UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 11, 2017
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland (Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.) Delaware (Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.) |
001-14625 0-25087 |
53-0085950 52-2095412 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1500
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(240) 744-1000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
2017 Compensation for Named Executive Officers
On January 11, 2017, the Compensation Policy Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”), which is the general partner of Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., adopted compensatory arrangements in which senior management of the Company, including the named executive officers, will participate. The arrangements will be effective for the Company’s 2017 fiscal year. The key elements of these compensatory arrangements are base salary, annual incentive awards and long-term equity-based awards, as further described below.
The following table sets forth the base salary amount, target annual incentive award, target long-term incentive award and total target compensation approved by the Committee for each named executive officer for 2017.
| Name |
2017 Base Salary |
2017 Target Annual Incentive Award |
2017 Target Long-Term Incentive Award |
2017 Total Target Compensation |
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| James F. Risoleo (1) |
$ | 850,000 | $ | 1,062,500 | $ | 3,387,500 | $ | 5,300,000 | ||||||||
| Gregory J. Larson |
$ | 590,000 | $ | 590,000 | $ | 1,900,000 | $ | 3,080,000 | ||||||||
| Minaz B. Abji (2) |
$ | 455,334 | $ | 182,134 | N/A | $ | 637,468 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth A. Abdoo |
$ | 550,000 | $ | 550,000 | $ | 1,225,000 | $ | 2,325,000 | ||||||||
| (1) | Mr. Risoleo’s total target annual compensation was approved by the Board of Directors in December 2016 in connection with his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. |
| (2) | As discussed below, Mr. Abji has announced his retirement from the Company. Amounts shown reflect his prorated salary for the period of time that he will continue to work for the Company in 2017, and a prorated target annual incentive opportunity for the 4-month period he continues to serve as Executive Vice President, Asset Management. |
Base Salaries
On January 11, 2017, the Committee approved increases in the base salaries for 2017 for certain members of its senior management, including each of the Company’s named executive officers other than Mr. Risoleo. Mr. Risoleo’s 2017 base salary was approved by the Board of Directors in December 2016 in connection with his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Annual Incentive Awards
As in previous years, the named executive officers of the Company will be eligible for an annual incentive award, which is an opportunity to receive cash bonuses based on the satisfaction of Company financial goals and personal performance goals. For the named executive officers, 80% of the eligible cash bonus under the annual incentive award program is based on the financial performance of the Company (adjusted funds from operations per share and return on invested capital performance goals) and 20% is based on satisfaction of individual performance goals.
Long-Term Incentives
The long-term incentive awards are equity-based awards in the form of restricted stock units. Each award will be made as to 33% of the restricted stock units in the form of an annual time-based award that would vest ratably over three years, and as to 67% of the restricted stock units in the form of performance-based awards based 34% on strategic objectives and 33% based on relative TSR performance.
Retirement of Minaz Abji
On January 13, 2017, the Company announced that Minaz Abji will retire from his position as Executive Vice President, Asset Management, effective April 30, 2017. Mr. Abji will continue to work with the Company through October 31, 2017. In recognition of his service to the Company, the Committee determined that Mr. Abji will be entitled to receive an annual cash bonus for performance year 2017, prorated thru April 30, 2017, under the Company’s annual incentive bonus plan. The annual incentive bonus would be payable when and if bonuses for 2017 are earned based on the satisfaction of Company financial goals and personal performance goals.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
The Committee revised the Company’s equity ownership and retention policy, which ensures that senior executives have a meaningful economic stake in the Company, while allowing for appropriate portfolio diversification. As applied to executive management, the equity ownership guidelines provide that they should own and retain stock equal to the following respective multiple of their annual salary rate:
CEO—six times annual salary rate;
Executive Vice Presidents—three times annual salary rate;
Managing Directors—three times annual salary rate; and
Senior Vice Presidents (Department Heads)—two times annual salary rate.
Each member of senior management is expected to retain direct ownership of shares equal in number to 75% of earned shares, net of shares used to pay tax withholding requirements attributable to such award, until the equity ownership guidelines are met. Only certain types of equity are used in determining whether the guidelines are met, including stock owned directly by an employee or as a result of vesting in restricted stock. Unvested time-based restricted stock units (but not performance-based restricted stock units) are counted toward satisfying the equity ownership guidelines.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
A copy of the Company’s January 13, 2017 press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Abji is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
On January 18, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the promotion of Nathan S. Tyrrell to Executive Vice President, Investments and the promotion of Bret D.S. McLeod to Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations, and announcing the formation of an enterprise analytics department led by Sourav Ghosh, Senior Vice President. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated January 13, 2017 | |
| 99.2 | Press Release, dated January 18, 2017 | |
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words indicating future events, performance, results and actions, such as “will” and “expect,” and variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K include statements regarding management succession and employment matters. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions, events, results or performance, which may vary materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Differences may result from, among other things, actions taken by the Company or its management, including those beyond the Company’s control. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, timing and integration of management changes; changes in strategic and financial objectives; changes in national and local economic and business conditions and other factors such as natural disasters, pandemics and weather that will affect occupancy rates at our hotels and the demand for hotel products and services; the impact of geopolitical developments outside the U.S. on lodging demand; volatility in global financial and credit markets; operating risks associated with the hotel business; risks and limitations in our
operating flexibility associated with the level of our indebtedness and our ability to meet covenants in our debt agreements; risks associated with our relationships with property managers and joint venture partners; our ability to maintain our properties in a first-class manner, including meeting capital expenditure requirements; the effects of hotel renovations on our hotel occupancy and financial results; our ability to compete effectively in areas such as access, location, quality of accommodations and room rate structures; risks associated with our ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions and develop new properties and the risks that acquisitions and new developments may not perform in accordance with our expectations; our ability to continue to satisfy complex rules in order for us to remain a REIT for federal income tax purposes; risks associated with our ability to effectuate our dividend policy, including factors such as operating results and the economic outlook influencing our board’s decision whether to pay further dividends at levels previously disclosed or to use available cash to make special dividends. For more information on factors that may affect future performance, events, results or actions, please review “Risk Factors” described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC, as well as other public filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information provided herein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 18, 2017 | By: | /s/ BRIAN G. MACNAMARA | ||||
| Name: | Brian G. Macnamara | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller | |||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, L.P. | ||||||
| By: | HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., its general partner | |||||
| Date: January 18, 2017 | By: | /s/ BRIAN G. MACNAMARA | ||||
| Name: | Brian G. Macnamara | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated January 13, 2017 | |
| 99.2 | Press Release, dated January 18, 2017 | |
Exhibit 99.1
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Gregory J. Larson Executive Vice President 240.744.5120
Gee Lingberg Vice President 240.744.5275 |
| NEWS RELEASE |
MINAZ ABJI, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ASSET MANAGEMENT, OF HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. TO RETIRE AT END OF APRIL 2017
BETHESDA, MD., January 13, 2017 – Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) (“Host Hotels” or the “Company”), the nation’s largest lodging real estate investment trust (“REIT”), today announced that Minaz Abji will retire as Executive Vice President, Asset Management, effective April 30, 2017. Mr. Abji will continue as a senior advisor to the Company through October 30, 2017.
Mr. Abji has served as Executive Vice President, Asset Management since he joined Host Hotels in 2003, overseeing the Company’s global asset management, feasibility and portfolio analysis, business intelligence and revenue management departments. “Minaz is a dynamic, inspiring and influential industry leader who will be greatly missed,” said Jim Risoleo, president and chief executive officer at Host Hotels. “He has not only built a world class asset management platform but he has been a tremendous catalyst for growth, change and innovation within the industry. We thank Minaz for his great service and wish him all the best in his retirement.”
“I’ve been privileged to lead the best asset management team at Host and work alongside the best brand companies in the business,” said Mr. Abji. “It’s been an incredible journey for me, starting at the bottom and working my way up to a hotel general manager, and now ending my career with Host. It’s time for me to start my next chapter, spend time with my family and continue to give back to the industry and community that has surrounded me for so many years.”
Mr. Abji has been a long-time supporter of American Hotel and Lodging Association and has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation since 2007. He recently received the 2016 Above and Beyond Humanitarian Award from The Lodging Conference.
| Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. News Release | January 13, 2017 |
About Host Hotels & Resorts
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The Company currently owns 89 properties in the United States and 7 properties internationally totaling approximately 54,000 rooms. The Company also holds non-controlling interests in six joint ventures, including one in Europe that owns 10 hotels with approximately 3,900 rooms and one in Asia that has interests in five hotels in India. Guided by a disciplined approach to capital allocation and aggressive asset management, the Company partners with premium brands such as Marriott®, Ritz-Carlton®, Westin®, Sheraton®, W®, St. Regis®, Le Meridien®, The Luxury Collection®, Hyatt®, Fairmont®, Hilton®, Swissôtel®, ibis®, Pullman®, and Novotel® as well as independent brands in the operation of properties in over 50 major markets worldwide. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.hosthotels.com.
Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “should,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will,” “continue” and other similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions and forecasts of future results. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks include, but are not limited to: changes in national and local economic and business conditions and other factors such as natural disasters, pandemics and weather that will affect occupancy rates at our hotels and the demand for hotel products and services; the impact of geopolitical developments outside the U.S. on lodging demand; volatility in global financial and credit markets; operating risks associated with the hotel business; risks and limitations in our operating flexibility associated with the level of our indebtedness and our ability to meet covenants in our debt agreements; risks associated with our relationships with property managers and joint venture partners; our ability to maintain our properties in a first-class manner, including meeting capital expenditure requirements; the effects of hotel renovations on our hotel occupancy and financial results; our ability to compete effectively in areas such as access, location, quality of accommodations and room rate structures; risks associated with our ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions and develop new properties and the risks that acquisitions and new developments may not perform in accordance with our expectations; our ability to continue to satisfy complex rules in order for us to remain a REIT for federal income tax purposes; risks associated with our ability to effectuate our dividend policy, including factors such as operating results and the economic outlook influencing our board’s decision whether to pay further dividends at levels previously disclosed; and other risks and uncertainties associated with our business described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. All information in this release is as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.
*This press release contains registered trademarks that are the exclusive property of their respective owners. None of the owners of these trademarks has any responsibility or liability for any information contained in this press release.
Exhibit 99.2
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS AND A NEW ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT
BETHESDA, MD., January 18, 2017 – Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) today announced the promotion of Nathan S. Tyrrell to executive vice president, investments and Bret D.S. McLeod to senior vice president, corporate strategy and investor relations. In addition, Sourav Ghosh, senior vice president, has been appointed the head of the newly formed enterprise analytics group.
Mr. Tyrrell, who joined the company in 2005, has served as managing director, investments for the East and South since 2015. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and treasurer. In his new role, Mr. Tyrrell will assume responsibility for all investment activity of the Company and continue to report to the chief executive officer.
Mr. McLeod served most recently as vice president and assistant treasurer, spearheading strategic planning efforts and leading various special projects and capital market transactions. He joined the company in 2004 and has held positions in strategy, finance, investments and investor relations. In his new role, Mr. McLeod will lead the corporate strategy and investor relations teams and continue to report to the chief financial officer.
Mr. Ghosh has worked as senior vice president, global business intelligence since 2015 and joined the company in 2009. In his new role, he will report directly to the chief financial officer and be responsible for all analytic functions, including feasibility and portfolio analysis, business intelligence, revenue management, corporate financial planning and capital expenditure analysis, as well as innovations and initiatives for the company’s various departments and investment platforms. Mr. Ghosh’s new department will continue to enhance Host’s industry leading asset management and real estate value maximization.
| Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. News Release |
January 18, 2017 |
“We are pleased to announce the promotions of these three talented executives,” said James F. Risoleo, president and chief executive officer. “Nate brings significant experience and leadership to our investments team and this is a natural expansion of his current role. I look forward to working closely with him going forward.”
“We are very excited that Bret will lead corporate strategy and investor relations, as his energy and breadth of experience at Host will be strong assets to both areas,” said Gregory J. Larson, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “We are also thrilled to name Sourav as head of our new enterprise analytics department. As a key member of our asset management team, Sourav has proven invaluable in building our business intelligence platform and we expect the same success with this new department.”
About Host Hotels & Resorts
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The Company currently owns 89 properties in the United States and 7 properties internationally totaling approximately 54,000 rooms. The Company also holds non-controlling interests in six joint ventures, including one in Europe that owns 10 hotels with approximately 3,900 rooms and one in Asia that has interests in five hotels in India. Guided by a disciplined approach to capital allocation and aggressive asset management, the Company partners with premium brands such as Marriott®, Ritz-Carlton®, Westin®, Sheraton®, W®, St. Regis®, Le Meridien®, The Luxury Collection®, Hyatt®, Fairmont®, Hilton®, Swissôtel®, ibis®, Pullman®, and Novotel® as well as independent brands in the operation of properties in over 50 major markets worldwide. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.hosthotels.com.
*This press release contains registered trademarks that are the exclusive property of their respective owners. None of the owners of these trademarks has any responsibility or liability for any information contained in this press release.