Meeting, the persons named as proxies on the enclosed
proxy card will, in the absence of shareholder instructions to the contrary,
vote the Trust Shares for which such persons have voting authority in accordance
with their best judgment on such matter.
The Corporation Meeting. At the Corporation Meeting, the stockholders of
the Corporation will consider and vote upon (i) the Acquisition Proposal, (ii)
the Corporation Amendment, (iii) the election of two directors to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, (iv) the Corporation LTIP Amendment and
Restatement and (v) such other business as may properly come before the
Corporation Meeting.
The Board of Directors is not aware of any matter that will be presented at
the Corporation Meeting other than as described above. If any other matter is
presented at the Corporation Meeting, the persons named as proxies on the
enclosed proxy card will, in the absence of stockholder instructions to the
contrary, vote the Corporation Shares for which such persons have voting
authority in accordance with their best judgment on such matter.
VOTING RIGHTS
The Trust. The Board of Trustees has fixed the close of business on
November 3, 1997 as the record date (the "Trust Record Date") for determining
the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Trust Meeting. On
the Trust Record Date there were outstanding and entitled to vote 51,324,540
Trust Shares held of record by approximately 1,800 persons. The Trust Shares are
the only outstanding class of voting securities of the Trust and each
shareholder of the Trust will be entitled to one vote for each Trust Share held
of record by such shareholder on the Trust Record Date on each matter that may
be properly submitted to a vote at the Trust Meeting. Shareholders of the Trust
do not have the right to cumulate votes in the election of Trustees.
A majority of the outstanding Trust Shares entitled to vote must be
present, either in person or by duly executed proxy, at the Trust Meeting in
order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions and
broker non-votes are counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence
of a quorum at the Trust Meeting.
As of the Trust Record Date, Trustees and officers of the Trust as a group
had the right to vote an aggregate of 171,822 Trust Shares, representing less
than 1% of the Trust Shares outstanding on such date. All such Trustees and
officers have indicated that they intend to vote all such shares held by them in
favor of approval of the Acquisition Proposal, the Trust Amendment and the Trust
LTIP Amendment and Restatement and in favor of the election of each of the
nominees for Trustee named herein.
The Corporation. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on
November 3, 1997 as the record date (the "Corporation Record Date"; the Trust
Record Date and the Corporation Record Date may be referred to herein as the
"Record Date") for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to
vote at, the Corporation Meeting. On the Corporation Record Date there were
outstanding and entitled to vote 51,324,540 Corporation Shares held of record by
approximately 1,800 persons. The Corporation Shares are the only outstanding
class of voting securities of the Corporation and each stockholder of the
Corporation will be
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entitled to one vote for each Corporation Share held of record by such
stockholder on the Corporation Record Date on each matter that may be properly
submitted to a vote at the Corporation Meeting. Stockholders of the Corporation
do not have the right to cumulate votes in the election of Directors.
A majority of the outstanding Corporation Shares entitled to vote must be
present, either in person or by duly executed proxy, at the Corporation Meeting
in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions and
broker non-votes are counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence
of a quorum at the Corporation Meeting.
As of the Corporation Record Date, Directors and officers of the
Corporation as a group had the right to vote an aggregate of 262,378 Corporation
Shares, representing less than 1% of the Corporation Shares outstanding on such
date. All such Directors and officers have indicated that they intend to vote
all such shares held by them in favor of approval of the Acquisition Proposal,
the Corporation Amendment and the Corporation LTIP Amendment and Restatement and
in favor of the election of each of the nominees for Director named herein.
PROXIES
The Trust. Each Trust Share represented at the Trust Meeting by a duly
executed proxy solicited by the Board of Trustees will, unless such proxy
previously has been revoked, be voted at the Trust Meeting in accordance with
the shareholder instructions specified thereon. If no instructions are
specified, such Trust Shares will be voted FOR the approval of the Acquisition
Proposal, the Trust Amendment and the Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement and
FOR the election of the nominees for Trustee named herein.
If a quorum is not present at the time the Trust Meeting is convened, or if
for any other reason the Board of Trustees believes that the Trust Meeting
should be adjourned or postponed, the Trust Meeting may be adjourned or
postponed with or without a vote of the shareholders. If the Board of Trustees
proposes to adjourn or postpone the Trust Meeting by a vote of the shareholders,
the persons named as proxies on the enclosed proxy card will vote all Trust
Shares for which such persons have voting authority in favor of such adjournment
or postponement.
A shareholder of the Trust may revoke a proxy at any time prior to exercise
of such proxy by (i) filing with the Secretary of the Trust an instrument of
revocation bearing a date later than the date of the proxy, (ii) duly executing
a subsequent proxy relating to the same Trust Shares and delivering such proxy
to the Secretary of the Trust or (iii) attending the Trust Meeting and voting in
person, although attendance at the Trust Meeting will not in and of itself
constitute a revocation of a proxy. Any instrument of revocation should be sent
to Starwood Lodging Trust, 2231 E. Camelback Road, Suite 410, Phoenix, Arizona
85016, Attention: Ronald C. Brown.
The Corporation. Each Corporation Share represented at the Corporation
Meeting by a duly executed proxy solicited by the Board of Directors will,
unless such proxy previously has been revoked, be voted at the Corporation
Meeting in accordance with the stockholder instructions specified thereon. If no
instructions are specified, such Corporation Shares will be voted FOR the
approval of the Acquisition Proposal, the Corporation Amendment and the
Corporation LTIP Amendment and Restatement and FOR the election of the nominees
for Director named herein.
If a quorum is not present at the time the Corporation Meeting is convened,
or if for any other reason the Board of Directors believes that the Corporation
Meeting should be adjourned or postponed, the Corporation Meeting may be
adjourned or postponed with or without a vote of the stockholders. If the Board
of Directors proposes to adjourn or postpone the Corporation Meeting by a vote
of the stockholders, the persons named as proxies on the enclosed proxy card
will vote all Corporation Shares for which those persons have voting authority
in favor of such adjournment or postponement.
A stockholder of the Corporation may revoke a proxy at any time prior to
exercise of such proxy by (i) filing with the Secretary of the Corporation an
instrument of revocation bearing a date later than the date of the proxy, (ii)
duly executing a subsequent proxy relating to the same Corporation Shares and
delivering such proxy to the Secretary of the Corporation or (iii) attending the
Corporation Meeting and voting in
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person, although attendance at the Corporation Meeting will not in and of itself
constitute a revocation of a proxy. Any instrument of revocation should be sent
to: Starwood Lodging Corporation, 2231 E. Camelback Road, Suite 400, Phoenix,
Arizona 85016, Attention: Nir E. Margalit.
SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
The expenses of this solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees and
the Board of Directors, including the costs of preparing and mailing this Joint
Proxy Statement, will be borne by the Trust and the Corporation. In addition to
solicitation by use of the mails, proxies may be solicited in person or by
telephone, facsimile or other appropriate means of communication by Trustees,
Directors, officers and employees of the Trust or the Corporation. Such
individuals will receive no additional compensation for, but may be reimbursed
for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with, such solicitation.
The Trust and the Corporation have engaged the services of D.F. King & Co., Inc.
to solicit proxies and to assist in the distribution of proxy materials for a
fee of $15,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. The
Trust and the Corporation will reimburse persons holding Paired Shares in their
names or the names of their nominees but not owning such shares beneficially
(such as brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries) for out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in forwarding soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of
such shares. All of the foregoing fees and expenses will be paid or reimbursed
in equal parts by the Trust and the Corporation.
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THE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL
BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSACTION
In early 1996, the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of
Directors of the Corporation considered the advisability of buying or developing
a brand-name or "flag" for use by Starwood Lodging's hotels, including possible
merger and acquisition transactions with hotel companies with recognized
national names. During this time, management had very preliminary discussions
with several such companies. In the summer of 1996, Starwood Lodging engaged in
due diligence and submitted a bid, which was not successful, to acquire a hotel
company with a brand name that was then for sale.
Between January and September 1996, Starwood Lodging reflagged as a
"Westin" hotel one newly acquired property by entering into a franchise
agreement with Westin. In the summer of 1996, Starwood Lodging acquired a
portfolio of eight hotels from Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association (the
"Institutional Portfolio") and separately acquired a portfolio of nine hotels
from Hotels of Distinction Venture (the "HOD Portfolio"). The Boards discussed
in August and September 1996 the appropriate flags for the hotels in those
portfolios. In September 1996, the Boards considered a proposal to reflag as
Westin hotels three properties included in the Institutional Portfolio pursuant
to a master franchise agreement with Westin (which was subsequently executed)
that allowed for termination at Starwood Lodging's option upon relatively short
notice.
As a consequence of those discussions and because Starwood Lodging had
grown to a sufficient size, at the September 25, 1996 meeting of the Boards, an
outside director of the Corporation suggested pursuing a strategic transaction
with Westin. A Starwood Capital affiliate was an owner of Westin, and Starwood
Capital acting through such affiliate had the right, through May 1998, to
approve any sale of Westin. Because of the ownership interest of Starwood
Capital in Westin, each Board determined to appoint a special committee of
outside members (the "Special Committees") to pursue a strategic transaction
with Westin. Mr. Stephen Quazzo and Mr. Daniel Yih were elected as Chairmen of
the Special Committee of the Trust and Special Committee of the Corporation,
respectively. In October 1996, the Special Committees engaged Morgan Stanley as
financial advisor for the Trust and the Corporation.
In late September, Mr. Quazzo called a representative of Goldman, Sachs &
Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and expressed Starwood Lodging's interest in acquiring
Westin.
In October 1996, Morgan Stanley commenced discussions with representatives
of Goldman Sachs, who, because of Starwood Capital's interest in Starwood
Lodging, were acting as representatives of the owners of Westin, concerning a
possible strategic transaction between Starwood Lodging and Westin. On October
28, 1996, the Trust and the Corporation entered into a confidentiality agreement
with the owners of Westin relating to certain confidential information
concerning Westin.
On November 15, 1996, Westin issued a press release indicating its
intention to make a public offering of its equity securities.
Informal discussions between Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs continued
during November and early December. During the same period, Mr. Quazzo had
several conversations with a Goldman Sachs representative, who encouraged him to
continue the review of Westin by the Trust and the Corporation and to formulate
a proposal to acquire Westin notwithstanding the announced intention to complete
a public offering. During that period, Morgan Stanley reviewed the financial and
other information concerning Westin that had been furnished to it. In addition,
Sidley & Austin, counsel for the Trust and the Corporation, considered possible
structures for the acquisition of Westin by Starwood Lodging.
In mid-December, the Special Committees worked with Morgan Stanley to
formulate an offer to acquire Westin, and on December 17, 1996, Morgan Stanley
delivered to Goldman Sachs a letter from the Special Committees submitting an
offer for Westin. The offer was not subject to a financing contingency but was
subject to satisfactory completion by Starwood Lodging of a due diligence review
of Westin, approval of the acquisition of Westin by the shareholders and Boards
of the Trust and Corporation and completion of a definitive purchase agreement
and other agreements. The offer requested a response by January 6, 1997.
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On December 19, 1996, representatives of Morgan Stanley and of Goldman
Sachs met to discuss the December 17, 1996 offer by Starwood Lodging. Goldman
Sachs indicated that the offer was not attractive enough either to be considered
preemptive or to justify entering into exclusive negotiations with Starwood
Lodging. Goldman Sachs also indicated that the owners of Westin intended to
continue evaluating a variety of options including other private transactions, a
public offering of Westin's equity securities and a hold strategy. Goldman Sachs
also stated that other interested parties had received information concerning
Westin, and Goldman Sachs expected to receive indications of interest from them.
Goldman Sachs further informed Morgan Stanley that in light of the various
options being considered, it was unlikely that the owners of Westin would
deliver a formal response to the offer by January 6, 1997. Goldman Sachs also
requested that Morgan Stanley provide further information concerning financing
by Starwood Lodging of the proposed purchase price, the proposed corporate
governance of the combined companies after closing of the acquisition, the
Starwood Lodging shareholder approval process, the features of the exchangeable
preferred stock that was included in the December 17 proposal by Starwood
Lodging and additional pro forma financial information relating to the combined
companies. Goldman Sachs also suggested that Sidley & Austin, counsel to
Starwood Lodging, and Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel to the owners of Westin,
discuss the legal issues associated with the proposed transaction structure.
The Special Committees met by telephone on December 20, 1996, and
authorized the delivery of the requested information to Goldman Sachs, after a
confidentiality agreement was signed, and also authorized Sidley & Austin to
commence conversations with Sullivan & Cromwell concerning the possible
structure of a transaction.
In early January, the LLC signed a confidentiality agreement with the Trust
and the Corporation, and the Trust and the Corporation confirmed their earlier
confidentiality agreement with the owners of Westin.
Between mid-December, 1996 and mid-January, 1997, Mr. Quazzo had several
telephone conversations with Goldman Sachs representatives, who discussed
Westin's progress in its possible public offering process and who also
encouraged Starwood Lodging's continued interest in an acquisition transaction.
On January 20, 1997, Goldman Sachs sent a letter to selected persons
considering an acquisition of Westin containing a request for a non-binding
written indication of interest by February 10, 1997. The letter indicated that
the owners of Westin were continuing to evaluate a potential initial public
offering, as well as other possible options and transactions, and had retained
Goldman Sachs to act as their financial advisor. While no decisions had been
made regarding which option was to be pursued, Goldman Sachs indicated that an
initial public offering of Westin's equity securities was a strong possibility.
During January 1997, Starwood Lodging had preliminary conversations with
another branded hotel company. Starwood Lodging determined not to submit a bid
for the company based on its internal valuation of the company.
The Special Committees met with Morgan Stanley on January 24, 1997. Morgan
Stanley indicated that based on meetings with Goldman Sachs it would not be
possible to enter into an exclusive negotiation to buy Westin, in that there
were other potential bidders for Westin and that Goldman Sachs intended to
maintain the time deadlines indicated in the January 20 letter.
In January and early February, 1997, Starwood Lodging had discussions with
another branded hotel company concerning its possible acquisition by Starwood
Lodging. Starwood Lodging submitted a bid for the company, which was not
successful.
The Special Committees met by telephone in early February 1997 and
authorized the submission of an indication of interest by a letter which was
dated February 10, 1997. The proposal was not subject to a financing
contingency, but was subject to satisfactory completion of due diligence,
approval of the Starwood Lodging shareholders and Boards, approval of regulatory
authorities and execution of definitive purchase agreement and other customary
agreements.
During February 1997, members of the Special Committees and Morgan Stanley
representatives had meetings with members of management of Westin and a Goldman
Sachs representative, in order to discuss
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the performance of Westin over the prior two years and Westin management's views
about the Starwood Lodging portfolio. One meeting occurred on February 7, 1997
in Beaver Creek, Colorado and was attended by Messrs. Yih, Chapus, Jones and
Henderson. Mr. Sternlicht was also present. Another meeting occurred on February
13, 1997 in New York and was attended by Messrs. Quazzo, Ford, Duncan and
Henderson. Mr. Leven also attended a meeting on February 14, 1997 with Juergen
Bartels in Atlanta.
On February 20, 1997, the Special Committees met by telephone and were
informed by Morgan Stanley that Goldman Sachs had responded that the offer in
the letter of February 10 from Starwood Lodging was not acceptable and that
there was an offer from another party. Goldman Sachs requested a higher offer
from Starwood Lodging. The Special Committees determined to submit a higher bid
but not as high as Goldman Sachs had requested.
Morgan Stanley delivered to Goldman Sachs a letter from the Special
Committees dated March 6, 1997, modifying the earlier letter of February 10,
1997, and offering a higher price. The offer was subject to successful
completion of an offering of Paired Shares by Starwood Lodging and was otherwise
subject to the same terms and conditions as the February 10 letter.
On March 7, 1997, Mr. Quazzo met in Phoenix with Westin management and a
Goldman Sachs representative to discuss the objectives of the owners of Westin
and the structure of a possible transaction with Westin. Mr. Sternlicht and Mr.
Grose were present at the meeting. During this period lawyers from Sidley &
Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell and Mr. Grose participated in telephone
conferences to discuss the structure of a possible transaction.
On a telephone meeting of the Special Committees on March 13, 1997, Morgan
Stanley reported that Goldman Sachs had requested a transaction structured in a
way to result in greater cash proceeds to the owners of Westin and certain other
changes in the structure of the transaction. The Special Committees believed it
would be advantageous to consult with Mr. Sternlicht because of his special
knowledge and experience relating to Westin. The consultation would not include
any discussion of bidding strategy or related matters.
On March 17, 1997, lawyers from Sidley & Austin participated in a telephone
conference with lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell, as well as representatives of
Goldman Sachs, and Messrs. Sternlicht and Grose. The discussion concerned the
feasibility of a transaction between Starwood Lodging and Westin, the allocation
of the purchase price among cash and securities and the terms of the securities
to be issued; representatives of Goldman Sachs informed Starwood Lodging that
other bidders were continuing to consider an acquisition of Westin. Additional
meetings with substantially the same participants (other than Mr. Sternlicht)
and representatives of Morgan Stanley occurred over the next few days. Mr.
Chapus attended one day of these meetings.
At their telephone meeting on March 23, 1997, the Special Committees
received a report from Sidley & Austin concerning the structure of Westin and
possible structure of an acquisition of Westin by Starwood Lodging which allowed
for increased cash proceeds to the owners of Westin. Mr. Grose joined the
meeting for a discussion of the possible structure.
Between March 25 and April 8, 1997, lawyers from Sidley & Austin and
lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell, as well as representatives of Morgan Stanley
and Goldman Sachs, had several telephone conversations in order to refine the
possible structure of a transaction, including relative allocations of cash and
assumption of indebtedness, and to discuss the terms of the securities to be
issued as well as the possibility of the various owners of Westin receiving
different forms of consideration in such a transaction.
On April 6, 1997, Bear Stearns & Co. ("Bear Stearns"), acting as financial
advisor to Marswood Investors, L.P. ("Marswood"), the Starwood Capital affiliate
which owns an equity interest in Westin approximately equivalent to that of
certain affiliates of Goldman Sachs, advised Morgan Stanley that the form of
consideration proposed to be allocated to Marswood during such discussions
between Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would not be agreeable to Marswood. At
their telephone meeting on April 8, 1997, the Special Committees were informed
by Morgan Stanley of the position of Bear Stearns. The Special Committees
determined to reiterate their offer, without attempting to allocate the
consideration amongst the owners of Westin.
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Morgan Stanley delivered a letter from the Special Committees addressed to
Goldman Sachs dated April 10, 1997, which reiterated the offer in the March 6,
1997 letter and requested that the owners of Westin specify their own allocation
of the consideration among themselves.
In the latter part of April 1997, Goldman Sachs discussed with Morgan
Stanley the possibility of Starwood Lodging's also acquiring from the owners of
Westin interests in three hotels or the related ground leases recently acquired
or about to be acquired by the owners of Westin, a hotel project in St. John,
U.S. Virgin Islands, a hotel at Tabor Center, Denver and a hotel in Atlanta, at
a premium to their cost for such properties. Morgan Stanley informed Goldman
Sachs that the Special Committees believed that the previous proposal by
Starwood Lodging included the acquisition of the St. John project. The Special
Committees also did not agree to the payment of a premium to the cost of the
properties.
At their meeting of April 23, 1997, the Special Committees received reports
from Messrs. Quazzo and Yih and from Morgan Stanley of their recent
conversations with Goldman Sachs concerning Starwood Lodging's offer. The
conversations had concerned the feasibility of financing the offer, the
feasibility of the owners of Westin financing the securities included in the
offer, and the possibility of separate acquisitions of the three additional
hotel projects described above. The Special Committees also discussed Westin's
existing litigation with Radisson Hotels International, Inc. (the "Litigation"),
the management of the combined companies and possible synergies among the
companies.
On April 30, 1997, Mr. Quazzo and a Goldman Sachs representative had a
telephone conversation concerning the advisability of a person-to-person meeting
to resolve outstanding issues.
On May 16, 1997, Messrs. Yih, Quazzo and Duncan, together with
representatives of Morgan Stanley and lawyers from Sidley & Austin, met with
representatives of Goldman Sachs, lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell and
representatives of Bear Stearns. At the meeting, Goldman Sachs delivered a
proposed letter of intent which provided for the acquisition of Westin by the
Starwood Companies and the parties discussed pricing as well as numerous other
issues relating to the transaction and were unable to resolve these issues.
In late May and early June, Messrs. Yih and Quazzo and Morgan Stanley
representatives continued to discuss the unresolved issues with Goldman Sachs,
including the valuation of Starwood Lodging securities proposed to be offered,
and the indemnification with respect to the Litigation.
In May and June, 1997, Starwood Lodging performed due diligence and
submitted bids relating to the acquisition of two different hotel companies with
nationally known brand names. Neither bid was successful.
On June 10, 1997, Goldman Sachs delivered to the Special Committees a
revised proposed letter of intent which provided for the acquisition of Westin
by the Starwood Companies in exchange for an aggregate of 6,496,409 shares of
Class A EPS, 4,934,673 shares of Class B EPS, 2,972,974 Realty Partnership units
and cash in the amount of $172,150,000 and assumption of outstanding
indebtedness of $1,020,100,000, including certain indebtedness of the Westin
owners to be incurred prior to the closing of the acquisition. The proposed
letter of intent also provided for a purchase price adjustment based on Westin's
working capital at the closing and a $25 million termination fee in the event
that Starwood Lodging failed to consummate the transaction other than because of
default by Westin or restraint by a governmental entity.
On June 11, 1997, Messrs. Quazzo and Yih discussed by telephone with
Goldman Sachs certain of the issues raised by the June 10, 1997 letter which had
been delivered by Goldman Sachs.
The Special Committees responded by letter dated June 16, 1997, indicating
that they would consider the price requested in the June 10, 1997 letter but
only if certain issues were resolved. Goldman Sachs responded by letter dated
June 19, 1997, in which it disagreed with a number of the positions outlined in
the letter.
In June 1997, the Boards discussed with Mr. Sternlicht preliminary contacts
that had been made by other hotel companies with respect to a possible alliance
or transaction with Starwood Lodging.
In July 1997, the Special Committees retained the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal
Real Estate Group of Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") to assist in the due
diligence process. Preliminary due diligence was
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conducted by executives of Starwood Lodging, representatives of Ernst & Young,
as well as Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. ("Coopers & Lybrand"), Starwood Lodging's
auditors, and Sidley & Austin.
During June and July 1997, the parties had their lawyers and advisors
continue to exchange drafts of letters of intent, and the parties continued to
disagree on certain issues including the allocation of the consideration among
cash, Class A EPS, Class B EPS and units of the Realty Partnership and Operating
Partnership, as well as the terms of the Class B EPS.
During late June and in July 1997, Messrs. Yih and Quazzo, and Morgan
Stanley, had numerous conversations with Goldman Sachs. The principal issues on
which the two sides disagreed were whether to negotiate directly a definitive
agreement, the extent of the financing contingency to the obligation of Starwood
Lodging to close the transaction, whether the partnership units to be issued in
the transaction would be convertible into Class B EPS, the nature of any working
capital adjustment, the extent of the indemnification protection for Starwood
Lodging, and whether the purchase price included joint venture debt. On June 20,
1997, the Special Committees discussed the status of negotiations and decided to
continue their pursuit of Westin based on the conclusions of that meeting.
Messrs. Yih and Quazzo notified Goldman Sachs that it was acceptable that the
limited partnership units to be issued would be exchangeable for Class B EPS.
On July 22 and July 23, 1997, Mr. Yih, representatives of Morgan Stanley,
acquisitions executives of Starwood Lodging (Steven R. Goldman of the Trust and
Michael Mueller of the Corporation), and representatives of Ernst & Young met in
Seattle with management of Westin and representatives of Goldman Sachs to
discuss due diligence issues. On July 23 and July 24, 1997, Mr. Yih discussed
certain of the due diligence findings with Mr. Sternlicht.
On July 23, 1997, Starwood Lodging submitted a revised proposed letter of
intent to Goldman Sachs which provided that in the event the parties were unable
to agree on the terms of a definitive agreement by August 15, Starwood Lodging
would have an option to acquire Westin on the terms set forth in such letter of
intent. Goldman Sachs did not accept the proposal.
On July 25, 1997, the Special Committees reviewed the due diligence efforts
with acquisitions executives of Starwood Lodging, representatives of Ernst &
Young, lawyers from Sidley & Austin, accountants from Coopers & Lybrand and
Morgan Stanley. Members of management were present, as were Messrs. Sternlicht
and Grose for part of the meeting during which management and Mr. Sternlicht
separately expressed their views concerning the advisability of the transaction
and whether an adjustment in the price was appropriate, in light of the due
diligence findings and the increase in the market value of the Paired Shares.
On July 28, 1997, Messrs. Yih and Quazzo informed the Goldman Sachs
representatives that Starwood Lodging would negotiate other issues but that it
would not meet the price Goldman Sachs had proposed by approximately $50
million. On July 29, 1997, Goldman Sachs informed Mr. Quazzo that all issues
relating to the definitive agreement would need to be resolved before a final
decision on price and other economic issues would be made.
Commencing August 8, 1997, lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell and lawyers
from Sidley & Austin exchanged drafts and comments on a definitive agreement
with respect to the transaction.
On August 11, 1997, the Chairmen of the Special Committees, together with
representatives of Morgan Stanley, lawyers from Sidley & Austin and lawyers from
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson ("Fried Frank"), counsel for Morgan
Stanley, had a telephone conference with Messrs. Sternlicht, Grose and Duncan,
to discuss certain remaining issues. Mr. Sternlicht and the Special Committees
concurred with respect to price reduction, to the Starwood Companies limiting
the risk of early terminations of franchise and management contracts, to the
management of Westin indemnifying, with certain of the proceeds they would
receive in the transaction, the Starwood Companies for a breach of the
representations and warranties in the definitive agreement that were being made
by the owners of Westin based on such management's knowledge and to the Starwood
Companies limiting the amount of indebtedness to be assumed by them without
adjustment to the purchase price.
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On August 11, 1997, Morgan Stanley discussed with Goldman Sachs certain
economic issues, including the allocation between the number of shares of Class
A EPS, Class B EPS, and limited partnership units that were to be issued in
connection with the transaction and the effect of early terminations of
management and franchise contracts.
On August 12 and August 14, 1997 Mr. Yih and representatives of Morgan
Stanley and lawyers from Sidley & Austin and Fried Frank met in New York with
representatives of Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns and lawyers from Sullivan &
Cromwell to discuss the early drafts of the Transaction Agreement.
Over the next two weeks, representatives of Westin and Goldman Sachs and
lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell performed due diligence with respect to
Starwood Lodging, including meetings with executives of the Trust and the
Corporation in Phoenix on August 19, 1997.
On August 18, 1997, the parties had a meeting to discuss the remaining
issues, which was followed over the next several days by several conversations
between Mr. Yih and a representative of Goldman Sachs relating to the major
remaining issues, including purchase price, survival of representations and
warranties, the extent of adjustments for working capital surplus or deficit and
the limitations on the aggregate debt that would be assumed.
On August 24, 1997, Messrs. Yih and Quazzo met by telephone with lawyers
from Sidley & Austin and Fried Frank and representatives of Morgan Stanley to
discuss possible price adjustments. Mr. Sternlicht was present during portions
of the meeting.
In the morning of August 25, 1997, Mr. Yih met with representatives of
Morgan Stanley and lawyers from Sidley & Austin and Fried Frank in preparation
for a meeting with Goldman Sachs and lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell to occur
that afternoon. Messrs. Sternlicht, Grose, Goldman and Mueller were also
present. Mr. Sternlicht expressed his views concerning the Special Committees'
positions with respect to the appropriate purchase price, the effect of early
termination of management contracts, franchise contracts and leases, the amount
of debt that would likely be assumed and capital expenditures likely to be
incurred prior to closing. There ensued on the afternoon of August 25, 1997, a
meeting of the above persons with representatives of Goldman Sachs and lawyers
from Sullivan & Cromwell. In addition, counsel representing Marswood and a
representative from Bear Stearns were present, as were certain executives of
Westin. At the end of the meeting, the parties remained apart with respect to
the purchase price by approximately $50 million. In addition, unresolved issues
included the extent of the representations and warranties that would be made by
Westin, the default provisions under the Class B EPS, whether or not there would
be a non-competition provision so long as designees of Goldman Sachs were on the
Boards of the Trust and Corporation, whether or not there would be an escrow to
secure certain indemnifications, the amount of debt that would be assumed by the
Starwood Companies without an adjustment in purchase price and the extent of the
adjustment in purchase price based on the amount of working capital available at
the closing.
The Special Committees met by telephone on August 27, 1997. Messrs.
Sternlicht, Grose and Duncan were present at the meeting, as were Messrs.
Goldman, Mueller and Ronald Brown, chief financial officer of the Trust, as well
as lawyers from Sidley & Austin and representatives of Morgan Stanley. The
Committees heard the views of management of the Trust (including Mr. Sternlicht)
and of Messrs. Grose and Duncan. The Special Committees determined to offer
consideration for Westin of 6,285,783 shares of Class A EPS, 3,691,032 shares of
Class B EPS (including, after five years, a requirement that Starwood Lodging
Trust redeem the Class B EPS at the option of the holder, or that a third party
financial institution execute a put agreement, at $38.50 per share of Class B
EPS), 2,594,751 limited partnership units of the Realty Partnership and the
Operating Partnership, $170,400,000 in cash and the assumption of $1,069,000,000
of indebtedness. Based on the then-market price of Paired Shares of Starwood
Lodging, the above offer was for an aggregate amount of $1,783,426,000 (which
amount excludes Westin's joint venture debt) for Westin and the three additional
properties acquired by Westin in 1997. The cash portion of the purchase price
would be adjusted up or down depending upon appropriate working capital
adjustments. The indebtedness to be assumed would include no more than $33.5
million of joint venture debt. The conditions to Starwood Lodgings' obligation
to close the transaction would include obtaining required consents under certain
management, franchise and other contracts, to the extent such contracts for
which consents were not obtained accounted for a certain
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amount or more of budgeted revenue for 1998. That offer was communicated by
Morgan Stanley on August 28, 1997.
In telephone conversations over the Labor Day holiday weekend (August 30,
1997 through September 1, 1997), Messrs. Yih and Quazzo discussed with Mr.
Sternlicht, and they and Mr. Sternlicht separately discussed with
representatives of Goldman Sachs, the respective positions of the parties.
Goldman Sachs suggested to Messrs. Yih, Quazzo and Sternlicht that rather than
negotiate any further issues under the definitive agreement, the Starwood
Companies should sign the latest version of the definitive agreement, making any
pricing adjustments that they felt were necessary based on due diligence and any
other items, and that Goldman Sachs would either accept or reject the agreement
as so adjusted.
Between September 2, 1997 and September 4, 1997, Messrs. Yih and Quazzo and
Mr. Sternlicht, together with Morgan Stanley, continued to discuss with Goldman
Sachs the positions of the parties.
On September 4, 1997, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors met
by telephone, together with Messrs. Mueller and Brown, representatives of Morgan
Stanley and lawyers from Sidley & Austin. The remaining open issues were
discussed, which included (i) purchase price, as to which the parties were
approximately $75 million apart, (ii) whether the representations and warranties
in the definitive agreement would be qualified by all the material listed on the
data room index prepared by Westin, (iii) the impact of non-consents for
management, franchise and other agreements, (iv) the willingness of Westin to
permit an extension of the closing date beyond January 2, 1998 in the event the
closing did not occur by that time and (v) the extent of the representations the
owners of Westin were prepared to make upon exchange of Class A EPS or limited
partnership units in respect of the ownership limits of the Trust. Mr.
Sternlicht suggested that each of the Special Committees price the transaction
based on all those issues and list which consents were required.
During the week of September 1, 1997, lawyers from Sidley & Austin,
representatives of Morgan Stanley, lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell and
representatives of Goldman Sachs continued to negotiate the terms of the
definitive agreement.
In the afternoon of September 7, 1997, the Special Committees met in person
at the New York offices of Sidley & Austin to review the status of the
negotiations and to determine their recommendation to the full Boards. They
received due diligence reports from management, from representatives of Ernst &
Young and from lawyers at Sidley & Austin. Representatives of Morgan Stanley
made a presentation to the Special Committees and delivered Morgan Stanley's
oral opinion (which it subsequently confirmed by delivery of a written opinion
dated September 9, 1997) that, as of that date and based upon its review and
analysis, and subject to the limitations set forth therein, the aggregate
consideration to be paid by the Starwood Companies to acquire Westin pursuant to
the Transaction Agreement was fair from a financial point of view to the
Starwood Companies. The Special Committees adjourned their meeting until the
next day.
The Special Committees resumed their meeting on September 8, 1997 and
determined to recommend to the full Boards the approval of the Transaction
Agreement.
From September 5 through September 9, 1997, Starwood Lodging and its
financial and legal advisors, and Westin and Nomura and their respective
financial and legal advisors completed the negotiation of the Transaction
Agreement and related documents.
On September 8, 1997, the Board of Trustees of the Trust and Board of
Directors of the Corporation met to discuss the terms of the Transaction
Agreement. By unanimous vote of all Trustees of the Trust, other than Messrs.
Sternlicht, Grose and Stern who recused themselves, and by unanimous vote of all
of the Directors of the Corporation, except for Messrs. Sternlicht and Eilian
who recused themselves, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors
determined that the transaction was fair to and in the best interests of the
shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation. The Boards
authorized the execution of the Transaction Agreement, subject to satisfactory
resolution of any remaining issues, and recommended that the shareholders of the
Trust and stockholders of the Corporation approve and adopt the Transaction
Agreement, including the
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merger of Westin Worldwide into the Trust. Following the approval,
representatives of Starwood Lodging and Westin finalized the Transaction
Agreement and it was signed on September 9, 1997.
Starwood Lodging and the owners of Westin agreed to an aggregate
consideration of $177.9 million cash, 6,285,783 shares of Class A EPS, 5,294,783
shares of Class B EPS, 991,000 limited partnership units of the Realty
Partnership and the Operating Partnership and the assumption of $1.064 billion
of indebtedness. Based on the market price of Starwood Lodging Paired Shares on
September 8, 1997, the consideration equalled $1.830 billion, including $1.571
billion for Westin and an additional $258.6 million for the interests in three
additional properties acquired by Westin in 1997, the Westin Tabor Center in
Denver, the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, and the Westin Resort St. John
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Starwood Lodging also entered into a letter agreement dated September 8,
1997 with Goldman Sachs in connection with the anticipated equity and debt
offerings aggregating $1.2 billion expected to be made by Starwood Lodging in
order to finance the acquisition of Westin. Starwood Lodging agreed that it
would offer Goldman Sachs the right to act as sole lead book-running manager of
the equity offering (entitled to no less than 42.5% (in the case of gross
initial proceeds between $500 million and $600 million) or 40% (in the case of
gross initial proceeds under $500 million or more than $600 million) of the
gross economics paid to all of the managers), and co-lead manager of any portion
of the debt offering that is secured (entitled to a 50% share of all traditional
economics and allocations of the lead managers) and co-manager of any portion of
the debt offering that is unsecured. Goldman Sachs is not obligated to accept
the engagement. The underwriting agreement would contain customary terms and
conditions, including, if Goldman Sachs acts as lead underwriter, its customary
indemnification.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; REASONS FOR
THE TRANSACTION
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CORPORATION APPROVED THE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL AND RECOMMEND THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF
THE TRUST AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE CORPORATION VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE
ACQUISITION PROPOSAL.
The recommendations of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors are
based on a number of factors, including the following:
- The Boards' belief that the acquisition of Westin will enhance Starwood
Lodging's competitive position by creating a fully integrated hotel owner
and operator with a global, premier brand name.
- The combined company, with its premier brand name and international
scope, will be unique among real estate investment trusts and, coupled
with its paired-share structure, will be unique among hotel companies.
- Westin is one of the few premier brands that has a pure "upscale" image
and a significant global presence.
- The combined management team of Starwood Lodging and Westin will have
significant industry expertise and enhanced management depth.
- Westin provides Starwood Lodging with enhanced entry to global investment
opportunities and provides Starwood Lodging with enhanced acquisition
opportunities.
- Westin provides Starwood Lodging with a new avenue of growth in
franchising and managing hotels for third parties.
- Westin's hotels offer Starwood Lodging increased diversification beyond
its already strong presence in major United States hotel markets such as
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle
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and San Francisco and will provide Starwood Lodging with immediate entry
into the global hotel business through Westin's presence in 23 countries
worldwide.
- The ability to achieve franchise, management and operating synergies
through the elimination of franchise fees and other costs and the
opportunity to enhance revenues at Starwood Lodging's hotels which are
converted to the Westin brand.
- The transaction is expected to be accretive to Starwood Lodging's 1998
per share funds from operations.
- The terms and conditions of the Transaction Agreement and the Merger and
the course of negotiations thereof.
- The written opinion of Morgan Stanley that, based on and subject to
certain matters stated therein, the aggregate consideration to be paid by
the Starwood Companies to acquire Westin pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the Starwood
Companies.
The Boards did not assign relative weights to the foregoing factors or
determine that any factor was of particular importance. Rather, the Boards
viewed their recommendations as being based on the totality of the information
presented and considered by them.
OPINION OF FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Morgan Stanley was retained by the Special Committees to act as financial
advisor to the Trust and the Corporation in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (the "Transaction"). Morgan Stanley is
an internationally recognized investment banking firm and was selected by the
Special Committees based on Morgan Stanley's qualifications, experience,
expertise and reputation. As part of its investment banking business, Morgan
Stanley is regularly engaged in the valuation of businesses and securities in
connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwritings, competitive
biddings, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private
placements and valuation for estate, corporate and other purposes.
In connection with Morgan Stanley's engagement, the Special Committees
requested that Morgan Stanley evaluate the fairness, from a financial point of
view to the Starwood Companies, of the aggregate consideration to be paid by the
Starwood Companies to acquire Westin pursuant to the Transaction Agreement. On
September 7, 1997, Morgan Stanley rendered to the Special Committees an oral
opinion to the effect that, as of such date and based on and subject to certain
matters stated therein, the aggregate consideration to be paid by the Starwood
Companies to acquire Westin pursuant to the Transaction Agreement was fair to
the Starwood Companies from a financial point of view. Morgan Stanley
subsequently confirmed its opinion of September 7, 1997, by delivery of a
written opinion dated September 9, 1997 (the "Morgan Stanley Opinion"). Although
Morgan Stanley evaluated the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the
aggregate consideration to be paid by the Starwood Companies to acquire Westin
pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the specific consideration payable in the
Transaction and the terms of the Transaction Agreement were determined by the
Special Committees and certain shareholders of Westin through arm's-length
negotiation.
THE FULL TEXT OF THE MORGAN STANLEY OPINION, WHICH SETS FORTH, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, ASSUMPTIONS MADE, PROCEDURES FOLLOWED, MATTERS CONSIDERED AND
LIMITATIONS ON THE REVIEW UNDERTAKEN, IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT B.
SHAREHOLDERS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO, AND SHOULD, READ THE MORGAN STANLEY
OPINION CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY. THE MORGAN STANLEY OPINION IS DIRECTED TO
EACH SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND ADDRESSES ONLY THE FAIRNESS FROM A FINANCIAL POINT OF
VIEW TO THE STARWOOD COMPANIES OF THE AGGREGATE CONSIDERATION TO BE PAID BY THE
STARWOOD COMPANIES TO ACQUIRE WESTIN PURSUANT TO THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, AND
IT DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE TRANSACTION. THE MORGAN STANLEY
OPINION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OPINION OR A RECOMMENDATION AS TO HOW ANY
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SHAREHOLDER OF THE STARWOOD COMPANIES SHOULD VOTE WITH RESPECT TO THE
TRANSACTION. THE SUMMARY OF THE MORGAN STANLEY OPINION SET FORTH HEREIN IS
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE FULL TEXT OF SUCH OPINION.
In arriving at its opinion, Morgan Stanley: (i) reviewed certain financial
statements and other financial and operating data concerning Westin prepared by
management of Westin; (ii) reviewed certain financial projections prepared by
the management of Westin; (iii) discussed the past and current operations and
financial condition and the prospects of Westin with senior executives of
Westin; (iv) reviewed certain publicly available financial statements and other
information of the Starwood Companies; (v) analyzed certain internal financial
statements and other financial operating data concerning the Starwood Companies
prepared by the management of the Starwood Companies; (vi) reviewed certain
financial projections of the Starwood Companies and Westin prepared by
management of the Starwood Companies; (vii) discussed with management of the
Starwood Companies their views of the strategic rationale for the Transaction
and the cost savings, revenue enhancements and other synergies expected to
result from the Transaction; (viii) reviewed and discussed with the management
of the Starwood Companies their assessment of the impact of the Transaction on
the management and franchise contracts of Westin; (ix) discussed the past and
current operations and financial condition and the prospects of the Starwood
Companies with senior executives of the Starwood Companies, and analyzed the pro
forma projected impact of the Transaction on the Starwood Companies' financial
condition and results of operations; (x) reviewed the reported prices and
trading activity for the Paired Shares; (xi) compared the financial performance
of Westin with that of certain comparable publicly traded companies and their
securities; (xii) reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly
available, of certain comparable acquisition transactions; (xiii) participated
in discussions and negotiations concerning the Transaction among representatives
of Westin and the Starwood Companies and their financial and legal advisors;
(xiv) reviewed the Transaction Agreement, and certain related documents; and
(xv) reviewed such other information and performed such other analyses as Morgan
Stanley deemed appropriate.
In preparing the Morgan Stanley Opinion, Morgan Stanley assumed and relied
upon, without independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of the
information reviewed by Morgan Stanley, for the purposes of its opinion. With
respect to the financial projections, Morgan Stanley assumed that they were
reasonably prepared on bases reflecting management's best currently available
estimates and judgments of the future financial performance of Westin and the
Starwood Companies, respectively. Morgan Stanley relied upon, without
independent verification, the assumptions of the management of the Starwood
Companies regarding the cost savings, revenue enhancements and other synergies
expected to result from the Transaction. Morgan Stanley relied upon, without
independent verification, the assessment by management of the Starwood Companies
as to the impact of the Transaction on the management and franchise contracts of
Westin. Morgan Stanley did not make, nor has it made, any independent valuation
or appraisal of the assets or liabilities of Westin. Morgan Stanley has also
assumed that the Transaction will be consummated in accordance with the terms
set forth in the Transaction Agreement without material waiver or amendment, and
the Federal income tax consequences of the Transaction to the Starwood Companies
will be as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. The Morgan Stanley Opinion
is necessarily based on economic, market and other conditions and circumstances
as they existed on the date of the Morgan Stanley Opinion, and the information
made available to Morgan Stanley as of such date.
The following is a brief summary of material analyses performed by Morgan
Stanley, which Morgan Stanley presented and reviewed with the Special Committees
on September 7, 1997, in connection with Morgan Stanley's opinion to the Special
Committees on such date. In performing its analyses, Morgan Stanley utilized two
sets of projections of the future financial performance of Westin; one provided
by the management of Westin ("Case One"), the other provided by management of
the Trust and Corporation ("Case Two").
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Selected Comparable Public Companies Analysis.
As part of its analysis, Morgan Stanley compared selected historical and
projected financial and operating data of Westin with the corresponding data and
stock market performance data of certain publicly traded companies that Morgan
Stanley considered comparable in certain respects to Westin. The comparable
companies consisted of four hotel companies: Marriott International, Inc.
("Marriott"), Doubletree Corporation ("Doubletree"), Promus Hotel Corporation
("Promus"), and Four Seasons Hotels Inc. ("Four Seasons") (collectively, the
"Peer Group").
Morgan Stanley calculated multiples for each member of the Peer Group of
(i) the common stock trading price as of September 5, 1997 (the "Share Price"),
to last twelve months ("LTM") earnings, to forecasted 1997 earnings, and to
forecasted 1998 earnings (each a "P/E"); (ii) the Share Price to adjusted LTM
earnings, to adjusted forecasted 1997 earnings, and to adjusted forecasted 1998
earnings (each an "Adjusted P/E"), where "adjusted" means depreciation has been
added to, and maintenance capital expenditures have been deducted from, each of
LTM earnings, forecasted 1997 earnings, and forecasted 1998 earnings; and (iii)
the aggregate value (defined as market equity value plus book value of debt and
preferred shares less cash and marketable securities) as of September 5, 1997,
to LTM earnings before deductions for interest, tax, depreciation and
amortization ("EBITDA"), to forecasted 1997 EBITDA, and to forecasted 1998
EBITDA (each an "Aggregate Value/EBITDA"). Morgan Stanley then calculated the
mean and median multiples for the Peer Group, without giving effect in such
calculation to the multiples calculated for Four Seasons. All earnings estimates
and growth rates for the Peer Group were from the Institutional Brokers Estimate
System as of September 3, 1997, except for the financial information relating to
Four Seasons, which was provided by Morgan Stanley Research.
For the Peer Group, Morgan Stanley noted that (i) P/E multiples ranged from
27.9 to 38.5 times LTM earnings, 26.3 to 31.3 times forecasted 1997 earnings,
and 22.3 to 25.7 times forecasted 1998 earnings; (ii) Adjusted P/E multiples
ranged from 19.0 to 34.2 times adjusted LTM earnings, 19.4 to 29.2 times
forecasted 1997 adjusted earnings, and 17.3 to 26.3 times forecasted 1998
earnings; and (iii) Aggregate Value/EBITDA multiples ranged from 12.9 to 24.0
times LTM EBITDA, 11.4 to 21.1 times forecasted 1997 EBITDA, and 9.6 to 17.7
times forecasted 1998 EBITDA. Morgan Stanley also noted that, without giving
effect to the multiples calculated for Four Seasons, (i) the mean and median P/E
multiples were 32.0 times and 33.6 times LTM earnings, respectively, 29.5 times
and 30.9 times forecasted 1997 earnings, respectively, and 24.1 times and 24.3
times forecasted 1998 earnings, respectively; (ii) the mean and median Adjusted
P/E multiples were 24.6 times and 26.6 times adjusted LTM earnings,
respectively, 22.7 times and 22.3 times forecasted 1997 adjusted earnings,
respectively, and 20.1 times and 19.7 times forecasted 1998 adjusted earnings,
respectively; and (iii) the mean and median Aggregate Value/EBITDA multiples
were 13.7 times and 13.9 times LTM earnings, respectively, 13.2 times and 13.0
times forecasted 1997 EBITDA, respectively, and 11.3 times and 10.8 times
forecasted 1998 EBITDA, respectively.
Morgan Stanley derived a range of valuations for Westin from the Peer Group
data set forth above. Applying the range of multiples derived from the Peer
Group of 12 to 15 times forecasted 1997 EBITDA and 10.0 to 13.0 times forecasted
1998 EBITDA to the EBITDA projections for Westin set forth in Case One resulted
in a low to high range of aggregate value for Westin of $1,761.6 million to
$2,202.0 million based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and $1,800.0 million to
$2,340.0 million based on forecasted 1998 EBITDA, and a low to high range of
equity value for Westin of $731.6 million to $1,172.0 million based on
forecasted 1997 EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0 million and $770.0 million to
$1,310.0 million based on forecasted 1998 EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0 million.
Applying the range of multiples derived from the Peer Group of 12.0 to 15.0
times forecasted 1997 EBITDA and 10.0 to 13.0 times forecasted 1998 EBITDA to
the EBITDA projections for Westin set forth in Case Two resulted in a low to
high range of aggregate value for Westin of $1,623.4 million to $2,029.3 million
based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and $1,624.3 million to $2,111.6 million based
on forecasted 1998 EBITDA, and a low to high range of equity value for Westin of
$593.4 million to $999.3 million based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and debt of
$1,030.0 million and $594.3 million to $1,081.6 million based on forecasted 1998
EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0 million.
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Morgan Stanley also compared the Peer Group multiples to the Transaction
multiples. For purposes of its analysis, Morgan Stanley made certain assumptions
in order to value the securities issuable by the Starwood Companies in the
Transaction. Morgan Stanley valued the Class A EPS, Class B EPS, the Realty
Partnership units and the Operating Partnership units (the Realty Partnership
units and Operating Partnership units are referred to collectively as the
"Starwood Partnership Units"; the Class A EPS, Class B EPS and Starwood
Partnership Units are referred to collectively as the "Securities") at the
closing price per share of $48.0625 ("Par") on September 5, 1997 for the Paired
Shares. By valuing these Securities at Par, Morgan Stanley (i) considered the
characteristics of each class of Securities vis a vis the Paired Shares and (ii)
balanced the premium the market would likely ascribe to the Securities carrying
a liquidation preference of $38.50 per share or per unit, as the case may be,
against the liquidity discount the market would likely ascribe to each of the
Securities. Given these assumptions, Morgan Stanley calculated an aggregate
consideration valuation of $1,812.0 million (the "Transaction Value"), which
amount was comprised of $177.9 million in cash, $1,030.0 million of assumed
debt, $302.1 million of Class A EPS, consisting of 6.286 million shares valued
at Par, $254.5 million of Class B EPS, consisting of 5.295 million shares valued
at Par, and $47.6 million of Starwood Partnership Units, consisting of .991
million units valued at Par. Morgan Stanley noted the Transaction Value in Case
One was 12.3 times forecasted 1997 EBITDA and 10.1 times forecasted 1998 EBITDA
and in Case Two was 13.4 times forecasted 1997 EBITDA and 11.2 times forecasted
1998 EBITDA.
No company utilized in the comparable company analysis for purposes of
comparison to Westin is identical to Westin. In selecting and evaluating the
Peer Group, Morgan Stanley made certain judgments and assumptions with regard to
industry performance, general business, economic, market and financial
conditions and other matters. Mathematical analysis (such as determining the
average or median) of certain financial ratios of the Peer Group is not in
itself a meaningful method of using comparable company data.
Precedent Transaction Analysis.
Using publicly available information, Morgan Stanley reviewed and analyzed
certain recent precedent transactions in the hotel industry (the "Comparable
Transactions"). The Comparable Transactions consist of the following publicly
announced pending or completed business combination transactions: merger of
Doubletree with Promus, Patriot American Hospitality, Inc.'s ("Patriot")
acquisition of Wyndham Hotel Corporation ("Wyndham"), Marriott's acquisition of
Renaissance Hotel Group N.V. ("Renaissance"), Doubletree's acquisition of Red
Lion Hotels, Inc. ("Red Lion"), TRT Holdings Inc.'s acquisition of Omni Hotels,
and Granada Group Plc's acquisition of Forte Plc.
Morgan Stanley reviewed the aggregate value of each Comparable Transaction,
and expressed the aggregate value of each Comparable Transaction as a multiple
of the acquiree's (or in the case of the merger of Doubletree with Promus, each
of the parties') historical forecasted EBITDA and one-year forward EBITDA.
Morgan Stanley noted that the aggregate value for the Comparable Transactions
expressed as a multiple of historical EBITDA ranged from a low of 11.3 times for
Doubletree's acquisition of Red Lion to a high of 15.2 times for Marriott's
acquisition of Renaissance. The aggregate value for the Comparable Transactions
expressed as a multiple of forecasted forward EBITDA ranged from a low of 11.4
times for both Promus' implied valuation in its merger with Doubletree and
Patriot's acquisition of Wyndham to a high of 13.2 times for Marriott's
acquisition of Renaissance. Morgan Stanley also noted that the mean and median
of the aggregate value of the Comparable Transactions was 13.5 times and 13.5
times historical EBITDA, respectively, and 12.3 times and 13.0 times forecasted
forward EBITDA, respectively.
Morgan Stanley derived a range of valuations for Westin from the Comparable
Transactions data set forth above. Applying the range of multiples derived from
the Peer Group of 12.0 to 15.0 times forecasted 1997 EBITDA and 11.0 to 13.0
times forecasted 1998 EBITDA to the EBITDA projections for Westin set forth in
Case One resulted in a low to high range of aggregate value for Westin of
$1,761.6 million to $2,202.0 million based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and
$1,980.0 million to $2,340.0 million based on forecasted 1998 EBITDA, and a low
to high range of equity value for Westin of $731.6 million to $1,172.0 million
based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0 million and $950.0 million
to $1,310.0 million based on forecasted 1998 EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0
million. Applying the range of multiples derived from the Peer Group of 12.0 to
15.0 times 1997 forecasted EBITDA and 10.0 to 13.0 times forecasted 1998 EBITDA
to the
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EBITDA projections for Westin set forth in Case Two resulted in a low to high
range of aggregate value for Westin of $1,623.4 million to $2,029.3 million
based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and $1,786.7 million to $2,111.6 million based
on forecasted 1998 EBITDA, and a low to high range of equity value for Westin of
$593.4 million to $999.3 million based on forecasted 1997 EBITDA and debt of
$1,030.0 million and $756.7 million to $1,081.6 million based on forecasted 1998
EBITDA and debt of $1,030.0 million.
Morgan Stanley also compared the Comparable Transaction multiples to the
Transaction multiples, using for comparison purposes, the Transaction Value.
Morgan Stanley noted the Transaction Value in Case One was 12.3 times historical
EBITDA and 10.1 times forward EBITDA and in Case Two was 13.4 times historical
EBITDA and 11.2 times forecasted forward EBITDA.
No transaction considered for purposes of the precedent transaction
analysis is identical to the Transaction. In evaluating the Comparable
Transactions, Morgan Stanley made certain judgments and assumptions with regard
to industry performance, general business, economic, market and financial
conditions and other matters. Mathematical analysis (such as determining the
average or median) is not in itself a meaningful method of using Comparable
Transaction data.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis.
Morgan Stanley performed discounted cash flow analyses of Westin in order
to estimate a range of present aggregate values of the unlevered free cash flows
that may be generated by Westin, as well as the corresponding present equity
values of Westin. The present values were calculated using two sets of data; the
financial projections set forth in Case One and the financial projections set
forth in Case Two.
The discounted cash flow analyses were based on projected unlevered free
cash flows, defined as net income plus depreciation and amortization plus
after-tax interest expense less investments in working capital less capital
expenditures, for Westin for the period 1998 to 2002, inclusive, using Case One
and Case Two projections in turn. In conducting its analysis, Morgan Stanley
made certain assumptions. Morgan Stanley calculated terminal values by applying
a range of multiples to forecasted 2003 EBITDA at year-end 2002 ranging from 9.0
to 11.0 times, and the cash flow streams and terminal values were then
discounted to the present using discount rates ranging from 12% to 14%,
reflecting the estimated weighted average cost of capital for Westin.
For Case One, the analysis showed aggregate values for Westin ranging from
$1,789.2 million to $2,284.1 million and equity values ranging from $759.2
million to $1,254.1 million. For Case Two, the analysis showed aggregate values
for Westin ranging from $1,729.3 million to $2,184.1 million and equity values
ranging from $699.2 million to $1,154.1 million.
Pro Forma Transaction Consequences.
As part of its analysis, Morgan Stanley analyzed certain pro forma effects
of the Transaction for the fiscal years ended 1997 and 1998. These analyses were
based on the Starwood Companies' projections, certain synergies, and certain
other adjustments Morgan Stanley deemed appropriate, and assumed the Transaction
was treated as a "purchase" for accounting purposes.
Morgan Stanley also compared the Starwood Companies' projected stand-alone
funds from operation ("FFO") per share to the Starwood Companies' pro forma
combined FFO per share resulting from the Transaction. Morgan Stanley observed
that, after giving effect to expected synergies of $8.75 million for fiscal year
1997 and $17.5 million for fiscal year 1998, the Transaction would be accretive
to FFO per share in the amount of $0.08 per share in 1997, a 2.8% increase over
projected stand-alone FFO per share, and $0.19 per share in 1998, a 4.9 %
increase over projected stand-alone FFO per share.
In addition, Morgan Stanley compared the Starwood Companies' stand-alone
debt to market capitalization on the date of the Morgan Stanley Opinion to the
pro forma debt to estimated market capitalization at fiscal year end 1997 and
calculated these amounts to be 34.2% and 37.6%, respectively. For purposes of
this comparison, "pro forma debt" consisted of $103.9 million in securitized
debt to be placed on the combined assets of the combined company, $163.2 million
of existing debt for certain assets purchased prior to the
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Transaction, a $375.1 million assumed debt in conjunction with a loan to be
placed against certain Westin affiliates, $1,454.0 million of existing debt of
the Starwood Companies not recapitalized and a $250.0 million senior loan to be
placed on the combined company.
The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process and is not
necessarily susceptible to a partial analysis or summary description. In
arriving at its opinion, Morgan Stanley considered the results of all of its
analyses as a whole and did not attribute any particular weight to any
particular analysis or factor considered by it. Furthermore, selecting any
portions of Morgan Stanley's analyses, without considering all analyses, would
create an incomplete view of the process underlying the Morgan Stanley Opinion.
In addition, Morgan Stanley may have deemed various assumptions more or less
probable than other assumptions, so that the ranges of valuations resulting from
any particular analysis described above should not be taken to be Morgan
Stanley's view of the actual value of Westin.
In performing its analyses, Morgan Stanley made numerous assumptions with
respect to industry performance, general business, economic, market and
financial conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond the control of
the Starwood Companies and Westin. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley discounted
comparable industry and/or company data to reflect the combined company's
current and projected operating performance in relation to that of the relevant
industry or comparable company group. The analyses performed by Morgan Stanley
are not necessarily indicative of actual values, which may be significantly more
or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. Such analyses were prepared
solely as a part of Morgan Stanley's analysis of whether the aggregate
consideration to be paid by the Starwood Companies to acquire Westin pursuant to
the Transaction Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the Trust
and the Corporation, and were conducted in connection with the delivery of the
Morgan Stanley opinion. The analyses do not purport to be appraisals or to
reflect the prices at which Westin might actually be sold.
As described above (see "Background of the Transaction; Reasons for the
Transaction"), the Morgan Stanley Opinion and the information provided by Morgan
Stanley to each Special Committee was one of a number of factors taken into
consideration by the Special Committees and Board of Directors and Board of
Trustees in making their determination to recommend approval of the Transaction
Agreement. Consequently, the Morgan Stanley analyses described above should not
be viewed as determinative of the opinion of the Special Committees or the Board
of Directors and Board of Trustees with respect to the value of Westin or
whether a different valuation could have been negotiated with Westin. The
consideration paid to acquire Westin was determined through negotiations between
the Special Committees and certain owners of Westin and was approved by the
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. Morgan Stanley provided advice to the
Special Committees during the course of such negotiations; however, the decision
to enter into the Transaction Agreement was solely that of the Board of
Directors and Board of Trustees.
Pursuant to a letter agreement dated October 16, 1996, the Trust and the
Corporation have agreed to pay Morgan Stanley, upon the consummation of the
Transaction, a transaction fee of 0.425% of the value of the aggregate
consideration (which amount includes, without limitation, the value of the
consideration paid by the Starwood Companies in whole or in part for the assets
of Westin acquired by the Starwood Companies plus the value of any debt and
capital lease obligations assumed, retired or defeased in connection with the
Transaction). In the event the Transaction is not consummated, each of the Trust
and the Corporation has agreed to reimburse Morgan Stanley for expenses incurred
in connection with the Transaction up to a specified amount. In addition, each
of the Trust and the Corporation agreed to reimburse and to indemnify Morgan
Stanley for liabilities and expenses arising out of the engagement and the
transactions in connection therewith, including liabilities under federal
securities laws.
In the ordinary course of its business, Morgan Stanley and its affiliates
may actively trade the debt and equity securities of the Trust and the
Corporation for their own account and for the accounts of customers and,
accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short term position in such
securities. Morgan Stanley has provided financial advisory and investment
banking services to the Trust and the Corporation in the past, for which
services Morgan Stanley has received customary fees.
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INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN THE TRANSACTION
Interests of Mr. Sternlicht and Starwood Capital. Barry S. Sternlicht, the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust and the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation, controls and has been the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Starwood Capital since its formation. As of the Record
Date, Starwood Capital and its affiliates and Mr. Sternlicht beneficially owned
8.0% of the Paired Shares on a fully diluted basis. See "Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management." Starwood Capital and certain of its
affiliates are the general partners of Woodstar. Woodstar holds an approximate
50% voting (35.23% interest in profits) Class A membership interest in the LLC.
See "Certain Information Concerning Westin -- Westin Stock." Prior to September
8, 1997, Mr. Sternlicht was a director of Westin.
In addition, Madison F. Grose, a Trustee of the Trust, is Managing Director
and General Counsel of, and holds an indirect ownership interest in, Starwood
Capital and is an investor in Marswood. Jonathan D. Eilian, a Director of the
Corporation, is Managing Director of, and holds an indirect ownership interest
in, Starwood Capital and is an investor in Marswood. Daniel H. Stern, a Trustee
of the Trust, is also an affiliate of a limited partner of Starwood Capital. Mr.
Stern is also a director of Westin and is an affiliate of an investor in
Marswood. Other limited partners of Marswood are also directors or affiliates of
directors of Westin.
In addition, Starwood Capital and its affiliates hold a 37% interest in a
golf course management company which currently manages one golf course which is
associated with a Westin hotel and a 20% interest in a Mexican company that
operates timeshare resorts adjacent to three Westin hotels in Mexico which were
acquired in 1997 by Starwood Lodging and are managed by Westin. See "Certain
Information Concerning Westin -- Strategic Relationships." Individuals
affiliated with Starwood Capital, including individuals who are Trustees of the
Trust, Directors of the Corporation or directors of Westin, hold a 75% interest
in a company that operates the Westin Innisbrook Resort and the Tamarron Hilton.
Employment Agreements. The Trust has entered into employment agreements
with Mr. Sternlicht, Gary Mendell, the President and a Trustee of the Trust,
Steven Goldman, Senior Vice President and a Trustee of the Trust, and Ronald
Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Trust. The
Corporation has entered into employment agreements with Eric Danziger, the
President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Corporation, and
Theodore Darnall, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Corporation. All of such agreements are described under the section "Executive
Compensation -- Employment and Compensation Agreements with Executive Officers."
In general each of such agreements provides for certain severance benefits and
immediate vesting of options and restricted stock awards if such agreement is
terminated without cause by the Trust or the Corporation, as the case may be, or
by the employee under certain circumstances, all as described in such section.
Compensation of Special Committee Chairmen. Messrs. Yih and Quazzo each
received $200,000 in cash and an award of 5,000 Paired Shares as compensation
for acting as Chairmen of the Special Committees. Such fees are not conditioned
upon consummation of the Transaction.
THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
The following summary of certain provisions of the Transaction Agreement, a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to this Joint Proxy Statement, is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Transaction Agreement.
THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS
Seattle. The Transaction Agreement provides that on the Closing Date (as
defined below) the Members (or their permitted transferees) will contribute, or
cause to be contributed, to the Realty Partnership all the then outstanding
shares of capital stock of Seattle ("Seattle Shares"). Concurrently with such
contribution, (i) the Realty Partnership will issue to the Members (or their
permitted transferees) and any other holders of Seattle Shares, on a pro rata
basis based on the number of Seattle Shares so contributed to the Realty
Partnership, an aggregate of 359,948 Units of Realty Partnership having the
terms described below under
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"Description of Preferred Shares and Units -- Realty Partnership Units" ("Class
A RP Units"), as such number of Class A RP Units shall be adjusted pursuant to
the terms of the Transaction Agreement, (ii) the Realty Partnership will assume
indebtedness of the Members (or their permitted transferees) incurred by the
Members (or their permitted transferees) prior to such contribution, provided
that the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on such
indebtedness to be assumed shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to
$104,800,000, and (iii) the Realty Partnership will assume, repay or refinance,
or, in the case of nonrecourse indebtedness, acquire (directly or indirectly)
the assets securing such indebtedness subject to such indebtedness
(collectively, "Assume"), all indebtedness of Seattle and of each scheduled
entity in which Seattle has an equity interest; provided, however, that in the
event the aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the Members (or their
permitted transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) above is less than
$104,800,000, the Realty Partnership will pay to each of the Members (or their
permitted transferees) and each other holder of Seattle Shares that contributes
Seattle Shares to the Realty Partnership, in consideration for such
contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion of the
excess of $104,800,000 over the amount of such indebtedness so incurred and
assumed.
Lauderdale. The Transaction Agreement provides that on the Closing Date the
Members (or their permitted transferees) will contribute, or cause to be
contributed, to the Realty Partnership all the then outstanding shares of
capital stock of Lauderdale ("Lauderdale Shares"). Concurrently with such
contribution, (i) the Realty Partnership will issue to the Members (or their
permitted transferees) and any other holders of Lauderdale Shares, on a pro rata
basis based on the number of Lauderdale Shares so contributed to the Realty
Partnership, an aggregate of 120,948 Class A RP Units, as such number of Class A
RP Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement,
(ii) the Realty Partnership will assume indebtedness of the Members (or their
permitted transferees) incurred by the Members (or their permitted transferees)
prior to such contribution, provided that the aggregate amount of principal of
and accrued interest on such indebtedness to be assumed shall not exceed an
aggregate amount equal to $21,900,000 and (iii) the Realty Partnership will
Assume all indebtedness of Lauderdale and of each scheduled entity in which
Lauderdale has an equity interest; provided, however, that in the event the
aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) above is less than $21,900,000,
the Realty Partnership will pay to each of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and each other holder of Lauderdale Shares that contributes
Lauderdale Shares to the Realty Partnership, in consideration for such
contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion of the
excess of $21,900,000 over the amount of such indebtedness so incurred and
assumed.
Denver. The Transaction Agreement provides that on the Closing Date the
Members (or their permitted transferees) will contribute, or cause to be
contributed, to the Realty Partnership all the then outstanding shares of
capital stock of Denver ("Denver Shares"). Concurrently with such contribution,
(i) the Realty Partnership will issue to the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and any other holders of Denver Shares, on a pro rata basis based
on the number of Denver Shares so contributed to the Realty Partnership, an
aggregate of 116,948 Class A RP Units, as such number of Class A RP Units shall
be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, (ii) the Realty
Partnership will assume indebtedness of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) incurred by the Members (or their permitted transferees) prior to
such contribution, provided that the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on such indebtedness to be assumed shall not exceed an
aggregate amount equal to $20,500,000, and (iii) the Realty Partnership and the
Trust will Assume (or cause to be Assumed) all indebtedness of Denver and of
each scheduled entity in which Denver has an equity interest; provided, however,
that in the event the aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the Members
(or their permitted transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) above is
less than $20,500,000, the Realty Partnership will pay to each of the Members
(or their permitted transferees) and each other holder of Denver Shares that
contributes Denver Shares to the Realty Partnership, in consideration for such
contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion of the
excess of $20,500,000 over the amount of such indebtedness so incurred and
assumed.
Atlanta. The Transaction Agreement provides that on or prior to
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the
Realty Partnership will lend to Atlanta an aggregate amount of $34,200,000 and
that Atlanta will pay a dividend to the LLC (or the Members, as the case may
be), and
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the LLC may make a distribution to the Members, in an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of such indebtedness. On the Closing Date the LLC (or its
permitted transferees) shall contribute, or cause to be contributed, to the
Operating Partnership all the then outstanding shares of capital stock of
Atlanta ("Atlanta Shares"). Concurrently with such contribution, (i) the
Operating Partnership will issue to the LLC (or its permitted transferees) and
any other holders of Atlanta Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the number of
Atlanta Shares so contributed to the Operating Partnership, an aggregate of
358,000 Units of the Operating Partnership having the terms described below
under "Description of Preferred Shares and Units -- Operating Partnership Units"
("Class B OP Units"), as such number of the Class B OP Units shall be adjusted
pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, and (ii) the Operating
Partnership will Assume (or cause to be Assumed) all indebtedness of Atlanta and
of each scheduled entity in which Atlanta has an equity interest; provided,
however, that in the event the aggregate amount loaned by the Realty Partnership
to Atlanta pursuant to this provision is less than $34,200,000, the Operating
Partnership will pay to each of the Members (or their permitted transferees) and
each other holder of Atlanta Shares that contributes Atlanta Shares to the
Operating Partnership in consideration for such contribution, as applicable, an
aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion of the excess of
$34,200,000 over the amount of such indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
St. John. The Transaction Agreement provides that on the Closing Date the
Members (or their permitted transferees) will contribute, or cause to be
contributed, to the Operating Partnership all the then outstanding shares of
capital stock of St. John ("St. John Shares"). Concurrently with such
contribution, (i) the Operating Partnership will issue to the Members (or their
permitted transferees) and any other holders of St. John Shares, on a pro rata
basis based on the number of St. John Shares so contributed to the Operating
Partnership, an aggregate of 35,156 Class B OP Units, as such number of Class B
OP Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement,
(ii) the Operating Partnership shall assume indebtedness of the Members (or
their permitted transferees) incurred by the Members (or their permitted
transferees) prior to such contribution, provided that the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on such indebtedness to be assumed shall not
exceed an aggregate amount equal to $6,000,000, and (iii) the Operating
Partnership and the Trust shall Assume (or will cause to be Assumed) all
indebtedness of St. John and of each scheduled entity in which St. John has an
equity interest; provided, however, that in the event the aggregate amount of
indebtedness incurred by the Members (or their permitted transferees) and
assumed pursuant to clause (ii) above is less than $6,000,000, the Operating
Partnership will pay to each of the Members (or their permitted transferees) and
each other holder of St. John Shares that contributes St. John Shares to the
Realty Partnership, in consideration for such contribution, an aggregate amount
in cash equal to the pro rata portion of the excess of $6,000,000 over the
amount of such indebtedness so incurred and assumed. The contributions of shares
of common stock of each of Seattle, Lauderdale, Denver, Atlanta and St. John
described above are referred to herein as "Subsidiary Contributions."
Redistributed Subsidiary Shares. At the election of the Westin Companies,
the Members (other than Bartels and Nomura) may distribute not more than 15% of
the outstanding shares of each of Seattle, Lauderdale, Atlanta, Denver and St.
John (the "Redistributed Subsidiary Shares") to investors in the Members or
their designees, and each such investor or designee will then exchange each such
Seattle, Lauderdale, Atlanta, Denver or St. John Share, as the case may be, for
a pro rata portion (based on the number of Seattle, Lauderdale, Atlanta, Denver
or St. John Shares, as applicable, then outstanding) of (i) the aggregate number
of shares of Class B EPS equal to the aggregate number of Class A RP Units or
Class B OP Units, as applicable, for which such Shares would otherwise have been
exchangeable and (ii) an aggregate amount of cash equal to the aggregate amount
of cash (or assumed indebtedness) which such holder would otherwise have
received in exchange for such Shares.
THE MERGER
Effect of Merger; Directors and Officers after Effective Time. The
Transaction Agreement provides that at the Effective Time (as defined below),
Westin Worldwide will be merged with and into the Trust (the "Surviving Trust")
and the separate corporate existence of Westin Worldwide will thereupon cease.
The Declaration of Trust of the Trust as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time will be the Declaration of
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Trust of the Trust after the Merger. The Regulations of the Trust in effect at
the Effective Time will be the regulations of the Trust after the Merger. The
trustees of the Trust at the Effective Time, together with Stuart M. Rothenberg,
will, from and after the Effective Time, be the trustees of the Surviving Trust
until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Declaration of Trust and the Trustees' Regulations. The officers of the Trust at
the Effective Time will, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of
the Trust until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Declaration of Trust and the Trustees' Regulations. The directors of
the Corporation at the Effective Time, together with Juergen Bartels and Barry
S. Volpert, will, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the
Corporation until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Corporation (it being
understood that Barry S. Sternlicht will be Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation). The officers of the Corporation at the Effective Time will,
from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Corporation; provided,
however, that Juergen Bartels will be the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, and the President of the Corporation, the Chief Operating Officer
of the Corporation and the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation will be
appointed immediately after the Effective Time by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation as constituted from and after the Closing Date, in each case until
their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until
their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws of the Corporation.
Merger Consideration. As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder of any shares of Westin Worldwide,
subject to certain adjustments in the event there are any dissenting
stockholders, each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Westin
Worldwide (collectively, the "Worldwide Shares") issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall (other than shares held by Westin
or its subsidiaries or the Starwood Companies or their subsidiaries) be
converted into, and become exchangeable for, a pro rata portion (based upon the
aggregate number of Worldwide Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time) of 6,285,783 Class A EPS, having the terms described below
under "Description of Preferred Shares and Units -- Class A EPS" and 5,294,783
Class B EPS, having the terms described below under "Description of Preferred
Shares and Units -- Class B EPS" and, subject to the adjustments described
below, cash in an amount equal to $177,926,000 reduced by the aggregate amount
of cash dividends paid by Denver, which cash dividends are expected to equal
Denver's accumulated but undistributed earnings and profits (collectively, the
"Merger Consideration"). In addition, in connection with the Merger, the Trust
will Assume (or cause to be Assumed) all indebtedness of Westin Worldwide and of
each entity in which Westin Worldwide has an equity interest (collectively,
"Worldwide Debt") outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Adjustment Relating to Entity Level Debt. In the event the principal amount
of outstanding indebtedness of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver,
Atlanta and St. John and their respective subsidiaries (excluding any
intercompany indebtedness for borrowed money) immediately prior to the Effective
Date is less than $887,207,000, the aggregate amount of the cash portion of the
Merger Consideration will be increased by an amount equal to the excess of
$887,207,000 over the sum of the principal amount of indebtedness of Westin
Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta and St. John and their
respective subsidiaries Assumed pursuant to the Subsidiary Contributions and the
Merger, and each outstanding share of Westin Worldwide that is converted into a
portion of the Merger Consideration in the Merger will be converted into its pro
rata portion of such increased Merger Consideration.
Adjustment Relating to Gross Debt. In the event that the sum of (i) the
principal of and all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding indebtedness
of the Members (or their permitted transferees) that is Assumed by the Realty
Partnership or the Operating Partnership pursuant to the Subsidiary
Contributions, (ii) the principal amount of indebtedness of Westin Worldwide,
Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta and St. John and their respective
subsidiaries (including the allocable portion of the indebtedness of non-
subsidiary joint ventures) that is Assumed by the Starwood Companies pursuant to
the Subsidiary Contributions and the Merger (other than any indebtedness
incurred to fund certain capital expenditures of
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Westin in excess of budget or which were not budgeted or to fund acquisitions
permitted to be made pursuant to the Transaction Agreement or any indebtedness
incurred by any joint venture that is not controlled by Westin) and (iii)
without duplication of any amount set forth in (i) or (ii) above, any cash paid
in respect of Redistributed Subsidiary Shares exceeds $1,064,243,000, then the
aggregate amount of the cash portion of the Merger Consideration will be
decreased by an amount equal to such excess, and each outstanding share of
Westin Worldwide that is converted into a portion of the Merger Consideration in
the Merger will be converted into its pro rata portion of such decreased Merger
Consideration.
Adjustment Relating to Budgeted Capital Expenditures and Investments. In
the event the aggregate amount of capital expenditures or investments made in
respect of certain of the hotels or other assets relating to the Westin
Companies and/or their respective subsidiaries during the period beginning on
January 1, 1997 and ending on December 31, 1997 ("Actual Scheduled
Expenditures") is less than the amount budgeted for capital expenditures or
investments for such hotels or other assets ("Budgeted Scheduled Expenditures"),
the cash portion of the Merger Consideration will be decreased by an aggregate
amount of cash equal to the sum of all such deficits.
In the event the amount of Actual Scheduled Expenditures exceeds the amount
of Budgeted Scheduled Expenditures, or in the event that capital expenditures or
investments are made in respect of any hotel or other asset relating to any of
the Westin Companies and/or their respective subsidiaries that is not included
in Westin's budget ("Actual Unscheduled Expenditures"), then, except as provided
below, the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall be increased by an
aggregate amount of cash equal to the sum of all such excess amounts and amounts
of Actual Unscheduled Expenditures less all such excesses and amounts financed
directly or indirectly with indebtedness Assumed (or caused to be Assumed) by
any Starwood Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement. The Westin Companies
have agreed that prior to making any Actual Scheduled Expenditure that exceeds
the amount of the related Budgeted Scheduled Expenditure or any Actual
Unscheduled Expenditure, the Westin Companies will provide the Starwood
Companies with written notice of any such proposed expenditure (the "Proposed
Expenditure"). Notwithstanding anything contained in the Transaction Agreement
to the contrary, the Westin Companies shall not make any Proposed Expenditure
unless the Starwood Companies approve such Proposed Expenditure in writing,
except as provided below. In the event the Starwood Companies do not so approve
such Proposed Expenditure, representatives of the Starwood Companies and
representatives of the Westin Companies will attempt to resolve the matter. If
such attempt does not result in the resolution of such matter, either (i) the
Westin Companies shall not make such Proposed Expenditure for so long as the
Transaction Agreement is in effect or (ii) the Westin Companies may make such
Proposed Expenditure but the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall not
be increased in respect of such Proposed Expenditure. The Starwood Companies are
deemed, pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, to have approved certain Proposed
Expenditures, including (i) up to $13,200,000 during calendar year 1997 in
connection with assets held by St. John, (ii) up to $8,890,000 with respect to
expenditures made after June 30, 1997 in connection with a hotel property
located in San Antonio, Texas, (iii) up to $240,000 with respect to expenditures
made after June 30, 1997 in connection with a hotel property located in
Savannah, Georgia and (iv) certain other expenditures expected to be made by the
Westin Companies pursuant to the terms of any scheduled agreement to which any
of the Westin Companies was a party on the date of the Transaction Agreement.
Adjustment Relating to Acquisitions by Westin. The Westin Companies have
agreed that, for so long as the Transaction Agreement is in effect, they will
not acquire any assets (other than assets acquired in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or acquisitions of assets constituting
capital expenditures subject to the limitations described above) or securities
of any other person for an aggregate purchase price in excess of $1,000,000
without the prior written consent of the Starwood Companies; provided, however,
that in the event that the Starwood Companies object to the making of an
acquisition by the Westin Companies that can, at the time of any objection
thereto by the Starwood Companies, be acquired by the Westin Companies pursuant
to the terms of an agreement relating to such acquisition, subject to the terms
and conditions specified in such agreement, none of the Starwood Companies or
any of their affiliates may, without the prior written consent of the Members,
pursue or make such acquisition for the account of any of the Starwood Companies
or any of their affiliates for a period of one year after the date, if any, of
the
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termination of the Transaction Agreement. In the event that any of the Westin
Companies makes an acquisition in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the
cash portion of the Merger Consideration will be increased by an aggregate
amount equal to the purchase price (other than any portion thereof that is
financed by indebtedness that is assumed by the Starwood Companies) and
transaction costs paid in connection with such acquisition.
Working Capital Adjustments. The Transaction Agreement provides for an
adjustment of the cash portion of the Merger Consideration based on the working
capital balances (calculated in accordance with the Transaction Agreement) of
each of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta and St. John on
the Closing Date. The cash portion of the Merger will be increased by the amount
of positive working capital, if any, or decreased by the amount of negative
working capital, if any, on the Closing Date. Following the Closing Date, the
working capital adjustment will be subject to a "true-up" mechanism involving
(i) the delivery of final Closing Date working capital balance sheets by the
Starwood Companies' independent accountants, (ii) the review by the LLC of the
Closing Date working capital balance sheets, (iii) a period during which the
Starwood Companies and the LLC will attempt to reconcile any disputed items on
the Closing Date working capital balance sheets, (iv) if necessary, a resolution
by a third party independent accounting firm of any unresolved disputed items on
the Closing Date working capital balance sheet and (v) the payment of any amount
determined to be owing following completion of such "true-up" procedures.
CLOSING AND EFFECTIVE TIME
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Transaction
Agreement, the closing of the Merger and of each of the Subsidiary Contributions
(the "Closing") shall take place on January 2, 1998 or, if on such date all the
conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement have not been satisfied or
waived, then on such later date (but not later than January 31, 1998) as all the
conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement have been satisfied or waived,
or if the Starwood Companies reasonably request additional time in order to
complete any financings necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreement, and the lead underwriters of such financing (acting
reasonably) agree to such request, then promptly after the consummation of any
such financings (but not later than January 31, 1998), or at such time and/or on
such other date as the LLC and the Trust may agree in writing. The date on which
the Closing occurs is herein called the "Closing Date".
As soon as practicable following the Closing, Westin Worldwide and the
Trust will cause Articles of Merger (the "Maryland Articles of Merger") to be
executed, acknowledged and filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation (the "Maryland Assessments Department") and a
Certificate of Merger (the "Delaware Certificate of Merger") to be executed,
acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The
Merger will become effective on the date and at the time when the last of the
following actions shall have been completed: (i) the time the Maryland
Assessments Department accepts the Maryland Articles of Merger for record and
(ii) the Delaware Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware (the "Effective Time").
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In the Transaction Agreement, the LLC and the Members made representations
and warranties to the Starwood Companies, including, but not limited to,
representations and warranties as to organization and qualification, capital
structure, authority, required consents and approvals, the financial statements
of the LLC, absence of certain changes, litigation, employee benefits,
compliance with laws, environmental matters, taxes, labor matters, insurance,
owned and leased properties, material contracts, intellectual property rights
and joint venture affiliates.
Certain of the representations and warranties of the Westin Companies are
qualified by matters disclosed in a disclosure letter delivered by Westin as
well as certain information contained in a list of documents set forth in the
disclosure letter. The Westin Companies may revise the disclosure letter at any
time prior to ten business days prior to the Closing Date, provided, however
that under certain circumstances the Starwood Companies shall have the right to
elect to terminate the Transaction Agreement if the revised information
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would cause a representation and warranty of the Westin Companies to be no
longer true and correct in all material respects.
The Starwood Companies made representations and warranties to the Westin
Companies, including, but not limited to, representations and warranties as to
organization and qualification, capital structure, authority and fairness
opinion, required consents and approvals, filings made by Starwood Lodging under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (including financial
statements included in documents filed by the Trust and the Corporation under
those acts), litigation, takeover statutes, tax matters, "REIT" status and
"partnership" status.
COVENANTS
Covenants Relating to Interim Operations of Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries. Each of the Westin Companies has, in the Transaction Agreement,
covenanted and agreed that during the period from the date of the Transaction
Agreement to the Effective Time (except as otherwise approved by the Trust and
except as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Agreement):
(a) the business of it and its subsidiaries shall be conducted in the
ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice and, to the extent
consistent therewith, it and its subsidiaries shall use all reasonable
efforts to preserve its business organization intact and maintain its
existing relations and goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors,
creditors, lessors, employees and business associates;
(b) it shall not (i) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any
capital stock owned by it in any of its subsidiaries except that (A) the
Westin Companies may issue shares to members of management of the Westin
Companies so long as such issuance does not (without giving effect to any
issuance described in clause (B) below) result in any of Westin Worldwide,
Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta or St. John having more than 1,000,000
shares of its common stock on a fully diluted basis outstanding on the
Closing Date and (B) the Westin Companies may issue shares pursuant to
options outstanding under the Executive Securities Purchase and Employment
Agreements between one or more of the Westin Companies or their
subsidiaries and each of Juergen Bartels, Frederick J. Kleisner, Richard L.
Mahoney and Jack van Hartesvelt; (ii) amend its certificate of
incorporation, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement
or by-laws, as the case may be; (iii) split, combine or reclassify its
outstanding shares of capital stock or issue, sell or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of its capital stock; (iv) declare, set aside or
pay any cash dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock or
property in respect of any capital stock, or otherwise make any payments to
any Member or any of its stockholders (other than pursuant to an agreement
existing on September 8, 1997), other than dividends from its direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries and other than (A) in the case of Westin
Worldwide, cash dividends not in excess of $160,000,000 and an in-kind
dividend consisting of the capital stock of Pegasus Systems, Inc. owned as
of the date of the Transaction Agreement by the Westin Companies, (B) in
the case of Lauderdale and Seattle, cash dividends not in excess of
$6,000,000 in the aggregate, (C) in the case of Denver, cash dividends not
in excess of an amount equal to accumulated and undistributed earnings and
profits of Denver and (D) in the case of Atlanta, cash dividends not in
excess of $34,200,000; or (v) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or
permit any of its subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares
of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any shares of its capital stock (except in the case of
Westin Worldwide for the repurchase or redemption of shares of its stock
held by Nomura);
(c) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall (i) issue, sell,
pledge, dispose of or encumber any shares of, or securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or options, warrants, calls,
commitments or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, its capital
stock or any class of any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the
holders of which have the right to vote with the stockholders, members or
partners, as the case may be, of any of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale,
Seattle, Denver, Atlanta or St. John or any of their subsidiaries on any
matter or any other property or assets (other than,
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in the case of the Westin Companies, shares issuable pursuant to the
Executive Securities Purchase and Employment Agreements between one or more
of the Westin Companies or their subsidiaries and each of Juergen Bartels,
Frederick J. Kleisner, Richard L. Mahoney and Jack van Hartesvelt); (ii)
mortgage, pledge or encumber any other property or assets or guarantee,
incur or modify any indebtedness or other liability (except that (A) Westin
Worldwide may incur indebtedness that is, in the case of borrowed money,
both prepayable and assumable by a third party, in either case at any time
without penalty, and, in all cases, is at fair market terms (collectively,
"Prepayable Debt"), in an amount not to exceed $160 million, (B) Lauderdale
and Seattle may incur Prepayable Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$6 million, (C) Denver may incur Prepayable Debt in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the amount of accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits
of Denver, (D) the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries may incur
Prepayable Debt to fund capital expenditures and acquisitions permitted by
the Transaction Agreement and indebtedness incurred by any joint venture
that is not controlled by the Westin Companies, (E) Atlanta may incur
Prepayable Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed $34,200,000, (F) the
Westin Companies may incur (1) Prepayable Debt in respect of capital
expenditures relating to St. John and/or its subsidiaries in an amount not
to exceed $9,500,000, (2) Prepayable Debt represented by notes payable in
connection with the financing of insurance premiums in an amount not to
exceed $3,000,000 (provided that at the Closing Date the aggregate
principal amount of such notes payable does not exceed $2,261,000), (3)
Prepayable Debt represented by capital leases for an aggregate amount not
to exceed $3,875,000 and (4) subordinated Prepayable Debt that is required
to be purchased by Nomura pursuant to the Participation Agreement dated as
of May 12, 1995, among Nomura, the other Members, the LLC and the other
parties thereto in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,200,000 plus any
subordinated Prepayable Debt required to be purchased by Nomura in
connection with any capital expenditures or acquisitions approved under the
Transaction Agreement, (G) the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries may
enter into guarantees of performance under management, franchise, license
or similar agreements to which any of the Westin Companies or any of their
subsidiaries is a party, (H) the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries
may make loans to, or investments in, owners of hotels in connection with
the obtaining of management, franchise, license or similar contracts with
such owners, provided that the amount of any such loan or investment shall
not exceed $1,000,000 and that the aggregate amount of all such loans or
investments shall not exceed $5,000,000 and (I) the Westin Companies may
incur trade debt and similar indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice; (iii) make or authorize or
commit for any capital expenditures other than as permitted by the
Transaction Agreement or, by any means, make any significant acquisition
of, or investment in, assets or stock of any other person or entity other
than as permitted by the Transaction Agreement; or (iv) sell, lease (as
lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets, other than inventory
and minor amounts of personal property sold or otherwise disposed of for
fair value in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(d) except as set forth in Westin's disclosure letter to the
Transaction Agreement, neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall
terminate, establish, adopt, enter into, make any new grants or awards
under, amend or otherwise modify, any material bonus, deferred
compensation, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings,
employee stock ownership, stock bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock,
stock option, employment, termination, severance, compensation, medical,
health or other plan, agreement, policy or arrangement that covers
employees, directors, former employees or former directors of the Westin
Companies and their subsidiaries (the "Compensation and Benefit Plans"), or
increase the salary, wage, bonus or other compensation of any employees
except increases occurring in the ordinary and usual course of business
(which shall include normal periodic performance reviews and related
compensation and benefit increases);
(e) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall settle or compromise
any material claims or litigation (except as set forth in Westin's
disclosure letter and except for litigation involving claims that are
covered by insurance) or modify, amend or terminate any of its material
contracts or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims;
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(f) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall make any tax election
or permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or
loss-payable payee to be canceled or terminated except in the ordinary and
usual course of business;
(g) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will make any change in
accounting practices or policies applied in the preparation of their
financial statements that would have an economic impact on any of the
Westin Companies, except as required by generally accepted accounting
principles;
(h) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will enter into any
contract for the purchase of real property or for the sale of any owned
property or exercise any option to purchase real property listed in
Westin's disclosure letter or any option to extend a lease listed in
Westin's disclosure letter;
(i) except as set forth in Westin's disclosure letter, neither it nor
any of its subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, enter into any
significant contract or agreement with any Member or any affiliate of any
Member other than as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Agreement;
(j) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall knowingly take any
action or omit to take any action that would cause any of its
representations and warranties in the Transaction Agreement to become
untrue in any material respect;
(k) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall sell, transfer,
assign, lease, sublease, license or sublicense any intellectual property
rights, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and except in connection with the operation of the Westin
Companies' timeshare business; and
(l) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will authorize or enter
into an agreement to do any of the foregoing.
Covenants Relating to Interim Operations of the Starwood Companies. Each of
the Starwood Companies has covenanted and agreed as to itself and its
subsidiaries that during the period from the date of the Transaction Agreement
to the Effective Time, none of the Starwood Companies will declare or pay any
dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of capital stock of any of the
Starwood Companies other than dividends in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
greater of (i) the current rate of the Trust's dividends and (ii) the Trust's
"real estate investment trust taxable income" (as such term is defined for
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Code")) without regard to any net
capital gains; provided that the foregoing shall not be deemed to prevent
repurchases of stock by the Starwood Companies pursuant to stock "buyback"
arrangements that have been publicly announced by the Starwood Companies prior
to the date of the Transaction Agreement or increases in the dividend rate of
the Starwood Companies in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
Tax Matters. The Transaction Agreement provides that none of the Westin
Companies or the Starwood Companies shall take or cause to be taken any action,
whether before or after the Effective Time, that would disqualify the Merger as
a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The
Transaction Agreement also provides that each of the Starwood Companies will use
its best efforts to maintain the Trust's status as a real estate investment
trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes ("REIT"), from the date of the
Transaction Agreement through December 31, 1998 and the status of each of the
Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, from the date of the Transaction Agreement through
the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.
Stock Options. Prior to the Effective Time, each of the Westin Companies
has agreed to take such actions as may be necessary such that immediately prior
to the Effective Time each outstanding option of the Westin Companies, whether
or not then exercisable, shall be exercised for securities of the Westin
Companies, it being understood that (i) 60% of such securities so issued in
connection with such exercises of such options will be "vested" for purposes of
the employment agreements pursuant to which such options were issued and (ii)
40% of such securities so issued in connection with such exercises of such
options will be "unvested" for purposes of the employment agreements pursuant to
which such options were issued and that any securities of the Starwood Companies
issued in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement in respect
of such "unvested" securities will be deemed to be "unvested" in a manner
similar to that set forth in such
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employment agreements with the first 50% of such unvested securities to vest on
May 12, 1998 and the remaining 50% of such unvested securities to vest on May
12, 1999.
Employee Benefits. Each of the Trust and the Corporation has agreed that it
shall maintain for a period of twelve months immediately following the Effective
Time, employee benefit plans, programs, policies and arrangements for employees
of the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries and employees of unaffiliated
companies that have the benefits of plans administered by the Westin Companies
("Adopting Non-Affiliates") which in the aggregate are no less favorable than
the employee benefit plans, programs, policies and arrangements of the Westin
Companies and their subsidiaries in effect at the Effective Time, in which such
employees are eligible to participate immediately preceding the Effective Time.
The Trust and the Corporation have agreed to cause such employee benefit plans
to take into account for purposes of eligibility and vesting thereunder service
by employees of the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries and employees of
Adopting Non-Affiliates as if such service were with the Trust or the
Corporation. The Trust and the Corporation will honor all employee benefit
obligations to current and former employees under the Compensation and Benefit
Plans and all employee severance plans (or policies) in existence on the date of
the Transaction Agreement and all employment or severance agreements entered
into by the Westin Companies or adopted by the Board of Directors or Board of
Managers, as applicable, of each Westin Company prior to the date of the
Transaction Agreement. Nothing in the Transaction Agreement should be
interpreted as limiting the power of the Trust or the Corporation to cause the
amendment or termination of any Compensation and Benefit Plan, any other
individual employee benefit plan, program, agreement or policy or as requiring
the Trust or the Corporation or their subsidiaries to offer to continue (other
than as required by its terms) any written employment contract, so long as in
the aggregate the Trust and the Corporation comply with the foregoing.
Fees and Expenses. Each of the parties to the Transaction Agreement has
agreed to bear its own costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees
and disbursements of its counsel, accountants and other financial, legal,
accounting or other advisors), incurred by it or its affiliates in connection
with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Agreement and each of the other documents and instruments executed
in connection with or contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the
"Acquisition Expenses"); provided, however, that the Acquisition Expenses of the
Westin Companies (including, without limitation, the cost of all third party
consents to be obtained by the Westin Companies and all taxes payable in
connection with any transactions or restructurings contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement to take place on or prior to the Closing Date, the fees
and expenses of Arthur Andersen LLP incurred by Westin related to the
preparation of this Joint Proxy Statement and the delivery of the "comfort
letter" pursuant to the Transaction Agreement and the fees and expenses incurred
in connection with earnings and profits, valuation and similar due diligence
evaluations, investigations or studies) will be borne entirely by the Starwood
Companies, and provided further that the Members shall bear the Acquisition
Expenses attributable to the fees and expenses of the financial and legal
advisors to the Members and the Westin Companies incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.
Management of the Corporation and the Trust. The Trust has agreed to
include Stuart M. Rothenberg (and successors to such person as shall be
designated by The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. ("GS Group") or an affiliate thereof
designated by GS Group) on each management slate of nominees to the Board of
Trustees of the Trust. The Corporation has agreed to include Barry S. Volpert
(and successors to such person as shall be designated by GS Group or its
affiliate) and Juergen Bartels (to the extent he continues as Chief Executive
Officer) on each management slate of nominees to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. The right to designate a director of the Corporation will expire if
affiliates of Goldman Sachs sell (to unaffiliated persons) more than 50% of the
securities of the Starwood Companies received by affiliates of Goldman Sachs in
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (or securities of the
Starwood Companies that may be received upon exchange thereof), and the right to
designate a trustee of the Trust will expire if affiliates of Goldman Sachs sell
(to unaffiliated persons) more than 75% of the securities of the Starwood
Companies received by affiliates of Goldman Sachs in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (or securities of the Starwood
Companies that may be received upon exchange thereof).
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The following table sets forth certain information about Messrs.
Rothenberg, Volpert and Bartels:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NO. OF PAIRED SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
---------------------------------------
PERCENT PERCENT
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND AS OF THE OF AFTER THE OF
NAME AND AGE OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS RECORD DATE OUTSTANDING EFFECTIVE TIME OUTSTANDING
------------ ------------------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Juergen Bartels (57)........... Chairman and Chief Executive 0 0% 812,057(1) 1.6%(2)
Officer of Westin Hotel Company
since 1995. Prior to joining
Westin, Mr. Bartels was the
President and Chief Executive
Officer of Carlson Hospitality
Group, Inc. ("Carlson"), which
controls Radisson Hotels
International, T.G.I. Friday's
restaurants and Country Inns
and Suites. Mr. Bartels joined
Carlson in 1983 and during his
12 years at Carlson he oversaw
the growth of the Radisson
Hotels chain, which developed
from a 23-property hotel
company to a worldwide firm
with more than 300 hotels in 39
countries. Prior to joining
Carlson, Mr. Bartels was the
President of Ramada's worldwide
holding company and founder of
Ramada Renaissance Hotels. Mr.
Bartels has worked in the hotel
industry for 40 years.
Stuart M. Rothenberg (34)...... Managing Director in the Real 0 0% 4,312,650(3) 7.8%(4)
Estate Principal Investment
Area of Goldman Sachs and the
head of acquisitions for that
company's Whitehall Real Estate
Funds. Over the past 10 years
he has held various management
and other positions with
Goldman Sachs. Mr. Rothenberg
has been a director of Westin
Hotel Company since 1995 and
also is a director of The
Archon Group, Gestion d'Actifs
Haussmann and The Wellsford
Whitehall, L.L.C.
Barry S. Volpert (37).......... Managing Director in the 0 0% 4,312,650(3) 7.8%(4)
Principal Investment Area of
Goldman Sachs. Over the past 11
years, he has held various
other management positions with
that company. Mr. Volpert is a
director of Westin Hotel
Company, Elifin S.A.
(Luxembourg), Insilco Corp. and
Rockefeller Center Properties,
Inc.
</TABLE>
(1) Reflects approximate number of Paired Shares into which Starwood Securities
to be received by Mr. Bartels in the Transaction may be converted. Such
number includes Starwood Securities to be received by Mr. Bartels in
connection with options outstanding pursuant to his employment agreement
with Westin, assuming a Paired Share price of $58.50 per share.
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(2) Determined on the basis of the number of Paired Shares issued and
outstanding on November 3, 1997, after giving effect to the exchange of the
approximate number of Starwood Securities to be received by Mr. Bartels in
the Transaction into Paired Shares and assuming the issuance of 10.7 million
Paired Shares in an equity offering prior to consummation of the
Transaction. See Note 3 to Starwood Lodging's Unaudited Combined
Consolidated and Separate Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheets as of
September 30, 1997.
(3) Reflects approximate number of Paired Shares into which Starwood Securities
to be received by WHWE in the Transaction may be converted. Each of Mr.
Rothenberg and Mr. Volpert may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such
shares by virtue of his employment by Goldman Sachs or one or more
affiliates of Goldman Sachs. Each of Mr. Rothenberg and Mr. Volpert,
however, disclaims any such beneficial ownership.
(4) Determined on the basis of the number of Paired Shares issued and
outstanding on November 3, 1997, after giving effect to the exchange of the
approximate number of Starwood Securities to be received by WHWE in the
Transaction into Paired Shares and assuming the issuance of 10.7 million
Paired Shares in an equity offering prior to consummation of the
Transaction. See Note 3 to Starwood Lodging's Unaudited Combined
Consolidated and Separate Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheets as of
September 30, 1997.
Reorganization of the Purchased Entities. The Transaction Agreement
provides that immediately prior to the Closing Date, the LLC shall cause the
Westin Companies, and shall use all reasonable efforts to cause its joint
venture affiliates, to be reorganized such that, in the opinion of counsel to
the Starwood Companies, the acquisition contemplated thereby will not adversely
affect the ability of the Trust to qualify as a "real estate investment trust"
as defined in Section 856 of the Code and/or for the purposes of minimizing the
number of required consents or approvals in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby. Such reorganization shall include such mergers and sales of
the subsidiaries of Westin or assets thereof as shall be necessary or
appropriate to accomplish the foregoing.
Closing After January 2, 1998. In the event the Starwood Companies advise
the Westin Companies that the Closing Date is likely to be delayed beyond
January 2, 1998, the Members and the Westin Companies have agreed to take
whatever actions may be reasonably requested by the Starwood Companies to
reorganize and restructure the businesses and assets of the Westin Companies so
as to preserve, to the extent practicable, the tax benefits to the Starwood
Companies that would have accrued had the Closing Date occurred on January 2,
1998, and to minimize, to the extent practicable, any tax detriment to the
Starwood Companies that might occur due to the Closing Date occurring after
January 2, 1998 (including by transferring assets among Westin and/or by leasing
assets to one or more of the Starwood Companies); provided, however, that the
Starwood Companies shall pay all expenses and costs (including any incremental
taxes and legal and accounting fees and expenses) actually incurred by the LLC,
the Members and Westin in connection with such reorganization and restructuring
and, in the event the Transaction Agreement is terminated, in connection with
the unwinding of such reorganization and restructuring.
Solicitation of Employees. Each of the Members and the LLC has agreed that,
during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, neither it, nor any of its affiliates (which
such Member unilaterally controls), will, directly or indirectly, solicit
employment, consulting or other services of any employees of the Starwood
Companies, Westin or any of their subsidiaries or otherwise induce such
employees to leave the employment of the Starwood Companies, Westin or any of
their subsidiaries or breach his or her employment agreement, if any, with the
Starwood Companies, Westin or any of their subsidiaries.
Additional Agreements with Nomura. The Transaction Agreement provides that
on or prior to March 28, 1998, Nomura will not securitize indebtedness held by
it relating to Denver (with an aggregate principal amount of $45 million plus
$8.5 million of preferred equity) or to St. John (currently with an aggregate
principal amount of $20 million) and will allow the Starwood Companies to prepay
all of such indebtedness (and preferred equity) plus all breakage costs relating
to any related U.S. Treasury hedge positions (it being understood that Nomura
will use its best efforts to minimize such costs, including, without limitation,
"rolling" such hedge positions into the new loans referred to below), but
otherwise without premium or
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penalty, on or prior to March 29, 1998. Concurrently therewith, the Trust will
borrow from Nomura no less than $67.6 million principal amount of indebtedness
secured by one or more first mortgages (the underlying property of which, in
Nomura's reasonable judgment, is promptly capable of supporting an optimal
securitization of such indebtedness with a structure and pursuant to
documentation which is usual and customary for securitizations by Nomura and
which satisfies rating agency standards) on comparable quality assets as Denver
and St. John and on terms that will provide Nomura with comparable pricing,
fees, debt service coverage, collateralization, amortization and other economic
terms, in the aggregate, as Nomura would have received had the indebtedness of
Denver and St. John been securitized by Nomura instead of being prepaid. In
addition, on the Closing Date, the $15 million of credit enhancement in
connection with Atlanta from the Members for capital improvements over three
years will become credit enhancement (on the same terms and conditions) from the
Corporation and the Operating Partnership and the Members will be released by
Nomura and its affiliates from any obligation on such credit enhancement after
such date.
Additional Covenants. The Trust has agreed that, from and after the Closing
Date, the Trust will unconditionally guarantee all indebtedness incurred by any
Member in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement pursuant to a guarantee reasonably acceptable to the Westin Companies
and to the Members.
The Starwood Companies will permit each of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) to guarantee all indebtedness incurred by such Members (or their
permitted transferees) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement that is assumed by the Realty Partnership or the Operating
Partnership, as applicable, in connection with the Subsidiary Contributions (it
being understood and agreed that such Members (and their permitted transferees)
will not guarantee any such indebtedness originally incurred by Westin or any
subsidiaries of Westin), and, in the event that the Trust is required to make
any payment in respect of its guarantee of such indebtedness described above and
the Members elect to guarantee indebtedness, the Members (or their permitted
transferees) will pay to the Trust their proportionate share (based on the
proportion that the amount of indebtedness incurred by such Members (or their
permitted transferees) and assumed by the Realty Partnership or the Operating
Partnership bears to the total amount of indebtedness incurred by all the
Members (or their permitted transferees)) of the amount of any such payment made
by the Trust in respect of such guarantee. The Members (or their permitted
transferees) may at any time, at their option, terminate all or any portion of
the guarantees of indebtedness described in the previous sentence; in the event
the Members (or their permitted transferees) terminate such guarantee or any
portion thereof, (i) the Trust may terminate its guarantee of the portion of
such indebtedness as to which such Member or Members (or their transferees)
terminated its or their guarantee, (ii) the portion of the indebtedness as to
which the guarantee of the Members (or their permitted transferees) has been so
terminated shall no longer be subject to the covenants described in the
following two paragraphs, (iii) the amount of indebtedness of the Realty
Partnership or the Operating Partnership required to be outstanding shall be
decreased by the amount of indebtedness as to which such guarantee has been
terminated and (iv) in the event that each of WHWE, Woodstar and Nomura (or
their permitted transferees) terminates 80% (by dollar amount) or more of its
respective guarantee, the obligations of the Trust, the Realty Partnership and
the Operating Partnership with respect to such indebtedness shall terminate
(other than the obligation of the Trust not to repay or refinance or permit to
be repaid or refinanced for six and one-half months after the Closing Date, $160
million of the indebtedness of Westin Worldwide and $34,200,000 of indebtedness
of Atlanta permitted to be incurred by Westin Worldwide and Atlanta,
respectively, after the date of the Transaction Agreement and prior to the
Closing Date) as of the date of such termination of such guarantees.
The Trust has agreed that, in the event the Members exercise their option
to guarantee indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, during the period
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is two years after the
Closing Date, none of the Trust, the Realty Partnership, the Operating
Partnership, Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta or St. John, or any of their
respective subsidiaries, will repay or refinance any of the indebtedness assumed
by the Realty Partnership or the Operating Partnership in connection with the
Subsidiary Contributions. In the event that after such two-year period, any such
indebtedness of the Realty Partnership is repaid or refinanced, the Realty
Partnership will permit the Members to guarantee indebtedness of the Realty
Partnership having the same principal amount as such indebtedness so repaid or
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refinanced by the Realty Partnership and, in the event that after such two-year
period, any such indebtedness of the Operating Partnership is repaid or
refinanced, the Operating Partnership will permit the Members to guarantee
indebtedness of the Operating Partnership having the same principal amount as
such indebtedness so repaid or refinanced by the Operating Partnership. The
Trust has also agreed that for a period of six and one-half months after the
Closing Date it will not repay or refinance, or permit to be repaid or
refinanced, $160 million of the indebtedness of Westin Worldwide and $34,200,000
of indebtedness of Atlanta permitted to be incurred by Westin Worldwide and
Atlanta, respectively, after the date of the Transaction Agreement and prior to
the Closing Date.
In the event the Members exercise their option to guarantee indebtedness
described above, during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on
the date that is ten years after the Closing Date, (i) the Realty Partnership
and the Operating Partnership will maintain an aggregate amount of indebtedness
equal to an amount that is no less than the amount of indebtedness assumed by
the Realty Partnership or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, in
connection with the Subsidiary Contributions (other than any such indebtedness
originally incurred by Westin or any subsidiary of Westin), (ii) none of the
Trust, the Realty Partnership, the Operating Partnership, Lauderdale, Seattle,
Denver, Atlanta or St. John, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, will
voluntarily sell, assign, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer any of the
stock of Lauderdale, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta or St. John in the Subsidiary
Contributions or any of the land and improvements of Westin (excluding time
shares), except in a tax-deferred "like-kind" exchange pursuant to Section 1031
of the Code, and (iii) each of the Trust, the Operating Partnership and the
Realty Partnership will comply with certain covenants relating to net worth,
fixed charge coverage and maximum total indebtedness; provided, however, that
the Starwood Companies shall not be required to comply with the covenants
contained in this paragraph from and after the date, if any, on which the
failure of the Starwood Companies to comply with such covenants would not
adversely affect any of the Members or the tax position of any of the Members;
and provided further, however, that the Members shall not unreasonably withhold
or delay waivers of particular applications of the covenants set forth in this
paragraph requested by the Starwood Companies from time to time so long as such
waivers shall not adversely affect the tax position of any of the Members.
CONDITIONS
Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligation of each party to effect the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:
(i) the Transaction Agreement shall have been duly approved by holders of the
Trust Shares and the Corporation Shares constituting the number of the Trust
Shares and the Corporation Shares required to approve the Transaction Agreement
in accordance with applicable law and the Declaration of Trust and Articles of
Incorporation, as applicable, and Trustees' Regulations and by-laws, as
applicable, of the Trust and the Corporation, the laws of the State of Maryland
and the rules of the NYSE (the "Requisite Vote"), and the Merger shall have been
duly approved by the holders of the Trust Shares and the Corporation Shares
constituting the Requisite Vote; (ii) the waiting period applicable to the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated
and all notices, reports and other filings required to be made prior to the
Effective Time by the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies or any of
their respective subsidiaries with, and all consents, registrations, approvals,
permits and authorizations required to be obtained prior to the Effective Time
by the Westin Companies or the Starwood Companies or any of their respective
subsidiaries from, any governmental entity (collectively, "Governmental
Consents") in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction
Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated thereby by the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall
have been made or obtained (as the case may be), except those that the failure
to make or to obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
likely to have a material adverse effect on the Westin Companies or the Starwood
Companies or to provide a reasonable basis to conclude that the parties thereto
or any of their affiliates or respective directors, officers, agents, advisors
or other representatives would be subject to the risk of criminal liability; and
(iii) no court or governmental entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated,
enforced or entered any law that is in effect and restrains, enjoins or
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otherwise prohibits consummation of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (collectively, an "Order"), and no
governmental entity shall have instituted any proceeding therefor.
Conditions to Obligations of the Starwood Companies. The obligations of the
Starwood Companies to effect the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Agreement are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by
the Starwood Companies at or prior to the Effective Time of certain conditions,
including the following: (i) subject to certain limitations, the representations
and warranties of the Westin Companies set forth in the Transaction Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the
Transaction Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date; (ii) the Westin Companies shall have performed in all material
respects all material obligations required to be performed by them under the
Transaction Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) (a) no later than
the earliest to occur of (1) November 25, 1997, (2) the date of the occurrence
of the cash dividend of not more than $160 million by Westin Worldwide permitted
by the Transaction Agreement and (3) the date of the occurrence of the cash
dividend of not more than $34.2 million by Atlanta contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, the Starwood Companies shall have received the opinion of
Sidley & Austin with respect to certain tax matters; (b) the Starwood Companies
shall have received the opinion of Sidley & Austin, dated the Closing Date,
which opinion shall restate as of the Closing Date the foregoing opinion and (c)
the Trust shall have received an opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell with respect to
certain corporate matters; (iv) the Special Committees shall have received an
opinion of Morgan Stanley to the effect that the Merger, the Subsidiary
Contributions and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement are fair, from a financial point of view, to the Trust and the
Corporation; (v) there shall not have occurred, since the date of the
Transaction Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition,
properties, business or results of operations of the Westin Companies and their
subsidiaries taken as a whole or any development or combination of developments,
individually or in the aggregate, that has had or is reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Westin Companies; (vi) there shall not have been
any changes in the U.S. federal income tax laws that materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Trust to consummate the Merger as a "tax-free
reorganization" under the Code or the ability of the Trust to maintain its
status as a REIT for purposes of the Code; (vii) there shall have been no change
in the general economic, financial or market conditions in the United States
that materially and adversely affects the ability of the Starwood Companies to
obtain the financing necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreement; (viii) the owners of hotels that are party to
management, franchise or similar agreements with the Westin Companies and the
unaffiliated third party investors in joint venture affiliates and ground
lessors of hotels (or the properties on which such hotels are located) from whom
consents, approvals or authorizations are required to be obtained in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement shall not have delivered written notices of their intention to
terminate such agreements or ground leases ("Termination Notices"); provided
that this condition shall be deemed to have been satisfied unless the projected
1998 management fee and/or franchise fee and/or other revenues from all such
contracts in respect of which such notices have been received, equal or exceed,
in the aggregate, $8,000,000; provided, further, that this condition shall be
deemed to have been waived by the Starwood Companies if the Starwood Companies
do not elect not to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement as a result of the failure to satisfy this condition on or prior to
November 25, 1997 (in the event the cash dividend by Westin Worldwide permitted
by the Transaction Agreement shall not have occurred prior to November 25, 1997,
the foregoing reference to November 25, 1997 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the earlier to occur of (i) the occurrence of such dividend by Westin
Worldwide or (ii) the date that is fourteen days before the Annual Meetings);
provided, further, that applicable written consents or approvals shall be
required from such owners, unaffiliated third party investors or ground lessors
(collectively, the "Third Parties"), as applicable, with respect to certain
specified assets, and the failure to obtain any such consent or approval from
the applicable Third Party shall be deemed to be the delivery by such Third
Party of a Termination Notice for purposes of the first proviso to this
condition; (ix) WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura and Bartels shall have executed and
delivered an indemnity agreement in the form agreed to by the parties, and there
shall have been established, on or prior to the Closing Date, with respect to
the matters described in the indemnity agreement, an escrow arrangement relating
to the securities of the Starwood Companies received
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by the stockholders of Westin other than WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura and Bartels, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Starwood Companies, providing
for the same pro rata economic effect with respect to such stockholders as the
indemnity agreement provides for WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura and Bartels; (x) Nomura
and Property Acquisition Trust, as the case may be, shall have consented to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement under all debt agreements
relating to indebtedness of the joint venture affiliates, Westin Companies and
their respective subsidiaries and under any joint venture agreements, limited
liability agreements or partnership agreements to which Nomura is a party; and
(xi) the Starwood Companies shall have received a "comfort letter" from Arthur
Andersen LLP.
Conditions to Obligation of the Westin Companies. The obligations of the
Westin Companies to effect the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreement are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the
Westin Companies at or prior to the Effective Time of certain conditions,
including the following: (i) subject to certain limitations, the representations
and warranties of the Starwood Companies set forth in the Transaction Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the
Transaction Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date; (ii) the Starwood Companies shall have performed in all material
respects all material obligations required to be performed by them under the
Transaction Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; (iii)(a) no later than
the earliest to occur of (1) November 25, 1997, (2) the date of the occurrence
of the cash dividend of not more than $160 million by Westin Worldwide permitted
by the Transaction Agreement and (3) the date of the occurrence of the cash
dividend of not more than $34.2 million by Atlanta contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, the Westin Companies shall have received an opinion of
Sidley & Austin with respect to certain tax matters, (b) the Westin Companies
shall have received the opinion of Sidley & Austin, dated the Closing Date,
which opinion shall restate as of the Closing Date the foregoing tax opinion and
(c) the Westin Companies shall have received the opinion of Sidley & Austin,
dated the Closing Date, and the opinion of Piper & Marbury LLP, dated the
Closing Date, with respect to certain corporate matters; (iv) there shall not
have occurred, since the date of the Transaction Agreement, any material adverse
change in the financial condition, properties, business or results of operations
of the Starwood Companies and their subsidiaries taken as a whole or any
development or combination of developments, individually or in the aggregate,
that has had or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
Starwood Companies; and (v) the Westin Companies shall have received a "comfort
letter" from Coopers & Lybrand.
TERMINATION
Termination by Mutual Consent. The Transaction Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby may be abandoned
at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the approval by
stockholders of the Corporation and the shareholders of the Trust, by mutual
written consent of the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies by action of
their respective Boards.
Termination by Either the Starwood Companies or the Westin Companies. The
Transaction Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated thereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Effective Time by action of the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors or Board
of Managers of the Trust, the Corporation or the LLC, as the case may be, if (i)
the Merger shall not have been consummated by January 31, 1998, whether such
date is before or after the date of approval by the shareholders of the Trust
and the stockholders of the Corporation (the "Termination Date"), (ii) the
approval of the stockholders of the Corporation and the shareholders of the
Trust as required by the Transaction Agreement shall not have been obtained at a
meeting duly convened therefor or (iii) any order permanently restraining,
enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated thereby shall become final and non-appealable (whether
before or after the approval by the shareholders of the Trust and the
stockholders of the Corporation as required by the Transaction Agreement);
provided, that the right to terminate the Transaction Agreement pursuant to
clause (i) above shall not be available to any party that has breached (or whose
affiliate has breached) in any material respect its obligations under the
Transaction Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to
the occurrence of the failure of the Merger to be consummated.
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Termination by the Westin Companies. The Transaction Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby may be
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of the Board of
Managers of the LLC if (i) the Board of Trustees or the Board of Directors shall
have withdrawn or adversely modified its approval or recommendation of the
Transaction Agreement in a manner adverse to the Westin Companies, (ii) there
has been a material breach by the Starwood Companies of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained in the Transaction Agreement that is
not curable or, if curable, is not cured within 30 days after written notice of
such breach or (iii) the Westin Companies exercise their right to terminate the
Transaction Agreement based upon the updating of the Starwood Companies'
disclosure letter.
Termination by the Trust or the Corporation. The Transaction Agreement may
be terminated and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby may
be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of the Board of
Directors or the Board of Trustees if (i) there has been a material breach by
the Westin Companies of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained in the Transaction Agreement that is not curable or, if curable, is
not cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach is given by the
Starwood Companies to the party committing such breach or (ii) the Starwood
Companies exercise their right to terminate the Transaction Agreement based upon
the updating of Westin's disclosure letter.
Effect of Termination and Abandonment.
In the event of termination of the Transaction Agreement and the
abandonment of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby, the
Transaction Agreement (except as otherwise provided therein) shall become void
and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party thereto (or of any
of its trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, legal and financial
advisors or other representatives); provided, however, except as otherwise
provided therein, no such termination shall relieve any party thereto of any
liability or damages resulting from any willful breach of the Transaction
Agreement.
In the event that (a) the Transaction Agreement is terminated by the Westin
Companies as provided above under "-- Termination by the Westin Companies", (b)
the condition relating to the Requisite Vote shall not have been satisfied and
the Transaction Agreement shall have been terminated as provided under
"-- Termination by Either the Starwood Companies or the Westin Companies", (c)
the Starwood Companies shall have failed to satisfy any of the conditions set
forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) or (v) set forth above under
"-- Conditions -- Conditions to Obligations of the Westin Companies" or the
Registration Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined) shall not have been
executed or the Paired Shares to be issued upon exchange or conversion of Class
A EPS issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction Agreement shall not have
been registered and authorized for listing on the NYSE subject only to official
notice of issuance, on or prior to the Closing Date and the Westin Companies
shall, by written notice delivered to the Trust, elect not to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby as a result of such failure or (d) the
Starwood Companies otherwise fail to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreement, then the Starwood Companies shall promptly, but in no
event later than five business days after the date of such event, pay the Westin
Companies a termination fee of $5,000,000 and shall promptly, but in no event
later than five business days after the date of such event, pay all the costs
and expenses incurred by the Westin Companies and the Members in connection with
the Transaction Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, in each case payable by wire
transfer of same day funds; provided, however, that no such payment shall be
required in the event that (i) the Westin Companies shall have failed to satisfy
any condition specified above under "-- Conditions -- Conditions to Obligations
of the Starwood Companies" that is required to be satisfied by the Westin
Companies prior to the Closing Date, after the expiration of 30 days after
receipt by the Westin Companies of written notice of such failure during which
the Westin Companies shall have the opportunity to cure any such failure,
provided, that such cure period shall not extend beyond January 2, 1998 unless
the parties shall have agreed to extend the Closing Date to a date that is later
than January 2, 1998, (ii) the Starwood Companies elect not to consummate the
transactions as a result of the failure of the satisfaction of the condition
specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) above under "-- Conditions -- Conditions to
Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger" or clause (i), (ii), (iii)(c),
(v), (vi), (viii), (ix), (x) or (xi) above under "-- Conditions --
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Conditions to Obligations of the Starwood Companies" or (iii) the Starwood
Companies fail to deliver the opinions of Sidley & Austin required to be
delivered by clause (iii)(a) or (iii)(b) under "-- Conditions -- Conditions to
Obligations of the Westin Companies", and the sole cause of such failure is a
change in the factual circumstances of the Westin Companies occurring after the
date of the Transaction Agreement that causes one or more explicit assumptions
contained in the tax opinion of Sidley & Austin to be untrue as of the Closing
Date. The Starwood Companies' payment shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of
the Westin Companies against the Starwood Companies and any of their
subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
advisors or other representatives with respect to the breach of any covenant or
agreement giving rise to such payment.
INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
Concurrently with the execution of the Transaction Agreement and as a
condition to the Starwood Companies agreeing to execute the Transaction
Agreement, the Members, the Trust and the Corporation executed an Agreement,
dated September 8, 1997 (the "Indemnity Agreement"), providing that, although
the Starwood Companies acknowledged that the Members, the Westin Companies and
the Starwood Companies deny any and all liability in connection with the
Litigation, each of the Members will severally indemnify and hold harmless the
Starwood Companies and certain affiliates, officers and directors of the
Starwood Companies against such Members' pro rata portion of any third-party
losses incurred by such persons in respect of the Litigation. The aggregate
amount of such indemnification obligation is limited to the amount of securities
required by the Transaction Agreement and the Indemnity Agreement to be retained
by the Members. In addition to the restrictions on transfer imposed on the
Members described under "-- Transfer Restrictions Contained in the Transaction
Agreement," the Indemnity Agreement, imposes additional obligations on the
Members to retain securities of the Starwood Companies to support the
indemnification obligations; the amount of securities required to be retained
depends on the timing and nature of any judgment in respect of the Litigation
that is the subject of the Indemnity Agreement. The Indemnity Agreement provides
that the Members will control all aspects of the defense of the Litigation and
any related actions or proceedings, subject to certain limitations on the
ability of the Members to settle the litigation without the consent of the Trust
and the Corporation. On October 14, 1997, Westin entered into an agreement to
settle the Litigation and is pursuing insurance recoveries related thereto. See
"Certain Information Concerning Westin -- Legal Proceedings."
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SHARES AND UNITS
PREFERRED SHARES
The statements under this caption relating to the Class A EPS and the Class
B EPS are summaries of the proposed Articles Supplementary -- Class A
Exchangeable Preferred Shares (the "Class A Articles Supplementary") and the
proposed Articles Supplementary -- Class B Exchangeable Preferred Shares (the
"Class B Articles Supplementary" and, together with the Class A Articles
Supplementary, the "Articles Supplementary"), respectively, and of certain
provisions of the Trust Declaration.
The Articles Supplementary are proposed to be filed pursuant to Section 6.1
of the Trust Declaration, which grants to the Trustees the power to create one
or more classes or series of Trust Preferred Shares having such voting rights,
rights to dividends and distributions and rights in liquidation, such
conversion, exchange and redemption rights, and such designations, preferences
and participations and other limitations or restrictions as are not prohibited
by the Trust Declaration. Assuming that the Trust Amendment is adopted as
described under the caption "Amendments to Declaration of Trust of the Trust and
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation" below, the Trust will be
authorized to issue 305 million shares of beneficial interest in the Trust, of
which 30 million shares will be designated by the Class A Articles Supplementary
as "Class A Exchangeable Preferred Shares" and 15 million will be designated by
the Class B Articles Supplementary as "Class B Exchangeable Preferred Shares."
When issued as contemplated in the Transaction Agreement, the Class A EPS
and Class B EPS required to be issued thereunder will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. The holders of Class A EPS and
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Class B EPS will not have any preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of
any shares of beneficial interest in the Trust or any securities convertible
into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase any such
shares, but the holders of Class A EPS and Class B EPS will have the
antidilution protection described below. There is no provision for any sinking
fund with respect to any Class A EPS or Class B EPS. Neither the Class A EPS nor
the Class B EPS will be paired with any securities issued by the Corporation for
the purposes of the Pairing Agreement.
The transfer agent, registrar and distribution disbursement agent for the
Class A EPS and the Class B EPS will be ChaseMellon Shareholder Services L.L.C.
CLASS A EPS
The Class A EPS will have a par value of $.01 per share and will have the
following rights, designations, preferences, participations and other
limitations and restrictions.
Dividend Rights
The holders of Class A EPS will be entitled (i) to receive as described
below a preferred dividend (a "Class A Preferred Dividend") based on the payment
of any dividend on the Corporation Shares (other than a dividend or distribution
constituting a Class A Adjustment Event as described below) or any liquidating
distribution in respect of the Corporation Shares and (ii) to participate on the
basis described below in any dividend (other than a dividend or distribution
constituting a Class A Adjustment Event) paid on the Trust Shares, when and if
declared by the Trustees out of assets of the Trust available for payment (a
"Class A Participation Dividend").
Upon the payment of any dividend on the Corporation Shares (other than a
dividend or distribution that constitutes a Class A Adjustment Event) or any
liquidating distribution in respect of the Corporation Shares, a Class A
Preferred Dividend in a corresponding amount will automatically accrue with
respect to the Class A EPS. The amount of the Class A Preferred Dividend that
will accrue with respect to each share of Class A EPS will be equal to the
amount of the dividend paid on, or the liquidating distribution made in respect
of, each Corporation Share multiplied by the number of Class A Underlying
Corporation Shares for which each share of Class A EPS is then exchangeable upon
exercise of the Class A Exchange Right described below. Each Class A Preferred
Dividend will be cumulative from the date on which it accrues. No dividend may
be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Trust Shares or on any other
class or series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust ranking junior to
the Class A EPS (including, without limitation, declaration or payment of any
Class A Participation Dividend or any Class B Participation Dividend described
below) unless all accrued Class A Preferred Dividends have been or are
concurrently declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment
thereof has been set apart for payment. Each Class A Preferred Dividend will be
payable to holders of record of Class A EPS on such record date as shall be
fixed by the Trustees.
No dividend (a "Common Dividend") may be declared on the Trust Shares
unless the Trustees concurrently declare a Class A Participation Dividend
entitling each share of Class A EPS to receive a dividend equal to the amount of
the Common Dividend declared on each Trust Share multiplied by the number of
Class A Underlying Trust Shares into which each share of Class A EPS is then
convertible upon exercise of the Class A Exchange Right. Such Class A
Participation Dividend shall be payable on the same date on which the
corresponding Common Dividend is payable and shall be paid to holders of record
of the Class A EPS on the same record date as is fixed by the Trustees for the
payment of such Common Dividend.
Liquidation Rights
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Trust, the holders of Class A EPS will be entitled (i) to
receive out of the assets of the Trust legally available for liquidating
distributions to holders of shares of beneficial interests in the Trust, prior
to any distribution or payment to holders of Trust Shares or any other class or
series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust ranking junior to the Class
A EPS (including, without limitation, any payment in respect of the Class A
Liquidation Participation Right or the Class B Liquidation Participation Right
described below), a liquidating
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distribution in an amount equal to the Class A Liquidation Preference described
below and (ii) to participate on the basis described below in any liquidating
distribution to holders of Trust Shares (the "Class A Liquidation Participation
Right"). For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Trust with or
into any other corporation, trust or entity, or the sale, lease or conveyance of
all or substantially all of the property or business of the Trust, shall not be
deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust.
The "Class A Liquidation Preference" of a share of Class A EPS as of any
date shall mean the sum of (x) the fair market value as of such date of the
number of Class A Underlying Corporation Shares for which each Class A EPS is
exchangeable as of such date upon exercise of the Class A Exchange Right plus
(y) the amount of any accrued but unpaid Class A Preferred Dividends in respect
of each share of Class A EPS as of such date. In the event that, upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust,
the assets of the Trust available for liquidating distributions to holders of
shares of beneficial interest in the Trust are insufficient to pay the Class A
Liquidation Preference on all outstanding Class A EPS and the corresponding
amounts payable on all other classes or series of shares of beneficial interest
in the Trust ranking on a parity with the Class A EPS, then the holders of the
Class A EPS and all other such classes and series of shares of beneficial
interest in the Trust shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in
proportion to the liquidation preferences to which they would otherwise be
respectively entitled. The Class A Liquidation Preference will rank junior to
the liquidation preference of any future class or series of preferred shares of
the Trust unless the articles supplementary creating any such future class or
series of preferred shares of the Trust provide that the Class A Liquidation
Preference shall rank senior to the liquidation preferences of any such future
class or series of preferred shares of the Trust.
In addition to being entitled to receive the Class A Liquidation Preference
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the holders of
Class A EPS will be entitled to participate, pursuant to the Class A Liquidation
Participation Right, ratably with the holders of Trust Shares in any liquidating
distributions to such holders. For such purpose, each share of Class A EPS shall
be deemed to represent a number of Trust Shares equal to the number of Class A
Underlying Trust Shares for which each share of Class A EPS can then be
exchanged upon exercise of the Class A Exchange Right.
Exchange Rights
The Class A EPS will be exchangeable at any time for Paired Shares to the
extent described below at the option of the holders (the "Class A Exchange
Right"). A holder of Class A EPS desiring to exchange shares of Class A EPS for
Paired Shares shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such
shares to the transfer agent together with certain certifications relating to
the number of Paired Shares owned by such exchanging holder and a duly completed
and executed exchange notice (a "Class A Exchange Notice") in such form as the
Trust shall prescribe. The Trust shall thereupon deliver to such holder either:
(i) the corresponding number of Paired Shares as described below (including
procuring the issuance by the Corporation of the Corporation Shares component of
such Paired Shares) or (ii) the Cash Equivalent (as defined below) of such
number of Paired Shares or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii). If the delivery
to such holder of the full number of Paired Shares requested to be delivered
pursuant to the Class A Exchange Notice (the "Requested Shares") would result in
a violation of either the Ownership Limit (as hereinafter defined) or the REIT
Requirements (as hereinafter defined), the Trust may either (x) deliver to such
holder the maximum number of Paired Shares that may be delivered without causing
such a violation (the "Delivered Shares", with the number of Requested Shares in
excess of the Delivered Shares being referred to herein as the "Excess Shares"),
together with either the Cash Equivalent of the Excess Shares (determined as of
the date of delivery of the applicable Class A Exchange Notice) or an Exchange
Promissory Note (as defined below) in a principal amount equal to such Cash
Equivalent of the Excess Shares or (y) deliver to such holder the Cash
Equivalent of the Requested Shares (determined as of the date of delivery of the
applicable Class A Exchange Notice). In the event that the Trust elects to
deliver the Delivered Shares together with an Exchange Promissory Note in a
principal amount equal to the Cash Equivalent (as defined below) of the Excess
Shares, the holder of the Class A EPS being exchanged will have the right to
withdraw its Class A Exchange Notice as to the Excess Shares. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the delivery of the full number of Requested
Shares pursuant to a Class A Exchange Notice would violate either the Ownership
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Limit or the REIT Requirements because the exchanging Class A EPS holder,
together with such holder's affiliates (but without giving effect to any
applicable attribution rules under the Code), beneficially owns, at the time the
Class A Exchange Notice is given, Paired Shares other than through the ownership
of Transaction Securities (as defined below), the Trust will have the option
(the "Registered Sale Option"), in lieu of delivering an Exchange Promissory
Note in a principal amount equal to the Cash Equivalent of the Excess Shares, to
procure the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act, and to
publicly offer and sell pursuant to such registration statement a number of
Paired Shares equal to the number of such Excess Shares, the net proceeds of
which sale (after deducting any applicable underwriting discounts or commissions
and the expenses of such offering) shall be paid to such holder. If the Trust
elects the Registered Sale Option, the holder of the Class A EPS will have the
right to withdraw the Class A Exchange Notice with respect to the Excess Shares.
The following definitions apply for the purposes hereof:
"Cash Equivalent" of Paired Shares as of a given date means the product of
the number of such Paired Shares multiplied by the average closing price of the
Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days preceding such date. In
the event the Paired Shares are not listed on the NYSE as of the time of the
determination of the Cash Equivalent of the Paired Shares or any other valuation
of the Paired Shares required to be made in connection with the terms of the
Class A EPS, the Class B EPS, the Class A RP Units or the Class B OP Units, the
Cash Equivalent or such other valuation shall be determined on the basis of the
price of the Paired Shares on any exchange or other trading market on which the
Paired Shares are then traded, listed or quoted. If the Paired Shares are not
traded, listed or quoted on any exchange or trading market at such time, the
Cash Equivalent or such other valuation of the Paired Shares shall be determined
by a nationally recognized investment banking firm.
"Exchange Promissory Note" means an unsecured promissory note of the Trust
with a maturity date 90 days after the date of issuance of such note and bearing
interest in a amount equal to the amount of any dividends paid during the period
that such note remains outstanding on a number of Paired Shares equal to the
Excess Shares, which interest shall be payable on the dates of payment of the
corresponding dividends.
"Transaction Securities" means, with respect to a holder of Class A EPS or
an affiliate thereof, any Starwood Securities received by such holder or
affiliate pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, together with any Class B EPS,
Class A EPS or Paired Shares issued upon exchange or conversion of any such
Transaction Securities.
Each share of Class A EPS shall initially be exchangeable upon exercise of
the Class A Exchange Right for one unit of Paired Shares, i.e., one Trust Share
and one Corporation Share, which exchange ratio shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time as described below (with the number of Paired Shares for which
each share of Class A EPS is exchangeable at any given time being referred to as
the "Class A Underlying Paired Shares" and with the Corporation Shares component
of such Class A Underlying Paired Shares being referred to as the "Class A
Underlying Corporation Shares" and the Trust Shares component of such Class A
Underlying Paired Shares being referred to as the "Class A Underlying Trust
Shares"). The exchange ratio of Class A EPS for the Class A Underlying Paired
Shares shall be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the following
events ("Class A Adjustment Events"):
(i) the issuance of Corporation Shares as a dividend or distribution
on Corporation Shares or the issuance of Trust Shares as a dividend or
distribution on Trust Shares;
(ii) the subdivision, combination or reclassification of the
outstanding Corporation Shares or the outstanding Trust Shares; or
(iii) the distribution to all holders of Corporation Shares of rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Corporation Shares or the
distribution to all holders of Trust Shares of rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase Trust Shares.
Whenever the number of Class A Underlying Paired Shares deliverable upon
exercise of the Class A Exchange Right is adjusted as herein provided, the Trust
(i) will promptly make available at the office of the
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transfer agent a statement describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and
(ii) will cause to be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, as soon as
practicable, to each holder of record of Class A EPS, a notice stating that
certain adjustments have been made and specifying the new exchange ratio of
Class A EPS for Paired Shares that has resulted from such adjustments.
In the event any capital reorganization or reclassification of the Trust
Shares or the Corporation Shares, or consolidation or merger of the Trust or the
Corporation with another corporation, trust or other entity, or the sale,
transfer, or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust or the
Corporation to another person, is effected in such a way that holders of Trust
Shares or Corporation Shares will be entitled to receive stock, securities or
other assets with respect to or in exchange for Trust Shares or Corporation
Shares, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease, the Class A Exchange Right shall
become exercisable, to the extent provided above, for the kind and amount of
stock, securities or other assets which such holders would have owned or been
entitled to receive immediately after the transaction if such holders had
exchanged their Class A EPS for the Class A Underlying Paired Shares immediately
prior to the effective date of such transaction.
If there are any accrued but undeclared Class A Preferred Dividends on any
Class A EPS being exchanged pursuant to any exercise of the Class A Exchange
Right, the number of Paired Shares to be delivered pursuant to such exercise
shall be increased by a number of Paired Shares equal to the amount of such
accrued but undeclared Class A Preferred Dividends divided by the average
closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days
preceding the date of delivery of the applicable Class A Exchange Notice.
No fractional Paired Shares will be issued upon exercise of the Class A
Exchange Right and, if any such exercise results in such a fractional interest,
an amount will be paid in cash equal to the Cash Equivalent of such fractional
interest.
Voting Rights
Except as required by law, the holders of Class A EPS shall be entitled to
vote on any matter on which the holders of Trust Shares are entitled to vote.
Each share of Class A EPS held of record on the record date for the
determination of holders of Trust Shares entitled to vote on such matter (or, if
no record date is established, on the date such vote is taken) shall entitle the
holder thereof to cast a number of votes equal to the number of Class A
Underlying Trust Shares at such time.
CLASS B EPS
The Class B EPS will have a par value of $.01 per share and a stated value
of $38.50 per share, and will have the following rights, designations,
preferences, participations and other limitations and restrictions.
Dividend Rights
The holders of Class B EPS will be entitled (i) to receive as described
below a preferred dividend (a "Class B Preferred Dividend") based on the payment
of any dividend on the Corporation Shares (other than a dividend or distribution
constituting a Class A Adjustment Event as described below) or any liquidating
distribution in respect of the Corporation Shares and (ii) to participate on the
basis described above in any dividend (other than a dividend or distribution
constituting a Class A Adjustment Event) paid on the Trust Shares, when and if
declared by the Trustees out of assets of the Trust available for payment (a
"Class B Participation Dividend").
Upon the payment of any dividend on the Corporation Shares (other than a
dividend or distribution that constitutes a Class A Adjustment Event) or any
liquidating distribution in respect of the Corporation Shares, a Class B
Preferred Dividend in a corresponding amount will automatically accrue with
respect to the Class B EPS. The amount of the Class B Preferred Dividend that
will accrue with respect to each share of Class B EPS will be equal to the
amount of the dividend paid on, or any liquidating distribution made in respect
of, each Corporation Share multiplied by the number of Class B Underlying
Corporation Shares for which each
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share of Class B EPS is then indirectly exchangeable assuming both (x) the
exercise of the Class B Exchange Right described below and (y) the concurrent
exercise of the Class A Exchange Right in respect of the shares of Class A EPS
issuable upon exercise of such Class B Exchange Right. Each Class B Preferred
Dividend will be cumulative from the date on which it accrues. No dividend may
be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Trust Shares or on any other
class or series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust ranking junior to
the Class B EPS (including, without limitation, declaration or payment of any
Class B Participation Dividend, Class A Preferred Dividend or Class A
Participation Dividend) unless all accrued Class B Preferred Dividends have been
or are concurrently declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set apart for payment. Each Class B Preferred Dividend will be
payable to holders of record of Class B EPS on such record date as shall be
fixed by the Trustees.
No Common Dividend may be declared on the Trust Shares unless the Trustees
concurrently declare a Class B Participation Dividend entitling each share of
Class B EPS to receive a dividend equal to the amount of the Common Dividend
declared on each Trust Share multiplied by the number of Class B Underlying
Trust Shares for which each share of Class B EPS is then indirectly exchangeable
assuming both (x) the exercise of the Class B Exchange Right described below and
(y) the concurrent exercise of the Class A Exchange Right in respect of the
shares of Class A EPS issuable upon exercise of such Class B Exchange Right.
Such Class B Participation Dividend shall be payable on the same date on which
the corresponding Common Dividend is payable and shall be paid to holders of
record of the Class B EPS on the same record date as is fixed by the Trustees
for the payment of such Common Dividend.
Liquidation Rights
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Trust, the holders of Class B EPS will be entitled (i) to
receive out of the assets of the Trust legally available for liquidating
distributions to holders of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust, prior to
any distribution or payment to holders of Trust Shares or any other class or
series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust ranking junior to the Class
B EPS (including, without limitation, any payment in respect of the Class B
Liquidation Participation Right described below or the Class A Liquidation
Preference or Class A Liquidation Participation Right), a liquidating
distribution in an amount equal to the Class B Liquidation Preference described
below and (ii) to participate on the basis described below in any liquidating
distribution to holders of Trust Shares (the "Class B Liquidation Participation
Right"). For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Trust with or
into any other corporation, trust or entity, or the sale, lease or conveyance of
all or substantially all of the property or business of the Trust, shall not be
deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust.
The "Class B Liquidation Preference" of a share of Class B EPS as of any
date shall mean the sum of (x) $38.50 plus (y) the amount of any accrued but
unpaid Class B Preferred Dividends in respect of each share of Class B EPS as of
such date. In the event that, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the assets of the Trust available for
liquidating distributions to holders of shares of beneficial interest in the
Trust are insufficient to pay the Class B Liquidation Preference on all
outstanding Class B EPS and the corresponding amounts payable on all other
classes or series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust ranking on a
parity with the Class B EPS, then the holders of the Class B EPS and all other
such classes and series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust shall
share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the
liquidation preferences to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.
The Class B Liquidation Preference will rank on a parity with the liquidation
preferences of any future class or series of preferred shares of the Trust
unless the articles supplementary creating any such future class or series of
Trust Preferred Shares provides that the Class B Liquidation Preference will
rank senior to the liquidation preference of any such future class or series of
Trust Preferred Shares, except for any portion of such Class B Liquidation
Preference representing any accrued but unpaid Class B Preferred Dividends,
which portion will rank junior to such liquidation preference.
In addition to being entitled to receive the Class B Liquidation Preference
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the holders of
Class B EPS will be entitled to participate, pursuant to the Class B Liquidation
Participation Right, ratably with the holders of Trust Shares in any liquidating
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distributions to such holders. For such purpose, each share of Class B EPS shall
be deemed to represent a number of Trust Shares equal to the number of Class B
Underlying Trust Shares for which each share of Class B EPS is then indirectly
exchangeable assuming both (x) the exercise of the Class B Exchange Right
described below and (y) the concurrent exercise of the Class A Exchange Right in
respect of the shares of Class A EPS issuable upon exercise of such Class B
Exchange Right.
Exchange and Redemption Rights
Exchange and Redemption of Class B EPS at the Option of the Holders. Each
share of Class B EPS will be exchangeable at any time from and after the first
anniversary of the date of issuance of the Class B EPS through the date that is
two business days after the Cross-Over Date (as defined below), at the option of
the holder, for one share of Class A EPS, subject to adjustment in the event of
a Class B Adjustment Event or as otherwise set forth below (the "Class B
Exchange Right"). A holder of Class B EPS desiring to exchange shares of Class B
EPS for shares of Class A EPS shall surrender the certificate or certificates
representing such shares of Class B EPS to the transfer agent together with
certain certifications relating to the number of Paired Shares owned by such
exchanging holder and a duly completed and executed exchange notice (a "Class B
Exchange Notice") in such form as the Trust shall prescribe. Such form of Class
B Exchange Notice will also permit the holder of the Class B EPS being exchanged
to concurrently elect to exercise the Class A Exchange Right with respect to the
Class A EPS Shares that will be issued pursuant to such conversion.
At any time and from time to time beginning on the Cross-Over Date, a
holder of Class B EPS may require that the Trust either (x) redeem such shares
of Class B EPS for a cash redemption price equal to the Class B EPS Liquidation
Preference as of the date notice of such exchange is made or (y) convert each
such share of Class B EPS into a number of shares of Class A EPS (the
"Redemption Number of Shares") equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i)
the Class B Liquidation Preference as of the date notice of such exchange is
made by (ii) the Underlying Paired Share Value (as defined below) of one share
of Class A EPS (the "Class B Redemption Right"). Such right may be exercised by
delivering to the Trust a written notice of such exercise (a "Class B Redemption
Notice") specifying the number of shares of Class B EPS to which such Class B
Redemption Notice relates and, if such Class B Redemption Notice is delivered
prior to the first anniversary of the Cross-Over Date, whether such holder
elects to receive the cash redemption price in respect of such shares of Class B
EPS specified above or the Redemption Number of Shares in respect of such shares
of Class B EPS specified above. If a holder of Class B EPS makes such election
during the period beginning on the Cross-Over Date and ending on the date that
is the first anniversary of the Cross-Over Date, the holder of such Class B EPS
shall have the option to require the Trust to deliver the cash redemption price
or the Redemption Number of Shares described in this paragraph. If a holder of
Class B EPS makes such election at any time after the date that is the first
anniversary of the Cross-Over Date, the Trust will have the option to deliver
either such cash redemption price or the Redemption Number of Shares. In
addition, at any time from and after the Cross-Over Date, the Trust will have
the option to redeem the Class B EPS as described below under "-- Redemption of
Class B EPS at the Option of the Trust."
Redemption or Exchange at the Option of the Trust. At any time and from
time to time after the Cross-Over Date, the Trust, at its option upon written
notice (a "Trust Redemption Notice"), will have the right (the "Trust Redemption
Right") to (i) redeem the Class B EPS, in whole or in part, for cash at a
redemption price equal to the Class B Liquidation Preference as of the date of
such Trust Redemption Notice or (ii) exchange the Class B EPS, in whole or in
part, for a number of shares of Class A EPS equal to the Redemption Number of
Shares for such number of shares of Class B EPS; provided, however, that in the
event the Trust delivers a Trust Redemption Notice prior to the first
anniversary of the Cross-Over Date, the Trust must redeem such shares of Class B
EPS for the cash redemption price rather than exchanging such shares for shares
of Class A EPS as described above.
Exercise of the Redemption Exchange Rights. Holders of shares of Class B
EPS to be redeemed or exchanged upon exercise of the Class B Exchange Right, the
Class B Redemption Right or the Trust Redemption Right shall surrender such
shares at the place designated in the applicable notice and shall thereupon be
entitled to receive the redemption price in cash or the number of shares of
Class A EPS to be
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received upon exchange or conversion of such shares of Class B EPS, as
applicable. If fewer than all the outstanding shares of Class B EPS are to be
redeemed pursuant to any exercise of the Trust Redemption Right, the number of
shares to be redeemed will be determined by the Trust and such shares may be
redeemed pro rata from the holders of record of such shares in proportion to the
number of such shares held by such holders (with adjustments to avoid redemption
of fractional shares), by lot or in another manner determined by the Trust. Upon
the giving of any Trust Redemption Notice or Class B Redemption Notice, the
holders of the Class B EPS to be redeemed will no longer be entitled to exercise
the Class B Exchange Right. If a Trust Redemption Notice or Class B Redemption
Notice has been given with respect to any shares of Class B EPS and the funds
necessary for redemption have been paid or set aside by the Trustees in trust
for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then from
and after the redemption date specified in the applicable Trust Redemption
Notice or Class B Redemption Notice dividends will cease to accrue on such
shares, such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights
of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right to receive the
redemption price or the number of shares of Class A EPS to be received upon
conversion of such shares of Class B EPS, as applicable.
The following definitions apply for the purposes hereof:
"Cross-Over Date" means the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time of the
Merger, subject to extension as described below under the caption "Special
Default Rights".
"Underlying Paired Share Value" as of a given date means the product of (A)
the average closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five
trading days preceding such date multiplied by (B) the number of Paired Shares
for which each share of Class A EPS is then exchangeable upon exercise of the
Class A Exchange Right.
On or prior to the Cross-Over Date, the conversion ratio of Class B EPS
into the Class B Underlying Class A EPS Shares shall be subject to adjustment
upon the occurrence of the following events ("Class B Adjustment Events") (with
the number of Paired Shares for which each share of Class B EPS is indirectly
exchangeable (assuming both (x) the exercise of the Class B Exchange Right and
(y) the concurrent exercise of the Class A Exchange Right in respect of the
shares of Class A EPS issuable upon exercise of such Class B Exchange Right)
being sometimes referred to herein as the "Class B Underlying Paired Shares" and
with the Corporation Shares component of such Class B Underlying Paired Shares
being sometimes referred to herein as the "Class B Underlying Corporation
Shares" and the Trust Shares component of such Class B Underlying Paired Shares
being sometimes referred to herein as the "Class B Underlying Trust Shares"):
(i) the issuance of shares of Class A EPS as a dividend or
distribution on Class A EPS;
(ii) the subdivision, combination or reclassification of the
outstanding Class A EPS; or
(iii) the distribution to all holders of Class A EPS of rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase additional shares of Class A EPS.
In addition, if there are any accrued but undeclared Class B Preferred
Dividends in respect of the shares of Class B EPS subject to a Class B Exchange
Notice, the number of shares of Class A EPS issuable pursuant to such exchange
shall be increased by a number of shares equal to (i) the amount of such accrued
but undeclared dividends divided by (ii) the product of (A) the average closing
price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days preceding
the date of delivery of such Class A Exchange Notice multiplied by (B) the
number of Paired Shares for which each share of Class A EPS is then exchangeable
upon exercise of the Class A Exchange Right.
Whenever the number of shares of Class A EPS deliverable upon exercise of
the Class B Exchange Right is adjusted as herein provided, the Trust (i) will
promptly make available at the office of the transfer agent a statement
describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and (ii) will cause to be mailed
by first class mail, postage prepaid, as soon as practicable, to each holder of
record of Class B EPS, a notice stating that certain adjustments have been made
and specifying the new exchange ratio of Class B EPS into Class B Underlying
Class A EPS Shares that has resulted from such adjustments.
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In the event of the occurrence, either before, on or after the Cross-Over
Date, of any capital reorganization or reclassification of the Class A EPS, or
consolidation or merger of the Trust with another corporation, trust or other
entity, or the sale, transfer, or lease of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Trust to another person, is effected in such a way that holders of
Class A EPS will be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets with
respect to or in exchange for Class A EPS, then, as a condition of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
lease, the Class B Exchange Right and the Trust Redemption Right shall be
modified so that, upon exercise thereof, the Class B EPS will be exchanged for
the kind and amount of stock, securities or other assets which the holders of
such Class B EPS would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately after
the transaction if such holders had exchanged their Class B EPS into the shares
of Class A EPS immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction,
subject to further adjustment upon the occurrence of the events described above.
No fractional shares of Class A EPS will be issued upon exercise of the
Class B Exchange Right, the Class B Redemption Right or the Trust Redemption
Right and, if any such exercise results in such a fractional interest, an amount
will be paid in cash equal to the product of (x) such fraction multiplied by (y)
the number of Class A Underlying Paired Shares into which one share of Class A
EPS would then be exchangeable upon exercise of the Class A Exchange Right
(including any fractional Paired Shares) multiplied by (z) the average closing
price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days preceding
the date of the applicable Class B Exchange Notice, Class B Redemption Notice or
Trust Redemption Notice.
Special Default Rights
In the event that the Trust defaults in its obligations with respect to any
valid exercise of the Class B Exchange Right, the Class B Redemption Right or
the Trust Redemption Right and such default is not cured within 30 days (an
"Uncured Default"), then: (i) the holders of the Class B EPS will have the right
to designate two additional Trustees for the Trust (such persons to be
designated by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B
EPS), (ii) the dividend rate on the Class B EPS will be increased as described
below, (iii) the holders of Class B EPS will have registration rights similar to
those set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement described below and (iv)
the Cross-Over Date will be extended by a number of days equal to the number of
days during which such Uncured Default remains uncured. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of any Uncured Default, cumulative dividends ("Default
Rate Dividends") shall accrue on the stated value of the Class B EPS at a rate
per annum equal to LIBOR plus 4% and will be payable quarterly; provided that if
at any time when there are accrued but unpaid Default Rate Dividends, a Class B
Preferred Dividend or Class B Participation Dividend would have become payable
pursuant to the normal dividend rights of the Class B EPS described above that
would exceed the amount of such accrued but unpaid Default Rate Dividends, the
holders of the Class B EPS shall be entitled to receive such Class B Preferred
Dividend or Class B Participation Dividend in lieu of such Default Rate
Dividends, and the accrued amount of such Default Rate Dividends shall be reset
to zero.
Put Agreement Alternative
The Trust may elect, in its sole discretion, to furnish at the Effective
Time of the Merger to each Person who is entitled to receive shares of Class B
EPS pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, a duly executed put agreement
containing economic terms no less favorable to the holders of Class B EPS than
the Class B Redemption Right (except that such put rights shall expire two
business days prior to the expiration date of the Class B Redemption Right). The
put agreement shall provide such holders with put rights that are divisible and
transferrable together with the Class B EPS. The counterparty to the put
agreement shall be Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co. Incorporated or
Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. (or such other counterparty as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the LLC), with the Trust bearing all costs of obtaining such put
agreement. In the event that the Trust elects to deliver such a put agreement,
the consequences of an Uncured Default described above under the caption
"Special Default Rights" shall not apply.
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Voting Rights
Except as required by law, the holders of Class B EPS shall be entitled to
vote on any matter on which the holders of Trust Shares are entitled to vote.
Each share of Class B EPS held of record on the record date for the
determination of holders of Trust Shares entitled to vote on such matter (or, if
no record date is established, on the date such vote is taken) shall entitle the
holder thereof to cast a number of votes equal to the number of Class B
Underlying Trust Shares at such time.
UNITS
The statements under this caption relating to the Class A RP Units and the
Class B OP Units are summaries based on proposed amendments to the Partnership
Agreement of each of the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership.
CLASS A RP UNITS
The Class A RP Units will have the following rights, designations,
preferences, participations and other limitations and restrictions.
Distribution Rights
The holders of Class A RP Units will be entitled (i) to receive as
described below a special distribution (an "RP Unit Special Distribution") equal
to any distribution (whether such distribution is a current distribution or a
liquidating distribution) made or deemed to be made to holders of Units of the
Operating Partnership (including the Corporation) that do not have any special
distribution rights ("OP Ordinary Units") and (ii) to participate (an "RP Unit
Participation Distribution") on the basis described below in any distribution
(whether such distribution is a current distribution or a liquidating
distribution) made to the holders Units of the Realty Partnership (including the
Trust) that do not have any special dividend rights ("RP Ordinary Units").
Upon the payment of any distribution in respect of the OP Ordinary Units,
an RP Unit Special Distribution in a corresponding amount will automatically
accrue with respect to the Class A RP Units. No distribution may be declared or
paid or set apart for payment on the OP Ordinary Units or on any other class or
series of partnership units ranking junior to the Class A RP Units (including,
without limitation, declaration or payment of any RP Participating Distribution)
unless all accrued RP Unit Special Distributions have been or are concurrently
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has
been set apart for payment. Each RP Unit Special Distribution will be payable to
holders of record of Class A RP Units on such record date as shall be fixed by
the general partner of the Realty Partnership.
No distribution on the RP Ordinary Units may be declared unless the general
partner of the Realty Partnership concurrently declares an RP Unit Participation
Distribution entitling each Class A RP Unit to receive, on a pro rata basis, a
distribution equal to the distribution declared on the RP Ordinary Units.
Liquidation Rights
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Realty Partnership, the holders of Class A RP Units will be
entitled (i) to receive out of the assets of the Realty Partnership legally
available for liquidating distributions to holders of partnership units in the
Realty Partnership, prior to any distribution or payment to holders of RP
Ordinary Units or any other class or series of shares of beneficial interest in
the Realty Partnership ranking junior to the Class A RP Units (including,
without limitation, any payment in respect of the RP Unit Participating
Distribution), a liquidating distribution in an amount equal to the RP Unit
Liquidation Preference described below and (ii) to participate on the basis
described below in any liquidating distribution to holders of RP Ordinary Units
(the "RP Unit Liquidation Participation Right"). For such purposes, the
consolidation or merger of the Realty Partnership with or into any other
partnership, corporation, trust or entity, or the sale, lease or conveyance of
all or
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substantially all of the property or business of the Realty Partnership, shall
not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Realty Partnership.
The "RP Unit Liquidation Preference" of a Class A RP Unit as of any date
shall mean the sum of (x) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by
the general partner of the Realty Partnership) as of such date of one OP
Ordinary Unit (or any such other number of OP Ordinary Units resulting from an
equitable adjustment to give effect to an RP Adjustment Event or as otherwise
described below) plus (y) the amount of any accrued but unpaid RP Unit Special
Distributions in respect of such Class A RP Unit as of such date. In the event
that, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Realty Partnership, the assets of the Realty Partnership available for
liquidating distributions to holders of partnership units in the Realty
Partnership are insufficient to pay the RP Unit Liquidation Preference on all
outstanding Class A RP Units and the corresponding amounts payable on all other
classes or series of shares of beneficial interest in the Realty Partnership
ranking on a parity with the Class A RP Units, then the holders of the Class A
RP Units and all other such classes and series of shares of beneficial interest
in the Realty Partnership shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets
in proportion to the liquidation preferences to which they would otherwise be
respectively entitled.
In addition to being entitled to receive the RP Unit Liquidation
Preference, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Realty
Partnership, the holders of Class A RP Units will be entitled to participate,
pursuant to the RP Unit Liquidation Participation Right, ratably with the
holders of RP Ordinary Units in any liquidating distributions to such holders
(after giving effect to any equitable adjustment to such number of Class A RP
Units resulting from an RP Adjustment Event or as otherwise described below).
Exchange Rights
Exchange of Class A RP Units for Class B EPS. Each Class A RP Unit will be
exchangeable, at the option of the holder, at any time and from time to time
from the date of issuance of the Class A RP Units through the Cross-Over Date
for one share of Class B EPS or the cash equivalent thereof on the following
terms. Upon the delivery by a holder of Class A RP Units of a notice to so
exchange such Class A RP Units (an "RP Exchange Notice") and surrender of such
Class A RP Units to the Trust, the Trust will then have the right to either (i)
deliver a number of shares of Class B EPS equal to the number of Class A RP
Units being exchanged (subject to adjustment in the event of an RP Adjustment
Event or as otherwise described herein), (ii) deliver an amount of cash equal to
the product of (A) the Class B Liquidation Preference multiplied by (B) the
number of shares of Class B EPS for which such Class A RP Units may be exchanged
(the "RP/Class B Cash Out Value"), (iii) cause the Realty Partnership to redeem
such Class A RP Units for a cash amount equal to such RP/Class B Cash Out Value
or (iv) a combination of the foregoing.
Exchange of Class A RP Units for Paired Shares. Each Class A RP Unit will
be exchangeable, at the option of the holder, at any time and from time to time
from the date of issuance of such Class A RP Unit for Paired Shares (on a
one-for-one basis, subject to adjustments in the event of the occurrence of an
RP Adjustment Event or as otherwise described herein) or the cash equivalent
thereof on the following terms. Upon the delivery by a holder of Class A RP
Units of an RP Exchange Notice to so exchange such Class A RP Units and
surrender of such Class A RP Units to the Trust, the Trust will then have the
right to either (i) deliver the corresponding number of Paired Shares (including
procuring the issuance by the Corporation of the Corporation Share component of
such Paired Shares), (ii) deliver, in lieu of some or all of such Paired Shares,
an equivalent amount of cash for such Paired Shares (based on the average
closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days
preceding the surrender of such Class A RP Units and the number of Paired Shares
for which such Class A RP Units are exchangeable at such time (the "RP/ Paired
Share Cash Out Value")) or (iii) a combination of the foregoing.
Certain Limitations on the Delivery of Class B EPS or Paired Shares. If the
delivery to a holder of Class A RP Units of the full number of shares of Class B
EPS or Paired Shares requested to be delivered pursuant to an RP Exchange Notice
(the "Requested Shares") would result in a violation of the Ownership Limit or
the REIT Requirements, the Trust may (i) deliver the number of shares of Class B
EPS or Paired Shares, as applicable, that may be issued without resulting in
such a violation (the "Delivered Shares", with
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the number of Requested Shares in excess of the Delivered Shares being referred
to herein as the "Excess Shares"), together with either (a) cash in an amount
equal to the product of (A) the number of Excess Shares multiplied by (B) in the
event the RP Exchange Notice requests the delivery of Class B EPS, the Class B
EPS Liquidation Preference or, in the event the RP Exchange Notice requests the
delivery of Paired Shares, the closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE
during the five trading days preceding the surrender of such Class A RP Units,
or (b) an Exchange Promissory Note in a principal amount equal to the amount
specified in clause (i)(a) above or (ii) deliver to such holder the RP/Class B
Cash Out Value of the requested Class B EPS or the RP/Paired Share Cash Out
Value of the requested Paired Shares (determined, in each case, as of the date
of delivery of the applicable RP Exchange Notice). In the event the Trust elects
to deliver the Delivered Shares together with an Exchange Promissory Note in
lieu of Excess Shares as described above, the Trust must deliver notice (a
"Trust Election Notice") to the holder of the Class A RP Units being exchanged
of the Trust's election to deliver such Exchange Promissory Note and the holder
of the Class A RP Units being exchanged will have the right to withdraw its RP
Exchange Notice as to the Excess Shares, which withdrawal must be made by
written notice given to the Trust within ten business days after receipt of the
Trust Election Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the
delivery of the full number of Requested Shares pursuant to an RP Exchange
Notice would violate either the Ownership Limit or the REIT Rules because the
exchanging holder of Class A RP Units, together with such holder's affiliates
(but without giving effect to any applicable attribution rules under the Code),
beneficially owns, at the time such RP Exchange Notice is given, Paired Shares
other than through the ownership of securities of the Starwood Companies
received in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the
Trust may make the Registered Sale Option described under "-- Class A EPS" with
respect to such Excess Shares; provided that if the Trust makes such an
election, the Trust must deliver a Trust Election Notice to the holder of the
Class A RP Units being exchanged of the Trust's election to exercise the
Registered Sale Option and the holder of the Class A RP Units being exchanged
will have the right to withdraw its RP Exchange Notice as to the Excess Shares,
which withdrawal must be made by written notice given to the Trust within ten
business days after receipt of the Trust Election Notice.
Certain Adjustments. The ratio upon which Class A RP Units may be
exchanged for shares of Class B EPS or Paired Shares, as applicable, will be
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the following events ("RP
Adjustment Events"):
(i) the issuance of Corporation Shares as a dividend or distribution on the
Corporation Shares or the issuance of Trust Shares as a dividend or distribution
on Trust Shares;
(ii) the subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding
Corporation shares, the outstanding Trust Shares, the outstanding Class A EPS or
the outstanding Class B EPS; or
(iii) the distribution to all holders of Corporation Shares of rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase Corporation Shares or the distribution to
all holders of Trust Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Trust Shares.
In addition, in the event that there are any accumulated but unpaid RP Special
Distributions or any declared but unpaid RP Participation Distributions on the
Class A RP Units being exchanged (or the cash equivalent thereof), the number of
Class B EPS, Paired Shares or the cash equivalent thereof, as applicable,
issuable in an exchange of Class A RP Units will be increased by a number of
Class B EPS, Paired Shares or the cash equivalent thereof, as applicable, equal
to the amount of such accumulated or declared but unpaid distributions divided
by the product of (i) the average closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE
during the five trading days preceding the surrender of the Class A RP Units
being exchanged and (ii) the number of Paired Shares for which such Class A RP
Units are then exchangeable or the number of Paired Shares for which a share of
Class B EPS is then indirectly exchangeable, as applicable.
Whenever the number of Paired Shares or shares of Class B EPS deliverable
upon exercise of the exchange rights relating to the Class A RP Units described
above is adjusted as herein provided, the Realty Partnership (i) will promptly
make available at the office of the transfer agent or the Trust a statement
describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and (ii) will cause to be mailed
by first class mail, postage prepaid, as soon as practicable, to each holder of
record of Class A RP Units, a notice stating that certain
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adjustments have been made and specifying the new exchange ratio of Paired
Shares or Class B EPS, as applicable, for Class A RP Units.
In the event, either before, on or after the Cross-Over Date, of any
capital reorganization or other reclassification of the Paired Shares or the
Class B EPS, or consolidation or merger of the Trust, the Corporation or the
Realty Partnership with another partnership, trust or other entity, or the sale,
transfer, or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust, the
Corporation or the Realty Partnership to another person, is effected in such a
way that the holders of Paired Shares or Class B EPS will be entitled ro receive
stock, securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for Paired
Shares or Class B EPS, then, as a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease, the exchange
rights relating to the Class A RP Units shall be modified so that, upon exercise
thereof, the Class A RP Units will be exchanged for the kind and amount of
stock, securities or other assets which the holders of such Class A RP Units
would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately after the transaction
if such holders had exchanged their Class A RP Units into Paired Shares or Class
B EPS, as applicable, immediately prior to the effective date of such
transaction, subject to further adjustment upon the occurrence of the events
described herein.
No fractional Paired Shares or fractional shares of Class B EPS will be
issued upon exercise of the exchange rights relating to the Class A RP Units
and, if any such exercise results in such a fractional interest, an amount will
be paid in cash equal to the product of (x) such fraction multiplied by (y) the
number of Paired Shares into which one Class A RP Unit would then be
exchangeable or the number of Paired Shares for which a share of Class B EPS is
then indirectly exchangeable, as applicable, upon exercise of such exchange
right multiplied by (z) the average closing price of the Paired Shares on the
New York Stock Exchange during the five trading days preceding the date of the
applicable RP Exchange Notice.
Voting Rights
Except as required by law, the holders of Class A RP Units shall be
entitled to vote on any matter on which the holders of Ordinary RP Units are
entitled to vote. Each Class A RP Unit held of record on the record date for the
determination of holders of Ordinary RP Units entitled to vote on such matter
(or, if no record date is established, on the date such vote is taken) shall
entitle the holder thereof to cast a number of votes equal to the number of
Class A RP Units held by such holder at such time (as such number shall be
equitably adjusted in the event of the occurrence of an RP Adjustment Event).
CLASS B OP UNITS
The Class B OP Units will have the following rights, designations,
preferences, participations and other limitations and restrictions.
Distribution Rights
The holders of Class B OP Units will be entitled (i) to receive as
described below a special distribution (an "OP Unit Special Distribution") equal
to any distribution (whether such distribution is a current distribution or a
liquidating distribution) made or deemed to be made to holders of RP Ordinary
Units and (ii) to participate (an "OP Unit Participation Distribution") on the
basis described below in any distribution (whether such distribution is a
current distribution or a liquidating distribution) made to the holders of OP
Ordinary Units.
Upon the payment of any distribution in respect of the RP Ordinary Units,
an OP Unit Special Distribution in a corresponding amount will automatically
accrue with respect to the Class B OP Units. No distribution may be declared or
paid or set apart for payment on the RP Ordinary Units or on any other class or
series of partnership units ranking junior to the Class B OP Units (including,
without limitation, declaration or payment of any OP Participating Distribution)
unless all accrued OP Unit Special Distributions have been or are concurrently
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has
been set apart for payment. Each OP Unit Special Distribution will be payable to
holders of record of Class B OP Units on such record date as shall be fixed by
the general partner of the Operating Partnership.
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No distribution on the OP Ordinary Units may be declared unless the general
partner of the Operating Partnership concurrently declares an OP Unit
Participation Distribution entitling each Class B OP Unit to receive, on a pro
rata basis, a distribution equal to the distribution declared on the OP Ordinary
Units. Such OP Unit Participation Distribution shall be payable on the same date
on which the corresponding distribution on the OP Ordinary Units is payable and
shall be paid to holders of record of the Class B OP Units on the same record
date as is fixed by the general partner of the Operating Partnership for the
payment of such distribution on the OP Ordinary Units.
Liquidation Rights
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Operating Partnership, the holders of Class B OP Units will
be entitled (i) to receive out of the assets of the Operating Partnership
legally available for liquidating distributions to holders of beneficial
interest in the Operating Partnership, prior to any distribution or payment to
holders of OP Ordinary Units or any other class or series of shares of
beneficial interest in the Operating Partnership ranking junior to the Class B
OP Units (including, without limitation, any payment in respect of the OP Unit
Participating Distribution), a liquidating distribution in an amount equal to
the OP Unit Liquidation Preference described below and (ii) to participate on
the basis described below in any liquidating distribution to holders of OP
Ordinary Units (the "OP Unit Liquidation Participation Right"). For such
purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Operating Partnership with or into
any other partnership, corporation, trust or entity, or the sale, lease or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the
Operating Partnership, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Operating Partnership.
The "OP Unit Liquidation Preference" of a Class B OP Unit as of any date
shall mean the sum of (x) the fair market value as of such date of one RP
Ordinary Unit (or any such other number of RP Ordinary Units resulting from an
equitable adjustment to give effect to an RP Adjustment Event or as otherwise
described below) plus (y) the amount of any accrued but unpaid OP Unit Special
Distributions in respect of such Class B OP Unit as of such date. In the event
that, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Operating Partnership, the assets of the Operating Partnership available
for liquidating distributions to holders of beneficial interest in the Operating
Partnership are insufficient to pay the OP Unit Liquidation Preference on all
outstanding Class B OP Units and the corresponding amounts payable on all other
classes or series of shares of beneficial interest in the Operating Partnership
ranking on a parity with the Class B OP Units, then the holders of the Class B
OP Units and all other such classes and series of shares of beneficial interest
in the Operating Partnership shall share ratably in any such distribution of
assets in proportion to the liquidation preferences to which they would
otherwise be respectively entitled.
In addition to being entitled to receive the OP Unit Liquidation
Preference, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Operating
Partnership, the holders of Class B OP Units will be entitled to participate,
pursuant to the OP Unit Liquidation Participation Right, ratably with the
holders of OP Ordinary Units in any liquidating distributions to such holders
(after giving effect to any equitable adjustment to such numbers of Class B OP
Units resulting from an OP Adjustment Event or as otherwise described below).
Exchange Rights
Exchange of Class B OP Units for Class B EPS. Each Class B OP Unit will be
exchangeable, at the option of the holder, at any time and from time to time
from the date of issuance of the Class B OP Units through the Cross-Over Date
for one share of Class B EPS or the cash equivalent thereof on the following
terms. Upon the delivery by a holder of Class B OP Units of a notice to so
exchange such Class B OP Units (an "OP Exchange Notice") and surrender of such
Class B OP Units to the Corporation, the Corporation will then have the right to
either (i) procure the delivery of a number of shares of Class B EPS equal to
the number of Class B OP Units being exchanged (subject to adjustment in the
event of an OP Adjustment Event or as otherwise described herein), (ii) deliver
an amount of cash equal to the product of (A) the Class B Liquidation Preference
multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Class B EPS for which such Class B OP
Units may be exchanged (the "OP/Class B Cash Out Value"), (iii) cause the
Operating Partnership to
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redeem such Class B OP Units for a cash amount equal to such OP/Class B Cash Out
Value or (iv) a combination of the foregoing.
Exchange of Class B OP Units for Paired Shares. Each Class B OP Unit will
be exchangeable, at the option of the holder, at any time and from time to time
from the date of issuance of such Class B OP Unit for Paired Shares (on a
one-for-one basis, subject to adjustments in the event of the occurrence of an
OP Adjustment Event or as otherwise described herein) or the cash equivalent
thereof on the following terms. Upon the delivery by a holder of Class B OP
Units of an OP Exchange Notice to so exchange such Class B OP Units and
surrender of such Class B OP Units to the Corporation, the Corporation will then
have the right to either (i) deliver the corresponding number of Paired Shares
(including procuring the issuance by the Trust of the Trust Share component of
such Paired Shares), (ii) deliver, in lieu of some or all of such Paired Shares,
an equivalent amount of cash for such Paired Shares (based on the average
closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the five trading days
preceding the surrender of such Class B OP Units and the number of Paired Shares
for which such Class B OP Units are exchangeable at such time (the "OP/ Paired
Share Cash Out Value")) or (iii) a combination of the foregoing.
Certain Limitations on the Delivery of Class B EPS or Paired Shares. If the
delivery to a holder of Class B OP Units of the full number of shares of Class B
EPS or Paired Shares requested to be delivered pursuant to an OP Exchange Notice
(the "Requested Shares") would result in a violation of the Ownership Limit or
the REIT Requirements, the Corporation may (i) deliver the number of shares of
Class B EPS or Paired Shares, as applicable, that may be issued without
resulting in such a violation (the "Delivered Shares", with the number of
Requested Shares in excess of the Delivered Shares being referred to herein as
the "Excess Shares"), together with either (a) cash in an amount equal to the
product of (A) the number of Excess Shares multiplied by (B) in the event the OP
Exchange Notice requests the delivery of Class B EPS, the Class B EPS
Liquidation Preference or, in the event the OP Exchange Notice requests the
delivery of Paired Shares, the closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE
during the five trading days preceding the surrender of such Class B OP Units,
or (b) an Exchange Promissory Note in a principal amount equal to the amount
specified in clause (i)(a) above or (ii) deliver to such holder the OP/Class B
Cash Out Value of the requested Class B EPS or the OP/Paired Share Cash Out
Value of the requested Paired Shares (determined, in each case, as of the date
of delivery of the applicable OP Exchange Notice). In the event the Corporation
elects to deliver the Delivered Shares together with an Exchange Promissory Note
in lieu of Excess Shares as described above, the Corporation must deliver notice
(a "Corporation Election Notice") to the holder of the Class B OP Units being
exchanged of its election to deliver such Exchange Promissory Note and the
holder of the Class B OP Units being exchanged will have the right to withdraw
its OP Exchange Notice as to the Excess Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the event that the delivery of the full number of Requested Shares pursuant
to an OP Exchange Notice would violate either the Ownership Limit or the REIT
Requirements because the exchanging holder of Class B OP Units, together with
such holder's affiliates (but without giving effect to any applicable
attribution rules under the Code), beneficially owns, at the time such OP
Exchange Notice is given, Paired Shares other than through the ownership of
securities of the Starwood Companies received in the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Agreement, the Corporation may make the Registered Sale
Option described under "-- Class A EPS" with respect to such Excess Shares;
provided that if the Corporation makes such an election, the Corporation must
deliver to the holder of the Class B OP Units a Corporation Election Notice of
its election to exercise the Registered Sale Option and the holder of the Class
B OP Units being exchanged will have the right to withdraw its OP Exchange
Notice as to the Excess Shares, which withdrawal must be made by written notice
given to the Corporation within ten business days after receipt of the
Corporation Election Notice.
Certain Adjustments. The ratio upon which Class B OP Units may be
exchanged for shares of Class B EPS or Paired Shares, as applicable, will be
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the following events ("OP
Adjustment Events"):
(i) the issuance of Corporation Shares as a dividend or distribution on the
Corporation Shares or the issuance of Trust Shares as a dividend or distribution
on Trust Shares;
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(ii) the subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding
Corporation shares, the outstanding Trust Shares, the outstanding Class A EPS or
the outstanding Class B EPS; or
(iii) the distribution to all holders of Corporation Shares of rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase Corporation Shares or the distribution to
all holders of Trust Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Trust Shares.
In addition, in the event that there are any declared but unpaid OP Special
Distributions or any declared but unpaid OP Participation Distributions on the
Class B OP Units being exchanged (or the cash equivalent thereof), the number of
Class B EPS, Paired Shares or the cash equivalent thereof, as applicable,
issuable in an exchange of Class B OP Units will be increased by a number of
Class B EPS, Paired Shares or the cash equivalent thereof, as applicable, equal
to the amount of such declared but unpaid distributions divided by the product
of (i) the average closing price of the Paired Shares on the NYSE during the
five trading days preceding the surrender of the Class B OP Units being
exchanged and (ii) the number of Paired Shares for which such Class B OP Units
are then exchangeable or the number of Paired Shares for which a share of Class
B EPS is then indirectly exchangeable, as applicable.
Whenever the number of Paired Shares or shares of Class B EPS deliverable
upon exercise of the exchange rights relating to the Class B OP Units described
above is adjusted as herein provided, the Operating Partnership (i) will
promptly make available at the office of the transfer agent or the Corporation a
statement describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and (ii) will cause to
be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, as soon as practicable, to each
holder of record of Class B OP Units, a notice stating that certain adjustments
have been made and specifying the new exchange ratio of Paired Shares or Class B
EPS, as applicable, for Class B OP Units.
In the event, either before, on or after the Cross-Over Date, of any
capital reorganization or other reclassification of the Paired Shares or the
Class B EPS, or consolidation or merger of the Trust, the Corporation or the
Operating Partnership with another partnership, corporation or other entity, or
the sale, transfer, or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Trust, the Corporation or the Operating Partnership to another person, is
effected in such a way that the holders of Paired Shares or Class B EPS will be
entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets with respect to or in
exchange for Paired Shares or Class B EPS, then, as a condition of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
lease, the exchange rights relating to the Class B OP Units shall be modified so
that, upon exercise thereof, the Class B OP Units will be exchanged for the kind
and amount of stock, securities or other assets which the holders of such Class
B OP Units would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately after the
transaction if such holders had exchanged their Class B OP Units into Paired
Shares or Class B EPS, as applicable, immediately prior to the effective date of
such transaction, subject to further adjustment upon the occurrence of the
events described herein.
No fractional Paired Shares or fractional shares of Class B EPS will be
issued upon exercise of the exchange rights relating to the Class B OP Units
and, if any such exercise results in such a fractional interest, an amount will
be paid in cash equal to the product of (x) such fraction multiplied by (y) the
number of Paired Shares into which one Class B OP Unit would then be
exchangeable or the number of Paired Shares for which a share of Class B EPS is
then indirectly exchangeable, as applicable, upon exercise of such exchange
right multiplied by (z) the average closing price of the Paired Shares on the
NYSE during the five trading days preceding the date of the applicable OP
Exchange Notice.
Voting Rights
Except as required by law, the holders of Class B OP Units shall be
entitled to vote on any matter on which the holders of Ordinary OP Units are
entitled to vote. Each Class B OP Unit held of record on the record date for the
determination of holders of Ordinary OP Units entitled to vote on such matter
(or, if no record date is established, on the date such vote is taken) shall
entitle the holder thereof to cast a number of votes equal to the number of
Class B OP Units held by such holder at such time (as such number shall be
equitably adjusted in the event of the occurrence of an OP Adjustment Event).
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Other Adjustments
In the event that the Trust Shares and the Corporation Shares are no longer
subject to the Pairing Agreement, the Trust Shares and the Corporation Shares no
longer constitute Paired Shares, or the terms of the Pairing Agreement are
modified or amended, then the terms of the Class A EPS, Class B EPS, Class A RP
Units and Class B OP Units will be amended to provide the holder thereof with
the same economic benefits as they had with respect to such shares or units
before the occurrence of such event.
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
The Transaction Agreement provides that for a period of one year after the
Closing Date, the Members will not sell or otherwise transfer ("Transfer") any
of the shares of Class A EPS, Class B EPS, Class A RP Units or Class B OP Units
received in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, or any
Paired Shares received upon conversion or exchange of any thereof (collectively,
"Starwood Securities"), to any person (other than, except in the case of Class A
RP Units or Class B OP Units (which may not be Transferred without the consent
of the Realty Partnership or the Operating Partnership, respectively), to one or
more investors in such Member or one or more designees of such investors to whom
Starwood Securities are transferred or issued as contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement ("Permitted Designees") that agree in writing to comply with the
foregoing restrictions on Transfer as though they were Members). The Transaction
Agreement further provides that during each of the first four calendar quarters
ending on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no Member will
Transfer more than 25% (as such percentage shall be determined on a cumulative
basis, including any Starwood Securities that could have, but were not,
Transferred in a previous fiscal quarter) of the Starwood Securities received by
it in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, or any Paired
Shares received upon exchange of any Starwood Securities received in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, to any person other than
an investor in such Member or one or more Permitted Designees of such investors.
In the event that a Member Transfers any of the Starwood Securities to investors
in such Member or to one or more Permitted Designees, such Transfers will be
conditioned on the receipt by such Member of a written agreement of such
transferees to be bound by the transfer restrictions provided in the Transaction
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the
event of a change in control of Starwood Lodging, the restrictions on transfer
of the Starwood Securities described above shall no longer apply.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") to be entered into on the Closing Date among the Trust, the
Corporation, the Members and certain other holders of the securities of the
Starwood Companies to be issued in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement (the "Holders"), the Trust and the Corporation have
granted to the Holders registration rights with respect to the Paired Shares
that may be issued upon conversion or exchange of shares of Class A EPS, Class B
EPS, Class A RP Units or Class B OP Units received in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and, in the event of a default by the
Trust of certain of its obligations under the Class B EPS, the shares of Class B
EPS received in the Transaction (collectively, "Registrable Securities").
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, any Holder of more than 10%
of the securities of the Starwood Companies received in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement may require the Trust and the
Corporation to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the
Registrable Securities held by such Holder and by any other Holder that desires
to have its Registrable Securities included in such registration statement;
provided that each of the Members shall have the right to make only one election
to require the Trust and the Corporation to file such a shelf registration
statement. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Trust and
the Corporation will be required, upon receipt of notice of such election, to
promptly file such registration statement and use its reasonable efforts to have
such registration statement declared effective in order to permit the sale of
such Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.
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The Holders also have rights, subject to certain limitations and
exceptions, to require the Trust and the Corporation to include Registrable
Securities in other registrations of equity securities by the Trust and the
Corporation under the Securities Act.
All costs and expenses (other than underwriters' discounts and commissions
and the fees and expenses of counsel to the selling Holders) incurred in
connection with the registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement shall be paid by the Trust and the Corporation.
Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Trust and the Corporation
shall be entitled to postpone for up to 90 calendar days (provided that if such
a 90-day postponement has occurred previously in the prior 365 days, up to 45
days but no more) the filing, effectiveness, supplementing or amending of the
shelf registration statement, the prospectus or any supplement to the prospectus
relating thereto and may suspend any sales pursuant to the shelf registration
statement, the prospectus and any supplements to the prospectus, if the Board of
Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation determine in
good faith and on the advice of counsel that the disclosure in such registration
statement and the transfer of Registrable Securities contemplated thereby would
materially adversely affect any material financing, acquisition, disposition,
reorganization or other material transaction involving the Starwood Companies;
provided that such postponement shall be terminated on the completion or public
disclosure of such transaction. In addition, a registration or transfer of
Registrable Securities may not be effected if as a result thereof the Trust
would violate the REIT Requirements in any respect or if such registration or
transfer would result in any person beneficially owning Paired Shares in excess
of the Ownership Limit. Furthermore, in connection with an underwritten offering
of Registrable Securities, if the underwriters' representative advises the
selling Holders that, in its opinion, the amount of securities requested to be
included in such offering exceeds the amount which can be sold in such offering
within a price range acceptable to the selling Holder or Holders, securities
shall be included in such offering, to the extent of the amount which can be
sold within such price range, pro-rata based on the estimated gross proceeds
from the sale thereof.
The Holders have also agreed in the Registration Rights Agreement that, if
so requested by the underwriters' representative in connection with an offering
of securities covered by a registration statement filed by the Trust or the
Corporation, they shall not effect any public sale or distribution of Paired
Shares during the 90-day period (provided that if such a 90-day period has
previously occurred in the prior 365 days, the 45 day period) beginning on the
date such registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission; provided that in no event shall the total number of
"blackout" days resulting from the operation of the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement described in this paragraph and in the previous
paragraph exceed 180 days in any consecutive 365 day period.
The Registration Rights Agreement provides that if any sale under the shelf
registration statement involves an underwritten offering (whether on a "firm
commitment", "best efforts" or "all reasonable efforts" basis or otherwise), the
electing Holder or Holders shall select the underwriter or underwriters and
manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering, which underwriter
shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Trust and the Corporation, it
being understood and agreed that Goldman Sachs and its affiliates are deemed to
be approved by the Trust and the Corporation to act as such underwriters. The
Registration Rights Agreement also provides that each of the Trust and the
Corporation will use their reasonable efforts to cause the sale of Registrable
Securities to be effected in accordance with the descriptions of the
distribution of such Registrable Securities described therein, including
providing access to the Trust and the Corporation and their respective books and
records, officers, accountants and counsel and to agree to indemnify the
underwriters of such Registrable Securities for liabilities under the Securities
Act.
AMENDMENT TO PAIRING AGREEMENT
The Trust and the Corporation are parties to the Pairing Agreement, which
provides, among other things, that the Trust may not issue or transfer shares of
beneficial interest of the Trust unless effective provision is made for the
issuance or transfer of the same number of shares of common stock of the
Corporation and that shares of beneficial interest of the Trust may not be
transferred on the books of the Trust unless the transferee acquires the same
number of shares of common stock of the Corporation.
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As described under "The Acquisition Proposal -- Description of Preferred
Shares and Units," the Class A EPS and the Class B EPS to be issued pursuant to
the Transaction Agreement will be issued only by the Trust and not by the
Corporation. Accordingly, in order to permit the issuance of such shares, the
Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors have adopted an amendment to the
Pairing Agreement (the "Pairing Agreement Amendment") and directed that such
amendment be submitted to the shareholders of the Trust at the Trust Meeting and
to the stockholders of the Corporation at the Corporation Meeting.
The Pairing Agreement Amendment would add a new section to the Pairing
Agreement which would permit the issuance by the Trust of the Class A EPS and
the Class B EPS. If approved by the shareholders of the Trust and the
stockholders of the Corporation, such new section would read in its entirety as
follows:
"13. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall prohibit (a) the issuance
by the Trust of Class A Exchangeable Preferred Shares or Class B
Exchangeable Preferred Shares pursuant to the Transaction Agreement
(collectively, the "Trust Preferred Shares") or (b) any transfer of shares
of Trust Preferred Shares, including without limitation any such transfer
in which the transferee does not acquire shares of common stock of the
Company and in which effective provision is not made for the issuance or
transfer of shares of common stock of the Company, or (c) the issuance of
certificates representing shares of Trust Preferred Shares, including
without limitation any such issuance without the issuance of a certificate
or certificates of common stock of the Company. As used herein,
"Transaction Agreement" means the Transaction Agreement dated as of
September 8, 1997 among WHWE L.L.C., Woodstar Investors Partnership, Nomura
Asset Capital Corporation, Juergen Bartels, W&S Hotel L.L.C., Westin Hotels
& Resorts Worldwide, Inc., W&S Lauderdale Corp., W&S Seattle Corp., Westin
St. John Hotel Company, Inc., W&S Denver Corp., W&S Atlanta Corp., the
Trust, the Company, SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership, as such Agreement may be amended from time to time."
If approved, the Pairing Agreement Amendment is expected to be effected
concurrently with the Closing under the Transaction Agreement. If the Closing
under the Transaction Agreement does not occur, the Pairing Agreement Amendment
will not be effected. Approval of the Pairing Agreement Amendment requires the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Trust Shares and a majority of
the outstanding Corporation Shares. Approval of the Acquisition Proposal will
include approval of the Pairing Agreement Amendment.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
The Transaction will be accounted for as a "purchase" for accounting and
financial reporting purposes in accordance with APB No. 16. For purposes of
preparing Starwood Lodging's consolidated financial statements, Starwood Lodging
will establish a new accounting basis for Westin's assets and liabilities based
upon the fair values thereof and Starwood Lodging's purchase price, including
the direct costs of the acquisition. A final determination of required purchase
accounting adjustments and of the fair value of the assets and liabilities of
Westin has not yet been made. Accordingly, the purchase accounting adjustments
made in connection with the development of the pro forma financial information
appearing elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement are preliminary and are
subject to adjustment. After the Merger, Starwood Lodging will undertake a study
to determine the fair value of Westin's assets and liabilities and will make
appropriate purchase accounting adjustments upon completion of such study. For
financial reporting purposes, Starwood Lodging will consolidate the results of
Westin's operations with those of Starwood Lodging's operations, beginning with
the consummation of the Merger, but Starwood Lodging's financial statements for
prior periods will not be restated as a result of the Merger.
DISSENTERS' RIGHTS OF APPRAISAL
Holders of Trust Shares and Corporation Shares do not have any rights of
appraisal or similar rights with respect to the Acquisition Proposal.
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REGULATORY APPROVALS
The HSR Act provides that certain acquisition transactions may not be
consummated unless certain information has been furnished to the Antitrust
Division of the Department of Justice (the "DOJ") and the Federal Trade
Commission (the "FTC") and the applicable waiting period in connection with such
information has expired or been earlier terminated. It is expected that the
notification and report forms under the HSR Act will be filed by November 15,
1997 and the required waiting period with respect to such filings under the HSR
Act will expire 30 calendar days after such filing, unless such waiting period
is earlier terminated by the FTC and the DOJ or extended by a request from the
FTC or the DOJ for additional information or documentary material prior to the
expiration of the waiting period.
Starwood Lodging and Westin know of no other U.S. federal or state
regulatory requirements or approvals with which they must comply in order to
consummate the Transaction, other than the filing of the Delaware Certificate of
Merger or the Transaction Agreement with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware, the filing of the Maryland Articles of Merger with the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation and the filings required to be made with
liquor licensing and similar authorities.
VOTES REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL
Approval of the Acquisition Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Trust Shares entitled to vote at the
Trust Meeting and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Corporation Shares entitled to vote at the Corporation Meeting.
Consequently, shares which are voted to abstain from voting on approval of the
Acquisition Proposal and shares which are not voted with respect to such
approval (including broker non-votes) will have the effect of a vote against
such approval.
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a summary of the material federal income tax consequences
of the Merger and the Subsidiary Contributions to Starwood Lodging and its
shareholders. This summary is for informational purposes only and is not tax
advice. Except as discussed below, no ruling or determination letters from the
United States Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") have been or will be requested by
Starwood Lodging on any tax issue connected with the Merger, the Subsidiary
Contributions or this Joint Proxy Statement. This summary is based upon the
Code, as currently in effect, applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder and
judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to
change, including changes that may be retroactive. No assurance can be given
that the IRS will not challenge the propriety of one or more of the tax
positions described herein or that such a challenge would not be successful.
This summary does not purport to deal with all aspects of taxation that may
be relevant to Starwood Lodging or to particular shareholders of Starwood
Lodging in light of their personal investment or tax circumstances. Except as
specifically provided, the discussion below does not address foreign, state or
local tax consequences, nor does it specifically address the tax consequences to
taxpayers subject to special treatment under the federal income tax laws
(including dealers in securities, foreign persons, life insurance companies,
tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions and taxpayers subject to the
alternative minimum tax). Also, except as specifically provided, the discussion
below does not address the tax consequences to the holders of shares of any of
the Westin Companies. The discussion below assumes that the shares of Starwood
Lodging to be issued in connection with the Merger and the Subsidiary
Contributions and the shares of Westin for which such shares of Starwood Lodging
were exchanged are or will be held as capital assets within the meaning of
Section 1221 of the Code. No assurance can be given that legislative, judicial
or administrative changes will not affect the accuracy of any statements in this
Joint Proxy Statement with respect to transactions entered into or contemplated
prior to the effective date of such changes.
EACH SHAREHOLDER AND STOCKHOLDER IS ADVISED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN TAX
ADVISOR REGARDING THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OR HER OF THE MERGER AND
THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL, STATE,
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LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER AND THE SUBSIDIARY
CONTRIBUTIONS AND OF POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER
Prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin, counsel for Starwood Lodging,
will deliver its opinion to the Trust and the Corporation substantially to the
effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions, the Merger
will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. Accordingly, except as discussed below
under "-- Tax Consequences of the Restructuring Transactions," no gain or loss
will be recognized by Westin Worldwide as a result of the Merger. A shareholder
of Westin Worldwide will recognize gain, but not loss, on the exchange of shares
of Westin Worldwide for the Merger Consideration in an amount equal to the
lesser of (a) the amount of cash received or (b) the amount by which the sum of
the cash received and the fair market value of the Exchangeable Preferred Shares
as of the Closing Date exceeds such shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the
Westin Worldwide stock exchanged therefor. Any such gain will be characterized
as capital gain unless the cash received has the effect of the distribution of a
dividend, in which case the gain would be treated as a dividend to the extent of
the Westin Worldwide stockholder's ratable share of Westin Worldwide's
undistributed earnings and profits. No gain or loss will be recognized by the
Trust, the Corporation (which is not a party to the Merger) or the existing
shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation as a result of the
Merger.
Sidley & Austin's opinion will be based, in part, upon a representation of
management of the Trust to the effect that, to the best knowledge of the Trust's
management, there is no plan or intention on the part of the shareholders of
Westin Worldwide to dispose of a number of Exchangeable Preferred Shares
received in the Merger that would reduce the aggregate value of the Exchangeable
Preferred Shares held by shareholders of Westin Worldwide to less than 50% of
the value of the shares of Westin Worldwide held by such shareholders prior to
the Closing Date and upon Sidley & Austin's assumption to the effect that such
representation is correct as if made without such "best knowledge"
qualification.
Each of the Westin Companies is controlled by the same interests. As a
result, the IRS could, pursuant to Section 482 of the Code, seek to reallocate
the consideration given by the Starwood Companies for the stock of each of
Westin Worldwide, Seattle, Lauderdale, Denver, Atlanta and St. John if it
determines that such a reallocation is necessary to prevent evasion of taxes or
to clearly reflect income. Starwood Lodging believes that the allocation of
consideration given for each of Westin Worldwide, Seattle, Lauderdale, Denver,
Atlanta and St. John has been negotiated and structured with the intention of
achieving an arm's-length result. As a result, the potential application of
Section 482 of the Code to the allocation of the consideration given by the
Starwood Companies for the stock of Westin should not have a material effect on
the Starwood Companies.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS
On the Closing Date, the shareholders of Seattle, Lauderdale and Denver
(the "Subsidiary REITs") will contribute their stock of those companies to the
Realty Partnership in exchange for Class A RP Units and the shareholders of
Atlanta and St. John will contribute their stock of those companies to the
Operating Partnership in exchange for Class B OP Units. No gain or loss should
be recognized by the Realty Partnership or the Operating Partnership as a result
of such contributions and the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership
should have a tax basis in the stock of the Subsidiary REITs, Atlanta and St.
John equal to the tax basis the prior stockholders had in such stock increased
by the amount, if any, of gain recognized by the stockholders of those companies
as a result of the contribution.
In lieu of contributing their stock of the Subsidiary REITs, Atlanta and
St. John to the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership, certain
shareholders may exchange their shares of such companies for Class B EPS and
cash. In such case, the exchange should be treated, in the case of the
Subsidiary REITs, as if the Trust had purchased a portion of such shares for an
amount equal to the fair market value of the Class B EPS exchanged therefor and
then contributed such shares to the Realty Partnership and the Realty
Partnership had purchased the balance of such shares for cash and, in the case
of Atlanta and St. John, as if
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the Corporation had purchased a portion of such shares for an amount equal to
the fair market value of the Class B EPS exchanged therefor and then contributed
such shares to the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership had
purchased the balance of such shares for cash. Any such exchanges should be
treated as taxable exchanges to the holder and the Trust and the Realty
Partnership, in the case of the Subsidiary REITs, and the Corporation and the
Operating Partnership, in the case of Atlanta and St. John, should have a tax
basis in such shares equal to the fair market value of the Class B EPS issued
and the cash paid in exchange therefor.
Except to the extent discussed below in "-- Tax Consequences of the
Restructuring Transactions," no gain or loss should be recognized by the
Subsidiary REITs, Atlanta or St. John as a result of the Subsidiary
Contributions.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS
Prior to the Closing Date, Westin Worldwide and the Subsidiary REITs will
sell certain assets to the Corporation and the Operating Partnership and will
recognize gain or loss to the extent the sale price of each asset exceeds or is
less than its adjusted tax basis. Although the sale prices of these assets are
expected to be arm's-length prices, no assurances can be given that the IRS will
not assert that one or more asset sales should have been made at a different
price. Such an assertion, if successful, would have the result of changing the
amount of gain recognized by the selling company and the tax basis of the
purchasing company. Any additional tax incurred by Westin Worldwide and the
Subsidiary REITs as a result of the restructuring transactions will be assumed
by the Starwood Companies.
Also as part of the completion of the transaction, Westin Worldwide and the
Trust (after the Merger) will transfer certain of the assets of Westin
Worldwide, including third party management, franchise and representation
agreements and certain trademarks and other intangible property, to subsidiaries
(the "Management Subsidiaries") of which the Trust will own all of the nonvoting
preferred stock and common stock comprising less than 10% of the outstanding
voting stock of each Management Subsidiary. The remainder of the voting stock of
these Management Subsidiaries will be owned by the Corporation. Pursuant to
Section 351 of the Code, no gain or loss should be recognized by Westin
Worldwide or the Trust as a result of these contributions.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF THE TRUST AND THE SUBSIDIARY REITS
BACKGROUND
In 1980, prior to the establishment of the Corporation and the pairing of
its shares with the shares of the Trust, the IRS issued a Private Letter Ruling
(the "Ruling") to the Trust in which the IRS held that the pairing of the Trust
Shares and the Corporation Shares and the operation of the Corporation would not
preclude the Trust from qualifying as a REIT. Subsequent to the issuance of the
Ruling, (i) the IRS announced that it would no longer issue rulings to the
effect that a REIT whose shares are paired with those of a non-REIT will qualify
as a REIT if the activities of the paired entities are integrated, and (ii)
Congress, in 1984, enacted Section 269B of the Code, which treats a REIT and a
non-REIT, the paired shares of which were not paired on or before June 30, 1983,
as one entity for purposes of determining whether either company qualifies as a
REIT. Section 269B of the Code has not applied to the Trust and the Corporation
(since the Trust Shares and the Corporation Shares were paired prior to that
date), and the Ruling's conclusions were not adversely affected thereby.
In 1994, the Trust requested and received a determination letter from the
IRS (the "IRS Letter"). The IRS Letter provided that the Trust's failure to send
the shareholder demand letters required by the REIT Provisions (defined below)
terminated its election to be taxed as a REIT beginning with the Trust's taxable
year ended December 31, 1991 and permitted the Trust to re-elect to be taxed as
a REIT commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1995. The IRS Letter
also directed the Trust to file amended federal income tax returns for its
taxable years ended December 31, 1991 and 1992 as a C corporation (and not as a
REIT) and to file its federal income tax returns for its taxable years ended
December 31, 1993 and 1994 as a C corporation. The Trust has filed such returns.
Because the Trust had net losses for federal income tax
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purposes and did not pay any dividends during its taxable years ended December
31, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994, the IRS Letter did not result in the Trust owing
any federal income tax. The Trust has instituted REIT compliance controls that
are intended to prevent the reoccurrence of any such failure to comply with the
reporting and recordkeeping requirements for REITs. Such reporting and
recordkeeping requirements will not apply to REITs for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1997.
GENERAL
The Trust has elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860
of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (the "REIT Requirements" or
"REIT Provisions"), commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1995.
The Subsidiary REITs intend to elect to be taxed as REITs under the REIT
Provisions commencing with their taxable years ending December 31, 1998. The
Trust believes that, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1995,
it was organized and has operated in such a manner so as to qualify for taxation
as a REIT and the Trust intends to continue to operate in such a manner. The
Trust also believes that, commencing with their taxable years ending December
31, 1998, the Subsidiary REITs will be organized and operated in such a manner
so as to qualify for taxation as REITs and the Trust intends that the Subsidiary
REITs continue to operate in such a manner. No assurance can be given that the
Trust has qualified as a REIT or that the Subsidiary REITs will qualify as REITs
or that the Trust or any of the Subsidiary REITs will continue to so qualify.
The REIT Provisions are highly technical and complex. The following sets
forth the material aspects of the REIT Provisions that govern the federal income
tax treatment of a REIT. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the REIT
Provisions and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof.
Prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin, counsel to Starwood Lodging,
will render an opinion to the effect that, commencing with the Trust's taxable
year ended December 31, 1995, the Trust was organized and has operated in
conformity with the REIT Requirements, and its proposed method of operation will
enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a REIT under the REIT Requirements for its subsequent taxable years. It must be
emphasized that Sidley & Austin's opinion will be based on the IRS Letter and
various assumptions and will be conditioned upon certain representations made by
the Trust, the Corporation and the Subsidiary REITs as to factual matters. In
particular, Sidley & Austin's opinion will be based upon factual representations
of the Trust and the Subsidiary REITs concerning their business and properties.
Moreover, such qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon the Trust's and
the Subsidiary REITs' ability to meet, through actual annual operating results,
certain distribution levels, specified diversity of stock ownership, and various
other qualification tests imposed under the REIT Provisions, as discussed below.
The Trust's annual operating results will not be reviewed by Sidley & Austin.
Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Trust's
operation for any particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements.
Further, the anticipated federal income tax treatment described in this Joint
Proxy Statement may be changed, perhaps retroactively, by legislative,
administrative, or judicial action at any time. For a discussion of the tax
consequences of failure to qualify as a REIT, see "-- Failure to Qualify" below.
As long as the Trust qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it generally will
not be subject to federal corporate income taxes on net income that it currently
distributes to shareholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the "double
taxation" (once at the corporate level and again at the shareholder level) that
generally results from investment in a regular corporation.
Even if the Trust qualifies for taxation as a REIT, however, it may be
subject to federal income or excise tax as follows. First, the Trust will be
taxed at regular corporate rates on any undistributed REIT taxable income (as
discussed below), including undistributed net capital gains. Second, under
certain circumstances, the Trust may be subject to the "alternative minimum tax"
on its items of tax preference, if any. Third, if the Trust has (i) net income
from the sale or other disposition of "foreclosure property" (which is, in
general, property acquired on foreclosure or otherwise on default on a loan
secured by such property or a lease of such property) or (ii) other
non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, it will be subject to tax at
the highest corporate rate on such income. Fourth, if the Trust has net income
from "prohibited transactions" (which are, in general, certain sales or other
dispositions of property, other than foreclosure property, held primarily for
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sale to customers in the ordinary course of business), such income will be
subject to a 100% tax. Fifth, if the Trust should fail to satisfy the 75% gross
income test or the 95% gross income test (as discussed below), but has
nonetheless maintained its qualification as a REIT because certain other
requirements are met, it will be subject to a 100% tax on the net income
attributable to the greater of the amount by which the Trust fails the 75% or
95% test, multiplied by a fraction intended to reflect the Trust's
profitability. Sixth, if the Trust should fail to distribute during each
calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of its REIT ordinary income for such
year, (ii) 95% of its REIT capital gain net income for such year and (iii) any
undistributed taxable income from prior periods, the Trust will be subject to a
4% excise tax on the excess of such required distributions over the amounts
actually distributed. Seventh, pursuant to IRS Notice 88-19, if the Trust has a
net unrealized built-in gain, with respect to any asset (a "Built-in Gain
Asset") held by the Trust on January 1, 1995 or acquired by the Trust from a
corporation that is or has been a C corporation (i.e., generally a corporation
subject to full corporate-level tax) in certain transactions in which the basis
of the Built-in Gain Asset in the hands of the Trust is determined by reference
to the basis of the asset in the hands of the C corporation, and the Trust
directly or indirectly recognizes gain on the disposition of such asset during
the 10-year period (the "Recognition Period") beginning on January 1, 1995 with
respect to assets held by the Trust on such date or, with respect to other
assets, the date on which such asset was acquired by the Trust, then, to the
extent of the Built-in Gain (i.e., the excess of (a) the fair market value of
such asset over (b) the Trust's adjusted basis in such asset, determined as of
the beginning of the Recognition Period), such gain will be subject to tax at
the highest regular corporate rate pursuant to Treasury Regulations that have
not yet been promulgated. The Subsidiary REITs would also be subject to federal
income or excise tax in the circumstances described above for the Trust.
The results described in the preceding paragraph with respect to the
recognition of Built-in Gain assume that the Trust will make an election
pursuant to IRS Notice 88-19 with respect to assets acquired by the Trust from a
corporation that is or has been a C corporation and that the Subsidiary REITs
will make such an election for their taxable years ending December 31, 1998. The
Trust believes that it had Built-in Gain Assets as of January 1, 1995 and will
acquire additional Built-in-Gain Assets as a result of the Merger and that the
Subsidiary REITs will have Built-in Gain Assets as of January 1, 1998 and, thus,
direct or indirect sales of certain assets by the Trust, the Realty Partnership
or the Subsidiary REITs could result in a federal income tax liability to the
Trust or the Subsidiary REITs.
REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION
To qualify as a REIT, the Trust and the Subsidiary REITs must elect to be
so treated and must meet on a continuing basis certain requirements (as
discussed below) relating to their organization, sources of income, nature of
assets, and distribution of income to shareholders.
The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association: (i) that is
managed by one or more trustees or directors; (ii) the beneficial ownership of
which is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of
beneficial interest; (iii) that would be taxable as a domestic corporation, but
for the REIT Provisions; (iv) that is neither a financial institution nor an
insurance company subject to certain provisions of the Code; (v) the beneficial
ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons; (vi) during the last half of
each taxable year not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (defined in the
Code to include certain entities); (vii) as of the close of the taxable year,
has no earnings and profits accumulated in any non-REIT year; (viii) is not
electing to be taxed as a REIT prior to the fifth taxable year which begins
after the first taxable year for which its REIT status terminated or was revoked
or the IRS has waived the applicability of such waiting period; (ix) that has
the calendar year as its taxable year; and (x) that meets certain other tests,
described below, regarding the nature of its income and assets. The REIT
Provisions provide that conditions (i) to (iv), inclusive, must be met during
the entire taxable year and that condition (v) must be met during at least 335
days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of a taxable
year of less than 12 months. Conditions (v) and (vi) will not apply until after
the first taxable year for which an election is made by the REIT to be taxed as
a REIT.
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The Trust believes that it satisfies conditions (i) through (x) (described
above) and that the Subsidiary REITs will satisfy such conditions. The Trust
believes that the dividends paid and to be paid by the Trust, Westin Worldwide
and the Subsidiary REITs will enable the Trust and the Subsidiary REITs to
satisfy condition (vii) above. In addition, the Declaration of Trust of the
Trust and the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and the articles of
incorporation of the Subsidiary REITs provide for restrictions regarding the
transfer and ownership of shares, which restrictions are intended to assist the
Trust and the Subsidiary REITs in continuing to satisfy the share ownership
requirements described in conditions (v) and (vi) above. With respect to its
taxable years ending before January 1, 1998, in order to maintain its election
to be taxed as a REIT, the Trust must also maintain certain records and request
certain information from its shareholders designed to disclose the actual
ownership of its stock. The Trust believes that it has complied and will comply
with these requirements.
If a REIT owns a "Qualified REIT Subsidiary," the Code provides that the
Qualified REIT Subsidiary is disregarded for federal income tax purposes, and
all assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of the
Qualified REIT Subsidiary are treated as assets, liabilities and such items of
the REIT itself. A Qualified REIT Subsidiary is a corporation all of the capital
stock of which is owned by the REIT and, for taxable years beginning on or
before August 5, 1997, has been owned by the REIT from the commencement of the
corporation's existence. Westin Worldwide and the Subsidiary REITs currently
have wholly-owned subsidiaries that will remain in existence after the Closing
Date and, after such date, will be owned by the Trust (in the case of
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Westin Worldwide) or by a Subsidiary REIT. Such
subsidiaries will be treated as qualified REIT subsidiaries and thus all of the
assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of such
subsidiaries will be treated as assets and liabilities and items of income,
deduction and credit of the Trust (in the case of former subsidiaries of Westin
Worldwide) and of a Subsidiary REIT in the case of its subsidiaries. The
Management Subsidiaries will not be treated as qualified REIT subsidiaries.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Trust or to a
Subsidiary REIT in the "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences" section include
such company's Qualified REIT Subsidiaries.
In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership, the REIT
Provisions provide that the REIT is deemed to own its proportionate share of the
assets of the partnership based on the REIT's capital interest in the
partnership and is deemed to be entitled to the income of the partnership
attributable to such proportionate share. In addition, the character of the
assets and gross income of the partnership shall retain the same character in
the hands of the REIT for purposes of satisfying the gross income tests and the
asset tests, described below. Similar treatment applies with respect to
lower-tier partnerships which the REIT indirectly owns through its interests in
higher-tier partnerships. Thus, the Trust's proportionate share of the assets,
liabilities and items of income of the Realty Partnership and the other
partnerships and limited liability companies in which the Trust owns a direct or
indirect interest (collectively, the "Realty Subsidiary Entities"), will be
treated as assets, liabilities and items of income of the Trust for purposes of
applying the gross income tests and the asset tests described below, provided
that the Realty Partnership and the Realty Subsidiary Entities are treated as
partnerships for federal income tax purposes. See "-- Federal Income Tax Aspects
of the Partnerships and the Subsidiary Entities" below. If the gross income
tests and the asset tests described below were applied to partnerships in a
manner different from that described in this paragraph, then the Trust might not
be able to satisfy one or more of the gross income tests or asset tests
described below and, thus, could lose its REIT status.
Paired Shares. Section 269B of the Code provides that if the shares of a
REIT and a non-REIT are paired, the REIT and the non-REIT shall be treated as
one entity for purposes of determining whether either company qualifies as a
REIT. If Section 269B applied to the Trust and the Corporation, then the Trust
would not be able to satisfy the gross income tests (described below) and thus
would not be eligible to be taxed as a REIT. Section 269B does not apply,
however, if the shares of a REIT and a non-REIT were paired on or before June
30, 1983 and the REIT was taxable as a REIT on or before June 30, 1983. As a
result of this grandfathering rule, Section 269B has not applied to the Trust
and the Corporation. This grandfathering rule does not, by its terms, require
that the Trust be taxed as a REIT at all times after June 30, 1983. Prior to the
Closing Date, Sidley & Austin will render an opinion to the effect that the IRS
Letter and the termination of
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the Trust's REIT election for the taxable years ended December 31, 1991 through
1994 did not result in Section 269B becoming applicable to the Trust. There are,
however, no judicial or administrative authorities interpreting this
grandfathering rule. Therefore, Sidley & Austin's opinion will be based solely
on the literal language of the statutory grandfathering rule.
Even though Section 269B of the Code does not apply to the Trust and the
Corporation, the IRS could assert that the Trust and the Corporation should be
treated as one entity under general tax principles. In general, such an
assertion should only be upheld if the separate corporate identities are a sham
or unreal. Not all of the trustees of the Trust are also directors of the
Corporation and no individual serves as an officer of both the Trust and the
Corporation. In addition, the Trust, the Corporation, the Realty Partnership,
the Operating Partnership, each Realty Subsidiary Entity, each partnership or
limited liability company owned in whole or in part by the Operating Partnership
(collectively, the "Operating Subsidiary Entities"), each Subsidiary REIT,
Atlanta, St. John and each Management Subsidiary have (or will have) separate
creditors and are (or will be) subject to different state law licensing and
regulatory requirements. The Trust and the Corporation have represented that
they and the Realty Partnership, the Operating Partnership, the Realty
Subsidiary Entities, the Operating Subsidiary Entities, the Subsidiary REITs,
Atlanta, St. John and the Management Subsidiaries will each maintain separate
books and records and all material transactions among them have been and will be
negotiated and structured with the intention of achieving an arm's length
result. Prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin will render an opinion to the
effect that, based on the foregoing, the separate corporate identities of the
Trust and the Corporation will be respected.
Due to the paired structure, the Trust, the Corporation, the Realty
Partnership, the Operating Partnership, the Realty Subsidiary Entities, the
Operating Subsidiary Entities, the Subsidiary REITs, Atlanta, St. John and the
Management Subsidiaries are or will be controlled by the same interests. As a
result, the IRS could, pursuant to Section 482 of the Code, seek to distribute,
apportion or allocate gross income, deductions, credits or allowances between or
among them if it determines that such distribution, apportionment or allocation
is necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or to clearly reflect income.
The Trust and the Corporation believe that all material transactions between
them and among them and the Realty Partnership, the Operating Partnership, the
Realty Subsidiary Entities, the Operating Subsidiary Entities, the Subsidiary
REITs, Atlanta, St. John and the Management Subsidiaries have been and will be
negotiated and structured with the intention of achieving an arm's-length
result. As a result, the potential application of Section 482 of the Code should
not have a material effect on the Trust or the Corporation.
Income Tests. In order to maintain qualification as a REIT, the Trust and
the Subsidiary REITs must annually satisfy certain gross income requirements
(the "gross income tests"). First, at least 75% of the Trust's and the
Subsidiary REITs' gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited
transactions) for each taxable year must consist of defined types of income
derived directly or indirectly from investments relating to real property or
mortgages on real property (including "rents from real property," as described
below, and in certain circumstances, interest) or from certain types of
qualified temporary investments. Second, at least 95% of the Trust's and the
Subsidiary REITs' gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited
transactions) for each taxable year must be derived from the same items which
qualify under the 75% income test and from dividends, interest, and gain from
the sale or disposition of stock or securities that do not constitute dealer
property or from any combination of the foregoing. Third, for taxable years
beginning on or before August 5, 1997, short-term gain from the sale or other
disposition of stock or securities, gain from prohibited transactions and gain
on the sale or other disposition of real property held for less than four years
(apart from involuntary conversions and sales of foreclosure property) must
represent less than 30% of the Trust's gross income (including gross income from
prohibited transactions) for each taxable year.
Rents received or deemed to be received by the Trust and the Subsidiary
REITs will qualify as "rents from real property" for purposes of the gross
income tests only if several conditions are met. First, the amount of rent must
not be based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person.
However, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the
term "rents from real property" solely by reason of being based on a fixed
percentage or percentages of receipts or sales (or items thereof). Second, the
Code provides that rents received from a tenant will not qualify as "rents from
real property" in satisfying the gross income tests if the REIT, or a direct or
indirect owner of 10% or more of the REIT directly or indirectly, owns
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10% or more of such tenant (a "Related Party Tenant"). Third, if rent
attributable to personal property, leased in connection with a lease of real
property, is greater than 15% of the total rent received under the lease, then
the portion of rent attributable to such personal property will not qualify as
"rents from real property." Finally, a REIT may provide services to its tenants
and the income will qualify as "rents from real property" only if the services
are of a type that a tax-exempt organization can provide to its tenants without
causing its rental income to be unrelated business taxable income under the
Code. Services that would give rise to unrelated business taxable income if
provided by a tax-exempt organization ("Prohibited Services") must be provided
by an "independent contractor" who is adequately compensated and from whom the
REIT does not derive any income. Payments for services furnished (whether or not
rendered by an independent contractor) that are not customarily provided to
tenants in properties of a similar class in the geographic market in which the
REIT's property is located will not qualify as "rents from real property." For
taxable years beginning after August 5, 1997, the provision of Prohibited
Services by a REIT in connection with a lease of real property will not cause
the rent to fail to qualify as "rents from real property" unless the amount
treated as received for the Prohibited Services exceeds one percent of all
amounts received or accrued during the taxable year directly or indirectly by
the REIT with respect to such property.
Substantially all of the Trust's income will be derived from its
partnership interest in the Realty Partnership and the Realty Subsidiary
Entities and its ownership of the Subsidiary REITs. The Realty Partnership and
the Realty Subsidiary Entities lease and the Subsidiary REITs will lease for a
fixed period all of their fee and leasehold interests in their hotels and
associated property to the Operating Partnership, to the Operating Subsidiary
Entities or to unrelated persons (the "Leases"). The Leases are net leases which
generally provide for payment of rent equal to the greater of a fixed rent or a
percentage rent. The percentage rent is determined by calculating a fixed
percentage of the gross room revenues and adding, for certain hotels, fixed
percentages of other types of gross revenues in excess of certain levels.
In order for the rents paid under the Leases to constitute "rents from real
property," the Leases must be respected as true leases for federal income tax
purposes and not treated as service contracts, joint ventures or some other type
of arrangement. The determination of whether the Leases are true leases depends
upon an analysis of all of the surrounding facts and circumstances. In making
such a determination, courts have considered a variety of factors, including the
intent of the parties, the form of the agreement, the degree of control over the
property that is retained by the property owner and the extent to which the
property owner retains the risk of loss with respect to the property.
Prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin will render an opinion to the
effect that the Leases will be treated as true leases for federal income tax
purposes. This opinion will be based, in part, on the following facts: (i) the
lessors and the lessees intend for their relationship to be that of lessor and
lessee and each such relationship will be documented by a lease agreement; (ii)
the lessees will have the right to exclusive possession and use and quiet
enjoyment of the leased premises during the term of the Leases; (iii) the
lessees will bear the cost of, and be responsible for, day-to-day maintenance
and repair of the leased premises, other than the cost of certain capital
expenditures, and will dictate how the leased premises are operated and
maintained; (iv) the lessees will bear all of the costs and expenses of
operating the leased premises during the term of the Leases; (v) the term of the
Leases is less than the economic life of the leased premises and the lessees do
not have purchase options with respect to the leased premises; (vi) the lessees
are required to pay substantial fixed rent during the term of the Leases; and
(vii) each lessee stands to incur substantial losses or reap substantial profits
depending on how successfully it operates the leased premises.
Shareholders of the Trust should be aware, however, that there are not
controlling authorities involving leases with terms substantially the same as
the Leases. Therefore, the opinion of Sidley & Austin will be based upon an
analysis of the facts and circumstances and upon rulings and judicial decisions
involving situations that are analogous. If any significant Lease is
recharacterized as a service contract or a partnership agreement, rather than as
a true lease, the Trust would not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% gross
income tests, or, in the case of the recharacterization of a Lease of a
Subsidiary REIT, one or more of the asset tests, and, as a result, would lose
its REIT status.
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In order for rent payments under the Leases to qualify as "rents from real
property," the rent must not be based on the income or profits of any person.
The percentage rent under the Leases will qualify as "rents from real property"
if it is based on percentages of receipts or sales and the percentages (i) are
fixed at the time the Leases are entered into; (ii) are not renegotiated during
the term of the Leases in a manner that has the effect of basing percentage rent
on income or profits; and (iii) conform with normal business practice. More
generally, percentage rent will not qualify as "rents from real property" if,
considering the Leases and all the surrounding circumstances, the arrangement
does not conform with normal business practice, but is in reality used as a
means of basing the percentage rent on income or profits. The Trust and the
Corporation believe that the Leases conform with normal business practice and
the percentage rent will be treated as "rents from real property" under this
requirement. The Trust has further represented that with respect to hotel
properties that the Realty Partnership or the Subsidiary REITs may directly or
indirectly acquire in the future the Realty Partnership and the Subsidiary REITs
will not charge rent that is based in whole or in part on the net income or
profits of any person (except by reason of being based on a fixed percentage of
receipts or sales, as described above).
Another requirement for rent payments under a Lease to constitute "rents
from real property" is that the rent attributable to personal property under the
Lease must not be greater than 15% of the rent received under the Lease. For
this purpose, rent attributable to personal property is the amount that bears
the same ratio to the total rent for the taxable year as the average of the
adjusted basis of the personal property at the beginning and at the end of the
taxable year bears to the average of the aggregate adjusted basis of both the
real property and personal property leased under or in connection with, such
lease. If the IRS were to successfully assert that with respect to one or more
of the Leases rent attributable to personal property is greater than 15% of the
total rent, then it is possible that the Trust would not be able to satisfy
either the 75% or 95% gross income tests, or, in the case of the
recharacterization of a Lease of a Subsidiary REIT, one or more of the asset
tests, and, as a result, would lose its REIT status. With respect to both the
Leases and future acquisitions, the Trust has represented that it will monitor
the 15% test to ensure continued qualification as a REIT.
A third requirement for qualification of rent under the Leases as "rents
from real property" is that neither the Trust nor any Subsidiary REIT may own,
directly or constructively, 10% or more of the Operating Partnership or any
Operating Subsidiary Entity (or any other tenant under a Lease). If the Trust or
any Subsidiary REIT were to own directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
Operating Partnership or any Operating Subsidiary Entity (or such tenant), the
rent paid by the tenant with respect to the leased property would not qualify as
income of the type that can be received by a REIT. In order to prevent such a
situation, which would likely result in the disqualification of the Trust as a
REIT, the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and the Articles of Incorporation of
the Corporation contain restrictions on the amount of Trust Shares and
Corporation Shares that any one person can own (the "Ownership Limit"). These
restrictions generally provide that any attempt by any one person to actually or
constructively acquire 8.0% or more of the outstanding Paired Common Shares will
be ineffective. However, notwithstanding such restrictions, because the Code's
constructive ownership rules for purposes of the 10% ownership limit are broad
and it is not possible to continually monitor direct and indirect ownership of
the stock of Starwood Lodging or partnership interests in the Realty Partnership
and the Operating Partnership, it is possible that some person may at some time
own sufficient Paired Shares, other securities of the Trust or the Corporation
or partnership interests in the Realty Partnership or the Operating Partnership
to cause the termination of the Trust's REIT status.
Finally, rent under the Leases will not qualify as "rents from real
property" if either the Trust, the Realty Partnership, any Realty Subsidiary
Entity, any Subsidiary REIT or any Management Subsidiary renders or furnishes
Prohibited Services to the occupants of the properties (subject to a de minimis
rule for taxable years beginning after August 5, 1997). So long as the Leases
are treated as true leases, none of the Trust, the Realty Partnership, any
Realty Subsidiary Entity or any Subsidiary REIT should be treated as rendering
or furnishing Prohibited Services to the occupants of the properties. The Trust
has represented that none of the Management Subsidiaries will be providing
Prohibited Services to any of the Corporation, the Operating Subsidiary
Entities, Atlanta or St. John or will be managing or operating any assets owned
directly or indirectly by the Trust, the Realty Partnership or any Subsidiary
REIT. If the IRS were to successfully assert that one or more of the Management
Subsidiaries were providing Prohibited Services to any of the
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Corporation, the Operating Subsidiary Entities, Atlanta or St. John or was
managing or operating any assets owned directly or indirectly by the Trust, the
Realty Partnership or any Subsidiary REIT, then it is possible that the Trust
would not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% gross income tests, or one or
more of the asset tests, and, as a result, would lose its REIT status.
Based on the foregoing, prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin will
render an opinion to the effect that the rent payable under the Leases will be
treated as "rents from real property" for purposes of the 75% and 95% gross
income tests. There can, however, be no assurance that the IRS will not
successfully assert a contrary position or that there will not be a change in
circumstances (such as the entering into of new leases) which would result in a
portion of the rent received to fail to qualify as "rents from real property."
In such case, it is possible that the Trust would not be able to satisfy either
the 75% or 95% gross income test, or one or more of the asset tests, and, as a
result, would lose its REIT status.
For purposes of the gross income tests, the term "interest" generally does
not include any amount received or accrued (directly or indirectly) if the
determination of such amount depends in whole or in part on the income or
profits of any person. However, an amount received or accrued generally will not
be excluded from the term "interest" solely by reason of being based on a fixed
percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. The Realty Partnership and
certain of the Realty Subsidiary Entities hold notes and may advance money from
time to time to tenants for the purpose of financing tenant improvements, making
real estate loans or holding or acquiring additional notes. None of the notes
currently held by the Realty Partnership or the Realty Subsidiary Entities
provide for the payment of any amount based on the income or profits of any
person other than amounts based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts
or sales. In addition, none of the Trust, the Realty Partnership, the Realty
Subsidiary Entities or the Subsidiary REITs intends to charge interest that will
depend in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person or to make
loans (not secured in substantial part by real estate mortgages) in amounts that
could jeopardize the Trust's compliance with the 75% and 5% asset tests,
discussed below. To the extent the notes held by the Realty Partnership, the
Realty Subsidiary Entities or the Subsidiary REITs are secured by real property,
the interest received or accrued with respect to such notes should be treated as
qualifying income for both the 75% and the 95% gross income tests. Certain of
the notes held by the Realty Partnership are not secured by real property.
Interest received or accrued with respect to such notes will be treated as
qualifying income for the 95% gross income test but will not be treated as
qualifying income for the 75% gross income test. However, the Trust believes
that the amount of such interest will not cause the Trust to fail to satisfy the
75% gross income test.
For taxable years beginning on or before August 5, 1997, any gross income
derived from a prohibited transaction is taken into account in applying the 30%
gross income test necessary to qualify as a REIT. In addition, the net income
from that transaction is subject to a 100% tax. The Trust believes that no asset
directly or indirectly owned by it or by a Subsidiary REIT is held for sale to
customers and that the sale of any such property will not be in the ordinary
course of business of the Trust, the Realty Partnership or any Realty Subsidiary
Entity.
If the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT fails to satisfy one or both of the 75%
or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, it may nevertheless qualify as a
REIT for such year if it is entitled to relief under certain provisions of the
Code. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances the Trust would
be entitled to the benefit of these relief provisions. Even if these relief
provisions apply, a tax would be imposed with respect to the excess net income.
No similar mitigation provision applies if the Trust failed the 30% income test
for a taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 1998. In such case, the Trust
would cease to qualify as a REIT.
Asset Tests. In order to maintain qualification as a REIT, the Trust and
the Subsidiary REITs, at the close of each quarter of their taxable years, must
also satisfy three tests relating to the nature of their assets. First, at least
75% of the value of the Trust's and each Subsidiary REIT's total assets must be
represented by "real estate assets" (including stock or debt instruments held
for not more than one year purchased with the proceeds of a stock offering or
long-term (at least five years) debt offering of the Trust or a Subsidiary
REIT), cash, cash items, government securities and shares of REITs. Second, not
more than 25% of the Trust's and each Subsidiary REIT's total assets may be
represented by securities other than those in the 75% asset class. Third, of the
investments included in the 25% asset class, the value of any one issuer's
securities owned by the
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Trust and each Subsidiary REIT may not exceed 5% of the value of the Trust's and
the Subsidiary REIT's total assets, and the Trust and each Subsidiary REIT may
not own more than 10% of any one issuer's outstanding voting securities.
The Trust believes that commencing with its taxable year ended December 31,
1995 it has complied and, commencing with their taxable years ending December
31, 1998, the Subsidiary REITs will comply with the asset tests. Substantially
all of the Trust's investments are in properties owned by the Realty Partnership
and the Realty Subsidiary Entities, at least 75% of which represent qualifying
real estate assets. A substantial portion of the indebtedness of the Operating
Partnership to the Realty Partnership may not be qualifying assets under the 75%
asset test. However, such portion does not exceed 5% of the value of the assets
of the Realty Partnership and, thus, will not cause the Trust to fail the 5%
asset test.
After the Closing Date, the Trust (or the Realty Partnership) will own all
of the nonvoting stock and less than 10% of the voting stock of each Management
Subsidiary. Neither the Trust nor the Realty Partnership, however, will directly
own more than 10% of the voting securities of any Management Subsidiary. The
Trust will also acquire, as a result of the Merger, certain intangible assets of
Westin Worldwide. The Trust believes that, as of the end of each calendar
quarter commencing with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 1998, the value of
the securities of each Management Subsidiary that it will hold directly and its
pro rata share of the value of the securities of each Management Subsidiary that
it will hold indirectly through the Realty Partnership will not exceed 5% of the
value of the Trust's total assets and that not more than 25% of the value of the
Trust's total assets will consist of assets other than "real estate assets,"
cash and cash items (including receivables), government securities and shares of
REITs. The Trust's belief is based in part upon its analysis of the estimated
values of the various securities and other assets owned by the Trust and the
Realty Partnership (or to be owned by them as a result of the Merger and the
Subsidiary Contributions). There can be no assurance, however, that the IRS will
not successfully assert that certain securities held by the Trust or the Realty
Partnership cause the Trust to fail either the 5% or 10% asset tests or that
less than 75% of the value of the Trust's total assets consists of "real estate
assets," cash and cash items (including receivables), government securities and
shares of REITs.
After meeting the asset tests at the close of any quarter, the Trust or a
Subsidiary REIT will not lose its status as a REIT for failure to satisfy the
asset tests at the end of a subsequent quarter solely by reason of changes in
asset values. If the failure to satisfy the asset tests results from an
acquisition of securities or other property during a quarter, the failure can be
cured by disposition of sufficient non-qualifying assets within 30 days after
the close of that quarter. The Trust and the Subsidiary REITs intend to maintain
adequate records of the value of their respective assets to ensure compliance
with the asset tests and to take such actions within 30 days after the close of
any quarter as may be required to cure any non-compliance.
Annual Distribution Requirements. The Trust and each Subsidiary REIT, in
order to qualify as a REIT, are required to distribute dividends (other than
capital gain dividends) to their shareholders in an amount at least equal to (i)
the sum of (a) 95% of its "REIT taxable income" (computed without regard to the
dividends paid deduction and the Trust's net capital gain) and (b) 95% of the
net income (after tax), if any, from foreclosure property, minus (ii) the sum of
certain items of non-cash income. In addition, if the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT
directly or indirectly disposes of any Built-in Gain Asset during its
Recognition Period, the Trust or the Subsidiary REIT will be required, pursuant
to IRS regulations that have not yet been promulgated, to distribute at least
95% of the Built-in Gain (after tax), if any, recognized on the disposition of
such asset. Distributions must be paid in the taxable year to which they relate,
or in the following taxable year if declared before the Trust or the Subsidiary
REIT timely files its tax return for such year and if paid on or before the
first regular dividend payment after such declaration. To the extent that the
Trust or a Subsidiary REIT does not distribute all of its net capital gain or
distributes at least 95%, but less than 100%, of its "REIT taxable income," as
adjusted, it will be subject to tax thereon at regular ordinary and capital gain
corporate tax rates. Furthermore, if the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT should fail
to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of its REIT
ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of its REIT capital gain income for such
year, and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, the Trust
or the Subsidiary REIT will be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such
required distribution over the amounts actually distributed.
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The Trust and the Subsidiary REITs intend to make timely distributions
sufficient to satisfy the annual distribution requirements and to the extent
practical, avoid their payment of material amounts of federal income or excise
tax. It is possible, however, that the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT, from time to
time, may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the
distribution requirements described above. In order to meet the distribution
requirements in such cases, the Trust, the Realty Partnership, a Realty
Subsidiary Entity or a Subsidiary REIT may find it necessary to arrange for
short-term or possible long-term borrowings or to pay dividends in the form of
taxable stock dividends.
Under certain circumstances, the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT may be able to
rectify a failure to meet the distribution requirements for a year by paying
"deficiency dividends" to shareholders in a later year, which may be included in
the Trust's or the Subsidiary REIT's deduction for dividends paid for the
earlier year. Thus, the Trust or the Subsidiary REIT may be able to avoid being
taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends; however, the Trust or the
Subsidiary REIT will be required to pay interest based upon the amount of any
deduction taken for deficiency dividends.
FAILURE TO QUALIFY
If the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT fails to qualify for taxation as a REIT
in any taxable year, and the relief provisions do not apply, the Trust or the
Subsidiary REIT will be subject to tax (including any applicable alternative
minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates. Distributions to
shareholders in any year in which the Trust or a Subsidiary REIT fails to
qualify will not be deductible by the Trust nor will they be required to be
made. As a result, the Trust's failure to qualify as a REIT could reduce the
cash available for distribution by the Trust to its shareholders. In addition,
if the Trust fails to qualify as a REIT, all distributions to shareholders will
be taxable as ordinary income to the extent of the Trust's current and
accumulated earnings and profits, and, subject to certain limitations of the
Code, corporate distributees may be eligible for the dividends-received
deduction. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, the
Trust or the Subsidiary REIT will also be disqualified from taxation as a REIT
for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was
lost. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances the Trust or the
Subsidiary REIT would be entitled to such statutory relief.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation is the common parent of an affiliated group of corporations
filing a consolidated return (the "Corporation Group"). The Corporation Group
will be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX ASPECTS OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE SUBSIDIARY ENTITIES
The Realty Partnership, the Operating Partnership, the Realty Subsidiary
Entities and the Operating Subsidiary Entities involve special tax
considerations, including the possibility of a challenge by the IRS of the
status of any of such partnerships or limited liability companies as a
partnership (as opposed to an association taxable as a corporation) for federal
income tax purposes. If any of such partnerships or limited liability companies
were to be treated as an association, it would be taxable as a corporation and,
therefore, subject to an entity level tax on its income. Such an entity level
tax is likely to substantially reduce the amount of cash available for
distribution to holders of Paired Shares or Exchangeable Preferred Shares. See
"-- Federal Income Taxation of the Corporation" above. In addition, if the
Realty Partnership or any Realty Subsidiary Entity were to be taxable as a
corporation, the Trust would not qualify as a REIT. Furthermore, any change in
the status of a partnership or limited liability company for tax purposes might
be treated as a taxable event in which case the Trust or the Corporation might
incur a tax liability without any related cash distributions.
TAX ALLOCATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONTRIBUTED PROPERTIES
Pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code, income, gain, loss and deduction
attributable to appreciated or depreciated property that is contributed to a
partnership in exchange for an interest in the partnership must be allocated in
a manner such that the contributing partner is charged with, or benefits from,
respectively, the
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unrealized gain or unrealized loss associated with the property at the time of
the contribution. The amount of such unrealized gain or unrealized loss is
generally equal to the difference between the fair market value of the
contributed property at the time of contribution and the adjusted tax basis of
such property at the time of contribution (a "Book-Tax Difference"). Such
allocations are solely for federal income tax purposes and do not affect the
book capital accounts or other economic or legal arrangements among the
partners. The Realty Partnership, the Operating Partnership and certain of the
Realty Subsidiary Entities and the Operating Subsidiary Entities have been
formed by way of contributions of Starwood Lodging's property and certain
property held by other parties (including affiliates of Starwood Capital).
Consequently, allocations with respect to such contributed property must be made
in a manner consistent with Section 704(c) of the Code.
The Treasury Regulations under Section 704(c) of the Code allow
partnerships to use any reasonable method of accounting for Book-Tax Differences
so that the contributing partner receives the tax benefits and burdens of any
built-in gain or loss associated with the contributed property. However, the
special allocation rules of Section 704(c) of the Code do not always entirely
eliminate the Book-Tax Difference on an annual basis or with respect to a
specific taxable transaction such as a sale. Thus, the carryover basis of the
contributed assets in the hands of the Realty Partnership or the Operating
Partnership may cause the Trust or the Corporation, as the case may be, to be
allocated lower depreciation and other deductions, and possibly an amount of
taxable income in the event of a sale of such contributed assets in excess of
the economic or book income allocated to it as a result of such sale. This may
cause the Trust or the Corporation to recognize taxable income in excess of cash
proceeds, which, in the case of the Trust, might adversely affect the Trust's
ability to comply with the REIT distribution requirements. See "-- Federal
Income Taxation of the Trust Requirements For Qualification -- Annual
Distribution Requirements" above. The foregoing principles also apply in
determining the earnings and profits of the Trust and the Corporation for
purposes of determining the portion of distributions taxable as dividend income.
The application of these rules over time may result in a higher portion of
distributions being taxed as dividends than would have occurred had the Trust
and the Corporation contributed assets with an adjusted tax basis equal to their
fair market values.
PARTNERSHIP ANTI-ABUSE RULE
The IRS has published regulations that provide an anti-abuse rule (the
"Anti-Abuse Rule") under the partnership provisions of the Code (the
"Partnership Provisions"). Under the Anti-Abuse Rule, if a partnership is formed
or availed of in connection with a transaction a principal purpose of which is
to reduce substantially the present value of the partners' aggregate federal tax
liability in a manner that is inconsistent with the intent of the Partnership
Provisions, the IRS can recast the transaction for federal tax purposes to
achieve tax results that are consistent with the intent of the Partnership
Provisions. This analysis is to be made based on all facts and circumstances.
The Anti-Abuse Rule states that the intent of the Partnership Provisions
incorporates the following requirements: (i) the partnership must be bona fide
and each partnership transaction or series of related transactions must be
entered into for a substantial business purpose; (ii) the form of each
partnership transaction must be respected under substance over form principles;
and (iii) with certain exceptions, the tax consequences under the Partnership
Provisions to each partner of partnership operations and the transactions
between the partner and the partnership must accurately reflect the partner's
economic agreement and clearly reflect the partner's income.
Prior to the Closing Date, Sidley & Austin will render an opinion to the
effect that Starwood Lodging's structure is not inconsistent with the intent of
the Partnership Provisions and that, therefore, the IRS should not be able to
invoke the Anti-Abuse Rule to recast the structure of Starwood Lodging for
federal income tax purposes. This opinion will be based on examples contained in
the Anti-Abuse Rule. However, no assurance can be given that the IRS or a court
will concur with such opinion.
The Anti-Abuse Rule also provides that, unless a provision of the Code or
the Treasury Regulations prescribes the treatment of a partnership as an entity,
in whole or in part, and that treatment and the ultimate tax results, taking
into account all the relevant facts and circumstances, are clearly contemplated
by that provision, the IRS can treat a partnership as an aggregate of its
partners, in whole or in part, as appropriate to carry out the purpose of any
provision of the Code or the Treasury Regulations. Treatment of either
Partnership or any of the Subsidiary Entities, in whole or in part, as an
aggregate rather than an entity is
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unlikely to materially change the federal tax consequences to any partner. In
addition, the REIT Provisions generally treat a partnership as an aggregate
rather than an entity for purposes of applying the income and asset tests.
Therefore, the Anti-Abuse Rule should not have a material adverse effect on the
federal income tax consequences to any partner or on the ability of the Trust to
qualify as a REIT.
OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES
The Starwood Companies and the holders of Paired Shares may be subject to
state or local taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which it or
they transact business or reside. The state and local tax treatment of the
Starwood Companies and the holders of Paired Shares may not conform to the
federal income tax consequences discussed above. CONSEQUENTLY, HOLDERS OF PAIRED
SHARES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE EFFECT OF STATE AND
LOCAL TAX LAWS ON THE MERGER AND THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING WESTIN
INTRODUCTION
As of November 1, 1997, Westin owns, manages, franchises or represents 108
first class hotel and resort properties worldwide. Westin's primary business
strategy is to provide, for its own hotels and to the other owners of Westin's
hotel and resort properties, focused, responsive, high quality marketing,
reservations, management, and, as appropriate, franchise services that are
designed to increase the operating revenues and profitability of the properties
and to increase hotel and resort customer satisfaction. Westin's expansion
strategy is to increase the number of hotel and resort properties operating
worldwide under the Westin name by (i) targeting strategic locations for
acquisition of long term management contracts, (ii) franchising the Westin brand
on a selective, strategic basis, (iii) increasing marketing and brand
enhancement efforts and (iv) pursuing selective hotel and resort acquisitions,
investments and branded strategic relationships.
Westin Hotels & Resorts was rated the highest among 11 U.S. upscale hotel
chains in the 1997 Frequent Flier Magazine/JD Power and Associates Domestic
Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study. This consumer study surveyed over 6,000 business
travelers in 1996. The study evaluated certain aspects of a guest's stay,
including arrival, price, guest room, hotel services, amenities, food and
beverage and departure process. Westin ranked highest in the comfort and
amenities in guest room, the price and value perceived for the room and the
variety and service in the food and beverage area. Westin was ranked second in
the arrival and departure process. Hotel chains in the survey included: Crowne
Plaza, Doubletree Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts,
Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Omni Hotels, Radisson, Red Lion, Renaissance Hotels &
Resorts, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Westin.
Of the 108 Westin properties worldwide, 56 are managed, 36 are franchised,
and 16 are represented. Of the managed hotels, Westin is the 100% owner of, or
has a controlling or significant interest in, 11 properties (6 of which are fee
simple real property ownership, 2 of which are the ownership of the hotel
subject to a ground lease, and 3 of which are leaseholds) and is a minority
owner of 5 properties. In addition, Westin owns and operates the unbranded
Cherry Creek Inn in Denver, Colorado, which is used principally for flight crews
of United Airlines, and owns a 25% interest in an office building in Seattle,
Washington.
Westin Hotel Company, originally founded as Western Hotels in 1930, became
Western International Hotels in 1963 and adopted the Westin name and logo in the
late 1970's. It grew from its initial 17 hotels located in the Pacific Northwest
to 82 properties when it was acquired by its current ownership in May 1995, and
has since grown to its current 108 first class hotel and resort properties
throughout the world through a combination of its own hotel development efforts
and working with other hotel owners to enable Westin to serve as manager,
franchisor or representative. Today, Westin's hotel and resort properties are
located throughout the United States and in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China,
England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia,
Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore,
Switzerland and Thailand.
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Westin has implemented its business strategy over the last two years
through several means, including: (i) increased spending on, and improved,
marketing targeted to customers meeting Westin's consumer demographic profile,
(ii) improvements in the technology and systems supporting its sales and
reservations services, (iii) implementation of greater financial controls in
hotel expense management and enhanced yield management of hotel revenues, (iv)
improved overall product quality, including significant renovations and (v)
improved development efforts, including expansion of Westin's franchising
program. Management believes that Westin's managed properties have achieved
substantially increased operating results over the last two years as the result
of its focus on hotel operations and its business strategy, combined with a
general improvement in the economic conditions impacting the lodging industry
throughout most of the world, and in the upscale hotel segment in particular.
Because of its ownership position or the structure of incentive fees in its
management agreements, Westin's results have been favorably impacted by
increases in the profitability of managed properties. As its business strategy
and marketing campaign become fully implemented, Westin management believes
Westin will be increasingly well positioned to take advantage of expansion
opportunities as they arise.
COMPANY
Westin Hotel Company was founded as Western Hotels, Inc. in 1930. From 1970
until 1988, Westin was owned by the predecessor to UAL, Inc., the parent company
of United Airlines, and from 1988 to May 1995 was owned by Aoki Corporation, a
construction and development company based in Japan ("Aoki"). Westin was
acquired by the LLC (a limited liability company whose members include
affiliates of Whitehall Street Real Estate Limited Partnership V, GS Capital
Partners, L.P. and Starwood Capital, Nomura and Juergen Bartels) on May 12,
1995. Prior to the Acquisition by the LLC, various assets of Westin (including
hotels and joint venture interests in Canada and Asia, and interests in the
Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts, the Westin Hilton Head Resort in Hilton
Head, South Carolina, the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona and the Walt
Disney World Swan in Orlando, Florida) were transferred to other entities owned
by Aoki and, thus, were not acquired by the LLC. In addition, Aoki (through an
affiliated entity) retained the ownership of the intellectual property rights
relating to Westin and the Westin name in Asia. Westin, however, manages or
franchises a significant number of such retained assets and has acquired an
exclusive license to use such intellectual property rights in Asia. See "-- The
Asia Pacific Territory."
THE LODGING INDUSTRY
Overview
Lodging industry statistical data indicate the United States lodging
industry's historical performance correlates closely with general economic
activity. Room supply and demand historically have been highly sensitive to
shifts in economic growth, which has resulted in cyclical changes in average
daily room and occupancy rates. Due to a number of factors, the industry was
largely over built in the mid and late 1980's. Approximately 500,000 rooms were
added during a period when average annual room supply growth approximated 4%
from 1987 to 1990, resulting in an oversupply of rooms. This oversupply and a
general downturn in the economy in the late 1980's and early 1990's led to
depressed industry performance and a lack of capital available to the industry.
Westin believes as economic activity in the mid-1990's has increased, the
lodging industry as a whole has shown improvement and that the upscale segment
of the industry, in particular, is benefitting from a gradually improving supply
and demand balance, evidenced by increased average daily room rates and
occupancy percentages. Room supply growth in the lodging industry has slowed
from the 4% annual growth experienced in the late 1980s as the industry absorbs
the oversupply of rooms. According to industry reports, average annual room
supply growth slowed to 1.4% in 1993, 1.5% in 1994, 1.6% in 1995 and 2.1% in
1996. Occupancy rates in the industry (measured by occupied rooms) showed
increases of 3.1% in 1993, 4.0% in 1994, 2.9% in 1995 and 0.2% in 1996,
reflecting an improved supply and demand balance in the industry. Westin
believes these factors were responsible for an increase in average daily room
rates during the same periods of 2.8% in 1993, 4.8% in 1994, 4.9% in 1995 and
6.5% in 1996. Due to the cyclical nature of the lodging industry, there can be
no assurance that such favorable trends and conditions will continue. An adverse
change in general
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economic conditions in any of Westin's principal markets of operations could
have a material adverse effect on Westin and/or its results of operations.
According to industry statistics, the lodging industry is becoming
increasingly chain-dominated, with about 66% of industry room supply affiliated
with chains. Net migration to chains from independent hotels is currently about
25,000 to 30,000 rooms per year (about 1% of total rooms). Although the lodging
industry is dominated by brand-name hotels, many hotel management companies do
not operate their portfolio of hotels under any single hotel brand.
Industry Segments
Westin's hotels and resorts compete in the "first class" segment of the
upscale group of properties in the lodging industry, which is characterized by
full service hotels and resorts. Full service hotels typically include meeting
and banquet facilities, restaurants, cocktail lounges, 24-hour room service,
porters and other services. Westin's principal competition in this segment
includes Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental, Marriott and Sheraton. Westin does not
compete in the limited service hotels segment, which is composed of moderately
priced hotels typically without services such as extensive meeting and banquet
facilities. Westin has entered the all-suites hotels segment where hotels
typically have the same services as limited service hotels, but provide the
guest with a two room suite, including a bedroom and a living room. Most Westin
hotels and resorts offer suites, and the average number of rooms at a Westin
branded hotel is approximately 472.
Hotel Management and Franchising.
Hotel and resort properties in the United States are often owned by
entities that neither manage the hotel nor provide a brand name. The hotel owner
typically enters into a management contract with a hotel management company to
operate the hotel. When the management company does not offer a brand
affiliation, the owner must also pay a separate franchise fee to a branded hotel
company to benefit from brand marketing, centralized reservations, and other
centralized administrative functions particularly in the sales and marketing
area. Management companies, like Westin, that offer both hotel management
services and recognized brand affiliation, enable hotel owners to contract with
a single entity for the full range of management and marketing services.
Westin's management contracts typically provide for base fees tied to gross
revenues and incentive fees tied to profits. Westin's experience has been that
owners seek hotel managers that can provide attractively priced base, incentive,
marketing and franchise fees combined with demonstrated sales and marketing
expertise and operations-focused management designed to enhance profitability.
Many new management contracts to which Westin is a party contain provisions
allowing the hotel owner to terminate the agreement not only if the management
company fails to meet established performance criteria, but also when the hotel
is sold or otherwise transferred to a third party. Moreover, many hotel owners
seek an equity or debt investment from their management company to help finance
hotel renovations or conversion to the new brand, or, from the owner's
perspective, to better align the interests of the owner and manager. Westin's
ability or willingness to make such investments may determine, in part, whether
Westin will be offered, or will accept, a particular management contract.
Risks Associated with the Lodging Industry.
The lodging industry may be adversely affected by, and Westin's business is
subject to, certain operating risks common to the lodging industry, including:
changes in general economic conditions; the level of demand for rooms and
related services; cyclical excess supply from over-building; competition from
other hotels, motels and recreational properties; the recurring need for
renovations, refurbishment and improvements of hotel properties; restrictive
changes in zoning and similar land use laws and regulations or in health, safety
and environmental laws, rules and regulations; the inability to secure property
and liability insurance to fully protect against all losses or to obtain such
insurance at reasonable rates; changes in travel patterns; changes in local
market conditions; changes in governmental regulations that influence or
determine wages, prices or construction costs; changes in interest rates; the
unavailability or high cost of financing for operating or capital
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needs; and changes in real estate tax rates and other operating expenses.
Moreover, Westin's business is subject to economic conditions in the local areas
in which its hotels are located. Due in part to the strong correlation between
the lodging industry's performance and economic conditions, the lodging industry
is subject to cyclical changes in revenues. In addition, due to the level of
fixed costs required to operate full-service hotels, certain significant
expenditures necessary for the operation of hotels generally cannot be reduced
in order to offset a reduction in revenue.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Westin's primary business strategy is to grow through selective investment
in hotel properties and increase the value of the brand through additional
management and franchise agreements. It will do so by providing, for its own
hotels and to the other owners of Westin's hotel and resort properties, focused,
responsive, high quality marketing, reservations, management and, as
appropriate, franchise services that are designed to increase the operating
revenues and profitability of the properties and to increase hotel and resort
customer satisfaction.
Improving Value for Hotel Owners. Westin's primary focus is to enhance
revenue and improve the profitability of the hotels and resorts it owns or
manages. Management believes that hotels managed by Westin have achieved
substantial increases in profitability over the past two years. Westin manages
its hotels with an emphasis on providing first class accommodations and services
to its guests, while at the same time controlling operating costs and expense.
Management works to enhance revenue through targeted marketing and sales efforts
and to lower hotel operating costs by improving labor productivity at each hotel
and by implementing systems and procedures to more efficiently operate the
hotel. Westin believes that increased hotel profitability should lead to
increased owner loyalty, which in turn should enhance Westin's reputation and
lead to more management contract opportunities.
Westin Brand Awareness and Enhancement. Westin management believes that
focused, targeted marketing to demographically attractive customers should
increase brand awareness and enhance the appeal of Westin's brand and franchise.
Westin also believes that the increasing number of Westin properties and the
expanding geographic scope of its brand name will help increase revenues of its
managed and franchised properties. Westin intends to continue to provide
consistently high quality accommodations and services to its hotel guests
throughout its hotel system, which should help strengthen brand awareness and
build brand loyalty.
High Quality Management and Franchise Services under Westin Name. Westin
management believes that it has improved its management services through
enhancements to its management team, systems and procedures, technologies and
marketing. Westin believes that the combination of its brand name and its
ability to offer both hotel management and franchise services and technically
advanced reservations and sales systems gives it an advantage over competitors
without their own brand or with a brand associated with lower or inconsistent
quality of hotels.
Continual Expansion of the Westin Chain. Westin intends to expand its
business primarily by adding new management and franchise contracts and,
secondarily, by adding representation contracts. Consistent with Westin's
customer-oriented approach, Westin is willing to structure key terms of its
contracts in order to satisfy hotel owner objectives. Additionally, Westin is
willing to make debt or equity investments on a selective basis in hotels in
connection with securing management or franchise contracts.
EXPANSION
Westin's expansion strategy is to rapidly increase the number of hotel and
resort properties operating worldwide in affiliation with the Westin name by
emphasizing management of premier hotel and resort properties and franchising of
the Westin brand as Westin's primary growth vehicles. Growth in contracts is
expected to result from, among other initiatives, increased marketing and brand
enhancement efforts in selected growth areas worldwide, pursuing selective hotel
and resort acquisitions and strategic partnerships
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with complementary companies. The following factors are expected to enhance
Westin's growth potential over the next several years:
Growth Through Addition of Management Contracts. Westin believes that a
significant source of its growth will be through the addition of new management
contracts. Opportunities to obtain new management contracts arise as a result of
a wide variety of factors, including hotel sales, foreclosures, financial
restructuring and new construction. Opportunities also arise when a hotel owner
decides to seek improved operating results or obtain a partner to reposition its
hotel. Westin has a management team of individuals dedicated solely to
identifying and pursuing such opportunities. Westin believes it has an advantage
over management companies that offer unbranded services because hotel owners who
contract with those competitors are often required to pay a third party
franchise fee in addition to a management fee. Westin believes these aggregate
fees are typically in excess of Westin's fees for its services. A majority of
Westin's growth in 1997 has come from new management contracts.
Growth Through Franchising. After a history of over 65 years in hotel
ownership and management, Westin entered into its first franchising agreement in
1991, and now has 36 franchised hotels (including 7 hotels franchised by
Starwood Lodging). Through the use of franchising, Westin believes it can more
rapidly expand the number of hotels operating under the Westin name and thereby
increase awareness of the brand far more successfully than exclusively through
the addition of new management contracts. Substantially all of the growth in the
number of Westin hotels and resorts during 1996 was as a result of franchising.
Growth From Existing Management and Franchise Contracts. Westin benefits
from revenue and profit increases at its managed hotels through greater base and
incentive fees, and from revenue increases at franchised hotels through greater
franchise fees. Westin believes that improvements in the economic conditions in
the lodging industry, as measured by occupancy percentages and average daily
room rates, will generate increased revenues to Westin pursuant to the existing
portfolio of management and franchise agreements.
Available Markets. While Westin is large enough to benefit from having an
internationally recognized brand name, there are still a significant number of
markets in which Westin does not yet have a property. These markets offer
expansion potential that Westin has not yet penetrated, although no assurances
can be given that such expansion will occur.
Strategic Relationships. Westin pursues strategic relationships with
complementary companies that provide services significant in the lodging
industry. Since late 1995, Westin has entered into ventures with experienced
partners to pursue opportunities in the development of timeshare resorts, and
suburban hotels that are integrated with upscale health club facilities. Westin
has also entered into an affiliation with an established golf course management
company with the objectives of outsourcing the management of golf courses that
are part of Westin resorts in the United States and securing an additional
source of equity for selected resort acquisitions.
Representation and Marketing Agreements. Westin represents 16 hotels and
resort properties worldwide through representation or marketing agreements.
Although properties represented by Westin do not use the Westin name or logo in
the hotel name, they use Westin's reservations system and participate in
selected marketing programs such as the Westin Premier(R) frequent guest
program. Represented properties are also included in Westin's marketing and
sales materials and Worldwide Directory. Although represented properties are not
subject to Westin's strict quality standards, virtually all of the properties
represented are first class or luxury hotels. The representation program is
meant to attract high quality properties that otherwise would not be part of the
Westin chain because of the pre-existing goodwill in the properties' names and
the property owners' desires to remain independent. Represented properties pay
Westin a fee based on a percentage of rooms revenue. Westin has received notice
that, effective as of November 30, 1997, Westin will cease representation of
seven (7) Caesar Park hotels and resorts, which representation resulted in
revenues to Westin in 1996 of $282,000 and in the first nine months of 1997 of
$212,000; Westin, however, is currently in negotiations to continue such
representation agreements, although no assurance can be given that such
representation agreements will be extended as a result of such negotiations.
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HOTEL MANAGEMENT, FRANCHISE AND REPRESENTATION OPERATIONS
Hotel Management
Westin is one of the leading brand hotel management companies in the United
States, operating 56 hotels worldwide under management contracts as of November
1, 1997. All of the hotels and resorts managed by Westin are marketed under the
Westin name, with the exception of the Walt Disney World Swan in Orlando and the
Cherry Creek Inn in Denver. Westin believes that its success as a hotel
management company is based on its ability to understand and respond to the
particular needs and objectives of the owners of first-class hotel properties.
Westin serves all of its managed hotels according to the terms of detailed
management contracts.
Under Westin's management contracts, Westin operates or supervises all
aspects of the hotel's operations, including hiring and training hotel staff,
sales and marketing, hotel accounting, purchasing and budgeting. In exchange for
these services, Westin typically receives a base fee tied to revenues and an
incentive fee tied to profits or cash flow. Management fees earned in respect of
these services generally are derived from the managed hotels based on fixed
percentages of the property's total revenues and performance-related incentive
payments based on certain measures of hotel profit. Additional fees are also
generated from the rendering of specific services such as preopening,
consulting, purchasing and information management services. Westin's fixed
management fees vary as a percentage of the annual gross revenues of the hotels
before giving consideration to performance-related incentive payments. Base fees
make up approximately 55% of Westin's total management fee revenue and incentive
fees make up approximately 45% of Westin's total management fee revenue. Terms
of the management agreements vary but Westin generally seeks a term of 20 years
and the majority are for a term of 10 years or more. In addition, Westin may
also earn income through debt and equity investments in the underlying hotel
properties. Westin also provides certain centralized corporate services for
which it is reimbursed. Centralized corporate services include centralized
reservations, sales and marketing, public relations, management information
systems, human resources management, quality control and specialized training.
Westin also provides design and construction services for a fee. The hotel owner
is generally responsible for all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in
connection with operating the hotel, including the expenses, salaries and
benefits of all hotel employees. The hotel owner is also generally required to
provide a certain percentage of hotel revenues for capital replacement.
Management of Westin's hotels is coordinated from Westin's headquarters in
Seattle, Washington, with regional offices in Berlin, Singapore and Mexico City.
Westin's sales and marketing division has sales offices in 21 cities throughout
the world, and central reservations offices in Omaha, Nebraska and Salt Lake
City, Utah. In 1996, Westin established a new technology center in Salt Lake
City, Utah, with centralized information services and technical support.
Upon assumption of the management of a hotel, Westin concentrates on
improving the operating performance of the hotel while minimizing the impact of
the transition on employees, guests and the local marketplace. In addition, as a
hotel transitions to Westin management, Westin often works with the hotel owner
to develop and implement a renovation program to upgrade the hotel to Westin's
standards while meeting the financial objectives of the owner. Management
believes that the standards of Westin's facilities form an essential component
of a hotel's financial success.
Management contracts are acquired, terminated, renegotiated or converted to
franchise agreements in the ordinary course of Westin's business. Many of the
management agreements can be terminated if certain financial-related
performance-based tests are not satisfied or if there is a change in ownership
of the underlying hotels. Some of the management agreements may also be
terminated by the owner of the hotel upon a change of ownership of Westin or a
sale of the hotel by the owner. There can be no assurance that Westin will be
able to replace terminated contracts or that the terms of renegotiated or
converted contracts will be as favorable as the terms that existed before such
renegotiation or conversion. The termination of a significant portion of
Westin's management contracts or franchise agreements would have a material
adverse effect on Westin's results of operations and financial condition.
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Franchise Operations
Westin's franchised hotels are operated under the Westin brand name and
include only hotels in the full service upscale segments of the hotel market.
Westin, through an affiliate, as of November 1, 1997 franchises 36 hotels and
resorts (20 in the United States and 16 outside of the United States) with a
total of approximately 10,000 guest rooms pursuant to franchise agreements in
which Westin licenses the use of the Westin name. Licensing and other fees
generally are derived from franchises based on a fixed percentage of the hotel's
rooms revenue. Additional fees are also generated from the rendering of
marketing and reservations services. Westin's total franchise fee percentages
range from 5% to 8% and average approximately 6% of the hotel's annual rooms
revenue. Several franchise agreements stipulate fees based on gross operating
revenue instead of rooms revenue. The franchise fees constituted approximately
3% of Westin's total operating revenues for 1996. Although duration of the
franchise agreements vary, Westin typically agrees to a term of ten years.
Westin's centralized corporate services for franchised hotels include
centralized reservations, sales and marketing, public relations and national and
international media advertising. A franchisee may also purchase hotel supplies,
including brand-specific products, from certain Westin-approved vendors.
Representation Operations
As of November 1, 1997, Westin was a party to representation agreements for
16 hotels. Westin enters into representation agreements with third-party hotel
owners pursuant to which Westin provides reservations and group sales services.
The hotels subject to representation agreements are included in Westin's
Worldwide Directory, but are not authorized to use the Westin name.
Representation fees earned by Westin pursuant to such agreements are based on a
combination of fees for reservations services and fees for marketing services.
The representation fees constituted less than 1% of Westin's total operating
revenues for 1996. Although duration of the representation agreements vary and
such contracts are generally short-term, Westin typically agrees to a term of
three years.
SALES
Westin's sales division has 21 sales offices and employs over 60
professionals. Currently, Westin's sales offices are located in Atlanta,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Omaha, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C.,
St. Louis, Boston, Philadelphia, Ottawa, Toronto, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London,
Milan, Mexico City, Paris, Osaka and Tokyo. In addition, Westin has reservations
offices in Omaha, Salt Lake City, Dublin, Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Hong Kong, Mexico
City and Taipei. Management believes that the location of these offices will
facilitate growth in revenues at Westin hotels worldwide.
Westin's marketing objective is to build brand awareness and enhance brand
integrity while developing strong consumer loyalties. Westin implements its
marketing strategy through three departments: Marketing Services, Sales and
Distribution. Substantially all of Westin's marketing, sales and distribution
costs are funded by reimbursement payments from hotel owners to Westin or to WHR
Advertising Association, a nonprofit corporation formed in 1996 as an
advertising cooperative to coordinate all corporate advertising and promotional
activities on behalf of the properties in the Westin system. The Association has
eight board members, four of whom are owners (or representatives of owners) of
Westin properties and four of whom are Westin employees.
Previously through its sales and marketing services division and now
through WHR Advertising Association, Westin advertises nationally and
internationally on network television, in newspapers and in
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magazines. Westin also participates in various airline frequent flier programs
as a means of influencing frequent business travelers, as follows:
AIRLINE
Air Canada
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
America West
Asiana Airlines
Delta Airlines
Japan Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Qantas
United Airlines
US Air
Virgin Atlantic
Westin research indicates that frequent travelers usually belong to three
or four different frequent flier programs. Through its airline partners, Westin
is also reaching many of the frequent fliers in non-affiliated airlines such as
British Airways and Continental. Participation in these frequent flier programs
also gives Westin the opportunity to access and influence travelers who are
motivated by award miles by participating in joint advertising promotions,
including monthly newsletters and direct mail opportunities.
Westin's marketing capabilities focus on creating strategies and tactics
designed to increase owners' revenues and earnings. Westin offers a coordinated
direct marketing approach to reach the frequent business traveler and the
frequent leisure traveler based on regularly updated market research, which is
designed to keep Westin's marketing programs efficient and effective. Westin
management believes it has a good understanding of the upscale business and
leisure travelers' needs and desires and emphasizes programs to meet them in the
most efficient manner. For the business traveler, Westin does this by
integrating its "Westin Premier(R)" frequent guest program with selected airline
frequent flier programs.
Westin believes that Westin Premier, the recognition program through which
Westin rewards guests for their frequent stays, is a valuable tool used to reach
frequent travelers to increase business for Westin properties. With over one
million members and with promotional vehicles already in place, Westin Premier
enables the hotels to market directly to Westin's frequent guests at little or
no additional cost. Westin Premier promotions are disseminated in monthly
statements, quarterly newsletters and consolidated direct mail campaigns.
Through extensive research used to determine the volume of business generated
compared to program costs, Westin estimates that over 25% of the revenues
generated annually through this program is new business to Westin's properties.
In addition, since 1991, Westin's "Golden Gavel" incentive program has targeted
the small meeting planner, enabling meeting planners to earn Westin Premier
points as well as receive in-hotel benefits.
Because of significant recent changes in technology and systems, hotel
distribution has become a more critical element of the hotel sales and marketing
function. Westin has taken an aggressive approach in this area. In 1995, Westin
launched "Westin Connections," a travel agent incentive program designed to make
Westin the preferred choice when travel agents are booking 4-star resorts and
hotels. Westin also became one of the first hotel companies able to accept
reservations over the Internet. In 1997, Westin launched its new
state-of-the-industry Central Reservations System ("CRS") system called
"IMPACT." When fully developed, IMPACT will combine Westin's reservations system
with a yield management system, centralize Westin's guest history database and
interface with the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) that allow hotel
inventories to be purchased by travel agencies and travel buyers around the
world. IMPACT is linked to virtually all Westin properties, so that the
inventory of all owned, managed, franchised or represented properties on the CRS
link are instantly available worldwide. Westin maintains 15 toll-free
reservations numbers in 15 countries, including the United States, Canada,
Mexico and countries in Europe and Central America. IMPACT interfaces with all
major airline GDS systems (Sabre, Apollo, Galileo, Worldspan,
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System One, Amadeus and Gemini) through the THISCO UltraSwitch (The Hotel
Industry Switch Company). Westin owns 316,548 shares (3.1%) in Pegasus Systems,
Inc., the parent company of both THISCO and HCC (Hotel Clearing Corporation)
which shares will be distributed to the Members prior to the Closing Date.
IMPACT's real-time interfaces provide updates to WELCOM, Fidelio, and other
front-office systems, assuring accuracy of information and enhancing guest
satisfaction at time of check-in.
OTHER OPERATIONS
Management believes that, as a leading hotel management company with 108
managed, franchised or represented hotels covering a number of geographic
regions, Westin possesses the critical mass to support operating, marketing, and
financial systems and enjoys a number of operating advantages over other hotel
companies.
Westin operates in a centralized environment with operating, financial,
technical, and information systems support and expertise residing primarily in
its corporate offices. It is expected that Westin will become even more
centralized over time with respect to functions occurring at the hotels, because
Westin intends to take advantage of current technology to streamline various
processes and flatten and reduce the organizational structure.
In the past, Westin has provided the general managers of the hotels with a
high level of decision-making authority. Westin plans to continue to encourage
the entrepreneurial spirit of its general managers while ensuring that corporate
standards are followed and brand integrity is preserved through strong corporate
guidance and centralization of key purchasing, advertising, system and design
decisions.
Project Management Services. Westin's Project Management group provides
specialized consultation to owners and developers involved in the renovation,
upgrading, expansion or construction of hotel properties. This group's
recommendations are designed to ensure that the property's layout and design
incorporate all the facilities required to meet the demands of the marketplace
while maximizing operational efficiency. An assigned project management team
that consists of a Project Manager, Project Administrator, Project Engineer and
Space Planner work with a developer's or owner's consultants in the development
of plans and specifications for a new hotel or a major renovation of an existing
hotel.
The services provided by Project Management include: space planning
services, including area layout and space planning drawings for the
back-of-the-house areas; renovation and capital replacement recommendations;
design input to accommodate computer and telecommunications systems; assistance
with consultant selection, contract strategy and negotiations; recommendations
on equipment and materials specifications; and input on project scope
requirements including budget and schedule preparation.
Rooms Division Services. The Rooms Division provides technical and
operational assistance to new or existing hotels. This assistance includes:
specifying concept, design and staffing requirements for the front office,
housekeeping, property maintenance, laundry, valet, telecommunications, garage
and other guest services departments; establishing quality standards for
products and services and evaluation of performance against these standards;
training conferences and workshops for personnel at all levels; development of
operating procedures, training manuals, reference guides and training programs;
front office software applications and associated interfaces, including training
staff in proper usage; selection of equipment and supplies such as linen, guest
room amenities and uniforms; and supervision of operations through on-site
visits.
Food and Beverage Services. Westin's Food and Beverage Division provides
consultation to owners, developers, and hotel management teams with respect to
the operation of upscale food and beverage facilities. Consulting services
include: providing training materials and seminars on how to improve the
technical skills of personnel; establishing quality levels and management
guidelines for new and existing food and beverage facilities in accordance with
area market expectations; providing ongoing research and development of systems
and equipment; providing promotional support with success oriented programs that
include collateral materials and start-up support; and generating confidential
business audits that analyze current financial performance against industry
norms, provide a detailed review of existing procedures and programs, and set a
plan for achieving goals in business growth and cost containment.
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Management Information Systems Services. Westin either uses for the benefit
of its hotels or provides its hotels the right to utilize computer software
applications and interfaces developed either by or for Westin for use in its
hotel business. The actual cost of the software is handled through initial
installation costs or licensing fees and ongoing monthly maintenance charges.
With respect to computer hardware, Westin has established leasing programs with
certain equipment vendors who can provide lease/purchase arrangements at a
reasonable cost. Westin is currently involved in a major transformation of its
reservations, property management and financial systems, all of which impact the
hotels. Westin's strategy is to develop and deliver state-of-the-art information
systems with full interface (as appropriate) to each hotel's property management
system. See "-- Sales and Marketing."
Engineering Services. Westin's Engineering Group provides specialized
expertise in physical plant systems. These systems include mechanical, plumbing,
electrical, fire/life safety, pools and water features.
Human Resources Services. Westin's Human Resources division provides the
following services: designing employee selection processes, including a
specialized method of selecting service-oriented employees; designing
competitive and flexible total compensation programs; designing effective
organizational structures; and providing administrative services to support
cost-effective benefits administration. Over the next several years, Westin's
Human Resources Division will dedicate significant efforts towards the
development and implementation of training programs for the hotels.
Risk Management Services. Westin's Risk Management Services are designed to
minimize the frequency, severity and costs associated with damage to property,
loss of income, and liability to third parties, including guests and employees.
The Risk Management group is responsible for managing the processing and
adjustment of all insured claims involving hotels and resorts that participate
in Westin's insurance program. Actual premiums for property and liability
insurance coverage are the responsibility of the owner of each hotel and are
paid by the hotel owners.
Procurement Services. Although Westin does not act as a purchasing agent,
Westin's Procurement Department assists the hotels with major purchases by
leveraging Westin's volume buying and long-standing relationships with major
suppliers to ensure the highest quality product and service for the lowest cost.
Some of the goods and services Westin procures include: telecommunications
services; food supplies; linens; china, glassware and silverware; paper goods;
cleaning chemicals; beverages; beds, frames, mattresses and pillows; maintenance
supplies; amenities; and credit card processing.
WESTIN'S HOTEL AND RESORT PROPERTIES
The following table lists as of November 1, 1997 all of Westin's owned,
managed, franchised, and represented hotel and resort properties, worldwide.
United States Hotels and Resorts:
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The Westin Alyeska Prince
Hotel.......................... Girdwood, Alaska 307 Franchise
The Westin La Paloma............. Tucson, Arizona 487 Management
Century Plaza Hotel and Tower.... Los Angeles, California 1,072 Management
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and
Suites......................... Los Angeles, California 1,354 Franchise
The Westin Los Angeles Airport... Los Angeles, California 739 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin South Coast Plaza..... Costa Mesa, California 396 Ownership: 100% leasehold;
Management
The Westin Hotel, San Francisco
Airport........................ Millbrae, California 388 Ownership: 100%; Management
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NAME LOCATION OF ROOMS WESTIN RELATIONSHIP
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The Westin Mission Hills
Resort......................... Rancho Mirage, California 512 Management
(Palm Springs area)
The Westin Horton Plaza, San
Diego.......................... San Diego, California 450 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin St. Francis........... San Francisco, California 1,192 Ownership: 8.3% (approx.-no
right to earnings); Management
The Westin Hotel................. Santa Clara, California 500 Management
The Westin Hotel Tabor Center.... Denver, Colorado 420 Ownership: 100%; Management
Cherry Creek Inn................. Denver, Colorado 320 Ownership: 100%; Management
(not under Westin name)
The Biltmore Hotel............... Coral Gables, Florida 279 Franchise
The Westin Hotel, Fort
Lauderdale..................... Fort Lauderdale, Florida 293 Ownership: 100%; Management
The Westin Resort................ Key Largo, Florida 200 Franchise
The Westin Resort, Miami Beach... Miami, Florida 423 Franchise
Walt Disney World Swan........... Orlando, Florida (Walt 758 Management (not under Westin
Disney World) name)
The Westin Tampa Airport......... Tampa, Florida 260 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin Innisbrook Resort..... Tarpon Springs, Florida 1,000 Management
The Westin Peachtree Plaza....... Atlanta, Georgia 1,068 Ownership 100% (approx.)
(Ground Lease) Management
The Westin Atlanta North at
Perimeter...................... Atlanta, Georgia 370 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin Hotel, Atlanta
Airport........................ Atlanta, Georgia 495 Franchise
Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel (Mauna
Kea Resort).................... Hawaii, Island of Hawaii 350 Franchise
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (Mauna Kea
Resort)........................ Hawaii, Island of Hawaii 310 Franchise
The Westin Maui (Kaanapali
Beach)......................... Maui, Hawaii 761 Management
Maui Prince Hotel (Makena
Resort)........................ Maui, Hawaii 310 Representation
Hawaii Prince Hotel (Waikiki).... Oahu, Hawaii 521 Representation
The Westin Michigan Avenue....... Chicago, Illinois 739 Ownership: 8.3% (approx.-no
right to earnings); Management
The Westin Hotel (O'Hare)........ Chicago, Illinois 525 Ownership: 48.6% (approx.);
Management
The Westin River North,
Chicago........................ Chicago, Illinois 422 Management
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis... Indianapolis, Indiana 573 Ownership: 100%; Management
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NAME LOCATION OF ROOMS WESTIN RELATIONSHIP
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The Westin Canal Place........... New Orleans, Louisiana 437 Management
The Westin Hotel, Copley Place... Boston, Massachusetts 800 Management
The Westin Hotel, Waltham........ Boston, Massachusetts 346 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin Hotel Renaissance
Center......................... Detroit, Michigan 1,392 Management
The Westin Crown Center.......... Kansas City, Missouri 725 Management
The Westin Aquila Hotel.......... Omaha, Nebraska 145 Franchise
The New York Palace.............. New York, New York 985 Representation
The Westin Hotel................. Charlotte, North Carolina 407 Management
The Westin Hotel................. Cincinnati, Ohio 448 Ownership: 100% (ground lease);
Management
The Westin Hotel................. Columbus, Ohio 196 Franchise
The Westin Suites, Philadelphia
Airport........................ Philadelphia, 251 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Pennsylvania Lodging)
The Westin William Penn.......... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 595 Management
The Westin Hotel................. Providence, Rhode Island 363 Franchise
The Westin Resort................ Hilton Head Island, South 412 Management
Carolina
The Westin Hotel Galleria........ Dallas, Texas 431 Ownership: 20%; Management
The Westin Galleria.............. Houston, Texas 485 Ownership: 100% leasehold;
Management
The Westin Oaks.................. Houston, Texas 406 Ownership: 100% leasehold;
Management
The Westin Hotel................. Seattle, Washington 865 Ownership: 100%; Management
The Westin Washington D.C., City
Center......................... Washington, D.C. 400 Franchise
The Westin Hotel................. Washington, D.C. 263 Franchise (owned by Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort
and Country Club............... Puerto Rico 600 Franchise
The Westin Carambola Beach
Resort......................... St. Croix, USVI 151 Franchise
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Total............................ 28,897
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Worldwide Hotels and Resorts:
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NAME LOCATION COUNTRY OF ROOMS RELATIONSHIP
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Caesar Park, Buenos Aires.................... Buenos Aires Argentina 173 Representation
Caesar Park Hotel............................ Fortaleza Brazil 230 Representation
Caesar Park Hotel, Ipanema................... Rio de Janeiro Brazil 221 Representation
Caesar Park Hotel............................ Sao Paulo Brazil 177 Representation
The Westin Hotel............................. Calgary Canada 525 Management
The Westin Hotel............................. Edmonton Canada 413 Management
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NAME LOCATION COUNTRY OF ROOMS RELATIONSHIP
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Le Westin Mont-Royal......................... Montreal Canada 300 Franchise
The Westin Nova Scotian...................... Halifax Canada 300 Franchise
The Westin London............................ London, Ontario Canada 322 Management:
Minority
Ownership
The Westin Hotel............................. Ottawa Canada 484 Management
The Westin Harbour Castle.................... Toronto Canada 980 Management
The Westin Prince Hotel...................... Toronto Canada 381 Franchise
The Westin Bayshore.......................... Vancouver Canada 517 Management
The Westin Casaurina Resort.................. Grand Cayman Caribbean 343 Franchise
The Westin Shanghai.......................... Shanghai China 495 Franchise
47 Park Street............................... London England 52 Franchise
Le Parc...................................... Paris France 120 Franchise
Marignan Elysees............................. Paris France 73 Franchise
Castille..................................... Paris France 107 Franchise
Baltimore.................................... Paris France 105 Franchise
Hotel Astor.................................. Paris France 135 Franchise
Le Hameau du Trianon, A Westin Hotel......... Versailles France 192 Management
The Westin Grand, Berlin..................... Berlin Germany 393 Management
The Westin Bellevue, Dresden................. Dresden Germany 339 Management
The Westin Resort, Guam...................... Guam Guam 420 Management
Camino Real Tikal............................ El Remate, Peten Guatemala 72 Representation
Camino Real.................................. Guatemala City Guatemala 400 Representation
The Westin Surabaya.......................... Surabaya Indonesia 394 Management
The Westin Kyoto Takara-ga-ike Prince
Hotel...................................... Kyoto Japan 322 Representation
The West Osaka............................... Osaka Japan 256 Franchise
The Westin Tokyo............................. Tokyo Japan 444 Management
Hotel Grand Palace........................... Tokyo Japan 464 Representation
Palace Hotel................................. Tokyo Japan 391 Representation
The Westin Chosun Beach...................... Pusan Korea 282 Management
The Westin Chosun............................ Seoul Korea 479 Management
The Westin Resort............................ Coloane Ihla Macau 200 Management
The Westin Dragonara......................... St. Julians Malta 311 Management
Las Brisas................................... Acapulco Mexico 300 Management
The Westin Regina Resort..................... Cancun Mexico 385 Management
(owned by
Starwood
Lodging)
Caesar Park Cancun Beach & Golf Resort....... Cancun Mexico 426 Representation
The Westin Brisas Resort..................... Ixtapa Mexico 428 Management
The Westin Regina Resort..................... Los Cabos Mexico 305 Management
(owned by
Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin Galeria Plaza..................... Mexico City Mexico 439 Management
The Westin Regina Resort..................... Puerto Vallarta Mexico 280 Management
(owned by
Starwood
Lodging)
The Westin San Luis Potosi................... San Luis Potosi Mexico 127 Franchise
The Grand.................................... Amsterdam Netherlands 182 Franchise
Caesar Park Hotel............................ Panama City Panama 400 Representation
The Westin Philippine Plaza.................. Manila Philippines 609 Management
Caesar Park Penha Longa Golf & Resort........ Sintra Portugal 176 Representation
The Westin Plaza............................. Singapore Singapore 793 Management
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NAME LOCATION COUNTRY OF ROOMS RELATIONSHIP
---- -------- ------- -------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Stamford.......................... Singapore Singapore 1,263 Management
The Hotel D'Angleterre....................... Geneva Switzerland 45 Franchise
Caesar Park Hotel............................ Kenting Taiwan 235 Representation
The Westin Banyan Tree....................... Bangkok Thailand 216 Management
The Westin Chiangmai......................... Chiangmai Thailand 526 Management
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Total............................... 18,947
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Description of Owned Hotels in which Westin has a Controlling or Significant
Interest.
Westin owns or has controlling or significant interests in eleven hotel and
resort properties operated as Westin properties and one hotel operated for
flight crews of United Airlines, as described below. During 1996, such
properties had an average occupancy of 75.2%, an average daily room rate of
$104.43 and revenue per available room REVPAR of $78.51.
The Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Westin Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio,
is a 448-room full-service hotel with 31,000 square feet of meeting and banquet
space, two restaurants and a bar. The hotel was built in 1982. Westin leases the
entire site upon which the hotel is situated (approximately 1.25 acres) pursuant
to a ground lease with the City of Cincinnati. The ground lease expires in 2045.
The Westin Hotel, O'Hare International Airport. The Westin Hotel at O'Hare
International Airport in Rosemont, Illinois, is a 525-room full-service hotel
with 48,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, two restaurants and a
lounge. The hotel was built in 1983 and is situated on approximately 11.67 acres
of land.
The Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington. The Westin Hotel in Seattle,
Washington, is an 865-room full-service hotel with approximately 40,000 square
feet of meeting and banquet space, three restaurants, one lounge and a lobby
bar. The property also has a multi-story parking garage. The property is
situated on approximately 1.65 acres of land. The South Tower of the hotel was
built in 1969 and the North Tower was built in 1981. 90.6% of the property is
owned and 9.4% of the property is leased pursuant to a ground lease which
expires in 2024. The lease provides Westin the option to purchase the leased
premises at any time for $200,000.
The Westin Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Westin Hotel, in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, is a 293-room full-service hotel with 21,368 square feet of
meeting and banquet space, two restaurants, a lounge and a health club. The
hotel was built in 1987 and is situated on approximately 6.645 acres of land.
The Westin Hotel, San Francisco Airport. The Westin Hotel at the San
Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California, is a 388-room full-service hotel with
approximately 18,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, two restaurants,
one lounge and a lobby bar. The hotel was built in 1987 and is situated on
approximately 6.35 acres of land.
The Westin South Coast Plaza. The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa,
California, close to the John Wayne Airport, is a 17-story 396-room full-service
hotel with approximately 22,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, a
restaurant and a lounge. In addition, parking for the hotel is available in an
adjacent parking structure which is shared with the neighboring office building.
The hotel was built in 1975 and renovated in 1989/1990 and is situated on
approximately 2.94 acres of land. The hotel is operated pursuant to a ground
lease which expires in 2005, subject to two 10-year renewal options.
The Westin Indianapolis. The Westin Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana
is a 573-room full-service hotel with approximately 39,000 square feet of
meeting and banquet space, a restaurant and a lounge. The hotel was built in
1989 and is situated on approximately one acre of land. The hotel has been
managed by Westin since its opening, and was acquired in 1997.
The Westin Oaks and The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas. The Westin Oaks
and The Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas, are two full-service hotels
containing a total of 891 rooms and a total of 73,214 square feet of meeting and
banquet space, two restaurants and a lounge. Each hotel is operated pursuant to
a ground lease
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that expires in 2007. The Westin Galleria was built in 1971 and The Westin Oaks
was built in 1977. The Westin Galleria is situated on 1.55 acres of land and The
Westin Oaks is situated on .44 acres of land.
The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia. The Westin Peachtree Plaza in
Atlanta, Georgia, is a 1,068-room, full service hotel with 55,000 square feet of
meeting and banquet space, three restaurants and four lounges. The hotel was
built in 1976 and is North America's tallest hotel. Westin leases the entire
site upon which the hotel is situated pursuant to a ground lease with the State
of Georgia. The mortgage indebtedness encumbering the hotel and lessee's
interest in the underlying ground lease were purchased by Westin in June 1997
giving effective control to Westin.
The Westin Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado. The Westin Tabor Center in
Denver, Colorado is a 420-room, full service hotel with 19,400 square feet of
meeting space, a restaurant and lounge. The hotel was built in 1984 and is
immediately adjacent to the prestigious Tabor Center retail development. The
hotel is one unit in the Tabor Center condominium development and was purchased
by Westin in June 1997.
The Westin Resort, St. John, USVI. The Westin Resort on St. John, U.S.
Virgin Islands, is a 285-room resort with 10,000 square feet of meeting space,
three restaurants and two lounges. Currently closed, the resort is undergoing a
complete renovation and is expected to reopen around November 15, 1997. Westin
purchased the resort, which is situated on approximately 35 acres of land, in
May 1997.
Description of Owned Hotel not Operated as a Westin Hotel.
Cherry Creek Inn, Denver, Colorado. The Cherry Creek Inn in Denver,
Colorado, is a 320-room full-service hotel with 8,430 square feet of meeting and
banquet space, a restaurant and lounge. This hotel is not operated as a Westin.
It serves principally as a hotel and training center for flight crews of United
Airlines. The hotel consists of a two-story building which was built in 1962 and
renovated in 1981 and which is attached to an eight-story building built in
1981. The hotel is situated on approximately 7.3 acres of land.
Recent Contract Additions
The following table provides information as of November 1, 1997, with
respect to hotel or resort properties (i) for which Westin has entered into
letters of intent pending final documentation or (ii) for which documentation is
complete, but the properties are not currently operational. Each listed property
is expected to be operational as a Westin hotel or resort within the next one
month to three years.
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NAME LOCATION (APPROX.) ANTICIPATED WESTIN RELATIONSHIP
---- -------- ------------ -------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Jakarta.............. Jakarta 456 Management; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Pecatu Bay Resort.... Bali 400 Management; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Kuala Lampur......... Kuala Lampur 500 Management; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Bandurg.............. Indonesia 310 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin La Cantera Resort.... San Antonio 507 Management; Minority Ownership; Pending Final
Documentation; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Riverwalk............ San Antonio 453 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Resort............... St. John, USVI 285 Management; Ownership (100%); Not Yet Operational
The Westin Hotel................ Oklahoma City 300 Franchise; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Grand................ Vancouver 207 Franchise; Under Construction
The Westin Resort............... Whistler, B.C. 400 Franchise; Under Construction
The Westin Hotel................ Rotterdam 290 Management; Minority Ownership; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Resort, Splendido.... Taal, 270 Management; Not Yet Operational; Pending Final
Philippines - Documentation
50
Hotel
Villas
The Westin Cebu................. Philippines 400 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
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NAME LOCATION (APPROX.) ANTICIPATED WESTIN RELATIONSHIP
---- -------- ------------ -------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel................ Denver 500 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
International Operational
Airport
The Westin Kierland Resort...... Scottsdale 750 Management; Minority Ownership; Pending Full
Documentation; Not Yet Operational
The Westin North Dallas......... Dallas 300 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Park City............ Utah 500 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Portland............. Downtown 200 Management; Minority Ownership; Pending Final
Portland Documentation; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Savannah Harbor
Resort........................ Georgia 401 Management; Minority Ownership; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Hotel, Sea-Tac
Airport....................... Seattle 378 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Westminster.......... Colorado 350 Management; Pending Final Documentation; Not Yet
Operational
The Westin Melboume............. Australia 260 Management; Minority Ownership; Pending Final
Documentation; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Sydney............... Australia 415 Management; Not Yet Operational
The Westin Hanoi................ Hanoi, Vietnam 309 Management; Not Yet Operational
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Total........................... 8,776
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Risks Associated with Owning or Leasing Real Estate
Real property investments made by Westin are subject to varying degrees of
risk. The investment returns available from equity investments in real estate
depend in large part on the amount of income earned and capital appreciation
generated by the related properties as well as the expenses incurred. If the
properties of Westin do not generate revenue sufficient to meet operating
expenses, including debt service and capital expenditures, the income of Westin
and the Company's ability to make distributions to its shareholders will be
adversely affected. Certain significant expenditures associated with an
investment in real estate (such as mortgage payments, real estate taxes and
capital management costs) generally are not reduced when circumstances cause a
reduction in revenue from the investment. In addition, income from properties
and real estate values are also affected by a variety of other factors, such as
governmental regulations and applicable laws (including real estate, zoning and
tax laws), interest rate levels and the availability of financing. Equity real
estate investments, such as the investments held by Westin and any additional
properties that may be acquired by Westin, are relatively illiquid. Such
illiquidity limits the ability of Westin to vary its portfolio in response to
changes in economic or other conditions; however, geographic diversification is
an offset.
Uninsured Loss
All properties owned or operated by Westin carry commercial general
liability and all-risk property insurance, with policy specifications and
insured limits customarily carried for similar properties in their respective
locales. There are, however, certain types of losses (such as from riots or wars
or acts of God) that generally are not insured because they are either
uninsurable or not insurable at a reasonable cost. Should an uninsured loss or a
loss in excess of insured limits occur, Westin could lose capital obligated for
any mortgage indebtedness or other financial obligations related to such
properties or lose management, franchise or representation income. Any such loss
would adversely affect Westin. Management believes that the properties currently
held by Westin are adequately insured in accordance with industry standards.
With respect to any properties in which Westin holds an interest through a
mortgage position, the borrowers under such mortgage are obligated to Westin to
maintain insurance on such properties and to arrange for Westin to be covered as
an additional insured on such policies. The face amount and scope of such
insurance coverage may be less comprehensive than Westin would carry if it held
the fee interest in such property directly. Accordingly, in such circumstances,
or if the borrowers under such mortgages fail to
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maintain required coverage, uninsured or underinsured losses may occur, which
could have an adverse impact on Westin's cash flow or financial condition. In an
effort to mitigate the potential exposure, through its general liability and
property insurance coverages, Westin maintains additional insurance that
provides coverage to Westin where such exposures are not adequately covered by
borrowers' insurance.
Risks Associated with Development and Expansion
Westin engages in hotel development activities as part of its expansion
efforts. To the extent that Westin engages in such development activities, it
will be subject to the risks normally associated with such activities,
including, but not limited to, risks relating to the availability and timely
receipt of zoning and other regulatory approvals, the cost and timely completion
of construction (including risks from causes beyond Westin's control, such as
weather or labor conditions or material shortages) and the availability of both
construction and permanent financing on favorable terms. These risks could
result in substantial unanticipated delays or expenses and, under certain
circumstances, could prevent completion of development activities once
undertaken, any of which could have an adverse effect on the financial condition
and results of operations of Westin and on the amount of funds available for
distribution to shareholders.
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
Westin has formed strategic relationships to pursue several significant
industry opportunities, including an agreement with Troon Golf, Inc. to manage
certain golf properties associated with Westin hotels and a letter of intent
with Club Sport for the development of smaller suburban hotels integrated with
upscale health club and sports facilities.
THE ASIA/PACIFIC TERRITORY
Aoki Corporation and certain of its affiliates have retained ownership of
the intellectual property of Westin within the Asia/Pacific territory, but have
granted Westin, subject to the provisions of a Master Assignment and License
Agreement (the "License"), an exclusive license to use and sublicense such
intellectual property. In addition, pursuant to the License, Aoki assigned to
Westin certain management contracts and other hotel-related contracts for Westin
hotels in the Asia/Pacific territory. As a result of the license and assignments
granted and made pursuant to the License, Westin will, subject to certain
exceptions and to the provisions of the License, manage all Westin hotels
located in the Asia/Pacific territory. In consideration of the foregoing
arrangements, Westin is required to pay to Aoki 50% of the cash flow received
from such hotels. The initial term of the License is 10 years (which began May
12, 1995), and the License may be renewed, at Westin's option, for three
additional 10 year periods if at the end of each such 10 year period there are a
specified number of hotels in the Asia/Pacific territory subject to qualifying
management contracts with Westin. Commencing in May 1999, Westin has an option
to acquire Aoki's right, title and interest in the Westin intellectual property
in the Asia/Pacific Territory for $90,000,000, subject to certain adjustments.
The purchase option requires a cash payment of $60,000,000 plus a $30,000,000
20-year promissory note. The exercise of this purchase option can be accelerated
by Aoki if Westin acquires a controlling interest in, or a controlling interest
in Westin is acquired by, a hotel management company in the Asia/Pacific
territory. Westin and Aoki are currently negotiating, among other things, the
purchase by Westin of the intellectual property of Westin in the Asia/Pacific
territory. No assurance, however, can be given that such negotiations will
result in the purchase by Westin of such intellectual property rights or with
respect to the terms on which any such purchase may be made.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
To maintain consistent quality standards, Westin continuously maintains and
periodically refurbishes its owned hotels. Westin expects to spend approximately
4% of each owned hotel's gross operating revenue on capital improvements at
these hotels and to refurbish each hotel approximately every five to seven
years.
Although most of the owned hotels are in good condition, the Westin Hotel
Oaks and Galleria in Houston, Texas and the Westin St. John are currently
planning substantial renovations. The Westin Hotel,
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Seattle recently completed a major capital program that included renovation of
all rooms and selected meeting space and a comprehensive reworking of all of the
hotel's restaurants.
Westin's goal with respect to capital renovations at the managed hotels is
to assure its guests a first-class physical facility and a first-class service
experience. Although the management agreements between Westin and the hotel
owners require the owners to reserve and spend funds annually for capital
improvements (ranging from 2.0% to 4.0% of annual gross revenue), not all owners
are equally willing or able, depending on cash flow, to undertake the full range
of renovations and maintenance Westin would prefer. On an annual basis, Westin's
management staff at each managed hotel prepares a preliminary capital plan for
the hotel. Those plans are subject to the approval of the hotel owner. To the
extent approved by the owner, the capital plan is then implemented typically by
Westin. There are, however, a number of hotel owners who are actively involved
in the creation and implementation of the capital plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and
regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may become
liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances
on, under or in such property. Such laws often impose liability without regard
to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence
of such hazardous or toxic substances. The presence of hazardous or toxic
substances, or the failure properly to remediate such substances when present,
may adversely affect the owner's ability to sell or rent such real property or
to borrow using such real property as collateral. Persons who arrange for the
disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic wastes may be liable for the costs
of removal or remediation of such wastes at the treatment, storage or disposal
facility, regardless of whether such facility is owned or operated by such
person. Other federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations require
abatement or removal of certain asbestos-containing materials ("ACMs") in the
event of damage or demolition, or certain renovations or remodeling. The laws
also govern emissions of and exposure to asbestos fibers in the air. The
operation and subsequent removal or upgrading of certain underground storage
tanks ("USTs") also are regulated by federal, state and local laws. In
connection with its ownership, operation and management of its properties,
Westin could be held liable for the costs of remedial action with respect to
such regulated substances or tanks or related claims.
Limited quantities of ACMs are present in various building materials such
as spray-on insulation, floor coverings, ceiling coverings, tiles, decorative
treatments and piping located at certain hotels. The ACMs present at the hotel
properties are generally in good condition, and possess low probabilities for
disturbances. Westin has implemented or plans to implement operations and
maintenance plans for hotel properties where ACMs exist, or are or reasonably
suspected to exist, or where applicable law presumes ACMs to exist. Property,
custodial and maintenance staff workers have been or are being trained to deal
with the in-place management of ACMs. Westin intends to manage ACMs in place,
until their proper removal or encapsulation in the ordinary course of
maintenance or renovation.
Westin is currently a defendant in two lawsuits including two individuals'
alleged exposure to asbestos at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco,
California. The cases are currently in discovery. The hotel's insurers have
assumed the defense under a reservation of rights. Any estimate of Westin's
potential exposure from this litigation would be speculative.
All of the hotel properties have electrical transformers and other
electrical equipment located on-site. In some cases Westin owns the equipment.
In other cases the equipment is owned by others, such as local electric
companies. Some of the equipment is known to contain or not to contain fluid
with polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"). According to federal regulations,
certain electrical equipment is presumed to contain PCBs and for regulatory
purposes, such equipment must be considered to be PCB contaminated. Several
hotel properties have equipment that contains or may contain PCBs.
A number of Westin hotels and resorts contain USTs and equipment containing
chlorofluorocarbons ("CFCs"). Strategies for replacing and/or upgrading the USTs
to comply with upcoming (in late 1998) U.S. regulations at each affected hotel
or resort have been or are being developed. A number of Westin hotels and
resorts have low levels of subsurface contamination associated with historic
hotel operations and in each
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situation the contamination has been or is being investigated and has been or
will be remediated in due course. Equipment containing CFCs are now regulated to
reduce emissions and encourage conversion to non-CFC refrigerants, and such
equipment will be converted or replaced as required over time. Westin has been
able to procure its hotels' and resorts' needs for CFCs through its established
vendors.
Westin, as well as other building owners and managers, has recently been
advised that certain installed fire sprinklers may be defective or otherwise
inoperative. Westin has initiated an investigation to assess the number of
potentially affected hotels and resorts (currently estimated to be five in
number, including the Westin-owned San Francisco Airport). Westin has also
initiated efforts to replace the potentially defective or inoperable sprinklers
and to seek compensation from the sprinkler manufacturer.
Indoor air quality ("IAQ") is of increasing concern to hotel owner and
managers, including Westin, particularly at properties with historic water
leakage and/or inadequate ventilation. Where identified, Westin has taken or is
taking steps to remediate such problems through abatement of affected building
materials and repair or renovation of air handling systems.
The foregoing environmental considerations were derived from a review of
1994 Phase I reports (selectively updated) for each owned and managed hotel,
asbestos surveys (selectively updated), and other miscellaneous environmental
documentation for several owned hotels, Phase I reports performed in the early
1990s and asbestos surveys (selectively updated) for some of Westin's managed
hotels and questionnaires regarding environmental practices and potential
liabilities provided by managers at the managed hotels. In countries other than
the United States, questionnaires regarding environmental practices and
potential liabilities were provided by hotel managers. Although Westin expects
to incur ACM, UST, IAQ, PCB and CFC remediation and other environmental related
costs during the ordinary course of operations, management anticipates that such
costs will not have a material adverse effect on the operations or financial
position of Westin.
COMPETITION
The hotel industry is highly competitive and all properties of Westin
compete with other hotel properties in their geographic markets. Some of
Westin's competitors may have substantially greater marketing and financial
resources than Westin. Westin's hotels are in competition for guests with a wide
range of lodging facilities offering full service lodging options to the public.
Competitive factors in the lodging industry include room rates, quality of
accommodations, name recognition, service levels, convenience of location,
quality of frequent guest program, frequent flier affiliations and quality and
frequency of air service. There can be no assurance that new or existing
competitors will not significantly expand or improve facilities in a market in
which Westin's hotels compete, thereby adversely affecting Westin's hotel
operations.
The principal sources of Westin's revenues are revenues from hotels in
which Westin has a debt or equity ownership position, and from management
contracts, franchise agreements and representation agreements with third-party
hotel owners. Westin competes with national and regional branch franchisors and
management companies, some of which have greater name recognition and financial
resources than Westin. Competition for management contracts and franchise
agreements is intense among brand franchisors and management companies in the
lodging industry. Some of the larger hotel chains with which Westin competes
include Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental and Marriott. In addition, smaller hotel
management companies compete against Westin. Westin believes that its ability to
secure a management contract or franchise agreement is based principally upon
both the perceived value and quality of Westin's brand name and services and the
potential economic advantages to the hotel owner of retaining Westin's
management services or brand name. Westin believes that the perceived value of
the Westin brand name to a hotel property owner is in part a function of the
success of the hotels currently under Westin's management or franchise. No
assurance can be given that Westin will be successful in retaining current or
competing for prospective management contracts or franchise agreements.
Westin may compete for acquisition of management, franchise, and hotel
ownership opportunities with entities that have substantially greater financial
resources than Westin. These entities may generally be able to accept more risk
than Westin can prudently manage. Competition may generally reduce the number of
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suitable opportunities offered to Westin and increase the bargaining power of
hotel owners seeking to obtain management or franchise services or sell their
properties. Further, management believes that it will face competition for all
such opportunities from entities organized for purposes substantially similar to
the objectives of Westin.
Westin competes for the acquisition of hotels with entities that have
substantially greater financial resources than Westin. Westin believes that, as
a result of the downturn experienced by the lodging industry from the late
1980's through the early 1990's and the significant number of foreclosures and
bankruptcies created thereby, the prices for many hotels have for several years
been at historically low levels and often well below the cost to build new
hotels. The recent economic recovery in the lodging industry and the resulting
increase in funds available for hotel acquisitions may cause additional
investors to enter the hotel acquisition market, which may in turn cause hotel
acquisition costs to increase and the number of attractive hotel acquisition
opportunities to decrease.
Competition for guests in the lodging industry is intense. Competitive
factors in the industry include room rates, quality of accommodations, name
recognition, service levels, convenience of location, quality of frequent guest
program, frequent flier affiliations and quality and frequency of air service.
Westin's hotels are located in primary city and resort locations that generally
contain numerous other competitors. There can be no assurance that demographic,
geographic or other changes in markets will not adversely affect the convenience
or desirability of the locales in which Westin's hotels are located. Further,
there can be no assurance that new or existing competitors will not
significantly lower rates or offer greater convenience, services or amenities or
significantly expand or improve facilities in a market in which Westin's hotels
compete, thereby adversely affecting Westin's operations.
QUARTERLY FLUCTUATIONS IN OPERATING RESULTS; SEASONALITY
The lodging industry is seasonal in nature with the second and third
quarters generally accounting for a greater proportion of annual revenues than
the first and fourth quarters. Quarterly earnings may be adversely affected by
events beyond Westin's control such as poor weather conditions, economic factors
and other considerations affecting travel. In addition, the loss of one or
several management contract or franchise agreements, the timing of achieving
incremental revenues from new contracts or franchise agreements and the
realization of a gain or loss upon the sale of hotels or resort properties in
which Westin has an equity interest may also adversely impact earnings
comparisons.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The hotel industry is subject to numerous federal, state and local
government regulations, including those relating to the preparation and sale of
food and beverage (such as health and liquor license laws), building and zoning
requirements and requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(the "ADA"). Also, Westin and the hotel owners are subject to laws governing
their relationship with employees, including minimum wage, overtime, working
conditions and work permit requirements. Westin is also subject to federal
regulations and certain state laws that govern the offer and sale of franchises.
Many state franchise laws impose substantive requirements on franchise
agreements, including limitations on noncompetition provisions and termination
or nonrenewal of a franchise. Some states require that certain materials be
approved before franchises may be offered or sold in that state. The failure to
obtain or retain liquor licenses or approvals to sell franchises, or an increase
in the minimum wage rate, employee benefit costs or other costs associated with
employees, could adversely affect Westin. Both at the federal and state level,
there are proposals under consideration to introduce a system of mandated health
insurance.
COST OF ADA COMPLIANCE
Under the ADA, "public accommodations" such as hotels are required to meet
certain federal requirements related to access and use by persons with
disabilities. Compliance with the ADA requirements could require both structural
and non-structural changes to the properties of Westin and noncompliance could
result in imposition of fines by the United States government or an award of
damages to private litigants.
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Because the requirements of the ADA are not precisely defined by statute or
regulation, the extent of its application to and its impact on Westin is
uncertain. Westin will continue to incur costs in its future ADA compliance
efforts.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Westin name, trademark, and related logo trademark are material to
Westin's business. Westin, as well as its franchisees, actively use these marks.
All of the material marks are registered or applications for registration have
been made with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. International
registration or applications for registration have been made for the material
trademarks in jurisdictions outside the U.S. as Westin has deemed necessary or
advisable. Westin owns all such marks subject to the retained interest of Aoki,
which owns such intellectual property in the Asia/Pacific territory. See "--The
Asia/Pacific Territory."
FACILITIES AND PROPERTY
The principal executive offices of Westin are located in Seattle in a
building 25% owned and are occupied pursuant to a lease that expires in 2001. In
addition to its executive offices, Westin leases office space in Salt Lake City,
Omaha, and various other cities for sales offices. Westin believes that these
leased offices are sufficient to meet its present needs and does not anticipate
any difficulty in securing additional space, as needed, on terms acceptable to
Westin. Certain of Westin's hotels are owned in whole or in part by corporations
or partnerships in which Westin has an interest. Westin currently operates three
hotel properties pursuant to leases. Additionally, ground leases affect title to
the Cincinnati and Atlanta Peachtree hotels and a partial ground lease affects
title to the Seattle hotel.
EMPLOYEES
As of November 1, 1997, approximately 39,000 full time employees worldwide
were affiliated with Westin. Of these full time employees, approximately 600 are
employed at the corporate, reservations, and sales offices of Westin and
approximately 2,250 employees are employed at hotel properties owned by the
Westin Group. The wages and salaries, health insurance and other employee
benefits of persons employed at Westin's hotels are paid out of the operations
of the hotel property. Corporate personnel are paid directly by Westin. As of
November 1, 1997, none of Westin's corporate level employees were covered by a
collective bargaining agreement. Employees at 15 hotel properties owned or
managed by Westin are subject to collective bargaining agreements.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Except as listed below, Westin is not a party to any litigation, other than
routine litigation incidental to the business of Westin, that is material to the
business of Westin, either individually or in the aggregate.
RADISSON HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC. VS. WESTIN HOTEL COMPANY, JUERGEN
BARTELS AND SCHOENECKERS, INC. DBA BUSINESS INCENTIVES. This lawsuit was filed
on January 16, 1996 in the United States District Court for the District of
Minnesota. The plaintiff alleges it suffered damage when the defendants
infringed its patent for its "System for Awarding Credits to Persons who Book
Travel-Related Reservations" and wrongfully appropriated plaintiff 's trade
secrets and confidential business information. The plaintiff seeks injunctive
relief, general and special damages, attorneys fees and costs. Westin filed a
counterclaim to declare the plaintiff 's patent invalid. On October 14, 1997,
Westin entered into an agreement to settle this matter and recorded an expense
for the estimated settlement in its September 30, 1997 financial statements.
Westin is pursuing insurance recoveries related to this matter.
MARTIN LINSLEY AND DONALD C. SELMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE WESTIN SALARIED
CANADIAN PENSION PLAN AND THE WESTIN HOURLY CANADIAN PENSION PLAN VS. CAESAR
PARK HOTELS & RESORTS COMPANY LIMITED, EDMONTON, PLAZA HOTEL INC., WINNIPEG INN
LTD., COPTHORNE HOLDINGS LTD., 375901 BRITISH COLUMBIA LTD., LEONARD WILLARD
RYAN, DAVID C. DAVENPORT, ROBERT JOSEPH MCCAULEY, RAYMOND J. WHITTY, ROBERT
CHARLES JENKS, PETER J.D. SMITH, MARTIN HARDER, JOHNSON & HIGGINS LTD., THE
COLES GROUP OF CONSULTANTS LTD., ARNOLD M. ABRAMSON, WARREN H. DOWNS AND KEVIN
HYLTON. This lawsuit was filed on December 21, 1995 in the Supreme
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Court of British Columbia. Plaintiffs allege that Johnson & Higgins and The
Coles Group negligently advised the trustees of the pension plans that a surplus
of assets to pension liabilities existed in the pension trust funds and could be
applied to reduce or eliminate the contribution obligations of the participating
employers. Plaintiffs allege that the participating employers breached the trust
agreement of the pension plans by taking contribution holidays and that the
individual defendants, who were all trustees of the pension plans, breached
their fiduciary duty by failing to attempt to recover the contributions owed by
the participating employers and by failing to disclose to the beneficiaries of
the pension plans the wrongful taking of the contribution holidays. The
plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, plus interest.
MARTIN LINSLEY AND DONALD C. SELMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE WESTIN SALARIED
CANADIAN PENSION PLAN VS. CAESAR PARK HOTELS & RESORTS COMPANY LIMITED, EDMONTON
PLAZA HOTEL INC., WINNIPEG INN LTD., WESTIN HOTEL COMPANY, LEONARD WILLARD RYAN,
DAVID C. DAVENPORT, ROBERT JOSEPH MCCAULEY, RAYMOND J. WHITTY, JOHNSON & HIGGINS
LTD., ARNOLD M. ABRAMSON, WARREN H. DOWNS, KEVIN HYLTON AND ROYAL TRUST
CORPORATION OF CANADA. This lawsuit was filed on December 21, 1995 in the
Supreme Court of British Columbia. Plaintiffs allege that trustees of the Westin
Salaried Canada Pension Plan, breached the Trust Agreement on April 24, 1986 by
authorizing a payment of $1.4 million of purported surplus funds out of the
trust fund to the participating employers; Royal Trust breached the Custodial
Agreement by paying $1.4 million to the participating employers; and the
participating employers participated in the breach of trusts and/or breach of
contract by receiving a portion of the $1.4 million. The plaintiffs seek
repayment of $1.4 million, plus interest, and unspecified damages.
EQUITY RESOURCES GROUP, INC. VS. WESTIN HOTELS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND
WESTIN REALTY CORP., ITS GENERAL PARTNER. Plaintiff, a limited partner in Westin
Hotels Limited Partnership, alleges that the partnership unlawfully refused to
timely supply a list identifying other limited partners which caused the
claimant to be damaged in an amount to be proved at arbitration.
WESTIN STOCK
There is no established trading market for the securities of any of the
Westin Companies.
The LLC currently owns in excess of 99% of the outstanding equity
securities of each of Westin Worldwide, Seattle, Lauderdale, Atlanta, St. John
and Denver (the "Westin Subsidiaries"). The remainder of the equity securities
of the Westin Subsidiaries are owned by two members of Westin management.
Ownership and Description of Capital Stock
The table below sets forth the number of shares of common stock of Westin
Worldwide held by each person who as of the date of this Joint Proxy Statement
owns beneficially more than, or has voting power with respect to more than, five
percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Westin Worldwide, and sets forth for
each Voting Manager of the LLC and for all executive officers and directors of
Westin as a group, the number of shares of Westin Worldwide owned beneficially,
as of the date of this Joint Proxy Statement. All outstanding shares of Westin
Worldwide are common stock. The persons listed below have a similar
proportionate interest
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in the outstanding equity securities of the other Westin Subsidiaries, except
that Messrs. Kleisner and Mahoney do not own any outstanding shares of Atlanta,
St. John or Denver.
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NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED(1) PERCENT
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W&S Hotel L.L.C............................................. 982,811.9 99.48%
WHWE L.L.C., The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., Barry S.
Volpert, Douglas A. Kessler and Stuart M. Rothenberg...... 982,811.9(1)(7) 99.48%(1)(7)
Woodstar Investor Partnership, Starwood Capital Group, L.P.,
Jerome Silvey and Merrick R. Kleeman...................... 982,811.9(2)(7) 99.48%(2)(7)
Juergen Bartels............................................. 26,437.6(3) 2.69(3)
Frederick J. Kleisner....................................... 3,981.8 *
Richard Mahoney............................................. 1,137.7 *
Daniel H. Stern............................................. 0 *
Nomura Asset Capital Corporation(5)......................... -- --
All directors and executive officers as a group (13
persons)(4)............................................... 987,931.4 100%(4)
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* Less than 1%.
(1) WHWE holds an approximate 50% voting (an approximate 35.16% interest in
profits) Class A membership interest in the LLC. The majority of the
interests in WHWE are held by investment funds under the indirect control of
The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. may be deemed to
be the beneficial owner of the shares held by WHWE. Messrs. Volpert, Kessler
and Rothenberg may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares of
Westin Worldwide and a similar proportionate number of shares of the other
Westin Subsidiaries beneficially owned by WHWE L.L.C. or The Goldman Sachs
Group, L.P. through partnership in or employment by Goldman Sachs or one or
more of its affiliates; however, such beneficial ownership is hereby
disclaimed.
(2) Woodstar holds an approximate 50% voting (an approximate 35.16% interest in
profits) Class A membership interest in the LLC. Starwood Capital may be
deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares held by Woodstar Investor
Partnership, a privately held real property investment partnership. Messrs.
Silvey and Kleeman may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares
of Westin Worldwide and a similar proportionate number of shares of the
other Westin Subsidiaries beneficially owned by Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
through partnership in or employment by Starwood Capital Group, L.P. or one
or more of its affiliates; however, such beneficial ownership is hereby
disclaimed.
(3) Juergen Bartels holds a 2.69% Class A interest in the profits of the LLC and
consequently may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of 26,437.6 shares
of Westin Worldwide and a similar proportionate number of shares of the
other Westin Subsidiaries; however, Mr. Bartels disclaims beneficial
ownership of such shares.
(4) See Notes (1) and (2). Includes 982,811.9 shares of Westin Worldwide and a
similar proportionate number of shares of the Westin Subsidiaries
beneficially owned by WHWE L.L.C. or The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., of which
Messrs. Volpert, Kessler and Rothenberg may be deemed to have beneficial
ownership through partnership in or employment by Goldman Sachs or one or
more of its affiliates, and beneficially owned by Starwood Capital Group,
L.P., of which Messrs. Silvey and Kleeman may be deemed to have beneficial
ownership through partnership in or employment by Starwood Capital Group,
L.P. or one or more of its affiliates, and 26,437.6 shares of which Mr.
Bartels may be deemed to be the beneficial owner through his 2.69% Class A
interest in the profits of the LLC. Beneficial ownership of all such shares
is disclaimed by Messrs. Volpert, Kessler, Rothenberg, Silvey, Kleeman and
Bartels.
(5) Shares attributed do not reflect ownership of non-voting Class B interests
in the LLC held by Nomura. Nomura's interest is a non-voting (27.0% interest
in profits) Class B membership interest in the LLC, with certain negative
control or veto rights.
Certain of the Westin Subsidiaries will, pursuant to employment agreements
with Juergen Bartels, Frederick Kleisner, Richard Mahoney and Jack Van
Hartesvelt, issue shares of common stock of such Westin
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Subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement. Prior to the execution of the Transaction Agreement,
Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale and Seattle had commenced an offering to certain
other officers of Westin that would have resulted (assuming such offering were
fully subscribed) in such offerees owning approximately one percent (1%) of the
outstanding common stock of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale and Seattle. It is
currently anticipated that shares of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale and Seattle
will not be issued to such officers, but that such officers will receive, in
connection with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, substantially the same consideration that they would have
received if such shares of Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale and Seattle had been
purchased by such officers (after deducting the purchase price of such shares).
The issuance of shares of the Westin Subsidiaries pursuant to such employment
agreements, and the delivery of such consideration to such officers, will not
result in the payment of any additional consideration by the Starwood Companies
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.
In connection with the Merger, all of the outstanding shares of Westin
Worldwide will be canceled and the Members will receive their proportionate
share (which will approximate their profit interest in the LLC) of the Class A
EPS and Class B EPS that will be issued in the Merger. In connection with the
Subsidiary Contributions, the Members will receive their proportionate share
(which will approximate their profit interest in the LLC) of the Class A RP
Units and Class B OP Units that will be issued in connection with such
Subsidiary Contributions.
None of the Westin Subsidiaries has paid any cash dividends since May 12,
1995. The terms of Westin's credit facility, unless amended or repaid, may
prevent the payment of certain cash dividends in the future, including the
dividends discussed herein.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF WESTIN
OVERVIEW
The following discussion and analysis addresses the LLC and subsidiaries
and the Predecessor Business (collectively referred to as "Westin") consolidated
and combined results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997
and 1996, and the twelve months ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994. The
following should be read in conjunction with the LLC's consolidated financial
statements and the Predecessor Business combined financial statements included
elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement.
The LLC recruited a new senior management team in 1995, which included the
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, President & Chief Operating Officer, and the
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A new business plan was
implemented which focused on delivery of guest experiences within a high and
narrow band of quality, improved and increased levels of marketing, growth
through the addition of new hotels at significantly increased levels (compared
to the previous five years), and improved financial performance at Westin's
owned, managed, franchised and represented hotels.
Westin's revenues are derived from the following sources:
- Westin's hotel revenues from owned and leased hotels including room
rentals, food and beverage services, telephone and other services (for
example, meeting room rentals, tenant rentals, guest services and other
amenities).
- Westin generates fees from hotels operated under management agreements.
These fees include base and incentive management fees. Base fees are
typically based on a percentage of hotel gross operating revenues, and
incentive fees are typically based on a percentage of hotel operating
profits as defined in the management agreement.
- Westin generates fees from the hotels it franchises or represents. These
fees are typically based on a percentage of gross room revenue or on a
room delivery production formula.
Westin's total operating revenues grew from $198.3 million to $238.1
million from 1994 to 1996, representing a compound annual growth rate of 9.6%.
This operating revenue growth is attributable to improved performance in owned
and leased hotels, improved management fees and franchise fees in its existing
hotels, and the addition of new hotels to the portfolio. During the period from
1994 through 1996, the Average Daily Room Rate ("ADR") for hotels already under
management, including owned hotels, (the "Comparable Hotels") increased from
$105.26 in 1994 to $123.08 in 1996 while occupancy was maintained at 72%. These
improvements resulted in Room Revenue Per Available Room ("REVPAR") growth of
7.1% and 9.2% in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Management of Westin believes that
future REVPAR improvements will continue to be driven by increased and improved
marketing, a continued focus on managing market mix, the continuation of
delivering a high level of quality services on a consistent basis, maintaining
the quality of the hotels' physical plant and equipment, and revenue
enhancements derived from expanding the brand to new markets.
Improved operating results in the Comparable Hotels have yielded strong
financial results. Improved controls and expense reductions in non-guest contact
areas and improved revenues have resulted in gross operating profit (hotel
operating income before deduction for rent, property taxes, insurance,
depreciation and amortization) margins in Comparable Hotels of 28%, 30% and 33%
in 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Management of Westin has implemented
aggressive incentive plans which align the interests of the department heads and
general managers of managed hotels with the hotels' ownership and have
implemented similar plans for the officers and directors of Westin.
In 1996, the Company aggressively pursued a franchising strategy to grow
the brand and gain development momentum. In 1996, 26 new hotels were added, of
which 21 were franchises, 2 were representation agreements, and 3 were managed.
Management believes the recent improvements in gross operating profit margins at
Comparable Hotels will enable Westin to effectively compete for management
contracts in 1997 and future years.
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INTERIM RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Nine months ended September 30, 1997 compared to nine months ended September
30, 1996
During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the LLC acquired hotel
properties in Atlanta, Denver and Indianapolis (the "1997 Hotel Acquisitions")
that significantly impact the comparability between periods. The following table
is provided to facilitate a comparison between periods:
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
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EXCLUDING
1997 HOTEL 1997 HOTEL NINE MONTHS ENDED
AS REPORTED ACQUISITIONS ACQUISITIONS SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
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(THOUSANDS)
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Operating revenues:
Rooms.................................. $110,869 $26,044 $ 84,825 $ 76,922
Food and beverage...................... 51,566 12,594 38,972 37,119
Hotel management services.............. 51,974 -- 51,974 43,005
Other.................................. 21,104 2,431 18,673 18,371
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Total operating revenues............ 235,513 41,069 194,444 175,417
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Operating expenses:
Rooms.................................. 23,391 6,041 17,350 17,212
Food and beverage...................... 36,798 8,709 28,089 26,486
General, administrative and
marketing........................... 40,050 5,633 34,417 39,882
Other.................................. 42,179 7,436 34,743 33,299
Depreciation and amortization.......... 36,402 4,274 32,128 31,673
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Total operating expenses............ 178,820 32,093 146,727 148,552
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Operating income.................... 56,693 8,976 47,717 26,865
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Other income (expense):
Interest expense....................... (34,536) (6,476) (28,060) (31,723)
Other, net............................. 17,747 185 17,562 4,089
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Other income (expense).............. (16,789) (6,291) (10,498) (27,634)
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Income (loss) before income taxes... 39,904 2,685 37,219 (769)
Income tax expense (benefit)............. 16,295 1,071 15,224 (929)
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Net income.......................... $ 23,609 $ 1,614 $ 21,995 $ 160
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</TABLE>
Total operating revenues increased $60.1 million, of which $41.1 million
results from the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions and $19.0 million, or 10.8%, results
from improved results beyond the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions. Rooms revenue,
excluding the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions, increased $7.9 million, or 10.3%, as a
result of a REVPAR increase of 9.3% to $88.33 from the prior period. ADR
increased 8.0% to $111.24 and occupancy increased .9 percentage point to 77.6%.
Management attributes the increased rooms revenue, excluding the 1997 Hotel
Acquisitions, to improvements in the economy and thus demand for hotel rooms and
to increased advertising and other brand promotion activities. Food and beverage
revenues, excluding the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions, increased 5.0%, due primarily
to re-opening of remodeled food and beverage outlets. Hotel management services
revenues increased $9.0 million, or 20.9%. The increase in hotel management
services revenue resulted primarily from improved managed hotels operating
performance, and thus higher base and incentive management fees, and from
additional management and franchise agreements entered into since the
acquisition of the Predecessor Business by the LLC in mid 1995.
Total operating expenses increased $30.3 million, resulting from $32.1
million of operating expenses relating to the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions offset by
a reduction of $1.8 million in Westin operating expenses excluding the 1997
Hotel Acquisitions. Rooms expense, excluding the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions was
substantially unchanged. Food and beverage expense, excluding the 1997 Hotel
Acquisitions, increased $1.6
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million, or 6.1%, due to re-opening of remodeled food and beverage outlets.
General, administrative and marketing expenses, excluding the 1997 Hotel
Acquisitions, decreased $5.5 million, or 13.7%. The majority of the decrease
resulted from increased recovery of expenses from managed hotels in 1997. Also,
during 1996, approximately $1.4 million was incurred establishing a technology
center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Other operating expenses, excluding depreciation
and amortization and excluding the 1997 Hotel Acquisitions, increased $1.4
million, or 4.3%, due to increased percentage rent at the Westin Galleria, the
Westin Oaks and the Westin South Coast Plaza.
Other income and expense, which includes, among other items, interest,
gains and losses on disposals, and share of earnings of partnerships, was a net
expense of $16.8 million in the 1997 period versus $27.6 million in the 1996
period. During 1997, the LLC sold its interest in Biltmore Hotel Partners and
realized a $21.0 million gain in connection with the sale. Also, during 1997,
the LLC recorded a litigation settlement charge and a gain relating to a benefit
plan curtailment. Interest expense increased $2.8 million, from $31.7 million to
$34.5 million, due to $6.5 million relating to hotels acquired in 1997 offset by
$3.7 million of interest expense reductions on the LLC's senior and subordinated
credit facilities. The interest expense reductions relate to repayment during
May 1997 of the LLC's Senior Secured Notes, which bore interest at LIBOR plus
3.25% plus required an interest rate management fee of .93%, with the proceeds
of a Senior Credit Facility which bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.65%.
The tax provision changed from a benefit of $.9 million, representing an
effective rate of 120.8% in 1996 to an expense of $16.3 million, representing an
effective rate of 40.8% in 1997. The 1996 effective rate was increased by
foreign tax credits generated in the period May 12, 1995 to December 31, 1995
which could not be claimed by the Company. Also, the impact of nondeductible
goodwill amortization on the effective tax rate is reduced when earnings before
income taxes increase.
TWELVE MONTH RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
As a result of the change in control of Westin on May 12, 1995 resulting
from the acquisition of the Predecessor Business by the LLC, certain assets and
liabilities were adjusted by the allocation of the purchase price to the
acquired tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. Property and equipment,
intangible and other assets, and long-term debt were most significantly impacted
by these allocations, which impacts the comparability of depreciation,
amortization and interest expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994. For purposes of this discussion the comparison of 1995 to the
twelve months ended December 31, 1996 and 1994 is based on combining the periods
January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995 (period prior to the acquisition) and May
12, 1995 through December 31, 1995, both as shown in the historical financial
statements appearing elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement, to reflect on a
pro forma basis a full twelve month period. The discussion of twelve-month
operating results does not compare depreciation and amortization or interest
expense since they are not comparable period to period. For a discussion of
significant items impacting other income and expense and income taxes for the
actual periods reported, refer to footnotes 7 and 13 of the historical financial
statements included elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement.
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The following table summarizes those components of revenue and expense for
the twelve months presented that were not materially impacted by purchase
allocations to facilitate a comparison of results for 1996, 1995 and 1994.
<TABLE>
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TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
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PRO FORMA
1996 1995 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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Operating revenues:
Rooms..................................................... $102,091 $ 92,501 $ 87,387
Foods and beverage........................................ 52,036 51,612 51,257
Hotel management services................................. 58,516 44,525 36,364
Other..................................................... 25,422 24,314 23,258
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Total operating revenues.......................... 238,065 212,952 198,266
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Operating expenses:
Rooms..................................................... 23,221 22,570 22,113
Food and beverage......................................... 36,569 38,204 40,186
General, administrative and marketing..................... 51,748 54,381 47,381
Other..................................................... 44,683 41,557 42,145
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Total operating expenses excluding depreciation
and amortization................................ 156,221 156,712 151,825
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Excess of total operating revenues over operating expenses
excluding depreciation and amortization................... $ 81,844 $ 56,240 $ 46,441
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Actual year ended December 31, 1996 compared to twelve month pro forma 1995
Total operating revenues increased $25.1 million, or 11.8%, from $213.0
million in 1995 to $238.1 million in 1996. Rooms revenue increased $9.6 million,
or 10.4%, due to a 10.4% increase in ADR of owned hotels to $103.14. Food and
beverage revenue was substantially unchanged between periods. Hotel management
services revenues increased $14.0 million, or 31.4%, due to improved hotel
operating results and correspondingly higher base and incentive management fees
and from additional management and franchise agreements entered into since the
acquisition of the Predecessor Business by the LLC in mid 1995.
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased $.5
million, or .3% from 1995 to 1996. Rooms expense as a percent of rooms revenue
decreased from 24.4% in 1995 to 22.7% in 1996 due to aggressive cost containment
programs including increased emphasis on company-wide purchasing programs. Food
and beverage expenses as a percent of food and beverage revenues decreased from
74.0% to 70.3%, or $1.6 million, due primarily to restaurant closures. General,
administrative and marketing expenses decreased $2.6 million, or 4.8%. The 1995
amount included substantial costs related to the transition from the owner of
the Predecessor Business to the LLC, including executive recruiting,
compensation and relocation costs and costs relating to establishing a new
technology center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Other operating expenses increased
$3.1 million, or 7.5%, substantially all of which was due to percentage rent in
connection with the leases of the Westin Galleria, the Westin Oaks and the
Westin South Coast Plaza.
Twelve month pro forma 1995 compared to actual year ended December 31, 1994
Total operating revenues increased $14.7 million, or 7.4%, from $198.3
million in 1994 to $213.0 million in 1995. Rooms revenue increased $5.1 million,
or 5.9%, due to a 5.6% increase in ADR of owned hotels to $93.40 and a slight
increase in the occupancy rates. Food and beverage revenue was substantially
unchanged between periods. Hotel management services revenue increased $8.2
million, or 22.4%, due primarily to additional base management fees resulting
from managed hotel revenue growth and additional incentive management fees
resulting from managed hotel operating profit improvements.
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Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization increased $4.9
million, or 3.2%. Rooms expense, as a percent of rooms revenue, decreased from
25.3% in 1994 to 24.4% in 1995, with the majority of the decrease being
attributable to the aggressive cost containment measures. Food and beverage
expense decreased $2.0 million, or 4.9%, and decreased as a percentage of food
and beverage revenues from 78.4% to 74.0%, as a result of restaurant closures.
General and administrative expenses increased $7.0 million, or 14.8%. The most
significant components of the increase related to the transition from the owner
of the Predecessor Business to the LLC and included executive recruiting,
compensation and relocation costs and costs relating to establishing a new
technology center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also, Westin began paying a license
fee to the owner of the Predecessor Business relating to Asian operations in
1995, which expense was $1.6 million in 1995.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Westin's principal source of liquidity to fund operating expenses, interest
expense, and recurring capital expenditures is cash provided by operating
activities. Hotel acquisitions are primarily funded by mortgage loans and LLC
member contributions.
During 1996, Westin generated cash from operating activities of
approximately $32.9 million. This amount, combined with cash on hand and a
partnership distribution related to its investment in Biltmore Hotel Partners of
$22.0 million, provided sufficient funds to meet capital expenditures of
approximately $20.3 million, funding of notes receivable of $16.6 million, and
expenditures of $5.4 million for technology and $4.9 million for new management
agreements. Approximately $10.4 million of Senior Secured Notes were repaid in
connection with the Biltmore Hotel Partners distribution.
Net cash provided by operations was approximately $26.7 million for the
nine months ended September 30, 1997. This cash from operations, combined with
beginning cash of $10.6 million and borrowings of $2.5 million under a
construction note payable, was used to fund capital expenditures of $23.0
million, loan commitments for managed and franchised hotels totaling $6.0
million, expenditures of $3.0 million related to software development and $6.9
million of costs to acquire new management contracts.
In February 1997 the LLC sold its investment in Biltmore Hotel Partners,
which owned the Arizona Biltmore, for $50.5 million. Net proceeds from this
sale, after repayment of long-term debt, totaled $44.0 million and were used to
partially fund the following hotel acquisitions:
- - In March 1997, Westin acquired the 573 room Westin Hotel Indianapolis for
$57.9 million. The acquisition was funded with cash of $10.3 million and hotel
mortgage indebtedness of $47.6 million.
- - In May 1997, Westin acquired a 285 room resort located on Great Cruz Bay in
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands for approximately $30.3 million. The acquisition
was funded with cash of $10.3 million and hotel mortgage indebtedness of $20.0
million.
- - In June 1997, Westin purchased mortgage notes secured by the 1,068 room Westin
Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia for approximately $113.6 million. The
purchase was funded with $90.0 million of debt secured by the hotel and $23.6
million of cash primarily contributed by the LLC members, including issuance
of Subordinated Notes to the Class B member.
- - In June 1997, Westin acquired the 420 room Westin Hotel Tabor Center in
Denver, Colorado for $77.2 million. The purchase was funded by hotel mortgage
indebtedness of $53.2 million and $24.0 million of cash primarily contributed
by the LLC members, including issuance of Subordinated Notes to the Class B
member.
The mortgage loans incurred in connection with the above hotel acquisitions
require the hotels to fund reserves for taxes, insurance, debt service and
capital asset replacement.
In May 1997, Westin replaced its Senior Secured Notes with a Senior Credit
Facility totaling $331.0 million. This facility reduced Westin's interest rate
by 160 basis points and includes varying principal amortization levels through
2002. This facility contains a $50.0 million revolver which is fully utilized.
Westin has also entered into an interest rate protection agreement for a
notional amount of $112.0 million related to
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the Senior Credit Facility. This agreement, which terminates in June 2000,
provides for interest rate protection in the event that floating interest rates
exceed certain levels.
Westin anticipates that capital expenditures will total approximately $25.2
million from October 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. Additionally, Westin has
committed to fund loans and investments for new hotel management and franchise
agreements and other projects totaling approximately $9.5 million. Westin
currently anticipates that approximately $7.3 million will be funded from hotel
mortgage loans and capital leases, and that the remainder will be funded from
cash provided by operations and from previously funded reserve accounts.
Westin has guaranteed a loan of a joint venture investment of $2.8 million.
Additionally, Westin has guaranteed operating cash flows to a partnership
totaling $5.0 million. Westin has committed to fund certain defined performance
shortfalls pursuant to a management contract up to an annual maximum commitment
of $2.5 million, and such advances are to be repaid from hotel available cash
flow.
Westin intends to pursue a growth oriented strategy involving, among other
things, the acquisition of additional management contracts and franchises which
may, from time to time, require additional capital investments and/or ownership
positions in the respective entities owning the related hotels. Additionally,
Westin will, from time to time, evaluate and complete acquisitions of interest
in additional hotel properties and other hotel management companies subject to
the approval of Starwood Lodging for so long as the Transaction Agreement is in
effect. Westin believes that the cash provided by operations will be sufficient
to successfully accomplish this strategy for the immediate future. Significant
acquisitions would be financed by LLC member capital contributions and
additional hotel mortgage loans.
Seasonality
The lodging industry is affected by normally recurring seasonal patterns.
At most of Westin's owned and managed hotels, demand is higher in the second and
third quarters than during the remainder of the year. Management believes that
cash provided by operations will be adequate to meet all seasonality
requirements of the company in the reasonably foreseeable future.
Inflation
The effects of inflation have not had a material impact on Westin's
revenues or net income in recent years.
AMENDMENTS TO DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE TRUST
AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION
The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved and declared advisable an
amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust (the
"Trust Amendment") and directed that the Trust Amendment be submitted to
shareholders of the Trust at the Trust Meeting. As described below, the Trust
Amendment would change the name of the Trust and increase the number of
authorized shares of beneficial interest of the Trust.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation approved and declared advisable
an amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (the
"Corporation Amendment") and directed that the Corporation Amendment be
submitted to stockholders of the Corporation at the Corporation Meeting. As
described below, the Corporation Amendment would change the name of the
Corporation and increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.
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AMENDMENTS TO CHANGE NAMES
The Trust Amendment would change the name of the Trust to "Starwood Hotels
& Resorts Trust." If approved by the shareholders of the Trust, Section 1.1 of
the Declaration of Trust would be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"1.1 Name. The name of the Trust shall be "Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Trust". As far as practicable and except as otherwise provided in this
Declaration, the Trustees shall conduct the Trust's activities, execute all
documents, and sue or be sued in the name of Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Trust, or in their names as Trustees of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Trust."
The Board of Trustees of the Trust believes that the name change for the
Trust will more accurately reflect the business of the Trust after the Closing
under the Transaction Agreement.
The Corporation Amendment would change the name of the Corporation to
"Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc." If approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation, Article FIRST of the Articles of Incorporation would be amended
to read in its entirety as follows:
"FIRST: the name of the corporation ("Corporation") is :
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc."
The Board of Directors of the Corporation believes that the name change for
the Corporation will more accurately reflect the business of the Corporation
after the Closing under the Transaction Agreement.
If approved, the amendments to effect the name changes for the Trust and
the Corporation are expected to be effected upon the Closing under the
Transaction Agreement. If the Closing under the Transaction Agreement does not
occur, the amendments will not be filed or effected.
AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED STOCK
Current Provisions. The Declaration of Trust of the Trust currently
authorizes the Trust to issue 135 million shares of beneficial interests in the
Trust, including (i) 100 million Trust Shares, (ii) 20 million Excess Trust
Shares and (iii) 5 million Excess Trust Preferred Shares. The Declaration of
Trust also grants to the Trustees the power to create and authorize the issuance
of shares of beneficial interest in one or more additional classes or series
("Trust Preferred Shares") having such voting rights, such rights to dividends
and distributions and rights in liquidation, such conversion, exchange and
redemption rights, and such designations, preferences and participations and
other limitations or restrictions as are not prohibited by the Trust Declaration
or applicable law and as are specified by the Trustees in their discretion.
The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation currently provide
for authorized capital stock of the Corporation of 135 million shares,
consisting of (i) 100 million Corporation Shares, (ii) 20 million shares of
Excess Common Stock, (iii) 5 million shares of Excess Preferred Stock and (iv)
10 million shares of Preferred Stock.
At the Trust Record Date, 51,324,540 Trust Shares were issued and
outstanding and 17,830,583 Trust Shares were reserved for issuance and no Trust
Preferred Shares, Excess Trust Shares or Excess Trust Preferred Shares were
issued and outstanding or reserved for issuance. At the Corporation Record Date,
51,324,540 Corporation Shares were issued and outstanding and 17,830,583
Corporation Shares were reserved for issuance and no shares of Excess Common
Stock, Excess Preferred Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation were issued
or outstanding or reserved for issuance.
After the Closing under the Transaction Agreement (and giving effect to the
Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement and the Corporation LTIP Amendment and
Restatement), (i) 85,201,689 Trust Shares will be issued and outstanding or
reserved for issuance and 11,580,566 Trust Preferred Shares will be issued and
outstanding and (ii) 85,201,689 Corporation Shares will be issued and
outstanding or reserved for issuance. Accordingly, if such Closing occurs, the
Trust will have an aggregate of only 14,798,311 Trust Shares available for
issuance and the Corporation will have an aggregate of only 14,798,311
Corporation Shares available for issuance.
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Proposed Amendments. The Trust Amendment provides that the Trust may issue
305 million shares of beneficial interests in the Trust, including (i) 200
million Trust Shares, (ii) 40 million Excess Trust Shares and (iii) 10 million
Excess Trust Preferred Shares. The Trustees would continue to have the power to
create or authorize Trust Preferred Shares, as described above. If the
shareholders of the Trust approve the Trust Amendment, Section 6.1 of the
Declaration of Trust will be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"6.1. Shares. The units into which the beneficial interests in the
Trust will be divided shall be designated as Shares consisting of (a)
200,000,000 Trust Shares with a par value of $0.01 per share and having
equal dividend, distribution, liquidation and other rights but without
preference, pre-emptive, appraisal, conversion or exchange rights of any
kind, (b) 40,000,000 Excess Trust Shares with a par value of $0.01 per
share and having the rights provided in Article VI hereof and (c)
10,000,000 Excess Preferred Shares with a par value of $0.01 per share and
having the rights provided in Article VI hereof; provided, however, that
the Trustees may, in their discretion, create and authorize the issuance of
Shares of Beneficial Interest evidencing units of beneficial interest in
the Trust of one or more additional classes, or one or more series within
any such class, with or without par value, having such voting rights, such
rights to dividends, distributions and in liquidation, such conversion,
exchange and redemption rights, and such designations, preferences,
participation, and other limitations or restrictions, as shall not be
prohibited by this Declaration or the Real Estate Investment Trust
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or the laws of the State of
Maryland and as shall be specified by the Trustees in their discretion in a
resolution or resolutions duly adopted by the Trustees and recorded within
the State of Maryland in such public offices as this Declaration and any
amendments shall have been recorded in accordance with Section 9.8 of this
Declaration. As used herein, the term "Shares" shall mean and include (i)
the Trust Shares, Excess Trust Shares and Excess Preferred Shares, and (ii)
from and after the issuance of Shares of any other and additional classes
of Shares of Beneficial Interest so created and authorized by the Trustees,
such Shares of Beneficial Interest. The certificates evidencing the Shares
shall be in such form and signed (manually or by facsimile) on behalf of
the Trust in such manner as the Trustees may from time to time prescribe or
as may be prescribed in the Trustees' Regulations. The certificates shall
be negotiable and title thereto and to the Shares represented thereby shall
be transferred by assignment and delivery thereof to the same extent and in
all respects as a share certificate of a Maryland corporation. There shall
be no more than 305,000,000 Shares issued. The Shares may be issued for
such consideration as the Trustees shall determine or by way of share
dividend or share split in the discretion of the Trustees. Shares
reacquired by the Trust shall no longer be deemed outstanding and shall
have no voting or other rights unless and until reissued. Shares reacquired
by the Trust may be cancelled and restored to the status of authorized and
unissued Shares by action of the Trustees. All Shares shall be fully paid
and non-assessable by or on behalf of the Trust upon receipt of full
consideration for which they have been issued or without additional
consideration if issued by way of share dividend or share split."
The Corporation Amendment provides that the authorized capital stock of the
Corporation consists of 305 million shares, consisting of (i) 200 million
Corporation Shares, (ii) 40 million shares of Excess Common Stock, (iii) 10
million shares of Excess Preferred Stock and (iv) 55 million shares of Preferred
Stock. If the stockholders of the Corporation approve the Corporation Amendment,
Article FIFTH of the Articles of Incorporation will be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"FIFTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation has authority to issue is three hundred five million
(305,000,000) shares, consisting of (a) two hundred million (200,000,000)
shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share, (b) fifty-five
million (55,000,000) shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01
per share, (c) forty million (40,000,000) shares of excess common stock
with a par value of $0.01 per share and (d) ten million (10,000,000) shares
of excess preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. The
preferred stock may be issued in such series and with such preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications, and redemption provisions, if any, as may be
fixed by the Board of Directors. The excess common stock and the excess
preferred stock shall have the rights provided in the NINTH Article hereof.
The aggregate par value of all shares of stock which the Corporation has
authority to issue is three million fifty thousand Dollars ($3,050,000)."
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Purpose and Effect of Proposed Amendments. The purpose of the proposed
increases in the number of authorized shares of the Trust and the Corporation is
to ensure that additional Trust Shares and Corporation Shares will be available,
if and when needed, for issuance from time to time for any proper purpose
approved by the respective Boards, including issuances to raise capital or
effect acquisitions, and for other corporate purposes. Although there are no
present arrangements, agreements or understandings for the issuance of
additional Trust Shares or Corporation Shares (other than the shares previously
reserved for issuance as described above, other than as described under "The
Acquisition Proposal," other than pursuant to the ITT Merger Agreement and other
than in connection with acquisitions in the ordinary course of Starwood
Lodging's business), the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of
Directors of the Corporation each believes that the unavailability of the
additional authorized shares for issuance upon approval of the Board without the
necessity for, or the delay inherent in, a meeting of the shareholders of the
Trust and the stockholders of the Corporation will be beneficial to the Trust
and its shareholders and the Corporation and its stockholders by providing the
Trust and the Corporation with the flexibility required to promptly consider and
respond to future business opportunities and needs as they arise. The Trust and
the Corporation intend to seek shareholder approval to increase the number of
authorized shares of the Trust and the Corporation in connection with the ITT
Merger at special meetings of the shareholders of the Trust and the stockholders
of the Corporation which are currently expected to be held in the first quarter
of 1998. In addition, the increase in the authorized Trust Preferred Shares is
necessary to enable the Trust to issue the Class A EPS and Class B EPS described
under the "The Acquisition Proposal -- Description of Preferred Shares and
Units".
If the proposed amendments are approved by the shareholders of the Trust
and the stockholders of the Corporation, the respective Boards do not presently
intend to seek further shareholder or stockholder approval with respect to any
particular issuance of shares, other than in connection with the ITT Merger, and
otherwise unless required by applicable law, by regulatory authorities, or by
the policies, rules and regulations of the NYSE or such other stock exchange on
which the securities of the Trust or the Corporation may then be listed.
Shareholders of the Trust and stockholders of the Corporation do not have
any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase any additional
shares that may be issued in the future and, therefore, future issuances,
depending upon the circumstances, may have a dilutive effect on the earnings per
share, book value per share, voting power and other interests of the existing
stockholders and shareholders.
The proposed increase in the authorized number of shares could have an
anti-takeover effect, although that is not its purpose. For example, if the
Trust and the Corporation were the subject of a hostile takeover attempt, they
could try to impede the takeover by issuing Trust Shares or Corporation Shares,
thereby diluting the voting power of the other outstanding shares and increasing
the potential cost of the takeover. The availability of this defensive strategy
could discourage unsolicited takeover attempts, thereby limiting the opportunity
for the shareholders and stockholders to realize a higher price for their shares
than might otherwise be available in the public markets. The Board of Trustees
of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are not aware of any
attempt, or contemplated attempt, to acquire control of the Trust or the
Corporation, and this proposal is not being presented for the purpose of
creating an anti-takeover device.
VOTES REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL
Approval of the Trust Amendment requires the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Trust Shares entitled to vote at the
Trust Meeting. Approval of the Corporation Amendment will require the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Corporation
Shares entitled to vote at the Corporation Meeting. Consequently, shares which
are voted to abstain from voting on the approval of such Amendments and shares
which are not voted with respect to such approval (including broker non-votes)
will have the effect of a vote against such approval.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE
TRUST VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRUST AMENDMENT AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CORPORATION RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS OF THE CORPORATION VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF
THE CORPORATION AMENDMENT.
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ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST
The Board of Trustees is divided into three classes. The terms of three
Trustees expire at the Trust Meeting, the terms of two Trustees expire at the
1998 Annual Meeting and the terms of three Trustees expire at the 1999 Annual
Meeting. At the Trust Meeting, three Trustees will be elected to the Board of
Trustees for a term expiring at the 2000 Annual Meeting.
NOMINEES FOR TRUSTEES
The following sets forth information as to each of the Board's nominees for
election as Trustee at the Trust Meeting. If, for any reason, any of the Board's
nominees listed below should cease to be a candidate for election, it is
intended that all properly signed proxies in the form enclosed will be voted for
a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Trustees. Each of the nominees
listed below has consented to serve as a Trustee, and the Board of Trustees has
no reason to believe that any nominee will be unwilling or unable to serve, if
elected.
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<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TRUSTEE SINCE
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Bruce W. Duncan (46).............. President and Chief Executive Officer of The August 1995
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited since
December 1995. From October 1994 to December
1995, President of Blakely Capital, Inc., a
private firm focusing on investments in real
estate and telecommunications. From 1992 to
April 1994, Mr. Duncan was President and
Co-Chief Executive Officer of JMB
Institutional Realty Corporation and from 1984
to 1991 Executive Vice President of JMB Realty
Corporation. Mr. Duncan is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute
of Public Real Estate Companies and is a
member of the Urban Land Institute.
Jean-Marc Chapus (38)............. Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of November 1997
Trust Company of the West and President of
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine L.L.C., a private
investment fund since March 1995. Director of
the Corporation from August 1995 to November
1997. Prior to that time, he was a Managing
Director and Principal of Crescent Capital
Corporation with primary responsibility for
the firm's private lending and private
placement activities. Mr. Chapus is a member
of the Board of Directors of Home Asset
Management Company and Firstamerica
Automotive, Inc.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TRUSTEE SINCE
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<S> <C> <C>
Barry S. Sternlicht (36).......... Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the December 1994
Trust. He is founder and General Manager of
Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. (and co-founder
of its predecessor entities in 1991) and has
been the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Starwood Capital Group, L.P. since its
formation in 1991. Mr. Sternlicht is currently
the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, a Trustee of each of Equity
Residential Properties Trust, a multi-family
REIT, and Angeles Participating Mortgage
Trust, a REIT, and a director of U.S.
Franchise Systems. Mr. Sternlicht is on the
Board of Governors of NAREIT and is a member
of the Urban Land Institute and of the
National Multi-Family Housing Council. Mr.
Sternlicht is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Council for Christian and
Jewish Understanding, is a member of the Young
Presidents Organization and is on the Board of
Directors of Junior Achievement for Fairfield
County, Connecticut.
</TABLE>
The Board of Trustees of the Trust recommends that shareholders of the
Trust vote FOR the election of such nominees.
TRUSTEES CONTINUING IN OFFICE
The following sets forth information as to each of the incumbent Trustees
on the Board of Trustees with terms expiring at either the 1998 Annual Meeting
or the 1999 Annual Meeting. Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, after the
Closing under the Transaction Agreement, the Board of Trustees will expand the
size of the Board by one and will appoint Stuart M. Rothenberg to the class of
Trustees whose terms expire at the 1998 Annual Meeting. See "The Acquisition
Proposal -- The Transaction Agreement -- Covenants -- Name and Management of the
Corporation and the Trust". If the Closing under the Transaction Agreement does
not occur, the Board of Trustees will not so expand the Board and Mr. Rothenberg
will not be placed on the Board of Trustees.
TRUSTEES WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE
AT THE 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
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<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TRUSTEE SINCE
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<S> <C> <C>
Madison F. Grose (44)................ Managing Director and General Counsel of December 1994
Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. (and its
predecessor entities) since July 1992. From
November 1983 through June 1992, he was a
Partner in the law firm of Pircher, Nichols
& Meeks. Mr. Grose is currently a Trustee of
Angeles Participating Mortgage Trust.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TRUSTEE SINCE
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<S> <C> <C>
Gary M. Mendell (40)................. President of Starwood Lodging Trust since February 1997
February 1997. Prior to joining the Trust,
Mr. Mendell co-founded HEI Hotels, L.L.C., a
hotel investment and operating company based
in Westport Connecticut, which specialized
in the management and ownership of
full-service hotels, and served as its
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President from 1985 through February 1997.
In 1991 Mr. Mendell co-founded HVS
International, a full service hotel
consulting practice based in London,
England, and in 1995, he co-founded HEI
Mid-East Hotels, a hotel investment and
management company specializing in Middle
Eastern hotel investment. Mr. Mendell is
member of the Board of Directors of the
Jewish Community Center in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, the Cornell University Real
Estate Council, the Cornell Society of
Hotelmen, the New York Hospitality Council,
HVS International and HEI Mid-East Hotels.
George J. Mitchell (64).............. Special Counsel to the law firm of Verner, November 1997
Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand since
1995. Prior thereto, Senator Mitchell served
as a United States Senator since 1980. While
in the Senate, Senator Mitchell served on
the Finance, Veterans Affairs and
Environment and Public Works Committees, and
was the Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.
Senator Mitchell serves as a director of The
Walt Disney Company, Federal Express
Corporation, Xerox Corporation and UNUM
Insurance Corporation. In addition, Senator
Mitchell serves as Chairman of the
International Crisis Group, a non-profit
organization dedicated to the prevention of
crises in international affairs. From 1995
to 1997, Senator Mitchell served as the
Special Advisor to the President of the
United States on economic initiatives in
Ireland. At the request of the British and
Irish Governments, he served as Chairman of
the International Commission on Disarmament
in Northern Ireland and he now serves as
Chairman of the Peace Talks in Northern
Ireland. Senator Mitchell serves as Chairman
of the Ethics Committee of the U.S. Olympic
Committee and as Chairman of the National
Health Care Commission created by the Pew
Charitable Foundation.
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TRUSTEES WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE 1999 ANNUAL MEETING
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TRUSTEE SINCE
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<S> <C> <C>
Steven R. Goldman (36)............... Senior Vice President of the Trust since September 1996
September 1996. Mr. Goldman served as Senior
Vice President of the Corporation from March
1995 to September 1996 and as a member of
the Management Committee of SLC Operating
Limited Partnership from December 1994 to
September 1996. Mr. Goldman was a Vice
President of Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
(predecessor of Starwood Capital Group,
L.L.C.), specializing in hotel acquisitions
and hotel asset management, from August 1993
to February 1995. From 1990 to 1993, he was
Senior Development Manager of Disney
Development Company, the real estate
investment development and management
division of The Walt Disney Company.
Stephen R. Quazzo (37)............... Managing Director and co-founder of August 1995
Transwestern Investment Company, L.L.C., a
real estate principal investment firm, since
March 1996. Prior thereto, Mr. Quazzo was
President of Equity Institutional Investors,
Inc., a subsidiary of Equity Group
Investments, Inc., a Chicago based holding
company controlled by Samuel Zell. Mr.
Quazzo is an advisory board member of City
Year Chicago.
Roger S. Pratt (45).................. Managing Director and Senior Portfolio February 1997
Manager of Prudential Real Estate Investors.
Since January 1992, Mr. Pratt has been the
portfolio manager for PRISA II, a real
estate fund managed by Prudential Real
Estate Investors for pension fund clients.
Mr. Pratt has been with Prudential for
fifteen years, serving in a variety of roles
in development, asset management, hotel
management and administration. Mr. Pratt is
a member of the American Institute of
Certified Planners and serves on the
Multi-Family Council of the Urban Land
Institute. He is also a trustee of the
George Street Playhouse. Mr. Pratt is the
designee of The Prudential Insurance Company
of America ("Prudential") pursuant to a
Contribution Agreement dated as of January
15, 1997 which entitles Prudential to be
represented on the Board of Trustees for so
long as Prudential meets certain share
ownership criteria.
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VOTES REQUIRED
Each shareholder of the Trust (or such shareholder's proxy) entitled to
vote upon the election of Trustees shall be entitled to cast one vote for each
Trust Share held of record on the Trust Record Date and Trustees shall be
elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Consequently, votes that are withheld
in the election of Trustees and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of
the election of Trustees of the Trust.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION
The Board of Directors is divided into three classes. The terms of two
Directors expire at the Corporation Meeting, the terms of four Directors expire
at the 1998 Annual Meeting and the terms of three Directors expire at the 1999
Annual Meeting. At the Corporation Meeting, two Directors will be elected to the
Board of Directors for a term expiring at the 2000 Annual Meeting.
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR
The following sets forth information as to each of the Board's nominees for
election as Director at the Corporation Meeting. If, for any reason, any of the
Board's nominees listed below should cease to be a candidate for election, it is
intended that all properly signed proxies in the form enclosed will be voted for
a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. Each of the nominees
listed below has consented to serve as a Director, and the Board of Directors
has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unwilling or unable to serve,
if elected.
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NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR SINCE
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Jonathan D. Eilian (29).............. Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group, August 1995
L.L.C. (and a senior executive of its
predecessor entities) since its formation in
September 1991. Prior to being a founding
member of Starwood Capital, Mr. Eilian
served as an Associate for JMB Realty
Corporation, a real estate investment firm,
and for The Palmer Group, L.P., a private
investment firm specializing in corporate
acquisitions. Mr. Eilian is currently a
Trustee of Angeles Participating Mortgage
Trust.
Barry S. Sternlicht (36)............. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the December 1994
Trust. He is founder and General Manager of
Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. (and
co-founder of its predecessor entities in
1991), and has been the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group,
L.P. since its formation. Mr. Sternlicht is
currently the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, a Trustee of
the Trust, a Trustee of each of Equity
Residential Properties Trust, a multi-family
REIT, and Angeles Participating Mortgage
Trust, a REIT, and is a director of U.S.
Franchise Systems. Mr. Sternlicht is on the
Board of Governors of NAREIT and is a member
of the Urban Land Institute and of the
National Multi-Family Housing Council. Mr.
Sternlicht is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Council for Christian and
Jewish Understanding, is a member of the
Young Presidents Organization and is on the
Board of Directors of Junior Achievement for
Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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The Board of Directors of the Corporation recommends that stockholders of
the Corporation vote FOR the election of such nominees.
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DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE
The following sets forth information as to each of the incumbent Directors
on the Board of Directors with terms expiring at either the 1998 Annual Meeting
or the 1999 Annual Meeting. Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, after the
Closing under the Transaction Agreement the Board of Directors will expand the
size of the Board by two and will appoint Barry S. Volpert to the class of
Directors whose terms expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting and Juergen Bartels to
the class of Directors whose terms expire at the 2000 Annual Meeting. See "The
Acquisition Proposal -- The Transaction Agreement -- Covenants -- Name and
Management of the Corporation and the Trust". If the Closing under the
Transaction Agreement does not occur, the Board of Directors will not so expand
the Board and such persons will not be placed on the Board of Directors.
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
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NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR SINCE
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Bruce M. Ford (58)................... President of F.K.B. Management Corporation, September 1983
hotel and restaurant management companies,
since 1988. Member of Gibson 25 Associates,
LLC, a hotel developer, since March 1995.
President of Ford Management Corporation, a
hotel/motel management and development
company since June 1988. President of FST
and Associates from 1988 until August 1997.
Prior to that time, Mr. Ford was Senior Vice
President of Operations of Ramada Inns.
Graeme W. Henderson (63)............. Chairman of the Trust from July 1989 to September 1986
December 1994 and Trustee of the Trust from
September 1986 to December 1994. He has been
a private investor since January 1990. Prior
to January 1990, Mr. Henderson was President
of Henderson Consulting, Inc., a private
financial consulting firm. Mr. Henderson has
been President of Capstan, Inc. (formerly
Seymour, Inc.), a manufacturer of machine
tool controls, since 1982. Mr. Henderson is
currently a director of Capital Southwest
Corporation.
Earle F. Jones (71).................. Mr. Jones was the Chairman of the Board of September 1985
Directors of the Corporation from February
1989 to September 1997. He has been
Co-Chairman since 1988 of MMI Hotel Group, a
hotel company. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Jones
was President of the International
Association of Holiday Inns and served two
terms as a director. Mr. Jones is a Trustee
and Chairman of Communications Improvement
Trust, whose beneficiaries are public
broadcasting and Tougaloo College Trust, a
member of the Board of Trustees for each of
Millsaps College and the Catholic Foundation
and Co-Chairman of the Mississippi Olympic
Committee. Mr. Jones is a general partner of
Orlando Plaza Suite Hotel, Ltd-A, which
filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code in May 1996. An order
confirming the debtor's plan of
reorganization was issued by the court on
January 27, 1997.
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NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR SINCE
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<S> <C> <C>
Daniel W. Yih (39)................... A general partner of Chilmark Partners, L.P. August 1995
since June 1995. Mr. Yih served as interim
Chief Financial Officer of Midway Airlines
(from September 1995 to December 1995),
President of Merco-Savory, Inc., a
manufacturer of food preparation equipment
(from March 1995 to June 1995) and as a
senior executive of Welbilt Corporation
(from September 1993 to March 1995).
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE 1999 ANNUAL MEETING
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NAME AND AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR SINCE
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Daniel H. Stern (36)................. President of Reservoir Capital Group, November 1997
L.L.C., a New York based investment
management firm since July 1997. Trustee of
the Trust from August 1995 to November 1997.
From December 1992 to July 1997, President
of Ziff Brothers Investments, L.L.C., a
diversified investment management firm. Mr.
Stern is a member of the Board of Directors
of Westin Hotel Company.
Eric A. Danziger (43)................ President and Chief Executive Officer of the September 1996
Corporation since July 1996. Mr. Danziger
has been in the hotel industry for over 26
years. Prior to joining the Corporation, he
served as the Executive Vice President of
Wyndham Hotel Corporation and President of
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Division from
August 1990 to June 1996.
Michael A. Leven (59)................ Chairman of the Board, President and Chief August 1995
Executive Officer of U.S. Franchise Systems,
a hotel franchising and development company,
since October 1995. From October 1990 to
September 1995, Mr. Leven was President and
Chief Operating Officer of Holiday Inn
Worldwide. Mr. Leven is a director of U.S.
Franchise Systems and Servico, Inc. Mr.
Leven is also a member of the Board of
Governors, the Chairman of the BioMedical
Services Board and a member of the Executive
Committee of the American Red Cross.
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VOTES REQUIRED
Each stockholder of the Corporation (or such stockholder's proxy) entitled
to vote upon the election of Directors shall be entitled to cast one vote for
each Corporation Share held of record on the Corporation Record Date and
Directors shall be elected by a plurality of votes cast. Consequently, votes
that are withheld in the election of Directors and broker non-votes will not
affect the outcome of the election of Directors of the Corporation.
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BOARD COMMITTEES
The Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors has each established
Executive, Audit, Compensation and Option Committees, the principal functions of
which are described below.
To the extent permitted by law, the Executive Committee of each Board is
authorized to exercise the power of the Board with respect to the management of
the business and affairs of the Trust and the Corporation, as the case may be,
between meetings of the Board, except that the Executive Committee of the
Corporation may not declare dividends or distributions on stock, issue stock,
recommend to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval,
adopt, amend or repeal the Corporation's By-laws, or approve any merger or share
exchange which does not require shareholder approval. During 1996, the Executive
Committee of the Trust met 6 times and the Executive Committee of the
Corporation met 5 times. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees is
currently comprised of Messrs. Sternlicht and Grose and the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors is currently comprised of Messrs. Sternlicht and
Eilian.
The Audit Committee of each Board has the following powers, duties and
functions: (i) to select the firm of independent public accountants to audit the
consolidated financial statements of the Trust and of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries, subject to the approval of the applicable Board, (ii) to discuss
with such independent accountants the scope and results of their audit, (iii) to
discuss with such independent public accountants and with management, the
financial accounting and reporting principles, policies and practices and the
adequacy of the accounting, financial and operating controls and (iv) to report
to the applicable Board with respect to the foregoing, at such times and in such
manner as such Board shall determine. During 1996, the Audit Committee of the
Trust and the Corporation met 6 times each. The Audit Committee of the Board of
Trustees is currently comprised of Messrs. Pratt (Chairman), Stern and Quazzo
and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is currently comprised of
Messrs. Yih (Chairman), Leven and Jones.
The Compensation Committee of each Board has the authority to make
recommendations to the applicable Board with respect to the salaries and other
compensation to be paid to the executive officers and administers the employee
benefit plans other than the option plans. During 1996, the Compensation
Committee of the Trust and the Corporation met once each. The Compensation
Committees also met 5 times each in combination with the respective Option
Committee. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees is currently
comprised of Messrs. Pratt (Chairman), Sternlicht and Grose and the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors is currently comprised of Messrs. Jones
(Chairman), Sternlicht and Chapus.
The Option Committee of each Board administers the long-term incentive
plans of the Trust or the Corporation, as the case may be. During 1996, the
Option Committees of the Trust and the Corporation met 5 times each. The Option
Committees also met 5 times each in combination with the respective Compensation
Committee. The Option Committee of the Board of Trustees is currently comprised
of Messrs. Quazzo (Chairman), Duncan and Stern and the Option Committee of the
Management Committee is currently comprised of Messrs. Yih (Chairman), Chapus
and Leven.
In connection with the settlement in 1994 of certain shareholder
litigation, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors established a joint
transaction committee of independent Trustees and Directors to make
recommendations to those Boards with respect to any transaction proposed by
management having a fair market value of $20 million or more.
During 1996, the Board of Trustees held 19 meetings and the Board of
Directors held 17 meetings. No Trustee or Director attended fewer than 75
percent of the total meetings of the Board and all committees thereof on which
such Trustee or Director served.
On November 7, 1997, the Corporation announced that Senator Robert Dole had
accepted an invitation to be the Chair of the Corporation's newly formed Public
Policy Advisory Committee. Senator Dole is a former Majority Leader of the U.S.
Senate. The other members of the Advisory Committee are James Miller, a former
senior U.S. Treasury official in the Bush Administration, John Merigan, an
attorney who will act as counsel to the Advisory Committee, and Jeffrey R.
Rosenthal, the Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Capital.
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COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS
Each Trustee or Director who is not also an employee of the Trust or the
Corporation, respectively, is entitled to annual trustee's fees of $25,000 per
annum (the "Annual Fee") and is reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Trustees or the Board of
Directors. Commencing January 1, 1997, at least 50% of the Annual Fee will be
payable in Paired Shares (or a greater percentage at the election of the Trustee
or Director). On June 30, 1996, each non-employee Trustee and Director received
a Paired Option to purchase 9,000 Paired Shares at an exercise price of $24.25
per Paired Share (the fair market value of a Paired Share on that date, after
giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January 1997). On June 30 of
each year, commencing June 30, 1997, each non-employee Trustee or Director will
also receive a Paired Option to purchase 4,500 Paired Shares at an exercise
price per Paired Share equal to fair market value on the date of grant (which
was $42.625 on June 30, 1997). The Chairman of each Board receives an additional
fee of $2,500 per year. In addition, each non-employee Trustee or Director
receives a fee of $750 for each meeting in which he participates (or, in the
case of telephonic meetings, $500) and a fee of $500 for each committee meeting
in which he participates ($1,000 per meeting for committee chairmen).
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires Starwood Lodging's Trustees,
Directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten percent of a
registered class of Starwood Lodging's equity securities, to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of
changes in ownership of Paired Shares and other equity securities of Starwood
Lodging. Trustees, Directors, officers and greater than ten percent shareholders
are required to furnish Starwood Lodging with copies of all Section 16(a) forms
they file.
To Starwood Lodging's knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of
such reports furnished to Starwood Lodging and written representations that no
other reports were required, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, all
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its Trustees, Directors,
officers and greater than ten percent beneficial owners were complied with,
except that one report that should have been filed on Form 4, covering one
transaction involving the transfer of Paired Shares to a trust, was filed
instead on a timely Form 5 by Mr. Duncan, a Trustee of the Trust.
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS
GENERAL
The Board of Trustees is proposing for approval by shareholders of the
Trust the amendment and restatement of the existing 1995 Long-Term Incentive
Plan of the Trust (as so amended and restated, the "Trust LTIP") and the Board
of Directors is proposing for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation
the amendment and restatement of the existing 1995 Long Term Incentive Plan of
the Corporation (as so amended and restated, the "Corporation LTIP"). The Trust
LTIP and the Corporation LTIP (together, the "Incentive Plans") are separate
plans under which separate grants of awards ("Awards") may be granted. Reference
is made to Exhibits C and D to this Joint Proxy Statement for the complete text
of each of the Incentive Plans, which are summarized below.
The purposes of each Incentive Plan are (i) to align the interests of the
shareholders of the Trust or the stockholders of the Corporation, as the case
may be, and recipients of awards under such Incentive Plan by increasing the
proprietary interest of such recipients in the growth and success of the Trust
and the Corporation and (ii) to advance the interests of the Trust and the
Corporation by attracting and retaining officers, key employees, consultants and
advisers, as well as qualified persons for service as Trustees or Directors, as
the case may be. Under each Incentive Plan, non-qualified stock options,
"incentive stock options" (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code), stock
awards and performance awards may be granted.
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The primary objective of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board
of Directors of the Corporation with respect to executive compensation is to
establish programs which attract and retain key managers and align the
compensation received by executive officers and other employees with the overall
business strategies, values, performance and financial condition of Starwood
Lodging and to the achievement of individual performance goals. To this end, the
Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation
have each endorsed an executive compensation philosophy which includes the
following considerations:
- A "pay-for-performance" orientation that differentiates compensation
results based upon corporate and individual performance;
- An emphasis on stock incentives which vest over time as a significant
component of total compensation in order to more closely align the
interests of Starwood Lodging executives and other employees with the
long-term interests of the shareholders;
- An emphasis on total compensation vs. cash compensation, which motivates
and rewards Starwood Lodging executives and other employees with total
compensation (including incentive programs) at or above competitive
levels if performance is superior;
- Recognition that as an executive's level of responsibility increases, a
greater portion of the total compensation opportunity should be based
upon stock and other performance incentives and less on salary and
employee benefits;
- An appropriate mix of short-term and long-term compensation which
facilitates retention of talented executives who may have other
opportunities and encourages stock ownership and capital accumulation by
executives and other employees;
- An appropriate distribution of Awards to senior executives and other
members of Starwood Lodging's management team, and the expansion of the
distribution of Awards to include property level executives and other
personnel; and
- The unique paired share structure of Starwood Lodging requires comparison
to executive compensation levels at hotel operating companies as well as
other hotel REITs.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the
Corporation also recognize that since the current Incentive Plans were adopted
in 1996, Starwood Lodging's hotel portfolio has expanded from interests in 75
hotels with 19,400 rooms to 119 hotels with approximately 32,600 rooms and its
employee base has grown from approximately 10,000 employees to approximately
15,000 employees and the Corporation has heavily recruited important new
executives with significant industry experience. In addition, during the period
since January 1995, when Barry S. Sternlicht became the Chief Executive Officer
of the Trust, Starwood Lodging has been the highest performing REIT in terms of
total shareholder return and has grown from a market equity capitalization of
$36 million to approximately $3.7 billion (See "Shareholder Return
Performance").
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the
Corporation each believe that the current Incentive Plans have enabled the Trust
and the Corporation to provide compensation packages including long-term
incentive awards to their respective officers, key employees, Trustees and
Directors that have better served the goals of aligning the interests of such
persons with those of the shareholders and advancing the interests of the Trust
and the Corporation by attracting and retaining qualified persons to serve as
officers, key employees, trustees and directors.
As of November 3, 1997, an aggregate of 6,509,560 Paired Shares have been
issued or granted under the Incentive Plans, and 51,491 Paired Shares are
currently available for issuance under the Incentive Plans.
The adoption of the Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement and the
Corporation LTIP Amendment and Restatement would initially increase to 9,850,000
the maximum number of Paired Shares available under
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the Incentive Plans. Such number of Paired Shares is equal to approximately
11 1/2% of the number of outstanding fully diluted Paired Shares (the "Fully
Diluted Paired Shares") as of November 3, 1997, which consists of (i) the total
number of outstanding Paired Shares, after giving effect to the exchange or
conversion into Paired Shares of all securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for Paired Shares, (ii) the total number of Paired Shares issuable
upon exchange or conversion of the Class A EPS, Class B EPS and Units of the
Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership issued pursuant to the
Transaction Agreement and (iii) the issuance of Paired Shares underlying all
Paired Options and Stock Awards which may be granted under the Incentive Plans.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation
believe that such an increase is necessary in order to continue to align the
interests of the shareholders of the Trust and the stockholders of the
Corporation with the recipients of Awards under the Incentive Plans, consistent
with Starwood Lodging's compensation philosophy described above. In addition, it
will also be necessary in connection with the acquisition of the Westin
Companies to have the ability to grant Awards to officers and employees of the
Westin Companies who will become officers, Directors, Trustees and key employees
of the Trust and the Corporation.
In addition, in connection with the proposed acquisition of ITT described
herein, holders of options to purchase common stock of ITT will have the option
to convert their ITT options into Paired Options. It will also be necessary in
connection with the acquisition of ITT to have the ability to grant Awards to
officers and employees of ITT who will become officers, Directors, Trustees and
key employees of the Trust and the Corporation. Accordingly, the amendments to
the Incentive Plans provide that if the ITT acquisition is consummated, the
number of Paired Shares available under the Incentive Plans would be adjusted to
a fixed number of Paired Shares to maintain the number of Paired Shares so
available at 11 1/2% of the Fully Diluted Paired Shares after acquisition of
ITT. If the acquisition of ITT does not occur, the number of Paired Shares
available under the Incentive Plans would remain at 9,850,000.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANS
Administration. Each Incentive Plan is administered by a committee of the
applicable Board (the "Committee") consisting of two or more trustees or
directors who are not eligible to receive discretionary awards under such
Incentive Plan or any other plan of the Trust or the Corporation, as the case
may be, or any of its affiliates, and, at the election of the applicable Board,
are "outside directors" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Each
Incentive Plan may be amended by the applicable Board at any time, subject to
any requirement of stockholder approval required by applicable law, rule or
regulation and provided that no amendment may be made without stockholder
approval if such amendment would, among other things, (i) change the persons
eligible to participate in such Incentive Plan or (ii) change the maximum number
of Paired Shares available under such Incentive Plan.
Stock Options -- General. Pursuant to the Incentive Plans and the Pairing
Agreement, each option to purchase Corporation Shares shall be paired with an
option to purchase an equal number of Trust Shares (together, a "Paired
Option"). Each Committee will determine the conditions to the exercisability of
a Paired Option granted under the Incentive Plan which such Committee
administers. Upon exercise of a Paired Option, including a Paired Option which
is comprised in part of an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code (an "Incentive Paired Option"), the purchase price may
be paid in cash or by delivery of previously owned Paired Shares. Certain terms
of a Paired Option (including certain terms relating to the exercisability of a
Paired Option described below) may be modified in the agreement entered into in
connection with the grant of such Paired Option. Without the approval by the
shareholders of the Trust and the stockholders of the Corporation, outstanding
Paired Options may not be amended to reduce their exercise price.
Paired Options. The number of Paired Shares subject to a Paired Option,
the exercise price per Paired Share (which may not be less than the fair market
value of a Paired Share on the date of grant) and the period for the exercise of
a Paired Option will be determined by the applicable Committee; provided that no
Incentive Paired Option will be exercisable more than ten years after its date
of grant, except that if the recipient of the Incentive Paired Option owns
greater than ten percent of the voting power of (i) all classes of shares of
beneficial interest of the Trust (in the case of an Incentive Paired Option
granted under the Trust
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LTIP) or (ii) all classes of capital stock of the Corporation (in the case of an
Incentive Paired Option granted under the Corporation LTIP), as the case may be
(a "ten percent holder"), in which case the Incentive Paired Option will be
exercisable for no more than five years after its date of grant; and provided
further that the exercise price of an Incentive Paired Option will not be less
than the fair market value of a Paired Share on the date of grant of such Paired
Option, except that if the recipient of the Incentive Paired Option is a ten
percent holder, the exercise price will be the price required by the Code,
currently 110% of fair market value.
In the event of the termination of employment or service of a holder by
reason of death or disability, or involuntary termination by Starwood Lodging
without cause, each Paired Option will become fully vested and will be
exercisable for a period of one year after the date of such termination, but in
no event after the expiration of such Paired Option. In the event of the
termination of employment or service of a holder for cause, each Paired Option
will terminate on the date of such termination. In the event of the termination
of employment or service of a holder for any other reason, each Paired Option,
to the extent exercisable on the termination date, may thereafter be exercised
for a period of three months after the date of such termination, but in no event
after the expiration of such Paired Option. If a holder of a Paired Option dies
during the one-year period following termination of employment or service by
reason of disability or involuntary termination by Starwood Lodging without
cause, or during the three-month period following termination of employment or
service for any reason other than termination by Starwood Lodging without cause,
disability or for cause, each Paired Option may thereafter be exercised, to the
extent exercisable on the date of the holder's death for a period of three
months from the date of death (no less than one year after termination of
employment or service if the holder's termination was by reason of disability or
involuntary termination by Starwood Lodging without cause) but in no event after
the expiration of such Paired Option.
Restricted Stock Awards. Each Committee will determine the conditions, if
any, to which a Restricted Stock Award shall be subject. The terms of each such
award, including the performance measures (if any) and restriction period
applicable to the award, will be set forth in the agreement relating to such
award. Unless otherwise set forth in the agreement relating to a Restricted
Stock Award, the holder of such award shall have all rights of a stockholder of
the Corporation and shareholder of the Trust, including, but not limited to,
voting rights, the right to receive dividends and the right to participate in
any capital adjustment applicable to all holders of Paired Shares.
Unless otherwise set forth in the agreement relating to a Restricted Stock
Award, in the event of termination of employment or service by reason of death,
disability or involuntary termination by Starwood Lodging without cause, the
restriction period terminates and the performance measures, if any, are to be
computed through the date of such termination. Unless otherwise set forth in the
agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, in the event of termination of
employment or service for any reason other than death, disability or involuntary
termination without cause, the portion of such award that is subject to a
restriction period on the date of such termination shall be forfeited.
Performance Awards. Each Committee will determine the terms and
conditions, if any, to which an award of a right, contingent upon the attainment
of specified performance measures within a specified performance period, to
receive a payment in cash (a "Performance Award") shall be subject. Performance
Awards may be granted only in tandem with Paired Options concurrently or
previously granted under the applicable Incentive Plan and will apply to all or
such portion of the Paired Shares subject to such Paired Options as designated
by the Committee. The performance period and performance measures applicable to
any Performance Award will be designated by the applicable Committee, but in the
absence of such designation, the performance period will be the five-year period
commencing on August 12, 1996 and the performance measures will be a 15% per
annum compounded increase in the fair market value of an investment in Paired
Shares on August 12, 1996 at the then fair market value per Paired Share plus
all dividends and distributions paid with respect to Paired Shares subsequent to
such date and assuming reinvestment in additional Paired Shares of all such
dividends and distributions (the "Base Performance Measure"). Performance Awards
will vest upon satisfaction of the performance measures for the specified
performance period and will be settled in cash to the extent that both the
applicable Paired Option has been exercised and the performance period has
expired. The cash amount will be the sum (without interest or compounding) of
all dividends and distributions per Paired Share during the performance period
and
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thereafter through the date of any subsequent exercise of the applicable Paired
Options multiplied by the number of Paired Shares purchased upon exercise of the
applicable Paired Options.
In the event of termination of employment or service by reason of death,
disability or involuntary termination by Starwood Lodging without cause, the
performance period will be deemed to expire on the date of such termination and
the performance measures will be computed for the performance period through
such date and the Performance Award settled within ten days thereafter or, if
later, when the applicable Paired Options are exercised. In the event of
termination of employment or service for any reason other than death, disability
or involuntary termination without cause, the Performance Award shall be
cancelled.
In the event of a change of control, Paired Options will immediately become
fully exercisable for their remaining term and Restricted Stock Awards under the
Incentive Plans will immediately vest in full. In addition, in the event of a
change of control, the performance period for Performance Awards will expire and
the performance measures will be computed through the date of such change of
control and the applicable Performance Award will be settled on the date of such
change in control or, if later, upon exercise of the applicable Paired Options.
Trustee and Director Options and Paired Share Awards. On June 30 of each
year, each non-employee Trustee and Director is automatically granted
non-qualified Paired Options to purchase 4,500 Paired Shares (9,000 Paired
Shares for a non-employee Trustee or Director only of a subsidiary of the Trust
or Corporation) at an exercise price per Paired Share equal to the fair market
value of a Paired Share on the date of grant. Such Paired Options are fully
exercisable on the date of grant and expire ten years after the date of grant
(notwithstanding termination of service as a Trustee or Director, as the case
may be, for any reason prior to ten years after the date of grant). If a Trustee
or Director dies while a Paired Option granted to such Trustee or Director is
outstanding, such Paired Option may be exercised until and including the
expiration date of the Paired Option.
During each calendar year, each non-employee Trustee and Director (other
than a Trustee or Director only of a subsidiary of the Trust or Corporation) on
the last day of March, July, September and December will be awarded, on a
current or deferred basis at the election of each Trustee and Director, a number
of Paired Shares equal to one-quarter of $25,000 divided by the fair market
value of a Paired Share on the immediately preceding December 31; provided that
the number of Paired Shares issued in payment of such Annual Fee may be reduced,
to the extent that such Trustee or Director indicates an advance election to
receive cash (of no more than $12,500) in lieu of Paired Shares.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a brief summary of the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of awards made under each Incentive Plan.
Paired Options. A participant will not recognize any income upon the grant
of a Paired Option. A participant will recognize compensation taxable as
ordinary income (and subject to income tax withholding for Starwood Lodging
employees) upon exercise of a non-qualified Paired Option equal to the excess of
the fair market value of the Paired Shares purchased over exercise price, and
the Corporation or Trust, as the case may be, will be entitled to a
corresponding deduction. A participant will not recognize income (except for
purposes of the alternative minimum tax) upon exercise of an Incentive Paired
Option to the extent such option is an option to purchase shares of the
participant's employer, and provided that the Incentive Paired Option is
exercised either while the participant is an employee of the Corporation or
Trust, as the case may be, or within 3 months (one year if the participant is
disabled within the meaning of Section 22(c)(3) of the Code) following the
participant's termination of employment. If shares acquired by such exercise of
an Incentive Paired Option are held for the longer of two years from the date
the option was granted and one year from the date it was exercised, any gain or
loss arising from a subsequent disposition of such shares will be taxed as
long-term capital gain or loss, and the Corporation or Trust, as the case may
be, will not be entitled to any deduction. If, however, such shares are disposed
of within the above-described period, then in the year of such disposition the
participant will recognize compensation taxable as ordinary income equal to the
excess of (i) the lesser of the amount realized
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upon such disposition and the fair market value of such shares on the date of
exercise over (ii) the exercise price, and the Corporation or Trust, as the case
may be, will be entitled to a corresponding deduction.
Restricted Stock Awards. A participant will not recognize taxable income
at the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, and the Corporation or
Trust, as the case may be, will not be entitled to a tax deduction at such time,
unless the participant makes an election to be taxed at the time such Restricted
Stock Award is granted. If such election is not made, the participant will
recognize taxable income at the time the restrictions lapse in an amount equal
to the excess of the fair market value of the Paired Shares at such time over
the amount, if any, paid for such shares. The amount of ordinary income
recognized by a participant by making the above-described election or upon the
lapse of the restrictions is deductible by the Corporation or Trust, as the case
may be, as compensation expense, except to the extent the limit of section
162(m) of the Code applies. In addition, a participant receiving dividends with
respect to Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award for which the
above-described election has not been made and prior to the time the
restrictions lapse will recognize taxable compensation (subject to income tax
withholding for Starwood Lodging employees), rather than dividend income, in an
amount equal to the dividends paid and the Corporation or Trust, as the case may
be, will be entitled to a corresponding deduction, except to the extent the
limit of section 162(m) of the Code applies.
Performance Awards. A participant will not recognize taxable income upon
the grant of a Performance Award, and the Corporation or Trust, as the case may
be, will not be entitled to a tax deduction at such time. Upon the settlement of
a Performance Award, the participant will recognize compensation taxable as
ordinary income (and subject to income tax withholding for Starwood Lodging
employees) in an amount equal to the cash paid to the participant, and the
Corporation or Trust, as the case may be, will be entitled to a corresponding
deduction, except to the extent the limit of section 162(m) of the Code applies.
VOTES REQUIRED
Approval of the Trust LTIP Amendment and Restatement requires the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Trust Shares cast at the Trust Meeting and
approval of the Corporation LTIP Amendment and Restatement requires the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Corporation Shares cast at the Corporation
Meeting. An abstention with respect to either such Amendment will have the
effect of a vote cast against such Amendment. Any votes that are not cast by a
broker holding shares as a nominee because such broker lacks discretionary
authority to vote such shares will not be counted as votes cast on the
applicable Amendment.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE
TRUST VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRUST LTIP AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AND THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
CORPORATION VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CORPORATION LTIP AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information as of November 3, 1997,
regarding the beneficial ownership of Paired Shares by (i) each person known by
the Trust and the Corporation to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the Paired Shares, (ii) each Director, nominee for Director and
executive officer of the Corporation and (iii) each Trustee , nominee for
Trustee and executive officer of the Trust. Each beneficial owner has sole
voting and investment power with respect to all Paired Shares beneficially
owned, except as otherwise set forth in the notes to the table.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PERCENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER AMOUNT OF CLASS(1)
------------------------------------ ------ -----------
<S> <C> <C>
FMR Corp.................................................... 5,103,683(2) 9.9%(2)
Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. and its affiliated entities
and Barry S. Sternlicht................................... 4,463,003(3) 8.0%(3)
Prudential Real Estate Investors............................ 4,463,003(4) 8.0%(4)
Ziff Investment Management, L.L.C., Ziff Investor
Partnership L.P. II, their affiliated entities and Daniel
H. Stern.................................................. 2,307,829(5) 4.3%(5)
Ronald C. Brown............................................. 94,999(6) (7)
Bruce W. Duncan............................................. 27,999(8) (7)
Steven R. Goldman........................................... 129,615(9) (7)
Madison F. Grose............................................ 142,114(10) (7)
Gary M. Mendell............................................. 635,612(11) 1.2%
Roger S. Pratt.............................................. 4,463,003(12) 8.0%
Stephen R. Quazzo........................................... 29,457(13) (7)
Jean-Marc Chapus............................................ 24,510(14) (7)
Eric A. Danziger............................................ 162,722(15) (7)
Theodore W. Darnall......................................... 70,283(16) (7)
Jonathan D. Eilian.......................................... 83,000(17) (7)
Bruce M. Ford............................................... 24,332(18) (7)
Graeme W. Henderson......................................... 24,987(19) (7)
Earle F. Jones.............................................. 32,008(20) (7)
Michael A. Leven............................................ 23,010(21) (7)
Alan M. Schnaid............................................. 5,500(22) (7)
Daniel W. Yih............................................... 30,611(23) (7)
All Trustees, Directors and officers as a group............. 12,774,595(24) 21.4%
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(1) Based on the number of Paired Shares outstanding on November 3, 1997.
(2) The business address for FMR Corp. is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA
02109. Based on information contained in Schedule 13F-E dated February 11,
1997 and additional information provided to Starwood Lodging, FMR Corp.
holds 5,103,683 Paired Shares on behalf of various distinct entities. Based
on additional information provided to Starwood Lodging, no one of such
entities, directly or by attribution, holds in excess of 8.0% of the
outstanding Paired Shares.
(3) The business address for Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. and Mr. Sternlicht
is Three Pickwick Plaza, Suite 250, Greenwich, CT 06830. Based on
information in Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D dated December 31, 1996,
filed by Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C., Barry S. Sternlicht, BSS Capital
Partners, L.P., Sternlicht Holdings II, Inc., Harveywood Hotel Investors,
L.P., Starwood Hotel Investors II-L.P., Starwood Opportunity Fund II, L.P.
and Firebird Consolidated Partners, L.P. (collectively, the "Starwood
Partners"), and additional information provided to Starwood Lodging, Mr.
Sternlicht beneficially owns, directly or through entities controlled by
him, 338,182 Paired Shares, some of which are subject to Restricted Stock
Awards, and has either sole or shared power to vote and dispose of such
Paired Shares. Mr. Sternlicht also beneficially owns 794,001 Paired Shares
subject to presently exercisable options. Mr. Sternlicht holds, directly or
through trusts created by him for the benefit of members of his family,
units in the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership which
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are, subject to the 8.0% Paired Share ownership limit, exchangeable for an
aggregate of 508,120 Paired Shares. Starwood Partners hold units in the
Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership which are, subject to the
8.0% Paired Share ownership limit, exchangeable for an aggregate of
3,102,492 Paired Shares. Such Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D reports that
because of the 8.0% ownership limit, the Starwood Partners cannot
beneficially own more than 8.0% of the outstanding Paired Shares. The
amount beneficially owned and the percent of class calculated assumes that
Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C., its affiliated entities and Barry
Sternlicht exchange units for Paired Shares to the maximum extent permitted
within the ownership limit provision; provided, however, that prior to
receipt of any required Gaming Approval, Starwood Capital's ownership of
Paired Shares may not exceed 4.9% of the outstanding Paired Shares.
(4) The business address for Prudential Real Estate Investors is 8 Campus
Drive, 4th Floor, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Based on information in Schedule
13D dated February 14, 1997, filed by Prudential Insurance Company of
America ("Prudential"), and additional information provided to Starwood
Lodging, Prudential has sole voting and dispositive power over 2,775,510
Paired Shares beneficially owned by Prudential on behalf of Prudential
Property Investment Separate Account II ("PRISA II") and sole voting and
dispositive power over 4,500 Paired Shares beneficially owned by Prudential
on behalf of Prudential Diversified Investment Strategies. Prudential also
has sole voting and dispositive power over units in the Realty Partnership
and the Operating Partnership beneficially owned by Prudential on behalf of
PRISA II which are, subject to the 8.0% Paired Share ownership limit,
exchangeable for an aggregate of 1,754,037 Paired Shares.
(5) The business address for Ziff Investment Management, L.L.C., Ziff Investors
Partnership, L.P. II and Mr. Stern is 153 East 53rd Street, 43rd Floor, New
York, NY 10022. Based on information in Schedule 13D dated January 10,
1997, filed by Ziff Investment Management, L.L.C. ("ZIM") and Ziff
Investors Partnership, L.P. II ("ZIPII") and after giving effect to the
three-for-two stock split in January 1997, 25,087 Paired Shares are held by
SIV Holdings, L.L.C. ("SIV"), a Delaware limited liability company owned by
ZIPII and ZIM. SIV has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to
these Paired Shares. After giving effect to the three-for-two stock split
in January 1997, ZIPII holds units in the Realty Partnership and the
Operating Partnership which are exchangeable for an aggregate of 2,259,732
Paired Shares. Such Schedule 13D reports that DHS Holdings L.L.C. ("DHS"),
investment general partner of ZIPII may be deemed to control ZIPII and that
Daniel Stern, a Trustee of the Trust, is the majority owner of DHS. Mr.
Stern beneficially owns 510 Paired Shares and 22,500 Paired Shares subject
to presently exercisable options.
(6) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award and
64,846 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(7) Less than 1%.
(8) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(9) Includes 37,500 Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award and
66,499 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options and units in
the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership which are exchangeable
for 22,616 Paired Shares.
(10) Includes 15,000 Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award, 80,000
Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options and units in the
Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership which are exchangeable for
43,004 Paired Shares. Does not include units in the Realty Partnership and
Operating Partnership exchangeable for 27,726 Paired Shares, which are
owned by an irrevocable trust for the benefit of members of Mr. Grose's
family.
(11) Includes 36,078 units in the Realty Partnership and the Operating
Partnership held by Mr. Mendell directly and 505,778 units in the Realty
Partnership and the Operating Partnership held by a trust of which Mr.
Mendell is settlor and over which he exercises some investment control, and
93,756 units of SLC Operating Limited Partnership, all of which are
exchangeable for Paired Shares.
(12) See Note (4) above. Includes 4,500 Paired Shares subject to presently
exercisable options, 2,775,510 Paired Shares and units in the Realty
Partnership and the Operating Partnership which are held by
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Prudential on behalf of PRISA II and which are, subject to the 8.0% Paired
Shares ownership limit, exchangeable for 1,754,037 Paired Shares. By virtue
of his investment control over PRISA II, Mr. Pratt has an indirect
pecuniary interest in these units and Paired Shares. The amount
beneficially owned and the percent of class calculated assumes Mr. Pratt
exchanges units for Paired Shares to the maximum extent permitted within
the ownership limit provision.
(13) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options,
5,510 Paired Shares held by a trust of which Mr. Quazzo is settlor and over
which he exercises shared investment control and 397 Paired Shares owned by
Mr. Quazzo's wife.
(14) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(15) Includes 100,222 Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award and
62,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(16) Includes 45,283 Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award and
24,999 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(17) Includes 80,000 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(18) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options and
85 Paired Shares owned by Mr. Ford's wife.
(19) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(20) Includes 18,000 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(21) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(22) Includes 5,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options.
(23) Includes 22,500 Paired Shares subject to presently exercisable options and
5,000 Paired Shares held by a partnership of which Mr. Yih is a general
partner.
(24) Includes 1,399,846 Paired Shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of
presently exercisable options, and 5,223,121 Paired Shares issuable upon
exchange of units of the Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership,
subject to the 8.0% Paired Share ownership limit (see Notes (3) and (12)
above).
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY OF CASH AND CERTAIN OTHER COMPENSATION
The Trust. The following table provides certain summary information
concerning the compensation paid for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994 to the Trust's Chief Executive Officer and each other executive
officer of the Trust whose total compensation for 1996 exceeded $100,000 for
services rendered in all capacities to the Trust.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION
ANNUAL ---------------------
COMPENSATION($) RESTRICTED
-------------------- STOCK SECURITIES UNDERLYING ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY($) BONUS($) AWARD(S)($) OPTIONS/SARS(#)(1)(2) COMPENSATION($)
- --------------------------- ---- --------- -------- ----------- --------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Barry S. Sternlicht........ 1996 181,252 250,000 956,250(3) 1,554,000
Chairman and Chief 1995 91,667 150,000 625,500
Executive Officer
Jeffrey C. Lapin(4)........ 1996 281,250 7,500 $ 75,000(5)
President and Chief 1995 199,167 75,000 110,500
Operating Officer 1994 190,000 75,000 3,000(6)
Ronald C. Brown............ 1996 175,000 100,000 540,000(7) 85,500 187,513(8)
Senior Vice President and 1995 66,666 65,000 82,499
Chief Financial Officer
Steven R. Goldman(9)....... 1996 43,750 75,000 900,000(10) 90,000 58,862(11)
Senior Vice President
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(1) For information with respect to these options, see "Option/SAR Grants in
Last Fiscal Year" below.
(2) Adjusted for three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
(3) At December 31, 1996, Mr. Sternlicht had restricted stock awards of 45,000
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997) with a value of $1,653,750. Mr. Sternlicht's restricted stock
awards were in the form of two warrants to purchase 22,500 Paired Shares
each at an exercise price of $0.67 per Paired Share (after giving effect to
the three-for-two stock split in January 1997). One warrant was exercisable
immediately (the "1996 Warrant") and one became exercisable on January 1,
1997 (the "1997 Warrant"); both warrants have been exercised. All Paired
Shares purchased upon exercise of such warrants vest ratably over the
balance of the year in which the warrant first became exercisable, to the
extent Mr. Sternlicht has not theretofore resigned or been discharged for
"cause." All Paired Shares purchased upon exercise of the 1996 Warrant and
the 1997 Warrant are non-transferable prior to February 21, 1998. Dividends
will be paid with respect to such Paired Shares. Mr. Sternlicht also has an
economic interest in the restricted stock award granted by the Trust to
Starwood Capital. See "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation."
(4) Mr. Lapin resigned as an officer and as a Trustee of the Trust in June
1996.
(5) Amount shown reflects cash paid for severance.
(6) Adjusted for one-for-six reverse stock split which occurred in June 1995.
(7) At December 31, 1996, Mr. Brown had a restricted stock award of 22,500
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997), with a value of $826,875. Such restricted stock award vested
as to one-third of such amount on August 12, 1997, and will vest as to an
additional one-third of such amount on August 12, 1998, and as to the
remaining amount on August 12, 1999. Dividends will be paid with respect to
the Paired Shares subject to such restricted stock award.
(8) Amount shown reflects $163,963 for taxable relocation reimbursement and
$23,550 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were not vested at
December 31, 1996.
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(9) Mr. Goldman became an officer and a Trustee of the Trust in September 1996.
Prior to September 1996, Mr. Goldman was an officer of the Corporation.
During 1996, the Corporation paid Mr. Goldman $131,250 in salary, a bonus
of $25,000 and $24,500 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were
not vested at December 31, 1996.
(10) At December 31, 1996, Mr. Goldman had a restricted stock award of 37,500
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997), with a value of $1,378,125. Such restricted stock award
vested as to one-third of such amount on August 12, 1997, and will vest as
to an additional one-third of such amount on August 12, 1998, and as to the
remaining amount on August 12, 1999. Dividends will be paid with respect to
the Paired Shares subject to such restricted stock award.
(11) Amount shown reflects $44,112 for taxable relocation reimbursement and
$14,750 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were not vested at
December 31, 1996.
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The Corporation. The following table provides certain summary information
concerning the compensation paid for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994, to the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer and to each other
executive officer of the Corporation whose total compensation for 1996 exceeded
$100,000 for services rendered in all capacities to the Corporation.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION
------------
ANNUAL COMPENSATION RESTRICTED SECURITIES
-------------------- STOCK UNDERLYING ALL OTHER
SALARY BONUS AWARD(S) OPTIONS/SARS COMPENSATION
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($) (#)(1)(2) ($)
--------------------------- ---- ------ ----- ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Eric A. Danziger(3).............. 1996 175,711 150,000 2,371,954(4) 300,000 306,212(5)
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Theodore W. Darnall(6)........... 1996 191,790 137,500 1,033,946(7) 150,000 89,154(8)
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Steven R. Goldman(9)............. 1996 131,250 25,000 24,500(10)
Senior Vice President 1995 114,583 75,000 69,000 19,800(11)
Alan M. Schnaid(12).............. 1996 85,228 22,500 9,750 69,918(13)
Vice President and 1995 55,000 8,500 6,750
Corporate Controller 1994 18,205 2,000
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(1) For information with respect to these options, see "Option/SAR Grants in
Last Fiscal Year" below.
(2) Adjusted for the three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
(3) Mr. Danziger became an officer of the Corporation in July 1996.
(4) At December 31, 1996, Mr. Danziger had a restricted stock award of 100,222
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997), with a value of $3,683,158. Such restricted stock award
vested as to one-third of such amount on July 8, 1997, and will vest as to
an additional one-third of such amount on July 8, 1998, and as to the
remaining amount on July 8, 1999. Dividends will be paid with respect to
the Paired Shares subject to such restricted stock award.
(5) Amount shown reflects $201,312 for taxable relocation reimbursement and
$104,900 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were not vested at
December 31, 1996.
(6) Mr. Darnall became an officer of the Corporation in April 1996.
(7) At December 31, 1996, Mr. Darnall had a restricted stock award of 45,283
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997), with a value of $1,664,150. Such restricted stock award
vested as to one-third of such amount on May 9, 1997, and will vest as to
an additional one-third of such amount on May 9, 1998, and as to the
remaining amount on May 9, 1999. Dividends will be paid with respect to the
Paired Shares subject to such restricted stock award.
(8) Amount shown reflects $41,758 for taxable relocation reimbursement and
$47,396 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were not vested at
December 31, 1996.
(9) Mr. Goldman resigned as an officer and a Director of the Corporation in
September 1996, at which time he became an officer of the Trust. During
1996, the Trust paid Mr. Goldman $43,750 in salary, a bonus of $75,000,
$14,750 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares which were not vested at
December 31, 1996, and $44,112 for taxable relocation reimbursement.
(10) Amount shown reflects $24,500 for dividends on restricted Paired Shares
which were not vested at December 31, 1996.
(11) Amount shown reflects cash paid by the Corporation for housing allowance.
(12) Mr. Schnaid joined the Corporation in August 1994.
(13) Amount shown reflects $46,635 for relocation allowance and $23,303 for
taxable relocation reimbursement.
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OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
The following table shows, as to each executive officer of the Trust and
the Corporation named in the Summary Compensation Tables above, information
concerning the options granted to that officer during the year ended December
31, 1996.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE AT ASSUMED
NUMBER OF % OF TOTAL ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
SECURITIES OPTIONS/SARS PRICE APPRECIATION
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE FOR OPTION TERM
OPTIONS/SARS EMPLOYEES IN LAST PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------
NAME GRANTED(#)(1) FISCAL YEAR ($/SH)(2) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
---- ------------- ----------------- --------- ---------- ----- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Barry S. Sternlicht.... 120,000(3) 4.25 22.00 April 30, 2006 1,522,843 3,786,484
9,000(4) 0.32 24.25 June 30, 2006 128,712 321,561
975,000(5) 34.5 23.92 August 12, 2006 13,965,995 35,008,635
450,000(6) 15.9 23.92 August 12, 2006 6,445,844 16,157,832
Ronald C. Brown........ 48,000(3) 1.70 22.00 April 30, 2006 609,137 1,514,594
37,500(6) 1.33 23.92 August 12, 2006 537,154 1,346,486
Steven R. Goldman...... 52,500(3) 1.86 22.00 April 30, 2006 666,244 1,656,587
37,500(6) 1.33 23.92 August 12, 2006 537,154 1,346,486
Eric A. Danziger....... 187,500(7) 6.64 24.50 June 27, 2006 2,706,211 6,759,347
112,500(6) 3.98 23.92 August 12, 2006 1,611,461 4,039,458
Theodore W. Darnall.... 75,000(8) 2.66 22.08 April 26, 2006 953,972 2,371,272
75,000(6) 2.66 23.92 August 12, 2006 1,074,307 2,692,972
Alan M. Schnaid........ 9,750(9) 0.35 22.00 April 30, 2006 123,731 307,652
Jeffrey C. Lapin....... 7,500(10) 0.27 25.58 June 14, 2006 112,504 280,719
</TABLE>
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(1) Adjusted for the three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
(2) The per Paired Share exercise prices are equal to the fair market value of
a Paired Share on the date the option was granted as adjusted for a
three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
(3) Options became exercisable as to one-third of the amount granted on April
30, 1997, and will become exercisable as to an additional one-third of the
amount granted on April 30, 1998 and as to the remaining amount granted on
April 30, 1999. Performance Awards were also granted to Messrs. Brown and
Goldman relating to the Paired Shares subject to these Paired Options. Such
Performance Awards provide for cash payments equal to the dividends and
distributions on such number of Paired Shares subject to the Paired Options
during the period commencing August 12, 1996, and ending on the later of
the exercise of the related Paired Option and August 12, 2001, conditioned
upon the satisfaction of certain performance measures.
(4) Options were immediately exercisable.
(5) Options became exercisable as to one-third of the amount granted on August
12, 1997, and will become exercisable as to an additional one-third of the
amount granted on August 12, 1998, and as to the remaining amount granted
on August 12, 1999. Performance Awards were also granted relating to the
Paired Shares subject to these Paired Options. Such Performance Awards
provide for cash payments equal to the dividends and distributions on such
number of Paired Shares subject to the Paired Options during the period
commencing August 12, 1996, and ending on the later of the exercise of the
related Paired Option and August 12, 2001, conditioned upon the
satisfaction of certain performance measures.
(6) Options will become exercisable over four years as follows: as to
one-fourth of the amount on each of August 12, 1998, August 12, 1999,
August 12, 2000 and August 12, 2001. Performance Awards were also granted
relating to the Paired Shares subject to these Paired Options. Such
Performance Awards provide for cash payments equal to the dividends and
distributions on such number of Paired Shares subject to the Paired Options
during the period commencing August 12, 1996, and ending on the later of
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the exercise of the related Paired Option and August 12, 2001, conditioned
upon the satisfaction of certain performance measures.
(7) Options became exercisable as to one-third of the amount granted on June
27, 1997, and will become exercisable as to an additional one-third of the
amount granted on June 27, 1998, and as to the remaining amount granted on
June 27, 1999. Performance Awards were also granted relating to the Paired
Shares subject to these Paired Options. Such Performance Awards provide for
cash payments equal to the dividends and distributions on such number of
Paired Shares subject to the Paired Options during the period commencing
August 12, 1996, and ending on the later of the exercise of the related
Paired Option and August 12, 2001, conditioned upon the satisfaction of
certain performance measures.
(8) Options became exercisable as to one-third of the amount granted on April
26, 1997, and will become exercisable as to an additional one-third of the
amount granted on April 26, 1998, and as to the remaining amount granted on
April 26, 1999. Performance Awards were also granted relating to the Paired
Shares subject to these Paired Options. Such Performance Awards provide for
cash payments equal to the dividends and distributions on such number of
Paired Shares subject to the Paired Options during the period commencing
August 12, 1996, and ending on the later of the exercise of the related
Paired Option and August 12, 2001, conditioned upon the satisfaction of
certain performance measures.
(9) Options became exercisable as to one-third of the amount granted on April
30, 1997, and will become exercisable as to an additional one-third of the
amount granted on April 30, 1998, and as to the remaining amount granted on
April 30, 1999.
(10) Two-thirds of the amount granted were exercisable upon granting and the
remaining amount became exercisable on January 31, 1997.
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AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN 1996
AND DECEMBER 31, 1996 OPTION VALUES
The following table provides information with respect to the options held
as of December 31, 1996, by the executive officers of the Trust and the
executive officers of the Corporation named in the Summary Compensation Tables
above.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY
OPTIONS/SARS AT FISCAL OPTIONS/SARS
SHARES ACQUIRED YEAR-END(#) AT FISCAL YEAR-END($)(2)
ON EXERCISE VALUE ---------------------------- ----------------------------
NAME (#)(1) REALIZED($) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
---- --------------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Barry S. Sternlicht...... 223,500 1,956,000 4,668,387 28,526,769
Jeffrey C. Lapin......... 31,707 610,003 35,960 46,833 689,826 1,053,198
Ronald C. Brown.......... 27,499 140,500 559,075 2,292,853
Steven R. Goldman........ 28,999 130,000 616,154 2,090,181
Eric A. Danziger......... 0 300,000 0 3,689,588
Theodore W. Darnall...... 0 150,000 0 2,037,000
Alan M. Schnaid.......... 2,250 33,188 0 14,250 0 237,767
</TABLE>
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(1) Adjusted for the three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
(2) Value is defined as the market price of the Paired Shares at December 31,
1996, less the exercise price of the option. The average of the high and low
market prices of the Paired Shares at December 31, 1996, was $36.58 as
adjusted for the three-for-two stock split which occurred in January 1997.
EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS WITH EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Barry S. Sternlicht entered into an employment agreement with the Trust
dated as of June 30, 1997, pursuant to which the Trust continues to employ him
as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust through August 31, 1999 at
an annual salary for 1997 of $365,000 plus participation in any annual bonus
program established by the Board of Trustees. Mr. Sternlicht's annual incentive
compensation is to be no less than incentive compensation awarded to any other
executive of the Trust or any executive of the Corporation, and Mr. Sternlicht
is entitled to participate in the Trust LTIP and all other employee benefit
plans, which are to be comparable to those of the Corporation, on a basis no
less favorable than any other executive of the Trust or any executive of the
Corporation. In the agreement, the Trust has recognized that Mr. Sternlicht
continues to be involved in other business endeavors including with Starwood
Capital Group, L.L.C. Mr. Sternlicht's employment is terminable by the Trust or
Mr. Sternlicht with or without cause or good reason. Mr. Sternlicht may
terminate for "good reason" if the Trust and Mr. Sternlicht fail by August 1,
1999 to agree to an extension of his employment by the Trust beyond August 31,
1999. Mr. Sternlicht may also terminate his employment for "good reason" if the
Trust fails to elect and continue Mr. Sternlicht as Chairman or Chief Executive
Officer of the Trust or to nominate him for re-election as a member of the Board
of Trustees, or fails to assign him duties, authorities, responsibilities and
reporting requirements consistent with his position or if the scope of his
material duties or responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of the Trust is
reduced or expanded to a significant degree, or if there is a reduction in or
delay in the payment of his compensation or benefits under the agreement or any
award under the Trust's prior Share Option Plan or the current Trust LTIP or in
the event the Trust requires that Mr. Sternlicht be based outside of Greenwich,
Connecticut, or if the Trust fails to indemnify Mr. Sternlicht or to maintain
directors and officers liability insurance for him. If Mr. Sternlicht's
employment is terminated by the Trust other than for cause or is terminated by
him for "good reason," Mr. Sternlicht is entitled to a severance package equal
to two years' base salary, the immediate vesting of all options and other awards
under the Trust's prior Share Option Plan and the current Trust LTIP and medical
insurance benefits at the Trust's expense for twelve months.
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In connection with the acquisition of the HEI Portfolio and HEI, Gary M.
Mendell entered into an employment agreement with the Trust dated as of January
15, 1997, but effective on the closing of the acquisition (February 14, 1997),
pursuant to which Mr. Mendell was employed as President of the Trust at an
annual salary of $365,000 plus participation in any annual bonus program
established by the Board of Trustees. Mr. Mendell also received a Paired Option
to purchase 300,000 Paired Shares, exercisable at $37.417 per Paired Share
(after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January 1997) (the fair
market value on the date of grant), which vests 20% each at the end of the
second, third and fourth years and the balance at the end of the fifth year,
together with a performance award relating to that option under which the
performance period is the five-year period commencing December 5, 1996. Mr.
Mendell is entitled to participate in all other employee benefit plans, which
are to be comparable to those of the Corporation, on a basis no less favorable
than that made available to the chief executive officer of the Corporation. Mr.
Mendell's employment is terminable by the Trust or Mr. Mendell with or without
cause or good reason. Mr. Mendell has the right to terminate his employment for
"good reason," which includes the failure to elect and continue him as President
of the Trust or to nominate him for re-election to the Board of Trustees, the
failure to assign him duties, authorities, responsibilities and reporting
requirements consistent with his position, or if the scope of his duties and
responsibilities as President are in the aggregate materially reduced, a
reduction or delay in payment of his total cash compensation and benefits or any
other breach by the Trust of a material provision of the agreement or the option
or performance award, or any requirement that Mr. Mendell be based outside of
Westport, Connecticut. If Mr. Mendell is terminated without cause by the Trust
or if he terminates his employment for good reason at any time, or without good
reason during the six months commencing February 14, 1998, then he is entitled
to a severance package equal to one year's base salary plus, if the termination
occurs prior to February 14, 2000, an amount equal to the greater of 70% of his
base salary for the first year of employment or his actual bonus for the year
immediately preceding termination, the immediate vesting of the option and
related performance award and medical insurance benefits at the Trust's expense
for twelve months.
Eric A. Danziger and the Corporation entered into an agreement dated as of
June 27, 1996, pursuant to which Mr. Danziger was employed as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation at an annual salary of $365,000 and
was guaranteed a minimum bonus of $150,000 for 1996. Mr. Danziger also received
a Paired Option to purchase 187,500 Paired Shares exercisable at $24.50 per
Paired Share (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January
1997) (the fair market value on the date of grant), which vests in three equal
annual increments from the date of grant and a Restricted Stock Award of 100,222
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January
1997) which also vests in three equal annual increments. Mr. Danziger also
received relocation expenses in connection with moving his residence from
Dallas, Texas to Phoenix, Arizona, and in connection therewith also received a
one-year non-interest bearing loan from the Corporation for $150,000 secured by
a second mortgage on his new residence in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Danziger's
employment is terminable by the Corporation or Mr. Danziger with or without
cause. In the event his employment is terminated by the Corporation without
cause or by Mr. Danziger in the event the Corporation assigns to him duties
inappropriate for his position or reduces his responsibilities, then Mr.
Danziger is entitled to a severance package of one year's base salary, the
immediate vesting of all outstanding Paired Options and Paired Shares subject to
Restricted Stock Awards and company-paid medical benefits for 12 months.
Theodore W. Darnall and the Corporation entered into an employment
agreement dated as of April 19, 1996, pursuant to which Mr. Darnall was employed
as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation at an
annual salary of $275,000 and was guaranteed a minimum bonus of $137,500 for
1996. Mr. Darnall also received a Paired Option to purchase 75,000 Paired Shares
exercisable at $22.08 per Paired Share (after giving effect to the three-for-two
stock split in January 1997) (the fair market value on the date of grant), which
vests in three equal annual increments from the date of grant and a Restricted
Stock Award of 45,284 Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two
stock split in January 1997) which also vests in three equal annual increments.
Mr. Darnall also received relocation expenses in connection with moving his
residence from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Phoenix, Arizona, and in connection
therewith received a non-interest bearing bridge loan of $250,000 (of which
$100,000 has been repaid) secured by a second mortgage on his new residence in
Phoenix, Arizona. The balance of the bridge loan will mature upon
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termination of his employment with the Corporation. Mr. Darnall's employment is
terminable by the Corporation with or without cause. In the event his employment
is terminated by the Corporation without cause or by Mr. Darnall due to breach
by the Corporation, then Mr. Darnall is entitled to a severance package of one
year's base salary, the immediate vesting of all outstanding Paired Options and
Paired Shares subject to Restricted Stock Awards and company-paid medical
benefits for 12 months.
In addition, Steven R. Goldman and Ronald C. Brown each entered into
employment agreements with the Trust each dated as of February 4, 1997, at an
annual salary of $200,000 each. Each such agreement is terminable at will, and
if terminated by the Trust without cause or by the executive for breach by the
Trust, entitles the executive to a severance package of one year's base salary
and the immediate vesting of all outstanding Paired Options and Paired Shares
subject to Restricted Stock Awards and medical benefits at the Trust's expense
for 12 months.
The Trust had an employment agreement with Mr. Lapin which provided that he
would receive an annual salary in 1996 of $225,000. Mr. Lapin's employment
agreement was terminated in connection with the Separation Agreement referenced
below. Under the terms of his employment agreement Mr. Lapin was entitled to an
annual bonus of not less than $75,000 and was granted Paired Options to purchase
62,500 Paired Shares at an exercise price equal to $11.00 per Paired Share
(after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January 1997) (the fair
market value of a Paired Share on the date of grant) which would vest at a rate
no longer than the most rapid rate of vesting of Paired Options granted to any
other executive during the term of his employment agreement. Mr. Lapin also was
eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans and fringe benefits, if
any, the Trust made available to its other executive officers. Mr. Lapin could
terminate his employment for "Good Reason" as defined in his employment
agreement including an assignment of duties inconsistent with his position, a
substantial alteration of his responsibilities, a breach of the agreement by the
Trust, removal from office without cause (as defined), relocation of the Trust's
principal executive offices, a change in the composition of 51% of the Trustees,
a decision by the Board of Trustees that the Trust shall merge, sell or dispose
of all or substantially all of its assets, dissolve or liquidate, or the failure
of Mr. Lapin to be a member of the Board of Trustees other than for cause (as
defined). If Mr. Lapin so terminated his employment, he was entitled to receive
a lump sum payment equal to the base salary and bonuses that would have been
payable had he continued to be employed for the remainder of the term of the
employment agreement, and all fringe benefits to which he would have been
entitled through the remainder of the term of the employment agreement (other
than Paired Options or stock loans not granted prior to the date of
termination).
Pursuant to Mr. Lapin's employment agreement, the Trust loaned $250,000 to
Mr. Lapin in 1995. The loan has a term of 10 years, bears interest at the lowest
applicable rate prescribed by section 1274(d) of the Code and is unsecured. Mr.
Lapin will have the right at any time to repay up to 50% of the loan (plus 50%
of accrued interest and any collection costs) by delivering Paired Shares for
credit at the rate of $7.67 per Paired Share (after giving effect to the
three-for-two stock split in January 1997) (one-half of the price to the public
per Paired Share in the June 1995 public offering of Paired Shares by the Trust
and the Corporation).
The Trust entered into a Separation Agreement dated as of June 18, 1996
(the "Separation Agreement") with Mr. Lapin in connection with his resignation
as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Trust. The Trust agreed to
conditionally forgive, after one year, $150,000 of the $250,000 loan from the
Trust described above. The Trust also agreed to immediately vest, in part, the
Paired Options held by Mr. Lapin and to grant him an additional Paired Option to
purchase 7,500 Paired Shares exercisable at $25.25 (after giving effect to the
three-for-two stock split in January 1997), which vested as to two-thirds of
such amount on his termination date and as to the remaining amount on January
31, 1997, and upon exercise of the Paired Options, to pay to Mr. Lapin the
difference between $11.00 (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split
in January 1997) and the lower of the exercise price and the then market value
of a Paired Share. All Paired Options held by Mr. Lapin were amended to the
extent required to permit them to be exercised for their full maximum term. Mr.
Lapin agreed to render consulting services for 18 months for which he will be
paid $235,000, and the Trust also agreed to pay Mr. Lapin a fee of up to
$250,000 in connection with the sale within 18 months of the King 8 owned by the
Trust in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trust paid a fee of $250,000 to Mr. Lapin in
connection with the sale of that property. Mr. Lapin agreed that for 3 years he
would not
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participate or be involved with others in any tender or exchange offer, proxy
contest or solicitation or purchase or be part of a group which purchases in
excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Paired Shares.
REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
During 1996, the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Management
Committee and Board of Directors of the Corporation made decisions with respect
to executive compensation for executive officers of the Trust and the
Corporation, respectively, based on the recommendations of the respective
Compensation Committees and have furnished the following report on executive
compensation. Although the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Management
Committee and the Board of Directors of the Corporation make independent
compensation decisions with respect to their respective executive officers, as
described herein they follow similar compensation policies and typically measure
the performance of their respective executive officers based in large part on
the performance of Starwood Lodging as a whole.
The primary objective of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the
Management Committee and Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to
executive compensation is to establish programs which attract and retain key
managers and align the compensation received by executive officers with the
overall business strategies, values, performance and financial condition of
Starwood Lodging and to the achievement of individual performance goals. To this
end, the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Board of Trustees of the
Trust have each endorsed an executive compensation philosophy which includes the
following considerations:
- A "pay-for-performance" orientation that differentiates compensation
results based upon corporate and individual performance;
- An emphasis on stock incentives as a significant component of total
compensation in order to more closely align the interest of Starwood
Lodging executives with the long-term interests of the shareholders;
- An emphasis on total compensation vs. cash compensation, which motivates
and rewards Starwood Lodging executives with total compensation
(including incentive programs) at or above competitive levels if
performance is superior;
- Recognition that as an executive's level of responsibility increases, a
greater portion of the total compensation opportunity should be based
upon stock and other performance incentives and less on salary and
employee benefits; and
- An appropriate mix of short-term and long-term compensation which
facilitates retention of talented executives and encourages stock
ownership and capital accumulation.
The primary components of the program are: (a) base salaries, (b) annual
cash incentive opportunities and (c) long-term incentive opportunities in the
form of Paired Options.
Individual compensation is subject to variation based on financial,
strategic and individual performance. The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the
Management Committee and Board of Directors of the Corporation consider the
total compensation (earned or potentially earned) in establishing such element
of compensation.
The base salary levels of executive officers are determined periodically by
evaluating the performance of the executive officers and their contributions to
the Trust and the Corporation, their responsibilities, experience and potential;
and compensation practices for comparable positions at other companies. The
annual bonuses are determined in the discretion of the respective Boards of the
Trust and the Corporation, based on individual financial performance and the
recommendations of the respective Compensation Committees.
During 1996, the long-term incentive compensation of executive officers
consisted of grants of Paired Options to purchase Paired Shares, Performance
Awards relating to Paired Options and Restricted Stock Awards. Such grants are
designed to develop and encourage stock ownership by executive officers, to
reward
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long-term business success and to develop a parallel interest between executive
officers and holders of Paired Shares. Paired Option grants only have value if
the market price of the Paired Shares exceeds the exercise price of the Paired
Options or increases from the date of grant and, in general, vest and become
exercisable over time, in order to encourage retention of the executive officer.
Performance Awards only vest if specified performance measures are attained
(unless otherwise specified, 15% per annum compounded increase in the fair
market value of an investment in Paired Shares on August 12, 1996 at the then
fair market value per Paired Share plus all dividends and distributions paid
with respect to such Paired Shares subsequent to such date and assuming
reinvestment in additional Paired Shares of all such dividends and
distributions). A Performance Award may be settled in cash to the extent that
both the applicable Paired Option has been exercised and the performance period
has expired. Restricted Stock Awards typically vest over time. In determining
the amounts and terms of grants of Paired Options, Restricted Stock Awards and
Performance Awards to individual officers, the respective Boards of the Trust
and Corporation take into account the responsibilities, performance and
anticipated contributions of the officers, as well as the compensation practices
for comparable positions at other companies.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE TRUST
(AS OF DECEMBER 1996) (AS OF DECEMBER 1996)
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<S> <C>
Eric A. Danziger Bruce W. Duncan
Bruce M. Ford Steven R. Goldman
Graeme W. Henderson Madison F. Grose
Earle F. Jones Stephen R. Quazzo
Jean-Marc Chapus William E. Simms
Jonathan D. Eilian Daniel H. Stern
Michael A. Leven Barry S. Sternlicht
Barry S. Sternlicht
Daniel W. Yih
</TABLE>
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During 1996 and early 1997, the Compensation Committee of the Trust (the
"Trust Compensation Committee") was comprised of Messrs. Sternlicht, Grose and
Simms. Based on informal discussions, the Trust Compensation Committee made
recommendations to the Trust's Board of Trustees regarding the compensation of
the Trust's executive officers (other than with respect to Mr. Sternlicht, as to
which Messrs. Sternlicht and Grose recused themselves). Based in part on the
recommendations of the Trust Compensation Committee, the Board of Trustees of
the Trust made decisions with respect to the compensation of the Trust's
executive officers. Messrs. Sternlicht and Goldman, who are executive officers
of the Trust and members of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, did not
participate in the discussion or voting at the meetings related to their own
compensation. Mr. Grose did not participate in the discussion or voting at the
meeting relating to Mr. Sternlicht's compensation.
During 1996 and early 1997, the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors and Management Committee (the "Corporation Compensation Committee")
was made up of Messrs. Sternlicht, Jones and Chapus. The Corporation
Compensation Committee met informally during 1996 and early 1997 to discuss the
compensation of the Corporation's executive officers. Based in part on the
recommendations of the Corporation Compensation Committee, the Board of
Directors and the Management Committee made decisions with respect to the
compensation of the Corporation's executive officers. Mr. Danziger did not
participate in the discussion or voting at the meeting relating to his own
compensation.
Mr. Sternlicht, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, serves
as a director of U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. Michael A. Leven, a director of
the Corporation, serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc.
In connection with the acquisition of the Institutional Portfolio in August
1996, the Trust granted Starwood Capital a Restricted Stock Award of 250,870
Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in January
1997).
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SHAREHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total shareholder
return on the Paired Shares against the cumulative total return on the Standard
and Poor's Corporation Composite -- 500 Stock Index (the "S&P 500 Index") and
the Standard & Poor's Corporation Hotel/Motel Composite Index (the "S&P
Hotel/Motel Index") for the five calendar years beginning January 1, 1992 and
ending December 31, 1996 and the nine-month period beginning January 1, 1997 and
ending September 30, 1997. The graph assumes that the value of the investments
was 100 on December 31, 1991 and that all dividends and other distributions were
reinvested.
[SHAREHOLDER SHARE PERFORMANCE GRAPH]
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
12/31/91 12/31/92 12/31/93 12/31/94 12/31/95 12/31/96 12/31/97
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Starwood Lodging 100 114.29 300.0 328.57 585.55 1140.47 1815.58
S&P 500 100 107.61 118.41 119.97 165.0 202.85 262.97
S&P Hotel-Motel 100 140.67 262.11 233.13 275.4 318.71 428.50
</TABLE>
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PRICE RANGES OF PAIRED SHARES; DISTRIBUTIONS
MARKET INFORMATION
The Paired Shares are traded principally on the NYSE under the symbol
"HOT". The following table sets forth, for the fiscal periods indicated, the
high and low sales prices per Paired Share on the NYSE Composite Transactions
Tape (as adjusted for the one-for-six reverse stock split in June 1995 and the
three-for-two stock split in January 1997).
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RETURN OF
DISTRIBUTIONS CAPITAL GAAP
HIGH LOW MADE BASIS(A)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1997
First quarter......................................... $45.88 $34.50 $0.39 $0.21
Second quarter........................................ $42.81 $34.25 $0.39 $0.01
Third Quarter......................................... $58.13 $41.38 $0.48 $0.48
Fourth Quarter (through November 7, 1997)............. $61.50 $55.00 N/A N/A
1996
First quarter......................................... $23.25 $19.67 $0.31 $0.11
Second quarter........................................ $25.75 $21.17 $0.33 --
Third quarter......................................... $27.92 $22.08 $0.33 $0.14
Fourth quarter........................................ $36.75 $27.42 $0.39(b)(c) $0.22
1995
First quarter......................................... $16.00 $10.50 None N/A
Second quarter........................................ $16.50 $14.00 None N/A
Third quarter......................................... $19.42 $15.75 $0.31 $0.14
Fourth quarter........................................ $20.00 $17.92 $0.31(d) $0.11
</TABLE>
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(a) Represents distributions per Paired Share in excess of net income per Paired
Share on a GAAP basis, and is not the same as return of capital on a tax
basis.
(b) The Trust declared a distribution for the fourth quarter of 1996 to
shareholders of record on December 30, 1996. The distribution was paid in
January 1997.
(c) During the fourth quarter of 1996 the Trust and the Corporation each
declared a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend
payable to shareholders of record on December 30, 1996. The stock dividend
was paid in January 1997.
(d) The Trust declared a distribution for the fourth quarter of 1995 to
shareholders of record on December 29, 1995. The distribution was paid in
January 1996.
On September 8, 1997, the last trading day prior to the public announcement
of the execution of the Transaction Agreement, the high and low sale prices per
Paired Share on the NYSE Composite Transactions Tape were $49.44 and $49.44,
respectively. On November 7, 1997, the high and low sales prices per Paired
Share on the NYSE Composite Transactions Tape were $58.81 and $57.56,
respectively.
DISTRIBUTIONS MADE/DECLARED
During the fourth quarter of 1996 the Trust and the Corporation each
declared a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend payable
to shareholders of record on December 30, 1996. The stock dividend was paid in
January 1997. The Trust declared and paid dividends of $0.39 per share for each
of the first and second quarters of 1997 and $0.31, $0.33, $0.33 and $0.39 per
share (as adjusted for the three-for-two stock split in January 1997) for the
first, second, third and fourth quarters of 1996, respectively. The Trust
declared and paid a dividend of $0.31 per share (as adjusted for the
three-for-two stock split in January 1997) for the third and fourth quarters of
1995. The fourth quarter dividend was paid in January 1996. No distributions
were made by the Trust during 1994. The Corporation has not paid any cash
dividends since its organization and does not anticipate that it will make any
such distributions in the near future. Under the terms of its lines of credit,
Starwood Lodging is generally permitted to distribute to its shareholders on an
annual basis an amount equal to the greatest of (1) 95% of combined funds from
operations for any four consecutive calendar quarters; (2) an amount sufficient
to maintain the Trust's tax status as a real estate investment trust; and (3)
the amount necessary for the Trust to avoid the payment of federal income or
excise tax.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
1995 REORGANIZATION
Pursuant to a reorganization on January 31, 1995 (the "Reorganization") of
the Trust and the Corporation with a predecessor of Starwood Capital and certain
of its affiliates, such affiliates contributed certain assets to the Realty
Partnership and the Operating Partnership effective as of January 1, 1995 in
exchange for limited partnership interests. The Reorganization was approved by
the shareholders of the Trust and the stockholders of the Corporation at
meetings held on December 15, 1994. The limited partnership interests of the
Realty Partnership and the Operating Partnership held by Starwood Capital are
exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for Paired Shares. See "Security Ownership
of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management."
Barry S. Sternlicht, the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer and
General Manager of Starwood Capital is also the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Trust, a Trustee of the Trust and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation. In addition, Madison Grose, a Trustee of the
Trust, is a Managing Director and the General Counsel of Starwood Capital and
Jonathan Eilian, who is a Director of the Corporation, is a founding member and
Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
CERTAIN ARRANGEMENTS WITH STARWOOD CAPITAL
Starwood Capital and Starwood Lodging have agreed that, subject to approval
by the independent Trustees or Directors, as appropriate, Starwood Capital will
be reimbursed for out-of-pocket cost and expenses for any services provided to
Starwood Lodging. Starwood Capital will also be reimbursed for its internal cost
(including allocation of overhead) for services provided to Starwood Lodging,
provided that, where such costs are currently expensed by Starwood Lodging, such
reimbursement may not exceed $250,000 for the twelve months ending June 30,
1996. In connection with the acquisition of the Institutional Portfolio in
August 1996, the Trust granted Starwood Capital a Restricted Stock Award of
250,870 Paired Shares (after giving effect to the three-for-two stock split in
January 1997) (an approximate value of $6 million based on the Paired Share
closing price on the date of award). During 1996, in addition to the Restricted
Stock Award, Starwood Lodging reimbursed Starwood Capital for $414,000 of
internal costs, of which $226,000 related to 1995. Effective August 12, 1996,
Starwood Lodging's reimbursement arrangement with Starwood Capital was changed
so as to eliminate reimbursements for internal costs of Starwood Capital for any
services of senior management of Starwood Capital (subject to the same annual
limitation of $250,000 as set forth above for services of employees of Starwood
Capital other than such senior management) and after one year, for any services
of any employee of Starwood Capital. In addition, Starwood Lodging engaged
Starwood Capital to act as its financial advisor in connection with the ITT
Merger. This engagement is not subject to the reimbursement arrangement
described above.
In connection with the Reorganization, Starwood Capital agreed (the
"Starwood Capital Noncompete") that it would not compete within the United
States directly or indirectly with the Realty Partnership or the Operating
Partnership and would present to the Partnerships all acquisitions of (i) fee or
ground interests or other equity interests in hotels in the United States and
(ii) debt interests in hotels in the United States where it is anticipated that
the equity will be acquired by the debt holder within one year from the
acquisition of such debt. During the term of the Starwood Noncompete, Starwood
Capital is not to acquire any such interest. The term of the Starwood Noncompete
is until the later of July 1998 or the time at which no officer, director,
general partner or employee of Starwood Capital is on either the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or the Board of Directors of the Corporation (subject to
exception for certain reorganizations, mergers or other combination transactions
with unaffiliated parties).
WESTIN AGREEMENT
As described herein, Starwood Capital owns an interest in Westin. The Trust
and the Corporation have entered into an agreement with Westin pursuant to which
Westin has agreed that during the period in which an officer, director, general
partner or employee of Starwood Capital is on either the Board of Trustees or
the
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Board of Directors, and Starwood Capital co-controls Westin, Westin will not
acquire or seek to acquire United States hotel equity interests, other than
certain specified acquisitions, including, without limitation, minority equity
investments made in connection with Westin's acquisition of a management
contract. The Trust and the Corporation have each waived the foregoing
restriction to the extent applicable with respect to a hotel property in the
U.S. Virgin Islands. The Trust and the Corporation have agreed that under
certain circumstances if Westin is prohibited from consummating an opportunity
which was not being independently pursued by the Trust and the Corporation prior
to such prohibition, the Trust and the Corporation will not pursue such
opportunity for 270 days after such prohibition. During 1996, Westin made an
interest-free loan to the Company of $2.8 million to cover the costs associated
with converting five hotels to Westins. If the Closing under the Transaction
Agreement occurs, the agreements with Westin described in this paragraph will be
terminated.
MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS OF WESTERN HOST
In connection with the settlement of shareholder litigation, Messrs. Ronald
A. Young and John F. Rothman caused each of the Western Host Partnerships (other
than Western Host Santa Maria Partners) to terminate management obligations with
the Corporation's subsidiary, Western Host, Inc. ("Western Host"), with respect
to that partnership's hotel, indemnified the Corporation and Western Host
against all claims that might be made against Western Host in connection with
its status as a general partner of Western Host Santa Maria Partners, Western
Host Pasadena Partners and Western Host San Francisco Partners or in connection
with any fact or circumstance occurring since January 1, 1993 with respect to
any of the Western Host hotels, and delivered to the Corporation an irrevocable
letter of credit in the amount of $800,000. Western Host agreed to accept the
termination of its management obligations with respect to the Western Host
hotels and has drawn on the letter of credit for the full $800,000. In addition,
$120,000 of the management fees and all costs and amounts advanced to the
partnerships which were payable to Western Host were paid in full settlement of
such amounts due at December 31, 1993.
Messrs. Young and Rothman also agreed to be responsible for a percentage of
any retroactive adjustments in worker's compensation insurance premiums.
Starwood Lodging paid $167,041 for retroactive worker's compensation insurance
premiums and sought reimbursement from Messrs. Young and Rothman of their share
of that amount (approximately an aggregate of $56,000). In October 1995, the
Corporation commenced litigation against Messrs. Young and Rothman to collect
such amounts (Starwood Lodging Corporation v. Ronald A. Young et al., San Diego
Superior Court Case No. 693822). In April 1996, the Corporation settled such
litigation and released Messrs. Young and Rothman and their respective
affiliates with respect to premiums paid in 1995 in exchange for the payment of
$40,655, including $5,000 in attorneys' fees.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR NEXT ANNUAL MEETINGS
Stockholder proposals to be considered for inclusion in the proxy
soliciting material for the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Trust or
the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation must be received by
the Corporation not later than August 14, 1998.
Pursuant to Section 4A of Article I and Section 13 of Article III of the
Trustees' Regulations and Section 7 of Article II and Section 1A of Article III
of the Corporation's Bylaws, a shareholder of the Trust or a stockholder of the
Corporation who intends at an annual meeting of shareholders or stockholders to
nominate one or more individuals for election at such meeting as a Trustee or
Director, or to present to a meeting of shareholders or stockholders one or more
other items of business, must notify the Trust or the Corporation of the same
not more than 75 days nor less than 50 days before the date of the meeting (or,
if less than 60 days' advance notice or prior public disclosure of the meeting
date is provided, within 10 days after such notice is mailed or such prior
public disclosure of the meeting date is provided, whichever occurs first). A
copy of the Trustees' Regulations or the Corporation's Bylaws, as the case may
be, which documents set forth the information that must be included in any such
notice, will be furnished without charge to any owner of Paired Shares upon
written or oral request made to Shareholder Relations, Starwood Lodging Trust,
2231 E. Camelback Road, Suite 410, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, telephone number:
(602) 852-3900, or
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Shareholder Relations, Starwood Lodging Corporation, 2231 E. Camelback Road,
Suite 400, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, telephone number: (602) 852-3900.
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
A member of Coopers & Lybrand, the independent public accountants for 1996
and 1997 for the Trust and the Corporation, is expected to be present at the
Trust Meeting and the Corporation Meeting, will have an opportunity to make a
statement if so desired, and will be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
As of November 1, 1995, the Trust and the Corporation dismissed Deloitte &
Touche, L.L.P. ("Deloitte & Touche") as the independent public accountants for
the Trust and the Corporation, respectively, and retained Coopers & Lybrand as
the new independent public accountants for the Trust and the Corporation,
respectively. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and the Boards of
the Trust and the Corporation participated in and approved the decision to
change independent public accountants.
The reports of Coopers & Lybrand on the financial statements for the years
ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of
opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or
accounting principles. During the two most recent fiscal years and any
subsequent interim period preceding the dismissal of Deloitte & Touche, there
were no disagreements with Deloitte & Touche on any matter of accounting
principle or principles, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or
procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte &
Touche would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report. During
such fiscal years and any subsequent interim period preceding the dismissal of
Deloitte & Touche, there were no "reportable events" which would have required
disclosure herein under applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
BY REFERENCE
The following documents previously filed by the Trust and the Corporation
with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, as amended by the Form 10-K/A dated April 25, 1997.
2. The Joint Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by the Trust and the
Corporation for the periods ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and
September 30, 1997 (as amended by the Form 10-Q/A dated November 10, 1997).
3. The Joint Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 10, 1997,
February 14, 1997, March 20, 1997, March 21, 1997, September 9, 1997,
September 10, 1997, October 21, 1997 (as amended by the Form 8-K/A dated
October 29, 1997) and November 12, 1997.
All documents filed by the Trust and the Corporation pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and
prior to the date of the Annual Meetings shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be part hereof from the date any such document is filed.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference
herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified
or superseded. All information appearing in this Joint Proxy statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information and financial statements (including
notes thereto) appearing in the documents incorporated herein by reference,
except to the extent set forth in the immediately preceding statement.
THIS JOINT PROXY STATEMENT INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE
NOT PRESENTED HEREIN OR DELIVERED HEREWITH. COPIES OF ANY SUCH
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DOCUMENTS, OTHER THAN EXHIBITS TO SUCH DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN, ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY PERSON,
INCLUDING ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, TO WHOM THIS JOINT PROXY STATEMENT IS DELIVERED
UPON WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST TO SHAREHOLDER RELATIONS, STARWOOD LODGING TRUST,
2231 E. CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 410, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016 (TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(602) 852-3900) OR SHAREHOLDER RELATIONS, STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION, 2231 E.
CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 400, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016 (TELEPHONE NUMBER: (602)
852-3900). IN ORDER TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY OF THE DOCUMENTS, ANY REQUEST
SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE DECEMBER 5, 1997.
The name "Starwood Lodging Trust" is the designation of Starwood Lodging
Trust and its Trustees (as Trustees but not personally) under a Declaration of
Trust dated August 25, 1969, as amended and restated, and all persons dealing
with Starwood Lodging Trust must look solely to Starwood Lodging Trust's
property for the enforcement of any claims against Starwood Lodging Trust, as
the Trustees, officers, agents and security holders of Starwood Lodging Trust
assume no personal obligations of Starwood Loding Trust, and their respective
properties shall not be subject to claims of any person relating to such
obligation.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
November 12, 1997
Sherwin L. Samuels
Secretary
By Order of the Board of Directors
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
November 12, 1997
Nir E. Margalit
Secretary
No person is authorized to give any information or to make any
representations with respect to the matters described in this Joint Proxy
Statement other than those contained herein. Any information or representations
with respect to such matters not contained herein must not be relied upon as
having been authorized by the Trust or the Corporation. This Joint Proxy
Statement does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy in any jurisdiction to
or from any person to whom it is unlawful to make such solicitation in such
jurisdiction. The delivery of this Joint Proxy Statement shall not, under any
circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the
affairs of the Trust or the Corporation since the date hereof or that the
information in this Joint Proxy Statement is correct as of any time subsequent
to the date hereof.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND STARWOOD
LODGING CORPORATION -- PRO FORMA (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation
Unaudited Combined Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheet as
of September 30, 1997..................................... F-3
Starwood Lodging Trust Unaudited Consolidated Pro Forma
Balance Sheet as of September 30, 1997.................... F-4
Starwood Lodging Corporation Unaudited Consolidated Pro
Forma Balance Sheet as of September 30, 1997.............. F-5
Notes to the Unaudited Combined Consolidated and Separate
Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheets as of September 30,
1997...................................................... F-6
Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation
Unaudited Combined Consolidated Pro Forma Statement of
Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997... F-10
Starwood Lodging Trust Unaudited Consolidated Pro Forma
Statement of Operations for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997........................................ F-11
Starwood Lodging Corporation Unaudited Consolidated Pro
Forma Statement of Operations for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997........................................ F-12
Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation
Unaudited Combined Consolidated Pro Forma Statement of
Operations for the year ended December 31, 1996........... F-13
Starwood Lodging Trust Unaudited Consolidated Pro Forma
Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31,
1996...................................................... F-14
Starwood Lodging Corporation Unaudited Consolidated Pro
Forma Statement of Operations for the year ended December
31, 1996.................................................. F-15
Notes to the Unaudited Combined Consolidated and Separate
Consolidated Pro Forma Statements of Operations for the
nine months ended September 30, 1997 and the year ended
December 31, 1996......................................... F-16
W&S HOTEL L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets................................. F-22
Consolidated Statements of Operations....................... F-23
Predecessor Business Combined Statements of Operations...... F-24
Consolidated Statements of Members' Equity.................. F-25
Predecessor Business Combined Statements of Changes in Net
Assets.................................................... F-26
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows....................... F-27
Predecessor Business Combined Statements of Cash Flows...... F-28
Notes to Financial Statements............................... F-29
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED AND
SEPARATE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(UNAUDITED)
The following unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated and Separate
Consolidated Balance Sheets are presented as if the acquisition of W&S Hotel
L.L.C. ("LLC") and its subsidiaries (together "Westin") consisting of Westin
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ("Westin Worldwide"), W&S Lauderdale Corp.
("Lauderdale"), W&S Seattle Corp. ("Seattle"), Westin St. John Hotel Company,
Inc. ("St. John"), W&S Denver Corp. ("Denver"), and W&S Atlanta Corp.
("Atlanta"), had occurred as of September 30, 1997.
The unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated and Separate Consolidated
Balance Sheets should be read in conjunction with the Separate Consolidated and
Combined Consolidated Historical Financial Statements of Starwood Lodging Trust
(the "Trust") and Starwood Lodging Corporation (the "Corporation," and
collectively with the Trust, the "Company") and the Notes thereto included in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and the unaudited separate and combined financial statements and related notes
of the Company included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997 incorporated by
reference in this Proxy Statement. In management's opinion, all pro forma
adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the acquisition of Westin have
been made.
The unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated and Separate Consolidated
Balance Sheets are not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial
position of the Company would have been as of September 30, 1997, nor do they
purport to represent the future financial position of the Company.
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
STARWOOD STARWOOD
LODGING WESTIN PRO FORMA LODGING
COMBINED ACQUISITION ADJUSTMENTS COMBINED
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Hotel assets held for sale, net....................... $ 32,215 $ $ $ 32,215
Hotel assets, net..................................... 2,323,657 874,618 3,198,275
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
2,355,872 874,618 3,230,490
Mortgage notes receivable, net........................ 79,465 79,465
Investments........................................... 1,691 75,850 77,541
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
Total real estate investments..................... 2,437,028 950,468 3,387,496
Cash and cash equivalents............................. 28,527 178,000 28,527
(178,000)
Accounts, interest and rent receivable................ 71,709 71,709
Notes receivable, net................................. 2,701 14,076 16,777
Inventories, prepaid expenses and other assets........ 55,633 865,056 180,000(E) 1,100,689
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
$2,595,598 $1,829,600 $ 180,000 $4,605,198
========== ========== ========= ==========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Collateralized notes payable and revolving lines of
credit.............................................. $1,217,861 $1,030,093 $(500,000)(C) $1,925,954
178,000
Mortgage and other notes payable...................... 218,558 218,558
Accounts payable and other liabilities................ 79,768 180,000(E) 259,768
Distributions payable................................. 28,447 28,447
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
1,544,634 1,208,093 (320,000) 2,432,727
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
Commitments and contingencies.........................
MINORITY INTEREST..................................... 258,926 48,993 24,768(C) 332,687
Class B Exchangeable preferred pro forma shares; $.01
par value; authorized 10,000,000; outstanding
5,294,783, at redemption value...................... 203,849 203,849
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Trust shares of beneficial interest,
$.01 par value; authorized 100,000,000 shares;
outstanding 45,725,852, 56,425,852 pro forma...... 457 107(C) 564
$.01 par value; authorized 10,000,000 Class A
Exchangeable preferred pro forma shares;
outstanding 6,285,783............................. 63 63
Corporation common stock,
$.01 par value; authorized 100,000,000 shares;
outstanding 45,725,852, 56,425,852 pro forma...... 457 107(C) 564
Additional paid-in capital............................ 1,094,849 368,602 475,018(C) 1,938,469
Accumulated deficit................................... (303,725) (303,725)
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
792,038 368,665 475,232 1,635,935
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
$2,595,598 $1,829,600 $ 180,000 $4,605,198
========== ========== ========= ==========
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
STARWOOD WESTIN PRO FORMA STARWOOD
LODGING TRUST ACQUISITION ADJUSTMENTS LODGING TRUST
------------- ----------- ----------- -------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Hotel assets held for sale, net.................. $ 9,925 $ $ $ 9,925
Hotel assets, net................................ 2,091,246 694,118 2,785,364
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
2,101,171 694,118 2,795,289
Mortgage notes receivable, net................... 79,465 79,465
Mortgage notes receivable Corporation............ 209,642 209,642
Investments...................................... 1,451 69,850 71,301
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
Total real estate investments.................. 2,391,729 763,968 3,155,697
Cash and cash equivalents........................ 3,169 178,000 25,000(D) 3,169
(178,000) (25,000)(D)
Rent and interest receivable..................... 13,823 13,823
Notes receivable, net............................ 2,080 14,076 16,156
Notes receivable Corporation..................... 57,712 294,184 (25,000)(D) 326,896
Prepaid expenses and other assets................ 22,693 726,295 748,988
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
$2,491,206 $1,798,523 $ (25,000) $4,264,729
========== ========== ========= ==========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Collateralized notes payable and revolving lines
of credit...................................... $1,217,861 $1,030,093 $(475,000)(C) $1,925,954
178,000 (25,000)(D)
Mortgage and other notes payable................. 217,606 217,606
Accounts payable and other liabilities........... 19,233 19,233
Distributions payable............................ 28,348 28,348
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
1,483,048 1,208,093 (500,000) 2,191,141
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
Commitments and contingencies....................
MINORITY INTEREST................................ 247,804 46,543 21,629(C) 315,976
Class B Exchangeable preferred pro forma shares;
$.01 par value; authorized 10,000,000;
outstanding 5,294,783, at redemption value..... 203,849 203,849
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Trust shares of beneficial interest,
$.01 par value; authorized 100,000,000 shares;
outstanding 45,725,852, 56,425,852 pro
forma........................................ 457 107(C) 564
$.01 par value; authorized 10,000,000 Class A
Exchangeable preferred pro forma shares;
outstanding 6,285,783........................ 63 63
Additional paid-in capital....................... 979,885 339,975 453,264(C) 1,773,124
Accumulated deficit.............................. (219,988) (219,988)
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
760,354 340,038 453,371 1,553,763
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
$2,491,206 $1,798,523 $ (25,000) $4,264,729
========== ========== ========= ==========
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STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL
STARWOOD PRO FORMA
LODGING WESTIN PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
CORPORATION ACQUISITION ADJUSTMENTS CORPORATION
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Hotel assets held for sale, net.............. $ 22,290 $ $ $ 22,290
Hotel assets, net............................ 232,411 180,500 412,911
-------- -------- -------- --------
254,701 180,500 435,201
Investments.................................. 240 6,000 6,240
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total real estate investments........... 254,941 186,500 441,441
Cash and cash equivalents.................... 25,358 25,000 (C),(D 25,358
(25,000)(D)
Accounts and interest receivable............. 57,886 57,886
Notes receivable, net........................ 621 621
Inventories, prepaid expenses and other
assets..................................... 32,940 138,761 180,000(E) 351,701
-------- -------- -------- --------
$371,746 $325,261 $180,000 $877,007
======== ======== ======== ========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Mortgage and other notes payable............. $ 952 $ $ $ 952
Mortgage notes payable Trust................. 209,642 209,642
Notes payable Trust.......................... 57,712 294,184 (25,000)(D) 326,896
Accounts payable and other liabilities....... 60,535 180,000(E) 240,535
Distributions payable........................ 99 99
-------- -------- -------- --------
328,940 294,184 155,000 778,124
-------- -------- -------- --------
Commitments and contingencies................
MINORITY INTEREST............................ 11,122 2,450 3,139 (C),(D 16,711
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Corporation common stock,
$.01 par value; authorized 100,000,000
shares; outstanding 45,725,852,
56,425,852 pro forma.................... 457 107 (C),(D 564
Additional paid-in capital................... 114,964 28,627 21,754 (C),(D 165,345
Accumulated deficit.......................... (83,737) (83,737)
-------- -------- -------- --------
31,684 28,627 21,861 82,172
-------- -------- -------- --------
$371,746 $325,261 $180,000 $877,007
======== ======== ======== ========
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED AND
SEPARATE CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
(A) The Trust and the Corporation have unilateral control of SLT Realty
Limited Partnership ("Realty") and SLC Operating Limited Partnership
("Operating" and together with Realty the "Partnerships"), respectively, and,
therefore, the historical financial statements of Realty and Operating are
consolidated with those of the Trust and the Corporation. Unless the context
otherwise requires, all references herein to the "Company" refer to the Trust
and the Corporation, and all references to the "Trust" and the "Corporation"
include the Trust and the Corporation and those entities respectively owned or
controlled by the Trust or the Corporation, including Realty and Operating,
respectively.
NOTE 2. WESTIN ACQUISITION
(B) On September 9, 1997, the Company announced the execution of a
definitive agreement to acquire W&S Hotel L.L.C. (the "LLC" and, together with
its subsidiaries, "Westin") and its subsidiaries for approximately $1.83 billion
(using the closing price of $49.4375 per paired share on September 8, 1997). The
subsidiaries of the LLC consist of: Westin Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, St.
John, Denver and Atlanta. As part of the acquisition, Westin Worldwide will be
merged into the Trust, the stock of Seattle, Lauderdale and Denver (which own
the Westin Hotel Seattle, the Westin Hotel Fort Lauderdale and the Westin Hotel
Tabor Center, respectively) will be contributed to Realty and the stock of
Atlanta and St. John (which own the Westin Peachtree Plaza and the Westin
Resort, St. John, respectively) will be contributed to Operating. Also as part
of the acquisition, certain assets of Westin Worldwide, including portions of
its management and franchising operations, and of Seattle, Lauderdale and Denver
are expected either to be transferred to the Corporation and Operating or
transferred into subsidiaries in which the Trust will own nonvoting preferred
stock and less than 10% of the voting stock and the Corporation will own more
than 90% of the voting stock.
The pro forma adjustments allocate Westin's assets between the Trust and
the Corporation in accordance with the terms of the acquisition. As a result,
all the properties owned by Westin (other than the Westin Peachtree Plaza and
the Westin Resort, St. John) are combined with the Trust. The following is a
list of the hotels that are wholly-owned by Westin:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME CITY STATE TOTAL ROOMS
---- ---- ----- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Hotels owned as of December 31, 1996
The Westin Hotel Seattle...................... Seattle Washington 865
The Westin San Francisco Airport.............. San Francisco California 388
The Westin Hotel Cincinnati................... Cincinnati Ohio 448
The Westin Galleria and Oaks.................. Houston Texas 891
The Westin South Coast Plaza.................. Orange County California 396
The Westin Hotel Fort Lauderdale.............. Ft. Florida 293
Lauderdale
The Cherry Creek Inn.......................... Denver Colorado 320
-----
Sub-total................................ 3,601
-----
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME CITY STATE/TERRITORY TOTAL ROOMS
---- ---- --------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Hotels acquired since January 1, 1997
The Westin Hotel Indianapolis................. Indianapolis Indiana 573
The Westin Hotel Tabor Center................. Denver Colorado 420
The Westin Peachtree Plaza.................... Atlanta Georgia 1,068
The Westin Resort............................. St. John U.S. Virgin Islands 285
-----
Sub-total................................ 2,346
-----
Total.................................... 5,947
=====
</TABLE>
In addition, Westin has joint venture interests in the following
properties:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME/OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE CITY STATE/PROVINCE TOTAL ROOMS
------------------------- ---- -------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel O'Hare (49%)................. Chicago Illinois 525
The Westin Hotel Galleria (20%)............... Dallas Texas 431
The Westin Office Building (25%).............. Seattle Washington N/A(1)
The Westin London (10%)....................... London Ontario 329
</TABLE>
- -------------------------
(1) contains approximately 350,000 square feet
The acquisition price for Westin is expected to be allocated as follows (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRUST CORPORATION COMBINED
---------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Wholly owned assets.................................... $ 694,118 $180,500 $ 874,618
Joint venture assets................................... 69,850 6,000 75,850
Notes receivable....................................... 14,076 -- 14,076
Other assets(1)........................................ 726,295 138,761 865,056
---------- -------- ----------
Total assets...................................... $1,504,339 $325,261 $1,829,600
========== ======== ==========
</TABLE>
- ---------------
(1) Other assets includes the value of existing management contracts, certain
intangible assets, and an amount allocated to a wholly owned captive
insurance company.
As partial consideration for the acquisition of Westin, the Company intends
to issue 6,285,783 shares of newly created Class A Exchangeable Preferred Stock
with an aggregate value of approximately $310.8 million (using the closing stock
price of $49.4375 per paired share on September 8, 1997) and 5,294,783 shares of
newly created Class B Exchangeable Preferred Stock with an aggregate value of
approximately $261.8 million (using the closing stock price of $49.4375 per
paired share on September 8, 1997). The Company also intends to issue 991,000
limited partnership units of the Partnerships with an aggregate value of
approximately $49.0 million (using the closing stock price of $49.4375 per
Paired Share on September 8, 1997), exchangeable on a one for one basis for
Class B Exchangeable Preferred Stock or paired shares. The Corporation expects
to borrow approximately $294.2 million from the Trust to partially finance the
acquisition of assets allocable to the Corporation.
Finally, the Company intends to assume approximately $1.030 billion of debt
and pay cash in the amount of approximately $178.0 million to be drawn down
under the Company's revolving line of credit. The Company expects to refinance
some of Westin's debt to obtain credit terms similar to the Company's existing
credit facilities.
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NOTE 3. PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS
(C) The Company expects to issue, in a take-down from a shelf registration
statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection
with a public offering, approximately 10.7 million Paired Shares of the Company
at an initial offering price of $49.4375 per paired share (using the closing
price per Paired Share on September 8, 1997) (the "Offering"). Total combined
net proceeds from the Offering of approximately $500 million will be used
partially to fund the acquisition of Westin and to pay down existing
indebtedness. Minority interest has been adjusted to reflect the 16.9% proforma
minority interest subsequent to the Westin acquisition.
(D) Reflects proceeds from the Offering to the Corporation which will be
used to reduce intercompany indebtedness to the Trust and will be used by the
Trust to pay down existing third-party indebtedness.
(E) Reflects estimated deferred tax liability expected to be recorded as a
result of the Westin acquisition.
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED AND
SEPARATE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
(UNAUDITED)
The following Unaudited Combined Consolidated and Separate Consolidated Pro
Forma Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
the year ended December 31, 1996 give effect to the pending acquisition of
Westin as of January 1, 1996. The pro forma information is based upon historical
information and does not purport to present what actual results would have been
had such transaction, in fact, occurred at January 1, 1996, or to project
results for any future period. Historical Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood
Lodging Corporation results are for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
the year ended December 31, 1996. The historical Westin results are for the nine
months ended September 30, 1997 and the year ended December 31, 1996.
Historical Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation results
include the results of the properties acquired in 1996 (the Westin in
Washington, D.C. -- acquired on January 4, a 58.2% interest in the Park Plaza in
Boston, Massachusetts -- acquired on January 24, the Doubletree Guest Suites DFW
Airport in Irving, Texas, the Doubletree Guest Suites in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
and the Westin Hotel in Tampa, Florida -- all three acquired on April 26, the
Midland Hotel in Chicago, Illinois -- acquired on March 22, the Clarion Hotel --
San Francisco Airport in Milbrae, California -- acquired on April 25, the Westin
at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --
acquired on June 3, the Days Inn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- acquired on
July 1, a portfolio of 8 hotels owned by an institution consisting of the Ritz
Carlton in Kansas City, Missouri, the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, the Westin Hotel in Waltham, Massachusetts, the Westin LAX in Los
Angeles, California, the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego, California, the
Westin Hotel Concourse in Atlanta, Georgia, the Doubletree Grand at Mall of
America in Bloomington, Minnesota and the Wyndham Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida -- all acquired on August 12, a portfolio of 9 hotels owned by Hotels of
Distinction Ventures, Inc. consisting of the Hotel Park Tucson in Tucson,
Arizona, the Embassy Suites in Palm Desert, California, the Marque in Atlanta,
Georgia, the Arlington Park Hilton in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the Sheraton
Needham in Needham, Massachusetts, the Sheraton Minneapolis Metrodome in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Embassy Suites in St. Louis, Missouri, the Radisson
Marque in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (this property was sold in April, 1997)
and the Allentown Hilton in Allentown, Pennsylvania -- all acquired on August 16
except the Sheraton Minneapolis Metrodome which closed on September 5, the
Marriott Forrestal Village in Princeton, New Jersey -- acquired on August 29,
the Doral Court and Doral Tuscany both in New York, New York -- acquired on
September 19, and a 93.5% interest in the Westwood Marquis Hotel & Gardens in
Westwood, California -- acquired on December 31) and the properties acquired in
1997 (the Deerfield Beach Hilton in Deerfield Beach, Florida -- acquired on
January 8, the Radisson Denver South in Denver, Colorado -- acquired on January
17, the Embassy Suites Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, the BWI Airport Marriott in
Baltimore, Maryland, the Charleston Hilton North in Charleston, South Carolina,
the Crowne Plaza Edison in Edison, New Jersey, the Courtyard by Marriott Crystal
City in Arlington, Virginia, the Novi Hilton in Novi, Michigan, the Omni
Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, the Park Ridge Hotel in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania, the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, California, and the Sonoma
County Hilton in Santa Rosa, California -- all acquired on February 14, the Days
Inn Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois -- acquired February 21, the Hermitage
Suites Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee -- acquired on March 11, the Hotel De La
Poste in New Orleans, Louisiana -- acquired on March 12, the San Diego Marriott
Suites in San Diego, California -- acquired on April 3, the Tremont Hotel in
Chicago, Illinois -- acquired on April 4, the Raphael Hotel in Chicago,
Illinois -- acquired May 7, the Stamford Sheraton in Stamford,
Connecticut -- acquired on June 9, the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Southfield,
Michigan -- acquired on July 10, the Westin Regina Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico,
the Westin Regina Resort in Cancun, Mexico, and the Westin Regina Resort in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico -- acquired on August 21, a portfolio of 15 hotels,
owned by Flatley Co./Tara Hotels, located in the Northeastern United
States -- acquired on September 11, the Crowne Plaza in New Orleans,
Louisiana -- acquired on September 16, and One Washington Circle in Washington,
D.C. -- acquired on September 30) from their respective dates of acquisition.
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL
STARWOOD PRO FORMA
LODGING W & S HOTEL LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
COMBINED & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS COMBINED
---------- --------------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Hotel operations:
Rooms.............................. $403,235 $110,869 $ 24,222 $538,326
Food & beverage.................... 157,260 51,566 12,641 221,467
Other.............................. 43,119 12,916 2,683 58,718
-------- -------- --------- --------
Total.......................... 603,614 175,351 39,546(C) 818,511
Gaming............................... 11,392 11,392
Interest from mortgage and other
notes.............................. 10,576 3,128 13,704
Rent from leased hotel properties and
income from investments............ 701 1,196 1,897
Management fees and other income..... 6,726 60,162 (1,496)(G) 65,392
Gain (loss) on sales of real estate
investments and non-recurring
items.............................. (221) 13,423 (13,423)(H) (221)
-------- -------- --------- --------
632,788 253,260 24,627 910,675
-------- -------- --------- --------
EXPENSES
Hotel operations:
Rooms.............................. 98,004 23,391 5,773 127,168
Food & beverage.................... 118,058 36,798 8,780 163,636
Other.............................. 200,856 68,939 13,124 282,919
-------- -------- --------- --------
416,918 129,128 27,677(C) 573,723
(1,496)(G) (1,496)
(1,832)(I) (1,832)
-------- -------- --------- --------
Total.......................... 416,918 129,128 24,349 570,395
Gaming............................... 12,554 12,554
Interest............................. 41,139 67,049(J) 80,438
(27,750)(K)
Depreciation and amortization........ 104,271 65,240(L) 169,511
Administrative and general........... 19,002 13,290 32,292
-------- -------- --------- --------
593,884 142,418 128,888 865,190
-------- -------- --------- --------
Income from operations before income
taxes and minority interest........ 38,904 110,842 (104,261) 45,485
Provision for income taxes........... 12,370(M) 12,370
-------- -------- --------- --------
Income from operations before
minority interest.................. 38,904 $110,842 $(116,631) 33,115
======== =========
Minority interest (N)................ 10,627 7,561
-------- --------
Income from operations............... $ 28,277 $ 25,554
======== ========
Income from operations per Paired
Share (O).......................... $ 0.60 $ 0.37
======== ========
Weighted average number of Paired
Shares............................. 46,830 69,111
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
STARWOOD LODGING W & S HOTEL LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
TRUST & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS TRUST
---------------- --------------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Rents from Corporation.......... $157,571 $ $ 38,884(D) $196,455
Interest from Corporation....... 9,776 21,198(E) 30,974
Interest from mortgage and other
notes......................... 10,576 3,128 13,704
Rent from leased hotel
properties and income from
investments................... 701 1,196 1,897
Other income.................... 1,853 1,853
Gain on sale of real estate
investments and non-recurring
items......................... 283 13,423 (13,423)(H) 283
-------- ------- -------- --------
180,760 17,747 46,659 245,166
-------- ------- -------- --------
EXPENSES
Interest........................ 41,012 67,049(J) 80,311
(27,750)(K)
Depreciation and amortization... 88,204 55,059(L) 143,263
Administrative and general...... 7,031 7,031
-------- ------- -------- --------
136,247 94,358 230,605
-------- ------- -------- --------
Income from operations before
minority interest............. 44,513 $17,747 $(47,699) 14,561
======= ========
Minority interest (N)........... 9,957 2,790
-------- --------
Income from operations.......... $ 34,556 $ 11,771
======== ========
Income from operations per share
(O)........................... $ 0.73 $ 0.17
======== ========
Weighted average number
of shares..................... 46,830 69,111
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL
STARWOOD PRO FORMA
LODGING W & S HOTEL LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS CORPORATION
----------- --------------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Hotel operations:
Rooms............................ $403,235 $110,869 $ 24,222 $538,326
Food & beverage.................. 157,260 51,566 12,641 221,467
Other............................ 43,119 12,916 2,683 58,718
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total......................... 603,614 175,351 39,546(C) 818,511
Gaming............................. 11,392 11,392
Management fees and other income... 4,873 60,162 (1,496)(G) 63,539
Loss on sales of real estate
investments...................... (504) (504)
-------- -------- -------- --------
619,375 235,513 38,050 892,938
-------- -------- -------- --------
EXPENSES
Hotel operations:
Rooms............................ 98,004 23,391 5,773 127,168
Food & beverage.................. 118,058 36,798 8,780 163,636
Other............................ 200,856 68,939 13,124 282,919
-------- -------- -------- --------
416,918 129,128 27,677(C) 573,723
(1,496)(G) (1,496)
(1,832)(I) (1,832)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total......................... 416,918 129,128 24,349 570,395
Gaming............................. 12,554 12,554
Rent to Trust...................... 157,571 38,884(D) 196,455
Interest to Trust.................. 9,776 21,198(E) 30,974
Interest........................... 127 127
Depreciation and amortization...... 16,067 10,181(L) 26,248
Administrative and general......... 11,971 13,290 25,261
-------- -------- -------- --------
624,984 142,418 94,612 862,014
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes
and minority interest............ (5,609) 93,095 (56,562) 30,924
Provision for income taxes......... 12,370(M) 12,370
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income before minority interest.... (5,609) $ 93,095 $(68,932) 18,554
======== ========
Minority interest(N)............... 670 4,771
-------- --------
Net income (loss).................. $ (6,279) $ 13,783
======== ========
Net income (loss) per share(O)..... $ (0.13) $ 0.20
======== ========
Weighted average number of
shares........................... 46,830 69,111
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL W & S HOTEL PRO FORMA
STARWOOD LODGING LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
COMBINED & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS COMBINED
---------------- -------------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Hotel operations:
Rooms................................... $260,175 $102,091 $ 65,559 $427,825
Food & beverage......................... 94,816 52,036 33,551 180,403
Other................................... 30,119 14,245 7,743 52,107
-------- -------- --------- --------
Total............................... 385,110 168,372 106,853(C) 660,335
Gaming.................................... 23,630 23,630
Interest from mortgage and other notes.... 11,262 1,712 12,974
Rent from leased hotel properties and
income from investments................. 822 5,036 (3,406)(F) 2,452
Management fees and other income.......... 3,424 69,693 (753)(G) 72,364
Gain on sales of real estate
investments............................. 4,290 4,290
-------- -------- --------- --------
428,538 244,813 102,694 776,045
-------- -------- --------- --------
EXPENSES
Hotel operations:
Rooms................................... 67,017 23,221 15,655 105,893
Food & beverage......................... 72,696 36,569 23,503 132,768
Other................................... 135,302 73,270 35,759 244,331
-------- -------- --------- --------
275,015 133,060 74,917(C) 482,992
(753)(G) (753)
(997)(I) (997)
-------- -------- --------- --------
Total............................... 275,015 133,060 73,167 481,242
Gaming.................................... 21,834 21,834
Interest.................................. 23,337 89,397(J) 75,734
(37,000)(K)
Depreciation and amortization............. 55,745 86,986(L) 142,731
Administrative and general................ 16,495 23,990 40,485
-------- -------- --------- --------
392,426 157,050 212,550 762,026
-------- -------- --------- --------
Income before income taxes and
minority interest....................... 36,112 87,763 (109,856) 14,019
Provision for income taxes................ 9,803(M) 9,803
-------- -------- --------- --------
Income before minority interest........... 36,112 $ 87,763 $(119,659) 4,216
======== =========
Minority interest (N)..................... 10,238 2,460
-------- --------
Net income................................ $ 25,874 $ 1,756
======== ========
Net income per Paired Share (O)........... $ 0.87 $ 0.03
======== ========
Weighted average number of Paired
Shares.................................. 29,884 52,165
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
STARWOOD LODGING W & S HOTEL LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD
TRUST & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS LODGING TRUST
---------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Rents from Corporation............. $ 87,593 $ $ 38,394(D) $125,987
Interest from Corporation.......... 9,084 28,264(E) 37,348
Interest from mortgage and other
notes............................ 11,262 1,712 12,974
Rent from leased hotel properties
and income from investments...... 822 5,036 (3,406)(F) 2,452
Other income....................... 2,008 2,008
Gain on sale of real estate
investments...................... 4,290 4,290
-------- ------ -------- --------
115,059 6,748 63,252 185,059
-------- ------ -------- --------
EXPENSES
Interest........................... 23,088 89,397(J) 75,485
(37,000)(K)
Depreciation and amortization...... 42,517 73,411(L) 115,928
Administrative and general......... 4,134 4,134
-------- ------ -------- --------
69,739 125,808 195,547
-------- ------ -------- --------
Income (loss) before minority
interest......................... 45,320 $6,748 $(62,556) (10,488)
====== ========
Minority interest (N).............. 11,731 (498)
-------- --------
Net income (loss).................. $ 33,589 $ (9,990)
======== ========
Net income (loss) per share (O).... $ 1.12 $ (0.19)
======== ========
Weighted average number of
shares........................... 29,884 52,165
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL
STARWOOD PRO FORMA
LODGING W & S HOTEL LLC PRO FORMA STARWOOD LODGING
CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES ADJUSTMENTS CORPORATION
----------- --------------- ----------- ----------------
(A) (B)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Hotel operations:
Rooms.................................. $260,175 $102,091 $ 65,559 $427,825
Food & beverage........................ 94,816 52,036 33,551 180,403
Other.................................. 30,119 14,245 7,743 52,107
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total.............................. 385,110 168,372 106,853(C) 660,335
Gaming................................... 23,630 23,630
Management fees and other income......... 1,416 69,693 (753)(G) 70,356
-------- -------- -------- --------
410,156 238,065 106,100 754,321
-------- -------- -------- --------
EXPENSES
Hotel operations:
Rooms.................................. 67,017 23,221 15,655 105,893
Food & beverage........................ 72,696 36,569 23,503 132,768
Other.................................. 135,302 73,270 35,759 244,331
-------- -------- -------- --------
275,015 133,060 74,917(C) 482,992
(753)(G) (753)
(997)(I) (997)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total.............................. 275,015 133,060 73,167 481,242
Gaming................................... 21,834 21,834
Rent to Trust............................ 87,593 38,394(D) 125,987
Interest to Trust........................ 9,084 28,264(E) 37,348
Interest................................. 249 249
Depreciation and amortization............ 13,228 13,575(L) 26,803
Administrative and general............... 12,361 23,990 36,351
-------- -------- -------- --------
419,364 157,050 153,400 729,814
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes and
minority interest...................... (9,208) 81,015 (47,300) 24,507
Provision for income taxes............... 9,803(M) 9,803
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income before minority interest.......... (9,208) $ 81,015 $(57,103) 14,704
======== ========
Minority interest (N).................... (1,493) 2,958
-------- --------
Net income (loss)........................ $ (7,715) $ 11,746
======== ========
Net income (loss) per share (O).......... $ (0.26) $ 0.22
======== ========
Weighted average number of shares........ 29,884 52,165
======== ========
</TABLE>
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STARWOOD LODGING TRUST AND
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED AND
SEPARATE CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Trust and the Corporation have unilateral control of SLT Realty Limited
Partnership ("Realty") and SLC Operating Limited Partnership ("Operating" and,
together with Realty, the "Partnerships"), respectively, and, therefore, the
historical financial statements of Realty and Operating are consolidated with
those of the Trust and the Corporation. Unless the context otherwise requires,
all references herein to the "Company" refer to the Trust and the Corporation,
and all references to the "Trust" and the "Corporation" include the Trust and
the Corporation and those entities respectively owned or controlled by the Trust
or the Corporation, including Realty and Operating.
NOTE 2. PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS
(A) Reflects the Company's historical statements of operations. Results of
operations for properties sold or pending sale are not considered material to
the pro forma presentation. The historical statements of operations for the year
ended December 31, 1996 exclude the impact of extraordinary items.
(B) Reflects Westin's historical statements of operations excluding
depreciation and amortization, interest expense and provision for income taxes
which are reflected as pro forma adjustments. The following is a reconciliation
of the historical results of Westin in the pro forma statements of operations to
the unaudited statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30,
1997 and to the audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31,
1996:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997:
Income before depreciation and amortization, interest and
provision for income taxes per pro forma combined
statement of operations................................... $110,842
Depreciation and amortization............................... 36,402
Interest expense............................................ 34,536
Provision for income taxes.................................. 16,295
--------
Net income per unaudited statement of operations............ $ 23,609
========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996:
Income before depreciation and amortization, interest and
provision for income taxes per pro forma combined
statement of operations................................... $ 87,763
Depreciation and amortization............................... 42,566
Interest expense............................................ 41,965
Provision for income taxes.................................. 3,904
--------
Net loss per audited statement of operations................ $ (672)
========
</TABLE>
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Listed below are the effects each wholly-owned hotel had on the Combined
Pro Forma Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997
and the year ended December 31, 1996 (in thousands):
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXCESS OF
REVENUES
HOTEL REVENUES EXPENSES OVER EXPENSES
----- -------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel Seattle............................. $ 35,816 $ 22,320 $13,496
The Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport............... 19,058 13,039 6,019
The Westin Hotel Cincinnati.......................... 15,547 11,719 3,828
The Westin Hotel Galleria and Oaks................... 34,573 30,494 4,079
The Westin South Coast Plaza......................... 14,878 12,775 2,103
The Westin Hotel Fort Lauderdale..................... 8,377 6,862 1,515
The Cherry Creek Inn................................. 6,033 4,109 1,924
The Westin Hotel Indianapolis (acquired March 4,
1997).............................................. 16,566 10,873 5,693
The Westin Hotel Tabor Center (acquired June 24,
1997).............................................. 7,114 4,400 2,714
The Westin Peachtree Plaza (acquired June 4, 1997)... 17,389 12,537 4,852
The Westin Resort St. John (acquired May 15,
1997)(1)...........................................
-------- -------- -------
Total........................................... $175,351 $129,128 $46,223
======== ======== =======
</TABLE>
- ---------------
(1) Hotel closed for renovation due to hurricane damage.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXCESS OF
REVENUES
OVER
HOTEL REVENUES EXPENSES EXPENSES
----- -------- -------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel Seattle................................. $ 45,547 $ 32,013 $13,534
The Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport................... 21,905 16,463 5,442
The Westin Hotel Cincinnati.............................. 20,672 16,014 4,658
The Westin Hotel Galleria and Oaks....................... 43,880 39,018 4,862
The Westin South Coast Plaza............................. 18,147 15,106 3,041
The Westin Hotel Fort Lauderdale......................... 11,500 9,665 1,835
The Cherry Creek Inn..................................... 6,721 4,781 1,940
-------- -------- -------
Total............................................... $168,372 $133,060 $35,312
======== ======== =======
</TABLE>
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Listed below are the effects each joint venture had on the Combined Pro
Forma Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
the year ended December 31, 1996 (in thousands):
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
WESTIN
O'HARE GALLERIA SIXTH & VINWEST HOTEL
HOTEL HOTEL VIRGINIA LONDON
VENTURE VENTURE PROPERTIES ONTARIO, INC.(1) TOTAL
------- -------- ---------- ---------------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operating revenues........................ $23,400 $22,403 $7,443 $4,810 $58,056
Operating expenses........................ 17,491 14,485 3,527 4,524 40,027
Depreciation and amortization............. 2,156 2,736 1,960 319 7,171
------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Operating income.......................... 3,753 5,182 1,956 (33) 10,858
Interest expense.......................... 1,714 4,336 1,738 318 8,106
Other expense (income).................... (30) (55) 23 (62)
------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Net income (loss)....................... 2,039 876 273 (374) 2,814
------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Westin ownership percentage............... 49% 20% 25% 10%
------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Westin Share.............................. $ 990 $ 175 $ 68 $ (37) $ 1,196
======= ======= ====== ======= =======
</TABLE>
- -------------------------
(1) Westin acquired an interest in this property in February, 1997.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
WESTIN
ARIZONA O'HARE GALLERIA SIXTH &
BILTMORE HOTEL HOTEL VIRGINIA
PARTNERS(1) VENTURE VENTURE PROPERTIES TOTAL
----------- ------- -------- ---------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operating revenues.......................... $55,653 $29,395 $30,586 $8,446 $124,080
Operating expenses.......................... 39,847 22,268 20,124 4,067 86,306
Depreciation and amortization............... 5,298 2,029 3,344 2,114 12,785
------- ------- ------- ------ --------
Operating income............................ 10,508 5,098 7,118 2,265 24,989
Interest expense............................ 5,851 2,214 5,638 2,418 16,121
Other expense............................... 150 150
------- ------- ------- ------ --------
Net income (loss)......................... 4,657 2,884 1,330 (153) 8,718
------- ------- ------- ------ --------
Westin ownership percentage................. 50% 49% 20% 25%
------- ------- ------- ------ --------
2,328 1,402 266 (38) 3,958
Preferred return............................ 1,078 1,078
------- ------- ------- ------ --------
Westin Share................................ $ 3,406 $ 1,402 $ 266 $ (38) $ 5,036
======= ======= ======= ====== ========
</TABLE>
- -------------------------
(1) Ownership interest sold in February, 1997 (see footnotes F and H below).
(C) Since January 1, 1997 Westin has acquired four hotel properties
including the 573-room Westin Hotel Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana
acquired on March 4, 1997; the 285-room Westin Resort, St. John on the U.S.
Virgin Islands acquired on May 15, 1997; the 1,068-room Westin Peachtree Plaza
in Atlanta, Georgia acquired on June 4, 1997; and the 420-room Westin Hotel
Tabor Center in Denver, Colorado acquired on June 24, 1997.
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Listed below are the pro forma adjustments necessary to show the effect on
the results of operations of the acquired hotels as if they had been acquired at
January 1, 1996:
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXCESS OF
REVENUES
OVER
HOTEL REVENUES EXPENSES EXPENSES
----- -------- -------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel Tabor Center............................... $11,854 $ 8,531 $ 3,323
The Westin Hotel Indianapolis............................... 3,215 2,832 383
The Westin Peachtree Plaza.................................. 24,477 16,314 8,163
The Westin Resort St. John(1)...............................
------- ------- -------
Total..................................................... $39,546 $27,677 $11,869
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
- -------------------------
(1) Hotel closed for renovation due to hurricane damage.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXCESS OF
REVENUES
OVER
HOTEL REVENUES EXPENSES EXPENSES
----- -------- -------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
The Westin Hotel Tabor Center............................... $ 23,131 $16,456 $ 6,675
The Westin Hotel Indianapolis............................... 25,606 18,276 7,330
The Westin Peachtree Plaza.................................. 58,116 40,185 17,931
The Westin Resort St. John(1)...............................
-------- ------- -------
Total..................................................... $106,853 $74,917 $31,936
======== ======= =======
</TABLE>
- -------------------------
(1) Hotel closed for renovation due to hurricane damage.
(D) The Trust intends to lease the hotels it will acquire to the
Corporation under leases that provide for annual base or minimum rents plus
contingent or percentage rents based on the gross revenue of the properties and
are accounted for as operating leases.
(E) Reflects interest expense on funds borrowed by the Corporation from the
Trust to acquire certain assets in the Westin transaction including the Westin
Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia and the Westin Resort St. John on the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
(F) Reflects the elimination of joint venture income related to the sale,
during February 1997, of Westin's 50% ownership investment in the Biltmore Hotel
Partners.
(G) Reflects the elimination of franchise fees paid by the Company to
Westin on seven Westin hotels owned by the Company as of September 30, 1997
including the Westin Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, California; the Westin
Horton Plaza in San Diego, California; the Westin Washington in Washington, DC;
the Westin Tampa Airport in Tampa, Florida; the Westin Atlanta North in Atlanta,
Georgia; the Westin Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the
Westin Waltham in Waltham, Massachusetts.
(H) Reflects the elimination of non-recurring items including gains on
disposal of investments in partnership and hotel companies, gains on curtailment
of benefit plans, a litigation settlement charge and miscellaneous income and
expense.
(I) Reflects the elimination of franchise fees incurred by the Company on
hotels the Company intends to convert to Westins. These franchise fees represent
franchise fees incurred from the date the hotel was acquired until the end of
each period presented and therefore may not represent a full period of franchise
fees expense.
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(J) Reflects the addition of interest expense at the Company's current
weighted average borrowing rate (7.4%) on the $1.030 billion of assumed debt and
the $178.0 million cash drawn down to acquire Westin.
(K) Reflects the reduction of interest expense due to the pay down of
approximately $500.0 million of debt with the net proceeds of a public offering
of approximately 10.7 million Paired Shares at $49.4375 per Paired Share (using
the closing price per Paired Share on September 8, 1997).
(L) Reflects depreciation and amortization expense on the Company's basis
in the assets acquired in the Westin transaction.
(M) Reflects the estimated income tax expense on the pro forma Corporation
results using an effective income tax rate of 40%.
(N) Reflects the minority interests of the partners in the income of the
Partnerships.
(O) Net income (loss) per Paired Share has been computed using the weighted
average number of paired shares and equivalent paired shares outstanding and
includes Class A and Class B Exchangeable Preferred Stock expected to be issued
as partial consideration for the Westin acquisition (see footnote B to the
Unaudited Combined Consolidated and Separate Consolidated Pro Forma Balance
Sheets) and common stock expected to be issued pursuant to a public offering
(see footnote K above). All Paired Share information has been adjusted to
reflect a 3-for-2 stock split effective January 27, 1997.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Members of
W&S Hotel L.L.C.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of W&S Hotel
L.L.C. (a Delaware limited liability company) and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
members' equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1996 and for the
period from acquisition (May 12, 1995) through December 31, 1995. We have also
audited the accompanying combined statements of operations, changes in net
assets and cash flows of the predecessor business (as defined in Note 1) for the
year ended December 31, 1994, and for the period from January 1, 1995 through
May 12, 1995. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of W&S Hotel
L.L.C. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the consolidated
results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31,
1996 and for the period from acquisition (May 12, 1995) through December 31,
1995, and the combined results of operations, changes in net assets and cash
flows of the predecessor business for the year ended December 31, 1994, and for
the period from January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Seattle, Washington,
February 14, 1997
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W & S HOTEL L.L.C.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1995
------------- ------------ ------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, including $2,503 of
restricted cash in 1997............................. $ 14,233 $ 10,642 $ 22,677
Marketable securities available for sale............... 5,737 -- --
Receivables:
Guest and trade accounts, less allowance for
doubtful accounts of $2,027, $1,937 and $1,481.... 47,075 32,621 23,799
Accounts due from affiliates........................ 1,774 2,098 638
Refundable taxes.................................... 1,478 2,852 643
Other............................................... 18,482 13,582 12,992
---------- -------- --------
Net receivables................................ 68,809 51,153 38,072
Deferred income taxes.................................... 1,731 1,731 5,889
Inventories.............................................. 1,390 1,119 972
Prepaid expenses and other............................... 6,483 4,940 2,475
---------- -------- --------
Total current assets........................... 98,383 69,585 70,085
Noncurrent receivables................................... 18,964 12,139 1,734
Noncurrent receivables from affiliates................... 15,827 12,771 3,343
Investments in partnerships.............................. 16,528 31,427 50,551
Property and equipment, net.............................. 565,950 259,875 254,879
Intangible and other assets, net, including restricted
deposits of $7,592, $4,264 and $350.................... 366,082 388,240 392,628
---------- -------- --------
$1,081,734 $774,037 $773,220
========== ======== ========
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Note payable........................................... $ 2,488 $ 2,506 $ 2,824
Current maturities of long-term debt................... 16,715 1,863 377
Trade accounts payable................................. 12,725 12,754 8,519
Accrued expenses....................................... 76,168 62,673 57,702
Payable to affiliates.................................. 2,167 3,038 2,948
Income taxes........................................... 2,075 1,204 1,198
Other.................................................. 3,587 1,437 979
---------- -------- --------
Total current liabilities...................... 115,925 85,475 74,547
---------- -------- --------
Long-term obligations:
Long-term debt......................................... 647,924 432,132 440,299
Other.................................................. 50,099 47,725 48,635
---------- -------- --------
Total long-term obligations.................... 698,023 479,857 488,934
---------- -------- --------
Deferred income taxes.................................... 119,452 126,251 128,560
---------- -------- --------
Equity:
Members' equity........................................ 145,249 82,775 81,447
Equity adjustment from foreign currency translation.... (389) (321) (268)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities............... 3,474 -- --
---------- -------- --------
Total equity................................... 148,334 82,454 81,179
---------- -------- --------
Commitments and contingencies............................
$1,081,734 $774,037 $773,220
========== ======== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated balance
sheets.
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W & S HOTEL L.L.C.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 12, 1995
SEPTEMBER 30, YEAR ENDED THROUGH
------------------------------ DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1996 1995
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operating revenues:
Rooms..................................... $110,869 $ 76,922 $102,091 $ 60,352
Food and beverage......................... 51,566 37,119 52,036 32,869
Hotel management services................. 44,362 37,729 50,854 26,517
Hotel management services from
affiliates............................. 7,612 5,276 7,662 3,089
Other departmental and operating
revenues............................... 21,104 18,371 25,422 15,975
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total operating revenues............. 235,513 175,417 238,065 138,802
-------- -------- -------- --------
Operating expenses:
Rooms..................................... 23,391 17,212 23,221 14,169
Food and beverage......................... 36,798 26,486 36,569 23,373
General, administrative and marketing..... 40,050 39,882 51,748 35,748
Property maintenance and energy........... 13,709 10,824 14,390 9,210
Rent...................................... 9,904 8,081 10,898 4,947
Depreciation and amortization............. 36,402 31,673 42,566 25,548
Local taxes and insurance................. 9,310 6,114 8,267 4,955
Other..................................... 9,256 8,280 11,128 7,987
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total operating expenses............. 178,820 148,552 198,787 125,937
-------- -------- -------- --------
Operating income..................... 56,693 26,865 39,278 12,865
-------- -------- -------- --------
Other income (expense):
Interest expense.......................... (34,536) (31,723) (41,965) (28,391)
Interest income........................... 3,128 1,151 1,712 1,348
Share of earnings of partnerships......... 1,196 2,875 5,036 55
Other, net................................ 13,423 63 (829) 3,916
-------- -------- -------- --------
Other income (expense)............... (16,789) (27,634) (36,046) (23,072)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes......... 39,904 (769) 3,232 (10,207)
Income tax expense (benefit)................ 16,295 (929) 3,904 (653)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss).................... $ 23,609 $ 160 $ (672) $ (9,554)
======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH YEAR ENDED
MAY 12, 1995 DECEMBER 31, 1994
--------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Operating revenues:
Rooms..................................................... $32,149 $ 87,387
Food and beverage......................................... 18,743 51,257
Hotel management services................................. 13,444 32,306
Hotel management services from affiliates................. 1,475 4,058
Other departmental and operating revenues................. 8,339 23,258
------- --------
Total operating revenues............................. 74,150 198,266
------- --------
Operating expenses:
Rooms..................................................... 8,401 22,113
Food and beverage......................................... 14,831 40,186
General, administrative and marketing..................... 18,633 47,381
Property maintenance and energy........................... 5,317 14,841
Rent...................................................... 2,596 7,117
Depreciation and amortization............................. 9,448 27,168
Local taxes and insurance................................. 3,376 7,777
Other..................................................... 3,169 12,410
------- --------
Total operating expenses............................. 65,771 178,993
------- --------
Operating income..................................... 8,379 19,273
------- --------
Other income (expense):
Interest expense.......................................... (7,103) (14,954)
Interest income........................................... 999 2,045
Share of earnings (losses) of partnerships................ 2,464 (1,893)
Other, net................................................ 937 17,023
------- --------
Other income (expense)............................... (2,703) 2,221
------- --------
Income before income taxes........................... 5,676 21,494
Income tax expense.......................................... 3,532 15,943
------- --------
Net income........................................... $ 2,144 $ 5,551
======= ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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W&S HOTEL L.L.C.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS' EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 12, 1995 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1995,
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED)
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS A MEMBERS CLASS B MEMBER TOTAL
--------------- -------------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, May 12, 1995............................... $ -- $ -- $ --
Capital contributions............................. 95,640 1 95,641
Less notes receivable for equity contributions.... (4,640) -- (4,640)
Net loss.......................................... (9,553) (1) (9,554)
--------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1995.......................... 81,447 -- 81,447
Collection of notes receivable for equity
contributions.................................. 2,000 -- 2,000
Net loss.......................................... (672) -- (672)
--------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1996.......................... 82,775 -- 82,775
Capital contributions............................. 38,865 -- 38,865
Net income........................................ 23,609 -- 23,609
--------- --------- ---------
Balance, September 30, 1997......................... $ 145,249 $ -- $ 145,249
========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1995 THROUGH MAY 12, 1995
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Net assets, December 31, 1993............................... $290,953
Net income................................................ 5,551
Returns to owner of predecessor business.................. (66,532)
Intercompany tax-sharing agreement recorded as contributed
capital................................................ 13,283
--------
Net assets, December 31, 1994............................... 243,255
Capital contributions..................................... 19,946
Net income................................................ 2,144
Returns to owner of predecessor business.................. (21,623)
Intercompany tax-sharing agreement recorded as contributed
capital................................................ 660
--------
Net assets, May 12, 1995.................................... $244,382
========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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W & S HOTEL L.L.C.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 12, 1995
------------------------------ YEAR ENDED THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1996 1995
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss).............................. $ 23,609 $ 160 $ (672) $ (9,554)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization.............. 36,402 31,673 42,566 25,548
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)...... (8,501) 173 (727) (3,128)
Gain on disposal........................... (20,969) -- -- --
Gain on curtailment of benefit plans....... (1,850) -- -- (4,186)
Share of (earnings) losses of partnerships,
net of distributions received........... 1,494 355 (1,658) 3,314
Deferred compensation...................... 84 154 206 2,040
Pension and other postretirement benefits
greater than plan contributions......... 114 395 44 819
Increase (decrease) in estimated insurance
claims payable.......................... (3,019) (4,117) (2,576) 397
Net change in noncurrent receivables for
interest and management fees............ (4,567) (2,235) (3,402) (656)
Change in assets and liabilities, net of
effects from the purchase of the predecessor
business and hotels:
Receivables, excluding current maturities
of noncurrent receivables............... (8,785) (8,726) (13,978) (40)
Trade accounts payable..................... (2,258) 1,802 3,865 1,489
Accrued expenses........................... 9,189 6,614 11,182 11,389
Other net changes in operating assets and
liabilities............................. 5,753 (9,533) (1,935) (94)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by operating activities.... 26,696 16,715 32,915 27,338
-------- -------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Payments for purchase of the predecessor
business, net of cash acquired of $402 in
1995......................................... -- (6,105) (6,143) (88,637)
Payments for purchase of hotels, net of cash
acquired of $4,811........................... (68,189) -- -- --
Proceeds from sale of investment in
partnership.................................. 50,518 -- -- --
Return of investment in partnership............ -- 10,375 22,000 --
Investments in partnerships.................... (11,424) (324) -- --
Acquisition of property and equipment.......... (22,971) (14,294) (20,317) (5,729)
Acquisition of management contracts............ (6,929) (1,233) (4,878) (43)
Investment in software......................... (3,037) (2,234) (5,370) (4,442)
Net (increase) decrease in noncurrent
receivables and investments.................. (6,017) (8,606) (16,638) 23
Additions to other assets...................... (3,304) (44) (3,711) (539)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash used in investing activities........ (71,353) (22,465) (35,057) (99,367)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Capital contributions.......................... 38,865 2,000 2,000 91,001
Deposits received pursuant to private
placement.................................... 2,009 -- -- --
Net decrease in notes payable.................. (17) (86) (318) (738)
Proceeds from long-term debt................... 17,397 -- -- 4,669
Repayment of long-term obligations............. (10,006) (11,044) (11,575) (226)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities................................. 48,248 (9,130) (9,893) 94,706
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents.................................... 3,591 (14,880) (12,035) 22,677
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period... 10,642 22,677 22,677 --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period....... $ 14,233 $ 7,797 $ 10,642 $ 22,677
======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH YEAR ENDED
MAY 12, 1995 DECEMBER 31, 1994
--------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income................................................ $ 2,144 $ 5,551
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by
(used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization.......................... 9,448 27,168
Deferred income tax expense (benefit).................. 1,183 (1,463)
Losses (gains) on investments and noncurrent
receivables.......................................... 101 (14,917)
Benefit of intercompany tax-sharing agreement recorded
as contributed capital............................... 660 13,283
Share of (earnings) losses of partnerships, net of
distributions received............................... (2,464) 2,282
Pension and other postretirement benefits greater than
(less than) plan contributions....................... (27) 936
Increase (decrease) in estimated insurance claims
payable.............................................. (410) 1,221
Net change in noncurrent receivables for interest and
management fees...................................... 50 (899)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Receivables, excluding current maturities of noncurrent
receivables.......................................... (6,784) 2,052
Trade accounts payable................................. (4,381) 2,010
Accrued expenses....................................... 5,337 4,819
Other net changes in operating assets and
liabilities.......................................... (7,026) (2,981)
-------- -------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities...................................... (2,169) 39,062
-------- -------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of property and equipment..................... (537) (8,277)
Investment in software.................................... (489) --
Net (increase) decrease in noncurrent receivables and
investments............................................ (5,177) 16,145
-------- -------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities...................................... (6,203) 7,868
-------- -------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Capital contributions..................................... 19,946 --
Returns to owner of predecessor business.................. (21,623) (66,532)
Net increase (decrease) in notes payable.................. (2,336) 6,828
Proceeds from long-term debt.............................. -- 2,900
Repayment of long-term obligations........................ (398) (1,640)
-------- -------
Net cash used in financing activities............. (4,411) (58,444)
-------- -------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents................... (12,783) (11,514)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period.............. 13,185 24,699
-------- -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period.................... $ 402 $13,185
======== =======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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W&S HOTEL L.L.C.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
W&S Hotel L.L.C. (the LLC) acquired the stock of Westin Hotel Company and
certain additional subsidiaries and affiliates on May 12, 1995 (the
acquisition). Prior to the acquisition, the LLC had no material operations. The
consolidated financial statements of the LLC include the results of operations
of the acquired enterprises since the acquisition. The combined financial
statements of the predecessor business include the results of operations of the
acquired enterprises prior to the purchase but exclude businesses and assets not
acquired. The LLC and the predecessor business are collectively referred to in
these notes as the Company.
The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements of the LLC have
been prepared by the LLC without audit. Certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted.
All amounts and disclosures included in the notes for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996, and as of September 30, 1997 are unaudited.
Management of the LLC believes the disclosures made are adequate to make the
information presented not misleading. However, the interim consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto.
In the opinion of management of the LLC, the accompanying interim unaudited
consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (which include only
normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position
of the LLC as of September 30, 1997 and the results of operations and cash flows
for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996. Interim results are not
necessarily indicative of fiscal year performance because of the impact of
seasonal and short-term variations.
2. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
The Company operates in the lodging industry under the name of Westin
Hotels & Resorts. It owns, manages, franchises and represents upscale hotels and
resorts in locations worldwide. Substantially all owned hotels and partnerships
are located in the United States. Operating revenues from hotel operations
consist of rooms, food and beverage and other operating department revenues
generated by owned hotels. Operating revenues from management services are
primarily for management, franchise and related services provided to nonowned
hotels.
The Company also provides workers' compensation, property, general and
automobile liability coverage to the owned and managed hotels through its wholly
owned subsidiary, Westel Insurance Company.
B. MEMBERS' EQUITY
The LLC is a limited liability company formed on November 21, 1994, under
the laws of Delaware. It shall continue until December 31, 2044, unless
terminated sooner.
There are Class A members and a Class B member in the LLC. The Class A
members are Woodstar Investor Partnership, an affiliate of the Starwood Capital
Group L.P.; WHWE L.L.C., an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co.; and a senior
executive of the Company. Nomura Asset Capital Corporation is the sole Class B
member. Members' liability is limited to their respective capital contributions.
Concurrence of the Class B member is required for certain decisions.
Earnings and losses of the LLC after a preferred return are generally
allocated to each member in accordance with their respective percentage
interests, but losses are allocated first to members with positive equity
balances. The percentage interests totaled 73% for Class A members and 27% for
the Class B member. Generally, distributions of net proceeds from operations and
excess refinancing proceeds are made to the
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Class A members to the extent of interest on their unreturned capital
contributions, and thereafter, to all members in proportion to their respective
percentage interests.
The original Class A members have committed to contribute capital up to
$132,000,000 no later than May 12, 1998. As of December 31, 1996, these members
had contributed cash of $93,000,000 and notes of $2,640,000. In lieu of
receiving distributions, the Class A members have reduced their remaining
capital commitment by approximately $18,000,000 through December 31, 1996. The
remaining capital commitment and additional contributions were funded during the
nine months ended September 30, 1997 in connection with hotel acquisitions.
There are significant restrictions on the ability to transfer the Class A
members' interests.
C. CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated and combined financial statements include the accounts of
the Company and the acquired subsidiaries. The consolidated and combined
statements of operations also include the Company's share of net income from
partnerships. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been
eliminated.
D. ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
E. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid debt
instruments bearing floating interest rates and other short-term investments
purchased with a maturity of three months or less.
F. MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The Company's marketable securities are all available for sale. The
securities are reported at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses on
securities available for sale are reported net of tax as a separate component of
equity until realized.
G. GUEST AND TRADE RECEIVABLES
In the ordinary course of business, the Company extends credit to guests of
owned hotels, primarily business travelers. In addition, the Company extends
credit to managed and franchised hotels located principally in North America and
Asia for the payment of management and marketing fees and for reimbursement of
payroll and other expenses.
H. INVENTORIES
Inventories include food, beverage and supplies and are valued at the lower
of cost (first-in, first-out) or replacement market.
I. INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS
The Company's investments in partnerships that are not majority-owned or
controlled are accounted for using the equity method.
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J. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment are provided using
the straight-line method over the assets' estimated useful lives as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Buildings and leasehold
improvements...................... Shorter of 5-45 years or remaining lease
term
Furniture, fixtures and equipment... 2-12 years
Expendable supplies................. 2-4 years
</TABLE>
The Company uses an annual group method of depreciation. Under this method,
individual assets are not specifically identified for purposes of determining
retirements. Fully depreciated asset groups are written off the year after they
are fully depreciated. Proceeds from miscellaneous sales of depreciable property
and equipment are credited to accumulated depreciation.
Expendable supplies include linens, china, silverware and glassware. They
are depreciated to 50% of the cost of initial stock. Replacements are expensed
when purchased.
Maintenance and repairs, including the cost of minor replacements, are
charged to property maintenance expense accounts. The cost of additions and
betterments of property are capitalized to property and equipment accounts.
Interest incurred during the construction or renovation of hotels and
related facilities is capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful lives
of the assets. No interest was capitalized in 1996, 1995 or 1994. In the nine
months ended September 30, 1997, capitalized interest totaled $1,325,000.
K. INTANGIBLE AND OTHER ASSETS
Intangible and other assets include management contracts, goodwill,
software and deferred loan costs. Management contracts represent the allocation
of the Company's acquisition cost based on the estimated present value of income
primarily from management agreements, less accumulated amortization. The direct
costs incurred to obtain a management or franchise agreement are also
capitalized. Goodwill represents the excess of the Company's acquisition cost
over the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, less
accumulated amortization. Deferred loan costs and computer software are stated
at cost, less accumulated amortization. Capitalized cost for computer software
includes both external and internal labor costs directly attributable to the
development of software.
The costs incurred to acquire management contracts are amortized using the
straight-line method over the lives of the contracts. Goodwill is amortized
using the straight-line method. Deferred loan costs are amortized using the
straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method over the
contractual terms of the related indebtedness. Software costs are amortized
using the straight-line method over the estimated economic lives of the
software, not to exceed seven years. Estimated useful lives are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
W&S HOTEL L.L.C. PREDECESSOR BUSINESS
---------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Management contracts......................... 5-15 years 25 years
Goodwill..................................... 40 years 40 years
Deferred loan costs.......................... 2-7 years N/A
Software..................................... 2-7 years 7 years
</TABLE>
The estimated lives of the management contracts include the weighted
averages of the remaining contract periods as of the respective business
acquisition dates. The predecessor owner acquisition occurred in 1988.
Management periodically assesses the carrying value of intangible assets to
determine whether any changes in estimated useful lives have occurred.
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L. LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The recoverability of management contract costs, goodwill and hotel
investments are periodically evaluated to determine whether such costs will be
recovered from future operations. Evaluations of goodwill are based on estimated
undiscounted cashflow. Management contracts and hotel investments are
individually evaluated based on estimated undiscounted cashflow. If the
estimated undiscounted amounts are insufficient to recover the recorded assets,
then the estimated amounts are discounted to determine the revised carrying
value and a write-down for the difference is recorded.
M. PREOPENING EXPENSES
The Company defers preopening costs until the hotel opening date and
amortizes the total over one year.
N. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The company enters into interest-rate protection agreements to manage
well-defined interest rate risk and does not use them for trading or speculative
purposes. The Company's agreements are with major international financial
institutions that are expected to fully perform under the terms of the
agreements thereby reducing the credit risk from the transactions.
Fees paid for interest-rate protection agreements are recorded ratably as
interest expense over the terms of the agreements and the related impact on the
Company's cash flows is included in cash flows from operating activities.
Gains or losses on interest-rate protection agreements that the Company
considers hedges, including hedges of anticipated refinancing transactions, are
deferred. In order for gains or losses for anticipated refinancing transactions
to be deferred the Company must determine, by reviewing its ability and intent
to refinance, that it is probable that the anticipated refinancing will occur.
If the Company concludes that an interest rate protection agreement no longer
qualifies as a hedge, gains or losses would be recorded as other income
(expense) at each reporting date based on the amount that would have been paid
or received to settle the agreement on the reporting date.
O. INCOME TAXES
The members of the LLC are required to include their respective share of
profits and losses in their separate income tax returns. Income taxes reflected
in the financial statements relate to taxable corporations owned by the LLC
included in the consolidated financial statements.
The operations of the predecessor business have been included in the
consolidated tax returns of the predecessor owner and its affiliates. Income
taxes for the predecessor business have been computed assuming the Company was a
stand-alone entity.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax
consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases, and to operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to
taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to
be recovered or settled. The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the
enactment date.
P. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
The financial statements include foreign currency amounts attributed to
foreign subsidiaries and branches that have been translated into U.S. dollars
using year-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities and average annual
rates for revenues and expenses. Translation gains or losses arising from
fluctuations in the year-end exchange rates are recorded as equity adjustments
from foreign currency translations. Foreign exchange gains or losses recorded in
the statements of operations include actual foreign exchange transactions and
the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on assets or liabilities that are
denominated in currencies other than their own.
Q. ADVERTISING COSTS
The Company expenses the production costs of advertising the first time the
advertising takes place.
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R. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company accounts for its equity-based compensation following the fair
value accounting provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. The predecessor
business did not have equity-based compensation arrangements.
S. OTHER, NET
Other, net reported on the statements of operations includes gains on
disposal of investments in partnership and hotel companies, gains on curtailment
of benefit plans, a litigation settlement charge and miscellaneous income and
expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997 other, net includes a gain
of $20,969,000 for the sale of a partnership interest and for the year ended
December 31, 1994 other, net includes a gain of $16,404,000 for the sale of two
investments in hotel companies.
T. RECLASSIFICATION
Certain reclassifications have been made to the Company's prior period
financial statements to conform with the current presentation.
3. BUSINESS ACQUISITION
On May 12, 1995, the LLC acquired all of the stock of Westin Hotel Company
and certain additional investments, which are collectively referred to as the
predecessor business. The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting. Accordingly, the total cost has been allocated to the
assets purchased and the liabilities assumed based upon the fair values at the
date of acquisition. The purchase price in excess of the estimated fair value of
the net assets acquired was $154,079,000 and has been recorded as goodwill.
Valuation allowances for deferred tax assets resulting principally from net
operating losses and foreign tax credit carryforwards were recorded as part of
the acquisition. If those net operating losses or foreign tax credits are used,
goodwill will be reduced accordingly. A summary of the acquisition of the
predecessor business follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C>
Purchase price of net assets acquired....................... $ 537,700
Less purchase price adjustments............................. (27,420)
Transaction costs........................................... 20,063
---------
Total cost............................................. 530,343
Less:
Long-term debt............................................ (439,284)
Unexpended proceeds from long-term debt................... 4,669
Current liabilities assumed............................... (445)
Interest earned on earnest money deposit.................. (101)
Cash acquired............................................. (402)
---------
Net cash paid for acquisition in 1995 and 1996.............. $ 94,780
=========
</TABLE>
4. CASH MANAGEMENT
The Company invests cash in excess of operating needs in short-term
investments in which its funds are available upon request. Under the program,
participants' cash receipts are deposited in a centralized bank account. The
full amount of the funds in the centralized account is available for use by the
participants in their normal operations. Interest income or expense is allocated
to participants that are not wholly owned based upon their net funds deposited
or borrowed under the program. The interest rate is based upon the average yield
of investments in the centralized account.
At December 31, 1996 and 1995, the payable to affiliates includes
$3,010,000 and $2,503,000, respectively, representing net cash transfers under
the hotel cash management program.
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5. OTHER CURRENT RECEIVABLES
A summary of other current receivables at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Reimbursable payroll costs................................. $ 9,428 $ 5,483
Indemnified taxes recoverable from predecessor owner....... 1,324 5,566
Other...................................................... 2,830 1,943
------- -------
$13,582 $12,992
======= =======
</TABLE>
6. NONCURRENT RECEIVABLES
Noncurrent receivables are due primarily from hotels located in North
America and the Pacific Rim, which have entered into management agreements with
the Company. The following is a summary of noncurrent receivables as of December
31:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Partially secured hotel loan (including accrued interest of
$187), interest at 10%. Repayment is monthly from
available cash flow, as defined. The loan is guaranteed by
the hotel owner and real estate. The loan maturity
coincides with the life of the management agreement, which
has an initial five-year term through 2001, and three
five-year renewal periods................................. $ 9,910 $ --
Management fees, collection deferred pursuant to management
agreement terms and conditions (including interest of $304
in 1996 and 1995), net of unamortized discounts of $574 in
1996 and $652 in 1995, based on imputed interest rates of
8.875% to 13.5%, and net of allowances for doubtful
accounts of $425 in 1996 and $325 in 1995. Payments are
due upon availability of funds............................ 975 780
Other notes and noncurrent receivables (including interest
of $341 in 1996 and $40 in 1995), net of unamortized
discounts of $976 in 1996 and $143 in 1995. Interest rates
are from zero to prime plus 2%, and maturities range from
1997 to 2024.............................................. 1,304 1,050
------- ------
12,189 1,830
Less current maturities (included in other current
receivables).............................................. 50 96
------- ------
$12,139 $1,734
======= ======
</TABLE>
Noncurrent receivables from affiliates include amounts due primarily from
partially owned hotels located in North America and an advertising association.
The following is a summary of noncurrent receivables from affiliates as of
December 31:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Management fees, collection deferred pursuant to management
agreement terms and conditions, net of unamortized
discounts of $3,297 in 1996 and $2,223 in 1995, based on
imputed interest rates ranging from 8.875% to 13.5%.
Payments are due upon availability of funds............... $ 7,104 $3,343
Note receivable from WHR Advertising Association; interest
rate at prime; final payment due in 1999.................. 5,167 --
Other....................................................... 500 --
------- ------
$12,771 $3,343
======= ======
</TABLE>
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During 1996 the Company loaned funds to WHR Advertising Association (the
Association), a cooperative corporation which coordinates advertising and
related promotional activities on behalf of hotels worldwide that are operated
subject to either a management or a franchise agreement and whose owners are
Association members. The Company's owned hotels are Association members, and
represent 14% of the Association's voting interests. The Company does not have
an equity interest in the Association and does not control the Association's
board of directors. The loan will be repaid from contributions by members of the
Association.
7. INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS
Unaudited summarized financial information of investments in partnerships
accounted for by the equity method follows (amounts for partnerships investments
include the effects of purchase allocation, dollars in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
WESTIN
BILTMORE O'HARE GALLERIA SIXTH &
HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL VIRGINIA LCWW
PARTNERS VENTURE VENTURE PROPERTIES PARTNERS TOTAL
-------- ------- -------- ---------- -------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
As of December 31, 1996
Assets
Current assets.................. $ 9,757 $ 6,698 $ 5,713 $ 1,178 $ -- $ 23,346
Noncurrent assets............... 119,039 40,295 54,297 37,525 836 251,992
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
$128,796 $46,993 $60,010 $38,703 $836 $275,338
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities............. $ 14,127 $ 5,125 $ 5,755 $ 1,433 $ -- $ 26,440
Long-term obligations........... 65,079 34,097 50,503 31,581 -- 181,260
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
79,206 39,222 56,258 33,014 -- 207,700
Equity.......................... 49,590 7,771 3,752 5,689 836 67,638
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
$128,796 $46,993 $60,010 $38,703 $836 $275,338
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
The Company's investment........ $ 24,795 $ 4,041 $ 751 $ 1,422 $418 $ 31,427
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
As of December 31, 1995
Assets
Current assets.................. $ 10,612 $ 4,918 $ 3,636 $ 604 $ -- $ 19,770
Noncurrent assets............... 120,140 40,859 54,487 38,309 -- 253,795
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
$130,752 $45,777 $58,123 $38,913 $ -- $273,565
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities............. $ 11,945 $34,197 $ 4,145 $ 1,054 $ -- $ 51,341
Long-term obligations........... 51,873 3,692 51,555 32,017 -- 139,137
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
63,818 37,889 55,700 33,071 -- 190,478
Equity.......................... 66,934 7,888 2,423 5,842 -- 83,087
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
$130,752 $45,777 $58,123 $38,913 $ -- $273,565
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
The Company's investment........ $ 44,466 $ 4,139 $ 485 $ 1,461 $ -- $ 50,551
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
For the year ended December 31, 1996:
Operating revenues................. $ 55,653 $29,395 $30,586 $ 8,446 $ -- $124,080
Operating expenses................. 39,847 22,268 20,124 4,067 -- 86,306
Depreciation and amortization...... 5,298 2,029 3,344 2,114 -- 12,785
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
Operating income.............. 10,508 5,098 7,118 2,265 -- 24,989
Interest expense................... (5,851) (2,214) (5,638) (2,418) -- (16,121)
Other expense...................... -- -- (150) -- -- (150)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
Net income (loss)............. $ 4,657 $ 2,884 $ 1,330 $ (153) $ -- $ 8,718
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
Company ownership percentage....... 50% 49% 20% 25% --
$ 2,328 $ 1,402 $ 266 $ (38) $ -- $ 3,958
Preferred return.............. 1,078 -- -- -- -- 1,078
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- --------
The Company's share........... $ 3,406 $ 1,402 $ 266 $ (38) $ -- $ 5,036
======== ======= ======= ======= ==== ========
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
WESTIN
BILTMORE O'HARE GALLERIA SIXTH &
HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL VIRGINIA
PARTNERS VENTURE VENTURE PROPERTIES TOTAL
-------- ------- -------- ---------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
For the period from May 12, 1995 through
December 31, 1995:
Operating revenues.................... $ 19,554 $18,199 $17,879 $ 4,608 $ 60,240
Operating expenses.................... 17,348 13,386 12,771 2,013 45,518
Depreciation and amortization......... 2,636 1,613 2,134 1,274 7,657
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Operating income (loss).......... (430) 3,200 2,974 1,321 7,065
Interest expense...................... (2,321) (1,520) (3,619) (1,824) (9,284)
Other income (expense)................ -- 92 (223) -- (131)
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Net income (loss)................ $ (2,751) $ 1,772 $ (868) $ (503) $ (2,350)
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
Company ownership percentage.......... 50% 49% 20% 25%
$ (1,376) $ 862 $ (174) $ (126) $ (814)
Preferred return................. 869 -- -- -- 869
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
The Company's share.............. $ (507) $ 862 $ (174) $ (126) $ 55
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
For the period from January 1, 1995
through May 12, 1995:
Operating revenues.................... $ 22,286 $ 9,236 $10,182 $ 3,025 $ 44,729
Operating expenses.................... 13,365 7,969 7,759 1,520 30,613
Depreciation and amortization......... 2,200 773 395 291 3,659
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Operating income................. 6,721 494 2,028 1,214 10,457
Interest expense...................... (1,540) (867) (2,049) (1,046) (5,502)
Other income (expense)................ -- 44 (24) -- 20
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Net income (loss)................ $ 5,181 $ (329) $ (45) $ 168 $ 4,975
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
The Company's share.............. $ 2,591 $ (160) $ (9) $ 42 $ 2,464
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
For the year ended December 31, 1994:
Operating revenues.................... $ 39,606 $25,938 $27,304 $ 6,755 $ 99,603
Operating expenses.................... 30,196 21,016 20,236 2,866 74,314
Depreciation and amortization......... 4,940 1,066 1,079 755 7,840
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Operating income................. 4,470 3,856 5,989 3,134 17,449
Interest expense...................... (3,787) (3,220) (5,938) (2,886) (15,831)
Other income (expense)................ (5,285) 65 (284) -- (5,504)
-------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Net income (loss)................ $ (4,602) $ 701 $ (233) $ 248 $ (3,886)
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
The Company's share.............. $ (2,248) $ 340 $ (47) $ 62 $ (1,893)
======== ======= ======= ======= ========
</TABLE>
The LLC had a 50% ownership interest in Biltmore Hotel Partners, which
owned the Arizona Biltmore located in Phoenix, Arizona. Additionally, the LLC
received a preferred return on invested capital of $22,000,000. This amount,
which had previously been included in investments in partnerships, was repaid to
the LLC during the year ended December 31, 1996. In February 1997, the LLC sold
its interest in Biltmore Hotel Partners for $50,518,000. This transaction
generated a pretax gain of approximately $20,969,000, and net proceeds after a
required repayment of long-term debt were approximately $44,000,000. The net
proceeds from this transaction have been utilized to fund a portion of the
Company's hotel acquisitions.
The Company has an approximate 49% ownership interest in the Westin O'Hare
Hotel Venture located at the O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois, a 20%
ownership interest in the Galleria Hotel Venture located in Dallas, Texas, a 25%
ownership interest in Sixth & Virginia Properties (The Westin Office Building)
located in Seattle, Washington, and an approximate 23% interest in LCWW Partners
(The Westin La Cantera currently under development in San Antonio, Texas). The
Company has agreed to fund 50% of certain predevelopment costs of The Westin La
Cantera.
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Additionally, a subsidiary of the Company is the general partner and has an
effective ownership interest of approximately 8% in Westin Hotels Limited
Partnership (WHLP), which owns The Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago and The
Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, but has reduced the investment basis and
share of earnings to zero because of priorities associated with other investor
returns. At December 31, 1996, WHLP had assets of $263,148,000 and equity of
$68,381,000. At December 31, 1995, WHLP had assets of $246,698,000 and equity of
$61,403,000. WHLP had revenues of $110,950,000, $51,791,000, $45,453,000 and
$99,388,000 and net income (loss) of $6,978,000, $4,244,000, ($2,531,000) and
$1,444,000 for the year ended December 31, 1996, the period from May 12, 1995
through December 31, 1995, the period from January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995
and the year ended December 31, 1994, respectively.
Investments include unamortized cost in excess of the Company's share of
the net assets of partnerships of $22,818,000 at December 31, 1996 ($19,700,000
is attributable to the investment in Biltmore Hotel Partners) and $32,230,000 at
December 31, 1995. This amount is being amortized into income over the lives of
the underlying assets.
Partnership distributions totaled $25,378,000 in 1996 (including
$22,000,000 from the Biltmore Hotel Partners); $3,369,000 from May 12, 1995
through December 31, 1995; none from January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995; and
$389,000 in 1994.
During 1994, two investments in hotel companies located in Singapore, which
were less than 20% owned, were sold for gross proceeds of $28,363,000, resulting
in a gain of $16,404,000, net of a sales commission of $3,091,000 paid to an
associated company.
8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
A summary of property and equipment follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1995
------------- ------------ ------------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Buildings and leasehold improvements...... $452,262 $206,713 $201,385
Furniture, fixtures and equipment......... 88,569 45,938 27,199
Expendable supplies....................... 8,604 3,931 3,931
-------- -------- --------
549,435 256,582 232,515
Less accumulated depreciation and
amortization............................ 50,119 30,014 11,081
-------- -------- --------
499,316 226,568 221,434
Construction in progress.................. 9,962 2,307 2,445
Land...................................... 56,672 31,000 31,000....
-------- -------- --------
Net property and equipment........... $565,950 $259,875 $254,879
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
Depreciation expense totaled $18,850,000 in 1996; $11,074,000 from May 12,
1995 through December 31, 1995; $3,084,000 from January 1, 1995 through May 12,
1995; and $8,793,000 in 1994. Depreciation expense for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and September 30, 1996 totaled $20,029,000 and $12,926,000,
respectively.
9. HOTEL ACQUISITIONS
On March 4, 1997 the Company acquired a 573 room hotel located in
Indianapolis, Indiana for approximately $57,945,000. The acquisition was funded
with existing cash of $10,345,000 and indebtedness of $47,600,000 secured by the
hotel.
On May 15, 1997 the Company acquired a 285 room resort located on Great
Cruz Bay in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands for approximately $30,254,000. The
acquisition was funded with existing cash of $10,254,000 and indebtedness of
$20,000,000 secured by the resort.
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On June 4, 1997 the Company purchased mortgage notes secured by a 1,068
room hotel in Atlanta, Georgia for approximately $113,600,000. The acquisition
of the notes resulted in operating and ownership control of the hotel. The
purchase was funded with $90,000,000 of debt secured by the hotel and
$23,600,000 of cash primarily from LLC Class A member contributions and the
issuance of Subordinated Notes.
On June 24, 1997 the Company acquired a 420 room hotel in Denver, Colorado
for approximately $77,190,000. The purchase was funded with $53,200,000 of debt
secured by the hotel and $23,990,000 of cash primarily from Class A member
contributions and the issuance of Subordinated Notes.
The acquisitions have been accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting. The purchase price allocations have been completed on a preliminary
basis, subject to adjustment should new or additional facts become known.
The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of
consolidated results of operations of the Company and the hotels acquired in
1997 as if the acquisitions had occurred on January 1, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
------------------------------ YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1996
------------- ------------- ------------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating revenues....................... $273,715 $254,851 $340,838
Net income............................... $ 24,069 $ 1,648 $ 630
</TABLE>
These unaudited pro forma results have been prepared for comparative
purposes only and include certain adjustments, such as additional depreciation
expense as a result of a step-up in the basis of fixed assets and increased
interest expense on acquisition debt. They do not purport to be indicative of
the results of operations which actually would have resulted had the
acquisitions occurred on January 1, 1996, or of future results of operations of
the consolidated entities.
10. INTANGIBLE AND OTHER ASSETS
A summary of intangible and other assets at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Management contracts, less accumulated amortization of
$24,464 and $9,428...................................... $203,517 $213,513
Goodwill, less accumulated amortization of $6,210 and
$2,410.................................................. 147,869 148,392
Prepaid pension and postretirement benefits............... 18,483 17,620
Deferred loan costs, less accumulated amortization of
$4,577 and $1,793....................................... 2,283 4,947
Software, less accumulated amortization of $468 and
$843.................................................... 11,086 7,100
Restricted deposits....................................... 4,264 350
Other, net................................................ 738 706
-------- --------
$388,240 $392,628
======== ========
</TABLE>
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A summary of intangible asset amortization expenses follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MAY 12, JANUARY 1,
1995 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, MAY 12,
1996 1995 1995 1994
---- ------------ ---------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Management contracts.................. $15,036 $9,428 $3,807 $10,542
Goodwill.............................. 3,800 2,410 2,189 6,161
Deferred loan costs................... 2,784 1,793 -- --
Software.............................. 2,096 843 368 1,672
</TABLE>
11. ACCRUED EXPENSES
A summary of accrued expenses at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Salaries, wages and benefits............................... $27,012 $21,331
Self-insurance and current portion of estimated insurance
claims payable........................................... 14,284 16,904
Estimated liability for frequent guest programs............ 5,537 5,149
Accrued interest........................................... 5,087 5,102
Other...................................................... 10,753 9,216
------- -------
$62,673 $57,702
======= =======
</TABLE>
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12. LONG-TERM DEBT
A summary of long-term debt follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1995
------------- ------------ ------------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Senior Credit Facility, interest at LIBOR plus 1.65%,
varying principal payments due through 2002........... $331,000 $ -- $ --
Senior Secured Notes, average interest at LIBOR plus
3.25%, due 1997....................................... -- 326,625 337,000
Subordinated Notes, interest at LIBOR plus 2.5%, due
2002.................................................. 113,856 102,284 102,284
Mortgages and other secured notes incurred in connection
with hotel acquisitions, interest at 8.56% to 9.214%
and LIBOR plus 2.75%, interest rate adjustments occur
on specified dates for two notes and on optional
repayment dates during 2009-2011 for all notes,
varying principal payments due through maturity in
2020 to 2023.......................................... 183,932 -- --
Secondary secured obligations incurred in connection
with hotel acquisitions, interest at LIBOR plus 2.5%
and LIBOR plus 2.56% increasing to a maximum rate of
defined US treasury security yields plus 6.06%,
varying principal payments due through maturity in
2002 to 2005.......................................... 27,457 -- --
Other, including capital lease obligations of $7,830,
$4,495 and $742....................................... 8,394 5,086 1,392
-------- -------- --------
664,639 433,995 440,676
Less current maturities................................. 16,715 1,863 377
-------- -------- --------
$647,924 $432,132 $440,299
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
Substantially all property and equipment is pledged as security under the
long-term debt agreements.
There are restrictive covenants under the Subordinated Notes and under the
Senior Secured Notes which were repaid in 1997 as discussed below. These
covenants include maintaining specified levels of debt service coverage and
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and permit
dividends or capital distributions to be made to or by the LLC only if the
Company has complied with the terms of the long-term debt agreements.
In May 1997, the Company elected not to exercise its option to extend the
due date of the Senior Secured Notes and repaid the notes with the proceeds of a
$331,000,000 Senior Credit Facility led by Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
This facility is comprised of a revolving facility of $50,152,000, and a term
facility of $280,848,000. The revolving facility matures in February 2002 and
the term facility matures in May 2002 and contains similar security and
restrictive covenants as the former Senior Secured Notes. The Senior Credit
Facility also contains restrictive covenants that require minimum levels of net
worth and certain leverage and interest coverage ratios.
In July 1997 the Company entered into an interest-rate protection agreement
which limits its exposure to interest rate increases for a notional amount of
$112,500,000 related to the Senior Credit Facility. This agreement, which
terminates in June 2000, provides for interest rate protection in the event that
floating interest rates exceed certain levels. The Company's position in this
agreement results in an immaterial deferred gain at September 30, 1997.
The loans incurred in 1997 are secured by the acquired hotel property and
equipment. The loan agreements typically require the hotel to fund reserves for
taxes, insurance, and debt service (current restricted cash) and for capital
replacement (noncurrent restricted assets). The acquired resort located in the
U.S.
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Virgin Islands has a total loan facility of $29,500,000. The resort has borrowed
$22,590,000 through September 30, 1997 and will borrow the remaining $6,910,000
in connection with a renovation.
Annual maturities of long-term debt outstanding at September 30, 1997 were
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(THOUSANDS)
-----------
<S> <C>
Three months ending December 31, 1997....................... $ 1,369
Year ending December 31:
1998................................................... 22,386
1999................................................... 38,687
2000................................................... 59,976
2001................................................... 89,108
2002 and thereafter.................................... 453,113
</TABLE>
During 1995, in connection with its borrowing under the Senior Secured
Notes, the Company entered into an interest-rate protection agreement with the
lender, which is the sole class B member of the LLC. On the basis of interest
rates as of December 31, 1996, the settlement amount due to the lender would
have been approximately $5,449,000 had the Company repaid the outstanding
principal of the Senior Secured Notes on December 31, 1996.
The Company accounted for the interest-rate protection agreement as a hedge
against its anticipated future refinancing debt risk. Accordingly, the Company
deferred recognition of changes in the estimated settlement amount of the
agreement. In connection with the repayment of the Senior Secured Notes, the
Company settled the interest rate protection agreement associated with the
Senior Secured Notes for an insignificant amount.
The interest rate protection agreement also required that the Company pay
an interest-rate management fee equal to an annual rate of .93 percent of the
Senior Secured Note amount. This fee, which was approximately $3,098,000 in 1996
and $2,002,000 from May 12, 1995 to December 31, 1995, is included in interest
expense.
The predecessor owner borrowed funds when it acquired the predecessor
business. The related interest cost has not been included in the predecessor
business financial statements as that debt has not been assumed by the LLC and
there are no ongoing guarantees or pledges of the Company's assets relating to
that debt.
13. INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense (benefit) includes the following components:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MAY 12, 1995 JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995 MAY 12, 1995 1994
---- ----------------- --------------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal..................................... $1,847 $ 897 $ 785 $14,018
State....................................... 423 110 516 1,936
Foreign..................................... 2,361 1,468 1,048 1,452
------ ------- ------ -------
4,631 2,475 2,349 17,406
------ ------- ------ -------
Deferred:
Federal..................................... (625) (3,720) 1,227 504
State....................................... (388) 592 (44) (1,967)
Foreign..................................... 286 -- -- --
------ ------- ------ -------
(727) (3,128) 1,183 (1,463)
------ ------- ------ -------
Total income tax expense (benefit)............ $3,904 $ (653) $3,532 $15,943
====== ======= ====== =======
</TABLE>
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A reconciliation of the United States federal statutory rate to the
Company's effective tax rate is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MAY 12, 1995 JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995 MAY 12, 1995 1994
---- ----------------- --------------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
U.S. federal statutory rate................... 35.0% 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
Increase (decrease) in tax rate resulting
from:
U.S. state taxes............................ 2.4 (3.9) 6.5 1.8
Foreign taxes............................... 38.7 (0.1) -- 4.6
Nondeductible expense including goodwill
amortization............................. 46.4 (23.4) 35.2 20.7
Change in valuation allowances.............. (1.7) (1.2) (13.6) 10.5
Other....................................... -- -- (0.9) 1.6
----- ------ ----- ----
Effective tax rate............................ 120.8% 6.4% 62.2% 74.2%
===== ====== ===== ====
</TABLE>
The Company had previously recorded an income tax benefit for foreign tax
credits generated in the period from May 12, 1995 through December 31, 1995. The
Company could not claim these credits in its 1995 federal income tax return and
has recorded additional income tax expense of approximately $950,000 for this
item in 1996.
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31
follow:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax liabilities:
Current assets......................................... $ -- $ 865
Investments in partnerships............................ 37,783 34,772
Property and equipment................................. 19,391 24,489
Intangible and other assets............................ 95,025 96,223
-------- --------
Total deferred tax liabilities.................... 152,199 156,349
-------- --------
Deferred tax assets:
Current assets......................................... 151 --
Noncurrent receivables................................. 3,873 3,815
Current liabilities.................................... 5,223 9,904
Long-term debt......................................... 411 1,955
Other long-term obligations............................ 11,848 11,718
Federal, state and local net operating loss
carryforwards....................................... 8,462 9,070
Foreign tax credit carryforwards....................... 16,965 18,991
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards........... 2,443 2,457
General business credit carryforwards.................. 855 1,189
-------- --------
Total deferred tax assets......................... 50,231 59,099
Valuation allowance............................... (22,552) (25,421)
-------- --------
Net deferred tax asset............................ 27,679 33,678
-------- --------
Net deferred tax liability............................... $124,520 $122,671
======== ========
</TABLE>
At December 31, 1996, the LLC's taxable subsidiaries had net operating
losses available for carryforward to future years of $10,722,000 for federal
income tax purposes that will expire in the years 2005 through 2010. The LLC's
taxable subsidiaries also had net operating losses available for carryforward to
future years relating to various city and state tax jurisdictions that aggregate
$63,824,000 and expire in the years 1997 through 2011.
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The foreign tax credits available for carryforward to future years of
$16,965,000 will expire in the years 1999 through 2001. Foreign tax credits
totaling $2,886,000 expired during 1996, and $860,000 of 1996 foreign tax
credits have been carried forward.
The Company's alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards of $2,443,000
may be used indefinitely to reduce future regular federal income taxes to the
extent regular federal income taxes exceed alternative minimum tax. The general
business credits available for carryforward to future years of $855,000 will
expire in the years 2002 through 2011.
Substantially all of the Company's valuation allowance is for net operating
loss and tax credit carryforwards generated through May 12, 1995. Future tax
benefits from these net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards for which a
valuation allowance has been provided will reduce goodwill. During 1996 goodwill
was reduced by $472,000 for tax benefits from operating loss carryforwards.
The Company's valuation allowance decreased by a net $2,869,000 during
1996. This decrease was principally due to the expiration of tax credits and net
operating loss carryforwards for which a valuation allowance had previously been
provided.
The Company's valuation allowance increased by $125,000 from May 12, 1995
through December 31, 1995, decreased by $769,000 from January 1, 1995 through
May 12, 1995 and increased by $2,253,000 during 1994. The changes in the
valuation allowance were primarily due to the net generation or utilization of
federal and state operating losses during the respective periods.
The LLC is indemnified by the predecessor owner, subject to $2,000,000 to
be paid by the LLC after an agreed amount of current taxes are paid, against
taxes for periods prior to the acquisition. The LLC has recorded the $2,000,000
obligation in deferred income tax liabilities.
14. OTHER LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS
A summary of other long-term obligations at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Estimated insurance claims payable.......................... $26,349 $28,925
Accrued pension and postretirement liability................ 17,121 15,869
Other....................................................... 4,255 3,841
------- -------
$47,725 $48,635
======= =======
</TABLE>
During the period from May 12, 1995 through December 31, 1995, the Company
awarded deferred compensation to executives of $2,040,000. The amounts are
included in other long-term obligations.
15. ESTIMATED INSURANCE CLAIMS PAYABLE
Under a captive insurance program, the Company provides insurance coverage
for workers' compensation, automobile and general liability claims arising at
hotel properties owned or managed by the Company through policies written
directly and through assumed reinsurance arrangements. Estimated insurance
claims payable represent outstanding claims and those estimated to have been
incurred but not reported based upon historical loss experience. Actual costs
may vary from estimates based on trends of losses for filed claims and claims
estimated to be incurred but not yet filed.
A summary of estimated insurance claims payable follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996 1995
------------- ------------ ------------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Estimated insurance claims payable...................... $31,430 $34,449 $37,825
Less current portion (included in accrued expenses)..... 8,100 8,100 8,900
------- ------- -------
Noncurrent portion (included in other long-term
obligations).......................................... $23,330 $26,349 $28,925
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
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At December 31, 1996, standby letters of credit amounting to $23,000,000
had been issued to provide collateral for the estimated claims. The letters of
credit are guaranteed by the predecessor owner.
Underwriting profit with respect to the captive insurance program amounted
to $5,733,000 and $5,452,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
1996, respectively, $7,335,000 in 1996; $4,330,000 from May 12, 1995 through
December 31, 1995; $2,381,000 from January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995; and
$3,607,000 in 1994. Amounts related to premium income are included in other
departmental and operating revenues. Claims expenses are included in other
operating expenses.
16. PENSIONS
The Company sponsors two domestic defined benefit plans and several defined
contribution plans. The Company has determined that it will primarily use
defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to employees.
In December 1995, the Company amended its qualified noncontributory defined
benefit plan for management employees (Management Retirement Plan) to curtail
any further benefit accruals beyond December 31, 1995. All benefits earned under
the plan were vested at December 31, 1995. The plan has not been terminated. The
Company recognized a curtailment gain of $4,186,000 in accordance with SFAS No.
88, Employers' Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit
Pension Plans and for Terminated Benefits, in the May 12, 1995 through December
31, 1995 consolidated statement of operations.
A noncontributory, nonqualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
provides benefits for certain executives. The plan is unfunded apart from
general assets of the Company.
The Company also sponsors a qualified investment and profit-sharing plan
covering domestic employees that meet certain minimum service requirements.
Participants are able to contribute a portion of their compensation to the plan.
The Company matches participant contributions up to a certain portion of
participant base pay. The Company also makes profit-sharing contributions to the
plan based on a portion of participants' base pay. The amount of expense for
investment matching and profit sharing totaled $1,300,000 in 1996; $1,157,000
from May 12, 1995 through December 31, 1995; $659,000 from January 1, 1995
through May 12, 1995; and $1,652,000 in 1994.
The Company sponsors nonqualified deferred compensation plans for
executives. The Company makes matching contributions based on participant
contributions and percentages of compensation. One of the executive deferred
compensation plans also provides a fixed rate of return to participants. The
costs of the executive deferred compensation plans are not significant.
A summary of the components of pension cost for the defined benefit plans
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MAY 12, JANUARY 1,
1995 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, MAY 12,
1996 1995 1995 1994
---- ------------ ---------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Service cost.......................... $ 520 $ 592 $ 342 $ 1,160
Interest cost......................... 2,577 1,666 1,002 2,614
Actual loss (return) on plan assets... (4,313) (3,813) (2,389) 476
Net amortization and deferral......... 1,757 2,197 1,427 (3,477)
------- ------- ------- -------
Net pension cost...................... $ 541 $ 642 $ 382 $ 773
======= ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
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The funded status and amounts reflected in the Company's consolidated
balance sheet at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
------------------------- -------------------------
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL
MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT
PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN
---------- ------------ ---------- ------------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations
Vested benefit obligation................... $23,186 $ 8,732 $22,388 $ 7,808
======= ======== ======= ========
Accumulated benefit obligation.............. $23,186 $ 8,732 $22,388 $ 7,808
======= ======== ======= ========
Plan assets at fair value..................... $36,955 $ -- $33,795 $ --
Projected benefit obligation.................. 23,186.. 13,686 22,388 10,999
------- -------- ------- --------
Projected benefit obligation less than (in
excess of) plan assets...................... 13,769 (13,686) 11,407 (10,999)
Unrecognized net loss (gain) from past
experience which differed from assumptions
and from effects of changes in
assumptions................................. (1,130) 2,843 -- 1,362
------- -------- ------- --------
Prepaid pension cost included in intangible
and other assets (accrued pension liability
included in other long-term obligations).... $12,639 $(10,843) $11,407 $ (9,637)
======= ======== ======= ========
</TABLE>
Plan assets at December 31 were invested as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Common stock................................................ 66% 65%
Long-term bonds............................................. 34 34
Real estate................................................. -- 1
</TABLE>
The actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation of the
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan was determined assuming an increase in
future compensation levels of 6.0% and 6.5% at December 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively. Because benefits were frozen on December 31, 1995, no assumption
for increases in future compensation levels was required in order to determine
the present value of the projected benefit obligation of the Management
Retirement Plan. An expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 8.5% was
used in each period. A discount rate of 7.5% was used during 1994 and was
increased to 8.5% on December 31, 1994. It was subsequently reduced to 7.5% on
December 31, 1995, and remains unchanged on December 31, 1996. The changes in
the discount rate and future compensation levels have not had a significant
impact on net pension costs.
During 1997 the Company approved the termination of the management
retirement plan. The Company plans to settle the accumulated obligations through
nonparticipating insurance contracts. The Company anticipates that this
settlement, which is subject to regulatory approval, will result in a pre-tax
loss of approximately $4,000,000. This transaction is expected to be completed
in 1998.
17. OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
The Company sponsors two defined benefit postretirement plans that cover
certain domestic salaried employees. One plan provides life insurance, and the
other provides medical and dental benefits. The noncontributory life insurance
plan is fully funded and the related assets are invested in short-term U.S.
government securities. The postretirement health care plan is contributory, with
retiree contributions adjusted annually, and contains other cost-sharing
features such as deductibles and coinsurance. The Company funds the health plan
on a pay-as-you-go basis.
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Net periodic postretirement benefit costs are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MAY 12, 1995 JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995 MAY 12, 1995 1994
---- ----------------- --------------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIFE
Service costs of benefits earned............... $ 203 $ 100 $ 55 $ 199
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation........................... 234 149 89 251
Actual return on plan assets................... (476) (338) (191) (1,096)
Net amortization and deferral.................. (6) 20 (96) 364
----- ------- ----- -------
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost
(benefit).................................... $ (45) $ (69) $(143) $ (282)
===== ======= ===== =======
MEDICAL AND DENTAL
Service costs of benefits earned............... $ 306 $ 365 $ 202 $ 629
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation........................... 222 277 166 489
Net amortization and deferral.................. (327) -- 55 310
----- ------- ----- -------
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost....... $ 201 $ 642 $ 423 $ 1,428
===== ======= ===== =======
</TABLE>
The plans' funded status at December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
-------------------- --------------------
MEDICAL MEDICAL
LIFE AND DENTAL LIFE AND DENTAL
---- ---------- ------- ----------
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation......... $(3,410) $(3,336) $(3,938) $(5,941)
Plan assets........................................... 9,348 -- 9,431 --
Unrecognized net loss (gain).......................... (94) (2,942) 720 (291)
------- ------- ------- -------
Prepaid (accrued) postretirement benefit cost included
in intangible and other assets (accrued
postretirement benefit cost included in other
long-term obligations).............................. $ 5,844 $(6,278) $ 6,213 $(6,232)
======= ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
For measurement purposes, a 7.0% annual rate of increase in the per capita
cost of covered health care benefits was assumed for 1996; the rate was assumed
to decrease gradually to 5% by 2016 and remain at that level thereafter. The
health care cost trend rate assumption has a significant effect on the amounts
reported. To illustrate, increasing the assumed health care cost trend rates by
one percentage point in each year would increase the accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation as of December 31, 1996 by $709,000 and the aggregate of the
service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
for the year then ended by $129,000.
An expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 5% was used in 1996.
An expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 5.7% was used in each of
the other periods. A discount rate of 7.5% was used during 1994 and was
increased to 8.5% on December 31, 1994. It was subsequently reduced to 7.5% on
December 31, 1995, and remains unchanged on December 31, 1996. The changes in
the discount rate have not had a significant impact on postretirement benefit
costs.
In August 1997, the Company terminated its postretirement life insurance
plan. The insurance obligations were settled through the purchase of
nonparticipating single premium insurance contracts, and the remaining plan
assets totaling approximately $6,500,000 were transferred to a voluntary
employee benefit association (VEBA) to fund future medical expenses.
Additionally, the Company amended its postretirement medical plan to exclude a
substantial portion of its employees. A limited number of qualified employees
and retirees will continue to receive this benefit. The Company has recorded a
curtailment gain of approximately $1,850,000 resulting from these benefit plan
changes.
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18. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying values of the Company's financial instruments approximate fair
value as determined by the Company, using appropriate market information and
valuation methodologies, as noted below. Considerable judgment is required to
develop the estimates of fair value. Thus, the estimates provided below as of
December 31 are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized
in a current market exchange.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CARRYING AMOUNT
AND FAIR VALUE
--------------------
1996 1995
---- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Financial assets:
Current
Cash and cash equivalents.............................. $ 10,642 $ 22,677
Guest and trade accounts receivable.................... 32,621 23,799
Accounts due from affiliates........................... 2,098 638
Refundable taxes....................................... 2,852 643
Other current receivables.............................. 13,582 12,992
Noncurrent
Noncurrent receivables excluding current portion....... 12,139 1,734
Noncurrent receivables from affiliates................. 12,771 3,343
Restricted cash included in intangible and other
assets................................................ 4,264 350
Financial liabilities:
Current
Note payable........................................... 2,506 2,824
Trade accounts payable................................. 12,754 8,519
Accrued expenses....................................... 48,255 42,025
Payable to affiliates.................................. 3,038 2,948
Income taxes........................................... 1,204 1,198
Other current liabilities.............................. 1,053 842
Noncurrent
Long-term debt including current portion............... 433,995 440,676
Miscellaneous items included in other long-term
obligations........................................... 2,362 2,086
</TABLE>
Current financial assets -- The carrying amounts of these items approximate
fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
Noncurrent financial assets -- The fair values have been estimated using
the expected future cash flows, discounted at market interest rates.
Current financial liabilities -- The carrying amounts of these items
approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
Long-term debt -- The carrying amounts approximate fair value because
interest rates on these instruments change with market interest rates.
Other long-term obligations -- The fair values have been estimated using
the expected future cash flows, discounted at market interest rates.
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19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As of September 30, 1997, the Company had capital commitments as follows:
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Capital expenditures........................................ $ 2,900,000
Loans and investments for new hotel management and franchise
agreements................................................ 8,260,000
Other....................................................... 1,200,000
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Total commitments...................................... $12,360,000
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The Company has also guaranteed its proportionate share of a joint venture
indebtedness totaling $2,800,000 and has provided operating cash flow guarantees
to a partnership and a managed hotel totaling $7,500,000.
In January 1996 the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and a consultant
of the Company were named defendants in a lawsuit filed by Radisson Hotels
International, Inc. (Radisson). Radisson asserted claims for a patent
infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and breach of
contract. The Company indemnified its consultant from Radisson's patent
infringement claim and filed a counterclaim to declare Radisson's patent
invalid. On October 14, 1997 the Company entered into an agreement to settle
this matter and recorded an expense for the estimated settlement in the
September 30, 1997 financial statements. The Company is pursuing insurance
recoveries related to this matter.
The Company operates in Asia subject to an exclusive license granted by the
predecessor owner to manage, franchise and invest in hotels in Asia under the
Westin Hotels & Resorts name. The license has an initial term of ten years
commencing from May 12, 1995, with additional renewal provisions of up to 30
years at the Company's option provided certain conditions are met. Commencing in
May 1999, the Company has an option to acquire the rights, title and interest in
this license agreement for $90,000,000 plus certain adjustments. The purchase
option requires a cash payment of $60,000,000 plus a $30,000,000 20-year
promissory note. The exercise of this purchase option can be accelerated by the
predecessor owner if the Company acquires a controlling interest in a hotel
management company in the Asia territory.
20. MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS
The Company provides management and related services to owned and nonowned
hotels under agreements with terms generally ranging from 2 to 30 years. Fees
paid to the Company are based primarily upon percentages of the hotels' gross
operating revenues or gross operating profits as defined in the agreements.
The Company also maintains a corporate sales and marketing program. The
hotels reimburse the Company pro rata for marketing services, including all
costs in connection with hotel reservations. A financial summary of marketing
activities follows:
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<CAPTION>
MAY 12, 1995 JANUARY 1, 1995
THROUGH THROUGH
1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995 MAY 12, 1995 1994
---- ----------------- --------------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total expenses................. $35,550 $20,700 $11,572 $30,800
Hotel reimbursements........... 27,144 16,710 9,588 24,685
Hotel reimbursements from
affiliates................... 3,741 2,137 972 3,365
------- ------- ------- -------
Net cost (included in general,
administrative and marketing
expenses).................... $ 4,665 $ 1,853 $ 1,012 $ 2,750
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The net cost reflects the Company's pro rata share of sales, marketing and
hotel reservation costs.
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Additionally, under the agreements, the Company generally provides hotels
with the services of certain full-time employees. The Company is reimbursed for
these employees' salaries and related benefits.
Management and representation fees to partnerships carried on the equity
basis of accounting are at terms that are comparable to fees under similar
agreements with unrelated third parties.
21. OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATIONS
Operating lease agreements cover land, hotel buildings, office space,
furniture and equipment at several locations. Lease terms generally provide that
the Company is to pay minimum rentals, taxes, insurance, maintenance and
utilities associated with the leased properties, as well as rentals based upon
percentages of operating profits or revenues. Rent expense pursuant to
percentages of operating profits totaled $4,253,000 and $2,421,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Additionally, percentage
rent expense totaled $3,633,000 for the year ended 1996 and was not material for
1995 or 1994.
Future minimum lease payments are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C>
Year ending December 31:
1997................................................... $ 7,604
1998................................................... 7,195
1999................................................... 6,499
2000................................................... 6,328
2001................................................... 5,746
2002 and thereafter.................................... 32,603
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Total minimum lease payments................................ $65,975
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A portion of the minimum lease payments are recovered as part of the
marketing services reimbursement.
22. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
During the period from May 12, 1995 to December 31, 1995, the LLC awarded
equity-based compensation to certain key employees. The equity-based
compensation arrangements consist of options granted to acquire up to 5% of the
outstanding equity of the LLC or its subsidiaries. The options vest over a
five-year period and may be exercised upon the earlier of five years or a change
in control in or liquidation of the LLC. The option strike prices increase from
initial strike prices based on the fair value of the LLC at the date of
employment, at annual rates ranging from 15% to 25%, with a weighted average
rate of increase of 18%. Additional options were granted during 1996
representing approximately .25% of the total outstanding equity of the LLC or
its subsidiaries. These options may be exercised based on the estimated fair
value of the LLC or its subsidiaries at the grant date, increasing annually by
10% with similar vesting provisions as the options granted in 1995. All options
granted were outstanding at December 31, 1996. Twenty percent of the options
granted prior to December 31, 1995 were vested at December 31, 1996. No options
were exercisable and no options were exercised, forfeited or expired during the
period from May 12, 1995 to December 31, 1996.
The LLC estimates the fair value of its stock options following the
provisions of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Under the
provisions of SFAS 123, the fair value of the LLC's increasing strike price
options is calculated based on the difference between a risk-free interest rate
that corresponds to the option period and the rate of increase of the option
strike price. Since the rates of increase exceed the risk-free interest rates of
5.4% at December 31, 1995 and 6.2% at December 31, 1996, the fair value of the
options at the time of the award was zero. Accordingly, no compensation expense
has been reflected in the accompanying financial statements. At December 31,
1996, the Company believes the market value of the LLC's equity subject to
option exceeds the corresponding option exercise price.
Pursuant to a private placement, the Company offered shares in certain
affiliates of Westin Hotel Company to certain officers of the Company. The
Company has received approximately $2,009,000 of
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refundable deposits for these shares, but the subscriptions for such shares have
yet to be accepted by such affiliates of Westin Hotel Company. The offering may
be cancelled or postponed by the Company at any time before completion; in the
event the offering is cancelled or postponed, the purchase price deposits that
have been received by such affiliates of Westin Hotel Company in respect of such
offering would be refunded.
23. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
The following table summarizes noncash financing and investing activities
and other cash flow information:
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS MAY 12, 1995 JANUARY 1, 1995
ENDED THROUGH THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995 MAY 12, 1995 1994
------------------ ---- ----------------- --------------- ----
(THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Noncash investing and financing
activities:
Members' equity issued to
executives.................... $ -- $ -- $ 4,640 $ -- $ --
Less outstanding notes
receivable from executives for
members' equity............... -- -- (4,640) -- --
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Total noncash members equity
issued........................ $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
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Capital lease obligations
incurred or assumed in
connection with hotel
acquisitions.................. $ 4,710 $ 4,888 $ 474 $ 32 $ 387
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Long-term debt issued in
connection with acquisitions,
net of unexpended proceeds.... $210,800 $ -- $434,615 $ -- $ --
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Senior Secured Notes paid with
proceeds of Senior Credit
Facility issued............... $324,500 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Senior Credit Facility issued... $331,000 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Deferred loan costs............. $ 6,500 $ -- $ 6,740 $ -- $ --
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Cash paid for:
Interest........................ $ 36,656 $41,981 $ 23,401 $8,574 $14,100
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
Taxes........................... $ 22,552 $ 6,432 $ 2,499 $1,670 $ 3,375
======== ======= ======== ====== =======
</TABLE>
Noncash financing and investing activities during the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 were not material.
24. TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
In September 1997, the boards of managers and directors of the members of
the LLC entered into a transaction agreement to sell the stock of Westin Hotel
Company and its affiliates that are currently owned by the LLC. This sale, which
is scheduled to be completed in January 1998, includes substantially all assets,
liabilities and operations that are presently owned by the LLC.
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EXECUTION VERSION
TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
AMONG
WHWE L.L.C.,
WOODSTAR INVESTOR PARTNERSHIP,
NOMURA ASSET CAPITAL CORPORATION,
JUERGEN BARTELS,
W&S HOTEL L.L.C.,
WESTIN HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.,
W&S LAUDERDALE CORP.,
W&S SEATTLE CORP.,
WESTIN ST. JOHN HOTEL COMPANY, INC.,
W&S DENVER CORP.,
W&S ATLANTA CORP.,
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST,
SLT REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
AND
SLC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 8, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS.................................................... 1
ARTICLE I
The Subsidiary Contributions; The Merger; Closings;
Effective Time;........................................ 1
1.1. The Subsidiary Contributions........................ 1
1.2. The Merger.......................................... 5
1.3. Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock............... 5
1.4. Working Capital Adjustments......................... 7
1.5. Adjustments to Prevent Dilution..................... 10
1.6. Closing............................................. 10
1.7. Effective Time...................................... 10
ARTICLE II
Declaration of Trust and Trust Regulations of the
Surviving Trust........................................ 10
2.1. The Declaration of Trust............................ 10
2.2. The Trust Regulations............................... 10
ARTICLE III
Trustees, Directors and Officers of the Surviving Trust
and Starwood Corp...................................... 11
3.1. Trustees of Surviving Trust......................... 11
3.2. Officers of Surviving Trust......................... 11
3.3. Directors of Starwood Corp. ........................ 11
3.4. Officers of Starwood Corp. ......................... 11
ARTICLE IV
Exchange of Certificates for Worldwide Shares; Dissenter's
Rights; Units of Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood
Operating Partnership to be Issued in Connection with the
Subsidiary Contributions.................................. 11
4.1. Exchange of Certificates for Worldwide Shares....... 11
4.2. Dissenters' Rights.................................. 13
4.3. Units of Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood
Operating Partnership to be Issued in Connection
with the Subsidiary Contributions................... 13
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties............................ 15
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Westin
Companies.............................................. 15
5.2. Representations and Warranties of the Starwood
Companies.............................................. 30
ARTICLE VI
Covenants................................................. 34
6.1. Interim Operations.................................. 34
6.2. Maintenance, Promotions, etc. ...................... 36
6.3. Information Supplied................................ 36
6.4. Stockholders Meeting................................ 36
6.5. Filings; Other Actions; Notification................ 37
6.6. Tax Matters......................................... 38
6.7. Access.............................................. 38
6.8. Affiliates.......................................... 39
6.9. Registration and Stock Exchange Listing............. 39
6.10. Publicity........................................... 39
6.11. Options; Benefits................................... 40
6.12. Fees and Expenses................................... 40
6.13. Takeover Statute.................................... 41
6.14. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. Vote.............. 41
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6.15. Name and Management of Starwood Corp. and Starwood
Trust.................................................. 41
6.16. Additional Covenants................................ 42
6.17. Reorganization of the Purchased Entities............ 44
6.18. Closing After January 2, 1998....................... 44
6.19. Commitments for Title Insurance..................... 44
6.20. Liquor and Other Licenses........................... 45
6.21. Solicitation of Employees........................... 45
6.22. Confidentiality..................................... 45
6.23. Capitalized Lease Obligations....................... 46
6.24. Further Assurances.................................. 46
6.25. Transfer of Certain Rights of LLC................... 46
6.26. Nomura Consents..................................... 46
6.27. Escrow Arrangement.................................. 47
6.28. Additional Agreements with Nomura................... 47
ARTICLE VII
Conditions................................................ 47
7.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Merger................................................. 47
7.2. Conditions to Obligations of the Starwood
Companies.............................................. 48
7.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Westin Companies.... 50
ARTICLE VIII
Termination............................................... 51
8.1. Termination by Mutual Consent....................... 51
8.2. Termination by Either the Starwood Companies or
Westin Companies....................................... 51
8.3. Termination by the Westin Companies................. 51
8.4. Termination by Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. .... 52
8.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment............... 52
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous and General................................. 53
9.1. Survival and Indemnification........................ 53
9.2. Modification or Amendment........................... 53
9.3. Waiver of Conditions................................ 53
9.4. Counterparts........................................ 53
9.5. Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial....... 53
9.6. Notices............................................. 54
9.7. Entire Agreement; No Other Representations.......... 55
9.8. No Third Party Beneficiaries........................ 55
9.9. Obligations of the Starwood Companies and of the
Westin Companies....................................... 55
9.10. Transfer Taxes...................................... 55
9.11. Severability........................................ 56
9.12. Interpretation; Certain Defined Terms............... 56
9.13. Successors and Assigns.............................. 56
9.14. Disclosure Letter Updating.......................... 56
9.15. Index to Defined Terms.............................. 57
9.16. Starwood Trust...................................... 60
9.17. Nomura.............................................. 60
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TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
TRANSACTION AGREEMENT (hereinafter called this "Agreement"), dated as of
September 8, 1997, among WHWE L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
("WHWE"), Woodstar Investor Partnership, a Delaware general partnership
("Woodstar"), Nomura Asset Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Nomura"), Juergen Bartels ("Bartels", and together with WHWE, Woodstar and
Nomura, the "Members"), W&S Hotel L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
(the "LLC"), Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Worldwide"), W&S Lauderdale Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Lauderdale"), W&S
Seattle Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Seattle"), Westin St. John Hotel
Company, Inc., a United States Virgin Islands corporation ("St. John"), W&S
Denver Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Denver"), W&S Atlanta Corp., a Delaware
corporation ("Atlanta"), Starwood Lodging Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust (referred to herein as "Starwood Trust" or the "Surviving
Trust"), SLT Realty Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership
("Starwood Realty Partnership"), Starwood Lodging Corporation, a Maryland
corporation ("Starwood Corp.") and SLC Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership ("Starwood Operating Partnership" and together with Starwood
Trust, Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood Corp. the "Starwood Companies").
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Westin Companies" shall mean the LLC,
Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Denver and Atlanta, and the term
"Westin Subsidiaries" shall mean Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John,
Denver and Atlanta.
RECITALS
WHEREAS the respective boards of managers, boards of directors, board of
trustees and general partners, as applicable, of the Members, the Westin
Companies and the Starwood Companies deem it in the best interests of their
respective limited liability companies, corporations, real estate investment
trust and partnerships to engage in the transactions described in this
Agreement, including the merger of Worldwide with and into Starwood Trust (the
"Merger"), in the manner set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS the respective boards of managers, boards of directors, board of
trustees and general partners, as applicable, of each of the Members, the Westin
Companies and the Starwood Companies have approved the transactions described
herein and the Board of Directors of Worldwide and the Board of Trustees of
Starwood Trust have approved the Merger, in each case, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS the stockholders and members or managers, as applicable, of the
Westin Companies have approved the transactions described herein and the
stockholders of Worldwide have approved the Merger, in each case upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS it is intended that, for federal income tax purposes, the Merger
shall qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the "Code");
WHEREAS the Members, the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies desire
to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in
connection with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS; THE MERGER;
CLOSINGS; EFFECTIVE TIME;
1.1. THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) It is understood and agreed that, prior to consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the LLC may distribute the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Seattle held directly or
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indirectly by the LLC to the Members but that such shares may not, without the
prior written consent of the Starwood Companies, be further transferred by such
Members to any other person or entity. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as defined herein)
the Members (or their permitted transferees) shall contribute, or cause to be
contributed, to Starwood Realty Partnership all the then outstanding shares of
capital stock of Seattle ("Seattle Shares"). Concurrently with such
contribution, (i) Starwood Realty Partnership shall issue to the Members (or
their permitted transferees) and any other holders of Seattle Shares, on a pro
rata basis based on the number of Seattle Shares so contributed to Starwood
Realty Partnership, an aggregate of 359,948 Units of Starwood Realty Partnership
having the terms set forth on Annex C hereto ("Starwood Realty Partnership
Units"), as such number of Starwood Realty Partnership Units shall be adjusted
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) Starwood Realty Partnership shall
assume indebtedness of the Members (or their permitted transferees) incurred by
the Members (or their permitted transferees) in connection with such
contribution, provided that the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued
interest on such indebtedness to be assumed shall not exceed an aggregate amount
equal to $104,800,000, (iii) Starwood Realty Partnership, the Starwood Companies
and the Members (or their permitted transferees) will comply with the covenants
set forth in Sections 6.16(a), (b), (c) and (d) and (iv) Starwood Realty
Partnership will assume, repay or refinance (or will cause to be assumed, repaid
or refinanced), or, in the case of nonrecourse indebtedness, acquire (directly
or indirectly) the assets securing such indebtedness subject to such
indebtedness (collectively, "Assume") all indebtedness of Seattle and of each
entity set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) in which Seattle has a direct or indirect
equity interest that is outstanding on the Closing Date; provided, however, that
in the event the aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the Members (or
their permitted transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section
1.1(a) is less than $104,800,000, Starwood Realty Partnership shall pay to each
of the Members (or their permitted transferees) and each other holder of Seattle
Shares that contributes Seattle Shares to Starwood Realty Partnership, in
consideration for such contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the
pro rata portion (determined on the basis of the number of shares of Seattle
contributed by such Member (or such permitted transferees) and each such other
holder to Starwood Realty Partnership) of the excess of $104,800,000 over the
amount of such indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
(b) It is understood and agreed that, prior to consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the LLC may distribute the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Lauderdale held directly or indirectly by
the LLC to the Members but that such shares may not, without the prior written
consent of the Starwood Companies, be further transferred by such Members to any
other person or entity. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, on the Closing Date the Members (or their permitted
transferees) shall contribute, or cause to be contributed, to Starwood Realty
Partnership all the then outstanding shares of capital stock of Lauderdale
("Lauderdale Shares"). Concurrently with such contribution, (i) Starwood Realty
Partnership shall issue to the Members (or their permitted transferees) and any
other holders of Lauderdale Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the number of
Lauderdale Shares so contributed to Starwood Realty Partnership, an aggregate of
120,948 Units of Starwood Realty Partnership Units, as such number of Starwood
Realty Partnership Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, (ii) Starwood Realty Partnership shall assume indebtedness of the
Members (or their permitted transferees) incurred by the Members (or their
permitted transferees) in connection with such contribution, provided that the
aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on such indebtedness to be
assumed shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to $21,900,000, (iii)
Starwood Realty Partnership, the Starwood Companies and the Members (or their
permitted transferees) will comply with the covenants set forth in Sections
6.16(a), (b), (c) and (d) and (iv) Starwood Realty Partnership will Assume all
indebtedness of Lauderdale and of each entity set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) in
which Lauderdale has a direct or indirect equity interest that is outstanding on
the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the event the aggregate amount of
indebtedness incurred by the Members (or their permitted transferees) and
assumed pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 1.1(b) is less than $21,900,000,
Starwood Realty Partnership shall pay to each of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and each other holder of Lauderdale Shares that contributes
Lauderdale Shares to Starwood Realty Partnership, in consideration for such
contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion
(determined on the basis of the number of shares of Lauderdale contributed by
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such Member (or such permitted transferees) and each such other holder to
Starwood Realty Partnership) of the excess of $21,900,000 over the amount of
such indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
(c) It is understood and agreed that, prior to consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the LLC may distribute the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Denver held directly or indirectly by the
LLC to the Members but that such shares may not, without the prior written
consent of the Starwood Companies, be further transferred by such Members to any
other person or entity. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, on the Closing Date the Members (or their permitted
transferees) shall contribute, or cause to be contributed, to Starwood Realty
Partnership all the then outstanding shares of capital stock of Denver ("Denver
Shares"). Concurrently with such contribution, (i) Starwood Realty Partnership
shall issue to the Members (or their permitted transferees) and any other
holders of Denver Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the number of Denver
Shares so contributed to Starwood Realty Partnership, an aggregate of 116,948
Starwood Realty Partnership Units, as such number of Starwood Realty Partnership
Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) Starwood
Realty Partnership shall assume indebtedness of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) incurred by the Members (or their permitted transferees) in
connection with such contribution, provided that the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on such indebtedness to be assumed shall not
exceed an aggregate amount equal to $20,500,000, (iii) Starwood Realty
Partnership, the Starwood Companies and the Members (or their permitted
transferees) will comply with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.16(a), (b),
(c) and (d) and (iv) Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood Trust will Assume
(or cause to be Assumed) all indebtedness of Denver and of each entity set forth
on Schedule 1.1(c) in which Denver has a direct or indirect equity interest that
is outstanding on the Closing Date; provided however, that in the event the
aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 1.1(c) is less
than $20,500,000, Starwood Realty Partnership shall pay to each of the Members
(or their permitted transferees) and each other holder of Denver Shares that
contributes Denver Shares to Starwood Realty Partnership, in consideration for
such contribution, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion
(determined on the basis of the number of shares of Denver contributed by such
Member (or such permitted transferees) and each such other holder to Starwood
Realty Partnership) of the excess of $20,500,000 over the amount of such
indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
(d) It is understood and agreed that, prior to consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) the LLC may distribute the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Atlanta held directly or indirectly by
the LLC to the Members but that such shares may not, without the prior written
consent of the Starwood Companies, be further transferred by such Members to any
other person or entity and (ii) Starwood Realty Partnership will lend to Atlanta
an aggregate amount of $34,200,000 of indebtedness on terms reasonably
acceptable to the LLC and that Atlanta will pay a dividend to the LLC (or the
Members, as the case may be), and the LLC may make a distribution to the
Members, in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such indebtedness. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the
Closing Date the LLC (or its permitted transferees) shall contribute, or cause
to be contributed, to Starwood Operating Partnership all the then outstanding
shares of capital stock of Atlanta ("Atlanta Shares"). Concurrently with such
contribution, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, (i) Starwood
Operating Partnership shall issue to the LLC (or its permitted transferees) and
any other holders of Atlanta Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the number of
Atlanta Shares so contributed to Starwood Operating Partnership, an aggregate of
358,000 Units of Starwood Operating Partnership having the terms set forth on
Annex C hereto ("Starwood Operating Partnership Units"), as such number of
Starwood Operating Partnership Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, and (ii) Starwood Operating Partnership will Assume (or cause to
be Assumed) all indebtedness of Atlanta and of each entity set forth on Schedule
1.1(d) in which Atlanta has a direct or indirect equity interest that is
outstanding on the Closing Date; provided however, that in the event the
aggregate amount of indebtedness loaned by Starwood Realty Partnership to
Atlanta pursuant to this Section 1.1(d) is less than $34,200,000, Starwood
Operating Partnership shall pay to each of the Members (or their permitted
transferees) and each other holder of Atlanta Shares that contributes Atlanta
Shares to Starwood Operating Partnership in consideration for such contribution,
as applicable, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the pro rata portion
(determined on the basis of the number of shares of Atlanta
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contributed by such Member (or such permitted transferees) and each such other
holder to Starwood Operating Partnership) of the excess of $34,200,000 over the
amount of such indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
(e) It is understood and agreed that, prior to consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the LLC may distribute the
outstanding shares of capital stock of St. John held directly or indirectly by
the LLC to the Members but that such shares may not, without the prior written
consent of the Starwood Companies, be further transferred by such Members to any
other person or entity. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, on the Closing Date the Members (or their permitted
transferees) shall contribute, or cause to be contributed, to Starwood Operating
Partnership all the then outstanding shares of capital stock of St. John ("St.
John Shares"). Concurrently with such contribution, (i) Starwood Operating
Partnership shall issue to the Members (or their permitted transferees) and any
other holders of St. John Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the number of St.
John Shares so contributed to Starwood Operating Partnership, an aggregate of
35,156 Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as such number of Starwood
Operating Partnership Units shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, (ii) Starwood Operating Partnership shall assume indebtedness of the
Members (or their permitted transferees) incurred by the Members (or their
permitted transferees) in connection with such contribution, provided that the
aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on such indebtedness to be
assumed shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to $6,000,000, (iii) Starwood
Operating Partnership, the Starwood Companies and the Members (or their
permitted transferees) will comply with the covenants set forth in Sections
6.16(a), (b), (c) and (d), (iv) Starwood Operating Partnership and Starwood
Trust shall Assume (or will cause to be Assumed) all indebtedness of St. John
and of each entity set forth in Schedule 1.1(e) in which St. John has a direct
or indirect equity interest that is outstanding on the Closing Date; provided
however, that in the event the aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by the
Members (or their permitted transferees) and assumed pursuant to clause (ii) of
this Section 1.1(c) is less than $6,000,000, Starwood Operating Partnership
shall pay to each of the Members (or their permitted transferees) and each other
holder of St. John Shares that contributes St. John Shares to Starwood Realty
Partnership, in consideration for such contribution, an aggregate amount in cash
equal to the pro rata portion (determined on the basis of the number of shares
of St. John contributed by such Member (or such permitted transferees) and each
such other holder to Starwood Operating Partnership) of the excess of $6,000,000
over the amount of such indebtedness so incurred and assumed.
(f) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, at the
election of the Westin Companies, the Members (other than Bartels and Nomura)
may distribute not more than 15% of the outstanding shares of each of Seattle,
Lauderdale, Atlanta, Denver and St. John (the "Redistributed Subsidiary Shares")
to investors in the Members or their designees, and each such investor or
designee will then exchange each such Seattle Share for a pro rata portion
(based on the number of Seattle Shares then outstanding) of (i) an aggregate
number of 359,948 shares of Class B EPS and (ii) an aggregate amount of cash
equal to $104,800,000, each such Lauderdale Share for a pro rata portion (based
on the number of Lauderdale Shares then outstanding) of (i) an aggregate number
of 120,948 shares of Class B EPS and (ii) an aggregate amount of cash equal to
$21,900,000, each such Atlanta Share for a pro rata portion (based on the number
of Atlanta Shares then outstanding) of (i) an aggregate number of 358,000 shares
of Class B EPS and (ii) an aggregate amount of cash equal to $34,200,000, each
such Denver Share for a pro rata portion (based on the number of Denver Shares
then outstanding) of (i) an aggregate number of 116,948 shares of Class B EPS
and (ii) an aggregate amount of cash equal to $20,500,000 and each such St. John
Share for a pro rata portion (based on the number of St. John Shares then
outstanding) of (i) an aggregate number of 35,156 shares of Class B EPS and (ii)
an aggregate amount of cash equal to $6,000,000. The Redistributed Subsidiary
Shares shall decrease, on a proportionate basis, the aggregate number of
Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as
applicable, to be issued, and the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the
Members to be assumed, in connection with the relevant contribution of the
Westin Subsidiaries referred to in Section 1.1 (each a "Subsidiary
Contribution") shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of cash paid
pursuant to this Section 1.1(f), such that (i) the aggregate number of Starwood
Realty Partnership Units, Starwood Operating Partnership Units and Class B EPS
to be issued pursuant to this Section 1.1 shall not exceed the aggregate number
of Starwood Realty Partnership Units and Starwood Operating Partnership
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Units that would have been issued under this Section 1.1 construed without
regard to this Section 1.1(f) and (ii) the total indebtedness Assumed and cash
paid pursuant to this Section 1.1 shall not exceed the total indebtedness that
would have been Assumed under this Section 1.1 construed without regard to this
Section 1.1(f).
1.2. THE MERGER. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.7) Worldwide
shall be merged with and into Starwood Trust and the separate corporate
existence of Worldwide shall thereupon cease. Starwood Trust shall be the
surviving real estate investment trust in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the "Surviving Trust"), and the separate existence of Starwood
Trust with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall
continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set forth in this Article I and in
Articles II and III. The Merger shall have the effects specified in the Maryland
Corporations and Associations law, as amended (the "MCA"), and the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as amended (the "DGCL").
1.3. EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK. At the Effective Time, as a
result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any
capital stock of Worldwide:
(a) Merger Consideration. Each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Worldwide (collectively, the "Worldwide Shares") issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Worldwide Shares
owned by any Starwood Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of any
Starwood Company or Worldwide Shares that are owned by Worldwide or any direct
or indirect subsidiary of Worldwide and in each case not held on behalf of third
parties ("Affiliated Shares") or Worldwide Shares ("Dissenting Shares" and,
together with the Affiliated Shares, the "Excluded Shares") that are owned by
stockholders ("Dissenting Stockholders") exercising appraisal rights pursuant to
Section 262 of the DGCL) shall be converted into, and become exchangeable for, a
pro rata portion (based upon the aggregate number of Worldwide Shares issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time) of (x) a number of shares
of Class A Exchangeable Preferred Stock of Starwood Trust, par value $.01 per
share, having the terms set forth on Annex A hereto ("Class A EPS") equal to the
product of (A) the Nondissenting Portion times (B) 6,285,783, (y) a number of
shares of Class B Exchangeable Preferred Stock of Starwood Trust, liquidation
value $38.50 per share, having the terms set forth on Annex B hereto ("Class B
EPS") equal to the product of (A) the Nondissenting Portion times (B) 5,294,783,
and (z) subject to the following provisions of this Section 1.3(a), cash in an
amount equal to the product of (A) the Nondissenting Portion times (B)
177,926,000 reduced by the aggregate amount of cash dividends paid by Denver
pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(iv)(c) prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the
"Merger Consideration"). The "Nondissenting Portion" shall be equal to one minus
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Dissenting Shares and the
denominator of which a number of Worldwide Shares (other than Affiliated Shares)
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. In addition, in
connection with the Merger, Starwood Trust will Assume (or cause to be Assumed)
all indebtedness of Worldwide and of each entity set forth on Schedule 1.3(a) in
which Worldwide has a direct or indirect equity interest (including joint
venture indebtedness) (collectively "Worldwide Debt") outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Date. At the Effective Time, no Worldwide Share shall any
longer be outstanding and all Worldwide Shares shall be canceled and retired and
shall cease to exist, and each certificate (a "Certificate") formerly
representing any of such Worldwide Shares (other than Excluded Shares) shall
thereafter represent only the right to the Merger Consideration and the right,
if any, to receive pursuant to Section 4.1(d) cash in lieu of fractional shares
into which such Worldwide Shares have been converted pursuant to this Section
1.3(a) and any distribution or dividend pursuant to Section 4.1(b).
(b) In the event the principal amount of outstanding indebtedness of the
Westin Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries (excluding any
intercompany indebtedness for borrowed money) immediately prior to the Effective
Date is less than the amount set forth in Schedule 1.3(b), the aggregate amount
of the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall be increased by an amount
equal to the excess of the amount of such indebtedness set forth in Schedule
1.3(b) over the sum of (i) the principal amount of such indebtedness Assumed
pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section 1.3 and (ii) the amount of any cash paid
pursuant to Section 1.1(f), this Agreement, and each outstanding share of
Worldwide that is converted into a portion of
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the Merger Consideration in the Merger shall be converted into its pro rata
portion of such increased Merger Consideration.
(c) In the event that (1) the sum of (i) the principal of and all accrued
and unpaid interest on the outstanding indebtedness of the Members (or their
permitted transferees) that is Assumed by the Starwood Realty Partnership or the
Starwood Operating Partnership pursuant to Section 1.1, (ii) the principal
amount of indebtedness of the Westin Subsidiaries and their respective
Subsidiaries (including the allocable portion of the indebtedness of
non-subsidiary joint ventures) that is Assumed by the Starwood Companies
pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section 1.3 (other than any indebtedness incurred to
fund (a) Actual Scheduled Expenditures in excess of Budgeted Scheduled
Expenditures, (b) Actual Unscheduled Expenditures or (c) acquisitions that, in
any such case, are permitted to be made as a result of the operation of this
Section 1.3 or any indebtedness incurred by any joint venture that is not
controlled by the Westin Companies) and (iii) without duplication of any amounts
described in clause (i) or (ii), any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.1(f)
exceeds the amount set forth in Schedule 1.3(c), then the aggregate amount of
the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall be decreased by an amount
equal to such excess, and each outstanding share of Worldwide that is converted
into a portion of the Merger Consideration in the Merger shall be converted into
its pro rata portion of such decreased Merger Consideration.
(d) In the event the aggregate amount of capital expenditures or
investments made in respect of the hotels or other assets relating to the Westin
Companies and/or their respective Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1.3(d)-1
during the period beginning on January 1, 1997 and ending on December 31, 1997
("Actual Scheduled Expenditures") (calculated in accordance with GAAP (as
defined in Section 1.4(f)) applied on a basis consistent with the Westin
Companies' past practice), is less than the aggregate amount of capital
expenditures or investments for such hotels or other assets set forth on
Schedule 1.3(d)-1 ("Budgeted Scheduled Expenditures"), the cash portion of the
Merger Consideration shall be decreased by an aggregate amount of cash equal to
the sum of all such deficits. For purposes of this Section, the portion of
Actual Capital Expenditures made during the period commencing on January 1, 1997
and ending on June 30, 1997 shall be deemed to be no greater than the amounts
set forth on Schedule 1.3(d)-2.
(e) In the event the amount of Actual Scheduled Expenditures exceeds the
amount of Budgeted Scheduled Expenditures, or in the event that capital
expenditures or investments are made in respect of any hotel or other asset
relating to any of the Westin Companies and/or their respective Subsidiaries
that is not set forth on Schedule 1.3(d)("Actual Unscheduled Expenditures"),
then, subject to the fourth succeeding sentence, the cash portion of the Merger
Consideration shall be increased by an aggregate amount of cash equal to the sum
of all such excesses and amounts of Actual Unscheduled Expenditures less all
such excesses and amounts financed directly or indirectly with indebtedness
Assumed (or caused to be Assumed) by any Starwood Company pursuant to this
Agreement. The Westin Companies hereby agree that at least ten business days
prior to making any Actual Scheduled Expenditure that exceeds the amount of the
related Budgeted Scheduled Expenditure or any Actual Unscheduled Expenditure,
the Westin Companies will provide the Starwood Companies with written notice of
any such proposed expenditure (the "Proposed Expenditure"). Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Westin Companies shall not make
any Proposed Expenditure unless the Starwood Companies approve such Proposed
Expenditure in writing, except as provided in the second succeeding sentence. In
the event the Starwood Companies do not so approve such Proposed Expenditure
within ten business days after receipt of such notice, representatives of the
Starwood Companies and representatives of the Westin Companies will attempt to
resolve the matter. If such attempt does not result in the resolution of such
matter, either (i) the Westin Companies shall not make such Proposed Expenditure
for so long as this Agreement is in effect or (ii) the Westin Companies may make
such Proposed Expenditure but the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall
not be increased in respect of such excess. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, (i) any refusal by the Starwood Companies to approve the
making of a Proposed Expenditure must be made by the Starwood Companies in good
faith, (ii) the Starwood Companies shall be deemed to approve the making of a
Proposed Expenditure the amount of which the Starwood Companies agree is
required to be made by the Westin Companies by the terms of any agreement to
which any of the Westin Companies is a party on the date hereof and which
agreement is set forth on Schedule 7.2(a) (it being understood and agreed that
(a) the Starwood Companies
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shall not be deemed to have approved any such expenditure in excess of
$1,000,000 if the Starwood Companies determine, in good faith and on a
reasonable basis, that the agreement pursuant to which such expenditure is
proposed to be made does not require the Westin Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries to make such expenditure or that the failure to make such
expenditure would not impose a penalty on any of the Westin Companies or their
Subsidiaries) and (b) the Starwood Companies shall be deemed to have approved
expenditures with respect to the properties located in San Antonio, Texas and
Savannah, Georgia made after June 30, 1997 to the extent that the portion of
such expenditures funded by equity contributions from the Westin Companies does
not exceed $8,890,000 and $240,000 respectively, and to the extent that any
other expenditures in respect of such properties are approved or deemed approved
by operation of this Section 1.3(e), and any Proposed Expenditure made in
connection with a hotel or other item relating to St. John and/or its
Subsidiaries shall be deemed approved by the Starwood Companies except to the
extent the aggregate amount of such Proposed Expenditures for the 1997 calendar
year exceeds $13,200,000.
(f) The Westin Companies agree that, for so long as this Agreement is in
effect, they shall not acquire any assets (other than assets acquired in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or acquisitions of
assets constituting capital expenditures subject to Section 1.3(d) or 1.3(e)) or
securities of any other Person for an aggregate purchase price in excess of
$1,000,000 without the prior written consent of the Starwood Companies;
provided, however, that in the event that the Starwood Companies object to the
making of an acquisition by the Westin Companies pursuant to this Section 1.3(f)
that can, at the time of any objection thereto by the Starwood Companies, be
acquired by the Westin Companies pursuant to the terms of an agreement relating
to such acquisition, subject to the terms and conditions specified in such
agreement, none of the Starwood Companies or any of their Affiliates may,
without the prior written consent of the Members, pursue or make such
acquisition for the account of any of the Starwood Companies or any of their
affiliates for a period of one year after the date, if any, of the termination
of this Agreement. In the event that any of the Westin Companies makes an
acquisition in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.3(f), the cash
portion of the Merger Consideration shall be increased by an aggregate amount
equal to the purchase price (other that any portion thereof that is financed by
indebtedness that is assumed by the Starwood Companies) and transaction costs
paid in connection with such acquisition.
(g) At the election of the Westin Companies, the parties will amend this
Agreement to provide that the stockholders of Worldwide and each of the other
Westin Companies may elect to receive different forms of the consideration to be
issued in connection with the Merger and the Subsidiary Contributions provided
that the aggregate amount of each of the Class A EPS, the Class B EPS, Starwood
Realty Partnership Units, Starwood Operating Partnership Units and cash to be
issued in the Merger and each of the Subsidiary Contributions shall not be
altered by such amendment, and each of the parties hereto agrees that in the
event the Westin Companies exercise such option, they will promptly execute and
deliver such amendment and such other documents as may be reasonably requested
by the Westin Companies to effect such amendment; provided, however, that any
amendment to this Agreement made pursuant to this Section 1.3(g) shall not
adversely affect the ability of the Merger to constitute a "reorganization"
within the meaning of the Code or adversely affect the REIT status of Starwood
Trust.
(h) Cancellation of Worldwide Shares. Each Excluded Share (that is not a
Dissenting Share) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
holder thereof, cease to be outstanding, shall be canceled and retired without
payment of any consideration therefor and shall cease to exist.
1.4. WORKING CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS
(a) At least two business days prior to the Closing Date, the Westin
Companies shall prepare, based on the Westin Companies' books and records and
other information then available, and deliver to the Starwood Companies a
consolidated balance sheet (each an "Estimated Working Capital Balance Sheet")
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistent with the Westin Companies' past
practice (except as provided herein) and setting forth an estimate of the
aggregate Working Capital as of the Closing Date (each, an "Estimated Working
Capital") for each of (i) Worldwide and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Lauderdale and
its Subsidiaries,
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(iii) Seattle and its Subsidiaries, (iv) Denver and its Subsidiaries (v) Atlanta
and its Subsidiaries and (vi) St. John and its Subsidiaries (each, a "Westin
Group").
If the Estimated Working Capital for Worldwide and its Subsidiaries exceeds
zero, the cash portion of the Merger Consideration shall be increased by the
amount of such excess. In the event the Estimated Working Capital for Worldwide
and its Subsidiaries is less than zero, the cash portion of the Merger
Consideration shall be decreased by the amount of such deficit.
If the Estimated Working Capital for any Westin Group other than Worldwide
and its Subsidiaries exceeds zero, the Starwood Companies shall deliver to the
LLC or the stockholders of the Westin Subsidiary of such Westin Group,
concurrently with the Subsidiary Contribution in respect of such Westin Group,
an amount in cash equal to the amount of such excess. If the Estimated Working
Capital for any Westin Group other than Worldwide and its Subsidiaries is less
than zero, LLC or the stockholders of such Westin Group shall deliver to the
applicable Starwood Company, concurrently with the Subsidiary Contribution in
respect of such Westin Group, an amount in cash equal to the amount of such
deficit.
In the event the Estimated Working Capital for any Westin Group is zero,
the cash portion of the Merger Consideration (in the case of Worldwide and its
Subsidiaries) or the Subsidiary Contribution relating to such Westin Group (in
the case of any Westin Group other than Worldwide and its Subsidiaries), as
applicable, shall not be adjusted.
(b) As promptly as practicable, but no later than 90 days after the Closing
Date, the Starwood Companies shall cause their accountants, Coopers & Lybrand,
to prepare and deliver to the LLC and its accountants, Arthur Andersen, a
consolidated balance sheet of each of the Westin Groups (collectively, the
"Closing Balance Sheets"), together with a report of Coopers & Lybrand thereon,
for the purpose of establishing the Closing Working Capital for each Westin
Group. The Closing Balance Sheets shall reflect the Current Assets and Current
Liabilities of each Westin Group as of the close of business on the Closing Date
and shall be prepared on a basis consistent with that required hereby to be used
in the preparation of the relevant Estimated Working Capital Balance Sheet.
(c) If the Closing Working Capital for any Westin Group exceeds the
Estimated Working Capital for such Westin Group, Starwood Trust, Starwood Realty
Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall, subject to
subsection (d) of this Section 1.4, deliver to the stockholders of such Westin
Group an aggregate amount in cash equal to the amount of such excess. If the
Closing Working Capital for any Westin Group is less than Estimated Working
Capital for such Westin Group, each of the stockholders of such Westin Group
shall, subject to subsection (d) of this Section 1.4, deliver to Starwood Trust,
Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable,
such stockholder's pro rata portion an aggregate amount in cash equal to the
amount of such deficit. In the event the Closing Working Capital for any Westin
Group equals the Estimated Working Capital for such Westin Group, no adjustment
shall be made pursuant to this clause (c).
All amounts owed pursuant to this subsection (c) and subsection (d) of this
Section 1.4 shall include interest, from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the date of payment, at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
announced by Citibank, N.A. from time to time as its Prime or Base Rate in New
York City in effect from time to time.
(d) If the LLC disagrees with any items on the Closing Balance Sheet for
any Westin Group, the LLC shall notify the Starwood Companies in writing of such
disagreement within 30 days after the Starwood Companies' receipt thereof, and
such notice shall set forth the basis for such disagreement in reasonable
detail. During such 30-day period, the Starwood Companies shall afford the LLC
and its duly designated representatives access to all the Starwood Companies'
books and records and cause the Starwood Companies' accountants to afford the
LLC and its duly designated representatives access to all the work papers of the
Starwood Companies' accountants during regular business hours as required by the
LLC to review the Closing Balance Sheet for such Westin Group in each case
solely for purposes of resolving such disagreement, and the LLC shall not,
directly or indirectly, use or permit any of its Affiliates (as defined in
Section 9.12(b)) to use such information for any other purpose or disclose or
permit any of its Affiliates to disclose such information to
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any other Persons, except as required by law or court order. The LLC and the
Starwood Companies shall thereafter negotiate in good faith to resolve any such
disagreements; provided that the Starwood Companies shall promptly pay to the
LLC, or the LLC shall promptly pay to the Starwood Companies, as the case may
be, the amount, if any, determined pursuant to subsection (c) that is not
subject to dispute. If the LLC and the Starwood Companies are unable to resolve
any such disagreements within 30 days after the LLC's receipt of the Starwood
Companies' notice described above, the LLC and the Starwood Companies shall
select an Auditor to resolve the disagreements in accordance with subsection (e)
of this Section 1.4.
(e) The "Auditor" shall be a "big six" nationally recognized certified
public accounting firm mutually selected by the respective accounting firms of
the LLC and the Starwood Companies solely to resolve only those disputed items
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The LLC and the Starwood
Companies shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Auditor to
resolve all disagreements on the disputed items as soon as practicable; provided
that the Auditor shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 1.4 and shall
not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item
claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by
either party. Each of the LLC and the Starwood Companies shall permit the
Auditor to have full access to their books, records, key employees and
independent accountants in order to resolve any such disagreements. The
resolution of such disagreements by the Auditor shall be final and binding on
the LLC and the Starwood Companies. The fees and expenses of the Auditor shall
be paid by the party whose position is most at variance with the decision of the
Auditor, as such person shall be determined by the Auditor.
(f) For purposes of this Section 1.4, the terms set forth below shall have
the following meanings:
"Closing Working Capital" means the consolidated Working Capital of a
Westin Group as reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet for such Westin Group.
"Current Assets" means all current assets (taking into account appropriate
reserves for uncollectible or doubtful accounts receivable consistent with
Westin Companies' past practice) but excluding (a) cash proceeds of any asset
sale or other disposition occurring after July 1, 1997 (other than sales or
dispositions of inventory made in the ordinary course of the Westin Companies'
business in a manner consistent with past practice), (b) any amounts receivable
under intercompany loans, (c) in the case of Worldwide, not less than $791,000
of Westel's claims-related current assets and (d) cash distributed from the
pension plans of the Westin Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries since July 1,
1997, but only to the extent the amount of such cash so distributed exceeds
$5,000,000, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent with Westin Companies' past practice (except as provided herein).
"Current Liabilities" means, without duplication of any item that results
in a reduction in the cash portion of the Merger Consideration as a result of
the operation of Section 1.3(c), all current liabilities including, in the case
of Worldwide, Westel non-claims-related liabilities, but excluding (a) in the
case of Worldwide, not more than $8,100,000 of Westel's claims-related current
liabilities, (b) any tax liabilities of Worldwide or its Subsidiaries arising in
connection with the sales of assets contemplated by Section 6.17 hereof and any
tax described in Section 9.10, (c) any notes payable referred to in Section
6.1(c)(ii)(e)(2) in an amount not in excess of $2,261,000, (d) the current
portion of any long-term indebtedness of any Westin Group, (e) any liabilities
under any intercompany loans, (f) any short term portion of capitalized lease
obligations incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii)(e)(3), (g) any fees and
expenses of the Westin Companies described in Section 6.12, in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with Westin
Companies' past practice (except as provided herein) and (h) any reserves for
any liability that is the subject of the Other Agreement.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time.
"Westel" means Westel Insurance Co., a Vermont corporation.
"Working Capital" means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities.
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1.5. ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVENT DILUTION.
(a) Subject to the next succeeding sentence, in the event that after the
date hereof Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. changes the number of Starwood
Paired Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for
Starwood Paired Shares, issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a
result of a reclassification, stock split (including a reverse split), stock
dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger, subdivision, issuer tender
or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, the Merger Consideration shall
be equitably adjusted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any arms-length
transaction with an unaffiliated third party shall not require any adjustment.
(b) Subject to the next succeeding sentence, in the event that after the
date hereof Starwood Trust, Starwood Corp., Starwood Realty Partnership or
Starwood Operating Partnership changes the number of Starwood Trust Shares,
Starwood Corp. Shares, Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable
for Starwood Trust Shares, Starwood Corp. Shares, Starwood Realty Partnership
Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units, issued and outstanding prior to
the Effective Time as a result of a reclassification, stock split (including a
reverse split), stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger,
subdivision, issuer tender or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, the
number of Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership
Units to be issued in connection with a Subsidiary Contribution shall be
equitably adjusted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any arms-length transaction
with an unaffiliated third party shall not require any adjustment.
1.6. CLOSING. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Article VII, the closing of the Merger and of each of the Subsidiary
Contributions (the "Closing") shall take place (i) at the offices of Sullivan &
Cromwell, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York at 9:00 A.M. on January 2, 1998
or, if on such date all the conditions set forth in Article VII have not been
satisfied or waived, then on such later date (but not later than January 31,
1998) as all the conditions set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or
waived, or if the Starwood Companies reasonably request additional time in order
to complete any financings necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and the lead underwriters of such financing (acting
reasonably) agree to such request, then promptly after the consummation of any
such financings (but not later than January 31, 1998), or at such other place
and time and/or on such other date as the LLC and Starwood Trust may agree in
writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is herein called the "Closing
Date".
1.7. EFFECTIVE TIME. As soon as practicable following the Closing,
Worldwide and Starwood Trust will cause Articles of Merger (the "Maryland
Articles of Merger") to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Maryland
State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the "Maryland Assessments
Department") as provided in Section 8-501.1 of the MCA and a Certificate of
Merger (the "Delaware Certificate of Merger") to be executed, acknowledged and
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware as provided in Section 254 of the
DGCL. The Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time when the
last of the following actions shall have been completed: (i) the time the
Maryland Assessments Department accepts the Maryland Articles of Merger for
record and (ii) the Delaware Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware (the "Effective Time").
ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST REGULATIONS
OF THE SURVIVING TRUST
2.1. THE DECLARATION OF TRUST. The declaration of trust of Starwood Trust
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the declaration of
trust of the Surviving Trust (the "Declaration of Trust"), until duly amended as
provided therein or by applicable law.
2.2. THE TRUST REGULATIONS. The regulations of Starwood Trust in effect at
the Effective Time shall be the regulations of the Surviving Trust (the "Trust
Regulations"), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable
law.
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ARTICLE III
TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
OF THE SURVIVING TRUST AND STARWOOD CORP.
3.1. TRUSTEES OF SURVIVING TRUST. The trustees of Starwood Trust at the
Effective Time, together with Stuart M. Rothenberg, shall, from and after the
Effective Time, be the trustees of the Surviving Trust until their successors
have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and the Trust
Regulations.
3.2. OFFICERS OF SURVIVING TRUST. The officers of Starwood Trust at the
Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the
Surviving Trust until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Declaration of Trust and the Trust Regulations.
3.3. DIRECTORS OF STARWOOD CORP. The directors of Starwood Corp. at the
Effective Time, together with Juergen Bartels and Barry S. Volpert, shall, from
and after the Effective Time, be the directors of Starwood Corp. until their
successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their
earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws of Starwood Corp. (it being understood that Barry S.
Sternlicht shall be Chairman of the Starwood Corp.).
3.4. OFFICERS OF STARWOOD CORP. The officers of Starwood Corp. at the
Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the
Starwood Corp.; provided, however, that Juergen Bartels shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of Starwood Corp., and the President of Starwood Corp., the
Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Corp. and the Chief Financial Officer of
Starwood Corp. shall be appointed immediately after the Effective Time by the
Board of Directors of Starwood Corp. as constituted from and after the Closing
Date in accordance with Section 3.3, in each case until their successors have
been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws of Starwood Corp.
ARTICLE IV
EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES FOR WORLDWIDE SHARES; DISSENTER'S RIGHTS; UNITS OF
STARWOOD
REALTY PARTNERSHIP AND STARWOOD OPERATING PARTNERSHIP TO BE ISSUED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1. EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES FOR WORLDWIDE SHARES.
(a) The Exchange. (i) As of the Effective Time, Starwood Trust shall
deliver to the holders of Worldwide Shares, certificates representing the shares
of Class A EPS and Class B EPS and, after the Effective Time, if applicable, any
cash, dividends or other distributions with respect to the Class A EPS and Class
B EPS to be issued or paid pursuant to the last sentence of Section 4.1(b)(i),
in exchange for Worldwide Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time upon due surrender of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu
thereof) pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV.
(ii) The holder of each Certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor (x) a certificate representing that number of whole shares of
Class A EPS and Class B EPS that such holder is then entitled to receive
pursuant to this Agreement, (y) a check in the amount (after giving effect to
any required tax withholdings) of (A) the cash amount payable in respect of such
Worldwide Share pursuant to Section 4.1(a), plus (B) any cash in lieu of
fractional shares plus (C) any unpaid non-stock dividends and any other
dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right to receive
pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV, and the Certificate so
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or accrued on
any amount payable upon due surrender of the Certificates. In the event of a
transfer of ownership of Worldwide Shares that is not registered in the transfer
records of Worldwide, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of
Class A EPS and Class B EPS, together with a check for any cash to be paid upon
due surrender of the Certificate and any other dividends or distributions in
respect thereof, may be issued and/or paid to such a transferee if the
Certificate formerly representing such Worldwide Shares is presented to
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Starwood Trust, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect
such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer taxes have been
paid. If any certificate for shares of Class A EPS and Class B EPS is to be
issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in
exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of such exchange that
the Person requesting such exchange shall pay any transfer or other taxes
required by reason of the issuance of certificates for shares of Class A EPS and
Class B EPS in a name other than that of the registered holder of the
Certificate surrendered, or shall establish to the satisfaction of Starwood
Trust that such tax has been paid or is not applicable.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "Person" shall mean any
individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization, Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 5.1(d)) or
other entity of any kind or nature.
(b) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Worldwide Shares; Voting. (i)
All shares of Class A EPS and Class B EPS to be issued pursuant to the Merger
shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and whenever a
dividend or other distribution is declared by Starwood Trust in respect of the
Class A EPS and/or Class B EPS (or in respect of the paired shares of Starwood
Trust and Starwood Corp. (the "Starwood Paired Shares"), the record date for
which is at or after the Effective Time, that declaration shall include
dividends or other distributions in respect of all shares issuable pursuant to
this Agreement. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of
any such Certificate, there shall be issued and/or paid to the holder of the
certificates representing whole shares of Class A EPS and Class B EPS (or in
respect of the Starwood Paired Shares) issued in exchange therefor, without
interest, (A) at the time of such surrender, the dividends or other
distributions with a record date at or after the Effective Time theretofore
payable with respect to such whole shares of Class A EPS and/or Class B EPS and
not paid and (B) at the appropriate payment date, the dividends or other
distributions payable with respect to such whole shares of Class A EPS and/or
Class B EPS (or in respect of the Starwood Paired Shares) with a record date at
or after the Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to surrender.
(ii) Holders of unsurrendered Certificates shall be entitled to vote after
the Effective Time at any meeting of Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp.
stockholders the number of whole shares of Class A EPS and Class B EPS
represented by such Certificates, regardless of whether such holders have
exchanged their Certificates.
(c) Transfers. After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the
stock transfer books of Worldwide of the Worldwide Shares that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no fractional shares of Class A EPS or Class B EPS will be issued and
any holder of Worldwide Shares entitled to receive a fractional share of Class A
EPS or Class B EPS but for this Section 4.1(d) shall be entitled to receive a
cash payment in lieu thereof, which payment shall equal $38.50 times such
holder's fractional interest in a share of Class A EPS or Class B EPS, as
applicable.
(e) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any Certificate
shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of
that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if required by Starwood Trust, the posting by such Person of a
bond in customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
it with respect to such Certificate, Starwood Trust will issue in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the shares of Class A EPS and Class B
EPS and any cash payable and any unpaid dividends or other distributions in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.1(b) upon due surrender of and deliverable
in respect of the Worldwide Shares represented by such Certificate pursuant to
this Agreement.
(f) Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
Certificates surrendered for exchange by any "affiliate" (as determined pursuant
to Section 6.8) of Worldwide shall not be exchanged until Starwood Trust has
received a written agreement from such Person as provided in Section 6.8 hereof.
Any such affiliate shall be entitled to registration rights as provided in
Section 6.9, provided that nothing in this Agreement or in the Affiliates Letter
(as defined in Section 6.8) shall prevent the Members from distributing the
shares of Class A EPS or Class B EPS received by the Members in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,
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or the Starwood Paired Shares received upon conversion thereof, to investors in
the Members or their designees.
4.2. DISSENTERS' RIGHTS. No Dissenting Stockholder shall be entitled to
shares of Class A EPS, Class B EPS or cash in lieu of fractional shares thereof
or any dividends or other distributions pursuant to this Article IV unless and
until such Dissenting Stockholder shall have failed to perfect or shall have
effectively withdrawn or lost such Dissenting Stockholder's right to dissent
from the Merger under the DGCL, and any Dissenting Stockholder shall be entitled
to receive only the payment provided by Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to
Worldwide Shares owned by such Dissenting Stockholder. If any Person who
otherwise would be deemed a Dissenting Stockholder shall have failed properly to
perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost the right to dissent with
respect to any Worldwide Shares, such Worldwide Shares shall thereupon be
treated as though such Worldwide Shares had been converted into shares of Class
A EPS and Class B EPS pursuant to Section 1.3. Worldwide shall give Starwood
Trust (i) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal, attempted
withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to
applicable law received by the Company relating to stockholders' rights of
appraisal and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings
with respect to demand for appraisal under the DGCL. Worldwide shall not, except
with the prior written consent of Starwood Trust, voluntarily make any payment
with respect to any demands for appraisals of Dissenting Shares, offer to settle
or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands. No
party to this Agreement shall become a Dissenting Stockholder.
4.3. UNITS OF STARWOOD REALTY PARTNERSHIP AND STARWOOD OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP TO BE ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBSIDIARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) The Issuance. (i) On the Closing Date, Starwood Realty Partnership or
Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall deliver to the holders of
Lauderdale Shares, Seattle Shares, St. John Shares, Denver Shares and Atlanta
Shares contributed to Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating
Partnership, as the case may be, certificates representing the Starwood Realty
Partnership Units or evidence of admission to the Starwood Operating Partnership
Units in accordance with current practice, as the case may be, in respect of
such Subsidiary Contribution.
(ii) Each holder of Lauderdale Shares, Seattle Shares, St. John Shares,
Denver Shares or Atlanta Shares that contributes such shares to Starwood Realty
Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership in a Subsidiary Contribution shall
be entitled to receive, as consideration for the contribution of such shares in
such Subsidiary Contribution, (x) a certificate representing (or, in the case of
the Starwood Operating Partnership, evidence of) that number of whole Starwood
Realty Partnership Units or Evidence of Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as
applicable, that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Article I and
this Article IV and (y) a check in the amount (after giving effect to any
required tax withholdings) of (A) any cash amount payable in respect of such
shares pursuant to Article I plus (B) any cash in lieu of fractional units plus
(C) any other cash dividends or other cash distributions that such holder has
the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV. In the event
of a transfer of ownership of such shares that is not registered in the transfer
records of Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Denver or Atlanta, as the case may be,
a certificate representing (or in the case of the Starwood Operating
Partnership, evidence of) the proper number of Starwood Realty Partnership Units
or evidence of Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as applicable, may be
issued to such a transferee (if such transfer has been approved by the Starwood
Realty Partnership or the Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable) if the
Certificate representing such shares is presented to Starwood Realty Partnership
or Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable, accompanied by all documents
required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any
applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid. If any certificate for Starwood
Realty Partnership Units or evidence of Starwood Operating Partnership Units is
to be issued in a name other than that in which the shares contributed in such
Subsidiary Contribution is registered, it shall be a condition of such issuance
of Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units
that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay any transfer or other taxes
required by reason of the issuance of certificates for Starwood Realty
Partnership Units or evidence of Starwood Operating Partnership Units,
contributed in a name other than that of the registered holder of the shares
contributed in such Subsidiary Contribution, or shall establish to the
satisfaction of Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership
that such taxes have been paid or are not applicable.
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(b) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Subsidiary Shares;
Voting. (i) All Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units to be issued pursuant to each Subsidiary Contribution shall be
deemed issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date and whenever a distribution
is declared by Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership in
respect of the Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units, as applicable, the record date for which is at or after the
Closing Date, that declaration shall include distributions in respect of all
Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units
issuable pursuant to this Agreement in connection with such Subsidiary
Contribution. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following the
contribution of any such share in a Subsidiary Contribution, there shall be
issued and/or paid to the holder of the certificates representing whole Starwood
Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units issued in
exchange for such contribution, without interest, (A) at the time of such
surrender, the distributions with a record date at or after the Closing Date
theretofore payable with respect to such whole Starwood Realty Partnership Units
or Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as applicable, and not paid and (B) at
the appropriate payment date, the distributions payable with respect to such
whole Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units,
as applicable, with a record date at or after the Closing Date but with a
payment date subsequent to issuance of certificates representing such Starwood
Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units, as applicable.
(ii) Holders of surrendered shares contributed in a Subsidiary Contribution
shall be entitled to vote after the Closing Date at any meeting of Starwood
Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership unitholders the number of
whole Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units
represented by such shares so contributed, regardless of whether such holders
have received Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units in respect of the shares contributed by such holder.
(c) Fractional Units. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no fractional Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units will be issued and any holder of shares contributed in a
Subsidiary Contribution entitled to receive a fractional unit of Starwood Realty
Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units but for this Section
4.3(c) shall be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof, which
payment shall equal $38.50 times such holder's fractional interest in a Starwood
Realty Partnership Unit or Starwood Operating Partnership Unit, as applicable.
(d) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Subsidiary Certificates. In the event any
certificate representing a share of a Westin Subsidiary to be contributed in a
Subsidiary Contribution shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to
be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Starwood Realty Partnership or
Starwood Operating Partnership, the posting by such Person of a bond in
customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to such certificate, Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating
Partnership, as applicable, will issue in respect of such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate the Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood
Operating Partnership Units, as applicable, and any cash payable and any unpaid
distributions in respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.3(b) upon due surrender
of and deliverable in respect of the shares of such Westin Subsidiary
represented by such certificate pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, shares
contributed in a Subsidiary Contribution by any "affiliate" (as determined
pursuant to Section 6.8) of Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Denver or Atlanta, as
applicable, shall not be exchanged until Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood
Operating Partnership, as applicable, has received a written agreement from such
Person as provided in Section 6.8 hereof. Any such affiliate shall be entitled
to registration rights as provided in Section 6.9., provided, that nothing in
this Agreement or in any Affiliates Letter shall prevent the Members from
distributing the Class A EPS, Class B EPS, Starwood Realty Partnership Units or
Starwood Operating Partnership Units received by the Members in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or the Starwood Paired Shares received upon
conversion thereof, to investors in the Members or their designees.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WESTIN COMPANIES. Each of the
LLC and the Members hereby represents and warrants to the Starwood Companies
that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of the Westin
Companies, and each of their respective Subsidiaries is a limited liability
company, corporation or partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has
all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership power and
authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as presently conducted; each is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership in
each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its properties or conduct
of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, when taken together with all other such failures,
is not reasonably likely to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect (as defined
below). The Westin Companies have made available to the Starwood Companies
complete and correct copies of the certificate of formation of the LLC and the
certificates of incorporation and by-laws, each as amended to date, of each of
the Westin Subsidiaries and each of their Subsidiaries. The certificate of
formation of the LLC and certificates of incorporation and by-laws of the Westin
Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries so made available are in full
force and effect.
As used in this Agreement, the term (i) "Subsidiary" means, with respect to
any Westin Company or any Starwood Company, as the case may be, any entity,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the
securities or ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other persons performing similar
functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by one
or more of its respective Subsidiaries or by such party and any one or more of
its respective Subsidiaries and (ii) "Westin Material Adverse Effect" means a
material adverse change in or effect on (or any development that would likely
result in such change or effect on) the financial condition, properties,
business, results of operations or prospects of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that any such effect resulting
from any change in law, rule or regulation or GAAP or interpretations thereof
that applies to both the Starwood Companies and the Westin Companies shall not
be considered when determining if a Westin Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of Lauderdale, Seattle,
St. John, Atlanta, Denver and Worldwide consists solely of 2,000,000, 2,000,000,
1000, 100, 100 and 2,000,000 shares of common stock, respectively, of which
987,931.4, 987,931.4, 10, 100, 100 and 987,931.4 shares of common stock were
outstanding as of the date hereof. All the outstanding capital stock of
Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Denver, Atlanta and Worldwide has been duly
authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, except as
set forth in Section 5.1(b) of the disclosure letter delivered to the Starwood
Companies by the Westin Companies and the Members on or prior to entering into
this Agreement (the "Westin Disclosure Letter")(it being understood and agreed
that the inclusion of an item on the Westin Disclosure Letter shall not
constitute an admission by the Westin Companies that such item is required to be
set forth therein in response to the representation and warranty that
corresponds to such section of the Westin Disclosure Letter), owned beneficially
by the LLC. Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver and Worldwide have no
shares of capital stock reserved for issuance, except that, as of the date
hereof, Juergen Bartels, Frederick J. Kleisner and Richard L. Mahoney hold
options to purchase shares of Worldwide, Seattle and Lauderdale pursuant to
their respective employment and related agreements, all of which shall either
have been exercised or terminated immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Except as set forth in Section 5.1(b) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, each of
the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each of the
Subsidiaries of the Westin Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and, except for directors' qualifying shares, owned
directly or indirectly by Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver and
Worldwide, free and clear of any lien, pledge, security interest, claim or other
encumbrance. Except as set forth above, there are no preemptive or other
outstanding rights (other than with respect to wholly-owned subsidiaries),
options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption
rights, repurchase
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rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments to issue or sell any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Westin Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or
exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe
for or acquire, any securities of Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver
or Worldwide or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and no securities or
obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. None
of the Westin Subsidiaries nor any of their Subsidiaries have outstanding any
bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the
right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having
the right to vote) with the stockholders, members or partners, as the case may
be, of any of the Westin Subsidiaries or any of their Subsidiaries on any matter
("Westin Voting Debt"). At June 30, 1997, the aggregate principal amount of the
Worldwide Debt (without inclusion of any indebtedness of Westin Hotels Limited
Partnership, Westin Chicago Limited Partnership, Westin St. Francis Limited
Partnership, or any of their respective general partners) was $547,621,753 plus
CN$ 985,000.
(c) Corporate Authority; Approval. (i) The Members and the Westin Companies
have all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership power and
authority and have taken all corporate, partnership or limited liability company
action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform their obligations
under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of each of
the Members and the Westin Companies enforceable against each of the Members and
the Westin Companies in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles (the "Bankruptcy and Equity Exception").
(ii) The Board of Managers of the LLC and the Members have approved this
Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and the Board of
Directors of Worldwide has unanimously approved the Merger.
(iii) Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, the stockholders of Worldwide
have approved this Agreement and the Merger by written consent.
(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations. (i) Except as set forth in Section
5.1(d) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, other than the filings and/or notices
(A) pursuant to Section 1.4, (B) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act") and (C) filings necessary
to permit transfer or retention of liquor licenses, no notices, reports or other
filings are required to be made by any of the Members or the Westin Companies
with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations
required to be obtained by any of the Members or the Westin Companies from, any
governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission, court, body or other
governmental entity ("Governmental Entity"), in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the Members and the Westin Companies and the
consummation by Worldwide of the Merger and by the Members and the Westin
Companies of the other transactions contemplated hereby, except those that the
failure to make or obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
likely to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or
materially impair the ability of Worldwide to consummate the Merger or the
Westin Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(d) of the Westin Disclosure Letter,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Members and the
Westin Companies, the consummation by Worldwide of the Merger and the
consummation by the Members and the Westin Companies of the other transactions
contemplated hereby will not constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation
of, or a default under, the respective certificates of formation, limited
liability company agreement or partnership agreement of the Members or the LLC
or the respective certificates of incorporation or by-laws of the Westin
Subsidiaries or the comparable governing instruments of any of their
Subsidiaries, (B) a breach or violation of, or a default or the loss of any
material benefit under, or the acceleration of any obligations or the creation
of a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on the assets of the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries (with or without notice, lapse of
time or both) pursuant to, any agreement, lease, contract, note, mortgage,
indenture, license, arrangement or other obligation not otherwise terminable by
the other party
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thereto on 30 days' or less notice ("Westin Contracts") binding upon the Westin
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or any Law (as defined in Section 5.1(i))
or governmental or non-governmental permit or license to which the Westin
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the
rights or obligations of any party under any of the Westin Contracts, except, in
the case of clause (B) or (C) above, for any breach, violation, default, loss of
benefits, acceleration, creation or change that, individually or in the
aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect or
prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Worldwide to
consummate the Merger or the Westin Companies to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Financial Statements. Section 5.1(e) of the Westin Disclosure Letter
contains (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the LLC for the years ended
December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and the related consolidated statements
of operations (the "Statements of Operations"), members' equity and cash flows
for each of the year ended December 31, 1996 and the period from May 12, 1995
through December 31, 1995, and the combined statements of operations, changes in
net assets and cash flows of the Predecessor Business for the period from
January 1, 1995 through May 12, 1995, together with the appropriate notes to
such financial statements, accompanied by the report thereon of Arthur Andersen
LLP, independent public accountants (the "Audited Financial Statements"), and
(ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the LLC as of March 31, 1997
and June 30, 1997, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income
and cash flows for the three months and six months, respectively, then ended
(the "Unaudited Financial Statements"). Except as disclosed in the notes
thereto, the Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements
have been prepared in conformity with GAAP consistently applied and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the LLC
at the dates of such balance sheets and the results of their operations and cash
flows for the respective periods indicate, except that the Unaudited Financial
Statements are subject to notes and normal year-end adjustments except as may be
noted therein. None of the financial statements referred to in Section 5.1(e) of
the Westin Disclosure Letter for the period after December 31, 1996 contains any
material items of special or nonrecurring income except as expressly specified
therein or in Section 5.1(e) of the Westin Disclosure Letter. Except as set
forth in Section 5.1(e) of the Westin Disclosure Letter or in the Unaudited
Financial Statements, the Unaudited Financial statements include all adjustments
except as may be noted therein, which consist only of normal recurring accruals,
necessary for such fair presentation, other than normal year-end adjustments.
Except as set forth in Section 5.1(e) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, all
assets shown on the balance sheets of the LLC referred to in this Section 5.1(e)
are owned by the Westin Subsidiaries and all revenues reflected on the
Statements of Operations were generated by the Westin Subsidiaries.
(f) Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in the financial
statements provided to Starwood Trust or as set forth in Section 5.1(f) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 1996 (the "Audit Date") the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only
in, and have not engaged in any material transaction other than according to,
the ordinary and usual course of such businesses consistent with past practice
and there has not been (i) any change in the financial condition, properties
(other than hotel acquisitions previously disclosed to Starwood Trust or
Starwood Corporation), business or results of operations of the Westin Companies
and their Subsidiaries or any development or combination of developments that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably likely to have a
Westin Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any material damage, destruction or other
casualty loss with respect to any material asset or property owned, leased or
otherwise used by the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, whether or
not covered by insurance; (iii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend or other distribution in respect of the capital stock of Lauderdale,
Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver or Worldwide, except for dividends or other
distributions on its capital stock disclosed to Starwood Trust prior to the date
hereof; (iv) any change by Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver or
Worldwide in accounting principles, practices or methods or; (v) any other
action, event or transaction that would have required the prior written consent
of Starwood Trust under Section 6.1 hereof if this Agreement had been entered
into on the Audit Date. Since the Audit Date, except as provided for herein or
as disclosed in Section 5.1(f) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, there has not
been any increase in the compensation payable or that could become payable by
Lauderdale, Seattle, St. John, Atlanta, Denver or Worldwide or any of their
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Subsidiaries to officers or key employees or any amendment of any of the
Compensation and Benefit Plans (as defined in Section 5.1(h)) other than
increases or amendments in the ordinary course.
(g) Litigation and Liabilities. (i) Except as disclosed in Section
5.1(g)(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, there are no (a) civil, criminal or
administrative actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, threatened against the
Westin Companies or any of their Affiliates, (b) obligations or liabilities,
whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether or not required to
be disclosed, including those relating to matters involving any Environmental
Law (as defined in Section 5.1(j)) or (c) any other facts or circumstances that
could result in any claims against, or obligations or liabilities of, the Westin
Companies or any of their Affiliates, except for those (collectively, the
"Immaterial Litigation"), in each case (a), (b) or (c), that are not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Westin Material
Adverse Effect or prevent or materially burden or materially impair the ability
of Worldwide to consummate the Merger or the Westin Companies to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The term 'knowledge' when used in
this Agreement with respect to the Westin Companies shall mean, as of the date
of this Agreement, the actual knowledge of Juergen Bartels, Frederick J.
Kleisner, Richard L. Mahoney and Catherine L. Walker (with respect to matters
under the supervision of the general counsel's office) after due inquiry and
shall mean, as of the Closing Date, the actual knowledge of Juergen Bartels,
Frederick J. Kleisner, Richard L. Mahoney, Jack van Hartesvelt, Ted Teng, Mark
Pujolet, Hud Hinton, Kevin Hylton, Douglas Sutten, Susan Salazar, Scott Woroch
and Catherine Walker (in each case with respect to matters under their
respective supervision), after due inquiry.
(ii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(g)(ii) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, all the actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings
set forth in Section 5.1(g)(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter (other than the
Immaterial Litigation) are covered by one or more insurance policies listed on
Section 5.1(n) of the Westin Disclosure Letter.
(h) Employee Benefits.
(i) A copy of each material bonus, deferred compensation, pension,
retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings, employee stock ownership, stock
bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, employment, termination,
severance, compensation, medical, health or other plan, agreement, policy or
arrangement that covers employees, directors, former employees or former
directors of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries (the"Compensation and
Benefit Plans") and any trust arrangements or insurance contract forming a part
of such Compensation and Benefit Plans has been "furnished" (it being understood
that the term "furnished" shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, the
inclusion of a specified item in the data room established by the Westin
Companies) to Starwood Trust prior to the date hereof. The Compensation and
Benefit Plans are listed in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure Letter. The
Westin Companies have furnished or made available to Starwood Trust (i) the most
recent annual report prepared in connection with any Compensation and Benefit
Plan (Form 5500 including, if applicable, Schedule B thereto) and (ii) the most
recent actuarial valuation report received in connection with any Compensation
and Benefit Plan. Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure Letter identifies each
Compensation and Benefit Plan which is a multiemployer plan, within the meaning
of section 3(37) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA") (a "Multiemployer Plan"). With respect to each Multiemployer
Plan, the Westin Companies have delivered to Starwood Trust correct and complete
copies of all correspondence and other information in the possession of the
Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries relating to any anticipated increases in
contribution rates with respect to such plan. The Westin Companies have
delivered to Starwood Trust with respect to each of the Multiemployer Plans
correct and complete copies of all correspondence and other information in the
possession of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries relating to
determinations made during the three year period ending on the date hereof of
any withdrawal liability or hypothetical withdrawal liability under Section 4201
of ERISA of any ERISA Affiliate.
(ii) All Compensation and Benefit Plans are in substantial compliance with
their terms and all applicable law, including the Code and ERISA. Except as
disclosed in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, each Compensation
and Benefit Plan that is an "employee pension benefit plan" within the
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meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a "Pension Plan") and that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or such
determination letter request has been or will be filed with the IRS prior to the
end of the any applicable remedial/amendment period, and the Westin Companies
are not aware of any event that would adversely affect such qualification. None
of the Westin Companies nor any of their Subsidiaries has engaged in a
transaction with respect to any Compensation and Benefit Plan that, assuming the
taxable period of such transaction expired as of the date hereof, would subject
the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries to a material tax or penalty
imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.
(iii) As of the date hereof, no liability under Subtitle C or D of Title IV
of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by any Westin Company or any
Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Westin Companies any ERISA Affiliate of
the Westin Companies with respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated single
employer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA (a "Single
Employer Plan"). To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, no proceeding has
been initiated to terminate any Multiemployer Plan. To the knowledge of the
Westin Companies, no Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization as described in
Section 4241 of ERISA or insolvent as described in Section 4245 of ERISA. Except
as disclosed in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, none of the
Westin Companies, their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Westin
Companies, their ERISA Affiliates, have incurred or reasonably expect to incur
any withdrawal liability with respect to any Multiemployer Plan under Subtitle E
of ERISA. None of the Westin Companies, their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Westin Companies, their ERISA Affiliates has failed to make a required or
disputed contribution to any Multiemployer Plan. None of the Westin Companies,
their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Westin Companies, ERISA Affiliates is
bound by a contract or agreement or has any obligation or liability described in
Section 4204 of ERISA. No notice of a "reportable event", within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been
waived, has been required to be filed for any Pension Plan or, to the knowledge
of Westin Companies, by any ERISA Affiliate within the 12-month period ending on
the date hereof.
(iv) All contributions required to be made under the terms of any
Compensation and Benefit Plan as of the date hereof have been timely made or
have been reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet provided to
Starwood Trust prior to the date hereof. Neither any Pension Plan nor any Single
Employer Plan of an ERISA Affiliate has an "accumulated funding deficiency"
(whether or not waived) within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section
302 of ERISA. None of the Westin Companies nor any of their Subsidiaries has
provided, or is required to provide, security to any Pension Plan or to any
Single Employer Plan of an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the
Code.
(v) Under each Pension Plan which is a Single Employer Plan and is covered
by Title IV of ERISA, as of the last day of the most recent plan year ended
prior to the date hereof, the actuarially determined present value of all
"benefit liabilities", within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA (as
determined on the basis of the actuarial assumptions contained in the Pension
Plan's most recent actuarial valuation), did not exceed the then current value
of the assets of such Pension Plan, and there has been no material change in the
financial condition of such Pension Plan since the last day of the most recent
plan year.
(vi) None of the Westin Companies nor any of their Subsidiaries has any
obligation for retiree health and life benefits under any Compensation and
Benefit Plan, except as set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter. Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(h)(vi) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries may amend or terminate any
such plan under the terms of such plan at any time without incurring any
material liability thereunder.
(vii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(h)(vii) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, all Compensation and Benefit Plans covering current or former non-U.S.
employees of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries comply in all material
respects with applicable local law. The Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries
have no material unfunded liabilities with respect to any Pension Plan that
covers such non-U.S. employees, in excess of the amount reserved therefor.
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(viii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, there is no material pending or, to the Westin Companies' knowledge,
threatened legal action or claim with respect to any of the Compensation and
Benefit Plans.
(ix) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Westin Disclosure Letter,
the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement will not
result in an increase in the amount of compensation or benefits or accelerate
the vesting or timing of payment of any compensation or benefits payable to or
in respect of any employee of a Westin Company or a Subsidiary of the Westin
Companies.
(i) Compliance with Laws; Permits. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of
the Westin Disclosure Letter, the businesses of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries have not been, and are not being, conducted in violation of any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement,
license or permit of any Governmental Entity (collectively, "Laws"), except for
violations or possible violations that, individually or in the aggregate, are
not reasonably likely to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect or prevent or
materially burden or materially impair the ability of Worldwide to consummate
the Merger or the Westin Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the Westin
Disclosure Letter, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with
respect to the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Westin Companies, threatened, nor has any Governmental
Entity indicated an intention to conduct the same, except for those the outcome
of which are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a
Westin Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially burden or materially
impair the ability of the Westin Companies to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter, no material change is required in the Westin
Companies' or any of their Subsidiaries' processes, properties or procedures in
connection with any such Laws, and, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies,
none of the Westin Companies has received any notice or communication of any
material noncompliance with any such Laws that has not been cured as of the date
hereof. Each of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries has all permits,
licenses, trademarks, patents, trade names, copyrights, service marks,
franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and other governmental authorizations,
consents and approvals necessary to conduct their business as presently
conducted except those the absence of which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect or prevent
or materially burden or materially impair the ability of Worldwide to consummate
the Merger or the Westin Companies to consummate the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) Environmental Matters. (i) Except as disclosed on Section 5.1(j) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter, the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries have at
all times materially complied and are in material compliance with applicable
federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances,
rules, common law, legally binding agency requirements, judgments and orders
relating to the environment, the effect of Hazardous Substances on human health,
or to emissions, discharges or releases of Hazardous Substances into the indoor
or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, ground water or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Substances (as defined below) or the investigation,
monitoring, clean-up or other remediation thereof ("Environmental Laws"). To the
knowledge of the Westin Companies, except as disclosed on Section 5.1(j) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter, there are no Hazardous Substances present in, on,
under, or about any Real Property (as defined in Section 5.1(p)) except in
compliance with Environmental Laws.
(ii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(j) of the Westin Disclosure Letter,
there are no losses or actual or, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies,
potential claims or liabilities of or relating to any of the Westin Companies or
their Subsidiaries which (i) arise under or relate to matters covered by
Environmental Laws and (ii) relate to acts or omissions of the Westin Companies
occurring or conditions or circumstances existing on or prior to the Closing
Date with respect to the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries that
individually or in the aggregate have had or may reasonably be expected to have
a Westin Material Adverse Effect.
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(iii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(j) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, there have not been any claims, notices of violation, allegations of
non-compliance, and to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, threatened or
anticipated suits, investigations, or information requests, including notices
from citizens' groups, involving any of the Westin Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries or any Real Property currently owned or operated by any of the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries that individually or in the
aggregate have had or may reasonably be expected to have a Westin Material
Adverse Effect.
(iv) There has been no material written environmental report, study, audit
or review conducted by any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries
in relation to the current or prior business of any of the Westin Companies or
any of their Subsidiaries or any Real Property or facility now or previously
owned or leased by any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries
which has not been furnished to the Starwood Companies by the Westin Companies
at least five days prior to the date hereof.
(v) As used in this Agreement, the term (i) "Hazardous Substance" means any
toxic, radioactive, reactive, corrosive or hazardous substance, any pollutant,
contaminant, or any waste, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and
other hydrocarbons, asbestos containing materials, radon gas and any other
chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as being
"hazardous" or "toxic", or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law.
(k) Tax Matters. As of the date hereof, none of the Westin Companies nor
any of their Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, nor do the
Westin Companies have any knowledge of any fact or circumstance, that would
prevent the Merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code.
(l) Taxes. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(l) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, (i) each of the Westin Companies, each of their Subsidiaries and each
Westin Affiliated Group has filed all Tax Returns required to be filed; (ii) all
such Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects and disclose
all Taxes required to be paid by each of the Westin Companies, each of their
Subsidiaries and each Westin Affiliated Group for the periods covered thereby
and all Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns have been timely paid; (iii)
all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) owed by any of the Westin
Companies, any of their Subsidiaries or any Westin Affiliated Group have been
timely paid; (iv) none of any of the Westin Companies, any of their Subsidiaries
or any member of any Westin Affiliated Group has waived or been requested to
waive any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes which waiver is currently
in effect; (v) the Tax Returns referred to in clause (i), to the extent related
to income Taxes, have been examined by the appropriate taxing authority or the
period for assessment of the Taxes in respect of which such Tax Returns were
required to be filed has expired; (vi) there is no action, suit, investigation,
audit, claim or assessment pending or, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies,
proposed or threatened with respect to Taxes of any of the Westin Companies, any
of their Subsidiaries or any Westin Affiliated Group; (vii) all deficiencies
asserted or assessments made as a result of any examination of the Tax Returns
referred to in clause (i) have been paid in full; (viii) all Tax Sharing
Arrangements and Tax indemnity arrangements relating to any of the Westin
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries (other than this Agreement) will
terminate prior to the Closing Date and neither any of the Westin Companies nor
any of their Subsidiaries will have any liability thereunder on or after the
Closing Date; (ix) there are no liens for Taxes upon the assets of any of the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries except liens relating to current
Taxes not yet due; (x) all Taxes which any of the Westin Companies, any of their
Subsidiaries or any Westin Affiliated Group are required by law to withhold or
to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected, and have been paid
or accrued, reserved against and entered on the books of the Westin Companies;
(xi) none of any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries has been a
member of any Westin Affiliated Group other than one in which a Westin Company
was the common parent; (xii) no intercompany obligation (as described in Treas.
Reg. sec. 1.1502-13(g)) between or among any of the Westin Companies, any of
their Subsidiaries or any member of any Westin Affiliated Group will remain
outstanding after the Closing Date; (xiii) no income or gain of any of the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries has been deferred pursuant to
Treasury Regulation sec. 1.1502-13 or Temporary Treasury Regulation sec.
1.1502-13T and (xiv) no excess loss account (as described in Treasury Regulation
sec. 1.1502-19), exists with respect to any of the Westin Companies or any of
their Subsidiaries.
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No payment or other benefit, and no acceleration of the vesting of any
options, payments or other benefits, will be, as a direct or indirect result of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, an "excess parachute payment"
to a "disqualified individual" as those terms are defined in Section 280G of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. Except as set forth in Section
5.1(l) of the Westin Disclosure Letter or with respect to the employment and
similar agreements to which Juergen Bartels, Frederick J. Kleisner, Richard L.
Mahoney and Jack Van Hartesvelt are parties, no payment or other benefit, and no
acceleration of the vesting of any options, payments or other benefits, will, as
a direct or indirect result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
be (or under Section 280G of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder be
presumed to be) a "parachute payment" to a "disqualified individual" as those
terms are defined in Section 280G of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder, without regard to whether such payment or acceleration is reasonable
compensation for personal services performed or to be performed in the future.
As used in this Agreement, (i) the term "Westin Affiliated Group" means any
"affiliated group" (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to
the limitations contained in Section 1504(b) of the Code) that, at any time on
or before the Effective Time, includes or has included any of the Westin
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or any predecessor of or successor to any
of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries (or another such
predecessor or successor), or any other group of corporations which, at any time
on or before the Closing Date, files or has filed Tax Returns on a combined,
consolidated or unitary basis with any of the Westin Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries or any predecessor of or successor to any of the Westin Companies
or any of their Subsidiaries (or another such predecessor or successor); (ii)
the term "Tax" (including, with correlative meaning, the terms "Taxes" and
"Taxable") includes (A) all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits,
franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock,
severances, stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use,
property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy and other
taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all
interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any
interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (B) any liability for
the payment of amounts with respect to payments of a type described in clause
(A) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or
unitary group, or as a result of any obligation of any of the Westin Companies
or any of their Subsidiaries under any Tax Sharing Arrangement or Tax indemnity
arrangement; (iii) the term "Tax Return" includes all returns and reports
(including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and
information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to
Taxes; and (iv) the term "Tax Sharing Arrangement" means any written or
unwritten agreement or arrangement for the allocation or payment of Tax
liabilities or payment for Tax benefits with respect to a consolidated, combined
or unitary Tax Return which Tax Return includes any member of a Westin Group.
(m) Labor Matters. None of the Westin Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries is, as of the date hereof, the subject of any material proceeding
asserting that the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries has committed
an unfair labor practice or is seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor
union or labor organization nor is there pending or, to the knowledge of the
Westin Companies, threatened, nor has there been for the past two years, any
labor strike, dispute, walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout involving
the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, except for any labor strike,
dispute, walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout that, individually or in
the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Westin Material Adverse
Effect. To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, there are no current
organizational campaigns, petitions or other unionization activities seeking
recognition of a collective bargaining unit that could materially adversely
affect any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries. The Westin
Companies have previously furnished to the Starwood Companies correct and
complete copies of all labor and collective bargaining agreements to which the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries is party or by which any of them
are otherwise bound.
(n) Insurance. All material fire and casualty, general liability, business
interruption, product liability, and sprinkler and water damage insurance
policies maintained by the Westin Companies and any of their Subsidiaries are
with reputable insurance carriers, provide full and adequate coverage for all
normal risks incident to the business of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries and their respective properties and
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assets, and are in character and amount consistent with past practices of the
Westin Companies, except for any such failures to maintain insurance policies
that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a
Westin Material Adverse Effect. The Westin Companies have furnished to the
Starwood Companies a true, correct and complete list of, and true, correct and
complete copies of, all material insurance policies and fidelity bonds or
binders containing the terms thereof relating to the assets, business,
operations, employees, officers or directors of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries (the "Policies"). With respect to each such policy, except as
disclosed in Section 5.1(n) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, (i) there is no
material claim pending under any of the Policies as to which coverage has been
questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of the Policies or in respect
of which such underwriters have reserved their rights; (ii) all premiums owed
have been paid, and all premiums which will become due and payable prior to the
Closing Date will be timely paid; (iii) none of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries has given or received any notice of cancellation, termination or
nonrenewal of any such Policy; (iv) no material breaches or defaults exist under
any of the Policies; and (v) none of the Policies will terminate or be adversely
affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) Brokers and Finders. None of the Members and Westin Companies nor any
of their officers, directors or employees has employed any broker, agent or
finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders'
fees in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated in
this Agreement except that the Members and the LLC have employed Goldman, Sachs
& Co. as their financial advisor, and one of the Members has employed Bear
Stearns & Co. as its financial advisor, fees of which shall be paid by the
Members or the LLC or such Member, respectively.
(p) Properties.
(i) The Westin Companies, together with each and all of their respective
Subsidiaries and affiliates, which own (wholly or in partnerships or joint
ventures) any real property or have any interest in real property (including,
without limitation, any leasehold interest), including without limitation, the
Real Property, the Hotels, the Space Leases, any Tenant Leases (as defined
below) (collectively, the "Real Property Entities" or singularly, a "Real
Property Entity"), and, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, Westin O'Hare
Hotel Venture ("Westin O'Hare") have good and marketable title in fee simple to
each of the owned properties identified in clause (i) of Section 5.1(p)(i) of
the Westin Disclosure Letter opposite each such Real Property Entity (the "Owned
Properties"), subject only to the Liens (as defined below) disclosed in clause
(i) of Section 5.1(p)(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter and to the following
(the "Permitted Liens"):
(1) Liens that secure liabilities (including, but not limited to,
Liens that secure mortgage debt and capitalized leases) reflected on the
combined unconsolidated balance sheet of the Westin Subsidiaries on the
Audit Date or disclosed in the notes thereto or incurred after the Audit
Date;
(2) Liens permitted under Section 6.1(c);
(3) Liens for real estate taxes, assessments and similar charges that
are not yet due and payable delinquent;
(4) mechanic's, materialman's, carrier's, worker's, repairer's and
other similar Liens that arise or are incurred in the ordinary course of
business and are not yet delinquent or, if delinquent, are being contested
in good faith and an adverse determination in such contest would not
reasonably be foreseen to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect;
(5) any and all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other
occupancy agreements, and any amendments thereto, whether or not of record,
for the use of occupancy of any portion of the Real Properties excluding,
however, bookings (collectively, "Space Leases"). For purposes of this
Agreement the term Space Lessee means any Person or entity entitled to
occupancy of any portion of the Real Property under a Space Lease;
(6) Liens set forth on or described in title policies, reports or
commitments that have been furnished to Starwood Trust; and
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(7) Liens that would not adversely affect use of the owned properties
by the Westin Companies in a manner consistent with the prior use thereof
by the Westin Companies.
(ii) One or more of the Real Property Entities has, with respect to each of
the leased properties identified in clause (ii) of Section 5.1(p)(ii) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter opposite each such Real Property Entity (the "Leased
Properties"), real estate leases and/or subleases or ground leases and/or ground
subleases described in clause (ii) of Section 5.1(p) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter which are valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and
have not been modified orally or in writing except as disclosed thereon, and the
Real Property Entities hold a valid and existing leasehold interest under each
of such leases or subleases or ground leases and/or ground subleases
(collectively, "Tenant Leases"). The Tenant Leases described in clause (ii) of
Section 5.1(p)(ii) of the Westin Disclosure Letter constitute all of the Tenant
Leases under which the Real Property Entities hold leasehold or subleasehold
interests in Hotels or any other interests in real estate that are material to
the business of the Westin Companies, including the Real Property. Complete,
true and accurate copies of each of the Tenant Leases have been furnished to the
Starwood Companies. With respect to each Tenant Lease:
(1) such Tenant Lease shall continue to be legal, valid, binding,
enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the
Closing;
(2) the Real Property Entity which is party to such Tenant Lease is
not, and to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, no other party to such
lease or sublease is, in breach or default, and no event has occurred
which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a
breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under
such Tenant Lease; and
(3) none of the Real Property Entities have assigned, transferred,
conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in the
Tenant Lease except as disclosed in clause (ii) of Section 5.1(p) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter.
(iii) Complete, true and accurate copies of rent rolls for Real Property
Entities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5.1(p) of the Westin
Disclosure Letter have been furnished to the Starwood Companies. With respect to
each such Space Lease the following shall apply:
(1) such Space Lease shall continue to be legal, valid, binding,
enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the
Closing; and
(2) neither the Real Property Entity which is party to such Space
Lease, nor, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, any other party to
such Space Lease is in breach or default under such Space Lease, except in
the case of (1) and (2), for such failure to be in full force and effect or
for such breaches that would not be material to the Westin Companies.
(iv) The real properties described in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section
5.1(p) of the Westin Disclosure Letter (the "Real Property" or the "Real
Properties") constitute all the owned real estate and leased Hotels of the
Westin Companies and, in addition, all the other real estate leased, used or
occupied by the Real Property Entities which is material to the operation of the
Hotels identified opposite such Real Property Entities.
(v) To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, there are no proceedings in
eminent domain or other similar proceedings pending which affect any material
portion of the Real Property as owned or leased by the Real Property Entities,
nor is any such matter threatened. Except as disclosed in clauses (i) and (ii)
of Section 5.1(p) of the Westin Disclosure Letter there exists no writ,
injunction, decree, order or judgment outstanding relating to the ownership,
lease, use, occupancy or operation by any Person of any Real Property of the
Real Property Entities nor, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, is any
such matter threatened.
(vi) To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, the current use of the Real
Property does not violate in any material respect any instrument of record or
agreement affecting such Real Property. To the knowledge of the Westin
Companies, in respect of the Real Property there is no material violation of any
covenant, condition, restriction, easement, agreement or order of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over any such Real Property that affects
such Real Property or the use or occupancy thereof.
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(vii) In respect of the Real Property, certificates of occupancy and all
permits, operating licenses, approvals and authorizations including, without
limitation, all authorizations under Environmental Laws (collectively, the "Real
Property Permits") of all Governmental Entities having jurisdiction over the
Real Property or over the use of the Real Property, required to enable such Real
Property to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which it
is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued (except where the
failure to obtain any of the foregoing would not prevent or disrupt any use
material to the purposes for which such Real Property is now used or occupied),
are in full force and effect, and, to the extent in the possession of the Real
Property Entities, are located at the respective Real Property. In respect of
the Real Property, the Real Property Entities have not received or been informed
by a third party of the receipt by such Real Property Entity of any notice from
any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Real Property threatening
any material enforcement action or investigation of a material monetary fine
with respect to or a suspension, revocation, modification or cancellation of any
Real Property Permit.
(viii) In respect of Real Property, such Real Property is in compliance
with all applicable building, zoning, subdivision and other land use and similar
laws affecting such Real Property (collectively, the "Real Property Laws"),
except to the extent any failure of such compliance would not impair in any
material manner the current use and operation of such Real Property, and none of
the Real Property Entities have received any notice of violation or claimed
violation of any Real Property Law.
(ix) As used in this Agreement, the term (1) "Consumables" means all food
and beverages (alcoholic, to the extent transferable under applicable law, and
non-alcoholic); engineering, maintenance and housekeeping supplies, including
soap, cleaning materials and matches; stationery and printing; and other
supplies of all kinds, in each case whether partially used, unused or held in
reserve storage for future use in connection with the maintenance and operation
of the Hotels, which are on hand on the date hereof, subject to such depletion
and restocking as shall occur and shall be made in the normal course of business
but in accordance with present standards, excluding, however, Operating
Equipment and all items of personal property owned by Space Lessees, guests,
employees or Persons furnishing food or services to the Hotels; (2) "Documents"
means reproducible copies of all plans, specifications, drawings, blueprints,
surveys, environmental reports and other documents which the Purchased Entities,
the Members or LLC have in their possession or which they can obtain through the
exercise of reasonable best efforts, or have a right to, as the same relate to
the Real Property, including, but not limited to, those relating to any prior or
ongoing construction or rehabilitation of the Real Property; (3) "Fixtures and
Tangible Personal Property" means all fixtures, furniture, furnishings,
fittings, equipment, cars, trucks, machinery, apparatus, signage, appliances,
draperies, carpeting and other articles of personal property now located on the
Real Property and used or useable in connection with any part of each Hotel,
subject to such depletions, resupplies, substitutions and replacements as shall
occur and be made in the normal course of business but in accordance with
present standards excluding, however: (v) Consumables; (w) Operating Equipment;
(x) property owned by Space Lessees, guests, employees or other Persons (other
than the applicable Purchased Entity or any Affiliate thereof), furnishing goods
or services to any of the Hotels; and (y) Improvements; (4) "Hotel" means each
hotel described on Schedule 5.1(p)(ix)(4), such Hotels being all of the hotels
owned or leased by the Westin Companies and their subsidiaries including,
without limitation, all Property owned by the Westin Companies and/or its
Subsidiaries and used in connection with the operation of such Hotels; (5)
"Hotel Agreement" means a management agreement, franchise agreement, system
license agreement, technical services agreement, marketing representation
agreement, representation agreement, or other similar agreement under which the
Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries provides management, operations,
marketing, or related services to a hotel owned by a Person other than a Westin
Affiliate; (6) "Hotel Names" mean all names or other identifications used in
connection with the operation of any of the Hotels, (vii) "Improvements" mean
for each parcel of Real Property, the buildings, structures (surface and
sub-surface) and other improvements, including such fixtures as shall constitute
real property, located thereon; (7) "Land" means each parcel of real estate on
which the Hotels and the Seattle Office Building are located, together with all
rights, title and interest, if any, of the applicable Purchased Entity in and to
all land lying in any street, alley, road or avenue, open or proposed, in front
of or adjoining said Land, to the centerline thereof, and all right, title and
interest of the applicable Purchased Entity in and to any award made or to be
made in lieu thereof and in and to any unpaid award for the damage to said Land
by reason of change of grade of any street; (8) "Lien" means, with respect to
any
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property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest,
encumbrance, easement, right of way, servitude, covenant, restriction,
condition, agreement, lease, sublease, tenancy, occupancy, claim, defect or
other title exception of any kind whatsoever with respect to such property or
asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own
subject to a Lien any property or asset which it has acquired or holds subject
to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property or
asset; (9) "Property" means (i) the Real Property; (ii) the Fixtures and
Tangible Personal Property; (iii) the Operating Equipment; (iv) the Consumables;
(v) the right, title and interest of the Westin Subsidiaries and their
Subsidiaries in, to and under the Space Leases; (vi) the bookings; (vii) the
Hotel Names; and (viii) the Documents.
(q) Material Contracts.
(i) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(q)(i) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, none of the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge
of the Westin Companies, Westin O'Hare is a party to or bound by:
(1) any Hotel Agreements;
(2) any lease (whether of real or personal property and whether
operating or capitalized) providing for annual rentals of $750,000 or more
or aggregate payments of $3,000,000 or more;
(3) any agreement for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods,
services, equipment or other assets that provides for aggregate payments by
the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries or Entities party thereto of
$1,000,000 or more;
(4) any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement or
arrangement;
(5) any agreement relating to indebtedness for borrowed money or the
deferred purchase price of property, except any agreement which has a
maximum outstanding principal amount not exceeding $750,000;
(6) any material license or permit (other than certificates of
occupancy, building permits, elevator permits, hotel operator licenses or
liquor licenses and any similar licenses and permits relating to the
ownership or operation of properties of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries);
(7) any agreement that limits in any material respect the freedom of
the Westin Subsidiaries in the use of any Intellectual Property Rights (as
defined in Section 5.1(r)) or authorizing any other Person to use any
Intellectual Property Rights in any jurisdiction;
(8) any agreement with the Members or the LLC or any of their
Affiliates (other than the Westin Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries);
(9) any advertising agency, sales promotion, market research,
marketing, marketing consulting or advertising contract providing for
annual payments of $750,000 or more;
(10) any material agreement with any Governmental Entity (other than
contracts relating to hotel rates);
(11) any agreement that limits or purports to limit the ability of any
of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries to compete in any line
of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any
period of time;
(12) any broker, distributor or manufacturer's contract providing
earned payments in excess of $750,000;
(13) any contract with independent contractors or consultants (or
similar arrangements) providing for aggregate payments in excess of
$750,000;
(14) any agreement for the employment of any individual providing
annual compensation in excess of $200,000;
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(15) any agreement or arrangement under which the Westin Companies or
any of their Subsidiaries party thereto have advanced or loaned any amount
to any of their directors, officers partners, co-venturers, members or
employees (other than travel advances for expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of business);
(16) any guarantee of the obligations of any Person (other than
guarantee of performance under Hotel Agreements), which guarantee is not
limited in an aggregate amount equal to or less than $750,000; or
(17) any other agreement, whether or not made in the ordinary course
of business, which is, or the termination of which would be, material to
the Westin Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(q)(i)(11) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, each agreement, commitment, instrument, franchise, lease, sublease,
license, authorization, arrangement or plan disclosed pursuant to this Section
or required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section, including, without
limitation the Hotel Agreements ("Contract") is a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the applicable Westin Company or Subsidiary party thereto,
enforceable against such Westin Company or Subsidiary in accordance with its
terms (subject to the Bankruptcy or Equity Exception), and is in full force and
effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(q)(ii) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, (1) none of the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries, or, to the
knowledge of the Westin Companies, Westin O'Hare is in, or alleged to be in,
default or breach in any material respects under the terms of any Contract, (2)
to the knowledge of the Westin Companies, no other party to any Contract is in
default or breach in any material respects under the terms of any Contract, (3)
no notices of termination have been delivered under or pursuant to any of the
Contracts which have not been withdrawn, settled or resolved, and (4) to the
knowledge of the Westin Companies, no events or circumstances exist which would
or could give rise to a termination or cancellation of any of the Contracts
(other than expiration of the term thereof).
(iii) Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
each Contract shall be in full force and effect without penalty or other adverse
consequence (including, without limitation, any defaults or rights to terminate
or cancel) and without amendment or modification except as disclosed in Section
5.1(q)(iii) of the Disclosure Letter.
(iv) The Westin Companies have furnished to the Starwood Companies a true,
correct and complete copy of each Contract, including all amendments,
modifications, supplements, restatements, exhibits, schedules and attachments
thereto.
(r) Intellectual Property Rights.
(i) Section 5.1(r) of the Westin Disclosure Letter contains a list of:
(1) all material trademarks and service marks owed and used by any of
the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries (the "Trademarks"), specifying
as to each Trademark, as applicable: (w) the Trademark; (x) the owner of
such Trademark if other than WHC; (y) the goods and/or services relating to
the Trademark and (z) if applicable, the jurisdictions by or in which such
Trademark is registered or in which an application for such issuance or
registration has been filed, including the respective registration or
application numbers;
(2) all registered and unregistered copyrights owned by, licensed to
or used by any of the Westin Companies or and of their Subsidiaries that
are material to the business, financial condition, operating results,
assets, operations or business prospects of any of the Westin Companies or
any of their Subsidiaries; and
(3) all software, databases and compilations owned by, licensed to or
used by any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries that are
material to the financial condition, operating results, assets, operations
or business prospects of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries.
(ii) Except as disclosed Section 5.1(r) of the Westin Disclosure Letter or
(with respect to software license agreements) Section 5.1(q), the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries collectively own and
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possess all right, title and interest in and to, or have a valid and enforceable
license to use, the material Intellectual Property Rights, and none of the
material Intellectual Property Rights is subject to any claim, judgment,
injunction, order, decree, pledge, encumbrance or agreement restricting the use
thereof by the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries or restricting the
licensing thereof by the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries to any Person.
(iii) Except as disclosed in Section 5.1(r) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter, there are no existing or, to the knowledge of the Westin Companies,
threatened claims or proceedings (i) alleging that the use by or possession of
any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights, infringes, misappropriates or violates any third
Person's rights; or (ii) challenging the ownership, possession or use of any
registration of any of the Intellectual Property Rights, and the Westin
Companies are not aware of any grounds for such claims or proceedings.
(iv) To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, the Trademarks are the only
registered trademarks or service marks containing any reference to the name
"Westin" and used in connection with hotel, timeshare or restaurant services.
(v) To the knowledge of the Westin Companies, no Person is infringing,
misappropriating or violating any of the Intellectual Property Rights, except
where any such infringement misappropriation or violation would not have a
Westin Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) The Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable
and necessary steps to maintain and protect the registered Intellectual Property
Rights so as not to materially adversely affect the validity or enforceability
of such Intellectual Property Rights, and will continue to maintain and protect
such Intellectual Property Rights (including, but not limited to, paying
required registration, maintenance and renewal fees) prior to the Closing so as
not to materially adversely affect the validity or enforceability of such
Intellectual Property Rights.
(vii) As used in this Agreement, the term "Intellectual Property Rights"
means all of the following owned by, issued to or licensed to any of the Westin
Companies and any of the Westin Subsidiaries and used in their businesses, along
with all income, royalties, damages and payments due and payable at the Closing
or thereafter (including, but not limited to, damages and payments for past or
future infringements, misappropriations or violations thereof), the right to sue
and recover for past or future infringements, misappropriations or violations
thereof and any and all corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be
secured: United States, foreign and state trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, logos, trade names and corporate names, together with all goodwill
associated therewith (including, but not limited to, the use of the current
corporate name and trade name(s) and all translations, adaptations, derivations
and combinations of the foregoing) whether registered or unregistered; United
States or foreign copyrights and copyrightable works whether registered or
unregistered; United States and foreign patents, patent applications,
continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues, patent disclosures,
inventions or improvements thereto; computer software (including, but not
limited to, data, databases, compilations source code, object code and
documentation whether in machine readable or human readable form); confidential
ideas, trade secrets, know-how, concepts, methods, processes, formulae, reports,
data, customer lists, mailing lists, business plans, or other proprietary
information; applications, registrations, and documentation; applications for
renewals for any of the foregoing; other intellectual property rights; and all
copies and tangible embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium) in
each case.
(viii) To the extent any of the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 5.1(r) apply to the Asia Territory (as defined in the Stock
Purchase Agreement), such representations are made to the knowledge of the
Westin Companies.
(s) Joint Venture Affiliates. (i) Section 5.1(s)(i) of the Westin
Disclosure Letter sets forth: (1) the name of each Joint Venture Affiliate (as
defined below); (2) the type and percentage ownership or investment interest of
any of the Westin Companies therein; (3) Section 5.1(s) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter hereto sets forth to the extent permitted without violating any
obligation of confidentiality, (i) the name and, if available, address,
telephone number and primary contact of each other equity owner or investor
therein and
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the type and percentage ownership or other investment interest therein held by
such Person; and (4) a brief description of the business of each such Joint
Venture Affiliate. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(s)(i) of the Westin
Disclosure Letter, none of the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries is a party
to any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement (a "Joint Venture
Agreement") relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or
control of any Joint Venture Affiliate. Each of the applicable Real Property
Entities indicated on Section 5.1(s)(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter as
owning an interest in one or more of the Joint Venture Affiliates owns such
interest free and clear of any Liens, other than Liens arising as a result of
the terms of the applicable Joint Venture Agreement and the Liens set forth on
Section 5.1(s)(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter.
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(s)(ii) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter or as contained in the Joint Venture Agreements, to the knowledge of the
Westin Companies, there are no outstanding; (1) equity ownership interests in
the Joint Venture Affiliates; (2) interests convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for equity ownership interests in the Joint Venture Affiliates; or
(3) options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights,
exchange rights or other rights to acquire from the Joint Venture Affiliates or
other obligations of the Joint Venture Affiliates to issue equity ownership
interests in the Joint Venture Affiliates.
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(s)(iii) of the Westin Disclosure
Letter or in the Joint Venture Agreements, there are no outstanding obligations
of any of the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any equity interest in the Joint Venture Affiliates. To the
knowledge of the Westin Companies, except as set forth in the Joint Venture
Agreements, there are no agreements, understandings or arrangements between
members or parties of such entities with respect to management and control of
the Joint Venture Affiliates (other than Hotel Agreements). Except as set forth
in Section 5.1(s) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, none of the Joint Venture
Affiliates controls directly or indirectly or has any direct or indirect equity
participation in any entity which is not one of the Westin Companies or a
Subsidiary of a Westin Company. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(s)(iii) of
the Westin Disclosure Letter or with respect to wholly-owned Subsidiaries, there
are no preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect
to any ownership interest in the Joint Venture Affiliates relating or applicable
to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except
as set forth in Section 5.1(s)(iii) of the Westin Disclosure Letter or in
Section 5.1(h), no Person has any right to participate directly in the profits
of a Joint Venture Affiliate whether by means of an appreciation right,
incentive plan or profit participation or similar arrangement.
True, correct and complete copies of all Joint Venture Agreements have been
furnished to the Starwood Companies. To the knowledge of the Westin Companies,
none of the Joint Venture Affiliates is in default under or in violation in any
material respect of any provision of the Joint Venture Agreements or other
constitutive documents.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Joint Venture Affiliates" means all
corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability companies and
other legal entities (other than the Westin Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries)
in which any of the Westin Companies or any of their Subsidiaries holds a direct
equity or profit, or a direct or indirect (but controlling) voting interest and
which now or intend to own, lease, manage or operate one or more of the hotels
or timeshares comprising the business of the Westin Companies and Sixth &
Virginia Properties.
(t) Starwood Securities.
(i) The LLC and each Member severally represents and warrants that such
party has received (i) the Starwood Reports, and (ii) such further information
as such party desires concerning the Starwood Companies and their assets,
business, financial condition and results of operations.
(ii) The LLC and each Member severally represents, warrants and agrees that
(i) the Starwood Securities that are issuable to the LLC pursuant to this
Agreement are not being registered under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in reliance upon an exemption from
registration thereunder applicable to the issuance of such Starwood Securities
in transactions that do not
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involve any public offering, (ii) such party has such knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters that such party is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of the proposed investment in Starwood Securities and the
Starwood Pair Shares issuable upon conversion of the Starwood Securities, (iii)
such party understands that, except as may otherwise be provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement, such party's ability to dispose of such Starwood
Securities in the public market for such stock or otherwise may be limited by
the Securities Act, including Rule 144 promulgated thereunder, and, therefore,
such party may have to bear the risk of such party's investment in such Starwood
Securities for an indefinite period of time and (iv) except as otherwise
disclosed in Section 5.1(t)(ii) of the Westin Disclosure Letter, such party is
an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(iii) LLC and each Member severally represents, warrants and agrees that
the receipt and ownership of the Starwood Securities by such Person (or their
designee) will not violate or otherwise be in contravention of Section 6.12 of
the Declaration of Trust, Article NINTH of the Articles of Incorporation,
Sections 9.3 and 10.8 of the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement
of Starwood Realty Partnership or Sections 9.3 and 10.8 of the Amended and
Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Starwood Operating Partnership.
(u) Certain Business Relations. None of the Members or the LLC own any
asset, tangible or intangible, that is used in the business of any of the Westin
Subsidiaries.
5.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE STARWOOD COMPANIES. Each of the
Starwood Companies hereby represents and warrants to the Westin Companies that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of the Starwood
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries is a real estate investment trust,
partnership or corporation, as the case may be, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
organization and has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted; each
is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation,
partnership or real estate investment trust, as the case may be, in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its properties or conduct of
its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in such good standing, when taken together with all other such
failures, is not reasonably likely to have a Starwood Material Adverse Effect
(as defined below). The Starwood Companies have made available to the Westin
Companies complete and correct copies of the certificates of trust, formation or
incorporation, as the case may be, and trust regulations, partnership agreements
and by-laws, each as amended to the date hereof, of each of the Starwood
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries. The certificates of trust,
formation and incorporation, as the case may be, and trust regulations,
partnership agreements and by-laws of each of the Starwood Companies and their
respective Subsidiaries so delivered are in full force and effect; provided,
however, the partnership agreements may be amended prior to the Closing Date as
previously disclosed to the Westin Companies.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Starwood Material Adverse Effect"
means a material adverse change in or effect on (or any development that,
insofar as can be reasonably foreseen, would result in such change or effect)
the financial condition, properties, business, results of operations or
prospects of the Starwood Companies and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; provided, however, that any such effect resulting from any change in law,
rule or regulation or GAAP or interpretations thereof that applies to both the
Starwood Companies and the Westin Companies shall not be considered when
determining if a Starwood Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of Starwood Trust
consists of 100,000,000 trust shares, par value $.01 per share ("Starwood Trust
Shares"), of which, as of August 31, 1997, 45,682,970 shares were outstanding,
(ii) 20,000,000 excess trust shares, par value $.01 per share, of which no
shares are issued and outstanding and (iii) 5,000,000 excess preferred shares,
par value $.01 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. The
authorized capital stock of Starwood Corp. consists of 100,000,000 shares of
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Starwood Corp. Shares"), of which,
as of August 31, 1997, 45,682,970 shares were outstanding. As of August 31,
1997, 58,267,799 units of Starwood Realty Partnership ("SLT Units") and
58,522,140 units of Starwood Operating Partnership ("SLC Units") were
outstanding.
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As of August 31, 1997, Starwood Trust beneficially owned 45,682,970 SLT Units
and Starwood Corp. and its Subsidiaries beneficially owned 45,682,970 SLC Units.
All of the outstanding Starwood Trust Shares, Starwood Corp. Shares, SLT Units
and SLC Units have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. None of the Starwood Companies has any shares or units reserved
for issuance, except for Starwood Trust Shares and Starwood Corp. Shares
reserved for issuance upon the exchange of the SLT Units and the SLC Units,
respectively, and except that, as of August 31, 1997, there were 5,952,090
Starwood Corp. Shares and 5,952,090 Starwood Trust Shares reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Incentive and Non-Qualified Shares Option Plan (1986) of the
Trust, the Corporation Stock Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (1986) of the
Trust, the Stock Option Plan (1986) of the Corporation, the Trust Shares Option
Plan (1986) of the Corporation; the 1995 Share Option Plan of the Trust, and the
1995 Share Option Plan of the Corporation. Each of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries of the Starwood Companies is duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, except for
directors' qualifying shares, owned by a direct or indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Starwood Companies free and clear of any lien, pledge,
security interest, claim or other encumbrance. Except as set forth above, there
are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion
rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments to issue or to sell any shares of
capital stock, partnership interests or other securities of any of the Starwood
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a
right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of any of the Starwood
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligation
evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. None of the
Starwood Companies has outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other
obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or
exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders or
unitholders, as applicable, of Starwood Trust, Starwood Corp., Starwood Realty
Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership on any matter ("Starwood Voting
Debt").
(c) Corporate Authority and Fairness Opinion.
(i) The Starwood Companies have all requisite corporate or similar power
and authority and have taken all corporate or similar action necessary in order
to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under this Agreement and to
consummate, subject only to any stockholder approval required by the laws of the
State of Maryland and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the "Starwood
Trust Requisite Vote"), the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of each of the
Starwood Companies, enforceable against each of the Starwood Companies in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(ii) The Special Committee of the Starwood Disinterested Trustees of the
Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust and the Special Committee of the Starwood
Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of Starwood Corp. have
received the opinion of its financial advisors, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, to the effect that the consideration to be paid by the Starwood
Trust in the Merger and by the other Starwood Companies in the other
transactions contemplated hereby is fair to the stockholders of Starwood Trust
and Starwood Corp., a copy of which opinion has been delivered to the LLC. It is
agreed and understood that such opinion is for the benefit of the Special
Committee of Starwood Disinterested Trustees of the Board of Trustees of
Starwood Trust and the Special Committee of the Starwood Disinterested Directors
of the Board of Directors of Starwood Corp. and may not be relied on by the
Westin Companies. The Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust and the Board of
Directors of Standard Corp. have unanimously approved this Agreement and the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(iii) Prior to the Effective Time, Starwood Trust will have taken all
necessary action to issue the number of shares of Class A EPS and Class B EPS
required to be issued pursuant to Article IV and each of Starwood Realty
Partnership and Starwood Operating Partnership will have taken all necessary
action to issue the Starwood Realty Partnership Units and Starwood Operating
Partnership Units required to be issued pursuant to Article IV. The Class A EPS
and Class B EPS, Starwood Realty Partnership Units and Starwood Operating
Partnership Units, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and no stockholder or unitholder, as applicable, of Starwood
Trust, Starwood Corp., Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating
Partnership will have any preemptive right of subscription or purchase in
respect thereof.
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(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations.
(i) Other than the filings and/or notices (A) pursuant to Section 1.4, (B)
under the HSR Act, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (C) to comply
with state securities or "blue sky" laws and (D) required to be made with the
New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), no notices, reports or other filings are
required to be made by the Starwood Companies with, nor are any consents,
registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by
the Starwood Companies from, any Governmental Entity, in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Starwood Companies and the
consummation by the Starwood Companies of the transactions contemplated hereby
and by Starwood Trust of the Merger, except those that the failure to make or
obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a
Starwood Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially
impair the ability of the Starwood Companies to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Starwood Companies does not, and the consummation by the Starwood Companies of
the transactions contemplated hereby and by Starwood Trust of the Merger will
not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under,
the Declaration of Trust, certificate of formation, articles of incorporation,
Trust Regulations, partnership or by-laws of the Starwood Companies or the
comparable governing instruments of any of their Subsidiaries, (B) a breach or
violation of, or a default under, the acceleration of any obligations or the
creation of a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on the assets
of the Starwood Companies or any of their Subsidiaries (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) pursuant to, any Contracts binding upon the Starwood
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or any Law or governmental or
nongovernmental permit or license to which the Starwood Companies or any of
their Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the rights or obligations of
any party under any of the Contracts, except, in the case of clause (B) or (C)
above, for breach, violation, default, acceleration, creation or change that,
individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Starwood
Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the
ability of the Starwood Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(e) Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. Reports; Financial
Statements. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. have made and will make all
required filings with the SEC. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. have delivered
to the Westin Companies each registration statement, report, proxy statement or
information statement prepared by it since December 31, 1996 (the "Starwood
Audit Date"), including (i) Starwood Trust's and Starwood Corp.'s Annual Reports
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 and (ii) Starwood Trust's and
Starwood Corp.'s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31,
1997 and June 30, 1997, each in the form (including exhibits, annexes and any
amendments thereto) filed with the SEC (collectively, including any such reports
filed subsequent to the date hereof, the "Starwood Reports"). As of their
respective dates, the Starwood Reports did not, and any Starwood Reports filed
with the SEC subsequent to the date hereof will not, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Each of the consolidated
balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Starwood
Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents, or will
fairly present, the consolidated financial position of Starwood Trust and
Starwood Corp. and their Subsidiaries as of its date and each of the
consolidated statements of income and of changes in financial position included
in or incorporated by reference into the Starwood Reports (including any related
notes and schedules) fairly presents, or will fairly present, the results of
operations, retained earnings and changes in financial position, as the case may
be, of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. and their Subsidiaries for the periods
set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and
normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or
effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the
periods involved, except as may be noted therein.
(f) Litigation and Liabilities. Except as disclosed in the Starwood Reports
filed prior to the date hereof, there are no civil, criminal or administrative
actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp., threatened against the
Starwood Companies or any of their Affiliates that could result in any claims
against, or obligations or liabilities of, the
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Starwood Companies or any of the Affiliates, except for those that are not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Starwood Material
Adverse Effect or prevent or materially burden or materially impair the ability
of the Starwood Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(g) Takeover Statutes. No Takeover Statute or any applicable anti-takeover
provision in Starwood Trust's Declaration of Trust and Trust Regulations or
Starwood Corp's. certificate of incorporation or By Laws is, or at the Effective
Time will be, applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(h) Tax Matters. As of the date hereof, none of the Starwood Companies or
any of their Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, nor do Starwood
Trust or Starwood Corp. have any knowledge of any fact or circumstance, that
would prevent the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Code or prevent Starwood Trust from qualifying as a "real estate
investment trust" within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code.
(i) Taxes. Except as set forth in the Starwood Reports filed prior to the
date hereof, and except as set forth in Section 5.2(i) of the disclosure letter
delivered to the Westin Companies and the Members by the Starwood Companies on
or prior to entering into this Agreement, (the "Starwood Disclosure Letter") (i)
each of the Starwood Companies, each of their Subsidiaries and each Starwood
Affiliated Group has filed all Tax Returns required to be filed; (ii) all such
Tax Returns are complete and accurate and disclose all Taxes required to be paid
by each of the Starwood Companies, each of their Subsidiaries and each Starwood
Affiliated Group for the periods covered thereby and all Taxes shown to be due
on such Tax Returns have been timely paid; (iii) all Taxes (whether or not shown
on any Tax Return) owed by any of the Starwood Companies, any of their
Subsidiaries or any Starwood Affiliated Group have been timely paid; (iv) none
of any of the Starwood Companies, any of their Subsidiaries or any member of any
Starwood Affiliated Group has waived or been requested to waive any statute of
limitations in respect of Taxes which waiver is currently in effect; (v) the Tax
Returns referred to in clause (i), to the extent related to income Taxes, have
been examined by the appropriate taxing authority or the period for assessment
of the Taxes in respect of which such Tax Returns were required to be filed has
expired; (vi) there is no action, suit, investigation, audit, claim or
assessment pending or proposed or threatened with respect to Taxes of any of the
Starwood Companies, any of their Subsidiaries or any Starwood Affiliated Group;
(vii) all deficiencies asserted or assessments made as a result of any
examination of the Tax Returns referred to in clause (i) have been paid in full;
(viii) there are no liens for Taxes upon the assets of any of the Starwood
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries except liens relating to current Taxes
not yet due; (ix) all Taxes which any of the Starwood Companies, any of their
Subsidiaries or any Starwood Affiliated Group are required by law to withhold or
to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected, and have been paid
or accrued, reserved against and entered on the books of the Starwood Companies.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Starwood Affiliated Group" means any
"affiliated group" (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to
the limitations contained in Section 1504(b) of the Code) that, at any time on
or before the Effective Time, includes or has included any of the Starwood
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or any predecessor of or successor to any
of the Starwood Companies or any of their Subsidiaries (or another such
predecessor or successor), or any other group of corporations which, at any time
on or before the Closing Date, files or has filed Tax Returns on a combined,
consolidated or unitary basis with any of the Starwood Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries or any predecessor of or successor to any of the Starwood Companies
or any of their Subsidiaries (or another such predecessor or successor).
(j) Brokers and Finders. None of the Starwood Companies and none of their
officers, directors or employees has employed any broker, agent or finder or
incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders' fees in
connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except that Starwood Trust has employed Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated as its financial advisor, the fees of which shall be paid by the
Starwood Companies.
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(k) "REIT" Status. Starwood Trust is currently a "real estate investment
trust" ("REIT") for federal income tax purposes. From and after January 1, 1995,
neither the IRS nor any other taxing entity or authority has made any assertion
that Starwood Trust does not qualify as a REIT for income tax purposes, nor has
there been any challenge to the REIT status of Starwood Trust.
(l) "Partnership" Status. Each of Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood
Operating Partnership is classified and taxable as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(m) Starwood Report Disclosure. The Starwood Reports, taken as a whole, do
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
6.1. INTERIM OPERATIONS. (A) Each of the Westin Companies covenants and
agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that after the date hereof and prior
to the Effective Time (unless Starwood Trust shall otherwise approve in writing,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and except as
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement):
(a) the business of it and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the
ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice and, to the extent
consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use all reasonable efforts
to preserve its business organization intact and maintain its existing relations
and goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors,
employees and business associates;
(b) it shall not (i) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any
capital stock owned by it in any of its Subsidiaries except that (a) the Westin
Companies may issue shares to members of management of the Westin Companies so
long as such issuance does not (without giving effect to any issuance described
in clause (b) below) result in any of the Westin Subsidiaries having more than
1,000,000 shares of its common stock on a fully diluted basis outstanding on the
Closing Date and (b) the Westin Companies may issue shares pursuant to options
outstanding under the Executive Securities Purchase and Employment Agreements
between one or more of the Westin Companies or their Subsidiaries and each of
Juergen Bartels, Frederick J. Kleisner, Richard L. Mahoney and Jack van
Hartesvelt; (ii) amend its certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement,
limited liability company agreement or by-laws, as the case may be, provided
that this clause shall not apply to the LLC; (iii) split, combine or reclassify
its outstanding shares of capital stock or issue, sell or authorize the issuance
of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares
of its capital stock, provided that this clause shall not apply to the LLC; (iv)
declare, set aside or pay any cash dividend or other distribution payable in
cash, stock or property in respect of any capital stock, or otherwise make any
payments to any Member or any of its stockholders (other than pursuant to an
agreement existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.2(a)), other
than dividends from its direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries and other
than (a) in the case of Worldwide, cash dividends not in excess of $160,000,000
and an in-kind dividend consisting of the capital stock of Pegasus Systems, Inc.
owned as of the date hereof by the Westin Companies, (b) in the case of
Lauderdale and Seattle, cash dividends not in excess of $6,000,000 in the
aggregate, (c) in the case of Denver, cash dividends not in excess of an amount
equal to accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits of Denver and (d) in
the case of Atlanta, cash dividends not in excess of $34,200,000; or (v)
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its capital
stock (except in the case of Worldwide for the repurchase or redemption of
shares of its stock held by Nomura), provided that this clause shall not apply
to the LLC;
(c) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) issue, sell, pledge,
dispose of or encumber any shares of, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or
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rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, its capital stock or any class of
any Westin Voting Debt or any other property or assets (other than, in the case
of the Westin Companies, shares issuable pursuant to under the Executive
Securities Purchase and Employment Agreements between one or more of the Westin
Companies or their Subsidiaries and each of Juergen Bartels, Frederick J.
Kleisner, Richard L. Mahoney and Jack van Hartesvelt), provided that this clause
shall not apply to the LLC; (ii) mortgage, pledge or encumber any other property
or assets (including capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries) or guarantee,
incur or modify any indebtedness or other liability (except that (a) Worldwide
may incur indebtedness that is, in the case of borrowed money, both prepayable
and assumable by a third party, in either case at any time without penalty, and,
in all cases, is at fair market terms and otherwise consistent with Schedule
6.1(c) (collectively, "Prepayable Debt"), in an amount not to exceed $160
million, (b) Lauderdale and Seattle may incur Prepayable Debt in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $6 million, (c) Denver may incur Prepayable Debt in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of accumulated and undistributed
earnings and profits of Denver, (d) the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries
may incur Prepayable Debt to fund capital expenditures as permitted by Section
1.3(e) and to fund acquisitions as permitted by Section 1.3(f) and indebtedness
incurred by any joint venture that is not controlled by the Westin Companies,
(e) Atlanta may incur Prepayable Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$34,200,000, (f) the Westin Companies may incur (1) Prepayable Debt in respect
of capital expenditures relating to St. John and/or its Subsidiaries in an
amount not to exceed $9,500,000, (2) Prepayable Debt represented by notes
payable in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in an amount not
to exceed $3,000,000 (provided that at the Closing Date the aggregate principal
amount of such notes payable does not exceed $2,261,000), (3) Prepayable Debt
represented by capital leases for an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,875,000,
and (4) subordinated Prepayable Debt that is required to be purchased by Nomura
pursuant to the Participation Agreement dated as of May 12, 1995, among Nomura,
the Members, the LLC and the other parties thereto in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $2,200,000 plus any subordinated Prepayable Debt required to be purchased
by Nomura in connection with any capital expenditures approved under Section
1.3(e) or any acquisitions approved under Section 1.3(f), (g) the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries may enter into guarantees of performance under
management, franchise, license or similar agreements to which any of the Westin
Companies or any of their Subsidiaries is a party, (h) the Westin Companies and
their Subsidiaries may make loans to, or investments in, owners of hotels in
connection with the obtaining of management, franchise, license or similar
contracts with such owners provided that the amount of any such loan or
investment shall not exceed $1,000,000 and that the aggregate amount of all such
loans or investments shall not exceed $5,000,000 and (h) the Westin Companies
may incur trade debt and similar indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice; (iii) make or authorize or commit for
any capital expenditures other than as permitted by Section 1.3(e) or, by any
means, make any significant acquisition of, or investment in, assets or stock of
any other Person or entity other than as permitted by Section 1.3(f); or (iv)
sell, lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets, other than
inventory and minor amounts of personal property sold or otherwise disposed of
for fair value in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(d) except as set forth in Section 6.1(d) of the Westin Disclosure Letter
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall terminate, establish, adopt, enter
into, make any new grants or awards under, amend or otherwise modify, any
Compensation and Benefit Plans, or increase the salary, wage, bonus or other
compensation of any employees except increases occurring in the ordinary and
usual course of business (which shall include normal periodic performance
reviews and related compensation and benefit increases);
(e) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall settle or compromise any
material claims or litigation (except as set forth in Section 6.1(e) of the
Westin Disclosure Letter and except for litigation involving claims that are
covered by insurance) or modify, amend or terminate any of its material
Contracts or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims;
(f) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any Tax election or
permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or loss-payable
payee to be canceled or terminated except in the ordinary and usual course of
business;
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(g) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will make any change in
accounting practices or policies applied in the preparation of the financial
statements referred to in Section 5.1(e) that would have an economic impact on
any of the Westin Companies, except as required by GAAP;
(h) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into any contract for
the purchase of real property or for the sale of any Owned Property or exercise
any option to purchase real property listed in subsection (a) of Section 5(p) of
the Westin Disclosure Letter or any option to extend a lease listed in
subsection (b) of Section 5(p) of the Westin Disclosure Letter;
(i) except as set forth in Section 6.1(i) of the Westin Disclosure Letter,
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, enter into
any significant contract or agreement with any Member or any Affiliate of any
Member (other than the Westin Subsidiaries and their respective subsidiaries)
other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement;
(j) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall knowingly take any action
or omit to take any action that would cause any of its representations and
warranties herein to become untrue in any material respect;
(k) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall sell, transfer, assign,
lease, sublease, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property Rights, except
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and except in
connection with the operation of the Westin Companies' timeshare business;
(l) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will authorize or enter into an
agreement to do any of the foregoing.
(B) Starwood Companies' Interim Operations. Each of the Starwood Companies
covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date
hereof and prior to the Effective Time, none of the Starwood Companies will
declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart
assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of capital stock of
any of the Starwood Companies other than dividends in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the greater of (i) the current rate of Starwood Trust's dividends and
(ii) Starwood Trust's "real estate investment trust taxable income" (as such
term is defined for purposes of the Code) without regard to any net capital
gains; provided that this Section 6.1(B) shall not be deemed to prevent
repurchases of stock by the Starwood Companies pursuant to stock "buyback"
arrangements that have been publicly announced by the Starwood Companies prior
to the date hereof or increases in the dividend rate of the Starwood Companies
in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
6.2. MAINTENANCE, PROMOTIONS, ETC. Except as set forth in Section 6.2 of
the Westin Disclosure Letter, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, the
LLC shall cause the Westin Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries to (i) repair,
keep, and maintain their properties and assets (including inventories, fixtures
and tangible personal property, operating equipment) in accordance with past
practice, (ii) maintain their current insurance coverage (including, without
limitation, the Policies), (iii) continue to advertise and promote their
properties in a manner consistent with past practice and (iv) make application
for, and diligently pursue, the renewal of any permits and licenses expiring
prior to the Closing Date.
6.3. INFORMATION SUPPLIED. Each of the Westin Companies and the Starwood
Companies agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the
information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Subsidiaries for inclusion
or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC by
Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. in connection with the Merger and related
matters contemplated hereby (the "Proxy Statement"), and any amendment or
supplement thereto, will, at the date of mailing to stockholders and at the
times of the meetings of stockholders of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. to be
held in connection with the Merger and related matters contemplated hereby,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
6.4. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Each of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. will
take, in accordance with its Declaration of Trust and Trust Regulations and
Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, respectively, all action necessary to
convene a meeting of holders of Starwood Trust Shares and Starwood Corp. Shares
(the
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"Stockholders Meeting") as promptly as practicable after the mailing of the
Proxy Statement to consider and vote upon the approval of the Merger and related
matters contemplated hereby. Subject to their respective fiduciary obligations
under applicable law, Starwood Trust's Board of Trustees and Starwood Corp.'s
Board of Directors shall recommend such approval and shall take all lawful
action to solicit such approval and will not withdraw or amend such approval in
a manner adverse to the Westin Companies (it being understood that it would be a
breach of each board's fiduciary obligations not to withdraw such recommendation
in the event such board have determined that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement were reasonably likely to cause a Starwood Material Adverse
Effect not appropriately offset, in such boards' judgment, by the benefits to
the Starwood Companies from such transactions).
6.5. FILINGS; OTHER ACTIONS; NOTIFICATION. (a) Starwood Trust and Starwood
Corp. shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement. Starwood
Trust and Starwood Corp. shall use all reasonable efforts to have the Proxy
Statement cleared by the SEC and thereafter mailed to the stockholders of
Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. shall also
use all reasonable efforts to obtain prior to the mailing of the Proxy Statement
all necessary state securities law or "blue sky" permits and approvals required
in connection with the Merger and to consummate the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and will pay all expenses incident thereto.
(b) Each of the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party and its directors
a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Proxy
Statement is mailed and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party
and its directors, in form and substance customary for "comfort" letters
delivered by independent public accountants in connection with proxy statements
similar to the Proxy Statement.
(c) The Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall cooperate with
each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) all
reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to
be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this
Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable,
including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to
effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings and to obtain as
promptly as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and
authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or
any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Subject to applicable laws relating
to the exchange of information, the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies
shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each
will consult the other on, all the information relating to the Starwood
Companies or the Westin Companies, as the case may be, and any of their
respective Subsidiaries, that appear in any filing made with, or written
materials submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the Westin Companies and
the Starwood Companies shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
(d) Each of the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall, upon
request by the other, furnish the other with all information (including
financial information) concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers
and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or
advisable in connection with the Proxy Statement, or any other statement,
filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Starwood Companies,
the Westin Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any third party
and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the issuance,
sale or exchange of or tender for any securities of any of the Starwood
Companies.
(e) Each of the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall keep the
other apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with
copies of notice or other communications received by the Starwood Companies or
the Westin Companies, as the case may be, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect
to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement. The Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies each shall give
prompt notice to the other of (i) any change that is reasonably likely to result
in a Westin Material Adverse Effect or Starwood Material Adverse Effect,
respectively, (ii) any notice or other communication from any third Person
alleging that the consent of such third Person is or may be required in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) any
material default under any Contract or event which, with notice or lapse of time
or both, would become such a default on or prior to the Closing Date or
Effective Time and of which any of the Westin Companies has knowledge. Without
limitation of the foregoing, the Starwood Companies shall give the LLC notice of
any breach by the Westin Companies of any of the provisions of this Agreement,
of the failure of the Westin Companies to satisfy any of the conditions to the
obligation of the Starwood Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, or of any change or development that is likely to result in
any such breach by the Westin Companies or any such failure by the Westin
Companies to satisfy any such condition promptly upon the Starwood Companies'
learning of such breach, failure or development from a source other than the
Westin Companies.
(f) Without limiting the generality of the undertakings pursuant to this
Section 6.5, the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies agree (i) to
provide promptly to any and all federal, state, local or foreign court or
Government Entity with jurisdiction over enforcement of any applicable antitrust
laws ("Government Antitrust Entity") information and documents requested by any
Government Antitrust Entity or necessary, proper or advisable to permit
consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and (ii) take promptly, in the event that any permanent or preliminary
injunction or other order is entered or becomes reasonably foreseeable to be
entered in any proceeding that would make consummation of the Merger or the
other transaction contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, any and all reasonable steps, including the appeal thereof or the
posting of a bond necessary to vacate, modify or suspend such injunction or
order, so as to permit such consummation on a schedule as close as possible to
that contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
not require the Starwood Companies or the Westin Companies to make any
divestiture or consent to any divestiture in order to fulfill any condition or
obtain any consent, authorization or approval or to appeal an injunction or
order, or to post a bond in respect of such appeal, that is not economically
reasonable for the Starwood Companies.
6.6. TAX MATTERS (a) None of the Westin Companies or the Starwood Companies
shall take or cause to be taken any action, whether before or after the
Effective Time, that would disqualify the Merger as a "reorganization" within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(b) Each of the Starwood Companies will use their best efforts to maintain
REIT status, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of Starwood Trust from the
date hereof through December 31, 1998 and the partnership status, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, of each of Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood
Operating Partnership from the date hereof through the tenth anniversary of the
Closing Date. None of the Starwood Companies will take any action that would
adversely affect the ability of Starwood Trust to qualify as a REIT for U.S.
federal income tax purposes from the date hereof through December 31, 1998 and
for each of Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood Operating Partnership to be
classified and taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes
from the date hereof through the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.
6.7. ACCESS. Upon reasonable notice, and except as may otherwise be
required by applicable law, each of the Westin Companies and the Starwood
Companies shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the other's
officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives
("Representatives") access, during normal business hours throughout the period
prior to the Closing Date, to its properties, books, contracts and records and,
during such period, each shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish
promptly to the other all information concerning its business, properties and
personnel as may reasonably be requested, provided that no investigation
pursuant to this Section shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation
or warranty made by any Westin Company or any Starwood Company, and provided,
further, that the foregoing shall not require any Westin Company or Starwood
Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the
reasonable judgment of such Westin Company or Starwood Company, as the case may
be, would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or
violate any of its obligations with respect to confidentiality if such Westin
Company or Starwood Company, as the case may be, shall have used best efforts to
obtain the consent of such third party to such inspection or disclosure. All
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information made pursuant to this Section shall be directed to an executive
officer of the LLC or Starwood Trust, as the case may be, or such Person as may
be designated by either of its officers, as the case may be. Prior to the
Effective Date, the Westin Companies shall deliver to the Starwood Companies,
not later than 45 days after the end of each monthly period and in the form
customarily prepared by the Westin Companies, the unaudited combined
consolidated internal financial statements of the Westin Subsidiaries, including
an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for the monthly
period then ended and for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal
year to the end of such monthly period. All such information shall be governed
by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
For a period of six years after the Effective Date, the LLC and its
representatives shall have reasonable access to all the books and records of the
Westin Companies with respect to periods prior to the Closing Date to the extent
that such access may reasonably be required by the LLC in connection with
matters relating to or affected by the operations of any of the Westin Companies
prior to the Closing Date. The Starwood Companies shall afford such access upon
receipt of reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours. The LLC
shall be solely responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by it pursuant to
this Section 6.7. If any of the Westin Companies shall desire to dispose of any
of such books and records prior to the expiration of such six-year period, the
Westin Companies, prior to such disposition, shall give the LLC a reasonable
opportunity, at the LLC's expense, to segregate and remove such books and
records as the LLC may select.
For a period of six years after the Closing Date, the Starwood Companies
and their respective representatives shall have reasonable access to all the
books and records relating to any of the Westin Companies or their assets or
business which the LLC or any of the Members or their Affiliates may retain
after the Effective Time. Such access shall be afforded by the LLC, the Members
and their Affiliates upon receipt of reasonable advance notice and during normal
business hours. The Starwood Companies shall be solely responsible for any costs
and expenses incurred by it pursuant to this Section 6.7. If any of the LLC or
the Members or any of their Affiliates shall desire to dispose of any of such
books and records prior to the expiration of such six-year period, the LLC or
such Members shall, prior to such disposition, give the Starwood Companies a
reasonable opportunity, at the Starwood Companies' expense, to segregate and
remove such books and records as the Starwood Companies may select.
6.8. AFFILIATES. Prior to the Effective Time, each Westin Company shall
deliver to Starwood Trust a list of names and addresses of those Persons who
are, in the opinion of such Westin Company, as of the time of the Stockholders
Meeting, "affiliates" of such Westin Company within the meaning of Rule 145
under the Securities Act. Each Westin Company shall provide to Starwood Trust
such information and documents as Starwood Trust shall reasonably request for
purposes of reviewing such list. There shall be added to such list the names and
addresses of any other Person subsequently identified by either Starwood Trust
or such Westin Company as a Person who may be deemed to be such an affiliate of
such Westin Company; provided, however, that no such Person identified by
Starwood Trust shall be added to the list of affiliates of such Westin Company
if Starwood Trust shall receive from such Westin Company, on or before the date
of the Stockholders Meeting, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
Starwood Trust to the effect that such Person is not such an affiliate. Each
Westin Company shall exercise its best efforts to deliver or cause to be
delivered to Starwood Trust, prior to the date of the Stockholders Meeting, from
each affiliate of a Westin Company identified in the foregoing list (as the same
may be supplemented as aforesaid), a letter dated as of the Closing Date
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A (the "Affiliates Letter").
6.9. REGISTRATION AND STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING. Starwood Trust and Starwood
Corp. shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Starwood Paired Shares into
which the Class A EPS, Class B EPS, Starwood Realty Partnership Units and
Starwood Operating Partnership Units issued in the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are exchangeable to be registered by
filing a registration statement with the SEC and approved for listing on the
NYSE subject to official notice of issuance, pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
6.10. PUBLICITY. The initial disclosure of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be a joint press release in the form of Annex D hereto. Except as
otherwise required by applicable law or the rules or regulations of any
securities exchange on which the securities of such party are listed or traded,
no party or any
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of its affiliates shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or
other public announcement or disclosure with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement without the consent of each other party, and in
any event, each party agrees that it shall give each other party reasonable
opportunity to review and comment upon any such release or announcement prior to
publication of the same provided, however, the Starwood Companies and the Westin
Companies shall be free to make comments to their stockholders, shareholders,
employees, and owners of hotels with which such companies or their affiliates
have management, franchise, license or similar agreements, and to financial
analysts and the press which are substantially consistent with disclosures in
all such permitted press releases or announcements.
6.11. OPTIONS; BENEFITS.
(a) Stock Options. Prior to the Effective Time, each of the Westin
Companies shall take such actions as may be necessary such that immediately
prior to the Effective Time each Westin Company Option, whether or not then
exercisable, shall be exercised for securities of the Westin Companies, it being
understood that (i) 60% of such securities so issued in connection with such
exercises of Westin Company Options shall be "vested" for purposes of the
employment agreements pursuant to which such Westin Company Options were issued
and (ii) 40% of such securities so issued in connection with such exercises of
Westin Company Options shall be "unvested" for purposes of the employment
agreements pursuant to which such Westin Company Options were issued and that
any Starwood Securities issued in the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in respect of such "unvested" securities will be deemed to be
"unvested" in a manner similar to that set forth in such employment agreements
with the first 50% of such unvested securities to vest on May 12, 1998 and the
remaining 50% of such unvested securities to vest on May 12, 1999.
(b) Employee Benefits. Each of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. agrees
that each of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. shall maintain for a period of
twelve months immediately following the Effective Time, employee benefit plans,
programs, policies and arrangements for employees of the Westin Companies and
their Subsidiaries and employees of unaffiliated companies that have the
benefits of plans administered by the Westin Companies ("Adopting
Non-Affiliates") Adopting Non-Affiliates which in the aggregate are no less
favorable than the employee benefit plans, programs, policies and arrangements
of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries in effect on the Effective Time,
in which such employees are eligible to participate immediately preceding the
Effective Time. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. will cause such employee
benefit plans to take into account for purposes of eligibility and vesting
thereunder service by employees of the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries
and employees of Adopting Non-Affiliates as if such service were with Starwood
Trust or Starwood Corp. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. shall honor all
employee benefit obligations to current and former employees (including
employees of Adopting Non-Affiliates) under the Compensation and Benefit Plans
and all employee severance plans (or policies) in existence on the date hereof
and all employment or severance agreements entered into by the Westin Companies
or adopted by the Board of Directors or Board of Managers, as applicable, of
each Westin Company prior to the date hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
interpreted as limiting the power of Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. to cause
the amendment or termination of any Compensation and Benefit Plan, any other
individual employee benefit plan, program, agreement or policy or as requiring
Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. or their Subsidiaries to offer to continue
(other than as required by its terms) any written employment contract, so long
as in the aggregate Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. comply with this Section
6.11(b).
6.12. FEES AND EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided herein and in Section
9.10, each of the parties hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of its counsel,
accountants and other financial, legal, accounting or other advisors), incurred
by it or its Affiliates in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other
documents and instruments executed in connection with or contemplated by this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (collectively, the "Acquisition Expenses"); provided, however, that the
Acquisition Expenses of the Westin Companies (including, without limitation, the
cost of all third party consents to be obtained by the Westin Companies (it
being understood and agreed that the Starwood Companies shall have the right to
approve the incurrence of such expenses prior to such incurrence) and all taxes
(including transfer, recording or similar fees and all income taxes payable by
the Westin Companies and their Subsidiaries directly resulting from the
reorganizations contemplated by
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Section 6.17) payable in connection with any transactions or restructurings
contemplated by this Agreement to take place on or prior to the Closing Date,
the fees and expenses of Arthur Andersen & Co. incurred by the Westin
Subsidiaries related to the preparation of the Proxy Statement and the delivery
of the "comfort letter" described in Section 6.5(b) and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with earnings and profits, valuation and similar due
diligence evaluations, investigations or studies) shall be borne entirely by the
Starwood Companies, and provided further that the Members shall bear the
Acquisition Expenses attributable to the fees and expenses of the financial and
legal advisors to the Members and the Westin Companies incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.13. TAKEOVER STATUTE. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable
to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of
Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. and its Board of Trustees or Board of
Directors, as the case may be, shall grant such approvals and take such actions
as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as
practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement or by the Merger and
otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation
on such transactions.
6.14. STARWOOD TRUST AND STARWOOD CORP. VOTE. Starwood Trust and Starwood
Corp. shall cause to be voted (or a consent to be given with respect to) any
Starwood Trust Shares or Starwood Corp. Shares beneficially owned by it or any
of its Affiliates or with respect to which it or any of its Affiliates has the
power (by agreement, proxy or otherwise) to cause to be voted (or to provide a
consent), in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and of the
Merger at any meeting of stockholders of Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. at
which this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption and approval and at all
adjournments or postponements thereof (or, if applicable, by any action of
stockholders of Starwood Trust or Starwood Corp. by consent in lieu of a
meeting).
6.15. NAME AND MANAGEMENT OF STARWOOD CORP. AND STARWOOD TRUST. Immediately
after the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and the by-laws of
Starwood Corp. shall be amended to change the name of Starwood Corp. to "Westin
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc." Starwood Trust shall include Stuart M.
Rothenberg (and successors to such person as shall be designated by The Goldman
Sachs Group, L.P. ("GS Group") or an affiliate thereof designated by GS Group
("Goldman Sachs")) on each management slate of nominees to the board of trustees
of Starwood Trust. Starwood Corp. shall include Barry S. Volpert (and successors
to such person as shall be designated by Goldman Sachs) and Juergen Bartels (to
the extent he continues as Chief Executive Officer) on each management slate of
nominees to the board of directors of Starwood Corp. Any person so designated by
Goldman Sachs shall be subject to the approval of the Starwood Companies, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; in the event the Starwood Companies
disapprove any such person, Goldman Sachs shall then have the right to designate
another person for approval by the Starwood Companies. The right to designate a
director of Starwood Corp. will expire if Affiliates of Goldman Sachs sell (to
unaffiliated Persons) more than 50% of the Starwood Securities received by
Affiliates of Goldman Sachs in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(or Starwood Securities that may be received upon exchange thereof), and the
right to designate a trustee of Starwood Trust will expire if Affiliates of
Goldman Sachs sell (to unaffiliated Persons) more than 75% of the Starwood
Securities received by Affiliates of Goldman Sachs in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (or Starwood Securities that may be received upon
exchange thereof). At any time after the Closing Date, if WHWE, Whitehall Street
Limited Partnership V or Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, L.P. defaults in any
payment obligation or materially breaches any of its other agreements, covenants
or obligations under this Agreement or the Other Agreement (as defined in
Section 7.2(k)), and such default or breach continues for 30 days after notice
by the Starwood Companies to Goldman Sachs, then Goldman Sachs's right to
designate individuals to management's slate of nominees under this Section 6.15
shall immediately terminate and Goldman Sachs shall cause its then existing
designees to resign, in each case for so long as such default continues. In the
event the B EPS is exchanged, directly or indirectly, into A EPS or Paired
Shares, this paragraph shall apply with respect to the A EPS or Paired Shares
received upon such exchange, with the A EPS or Paired Shares, as applicable,
received upon exchange of the Purchaser Securities received in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement that is being deemed to be the last sold. The
management of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. after the Effective Time will be
determined in accordance with Article III of this Agreement.
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6.16. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.
(a) Starwood Trust hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date,
Starwood Trust will unconditionally guarantee all indebtedness incurred by any
Member in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to a
guarantee reasonably acceptable to the Westin Companies and to the Members.
(b) The Starwood Companies will permit each of the Members (or their
permitted transferees) to guarantee all indebtedness incurred by such Members
(or their permitted transferees) in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement that is assumed by Starwood Realty Partnership or
Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable, in connection with the Subsidiary
Contributions (it being understood and agreed that such Members (and their
permitted transferees) will not guarantee any such indebtedness originally
incurred by the Westin Subsidiaries or any subsidiaries of the Westin
Subsidiaries), and, in the event that Starwood Trust is required to make any
payment in respect of its guarantee of such indebtedness described in clause (a)
above and the Members elect to guarantee indebtedness pursuant to this clause
(b), the Members (or their permitted transferees) will pay to Starwood Trust
their proportionate share (based on the proportion that the amount of
indebtedness incurred by such Members (or their permitted transferees) and
assumed by Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership bears
to the total amount of indebtedness incurred by all the Members (or their
permitted transferees)) of the amount of any such payment made by Starwood Trust
in respect of such guarantee. The Members (or their permitted transferees) may
at any time, at their option, terminate all or any portion of the guarantees of
indebtedness described in the previous sentence; in the event the Members (or
their permitted transferees) terminate such guarantee or any portion thereof,
(i) Starwood Trust may terminate its guarantee of the portion of such
indebtedness as to which such Member or Members (or their transferees)
terminated its or their guarantee, (ii) the portion of the indebtedness as to
which the guarantee of the Members (or their permitted transferees) has been so
terminated shall no longer be subject to Section 6.16(c), (iii) the amount of
indebtedness of Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership
required to be outstanding pursuant to Section 6.16(d)(i) shall be decreased by
the amount of Indebtedness as to which such guarantee has been terminated and
(iv) in the event that each of WHWE, Woodstar and Nomura (or their permitted
transferees) terminates 80% (by dollar amount) or more of its respective
guarantee, the obligations of Starwood Trust, Starwood Realty Partnership and
Starwood Operating Partnership set forth in this Section 6.16(b) and Sections
6.16(a), 6.16(c) (other than the last sentence thereof) and 6.16(d) shall
terminate as of the date of such termination of such guarantees.
(c) Starwood Trust agrees that, in the event the Members exercise their
option to guarantee indebtedness pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.16,
during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is
two years after the Closing Date, none of Starwood Trust, Starwood Realty
Partnership, Starwood Operating Partnership, the Westin Subsidiaries contributed
to Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries, will repay or refinance any of the indebtedness
assumed by Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership in
connection with the Subsidiary Contributions. In the event that after such
two-year period, any such indebtedness of the Starwood Realty Partnership is
repaid or refinanced, the Starwood Realty Partnership will permit the Members to
guarantee indebtedness of the Starwood Realty Partnership having the same
principal amount as such indebtedness so repaid or refinanced by the Starwood
Realty Partnership and, in the event that after such two-year period, any such
indebtedness of the Starwood Operating Partnership is repaid or refinanced the
Starwood Operating Partnership will permit the Members to guarantee indebtedness
of the Starwood Operating Partnership having the same principal amount as such
indebtedness so repaid or refinanced by the Starwood Operating Partnership.
Starwood Trust agrees that for a period of six and one-half months after the
Closing Date it will not repay or refinance, or permit to be repaid or
refinanced, $160 million of the indebtedness of Worldwide and $34,200,000 of
indebtedness of Atlanta permitted to be incurred by Worldwide and Atlanta,
respectively, after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date.
(d) In the event the Members exercise their option to guarantee
indebtedness pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.16, during the period
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is ten years after the
Closing Date, (i) Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood Operating Partnership
will maintain an
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aggregate amount of indebtedness equal to an amount that is no less than the
amount of indebtedness assumed by Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood
Operating Partnership, as applicable, in connection with the Subsidiary
Contributions (other than any such indebtedness originally incurred by any of
the Westin Subsidiaries or any subsidiary of the Westin Subsidiaries), (ii) none
of Starwood Trust, Starwood Realty Partnership, Starwood Operating Partnership,
the Westin Subsidiaries contributed to Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood
Operating Partnership, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, will voluntarily
sell, assign, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer any of the stock of such
Westin Subsidiaries contributed to Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood
Operating Partnership in the Subsidiary Contributions or any of the land and
improvements of such Westin Subsidiaries (excluding time shares), except in a
"like-kind" exchange exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code,
and (iii) each of Starwood Trust, Starwood Operating Partnership and Starwood
Realty Partnership will comply with covenants substantially to the effect set
forth in Schedule 6.16(d); provided, however, that the Starwood Companies shall
not be required to comply with the covenants contained in this Section 6.16(d)
from and after the date, if any, on which the failure of the Starwood Companies
to comply with such covenants would not adversely affect any of the Members or
the tax position of any of the Members; and provided further, however, that the
Members shall not unreasonably withhold or delay waivers of particular
applications of the covenants set forth in this Section 6.16(d) requested by the
Starwood Companies from time to time so long as such waivers shall not adversely
affect the tax position of any of the Members.
(e) From and after the closing date, each of Starwood Trust, Starwood
Corp., Starwood Realty Partnership and Starwood Operating Partnership shall, no
later than February 28 of each year, deliver to the Members (or their designees)
and each other holder of the stock of a Westin Subsidiary that contributed the
stock of such Westin Subsidiary in a Subsidiary Contribution such accurate
reports and other information as shall be reasonably requested by the Members
(or their designees) for them to file their tax returns for the previous year.
(f) For a period of one year after the Closing Date, the Members will not
sell or otherwise transfer ("Transfer") any of the shares of Class A EPS, Class
B EPS, Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units
received in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Starwood
Paired Shares received upon conversion or exchange of any thereof (collectively,
"Starwood Securities"), to any Person; provided, however, that any of the
Members may Transfer any of the Class A EPS or Class B EPS received in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Starwood Paired Shares
received upon conversion or exchange of any thereof, to one or more investors in
such Member or one or more designees of such investors to whom Starwood
Securities are transferred or issued as contemplated by Section 1.3(g)
("Permitted Designees"), which investors or Permitted Designees have agreed in
writing to comply with the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this paragraph
(f) as though they were Members. From and after the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, none of the Members (or their permitted transferees) or any other
holder of Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership
Units shall Transfer any Starwood Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating
Partnership Units received in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to
any Person without the prior written consent of the Starwood Realty Partnership
or the Starwood Operating Partnership, as applicable; provided, however, that
this sentence shall not prevent any exchange of any Starwood Realty Partnership
Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units received in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement for other Starwood Securities or the Transfer of
any Starwood Securities received upon exchange of Starwood Realty Partnership
Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units received in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. During each of the first four calendar quarters
ending on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no Member will
Transfer more than 25% of the Starwood Securities received by it in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Paired Shares received upon
exchange of any Starwood Securities received in the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, to any Person other than an investor in such Member or one or
more Permitted Designees of such investors; provided, however, that in the event
that less than 25% of such Starwood Securities received by any Member (or an
investor in a Member or a Permitted Designee) are Transferred in any quarter to
any Person other than to the investors in such Member or one or more Permitted
Designees of such investors, the other Starwood Securities held by such Member,
investor or Permitted Designee that could have been Transferred in such quarter
may be Transferred by such Member (or such investor or Permitted Designee) in a
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subsequent quarter and the Transfer of such Starwood Securities shall not reduce
the amount of Starwood Securities that could otherwise be Transferred by such
Member (or such investor or Permitted Designee) in such subsequent quarter; and
provided further that this sentence shall not permit a Transfer of Starwood
Realty Partnership Units or Starwood Operating Partnership Units that would be
prohibited by the second sentence of this Section 6.16(f). In the event that a
Member Transfers any of the Starwood Securities to investors in such Member or
to one or more Permitted Designees, such Transfers will be conditioned on the
receipt by such Member of a written agreement of such transferees to be bound by
the provisions of this Section 6.16(f) and Section 6.16(g). Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control
(as defined in the Starwood LTIP) the restrictions on transfer of the Starwood
Securities provided in this paragraph (f)(other than in the second sentence
hereof) shall no longer apply.
(g) Each of the Members agrees that it will not Transfer any of the
Starwood Securities in violation of the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or in such a manner as to cause Starwood
Realty Partnership or Starwood Operating Partnership to be a "publicly traded
partnership" for purposes of the Code.
6.17. REORGANIZATION OF THE PURCHASED ENTITIES. Immediately prior to the
Closing Date, the LLC shall cause the Westin Companies, and shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause the Joint Venture Affiliates, to be reorganized such
that, in the opinion of counsel to the Starwood Companies, the acquisition
contemplated hereby will not adversely affect the ability of Starwood Trust to
qualify as a "real estate investment trust" as defined in Section 856 of the
Code and/or for the purposes of minimizing the number of required consents or
approvals in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Such
reorganization shall include such mergers and sales of the Subsidiaries of the
Westin Subsidiaries or assets thereof as shall be necessary or appropriate to
accomplish the foregoing. The preceding sentence notwithstanding, the purchaser
of any assets or the stock of any Subsidiaries of the Westin Subsidiaries to be
sold shall be either a Starwood Company or a subsidiary thereof or a Westin
Subsidiary or a subsidiary thereof. If Worldwide is dissolved or merged into
another corporation as a result of this reorganization, then references in this
Agreement to Worldwide shall be deemed to be references to the
successor-in-interest to Worldwide.
6.18. CLOSING AFTER JANUARY 2, 1998. In the event the Starwood Companies
advise the Westin Companies that the Closing is likely to be delayed beyond
January 2, 1998, the LLC, the Members and the Westin Subsidiaries each agree to
take whatever actions may be reasonably requested by the Starwood Companies to
reorganize and restructure the businesses and assets of the Westin Companies so
as to preserve, to the extent practicable, the tax benefits to the Starwood
Companies that would have accrued had the Closing occurred on January 2, 1998,
and to minimize, to the extent practicable, any tax detriment to the Starwood
Companies that might occur due to the Closing occurring after January 2, 1998
(including by transferring assets among the Westin Subsidiaries and/or by
leasing assets to one or more of the Starwood Companies); provided, however,
that the Starwood Companies shall pay all expenses and costs (including any
incremental Taxes and legal and accounting fees and expenses) actually incurred
by the LLC, the Members and the Westin Subsidiaries in connection with such
reorganization and restructuring and, in the event this Agreement is terminated
in connection with the unwinding of such reorganization and restructuring.
6.19. COMMITMENTS FOR TITLE INSURANCE. The Westin Companies shall deliver
to the Starwood Companies not less than ten days prior to the Effective Date,
with respect to each parcel of real property identified in clause (i) of Section
5.1(p) of the Westin Disclosure Letter and each parcel of Leased Property
identified in clause (ii) of Section 5.1(p) of the Westin Disclosure Letter
(with the exception of immaterial office leases comprising part of the Tenant
Leases), (i) a survey, acceptable to the title company referred to in the last
sentence of this Section 6.19, of a recent date with respect to each such parcel
showing no encroachments or other survey defects with respect to the buildings,
structures and other improvements located on such property; and (ii) a current
commitment for the issuance of an owner's title insurance policy or leasehold
owner's title insurance policy, as the case may be, all of which policies shall
be 1990 form policies with an endorsement deleting the "creditor's rights"
exception or exclusion, with extended coverage insuring over all general
exceptions customarily contained in such policies, including without limitation
general exceptions 1 (rights or claims of parties in possession), 2 (survey
matters), 3 (easements), 4 (mechanic's liens) and 5 (taxes or special
assessments not shown as existing liens), with a Form 3.1 Zoning endorsement
(including
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parking and loading docks), survey endorsements insuring that the real property
described in the title insurance policy is the same real estate as shown on the
survey and that the survey accurately depicts the location and dimensions of the
real estate, access endorsement insuring that each street adjacent to the real
property is a public street and that there is direct and unencumbered pedestrian
and vehicular access to such street from the real property, contiguity
endorsement (if the real property consists of more than one record parcel)
insuring that all record parcels are contiguous to one another, location
endorsement identifying the improvements located on the real property, owner's
comprehensive endorsement insuring that there are no encroachments of
improvements onto adjoining land and no violations of enforceable covenants,
conditions or restrictions of record or building lines (and also insuring
against any loss of the right to maintain the improvements located on the real
property because of any such encroachments or current or future violations), and
a non-imputation endorsement insuring against loss due to undisclosed knowledge
of the Westin Companies imputed to the Starwood Companies. Each of such
commitments shall be written by a nationally recognized title insurance company
in amount, form and substance satisfactory to the Starwood Companies and shall
provide that, upon the satisfaction of the conditions specified therein, the
Starwood Companies will have good and marketable title thereto (including all
appurtenant easements), free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.
6.20. LIQUOR AND OTHER LICENSES. The Westin Companies shall cooperate, and
prior to the Closing Date shall cause the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause Westin
O'Hare, to cooperate, with the Starwood Companies in any lawful manner
reasonably requested by the Starwood Companies in connection with obtaining the
regulatory approvals of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as may
be required by any public agencies administering laws regulating the sale of
alcoholic beverages, including but not limited to, obtaining, by transfer or
otherwise, such approvals for, and/or the issuance of all liquor, cabaret and
other federal, state and local licenses necessary to maintain continuity of
service of alcoholic beverages, as well as the continuity of the same forms of
business operations conducted at, in or upon each property by the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries, Westin O'Hare and all other Hotels which are
subject to Hotel Agreements, immediately before the Closing Date. If any such
regulatory approval or license issuance shall not be obtainable by the Starwood
Companies prior to the Closing Date, the Members and the LLC shall, after the
Closing Date, cooperate, and prior to the Closing Date, shall cause the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cause Westin O'Hare, to cooperate, with the Starwood Companies, at the Starwood
Companies' sole expense, in any lawful and reasonable measure to maintain
continuity of the liquor service as well as the continuity of the same forms of
business operations conducted at, in or upon each property by the Westin
Companies and their Subsidiaries immediately before the Closing Date. Nothing
herein shall require any holder of any liquor, cabaret or other federal, state
or local license to permit any unlicensed Person to unlawfully exercise any
privilege under such license or to have any unlawful interest in liquor
inventory or in revenues from any business operated under such license. The
duties to cooperate set forth herein above shall include, without limitation,
the execution of documents and the renewal of any license or permit issued by
any Governmental Entity.
6.21. SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES. Each of the Members and the LLC agrees
that, during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, neither it, nor any of its Affiliates (which
such Member unilaterally controls), will, directly or indirectly, solicit
employment, consulting or other services of any employees of the Starwood
Entities, the Westin Subsidiaries or any of their subsidiaries or otherwise
induce such employees to leave the employment of the Starwood Entities, the
Westin Subsidiaries or any of their subsidiaries or breach his or her employment
agreement, if any, with the Starwood Entities, the Westin Subsidiaries or any of
their subsidiaries.
6.22. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) The Members and the LLC consent and agree not
to, and not to permit their Affiliates to, disclose, communicate, use to the
detriment of any of the Westin Subsidiaries or any of their subsidiaries or
Joint Venture Affiliates, or for the benefit of any other Person, or misuse in
any way, any confidential information or trade secrets of the Purchased
Entities, including, without limitation, the terms, duration and expiration date
of any Hotel Agreement. Nothing in this Section 6.22 shall restrict the Members
and the LLC from disclosing any information that (i) becomes part of the public
domain through no fault of the Members, the LLC or any of their Affiliates or
(ii) is required to be disclosed by law or court order.
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(b) Remedies. The Members and the LLC acknowledge and agree that damages
would not adequately compensate the Starwood Companies if the Members, the LLC
or any of their Affiliates were to breach any of their covenants contained in
Sections 6.21 and 6.22. Consequently, the Members and LLC shall be entitled, in
addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, to specifically
enforce the terms of Section 6.21 or 6.22 by means of injunction or other
equitable relief.
(c) Validity and Reformation. Should any term or provision of this Section
6.22 be held invalid, unenforceable or illegal by a final adjudication of any
court having competent jurisdiction, or be or become invalidated by reason of
any applicable law or statute existing now or in the future, (i) such term or
provision shall be reformed to reflect the parties' intent and to be enforceable
to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law and (ii) the validity or
enforceability of the remainder of this Section 6.22 shall not be affected
thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.
6.23. CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS. None of the Westin Companies shall
prior to the Effective Date terminate any capitalized lease obligation prior to
its scheduled expiration date.
6.24. FURTHER ASSURANCES. From time to time after the Effective Time, the
officers and director of the Surviving Trust shall be authorized to execute and
deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Westin Subsidiaries and their
respective Subsidiaries or otherwise, such deeds and other instruments and to
take or cause to be taken such further or other action as shall be necessary or
desirable in order to vest or perfect in or to confirm, of record or otherwise,
in the Surviving Trust title to, and possession of, all the property, rights,
privileges, powers, immunities and franchises of the Westin Companies and
otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement. With respect to any license,
certificate, approval, authorization, agreement, contract, lease, easement and
other commitment included in the Westin Companies' assets which requires the
consent of any third Person to the Merger or any other transaction contemplated
hereby, if any such consent has not been obtained prior to the Effective Time,
thereafter the LLC and each of the Members shall cooperate with the Surviving
Trust and Starwood Corp. at their request in endeavoring to obtain such consent
promptly, and if any such consent is unobtainable, to use all reasonable efforts
to secure to the Surviving Trust and Starwood Corp. the benefits thereof in some
other manner; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve any of the
LLC or the Members of their respective obligations under Section 6.5.
6.25. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS OF LLC. At the Closing, the LLC shall
transfer, assign and convey any and all rights and interests to which it is
entitled to under the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May 12, 1995, among Westin Hotel Holding Corp., Westin Hotel L.L.C., Ceasar Park
Hotel Investment, Inc. and Aoki Corporation, and any other agreements entered
into in connection therewith (collectively, the "Aoki Agreement"), to the
Starwood Companies; provided, however, that to the extent that any such
transfer, assignment or conveyance would constitute a breach of the Aoki
Agreement, this Agreement (and any related documents delivered at the Closing)
shall not constitute an actual or attempted transfer, assignment or conveyance
of the Aoki Agreement unless and until the consent or waiver of such breach is
obtained from the parties to the Aoki Agreement other than the Westin Companies.
To the extent that the consents and waivers referred to in the proviso to the
immediately preceding sentence are not obtained prior to the Closing, (x) each
Member and the LLC shall use all reasonable efforts to (A) provide or cause to
be provided to the Starwood Companies the benefits of the Aoki Agreement, (B)
cooperate in any arrangement, reasonable and lawful as to both the Members and
the LLC and the Starwood Companies, designed to provide such benefits to the
Starwood Companies and (C) enforce for the account of the Starwood Companies any
rights of the Members and the LLC arising from the Aoki Agreement, including all
rights to payments and to indemnification, in each case after consulting with
and upon the advice and direction of the Starwood Companies. In connection with
the foregoing, the Members and the LLC agree to make their personnel, and
applicable books and records, reasonably available to the Starwood Companies (at
no cost to the Starwood Companies) in order to effect all actions reasonably
required to be taken under this Section 6.26. The Starwood Companies agree to
reimburse the Members and the LLC for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by them in connection with the foregoing.
6.26. NOMURA CONSENTS. Nomura hereby agrees to provide the consents to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement described in Section 7.2(l).
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6.27. ESCROW ARRANGEMENT. The Members and the LLC shall use all reasonable
efforts to establish, on or prior to the Closing Date, the escrow arrangement
contemplated by Section 7.2(k).
6.28. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS WITH NOMURA. On or prior to March 28, 1998,
Nomura will not securitize indebtedness held by it relating to Denver (with an
aggregate principal amount of $45 million plus $8.5 million of preferred equity)
or to St. John (currently with an aggregate principal amount of $20 million) and
will allow the Starwood Companies to prepay all of such indebtedness (and
preferred equity) plus all breakage costs relating to any related U.S. Treasury
hedge positions (it being understood that Nomura will use its best efforts to
minimize such costs, including, but without limitation, "rolling" such hedge
positions into the new loans referred to below), but otherwise without premium
or penalty, on or prior to March 29, 1998. Concurrently therewith, Starwood
Trust will borrow from Nomura no less than $67.6 million principal amount of
indebtedness secured by one or more first mortgages (the underlying property of
which, in Nomura's reasonable judgment, is promptly capable of supporting an
optimal securitization of such indebtedness with a structure and pursuant to
documentation which is usual and customary for securitizations by Nomura and
which satisfy rating agency standards) on comparable quality assets as Denver
and St. John and on terms that will provide Nomura with comparable pricing,
fees, debt service coverage, collateralization, amortization and other economic
terms, in the aggregate, as Nomura would have received had the indebtedness of
Denver and St. John been securitized by Nomura instead of being prepaid.
The contemplated loans on Atlanta aggregating up to $34.2 million will not
be secured by any lien or encumbrance on the equity interests in Westin Portman
Peachtree II L.L.C. On the Closing Date, the $15 million of related credit
enhancement from the Members for capital improvements over three years will
become credit enhancement (on the same terms and conditions) from Starwood
Corporation and the Starwood Operating Partnership and the Members will be
released by Nomura and its affiliates from any obligation on such credit
enhancement after such date. Securitization of the indebtedness related to
Atlanta may proceed as planned by Nomura.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS
7.1. CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE MERGER. The
respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or
prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. This Agreement shall have been duly approved by
holders of Starwood Trust Shares and Starwood Corp. Shares constituting the
number of Starwood Trust Shares and Starwood Corp. Shares required to approve
this Agreement in accordance with applicable law and the Declaration of Trust
and Articles of Incorporation, as applicable, and Trust Regulations and by-laws,
as applicable, of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp., the laws of the State of
Maryland and the rules of the NYSE (the "Requisite Vote"), and the Merger shall
have been duly approved by the holders of Starwood Trust Shares and Starwood
Corp. Shares constituting the Requisite Vote.
(b) Regulatory Consents. The waiting period applicable to the consummation
of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated and, other than the filings provided for
in Section 1.7, all notices, reports and other filings required to be made prior
to the Effective Time by the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies or any
of their respective Subsidiaries with, and all consents, registrations,
approvals, permits and authorizations required to be obtained prior to the
Effective Time by the Westin Companies or the Starwood Companies or any of their
respective Subsidiaries from, any Governmental Entity (collectively,
"Governmental Consents") in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby by the Westin Companies and the Starwood Companies shall
have been made or obtained (as the case may be), except those the failure to
make or to obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely
to have a Westin Material Adverse Effect or a Starwood Material Adverse Effect
or to provide a
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reasonable basis to conclude that the parties hereto or any of their affiliates
or respective directors, officers, agents, advisors or other representatives
would be subject to the risk of criminal liability.
(c) Litigation. No court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction
shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law, statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order
(whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains,
enjoins or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, an "Order"), and no Governmental
Entity shall have instituted any proceeding therefor.
7.2. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE STARWOOD COMPANIES. The obligations
of the Starwood Companies to effect the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the
Starwood Companies at or prior to the Effective Time of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
the Westin Companies set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such
representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date and except to
the extent that the Westin Companies have furnished revised sections of the
Westin Disclosure Letter (in which case such representations and warranties
shall speak as of the date the last revisions to the Westin Disclosure Letter
are furnished to the Starwood Companies)), and the Starwood Companies shall have
received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the Westin Companies
by the chief financial officer and secretary of Worldwide provided, however,
that notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, this Section
7.2(a) shall be deemed to have been satisfied even if (i) such representations
or warranties were not true and correct on the date of this Agreement but are so
true and correct on the Closing Date or (ii) any such representation or warranty
(other than the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1(a),
5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(e), 5.1(o), 5.1(t) and 5.1(u)) is untrue as written but such
representation or warranty would be true if any or all of the documents listed
on Schedule 7.2(a) hereof and the contents thereof (other than any documents
referenced in any such documents that are not themselves also listed on Schedule
7.2(a) hereof) were incorporated as exceptions to such representation and
warranty.
(b) Performance of Obligations of the Westin Companies. The Westin
Companies shall have performed in all material respects all material obligations
required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing
Date and the Starwood Companies shall have received a certificate to such effect
signed on behalf of the Westin Companies by the chief financial officer and
secretary of Worldwide to such effect.
(c) Legal Opinion. (i) No later than the earliest to occur of (a) November
25, 1997, (b) the date of the occurrence of the transaction contemplated in
Section 6.1(b)(iv)(a) hereof and (c) the date of the occurrence of the
transaction contemplated in Section 6.1(b)(iv)(d), the Starwood Companies shall
have received the opinion of Sidley & Austin, special counsel to the Starwood
Companies, subject to assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Westin Companies,
to the effect that (A) the Merger will constitute a "reorganization" with the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (B) Starwood Trust will continue to
qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes after consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) The Starwood Companies shall have received the opinion of Sidley &
Austin, special counsel to the Starwood Companies, dated the Closing Date, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex E-1, which opinion shall restate
as of the Closing Date the opinion described in Section 7.2(c)(i).
(iii) Starwood Trust shall have received an opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell,
special counsel to the Westin Companies, dated the Closing Date, substantially
in the form attached hereto as Annex E-3.
(d) Accountants Letter. The Starwood Companies shall have received from
Arthur Andersen LLP the "comfort letter" described in Section 6.5(b).
(e) Fairness Opinion. The Special Committee of Disinterested Trustees of
the Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust and the Special Committee of
Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of Starwood Corp. shall have
received an opinion of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in a form satisfactory
to each
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board, to the effect that the Merger, the Subsidiary Contributions and the other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement are fair, from a financial point of
view, to Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp.
(f) Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred, since the date
of this Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition,
properties, business or results of operations of the Westin Companies and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or any development or combination of developments
individually or in the aggregate, that has had or is reasonably likely to have a
Westin Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Change in Tax Laws. There shall not have been any changes in the U.S.
federal income tax laws that materially and adversely affects the ability of
Starwood Trust to consummate the Merger as a "tax-free reorganization" under the
Code or on the ability of Starwood Trust to maintain its status as a REIT for
purposes of the Code.
(h) Financing. There shall have been no change in the general economic,
financial or market conditions in the United States that materially and
adversely affects that ability of the Starwood Companies to obtain the financing
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(i) FIRPTA Certificate. LLC, each Member and any other person receiving
Starwood Securities or other consideration pursuant to this Agreement shall have
delivered to the Starwood Companies a certification of nonforeign status, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Starwood Companies, in
accordance with Treas. Reg. sec. 1.1445-2(b), and the Starwood Companies shall
have no actual knowledge that such certification is false or receive a notice
that the certification is false pursuant to Treas. Reg. sec. 1.1445-4.
(j) Consents. The owners of hotels party to management, franchise or
similar agreements with the Westin Companies and the unaffiliated third party
investors in Joint Venture Affiliates and ground lessors of Hotels (or the
properties on which such Hotels are located) from whom consents, approvals or
authorizations are required to be obtained in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have delivered
written notices of their intention to terminate such agreements or ground leases
("Termination Notices"); provided that this condition shall be deemed to have
been satisfied unless the projected 1998 management fee and/or franchise fee
and/or other revenues (other than marketing fees (including portions of
management and franchise fees that are allocated to marketing fees) and
reimbursed expenses and other revenue items that do not result in a profit for
the Westin Companies) from all such contracts in respect of which such notices
have been received, equal or exceed, in the aggregate, $8,000,000; provided,
further, that this condition shall be deemed to have been waived by the Starwood
Companies if the Starwood Companies do not elect not to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a result of the failure to
satisfy this condition on or prior to November 25, 1997; provided, however, that
in the event the transaction described on Section 6.1(b)(iv)(a) shall not have
occurred prior to November 25, 1997, the foregoing reference to November 25,
1997 shall be deemed to be a reference to the earlier to occur of (i) the
occurrence of the transaction contemplated by Section 6.1(b)(iv)(a) or (ii) the
date that is fourteen days before the Stockholders' Meeting referred to in
Section 6.4. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, 50% of the projected 1998
management fee and/or franchise fee and/or other revenues with respect to
management, franchise or similar agreements that are subject to the provisions
of the License and Master Assignment Agreement, dated as of May 12, 1995, among
Westin International Asia Pacific Corporation, Aoki Corporation, Westin Hotel
Company and the other parties thereto, shall be included in determining whether
the $8,000,000 threshold in the previous sentence has been equaled or exceeded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, applicable written consents or approvals (as
distinguished form Termination Notices), including such approvals as are
required for modifications to Joint Venture Agreements and/or the execution of
supplementary agreements reasonably required for the continued ownership of
Joint Venture Affiliates in a manner consistent with the REIT or Paired Share
qualification requirements applicable to the Starwood Companies, shall be
required from such owners, unaffiliated third party investors or ground lessors
(collectively, the "Third Parties"), as applicable, with respect to the assets
identified on Schedule 7.2(j), and the failure to obtain any such consent or
approval from the applicable Third Party shall be deemed to be the delivery by
such Third Party of a Termination Notice for purposes of the first proviso to
the first sentence of this Section 7.2(j).
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(k) Other Agreements. WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura and Bartels shall have
executed and delivered an indemnity agreement in the form agreed to on the date
hereof (the "Other Agreement"), and there shall have been established, on or
prior to the Closing Date, with respect to the matters described in the Other
Agreement, an escrow arrangement relating to the Starwood Securities received by
the stockholders of the Westin Subsidiaries other than WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura
and Bartels, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Starwood
Companies, providing for the same pro rata economic effect with respect to such
stockholders as the Other Agreement provides for WHWE, Woodstar, Nomura and
Bartels.
(l) Nomura Consents. Nomura and Property Acquisition Trust, as the case may
be, shall have consented to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
under all debt agreements relating to indebtedness of the Joint Venture
Affiliates, Westin Companies and their respective Subsidiaries and under any
joint venture agreements, limited liability agreements or partnership agreements
to which Nomura is a party; provided, however, the foregoing shall not require
Nomura to consent to the assumption by any of the Starwood Companies of the
Subordinated Debt of Westin Hotel Company issued to Nomura pursuant to the
Subordinated Note and Class B Purchase Agreement dated as of May 12, 1995 among
Nomura and certain Westin Companies or the Participation Agreement dated as of
May 12, 1995, among Nomura, the Members, the LLC and the other parties thereto
and nothing herein shall be deemed to be such a consent.
7.3. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF THE WESTIN COMPANIES. The obligations of
the Westin Companies to effect the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Westin
Companies at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
the Starwood Companies set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such
representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date and except to
the extent that the Starwood Companies have furnished revised sections of the
Starwood Disclosure Letter (in which case such representations and warranties
shall speak as of the date the last revisions to the Starwood Disclosure Letter
are delivered to the Westin Companies and the Members), and the Westin Companies
shall have received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the
Starwood Companies by the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Starwood
Trust and of Starwood Corp. to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations of the Starwood Companies. The Starwood
Companies shall have performed in all material respects all material obligations
required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing
Date, and the Westin Companies shall have received a certificate signed on
behalf of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. by the Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp., respectively, to such effect.
(c) Legal Opinion. (i) No later than the earliest to occur of (a) November
25, 1997, (b) the date of the occurrence of the transaction contemplated by
Section 6.1(c)(iv)(a), and (c) the date of the occurrence of the transaction
contemplated in Section 6.1(b)(iv)(d), the Westin Companies shall have received
the opinion of Sidley & Austin, special counsel to the Starwood Companies,
subject to assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Westin Companies, to the
effect that (A) the Merger will constitute a "reorganization" with the meaning
of Section 368(a) of the Code and (B) Starwood Trust will continue to qualify as
a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes after consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) The Westin Companies shall have received the opinion of Sidley &
Austin, special counsel to the Starwood Companies, dated the Closing Date, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex E-1, which opinion shall restate
as of the Closing Date the opinion described in Section 7.3(c)(i).
(iii) The Westin Companies shall have received the opinion of Sidley &
Austin, special counsel to the Starwood Companies, dated the Closing Date, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex E-2-A, and the opinion of Piper
& Marbury LLP, special counsel to the Starwood Companies, dated the Closing
Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex E-2-B.
(d) Accountant Letters. The Westin Companies shall have received the
"comfort letter" described in Section 6.5(b).
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(e) Registration Rights Agreement. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. shall
have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement substantially in
the form of Annex F hereto.
(f) Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred, since the date
of this Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition,
properties, business or results of operations of the Starwood Companies and
their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or any development or combination of
developments individually or in the aggregate, that has had or is reasonably
likely to have a Starwood Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Registration and Listing. Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp. will
register and list on the NYSE the shares of Starwood Paired Shares issuable in
exchange for Class A EPS and Class B EPS issued pursuant to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and
such Starwood Paired Shares shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE
upon official notice of issuance. In the event of a Change in Control of the
Starwood Companies in which the stockholders of the Starwood Companies receive
registered securities of another Person, it shall be a condition to the
consummation of such Change in Control transaction that the Person that acquires
the Starwood Companies in such Change in Control, or the surviving entity in
such Change in Control transaction, shall establish an effective registration
statement with respect to the securities of such Person received by the Members
or their transferees in such a transaction that permits the sale of such
securities by such Members or transferees in a registered public offering for so
long as such a registration statement is required for the Members or their
transferees to sell publicly such shares.
(h) Subordinated Debt. The Subordinated Debt referred to in Section 7.2(l)
shall have been repaid in full unless Nomura shall have otherwise agreed in
writing.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
8.1. TERMINATION BY MUTUAL CONSENT. This Agreement may be terminated and
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at
any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the approval by
stockholders of Starwood Corp. and the shareholders of Starwood Trust referred
to in Section 7.1(a), by mutual written consent of the Westin Companies and
Starwood Companies by action of their respective Boards of Trustees or
Directors.
8.2. TERMINATION BY EITHER THE STARWOOD COMPANIES OR WESTIN COMPANIES. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by
action of the Board of Trustees, Boards of Directors or Boards of Managers of
Starwood Corp., Starwood Trust or the LLC, as the case may be, if (i) the Merger
shall not have been consummated by January 31, 1998, whether such date is before
or after the date of approval by the stockholders of Starwood Trust and the
unitholders of Starwood Corp. (the "Termination Date"), (ii) the approval of the
stockholders of Starwood Corp., and the unitholders of Starwood Trust as
required by Section 7.1(a) shall not have been obtained at a meeting duly
convened therefor or (iii) any Order permanently restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby shall become final and non-appealable (whether before or
after the approval by the stockholders of Starwood Trust and Starwood Corp.);
provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clause (i)
above shall not be available to any party that has breached (or whose Affiliate
has breached) in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in
any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the
failure of the Merger to be consummated.
8.3. TERMINATION BY THE WESTIN COMPANIES. This Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned
at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the approval by
stockholders of Starwood Corp. and the unitholders of Starwood Trust, as
required by Section 7.1(a), by action of the Board of Managers of the LLC if (i)
the Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust or the Board of Directors of Starwood
Corp. shall have withdrawn or adversely modified its approval or recommendation
of this Agreement in a manner adverse to the Westin Companies, (ii) there has
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been a material breach by the Starwood Companies of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement that is not curable
or, if curable, is not cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach
or (iii) as contemplated by penultimate sentence of Section 9.14(b).
8.4. TERMINATION BY STARWOOD TRUST OR STARWOOD CORP. This Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the
approval by the stockholders of Starwood Corp. or the shareholders of Starwood
Trust as required by Section 7.1(a), by action of the Board of Directors of
Starwood Corp. or the Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust if (i) there has been
a material breach by the Westin Companies of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement that is not curable or, if
curable, is not cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach is
given by the Starwood Companies to the party committing such breach (provided
that if such 30-day period would but for this proviso extend past January 2,
1998, such period shall be deemed to end on January 2, 1998) or (ii) as
contemplated by the penultimate sentence of Section 9.14(a), in the case of
either (i) or (ii) above, by action to such effect of the Board of Directors of
Starwood Corp. or the Board of Trustees of Starwood Trust.
8.5. EFFECT OF TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT.
(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to this
Article VIII, this Agreement (other than as set forth in Section 9.1) shall
become void and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto
(or of any of its trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, legal and
financial advisors or other representatives); provided, however, except as
otherwise provided herein, no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of
any liability or damages resulting from any wilful breach of this Agreement.
(b) In the event that (a) this Agreement is terminated by the Westin
Companies pursuant to Section 8.3, (b) the condition set forth in Section 7.1(a)
shall not have been satisfied and this Agreement shall have been terminated
pursuant to Section 8.2, (c) the Starwood Companies shall have failed to satisfy
any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a), (b), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (d),
(e) or (g) on or prior to the Closing Date and the Westin Companies shall, by
written notice delivered to Starwood Trust, elect not to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby as a result of such failure or (d) the Starwood
Companies otherwise fail to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, then the Starwood Companies shall promptly, but in no event later
than five business days after the date of such event, pay the Westin Companies a
termination fee of $5,000,000 and shall promptly, but in no event later than
five business days after the date of such event, pay all the charges and
expenses incurred by the Westin Companies and the Members in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in an amount
not to exceed $5,000,000, in each case payable by wire transfer of same day
funds; provided, however, that no such payment shall be required in the event
that (i) the Westin Companies shall have failed, after the expiration of 30 days
after receipt by the Westin Companies of written notice of such failure during
which the Westin Companies shall have the opportunity to cure any such failure,
provided, that such cure period shall not extend beyond January 2, 1998 unless
the parties shall have agreed to extend the Closing Date to a date that is later
than January 2, 1998 to satisfy any condition specified in Section 7.2 that is
required to be satisfied by the Westin Companies prior to the Closing Date, (ii)
the Starwood Companies elect not to consummate the transactions as a result of
the failure of the satisfaction of the condition specified in Section 7.1(b) or
(c) or 7.2(a), (b), (c)(iii), (d), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k) or (l) or Section
9.14 or (iii) the Starwood Companies fail to deliver the opinions of Sidley &
Austin required to be delivered by Section 7.3(c)(i) or (ii), and the sole cause
of such failure is a change in the factual circumstances of the Westin Companies
occurring after the date hereof that causes one or more explicit assumptions
contained in the opinion attached hereto as Annex E-1 to be untrue as of the
Closing Date. The Starwood Companies' payment shall be the sole and exclusive
remedy of the Westin Companies against the Starwood Companies and any of their
Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
advisors or other representatives with respect to the breach of any covenant or
agreement giving rise to such payment. The Starwood Companies acknowledge that
the agreements contained in this Section 8.5(b) are an integral part of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements,
the Westin Companies would not enter into this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
9.1. SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION. This Article IX and the agreements of
the Westin Companies, the Members and the Starwood Companies contained in
Sections 1.4 (Working Capital Adjustments), 6.6 (b) (Taxation), 6.9
(Registration and Stock Exchange Listing), 6.11 (Benefits), 6.12 (Expenses),
6.15 (Name and Management of Starwood Corp. and Starwood Trust.), 6.16
(Additional Covenants), 6.20 (Liquor and other Licenses), 6.21 (Solicitation of
Employees), 6.28 (Additional Agreements with Nomura), 7.3(g) (Registration and
Listing) and 9.10 (Transfer Taxes) and this Section 9.1 shall survive the
consummation of the Merger. This Article IX, the agreements of the Westin
Companies, the Members and the Starwood Companies contained in Section 6.12
(Expenses), Section 6.18 (Closing after January 2, 1998), Section 8.5 (Effect of
Termination and Abandonment) and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement. All other representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements in this Agreement shall not survive the consummation of the
Merger or the termination of this Agreement.
9.2. MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT. Subject to the provisions of applicable
law, at any time prior to or after the Effective Time, the parties hereto may
modify or amend this Agreement, by written agreement executed and delivered by
duly authorized officers of the respective parties.
9.3. WAIVER OF CONDITIONS. The conditions to each of the parties'
obligations to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in
whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable law.
9.4. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.
9.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (A) THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF. The parties
hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State
of New York solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the
provisions of this Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement,
and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the
interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that it is not
subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is
not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate
or that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such
courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to
such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a New York State
or Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court
jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the subject matter of such
dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any
such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 9.6 or in such other
manner as may be permitted by law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND
THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY
UNDERSTANDS AND
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HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS
WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION 9.5.
9.6. NOTICES. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be
given hereunder by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered
personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by
facsimile:
if to the Starwood Companies
Starwood Lodging Trust
c/o Starwood Capital Group
3 Pickwick Plaza
Suite 2500
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Attention: Chairman
Fax: (203) 861-2101
(with a copy to Sherwin Samuels, Esq.,
Sidley & Austin,
555 West Fifth Street,
Los Angeles, California 90013
Fax: (213) 896-6600.)
if to the Westin Companies
WHWE L.L.C.
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Stuart M. Rothenberg
Barry S. Volpert
Fax: (212) 357-5505
and to:
Woodstar Investor Partnership
c/o Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
Three Pickwick Plaza, Suite 250
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Attention: Barry S. Sternlicht
Fax: (203) 861-2101
and to:
Juergen Bartels
Westin Hotel Company
The Westin Building
2001 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98121
Fax: (206) 443-8932
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and to:
Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
2 World Financial Center
Building B
New York, New York 10281
Attention: Daniel S. Abrams
Fax: (212) 667-1022
(with a copy to Joseph C. Shenker, Esq.,
Sullivan & Cromwell,
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
Fax: (212) 558-3588
and with a copy to Gary Silverman, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Fax: (312) 861-2200.)
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the
party to receive such notice as provided above.
9.7. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS. Except as expressly agreed
in a separate writing signed by the parties hereto on or after the date of this
Agreement, this Agreement (including any exhibits hereto), the Westin Disclosure
Letter, the Starwood Disclosure Letter, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Confidentiality Agreement, dated January 8, 1997, between Starwood Trust and W&S
Hotel L.L.C. (the "Confidentiality Agreement") and the Other Agreement
constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements,
understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the
parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES
THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT,
NONE OF THE STARWOOD COMPANIES NOR ANY OF THE WESTIN COMPANIES MAKES ANY OTHER
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND EACH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES MADE BY ITSELF OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, WITH
RESPECT TO THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE OTHER OR
THE OTHER'S REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH
RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING.
9.8. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Except with respect to injunctive relief
in respect of Section 6.11 (Benefits), this Agreement is not intended to confer
upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
9.9. OBLIGATIONS OF THE STARWOOD COMPANIES AND OF THE WESTIN COMPANIES.
Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of a Starwood Company to take any
action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part
of such Starwood Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever
this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of a Westin Company to take any action,
such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of such
Westin Company and the Members to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and,
after the Effective Time, on the part of the Surviving Trust to cause such
Subsidiary to take such action.
9.10. TRANSFER TAXES. Any liability arising out of the transactions
contemplated hereby in respect of any state or local real property, transfer,
documentary transfer, recording or other transfer tax shall be borne by
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Starwood Trust, Starwood Corp., Starwood Realty Partnership or Starwood
Operating Partnership, as applicable, and expressly shall not be a liability of
the stockholders of the Westin Companies.
9.11. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability or the other provisions hereof. If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any
circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable
provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be
valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable
provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such
provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such
invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application
thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
9.12. INTERPRETATION; CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS.
(a) The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of
reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed
to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in
this Agreement is made to a Section, Annex, Schedule or Exhibit, such reference
shall be to a Section of or Exhibit or Annex to this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. Whenever the words "include," "includes" or "including" are used in
this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without
limitation." For purposes of this Agreement, "indebtedness" includes
indebtedness for borrowed money and capitalized lease obligations.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term (1) "Affiliate" means, with respect
to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person, and (2) "Purchased
Entities" means the Westin Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries and all other
entities of which any of Westin Subsidiaries or any of their Subsidiaries has a
direct ownership interest, including the Joint Venture Affiliates.
9.13. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. (a) The rights of each party under this
Agreement shall not be assignable by such party prior to the Effective Time
without the written consent of each of the other parties. Following the
Effective Time, any party may assign any of its rights hereunder, but no such
assignment shall relieve it of its obligations hereunder.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns. The successors and
permitted assigns hereunder shall include without limitation, in the case of the
Starwood Companies, any permitted assignee as well as the successors in interest
to such permitted assignee (whether by merger, liquidation (including successive
mergers or liquidations) or otherwise). Except as provided in Section 6.11,
nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended or shall be
construed to confer upon any Person other than the parties and successors and
assigns permitted by this Section 9.13 any right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.
9.14. DISCLOSURE LETTER UPDATING. (a) The Westin Companies may revise the
Westin Disclosure Letter to reflect any changes that occur after the date hereof
or to reflect matters coming to the attention of the Westin Companies after the
date hereof by delivering a revised Westin Disclosure Letter (or portion
thereof) to the Starwood Companies at any time prior to ten business days prior
to the Closing Date, marked to show changes from the most recent previously
delivered Westin Disclosure Letter (or such portion thereof). The Starwood
Companies shall have the right to review the revised Westin Disclosure Letter
(or such portion thereof) for a period of ten business days after receipt
thereof. If during such ten business-day period the Starwood Companies shall
have made a reasonable determination that the revised information contained in
the Westin Disclosure Letter (or such portion thereof), together, in the case of
the first revision to the Westin Disclosure Letter, with any document referred
to in the Westin Disclosure Letter as of the date hereof which is not listed in
Schedule 7.2(a) (without giving effect to any revision thereof occurring after
the date hereof), would have on the Closing Date caused the condition set forth
in Section 7.2(a) not to have been satisfied, the Starwood Companies shall have
the right to deliver a notice to the Westin Companies during such period to the
effect that the Starwood Companies are electing to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.4. If the Starwood Companies do not give such notice
within such period, the Starwood Companies shall be
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deemed to have accepted such revisions and/or the inclusion of such additional
documents as a revision to Schedule 7.2(a), and the Westin Disclosure Letter
shall be deemed to be superseded by the revised Westin Disclosure Letter.
(b) The Starwood Companies may revise the Starwood Disclosure Letter to
reflect any changes that occur after the date hereof or to reflect matters
coming to the attention of the Starwood Companies after the date hereof by
delivering a revised Starwood Disclosure Letter (or portion thereof) to the
Westin Companies and the Members at any time prior to ten business days prior to
the Closing Date, marked to show changes from the most recent previously
delivered Starwood Disclosure Letter (or such portion thereof). The Westin
Companies shall have the right to review the revised Starwood Disclosure Letter
(or such portion thereof) for a period of ten business days after receipt
thereof. If during such ten business-day time period the Westin Companies and
the Members shall have made a reasonable determination that the revised
information contained in the Starwood Disclosure Letter (or such portion
thereof) would have on the Closing Date caused the condition set forth in
Section 7.3(a) not to have been satisfied, the Westin Companies shall have the
right to deliver a notice to the Starwood Companies during such period to the
effect that the Westin Companies and the Members are electing to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.3. If the Westin Companies and the Members do
not give such notice within such period, the Westin Companies shall be deemed to
have accepted such revisions, and the Starwood Disclosure Letter shall be deemed
to be superseded by the revised Starwood Disclosure Letter.
9.15. INDEX TO DEFINED TERMS. The capitalized terms set forth below have
been defined herein in the respective Sections or other parts hereof set forth
below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEFINED TERM SECTION OR OTHER PART
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<S> <C>
Acquisition Expenses........................................ Sec. 6.12
Actual Scheduled Expenditures............................... Sec. 1.3(d)
Actual Unscheduled Expenditures............................. Sec. 1.3(e)
Affiliate................................................... Sec. 9.12(b)
Affiliates Letter........................................... Sec. 6.8
Agreement................................................... Caption
Assume...................................................... Sec. 1.1(c)
Atlanta..................................................... Caption
Atlanta Shares.............................................. Sec. 1.1(c)
Audit Date.................................................. Sec. 5.1(f)
Auditor..................................................... Sec. 1.4(e)
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception............................. Sec. 5.1(c)
Bartels..................................................... Caption
Budgeted Scheduled Expenditures............................. Sec. 1.3(d)
Class A EPS................................................. Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Class B EPS................................................. Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Certificate................................................. Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Closing Balance Sheets...................................... Sec. 1.4(b)
Closing Working Capital..................................... Sec. 1.4(f)
Code........................................................ 4th Recital
Compensation and Benefit Plans.............................. Sec. 5.1(h)(i)
Confidentiality Agreement................................... Sec. 9.7
Consumables................................................. Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Contract.................................................... Sec. 5.1(q)(ii)
Current Assets.............................................. Sec. 1.4(f)
Current Liabilities......................................... Sec. 1.4(f)
Declaration of Trust........................................ Sec. 2.1
Delaware Certificate of Merger.............................. Sec. 1.7
Denver...................................................... Caption
Denver Shares............................................... Sec. 1.1(c)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEFINED TERM SECTION OR OTHER PART
------------ ---------------------
<S> <C>
DGCL........................................................ Sec. 1.2
Dissenting Shares........................................... Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Dissenting Stockholders..................................... Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Documents................................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Effective Time.............................................. Sec. 1.7
Environmental Laws.......................................... Sec. 5.1(j)(i)
Environmental Property Transfer Acts........................ Sec. 5.1(j)(vii)
ERISA....................................................... Sec. 5.1(h)(i)
ERISA Affiliate............................................. Sec. 5.1(h)(i)
Estimated Working Capital................................... Sec. 1.4(a)
Estimated Working Capital Balance Sheet..................... Sec. 1.4(a)
Exchange Act................................................ Sec. 5.2(d)(1)
Excluded Shares............................................. Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Fixtures and Tangible Personal Property..................... Sec. 5.19(p)(ix)
GAAP........................................................ Sec. 1.4(f)
Government Antitrust Entity................................. Sec. 6.5(f)
Governmental Entity......................................... Sec. 5.1(d)(i)
Governmental Consents....................................... Sec. 7.1(b)
Hazardous Substance......................................... Sec. 5.1(j)(v)
Hotel....................................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Hotel Agreement............................................. Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Hotel Names................................................. Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
HSR Act..................................................... Sec. 5.1(d)(i)
Improvements................................................ Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Intellectual Property Rights................................ Sec. 5.1(r)(vii)
IRS......................................................... Sec. 5.1(h)(ii)
Joint Venture Affiliates.................................... Sec. 5.1(s)
Joint Venture Agreement..................................... Sec. 5.1(s)
Land........................................................ Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
Lauderdale.................................................. Caption
Lauderdale Shares........................................... Sec. 1.1(b)
Laws........................................................ Sec. 5.1(i)
Leased Properties........................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(ii)
Lien........................................................ Sec. 5.1(p)(ix)
LLC......................................................... Caption
Maryland Articles of Merger................................. Sec. 1.7
Maryland Assessments Department............................. Sec. 1.7
MCA......................................................... Sec. 1.2
Members..................................................... Caption
Merger...................................................... 1st Recital
Merger Consideration........................................ Sec. 1.3(a)(i)
Multiemployer Plan.......................................... Sec. 5.1(h)(i)
Nomura...................................................... Caption
NYSE........................................................ Sec. 5.2(d)(i)
Order....................................................... Sec. 7.1(c)
Owned Properties............................................ Sec. 5.1(p)(i)
Pension Plan................................................ Sec. 5.1(h)(ii)
Permitted Liens............................................. Sec. 5.1(p)(i)
Prepayable Debt............................................. Sec. 6.1(c)
Proposed Expenditure........................................ Sec. 1.3(e)
Proxy Statement............................................. Sec. 6.3
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEFINED TERM SECTION OR OTHER PART
------------ ---------------------
<S> <C>
Purchased Entities.......................................... Sec. 9.12(b)
Real Property, Real Properties.............................. Sec. 5.1(p)(iv)
Real Property Entity, Real Property Entities................ Sec. 5.1(p)(i)
Real Property Laws.......................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(viii)
Real Property Permits....................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(vii)
Redistributed Subsidiary Shares............................. Sec. 1.1(g)
REIT........................................................ Sec. 5.2(k)
Representatives............................................. Sec. 6.7
Requisite Vote.............................................. Sec. 7.1(a)
St. John.................................................... Caption
St. John Shares............................................. Sec. 1.1(d)
Seattle..................................................... Caption
Seattle Shares.............................................. Sec. 1.1(a)
Securities Act.............................................. Sec. 5.1(t)(ii)
Significant Subsidiaries.................................... Sec. 5.2(a)
Single Employer Plan........................................ Sec. 5.1(h)(iii)
Space Leases................................................ Sec. 5.1(p)(i)(5)
Starwood Affiliated Group................................... Sec. 5.2(i)
Starwood Audit Date......................................... Sec. 5.2(e)
Starwood Companies.......................................... Caption
Starwood Corp............................................... Caption
Starwood Corp. Shares....................................... Sec. 5.2(b)
Starwood Disclosure Letter.................................. Sec. 5.2
Starwood Material Adverse Effect............................ Sec. 5.2(a)
Starwood Operating Partnership.............................. Caption
Starwood Operating Partnership Units........................ Sec. 1.1(d)
Starwood Realty Partnership................................. Caption
Starwood Realty Partnership Units........................... Sec. 1.1(a)
Starwood Reports............................................ Sec. 5.2(e)
Starwood Securities......................................... Sec. 6.16(f)
Starwood Trust.............................................. Caption
Starwood Trust Requisite Vote............................... Sec. 5.2(c)(i)
Starwood Trust Shares....................................... Sec. 5.2(b)
Starwood Trust Stock Plan................................... Sec. 5.2(b)
Starwood Voting Debt........................................ Sec. 5.2(b)
Stockholders Meeting........................................ Sec. 6.4
Subsidiary.................................................. Sec. 5.1(a)
Subsidiary Contribution..................................... Sec. 1.1(e)
Surviving Trust............................................. Caption
Tax, Taxes, Taxable......................................... Sec. 5.1(l)
Tax Return.................................................. Sec. 5.1(l)
Tax Sharing Arrangement..................................... Sec. 5.1(l)
Tenant Leases............................................... Sec. 5.1(p)(ii)
Termination Date............................................ Sec. 8.2
Trademarks.................................................. Sec. 5.1(r)(i)(1)
Transfer.................................................... Sec. 6.16(f)
Westin Affiliated Group..................................... Sec. 5.1(l)
Westin Companies............................................ Caption
Westin Contracts............................................ Sec. 5.1(d)(ii)
Westin Disclosure Letter.................................... Sec. 5.1
Westin Group................................................ Sec. 1.4(a)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEFINED TERM SECTION OR OTHER PART
------------ ---------------------
<S> <C>
Westin Material Adverse Effect.............................. Sec. 5.1(a)
Westin Subsidiaries......................................... Caption
Westin Voting Debt.......................................... Sec. 5.1(b)
WHWE........................................................ Caption
Woodstar.................................................... Caption
Working Capital............................................. Sec. 1.4(f)
Worldwide................................................... Caption
Worldwide Debt.............................................. Sec. 1.3(a)
Worldwide Shares............................................ Sec. 1.3(a)
</TABLE>
9.16. STARWOOD TRUST. The name "Starwood Trust" is the designation of
Starwood Trust and its Trustees (as Trustees but not personally) under a
Declaration of Trust dated August 25, 1969 as amended and restated, and all
Persons dealing with Starwood Trust must look solely to Starwood Trust's
property for the enforcement of any claims against Starwood Trust, as the
Trustees, officers, agents and security holders of Starwood Trust assume no
personal obligations of Starwood Trust, and their respective properties shall
not be subject to claims of any Person relating to such obligation.
9.17. NOMURA. The parties hereto acknowledge that Nomura owns a nonvoting
membership interest in the LLC and that such interest does not give Nomura the
ability to control the ongoing operations and activities of the LLC. The parties
agree that Nomura will not be personally liable for the actions of the LLC to
the extent it does not have the ability to control the operations, activities or
decisions of the LLC.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written
above.
W&S Hotel L.L.C.
By: /s/ STUART M. ROTHENBERG
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Name: Stuart M. Rothenberg
Title: Vice President
WHWE L.L.C.
By: Whitehall Street Real Estate
Limited Partnership V,
Member and Manager
By: WH Advisors, L.P. V,
General Partner
By: WH Advisors, Inc. V,
General Partner
By: /s/ STUART M. ROTHENBERG
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Name: Stuart M. Rothenberg
Title: Vice President
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By: GS Capital Partners, L.P.,
Member and Manager
By: GS Advisors, L.P.,
General Partner
By: GS Advisors, Inc.,
General Partner
By: /s/ RICHARD FRIEDMAN
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Name: Richard Friedman
Title: President
Woodstar Investor Partnership
By: Marswood Investors, L.P.
General Partner
By: Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
General Partner
By: BSS Capital Partners, L.P.
General Partner
By: Sternlicht Holdings II, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ BARRY STERNLICHT
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Name: Barry Sternlicht
Title: President
Juergen Bartels
/s/ JUERGEN BARTELS
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Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
By: /s/ DANIEL S. ABRAMS
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Name: Daniel S. Abrams
Title: Vice President
W&S Lauderdale Corp.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richard Mahoney
Title: Vice Presidents and Treasurer
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W&S Seattle Corp.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richard Mahoney
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Westin St. John Hotel Company, Inc.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richard Mahoney
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
W&S Denver Corp.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richard Mahoney
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
W&S Atlanta Corp.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richard Mahoney
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Inc.
By: /s/ RICHARD MAHONEY
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Name: Richad Mahoney
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Starwood Lodging Trust
By: /s/ GARY MENDELL
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Name: Gary Mendell
Title: President
Starwood Lodging Corporation
By: /s/ ERIC DANZIGER
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Name: Eric Danziger
Title: President
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SLT Realty Limited Partnership
By: Starwood Lodging Trust,
General Partner
By: /s/ GARY MENDELL
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Name: Gary Mendell
Title: President
SLC Operating Limited Partnership
By: Starwood Lodging Corporation,
General Partner
By: /s/ ERIC DANZIGER
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Name: Eric Danziger
Title: President
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EXHIBIT B
MORGAN STANLEY
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
1585 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036
(212) 761-4000
SEPTEMBER 9, 1997
The Special Committee of the Disinterested Trustees of the Board of Trustees
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST 2231 East Camelback Road, Suite 410 Phoenix, AZ 85016
The Special Committee of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION 2231 East Camelback Road, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ
85016
Members of the Special Committees of the Boards:
We understand that W&S Hotel LLC ("LLC"), Westin Worldwide Hotels and
Resorts, Inc. ("Worldwide"), W&S Lauderdale Corp. ("Lauderdale"), W&S Seattle
Corp. ("Seattle"), Westin St. John Hotel Company ("St. John"), W&S Denver Corp.
("Denver"), and W&S Atlanta Corp. ("Atlanta") (Worldwide, Lauderdale, Seattle,
St. John, Denver and Atlanta are collectively referred to herein as "Westin" or
the "Company"), on the one hand, and Starwood Lodging Trust, SLT Realty Limited
Partnership, Starwood Lodging Corporation and SLC Operating Limited Partnership
(collectively "Starwood"), on the other hand, and certain other parties propose
to enter into a Transaction Agreement (dated September 8, 1997) (the
"Transaction Agreement") which provides, among other things, for (i) certain
reoganization and restructuring transactions within Westin, to be followed by
(ii) the contribution, in each case, by LLC (or its members) of all the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of Seattle, Lauderdale and Denver to SLT
Realty Limited Partnership in exchange for Starwood Realty Partnership Units (as
defined in the Transaction Agreement) and the assumption by SLT Realty Limited
Partnership of specified indebtedness, (iii) the contribution, in each case, by
LLC (or its members) of all the issued and outstanding stock of Atlanta and St.
John to SLC Operating Limited Partnership in exchange for Starwood Operating
Partnership Units (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and the assumption
of SLC Operating Limited Partnership of specified indebtedness, and (iv) the
merger of Worldwide with and into Starwood Lodging Trust. As a result of the
series of transactions (the "Transaction") contemplated in the Transaction
Agreement and subject to the adjustments provided for in the Transaction
Agreement, Starwood will pay in the aggregate approximately $178 million in
cash, 6,285,783 shares of Class A Exchangeable Preferred Stock of Starwood
Lodging Trust ("A EPS") (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), 5,294,783
shares of Class B Exchangeable Preferred
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MORGAN STANLEY
Stock of Starwood Lodging Trust ("B EPS") (as defined in the Transaction
Agreement), 597,844 Starwood Realty Partnership Units and 393,156 Starwood
Operating Partnership Units, and Starwood will assume in the aggregate
approximately $1,064 million in indebtedness. Following the Transaction, Westin
will be wholly owned by Starwood. The terms and conditions of the Transaction
are more fully set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
You have asked for our opinion as to whether the aggregate consideration to
be paid by Starwood to acquire Westin pursuant to the Transaction Agreement is
fair from a financial point of view to Starwood.
For purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have
(i) reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial
and operating data concerning the Company prepared by the
management of the Company;
(ii) reviewed certain financial projections prepared by the management
of the Company;
(iii) discussed the past and current operations and financial condition
and the prospects of the Company with senior executives of the
Company;
(iv) reviewed certain publicly available financial statements and other
information of Starwood;
(v) analyzed certain internal financial statements and other financial
operating data concerning Starwood prepared by Starwood management;
(vi) reviewed certain financial projections of Starwood and the Company
prepared by the management of Starwood;
(vii) discussed with the management of Starwood their views of the
strategic rationale for the Transaction and the cost savings and
other synergies expected to result from the Transaction;
(viii) reviewed and discussed with management of Starwood its assessment
of the impact of the Transaction on the management and franchise
contracts of the Company;
(ix) discussed the past and current operations and financial condition
and the prospects of Starwood with senior executives of Starwood,
and analyzed the pro forma projected impact of the Transaction on
Starwood's financial condition and results of operations;
(x) reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the "paired"
common stock of Starwood Lodging Corporation and common stock of
Starwood Lodging Trust;
(xi) compared the financial performance of the Company with that of
certain other comparable publicly-traded companies and their
securities;
(xii) reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available,
of certain comparable acquisition transactions;
(xiii) participated in discussions and negotiations concerning the
Transaction among representatives of the Company and Starwood and
their financial and legal advisors;
(xiv) reviewed the Transaction Agreement, and certain related documents;
and
(xv) reviewed such other information and performed such other analyses
as we have deemed appropriate.
We have assumed and relied upon, without independent verification, the
accuracy and completeness of the information reviewed by us for the purposes of
this opinion. With respect to the financial projections, we have assumed that
they have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting management's best
currently available estimates and judgments of the future financial performance
of the Company and Starwood,
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MORGAN STANLEY
respectively. We have relied upon, without independent verification, the
assumptions of the management of Starwood regarding the cost savings and other
synergies expected to result from the Transaction. We have relied upon, without
independent verification, the assessment by management of Starwood as to the
impact of the Transaction on the management and franchise contracts of the
Company. We have not made any independent valuation or appraisal of the assets
or liabilities of the Company. We have also assumed that the Transaction will be
consummated in accordance with the terms set forth in the Transaction Agreement
without material waiver or amendment, and that the Federal income tax
consequences of the Transaction to Starwood will be as contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement. Our opinion is necessarily based on economic, market and
other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as
of, the date hereof.
We have acted as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the
Disinterested Trustees of the Board of Trustees of Starwood Lodging Trust and
the Special Committee of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors
of Starwood Lodging Corporation in connection with the Transaction and will
receive a fee for our services, which is contingent on consummation of the
transaction. We understand and agree that the Board of Trustees of Starwood
Lodging Trust and the Board of Directors of Starwood Lodging Corporation may
rely on this opinion as if it were directly addressed to them.
Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion on the date
hereof that the aggregate consideration to be paid by Starwood to acquire Westin
pursuant to the Transaction Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to
Starwood.
Very truly yours,
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
By: /s/ DEVIN I. MURPHY
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Devin I. Murphy
Principal
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EXHIBIT C
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 1997)
I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSES AND GENERAL. The purposes of the 1995 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") of Starwood Lodging Trust (the "Trust"), as amended and
restated as of November 12, 1997, are to align the interests of the Trust's
shareholders and the recipients of awards under this Plan by increasing the
proprietary interest of such recipients in the Trust's growth and success and to
advance the interests of the Trust by attracting and retaining officers, key
employees, consultants and advisers, as well as qualified persons for service as
trustees of the Trust ("Trustees"). For purposes of this Plan, references to
employment by or service as an officer, employee, consultant, adviser or Trustee
of the Trust shall also mean employment by or service as an officer, employee,
consultant, adviser, trustee or director of a subsidiary of the Trust. In
addition, references to Trustees include persons elected as Trustees who will
begin to serve as Trustees at a future date.
This Plan seeks to accomplish the foregoing purposes by providing a means
whereby (i) options to purchase from the Trust shares of beneficial interest,
par value $.01 per share, of the Trust ("Trust Shares") and options to purchase
from the Trust shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Starwood
Lodging Corporation ("Corporation Shares") may be granted in accordance with
Section II to Eligible Persons and shall be granted, in accordance with Section
V, to Trustees, (ii) awards of Trust Shares and Corporation Shares may be
granted in accordance with Section III to Eligible Persons ("Restricted Stock
Awards"), and shall be granted in accordance with Section V to Trustees (such
awards to Trustees and the Restricted Stock Awards are herein referred to as
"Stock Awards"), and (iii) Performance Awards may be granted in accordance with
Section IV to Eligible Persons. Pursuant to an Agreement dated June 25, 1980, as
amended, between the Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation (the "Corporation"),
all outstanding Trust Shares and Corporation Shares are paired on a one-for-one
basis and trade as units consisting of one Trust Share and one Corporation Share
("Paired Shares"). Accordingly, each option to purchase Trust Shares (a "Trust
Share Option") shall be paired with an option to purchase an equal number of
Corporation Shares (a "Corporation Share Option" and each such paired Trust
Share Option and Corporation Share Option is herein referred to as a "Paired
Option"); similarly, each award of Trust Shares shall be paired with an award of
an equal number of Corporation Shares.
Each Paired Option or Stock Award may be exercised, terminated, cancelled,
forfeited, transferred or otherwise disposed of only in units consisting of
Paired Shares. Accordingly, a Trust Share Option, or portion thereof, or an
award of a Trust Share, or portion thereof, may be exercised, terminated,
cancelled, forfeited, transferred or otherwise disposed of only in connection
with, and to the same extent as, the exercise, termination, cancellation,
forfeiture, transfer or other disposition of a Corporation Share Option or an
award of Corporation Share, as the case may be. The Committee may designate that
a Trust Share Option constituting part of a Paired Option is intended to be an
"incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any successor provision (an
"incentive share option"). No Corporation Share Option constituting part of a
Paired Option hereunder may be an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code.
1.2 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the words set forth in the
Glossary contained in Section 7.13 shall have the meanings therein indicated.
1.3 ADMINISTRATION. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Any
one or a combination of the following Awards may be made under this Plan to
Eligible Persons: (i) Paired Options; (ii) Restricted Stock Awards; (iii)
Performance Awards. The Committee may, subject to the terms of this Plan, select
Eligible Persons for participation in the Plan and shall determine the form,
amount and timing of each Award and, if applicable, the number of Paired
Options, shares of Restricted Stock, Paired Shares or Performance Awards subject
to such an Award, the exercise price or base price associated with the Award,
including the
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portion that is attributable to the Trust Share or Trust Share Option and the
Corporation Share or the Corporation Share Option, respectively, the time and
conditions of exercise or settlement of the Award and all other terms and
conditions of the Award, including without limitation the form of the Agreement
relating to the Award. The Committee may, in its sole discretion and for any
reason at any time, subject to the requirements imposed by Section 162(m) of the
Code and regulations promulgated thereunder in the case of an Award intended to
be qualified performance-based compensation, take action such that (i) any or
all outstanding Paired Options shall become exercisable in part or in full, (ii)
all or a portion of the Restriction Period applicable to any outstanding
Restricted Stock Award shall lapse, (iii) all or a portion of the Performance
Period applicable to any outstanding Performance Award shall lapse, (iv) the
Performance Measures applicable to any outstanding Paired Option or Restricted
Stock Award and to any outstanding Performance Award shall be deemed to be
satisfied in whole or in part.
The Committee shall, subject to the terms of this Plan, interpret this Plan
and the application thereof, establish rules and regulations it deems necessary
or desirable for the administration of this Plan and may impose, incidental to
the grant of an Award, conditions with respect to the Award, such as limiting
competitive employment or other activities. All such interpretations, rules,
regulations and conditions shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. Each
Award shall be evidenced by a written Agreement between the Trust and the holder
setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to such Award.
Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall have
the authority:
(1) to determine from among those persons eligible to receive an Award
the particular Eligible Persons who will receive any Awards;
(2) to grant Awards to Eligible Persons, determine the price at which
Awards will be offered or awarded and the amount of Awards to any of such
Persons, and determine the other specific terms and conditions of such
Awards consistent with the express limits of this Plan, and establish the
installments (if any) in which such Awards shall become exercisable or
shall vest, or determine that no delayed exercisability or vesting is
required, and establish the events of termination or reversion (if any) of
such Awards;
(3) to approve the forms and terms of Agreements, which need not be
identical either as to type of Award or among Eligible Persons;
(4) to construe and interpret this Plan and any Agreements, further
define the terms used in this Plan and prescribe, amend and rescind rules
and regulations relating to the administration of this Plan;
(5) to cancel, modify or waive the Trust's rights with respect to, any
or all outstanding Awards;
(6) to accelerate the exercisability or vesting or extend the term of
any or all such outstanding Awards within the maximum term permitted under
this Plan; and
(7) to make all other determinations and take such other action as
contemplated by this Plan or as may be necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Plan and the effectuation of its purposes.
Any action taken by, or inaction of, the Trust, the Board or the Committee
relating or pursuant to this Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of
that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. No
member of the Board or Committee, or officer of the Trust or any subsidiary,
shall be liable for any such action or inaction of the entity or body, of
another person or, except in circumstances involving bad faith, of himself or
herself. Subject only to compliance with the express provisions hereof, each of
the Board and the Committee may act in its absolute discretion in matters within
its authority related to this Plan.
In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under
this Plan, the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, may obtain and rely
upon the advice of experts, including professional advisors to the Trust. No
trustee, officer or agent of the Trust shall be liable for any such action or
determination taken or made or omitted in good faith.
The Committee may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to
individuals who are officers or employees of the Trust.
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The Committee may delegate some or all of its power and authority hereunder
to the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer or other executive
officer of the Trust as the Committee deems appropriate; provided, however, that
the Committee may not delegate its power and authority with regard to (i) the
grant of an Award to any person who is a "covered employee" within the meaning
of Section 162(m) of the Code or who, in the Committee's judgment, is likely to
be a covered employee at any time during the period an Award hereunder to such
employee would be outstanding, if the Committee intends that compensation
payable pursuant to such an Award be qualified performance-based compensation,
or (ii) the selection for participation in this Plan of an officer or other
person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or decisions concerning the
timing, pricing or amount of an Award to such an officer or other person.
A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of the
Committee shall be either (i) acts of a majority of the members of the Committee
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or (ii) acts approved in
writing by all of the members of the Committee without a meeting.
1.4 ELIGIBILITY. Participants in this Plan shall consist of such officers,
key employees, consultants, advisers and Trustees of the Trust and its
subsidiaries as the Committee in its sole discretion may select from time to
time ("Eligible Persons"), provided that only employees of the Trust (or a
subsidiary of the Trust) will be Eligible Persons to whom may be granted a
Paired Option which includes a Trust Share Option designated as an incentive
share option. The Committee's selection of a person to participate in this Plan
at any time shall not require the Committee to select such person to participate
in this Plan at any other time. Trustees shall also participate in this Plan in
accordance with Section V.
1.5 SHARES AVAILABLE. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.7,
the aggregate number of Paired Shares available from time to time for all Awards
of Paired Options or Stock Awards under this Plan and the Corporation's 1995
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Corporation Plan") (with respect to Paired
Options, including all Paired Options whether or not they include Trust Share
Options that are designated as incentive share options) shall be equal to the
Aggregate Limit (as defined below), reduced by the aggregate number of Paired
Shares subject to outstanding Paired Options and outstanding Stock Awards under
this Plan and the Corporation Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
7.7, the number of Paired Shares available for grants of Paired Options that
include Trust Share Options that are designated as incentive share options shall
be equal to the Aggregate Limit, reduced by the aggregate number of Paired
Shares which become subject to (x) outstanding Paired Options under this Plan,
including each Paired Option that does not include a Trust Share Option that is
designated as an incentive share option and (y) outstanding options to purchase
Paired Shares under the Corporation Plan. As used herein (i) "Aggregate Limit"
means 9,850,000 ; provided that if the ITT Merger is consummated, the "Aggregate
Limit" shall mean a fixed number of Paired Shares equal to eleven and one-half
percent (11 1/2%) of the total number of outstanding Paired Shares immediately
after consummation of the ITT Merger, after giving effect to the exchange or
conversion into Paired Shares of all securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for Paired Shares (including, without limitation, preferred shares
of the Trust and Units of SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership which are convertible into or exchangeable for Paired
Shares) and the issuance of Paired Shares underlying all Paired Options and
Restricted Stock Awards which may be granted under this Plan and the Corporation
Plan and (ii) "ITT Merger" means the merger contemplated by the Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of October 19, 1997 among ITT Corporation, the
Corporation, the Trust and Chess Acquisition Corp., as such agreement may be
amended from time to time.
To the extent that Paired Shares subject to (i) an outstanding Paired
Option, (ii) an outstanding option to purchase Paired Shares under the
Corporation Plan or (iii) a Stock Award, are not issued or delivered or are
cancelled or forfeited by reason of the expiration, termination, cancellation or
forfeiture of any such Award or by reason of the delivery or withholding of
Paired Shares to pay all or a portion of the exercise price of an Award, if any,
or to satisfy all or a portion of the tax withholding obligations relating to an
Award, then such Paired Shares shall again be available under this Plan.
Paired Shares to be delivered under this Plan shall be made available (i)
(A) by the Trust from authorized and unissued Trust Shares issued by the Trust
directly to the holder and (B) by the Trust from authorized and unissued
Corporation Shares issued by the Corporation directly to the Trust for delivery
to the holder, (ii) from authorized and issued Paired Shares acquired and held
by the Trust or (iii) a combination thereof.
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The maximum number of Paired Shares with respect to which Paired Options or
Stock Awards or a combination thereof may be granted during the calendar year
beginning on January 1, 1996 to any person shall be 1,250,000 and during any
calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 1997 shall be 900,000 (taking
into account the three-for-two stock split to shareholders of record as of
December 30, 1996, distributed as of January 27, 1997), in each case subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 7.7.
II. PAIRED OPTIONS
2.1 AWARDS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Paired Options to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the Committee.
Each Trust Share Option, or portion thereof, that is not an incentive share
option, shall be a non-qualified share option. Each Paired Option that includes
a Trust Share Option that is designated as an incentive share option shall be
granted within ten years of the original effective date of this Plan (June 29,
1995). To the extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the
date of grant) of Trust Shares with respect to which Trust Share Options
designated as incentive share options are exercisable for the first time by a
holder during any calendar year (under this Plan or any other plan of the Trust
or any parent or subsidiary) exceeds the amount (currently $100,000) established
by the Code, such Trust Share Options shall constitute non-qualified share
options. The "fair market value" of a Trust Share shall be that portion of the
Fair Market Value of a Paired Share which the Committee determines to be
attributable to the Trust Share by applying in good faith a method of valuation
permissible under Section 422 of the Code.
2.2 TERMS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. Paired Options shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall
deem advisable:
(a) Number of Paired Shares and Purchase Price. The number of Paired
Shares subject to a Paired Option and the purchase price per Paired Share
purchasable upon exercise of the Paired Option, including the portions of
the purchase price of a Paired Share that are attributable to a Trust Share
and a Corporation Share, respectively, shall be determined by the
Committee; provided, however, that (i) the purchase price per Paired Share
shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on
the date of grant of such Paired Option, (ii) the portion of the purchase
price of a Paired Share which the Committee determines to be attributable
to a Trust Share shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a
Trust Share on the date of grant of such Paired Option, and (iii) the
portion of the purchase price of a Paired Share which the Committee
determines to be attributable to a Corporation Share (including the portion
of the purchase price, if any, of any such option attributable to a
Corporation Share) shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of
a Corporation Share on the date of grant of such Paired Option; provided
further, that if a Trust Share Option designated as an incentive share
option shall be granted to any person who, at the time such incentive share
option is granted, owns shares of beneficial interest possessing more than
ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
shares of beneficial interest of the Trust (or of any parent or subsidiary)
(a "Ten Percent Holder"), the purchase price per Trust Share shall be the
price (currently 110% of fair market value of a Trust Share) required by
the Code in order to constitute an incentive share option. The fair market
value of a Corporation Share shall be that portion of the Fair Market Value
of a Paired Share which the Committee determines to be attributable to the
Corporation Share.
(b) Option Period and Exercisability. The period during which a Paired
Option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee; provided,
however, that no Paired Option which includes a Trust Share Option
designated as an incentive share option shall be exercised later than ten
years after its date of grant; provided further, that if a Paired Option
which includes a Trust Share Option designated as an incentive share option
shall be granted to a Ten Percent Holder, such Paired Option shall not be
exercised later than five years after its date of grant. The Committee
shall determine whether a Paired Option shall become exercisable in
cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full at any
time. An exercisable Paired Option, or portion thereof, may be exercised
only with respect to whole
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Paired Shares. Except to the extent otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, in the event of a Change of Control, such
Paired Option shall become immediately exercisable for the full amount of
Paired Shares subject thereto and shall be exercisable until expiration of
the term of such Paired Option.
(c) Method of Exercise. A Paired Option may be exercised (i) by giving
written notice to the Trust specifying the number of whole Paired Shares to
be purchased and accompanied by payment therefor in full (or arrangement
made for such payment to the Trust's satisfaction) either (A) in cash, (B)
by delivery of previously owned whole Paired Shares (which the holder has
held for at least six months prior to the delivery of such Paired Shares or
which the holder purchased on the open market and for which the holder has
good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances) having a Fair
Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the aggregate
purchase price payable by reason of such exercise, (C) in cash by a
broker-dealer acceptable to the Trust to whom the holder has submitted an
irrevocable notice of exercise or (D) a combination of (A) and (B), in each
case to the extent set forth in the Agreement relating to the Paired Option
and (ii) by executing such documents as the Trust may reasonably request.
The Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove of an election
pursuant to any of the foregoing clauses (B) through (D). Any fraction of a
Paired Share which would be required to pay such purchase price shall be
disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the
holder. No certificate representing a Paired Share shall be delivered until
the full purchase price therefor has been paid.
2.3 (Omitted)
2.4 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination without
Cause. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement relating to a Paired
Option, if the optionee's employment with the Trust or service as a
consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates by reason of Disability, death,
or involuntary termination by the Trust without Cause, each Paired Option
held by such optionee shall be fully exercisable and may thereafter be
exercised by such optionee (or such optionee's executor, administrator,
legal representative, beneficiary or similar person, as the case may be)
until and including the earliest to occur of (i) the date which is one year
(or such other period as set forth in the Agreement relating to such Paired
Option) after the effective date of such optionee's termination of
employment or service or date of death, as the case may be, and (ii) the
expiration date of the term of such Paired Option.
(b) Termination for Cause. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, if the optionee's employment with the Trust or
service as a consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates for Cause, each
Paired Option held by such optionee, whether or not then exercisable, shall
terminate automatically on the effective date of such optionee's
termination of employment or service.
(c) Other Termination. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, if the optionee's employment with the Trust or
service as a consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates for any reason other
than Disability, death, involuntary termination by the Trust without Cause
or Cause, each Paired Option held by such optionee shall be exercisable
only to the extent that such Paired Option is exercisable on the effective
date of such optionee's termination of employment or service and may
thereafter be exercised by such optionee (or such optionee's legal
representative or similar person) until and including the earliest to occur
of (i) the date which is three months (or such other period as set forth in
the Agreement relating to such Paired Option) after the effective date of
such optionee's termination of employment or service and (ii) the
expiration date of the term of such Paired Option.
(d) Death Following Termination of Employment or Service. Unless
otherwise specified in the Agreement relating to a Paired Option, if an
optionee dies during the one-year period following termination of
employment or service by reason of Disability or involuntary termination by
the Trust without Cause, or if an optionee dies during the three-month
period following termination of employment or service for any reason other
than involuntary termination by the Trust without Cause, Disability or
Cause (or, in each case, such other period as the Committee may specify in
the Agreement relating to a
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Paired Option), each Paired Option held by such optionee may thereafter be
exercised by such optionee's executor, administrator, legal representative,
beneficiary or similar person, as the case may be, until and including the
earliest to occur of (i) the date which is three months (or such other
period as set forth in the Agreement relating to such Paired Option) after
the date of death (but in the case of death following termination of
employment or service by reason of Disability or involuntary termination by
the Trust without Cause, no less than one year (or such other period as set
forth in the Agreement relating to such paired Option) after the date of
termination of employment or service), and (ii) the expiration date of the
term of such Paired Option.
III. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
3.1 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Restricted Stock Awards to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the
Committee.
3.2 TERMS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Restricted Stock Awards shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional
terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the
Committee in its discretion shall deem advisable.
(a) Number of Shares and Other Terms. The number of Paired Shares
subject to a Restricted Stock Award and the Performance Measures (if any)
and Restriction Period applicable to a Restricted Stock Award shall be
determined by the Committee.
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Agreement relating to a Restricted
Stock Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee in its
discretion and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of
the Paired Shares subject to such Award either (i) in accordance with the
attainment or satisfaction of specified Performance Measures during the
specified Restriction Period or (ii) over a period of years of employment
by, service to or compliance with agreements with the Trust during the
specified Restriction Period (or both), and for the forfeiture of the
Paired Shares subject to such Award (x) if specified Performance Measures
are not satisfied or met during the specified Restriction Period or (y) if
the holder of such Award does not remain in the employment of or service to
the Trust or in compliance with such agreements with the Trust during the
specified Restriction Period. Except to the extent otherwise specified in
the Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, all Paired Shares
subject to such an Award shall immediately vest in full in the event of a
Change of Control.
(c) Share Certificates. During the Restriction Period, a certificate
or certificates evidencing Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock
Award may be registered in the holder's name and may bear a legend, in
addition to any legend which may be required pursuant to Section 7.6,
indicating that the ownership of the Paired Shares represented by such
certificate is subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of this
Plan and the Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock Award. All such
certificates shall be deposited with the Trust, together with stock powers
or other instruments of assignment (including a power of attorney), each
endorsed in blank with a guarantee of signature if deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Trust, which would permit transfer to the Trust of all
or a portion of the Trust Shares and to the Corporation all or a portion of
the Corporation Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award in the event
such Award is forfeited in whole or in part. Upon termination of any
applicable Restriction Period (and the satisfaction or attainment of any
applicable Performance Measures), subject to the Trust's right to require
payment of any taxes in accordance with Section 7.5, a certificate or
certificates evidencing ownership of the requisite number of Paired Shares
shall be delivered to the holder of such Award.
(d) Rights with Respect to Restricted Stock Awards. Unless otherwise
set forth in the Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, and
subject to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, the holder
of such Award shall have all rights as a stockholder of the Trust and the
Corporation, including, but not limited to, voting rights, the right to
receive dividends and the right to participate in any capital adjustment
applicable to all holders of Paired Shares.
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3.3 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination Without
Cause. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement relating to a Restricted
Stock Award, if the holder's employment with the Trust or service as a
consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates by reason of Disability, death or
involuntary termination by the Trust without Cause, the Restriction Period
shall terminate as of the effective date of such holder's termination of
employment or service, and any applicable Performance Measures shall be
computed through such date.
(b) Other Termination. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement
relating to a Restricted Stock Award, if the holder's employment with the
Trust or service as a consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates for any
reason other than Disability, death or involuntary termination without
Cause, the portion of such Award which is subject to a Restriction Period
on the effective date of such holder's termination of employment or service
shall be forfeited by such holder and such portion shall be cancelled by
the Trust.
IV. PERFORMANCE AWARDS
4.1 PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Performance Awards to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the Committee.
4.2 TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. Performance Awards shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall
in its discretion deem advisable.
(a) Grant of Performance Awards. A Performance Award may be granted
only in tandem with a Paired Option which is being or was granted under
Section II and shall apply to all or such portion of the Paired Shares
subject to such Paired Option as the Committee may designate. The
Performance Period and Performance Measures of a Performance Award shall be
as designated by the Committee.
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Agreement relating to a Performance
Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee in its
discretion and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of
such Award if specified Performance Measures are satisfied or met during
the specified Performance Period, and for the forfeiture of such award if
specified Performance Measures are not satisfied or met during the
specified Performance Period. To the extent not otherwise provided in such
Agreement, such vesting and forfeiture provisions shall be as provided in
this Plan.
(c) Settlement of Vested Performance Awards. Vested Performance Awards
shall be settled in cash to the extent that both (i) the applicable Paired
Option has been exercised (whether before or after expiration of the
Performance Period) with respect to Paired Shares subject to the
Performance Award and (ii) the Performance Period has expired. The amount
shall be the sum (without interest or compounding) of all dividends and
distributions per Paired Share (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 7.7) during the Performance Period and thereafter through any
subsequent exercise of Paired Options, multiplied by the number of such
Paired Shares purchased upon such exercise. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in the Agreement relating to a Performance Award, in the event of
a Change of Control the Performance Period shall expire and the Performance
Measures shall be computed through such date and the applicable Performance
Award shall forthwith be settled on the date of such Change of Control or
if later upon exercise of the applicable Paired Option. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Committee in good faith determines that a payment in
settlement of a Performance Award will or is likely to render the Trust
insolvent, the Committee may elect to defer such payment for a reasonable
period of time and to pay at a later date with interest at such reasonable
rate as the Committee may determine.
4.3 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination Without
Cause. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the Agreement relating
to a Performance Award, if the employment of the holder of a Performance
Award or his or her service as a consultant, adviser or Trustee of the
Trust is terminated by
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reason of Disability, death or involuntary termination by the Trust without
Cause, the Performance Period with respect to such Performance Award shall
terminate and the Performance Measures shall be computed through such date
and the applicable Performance Award shall be settled as described in
Section 4.2(c) as soon as practicable within 10 days thereafter, or if
later, upon exercise of the applicable Paired Option.
(b) Other Termination. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the
Agreement relating to a Performance Award, if the holder's employment with
the Trust or service as a consultant, adviser or Trustee terminates for any
reason other than Disability, death, or involuntary termination by the
Trust without Cause, then the Performance Period for such Performance Award
shall be deemed to end on the date of such termination, no Performance
Measure shall be recognized or deemed attained, satisfied or met, and the
holder's Performance Award shall be forfeited to and cancelled by the
Trust.
V. CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRUSTEES
5.1 ELIGIBILITY. Each Trustee who is not an employee of the Trust or the
Corporation or a subsidiary of either ("Eligible Trustee") shall be granted
Paired Options and Paired Shares in accordance with this Section V. All Trust
Share Options and Corporation Share Options included in the Paired Options
granted under this Section V shall constitute non-qualified share options.
5.2 GRANTS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. Each Eligible Trustee shall be granted
Paired Options as follows:
(a) Time of Grant. On June 30 of each calendar year beginning in 1997
(or, if later than June 30, on the date on which a person is first elected
as a Trustee), each Eligible Trustee on such date shall be granted a Paired
Option to purchase 4,500 Paired Shares (9,000 Paired Shares if such person
is a Trustee of a subsidiary only and does not receive grants of Paired
Shares or any cash in lieu thereof under Section 5.3) which amount shall be
pro-rated if such person is first elected to serve as a Trustee on a date
other than June 30 of a calendar year, at a purchase price per Paired Share
equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the date of
grant of such Paired Option; provided, however, that the portion of the
purchase price of a Paired Share which is attributable to a Trust Share
shall be 100% of the fair market value of a Trust Share on the date of
grant of such Paired Option and the portion of the purchase price of a
Paired Share which is attributable to a Corporation Share shall be 100% of
the fair market value of a Corporation Share on the date of grant of such
Paired Option.
(b) Option Period and Exercisability. Each Paired Option granted under
this Article V shall be fully exercisable on and after its date of grant,
shall expire ten years after its date of grant (notwithstanding termination
of service as a Trustee for any reason prior to such ten-year anniversary
date) and may be exercised in whole or in part (only with respect to whole
Paired Shares). Paired Options granted under this Article V shall be
exercisable in accordance with Section 2.2(c).
(c) Death. If a Trustee dies while a Paired Option is outstanding,
such Paired Option may thereafter be exercised by such Trustee's executor,
administrator, legal representative, beneficiary or similar person, as the
case may be, until and including the expiration date of the term of such
Paired Option.
5.3 GRANTS OF PAIRED SHARES. During each calendar year commencing with
1997, each person who is an Eligible Trustee (except for Trustees of
subsidiaries) on the last day of March, July, September and December shall be
awarded, on a current basis or at the prior election of the Eligible Trustee
under Section 5.4 on a deferred basis, a number of Paired Shares (rounded to the
nearest whole share) equal to one-quarter of $25,000 divided by the Fair Market
Value of a Paired Share on the immediately preceding December 31; provided that
the foregoing $25,000 shall be reduced, but not below $12,500, to the extent an
Eligible Trustee elects (prior to such immediately preceding December 31, or
with respect to any person who became an Eligible Trustee subsequent to such
date, within 10 days of becoming an Eligible Trustee) to receive cash in lieu of
Paired Shares under this Section 5.3 (a "Cash Election"). The Paired Shares
awarded pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not be Restricted Stock.
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5.4 DEFERRAL ELECTION. On or before December 31, 1996 and on or before
each subsequent December 31 (or in the case of a person who first becomes an
Eligible Trustee subsequent to December 31, within 10 days of becoming an
Eligible Trustee), an Eligible Trustee may, by written notice to the Trust,
elect to defer receipt (a "Deferral Election") of any or all of the Paired
Shares provided in Section 5.3 (or cash to the extent of his or her Cash
Election under Section 5.3) which would otherwise be thereafter payable to him
or her in the manner prescribed by the Trust for such deferrals.
VI. SPECIAL
This Plan includes, or shall be deemed to include, without limitation, the
following Awards of Paired Options, Performance Awards (all of which include
Base Performance Measures) and Restricted Stock (unless otherwise indicated, all
Awards are as of August 12, 1996 and all Paired Options are exercisable at
$35.875, the Fair Market Value per Paired Share on that date):
1. BARRY S. STERNLICHT
(i) Award as of February 21, 1996 of 30,000 Paired Shares in the
form of warrants vesting over a one year period;
(ii) Paired Option to purchase 650,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the three year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 1999;
(iii) Paired Option to purchase 300,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the five year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 2001;
(iv) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the above Paired Options granted to Barry S. Sternlicht.
2. STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP L.L.C.
Award of 167,247 Paired Shares to Starwood Capital Group L.L.C.
vesting over the two year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 1998.
3. RONALD C. BROWN
(i) Paired Option to purchase 25,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the five year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 2001.
(ii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the above Paired Option granted to Ronald C. Brown.
(iii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the Paired Option granted April 30, 1996 to purchase 32,000 Paired
Shares exercisable at $33 per Paired Share vesting over the three year
period April 30, 1996 to April 30, 1999.
(iv) Award of 15,000 Paired Shares vesting over the three year
period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 1999.
4. STEVEN R. GOLDMAN
(i) Paired Option to purchase 25,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the five year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 2001.
(ii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the above Paired Option granted to Steven R. Goldman.
(iii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the Paired Option granted April 30, 1996 to purchase 35,000 Paired
Shares exercisable at $33 per Paired Share vesting over the three year
period April 30, 1996 to April 30, 1999.
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(iv) Award of 25,000 Paired Shares vesting over the three year
period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 1999.
VII. GENERAL
7.1 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. This Plan, as amended and restated as
of November 12, 1997, shall be submitted to the shareholders of the Trust for
approval within one year after the date of approval of such amendment and
restatement by the Board and, if approved by a majority of all the votes cast at
a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present, shall become effective
as of November 12, 1997 and shall apply, without limitation, to all Awards then
or theretofore made or granted under this Plan. This Plan shall terminate on
June 29, 2005 (ten years after its original effective date) unless terminated
earlier by the Board. Termination of this Plan shall not affect the terms or
conditions of any Award granted prior to termination.
Awards may be granted hereunder at any time prior to the termination of
this Plan, provided that no Award may be granted later than ten years after the
original effective date of this Plan. In the event that this Plan, as amended
and restated as of November 12, 1997, is not approved by the shareholders of the
Trust within one year after the date of approval by the Board, the amendments
made as of November 12, 1997 and any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan as so
amended and restated shall be null and void; provided that such failure to
obtain shareholder approval shall have no effect on the Plan, as amended and
restated as of August 12, 1996, or any Paired Options awarded thereunder.
7.2 AMENDMENTS. The Board may amend this Plan as it shall deem advisable,
subject to any requirement of shareholder approval required by applicable law,
rule or regulation including Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and Sections 422
and 856 of the Code; provided, however, that any amendment with respect to the
persons eligible to participate in this Plan or the number of Paired Shares
available for Awards under this Plan shall not be effective without shareholder
approval of such amendment within 12 months before or after the date such
amendment is approved by the Board. No amendment may impair the rights of a
holder of an outstanding Award without the consent of such holder.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, without the approval by the
shareholders of the Trust, outstanding Paired Options may not be amended to
reduce their exercise price.
7.3 AGREEMENT. No Paired Option may be exercised and no other Award shall
be valid until confirmed in writing by the Trust, and, upon such confirmation,
the Award shall be effective as of the effective date set forth in such writing.
7.4 NON-TRANSFERABILITY. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option or a Performance Award, no Paired Option or
Performance Award shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures
approved by the Trust. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence,
each Paired Option or Performance Award may be exercised or settled during the
optionee's lifetime only by the optionee or the optionee's legal representative
or similar person. Except as permitted by the second preceding sentence, no
Paired Option or Performance Award shall be sold, transferred, assigned,
pledged, hypothecated, voluntarily encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether
by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or
similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
hypothecate, voluntarily encumber or otherwise dispose of any Paired Option or
Performance Award, such Paired Option or Performance Award and all rights
thereunder shall, to the extent of any such attempt, immediately become null and
void.
Restricted Stock granted under this Plan shall be transferable, subject to
the transferee's receiving such Restricted Stock subject to the same
restrictions as those applicable to the transferor. Upon any such transfer, the
transferee shall execute such appropriate documents that may be requested by the
Trust to evidence the transferee's acceptance of the restrictions applicable to
such Restricted Stock.
7.5 TAX WITHHOLDING. The Trust shall have the right to require, prior to
the delivery of any Paired Shares or the payment of any cash pursuant to an
Award made hereunder, payment by the holder of such Award of any federal, state,
local or other taxes which may be required to be withheld or paid in connection
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with such Award. An Agreement may provide that the holder of an Award may
satisfy any such obligation by any of the following means: (A) a cash payment to
the Trust, (B) delivery to the Trust of previously owned whole Paired Shares
(which such holder has held for at least six months prior to the delivery of
such Paired Shares or which such holder purchased on the open market and for
which such holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances)
having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation
to withhold or pay taxes arises in connection with an Award (the "Tax Date"),
equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (C) in the case of
the exercise of a Paired Option, a cash payment by a broker-dealer acceptable to
the Trust to whom the holder has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or
(D) any combination of (A) and (B), in each case to the extent set forth in the
Agreement relating to the Award; provided, however, that the Committee shall
have sole discretion to disapprove of an election pursuant to any of the
foregoing clauses (B) through (D). An Agreement may provide for Paired Shares to
be delivered having a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount required
to be withheld, but not in excess of the amount determined by applying the
holder's maximum marginal tax rate. Any fraction of a Paired Share which would
be required to satisfy such an obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining
amount due shall be paid in cash by the holder.
7.6 RESTRICTIONS ON PAIRED SHARES. Each Award hereunder shall be subject
to the requirement that if at any time the Trust determines that the listing,
registration or qualification of the Paired Shares subject to such Award upon
any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any
governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable
as a condition of, or in connection with, the delivery of Paired Shares
thereunder, such Paired Shares shall not be delivered unless such listing,
registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been
effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Trust. The
Trust may require that certificates evidencing Paired Shares delivered pursuant
to any Award made hereunder bear a legend indicating that the sale, transfer or
other disposition thereof by the holder is prohibited except in compliance with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, no Award hereunder shall be
exercisable or eligible for settlement if, as a result of either the ability to
exercise or settle, or the exercise or settlement of such Award, the Trust would
not satisfy the REIT Requirements in any respect. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, "REIT Requirements" shall mean the requirements for the Trust to (i)
qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) retain its status as grandfathered
pursuant to Section 132(c)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and (iii)
retain the benefits of that certain private letter ruling issued by the Internal
Revenue Service to the Trust dated as of January 4, 1980.
7.7 ADJUSTMENT. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange
of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or
event, or any distribution to holders of Paired Shares other than a regular cash
dividend, the number and class of securities available under this Plan, the
number and class of securities subject to each outstanding Paired Option, the
purchase price per security, and the number of securities subject to each Paired
Option and the number of Paired Shares to be granted to Trustees pursuant to
Article V, the number and class of securities subject to each outstanding Stock
Award and the terms of each outstanding Performance Award shall be appropriately
adjusted by the Committee, such adjustments to be made in the case of
outstanding Paired Options without an increase in the aggregate purchase price
or base price. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment shall
be final, binding and conclusive. If any adjustment would result in a fractional
security being (i) available under this Plan, such fractional security shall be
disregarded, or (ii) subject to an Award under this Plan, the Trust shall pay
the holder of such Award, in connection with the first vesting, exercise or
settlement of such Award in whole or in part, occurring after such adjustment,
an amount in cash determined by multiplying (A) the fraction of such security
(rounded to the nearest hundredth) by (B) the excess, if any, of (x) the Fair
Market Value of a Paired Share on the vesting, exercise or settlement date over
(y) the exercise price or base price, if any, of such Award.
With respect to any holder who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and
(d) of Section 2.4, paragraph (b) of Section 5.2 or as set
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forth pursuant to such paragraphs in any Agreement to which such holder is a
party (or as may be set forth in any Agreement pursuant to paragraph (b) of
Section 2.4), and notwithstanding the expiration date of the term of a Paired
Option, in the event the Trust is involved in a business combination which is
intended to be treated as a pooling of interests for financial accounting
purposes (a "Pooling Transaction") or pursuant to which such holder receives a
substitute option to purchase securities of any entity, including an entity
directly or indirectly acquiring the Trust, then each Paired Option (or option
in substitution thereof) held by such holder shall be exercisable to the extent
set forth in the Agreement evidencing such option until and including the latest
of (x) the date set forth pursuant to the then applicable paragraph of Section
2.4 or 5.2, or the expiration date of the term of the Paired Option, as the case
may be, (y) the date which is six months and ten business days after the
consummation of such business combination and (z) the date which is ten business
days after the date of expiration of any period during which such holder may not
dispose of a security issued in the Pooling Transaction in order for the Pooling
Transaction to be accounted for as a pooling of interests.
7.8 NO RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION OR EMPLOYMENT. No person shall have any
right to participate in this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any Award made
hereunder shall confer upon any person any right to continued employment by, or
service to, the Trust, any subsidiary or any affiliate of the Trust or affect in
any manner the right of the Trust, any subsidiary or any affiliate of the Trust
to terminate the employment of, or service by, any person at any time without
liability hereunder. For purposes of Section 2.4, Section 3.3, Section 4.3 and
Section 5.2, employment with the Trust or service as a consultant, adviser or
Trustee includes such employment or service with or for a subsidiary or
affiliate of the Trust. It does not, however, include such employment or service
with or for Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. or its successors.
7.9 RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER. No person shall have any rights as a
shareholder of the Trust or Corporation with respect to any Trust Shares or
Corporation Shares which are subject to an Award hereunder until such person
becomes a shareholder of record with respect to such Trust Shares or Corporation
Shares.
7.10 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. If permitted by the Trust, an Eligible
Person who is granted an Award hereunder may file with the Committee a written
designation of one or more persons as such Eligible Person's beneficiary or
beneficiaries (both primary and contingent) in the event of the person's death.
Each beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in
writing with the Committee during such Eligible Person's lifetime on a form
prescribed by the Committee. Such person's spouse who is domiciled in a
community property jurisdiction shall join in any designation of a beneficiary
other than such spouse. The filing with the Committee of a new beneficiary
designation shall cancel all previously filed beneficiary designations.
To the extent an outstanding Paired Option granted hereunder is exercisable
or an outstanding Performance Award may be settled in accordance with the terms
of this Plan and the Agreement relating to such Award, such beneficiary or
beneficiaries shall be entitled to exercise such Paired Option or settle such
Performance Award.
If such an Eligible Person fails to designate a beneficiary, or if all
designated beneficiaries predecease him, then each outstanding Award hereunder
held by such Eligible Person to the extent vested, exercisable or eligible for
settlement, may be exercised or settled by such Eligible Person's executor,
administrator, legal representative or similar person.
7.11 GOVERNING LAW. This Plan, each Award hereunder and the related
Agreement, and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant thereto, to
the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States,
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland and construed in
accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
7.12 TERMINATION OF PAIRING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, if at any time the Agreement dated June 25, 1980, as
amended, by and between the Trust and the Corporation, pursuant to which Trust
Shares and Corporation Shares are paired on a share-for-share basis, is
terminated for any reason and as a result of such termination Trust Shares and
Corporation Shares no longer are required to be transferred together, then
concurrently with such termination (i) Paired Options will no longer be granted
hereunder; (ii) Stock Awards and Performance Awards will no longer be made with
respect to Paired Shares;
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(iii) only Trust Share Options, Stock Awards and Performance Awards relating to
the Trust Shares may thereafter be granted or made hereunder; (iv) each then
outstanding Award shall constitute a wholly separate and independent Trust Share
Award and Corporation Share Award and the Trust, in its discretion, may require
that each Agreement evidencing such an Award be returned to the Trust for
cancellation in exchange for separate agreements evidencing the Trust Share
Award and Corporation Share Award subject to such Award; (v) Trust Share Awards
and Corporation Share Awards shall no longer be required to be exercised,
terminated, cancelled, forfeited, transferred or otherwise disposed of together;
and (vi) the fair market value and the "closing price" of the Trust Shares and
Corporation Shares as used herein shall thereafter be deemed to refer,
respectively, to the fair market value and the closing price of a Trust Share
and a Corporation Share.
7.13 GLOSSARY. As used herein, the following words shall have the meanings
indicated.
"AGREEMENT" shall mean the written agreement evidencing an Award hereunder
between the Trust and the recipient of such Award.
"AWARD" shall include a grant of Paired Options, a Restricted Stock Award,
an award of Paired Shares and an award of a Performance Award under this Plan.
"BASE PERFORMANCE MEASURE" shall mean a 15% Shareholder Return over the
Performance Period of five years commencing August 12, 1996.
"BOARD" shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
"CAUSE" shall mean embezzlement or misappropriation of the Trust's funds or
other assets, other act deemed by the Committee in the good faith exercise of
its sole discretion to be an act of dishonesty in respect to the Trust,
significant activities materially harmful to the reputation of the Trust,
willful and repeated refusal to perform or substantial disregard of the duties
properly assigned to the holder by the Trust (other than as a result of
Disability), material violation of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty
to the Trust or a material breach by the holder of the holder's employment
agreement with the Trust, if any (subject to any cure period therein provided).
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" shall mean:
(1) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (a "Person"),
including any "person" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of 51% or more of either (i) the
then outstanding Paired Shares, including for this purpose Partnership
Units of SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating Limited
Partnership exchangeable for Paired Shares (collectively, the "Outstanding
Paired Shares") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the Trust entitled to vote generally in the election of
trustees (the "Outstanding Voting Securities"); excluding, however, the
following: (A) any acquisition by the Trust, (B) any acquisition by an
employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Trust or any corporation or trust controlled by the Trust or (C) any
acquisition by any corporation or trust pursuant to a transaction which
complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (3) of this
definition.
(2) individuals who, as of January 1, 1997 constitute the Board (the
"Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of such Board; provided that any individual who becomes a trustee of the
Trust subsequent to January 1, 1997 whose election or nomination for
election by the Trust's shareholders was approved (other than in connection
with a material transaction relating to the Trust or the Corporation or
their assets or the Paired Shares or Partnership Units) by the vote of at
least majority of the Trustees then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
deemed a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, that any
individual who was initially elected as a Trustee of the Trust as a result
of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule
14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or any other
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consent by or on behalf of
any Person other than the Board shall not be deemed a member of the
Incumbent Board;
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(3) consummation by the Trust of a reorganization, merger or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Trust (a "Corporate Transaction"); excluding, however, a
Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (i) all or substantially all of the
individuals or entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the
Outstanding Paired Shares and the Outstanding Voting Securities immediately
prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 66 2/3% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of
beneficial interest or common stock, and the combined voting power of the
outstanding securities of such trust or corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of trustees or directors, as the case may be, of
the trust or corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction
(including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such
transaction owns the Trust or all or substantially all of the Trust's
assets either directly or indirectly) in substantially the same proportions
relative to each other as their ownership immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Paired Shares and the Outstanding
Voting Securities as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than: the
Trust; any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained
by the Trust or any trust or corporation controlled by the Trust; the trust
or corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; and any Person
which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction,
directly or indirectly, 33 1/3% or more of the Outstanding Paired Shares or
the Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be) will beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, 33 1/3% or more of, respectively, the
outstanding shares of beneficial interest or common stock of the trust or
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined
voting power of the outstanding securities of such trust or corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of trustees or directors and
(iii) individuals who were members of the incumbent Board will constitute
at least a majority of the members of the board of trustees or directors of
the trust or corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or
(4) approval by the shareholders of the Trust of a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Trust.
"COMMITTEE" shall mean the Committee designated by the Board, consisting of
two or more members of the Board, each of whom shall be (i) a "Non-Employee
Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) at
the election of the Board, an "outside director" within the meaning of Section
162(m) of the Code.
"DISABILITY" shall mean the inability of the holder of an Award
substantially to perform such holder's duties and responsibilities for a
continuous period of at least six months.
"ELIGIBLE PERSONS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall mean the closing transaction price of a Paired
Share as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions on the
first business day immediately preceding the date as of which such value is
being determined, or, if there shall be no reported transaction on such day, on
the next preceding business day for which a transaction was reported; provided
that if the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share for any date cannot be
determined as above provided, Fair Market Value of a Paired Share shall be
determined by the Committee by whatever means or method as the Committee, in the
good faith exercise of its discretion, shall at such time deem appropriate.
"PERFORMANCE MEASURES" shall mean the criteria and objectives, established
by the Committee, which shall be satisfied or met (i) as a condition to the
exercisability of all or a portion of a Paired Option, or (ii) during the
applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period as a condition to the
holder's receipt or retention, in the case of a Restricted Stock Award, of the
Paired Shares subject to such Award, or, in the case of a Performance Award, of
payment with respect to such Award. Such criteria and objectives may include,
without limitation, one or more of the following: the attainment by a Paired
Share of a specified Fair Market Value for a specified period of time, earnings
per share, return to stockholders (including dividends), return on equity,
earnings of the Trust, revenues, market share, funds from operations, cash flow
or cost reduction goals,
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or any combination of the foregoing. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
amend or adjust the Performance Measures or other terms and conditions of an
outstanding Award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the
Trust or its financial statements or changes in law or accounting principles. If
the Committee consists solely of "outside directors" (within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and the
Committee desires that compensation payable pursuant to any award subject to
Performance Measures shall be "qualified performance-based compensation" within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Performance Measures (i) shall be
established by the Committee no later than the end of the first quarter of the
Performance Period or Restriction Period, as applicable (or such other time
permitted pursuant to Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of
the Code or otherwise permitted by the Internal Revenue Service) and (ii) shall
satisfy all other applicable requirements imposed under Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that
such Performance Measures be stated in terms of an objective formula or
standard. Unless otherwise designated by the Committee, the Performance Measures
shall be the Base Performance Measure.
"PERFORMANCE PERIOD" shall mean any period designated by the Committee for
which the Performance Measures shall be calculated. The Performance Period shall
be the five year period commencing November 12, 1997 unless otherwise designated
by the Committee.
"PERFORMANCE AWARD" shall mean a right, contingent upon the attainment of
specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period, to receive
a payment in cash.
"RESTRICTED STOCK" shall mean Paired Shares that are subject to a
Restriction Period.
"RESTRICTION PERIOD" shall mean any period designated by the Committee
during which the Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award may not be
sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise voluntarily
encumbered or disposed of, except as provided in this Plan or the Agreement
relating to such award.
"SHAREHOLDER RETURN" shall mean the per annum compounded rate of increase
in the Fair Market Value of an investment in Paired Shares on the first day of
the Performance Period (assuming purchase of Paired Shares at their Fair Market
Value on such day) through the last day of the Performance Period, plus all
dividends or distributions paid with respect to such Paired Shares during the
Performance Period, and assuming reinvestment in Paired Shares of all such
dividends and distributions, adjusted to give effect to Section 7.7 of this
Plan.
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EXHIBIT D
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 1997)
I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSES AND GENERAL. The purposes of the 1995 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") of Starwood Lodging Corporation (the "Corporation"), as
amended and restated as of November 12, 1997, are to align the interests of the
Corporation's shareholders and the recipients of awards under this Plan by
increasing the proprietary interest of such recipients in the Corporation's
growth and success and to advance the interests of the Corporation by attracting
and retaining officers, key employees, consultants and advisers, as well as
qualified persons for service as directors of the Corporation ("Directors"). For
purposes of this Plan, references to employment by or service as an officer,
employee, consultant, adviser or Director of the Corporation shall also mean
employment by or service as an officer, employee, consultant, adviser or
director of a subsidiary of the Corporation. In addition, references to
Directors include persons elected as Directors who will begin to serve as
Directors at a future date.
This Plan seeks to accomplish the foregoing purposes by providing a means
whereby (i) options to purchase from the Corporation shares of common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation ("Corporation Shares") and options to
purchase from the Corporation shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per
share, of Starwood Lodging Trust ("Trust Shares") may be granted in accordance
with Section II to Eligible Persons and shall be granted, in accordance with
Section V, to Directors, (ii) awards of Corporation Shares and Trust Shares may
be granted in accordance with Section III to Eligible Persons ("Restricted Stock
Awards"), and shall be granted in accordance with Section V to Directors (such
awards to Directors and the Restricted Stock Awards are herein referred to as
"Stock Awards"), and (iii) Performance Awards may be granted in accordance with
Section IV to Eligible Persons. Pursuant to an Agreement dated June 25, 1980, as
amended, between the Corporation and Starwood Lodging Trust (the "Trust"), all
outstanding Corporation Shares and Trust Shares are paired on a one-for-one
basis and trade as units consisting of one Corporation Share and one Trust Share
("Paired Shares"). Accordingly, each option to purchase Corporation Shares (a
"Corporation Share Option") shall be paired with an option to purchase an equal
number of Trust Shares (a "Trust Share Option" and each such paired Corporation
Share Option and Trust Share Option is herein referred to as a "Paired Option");
similarly, each award of Corporation Shares shall be paired with an award of an
equal number of Trust Shares.
Each Paired Option or Stock Award may be exercised, terminated, cancelled,
forfeited, transferred or otherwise disposed of only in units consisting of
Paired Shares. Accordingly, a Corporation Share Option, or portion thereof, or
an award of a Corporation Share, or portion thereof, may be exercised,
terminated, cancelled, forfeited, transferred or otherwise disposed of only in
connection with, and to the same extent as, the exercise, termination,
cancellation, forfeiture, transfer or other disposition of a Trust Share Option
or an award of a Trust Share, as the case may be. The Committee may designate
that a Corporation Share Option constituting part of a Paired Option is intended
to be an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any successor
provision (an "incentive share option"). No Trust Share Option constituting part
of a Paired Option hereunder may be an "incentive stock option" within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
1.2 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the words set forth in the
Glossary contained in Section 7.13 shall have the meanings therein indicated.
1.3 ADMINISTRATION. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Any
one or a combination of the following Awards may be made under this Plan to
Eligible Persons: (i) Paired Options; (ii) Restricted Stock Awards; (iii)
Performance Awards. The Committee may, subject to the terms of this Plan, select
Eligible Persons for participation in the Plan and shall determine the form,
amount and timing of each Award and, if applicable, the number of Paired
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Awards subject to such an Award, the exercise price or base price associated
with the Award, including the portion that is attributable to the Corporation
Share or Corporation Share Option and the Trust Share or the Trust Share Option,
respectively, the time and conditions of exercise or settlement of the Award and
all other terms and conditions of the Award, including without limitation the
form of the Agreement relating to the Award. The Committee may, in its sole
discretion and for any reason at any time, subject to the requirements imposed
by Section 162(m) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder in the case
of an Award intended to be qualified performance-based compensation, take action
such that (i) any or all outstanding Paired Options shall become exercisable in
part or in full, (ii) all or a portion of the Restriction Period applicable to
any outstanding Restricted Stock Award shall lapse, (iii) all or a portion of
the Performance Period applicable to any outstanding Performance Award shall
lapse, (iv) the Performance Measures applicable to any outstanding Paired Option
or Restricted Stock Award and to any outstanding Performance Award shall be
deemed to be satisfied in whole or in part.
The Committee shall, subject to the terms of this Plan, interpret this Plan
and the application thereof, establish rules and regulations it deems necessary
or desirable for the administration of this Plan and may impose, incidental to
the grant of an Award, conditions with respect to the Award, such as limiting
competitive employment or other activities. All such interpretations, rules,
regulations and conditions shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. Each
Award shall be evidenced by a written Agreement between the Corporation and the
holder setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to such Award.
Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall have
the authority:
(1) to determine from among those persons eligible to receive an Award
the particular Eligible Persons who will receive any Awards;
(2) to grant Awards to Eligible Persons, determine the price at which
Awards will be offered or awarded and the amount of Awards to any of such
Persons, and determine the other specific terms and conditions of such
Awards consistent with the express limits of this Plan, and establish the
installments (if any) in which such Awards shall become exercisable or
shall vest, or determine that no delayed exercisability or vesting is
required, and establish the events of termination or reversion (if any) of
such Awards;
(3) to approve the forms and terms of Agreements, which need not be
identical either as to type of Award or among Eligible Persons;
(4) to construe and interpret this Plan and any Agreements, further
define the terms used in this Plan and prescribe, amend and rescind rules
and regulations relating to the administration of this Plan;
(5) to cancel, modify or waive the Corporation's rights with respect
to, any or all outstanding Awards;
(6) to accelerate the exercisability or vesting or extend the term of
any or all such outstanding Awards within the maximum term permitted under
this Plan; and
(7) to make all other determinations and take such other action as
contemplated by this Plan or as may be necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Plan and the effectuation of its purposes.
Any action taken by, or inaction of, the Corporation, the Board or the
Committee relating or pursuant to this Plan shall be within the absolute
discretion of that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all
persons. No member of the Board or Committee, or officer of the Corporation or
any subsidiary, shall be liable for any such action or inaction of the entity or
body, of another person or, except in circumstances involving bad faith, of
himself or herself. Subject only to compliance with the express provisions
hereof, each of the Board and the Committee may act in its absolute discretion
in matters within its authority related to this Plan.
In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under
this Plan, the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, may obtain and rely
upon the advice of experts, including professional advisors to
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the Corporation. No director, officer or agent of the Corporation shall be
liable for any such action or determination taken or made or omitted in good
faith.
The Committee may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to
individuals who are officers or employees of the Corporation.
The Committee may delegate some or all of its power and authority hereunder
to the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer or other executive
officer of the Corporation as the Committee deems appropriate; provided,
however, that the Committee may not delegate its power and authority with regard
to (i) the grant of an Award to any person who is a "covered employee" within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code or who, in the Committee's judgment,
is likely to be a covered employee at any time during the period an Award
hereunder to such employee would be outstanding, if the Committee intends that
compensation payable pursuant to such an Award be qualified performance-based
compensation, or (ii) the selection for participation in this Plan of an officer
or other person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or decisions
concerning the timing, pricing or amount of an Award to such an officer or other
person.
A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of the
Committee shall be either (i) acts of a majority of the members of the Committee
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or (ii) acts approved in
writing by all of the members of the Committee without a meeting.
1.4 ELIGIBILITY. Participants in this Plan shall consist of such officers,
key employees, consultants, advisers and Directors of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries as the Committee in its sole discretion may select from time to
time ("Eligible Persons"), provided that only employees of the Corporation (or a
subsidiary of the Corporation) will be Eligible Persons to whom may be granted a
Paired Option which includes a Corporation Share Option designated as an
incentive share option. The Committee's selection of a person to participate in
this Plan at any time shall not require the Committee to select such person to
participate in this Plan at any other time. Directors shall also participate in
this Plan in accordance with Section V.
1.5 SHARES AVAILABLE. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.7,
the aggregate number of Paired Shares available from time to time for all Awards
of Paired Options or Stock Awards under this Plan and the Trust's 1995 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the "Trust Plan") (with respect to Paired Options, including all
Paired Options whether or not they include Corporation Share Options that are
designated as incentive share options) shall be equal to the Aggregate Limit (as
defined below), reduced by the aggregate number of Paired Shares subject to
outstanding Paired Options and outstanding Stock Awards under this Plan and the
Trust Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.7, the number of
Paired Shares available for grants of Paired Options that include Corporation
Share Options that are designated as incentive share options shall be equal to
the Aggregate Limit, reduced by the aggregate number of Paired Shares which
become subject to (x) outstanding Paired Options under this Plan, including each
Paired Option that does not include a Corporation Share Option that is
designated as an incentive share option and (y) outstanding options to purchase
Paired Shares under the Trust Plan. As used herein (i) "Aggregate Limit" means
9,850,000; PROVIDED that if the ITT Merger is consummated, the "Aggregate Limit"
shall mean a fixed number of Paired Shares equal to eleven and one-half percent
(11 1/2%) of the total number of outstanding Paired Shares immediately after
consummation of the ITT Merger, after giving effect to the exchange or
conversion into Paired Shares of all securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for Paired Shares (including, without limitation, preferred shares
of the Trust and Units of SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating
Limited Partnership which are convertible into or exchangeable for Paired
Shares) and the issuance of Paired Shares underlying all Paired Options and
Restricted Stock Awards which may be granted under this Plan and the Trust Plan
and (ii) "ITT Merger" means the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of October 19, 1997 among ITT Corporation, the Corporation, the
Trust and Chess Acquisition Corp., as such agreement may be amended from time to
time.
To the extent that Paired Shares subject to (i) an outstanding Paired
Option, (ii) an outstanding option to purchase Paired Shares under the Trust
Plan or (iii) a Stock Award, are not issued or delivered or are cancelled or
forfeited by reason of the expiration, termination, cancellation or forfeiture
of any such Award or by reason of the delivery or withholding of Paired Shares
to pay all or a portion of the exercise price of an
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Award, if any, or to satisfy all or a portion of the tax withholding obligations
relating to an Award, then such Paired Shares shall again be available under
this Plan.
Paired Shares to be delivered under this Plan shall be made available (i)
(A) by the Corporation from authorized and unissued Corporation Shares issued by
the Corporation directly to the holder and (B) by the Trust from authorized and
unissued Trust Shares issued by the Trust directly to the Corporation for
delivery to the holder, (ii) from authorized and issued Paired Shares acquired
and held by the Corporation or (iii) a combination thereof.
The maximum number of Paired Shares with respect to which Paired Options or
Stock Awards or a combination thereof may be granted during the calendar year
beginning on January 1, 1996 to any person shall be 1,250,000 and during any
calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 1997 shall be 900,000 (taking
into account the three-for-two stock split to shareholders of record as of
December 30, 1996, distributed as of January 27, 1997), in each case subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 7.7.
II. PAIRED OPTIONS
2.1 AWARDS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Paired Options to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the Committee.
Each Corporation Share Option, or portion thereof, that is not an incentive
share option, shall be a non-qualified share option. Each Paired Option that
includes a Corporation Share Option that is designated as an incentive share
option shall be granted within ten years of the original effective date of this
Plan (June 29, 1995). To the extent that the aggregate fair market value
(determined as of the date of grant) of Corporation Shares with respect to which
Corporation Share Options designated as incentive share options are exercisable
for the first time by a holder during any calendar year (under this Plan or any
other plan of the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary) exceeds the amount
(currently $100,000) established by the Code, such Corporation Share Options
shall constitute non-qualified share options. The "fair market value" of a
Corporation Share shall be that portion of the Fair Market Value of a Paired
Share which the Committee determines to be attributable to the Corporation Share
by applying in good faith a method of valuation permissible under Section 422 of
the Code.
2.2 TERMS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. Paired Options shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall
deem advisable:
(a) Number of Paired Shares and Purchase Price. The number of Paired
Shares subject to a Paired Option and the purchase price per Paired Share
purchasable upon exercise of the Paired Option, including the portions of
the purchase price of a Paired Share that are attributable to a Corporation
Share and a Trust Share, respectively, shall be determined by the
Committee; provided, however, that (i) the purchase price per Paired Share
shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on
the date of grant of such Paired Option, (ii) the portion of the purchase
price of a Paired Share which the Committee determines to be attributable
to a Corporation Share shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value
of a Corporation Share on the date of grant of such Paired Option, and
(iii) the portion of the purchase price of a Paired Share which the
Committee determines to be attributable to a Trust Share (including the
portion of the purchase price, if any, of any such option attributable to a
Trust Share) shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a
Trust Share on the date of grant of such Paired Option; provided further,
that if a Corporation Share Option designated as an incentive share option
shall be granted to any person who, at the time such incentive share option
is granted, owns capital stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of
the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the
Corporation (or of any parent or subsidiary) (a "Ten Percent Holder"), the
purchase price per Corporation Share shall be the price (currently 110% of
fair market value of a Corporation Share) required by the Code in order to
constitute an incentive share option. The fair market value of a Trust
Share shall be that portion of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share
which the Committee determines to be attributable to the Trust Share.
(b) Option Period and Exercisability. The period during which a Paired
Option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee; provided,
however, that no Paired Option which includes a
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Corporation Share Option designated as an incentive share option shall be
exercised later than ten years after its date of grant; provided further,
that if a Paired Option which includes a Corporation Share Option
designated as an incentive share option shall be granted to a Ten Percent
Holder, such Paired Option shall not be exercised later than five years
after its date of grant. The Committee shall determine whether a Paired
Option shall become exercisable in cumulative or non-cumulative
installments and in part or in full at any time. An exercisable Paired
Option, or portion thereof, may be exercised only with respect to whole
Paired Shares. Except to the extent otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, in the event of a Change of Control, such
Paired Option shall become immediately exercisable for the full amount of
Paired Shares subject thereto and shall be exercisable until expiration of
the term of such Paired Option.
(c) Method of Exercise. A Paired Option may be exercised (i) by giving
written notice to the Corporation specifying the number of whole Paired
Shares to be purchased and accompanied by payment therefor in full (or
arrangement made for such payment to the Corporation's satisfaction) either
(A) in cash, (B) by delivery of previously owned whole Paired Shares (which
the holder has held for at least six months prior to the delivery of such
Paired Shares or which the holder purchased on the open market and for
which the holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances) having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of
exercise, equal to the aggregate purchase price payable by reason of such
exercise, (C) in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Corporation to
whom the holder has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or (D) a
combination of (A) and (B), in each case to the extent set forth in the
Agreement relating to the Paired Option and (ii) by executing such
documents as the Corporation may reasonably request. The Committee shall
have sole discretion to disapprove of an election pursuant to any of the
foregoing clauses (B) through (D). Any fraction of a Paired Share which
would be required to pay such purchase price shall be disregarded and the
remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the holder. No certificate
representing a Paired Share shall be delivered until the full purchase
price therefor has been paid.
2.3 (Omitted)
2.4 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination without
Cause. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement relating to a Paired
Option, if the optionee's employment with the Corporation or service as a
consultant, adviser or Director terminates by reason of Disability, death,
or involuntary termination by the Corporation without Cause, each Paired
Option held by such optionee shall be fully exercisable and may thereafter
be exercised by such optionee (or such optionee's executor, administrator,
legal representative, beneficiary or similar person, as the case may be)
until and including the earliest to occur of (i) the date which is one year
(or such other period as set forth in the Agreement relating to such Paired
Option) after the effective date of such optionee's termination of
employment or service or date of death, as the case may be, and (ii) the
expiration date of the term of such Paired Option.
(b) Termination for Cause. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, if the optionee's employment with the
Corporation or service as a consultant, adviser or Director terminates for
Cause, each Paired Option held by such optionee, whether or not then
exercisable, shall terminate automatically on the effective date of such
optionee's termination of employment or service.
(c) Other Termination. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option, if the optionee's employment with the
Corporation or service as a consultant, adviser or Director terminates for
any reason other than Disability, death, involuntary termination by the
Corporation without Cause or Cause, each Paired Option held by such
optionee shall be exercisable only to the extent that such Paired Option is
exercisable on the effective date of such optionee's termination of
employment or service and may thereafter be exercised by such optionee (or
such optionee's legal representative or similar person) until and including
the earliest to occur of (i) the date which is three months (or such other
period as set forth in the Agreement relating to such Paired Option) after
the effective date of such optionee's termination of employment or service
and (ii) the expiration date of the term of such Paired Option.
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(d) Death Following Termination of Employment or Service. Unless
otherwise specified in the Agreement relating to a Paired Option, if an
optionee dies during the one-year period following termination of
employment or service by reason of Disability or involuntary termination by
the Corporation without Cause, or if an optionee dies during the
three-month period following termination of employment or service for any
reason other than involuntary termination by the Corporation without Cause,
Disability or Cause (or, in each case, such other period as the Committee
may specify in the Agreement relating to a Paired Option), each Paired
Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised by such optionee's
executor, administrator, legal representative, beneficiary or similar
person, as the case may be, until and including the earliest to occur of
(i) the date which is three months (or such other period as set forth in
the Agreement relating to such Paired Option) after the date of death (but
in the case of death following termination of employment or service by
reason of Disability or involuntary termination by the Corporation without
Cause, no less than one year (or such other period as set forth in the
Agreement relating to such paired Option) after the date of termination of
employment or service), and (ii) the expiration date of the term of such
Paired Option.
III. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
3.1 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Restricted Stock Awards to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the
Committee.
3.2 TERMS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Restricted Stock Awards shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional
terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the
Committee in its discretion shall deem advisable.
(a) Number of Shares and Other Terms. The number of Paired Shares
subject to a Restricted Stock Award and the Performance Measures (if any)
and Restriction Period applicable to a Restricted Stock Award shall be
determined by the Committee.
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Agreement relating to a Restricted
Stock Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee in its
discretion and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of
the Paired Shares subject to such Award either (i) in accordance with the
attainment or satisfaction of specified Performance Measures during the
specified Restriction Period or (ii) over a period of years of employment
by, service to or compliance with agreements with the Corporation during
the specified Restriction Period (or both), and for the forfeiture of the
Paired Shares subject to such Award (x) if specified Performance Measures
are not satisfied or met during the specified Restriction Period or (y) if
the holder of such Award does not remain in the employment of or service to
the Corporation or in compliance with such agreements with the Corporation
during the specified Restriction Period. Except to the extent otherwise
specified in the Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, all Paired
Shares subject to such an Award shall immediately vest in full in the event
of a Change of Control.
(c) Share Certificates. During the Restriction Period, a certificate
or certificates evidencing Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock
Award may be registered in the holder's name and may bear a legend, in
addition to any legend which may be required pursuant to Section 7.6,
indicating that the ownership of the Paired Shares represented by such
certificate is subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of this
Plan and the Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock Award. All such
certificates shall be deposited with the Corporation, together with stock
powers or other instruments of assignment (including a power of attorney),
each endorsed in blank with a guarantee of signature if deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Corporation, which would permit transfer to the
Corporation of all or a portion of the Corporation Shares and to the Trust
all or a portion of the Trust Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award
in the event such Award is forfeited in whole or in part. Upon termination
of any applicable Restriction Period (and the satisfaction or attainment of
any applicable Performance Measures), subject to the Corporation's right to
require payment of any taxes in accordance with Section 7.5, a certificate
or certificates evidencing ownership of the requisite number of Paired
Shares shall be delivered to the holder of such Award.
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(d) Rights with Respect to Restricted Stock Awards. Unless otherwise
set forth in the Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, and
subject to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, the holder
of such Award shall have all rights as a stockholder of the Corporation and
the Trust, including, but not limited to, voting rights, the right to
receive dividends and the right to participate in any capital adjustment
applicable to all holders of Paired Shares.
3.3 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination Without
Cause. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement relating to a Restricted
Stock Award, if the holder's employment with the Corporation or service as
a consultant, adviser or Director terminates by reason of Disability, death
or involuntary termination by the Corporation without Cause, the
Restriction Period shall terminate as of the effective date of such
holder's termination of employment or service, and any applicable
Performance Measures shall be computed through such date.
(b) Other Termination. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement
relating to a Restricted Stock Award, if the holder's employment with the
Corporation or service as a consultant, adviser or Director terminates for
any reason other than Disability, death or involuntary termination without
Cause, the portion of such Award which is subject to a Restriction Period
on the effective date of such holder's termination of employment or service
shall be forfeited by such holder and such portion shall be cancelled by
the Corporation.
IV. PERFORMANCE AWARDS
4.1 PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant
Performance Awards to such Eligible Persons as may be selected by the Committee.
4.2 TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. Performance Awards shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall
in its discretion deem advisable.
(a) Grant of Performance Awards. A Performance Award may be granted
only in tandem with a Paired Option which is being or was granted under
Section II and shall apply to all or such portion of the Paired Shares
subject to such Paired Option as the Committee may designate. The
Performance Period and Performance Measures of a Performance Award shall be
as designated by the Committee.
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Agreement relating to a Performance
Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee in its
discretion and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of
such Award if specified Performance Measures are satisfied or met during
the specified Performance Period, and for the forfeiture of such award if
specified Performance Measures are not satisfied or met during the
specified Performance Period. To the extent not otherwise provided in such
Agreement, such vesting and forfeiture provisions shall be as provided in
this Plan.
(c) Settlement of Vested Performance Awards. Vested Performance Awards
shall be settled in cash to the extent that both (i) the applicable Paired
Option has been exercised (whether before or after expiration of the
Performance Period) with respect to Paired Shares subject to the
Performance Award and (ii) the Performance Period has expired. The amount
shall be the sum (without interest or compounding) of all dividends and
distributions per Paired Share (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 7.7) during the Performance Period and thereafter through any
subsequent exercise of Paired Options, multiplied by the number of such
Paired Shares purchased upon such exercise. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in the Agreement relating to a Performance Award, in the event of
a Change of Control the Performance Period shall expire and the Performance
Measures shall be computed through such date and the applicable Performance
Award shall forthwith be settled on the date of such Change of Control or
if later upon exercise of the applicable Paired Option. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Committee in good faith determines that a payment in
settlement of a Performance Award will or is likely to render the
Corporation insolvent, the Committee may elect to defer such payment for a
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reasonable period of time and to pay at a later date with interest at such
reasonable rate as the Committee may determine.
4.3 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE.
(a) Disability, Death and Involuntary Termination Without
Cause. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the Agreement relating
to a Performance Award, if the employment of the holder of a Performance
Award or his or her service as a consultant, adviser or Director of the
Corporation is terminated by reason of Disability, death or involuntary
termination by the Corporation without Cause, the Performance Period with
respect to such Performance Award shall terminate and the Performance
Measures shall be computed through such date and the applicable Performance
Award shall be settled as described in Section 4.2(c) as soon as
practicable within 10 days thereafter, or if later, upon exercise of the
applicable Paired Option.
(b) Other Termination. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the
Agreement relating to a Performance Award, if the holder's employment with
the Corporation or service as a consultant, adviser or Director terminates
for any reason other than Disability, death, or involuntary termination by
the Corporation without Cause, then the Performance Period for such
Performance Award shall be deemed to end on the date of such termination,
no Performance Measures shall be recognized or deemed attained, satisfied
or met, and the holder's Performance Award shall be forfeited to and
cancelled by the Corporation.
V. CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO DIRECTORS
5.1 ELIGIBILITY. Each Director who is not an employee of the Corporation
or the Trust or a subsidiary of either ("Eligible Director") shall be granted
Paired Options and Paired Shares in accordance with this Section V. All
Corporation Share Options and Trust Share Options included in the Paired Options
granted under this Section V shall constitute non-qualified share options.
5.2 GRANTS OF PAIRED OPTIONS. Each Eligible Director shall be granted
Paired Options as follows:
(a) Time of Grant. On June 30 of each calendar year beginning in 1997
(or, if later than June 30, on the date on which a person is first elected
as a Director), each Eligible Director on such date shall be granted a
Paired Option to purchase 4,500 Paired Shares (9,000 Paired Shares if such
person is a Director of a subsidiary only and does not receive grants of
Paired Shares or any cash in lieu thereof under Section 5.3) which amount
shall be pro-rated if such person is first elected to serve as a Director
on a date other than June 30 of a calendar year, at a purchase price per
Paired Share equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on
the date of grant of such Paired Option; provided, however, that the
portion of the purchase price of a Paired Share which is attributable to a
Corporation Share shall be 100% of the fair market value of a Corporation
Share on the date of grant of such Paired Option and the portion of the
purchase price of a Paired Share which is attributable to a Trust Share
shall be 100% of the fair market value of a Trust Share on the date of
grant of such Paired Option.
(b) Option Period and Exercisability. Each Paired Option granted under
this Article V shall be fully exercisable on and after its date of grant,
shall expire ten years after its date of grant (notwithstanding termination
of service as a Director for any reason prior to such ten-year anniversary
date) and may be exercised in whole or in part (only with respect to whole
Paired Shares). Paired Options granted under this Article V shall be
exercisable in accordance with Section 2.2(c).
(c) Death. If a Director dies while a Paired Option is outstanding,
such Paired Option may thereafter be exercised by such Director's executor,
administrator, legal representative, beneficiary or similar person, as the
case may be, until and including the expiration date of the term of such
Paired Option.
5.3 GRANTS OF PAIRED SHARES. During each calendar year commencing with
1997, each person who is an Eligible Director (except for Directors of
subsidiaries on the last day of March, July, September and December shall be
awarded, on a current basis or at the prior election of the Eligible Director
under
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Section 5.4 on a deferred basis, a number of Paired Shares (rounded to the
nearest whole share) equal to one-quarter of $25,000 divided by the Fair Market
Value of a Paired Share on the immediately preceding December 31; provided that
the foregoing $25,000 shall be reduced, but not below $12,500, to the extent an
Eligible Director elects (prior to such immediately preceding December 31, or
with respect to any person who became an Eligible Director subsequent to such
date, within 10 days of becoming an Eligible Director) to receive cash in lieu
of Paired Shares under this Section 5.3 (a "Cash Election"). The Paired Shares
awarded pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not be Restricted Stock.
5.4 DEFERRAL ELECTION. On or before December 31, 1996 and on or before
each subsequent December 31 (or in the case of a person who first becomes an
Eligible Director subsequent to December 31, within 10 days of becoming an
Eligible Director), an Eligible Director may, by written notice to the
Corporation, elect to defer receipt (a "Deferral Election") of any or all of the
Paired Shares provided in Section 5.3 (or cash to the extent of his or her Cash
Election under Section 5.3) which would otherwise be thereafter payable to him
or her in the manner prescribed by the Corporation for such deferrals.
VI. SPECIAL
This Plan includes, or shall be deemed to include, without limitation, the
following Awards of Paired Options, Performance Awards (all of which include
Base Performance Measures) and Restricted Stock (unless otherwise indicated, all
Awards are as of August 12, 1996 and all Paired Options are exercisable at
35.875, the Fair Market Value per Paired Share on that date):
1. ERIC A. DANZIGER
(i) Paired Option to purchase 75,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the five year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 2001.
(ii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the above Paired Options granted to Eric A. Danziger.
(iii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the Paired Option granted to Eric A. Danziger to purchase 125,000 Paired
Shares at an exercise price of $36 3/4 per Paired Share vesting over the
three year period June 27, 1996 to June 27, 1999 granted June 27, 1996
in connection with Mr. Danziger's employment agreement dated June 27,
1996.
(iv) Award of 66,815 Paired Shares on June 27, 1996 vesting over
the three year period June 27, 1996 to June 27, 1999 in connection with
Mr. Danziger's employment agreement dated June 27, 1996.
2. THEODORE DARNALL
(i) Paired Option to purchase 50,000 Paired Shares vesting over
the five year period August 12, 1996 to August 12, 2000.
(ii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the above Paired Option granted to Theodore Darnall.
(iii) Performance Awards relating to all Paired Shares underlying
the Paired Option to purchase 50,000 Paired Shares at an exercise price
of $33 1/8 per Paired Share vesting over the three year period April 26,
1996 to April 26, 1999 granted April 26, 1996 in connection with Mr.
Darnall's employment agreement dated April 19, 1996.
(iv) Award of 30,189 Paired Shares on April 26, 1996 vesting over
the three year period April 26, 1996 to April 26, 1999 in connection
with Mr. Darnall's employment agreement dated April 19, 1996.
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3. SUSAN R. BOLGER
(i) Paired Option to purchase 30,000 paired shares at an exercise
price of $39 3/4 per share vesting over the three year period September
9, 1996 to September 9, 1999 granted September 9, 1996 in connection
with Ms. Bolger's employment agreement dated August 15, 1996.
(ii) Award of 8,805 Paired Shares on September 9, 1996, vesting
over the three year period September 9, 1996 to September 9, 1999 in
connection with Ms. Bolger's employment agreement dated August 15, 1996.
VII. GENERAL
7.1 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. This Plan, as amended and restated as
of November 12, 1997, shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation
for approval within one year after the date of approval of such amendment and
restatement by the Board and, if approved by a majority of all the votes cast at
a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, shall become effective
as of November 12, 1997 (and shall apply, without limitation, to all Awards then
or theretofore made or granted under this Plan). This Plan shall terminate on
June 29, 2005 (ten years after its original effective date) unless terminated
earlier by the Board. Termination of this Plan shall not affect the terms or
conditions of any Award granted prior to termination.
Awards may be granted hereunder at any time prior to the termination of
this Plan, provided that no Award may be granted later than ten years after the
original effective date of this Plan. In the event that this Plan, as amended
and restated as of November 12, 1997, is not approved by the stockholders of the
Corporation within one year after the date of approval by the Board, the
amendments made as of November 12, 1997 and any Awards granted pursuant to the
Plan as so amended and restated shall be null and void; provided that such
failure to obtain stockholder approval shall have no effect on the Plan, as
amended and restated as of August 12, 1996, or any Paired Options awarded
thereunder.
7.2 AMENDMENTS. The Board may amend this Plan as it shall deem advisable,
subject to any requirement of stockholder approval required by applicable law,
rule or regulation including Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and Sections 422
and 856 of the Code; provided, however, that any amendment with respect to the
persons eligible to participate in this Plan or the number of Paired Shares
available for Awards under this Plan shall not be effective without stockholder
approval of such amendment within 12 months before or after the date such
amendment is approved by the Board. No amendment may impair the rights of a
holder of an outstanding Award without the consent of such holder.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, without the approval by the
stockholders of the Corporation, outstanding Paired Options may not be amended
to reduce their exercise price.
7.3 AGREEMENT. No Paired Option may be exercised and no other Award shall
be valid until confirmed in writing by the Corporation, and, upon such
confirmation, the Award shall be effective as of the effective date set forth in
such writing.
7.4 NON-TRANSFERABILITY. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement
relating to a Paired Option or Performance Award, no Paired Option or
Performance Award shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures
approved by the Corporation. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing
sentence, each Paired Option or Performance Award may be exercised or settled
during the optionee's lifetime only by the optionee or the optionee's legal
representative or similar person. Except as permitted by the second preceding
sentence, no Paired Option or Performance Award shall be sold, transferred,
assigned, pledged, hypothecated, voluntarily encumbered or otherwise disposed of
(whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign,
pledge, hypothecate, voluntarily encumber or
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otherwise dispose of any Paired Option or Performance Award, such Paired Option
or Performance Award and all rights thereunder shall, to the extent of any such
attempt, immediately become null and void.
Restricted Stock granted under this Plan shall be transferable, subject to
the transferee's receiving such Restricted Stock subject to the same
restrictions as those applicable to the transferor. Upon any such transfer, the
transferee shall execute such appropriate documents that may be requested by the
Corporation to evidence the transferee's acceptance of the restrictions
applicable to such Restricted Stock.
7.5 TAX WITHHOLDING. The Corporation shall have the right to require,
prior to the delivery of any Paired Shares or the payment of any cash pursuant
to an Award made hereunder, payment by the holder of such Award of any federal,
state, local or other taxes which may be required to be withheld or paid in
connection with such Award. An Agreement may provide that the holder of an Award
may satisfy any such obligation by any of the following means: (A) a cash
payment to the Corporation, (B) delivery to the Corporation of previously owned
whole Paired Shares (which such holder has held for at least six months prior to
the delivery of such Paired Shares or which such holder purchased on the open
market and for which such holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances) having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date
the obligation to withhold or pay taxes arises in connection with an Award (the
"Tax Date"), equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (C)
in the case of the exercise of a Paired Option, a cash payment by a
broker-dealer acceptable to the Corporation to whom the holder has submitted an
irrevocable notice of exercise or (D) any combination of (A) and (B), in each
case to the extent set forth in the Agreement relating to the Award; provided,
however, that the Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove of an
election pursuant to any of the foregoing clauses (B) through (D). An Agreement
may provide for Paired Shares to be delivered having a Fair Market Value in
excess of the minimum amount required to be withheld, but not in excess of the
amount determined by applying the holder's maximum marginal tax rate. Any
fraction of a Paired Share which would be required to satisfy such an obligation
shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the
holder.
7.6 RESTRICTIONS ON PAIRED SHARES. Each Award hereunder shall be subject
to the requirement that if at any time the Corporation determines that the
listing, registration or qualification of the Paired Shares subject to such
Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval
of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or
desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the delivery of Paired
Shares thereunder, such Paired Shares shall not be delivered unless such
listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall
have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the
Corporation. The Corporation may require that certificates evidencing Paired
Shares delivered pursuant to any Award made hereunder bear a legend indicating
that the sale, transfer or other disposition thereof by the holder is prohibited
except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, no Award hereunder shall be
exercisable or eligible for settlement if, as a result of either the ability to
exercise or settle, or the exercise or settlement of such Award, the Trust would
not satisfy the REIT Requirements in any respect. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, "REIT Requirements" shall mean the requirements for the Trust to (i)
qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) retain its status as grandfathered
pursuant to Section 132(c)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and (iii)
retain the benefits of that certain private letter ruling issued by the Internal
Revenue Service to the Trust dated as of January 4, 1980.
7.7 ADJUSTMENT. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange
of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or
event, or any distribution to holders of Paired Shares other than a regular cash
dividend, the number and class of securities available under this Plan, the
number and class of securities subject to each outstanding Paired Option, the
purchase price per security, and the number of securities subject to each Paired
Option and the number of Paired Shares to be granted to Directors pursuant to
Article V, the number and class of securities subject to each outstanding Stock
Award and the terms of each outstanding Performance Award shall be appropriately
adjusted by the Committee, such adjustments to be made in the
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case of outstanding Paired Options without an increase in the aggregate purchase
price or base price. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment
shall be final, binding and conclusive. If any adjustment would result in a
fractional security being (i) available under this Plan, such fractional
security shall be disregarded, or (ii) subject to an Award under this Plan, the
Corporation shall pay the holder of such Award, in connection with the first
vesting, exercise or settlement of such Award in whole or in part, occurring
after such adjustment, an amount in cash determined by multiplying (A) the
fraction of such security (rounded to the nearest hundredth) by (B) the excess,
if any, of (x) the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the vesting, exercise
or settlement date over (y) the exercise price or base price, if any, of such
Award.
With respect to any holder who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and
(d) of Section 2.4, paragraph (b) of Section 5.2 or as set forth pursuant to
such paragraphs in any Agreement to which such holder is a party (or as may be
set forth in any Agreement pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 2.4), and
notwithstanding the expiration date of the term of a Paired Option, in the event
the Corporation is involved in a business combination which is intended to be
treated as a pooling of interests for financial accounting purposes (a "Pooling
Transaction") or pursuant to which such holder receives a substitute option to
purchase securities of any entity, including an entity directly or indirectly
acquiring the Corporation, then each Paired Option (or option in substitution
thereof) held by such holder shall be exercisable to the extent set forth in the
Agreement evidencing such option until and including the latest of (x) the date
set forth pursuant to the then applicable paragraph of Section 2.4 or 5.2, or
the expiration date of the term of the Paired Option, as the case may be, (y)
the date which is six months and one day after the consummation of such business
combination and (z) the date which is ten business days after the date of
expiration of any period during which such holder may not dispose of a security
issued in the Pooling Transaction in order for the Pooling Transaction to be
accounted for as a pooling of interests.
7.8 NO RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION OR EMPLOYMENT. No person shall have any
right to participate in this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any Award made
hereunder shall confer upon any person any right to continued employment by, or
service to, the Corporation, any subsidiary or any affiliate of the Corporation
or affect in any manner the right of the Corporation, any subsidiary or any
affiliate of the Corporation to terminate the employment of, or service by, any
person at any time without liability hereunder. For purposes of Section 2.4,
Section 3.3, Section 4.3 and Section 5.2, employment with the Corporation or
service as a consultant, adviser or Director includes such employment or service
with or for a subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation. It does not, however,
include such employment or service with or for Starwood Capital Group, L.L.C. or
its successors.
7.9 RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER. No person shall have any rights as a
shareholder of the Corporation or Trust with respect to any Corporation Shares
or Trust Shares which are subject to an Award hereunder until such person
becomes a shareholder of record with respect to such Corporation Shares or Trust
Shares.
7.10 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. If permitted by the Corporation, an
Eligible Person who is granted an Award hereunder may file with the Committee a
written designation of one or more persons as such Eligible Person's beneficiary
or beneficiaries (both primary and contingent) in the event of the person's
death.
Each beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in
writing with the Committee during such Eligible Person's lifetime on a form
prescribed by the Committee. Such person's spouse who is domiciled in a
community property jurisdiction shall join in any designation of a beneficiary
other than such spouse. The filing with the Committee of a new beneficiary
designation shall cancel all previously filed beneficiary designations.
To the extent an outstanding Paired Option granted hereunder is exercisable
or an outstanding Performance Award may be settled in accordance with the terms
of this Plan and the Agreement relating to such Award, such beneficiary or
beneficiaries shall be entitled to exercise such Paired Option or settle such
Performance Award.
If such an Eligible Person fails to designate a beneficiary, or if all
designated beneficiaries predecease him, then each outstanding Award hereunder
held by such Eligible Person to the extent vested, exercisable or
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eligible for settlement, may be exercised or settled by such Eligible Person's
executor, administrator, legal representative or similar person.
7.11 GOVERNING LAW. This Plan, each Award hereunder and the related
Agreement, and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant thereto, to
the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States,
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland and construed in
accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
7.12 TERMINATION OF PAIRING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, if at any time the Agreement dated June 25, 1980, as
amended, by and between the Corporation and the Trust, pursuant to which
Corporation Shares and Trust Shares are paired on a share-for-share basis, is
terminated for any reason and as a result of such termination Corporation Shares
and Trust Shares no longer are required to be transferred together, then
concurrently with such termination (i) Paired Options will no longer be granted
hereunder; (ii) Stock Awards and Performance Awards will no longer be made with
respect to Paired Shares; (iii) only Corporation Share Options, Stock Awards and
Performance Awards relating to the Corporation Shares may thereafter be granted
or made hereunder; (iv) each then outstanding Award shall constitute a wholly
separate and independent Corporation Share Award and Trust Share Award and the
Corporation, in its discretion, may require that each Agreement evidencing such
an Award be returned to the Corporation for cancellation in exchange for
separate agreements evidencing the Corporation Share Award and Trust Share Award
subject to such Award; (v) Corporation Share Awards and Trust Share Awards shall
no longer be required to be exercised, terminated, cancelled, forfeited,
transferred or otherwise disposed of together; and (vi) the fair market value
and the "closing price" of the Corporation Shares and Trust Shares as used
herein shall thereafter be deemed to refer, respectively, to the fair market
value and the closing price of a Corporation Share and a Trust Share.
7-13 GLOSSARY. As used herein, the following words shall have the meanings
indicated.
"AGREEMENT" shall mean the written agreement evidencing an Award hereunder
between the Corporation and the recipient of such Award.
"AWARD" shall include a grant of Paired Options, a Restricted Stock Award,
an award of Paired Shares and an award of a Performance Award under this Plan.
"BASE PERFORMANCE MEASURE" shall mean a 15% Shareholder Return over the
Performance Period of five years commencing August 12, 1996.
"BOARD" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
"CAUSE" shall mean embezzlement or misappropriation of the Corporation's
funds or other assets, other act deemed by the Committee in the good faith
exercise of its sole discretion to be an act of dishonesty in respect to the
Corporation, significant activities materially harmful to the reputation of the
Corporation, willful and repeated refusal to perform or substantial disregard of
the duties properly assigned to the holder by the Corporation (other than as a
result of Disability), material violation of any statutory or common law duty of
loyalty to the Corporation or a material breach by the holder of the holder's
employment agreement with the Corporation, if any (subject to any cure period
therein provided).
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" shall mean:
(1) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (a "Person"),
including any "person" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule
13d3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of 51% or more of either (i) the
then outstanding Paired Shares, including for this purpose Partnership
Units of SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC Operating Limited
Partnership exchangeable for Paired Shares (collectively, the "Outstanding
Paired Shares") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (the "Outstanding Voting Securities"); excluding, however, the
following: (A) any acquisition by the Corporation, (B) any acquisition by
an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Corporation or any corporation
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controlled by the Corporation or (C) any acquisition by any corporation
pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
of subsection (3) of this definition.
(2) individuals who, as of January 1, 1997 constitute the Board (the
"Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of such Board; provided that any individual who becomes a director of the
Corporation subsequent to January 1, 1997 whose election or nomination for
election by the Corporation's stockholders was approved (other than in
connection with a material transaction relating to the Trust or the
Corporation or their assets or Paired Shares or Partnership Units) by the
vote of at least majority of the Directors then comprising the Incumbent
Board shall be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided
further, that any individual who was initially elected as a Director of the
Corporation as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as
such terms are used in Rule 14a11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
Exchange Act, or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consent by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall not be
deemed a member of the Incumbent Board;
(3) consummation by the Corporation of a reorganization, merger or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Corporation (a "Corporate Transaction"); excluding,
however, a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (i) all or substantially
all of the individuals or entities who are the beneficial owners,
respectively, of the Outstanding Paired Shares and the Outstanding Voting
Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 66 2/3% of,
respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined
voting power of the outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without
limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the
Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets either
directly or indirectly) in substantially the same proportions relative to
each other as their ownership immediately prior to such Corporate
Transaction, of the Outstanding Paired Shares and the Outstanding Voting
Securities as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than: the Corporation;
any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation; the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; and any Person which
beneficially owned, immediately prior to such Corporation Transaction,
directly or indirectly, 33 1/3% or more of the Outstanding Paired Shares or
the Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be) will beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, 33 1/3% or more of, respectively, the
outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such
Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding
securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors and (iii) individuals who were members of the incumbent Board
will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or
(4) approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a plan of
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
"COMMITTEE" shall mean the Committee designated by the Board, consisting of
two or more members of the Board, each of whom shall be (i) a "Non-Employee
Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) at
the election of the Board, an "outside director" within the meaning of Section
162(m) of the Code.
"DISABILITY" shall mean the inability of the holder of an Award
substantially to perform such holder's duties and responsibilities for a
continuous period of at least six months.
"ELIGIBLE PERSONS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall mean the closing transaction price of a Paired
Share as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions on the
first business day immediately preceding the date as of
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which such value is being determined, or, if there shall be no reported
transaction on such day, on the next preceding business day for which a
transaction was reported; provided that if the Fair Market Value of a Paired
Share for any date cannot be determined as above provided, Fair Market Value of
a Paired Share shall be determined by the Committee by whatever means or method
as the Committee, in the good faith exercise of its discretion, shall at such
time deem appropriate.
"PERFORMANCE MEASURES" shall mean the criteria and objectives, established
by the Committee, which shall be satisfied or met (i) as a condition to the
exercisability of all or a portion of a Paired Option, or (ii) during the
applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period as a condition to the
holder's receipt or retention, in the case of a Restricted Stock Award, of the
Paired Shares subject to such Award, or, in the case of a Performance Award, of
payment with respect to such Award. Such criteria and objectives may include,
without limitation, one or more of the following: the attainment by a Paired
Share of a specified Fair Market Value for a specified period of time, earnings
per share, return to stockholders (including dividends), return on equity,
earnings of the Corporation, revenues, market share, funds from operations, cash
flow or cost reduction goals, or any combination of the foregoing. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, amend or adjust the Performance Measures or other
terms and conditions of an outstanding Award in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events affecting the Corporation or its financial statements or
changes in law or accounting principles. If the Committee consists solely of
"outside directors" (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder) and the Committee desires that compensation
payable pursuant to any award subject to Performance Measures shall be
"qualified performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code, the Performance Measures (i) shall be established by the Committee
no later than the end of the first quarter of the Performance Period or
Restriction Period, as applicable (or such other time permitted pursuant to
Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise
permitted by the Internal Revenue Service) and (ii) shall satisfy all other
applicable requirements imposed under Treasury Regulations promulgated under
Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that such Performance
Measures be stated in terms of an objective formula or standard. Unless
otherwise designated by the Committee, the Performance Measures shall be the
Base Performance Measure.
"PERFORMANCE PERIOD" shall mean any period designated by the Committee for
which the Performance Measures shall be calculated. The Performance Period shall
be the five year period commencing November 12, 1997 unless otherwise designated
by the Committee.
"PERFORMANCE AWARD" shall mean a right, contingent upon the attainment of
specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period, to receive
a payment in cash.
"RESTRICTED STOCK" shall mean Paired Shares that are subject to a
Restriction Period.
"RESTRICTION PERIOD" shall mean any period designated by the Committee
during which the Paired Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award may not be
sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise voluntarily
encumbered or disposed of, except as provided in this Plan or the Agreement
relating to such award.
"SHAREHOLDER RETURN" shall mean the per annum compounded rate of increase
in the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the first day of the Performance
Period (assuming purchase of Paired Shares at their Fair Market Value on such
day) to the last day of the Performance Period, plus all dividends or
distributions paid with respect to such Paired Share during the Performance
Period, and assuming reinvestment of all such dividends and distributions,
adjusted to give effect to Section 7.7 of this Plan.
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PROXY
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD DECEMBER 12, 1997
The undersigned shareholder of Starwood Lodging Trust (the "Trust") and
stockholder of Starwood Lodging Corporation (the "Corporation") hereby
acknowledges receipt of the Notice of 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
the Trust and the Notice of 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Corporation (the "Annual Meetings") and the accompanying Joint Proxy
Statement relating to the Annual Meetings, and hereby appoints, with full power
of substitution in each, each of the following persons as attorneys and proxies
of the undersigned: (a) with respect to the undersigned's shares of the Trust,
Ronald C. Brown and Sherwin L. Samuels and (b) with respect to the
undersigned's shares of the Corporation, Nir E. Margalit and Alan M. Schnaid.
Said proxies are hereby given authority, as appropriate, to represent and to
vote all shares of beneficial interest of the Trust and all shares of common
stock of the Corporation held of record by the undersigned and which the
undersigned may be entitled to vote at the Annual Meetings to be held on
December 12, 1997 at The Westin Hotel (O'Hare), 6100 North River Road,
Rosemont, Illinois, at 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (local time), respectively,
and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof, on behalf of the
undersigned on the following matters and in the manner designated below:
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY
USING THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE PREPAID ENVELOPE
(Continued and To Be Signed on Other Side)
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
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FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1. Approval by shareholders of the Trust of the Acquisition Proposal [ ] [ ] [ ]
(as defined in the Joint Proxy Statement).
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
2. Approval by shareholders of the Trust of the amendments to the [ ] [ ] [ ]
Declaration of Trust described in the Joint Proxy Statement.
FOR all of the nominees WITHHOLD
3. To elect each of the following nominees as Trustees of the Trust: [ ] [ ]
Bruce W. Duncan, Jean-Marc Chapus and Barry S. Sternlicht.
Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee, write
that nominee's name in the space provided:
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
4. Approval by shareholders of the Trust of an amendment and [ ] [ ] [ ]
restatement of the Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Trust described
in the Joint Proxy Statement.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 5, 6, 7 AND 8.
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FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
5. Approval by stockholders of the Corporation of the Acquisition Proposal (as [ ] [ ] [ ]
defined in the Joint Proxy Statement).
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
6. Approval by stockholders of the Corporation of the amendments to the Restated [ ] [ ] [ ]
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation described in the Joint Proxy Statement.
FOR all of the nominees WITHHOLD
7. To elect each of the following nominees as Directors of the Corporation: [ ] [ ]
Jonathan D. Eilian and Barry S. Sternlicht.
Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee, write that nominee's
name in the space provided:
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
8. Approval by stockholders of the Corporation of an amendment and restatement [ ] [ ] [ ]
of the Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Corporation described in the Joint
Proxy Statement.
9. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on such other matters as
may come before either of the Annual Meetings.
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION AND THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST AND WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE SHARES
REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE
UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPROVAL
OF THE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE TRUST, FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE
AS TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE LONG-TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN OF THE TRUST, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION, FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES
NAMED ABOVE AS DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION AND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN OF THE CORPORATION.
Signature __________________________________________________________________
Signature if held jointly __________________________________________________
Dated: _________________, 1997
Note: Please date and sign exactly as your name(s) appear on this proxy card.
If shares are registered in more than one name, all such persons should sign. A
corporation should sign in its full corporate name by a duly authorized
officer, stating his title. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please sign in your official capacity and give your full
title as such. If a partnership, please sign in the partnership name by an
authorized person.
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