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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


 

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

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011

OR

 

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

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

 

For the transition period from                  to

Commission file number 001-32319

 


 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Maryland

 

20-1296886

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

120 Vantis, Suite 350
Aliso Viejo, California

 

92656

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(949) 330-4000

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes o No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ox

 

Accelerated filer xo

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes o No x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

98,529,494118,183,239 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, as of AugustMay 1, 20102011

 

 

 



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SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON

FORM 10-Q

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011

 

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Page

 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 (unaudited) and December 31, 20092010

1

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009

2

 

 

 

 

Consolidated StatementsStatement of Stockholders’ Equity as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 (unaudited) and December 31, 20092010

3

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the SixThree Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009

4

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

5

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2320

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

4435

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

4436

 

 

 

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

4537

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

4537

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

4537

 

 

 

Item 3

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

4537

 

 

 

Item 4.

Removed and Reserved

4537

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

4537

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

4638

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

4739

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.                                    Financial Statements

 

SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents (including from VIEs of $2,195 and $1,471, respectively)

 

$

204,299

 

$

353,255

 

Restricted cash (including from VIEs of $3,947 and $4,711, respectively)

 

70,237

 

36,858

 

Accounts receivable, net (including from VIEs of $4,121 and $2,758, respectively)

 

26,484

 

22,624

 

Cash and cash equivalents ($1,889 and $1,365 related to VIEs)

 

$

153,214

 

$

275,881

 

Restricted cash ($2,469 and $3,581 related to VIEs)

 

61,370

 

55,972

 

Accounts receivable, net ($4,574 and $1,885 related to VIEs)

 

29,784

 

18,173

 

Due from affiliates

 

34

 

62

 

 

17

 

44

 

Inventories (including from VIEs of $93 and $92, respectively)

 

2,282

 

2,446

 

Inventories ($224 and $159 related to VIEs)

 

2,674

 

2,568

 

Prepaid expenses

 

5,330

 

7,423

 

 

10,006

 

8,004

 

Investment in hotel property of discontinued operations, net

 

 

16,471

 

 

115,909

 

116,104

 

Other current assets of discontinued operations, net

 

 

1,739

 

 

3,426

 

2,635

 

Investment in hotel properties of operations held for non-sale disposition, net

 

99,527

 

102,343

 

Other current assets of operations held for non-sale disposition, net

 

29,443

 

14,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

437,636

 

557,361

 

 

376,400

 

479,381

 

Investment in hotel properties, net

 

1,919,125

 

1,923,392

 

 

2,361,863

 

1,918,119

 

Other real estate, net

 

12,058

 

14,044

 

 

12,109

 

12,012

 

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures

 

543

 

542

 

 

 

246

 

Deferred financing fees, net

 

4,920

 

7,300

 

 

8,628

 

8,907

 

Interest rate derivative agreements

 

348

 

 

Goodwill

 

4,673

 

4,673

 

 

13,088

 

4,673

 

Other assets, net

 

9,427

 

6,218

 

Other assets, net ($10 and $3 related to VIEs)

 

37,723

 

12,768

 

Total assets

 

$

2,388,382

 

$

2,513,530

 

 

$

2,810,159

 

$

2,436,106

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses (including from VIEs of $815 and $523, respectively)

 

$

12,673

 

$

12,425

 

Accrued payroll and employee benefits (including from VIEs of $1,020 and $1,121, respectively)

 

9,497

 

9,092

 

Due to Third Party Managers

 

9,761

 

9,817

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses ($887 and $713 related to VIEs)

 

$

29,841

 

$

21,187

 

Accrued payroll and employee benefits ($851 and $1,123 related to VIEs)

 

13,713

 

12,674

 

Due to Third-Party Managers

 

7,855

 

7,852

 

Dividends payable

 

5,137

 

5,137

 

 

5,137

 

5,137

 

Other current liabilities (including from VIEs of $1,934 and $1,316, respectively)

 

21,907

 

21,910

 

Other current liabilities ($2,168 and $1,439 related to VIEs)

 

24,187

 

17,212

 

Current portion of notes payable

 

93,401

 

153,778

 

 

288,699

 

16,486

 

Note payable of discontinued operations

 

 

25,499

 

Notes payable of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

162,972

 

184,121

 

Other current liabilities of discontinued operations, net

 

43,904

 

41,449

 

 

21,338

 

20,700

 

Other current liabilities of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

20,455

 

6,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

379,707

 

469,592

 

 

390,770

 

101,248

 

Notes payable, less current portion

 

1,043,622

 

1,050,019

 

 

1,163,654

 

1,126,817

 

Other liabilities (including from VIEs of $3 and $12, respectively)

 

7,692

 

7,256

 

Other liabilities ($12 and $30 related to VIEs)

 

9,517

 

8,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,431,021

 

1,526,867

 

 

1,563,941

 

1,236,807

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, Series C Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 4,102,564 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, liquidation preference of $24.375 per share

 

99,996

 

99,896

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, Series C Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 4,102,564 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, liquidation preference of $24.375 per share

 

100,000

 

100,000

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized. 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 7,050,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, stated at liquidation preference of $25.00 per share

 

176,250

 

176,250

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 97,216,527 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and 96,904,075 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009

 

972

 

969

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized. 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 7,050,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, stated at liquidation preference of $25.00 per share

 

176,250

 

176,250

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 117,166,822 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and 116,950,504 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010

 

1,172

 

1,170

 

Additional paid in capital

 

1,120,657

 

1,119,005

 

 

1,314,099

 

1,313,498

 

Retained earnings (deficit)

 

(29,732

)

(8,949

)

Retained earnings

 

80,928

 

29,593

 

Cumulative dividends

 

(407,801

)

(397,527

)

 

(423,212

)

(418,075

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(2,981

)

(2,981

)

 

(3,137

)

(3,137

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

857,365

 

886,767

 

 

1,146,100

 

1,099,299

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

2,388,382

 

$

2,513,530

 

Non-controlling interest

 

118

 

 

Total equity

 

1,146,218

 

1,099,299

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

2,810,159

 

$

2,436,106

 

 

The abbreviation VIEs above means Variablerefers to “Variable Interest Entities.

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room

 

$

108,323

 

$

101,214

 

$

198,701

 

$

197,897

 

 

$

107,833

 

$

90,378

 

Food and beverage

 

40,543

 

40,220

 

78,751

 

81,257

 

 

40,403

 

38,208

 

Other operating

 

12,008

 

13,086

 

24,321

 

25,412

 

 

14,339

 

12,313

 

Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

20,158

 

21,575

 

39,992

 

42,922

 

Total revenues

 

181,032

 

176,095

 

341,765

 

347,488

 

 

162,575

 

140,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room

 

25,669

 

24,073

 

48,961

 

46,814

 

 

29,445

 

24,207

 

Food and beverage

 

29,095

 

29,046

 

56,783

 

58,422

 

 

30,614

 

27,688

 

Other operating

 

6,379

 

6,376

 

13,117

 

13,334

 

 

6,834

 

6,738

 

Advertising and promotion

 

8,903

 

8,728

 

17,225

 

17,903

 

 

8,828

 

7,407

 

Repairs and maintenance

 

6,614

 

6,582

 

13,077

 

13,301

 

 

7,415

 

6,463

 

Utilities

 

5,530

 

5,588

 

11,359

 

12,148

 

 

6,968

 

5,829

 

Franchise costs

 

5,636

 

5,104

 

10,151

 

9,799

 

 

5,250

 

4,515

 

Property tax, ground lease, and insurance

 

10,663

 

10,096

 

20,970

 

20,055

 

Property tax, ground lease and insurance

 

14,135

 

10,307

 

Property general and administrative

 

18,876

 

17,867

 

36,021

 

35,896

 

 

20,496

 

17,145

 

Corporate overhead

 

5,135

 

4,785

 

9,715

 

10,492

 

 

7,664

 

4,580

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

23,264

 

23,765

 

46,822

 

47,289

 

 

26,482

 

23,558

 

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

17,912

 

20,400

 

35,950

 

39,260

 

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

1,943

 

27,237

 

1,943

 

28,643

 

Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

 

697

 

 

3,007

 

Total operating expenses

 

165,619

 

190,344

 

322,094

 

356,363

 

 

164,131

 

138,437

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

15,413

 

(14,249

)

19,671

 

(8,875

)

 

(1,556

)

2,462

 

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

163

 

(584

)

275

 

(2,101

)

Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

21

 

112

 

Interest and other income

 

99

 

252

 

270

 

872

 

 

72

 

171

 

Interest expense

 

(17,015

)

(19,498

)

(37,056

)

(39,513

)

 

(17,944

)

(20,041

)

Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

(4,986

)

(2,892

)

(10,397

)

(5,787

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

26,559

 

 

54,579

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(6,326

)

(10,412

)

(27,237

)

(825

)

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests

 

69,230

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

49,823

 

(17,296

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

6,634

 

(119,793

)

6,454

 

(122,870

)

 

1,512

 

(3,795

)

NET INCOME (LOSS)

 

308

 

(130,205

)

(20,783

)

(123,695

)

 

51,335

 

(21,091

)

Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation

 

 

 

 

(447

)

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to non-controlling interest

 

(7

)

 

Preferred stock dividends and accretion

 

(5,187

)

(5,188

)

(10,374

)

(10,375

)

 

(5,137

)

(5,187

)

LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

 

$

(4,879

)

$

(135,393

)

$

(31,157

)

$

(134,517

)

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation

 

(302

)

 

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock

 

(209

)

 

INCOME AVAILABLE (LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE) TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

 

$

45,680

 

$

(26,278

)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic per share amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.26

)

$

(0.39

)

$

(0.21

)

Income (loss) from continuing operations available (attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

0.38

 

$

(0.23

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

0.07

 

(1.97

)

0.07

 

(2.17

)

 

0.01

 

(0.04

)

Basic loss attributable to common stockholders per common share

 

$

(0.05

)

$

(2.23

)

$

(0.32

)

$

(2.38

)

Basic income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share

 

$

0.39

 

$

(0.27

)

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted per share amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.26

)

$

(0.39

)

$

(0.21

)

Income (loss) from continuing operations available (attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

0.38

 

$

(0.23

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

0.07

 

(1.97

)

0.07

 

(2.17

)

 

0.01

 

(0.04

)

Diluted loss attributable to common stockholders per common share

 

$

(0.05

)

$

(2.23

)

$

(0.32

)

$

(2.38

)

Diluted income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share

 

$

0.39

 

$

(0.27

)

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

97,188

 

60,845

 

97,118

 

56,549

 

 

117,074

 

97,047

 

Diluted

 

97,188

 

60,845

 

97,118

 

56,549

 

 

117,211

 

97,047

 

Dividends declared per common share

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTSSTATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

Paid in

 

Retained

 

Cumulative

 

Comprehensive

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Earnings (Deficit)

 

Dividends

 

Loss

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

 

7,050,000

 

$

176,250

 

96,904,075

 

$

969

 

$

1,119,005

 

$

(8,949

)

$

(397,527

)

$

(2,981

)

$

886,767

 

Vesting of restricted common stock (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

312,452

 

3

 

1,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,755

 

Series A preferred dividends and dividends payable at $1.00 per share year to date (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,050

)

 

 

(7,050

)

Series C preferred dividends and dividends payable at $0.786 per share year to date (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,224

)

 

 

(3,224

)

Accretion of discount on Series C preferred stock (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100

)

Net loss and comprehensive loss (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20,783

)

 

 

 

 

(20,783

)

Balance at June 30, 2010 (unaudited)

 

7,050,000

 

$

176,250

 

97,216,527

 

$

972

 

$

1,120,657

 

$

(29,732

)

$

(407,801

)

$

(2,981

)

$

857,365

 

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated
Other 

 

Non-

 

 

 

 

 

Number of 
Shares

 

Amount

 

Number of 
Shares

 

Amount

 

Paid in 
Capital

 

Retained 
Earnings

 

Cumulative 
Dividends

 

Comprehensive
Loss

 

Controlling 
Interest

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

 

7,050,000

 

$

176,250

 

116,950,504

 

$

1,170

 

$

1,313,498

 

$

29,593

 

$

(418,075

)

$

(3,137

)

$

 

$

1,099,299

 

Vesting of restricted common stock (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

216,318

 

2

 

601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

603

 

Non-controlling interest assumed at acquisition (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

125

 

Distributions to non-controlling interest (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

(7

)

Series A preferred dividends and dividends payable at $0.50 per share year to date (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,525

)

 

 

 

 

(3,525

)

Series C preferred dividends and dividends payable at $0.393 per share year to date (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,612

)

 

 

 

 

(1,612

)

Net income and comprehensive income (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2011 (unaudited)

 

7,050,000

 

$

176,250

 

117,166,822

 

$

1,172

 

$

1,314,099

 

$

80,928

 

$

(423,212

)

$

(3,137

)

$

118

 

$

1,146,218

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(20,783

)

$

(123,695

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

51,335

 

$

(21,091

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Bad debt expense (recovery)

 

(34

)

230

 

 

3

 

(40

)

Loss on sale of other assets

 

 

12,716

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

(6,747

)

(54,579

)

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests

 

(69,230

)

 

Loss on derivatives, net

 

44

 

 

Depreciation

 

50,048

 

58,261

 

 

27,239

 

25,189

 

Amortization of franchise fees and other intangibles

 

285

 

215

 

 

1,613

 

186

 

Amortization and write-off of deferred financing fees

 

2,650

 

1,204

 

 

616

 

2,089

 

Amortization of loan discounts

 

491

 

1,339

 

 

261

 

246

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

1,648

 

2,348

 

 

544

 

962

 

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

1,943

 

135,657

 

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

(275

)

2,101

 

Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

(21

)

(112

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash

 

(31,279

)

(3,641

)

 

11,938

 

(7,353

)

Accounts receivable

 

(3,142

)

5,337

 

 

(5,892

)

(4,674

)

Due from affiliates

 

28

 

17

 

 

27

 

1

 

Inventories

 

167

 

455

 

 

(4

)

51

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

2,694

 

2,379

 

 

1,408

 

129

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

13,887

 

(2,638

)

 

6,310

 

11,446

 

Accrued payroll and employee benefits

 

396

 

(780

)

 

(2,153

)

(1,517

)

Due to Interstate SHP

 

(72

)

(1,212

)

Due to Third-Party Managers

 

3

 

(108

)

Discontinued operations

 

584

 

(743

)

 

(688

)

(6,920

)

Operations held for non-sale disposition

 

(14,455

)

(608

)

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

 

(1,966

)

34,363

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

23,353

 

(1,516

)

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of hotel properties and other assets

 

 

56,289

 

 

42

 

 

Cash received from unconsolidated joint ventures

 

300

 

 

Restricted cash — replacement reserve

 

(1,739

)

(515

)

 

(2,422

)

2,291

 

Acquisitions of notes receivable

 

(3,700

)

 

Acquisitions of hotel properties and other assets

 

(102,159

)

(4,000

)

Renovations and additions to hotel properties and other real estate

 

(17,123

)

(26,059

)

 

(32,606

)

(8,625

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

(22,262

)

29,715

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(137,145

)

(10,334

)

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from common stock offering

 

 

103,500

 

Payment of common stock offering costs

 

 

(4,802

)

Proceeds from notes payable

 

 

60,000

 

Payments on notes payable and related costs

 

(114,450

)

(66,781

)

Payments for repurchases of notes payable and related costs

 

 

(117,377

)

Payments on notes payable

 

(3,394

)

(2,745

)

Payments of deferred financing costs

 

(4

)

(3,104

)

 

(337

)

(4

)

Dividends paid

 

(10,274

)

(17,636

)

 

(5,137

)

(5,137

)

Distributions to non-controlling interest

 

(7

)

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(124,728

)

(46,200

)

 

(8,875

)

(7,886

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(148,956

)

17,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(122,667

)

(19,736

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

353,255

 

176,102

 

 

275,881

 

353,255

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

204,299

 

$

193,980

 

 

$

153,214

 

$

333,519

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

32,734

 

$

49,995

 

 

$

16,469

 

$

16,902

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONCASH INVESTING ACTIVITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deconsolidation of assets of hotel placed into receivership

 

$

18,374

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

18,393

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deconsolidation of liabilities of hotel placed into receivership

 

$

26,854

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

26,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation — construction activities

 

$

90

 

$

124

 

 

$

57

 

$

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation — unconsolidated joint venture

 

$

17

 

$

16

 

 

$

2

 

$

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONCASH FINANCING ACTIVITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of stock dividend

 

$

 

$

29,056

 

Assumption of debt in connection with acquisitions of hotel properties

 

$

312,183

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends payable

 

$

5,137

 

$

5,138

 

 

$

5,137

 

$

5,137

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Organization and Description of Business

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Maryland on June 28, 2004 in anticipation of an initial public offering of common stock, which was consummated on October 26, 2004.  The Company, through its 100% controlling interest in Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (the “Operating Partnership”), of which the Company is the sole managing member, and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, including Sunstone Hotel TRS Lessee, Inc. (the “TRS Lessee”) and its subsidiaries, is currently engaged in acquiring, owning, asset managing and renovating hotel properties. The Company may also sell certain hotel properties from time to time. The Company operates as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes.

 

As a REIT, certain tax laws limit the amount of “non-qualifying” income the Company can earn, including income derived directly from the operation of hotels. As a result, the Company leases all of its hotels to its TRS Lessee, which in turn enters into long-term management agreements with third parties to manage the operations of the Company’s hotels. As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, the Company owned 38 hotels. Pursuant to a secured debt restructuring program initiated by33 hotels, including the Company in 2009Royal Palm Miami Beach, which was aimed at reducing leverageclassified as held for sale as of March 31, 2011 and minimizing risk associated with individualincluded in discontinued operations due to its sale in April 2011, leaving 32 hotels (the “2009 secured debt restructuring program”), the Company is currently in the process of transferring ownership and control of eight (the “Mass Mutual eight”) of its 38 hotels to a lender in satisfaction of a non-recourse mortgage, leaving 30 hotels (the “30“32 hotels”) currently held for investment. The Company has reclassified the assets, liabilities and operating results of the Mass Mutual eight to “operations held for non-sale disposition” on its balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flows. Two additional hotels, the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport, are included in discontinued operations. These two hotels were transferred to receivers pursuant to the 2009 secured debt restructuring program. The Renaissance Westchester, which was also transferred to a receiver pursuant to the 2009 secured debt restructuring program, was reacquired by the Company on June 14, 2010. Operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for 2009, therefore, are included in discontinued operations, whereas operating results from June 14, 2010 forward are included in the Company’s continuing operations.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s third-party managers included Sunstone Hotel Properties, Inc., a divisionsubsidiary of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Interstate SHP”), manager of 2013 of the Company’s 3832 hotels; subsidiaries of Marriott International, Inc. or Marriott Hotel Services, Inc. (collectively, “Marriott”), managers of 13 of the Company’s 3832 hotels; and Davidson Hotel Company, (“Davidson”), Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (U.S.) (“Fairmont”), Highgate Hotels, Hilton Worldwide, (“Hilton”), Hyatt Corporation (“Hyatt”) and Sage Hospitality Resources, (“Sage”), each managers of one of the Company’s 3832 hotels.  In addition, to its wholly owned hotels,as of January 2011, the Company has a 38% equity interest in a joint ventureowns 100% of BuyEfficient, LLC (“BuyEfficient”), an electronic purchasing platform that owns one hotel.allows members to procure food, operating supplies, furniture, fixtures and equipment.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009,2010, and for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the TRS Lessee and their subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

The accompanying interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the Company’s opinion, the interim financial statements presented herein reflect all adjustments, consisting solely of normal and recurring adjustments, which are necessary to fairly present the interim financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2010.17, 2011.

 

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in the consolidated financial statements in order to conform to the current year presentation as a result of the transfer of the Marriott Ontario Airport to a receiver in March 2010, and the finalization of a restructuring agreement with Mass Mutual in April 2010 regarding the Mass Mutual eight hotels along with three additional hotels that secured this non-recourse mortgage.presentation.

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements.

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Reporting Periods

 

The results the Company reports in its consolidated statements of operations are based on results reported to the Company by its hotel managers.  These hotel managers use different reporting periods.  Marriott uses a fiscal year ending on the Friday closest to December 31 and reports twelve weeks of operations for each offor the first three quarters of the year, and sixteen or seventeen weeks of operations for the fourth quarter of the year. The Company’s other hotel managers report operations on a standard monthly calendar.  The Company has elected to adopt quarterly close periods of March 31, June 30 and September 30, and an annual year end of December 31. As a result, the Company’s 2011 results of operations for the

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Marriott-managed hotels include results from January 1 through March 25 for the first quarter, March 26 through June 17 for the second quarter, June 18 through September 9 for the third quarter, and September 10 through December 30 for the fourth quarter. The Company’s 2010 results of operations for the Marriott-managed hotels include results from January 2 through March 26 for the first quarter, March 27 through June 18 for the second quarter, June 19 through September 10 for the third quarter, and September 11 through December 31 for the fourth quarter. The Company’s 2009 results of operations for the Marriott-managed hotels include results from January 3 through March 27 for the first quarter, March 28 through June 19 for the second quarter, June 20 through September 11 for the third quarter, and September 12 through January 1 for the fourth quarter.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

As of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009,2010, the carrying amount of certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses were representative of their fair values due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

The Company follows the requirements of the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and disclosing fair value measurements by establishing a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1

 

Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

 

 

Level 2

 

Inputs reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or the liability; or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.

 

As discussed in Note 9, the Company entered into interest rate protection agreements to manage, or hedge, interest rate risks in conjunction with its acquisitions of the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and the JW Marriott New Orleans during the first quarter of 2011. The Company records interest rate protection agreements on the balance sheet at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in the consolidated statements of operations as they are not designated as hedges. In accordance with the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company estimates the fair value of its interest rate protection agreements based on quotes obtained from the counterparties, which are based upon the consideration that would be required to terminate the agreements. The Company has valued these derivative contracts using Level 2 measurements at $0.3 million as of March 31, 2011.

The Company currently pays the premiums for a $5,000,000 split life insurance policy for its former Chief Executive Officer and current Executive Chairman, Robert A. Alter. Under the terms of the policy, the Company is entitled to receive the greater of the cash surrender value of the policy or the premiums paid by the Company following the termination of Mr. Alter’s employment with the Company. Within 60 days following the date of the termination of the split dollar policy during Mr. Alter’s lifetime, Mr. Alter may obtain a release of such obligation by paying the Company the greater of the total amount of the premiums paid by the Company or the then-current cash surrender value. The Company has valued this policy using Level 2 measurements at $1.8$1.9 million as of both June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009.2010. These amounts are included in other assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

The Company also has a Retirement Benefit Agreement with Mr. Alter. Pursuant to the Retirement Benefit Agreement, Mr. Alter may defer a portion of his compensation. Mr. Alter may amend the amount of his compensation to be deferred from time to time; provided, however, that any such amendment must be in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company will match 50% of Mr. Alter’s deferrals for each year, up to a maximum of $1,500 for that year. Earnings on Mr. Alter’s deferrals and the Company’s matching contributions are an amount equal to the amount which would have been earned on such deferrals and matching contributions had they been paid as premiums on the life insurance policy noted above in accordance with the investment designations made by Mr. Alter. The balance in Mr. Alter’s deferred compensation account is payable over a period of time following the termination of his employment with the Company,

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regardless of the reason for such termination. The Company has valued this agreement using Level 2 measurements at $1.8$1.9 million as of both June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009.2010. These amounts are included in accrued payroll and employee benefits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

TheOn an annual basis and periodically when indicators of impairment exist, the Company has analyzed the carrying values of its hotel properties using Level 3 measurements, including a discounted cash flow analysis to estimate the fair value of its hotel properties taking into account each property’s expected cash flow from operations, holding period and estimated proceeds from the disposition of the property. The factors addressed in determining estimated proceeds from disposition included anticipated operating cash flow in the year of disposition and terminal capitalization rate. In JuneFor the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized a $1.9 million impairment on an office building and land adjacent to one of its hotels based on estimated proceeds expected to be received from the possible sale of this property during the third or fourth quarter of 2010. Whendid not identify any properties with indicators of impairment existed in 2009 and the undiscounted cash flows were less than the carrying value of the asset, the Company used terminal capitalization rates in its 2009 analyses ranging between 8.1% and 9.6%, based on the Company’s weighted average cost of capital, a hurdle rate assigned to each hotel to account for a hotel’s individual characteristics including, but not limited to, size, age and market supply, and an estimated average annual growth rate.impairment.

 

The Company has analyzedalso analyzes the carrying value of its goodwill using Level 3 measurements including a discounted cash flow analysis to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. For the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company did not identify any propertiesgoodwill with indicators of goodwill impairment. When indicators of goodwill impairment existed in 2009 and the discounted cash flows were less than the carrying value of the reporting unit, the Company used discount rates ranging between 13.0% and 13.8% in its 2009 analyses, taking into account each related reporting unit’s expected cash flow from operations, holding period and proceeds from the potential disposition of the property. The factors addressed in determining estimated proceeds from disposition include anticipated operating cash flow in the year of potential disposition and terminal capitalization rate. The Company used terminal capitalization rates in its 2009 analyses ranging between 8.1% and 9.6%, based on the Company’s weighted average cost of capital, a hurdle rate assigned to each hotel to account for a hotel’s individual characteristics including, but not limited to, size, age and market supply, and an estimated average annual growth rate. The Company’s judgment is required in determining the discount rate applied to estimated cash flows, the terminal capitalization rate, the growth rate of each property’s projected revenues and expenses, the need for capital expenditures, as well as specific market and economic conditions.

 

As of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009, all2010, 81.4% and 100%, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding debt had fixed interest rates.rates, including the effect of an interest rate swap agreement. The Company’s carrying value of its debt including the Mass Mutual eight hotels, totaled $1.3$1.5 billion and $1.4$1.1 billion as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009,2010, respectively. Using Level 3 measurements, including the Company’s weighted average cost of capital ranging between 7.0%6.0% and 9.6%, the Company estimates that the fair market value of its debt as of both June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 20092010 totaled $1.2 billion.

The following table presents the impairment charges recorded as a result of applying Level 3 measurements included in earnings for the three$1.4 billion and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Investment in hotel properties, net

 

$

 

$

25,371

 

$

 

$

25,488

 

Investment in hotel properties of discontinued operations, net

 

 

104,007

 

 

104,007

 

Other real estate, net

 

1,943

 

 

1,943

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

450

 

 

1,739

 

Other current assets of operations held for non-sale disposition, net (1)

 

 

697

 

 

3,007

 

Other assets, net

 

 

1,416

 

 

1,416

 

Total Level 3 measurement impairment losses included in earnings

 

$

1,943

 

$

131,941

 

$

1,943

 

$

135,657

 


(1)Includes goodwill impairment losses recorded on operations held for non-sale disposition.$1.1 billion, respectively.

 

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The following tables present our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis at June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 20092010 (in thousands):

 

 

Total

 

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date

 

 

Total

 

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

March 31, 2011

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate derivative agreements

 

$

348

 

$

 

$

348

 

$

 

Life insurance policy

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

 

1,934

 

 

1,934

 

 

Other real estate, net

 

2,150

 

 

 

2,150

 

Goodwill

 

4,673

 

 

 

4,673

 

 

13,088

 

 

 

13,088

 

Goodwill of operations held for non-sale disposition (1)

 

1,174

 

 

 

1,174

 

Total assets

 

$

9,804

 

$

 

$

1,807

 

$

7,997

 

 

$

15,370

 

$

 

$

2,282

 

$

13,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement benefit agreement

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

 

$

1,934

 

$

 

$

1,934

 

$

 

Total liabilities

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

$

1,807

 

$

 

 

$

1,934

 

$

 

$

1,934

 

$

 

 

 

Total

 

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date

 

 

Total

 

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date

 

 

December  31, 2009

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in hotel properties of operations held for non-sale disposition, net (2)

 

$

69,272

 

$

 

$

 

$

69,272

 

Other real estate, net (1)

 

$

2,506

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,506

 

Life insurance policy

 

1,814

 

 

1,814

 

 

 

1,868

 

 

1,868

 

 

Goodwill

 

4,673

 

 

 

4,673

 

 

4,673

 

 

 

4,673

 

Goodwill of operations held for non-sale disposition (1)

 

1,174

 

 

 

1,174

 

Total assets

 

$

76,933

 

$

 

$

1,814

 

$

75,119

 

 

$

9,047

 

$

 

$

1,868

 

$

7,179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement benefit agreement

 

$

1,814

 

$

 

$

1,814

 

$

 

 

$

1,868

 

$

 

$

1,868

 

$

 

Total liabilities

 

$

1,814

 

$

 

$

1,814

 

$

 

 

$

1,868

 

$

 

$

1,868

 

$

 

 


(1)      Goodwill of operations held for non-sale disposition is included in other current assets of operations held for non-sale disposition, net.

(2)Includes the six hotel propertiesoffice building and land adjacent to one of the Company’s hotels that werewas impaired and recorded at fair value in June 2010.

The following table presents the goodwill account balance rollforward from the prior period, as well as the activity recorded for assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis using Level 3 inputs during the reporting period (in thousands):

 

 

Goodwill

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

 

$

4,673

 

Purchase of outside 50% equity interest in BuyEfficient (unaudited)

 

8,415

 

Balance at March 31, 2011 (unaudited)

 

$

13,088

 

The following table presents the gains included in earnings as a result of Decemberapplying Level 3 measurements for the three months ended March 31, 2009.2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures (1)

 

$

69,230

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Level 3 measurement gains included in earnings

 

$

69,230

 

$

 


(1)Includes the gains recorded by the Company on the remeasurements of the Company’s equity interests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and BuyEfficient joint ventures.

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Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable primarily represents receivables from hotel guests who occupy hotel rooms and utilize hotel services. Accounts receivable also includes, among other things, receivables from customers who utilize the Company’s commercial laundry facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rochester, Minnesota, receivables from venders who offer purchase volume rebates to BuyEfficient, as well as tenants who lease space in the Company’s hotels. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts sufficient to cover potential credit losses. The Company’s accounts receivable at both June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 20092010 includes an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.1 million, allmillion.

Goodwill

The Company follows the requirements of the Intangibles — Goodwill and Other Topic of the FASB ASC, which states that goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are subject to annual impairment tests. As a result, the carrying value of goodwill allocated to the hotel properties and other assets is included in continuing operations. At June 30, 2010reviewed at least annually for impairment. In addition, when facts and circumstances suggest that the Company’s goodwill may be impaired, an interim evaluation of goodwill is prepared. Such review entails comparing the carrying value of the individual hotel property or other asset (the reporting unit) including the allocated goodwill to the fair value determined for that reporting unit (see Fair Value of Financial Instruments for detail on the Company’s valuation methodology). If the aggregate carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value, the goodwill of the reporting unit is impaired to the extent of the difference between the fair value and the aggregate carrying value, not to exceed the carrying amount of the allocated goodwill. The Company’s annual impairment evaluation is performed each year as of December 31.

During the first quarter ended March 31, 2009,2011, the Company had approximately $1.2recorded additional goodwill of $8.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively,related to its purchase of the outside 50% equity interest in accounts receivable with one customer who is operating under a contract with the United States government. No amounts have been reserved for this receivable as of either June 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009 as all amounts have been deemed to be collectible.its BuyEfficient joint venture.

 

Deferred Financing Fees

 

Deferred financing fees consist of loan fees and other financing costs related to the Company’s outstanding indebtedness and are amortized to interest expense over the terms of the related debt. Upon repayment or refinancing of the underlying debt, any related unamortized deferred financing fee is charged to interest expense. Upon any loan modification, any related unamortized deferred financing fee is amortized over the remaining terms of the modified loan. Unamortized deferred financing fees written off and charged to interest expense due to the repayment or modification of the underlying debt totaled $0.1 million and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. During the first quarter of 2010, the Company wrote-off $1.5 million in deferred financing fees related to the termination of its credit facility, and during the second quarter of 2010 the Company wrote off $0.1 million in deferred financing fees related to the release of three hotels from the Mass Mutual loan.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company wrote offMarch 31, 2011 and 2010, approximately $0.3 million in deferred financing fees associated with the amendment of its credit facility during the second quarter 2009.

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Total amortization and write-off of deferred financing fees for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

$

306

 

$

361

 

$

799

 

$

635

 

 

$

616

 

$

493

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees(1)

 

123

 

284

 

1,585

 

284

 

 

 

1,462

 

Total deferred financing fees — operations held for investment

 

429

 

645

 

2,384

 

919

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

132

 

132

 

264

 

264

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred financing fees — continuing operations

 

616

 

1,955

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

 

10

 

2

 

21

 

 

 

134

 

Total amortization and write-off of deferred financing fees

 

$

561

 

$

787

 

$

2,650

 

$

1,204

 

 

$

616

 

$

2,089

 


(1)Includes unamortized deferred financing costs written off by the Company and charged to interest expense due to the termination of its credit facility during the first quarter of 2010.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

The Company applies the two-class method when computing its earnings per share as required by the Earnings Per Share Topic of the FASB ASC, which requires the net income per share for each class of stock (common stock and convertible preferred stock) to be calculated assuming 100% of the Company’s net income is distributed as dividends to each class of stock based on their contractual rights. To the extent the Company has undistributed earnings in any calendar quarter, the Company will follow the two-class method of computing earnings per share.

 

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The Company follows the requirements of ASC 260-10, which states that unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. For the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, no earnings representing nonforfeitable dividends were allocated to the participating securities. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009,undistributed earnings representing nonforfeitable dividends of zero$0.3 million and $0.4 million,zero, respectively, were allocated to the participating securities.

 

In accordance with the Earnings Per Share Topic of the FASB ASC, basic earnings available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period, plus potential common shares considered outstanding during the period, as long as the inclusion of such awards is not anti-dilutive. Potential common shares consist of unvested restricted stock awards (using the treasury stock method), the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method) and the conversion of the Company’s Series C Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series C preferred stock”).

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

308

 

$

(130,205

)

$

(20,783

)

$

(123,695

)

Less dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation

 

 

 

 

(447

)

Less preferred stock dividends and accretion

 

(5,187

)

(5,188

)

(10,374

)

(10,375

)

Numerator for basic and diluted loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(4,879

)

$

(135,393

)

$

(31,157

)

$

(134,517

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average basic and diluted common shares outstanding

 

97,188

 

60,845

 

97,118

 

56,549

 

Basic loss attributable to common stockholders per common share

 

$

(0.05

)

$

(2.23

)

$

(0.32

)

$

(2.38

)

Diluted loss attributable to common stockholders per common share

 

$

(0.05

)

$

(2.23

)

$

(0.32

)

$

(2.38

)

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Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

51,335

 

$

(21,091

)

Less distributions to non-controlling interest

 

(7

)

 

Less preferred stock dividends and accretion

 

(5,137

)

(5,187

)

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation

 

(302

)

 

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock

 

(209

)

 

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings available (loss attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

45,680

 

$

(26,278

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average basic common shares outstanding

 

117,074

 

97,047

 

Unvested restricted stock awards

 

137

 

 

Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding

 

117,211

 

97,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share

 

$

0.39

 

$

(0.27

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share

 

$

0.39

 

$

(0.27

)

 

The Company’s shares of Series C preferred stock issuable upon conversion and shares associated with common stock options have been excluded from the above calculation of earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The Company’s unvested restricted stock units andshares associated with its long-term incentive plan have been excluded from the above calculation of earningsloss per share for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

Segment Reporting

 

The Company reports its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Segment Reporting Topic of the FASB ASC. Currently, the Company operates in two segments,one segment, operations held for investment andinvestment. Previously, the Company operated in an additional segment, operations held for non-sale disposition. As a result of deed backs and title transfers, the Company has disposed of all assets and liabilities from its operations held for non-sale disposition segment. Accordingly, all assets, liabilities and the operations from its non-sale disposition segment have been reclassified to discontinued operations.

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3. Investment in Hotel Properties

 

Investment in hotel properties, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Land

 

$

239,564

 

$

233,812

 

 

$

266,914

 

$

239,564

 

Buildings and improvements

 

1,874,199

 

1,848,435

 

 

2,175,430

 

1,884,602

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

251,144

 

243,415

 

 

295,691

 

256,421

 

Intangibles

 

34,081

 

34,081

 

 

142,821

 

34,081

 

Franchise fees

 

942

 

1,133

 

 

1,031

 

983

 

Construction in process

 

8,946

 

6,182

 

 

42,696

 

38,253

 

 

2,408,876

 

2,367,058

 

 

2,924,583

 

2,453,904

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(489,751

)

(443,666

)

 

(562,720

)

(535,785

)

 

$

1,919,125

 

$

1,923,392

 

 

$

2,361,863

 

$

1,918,119

 

 

In August 2009, pursuant to the 2009 secured debt restructuring program,January 2011, the Company elected to ceasepurchased the subsidizationoutside 62% equity interests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million, and, as a result, became the sole owner of debt service on the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the 347-room Renaissance Westchester. In December 2009, a stipulation for the appointment of a receiver for the entity that owns the Renaissance Westchester was filed460-room Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square hotel located in the New York Superior Court, CountyCity, New York. The hotel is encumbered by $270.0 million of Westchester,non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt that matures in January 2012, and bears a blended interest rate of LIBOR plus 115 basis points. The Company expects to refinance this debt in 2011, and intends to fund any refinancing shortfall with existing cash. The hotel is encumbered by an additional $30.0 million mezzanine loan that is owned by the Company, transferred possession and, control of the Renaissance Westchester to a receiver, who was operating the property for the benefit of the lender of the non-recourse loan. As such, andtherefore, eliminated in conjunction with the Consolidation Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company effectively transferred control of the asset to the receiver in December 2009, and accordingly deconsolidated the Renaissance Westchester. The Company had no rights to the profit or loss associated with the Renaissance Westchester upon the hotel’s appointment to the receiver; however since the Company was still not released from the non-recourse mortgage, the net liability was still recordedconsolidation on the Company’s March 31, 2011 balance sheet. On JuneThe Company recorded the acquisition at fair value using an independent third-party analysis, with the purchase price allocated to investment in hotel properties, notes payable and hotel working capital assets and liabilities. The Company recognized acquisition-related costs of $2.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011, which are included in corporate overhead on the Company’s statement of operations. The results of operations for the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square have been included in the Company’s statement of operations from the acquisition date of January 14, 2010,2011 through the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Preferred dividends earned by investors from an entity that owns the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, less administrative fees, totaled $7,000 during the quarter ended March 31, 2011, and are included in distributions to non-controlling interest on the Company’s statement of operations.

In February 2011, the Company reacquiredpurchased the Renaissance Westchester494-room JW Marriott New Orleans located in New Orleans, Louisiana for $26.0approximately $51.6 million including related costs. Inin cash and the assumption of a $42.2 million floating-rate, non-recourse senior mortgage. The mortgage, which matures in September 2015, has been swapped to a fixed rate of 5.45%, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule. The Company recorded the acquisition at fair value using an independent third-party analysis, with the purchase price allocated to investment in hotel properties, notes payable and hotel working capital assets. The Company recognized acquisition-related costs of $0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011, which are included in corporate overhead on the Company’s statement of operations. The results of operations for the JW Marriott New Orleans have been included in the Company’s statement of operations from the acquisition date of February 15, 2011 through the end of Marriott’s first quarter March 25, 2011.

The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the dates of acquisition for the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and the JW Marriott New Orleans were consistent with the purchase prices of these two hotels and were allocated based on independent third-party analyses. The following table summarizes the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in these two acquisitions (in thousands):

Assets:

 

 

 

Investment in hotel properties (1)

 

$

434,990

 

Cash

 

12,958

 

Restricted cash

 

14,914

 

Accounts receivable

 

4,957

 

Other assets

 

5,367

 

Total assets acquired

 

473,186

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

312,183

 

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

 

11,310

 

Total liabilities acquired

 

323,493

 

 

 

 

 

Non-controlling interest

 

125

 

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests (2)

 

60,501

 

Total cash paid for acquisitions

 

$

89,067

 


(1)  Investment in hotel properties was allocated to land ($27.4 million), buildings and improvements ($275.1 million), furniture, fixtures and equipment ($23.8 million) and intangibles ($108.7 million).

(2)  Gain on remeasurement of equity interests includes a gain of $30.1 million recognized on the remeasurement of the Company’s equity interest in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture to its fair market value, and a gain of $30.4 million recognized on the remeasurement of the Company’s investment in a $30.0 million, 8.5% mezzanine loan secured by the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square to its fair market value in connection with the repurchaseCompany’s purchase of the Renaissance Westchester,outside 62% equity interests in the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage was cancelled. The Company recorded a $6.7 million gain on the extinguishmentDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture.

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Acquired properties are included in the Company’s continuing operations. The Company is inresults of operations from the processdate of finalizing the purchase price allocation for the Renaissance Westchester. The Company has included depreciation expense based on this preliminary purchase price allocation.

acquisition. The following unaudited pro forma results of operations reflect the Company’s results as if the reacquisitionacquisitions of the Renaissance Westchester hadDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square in January 2011 and the JW Marriott New Orleans in February 2011 both occurred on January 1, 2010. In the Company’s opinion, all significant adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the reacquisitionacquisitions have been made; however, depreciation expense for the Renaissance Westchester was based on a preliminary purchase price allocationmade (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

Revenues

 

$

185,104

 

$

350,050

 

Loss attributable to common stockholders from continuing operations

 

$

(6,129

)

$

(26,891

)

Loss per diluted share attributable to common stockholders from continuing operations

 

$

(0.12

)

$

(0.38

)

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Pursuant to its 2009 secured debt restructuring program, the Company finalized a restructuring agreement in April 2010 with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or Mass Mutual, the lender’s representative for a $246.0 million, 5.95% non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 11 of the Company’s hotels comprised of 2,587 rooms. As part of this agreement, the Company agreed to pay down $83.0 million of the Mass Mutual loan in exchange for the release of three hotels from the loan. The three hotels include the 179-room Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Airport, the 271-room Kahler Inn & Suites Rochester and the 203-room Marriott Rochester. Also pursuant to this agreement, the Company expects to complete the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight hotels in satisfaction of the remaining $163.0 million loan balance during 2010. The Mass Mutual eight hotels include the following: Renaissance Atlanta Concourse; Hilton Huntington; Residence Inn by Marriott Manhattan Beach; Marriott Provo; Courtyard by Marriott San Diego (Old Town); Holiday Inn Downtown San Diego; Holiday Inn Express San Diego (Old Town); and Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park). Pending the completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver, the Company has reclassified the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Mass Mutual eight to “operations held for non-sale disposition” on its balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows. Upon the completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver, the assets and liabilities associated with the Mass Mutual eight will be deconsolidated.

As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the assets and liabilities of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

��

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

20,319

 

$

5,864

 

Restricted cash

 

4,994

 

4,683

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

1,594

 

1,137

 

Inventories

 

240

 

245

 

Prepaid expenses

 

371

 

208

 

Deferred financing fees, net

 

439

 

702

 

Goodwill

 

1,174

 

1,174

 

Other assets, net

 

312

 

127

 

Other current assets of operations held for non-sale disposition, net

 

29,443

 

14,140

 

Investment in hotel properties, net

 

99,527

 

102,343

 

Total assets

 

$

128,970

 

$

116,483

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

757

 

$

989

 

Due to Interstate SHP

 

1,345

 

1,148

 

Other current liabilities

 

18,309

 

4,192

 

Other liabilities

 

44

 

35

 

Other current liabilities of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

20,455

 

6,364

 

Notes payable

 

162,972

 

184,121

 

Total liabilities

 

$

183,427

 

$

190,485

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Revenues

 

$

167,412

 

$

158,223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders from continuing operations

 

$

49,545

 

$

(18,950

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) per diluted share available (attributable) to common stockholders from continuing operations

 

$

0.42

 

$

(0.25

)

 

4. Discontinued Operations

 

OnThe Company has classified the Royal Palm Miami Beach as held for sale as of March 31, 2011, reclassifying the hotel’s assets and liabilities on its March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 balance sheets as held for sale, and the hotel’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011, to discontinued operations. As the hotel was purchased by the Company in August 2010, no results of operations for the Royal Palm Miami Beach are included in the Company’s statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The Royal Palm Miami Beach was sold in April 2011 for $130.0 million, subject to $90.0 million of seller financing.

In 2009, pursuant to a secured debt restructuring program, the Company elected to cease the subsidization of debt service on four loans secured by 11 of its hotels:  W San Diego, Renaissance Westchester, Marriott Ontario Airport, and the “Mass Mutual eight” (Renaissance Atlanta Concourse, Hilton Huntington, Residence Inn by Marriott Manhattan Beach, Marriott Provo, Courtyard by Marriott San Diego (Old Town), Holiday Inn Downtown San Diego, Holiday Inn Express San Diego (Old Town), and Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park)). In December 2009, the Company transferred possession and control of the Renaissance Westchester to a court-appointed receiver. In June 14, 2010, the Company reacquired the Renaissance Westchester, for $26.0 million, including related costs. In connection with the repurchase of the Renaissance Westchester,and the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the hotel was cancelled. The Company recorded a $6.7 million gain on the extinguishment of this debt, which is included in discontinued operations. Operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for 2009, therefore, are included in discontinued operations, whereas operating results from June 14, 2010 forward are included in the Company’s continuing operations.

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In September 2009, pursuant to the 2009 secured debt restructuring program, the Company elected to cease the subsidization of debt service on the $25.5 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the 299-room Marriott Ontario Airport. In March 2010, a stipulation for the appointment of a receiver for the entity that owns the Marriott Ontario Airport was filed in the California Superior Court, County of San Bernardino, and the Company transferred possession and control of the Marriott Ontario Airport to the receiver, who is operating the property for the benefit of the lender of the non-recourse loan. As such, and in conjunction with the Consolidation Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company effectively transferred control of the asset to a receiver in March 2010, and accordingly has deconsolidated the Marriott Ontario Airport. The Company has reclassified the net assets and the net liabilities, including the hotel’s $25.5 million mortgage indebtedness to other current liabilities of discontinued operations, net on the Company’s June 30, 2010 balance sheet. The Company reclassified the individual assets and liabilities, including the hotel’s $25.5 million mortgage indebtedness to the appropriate discontinued operations line items on its December 31, 2009 balance sheet. Additionally, the Company reclassified the Marriott Ontario Airport’s results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as well as any expenses incurred as owner of the property for the three months ended June 30, 2010, along with the hotel’s results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 to discontinued operations on its statements of operations and cash flows. Although the entity that owns the Marriott Ontario Airport has been deconsolidated, the Company will remain the owner of the hotel until the deed back is completed. Accordingly, the Company has deferred recording a gain on extinguishment of debt until the deed back is completed and the non-recourse mortgage is extinguished.

In June 2009, pursuant to the 2009 secured debt restructuring program, the Company elected to cease the subsidization of debt service on the $65.0$6.7 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the 258-room W San Diego. In September 2009, a stipulation for the appointment of a receiver for the entity that owns the W San Diego was filed in the California Superior Court, County of San Diego, and the Company transferred possession and control of the W San Diego to the receiver, who is operating the property for the benefit of the lender of the non-recourse loan. As such, and in conjunction with the Consolidation Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company effectively transferred control of the asset to a receiver in September 2009, and accordingly deconsolidated the W San Diego. The Company has reclassified the net assets and the net liabilities, including the hotel’s $65.0 million mortgage indebtedness to other current liabilities of discontinued operations, net on the Company’s June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 balance sheets. Additionally, the Company reclassified the W San Diego’s results of operations and cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as well as any expenses incurred as owner of the property for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, to discontinued operations on the Company’s statements of operations and cash flows. Onin June 2010. In July 2, 2010, the Company completed its previously announcedthe deed back of the W San Diego, and title to the hotel was transferred to the lender. The Company will recordrecorded a gain on extinguishment of debt of $35.4 million to discontinued operations in July 2010, and removed the hotel’s net assets and liabilities from its 2010 balance sheet. In August 2010, the Marriott Ontario Airport was sold by the receiver, and title to the hotel was transferred to the new owner. In connection with this sale, the Company recorded a $5.1 million gain on extinguishment of debt to discontinued operations in August 2010, and removed the thirdnet assets and liabilities from its 2010 balance sheet. In November 2010, the Company completed the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight hotels, and titles to the hotels were transferred to the lender. In connection with such transfer, Mass Mutual delivered to the Company a covenant and agreement pursuant to which Mass Mutual agreed to not sue the Company for any matter or claim which Mass Mutual may ever have relating to the hotels, the loan or the loan documents. There are certain customary carveouts from this covenant not to sue, including fraud, a breach of the deed in lieu agreement itself and the environmental indemnity agreement delivered at the time the loan was originated. Additionally, the Company made certain customary representations and warranties, all of which survive the closing for a period of six months. Five of the Mass Mutual eight hotels remain subject to franchise agreements which contain corporate guaranties. If the franchise agreements on these five hotels were to be terminated, the Company may be liable for up to $19.6 million in termination fees. The Company recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt of $39.0 million to discontinued operations in the fourth quarter of 2010, and the net assets and liabilities will bewere removed from its 2010 balance sheets.

In additionsheet. Additional gain of $19.6 million will be deferred until all significant contingencies are resolved. The Company expects the franchise agreements on these five hotels to the deconsolidations noted above, the Company sold the Marriott Napa Valley and the Marriott Riversidebe finalized during the second quarter of 2009,2011, and to record any necessary adjustments to its liability for the Hyatt Suites Atlanta Northwest duringtermination fees in its statement of operations for the third quarterthree months ended June 30, 2011, however, resolution may not be achieved until the second half of 2009. 2011.

The following sets forth the discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, related to the threeRoyal Palm Miami Beach and to the 11 hotel properties deeded back to lenders or sold during 2009, as well as the two hotel properties held in receivership at June 30, 2010 and the Renaissance Westchester held in receivership until its reacquisition by the Company on June 14,receiver during 2010 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operating revenues

 

$

 

$

16,405

 

$

1,842

 

$

33,630

 

 

$

6,918

 

$

21,676

 

Operating expenses

 

(113

)

(14,614

)

(1,736

)

(30,210

)

 

(3,973

)

(17,968

)

Interest expense

 

 

(1,737

)

(275

)

(3,460

)

 

 

(5,686

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

 

(2,770

)

(124

)

(5,753

)

 

(1,433

)

(1,817

)

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

 

(104,007

)

 

(104,007

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

6,747

 

 

6,747

 

 

Loss on sale of hotels

 

 

(13,070

)

 

(13,070

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

$

6,634

 

$

(119,793

)

$

6,454

 

$

(122,870

)

 

$

1,512

 

$

(3,795

)

 

5. Other Real Estate

 

Other real estate, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

June 30,
2010

 

December 31,
2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Land

 

$

2,768

 

$

3,824

 

Buildings and improvements

 

9,297

 

10,179

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

6,420

 

6,058

 

Construction in process

 

43

 

27

 

 

 

18,528

 

20,088

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(6,658

)

(6,232

)

 

 

11,870

 

13,856

 

Land held for investment

 

188

 

188

 

 

 

$

12,058

 

$

14,044

 

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In June 2010, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $1.9 million on an office building and land adjacent to one of its hotels in anticipation of a possible sale during the third or fourth quarter of 2010.

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Land

 

$

2,768

 

$

2,768

 

Buildings and improvements

 

9,297

 

9,297

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

6,796

 

6,687

 

Construction in process

 

310

 

116

 

 

 

19,171

 

18,868

 

Accumulated depreciation 

 

(7,250

)

(7,044

)

 

 

11,921

 

11,824

 

Land held for investment 

 

188

 

188

 

 

 

$

12,109

 

$

12,012

 

 

As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, other real estate, net included the Company’s two commercial laundry facilities, an office building and one vacant parcel of land.

 

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6. Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

 

In December 2007, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Strategic”) to own and operate BuyEfficient, LLC (“BuyEfficient”), an electronic purchasing platform that allows members to procure food, operating supplies, furniture, fixtures and equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, Strategic acquired a 50% interest in BuyEfficient from the Company. In December 2006, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement to obtain a 38% interest in the 460-room Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square in New York City, New York. The Company accountsaccounted for both of theseits ownership interestsinterest in the hotel using the equity method. The Company’smethod, and its accounting policies arewere consistent with those of the unconsolidated joint ventures.

As part of the Company’s agreement with Strategic, the cost of BuyEfficient’s participation in the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan continues to be borne solely by the Company.venture. In accordance with the Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures Topic of the FASB ASC,January 2011, the Company expensespurchased the cost of stock-based compensation granted to employees of BuyEfficient as incurred to the extent the Company’s claim on BuyEfficient’s book value has not been increased. The Company recognizes this stock-based compensation expense based on fair valueoutside 62% equity interests in accordance with the Compensation — Stock Compensation Topic and the Equity Topic of the FASB ASC. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense for BuyEfficient for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, all of which was included in equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures, as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

$

11

 

$

17

 

$

26

 

$

24

 

In April 2010, the Company received a $0.3 million distribution from its BuyEfficient joint venture. No distributions were received for either the three or six months ended June 30, 2009.

During the fourth quarter of 2009, the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square recorded an impairment loss in accordance with the Property, Plant and Equipment Topic of the FASB ASC, reducing the members’ equity in the joint venture to a deficit.  The Company has no guaranteed obligations to fund any losses of the partnership; therefore, in accordance with the Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company’s impairment loss was limited to its remaining $26.0 million investment in the partnership. The impairment charge effectively reduced the Company’s investment in the partnership to zero. Although the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture earned incomefor $37.5 million, and, as a result, became the sole owner of $0.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2010, and incurred a loss of $0.4 million duringentity that owns the six months ended June 30, 2010,hotel. In conjunction with this purchase, the Company did not recognize any portionrecognized a gain of this income or loss as its$30.1 million on the remeasurement of the Company’s equity interest in the partnership was reduced to zero at December 31, 2009. The Company will not recognize any future income from this joint venture untilto its sharefair market value, and a gain of such earnings exceeds$30.4 million on the remeasurement of the Company’s investment in a $30.0 million, 8.5% mezzanine loan secured by the hotel which it purchased in April 2010 for $3.45 million to its sharefair market value. Subsequent to this acquisition, the Company consolidates the results of cumulative losses in excessoperations of the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square with its zero book value in the investment.continuing operations.

 

Annual dividendsIn December 2007, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (“Strategic”) to own and operate BuyEfficient. Under the terms of the agreement, Strategic acquired a 50% interest in BuyEfficient from the Company. The Company accounted for its ownership interest in BuyEfficient using the equity method, and its accounting policies were consistent with those of the unconsolidated joint venture. In January 2011, the Company repurchased Strategic’s 50% share in BuyEfficient for $9.0 million. In conjunction with this purchase, the Company recognized a gain of $8.7 million on the remeasurement of the Company’s equity investmentinterest in this joint venture to its fair market value. Subsequent to this acquisition, the Company is now the sole owner of BuyEfficient, and consolidates BuyEfficient’s results of operations with its continuing operations.

7. Interest Rate Derivative Agreements

At March 31, 2011, the Company held one interest rate cap agreement and one interest rate swap agreement to manage its exposure to the interest rate risks related to its floating rate debt. The interest rate cap agreement was acquired in connection with the Company’s purchase of the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square areas the purchase included the assumption of $270.0 million of non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt with a blended interest rate of LIBOR plus 115 basis points. The Company valued this interest rate cap agreement at $0.1 million at the acquisition date. The notional amount of the related debt totaled $270.0 million at March 31, 2011. The interest rate cap strike rates range from 3.3208% to 4.49%, and the returnsmaturity date is in January 2012. The interest rate swap agreement was acquired in connection with the Company’s purchase of the JW Marriott New Orleans, which included the assumption of $42.2 million of floating rate debt which was swapped to a fixed rate of 5.45%. The Company valued this interest rate swap agreement at $0.3 million at the acquisition date. The notional amount of the related debt totaled $42.1 million as of March 31, 2011. The interest rate swap agreement caps the LIBOR interest rate on equity to other investorsthe underlying debt at a total interest rate of 5.45%, and the maturity date is in this joint venture.  The annual dividend accrual rates, which are calculated as a percentageSeptember 2015. None of the interest rate derivative agreements qualify for effective hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of the Company’s original $40.0 million investment, were initially 8.0%, are currently 8.5%, and willinterest rate derivative agreements resulted in a net loss of $44,000 which has been reflected as an increase to 9.25% over a nine-year period. In addition, the Company’s equity investment is entitled to receive a pro-rata share of any excess equity distributions made by the joint venture. The Company received no distributions during eitherin interest expense for the three or six months ended June 30, 2010 or 2009.

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7. Goodwill

March 31, 2011. The Company follows the requirementsfair values of the Intangibles — Goodwill and Other Topic of the FASB ASC, which states that goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are subject to annual impairment tests. As a result, the carrying value of goodwill allocated to the hotel properties and other real estate is reviewedinterest rate derivative agreements totaled $0.3 million at least annually for impairment. In addition, when facts and circumstances suggest that the Company’s goodwill may be impaired, an interim evaluation of goodwill is prepared. Such review entails comparing the carrying value of the individual hotel property (the reporting unit) including the allocated goodwill to the fair value determined for that hotel property (see Fair Value of Financial Instruments for detail on the Company’s valuation methodology). If the aggregate carrying value of the hotel property exceeds the fair value, the goodwill of the hotel property is impaired to the extent of the difference between the fair value and the aggregate carrying value, not to exceed the carrying amount of the allocated goodwill. The Company’s annual impairment evaluation is performed each year as of December 31.

As of June 30, 2010 and DecemberMarch 31, 2009, goodwill consisted of the following (in thousands):2011.

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

4,673

 

$

8,621

 

Goodwill impairment loss — operations held for investment

 

 

(3,948

)

Ending balance

 

$

4,673

 

$

4,673

 

 

8. Other Assets

 

Other assets, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2010

 

December 31,
2009

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Deposits on potential acquisitions

 

$

18,000

 

$

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$

2,205

 

$

1,125

 

 

1,857

 

1,758

 

Intangibles, net

 

8,927

 

 

Notes receivable

 

500

 

3,950

 

Other receivables

 

4,710

 

2,567

 

 

5,378

 

4,403

 

Other

 

2,512

 

2,526

 

 

3,061

 

2,657

 

 

$

9,427

 

$

6,218

 

 

$

37,723

 

$

12,768

 

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In March 2011, the Company paid a deposit of $13.0 million towards its acquisition of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, which the Company completed in April 2011. In addition, the Company paid a $5.0 million refundable deposit on a potential hotel acquisition.

Due to the purchase of the outside 50% equity interest in its BuyEfficient joint venture (see Footnote 6), the Company’s other assets, net as of March 31, 2011, includes BuyEfficient’s intangible assets totaling $9.0 million related to certain trademarks, customer and supplier relationships and internally developed software. These intangibles are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining useful lives of between seven to 20 years. Accumulated amortization totaled $0.1 million at March 31, 2011, and amortization expense totaled $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

 

In April 2010, the Company purchased two hotel loans for $3.7 million that havewith a combined principal amount of $32.5 million plus accrued interestfor a total purchase price of approximately $800,000.$3.7 million. The loans includeincluded (i) a $30.0 million, 8.5% mezzanine loan maturing in January 2017 secured by the equity interests in the Company’s Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture (see Footnote 6), and (ii) one-half of a $2.5$5.0 million, 8.075% subordinate note maturing in November 2010 secured by the 101-room boutique hotel known as Twelve Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia. The Company purchased the mezzanine loan for $3.45 million and the subordinate note for $250,000. NoneIn November 2010, the Company purchased the remaining half of the debt onTwelve Atlantic Station subordinate note for an additional $250,000. In November 2010, the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square issubordinate note was modified to provide for monthly interest only payments of 3.5%, with the remaining interest due at maturity, and the maturity date was extended to November 2012. As the subordinate note was in default, however interest payments on the mezzanine loan are currently being deferred in accordance withborrower was required to bring the provisionssubordinate note current. As of March 31, 2011, the loan. The subordinate note secured by the Twelve Atlantic Station was not in default, however, the Company is currently in default. The Company will accountaccounting for both loansthe Twelve Atlantic Station loan using the cost recovery method until such time as the expected cash flows from the loansloan are reasonably probable and estimable. No amounts were received for eitherthe subordinate note during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

In 2006, the Company sold 13 hotels for gross proceedsfirst quarter of $144.1 million. As a condition of the transaction, the Company currently holds a promissory note from the buyer of the 13 hotels (the “Buyer”) for $5.6 million, with interest accruing at 8% per annum. The note is interest only and is secured by an equity pledge in the Buyer’s legal investment entity. In December 2009, the Company received notice that the Buyer requested a loan modification from the Senior Note Lender, indicating that the Company’s $5.6 million mezzanine loan along with the accrued interest may not be collectible. As such, the Company recorded an allowance for bad debt of $5.6 million to other assets, net in December 2009, which reserved both the discounted note and the related interest receivable in full at December 31, 2009. The Company suspended recording interest receivable2011 as payments on the note and any amounts received fromare currently being accumulated by the Buyerloan servicer. In January 2011, the Company purchased the outside 62% equity interests in the future will be applied first towardsDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million and, as a result, became the principal amountsole owner of the note. Duringentity that owns the three and six months ended June 30, 2010,hotel. In conjunction with this purchase, the Company received zero and $0.1recognized a gain of $30.1 million respectively, fromon the Buyer and applied these receipts towardsremeasurement of its investment in the principal amount ofmezzanine loan to its fair market value. After this acquisition, the note as recoveries of bad debt which were includedmezzanine loan is eliminated in corporate overhead.

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9. Notes Payable

 

Notes payable consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

June 30,
2010

 

December 31,
2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Notes payable requiring payments of interest and principal, with fixed rates ranging from 4.98% to 9.88%; maturing at dates ranging from December 2010 through May 2021. The notes are collateralized by first deeds of trust on 27 hotel properties and one laundry facility at June 30, 2010, and 30 hotel properties and one laundry facility at December 31, 2009.

 

$

1,240,198

 

$

1,328,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes, with a fixed interest rate of 4.60%, maturing in July 2027. The notes are guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

62,500

 

62,500

 

 

 

1,302,698

 

1,391,111

 

Less: discount on Senior Notes

 

(2,703

)

(3,193

)

 

 

1,299,995

 

1,387,918

 

Less: notes payable of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

(162,972

)

(184,121

)

Less: current portion

 

(93,401

)

(153,778

)

 

 

$

1,043,622

 

$

1,050,019

 

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Notes payable requiring payments of interest and principal, with fixed rates ranging from 4.97% to 9.88%, including the effect of an interest rate swap; maturing at dates ranging from July 2012 through May 2021. The notes are collateralized by first deeds of trust on 20 hotel properties and one laundry facility at March 31, 2011, and 19 hotel properties and one laundry facility at December 31, 2010.

 

$

1,121,788

 

$

1,083,000

 

Notes payable requiring payments of interest only bearing a blended rate of LIBOR plus 115 basis points; maturing in January 2012. The notes are collateralized by first deeds of trust on one hotel property.

 

270,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes, with a fixed interest rate of 4.60%, maturing in July 2027. The notes, subject to specified events and other conditions, are exchangeable into, at the Company’s option, cash, the Company’s common stock, or a combination of cash and the Company’s common stock. The notes are guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

62,500

 

62,500

 

 

 

1,454,288

 

1,145,500

 

Less: discount on Senior Notes

 

(1,935

)

(2,197

)

 

 

1,452,353

 

1,143,303

 

Less: current portion

 

(288,699

)

(16,486

)

 

 

$

1,163,654

 

$

1,126,817

 

 

The Company’s 2009 secured debt restructuring program was initiated to address cash flowIn January 2011, the Company purchased the outside 62% equity interests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million and, value deficits among certain of its hotels securing non-recourse mortgage debt. The statusas a result, became the sole owner of the final four loans includedentity that owns the 460-room Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square hotel located in the 2009 secured debt restructuring program is discussed further below.

W San Diego. On July 2, 2010, the Company completed its previously announced deed back of the W San Diego, and title to the hotel was transferred to the lender.New York City. The Company will record a gain on extinguishment of debt to discontinued operations in accordance with the Debt Topic of the FASB ASC in the third quarter of 2010, and the net assets and liabilities will be removed from its balance sheets.

Renaissance Westchester. On June 14, 2010, the Company reacquired the Renaissance Westchester for $26.0 million, including related costs. In connection with the repurchase of the Renaissance Westchester, the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the hotel was cancelled. The Company recorded a $6.7 million gain on the extinguishment of this debt, which is included in discontinued operations. Operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for 2009, therefore, are included in discontinued operations, whereas operating results from June 14, 2010 forward are included in the Company’s continuing operations.

Marriott Ontario Airport. Effective March 1, 2010, possession and control of the 299-room Marriott Ontario Airport was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. In connection with this transfer, the Company deconsolidated this hotel and reclassified the assets and liabilities, including the hotel’s $25.5 million 5.34% non-recourse mortgage, to discontinued operations on its balance sheets. Additionally, the Company reclassified the Marriott Ontario Airport’s results of operations and cash flows to discontinued operations on its statements of operations and cash flows. Once title to the hotel is transferred, the Company will record a gain on extinguishment of debt in accordance with the Debt Topic of the FASB ASC, and the net assets and liabilities will be removed from the Company’s balance sheets.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In April 2010, the Company finalized an agreement with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or Mass Mutual, the lender’s representative for a $246.0 million, 5.95% non-recourse mortgage loan securedencumbered by 11 of the Company’s hotels comprised of 2,587 rooms. As part of the agreement, the Company agreed to pay down $83.0$270.0 million of the Mass Mutual loannon-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt that matures in exchange for the releaseJanuary 2012, and bears a blended interest rate of three hotels from the loan. Also pursuant to this agreement, theLIBOR plus 115 basis points. The Company expects to complete the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight hotelsrefinance this debt in satisfaction of the remaining $163.02011, and intends to fund any refinancing shortfall with existing cash. The hotel is encumbered by an additional $30.0 million mezzanine loan balance during 2010. Pending the completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver,that is owned by the Company, has reclassifiedand, therefore, eliminated in consolidation on the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Mass Mutual eight to “operations held for non-sale disposition” on itsCompany’s March 31, 2011 balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows. Upon completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver, the assets and liabilities associated with the Mass Mutual eight will be deconsolidated.sheet.

 

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In February 2011, the Company purchased the 494-room JW Marriott New Orleans for approximately $93.8 million. The acquisition included the assumption of a $42.2 million floating-rate, non-recourse senior mortgage. The mortgage, which matures in September 2015, has been swapped to a fixed rate of 5.45%, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule.

 

Total interest incurred and expensed on the notes payable was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

16,185

 

$

18,198

 

$

33,123

 

$

37,255

 

 

$

17,023

 

$

16,938

 

Interest expense — default rate (1)

 

120

 

 

884

 

 

 

 

764

 

Loss on derivatives, net

 

44

 

 

Accretion of Senior Notes

 

245

 

655

 

491

 

1,339

 

 

261

 

246

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

306

 

361

 

799

 

635

 

 

616

 

493

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

123

 

284

 

1,585

 

284

 

 

 

1,462

 

Loan penalties and fees (2)(1)

 

36

 

 

174

 

 

 

 

138

 

 

$

17,015

 

$

19,498

 

$

37,056

 

$

39,513

 

 

$

17,944

 

$

20,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

2,473

 

$

2,760

 

$

5,182

 

$

5,523

 

Interest expense — default rate (1)

 

2,078

 

 

4,354

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

132

 

132

 

264

 

264

 

Loan penalties and fees (2)

 

303

 

 

597

 

 

 

$

4,986

 

$

2,892

 

$

10,397

 

$

5,787

 

 


(1)  InterestThe default interest expense — default rate forand the threeloan penalties and six months ended June 30, 2010 wasfees were incurred due to the Company’s elective default on the Mass Mutual loan, pursuant to its 2009 secured debt restructuring program. While the Company is required to record such interest, as the Mass Mutual loan is non-recourse to the Company, the Company does not expect to actually fund such interest. The Company will reverse this accrual and record a gain on the forgiveness of this interest once the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight is complete, and the debt is extinguished.

(2)  Due to the Company’s elective default on the Mass Mutual loan pursuant to its 2009 secured debt restructuring program, operations held for investment includes loan penalties and fees of $36,000 and $135,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and operations held for non-sale disposition includes loan penalties and fees of $303,000 and $597,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. While the Company is required to record such loan penalties and fees, as the Mass Mutual loan is non-recourse to the Company, the Company does not expect to actually fund such fees. The Company will reverse these accruals and record a gain on the forgiveness of these penalties and fees once the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight is completed, and the debt is extinguished. An additional $39,000 in loan penalties and fees for operations held for investment was incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2010 due to the termination of the Company’s credit facility.loan.

 

10. Series C Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock

 

In July 2005, the Company sold 4,102,564 shares of Series C preferred stock with a liquidation preference of $24.375 per share to Security Capital Preferred Growth, Incorporated, an investment vehicle advised by Security Capital Research & Management Incorporated, for gross proceeds of $99.0 million, or $24.13 per share, which included a 1% discount to the conversion price/liquidation preference. Other costs of the offering totaled $130,000. Net proceeds of $99.0 million were contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for preferred membership units with economic terms substantially identical to the Series C preferred stock. The net proceeds were used to partially finance the Company’s acquisition of six Renaissance hotels. As a result of the Company’s stock dividend paid in January 2009, the Series C conversion price was adjusted to $22.23 per share. Each share of Series C preferred stock is convertible into 1.096 shares of the Company’s common stock at the option of the holder, subject to customary antidilution provisions, including stock splits, stock dividends, non-cash distributions and above-market issuer self-tender or exchange offers. On or afterAs of July 8, 2010, the Series C preferred stock will beis redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $24.375 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends up to and including the redemption date. The holders of the Series C preferred stock have the right to require the Company to redeem the Series C preferred stock in the event of any of the following:  (1) a change in control of the Company, if certain conditions are not met; (2) a REIT termination event; or (3) a termination of the Company’s listing on either the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. In general, holders of Series C preferred stock vote on an as-converted basis as a single class with holders of the Company’s common stock. The holders are eligible to receive a participating dividend to the extent the Company’s dividend on its common stock exceeds $0.339 per share per quarter. The quarterly dividend on the Series C preferred stock is currently $0.393 per share. If the Company fails to meet certain financial ratios for four consecutive quarters, a financial ratio violation will occur with respect to the Company’s Series C preferred stock. During the continuation of a financial ratio violation, among other things, the Company would be restricted from paying dividends on its common stock, and may incur a 50 basis point per quarter dividend increase on the Series C preferred stock. Additionally, the Series C preferred stockholders would

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gain the right to appoint one board member.  The Company currently does not currently expect to incur a financial ratio violation.violation as it expects to meet its covenants. Should operations deteriorate from current levels, however, the Company may fail to meet its financial ratios with respect to its Series C preferred stock for four consecutive quarters, which would cause the Company to incur a financial ratio violation. The Series C preferred stock has no maturity date and, except as set forth above, the Company is not required to redeem the Series C preferred stock at any time. As the Series C preferred stockholders may redeem their shares in certain circumstances outside of the control of the Company, the Series C preferred stock has not been classified as permanent equity.

 

The initial carrying value of the Series C preferred stock was recorded at its sales price less costs to issue on the date of issuance.  This carrying value iswas periodically adjusted so that the carrying value will equalequals the redemption value on the redemption date, which is the earliest date available for the Company to redeem the Series C preferred stock. The carrying value willmay also be periodically adjusted for any accrued and unpaid dividends. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,The initial carrying value of the Series C preferred stock was fully accreted to its redemption value during the third quarter of 2010, resulting in a carrying value consisted of the following (in thousands):$0.1 million at both March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

 

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Initial fair value, sales price of $99.0 million

 

$

99,000

 

$

99,000

 

Redemption value accretion

 

996

 

896

 

 

 

$

99,996

 

$

99,896

 

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11. Stockholders’ Equity

 

Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

 

In March 2005, the Company sold an aggregate of 4,850,000 shares of 8.0% Series A and B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A preferred stock” and “Series B preferred stock,” respectively) with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share for gross proceeds of $121.3 million. Underwriting and other costs of the offering totaled $3.8 million. Net proceeds of $117.5 million were contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for preferred membership units with economic terms substantially identical to the Series A and B preferred stock. Subsequent to this offering, the shares of Series B preferred stock were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Series A preferred stock. The net proceeds were used to reduce borrowings under the Company’s credit facility in existence at the time and for acquisitions. As of March 17, 2010, the Series A preferred stock is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends up to and including the redemption date. Holders of Series A preferred stock generally have no voting rights. However, if the Company is in arrears on dividends on the Series A preferred stock for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of the Series A preferred stock will be entitled to vote at its next annual meeting and each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders for the election of two additional directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors until all unpaid dividends and the dividend for the then-current period with respect to the Series A preferred stock have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment. As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, the Company is in compliance with the dividend requirements for the Series A preferred stock. The Series A preferred stock has no maturity date and the Company is not required to redeem the Series A preferred stock at any time.

 

In April 2006, the Company sold an additional 2,200,000 shares of Series A preferred stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share for gross proceeds of $55.0 million. The proceeds to the Company, net of offering costs, were $54.2 million, and were used together with proceeds of certain debt refinancings to repay the Company’s term loan facility.

 

Common Stock

 

In May 2009,November 2010, the Company issued 20,700,00019,500,000 shares of its common stock including the underwriters’ over-allotment of 2,700,000 shares, for net proceeds of $98.7 million. The Company used the net proceeds from this equity offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the replacement of cash used in the repurchase of the Senior Notes and the repayment of $60.0 million outstanding on its credit facility in existence at the time.

In October 2009, the Company issued 23,000,000 shares of its common stock, including the underwriters’ over-allotment of 3,000,000 shares, for net proceeds of approximately $158.4$190.6 million. The Company used a portion of these proceeds to fund the net proceeds from thispurchase of the outside 62% equity offering for working capitalinterests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture in January 2011, the purchase of the outside 50% equity interest in its BuyEfficient joint venture in January 2011, the purchase of the JW Marriott New Orleans in February 2011 and other general corporate purposes, and may use the remaining proceeds forpurchase of a 75% majority interest in the acquisition of additional hotel properties.

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12. Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

Stock Grants

 

Restricted shares and restricted share units granted pursuant to the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan generally vest over periods from one to five years from the date of grant. The value of shares granted has been calculated based on the share price on the date of grant and is being amortized as compensation expense in accordance with the Company’s policy on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods for the entire award. The Company’s compensation expense and forfeiture expense adjustmentsforfeitures related to these restricted shares and restricted share units for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Compensation expense

 

$

1,022

 

$

1,677

 

$

2,326

 

$

3,196

 

 

$

806

 

$

1,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture expense adjustments

 

$

5

 

$

2

 

$

79

 

$

22

 

 

$

129

 

$

74

 

 

Stock Options

 

In April 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors approved a grant of 200,000 non-qualified stock options (the “Options”) to Robert A. Alter, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and current Executive Chairman. The Options fully vested in April 2009, and will expire in April 2018. The exercise price of the Options is $17.71 per share.

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The initial fair value of the Options was $0.7 million, and was estimated using a binomial option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

Expected dividend yield

 

7.90

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

3.29

%

Expected volatility

 

26.90

%

Expected life (in years)

 

5.5

 

 

The expected life was calculated using the simplified method as outlined in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.

 

13. Segment Reporting

The Company’s operations are organized into two segments, operations held for investment and operations held for non-sale disposition. Operations held for investment currently includes 30 hotels and two commercial laundry facilities. Operations held for non-sale disposition currently includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels.

Non-segment assets primarily consist of corporate assets, including cash, restricted cash, due from affiliates, prepaid expenses, investment in unconsolidated joint ventures, deferred financing costs and office equipment, which is included in other assets, net.

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Summary information for the Company’s reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment

 

$

160,874

 

$

154,520

 

$

301,773

 

$

304,566

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition

 

20,158

 

21,575

 

39,992

 

42,922

 

Total revenues

 

$

181,032

 

$

176,095

 

$

341,765

 

$

347,488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and goodwill impairment losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment

 

$

1,943

 

$

27,237

 

$

1,943

 

$

28,643

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition

 

 

697

 

 

3,007

 

Non-segment

 

 

104,007

 

 

104,007

 

Total property and goodwill impairment losses

 

$

1,943

 

$

131,941

 

$

1,943

 

$

135,657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA: (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment

 

$

43,509

 

$

41,060

 

$

74,109

 

$

76,894

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition

 

3,790

 

3,902

 

7,279

 

9,097

 

Non-segment

 

(4,130

)

(139

)

(7,222

)

(2,298

)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

43,169

 

$

44,823

 

$

74,166

 

$

83,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

43,169

 

$

44,823

 

$

74,166

 

$

83,693

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

(24,821

)

(30,544

)

(50,210

)

(61,030

)

Amortization of lease intangibles

 

(150

)

 

(150

)

 

Interest expense

 

(18,658

)

(23,348

)

(38,530

)

(47,565

)

Interest expense — default rate

 

(2,198

)

 

(5,238

)

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

(438

)

(549

)

(1,065

)

(1,012

)

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

(123

)

(284

)

(1,585

)

(284

)

Loan penalties and fees

 

(339

)

 

(819

)

 

Non-cash interest related to discount on Senior Notes

 

(245

)

(655

)

(491

)

(1,339

)

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

(693

)

(1,231

)

(1,665

)

(2,364

)

Loss on sale of assets

 

 

(13,035

)

 

(12,716

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

6,747

 

26,559

 

6,747

 

54,579

 

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

(1,943

)

(131,941

)

(1,943

)

(135,657

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

308

 

$

(130,205

)

$

(20,783

)

$

(123,695

)

 

 

June 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment

 

$

2,031,237

 

$

2,023,561

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition

 

128,970

 

116,483

 

Non-segment

 

228,175

 

373,486

 

Total assets

 

$

2,388,382

 

$

2,513,530

 


(1)Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure used to evaluate the operating performance of the Company’s segments. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA for both of its segments as net income (loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, property and goodwill impairment losses and interest expense. Non-segment Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as net income (loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, interest expense, amortization of deferred financing fees, any write-offs of deferred financing fees or loan penalties and fees, amortization of deferred stock compensation, gain on sale of assets or extinguishment of debt, and property and goodwill impairment losses. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors in evaluating its operating performance because these measures help investors evaluate and compare the results of its operations from period to period by removing the impact of the Company’s capital structure (primarily interest expense) and the Company’s asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from its operating results. The Company also uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure in determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions. The Company cautions

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investors that amounts presented in accordance with its definition of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, because not all companies calculate non-GAAP measures in the same manner. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative measure of the Company’s net income (loss), operating performance, cash flow or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA may include funds that may not be available for the Company’s discretionary use to fund interest expense, capital expenditures or general corporate purposes. Although the Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA can enhance an investor’s understanding of the Company’s results of operations, this non-GAAP financial measure, when viewed individually, is not necessarily a better indicator of any trend as compared to GAAP measures such as net income (loss) or cash flow from operations. In addition, you should be aware that adverse economic and market conditions may harm the Company’s cash flow.

14. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Management Agreements

 

Management agreements with the Company’s third-party hotel managers require the Company to pay between 1% and 3.5% of total revenue of the managed hotels to the third-party managers each month as a basic management fee. Total basic management fees incurred by the Company during the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 were included in the Company’s statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operations held for investment — property general and administrative expense

 

$

4,012

 

$

3,855

 

$

7,519

 

$

7,599

 

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

452

 

486

 

904

 

973

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

437

 

37

 

883

 

 

 

$

4,464

 

$

4,778

 

$

8,460

 

$

9,455

 

 

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Continuing operations — property general and administrative expense

 

$

4,083

 

$

3,507

 

Discontinued operations

 

70

 

489

 

 

 

$

4,153

 

$

3,996

 

 

In addition to basic management fees, provided that certain operating thresholds are met, the Company may also be required to pay certain of its third-party managers incentive management fees. Total incentive management fees incurred by the Company were $0.8$0.7 million and $0.7$0.5 million for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively, all of which were included in property general and administrative expense. Total incentive management fees incurred by the Company were $1.3 million and $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, all of which were included in property general and administrative expense.

 

License and Franchise Agreements

 

The Company has entered into license and franchise agreements related to certain of its hotel properties. The license and franchise agreements require the Company to, among other things, pay monthly fees that are calculated based on specified percentages of certain revenues. The license and franchise agreements generally contain specific standards for, and restrictions and limitations on, the operation and maintenance of the hotels which are established by the franchisors to maintain uniformity in the system created by each such franchisor. Such standards generally regulate the appearance of the hotel, quality and type of goods and services offered, signage and protection of trademarks. Compliance with such standards may from time to time require the Company to make significant expenditures for capital improvements.

 

Total license and franchise costs incurred by the Company during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 were $7.0$5.3 million and $7.4$5.9 million, respectively, of which royalties totaled $2.4$1.8 million and $2.7$2.3 million, for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, total license and franchise costs incurred by the Company were $12.9 million and $14.3 million, respectively, of which royalties totaled $4.7 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The remaining costs included advertising, reservation and frequent guest programpriority club assessments. Total license and franchise costs incurred by the Company during the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 were included in the Company’s statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Continuing operations — franchise costs

 

$

5,250

 

$

4,515

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

$

5,250

 

$

5,888

 

Several of the Company’s franchise agreements contain corporate guaranties. In the event of a default under any of these franchise agreements, the Company may be liable for termination fees. Currently, five of the Mass Mutual eight hotels remain subject to franchise agreements which contain corporate guaranties. If the franchise agreements on these five hotels were to be terminated, the Company may be liable for up to $19.6 million in termination fees, which is included in other current liabilities of discontinued operations, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company expects the franchise agreements on these five hotels to be finalized during the second quarter of 2011, and to record any necessary adjustments to its liability for the termination fees in its statement of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2011, however resolution may not be achieved until the second half of 2011.

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Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operations held for investment — franchise costs

 

$

5,636

 

$

5,104

 

$

10,151

 

$

9,799

 

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

1,361

 

1,384

 

2,604

 

2,710

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

874

 

130

 

1,810

 

 

 

$

6,997

 

$

7,362

 

$

12,885

 

$

14,319

 

Renovation and Construction Commitments

 

The Company believes that the appeal of its portfolio to travelers may be enhanced through a capital renovation program aimed at maintaining the appearance and quality of its hotels. At June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, the Company had various contracts outstanding with third parties in connection with the renovation of certain of its hotel properties aimed at maintaining the appearance and quality of its hotels. The remaining commitments under these contracts at June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 totaled $14.3$31.2 million.

 

Ground and Operating Leases

 

Total rent expense incurred pursuant to ground lease agreements for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 was included in the Company’s statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Operations held for investment — property tax, ground lease, and insurance (1)

 

$

1,331

 

$

1,147

 

$

2,485

 

$

2,288

 

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition (2)

 

179

 

174

 

290

 

327

 

 

 

$

1,510

 

$

1,321

 

$

2,775

 

$

2,615

 


(1)  Operations held for investment includes ground leases for six of the Company’s hotels currently held for investment.

(2)  Operations held for non-sale disposition includes ground leases for two hotels included in the Mass Mutual eight hotels.

 

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended 
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

Continuing operations — property general and administrative expense

 

$

2,555

 

$

1,154

 

Discontinued operations

 

9

 

111

 

 

 

$

2,564

 

$

1,265

 

 

Rent expense incurred pursuant to the lease on the corporate facility totaled $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, and $0.2 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and was included in corporate overhead expense.

 

Concentration of Risk

 

As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, nine of the 30Company’s 32 hotels were located in California, the largest concentration of the Company’s hotels in any state, representing approximately 26%24% of the Company’s rooms and approximately 25%24% of the revenue generated by the Company’s 3032 hotels during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010.March 31, 2011. The concentration of the Company’s hotels in California exposes the Company’s business to economic conditions, competition and real and personal property tax rates unique to California.

 

Other

 

The Company has provided unsecured environmental indemnities to certain lenders. The Company has performed due diligence on the potential environmental risks, including obtaining an independent environmental review from outside environmental consultants. These indemnities obligate the Company to reimburse the indemnified parties for damages related to certain environmental matters. There is no term or damage limitation on these indemnities; however, if an environmental matter arises, the Company could have recourse against other previous owners or a claim against its environmental insurance policies.

 

At June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, the Company had $7.8$1.6 million of outstanding irrevocable letters of credit to guaranty the Company’s financial obligations related to workers’ compensation insurance programs from prior policy years, as well as future pension plan funding obligations and working capital requirements pursuant to certain management agreements.years. The beneficiaries of these letters of credit may draw upon these letters of credit in the event of a contractual default by the Company relating to each respective obligation.  No draws have been made through June 30, 2010.

Several of the Company’s franchise agreements contain corporate guaranties. Should any of the hotels included in these franchise agreements default on the agreements, the Company may be liable for any termination fees. Currently, the Marriott Ontario Airport and seven of the hotels included in the Mass Mutual eight are in default as a result of the Company’s 2009 secured debt restructuring program. If the franchise agreements on all eight of these hotels were to be terminated, the Company may be liable for up to $26.7 million in termination fees.

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15.14. Transactions With Affiliates

 

Other Reimbursements

 

From time to time, the Company pays for certain expenses such as payroll, insurance and other costs on behalf of certain affiliates. The affiliates generally reimburse such amounts on a monthly basis. At June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2009,2010, amounts owed to the Company by its affiliates amounted to $34,000$17,000 and $62,000,$44,000, respectively, and are included in due from affiliates in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

Transactions With Others

The Company purchases telecommunications equipment from Gemini Telemanagement Systems (“GTS”), a telecommunications equipment provider based in Redwood City, California. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and current Executive Chairman, Robert A. Alter, was a 5.2% stockholder in GTS, and his brother, Richard Alter, was the majority stockholder in GTS, until they both divested their interests in April 2009. Richard Alter remains an employee with GTS. The Company paid GTS nominal amounts in 2010 and $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

16.15. Variable Interest Entities

 

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most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and who has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This topic also requires continuous reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. Previously, the applicable standard required reconsideration of whether an enterprise was the primary beneficiary of a VIE only when specific events had occurred. The topic also requires additional disclosures about an enterprise’s involvement with a VIE.

 

Upon adoption of ASU No. 2009-17, the Company evaluated its variable interests, including the management agreements it has with its third-party hotel managers and its interest in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, to determine whether or not these variable interests are VIEs. The Company’s analysis included both quantitative and qualitative reviews. In arriving at the VIE determination for its third-party management agreements, the Company followed the guidance in ASC 810-10-55-37, “Fees Paid to Decision Makers or Service Providers,” which states that fees paid to a legal entity’s decision makers or service providers are not variable interests if six conditions are met: 1) the fees are compensation for services provided and are commensurate with the level of effort required to provide those services; 2) substantially all of the fees are at or above the same level of seniority as other operating liabilities of the VIE that arise in the normal course of the VIE’s activities, such as trade payables; 3) the decision maker or service provider does not hold other interests in the VIE that individually, or in the aggregate, would absorb more than an insignificant amount of the VIE’s expected losses or receive more than an insignificant amount of the VIE’s expected residual returns; 4) the service arrangement includes only terms, conditions, or amounts that are customarily present in arrangements for similar services negotiated at arm’s length; 5) the total amount of anticipated fees are insignificant relative to the total amount of the VIE’s anticipated economic performance; and 6) the anticipated fees are expected to absorb an insignificant amount of the variability associated with the VIE’s anticipated economic performance, which includes any carried interests, promotes or incentive fees. Based on the six conditions stated in ASC 810-10-55-37, the Company has determined that the management agreements for all but three of its hotels are not variable interest entities. The three hotels do not meet conditions (5) and (6) as each of the three hotel’s incentive management fees are significant relative to the total amount of each hotel’s economic performance, and these fees are expected to absorb a significant amount of the variability associated with each hotel’s anticipated economic performance. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of these three VIEs because it has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the hotels’ economic performance, such as developing budgets and renovation programs as well as making the decision to sell the hotels, and it is obligated to absorb the losses or to receive the benefits from the hotels that could potentially be significant to the hotels. The Company has, therefore, consolidated these three VIEs.

 

ThoughPrior to its purchase of the outside 62% equity interests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture in January 2011, the Company concluded its interest in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture iswas a VIE, the Company has determinedbut that it iswas not the primary beneficiary because it doesdid not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impactimpacted the economic performance of the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square. The Company, therefore, will continue to accountaccounted for this investment using the equity method. Subsequent to its purchase of the outside 62% equity interests in its Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture in January 2011, the Company consolidates the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square with its continuing operations, however, based on the six conditions stated in ASC 810-10-55-37, the Company has determined that the management agreement for the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square is not a variable interest entity.

 

17.16. Subsequent Events

 

On July 2, 2010,In April 2011, the Company completed its previously announced deed backsold an aggregate of 4,600,000 shares, including the full exercise of the W San Diegounderwriters’ overallotment option, of 8.0% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D preferred stock”), with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share for gross proceeds of $115.0 million. The proceeds are expected to be used for growth capital expenditures, acquisitions and titlefor general corporate purposes. On or after April 6, 2016, the Series D preferred stock will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends up to, but not including, the redemption date. Upon the occurrence of a change of control of the Company, (i) the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series D preferred stock in whole or in part and within 120 days after the first date on which such change of control occurred, by paying $25.00 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date, and (ii) holders of Series D preferred stock will have the right (unless, prior to the hotel was transferredchange of control conversion date, the Company has provided or provides notice of its election to redeem the Series D preferred stock) to convert some or all of their shares of Series D preferred stock into shares of the Company’s common stock. Holders of Series D preferred stock generally have no voting rights. However, if the Company is in arrears on dividends on the Series D preferred stock for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of the Series D preferred stock will be entitled to vote at its next annual meeting and each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders for the election of two additional directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors until all unpaid dividends and the dividend for the then-current period with respect to the lender.Series D preferred stock have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment. The Company will record a gain on extinguishment of debt to discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2010,Series D preferred stock has no maturity date and the net assets and liabilities will be removed fromCompany is not required to redeem the Series D preferred stock at any time, unless the Company decides, at its balance sheets.option, to exercise its redemption right or, under circumstances where the holders of Series D preferred stock decide to convert the Series D preferred stock.

 

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In April 2011, the Company sold the Royal Palm Miami Beach hotel for $130.0 million, including $40.0 million in cash and a $90.0 million mortgage secured purchase money loan to the buyer which matures in December 2013. The mortgage secured purchase money loan bears interest at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points through December 2012, and LIBOR plus 600 basis points for 2013. The Company also retained an earn-out right which will enable it to receive future payments of up to $20.0 million in the event that the hotel achieves certain return hurdles.

In April 2011, the Company paid $180.9 million, excluding prorations and closing costs, to acquire a 75% majority interest in the joint venture that owns the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel located in San Diego, California, which implied a gross value of approximately $475.0 million. Concurrent with the acquisition, the joint venture entered into a new $240.0 million mortgage financing secured by the hotel. The mortgage bears a floating rate of interest of LIBOR plus 325 basis points, and matures in 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the accounting for this acquisition.

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Cautionary Statement

 

This report contains forward-looking statements that have been made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider the risks outlined in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2010,17, 2011, under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including but not limited to the following factors:

 

·                  general economic and business conditions affecting the lodging and travel industry, both nationally and locally, including a prolonged U.S. recession;

 

·                  our need to operate as a REIT and comply with other applicable laws and regulations;

 

·                  rising operating expenses;

 

·                  relationships with and requirements of franchisors and hotel brands;

 

·                  relationships with and the performance of the managers of our hotels;

 

·                  the ground or air leases for sixeight of our 30 hotels;the 33 hotels we owned as of March 31, 2011;

 

·                  our ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions;

 

·                  competition for the acquisition of hotels;

 

·                  performance of hotels after they are acquired;

 

·                  competition from hotels not owned by us;

 

·                  the need for renovations of and other capital expenditures for our hotels;

 

·                  the impact of renovations on hotel operations and delays in renovations or other developments;

 

·                  changes in our business strategy or acquisition or disposition plans;

 

·                  our level of debt, including secured, unsecured, fixed and variable rate debt;

 

·                  financial and other covenants in our debt and preferred stock;

 

·                  impairments to our hotels and goodwill;

 

·                  potential adverse consequences related to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program, including potential increases to our marginal borrowing rate and increased difficulty of raising equity or debt capital or increases in the costs of such capital;

 

·                  volatility in the capital markets and the effect on lodging demand or our ability to obtain capital on favorable terms or at all;

·our ability to complete the 2009 secured debt restructuring program; and

 

·                  other events beyond our control.

 

These factors may cause our actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement.

 

Item 2.                                     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Overview

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a Maryland corporation. We operate as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”). A REIT is a legal entity that directly or indirectly owns real estate assets. REITs generally are not subject to federal income taxes at the corporate level as long as they pay stockholder dividends equivalent to 100% of their taxable income. REITs are required to distribute to stockholders at least 90% of their taxable income. We own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the interests of Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (the “Operating Partnership”), which is the entity that directly or indirectly owns our hotel properties. We also own 100% of the interests of our taxable REIT subsidiary, Sunstone Hotel TRS Lessee, Inc., which leases all of our hotels from the Operating Partnership, and engages third parties to manage our hotels.

 

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Partnership, and engages third parties to manage our hotels. In addition, prior to January 21, 2011, we owned 50% of BuyEfficient, LLC (“BuyEfficient”), an electronic purchasing platform that allows members to procure food, operating supplies, furniture, fixtures and equipment. In January 2011, we purchased the outside 50% equity interest in BuyEfficient for $9.0 million, and as a result, we are now the sole owner of BuyEfficient.

We own primarily upper upscale and upscale hotels in the United States. As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, we owned 3033 hotels, including one hotel classified as held for investment (the “30 hotels”). We continue to own 10 additional hotels which are in the process of being deeded back to certain lenders pursuant to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program. These 10 hotels include the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport, which are held in receivershipsale and included in discontinued operations, and eight additionalleaving 32 hotels which we are currently in the process of deeding back to a lender, and which are included in operations held for non-sale disposition. The eight hotels secure the non-recourse mortgage with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Companyinvestment (the “Mass Mutual eight”“32 hotels”), and include: Renaissance Atlanta Concourse; Hilton Huntington; Residence Inn by Marriott Manhattan Beach; Marriott Provo; Courtyard by Marriott San Diego (Old Town); Holiday Inn Downtown San Diego; Holiday Inn Express San Diego (Old Town); and Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park). Three additional hotels which previously secured the Mass Mutual loan (Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Airport, Kahler Inn & Suites Rochester and Marriott Rochester) were released in April 2010 following our payment of an $83.0 million release price. In addition, the Renaissance Westchester was included in our 2009 secured debt restructuring program and held in receivership until we reacquired the hotel for $26.0 million, including related costs, in June 2010. The results of operations for the Renaissance Westchester are included in continuing operations from the date we reacquired the hotel, June 14, 2010 forward. Prior to June 14, 2010, the results of operations for the Renaissance Westchester are included in discontinued operations as possession and control of the hotel was held by a court-appointed receiver. The Renaissance Westchester, along with the three hotels released from the Mass Mutual loan, are included in the 30 hotels. Of the 3032 hotels, we classify 2829 as upscale or upper upscale, onetwo as luxury and one as mid-scaleupper midscale as defined by Smith Travel Research, Inc. In addition to our wholly owned hotels, we own a 38% equity interest in a joint venture that owns one hotel, and we own certain other non-hotel investments. The majority of our hotels are operated under nationally recognized brands such as Marriott, Fairmont, Hilton and Hyatt, which are among the most respected and widely recognized brands in the lodging industry. WeWhile we believe the largest and most stable segment of demand for hotel rooms is represented by travelers who prefer the consistent service and quality associated with nationally recognized brands.brands, we also believe that in certain markets the strongest demand growth may come from the travelers who prefer non-branded hotels that focus on highly customized service standards.

 

We seek to own hotels in urban locations that benefit from significant barriers to entry by competitors. Most of our hotels are considered business, convention, or airport hotels, as opposed to resort, leisure or extended-stay hotels. The hotels comprising our 3032 hotel portfolio average 377383 rooms in size.

 

The demandIn April 2011, we completed the sale of the Royal Palm Miami Beach, which was classified as held for sale at March 31, 2011, for gross proceeds of $130.0 million. In addition, we paid $180.9 million, excluding prorations and closing costs, to acquire a 75% majority interest in the joint venture that owns the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel located in San Diego, California, which implied a gross value of approximately $475.0 million. Subsequent to these transactions, we have 33 hotels held for investment, which average 408 rooms in size.

Our mission is to create meaningful value for our stockholders by investing in institutional-quality hotels which generate returns in excess of our cost of capital. Demand for lodging generally fluctuates with the overall economy. We refer to these changes in demand as the lodging cycle, and we seek to employ a balanced, cycle-appropriate portfolio management strategy. During the recoverycorporate strategy that encompasses internal growth, external growth and growth phases of the lodging cycle, our strategy emphasizes active investment, both in terms of acquisitions of new hotels and selective renovations of our existing portfolio. During the mature phase of the lodging cycle, our strategy emphasizes net hotel dispositions, and during periods of cyclical declines, our strategy emphasizes capital preservation.financial objectives.

 

Through all phases of the lodging cycle, we seek to maximizeour strategy emphasizes internal growth objectives oriented toward maximizing the value of our portfolio through proactive asset management, which entails working closely with our third-party hotel operators to develop plans and actions designed to enhance revenues, minimize operational expenses and asset risk, maximize the appeal of our hotels to travelers.travelers and maximize our return on invested capital. During the recovery phase we also focus on improving the growth potential of our existing portfolio through selective hotel renovations.

 

During the first six monthsrecovery and growth phases of the lodging cycle, our strategy emphasizes external growth objectives oriented toward active investment in hotels that are additive to the quality of our portfolio, that have attractive growth potential and that may benefit from our asset management competencies.  We endeavor to structure our acquisitions in a way that will not only increase the intrinsic value of our common shares, but also will advance our other corporate objectives, such as improving our financial flexibility and reducing our leverage. During periods of cyclical decline, our strategy may emphasize opportunistically investing in distressed assets and the repurchase of our equity or debt securities.

Our current financial objectives include the measured improvement of our credit ratios, maintenance of appropriate levels of liquidity, and a gradual reduction in our financial leverage. Our financial objectives are integral to our overall corporate strategy, and accordingly we have developed our financial objectives in conjunction with our internal and external growth objectives. The lodging industry is economically sensitive. Therefore, our financial objectives are aimed at reducing the potentially negative impact of combining high operating leverage with high financial leverage, while preserving access to multiple capital sources and minimizing our weighted-average cost of capital.  We seek to capitalize our acquisitions in a way that will advance our financial objectives. For example, as reducing our financial leverage is a key objective, we expect to fund our acquisitions with a greater proportion of equity capital than debt capital. During the mature phase of the lodging cycle, our financial objectives may include liquidity improvement, which may be accomplished through selective hotel dispositions.

During 2010, we began to see increasingly positive signs in terms of improving business and consumer sentiment, which may point to an impending economic recovery, setting the stage forand which may lead to a prolonged period of positive fundamentals in the lodging industry. Accordingly, we believe we are currently in the early stages of a recovery phase of the lodging cycle. Consistent with our cycle-appropriate strategy, weWe believe that acquiring hotels acquired now mayare likely to benefit from a multi-year recovery in hotel profitability, and are likely to create long-term value andin excess of our investment hurdles. Accordingly, we expect to deployhave deployed a portion of our excess cash balance in 2010during the first quarter of 2011 towards selective hotel acquisitions. These selective acquisitions included: the purchase of the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million in cash and the assumption of $270.0 million in non-

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recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt; the purchase of the outside 50% equity interest in our BuyEfficient joint venture for $9.0 million in cash; and the purchase of the JW Marriott New Orleans for approximately $51.6 million in cash and the assumption of $42.2 million in debt. In addition, in April 2011, we paid $180.9 million, excluding prorations and closing costs, to acquire a 75% majority interest in a joint venture that owns the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, which implied a gross value of approximately $475.0 million. Concurrent with the acquisition, the joint venture entered into a new $240.0 million mortgage financing secured by the hotel. Our acquisition program is aimed at generating attractive risk-adjusted returns on our investment dollars, and therefore we may target lodging assets outside of the typical branded, urban, upper upscale profile represented by our existing portfolio in order to capitalize on opportunities which may arise, butarise. We intend to select the brands and operators for our hotels that we do not expect these atypical lodging assetsbelieve will lead to comprise a major component of our portfolio.the highest returns. Additionally, the scope of our acquisitions program may include large hotel portfolios or hotel loans. FutureIn general, future acquisitions may be funded by our issuance of additional debt or equity securities, including our common and preferred OP units.units, or by draws on our $150.0 million senior corporate credit facility entered into in November 2010. However, in light of our current financial objectives, we expect to capitalize any near term acquisitions with a greater proportion of equity capital than debt capital.

 

TheAs of March 31, 2011, the weighted average term to maturity of our debt is approximately 6.75.5 years, and 100%81.4% of our debt is fixed rate with ana weighted average interest rate of 5.6%5.5%. Of our total debt, approximately $180.0$367.8 million matures over the next four years ($81.0 million in 2010, none(none in 2011, $33.6$303.1 million in 2012, and $65.4$64.7 million in 2013, assuming we repay our remaining Senior Notes remaining balance of $62.5 million at the first put date in 2013)2013, and none in 2014). The $180.0$303.1 million maturing in 2012 includes $270.0 million of non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt on the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, which we plan to refinance during 2011, funding any refinancing shortfall with existing cash. The $367.8 million does not include $12.5 million of scheduled loan amortization payments which total $4.7 million for the remainder of 2010, $13.5 milliondue in 2011, $15.6$17.9 million due in 2012, $19.0 million due in 2013, and $16.6$20.0 million due in 2013. In addition, in April 2010, we made a partial payment of $83.0 million on the Mass Mutual mortgage loan to secure the release of three of the 11 hotels securing the loan, and in June 2010, we reacquired the Renaissance Westchester for $26.0 million, including related costs. In connection with the repurchase of the Renaissance Westchester, the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage secured by the hotel was cancelled. We recognized a gain of $6.7 million on the extinguishment of this debt, which is included in discontinued operations.

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Operating Activities

 

Operating Performance Indicators. The following performance indicators are commonly used in the hotel industry:

 

·                  occupancy;Occupancy;

 

·                  averageAverage daily room rate, or ADR;

 

·                  revenueRevenue per available room, or RevPAR, which is the product of occupancy and ADR, and does not include food and beverage revenue, or other operating revenue;

 

·                  comparableComparable RevPAR, which we define as the RevPAR generated by hotels we owned as of the end of the reporting period, but excluding those hotels that experienced material and prolonged business interruption due to renovations, re-branding or property damage during either the most recent calendar year presented or the calendar year immediately preceding it. For hotels that were not owned for the entirety of the comparison periods, comparable RevPAR is calculated using RevPAR generated during periods of prior ownership. We refer to this subset of our hotels used to calculate comparable RevPAR as our “Comparable Portfolio;Portfolio. Currently our Comparable Portfolio includes all 32 hotels, and includes prior ownership results for both the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and the JW Marriott New Orleans, as well as operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for all periods presented, including the period in 2010 while it was held in receivership;

 

·                  RevPAR index, which is the quotient of a hotel’s RevPAR divided by the average RevPAR of its competitors, multiplied by 100. A RevPAR index in excess of 100 indicates a hotel is achieving higher RevPAR than its competitors. In addition to absolute RevPAR index, we monitor changes in RevPAR index;

 

·                  EBITDA, which is income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders excluding: distributions to non-controlling interest; preferred stock dividends; interest expense (including prepayment penalties, if any); provision for income taxes, including income taxes applicable to sale of assets; and depreciation and amortization;

 

·                  Adjusted EBITDA, which includes EBITDA but excludes: amortization of deferred stock compensation; the impact of any gain or loss from asset sales; impairment charges; and any other identified adjustments;

 

·                  Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, which is calculated as hotel revenues less hotel expenses excluding corporate-level expenses, such as preferred stock dividends, interest expense (including prepayment penalties, if any), provision for income taxes, including income taxes applicable to sale of assets, depreciation and amortization, impairment charges, and any other identified adjustments;

·Hotel EBITDA Margin, which is the quotient of adjusted hotel EBITDA divided by hotel revenues;

·operating flow through, which is the quotient of incremental operating income (Adjusted hotel EBITDA) divided by incremental revenues;

·Funds from operations, or FFO, which includes income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders, excluding distributions to non-controlling interest, gains and losses from sales of property, plus real estate-related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs), and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures; and

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·                  Adjusted FFO, which includes FFO but excludes prepayment penalties, written-off deferred financing costs, impairment losses and other identified adjustments.

 

Revenues. Substantially all of our revenues are derived from the operation of our hotels. Specifically, our revenues consist of the following:

 

·                  Room revenuesrevenue, which is the product of the number of rooms sold and the ADR;

 

·                  Food and beverage revenuesrevenue, which is comprised of revenuesrevenue realized in the hotel food and beverage outlets as well as banquet and catering events; and

 

·                  Other operating revenuesrevenue, which includeincludes ancillary hotel revenue such as performance guaranties, if any, and other items primarily driven by occupancy such as telephone, transportation, parking, spa, entertainment and other guest services. Additionally, this category includes, among other things, operating revenue from our two commercial laundry facilities located in Rochester, Minnesota and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well asBuyEfficient, and hotel space leased by third parties; and

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·Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition, which includes room revenues, food and beverage revenues, and other operating revenues for those hotels which we intend to dispose of other than by sale. Currently, this category includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels. In November 2009, we elected to cease the subsidization of debt service on the Mass Mutual non-recourse mortgage, as we believed that the values of the 11 hotels that secured this loan were, on a collective basis, significantly less than the principal amount of the mortgage. Prior to electing this default, we worked with the loan’s lender representative to amend the repayment terms, but we were unable to reach mutually acceptable amendment terms. Other than as noted above with respect to the partial release of three of the hotels securing the Mass Mutual loan, we do not expect further negotiations with the lender representative, and we are working to convey the Mass Mutual eight hotels to the lender in lieu of repayment of the debt. We have reclassified the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Mass Mutual eight hotels to “operations held for non-sale disposition” on our balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows.parties.

 

Expenses. Our expenses consist of the following:

 

·                  Room expense, which is primarily driven by occupancy and, therefore, has a significant correlation with room revenues;revenue;

 

·                  Food and beverage expense, which is primarily driven by food and beverage sales and banquet and catering bookings and, therefore, has a significant correlation with food and beverage revenues;revenue;

 

·                  Other operating expense, which includes the corresponding expense of other operating revenue, advertising and promotion, repairs and maintenance, utilities, and franchise costs;

 

·                  Property tax, ground lease and insurance expense, which includes the expenses associated with property tax, ground lease and insurance payments, each of which is primarily a fixed expense;expense, but property tax is subject to regular revaluations based on the specific tax regulations and practices of each municipality;

 

·                  Property general and administrative expense, which includes our property-level general and administrative expenses, such as payroll and related costs, professional fees, travel expenses, and management fees;

 

·                  Corporate overhead expense, which includes our corporate-level expenses, such as payroll and related costs, amortization of deferred stock compensation, acquisition and due diligence costs, professional fees, travel expenses and office rent; and

 

·                  Depreciation and amortization expense, which includes depreciation on our hotel buildings, improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, along with amortization on our franchise fees and intangibles;

·Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition, which includes room expense, food and beverage expense, other operating expenses, advertising and promotion, repairs and maintenance, utilities, franchise costs, property tax, ground lease and insurance expense, property general and administrative expense, and depreciation and amortization expense for those hotels which we intend to dispose of other than by sale. Currently, this category includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels;

·Property and goodwill impairment losses expense, which includes the charges we have recognized to reduce the carrying value of assets on our balance sheets to their fair value and to write-off goodwill in association with our quarterly impairment evaluations; and

·Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition, which includes the charges we have recognized to write-off goodwill in association with our quarterly impairment evaluations for those hotels which we intend to dispose of other than by sale. Currently, this category includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels.intangibles.

 

Other Revenue and Expense. Other revenue and expense consists of the following:

 

·                  Equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures, which includes our portion of earnings or losses from our two joint ventures;ventures, BuyEfficient and Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, prior to our acquisitions of the outside interests in both joint ventures in January 2011. Subsequent to these acquisitions, both entities are now presented on a consolidated basis;

 

·                  Interest and other income, which includes interest we have earned on our restricted and unrestricted cash accounts, as well as any gains or losses we have recognized on sales of assets other than hotels;

 

·                  Interest expense, which includes interest expense incurred on our outstanding debt, accretion of the Senior Notes, amortization of deferred financing fees, any write-offs of deferred financing fees, gains or losses on derivatives and any loan penalties and fees incurred on our debt;

 

26·Gain on remeasurement of equity interests, which includes the gain we recognized to mark up the equity interests in our BuyEfficient and Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint ventures to fair market value upon our purchases of the outside equity interests in these joint ventures, as well as our gain to mark up the mezzanine loan to its fair value in connection with the acquisition of the outside equity interest in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture;

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·Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition, which includes interest expense, amortization of deferred financing fees and any loan penalties and fees incurred on our debt for those hotels which we intend to dispose of other than by sale. Currently, this category includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels;

·Gain on extinguishment of debt, which includes the gain we recognized on the repurchase and cancellation of the Senior Notes;

·Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation, which includes dividends earned on our unvested restricted stock awards; and

 

·                  Preferred stock dividends and accretion, which includes dividends earned on our 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A preferred stock”) and Series C Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series C preferred stock”), and redemption value accretion on our Series C preferred stock.

 

Factors Affecting Our Operating Results. The primary factors affecting our operating results include overall demand for hotel rooms, the pace of new hotel development, or supply, and the relative performance of our operators in increasing revenue and controlling hotel operating expenses.

 

·                  Demand. The demand for lodging generally fluctuates with the overall economy. AsIn 2010, following a result of the U.S. recession and the deterioration of the credit markets, the lodging cycle entered a decline phase in 2008. While total RevPAR for the 30 hotels declined by 6.3% in the first quarter of 2010 as comparedtwo year cyclical trough, we began to the same period in 2009, we are seeing positivesee signs of improving demand trends and Comparable Portfolio RevPAR increased 3.7% as compared to 2009. These improving demand trends continued in the first quarter of 2011, and Comparable Portfolio RevPAR for the 30our 32 hotels increased by 6.8% in the second quarter of 20105.3% as compared to the same period in 2009.first quarter of 2010. Consistent with prior trends, we anticipate that lodging demand will continue to improve as liquidity is restored in the credit markets and the U.S. economy beginscontinues to strengthen. Historically, periods of declining demandcyclical troughs are followed by extended periods of relatively strong demand, resulting in a cyclical lodging growth phase. Assuming the current U.S. recession ended in the later part of 2009,While growth is not expected to be uniform, we expect hotel demand to begincontinue to show year-over-year increases beginning in 2010 andstrengthen throughout the remainder of 2011.

 

·                  Supply. The addition of new competitive hotels affects the ability of existing hotels to drive RevPAR and profits. The development of new hotels is largely driven by construction costs and expected performance of existing hotels. We believe the lodging industry will benefit from the recentThe recession and credit crisis as restrictedwhich occurred in 2008 and 2009 served to restrict credit and tightertighten lending standards, have made it difficult to financewhich resulted in a meaningful curtailment of funding for new hotel construction projects. WeMoreover, with demand still meaningfully below peak levels, new supply in many markets is difficult to justify economically. Accordingly, we believe hotel development will be constrained until operating trends of existing hotels improve to levels where developer return targets can be achieved, and until the construction financing markets recover. Given the one to three yearone-to-three-year timeline needed to construct a typical hotel that would compete with our hotels, we expect a window of at least two to four years beginning in 2010 during which hotel supply, as indicated by the number of new hotel openings, will be below historical levels.

 

·                  Revenues and expenses. We believe that marginal improvements in RevPAR index, even in the face of declining revenues, are a good indicator of the relative quality and appeal of our hotels, and our operators’ effectiveness in maximizing revenues. Similarly, we believe that strong operating flow through is a good indicator ofalso evaluate our operators’ effectiveness in minimizing incremental operating expenses in the context of increasing revenues or, conversely, in reducing operating expenses in the context of declining revenues.

 

With respect to improving RevPAR index, we continue to work with our hotel operators to optimize revenue management initiatives while taking into consideration market demand trends and the pricing strategies of competitor hotels in our markets. We also develop capital investment programs designed to ensure each of our hotels is well renovated and positioned to appeal to groups and individual travelers fitting target guest profiles. Our revenue management initiatives are generally oriented towards maximizing ADR even if the result may be marginally lower occupancy than may be achieved through lower ADR, as increasesADR. Increases in RevPAR attributable to increases in ADR may be accompanied by minimal additional expenses, while increases in RevPAR attributable to higher occupancy may result in higher variable expenses such as housekeeping, labor and utilities expense. Thus, increases in RevPAR associated with higher ADR may result in better flow through, and as a result, higher hotel EBITDA margins. Increases in RevPAR associated with higher occupancy may result in worse flow through and, as a result,more muted EBITDA margin improvement may be muted.improvement.

 

With respect to maximizing operating flow through, we continue to work with our operators to identify operational efficiencies designed to reduce expenses while minimally affecting guest experience. Key asset management initiatives include reducing hotel staffing levels, capitalizing on relaxed brand standards,increasing the efficiency of the hotels, such as reducing complimentary amenities,installing energy efficient management and inventory control systems, and selectively closingcombining certain food and beverage outlets. Our operational efficiency initiatives may be difficult to implement, as most categories of variable operating expenses, such as utilities and certain labor costs, such as housekeeping, fluctuate

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with changes in occupancy. Furthermore, our hotels operate with significant fixed costs, such as general and administrative expense, insurance, property taxes, and other expenses associated with owning hotels, over which our operators may have little control. We have experienced increases in hourly wages, employee benefits (especially health insurance) and utility costs, which have negatively affected our hotel EBITDAoperating margins. Moreover, there are limits to how far our operators can reduce expenses without affecting the competitiveness of our hotels.

 

Operating Results. The following table presents theour unaudited operating results for our total portfolio for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, including the amount and percentage change in the results between the two periods. The table presents the results of operations included in the consolidated statements of operations, and includes the 3032 hotels (11,313(12,267 rooms) as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and 29 hotels (10,966 rooms) as of June 30, 2009. In addition, operating results for operations held for non-sale disposition for both the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels.March 31, 2010. Income (loss) from discontinued operations for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 includes the results of operations for the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport which have been deconsolidated from our operations as a result of the transfer of possession and control of these properties to receivers, and the Renaissance Westchester prior to our reacquisition of the hotel on June 14, 2010. Income (loss) from discontinued operations for the three months ended June 30, 2009 includes the results of operations for the Marriott Napa Valley, Marriott Riverside, and Hyatt Suites Atlanta Northwest which were sold in 2009, as well as the W San Diego, Renaissance Westchester and Marriott Ontario Airport which have been deconsolidated from our operations.Royal Palm Miami Beach

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

 

 

(unaudited, dollars in thousands, except statistical data)

 

REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room

 

$

108,323

 

$

101,214

 

$

7,109

 

7.0

%

Food and beverage

 

40,543

 

40,220

 

323

 

0.8

%

Other operating

 

12,008

 

13,086

 

(1,078

)

(8.2

)%

Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

20,158

 

21,575

 

(1,417

)

(6.6

)%

Total revenues

 

181,032

 

176,095

 

4,937

 

2.8

%

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel operating

 

98,489

 

95,593

 

2,896

 

3.0

%

Property general and administrative

 

18,876

 

17,867

 

1,009

 

5.6

%

Corporate overhead

 

5,135

 

4,785

 

350

 

7.3

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

23,264

 

23,765

 

(501

)

(2.1

)%

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

17,912

 

20,400

 

(2,488

)

(12.2

)%

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

1,943

 

27,237

 

(25,294

)

(92.9

)%

Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

 

697

 

(697

)

(100.0

)%

Total operating expenses

 

165,619

 

190,344

 

(24,725

)

(13.0

)%

Operating income (loss)

 

15,413

 

(14,249

)

29,662

 

208.2

%

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

163

 

(584

)

747

 

127.9

%

Interest and other income

 

99

 

252

 

(153

)

(60.7

)%

Interest expense

 

(17,015

)

(19,498

)

2,483

 

12.7

%

Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

(4,986

)

(2,892

)

(2,094

)

(72.4

)%

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

26,559

 

(26,559

)

(100.0

)%

Loss from continuing operations

 

(6,326

)

(10,412

)

4,086

 

39.2

%

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

6,634

 

(119,793

)

126,427

 

105.5

%

Net income (loss)

 

308

 

(130,205

)

130,513

 

100.2

%

Preferred stock dividends and accretion

 

(5,187

)

(5,188

)

1

 

0.0

%

Loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(4,879

)

$

(135,393

)

$

130,514

 

96.4

%

The following table presents the unaudited operating results for our total portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, including the amount and percentage change in the results between the two periods. The table presents the results of operations included in the consolidated statements of operations, and includes the 30 hotels (11,313 rooms) as of June 30, 2010 and 29 hotels (10,966 rooms) as of June 30, 2009. In addition, operating results for operations held for non-sale disposition for both the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels. Income (loss) from discontinued operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010 includes the results of operations for the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport which have been deconsolidated from our operations as a result of the transfer of possession and control of these properties to receivers, and the Renaissance Westchester prior to our reacquisition of the hotel on June 14, 2010. Income (loss) from discontinued operations for the

 

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sixwhich has been reclassified as held for sale as of March 31, 2011 due to its sale in April 2011. Loss from discontinued operations for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2010 includes:  the eight hotels which secured the non-recourse mortgage with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the “Mass Mutual eight” hotels: Renaissance Atlanta Concourse; Hilton Huntington; Residence Inn by Marriott Manhattan Beach; Marriott Provo; Courtyard by Marriott San Diego (Old Town); Holiday Inn Downtown San Diego; Holiday Inn Express San Diego (Old Town); and Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park)), which were deeded back to the lender in November 2010 pursuant to our 2009 includessecured debt restructuring program; and the results of operations for the Marriott Napa Valley, Marriott Riverside, and Hyatt Suites Atlanta Northwest which were sold in 2009, as well as the W San Diego, Renaissance Westchester and Marriott Ontario Airport, which have been deconsolidated fromwas sold by the receiver in August 2010 pursuant to our operations.2009 secured debt restructuring program.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

 

(unaudited, dollars in thousands, except statistical data)

 

 

(unaudited, dollars in thousands, except statistical data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room

 

$

198,701

 

$

197,897

 

$

804

 

0.4

%

 

$

107,833

 

$

90,378

 

$

17,455

 

19.3

%

Food and beverage

 

78,751

 

81,257

 

(2,506

)

(3.1

)%

 

40,403

 

38,208

 

2,195

 

5.7

%

Other operating

 

24,321

 

25,412

 

(1,091

)

(4.3

)%

 

14,339

 

12,313

 

2,026

 

16.5

%

Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

39,992

 

42,922

 

(2,930

)

(6.8

)%

Total revenues

 

341,765

 

347,488

 

(5,723

)

(1.6

)%

 

162,575

 

140,899

 

21,676

 

15.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel operating

 

191,643

 

191,776

 

(133

)

(0.1

)%

 

109,489

 

93,154

 

16,335

 

17.5

%

Property general and administrative

 

36,021

 

35,896

 

125

 

0.3

%

 

20,496

 

17,145

 

3,351

 

19.5

%

Corporate overhead

 

9,715

 

10,492

 

(777

)

(7.4

)%

 

7,664

 

4,580

 

3,084

 

67.3

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

46,822

 

47,289

 

(467

)

(1.0

)%

 

26,482

 

23,558

 

2,924

 

12.4

%

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

35,950

 

39,260

 

(3,310

)

(8.4

)%

Property and goodwill impairment losses

 

1,943

 

28,643

 

(26,700

)

(93.2

)%

Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

 

3,007

 

(3,007

)

(100.0

)%

Total operating expenses

 

322,094

 

356,363

 

(34,269

)

(9.6

)%

 

164,131

 

138,437

 

25,694

 

18.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

19,671

 

(8,875

)

28,546

 

321.6

%

 

(1,556

)

2,462

 

(4,018

)

(163.2

)%

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

275

 

(2,101

)

2,376

 

113.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

21

 

112

 

(91

)

(81.3

)%

Interest and other income

 

270

 

872

 

(602

)

(69.0

)%

 

72

 

171

 

(99

)

(57.9

)%

Interest expense

 

(37,056

)

(39,513

)

2,457

 

6.2

%

 

(17,944

)

(20,041

)

2,097

 

10.5

%

Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition

 

(10,397

)

(5,787

)

(4,610

)

(79.7

)%

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

54,579

 

(54,579

)

(100.0

)%

Loss from continuing operations

 

(27,237

)

(825

)

(26,412

)

(3,201.5

)%

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests

 

69,230

 

 

69,230

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

49,823

 

(17,296

)

67,119

 

388.1

%

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

6,454

 

(122,870

)

129,324

 

105.3

%

 

1,512

 

(3,795

)

5,307

 

139.8

%

Net loss

 

(20,783

)

(123,695

)

102,912

 

83.2

%

Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation

 

 

(447

)

447

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

51,335

 

(21,091

)

72,426

 

343.4

%

Distributions to non-controlling interest

 

(7

)

 

(7

)

(100.0

)%

Preferred stock dividends and accretion

 

(10,374

)

(10,375

)

1

 

0.0

%

 

(5,137

)

(5,187

)

50

 

1.0

%

Loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(31,157

)

$

(134,517

)

$

103,360

 

76.8

%

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation

 

(302

)

 

(302

)

(100.0

)%

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock

 

(209

)

 

(209

)

(100.0

)%

Income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

45,680

 

$

(26,278

)

$

71,958

 

273.8

%

 

Operating Statistics. Included in the following tables are comparisons of the key operating metrics for our hotel portfolio32 hotels.

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

Change

 

 

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Portfolio (32 hotels) (1)

 

68.5

%

$

152.74

 

$

104.63

 

68.1

%

$

145.91

 

$

99.36

 

40 bps

 

4.7

%

5.3

%


(1)Includes prior ownership results for the threeDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. The comparisons do not include the JW Marriott New Orleans, as well as operating results of operations for the three hotels sold in 2009, the two hotels held in receivership, or the Mass Mutual eight hotels held for non-sale disposition. The comparisons do include the results of operations for the Renaissance Westchester during the period the hotelin 2010 while it was held in receivership in 2010 as well as all of 2009.receivership.

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Change

 

 

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Total Hotel Portfolio (30 hotels)

 

73.9

%

$

151.43

 

$

111.91

 

70.5

%

$

148.69

 

$

104.83

 

340 bps

 

1.8

%

6.8

%

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Change

 

 

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Occ%

 

ADR

 

RevPAR

 

Total Hotel Portfolio (30 hotels)

 

70.3

%

$

146.65

 

$

103.09

 

67.9

%

$

151.39

 

$

102.79

 

240 bps

 

(3.1

)%

0.3

%

For the three months ended June 30, 2010, RevPAR for the 30 hotel portfolio increased 6.8% to $111.91 from the same period in 2009. Occupancy increased 340 basis points to 73.9%, while ADR increased 1.8% to $151.43.

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For the six months ended June 30, 2010, RevPAR for the 30 hotel portfolio increased 0.3% to $103.09 from the same period in 2009. Occupancy increased 240 basis points to 70.3%, while ADR decreased 3.1% to $146.65.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The following table reconciles net income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for our hotel portfolio for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and 2009.2010. We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance because these measures help investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest expense and preferred stock dividends) and our asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results. We also use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as measures in determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, because not all companies calculate these non-GAAP measures in the same manner. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative measure of our net income (loss), operating performance, cash flow or liquidity. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may include funds that may not be available for our discretionary use to fund interest expense, capital expenditures or general corporate purposes. Although we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA can enhance an investor’s understanding of our results of operations, these non-GAAP financial measures, when viewed individually, are not necessarily a better indicator of any trend as compared to GAAP measures such as net income (loss) or cash flow from operations. In addition, you should be aware that adverse economic and market conditions may harm our cash flow.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(4,879

)

$

(135,393

)

$

(31,157

)

$

(134,517

)

Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation

 

 

 

 

447

 

Series A and C preferred stock dividends

 

5,187

 

5,188

 

10,374

 

10,375

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

23,264

 

23,765

 

46,822

 

47,289

 

Amortization of lease intangibles

 

150

 

 

150

 

 

Interest expense

 

16,185

 

18,198

 

33,123

 

37,255

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

120

 

 

884

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

306

 

361

 

799

 

635

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

123

 

284

 

1,585

 

284

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

36

 

 

174

 

 

Non-cash interest related to discount on Senior Notes

 

245

 

655

 

491

 

1,339

 

Unconsolidated joint ventures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

13

 

1,282

 

27

 

2,554

 

Interest expense

 

 

663

 

 

1,348

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

 

46

 

 

92

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,544

 

2,727

 

3,237

 

5,434

 

Interest expense

 

2,473

 

2,760

 

5,182

 

5,523

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

2,078

 

 

4,354

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

132

 

132

 

264

 

264

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

303

 

 

597

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

2,770

 

124

 

5,753

 

Interest expense

 

 

1,727

 

225

 

3,439

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

 

10

 

2

 

21

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

 

48

 

 

EBITDA

 

47,280

 

(74,825

)

77,305

 

(12,465

)

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

686

 

1,220

 

1,648

 

2,348

 

Gain on sale of assets

 

 

(35

)

 

(354

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

(26,559

)

 

(54,579

)

Impairment loss

 

1,943

 

27,237

 

1,943

 

28,643

 

Unconsolidated joint ventures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

7

 

11

 

17

 

16

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment loss

 

 

697

 

 

3,007

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on sale of assets

 

 

13,070

 

 

13,070

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

(6,747

)

 

(6,747

)

 

Impairment loss

 

 

104,007

 

 

104,007

 

 

 

(4,111

)

119,648

 

(3,139

)

96,158

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

43,169

 

$

44,823

 

$

74,166

 

$

83,693

 

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Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

45,680

 

$

(26,278

)

Distributions to non-controlling interest

 

7

 

 

Series A and C preferred stock dividends

 

5,137

 

5,187

 

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation

 

302

 

 

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock

 

209

 

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

26,482

 

23,558

 

Amortization of lease intangibles

 

937

 

 

Interest expense

 

17,023

 

16,938

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

 

764

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

616

 

493

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

 

1,462

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

138

 

Non-cash interest related to discount on Senior Notes

 

261

 

246

 

Non-cash interest related to loss on derivatives, net

 

44

 

 

Unconsolidated joint ventures:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

3

 

14

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,433

 

1,817

 

Interest expense

 

 

2,934

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

 

2,276

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

 

134

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

342

 

EBITDA

 

98,134

 

30,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

544

 

962

 

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests

 

(69,230

)

 

Closing costs — completed acquisitions

 

2,739

 

 

Unconsolidated joint ventures:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

2

 

10

 

 

 

(65,945

)

972

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

32,189

 

$

30,997

 

Adjusted EBITDA was $43.2 million and $44.8$32.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $74.2 million and $83.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to $31.0 million for the same period in 20092010. Adjusted EBITDA increased $1.2 million in 2011 as compared to 2010 primarily due to increased earnings at our hotels were partially offset by transition costs incurred as a result of our management company changes. Adjusted EBITDA decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to decreased earnings at our hotels, combined with transition costs incurred as a result of our management company changes.hotels.

 

The following table reconciles net income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders to FFO and Adjusted FFO for our hotel portfolio for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and 2009.2010. We believe that the presentation of FFO and Adjusted FFO provide useful information to investors regarding our operating performance because they are measures of our operations without regard to specified non-cash items such as real estate depreciation and amortization, gain or loss on sale of assets and certain other items which we believe are not indicative of the performance of our underlying hotel properties. We believe that these items are more representative of our asset base and our acquisition and disposition activities than our ongoing operations. We also use FFO as one measure in determining our results after taking into account the impact of our capital structure. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of FFO and Adjusted FFO may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, because not all companies calculate these non-GAAP measures in the same manner. FFO and Adjusted FFO should not be considered as an alternative measure of our net income (loss), operating performance, cash flow or liquidity. FFO and Adjusted FFO may include funds that may not be available for our discretionary use to fund interest expense, capital expenditures or general corporate purposes. Although we believe that FFO and Adjusted FFO can enhance an investor’s understanding of our results of operations, these non-GAAP financial measures, when viewed individually, are not necessarily a better indicator of any trend as compared to GAAP measures such as net income (loss) or cash flow from operations. In addition, you should be aware that adverse economic and market conditions may harm our cash flow.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(4,879

)

$

(135,393

)

$

(31,157

)

$

(134,517

)

Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation

 

 

 

 

447

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

23,133

 

23,611

 

46,553

 

46,972

 

Amortization of lease intangibles

 

150

 

 

150

 

 

Gain on sale of assets

 

 

(35

)

 

(354

)

Unconsolidated joint ventures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,264

 

 

2,518

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

1,544

 

2,727

 

3,237

 

5,434

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

 

2,770

 

124

 

5,753

 

Loss on sale of assets

 

 

13,070

 

 

13,070

 

FFO

 

19,948

 

(91,986

)

18,907

 

(60,677

)

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

120

 

 

884

 

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

123

 

284

 

1,585

 

284

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

36

 

 

174

 

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

(26,559

)

 

(54,579

)

Impairment loss

 

1,943

 

27,237

 

1,943

 

28,643

 

Operations held for non-sale disposition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

2,078

 

 

4,354

 

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

303

 

 

597

 

 

Impairment loss

 

 

697

 

 

3,007

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

 

48

 

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

(6,747

)

 

(6,747

)

 

Impairment loss

 

 

104,007

 

 

104,007

 

 

 

(2,144

)

105,666

 

2,838

 

81,362

 

Adjusted FFO

 

$

17,804

 

$

13,680

 

$

21,745

 

$

20,685

 

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March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders

 

$

45,680

 

$

(26,278

)

Distributions to non-controlling interest

 

7

 

 

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation

 

302

 

 

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock

 

209

 

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

26,205

 

23,420

 

Amortization of lease intangibles

 

937

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

1,433

 

1,817

 

FFO

 

74,773

 

(1,041

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

 

764

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

 

1,462

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

138

 

Gain on remeasurement of equity interests

 

(69,230

)

 

Closing costs — completed acquisitions

 

2,739

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

 

2,276

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

 

342

 

 

 

(66,491

)

4,982

 

Adjusted FFO

 

$

8,282

 

$

3,941

 

Adjusted FFO was $17.8 million and $13.7$8.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $21.7 million and $20.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Adjusted FFO increased for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to $3.9 million for the same period in 20092010. Adjusted FFO increased $4.4 million in 2011 as compared to 2010 primarily due to increased earnings at our hotels, combined with decreased interest expense, partially offset by transition costs incurred as a result of our management company changes. Adjusted FFO increased for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to lower interest expense, partially offset by decreased earnings at our hotels and by transition costs incurred as a result of our management company changes.expense.

 

Room revenue. Room revenue increased $7.1$17.5 million, or 7.0%19.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009. The results of operations forMarch 31, 2010. We reacquired the Renaissance Westchester are includedfrom a court-appointed receiver in continuing operations fromJune 2010. In addition, we acquired the date we reacquiredoutside 62% equity interests in the hotel (June 14, 2010) forward. Prior to June 14, 2010, the results of operations for the Renaissance Westchester are includedDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square in discontinued operations as possession and controlJanuary 2011, resulting in our 100% ownership of the hotel, was held by a court-appointed receiver. Roomand the JW Marriott New Orleans in February 2011. These three new hotels (the “new hotels”) generated room revenue generated byof $13.2 million during the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the second quarter of 2010 was $0.2 million.three months ended March 31, 2011. Room revenue generated by the 29 hotels held for investment during all periods presentedwe acquired prior to January 1, 2010 (our “existing portfolio”) increased $6.9$4.3 million induring the secondfirst quarter of 20102011 as compared to the same period in 2009first quarter of 2010 due to an increase in occupancy of $3.4 million($0.7 million) combined with an increase in ADR of $3.5 million.($3.6 million).

Room revenue increased $0.8 million, or 0.4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009. Room revenue generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the first six months of 2010 was $0.2 million. Room revenue generated by our existing portfolio increased $0.6 million in the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to an increase in occupancy of $4.7 million partially offset by a decrease in ADR of $4.1 million.

 

Food and beverage revenue. Food and beverage revenue increased $0.3$2.2 million, or 0.8%,5.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. Our new hotels contributed $2.6 million to food and beverage revenue during the first quarter of 2011. Food and beverage revenue generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the second quarter of 2010 was $0.1 million. Food and beverage revenue generated by our existing portfolio increased $0.2decreased $0.4 million infor the second quarter of 2010three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to increased banquet, room service and other revenue due to increased occupancy at several of our hotels and to an increase in conventions and meetings held at our hotels. These increases were partially offset by decreased outlet revenue primarily due to the fact that several of our hotels are in the process of remodeling and re-concepting their restaurants.

Food and beverage revenue decreased $2.5 million, or 3.1%, for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009. Food and beverage revenue generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the first six months of 2010 was $0.1 million. Food and beverage revenue generated by our existing portfolio decreased $2.6 million for the six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009.March 31, 2010. This decrease is primarily due to lower revenues generated in 2010 by our Washington D.C. area hotels, which benefited from the 2009 presidential inauguration. Food and beverage revenue also decreased in the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to a reduction in business at our Houston, Texas hotels with one customer who is operating under a contract with the United States government. Additionally, many ofIn addition, outlet revenue decreased in our hotels that began to close their restaurants during the second quarter and second half of 2009 in order to save costs continued to keep their restaurants closedexisting portfolio during the first six monthsquarter of 2011 as compared to the first quarter of 2010 either to save costs oras many outlets remain closed due to remodeling and re-concepting projects.renovation.

 

Other operating revenue. Other operating revenue decreased $1.1increased $2.0 million, or 8.2%,16.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, primarilyMarch 31, 2010. Our new hotels contributed $1.5 million to other operating revenue during the first quarter of 2011. Other operating revenue also increased $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2011 as compared to the first quarter of 2010 due to decreased cancellation and attritionthe consolidation of BuyEfficient with our operations due to the purchase of the outside 50% equity interest in the joint venture in January 2011. Previously, our 50% portion of BuyEfficient’s net income was included in equity in net earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures. These increases in other operating revenue were partially offset by a decrease of $0.5 million in our existing portfolio slightly offset byfor the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010, as increased revenue at our two commercial laundry facilities.

Other operating revenuefacilities was offset by decreased $1.1 million, or 4.3%, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, primarily due to the same reasons described above in the discussion regarding the second quarter.

Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition. Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels decreased $1.4 million, or 6.6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. This decrease was primarily the result of a 310 basis point decrease in occupancy combined with a 4.3% decrease in ADR, causing room revenue to decrease $1.2 million. In addition, foodtelephone, retail, parking, cancellation and beverage revenue decreased $0.1 million, and other operating revenue decreased $0.1 million.attrition revenue.

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Revenues of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels decreased $2.9 million, or 6.8%, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. This decrease was primarily the result of a 170 basis point decrease in occupancy combined with a 5.5% decrease in ADR, causing room revenue to decrease $2.3 million. In addition, food and beverage revenue decreased $0.3 million, and other operating revenue decreased $0.3 million.

 

Hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses, which are comprised of room, food and beverage, advertising and promotion, repairs and maintenance, utilities, franchise costs, property tax, ground lease and insurance, and other hotel operating expenses increased $2.9$16.3 million, or 3.0%17.5%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. The new hotels contributed $13.2 million to hotel operating expenses during the first quarter of 2011. Hotel operating expenses generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the second quarter of 2010 totaled $0.2 million. Hotel operating expenses for our existing portfolio increased $2.7$3.1 million during the second quarterthree months ended

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March 31, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2009.2010. This increase in hotel operating expenses is primarily related to the increase in relatedcorresponding increased room revenue. In addition, hotel operating expenses in our existing portfolio increased duringin the secondfirst quarter of 20102011 as compared to the same period in 20092010 due to increases in the following expenses: advertising and promotionrepairs and maintenance as the hotels began to increase theirincreased spending in response to the recovering economy; franchise fees and assessments due to the improved economy; utilities due to increased revenue;occupancy at the hotels; and property taxes due to $0.4 million in property tax credits receivedincreased assessments at one of our hotels during the second quarter of 2009, and by $0.2 million in prior year tax reimbursements collected from the buyer upon our second quarter 2009 sale of land adjacent to oneseveral of our hotels. These increases were partiallyslightly offset by decreases in departmental payrolldecreased parking expenses due to staff reductions and cost cutting initiatives implemented throughout 2009, and utilities due to reductions in gas rates and usage at several of our hotels.

Hotel operating expenses decreased $0.1 million, or 0.1%, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009. Hotel operating expenses generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the first six months of 2010 totaled $0.2 million. Hotel operating expenses for our existing portfolio decreased $0.3 million during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. This decrease in hotel operating expenses is primarily related to the decreases in related food and beverage and other operatingparking revenue. In addition, hotel operating expenses declined during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to decreases in the following expenses: departmental payroll due to staff reductions and cost cutting initiatives implemented throughout 2009; advertising and repairs and maintenance as the hotels continued to cancel or delay unnecessary expenditures; and utilities due to reductions in gas rates and usage at several of our hotels. These decreases were partially offset by increases in franchise assessments at several of our hotels and property taxes due to prior year refunds received by several of our hotels which were recorded during the first six months of 2009, and by $0.2 million in prior year tax reimbursements collected from the buyer upon our second quarter 2009 sale of land adjacent to one of our hotels.

 

Property general and administrative expense. Propertygeneral general and administrative expense increased $1.0$3.4 million, or 5.6%19.5%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, primarily dueMarch 31, 2010. The new hotels contributed $2.0 million to increased expenses in our existing portfolio. Management feesproperty general and credit and collection expenses increased in our existing portfolio due toadministrative expense during the increase in revenue. In addition, property generalfirst quarter of 2011. Propertygeneral and administrative expense in our existing portfolio increased $1.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010, primarily due to increased payroll, employee relations, recruitmentmanagement fees and relocationcredit and collection expenses due to the increase in revenue, combined with increased licensestravel and permits. These increases were slightly offset by decreased training and travel.

Propertygeneral and administrative expense increased $0.1 million, or 0.3%, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, primarily due to increased expenses in our existing portfolio due to the same reasons described above in the discussion regarding the second quarter. Management fees, however, decreased in our existing portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to the decline in revenue generated in 2010 by our Washington D.C. area hotels, which benefited from the 2009 presidential inauguration.sales tax audit expenses.

 

Corporate overhead expense. Corporate overhead expense increased $0.4$3.1 million, or 7.3%67.3%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, primarily due to $0.4increased acquisition and due diligence costs. During the first quarter of 2011 we incurred due diligence costs of $2.7 million related to our completed acquisitions, and an additional $0.3 million related to in stay-put bonuses accrued duringprocess or abandoned projects. During the secondfirst quarter of 2010, to incentivize certain hotel-level employees to stay through the management company transitions. Additional increases inwe incurred due diligence licenses and permits, and legal costs and expensesof $0.1 million related to abandoned projects. Corporate overhead expense also increased during the first three months ended June 2010of 2011 as compared to the same period in 20092010 due to increased payroll and related costs and travel expenses. These increases were partially offset by decreased sales tax expenses.

Corporate overhead expense decreased $0.8 million, or 7.4%, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, primarily due to decreases in total payroll related costs and deferred stock compensation expense as a result of our corporate reorganization in the second quarter of 2009, combined with decreases in contract and professional feeslegal, office rent and sales tax expense. These decreases were partially offset by $0.4 million in stay-put bonuses accrued during the second quarter of 2010 to incentivize certain hotel-level employees to stay through the management company transitions, combined with increases in due diligence, licenses and permits, and legal costs and expenses.

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Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.5increased $2.9 million, or 2.1%12.4%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. The new hotels contributed $2.9 million to depreciation and amortization during the first quarter of 2011. Depreciation and amortization expense generated by the Renaissance Westchester and included in continuing operations for the second quarter of 2010 totaled $0.1 million. Depreciation and amortization in our existing portfolio decreased $0.6 million due to the fact that we reduced the depreciable assets of our existing portfolio by $25.4 millionremained relatively flat during the second quarter of 2009 due to impairment charges.

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.5 million, or 1.0%, during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, primarily due to the same reasons described above in the discussion regarding the second quarter.

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition. Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels, which are comprised of room, food and beverage, other operating expenses, advertising and promotion, repairs and maintenance, utilities, franchise costs, property tax, ground lease and insurance expense, property general and administrative expense, depreciation and amortization, totaled $17.9 million for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2010 as compared to $20.4 millionadditional depreciation recognized on hotel renovations and purchases of furniture, fixtures and equipment (“FF&E”) for the three months ended June 30, 2009. During the three months ended June 30, 2010, weour hotel properties was offset by decreased depreciation recognized $16.4 million in operating expenses and $1.5 million in depreciation and amortization. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, we recognized $17.7 million in operating expenses and $2.7 million in depreciation and amortization. The decrease in operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels is primarily related to decreased property taxes due to supplemental prior year taxes assessed on two of the hotels in 2009. The decrease in depreciation in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 is primarily due to $88.2 million in impairment charges recorded in 2009, which reduced the depreciable assets for operations held for non-sale disposition.

Operating expenses of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels totaled $36.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $39.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we recognized $32.7 million in operating expenses and $3.3 million in depreciation and amortization. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, we recognized $33.8 million in operating expenses and $5.5 million in depreciation and amortization. The decrease in operating expenses and depreciation and amortization expense of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels is primarily due to the same reasons described above in the discussion regarding the second quarter.

Property and goodwill impairment losses. Property and goodwill impairment losses totaled $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $27.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009. During the second quarter of 2010, we recognized a property impairment loss of $1.9 million on an office building and land adjacent to one of our hotels in anticipation of its possible sale during the third or fourth quarter of 2010. During the second quarter of 2009, we recognized a $25.4 million property impairment loss on the Marriott Del Mar to reduce the carrying value of the hotel on our balance sheet to its fair value. In addition, during the second quarter of 2009, we recognized a $1.4 million property impairment loss related to the write-off of costs associated with a potential timeshare development in Newport Beach, California, and we wrote off $0.4 million in goodwill associated with the Marriott Rochester in conjunction with a quarterly impairment evaluation.

Property and goodwill losses totaled $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $28.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. During the first six months of 2010, we recognized a property impairment loss of $1.9 million on an office building and land adjacent to one of our hotels in anticipation of its possible sale during the third or fourth quarter of 2010. During the first six months of 2009, we recognized a $25.4 million property impairment loss on the Marriott Del Mar to reduce the carrying value of the hotel on our balance sheet to its fair value. In addition, we recognized a $0.1 million property impairment loss on a parcel of land adjacent to one of our hotels which we sold in June 2009. During the first six months of 2009, we also recognized a $1.4 million property impairment loss related to the write-off of costs associated with a potential timeshare development in Newport Beach, California. In conjunction with our quarterly impairment evaluations performed during the first six months of 2009, we wrote off $1.3 million and $0.4 million of goodwill associated with the Marriott Park City and the Marriott Rochester, respectively.

Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition. Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels totaled zero for the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2009. In conjunction with our quarterly impairment evaluation performed as of June 30, 2009, we wrote off $0.7 million in goodwill associated with two of the Mass Mutual eight hotels: Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park) $0.5 million and Holiday Inn Express San Diego $0.2 million.

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Goodwill impairment losses of operations held for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels totaled zero for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $3.0 million for the same period in 2009. In conjunction with our quarterly impairment evaluations performed during the first six months of 2009, we wrote off $3.0 million in goodwill associated with four of the Mass Mutual eight hotels: Holiday Inn Downtown San Diego $1.4 million; Marriott Provo $0.7 million; Marriott Salt Lake City (University Park) $0.7 million; and Holiday Inn Express San Diego $0.2 million.fully depreciated FF&E.

 

Equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures. Equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures totaled earnings of $0.2$21,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010,March 31, 2010. In January 2011, we acquired 100% interests in both the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and BuyEfficient joint ventures. Post-acquisition, therefore, we present both of these investments on a lossconsolidated basis. We purchased the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million, and the outside 50% equity interest in the BuyEfficient joint venture for $9.0 million. As a result, we are now the sole owner of $0.6 million forboth the three months ended June 30,entity that owns the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and BuyEfficient. Prior to our January 14, 2011 acquisition date, we did not recognize any earnings on our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture because the joint venture had cumulative losses in excess of our investment, and we reduced our interest in this partnership to zero at December 31, 2009. The excess cumulative losses resulted primarily from the hotel’s fourth quarter 2009 impairment charge. Prior to our January 21, 2011 acquisition date, we recognized income of $21,000 on our BuyEfficient joint venture. In the secondfirst quarter of 2010, we recognized income of $0.2$0.1 million on our BuyEfficient joint venture, and zero on our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture. Though the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture recognized earnings during the second quarter of 2010, we did not recognize any portion of these earnings due to the fact that we reduced our interest in this partnership to zero at December 31, 2009 as a result of the hotel’s fourth quarter 2009 impairment charge. In the second quarter of 2009, we recognized a loss of $0.7 million on our interest in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, and income of $0.1 million on our BuyEfficient joint venture.

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures totaled earnings of $0.3 million for six months ended June 30, 2010, and a loss of $2.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. In the first six months of 2010, we recognized income of $0.3 million on our BuyEfficient joint venture, and zero on our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture. Though the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture incurred a loss during the first half of 2010, we did not recognize any portion of this loss due to the fact that we reduced our interest in this partnership to zero at December 31, 2009 as a result of the hotel’s fourth quarter 2009 impairment charge. In the first six months of 2009, we recognized a loss of $2.2 million on our interest in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, and income of $0.1 million on our BuyEfficient joint venture.

 

Interest and other income. Interest and other income totaled $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 and $0.3$0.2 million for the same period in 2009.2010. In the secondfirst quarter of 2010,2011, we recognized $0.1 million in interest income. In the secondfirst quarter of 2009, we recognized $0.2 million in interest income, and $0.1 million on the sale of surplus furniture, fixtures and equipment (“FF&E”) located in two of our hotels.

Interest and other income totaled $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and $0.9 million for the same period in 2009. In the first six months of 2010, we recognized $0.2$0.1 million in interest income, and $0.1 million in other miscellaneous income. In the first six months

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Interest expense. We incurred interest expense as follows (in thousands):

 

 

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June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

Interest expense

 

$

16,185

 

$

18,198

 

$

33,123

 

$

37,255

 

 

$

17,023

 

$

16,938

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

120

 

 

884

 

 

 

 

764

 

Loss on derivatives, net

 

44

 

 

Accretion of Senior Notes

 

245

 

655

 

491

 

1,339

 

 

261

 

246

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

306

 

361

 

799

 

635

 

 

616

 

493

 

Write-off of deferred financing fees

 

123

 

284

 

1,585

 

284

 

 

 

1,462

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

36

 

 

174

 

 

 

 

138

 

 

$

17,015

 

$

19,498

 

$

37,056

 

$

39,513

 

 

$

17,944

 

$

20,041

 

 

Interest expense decreased $2.5$2.1 million, or 12.7%10.5%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the same period during 2009.2010. Interest expense decreased $2.0 million during the secondfirst quarter of 20102011 as compared to the same period in 2009 as a result of decreases in our loan balances combined with our repurchase of $64.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2009 and an additional $123.5 million in the second quarter of 2009, as well as the repayment of $83.0 million in April 2010 to release three hotels from the Mass Mutual loan. In addition, interest expenseprimarily due to the accretion of the Senior Notes decreased by $0.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to the repurchases of the Senior Notes in 2009. Interest expense also decreased in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to a $0.2 million decrease in write-off of deferred financing fees. During the second quarter of 2010, we wrote off $0.1$1.5 million in deferred financing fees related to the release of the three hotels from the Mass Mutual loan, and during the second quarter of 2009, we wrote off $0.3 million in deferred financing fees associated with the amendment of our credit facility. Interest expense also decreased in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the second quarter of 2009 due to a $0.1 million decrease in amortization of deferred financing fees related to the repayment of the loans noted above, as well as the termination of our credit facility. These decreases were slightly offset by an increasefacility in February 2010 with no corresponding charge incurred during the first quarter of 2011. In addition, interest expense for the secondfirst quarter of 20102011 decreased as compared to the same period in 20092010 due to expenses incurred during the first quarter of 2010 related to our elective defaults pursuant to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program as one of the lenders increased our interest rate by 5.0% causing an additional $0.2$0.8 million in default interest penalties and fees.

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Interest expense decreased $2.5 million, or 6.2%, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period during 2009. Interest expense decreased $4.1 million during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 as a result of decreases in our loan balances combined with our repurchase of $64.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2009 and an additional $123.5$0.1 million in the second quarter of 2009, as well as the repayment of $83.0 million in April 2010 to release three hotels from the Mass Mutual loan. In addition, interest expense due to the accretion of the Senior Notes decreased by $0.8 million during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to the repurchases of the Senior Notes in 2009.penalties and fees. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $1.3$0.1 million in interest expense due to the write-offincreased loan balances as we assumed $270.0 million of deferred financing fees. During the first half of 2010, we wrote-off $1.5 millionnon-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt in deferred financing fees related to the termination ofconnection with our credit facility in February 2010, and $0.1 million in deferred financing fees related to the releaseacquisition of the three hotels from the Mass Mutualoutside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, and a $42.2 million loan in April 2010. Duringconnection with our acquisition of the first six months of 2009, we wrote off $0.3 million in deferred financing fees associated with the amendment of our credit facility.JW Marriott New Orleans. In addition, interest expense increased $0.2$0.1 million during the first sixthree months of 20102011 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to an increase in amortization of deferred financing fees2010 related to losses recognized on an increase in fees associated with our repurchase of the Senior Notes and the amendment of our loaninterest rate cap agreement on the Renaissance Baltimore during the third quarter of 2009, partiallyDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square loan, slightly offset by a decrease in fees related tosmall gain on an interest rate swap agreement on the repayment of the loans noted above, as well as the termination of our credit facility.JW Marriott New Orleans loan. Interest expense also increased during the first six monthsquarter of 20102011 as compared to the same period in 20092010 due to a $0.1 million increase in deferred financing fees related to additional fees paid in association with our elective defaults pursuantDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square and JW Marriott New Orleans acquisitions, as well as to fees incurred on our 2009 secured debt restructuring program as oneline of the lenders increased our interest rate by 5.0% causing an additional $0.9 million in interest and $0.2 million in default penalties and fees.credit.

 

Our weighted average interest rate per annum was approximately 5.5% at March 31, 2011 and 5.6% at both June 30, 2010 and 2009.March 31, 2010. At June 30, 2010, allMarch 31, 2011, approximately 81.4% of ourthe outstanding notes payable included in our continuing operations had fixed interest rates.

 

Interest expenseGain on remeasurement of operations held for non-sale dispositionequity interests.. Interest expense Gain on remeasurement of operations heldequity interests totaled $69.2 million for non-sale disposition associated with the Mass Mutual eight hotels is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

Interest expense

 

$

2,473

 

$

2,760

 

$

5,182

 

$

5,523

 

Interest expense — default rate

 

2,078

 

 

4,354

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

132

 

132

 

264

 

264

 

Loan penalties and fees

 

303

 

 

597

 

 

 

 

$

4,986

 

$

2,892

 

$

10,397

 

$

5,787

 

Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition increased $2.1 million, or 72.4%, during the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels pursuant to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program. Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition includes an additional $2.1 million in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 as the lender increased our interest rate by 5.0% in conjunction with our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels. In addition, interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition increased in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to $0.3 million in loan penaltiesMarch 31, 2011, and fees recorded in 2010 related to our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels. While we are required to record such loan penalties and fees, as this loan is non-recourse to us, we do not intend to actually fund such fees, and consequently, we expect to record a gain on the forgiveness of these expenses upon completion of the deed backs of these hotels. These increases were slightly offset by a decrease in interest expense of $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to decreased loan balances.

Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition increased $4.6 million, or 79.7%, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels pursuant to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program. Interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition includes an additional $4.4 million in the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 as the lender increased our interest rate by 5.0% in conjunction with our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels. In addition, interest expense of operations held for non-sale disposition increased in the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to $0.6 million in loan penalties and fees recorded in 2010 related to our elective default of the non-recourse loan secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels. While we are required to record such loan penalties and fees, as this loan is non-recourse to us, we do not intend to actually fund such fees, and consequently, we expect to record a gain on the forgiveness of these expenses upon completion of the deed backs of these hotels. These increases were slightly offset by a decrease in interest expense of $0.4 million in the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due to decreased loan balances.

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Gain on extinguishment of debt. Gain on extinguishment of debt totaled zero for the three months ended June 30, 2010,March 31, 2010. In January 2011, we purchased the outside interests in both our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture and $26.6our BuyEfficient joint venture, and became the sole owner of both entities. Previously, our investment in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture consisted of a 38% equity interest in the hotel and a $30.0 million, for8.5% mezzanine loan maturing in January 2017 secured by the three months ended June 30, 2009.equity interests in the hotel. During the secondfourth quarter of 2009, the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square recorded an impairment loss, effectively reducing our investment in the partnership to zero as of December 31, 2009. In conjunction with the acquisition of the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, we recognizedadjusted both our investment in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture and the mezzanine loan to their fair market values, and recorded gains totaling $60.5 million on the remeasurement. In addition, in conjunction with the acquisition of the outside 50% equity interest in the BuyEfficient joint venture, we adjusted our investment up to its fair market value, and recorded a gain of $26.6$8.7 million due toon the repurchase and cancellation of $123.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes.remeasurement.

Gain on extinguishment of debt totaled zero for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and $54.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. During the first six months of 2009, we recognized a gain of $54.6 million due to the repurchase and cancellation of $187.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes.

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations. Income (loss) from discontinued operations totaled incomeis as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

Operating revenues

 

$

6,918

 

$

21,676

 

Operating expenses

 

(3,973

)

(17,968

)

Interest expense

 

 

(5,686

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

(1,433

)

(1,817

)

 

 

$

1,512

 

$

(3,795

)

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As described under “—Investing Activities—Dispositions,” no hotels were sold during either the first or second quarters of 2010 and three hotels were sold during 2009. In addition, we deconsolidated the Marriott Ontario Airport during the first quarter of 2010,2011, however we classified the Royal Palm Miami Beach as held for sale as of March 31, 2011, and reclassed the W San Diego and the Renaissance Westchester during 2009. Upon deconsolidation, we reclassified each hotel’s results of operations to discontinued operations due to our sale of this hotel in April 2011. In addition, pursuant to our 2009 secured debt restructuring program we reclassified the transferoperating results of possession and control of each hotel11 hotels to discontinued operations in 2010: W San Diego, which was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. On June 14, 2010, we reacquiredreceiver in September 2009 and deeded back to the lender in July 2010; Renaissance Westchester, for $26.0 million, including related costs. In connection with the repurchase of the Renaissance Westchester, the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage securedwhich was transferred to a receiver in December 2009 and reacquired by the hotelCompany in June 2010; Marriott Ontario Airport, which was cancelled. We recordedtransferred to a $6.7 million gain onreceiver in March 2010 and sold by the extinguishmentreceiver in August 2010; and the Mass Mutual eight hotels, which were deeded back to the lender in November 2010. As a result of this debt, which is included inthese deed backs and title transfers, we have disposed of all assets and liabilities from our operations held for non-sale disposition segment. Accordingly, all assets, liabilities and the operations from our non-sale disposition segment have been reclassified to discontinued operations. Operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for 2009, therefore, are included in discontinued operations, whereas operating results from June 14, 2010 forward are included in our continuing operations. Consistent with the Property, Plant and Equipment Topic of the FASB ASC, we have reclassified the results of operations for all 12 of these hotels along with any impairments recognized, the gains or losses on the hotel sales and the gain on extinguishment of the Renaissance Westchester debt, to discontinued operations.

 

Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensationDistributions to non-controlling interest. Common stock dividends earned on our unvested restricted stock awards were zero for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as comparedDistributions to zero and $0.4 million, respectively,non-controlling interest totaled $7,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2011, and zero for the three months ended March 31, 2010. We purchased the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture in January 2011, and, as a result, we became the sole owner of the entity that owns the hotel. Preferred dividends earned by investors from the entity that owns the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, including related administrative fees totaled $7,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

 

Preferred stock dividends and accretion. Preferred stock dividends and accretion remained constant at $5.2totaled $5.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 and $10.4March 31, 2011, as compared to $5.2 million for both the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, asMarch 31, 2010. Though the dividend rate for our Series A preferred stock and Series C preferred stock wasremained at $0.50 and $0.393, respectively, per share for both the first quarter of 2011 and second quarters2010, preferred stock dividends and accretion decreased in 2011 due to the fact that the initial carrying value of our Series C preferred stock was fully accreted to its redemption value during the third quarter of 2010.

Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation. In accordance with ASC 260-10, unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. As such, undistributed income of $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and zero for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were allocated to the participating securities.

Undistributed income allocated to Series C preferred stock. As required by the Earnings Per Share Topic of the FASB ASC, which requires the net income per share for each class of stock (common and 2009.convertible preferred stock) to be calculated assuming 100% of the Company’s net income is distributed as dividends to each class of stock based on their contractual rights, we have allocated undistributed income of $0.2 million and zero to our Series C preferred stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

Investing Activities

 

Acquisitions. In lightWe believe we are currently in the early stages of a recovery phase of the recent cyclical downturn,lodging cycle. We further believe that hotels acquired now are likely to benefit from a multi-year recovery in hotel profitability, and are likely to create long-term value in excess of our investment hurdles. Therefore, we did not acquire any hotel properties during 2009. With better market clarity and in anticipationhave deployed a portion of an economic recovery, public REIT valuations improved significantlyour excess cash balance during the coursefirst quarter of 2009. While hotel sale transactions were relatively limited in number during 2009, the hotel sale transactions that have recently been consummated indicate that hotel trading values have not recovered commensurately with public REIT valuations. The pressure on single asset values is primarily caused by the significant amount of distressed CMBS debt associated with hotel assets. Consistent with our cycle-appropriate strategy, we shifted our focus at the end of 20092011 towards the pursuit of selective hotel acquisitions. These selective hotel acquisitions included: the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture; the outside 50% equity interest in our BuyEfficient joint venture; and the purchase of the JW Marriott New Orleans. Each of these acquisitions is discussed below.

In January 2011, we purchased the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture for $37.5 million, and, as a result, became the sole owner of the entity that owns the 460-room Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square located in New York City, New York. The hotel is encumbered by $270.0 million of non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt which matures in January 2012, and bears a blended interest rate of LIBOR plus 115 basis points. We expect to refinance this debt in 2011, and to fund any refinancing shortfall with existing cash. The hotel is encumbered by an additional $30.0 million mezzanine loan that is owned by the Company, and, therefore, eliminated in consolidation on our March 31, 2011 balance sheet. In conjunction with the purchase of the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, we recognized a gain of $30.1 million on the remeasurement of our equity interest in this joint venture to its fair market value, and a gain of $30.4 million on the remeasurement of our investment in the $30.0 million mezzanine loan, which we purchased in April 2010 for $3.45 million, to its fair market value.

In January 2011, we purchased the outside 50% equity interest in our BuyEfficient joint venture for a net purchase price of $8.6 million, including $0.4 million in cash distributed from the joint venture. As a result, we are now the sole owner of BuyEfficient. In conjunction with this purchase, we recognized a gain of $8.7 million on the remeasurement of our equity interest in this joint venture to its fair market value.

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In February 2011, we purchased the 494-room JW Marriott New Orleans located in New Orleans, Louisiana for approximately $51.6 million in cash and the assumption of a $42.2 million floating-rate, non-recourse senior mortgage. The mortgage, which matures in September 2015, has been swapped to a fixed rate of 5.45%, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule.

In April 2011, we paid $180.9 million, excluding prorations and closing costs, to acquire a 75% majority interest in the joint venture that owns the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel located in San Diego, California, which implied a gross value of approximately $475.0 million. Concurrent with the acquisition, the joint venture entered into a new $240.0 million mortgage financing secured by the hotel. The mortgage bears a floating rate of interest of LIBOR plus 325 basis points, and matures in 2016.

Our acquisitionsacquisition program is aimed at generating attractive risk-adjusted returns on our investment dollars, and therefore we may target lodging assets outside of the typical branded, urban, upper upscale profile represented by our existing portfolio in order to capitalize on opportunities which may arise, butarise. We intend to select the brands and operators for our hotels that we do not expect these atypical lodging assetsbelieve will lead to comprise a major component of our portfolio.the highest returns. Additionally, the scope of our acquisitions program may include large hotel portfolios or hotel loans.

On April 30, 2010, Future acquisitions may be funded by our issuance of additional debt or equity securities, including our common and preferred OP units, or by draws on our $150.0 million senior corporate credit facility entered into in November 2010. However, in light of our current balance sheet objectives, we purchased two hotel loansexpect to capitalize any near term acquisitions with a combined principal amountgreater proportion of $32.5 million plus accrued interest of approximately $800,000, for a total purchase price of $3.7 million. The loans include (i) a $30.0 million, 8.5% mezzanine loan maturing in January 2017 secured by the equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, and (ii) a $2.5 million, 8.075% subordinate note maturing in November 2010 secured by the 101-room boutique hotel known as Twelve Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia. We purchased the mezzanine loan for $3.45 million and the subordinate note for $250,000. None of thecapital than debt on the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square is in default, however interest on the mezzanine loan is currently being deferred in accordance with the provisions of the loan. The subordinate note secured by the Twelve Atlantic Station is currently in default. We are accounting for both loans using the cost recovery method until such time as the expected cash flows from the loans are reasonably probable and estimable.

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Dispositions. We did not sell any hotels during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010. Consistent with our cycle-appropriate strategy, we were a net seller of hotels in 2009.March 31, 2011. In May 2009,April 2011, we sold the Marriott Napa ValleyRoyal Palm Miami Beach for net proceeds of $34.8$130.0 million, including $40.0 million in cash and a net loss$90.0 million mortgage secured purchase money loan to the buyer which matures in December 2013. The mortgage secured purchase money loan bears interest at a floating rate of $13.7 million. In June 2009, we sold the Marriott RiversideLIBOR plus 500 basis points through December 2012, and LIBOR plus 600 basis points for net proceeds of $18.7 million and a net gain of $2.9 million. In July 2009, we sold the Hyatt Suites Atlanta Northwest for net proceeds of $7.8 million and a net gain of $18,000, after having recorded an impairment loss in June 2009 of $4.9 million in order to reduce the carrying value of this hotel on our balance sheet to its fair value.2013.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historical. During the periods presented, our sources of cash included our operating activities, working capital and sales of hotel properties and other assets, distributions received from our unconsolidated joint ventures, proceeds from our offerings of common stock, and proceeds from our credit facility.assets. Our primary uses of cash were for acquisitions of hotel properties and other assets, capital expenditures for hotels, operating expenses, repayment of notes payable, (including repurchases of Senior Notes) and our credit facility, purchases of notes receivable and dividends on our common and preferred stock. We cannot be certain that traditional sources of funds will be available in the future.

 

Operating activities. Our cash used in or provided by or used in operating activities fluctuates primarily as a result of changes in RevPAR and operating flow through of our hotels. Our net cash used in or provided by or used in operating activities may also be affected by changes in our portfolio resulting from hotel acquisitions, dispositions or renovations. Net cash used inprovided by operating activities was $2.0$23.4 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010 asMarch 31, 2011 compared to net cash providedused of $34.4$1.5 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. This decreaseincrease was primarily due to increased earnings at our hotels, combined with an increase in our restricted cash partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and other liabilities during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2009.2010.

 

Investing activities. Our cash used in or provided by investing activities fluctuates primarily as a result of acquisitions, dispositions and renovations of hotels. Net cash used in investing activities during the first sixthree months of 20102011 compared to net cash provided by investing activities during the first sixthree months of 20092010 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

 

Proceeds from sale of hotel properties and other assets

 

$

 

$

56,289

 

 

$

42

 

$

 

Cash received from unconsolidated joint ventures

 

300

 

 

Restricted cash — replacement reserve

 

(1,739

)

(515

)

 

(2,422

)

2,291

 

Acquisitions of notes receivable

 

(3,700

)

 

Acquisitions of hotel properties and other assets

 

(102,159

)

(4,000

)

Renovations and additions to hotel properties and other real estate

 

(17,123

)

(26,059

)

 

(32,606

)

(8,625

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

$

(22,262

)

$

29,715

 

 

$

(137,145

)

$

(10,334

)

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $22.3$137.1 million during the first sixthree months of 20102011 compared to net cash provided of $29.7$10.3 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. During the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, we received a distributionproceeds of $0.3 million from one of our unconsolidated joint ventures, increased the balance in our restricted cash replacement reserve accounts by $1.7 million, paid $3.7 million for the purchase of two notes receivable and paid cash of $17.1 million for renovations to our hotels. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, we received $56.3 million from the sale of hotel properties and other assets, which included $53.5 million from the sale of two hotels, a $2.0 million payment on a note receivable from the buyer of a hotel we sold in December 2008, $0.4 million$42,000 from the sale of surplus FF&E located in two of our hotels,furniture, fixtures and $0.4 million from the sales of two vacant parcels of land. In addition,equipment (“FF&E”). This cash inflow was offset as we increased the balance in our restricted cash replacement reserve accounts by $0.5$2.4 million, paid cash of $102.2 million to acquire hotel properties and other assets, and paid cash of $26.1$32.6 million for renovations and additions to our portfolio. The $102.2 million total cash paid for acquisitions during the first quarter of 2011 is comprised of the following: $37.5 million for the outside 62% equity interests in our Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, partially offset by $13.0 million of

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unrestricted cash acquired upon acquisition; $51.6 million for the JW Marriott New Orleans; $13.0 million deposit for the Hilton San Diego Bayfront which we purchased in April 2011; $5.0 million deposit for a potential hotel acquisition; and $9.0 million for the outside 50% equity interest in our BuyEfficient joint venture, partially offset by $0.9 million of unrestricted cash acquired upon acquisition. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we decreased the balance in our restricted cash replacement reserve accounts by $2.3 million, paid a refundable cash deposit of $4.0 million towards the potential acquisition of a hotel, and paid cash of $8.6 million for renovations to our hotels.

 

Financing activities. Our cash used in financing activities fluctuates primarily as a result of our issuance and repayment of notes payable, including the repurchase of Senior Notes, and the issuance and repurchase of other forms of capital, including preferred equity and common stock. Net cash used in financing activities was $124.7$8.9 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 compared to $46.2$7.9 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. Net cash used in financing activities for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 consisted primarily of $114.5$3.4 million of principal payments on our notes payable, $0.3 million in deferred financing costs paid related to our assumptions of debt on the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and related costs, including $83.0 million paid to release three hotels from the Mass Mutual loan, $26.0 million paid to reacquire control of the Renaissance WestchesterJW Marriott New Orleans and to extinguish the loan,our line of credit, and $5.5 million of principal amortization. In addition, net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 includes $10.3$5.1 million of dividends paid to our stockholders. Net cash used in financing activities for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2009March 31, 2010 consisted primarily of $117.4 million to repurchase a portion of our Senior Notes including related costs, $66.8$2.7 million of principal payments on our credit facility and notes payable, $17.6and $5.1 million of dividends paid to our stockholders, $4.8 million in costs associated with the issuance of our common stock, and $3.1 million in deferred financing fees paid in connection with amendments to our Senior Notes indenture and our credit facility. These cash outlays were partially offset by $103.5 million in proceeds received from the issuance of common stock and $60.0 million in proceeds received from our credit facility.

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Future. We expect our primary uses of cash to be for acquisitions of hotels, including possibly hotel portfolios, capital expenditures forin our hotels, operating expenses, repayment of principal on our notes payable and credit facility, interest expense and dividends. We expect our primary sources of cash will continue to be our operating activities, working capital, notes payable, sales of hotel properties, and proceeds from public and private offerings of debt securities and common and preferred stock. Our ability to incur additional debt depends on a number of factors, including our leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets and borrowing restrictions imposed by lenders under our existing notes payable, as well as other factors affecting the general willingness or ability of lenders to provide loans.  Our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity securities depends on, among other things, general market conditions for hotel companies and REITs and market perceptions about us. We will continue to analyze alternate sources of capital in an effort to minimize our capital costs and maximize our financial flexibility. However, when needed, the capital markets may not be available to us on favorable terms or at all.

 

We believe that our current cash balance, our cash flow from operations, our access to capital markets and our unencumbered properties will provide us with sufficient liquidity to meet our current operating expenses and other expenses directly associated with our business (including payment of dividends on our capital stock, if declared) for the foreseeable future, and in any event for at least the next 12 months.

 

Debt.  In February 2010, we elected to terminateconnection with our credit facility, and we wrote off $1.5 million in related deferred financing costs. In view of our strong liquidity position and the restrictive termspurchase of the credit facility,outside 62% equity interests in our business plan did not anticipate accessing the facilityDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square, we assumed $270.0 million of non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt which matures in 2010. The terminationJanuary 2012, and bears a blended interest rate of the facility eliminates approximately $0.6 million in fees and associated costs per annum.LIBOR plus 115 basis points. We expect to enter into a new credit facility in the second half of 2010.

Consistent with our cycle-appropriate strategy, during 2009 we initiated a secured debt restructuring program aimed at addressing cash flow and value deficits among certain of our hotels securing non-recourse mortgage debt (the “2009 secured debt restructuring program”). We concluded the program in the fourth quarter of 2009, however we continue to work to finalize the deed back of certain hotels associated with loans which entered the program in 2009. Loans subject to our secured debt restructuring program generally met two criteria: (1) the hotel, or hotels as a group, was not generating sufficient cash flow to cover debt service, and under the current terms of the mortgage, the hotel was not expected to generate sufficient cash flow for the foreseeable future, and (2) the present value of the hotel, or hotels as a group, was significantly less than the principal amount of the applicable loan. The loans secured by such hotels, subject to customary exceptions, are non-recourse to us. The primary goal of the 2009 secured debt restructuring program was to amend the terms of mortgage debt to eliminate situations where hotel cash flow and asset values fell short of debt service and loan amounts respectively. In certain cases, however, where acceptable restructuring terms could not be reached, rather than employing corporate resources to subsidize debt service, we elected to deed back the collateral hotels in satisfaction of the associated debt. The status of the final four loans included in our 2009 secured debt restructuring program is discussed further below.

W San Diego. Effective September 30, 2009, possession and control of the 258-room W San Diego was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. In connection with this transfer, we deconsolidated this hotel and reclassified the assets and liabilities, including the $29.0 million hotel net asset and the hotel’s $65.0 million 6.14% non-recourse mortgage, to discontinued operations on our balance sheets. Additionally, we reclassified the W San Diego’s results of operations and cash flows to discontinued operations on our statements of operations and cash flows. On July 2, 2010, we completed our previously announced deed back of the W San Diego, and title to the hotel was transferred to the lender. We will record a gain on extinguishment of debt to discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2010, and the net assets and liabilities will be removed from our balance sheets.

Renaissance Westchester. Effective December 28, 2009, possession and control of the 347-room Renaissance Westchester was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. In connection with this transfer, we deconsolidated this hotel and reclassified the assets and liabilities, including the $25.2 million hotel net asset and the hotel’s $29.2 million 4.98% non-recourse mortgage, to discontinued operations on our balance sheets. Additionally, we reclassified the Renaissance Westchester’s results of operations and cash flows to discontinued operations on our statements of operations and cash flows. On June 14, 2010, we reacquired the Renaissance Westchester for $26.0 million, including related costs. In connection with the repurchase of the Renaissance Westchester, the $29.2 million non-recourse mortgage was cancelled. We recorded a $6.7 million gain on the extinguishment ofrefinance this debt which is included in discontinued operations. Operating results for the Renaissance Westchester for 2009, therefore, are included in discontinued operations, whereas operating results from June 14, 2010 forward are included in our continuing operations.

Marriott Ontario Airport. Effective March 1, 2010, possession2011, and control of the 299-room Marriott Ontario Airport was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. In connectionfund any refinancing shortfall with this transfer, we deconsolidated this hotel and reclassified the assets and liabilities, including the $16.3 million hotel net asset and the hotel’s $25.5 million 5.34% non-recourse

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mortgage, to discontinued operations on our balance sheets. Additionally, we reclassified the Marriott Ontario Airport’s results of operations and cash flows to discontinued operations on our statements of operations and cash flows. Once title to the hotel is transferred, we will record a gain on extinguishment of debt, and the net assets and liabilities will be removed from our balance sheets.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In April 2010, we finalized an agreement with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or Mass Mutual, the lender’s representative for a $246.0 million, 5.95% non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 11 of our hotels comprised of 2,587 rooms. As part of this agreement, we paid down $83.0 million of the Mass Mutual loan in exchange for the release of three hotels from the loan. The three hotels are the 179-room Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Airport, the 271-room Kahler Inn & Suites Rochester and the 203-room Marriott Rochester. In conjunction with this pay down, we wrote off $0.1 million in deferred financing fees. Also pursuant to this agreement, we expect to complete the deed back of the Mass Mutual eight hotels in satisfaction of the remaining $163.0 million loan balance during 2010.  Pending the completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver, we have reclassified the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Mass Mutual eight to “operations held for non-sale disposition” on our balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows. Upon the completion of the deed back or appointment of a receiver, the assets and liabilities associated with the Mass Mutual eight will be deconsolidated.existing cash.

 

Our 2009 secured debt restructuring program, including our elections to initiate the process to deed back the W San Diego, Marriott Ontario Airport, and the Mass Mutual eight hotels were precipitated by a number of unique, market and hotel-specific factors, and were made after our efforts to amend the loans were unsuccessful. In the future, other factors may lead us to pursue similar options with certain of our other hotels securing non-recourse mortgages. We believe such cases, if any, would be limited in number. We were not in defaultpurchase of the loan covenants on any otherJW Marriott New Orleans included the assumption of our notes payable at June 30, 2010.a $42.2 million floating-rate, non-recourse senior mortgage. The mortgage, which matures in September 2015, has been swapped to a fixed rate of 5.45%, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule.

 

As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, we had $1.1$1.5 billion of debt, ($1.4 billion including the mortgages for the W San Diego, Marriott Ontario Airport and Mass Mutual eight hotels), $274.5$214.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, and total assets of $2.4$2.8 billion. We believe that by controlling debt levels, staggering maturity dates and maintaining a highly flexible capital structure, we can maintain lower capital costs than more highly leveraged companies, or companies with limited flexibility due to restrictive corporate-level financial covenants.

 

As of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, all of our outstanding debt had fixed interest rates.rates, except the $270.0 million of non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt on the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square. The majority of our mortgage debt is in the form of single asset loans. We currently believe this structure is appropriate for the operating characteristics of our business and provides flexibility for assets to be sold subject to the existing debt, and as evidenced by our 2009 secured debt restructuring program, in instances where asset values have declined to levels below the principal amount of the associated mortgage, non-recourse single asset mortgages may limit the degradation in value experienced by our stockholders by shifting a portion of asset risk to our secured lenders.

 

TheAs of March 31, 2011, the weighted average term to maturity of our debt is 6.75.5 years, and the81.4% of our debt is fixed rate with a weighted average interest rate on our debt is 5.6%of 5.5%. Our first loan maturity, the $81.0$270.0 million non-recourse senior mortgage and mezzanine debt on the HiltonDoubletree Guest Suites Times Square, New York, is in December 2010. In light of improving secured debt markets and our desire to maintain flexibility in our level of indebtedness, we are currently evaluating opportunitiesJanuary 2012. We expect to refinance this loan at maturitydebt in December 2010, rather than use excess cash2011, and to repayfund any refinancing shortfall with existing cash.

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Concurrent with our acquisition in April 2011 of a 75% majority interest in the loanjoint venture that owns the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the joint venture entered into a new $240.0 million mortgage financing secured by the hotel. The mortgage bears a floating rate of interest of LIBOR plus 325 basis points, and matures in full.2016. Subsequent to this acquisition, 69.9% of our debt is subject to fixed interest rates.

 

Financial Covenants. We are subject to compliance with various covenants under the Series C preferred stock and the Senior Notes. With respect to our Series C preferred stock, if we fail to meet certain financial ratios for four consecutive quarters, a financial ratio violation will occur. During the continuation of a financial ratio violation, among other things, we would be restricted from paying dividends on our common stock, and may incur a 50 basis point per quarter dividend increase on the Series C preferred stock. Additionally, the Series C preferred stockholders would gain the right to appoint one board member. We do not currently expect to incur a financial ratio violation. Should operations deteriorate from current levels, however, we may fail to meet our financial ratios with respect to our Series C preferred stock for four consecutive quarters, which would cause us to incur a financial ratio violation.

 

With respect to our Senior Notes, if the maturity dates of more than $300.0 million of our indebtedness were to be accelerated as the result of uncured defaults, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes would have the right to declare the Senior Notes and any unpaid interest immediately due and payable. As of AugustMay 6, 2010,2011, none of the maturity dates have been accelerated for any of our indebtedness.

 

Additionally, we believe we may be successful in obtaining mortgages on or pledge to a secured facility, one or all of our 11 unencumbered hotels which are currently pledged to our credit facility at June 30, 2010:March 31, 2011: Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Airport, Fairmont Newport Beach, Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Kahler Inn & Suites Rochester, Marriott Quincy, Marriott Portland, Marriott Rochester, Renaissance Los Angeles Airport, Renaissance Westchester, Residence Inn by Marriott Rochester and Sheraton Cerritos. These 11 hotels had an aggregate of 3,351 rooms as of June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, and generated $79.3$36.8 million in revenue during the first six monthsquarter of 2010.

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Table2011. Should we obtain secured financing on most or all of Contentsour 11 unencumbered hotels, we may be limited or precluded from accessing capital through our credit facility.

 

Cash Balance. During the recent economic downturn, we maintained higher than historical cash balances. By minimizing our need to access external capital by maintaining higher than typical cash balances, our financial security and flexibility were meaningfully enhanced. As we believe the lodging cycle may havehas now entered a recovery phase, we expect to deploy a portion of our excess cash balance in 20102011 towards selective acquisitions.acquisitions and capital investments in our portfolio. Our acquisition program is aimed at generating attractive risk-adjusted returns on our investment dollars, and therefore we may target lodging assets outside of the typical branded, urban, upper upscale profile represented by our existing portfolio in order to capitalize on opportunities which may arise, but we do not expect these atypical lodging assets to comprise a major component of our portfolio.arise. Additionally, the scope of our acquisitions program may include large hotel portfolios or hotel loans.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The following table summarizes our payment obligations and commitments as of June 30, 2010March 31, 2011 (in thousands):

 

 

Payment due by period

 

 

Payment due by period

 

Contractual obligations

 

Total

 

Less than
1 year

 

1 to 3
years

 

3 to 5
years

 

More than
5 years

 

 

Total

 

Less than
1 year

 

1 to 3
years

 

3 to 5
years

 

More than
5 years

 

Notes payable

 

$

1,139,726

 

$

93,401

 

$

66,267

 

$

238,152

 

$

741,906

 

 

$

1,454,288

 

$

288,699

 

$

133,470

 

$

443,844

 

$

588,275

 

Notes payable on operations held for non-sale disposition (1)

 

162,972

 

162,972

 

 

 

 

Notes payable on hotel properties held in receivership (2)

 

90,499

 

90,499

 

 

 

 

Interest obligations on notes payable

 

410,575

 

61,305

 

113,646

 

106,914

 

128,710

 

Interest obligations on notes payable on operations held for non-sale disposition (3)

 

14,613

 

14,613

 

 

 

 

Interest obligations on notes payable on hotel properties held in receivership (4)

 

5,072

 

5,072

 

 

 

 

Interest obligations on notes payable (1)

 

378,474

 

69,052

 

123,658

 

101,919

 

83,845

 

Operating lease obligations

 

306,556

 

4,359

 

8,833

 

8,994

 

284,370

 

 

380,935

 

6,364

 

12,887

 

13,108

 

348,576

 

Operating lease obligations on operations held for non-sale disposition (5)

 

5,237

 

221

 

442

 

442

 

4,132

 

Construction commitments

 

14,272

 

14,272

 

 

 

 

 

31,236

 

31,236

 

 

 

 

Employment obligations

 

2,012

 

712

 

1,300

 

 

 

 

3,280

 

1,530

 

1,750

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,151,534

 

$

447,426

 

$

190,488

 

$

354,502

 

$

1,159,118

 

 

$

2,248,213

 

$

396,881

 

$

271,765

 

$

558,871

 

$

1,020,696

 

 


(1)          Notes payableInterest on operations held for non-sale disposition currentlyvariable-rate debt obligations is calculated based on the variable rates at March 31, 2011 and includes the Mass Mutual eight hotels. Due toeffect of our elective default on the non-recourse mortgage secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels, this mortgage has been classified in its entirety as a current obligation as of June 30, 2010.

(2)Notes payable on hotel properties held in receivership currently includes the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport. Due to our elective defaults on the non-recourse mortgages secured by the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport, and the subsequent transfers of these two hotels to court-appointed receivers effective September 30, 2009 and March 1, 2010, respectively, we deconsolidated these hotels. As of June 30, 2010, the $65.0 million non-recourse mortgage for the W San Diego, along with the $25.5 million non-recourse mortgage for the Marriott Ontario Airport have been classified in their entirety as current obligations, and are included in “other current liabilities of discontinued operations, net” on our balance sheets.

(3)Due to our elective default on the mortgage secured by the Mass Mutual eight hotels, interest obligations on notes payable on operations held for non-sale disposition includes interest obligations only through June 30, 2010.

(4)Due to our elective defaults on the mortgages secured by the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario Airport, interest obligations on notes payable on hotel properties held in receivership includes interest obligations only through June 30, 2010.

(5)Operating lease obligations on operations held for non-sale disposition includes the operating lease obligations on two hotels included in the Mass Mutual eight hotels.rate derivative agreements.

 

Capital Expenditures and Reserve Funds

 

We believe we maintain each of our hotels in good repair and condition and in general conformity with applicable franchise and management agreements, ground and air leases, laws and regulations. Our capital expenditures primarily relate to the ongoing maintenance of our hotels and are budgeted in the reserve accounts described in the following paragraph. We also incur capital expenditures for renovation and development. We invested $17.1$32.6 million in our hotelsportfolio during the first sixthree months of 2010.2011. Our renovation budget for 20102011 includes $14.3$31.2 million of contractual construction commitments. If we acquire, renovate or develop additional hotels in the future, our capital expenditures will increase.

 

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With respect to our hotels that are operated under management or franchise agreements with major national hotel brands and for all of our hotels subject to first mortgage liens, we are obligated to maintain a furniture, fixtures and equipment (“an FF&E”)&E reserve account for future planned and emergency-related capital expenditures at these hotels. The amount funded into each of these reserve accounts is determined pursuant to the management, franchise and loan agreements for each of the respective hotels, ranging between 4.0% and 5.0% of the respective hotel’s total annual revenue. As of June 30, 2010, $22.5March 31, 2011, $30.7 million was held in FF&E reserve accounts for future capital expenditures at the 3032 hotels. According to the respective loan agreements, the reserve funds are to be held by the lenders or managers in restricted cash accounts. We generally are not required to spend the entire amount in the FF&E reserve accounts each year.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Our off-balance sheet arrangements consist of our ownership interests in the W San Diego, Marriott Ontario Airport and in two joint ventures. For further discussion of the W San Diego, Marriott Ontario Airport and our two joint ventures and their effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, see Notes 4 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements.

 

Seasonality and Volatility

 

As is typical of the lodging industry, we experience some seasonality in our business as indicated in the table below. Revenue for certain of our hotels is generally affected by seasonal business patterns (e.g., the first quarter is strong in Orlando, the second quarter is strong for the Mid-Atlantic business hotels, and the fourth quarter is strong for New York City). Quarterly revenue also may be adversely affected by renovations, our managers’ effectiveness in generating business and by events beyond our control, such as extreme weather conditions, terrorist attacks or alerts, public health concerns, airline strikes or reduced airline capacity, economic factors and other considerations affecting travel. Revenues for our 3032 hotel portfolioComparable Portfolio by quarter for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 20102011 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

First
Quarter

 

Second
Quarter

 

Third
Quarter

 

Fourth
Quarter

 

Total

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Total hotel portfolio held for investment (30 hotels) (1)

 

$

174,713

 

$

200,634

 

$

187,763

 

$

206,501

 

$

769,611

 

2008 Revenues as a percentage of total

 

22.7

%

26.1

%

24.4

%

26.8

%

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Total hotel portfolio held for investment (30 hotels) (1)

 

$

149,705

 

$

154,883

 

$

148,924

 

$

169,126

 

$

622,638

 

2009 Revenues as a percentage of total

 

24.0

%

24.9

%

23.9

%

27.2

%

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Total hotel portfolio held for investment (30 hotels) (1) (2)

 

$

141,158

 

$

161,084

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First
Quarter

 

Second
Quarter

 

Third
Quarter

 

Fourth
Quarter

 

Total

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Comparable Portfolio (32 hotels) (1)

 

$

166,629

 

$

173,947

 

$

166,746

 

$

193,853

 

$

701,175

 

2009 Revenues as a percentage of total

 

23.8

%

24.8

%

23.8

%

27.6

%

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Comparable Portfolio (32 hotels) (1)

 

$

158,484

 

$

183,052

 

$

172,751

 

$

204,540

 

$

718,827

 

2010 Revenues as a percentage of total

 

22.0

%

25.5

%

24.0

%

28.5

%

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Comparable Portfolio (32 hotels) (1)

 

$

162,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)                   Includes all hotel properties owned on June 30, 2010,March 31, 2011, excluding the W San Diego and Marriott Ontario AirportRoyal Palm Miami Beach classified as held in receivershipfor sale and included in discontinued operations at March 31, 2011 due to its sale in April 2011. Includes prior ownership results for the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square and the Mass Mutual eight hotels heldJW Marriott New Orleans for non-sale disposition.

(2)Revenuesall periods presented, as well as operating results for 2010 include revenue earned by the Renaissance Westchester during the period in which the hotel2010 while it was held in receivership.

 

Inflation

 

Inflation may affect our expenses, including, without limitation, by increasing such costs as labor, food, taxes, property and casualty insurance and utilities.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.

 

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We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience, information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect the most significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

·                  Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill. We periodically review each property and any related goodwill for possible impairment. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. We perform a Level 3 analysis of fair value, using a discounted cash flow analysis to estimate the fair value of our properties taking into account each property’s

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expected cash flow from operations, holding period and proceeds from the disposition of the property. The factors addressed in determining estimated proceeds from disposition include anticipated operating cash flow in the year of disposition and terminal capitalization rate. Our judgment is required in determining the discount rate applied to estimated cash flows, growth rate of the properties, operating income of the properties, the need for capital expenditures, as well as specific market and economic conditions.

 

We account for goodwill in accordance with the Intangibles — Goodwill and Other Topic of the FASB ASC, which states that goodwill has an indefinite useful life that should not be amortized but should be reviewed annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill might be impaired, as well as the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the FASB ASC for financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements by establishing a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The review of any potential goodwill impairment requires estimates of fair value for our properties and other assets that have goodwill arising from unallocated acquisition costs. These estimates of fair value are prepared using Level 3 measurements.

·Acquisition related assets and liabilities. Accounting for the acquisition of a hotel property as a purchase transaction requires an allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the transaction at their respective estimated fair values. The most difficult estimations of individual fair values are those involving long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangible assets. During the first quarter of 2011, we used all available information to make these fair value determinations, and engaged an independent valuation specialist to assist in the fair value determination of the long-lived assets acquired in our purchases of the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, the outside 50% equity interests in the BuyEfficient joint venture, and the JW Marriott New Orleans. Due to inherent subjectivity in determining the estimated fair value of long-lived assets, we believe that the recording of acquired assets and liabilities is a critical accounting policy.

 

·                  Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation expense is based on the estimated useful life of our assets. The life of the assets is based on a number of assumptions, including the cost and timing of capital expenditures to maintain and refurbish our hotels, as well as specific market and economic conditions. Hotel properties and other completed real estate investments are depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives ranging from five to 35 years for buildings and improvements and three to 12 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. While management believes its estimates are reasonable, a change in the estimated lives could affect depreciation expense and net income or the gain or loss on the sale of any of our hotels. We have not changed the estimated useful lives of any of our assets during the periods discussed.

 

New Accounting Standards and Accounting Changes

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued a pronouncement which amends GAAP to require more information about transfers of financial assets, eliminates the qualifying special purpose entity (QSPE) concept, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets and requires additional disclosures. The FASB issued a second pronouncement in June 2009, which amends GAAP regarding certain guidance for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity and modifies the methods allowed for determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. This second pronouncement requires ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity and enhanced disclosures related to an enterprise’s involvement in a variable interest entity. Both of these pronouncements are effective for the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. The adoption of these two pronouncements did not materially impact the Company.

In January 2010, the FASB issued a pronouncement to further update the fair value measurement guidance to improve fair value measurement disclosures. This update requires new disclosures related to transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2, as well as activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, and provides clarification to existing disclosures. This standard is effective for interim periods and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements as these disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Our adoption of the guidance related to new disclosures and clarifications on January 1,in the quarter ended March 31, 2010 did not have any effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Our adoption of the guidance related to disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements will occur duringin the first quarter of 2011. We do not anticipate that the adoption of this part of the pronouncement will materially impact the Company.

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In February 2010, the FASB issued a pronouncement to amend the subsequent events guidance. The amendment states that SEC filers are no longer required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated in originally issued and revised financial statements. This standard is effective immediately. The adoption of this pronouncementended March 31, 2011 did not materially impact the Company.have any effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Item 3.                                    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

To the extent that we incur debt with variable interest rates, our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevailingprevalent market interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. At June 30, 2010, noneWe have no derivative financial instruments held for trading purposes. We use derivative financial instruments to manage, or hedge, interest rate risks.

Our interest payments on 81.4% of our outstanding debt was subject toare fixed in nature, which largely mitigates the effect of changes in interest rates on our cash interest payments. If market rates of interest on our variable rate debt increase or decrease by 100 basis points, interest rates.expense would increase or decrease, respectively, our future earnings and cash flows by approximately $0.7 million in 2011.

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Item 4.                                Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Based upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures, our ChiefPrincipal Executive Officer (“CEO”PEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the CEOPEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. During our fiscal quarter to which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates, there has not occurred any change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.                                    Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

Item 1A.                           Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changesThe following updates certain disclosures from risk factors asItem 1A. Risk Factors previously disclosed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the periodyear ended December 31, 2009,2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2010.17, 2011, and should be read in conjunction with those risk factors.

Accounting for the acquisition of a hotel property as a purchase transaction requires an allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the transaction at their estimated fair values. Should the allocation be incorrect, our assets and liabilities may be overstated or understated, which may also affect depreciation expense on our statement of operations.

Accounting for the acquisition of a hotel property as a purchase transaction requires an allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the transaction at their respective estimated fair values. The most difficult estimations of individual fair values are those involving long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangible assets. During the first quarter of 2011, we used all available information to make these fair value determinations, and engaged an independent valuation specialist to assist in the fair value determination of the long-lived assets acquired in our purchases of the outside 62% equity interests in the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square joint venture, the outside 50% equity interests in the BuyEfficient joint venture, and the JW Marriott New Orleans. Should any of these allocations be incorrect, our assets and liabilities may be overstated or understated, which may also affect depreciation expense on our statement of operations.

 

Item 2.                                    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

(c)                        Issuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesSecurities:

 

Period

 

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased

 

Average Price
Paid per Share

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs

 

Maximum Number
(or Appropriate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May Yet
Be Purchased Under
the Plans or Programs

 

April 1, 2010 – April 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

May 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010

 

3,949

(1)

$

10.07

 

 

 

June 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Period

 

Total Number 
of Shares 
Purchased

 

Average Price 
Paid per Share

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly 
Announced Plans 
or Programs

 

Maximum Number 
(or Appropriate 
Dollar Value) of 
Shares that May Yet 
Be Purchased Under 
the Plans or Programs

 

January 1, 2011 — January 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 1, 2011 — February 28, 2011

 

98,442

(1)

$

10.52

 

 

 

 

 

March 1, 2011 — March 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)                        Reflects shares of restricted common stock withheld and used for purposes of remitting withholding and payroll taxes in connection with the release of restricted common shares to plan participants. The average price paid reflects the average market value of shares withheld for tax purposes.

 

Item 3.                                     Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.                                     Removed and Reserved

 

Item 5.                                    Other Information

 

On August 4, 2010, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into employment agreements with Kenneth E. Cruse, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC, the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and Marc A. Hoffman, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Operating Partnership (together, the “Executives” and individually, an “Executive”). The material provisions in each Executive’s employment agreement are substantially identical. The agreements have an initial term of three years, commencing on August 4, 2010, and will be automatically extended for additional three-year periods, unless terminated by either party upon ninety days’ notice prior to the renewal date. The agreements provide for an initial annual base salary of $350,000, which may be increased from time to time in the Company’s sole discretion.

The Executives will be eligible to receive an annual cash performance bonus based on the attainment of performance goals determined by the Company with a threshold level equal to 50% of base salary, a target level equal to 75% of base salary, a high level equal to 125% of base salary and a superior level equal to 150% of base salary, with no guaranteed minimum.  The Executives will also be eligible to earn annual equity awards with a threshold level equal to 100% of base salary, a target level equal to 150% of base salary, a high level equal to 200% of base salary and a superior level equal to 250% of base salary, with no guaranteed minimum. Furthermore, the Executives will be eligible to participate in welfare and fringe benefit plans, incentive plans and savings/retirement plans generally available to senior executives of the Company.None.

 

If the Company terminates either of the Executives without cause or either Executive terminates his employment for good reason, (i) the Executive will receive, in two lump sum payments, all of the amounts set forth in (A) and (B) below, (ii) all outstanding equity awards granted to the Executive shall vest as set forth in (C) below, and (iii) the Executive will receive continued health insurance coverage as set forth in (D) below: (A) (1) salary and accrued vacation through the date of termination, (2) any vested amounts due under any plan, program or policy of the Company, (3) unpaid bonus owed for any completed fiscal year before the date of termination, and (4) an amount equal to a pro rata share of the target annual cash bonus determined by multiplying the target annual cash bonus by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the year through the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365 ((A)(1) — (4) are collectively referred to as “Accrued Obligations”); (B) a severance payment equal to two  times the sum of (x) the Executive’s base salary in effect on the date of termination (but not less than $350,000), plus (y) a bonus severance amount (which will be the greater of the Executive’s target annual cash performance bonus and the actual bonus paid to the Executive in respect of the last full calendar year immediately preceding the date of termination); (C) all outstanding stock options, restricted stock units and other equity awards granted to the Executive under any of the Company’s equity incentive plans shall become immediately vested and, as applicable, exercisable in full; and (D) eighteen months of Company-paid continued health insurance coverage for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members. The Company’s obligation to make or provide the payments and benefits set forth in items (B), (C) and (D) is conditioned upon the Executive’s execution of a general release of claims.

If either of the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or disability, the Executive or, as appropriate, the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be paid the Accrued Obligations and an amount equal to100% of the Executive’s annual base salary then in effect, all outstanding equity awards shall continue to vest (but only to the extent such outstanding awards were scheduled to vest within the twelve-month period immediately following the date of termination) and the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members shall receive eighteen months of Company-paid continued health insurance coverage.

In conjunction with the employment agreements, each Executive entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company providing that the Company will indemnify and advance expenses to each Executive in the case of certain claims made against him by virtue of his position with the Company.

Furthermore, in connection with entering into the employment agreements mentioned above, the Change in Control Agreement dated February 15, 2007 by and between the Company and Mr. Cruse was terminated effective August 4, 2010. Likewise, the Employment Offer Letter dated April 19, 2006 by and between the Company and Mr. Hoffman was terminated effective August 4, 2010.

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Item 6.                                     Exhibits

 

The following Exhibits are filed as a part of this report:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

2

.1

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions, entered into on March 29, 2011 and effective as of March 25, 2011, by and between East Harbor Property, Inc. and Sunstone Park, LLC.

 

 

 

 

2.1

.1

 

Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated as of April 11, 2011, by and between East Harbor Property, Inc. and Sunstone Park, LLC.

 

 

 

 

3

.1

 

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-117141) filed by the Company).

 

 

 

 

3

.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q, filed by the Company on August 5, 2008).

 

 

 

 

3

.3

 

Articles Supplementary for Series A preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on February 12, 2009).

 

 

 

 

3

.4

 

Form of Articles Supplementary for Series C preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 13, 2005).

 

 

 

 

3

.5

 

Articles Supplementary increasing the authorized number of shares of Series A preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 11, 2006).

 

 

 

 

3

.6

 

Form of Articles Supplementary for Series D preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the registration statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company on April 6, 2011).

 

 

 

 

10

.1

 

Employment Offer Letter to Robert Springer, dated as of April 14, 2011.

 

 

 

 

10

.2

 

Termination and Change in Control Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2011, between Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. and Robert Springer.

 

 

 

 

10

.3

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2011, among One Park Boulevard, LLC as Borrower, Sunstone Park Lessee, LLC as Operating Lessee, Aareal Capital Corporation as Agent for the Lenders, and Aareal Capital Corporation as Lender.

 

 

 

 

31

.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

31

.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

32

.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

101

.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document *

 

 

 

 

101

.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document *

 

 

 

 

101

.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document *

 

 

 

 

101

.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document *

 

 

 

 

101

.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document *

 

 

 

 

101

.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document *


Exhibit
Number

Description

3.1*

 

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (incorporated by referenceAttached as Exhibit 101 to Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statementthis Quarterly Report on Form S-11 (File No. 333-117141) filed by10-Q are the Company).following materials, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010; (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2011; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010; and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements tagged as blocks of text.

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q, filed by the Company on August 5, 2008).

3.3

Articles Supplementary for Series A preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on February 12, 2009).

3.4

Form of Articles Supplementary for Series C preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 13, 2005).

3.5

Articles Supplementary increasing the authorized number of shares of Series A preferred stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the CurrentThe XBRL related information in this Quarterly Report on Form 8-K filed by10-Q, Exhibit 101, is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Company on April 11, 2006).

10.1

Second amendment toSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or Section 18 of the Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed by the Company on May 7, 2010).

10.2

Employment Agreement (including the Indemnification Agreement), dated as of August 4, 2010, by and between Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC and Kenneth E. Cruse.

10.3

Employment Agreement (including the Indemnification Agreement), dated as of August 4, 2010, by and between Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC and Marc A. Hoffman.

31.1

Certification of CEO Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of those sections, and 15d-14 as Adopted Pursuantis not part of any registration statement to Section 302 ofwhich it may relate, and is not incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Sarbanes-OxleySecurities Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of CFO Pursuant to Securitiesor the Exchange Act, Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14except as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1

Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002is expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

 

 

Date: AugustMay 6, 20102011

By:

/s/  Kenneth E. CruseJohn V. Arabia

 

Kenneth E. Cruse
John V. Arabia

(PrincipalChief Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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