10-Q 1 form10-q3q2009lp.htm FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 3Q 2009 FORM 10-Q form10-q3q2009lp.htm
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

     /X/          QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009

or

     /   /          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 333-39595-01

FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
75-2544994
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)

545 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 1300, Irving, Texas
 
75062
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(972) 444-4900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

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

Large accelerated filer                                           o
 
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer                                           þ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company o

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


 
 

 



FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

INDEX


Page
 
PART I. – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
   
Item I.
Financial Statements
3
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 (unaudited)
3
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations – For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
4
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) – For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
5
 
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2008 and the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 (unaudited)
6
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
7
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
25
 
General
25
 
Financial Comparison
26
 
Results of Operations
27
 
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
30
 
Pro Rata Share of Rooms Owned
32
 
Hotel Portfolio Composition
33
 
Hotel Operating Statistics
34
 
Hotel Portfolio
36
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
38
 
Inflation
41
 
Seasonality
41
 
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
41
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
42
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
42
     
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
     
Item 6.
Exhibits
43
   
SIGNATURE
44




 


 
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PART I. -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item I.                      Financial Statements

FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited, in thousands)

 
September 30,
2009
 
December 31, 2008
 
ASSETS
 
 
           
Investment in hotels, net of accumulated depreciation of $921,197 at
     September 30, 2009 and $816,271 at December 31, 2008
 
$
2,228,839
   
 
$
 
2,279,026
   
Investment in unconsolidated entities
 
86,690
     
94,506
   
Cash and cash equivalents
 
128,063
     
50,187
   
Restricted cash
 
19,774
     
13,213
   
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $274 at
     September 30, 2009 and $521 at December 31, 2008
 
30,894
     
 
35,240
   
Deferred expenses, net of accumulated amortization of $12,676 at
     September 30, 2009 and $13,087 at December 31, 2008
 
9,957
     
 
5,556
   
Other assets
 
36,805
     
34,541
   
          Total assets
$
2,541,022
   
$
2,512,269
   
               
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
               
Debt, net of discount of $1,140 at September 30, 2009 and $1,544 at
     December 31, 2008
 
$
1,632,910
   
 
$
 
1,551,686
   
Preferred distributions payable
 
27,902
     
8,545
   
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
137,419
     
132,604
   
                 
          Total liabilities
 
1,798,231
     
1,692,835
   
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
Redeemable units at redemption value, 296 units issued and outstanding at
   September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
 
1,340
     
545
   
                 
Capital:
               
Preferred units, $0.01 par value, 20,000 units authorized:
               
Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units, 12,880 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
 
 
309,362
     
 
309,362
   
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, 68 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
 
 
169,412
     
 
169,412
   
Common units 69,413 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
 
216,888
     
 
300,913
   
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
22,575
     
15,418
   
                 
          Total FelCor LP partners’ capital
 
718,237
     
795,105
   
                 
Noncontrolling interests
 
23,214
     
23,784
   
          Total capital
 
741,451
     
818,889
   
                 
          Total liabilities and capital
$
2,541,022
   
$
2,512,269
   









The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
(unaudited, in thousands, except for per unit data)


 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Revenues:
                             
   Hotel operating revenue                                                                 
$
228,929
   
$
276,333
   
$
704,511
   
$
873,117
 
   Other revenue                                                                      
 
1,280
     
1,396
     
2,554
     
2,655
 
Total revenues                                                                      
 
230,209
     
277,729
     
707,065
     
875,772
 
Expenses:
                             
   Hotel departmental expenses                                                                      
 
83,695
     
93,502
     
249,131
     
290,765
 
   Other property related costs                                                                      
 
66,492
     
76,947
     
199,711
     
230,646
 
   Management and franchise fees                                                                      
 
11,361
     
13,573
     
34,278
     
45,448
 
   Taxes, insurance and lease expense                                                                      
 
25,355
     
29,718
     
75,411
     
87,884
 
   Corporate expenses                                                                      
 
4,471
     
5,388
     
15,829
     
17,079
 
   Depreciation and amortization                                                                      
 
37,982
     
36,069
     
112,024
     
104,909
 
   Impairment loss                                                                      
 
2,080
     
36,692
     
3,448
     
53,823
 
   Hurricane loss                                                                      
 
-   
     
1,669
     
-   
     
1,669
 
   Other expenses                                                                      
 
1,031
     
1,046
     
3,528
     
2,879
 
Total operating expenses                                                                      
 
232,467
     
294,604
     
693,360
     
835,102
 
                               
Operating income (loss)                                                                      
 
(2,258
)
   
(16,875
)
   
13,705
     
40,670
 
   Interest expense, net                                                                      
 
(24,427
)
   
(24,114
)
   
(68,501
)
   
(74,886
)
  Charges related to debt extinguishment
 
-   
     
-   
     
(594
)
   
-   
 
Loss before equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities
 
 
(26,685
 
)
   
 
(40,989
 
)
   
 
(55,390
 
)
   
 
(34,216
 
)
   Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities
 
488
     
(2,773
)
   
(3,197
)
   
(1,064
)
   Gain on sale of assets                                                                      
 
723
     
-   
     
723
     
-   
 
   Gain on involuntary conversion                                                                      
 
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
3,095
 
Loss from continuing operations                                                                      
 
(25,474
)
   
(43,762
)
   
(57,864
)
   
(32,185
)
   Discontinued operations                                                                      
 
-   
     
1,193
     
-   
     
1,180
 
Net loss                                                                      
 
(25,474
)
   
(42,569
)
   
(57,864
)
   
(31,005
)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
174
     
(165
)
   
66
     
(1,126
)
Net loss attributable to FelCor LP                                                                      
 
(25,300
)
   
(42,734
)
   
(57,798
)
   
(32,131
)
   Preferred distributions                                                                      
 
(9,678
)
   
(9,678
)
   
(29,034
)
   
(29,034
)
Net loss attributable to FelCor LP common unitholders
$
(34,978
)
 
$
(52,412
)
 
$
(86,832
)
 
$
(61,165
)
Basic and diluted per common unit data:
                             
   Net loss from continuing operations attributable to FelCor common unitholders
 
$
 
(0.55
 
)
 
 
$
 
(0.85
 
)
 
 
$
 
(1.37
 
)
 
 
$
 
(1.00
 
)
   Net loss attributable to FelCor LP common unitholders
$
(0.55
)
 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
(1.37
)
 
$
(0.98
)
   Basic and diluted weighted average common units outstanding
 
 
63,382
     
 
63,174
     
63,417
     
63,178
 
Cash distributions declared on common units
$
-   
   
$
0.15
   
$
-   
   
$
0.85
 









The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
(unaudited, in thousands)


 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Net loss
$
(25,474
)
 
$
(42,569
)
 
$
(57,864
)
 
$
(31,005
)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
4,707
     
(2,681
)
   
7,157
     
(4,169
)
Comprehensive loss
 
(20,767
)
   
(45,250
)
   
(50,707
)
   
(35,174
)
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to
noncontrolling interests
 
174
     
(165
)
   
66
     
(1,126
)
Comprehensive loss attributable to FelCor LP
$
(20,593
)
 
$
(45,415
)
 
$
(50,641
)
 
$
(36,300
)





































The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
For the Year Ended December 31, 2008 and the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(unaudited, in thousands)

 
Preferred Units
 
Partnership Units
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
   
Noncontrolling Interests
 
 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Total Capital
Balance at December 31, 2007
$
478,774
   
$
490,979
   
$
27,450
     
$
25,264
         
$
1,022,467
 
FelCor restricted stock compensation
 
-   
     
4,956
     
-   
       
-   
           
4,956
 
Contributions
 
-   
     
-   
     
-   
       
565
           
565
 
Distributions
 
-   
     
(93,868
)
   
-   
       
(3,236
)
         
(97,104
)
Allocation to redeemable units
 
-   
     
20,562
     
-   
       
-   
           
20,562
 
Costs related to FelCor’s shelf registration
 
-   
     
(38
)
   
-   
       
-   
           
(38
)
Comprehensive loss:
                                             
Foreign exchange translation
 
-   
     
-   
     
(12,032
)
     
-   
   
$
(12,032
)
     
Net income (loss)
 
-   
     
(121,678
)
   
-   
       
1,191
     
(120,487
)
     
Comprehensive loss
                                 
$
(132,519
)
 
(132,519
)
Balance at December 31, 2008
 
478,774
     
300,913
     
15,418
       
23,784
           
818,889
 
FelCor restricted stock compensation
 
-   
     
3,810
     
-   
       
-   
           
3,810
 
Contributions
 
-   
     
-   
     
-   
       
469
           
469
 
Distributions
 
-   
     
(29,034
)
   
-   
       
(1,141
)
         
(30,175
)
Allocation to redeemable units
 
-   
     
(795
)
   
-   
       
-   
           
(795
)
Other
 
-   
     
(208
)
   
-   
       
168
           
(40
)
Comprehensive loss:
                                             
Foreign exchange translation
 
-   
     
-   
     
7,157
       
-   
   
$
7,157
       
Net loss
 
-   
     
(57,798
)
   
-   
       
(66
)
   
(57,864
)
     
Comprehensive loss
                                 
$
(50,707
)
 
(50,707
)
Balance at September 30, 2009
$
478,774
   
$
216,888
   
$
22,575
     
$
23,214
         
$
741,451
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
(unaudited, in thousands)

 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
             
  Net loss
$
(57,864
)
 
$
(31,005
)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
             
              Depreciation and amortization
 
112,024
     
104,909
 
              Gain on involuntary conversion
 
-   
     
(3,095
)
              Gain on sale of assets
 
(723
)
   
(1,193
)
              Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount
 
3,089
     
2,221
 
              Amortization of unearned officers’ and directors’ compensation
 
3,924
     
3,795
 
              Equity in loss from unconsolidated entities
 
3,197
     
1,064
 
              Distributions of income from unconsolidated entities
 
2,256
     
2,044
 
              Charges related to debt extinguishment
 
594
     
-   
 
              Impairment loss
 
3,448
     
53,823
 
        Changes in assets and liabilities:
             
              Accounts receivable
 
1,214
     
(2,859
)
              Restricted cash – operations
 
(1,587
)
   
(1,786
)
              Other assets
 
(4,827
)
   
(3,726
)
              Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
11,664
     
17,928
 
                        Net cash flow provided by operating activities
 
76,409
     
142,120
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
             
    Improvements and additions to hotels
 
(62,465
)
   
(108,899
)
    Additions to condominium project
 
(115
)
   
(666
)
    Proceeds received from property insurance
 
-   
     
2,005
 
    Change in restricted cash – investing
 
(2,507
)
   
1,519
 
    Redemption of investment securities
 
1,719
     
4,738
 
    Distributions from unconsolidated entities
 
3,700
     
22,108
 
    Contributions to unconsolidated entities
 
(444
)
   
(5,995
)
                        Net cash flow used in investing activities
 
(60,112
)
   
(85,190
)
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
             
    Proceeds from borrowings
 
418,390
     
141,267
 
    Repayment of borrowings
 
(340,037
)
   
(97,210
)
    Payment of deferred financing fees
 
(7,785
)
   
(16
)
    Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests
 
(1,141
)
   
(2,858
)
    Contributions from noncontrolling interests
 
469
     
565
 
    Distributions paid to preferred unitholders
 
(9,678
)
   
(29,034
)
    Distributions paid to common unitholders
 
-   
     
(67,571
)
                        Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities
 
60,218
     
(54,857
)
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
 
1,361
     
(629
)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
 
77,876
     
1,444
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of periods
 
50,187
     
57,609
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of periods
$
128,063
   
$
59,053
 
               
Supplemental cash flow information – interest paid
$
87,395
   
$
67,441
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



1.           Organization

FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, or FelCor LP, held ownership interests in 87 hotels with approximately 25,000 rooms and suites, at September 30, 2009.  The sole general partner of FelCor LP is FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE:FCH), or FelCor, a Maryland corporation operating as a real estate investment trust, or REIT.  All of FelCor’s operations are conducted solely through FelCor LP and at September 30, 2009, FelCor owned a greater than 99% partnership interest in FelCor LP.

Of the 87 hotels in which we had an ownership interest at September 30, 2009, we owned a 100% interest in 66 hotels, a 90% or greater interest in entities owning four hotels, an 81% interest in an entity owning one hotel, a 60% interest in an entity owning one hotel and a 50% interest in entities owning 15 hotels.  We leased 86 of our hotels to operating lessees and one 50%-owned hotel is operated without a lease.

We consolidate the operating lessees of 85 of our hotels (which we refer to as our Consolidated Hotels) in our statement of operations (i.e., we record 100% of hotel operating revenues and expenses before noncontrolling interests) because we have controlling interests in these operating lessees. Our Consolidated Hotels include the operations of 13 of the 15 hotels in which we had a 50% ownership interest at September 30, 2009 (because we own a majority interest in the operating lessees for these 13 hotels).  We do not consolidate hotel operating revenues and expenses of our other two 50% owned hotels.

At September 30, 2009, we had an aggregate of 64,983,330 redeemable and common units of FelCor LP outstanding.

The following table illustrates the distribution of our 85 Consolidated Hotels among our various brands at September 30, 2009:

Brand
 
Hotels
 
Rooms
 
Embassy Suites Hotels® 
 
47
   
12,132
   
Holiday Inn® 
 
17
   
6,306
   
Sheraton® and Westin® 
 
9
   
3,217
   
Doubletree® 
 
7
   
1,471
   
Marriott® and Renaissance® 
 
3
   
1,321
   
Hilton® 
 
2
   
559
   
Total hotels
 
85
         

At September 30, 2009, our Consolidated Hotels were located in the United States (83 hotels in 23 states) and Canada (two hotels in Ontario), with concentrations in California (15 hotels), Florida (14 hotels) and Texas (11 hotels).  Approximately 51% of our hotel room revenues were generated from hotels in these three states during the first nine months of 2009.

At September 30, 2009, of our 85 Consolidated Hotels: (i) subsidiaries of Hilton Hotels Corporation, or Hilton, managed 54 hotels, (ii) subsidiaries of InterContinental Hotels Group, or IHG, managed 17 hotels, (iii) subsidiaries of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., or Starwood, managed nine hotels, (iv) subsidiaries of Marriott International Inc., or Marriott, managed three hotels, and (iv) independent management companies managed two hotels.


 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



1.
Organization – (continued)

Our hotels managed by Marriott are accounted for on a fiscal year comprised of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Friday closest to December 31.  Our nine-month period ending September 30, 2009 includes the results of operations for our Marriott-managed hotels for the thirty-six week period ending September 11, 2009.

The information in our consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is unaudited.  Preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The accompanying financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, include adjustments based on management’s estimates (consisting of normal and recurring accruals), which we consider necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods.  The financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, included in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2009.  Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of actual operating results for the entire year.

2.
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

We owned 50% interests in joint ventures that owned 15 hotels at September 30, 2009 and 17 hotels at December 31, 2008.  We also own a 50% interest in joint ventures that own real estate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, provide condominium management services and lease one hotel.  We account for our investments in these unconsolidated entities under the equity method.  We do not have any majority-owned subsidiaries that are not consolidated in our financial statements.  We make adjustments to our equity in income from unconsolidated entities related to the depreciation of our excess basis in investment in unconsolidated entities when compared to the historical basis of the assets recorded by the joint ventures.

The following table summarizes combined financial information for our unconsolidated entities (in thousands):

 
September 30,
2009
 
December 31,
2008
 
Balance sheet information:
           
     Investment in hotels, net of accumulated depreciation
$
268,918
 
$
290,504
 
     Total assets
$
290,655
 
$
317,672
 
     Debt
$
216,206
 
$
224,440
 
     Total liabilities
$
223,062
 
$
233,296
 
     Equity
$
67,593
 
$
84,376
 

Our unconsolidated entities’ debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted entirely of non-recourse mortgage debt.



 
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2.
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities – (continued)

The combined statement of operations information for our unconsolidated entities is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Total revenues
$
20,925
   
$
27,041
   
$
53,845
   
$
72,994
 
Net  income (loss)
$
1,905
   
$
(428
)(a)
 
$
(2,683
)(a)
 
$
4,858
(a)
                               
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP
$
953
   
$
(214
)
 
$
(1,342
)
 
$
2,429
 
Impairment charge
 
-   
     
(2,092
)(b)
   
(476
)(c)
   
(2,092
)(b)
Depreciation of cost in excess of book value
 
(465
)
   
(467
)
   
(1,379
)
   
(1,401
)
Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities
$
488
   
$
(2,773
)
 
$
(3,197
)
 
$
(1,064
)

 
(a)
Net income (loss) includes impairment charges of $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and $3.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.  These impairments were based on sales contracts (a Level 2 input) for two hotels owned by one of our joint ventures.
 
(b)
Impairment charge in 2008 reflects a $2.1 million impairment charge related to an unrecoverable investment in an unconsolidated entity.
 
(c)
As a result of an impairment charge recorded by one of our joint ventures, the net book value of the joint venture’s assets no longer supported the recovery of our investment.  Therefore, we recorded an additional impairment charge to reduce our investment in this joint venture to zero.  We have no obligation to provide this joint venture with future funding.

The components of our investment in unconsolidated entities are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
September 30,
2009
 
December 31,
2008
Hotel-related investments
$
22,618
   
$
28,762
 
Cost in excess of book value of hotel investments
 
52,894
     
54,273
 
Land and condominium investments
 
11,178
     
11,471
 
 
$
86,690
   
$
94,506
 

The components of our equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Hotel investments
$
(8
)
 
$
(954
)
 
$
(3,204
)
 
$
1,401
 
Other investments
 
496
     
(1,819
)
   
7
     
(2,465
)
Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities
$
488
   
$
(2,773
)
 
$
(3,197
)
 
$
(1,064
)

In 2009, a 50%-owned joint venture entity sold the Ramada Hotel in Hays, Kansas and the Holiday Inn in Salina, Kansas, for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.3 million.  All proceeds from this sale were used to repay the associated mortgage debt.

 
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3.           Debt

Debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of the following (in thousands):

             
Balance Outstanding
 
Encumbered
 
Interest Rate at
     
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Hotels
 
September 30, 2009
 
Maturity Date
 
2009
 
2008
Senior term notes(a)
none
   
9.00
%(b)
 
June 2011
 
$
299,602
 
$
299,414
Senior term notes(a)
none
 
L +
1.875
   
December 2011
   
215,000
   
215,000
Line of credit(c)
none
   
-
   
-
   
-   
   
113,000
  Total line of credit
      and senior debt
     
6.29
(d)
       
 
514,602
   
 
627,414
                           
Mortgage debt
12 hotels
 
L +
0.93
(e)
 
November 2011(f)
   
250,000
   
250,000
Mortgage debt(g)
9 hotels
 
L +
3.50
(h)
 
August 2011(i)
   
200,800
   
-   
Mortgage debt
2 hotels
 
L +
1.55
(j)
 
May 2012(k)
   
176,483
   
176,267
Mortgage debt(l)
8 hotels
   
8.70
   
May 2010
   
159,205
   
162,250
Mortgage debt(m)
7 hotels
   
9.02
   
April 2014
   
118,415
   
117,131
Mortgage debt
6 hotels
   
8.73
   
May 2010
   
113,628
   
116,285
Mortgage debt
5 hotels
   
6.66
   
June - August 2014
   
71,331
   
72,517
Mortgage debt
2 hotels
   
6.15
   
June 2009(n)
   
14,277
   
14,641
Mortgage debt
1 hotel
   
5.81
   
July 2016
   
11,843
   
12,137
Capital lease and other
1 hotel   
   
9.58
   
various
   
2,326
   
3,044
  Total mortgage debt
53 hotels
   
5.20
(d)
       
1,118,308
   
924,272
     Total
     
5.54
%(d)
     
$
1,632,910
 
$
1,551,686

 
(a)
In October 2009, we issued $636 million in aggregate principal amount of our 10% senior notes due 2014.  The new notes are secured by mortgages and related security interests on up to 14 hotels.  A portion of the net proceeds from the sale of these notes was used to repurchase $214 million of our floating-rate senior notes and $213 million of our 8½% senior notes.
 
(b)
As a result of a rating down-grade in February 2009, the interest rate on our 8½% fixed-rate senior notes due 2011 increased by 50 basis points to 9.0%.
 
(c)
We terminated and repaid all outstanding obligations under our line of credit in the second quarter of 2009.
 
(d)
Interest rates are calculated based on the weighted average debt outstanding at September 30, 2009.
 
(e)
We have purchased an interest rate cap that caps LIBOR at 7.8% and expires in November 2010 for this notional amount.
 
(f)
The maturity date assumes that we will exercise the remaining one-year extension option that is exercisable, at our sole discretion, and would extend the current November 2010 maturity to 2011.
 
(g)
In June 2009, we obtained a $201 million non-recourse term loan secured by nine hotels.
 
(h)
LIBOR for this loan is subject to a 2% floor.
 
(i)
This loan can be extended for as many as two years, subject to satisfying certain conditions that we expect to satisfy.
 
(j)
We have purchased interest rate caps that cap LIBOR at 6.5% and expire in May 2010 for aggregate notional amounts of $177 million.
 
(k)
We have exercised the first of three successive one-year extension options that extend, at our sole discretion, maturity to 2012.
 
(l)
The hotels under this debt are subject to separate loan agreements and are not cross collateralized.
 
(m)
This debt was refinanced in March 2009.
 
(n)
We allowed these loans to go into default when they matured in June 2009.  We have received term sheets from the special servicer to extend the maturity of these loans for two years, which we are currently evaluating.

 
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3.           Debt – (continued)

We reported $24.4 million and $24.1 million of interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which is net of: (i) interest income of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and (ii) capitalized interest of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.  We reported interest expense of $68.5 million and $74.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which is net of: (i) interest income of $0.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, and (ii) capitalized interest of $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

In October 2009, we completed a private placement of $636 million in aggregate principal amount of our 10% senior secured notes due 2014.  The new notes are secured by a pledge of our limited partner interests in FelCor LP, first mortgages and related security interests on up to 14 hotels and pledges of equity interests in certain wholly-owned subsidiaries.  Net proceeds from the new notes were approximately $558 million after original issue discount and other fees and expenses related to the offering.  The proceeds of these notes were used to retire approximately $427 million of other corporate debt ($214 million of our floating-rate senior secured notes and $213 million of our 8½% senior notes) and for general corporate purposes.

In June 2009, we obtained a $201 million non-recourse term loan secured by nine hotels.  This loan bears interest at LIBOR (subject to a 2% floor) plus 350 basis points and matures in 2011.  This loan can be extended for as many as two years, subject to satisfying certain conditions that we expect to satisfy.  We have the right to prepay the loan and/or obtain partial release of one or more of the mortgages, subject to certain conditions.  The proceeds from this new loan will be used for general corporate purposes.

In June 2009, we repaid the $128 million balance under our line of credit, which was then terminated.  By terminating our line of credit, we eliminated certain restrictive corporate debt covenants.  We wrote off loan costs of $594,000 associated with this facility.

In March 2009, we entered into a loan agreement secured by seven hotels.  The proceeds of the loan were used to repay the balance of an existing loan secured by the same properties that would have matured on April 1, 2009.  The new loan matures in 2014 and bears interest at 9.02%.  We have the right to prepay the loan and/or obtain partial release of one or more of the mortgages, subject to certain conditions.

4.           Hotel Operating Revenue, Departmental Expenses and Other Property Operating Costs

Hotel operating revenue was comprised of the following (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Room revenue
$
184,103
   
$
223,968
   
$
557,491
   
$
693,789
 
Food and beverage revenue
 
30,370
     
36,357
     
103,786
     
131,875
 
Other operating departments
 
14,456
     
16,008
     
43,234
     
47,453
 
     Total hotel operating revenue
$
228,929
   
$
276,333
   
$
704,511
   
$
873,117
 


 
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4.
Hotel Operating Revenue, Departmental Expenses and Other Property Operating Costs – (continued)

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, nearly all of our revenue was comprised of hotel operating revenue, which included room revenue, food and beverage revenue, and revenue from other hotel operating departments (such as telephones, parking and business centers).  These revenues are recorded net of any sales or occupancy taxes collected from our guests. All rebates or discounts are recorded, when allowed, as a reduction in revenue, and there are no material contingent obligations with respect to rebates or discounts offered by us. All revenues are recorded on an accrual basis, as earned.  Appropriate allowances are made for doubtful accounts, which are recorded as a bad debt expense.  The remainder of our revenue was derived from other sources.

Hotel departmental expenses were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
Room
$
50,202
   
21.9
%
 
$
55,563
   
20.1
%
Food and beverage
 
26,728
   
11.7
     
30,747
   
11.1
 
Other operating departments
 
6,765
   
3.0
     
7,192
   
2.6
 
Total hotel departmental expenses
$
83,695
   
36.6
%
 
$
93,502
   
33.8
%

 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
Room
$
145,741
   
20.7
%
 
$
167,085
   
19.1
%
Food and beverage
 
84,133
   
11.9
     
102,289
   
11.7
 
Other operating departments
 
19,257
   
2.8
     
21,391
   
2.5
 
Total hotel departmental expenses
$
249,131
   
35.4
%
 
$
290,765
   
33.3
%

Other property operating costs were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
 
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
 
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
Hotel general and administrative expense
$
20,694
   
9.0
%
 
$
24,378
   
8.8
%
Marketing
 
18,835
   
8.2
     
22,340
   
8.1
 
Repair and maintenance
 
12,700
   
5.5
     
14,173
   
5.1
 
Utilities
 
14,263
   
6.3
     
16,056
   
5.8
 
Total other property operating costs
$
66,492
   
29.0
%
 
$
76,947
   
27.8
%


 
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4.
Hotel Operating Revenue, Departmental Expenses and Other Property Operating Costs – (continued)

 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
 
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
 
 
Amount
 
% of Total Hotel
Operating Revenue
Hotel general and administrative expense
$
63,310
   
9.0
%
 
$
74,526
   
8.5
%
Marketing
 
58,792
   
8.3
     
70,330
   
8.0
 
Repair and maintenance
 
38,168
   
5.4
     
43,324
   
5.0
 
Utilities
 
39,441
   
5.6
     
42,466
   
4.9
 
Total other property operating costs
$
199,711
   
28.3
%
 
$
230,646
   
26.4
%

Hotel departmental expenses and other property operating costs include hotel employee compensation and benefit expenses of $72.9 million and $81.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $220.6 million and $252.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

5.           Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expense

Taxes, insurance and lease expense were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Hotel lease expense(a) 
$
10,892
   
$
14,511
   
$
31,805
   
$
42,444
 
Ground lease expense(b) 
 
2,590
     
3,402
     
7,215
     
9,022
 
Real estate and other taxes
 
9,326
     
8,426
     
27,213
     
25,434
 
Property insurance, general liability insurance
 
2,547
     
3,379
     
9,178
     
10,984
 
     Total taxes, insurance and lease expense
$
25,355
   
$
29,718
   
$
75,411
   
$
87,884
 

 
(a)
Hotel lease expense represents 100% of the lease expense related to 13 of our 50% owned unconsolidated hotels (because we own majority ownership interests in their operating lessees) and paid to 13 of our unconsolidated, 50%-owned ventures.  Hotel lease expense includes percentage rent (based on operating results) of $3.8 million and $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $10.7 million and $21.2 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
 
(b)
Ground lease expense includes percentage rent (based on operating results) of $1.9 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $4.9 million and $6.4 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.


 
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6.           Impairment Charge

Our hotels comprise operations and cash flows that can clearly be distinguished, operationally and for financial reporting purposes, from the remainder of our operations.  Accordingly, we consider our hotels to be components for purposes of determining impairment charges and reporting discontinued operations.

During 2008, we identified eight hotels as candidates to be sold and tested them for impairment (three no longer are identified as candidates for sale and five hotels remain sale candidates).  Of the hotels tested, two failed the test.  Accordingly, we wrote down these hotel assets to our then current estimate of their fair market value before selling expenses, which resulted in a $17.1 million impairment charge in the quarter ended March 31, 2008.  During the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, we recorded a $2.1 million and a $1.4 million impairment charge, respectively.  The first quarter 2009 impairment is related to one of our sale candidates and the third quarter 2009 impairment is related to another sale candidate.  Both of these valuations are based on third-party offers to purchase (a Level 2 input) at a price less than our previously estimated fair value.  We consider a sale to be probable within the next twelve months (for purposes of determining whether a hotel is held for sale) in the period the buyer completes its due diligence review of the asset, we have an executed contract for sale, and we have received a substantial non-refundable deposit.  The hotels identified as sale candidates continue to be depreciated over their remaining useful lives.

In October 2009, we received a substantial non-refundable deposit under contracts for the sale of two of our sale candidate hotels.  These hotels had a net book value of $25.4 million at September 30, 2009.  We do not anticipate a significant gain or loss from the sale of these hotels.

7.           Gain on Involuntary Conversion

During the second quarter of 2008, we settled insurance claims related to 2005 hurricane losses and realized a $3.1 million gain from involuntary conversion, as the final proceeds received exceeded our estimated basis in the assets requiring replacement.

8.           Discontinued Operations

Results of operations of eleven hotels sold in 2007 are included in discontinued operations.  The following table summarizes the condensed financial information for those hotels (in thousands):

 
September 30, 2008
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
   Operating expenses
$
-   
   
$
(13
)
   Gain on sale of hotels, net of income tax
 
1,193
     
1,193
 
Income from discontinued operations
$
1,193
   
$
1,180
 

In the third quarter of 2008, we recorded a revision in income tax related to prior year gains on sales of hotels that resulted in additional gains of $1.2 million related to these sales.


 
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9.           Loss Per Unit

The computation of basic and diluted loss per unit is as follows (in thousands, except per unit data):

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Numerator:
                             
   Loss from continuing operations
$
(25,474
)
 
$
(43,762
)
 
$
(57,864
)
 
$
(32,185
)
   Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling
      interests in other partnerships
 
174
     
(165
)
   
66
     
(1,126
)
   Loss from continuing operations attributable to FelCor LP
 
(25,300
)
   
(43,927
)
   
(57,798
)
   
(33,311
)
      Less: Preferred distributions
 
(9,678
)
   
(9,678
)
   
(29,034
)
   
(29,034
)
   Loss from continuing operations attributable to FelCor LP
     common unitholders
 
(34,978
)
   
(53,605
)
   
(86,832
)
   
(62,345
)
   Discontinued operations
 
-   
     
1,193
     
-   
     
1,180
 
   Loss attributable to FelCor LP common unitholders
 
(34,978
)
   
(52,412
)
   
(86,832
)
   
(61,165
)
   Less: Dividends declared on FelCor’s unvested restricted stock compensation
 
-   
     
(98
)
   
-   
     
(1,041
)
Numerator for basic and diluted loss attributable to FelCor LP common unitholders
$
(34,978
)
 
$
(52,510
)
 
$
(86,832
)
 
$
(62,206
)
                               
Denominator:
                             
Denominator for basic and diluted loss
 
63,382
     
63,174
     
63,417
     
63,178
 
                               
Basic and diluted loss per unit data:
                             
   Loss from continuing operations
$
(0.55
)
 
$
(0.85
)
 
$
(1.37
)
 
$
(1.00
)
   Discontinued operations
$
-   
   
$
0.02
   
$
-   
   
$
0.02
 
   Net loss
$
(0.55
)
 
$
(0.83
)
 
$
(1.37
)
 
$
(0.98
)

The following securities, which could potentially dilute basic earnings per unit in the future, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per unit because they would have been antidilutive for the periods presented (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Series A convertible preferred units
9,985
   
9,985
     
9,985
     
9,985
 

Series A preferred distributions that would be excluded from net loss applicable to FelCor LP common unitholders, if these Series A preferred units were dilutive, were $6.3 million for the three months ended both September 30, 2009 and 2008, and $18.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.


 
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10.            Suspension of Distributions

We suspended our common distributions in December 2008 and our preferred distributions in March 2009.  Although distributions are not paid unless declared by FelCor’s Board of Directors, unpaid preferred distributions continue to accrue, and accrued and current preferred distributions must be paid in full prior to payment of any common distributions.  FelCor’s Board of Directors will determine whether to declare future distributions based upon various factors, including operating results, economic conditions, other operating trends, its financial condition and capital requirements, as well as minimum FelCor’s REIT distribution requirements.

11.           Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Disclosures about fair value of our financial instruments are based on pertinent information available to management as of September 30, 2009.  Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value.  Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that we could realize on disposition of the financial instruments.  The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on estimated fair value amounts.

Our estimates of the fair value of (i) accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate carrying value due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments (ii) our publicly-traded debt is based on observable market data and (iii) our debt that is not traded publicly is based on estimated effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms, loan to estimated fair value and remaining maturities (the estimated fair value of all our debt was $1.5 billion at September 30, 2009).

12.           Recently Issued Accounting Standards

The FASB recently amended its guidance surrounding a company’s analysis to determine whether any of its variable interests constitute controlling financial interests in a variable interest entity.  This analysis identifies the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity as the enterprise that has both of the following characteristics: a) the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and b) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity.

Additionally, an enterprise is required to assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that a variable interest entity operates as designed when determining whether it has the power to direct the activities of the variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance.  The new guidance also requires ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity.  The guidance is effective for the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009 and, accordingly, we will reevaluate our interests in variable interest entities for the period beginning on January 1, 2010 to determine that the entities are reflected properly in the financial statements as investments or consolidated entities.  We do not anticipate that the implementation of this guidance will have a material effect on our financial statements.

13.           Subsequent Events

We have performed an evaluation of subsequent events through November 4, 2009 (which is the date the financial statements were issued), and the results of this evaluation are appropriately reflected in these financial statements.

 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information

Certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries (FelCor/CSS Holdings, L.P.; FelCor Pennsylvania Company, L.L.C.; FelCor Lodging Holding Company, L.L.C.; Myrtle Beach Hotels, L.L.C.; FelCor TRS Borrower 1, L.P.; FelCor TRS Borrower 3, L.P.; FelCor TRS Borrower 4, L.L.C.; FelCor TRS Guarantor, L.P.; Center City Hotel Associates; FelCor Lodging Company, L.L.C.; FelCor TRS Holdings, L.P.; FHAC Texas Holdings, L.P.; FelCor Omaha Hotel Company, L.L.C.; FelCor Canada Co.; FelCor/St. Paul Holdings, L.P. and FelCor Hotel Asset Company, L.L.C., collectively, “Subsidiary Guarantors”), together with FelCor, guarantee, fully and unconditionally, and jointly and severally, our senior debt.  The following tables present consolidating information for the Subsidiary Guarantors.

CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
September 30, 2009
(in thousands)

ASSETS
 
FelCor LP
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
Net investment in hotel properties
$
64,351
   
$
492,335
 
$
1,672,153
   
$
-   
   
$
2,228,839
 
Equity investment in consolidated entities
 
1,057,735
     
-   
   
-   
     
(1,057,735
)
   
-   
 
Investment in unconsolidated entities
 
71,050
     
15,640
   
-   
     
-   
     
86,690
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
80,124
     
46,509
   
1,430
     
-   
     
128,063
 
Restricted cash
 
-   
     
2,692
   
17,082
     
-   
     
19,774
 
Accounts receivable
 
1,331
     
29,563
   
-   
     
-   
     
30,894
 
Deferred expenses
 
1,265
     
-   
   
8,692
     
-   
     
9,957
 
Other assets
 
8,245
     
26,787
   
1,773
     
-   
     
36,805
 
                                     
Total assets
$
1,284,101
   
$
613,526
 
$
1,701,130
   
$
(1,057,735
)
 
$
2,541,022
 
                                     
LIABILITES AND CAPITAL
Debt
$
514,602
   
$
2,327
 
$
1,115,981
   
$
-   
   
$
1,632,910
 
Distributions payable
 
27,902
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
27,902
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
22,020
     
95,848
   
19,551
     
-   
     
137,419
 
                                     
Total liabilities
 
564,524
     
98,175
   
1,135,532
     
-   
     
1,798,231
 
                                     
Redeemable units, at redemption value
 
1,340
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
1,340
 
                                     
Preferred units
 
478,774
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
478,774
 
Common units
 
239,463
     
492,187
   
542,973
     
(1,057,735
)
   
216,888
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
-   
     
22,575
   
-   
     
-   
     
22,575
 
Total FelCor LP partners’ capital
 
718,237
     
514,762
   
542,973
     
(1,057,735
)
   
718,237
 
                                     
Noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
589
   
22,625
     
-   
     
23,214
 
Total capital
 
718,237
     
515,351
   
565,598
     
(1,057,735
)
   
741,451
 
                                     
Total liabilities and capital
$
1,284,101
   
$
613,526
 
$
1,701,130
   
$
(1,057,735
)
 
$
2,541,022
 


 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
December 31, 2008
(in thousands)

ASSETS
 
FelCor LP
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
 
Net investment in hotel properties
$
124,752
   
$
888,925
 
$
1,265,349
   
$
-   
   
$
2,279,026
 
Equity investment in consolidated entities
 
1,230,038
     
-   
   
-   
     
(1,230,038
)
   
-   
 
Investment in unconsolidated entities
 
77,106
     
17,400
   
-   
     
-   
     
94,506
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
7,719
     
40,018
   
2,450
     
-   
     
50,187
 
Restricted cash
 
-   
     
2,104
   
11,109
     
-   
     
13,213
 
Accounts receivable
 
4,576
     
30,664
   
-   
     
-   
     
35,240
 
Deferred expenses
 
2,660
     
49
   
2,847
     
-   
     
5,556
 
Other assets
 
9,061
     
24,588
   
892
     
-   
     
34,541
 
                                     
Total assets
$
1,455,912
   
$
1,003,748
 
$
1,282,647
   
$
(1,230,038
)
 
$
2,512,269
 
                                     
LIABILITES AND CAPITAL
Debt
$
627,414
   
$
120,175
 
$
804,097
   
$
-   
   
$
1,551,686
 
Distributions payable
 
8,545
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
8,545
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
24,303
     
95,221
   
13,080
     
-   
     
132,604
 
                                     
Total liabilities
 
660,262
     
215,396
   
817,177
     
-   
     
1,692,835
 
                                     
Redeemable units, at redemption value
 
545
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
545
 
                                     
Preferred units
 
478,774
     
-   
   
-   
     
-   
     
478,774
 
Common units
 
316,331
     
772,383
   
442,237
     
(1,230,038
)
   
300,913
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
-   
     
15,418
   
-   
     
-   
     
15,418
 
Total FelCor LP partners’ capital
 
795,105
     
787,801
   
442,237
     
(1,230,038
)
   
795,105
 
Noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
551
   
23,233
     
-   
     
23,784
 
Total capital
 
795,105
     
788,352
   
465,470
     
(1,230,038
)
   
818,889
 
Total liabilities and capital
$
1,455,912
   
$
1,003,748
 
$
1,282,647
   
$
(1,230,038
)
 
$
2,512,269
 



 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
(in thousands)

 
FelCor LP
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
Revenues:
                                     
Hotel operating revenue
$
-   
   
$
228,929
   
$
-   
   
$
-   
   
$
228,929
 
Percentage lease revenue
 
3,772
     
-   
     
47,285
     
(51,057
)
   
-   
 
Other revenue
 
1
     
1,262
     
17
     
-   
     
1,280
 
Total revenue
 
3,773
     
230,191
     
47,302
     
(51,057
)
   
230,209
 
                                       
Expenses:
                                     
Hotel operating expenses
 
-   
     
161,548
     
-   
     
-   
     
161,548
 
Taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
430
     
66,422
     
9,560
     
(51,057
)
   
25,355
 
Corporate expenses
 
162
     
2,298
     
2,011
     
-   
     
4,471
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
2,067
     
9,465
     
26,450
     
-   
     
37,982
 
Impairment loss
 
-   
     
2,080
     
-   
     
-   
     
2,080
 
Other expenses
 
63
     
1,023
     
(55
)
   
-   
     
1,031
 
Total operating expenses
 
2,722
     
242,836
     
37,966
     
(51,057
)
   
232,467
 
Operating income
 
1,051
     
(12,645
)
   
9,336
     
-   
     
(2,258
)
Interest expense, net
 
(8,524
)
   
(94
)
   
(15,809
)
   
-   
     
(24,427
)
Loss before equity in income from
   unconsolidated entities and
   noncontrolling interests
 
(7,473
)
   
(12,739
)
   
(6,473
)
   
-   
     
(26,685
)
Equity in loss from consolidated entities
 
(18,002
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
18,002
     
-   
 
Equity in income from unconsolidated
   entities
 
175
     
313
     
-   
     
-   
     
488
 
Gain on sale of assets
 
-   
     
-   
     
723
     
-   
     
723
 
Net loss
 
(25,300
)
   
(12,426
)
   
(5,750
)
   
18,002
     
(25,474
)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
81
     
93
     
-   
     
174
 
Net loss attributable to FelCor LP
 
(25,300
)
   
(12,345
)
   
(5,657
)
   
18,002
     
(25,300
)
Preferred distributions
 
(9,678
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(9,678
)
Net loss applicable to FelCor LP unitholders
$
(34,978
)
 
$
(12,345
)
 
$
(5,657
)
 
$
18,002
   
$
(34,978
)





 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
(in thousands)

 
FelCor L.P.
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
Revenues:
                                     
Hotel operating revenue
$
-   
   
$
276,333
   
$
-   
   
$
-   
   
$
276,333
 
Percentage lease revenue
 
7,482
     
-   
     
38,083
     
(45,565
)
   
-   
 
Other revenue
 
9
     
1,371
     
16
     
-   
     
1,396
 
Total revenue
 
7,491
     
277,704
     
38,099
     
(45,565
)
   
277,729
 
                                       
Expenses:
                                     
Hotel operating expenses
 
-   
     
184,022
     
-   
     
-   
     
184,022
 
Taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
139
     
69,126
     
6,018
     
(45,565
)
   
29,718
 
Corporate expenses
 
328
     
3,372
     
1,688
     
-   
     
5,388
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
2,803
     
15,587
     
17,679
     
-   
     
36,069
 
Impairment loss
 
-   
     
36,692
     
-   
     
-   
     
36,692
 
Hurricane loss
 
29
     
1,575
     
65
     
-   
     
1,669
 
Other expenses
 
1
     
1,027
     
18
     
-   
     
1,046
 
Total operating expenses
 
3,300
     
311,401
     
25,468
     
(45,565
)
   
294,604
 
Operating income
 
4,191
     
(33,697
)
   
12,631
     
-   
     
(16,875
)
Interest expense, net
 
(9,431
)
   
(2,258
)
   
(12,425
)
   
-   
     
(24,114
)
Income (loss) before equity in income from
   unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling
   interests
 
(5,240
)
   
(35,955
)
   
206
     
-   
     
(40,989
)
Equity in loss from consolidated entities
 
(37,203
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
37,203
     
-   
 
Equity in loss from unconsolidated entities
 
(1,139
)
   
(1,634
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
(2,773
)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
 
(43,582
)
   
(37,589
)
   
206
     
37,203
     
(43,762
)
Discontinued operations from consolidated entities
 
848
     
345
     
-   
     
-   
     
1,193
 
Net income (loss)
 
(42,734
)
   
(37,244
)
   
206
     
37,203
     
(42,569
)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
(192
)
   
27
     
-   
     
(165
)
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP
 
(42,734
)
   
(37,436
)
   
233
     
37,203
     
(42,734
)
Preferred distributions
 
(9,678
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(9,678
)
Net income (loss) applicable to FelCor LP unitholders
$
(52,412
)
 
$
(37,436
)
 
$
233
   
$
37,203
   
$
(52,412
)

 

 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(in thousands)

 
FelCor LP
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
Revenues:
                                     
Hotel operating revenue
$
-   
   
$
704,511
   
$
-   
   
$
-   
   
$
704,511
 
Percentage lease revenue
 
12,876
     
-   
     
131,273
     
(144,149
)
   
-   
 
Other revenue
 
5
     
2,527
     
22
     
-   
     
2,554
 
Total revenue
 
12,881
     
707,038
     
131,295
     
(144,149
)
   
707,065
 
                                       
Expenses:
                                     
Hotel operating expenses
 
-   
     
483,120
     
-   
     
-   
     
483,120
 
Taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
1,987
     
194,609
     
22,964
     
(144,149
)
   
75,411
 
Corporate expenses
 
603
     
9,224
     
6,002
     
-   
     
15,829
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
7,732
     
35,502
     
68,790
     
-   
     
112,024
 
Impairment loss
 
-   
     
3,448
     
-   
     
-   
     
3,448
 
Other expenses
 
75
     
3,481
     
(28
)
   
-   
     
3,528
 
Total operating expenses
 
10,397
     
729,384
     
97,728
     
(144,149
)
   
693,360
 
Operating income
 
2,484
     
(22,346
)
   
33,567
     
-   
     
13,705
 
Interest expense, net
 
(26,648
)
   
(2,579
)
   
(39,274
)
   
-   
     
(68,501
)
Charges related to debt extinguishment
 
(594
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(594
)
Loss before equity in income from
   unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling
   interests
 
(24,758
)
   
(24,925
)
   
(5,707
)
   
-   
     
(55,390
)
Equity in loss from consolidated entities
 
(32,196
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
32,196
     
-   
 
Equity in loss from unconsolidated entities
 
(844
)
   
(2,353
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
(3,197
)
Gain on sale of assets
 
-   
     
-   
     
723
     
-   
     
723
 
Net loss
 
(57,798
)
   
(27,278
)
   
(4,984
)
   
32,196
     
(57,864
)
Net (income) loss attributable to
   noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
(252
)
   
318
     
-   
     
66
 
Net loss attributable to FelCor LP
 
(57,798
)
   
(27,530
)
   
(4,666
)
   
32,196
     
(57,798
)
Preferred distributions
 
(29,034
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(29,034
)
Net loss applicable to unitholders
$
(86,832
)
 
$
(27,530
)
 
$
(4,666
)
 
$
32,196
   
$
(86,832
)



 
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14.           Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
(in thousands)


 
FelCor L.P.
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Total Consolidated
Revenues:
                                     
Hotel operating revenue
$
-   
   
$
873,117
   
$
-   
   
$
-   
   
$
873,117
 
Percentage lease revenue
 
20,794
     
-   
     
138,371
     
(159,165
)
   
-   
 
Other revenue
 
9
     
1,375
     
1,271
     
-   
     
2,655
 
Total revenue
 
20,803
     
874,492
     
139,642
     
(159,165
)
   
875,772
 
                                       
Expenses:
                                     
Hotel operating expenses
 
-   
     
566,859
     
-   
     
-   
     
566,859
 
Taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
2,627
     
224,645
     
19,777
     
(159,165
)
   
87,884
 
Corporate expenses
 
895
     
10,225
     
5,959
     
-   
     
17,079
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
8,022
     
45,172
     
51,715
     
-   
     
104,909
 
Impairment loss
 
-   
     
36,692
     
17,131
     
-   
     
53,823
 
Hurricane loss
 
29
     
1,575
     
65
     
-   
     
1,669
 
Other expenses
 
2
     
1,395
     
1,482
     
-   
     
2,879
 
Total operating expenses
 
11,575
     
886,563
     
96,129
     
(159,165
)
   
835,102
 
Operating income
 
9,228
     
(12,071
)
   
43,513
     
-   
     
40,670
 
Interest expense, net
 
(29,061
)
   
(7,832)
     
(37,993
)
   
-   
     
(74,886)
 
Income (loss) before equity in income from
   unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling
   interests
 
(19,833
)
   
(19,903
)
   
5,520
     
-   
     
(34,216
)
Equity in loss from consolidated entities
 
(16,174
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
16,174
     
-   
 
Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated
   entities
 
1,023
     
(2,051
)
   
(36
)
   
-   
     
(1,064
)
Gain on involuntary conversion
 
2,005
     
145
     
945
     
-   
     
3,095
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations
 
(32,979
)
   
(21,809
)
   
6,429
     
16,174
     
(32,185
)
Discontinued operations from consolidated
   entities
 
848
     
332
     
-   
     
-   
     
1,180
 
Net income (loss)
 
(32,131
)
   
(21,477
)
   
6,429
     
16,174
     
(31,005
)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
-   
     
(675
)
   
(451
)
   
-   
     
(1,126
)
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP
 
(32,131
)
   
(22,152
)
   
5,978
     
16,174
     
(32,131
)
Preferred distributions
 
(29,034
)
   
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(29,034
)
Net income (loss) applicable to FelCor LP unitholders
$
(61,165
)
 
$
(22,152
)
 
$
5,978
   
$
16,174
   
$
(61,165
)


 
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FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

14. Consolidating Financial Information – (continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(in thousands)


 
FelCor LP
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Total Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities
$
(10,830
)
 
$
12,827
   
$
74,412
   
$
76,409
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
2,299
     
(33,479
)
   
(28,932
)
   
(60,112
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
80,936
     
25,782
     
(46,500
)
   
60,218
 
Effect of exchange rates changes on cash
 
-   
     
1,361
     
-   
     
1,361
 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
 
72,405
     
6,491
     
(1,020
)
   
77,876
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
7,719
     
40,018
     
2,450
     
50,187
 
Cash and equivalents at end of period
$
80,124
   
$
46,509
   
$
1,430
   
$
128,063
 



CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
(in thousands)


 
FelCor L.P.
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Total Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities
$
(9,328
)
 
$
68,150
   
$
83,298
   
$
142,120
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
17,989
     
(55,861
)
   
(47,318
)
   
(85,190
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
(13,698
)
   
375
     
(41,534
)
   
(54,857
)
Effect of exchange rates changes on cash
 
-   
     
(629
)
   
-   
     
(629
)
Change in cash and cash equivalents
 
(5,037
)
   
12,035
     
(5,554
)
   
1,444
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
7,889
     
43,305
     
6,415
     
57,609
 
Cash and equivalents at end of period
$
2,852
   
$
55,340
   
$
861
   
$
59,053
 









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

General

We expect the current economic conditions will continue to negatively affect hospitality demand for the remainder of 2009.  We believe hotel occupancy, currently near historical lows, will begin to improve in 2010, but we also expect continued pressure on average daily room rates, or ADR, until demand increases significantly.  While we have experienced some slowing of negative trends in recent periods and an increase in transient demand, consumers are taking advantage of the historically high number of available rooms to shift pricing power and accordingly, lower ADR.  Gross domestic product and capacity utilization have historically been highly correlated to travel demand.  These indicators have recently started improving and we expect hotel demand to follow.

In the first nine months of 2009, the lodging industry experienced nationwide decreases in revenue per available room, or RevPAR (U.S. upper-upscale average RevPAR decreased 19.8% in the first nine months of 2009).  However, in spite of reduced RevPAR, our hotels increased portfolio market share by approximately 1.5% in the first nine months of 2009 and 1.8% for the quarter.  We believe our market share gain is attributable largely to our recently completed comprehensive hotel renovation program, well-located high quality hotels, asset management and strong brand affiliations.

We are focused on increasing market share, protecting ADR, preserving margins and managing our balance sheet.  With contracting lodging demand in 2009, we continue to work closely with our brand-managers on extensive cost containment initiatives in the face of a lower RevPAR environment.  Many of our hotels have been able to reduce labor costs permanently, and all of our hotels have trimmed non-critical functions.  These cost reductions have enabled us to minimize margin erosion at our hotels despite reduced hotel revenues.

In light of the global recession, we have taken the following steps to build additional flexibility into our capital structure:

 
·
In October 2009, we completed the private placement of $636 million in aggregate principal amount of our 10% senior secured notes due 2014.  Our net proceeds from these notes were approximately $558 million after original issue discount and other fees and expenses related to the offering.  The proceeds of these notes were used to repurchase approximately $427 million in aggregate principal amount of our existing senior notes due in 2011 and for general corporate purposes.
 
·
In June 2009, we obtained a $201 million non-recourse term loan secured by nine hotels that matures in 2011.  This loan can be extended for up to two years subject to satisfying certain conditions that we expect to satisfy.
 
·
In June 2009, we repaid and terminated our line of credit.  By terminating our line of credit, we eliminated certain restrictive corporate debt covenants.
 
·
In March 2009, we refinanced our $116 million loan maturing in 2009, with a new non-recourse term loan secured by the same seven hotels that matures in 2014. 
 
·
We are continuing our discussions with current and potential lenders to modify and/or refinance all of our remaining debt scheduled to mature in 2010.


In June, we completed the final phase of the comprehensive redevelopment of our San Francisco Marriott Union Square hotel.  Third quarter RevPAR increased 53% at this hotel (which operated as Hotel 480 prior to April), compared to the prior year, and its market share increased by 98%, exceeding expectations.  The market share index for this hotel was 107% in the third quarter compared to 80% for calendar year 2007 (before its renovation and rebranding).


 
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We suspended our common distribution in December 2008 and our preferred distribution in March 2009.  Although distributions are not paid unless declared by FelCor’s Board of Directors, unpaid preferred distributions continue to accrue, and accrued and current preferred distributions must be paid in full prior to payment of any common distributions.  FelCor’s Board of Directors will determine whether to declare future distributions based upon various factors, including operating results, economic conditions, other operating trends, its financial condition and capital requirements, as well as FelCor’s minimum REIT distribution requirements.

Financial Comparison (in thousands of dollars, except RevPAR and Hotel EBITDA margin)

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
% Change
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
% Change
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009-2008
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009-2008
RevPAR
$
80.39
   
$
97.80
     
(17.8
)
%
 
$
82.00
   
$
101.69
     
(19.4
)
%
Hotel EBITDA(a) 
$
50,895
   
$
74,972
     
(32.1
)
%
 
$
171,744
   
$
254,490
     
(32.5
)
%
Hotel EBITDA margin(a) 
 
22.2
%
   
27.1
%
   
(18.1
)
%
   
24.4
%
   
29.1
%
   
(16.2
)
%
Net loss attributable to
   FelCor LP(b) 
 
$
(25,300
)
 
 
$
(42,734
)
   
40.8
 
%
 
$
(57,798
)
 
$
 
(32,131
)
   
(79.9
)
%

____________
 
(a)
Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures.  A discussion of the use, limitations and importance of these non-GAAP financial measures and detailed reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measure are found elsewhere in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

 
(b)
The following amounts are included in net loss attributable to FelCor LP (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Impairment loss
$
(2,080
)
 
$
(36,692
)
 
$
(3,448
)
 
$
(53,823
)
Impairment loss on unconsolidated hotels
 
-   
     
(3,750
)
   
(2,068
)
   
(3,750
)
Hurricane loss
 
-   
     
(1,669
)
   
-   
     
(1,669
)
Hurricane loss on unconsolidated hotels
 
-   
     
(50
)
   
-   
     
(50
)
Charges related to debt extinguishment
 
-   
             
(594
)
   
-   
 
Gain on sale of assets
 
723
     
-   
     
723
     
-   
 
Gain on involuntary conversion
 
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
3,095
 
Conversion costs
 
(117
)
   
(118
)
   
(447
)
   
(481
)
Severance costs
 
(46
)
   
-   
     
(572
)
   
-   
 
Lease termination costs
 
(117
)
   
-   
     
(469
)
   
-   
 


 
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Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008

For the three months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded a net loss applicable to common unitholders of $35.0 million, or $0.55 per unit, compared to a net loss applicable to common unitholders of $52.4 million, or $0.83 per unit, for the same period in 2008.  The current year loss is attributable primarily to a 17.1% decrease in revenue compared to the same period in 2008.  Despite the decrease in revenue, we were able to limit our margin loss in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, primarily by reducing hotel labor costs by $8.9 million and reducing other costs associated with non-critical functions.  Our hotel expenses decreased by 11.6% compared to third quarter of 2008.  Our 2009 net loss also includes a $2.1 million impairment charge associated with one hotel.  Our 2008 net loss included a $36.7 million impairment charge associated with two hotels and a $1.7 million hurricane-related loss.

In the third quarter of 2009:

 
·
Total revenue was $230.2 million, a 17.1% decrease compared to the same period in 2008.  The decrease in revenue is attributed principally to a 17.8% decrease in RevPAR, which was driven by a 6.0% decrease in occupancy and a 12.5% decrease in ADR.

 
·
Hotel departmental expenses decreased $9.8 million (10.5%) compared to the same period in 2008.  As a percentage of total revenue, hotel departmental expenses increased from 33.7% to 36.4% compared to the same period in 2008.  This expense reduction reflects: (i) the 6.0% decrease in occupancy; (ii) a $5.4 million decrease in labor costs, which included permanent reductions related to a decrease in hotel employees; (iii) a decrease in non-critical room expenses, such as guest transportation, in-room amenities, bath linen quantities, and newspaper service; and (iv) menu modifications in food and beverage.

 
·
Other property related costs decreased $10.5 million (13.6%) compared to the same period in 2008.  As a percentage of total revenue, other property related costs increased from 27.7% to 28.9% compared to the same period in 2008.  This expense reduction reflects: (i) a $3.5 million decrease in labor costs; (ii) a $2.4 million decrease in marketing assessments, credit card commissions and frequent guest expense (all of which reflect the decrease in revenue); (iii) a $1.5 million decrease in repairs and maintenance, partially attributable to our recently completed renovation program; and (iv) reductions in other non-critical expenses.

 
·
Management and franchise fees decreased $2.2 million compared to the same period in 2008, due to the decrease in revenues. As a percent of total revenue, management and franchise fees remained essentially unchanged.

 
·
Taxes, insurance and lease expense decreased $4.4 million compared to the same period in 2008.  This decrease relates primarily to: (i) a $3.6 million decrease in percentage rent, attributable to decreased revenue; (ii) an $832,000 decrease in property and general liability insurance, attributable to improved claims experience; and (iii) an $812,000 decrease in land leases, attributable to decreased revenue.  The decrease in the period was partially offset by a $900,000 increase in real estate and other taxes, attributable to decreases in estimated accruals recorded in the third quarter of 2008.  As a percentage of total revenue, taxes, insurance and lease expense increased from 10.7% to 11.0% compared to the same period in 2008.

 
·
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.9 million, compared to the same period in 2008, which is attributable to increased depreciation due to the $142.9 million of consolidated hotel capital expenditures completed in 2008.

 
·
Impairment charge.  In 2008 we identified eight hotels as candidates to be sold.  We recorded impairment charges of $2.1 million for one of these hotels in the third quarter of 2009 and $36.7 million for two of these hotels in the third quarter of 2008.



 
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·
Hurricane loss.  In the third quarter of 2008, we recorded $1.7 million in hurricane-related expenses, all of which related to remediation at 14 of our hotels affected by four hurricanes in 2008.

 
·
Net interest expense increased $313,000 compared to the same period in 2008.  This increase is primarily attributable to a $116 million increase in our average debt outstanding, which was partially offset by a 44 basis point decrease in the average interest rate applicable to our floating-rate debt.

 
·
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities was $488,000, compared to $2.8 million of equity in loss from unconsolidated entities from the third quarter of 2008.  The 2008 loss included $3.8 million of impairment charges related to our equity method investments.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded an $86.8 million net loss applicable to common unitholders, or $1.37 per unit, compared to a $61.2 million net loss applicable to common unitholders, or $0.98 per unit, for the same period in 2008.  The increase in current year loss is attributable primarily to a 19.3% decrease in revenue compared to the same period in 2008.  Despite the decrease in revenue, we were able to limit our margin loss in the first nine months of 2009 compared to the first nine months of 2008, primarily by reducing hotel labor costs by $31.9 million and reducing other costs associated with non-critical functions.  Hotel expenses decreased 13.9% compared to first nine months of 2008.  The current year loss includes impairment charges of $5.5 million ($3.4 million related to two consolidated hotels and $2.1 million related to an unconsolidated entity), while the prior year loss included a $53.8 million impairment charge on four consolidated hotels, hurricane-related losses of $1.7 million, and a $3.1 million gain related to involuntary conversions from the final settlement of 2005 hurricane claims.

In the first nine months of 2009:

 
·
Total revenue was $707.1 million, a 19.3% decrease compared to the same period in 2008.  The decrease in revenue is attributed principally to a 19.4% decrease in RevPAR, which was driven by a 9.2% decrease in occupancy and an 11.2% decrease in ADR.

 
·
Hotel departmental expenses decreased $41.6 million (14.3%) compared to the same period in 2008.  As a percentage of total revenue, hotel departmental expenses increased from 33.2% to 35.2% compared to the same period in 2008.  This expense reduction reflects: (i) the 9.2% decrease in occupancy; (ii) a $21.9 million decrease in labor costs, which included permanent reductions related to a decrease in hotel employees; (iii) a decrease in non-critical room expenses, such as guest transportation, in-room amenities, bath linen quantities, and newspaper service; and (iv) menu modifications in food and beverage.

 
·
Other property related costs decreased $30.9 million (13.4%) compared to the same period in 2008, due to the decrease in revenues.  As a percentage of total revenue, other property related costs increased from 26.3% to 28.2% compared to the same period in 2008.  This expense reduction reflects: (i) a $10.0 million decrease in labor costs; (ii) a $8.5 million decrease in marketing assessments, credit card commissions and frequent guest expense (all of which reflect the decrease in revenue); (iii) a $5.2 million decrease in repairs and maintenance, partially attributable to our recently completed renovation program; and (iv) reductions in other non-critical expenses.

 
·
Management and franchise fees decreased $11.2 million compared to the same period in 2008.  As a percent of total revenue, franchise fees and base management fees remained essentially unchanged from 2008 to 2009 (both fees are based on a percentage of revenue).  Incentive management fees, which are based on the profitability of the hotels, decreased $3.6 million.



 
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·
Taxes, insurance and lease expense decreased $12.5 million compared to the same period in 2008.  This decrease relates primarily to: (i) a $10.6 million decrease in hotel lease expense, attributable to decreased revenue at our consolidated hotel lessees; (ii) a $1.8 million decrease in property and general liability insurance, attributable to improved insurance rates and liability claims experience; and (iii) a $1.8 million decrease in land leases, attributable to decreases in revenue.  This was partially offset by a $1.8 million increase in real estate and other taxes, attributable to decreases in estimated accruals recorded in the first nine months of 2008.  As a percentage of total revenue, taxes, insurance and lease expense increased from 10.0% to 10.7% compared to the same period in 2008.

 
·
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $7.1 million, compared to the same period in 2008, which is attributable to increased depreciation due to the $142.9 million of consolidated hotel capital expenditures completed in 2008.

 
·
Impairment charge.  In 2008, we identified eight hotels as candidates to be sold.  We recorded impairment charges of $3.4 million for two of these hotels in the first nine months of 2009 and $53.8 million for two of these hotels in the first nine months of 2008.

 
·
Hurricane loss.  In the third quarter of 2008, we recorded $1.7 million in hurricane-related expenses, all of which related to remediation at 14 of our hotels affected by four hurricanes in 2008.

 
·
Other expenses increased $649,000, compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to $572,000 of severance expenses (from a reduction in the number of employees at our hotels) and lease termination costs of $469,000 associated with the termination of one of our third-party restaurant lessees, this was partially offset by a decrease in condominium management fee expenses.

 
·
Net interest expense decreased $6.4 million compared to the same period in 2008.  This decrease is primarily attributable to a 104 basis point decrease in our average interest rate for our floating-rate debt, which was partially offset by a $96 million increase in our average debt outstanding.

 
·
Charges related to debt extinguishment.  In the second quarter of 2009, we terminated our line of credit and wrote off deferred loan costs of $594,000 associated with this facility.

 
·
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities was $3.2 million compared to $1.1 million of equity in loss from unconsolidated entities for the same period in 2008.  We recorded impairment charges of $2.1 million and $3.8 million on our equity method investments in the first nine months of 2009 and the first nine months of 2008, respectively.  The remainder of the change is attributable to decreases in current year revenue at our unconsolidated hotels.

 
·
Discontinued operations in 2008 consisted of a $1.2 million adjustment to gain on sales resulting from a revision in the tax liability associated with gains of $71.2 million from hotel sales in 2006 and 2007.


 
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We refer in this report to certain “non-GAAP financial measures.”  These measures, including Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin, are measures of our financial performance that are not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.  The following tables reconcile these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure.  Immediately following the reconciliations, we include a discussion of why we believe these measures are useful supplemental measures of our performance and the limitations of such measures.

The following tables detail our computation of Hotel EBITDA, Hotel EBITDA margin, hotel operating expenses and the reconciliation of hotel operating expenses to total operating expenses with respect to our Consolidated Hotels at the dates presented.

Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA Margin
(dollars in thousands)

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
 
Total revenues
$
230,209
   
$
277,729
   
$
707,065
   
$
875,772
 
Other revenue
 
(1,280 
)
   
(1,396
)
   
(2,554
)
   
(2,655
)
Hotel operating revenue
 
228,929
     
276,333
     
704,511
     
873,117
 
Hotel operating expenses
 
(178,034
)
   
(201,361
)
   
(532,767
)
   
(618,627
)
Hotel EBITDA
$
50,895
   
$
74,972
   
$
171,744
   
$
254,490
 
Hotel EBITDA margin(a) 
 
22.2%
     
27.1%
     
24.4%
     
29.1%
 

 
(a)
Hotel EBITDA as a percentage of hotel operating revenue.

Reconciliation of Total Operating Expenses to Hotel Operating Expenses
(dollars in thousands)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Total operating expenses
$
232,467
   
$
294,604
   
$
693,360
   
$
835,102
 
   Unconsolidated taxes, insurance and lease
      expense
 
2,023
     
 
2,132
     
6,041
     
 
6,328
 
   Consolidated hotel lease expense
 
(10,892
)
   
(14,511
)
   
(31,805
)
   
(42,444
)
   Corporate expenses
 
(4,471
)
   
(5,388
)
   
(15,829
)
   
(17,079
)
   Depreciation and amortization
 
(37,982
)
   
(36,069
)
   
(112,024
)
   
(104,909
)
   Impairment loss
 
(2,080
)
   
(36,692
)
   
(3,448
)
   
(53,823
)
   Hurricane loss
 
-   
     
(1,669
)
   
-   
     
(1,669
)
   Other expenses
 
(1,031
)
   
(1,046
)
   
(3,528
)
   
(2,879
)
Hotel operating expenses
$
178,034
   
$
201,361
   
$
532,767
   
$
618,627
 


 
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The following tables reconcile net loss attributable to FelCor LP, to Hotel EBITDA and the ratio of operating income to total revenue to Hotel EBITDA margin.

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Hotel EBITDA
(in thousands)

 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Net loss
$
(25,474
)
 
$
(42,569
)
 
$
(57,864
)
 
$
(31,005
)
   Discontinued operations
 
-   
     
(1,193
)
   
-   
     
(1,180
)
   Equity in loss (income) from unconsolidated entities
 
(488
)
   
2,773
     
3,197
     
1,064
 
   Consolidated hotel lease expense
 
10,892
     
14,511
     
31,805
     
42,444
 
   Unconsolidated taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
(2,023
)
   
(2,132
)
   
(6,041
)
   
(6,328
)
   Interest expense, net
 
24,427
     
24,114
     
68,501
     
74,886
 
   Charges related to debt extinguishment
 
-   
     
-   
     
594
     
-   
 
   Corporate expenses
 
4,471
     
5,388
     
15,829
     
17,079
 
   Depreciation and amortization
 
37,982
     
36,069
     
112,024
     
104,909
 
   Impairment loss
 
2,080
     
36,692
     
3,448
     
53,823
 
   Hurricane loss
 
-   
     
1,669
     
-   
     
1,669
 
   Gain on sale of assets
 
(723
)
   
-   
     
(723
)
   
-   
 
   Gain on involuntary conversion
 
-   
     
-   
     
-   
     
(3,095
)
   Other expenses
 
1,031
     
1,046
     
3,528
     
2,879
 
   Other revenue
 
(1,280
)
   
(1,396
)
   
(2,554
)
   
(2,655
)
Hotel EBITDA
$
50,895
   
$
74,972
   
$
171,744
   
$
254,490
 

Reconciliation of Ratio of Operating Income to Total Revenues to Hotel EBITDA Margin

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
 
2009
 
2008
Ratio of operating income (loss) to total revenues
 
(1.0
)%
   
(6.1
)%
 
1.9
%
 
4.6
%
   Other revenue
 
(0.6
)
   
(0.5
)
 
(0.4
)
 
(0.3
)
   Unconsolidated taxes, insurance and lease expense
 
(0.9
)
   
(0.7
)
 
(0.8
)
 
(0.7
)
   Consolidated hotel lease expense
 
4.8
     
5.2
   
4.5
   
4.9
 
   Other expenses
 
0.4
     
0.4
   
0.5
   
0.3
 
   Corporate expenses
 
2.0
     
2.0
   
2.3
   
2.0
 
   Depreciation and amortization
 
16.6
     
13.0
   
15.9
   
12.0
 
   Impairment loss
 
0.9
     
13.2
   
0.5
   
6.1
 
   Hurricane loss
 
-   
     
0.6
   
-   
   
0.2
 
Hotel EBITDA margin
 
22.2
%
   
27.1
%
 
24.4
%
 
29.1
%

Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA Margin

Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin are commonly used measures of performance in the hotel industry and give investors a more complete understanding of the operating results over which our individual hotels and operating managers have direct control.  We believe that Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin are useful to investors by providing greater transparency with respect to two significant measures used by us in our financial and operational decision-making.  Additionally, using these measures facilitates comparisons with other hotel REITs and hotel owners.  We present Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin by eliminating from continuing operations all revenues and expenses not directly associated with hotel operations including corporate-level expenses, depreciation and amortization and expenses related to our capital structure.  We eliminate corporate-level costs and expenses because we believe property-level results provide investors with supplemental information into the ongoing operational performance of our hotels and the effectiveness of management on a property-level basis.

 
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We eliminate depreciation and amortization because, even though depreciation and amortization are property-level expenses, we do not believe that these non-cash expenses, which are based on historical cost accounting for real estate assets and implicitly assume that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, accurately reflect an adjustment in the value of our assets.    We also eliminate consolidated percentage rent paid to unconsolidated entities, which is effectively eliminated by noncontrolling interests and equity in income from unconsolidated subsidiaries, and include the cost of unconsolidated taxes, insurance and lease expense, to reflect the entire operating costs applicable to our hotels.

Limitations of Non-GAAP Measures

FelCor’s management and Board of Directors use Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin to evaluate the performance of our hotels and to facilitate comparisons between us and other hotel owners, in evaluating hotel-level performance and the operating efficiency of our hotel managers.

The use of these non-GAAP financial measures has certain limitations.  Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin, as presented by us, may not be comparable to these measures as calculated by other companies.  These measures do not reflect certain expenses that we incurred and will incur, such as depreciation and amortization, interest and capital expenditures.  FelCor’s management compensates for these limitations by separately considering the impact of these excluded items to the extent they are material to operating decisions or assessments of our operating performance.  Our reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures, and our consolidated statements of operations and cash flows, include interest expense, capital expenditures, and other excluded items, all of which should be considered when evaluating our performance, as well as the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures.

These non-GAAP financial measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP.  They should not be considered as alternatives to operating profit, cash flow from operations, or any other operating performance measure prescribed by GAAP.  Hotel EBITDA and Hotel EBITDA margin reflect additional ways of viewing our operations that we believe, when viewed with our GAAP results and the reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than could be obtained absent this disclosure.  We strongly encourage investors to review our financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.

Pro Rata Share of Rooms Owned

The following table sets forth, as of September 30, 2009, the pro rata share of hotel rooms owned by us after giving consideration to the portion of rooms owned by our partners in our consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures:

 
 
Hotels
 
Room Count at
September 30, 2009
Consolidated Hotels
85
     
25,006
 
Unconsolidated hotel operations
2
     
264
 
Total hotels
87
     
25,270
 
             
   50% joint ventures
15
     
(1,842
)
   60% joint venture
1
     
(214
)
   81% joint venture
1
     
(42
)
   90% joint ventures
3
     
(68
)
   97% joint venture
1
     
(10
)
Total rooms owned by joint venture partners
       
(2,176
)
Pro rata share of rooms owned
       
23,094
 


 
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Hotel Portfolio Composition

The following tables set forth, as of September 30, 2009, for 85 Consolidated Hotels distribution by brand, by our top markets and by type of location.

Brand
 
 
Hotels
 
 
Rooms
 
% of
Total Rooms
 
% of 2008
Hotel EBITDA(a)
Embassy Suites Hotels
47
 
12,132
 
49
 
55
 
Holiday Inn
17
 
6,306
 
25
 
19
 
Sheraton and Westin
9
 
3,217
 
13
 
12
 
Doubletree
7
 
1,471
 
6
 
7
 
Renaissance and Marriott
3
 
1,321
 
5
 
5
 
Hilton
2
 
559
 
2
 
2
 
                 
Top Markets
                 
South Florida
5
 
1,439
 
6
 
7
 
San Francisco area
6
 
2,138
 
8
 
6
 
Atlanta
5
 
1,462
 
6
 
6
 
Los Angeles area
4
 
899
 
4
 
6
 
Orlando
5
 
1,690
 
7
 
5
 
Dallas
4
 
1,333
 
5
 
4
 
Philadelphia
2
 
729
 
3
 
4
 
Northern New Jersey
3
 
756
 
3
 
4
 
Minneapolis
3
 
736
 
3
 
4
 
San Diego
1
 
600
 
2
 
4
 
Phoenix
3
 
798
 
3
 
3
 
San Antonio
3
 
874
 
4
 
3
 
Chicago
3
 
795
 
3
 
3
 
Boston
2
 
532
 
2
 
3
 
Washington, D.C.
1
 
443
 
2
 
2
 
                 
Location
                 
Suburban
35
 
8,781
 
35
 
34
 
Urban
20
 
6,358
 
25
 
26
 
Airport
18
 
5,788
 
24
 
24
 
Resort
12
 
4,079
 
16
 
16
 


 
(a)
Hotel EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure.  A detailed reconciliation and further discussion of Hotel EBITDA is contained in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


 
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Hotel Operating Statistics

The following tables set forth occupancy, ADR and RevPAR for the quarter and the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the percentage changes thereto between the periods presented, for our Consolidated Hotels.

Operating Statistics by Brand

 
Occupancy (%)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
       
Nine Months Ended September 30,
     
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
   
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
Embassy Suites Hotels
69.8
 
74.5
 
(6.4
)
   
68.8
 
75.2
 
(8.5
)
Holiday Inn
70.4
 
76.3
 
(7.8
)
   
67.4
 
74.8
 
(9.8
)
Sheraton and Westin
63.6
 
68.1
 
(6.7
)
   
61.0
 
68.1
 
(10.5
)
Doubletree
67.5
 
73.5
 
(8.2
)
   
66.2
 
76.3
 
(13.3
)
Renaissance and Marriott
66.9
 
62.2
 
7.5
     
61.7
 
67.0
 
(7.9
)
Hilton
77.1
 
71.5
 
7.8
     
65.1
 
64.8
 
0.5
 
                             
Total hotels
69.0
 
73.4
 
(6.0
)
   
66.9
 
73.6
 
(9.2
)
                             
                             
                             
 
ADR ($)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
       
Nine Months Ended September 30,
     
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
   
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
Embassy Suites Hotels
123.51
 
142.26
 
(13.2
)
   
129.79
 
145.69
 
(10.9
)
Holiday Inn
107.10
 
122.98
 
(12.9
)
   
106.93
 
121.64
 
(12.1
)
Sheraton and Westin
100.86
 
117.54
 
(14.2
)
   
109.39
 
125.19
 
(12.6
)
Doubletree
114.00
 
133.42
 
(14.5
)
   
125.87
 
144.39
 
(12.8
)
Renaissance and Marriott
130.99
 
131.20
 
(0.2
)
   
164.91
 
178.25
 
(7.5
)
Hilton
128.93
 
141.20
 
(8.7
)
   
118.12
 
131.33
 
(10.1
)
                             
Total hotels
116.51
 
133.21
 
(12.5
)
   
122.65
 
138.14
 
(11.2
)
                             
                             
                             
 
RevPAR ($)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
       
Nine Months Ended September 30,
     
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
   
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
Embassy Suites Hotels
86.16
 
105.98
 
(18.7
)
   
89.28
 
109.58
 
(18.5
)
Holiday Inn
75.36
 
93.86
 
(19.7
)
   
72.11
 
90.94
 
(20.7
)
Sheraton and Westin
64.11
 
80.08
 
(19.9
)
   
66.70
 
85.28
 
(21.8
)
Doubletree
76.95
 
98.12
 
(21.6
)
   
83.32
 
110.21
 
(24.4
)
Renaissance and Marriott
87.58
 
81.60
 
7.3
     
101.79
 
119.44
 
(14.8
)
Hilton
99.34
 
100.95
 
(1.6
)
   
76.89
 
85.04
 
(9.6
)
                             
Total hotels
80.39
 
97.80
 
(17.8
)
   
82.00
 
101.69
 
(19.4
)



 
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Operating Statistics for Our Top Markets

 
Occupancy (%)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
     
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
 
2009
 
2008
 
% Variance
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
South Florida
67.2
 
70.9
 
(5.3
)
 
73.3
 
78.7
 
(6.9
)
San Francisco area
81.6
 
83.5
 
(2.3
)
 
69.5
 
78.1
 
(11.0
)
Atlanta
72.9
 
74.0
 
(1.6
)
 
70.8
 
75.4
 
(6.1
)
Los Angeles area
75.7
 
81.3
 
(6.8
)
 
72.9
 
77.7
 
(6.2
)
Orlando
65.4
 
72.6
 
(10.0
)
 
68.1
 
78.4
 
(13.2
)
Dallas
58.2
 
67.5
 
(13.7
)
 
59.5
 
68.6
 
(13.4
)
Philadelphia
72.5
 
79.6
 
(8.9
)
 
65.6
 
74.7
 
(12.2
)
Northern New Jersey
64.7
 
75.6
 
(14.4
)
 
62.4
 
72.5
 
(14.0
)
Minneapolis
77.8
 
78.6
 
(0.9
)
 
68.2
 
73.9
 
(7.7
)
San Diego
76.9
 
80.4
 
(4.3
)
 
71.7
 
81.3
 
(11.8
)
Phoenix
45.8
 
55.3
 
(17.1
)
 
54.1
 
66.0
 
(18.0
)
San Antonio
74.7
 
85.9
 
(13.0
)
 
72.8
 
82.1
 
(11.3
)
Chicago
72.7
 
76.4
 
(4.8
)
 
65.0
 
74.4
 
(12.6
)
Boston
84.4
 
85.0
 
(0.8
)
 
78.4
 
79.8
 
(1.8
)
Washington, D.C.
67.5
 
62.1
 
8.6
   
59.1
 
58.9
 
0.4
 
 
ADR ($)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
     
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
 
2009
 
2008
 
% Variance
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
South Florida
100.94
 
112.91
 
(10.6
)
 
132.67
 
152.82
 
(13.2
)
San Francisco area
132.57
 
153.86
 
(13.8
)
 
127.32
 
144.74
 
(12.0
)
Atlanta
102.90
 
119.91
 
(14.2
)
 
106.24
 
122.57
 
(13.3
)
Los Angeles area
141.69
 
167.55
 
(15.4
)
 
138.03
 
161.27
 
(14.4
)
Orlando
81.21
 
91.33
 
(11.1
)
 
97.31
 
107.41
 
(9.4
)
Dallas
108.58
 
119.72
 
(9.3
)
 
116.83
 
124.75
 
(6.4
)
Philadelphia
127.29
 
148.20
 
(14.1
)
 
133.86
 
148.84
 
(10.1
)
Northern New Jersey
132.09
 
163.52
 
(19.2
)
 
142.35
 
163.89
 
(13.1
)
Minneapolis
128.35
 
154.63
 
(17.0
)
 
129.03
 
147.34
 
(12.4
)
San Diego
123.11
 
160.07
 
(23.1
)
 
127.37
 
160.83
 
(20.8
)
Phoenix
95.82
 
114.52
 
(16.3
)
 
126.23
 
148.71
 
(15.1
)
San Antonio
102.64
 
112.59
 
(8.8
)
 
104.75
 
114.04
 
(8.1
)
Chicago
107.30
 
129.37
 
(17.1
)
 
108.66
 
127.88
 
(15.0
)
Boston
138.86
 
161.05
 
(13.8
)
 
134.62
 
156.12
 
(13.8
)
Washington, D.C.
114.73
 
141.53
 
(18.9
)
 
132.89
 
155.11
 
(14.3
)
 
RevPAR ($)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
     
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
 
2009
 
2008
 
% Variance
 
2009
 
2008
 
%Variance
South Florida
67.82
 
80.07
 
(15.3
)
 
97.21
 
120.33
 
(19.2
)
San Francisco area
108.24
 
128.52
 
(15.8
)
 
88.52
 
113.02
 
(21.7
)
Atlanta
74.98
 
88.77
 
(15.5
)
 
75.18
 
92.41
 
(18.6
)
Los Angeles area
107.26
 
136.15
 
(21.2
)
 
100.57
 
125.24
 
(19.7
)
Orlando
53.12
 
66.34
 
(19.9
)
 
66.25
 
84.25
 
(21.4
)
Dallas
63.25
 
80.79
 
(21.7
)
 
69.48
 
85.64
 
(18.9
)
Philadelphia
92.26
 
117.90
 
(21.7
)
 
87.76
 
111.19
 
(21.1
)
Northern New Jersey
85.48
 
123.62
 
(30.9
)
 
88.77
 
118.88
 
(25.3
)
Minneapolis
99.92
 
121.49
 
(17.8
)
 
87.96
 
108.87
 
(19.2
)
San Diego
94.72
 
128.66
 
(26.4
)
 
91.36
 
130.75
 
(30.1
)
Phoenix
43.93
 
63.31
 
(30.6
)
 
68.31
 
98.09
 
(30.4
)
San Antonio
76.70
 
96.71
 
(20.7
)
 
76.22
 
93.58
 
(18.6
)
Chicago
78.01
 
98.81
 
(21.1
)
 
70.61
 
95.10
 
(25.7
)
Boston
117.14
 
136.92
 
(14.4
)
 
105.51
 
124.59
 
(15.3
)
Washington, D.C.
77.41
 
87.95
 
(12.0
)
 
78.60
 
91.34
 
(13.9
)


 
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Hotel Portfolio

The following table provides the name, location, number of rooms, our ownership interest and brand names of each of our hotels.

   
Brand
   
State
   
Rooms
 
% Owned(a)
 
Consolidated Hotels
         
Birmingham(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
AL
  242
 
Phoenix – Biltmore(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
AZ
  232
 
Phoenix – Crescent(b)
Sheraton
AZ
  342
 
Phoenix – Tempe(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
AZ
  224
 
Anaheim – North(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  222
 
Dana Point – Doheny Beach
Doubletree Guest Suites
CA
  196
 
Indian Wells – Esmeralda Resort & Spa(b)
Renaissance Resort
CA
560
 
Los Angeles – International Airport –South
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  349
97%
Milpitas – Silicon Valley(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  266
 
Napa Valley(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  205
 
Oxnard – Mandalay Beach – Hotel & Resort(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  248
 
San Diego – On the Bay(d)
Holiday Inn
CA
  600
 
San Francisco – Airport/Burlingame(d)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  340
 
San Francisco – Airport/South San Francisco (b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  312
 
San Francisco – Fisherman’s Wharf(d)
Holiday Inn
CA
  585
 
San Francisco Union Square(d)
Marriott(c)
CA
  400
 
San Rafael – Marin County(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
CA
  235
50%
Santa Barbara – Goleta(b)
Holiday Inn
CA
  160
 
Santa Monica Beach – at the Pier(b)
Holiday Inn
CA
132
 
Wilmington(b)
Doubletree
DE
  244
90%
Boca Raton(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  263
 
Cocoa Beach – Oceanfront(e)
Holiday Inn
FL
  500
 
Deerfield Beach – Resort & Spa(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  244
 
Ft. Lauderdale – 17th Street(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  361
 
Ft. Lauderdale – Cypress Creek(b)
Sheraton Suites
FL
  253
 
Jacksonville – Baymeadows(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  277
 
Miami – International Airport(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  318
 
Orlando – International Airport(b)
Holiday Inn
FL
  288
 
Orlando – International Drive Resort(e)
Holiday Inn
FL
  652
 
Orlando – International Drive South/Convention(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  244
 
Orlando– North(d)
Embassy Suites Hotel
FL
  277
 
Orlando – Walt Disney World Resort(d)
Doubletree Guest Suites
FL
  229
 
St. Petersburg – Vinoy Resort & Golf Club(b)
Renaissance Resort
FL
361
 
Tampa – Tampa Bay(b)
Doubletree Guest Suites
FL
  203
 
Atlanta – Airport(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
GA
  232
 
Atlanta – Buckhead(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
GA
  316
 
Atlanta – Galleria(b)
Sheraton Suites
GA
  278
 
Atlanta – Gateway – Atlanta Airport(d)
Sheraton
GA
  395
 
Atlanta – Perimeter Center(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
GA
  241
50%
Chicago – Lombard/Oak Brook(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
IL
262
50%
Chicago – North Shore/Deerfield (Northbrook) (b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
IL
237
 
Chicago – Gateway – O’Hare(b)
Sheraton Suites
IL
296
 
Indianapolis – North(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
IN
221
81%
Kansas City – Overland Park(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
KS
199
50%
Lexington – Lexington Green(b)
Hilton Suites
KY
174
 
Baton Rouge(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
LA
223
 


 
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Hotel Portfolio (continued)


   
Brand
   
State
   
Rooms
 
% Owned(a)
 
New Orleans – Convention Center(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
LA
370
 
New Orleans – French Quarter(d)
Holiday Inn
LA
374
 
Boston – at Beacon Hill(d)
Holiday Inn
MA
303
 
Boston – Marlborough(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
MA
229
 
Baltimore – at BWI Airport(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
MD
251
90%
Bloomington(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
MN
218
 
Minneapolis – Airport(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
MN
310
 
St. Paul – Downtown(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
MN
208
 
Kansas City – Plaza
Embassy Suites Hotel
MO
266
50%
Charlotte(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
NC
274
50%
Charlotte – SouthPark(b)
Doubletree Guest Suites
NC
208
 
Raleigh/Durham(b)
Doubletree Guest Suites
NC
203
 
Raleigh – Crabtree(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
NC
225
50%
Parsippany(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
NJ
274
50%
Piscataway – Somerset(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
NJ
221
 
Secaucus – Meadowlands(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
NJ
261
50%
Philadelphia – Historic District(b)
Holiday Inn
PA
364
 
Philadelphia – Society Hill(b)
Sheraton
PA
365
 
Pittsburgh – at University Center (Oakland)(b)
Holiday Inn
PA
251
 
Charleston – Mills House(b)
Holiday Inn
SC
214
 
Myrtle Beach – Oceanfront Resort(d)
Embassy Suites Hotel
SC
255
 
Myrtle Beach Resort(b)
Hilton
SC
385
 
Nashville – Airport – Opryland Area(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TN
296
 
Nashville – Opryland – Airport (Briley Parkway)(d)
Holiday Inn
TN
383
 
Austin(b)
Doubletree Guest Suites
TX
188
90%
Austin – Central(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
260
50%
Corpus Christi(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
150
 
Dallas – DFW International Airport South(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
305
 
Dallas – Love Field(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
248
 
Dallas – Market Center(d)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
244
 
Dallas – Park Central
Westin
TX
536
60%
Houston – Medical Center(b)
Holiday Inn
TX
287
 
San Antonio – International Airport(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
261
50%
San Antonio – International Airport(b)
Holiday Inn
TX
397
 
San Antonio – NW I-10(b)
Embassy Suites Hotel
TX
216
50%
Burlington Hotel & Conference Center(b)
Sheraton
VT
309
 
Vienna – Premiere at Tysons Corner(b)
Sheraton
VA
443
50%
         
Canada
       
Toronto – Airport(d)
Holiday Inn
Ontario
446
 
Toronto – Yorkdale(d)
Holiday Inn
Ontario
370
 
         
Unconsolidated Operations
   
Salina – I-70(b)
Holiday Inn Express
KS
93
50%
New Orleans – French Quarter – Chateau LeMoyne(b)
Holiday Inn
LA
171
50%

 
(a)
We own 100% of the real estate interests unless otherwise noted.
 
(b)
This hotel was encumbered by mortgage debt or a capital lease obligation at September 30, 2009.
 
(c)
On April 1, 2009, this hotel was rebranded as a Marriott.
 
(d)
In the fourth quarter of 2009, this hotel was encumbered by a mortgage or other restriction to secure our 10% senior notes due 2014.
 
(e)
In the fourth quarter of 2009, we entered into an agreement to sell this hotel.


 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Operating Activities

During 2009, hotel operations have provided most of the cash needed to meet our cash requirements including paying normal-course, capital expenditures.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, cash provided by operating activities (primarily hotel operations), was $76.4 million, which reflects a $65.7 million decrease, compared to the same period in 2008, due primarily to declining hotel revenues. At September 30, 2009, we had $128.1 million of cash on hand, including approximately $44.6 million held under management agreements to meet working capital needs.

The global recession has resulted in considerable negative pressure on travel spending.  As a result, lodging demand continued to be weak in the third quarter and contributed to further reductions of our Consolidated Hotel RevPAR.  As a result, we expect RevPAR in 2009 to decline by 18% to 18.5% compared to 2008, and we expect to generate approximately $76 to $78 million of cash from operating activities for 2009.

We are subject to increases in hotel operating expenses, including wage and benefit costs, repair and maintenance expenses, utilities and insurance expenses that can fluctuate disproportionately to revenues.  Some of these operating expenses are difficult to predict and control, which lends volatility in our operating results.  As a result of the current year decline in RevPAR and weak travel demand, we have implemented extensive cost containment initiatives at our hotels, including reducing headcount and improving productivity and energy efficiency.  If RevPAR continues to decrease and/or Hotel EBITDA margins shrink, our operations, earnings and/or cash flow could be materially adversely affected.

Investing Activities

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, cash used in investing activities decreased $25.1 million, compared to the same period in 2008, due primarily to reduced spending on hotel capital expenditures.

We made extensive capital investments in our hotels from 2006 to 2008, and now nearly all of our hotels are renovated.  We expect to spend a normal amount of capital going forward to maintain the quality of our hotels.  As a result, we have significantly curtailed capital spending in 2009.  For 2009, we plan to complete approximately $84 million of capital improvements at our hotels.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we spent approximately $62.5 million on capital improvements at our hotels (of which $33.8 million was spent on renovation and redevelopment projects).

Our liquidity-preservation efforts also extend to acquisitions and redevelopment projects. We have not acquired any hotels during 2008 or 2009 and do not expect to acquire any hotels during the remainder of this year.  We have also postponed spending on redevelopment projects, other than to advance ongoing approval and entitlement processes.

In order to enhance long-term unitholder value, as part of our strategic plan (as in the past and as market conditions allow), we sell lower-growth hotels that no longer meet our investment criteria, thereby freeing our capital for redeployment (e.g., reduce overall leverage, acquire other hotels or invest in remaining FelCor properties).  We currently have five Consolidated Hotels identified for sale, with respect to which in October 2009, we executed agreements to sell two.  We expect to identify additional hotels for sale as the hotel transaction market improves.  We will evaluate demand and supply trends for each hotel, portfolio concentration risk and future capital needs.


 
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Financing Activities

For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, cash provided by financing activities increased by $115.1 million compared to the same period in 2008, due primarily to our new $201 million secured term loan.  In October 2009, we issued $636 million in aggregate principal of our 10% senior secured notes due 2014.  These notes are secured by a pledge of FelCor’s limited partner interests in us, first mortgages and related security interests on up to 14 hotels and pledges of equity interests in certain wholly owned subsidiaries.  We received approximately $558 million of net proceeds from sale of these notes after original issue discount and other fees and expenses related to the offering.  The proceeds were used to repurchase approximately $427 million of our existing senior notes ($214 million of our floating-rate senior notes and $213 million of our 8½% senior notes) and for general corporate purposes.  During 2009, we will pay $15 million in normally occurring principal payments, which have been and will be funded from operating cash flow and cash on hand.

We suspended payment of our common distribution in December 2008 and our preferred distribution in March 2009 (we paid approximately $10 million of preferred distributions in January 2009).  We do not expect to make any further common or preferred distribution payments during 2009.  Distributions are not paid unless declared by FelCor’s Board of Directors; however, any unpaid preferred distributions continue to accrue, and accrued and current preferred distributions must be paid in full prior to reinstatement of our common distribution.  FelCor’s Board of Directors will determine whether to declare future distributions based upon various factors, including operating results, economic conditions, other operating trends, its financial condition including the outcome of refinancing our 2010 and 2011 debt maturities and capital requirements, as well as FelCor’s minimum REIT distribution requirements.

We expect 2009 cash flow to be between $187 million and $189 million, after accounting for preferred distributions paid in January 2009, 2009 capital expenditures, repayment and termination of our line of credit, our $201 million secured term loan, the sale of our new senior notes, the repurchase of old notes, and after paying normally occurring principal payments.

Capital markets, and our access to financing on reasonably acceptable terms, have historically been affected by external events and circumstances, such as recessions, major bank failures, rising unemployment, shrinking GDP, acts of terrorism, etc.  Events, or circumstances of similar magnitude or impact, could adversely affect the availability and cost of our capital going forward.  In addition, if the current recession continues, our operating cash flow and the availability and cost of capital for our business will continue to be adversely affected.

Line of Credit.  In June 2009, we repaid the $128 million balance under our line of credit, which was then terminated.  By terminating our line of credit, we eliminated certain restrictive corporate debt covenants.

Mortgage Debt.  At September 30, 2009, we had consolidated mortgage debt totaling $1.1 billion, secured by 53 of our hotels that had an aggregate net book value of $1.6 billion.  In connection with the issuance of our new 10% senior notes in October 2009, we agreed to grant mortgages and related security interests encumbering 14 additional, previously unencumbered hotels.  Except in the case of our new senior notes, our mortgage debt is recourse solely to the specific hotels securing the debt, except in the case of fraud, misapplication of funds and other customary recourse carve-out provisions.  Much of our hotel mortgage debt allows us to substitute collateral under certain conditions.  Most of our mortgage debt is prepayable, subject to various prepayment, yield maintenance or defeasance obligations.

Loans secured by certain of our hotels provide for lock-box arrangements under certain circumstances.  We generally are permitted to retain an amount required to cover our budgeted hotel operating expenses, taxes, insurance and capital expenditure reserves but the remaining revenues would flow through a lock-box if a specified debt service coverage ratio is not met.  These hotels currently exceed the applicable minimum debt service coverage ratios; however, the lock-box provisions remain in place until the loans are repaid.


 
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2009 Secured Financings.

 
·
In October 2009, we completed a private placement of $636 million of senior secured notes.  The new senior secured notes bear a fixed interest rate of 10%, mature in October 2014, and are secured by a pledge of FelCor’s limited partner interests in us, first mortgages and related security interests on up to 14 hotels and pledges of equity interests in certain wholly owned subsidiaries.

 
·
In June 2009, we obtained a $201 million non-recourse term loan secured by nine hotels.  This loan bears interest at LIBOR (subject to a 2% floor) plus 350 basis points, and initially matures in 2011, but can extended for as many as two years, subject to satisfying certain conditions that we expect to satisfy.  The proceeds from this loan will be used for general corporate purposes.

 
·
In March 2009, we entered into a $120 million loan agreement with The Prudential Insurance Company of America secured by seven hotels.  The proceeds of the loan were used to repay the balance of an existing loan secured by the same properties that would have matured on April 1, 2009.  The new loan matures in 2014 and bears interest at 9.02%. 

Maturing Debt.  We have two non-recourse mortgage loans with an aggregate principal amount of $14 million (each secured by one hotel) that we allowed to go into default when they matured in June 2009.  We have received term sheets from the special servicer to extend the maturity of these loans for two years, which we are currently evaluating.

We have also begun preliminary discussions with various lenders to modify and/or refinance all of our mortgage debt that is scheduled to mature in 2010.  Two pools of non-recourse mortgage loans, with a combined current balance of $273 million and secured by 14 of our hotels (eight of which are not cross-collateralized), are scheduled to mature in May 2010. With regard to these two pools, we believe that extending the maturity dates is in the best interests of the lenders and FelCor LP.  As a consequence, we intend to seek such extensions.  In addition, we intend to discuss other loan modification options, as well as explore other refinancing opportunities and potential asset sales as a means of satisfying our obligations as they mature.  There is no assurance that we will be successful in such negotiations or be able to obtain extensions or other modifications on acceptable terms.

Senior Notes.   In October 2009, we issued $636 million in aggregate principal amount of our 10% senior secured notes due 2014.  Our 10% senior notes require that we satisfy total leverage, secured leverage and interest coverage tests in order to: (i) incur additional indebtedness except to refinance maturing debt with replacement debt, as defined under our indentures; (ii) pay distributions in excess of the minimum distributions required to meet FelCor’s REIT qualification test; (iii) repurchase FelCor’s capital stock; or (iv) merge.  We are in compliance with those tests.  If we were unable to continue to satisfy the debt incurrence test under the indentures governing our 10% senior notes, we may be prohibited from, among other things, incurring any additional indebtedness, except under certain specific exceptions, or paying distributions on our preferred or common units, except to the extent necessary to satisfy FelCor’s REIT qualification requirement that it distribute currently at least 90% of its taxable income.  Our 10% senior notes are guaranteed by us, and payment of those obligations is currently secured by a pledge of FelCor’s limited partnership interest in us, a combination of first lien mortgages and related security interests on up to 14 hotels, and pledges of equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries.  In connection with the sale of our new senior notes, we amended the indentures governing both our floating-rate senior notes and 8½% senior notes to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants, guarantees, collateral and certain events of default provisions. 

Interest Rate Caps.  To fulfill requirements under certain loans, we entered into interest rate cap agreements with aggregate notional amounts of $427.2 million at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.  These interest rate caps were not designated as hedges and had insignificant fair values at both September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, resulting in no significant net earnings impact.

 
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Inflation

Operators of hotels, in general, possess the ability to adjust room rates daily to reflect the effects of inflation.  Competition may, however, require us to reduce room rates in the near term and may limit our ability to raise room rates in the future.  We are also subject to the risk that inflation will cause increases in hotel operating expenses disproportionately to revenues.  If competition requires us to reduce room rates or limits our ability to raise room rates in the future, we may not be able to adjust our room rates to reflect the effects of inflation in full, in which case our operating results and liquidity could be adversely affected.

Seasonality

The lodging business is seasonal in nature.  Generally, hotel revenues are greater in the second and third calendar quarters than in the first and fourth calendar quarters, although this may not be true for hotels in major tourist destinations. Revenues for hotels in tourist areas generally are substantially greater during tourist season than other times of the year. Seasonal variations in revenue at our hotels can be expected to cause quarterly fluctuations in our revenues. Quarterly earnings also may be adversely affected by events beyond our control, such as extreme weather conditions, economic factors and other considerations affecting travel.  To the extent that cash flow from operations is insufficient during any quarter, due to temporary or seasonal fluctuations in revenues, we may utilize cash on hand or borrowings to satisfy our obligations.

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report and the documents incorporated by reference in this report include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks”, or other variations of these terms (including their use in the negative), or by discussions of strategies, plans or intentions.  A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements.  Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K or in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC.

These forward-looking statements are necessarily dependent upon assumptions and estimates that may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, while we believe that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that deviations from these plans, intentions or expectations will not be material.  The forward-looking statements included in this report, and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the risk factors and cautionary statements discussed in our filings to the SEC.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect future circumstances or changes in our expectations.

 
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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

At September 30, 2009, approximately 48% of our consolidated debt had fixed interest rates.

The following table provides information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates.  For debt obligations, the table presents scheduled maturities and weighted average interest rates, by maturity dates.  The fair value debt indicates the estimated principal amount of debt having the same debt service requirements that could have been borrowed at the date presented, at then current market interest rates.

Expected Maturity Date
at September 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)

 
Expected Maturity Date
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
Thereafter
 
Total
 
Fair Value
Liabilities
 
Fixed-rate:
                                             
   Debt
$
17,985
 
$
277,987
 
$
306,695
 
$
4,533
 
$
4,907
 
$
178,576
 
$
790,683
   
783,500
   Average interest rate
 
6.65%
   
8.71%
   
8.99%
   
7.67%
   
7.69%
   
8.00%
   
8.60%
     
Floating-rate:
                                             
   Debt
 
750
   
2,092
   
663,300
   
177,225
   
-   
   
-   
   
843,367
   
764,530
   Average interest rate(a)
 
5.50%
   
5.30%
   
3.94%
   
4.83%
   
-   
   
-   
   
4.13%
     
Total debt
$
18,735
 
$
280,079
 
$
969,995
 
$
181,758
 
$
4,907
 
$
178,576
 
$
1,634,050
     
   Average interest rate
 
6.61%
   
8.68%
   
5.54%
   
4.90%
   
7.69%
   
8.00%
   
6.29%
     
Net discount
                                     
(1,140
)
   
     Total debt
                                   
$
1,632,910
     

 
(a)
The average floating interest rate represents the implied forward rates in the yield curve at September 30, 2009.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

(a)           Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
 
We have no employees.  FelCor, as our sole general partner, performs our management functions.  Under the supervision and with the participation of FelCor’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”).  Based on this evaluation, FelCor’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded, as of the Evaluation Date, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, such that the information relating to us required to be disclosed in our reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to FelCor’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

(b)           Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


 
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PART II. -- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6.                      Exhibits

           The following exhibits are furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
 
4.1
 
Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2009, by and among the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, certain of their subsidiaries, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank, as trustee, relating to the 8½% Notes (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to FelCor’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 1, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.2
 
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2009, by and among the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, certain of their subsidiaries, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the Floating Rate Notes (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to FelCor’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 1, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
31.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


 
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SIGNATURE

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



 
FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
a Delaware limited partnership
     
 
By:
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
   
Its general partner
     
     
Date:  November 4, 2009
By:
/s/ Lester C. Johnson
   
Name:         Lester C. Johnson
Title:           Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer


 
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