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The following is an excerpt from a 10-K/A SEC Filing, filed by MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORP on 6/5/1998.

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ITEM 10: DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The Board of Directors consists of five members, four of whom are Independent Directors, persons who are not officers or employees of the Company, affiliates of officers or employees of the Company or affiliates of any advisor to the Company under an advisory agreement, any lessee or contract manager of any hotel of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any partnership which is an affiliate of the Company (each such person, an "Independent Director"). The Board of Directors is divided into three classes serving staggered three-year terms. The Company has

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five executive officers and six other professional and appropriate support staff. Certain information regarding the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth below.

                                                                                                         Class/Term
              Name                                     Position                            Age           Expiration

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

Steven D. Jorns                        Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive               49         Class I / 2000
                                       Officer and President
Bruce G. Wiles                         Executive Vice President                             46               --
Kenneth E. Barr                        Executive Vice President, Chief                      49               --
                                       Financial Officer, Secretary and
                                       Treasurer
Russ C. Valentine                      Senior Vice President  Acquisitions                  51               --
John P. Buza                           Senior Vice President/Asset Manager                  36               --
H. Cabot Lodge                         Independent Director                                 41         Class II / 1998
James R. Worms                         Independent Director                                 51         Class II / 1998
James McCurry                          Independent Director                                 48         Class III / 1999
Kent R. Hance                          Independent Director                                 54         Class III / 1999

Steven D. Jorns became the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company in April 1996. Mr. Jorns is the founder of and has served since its formation in 1981 as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of AGHI. Prior to forming AGHI, Mr. Jorns spent seven years with an affiliate of General Growth Companies overseeing that company's hotel portfolio. Prior to that, Mr. Jorns was associated with Hospitality Motor Inns, a division of Standard Oil of Ohio, and held marketing positions with Holiday Inns, Inc. Mr. Jorns is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration. He has been honored by that University as one of its distinguished alumni. He has served on the Hotel and Restaurant Advisory Boards for two universities and was selected by Lodging Hospitality Magazine as a "Rising Star" of the Industry in 1992.

Bruce G. Wiles became an Executive Vice President of the Company in April 1996. Mr. Wiles has served since 1989 as an Executive Vice President of AGHI, where he is responsible for AGHI's acquisition and development activities. Mr. Wiles has more than fourteen years of experience in the hospitality industry. Prior to joining AGHI in 1989, Mr. Wiles was a Senior Vice President for Integra, a Dallas-based NYSE hotel management and restaurant company. At Integra, his duties included evaluating hotel acquisitions and overseeing real estate development, as well as the acquisition and negotiation of all real estate based financing. Prior to joining Integra in 1986, Mr. Wiles was a founder and President of Bruce G. Wiles and Associates, Ltd., a Honolulu-based real estate syndicator and developer of condominiums and commercial space. Mr. Wiles was also previously associated with KPMG Peat Marwick and Grant Thornton, serving the real estate development and lending industries. Mr. Wiles graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1973.

Kenneth E. Barr became an Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company in April 1996. Mr. Barr has served since 1994 as a Senior Vice President of AGHI, where he directs the Accounting and Finance Department. At AGHI, Mr. Barr is responsible for financial management and controllership functions, including financial, accounting and reporting, management information systems, risk management, internal audits, treasury activities, and training functions. Prior to joining AGHI, Mr. Barr held a senior financial position with Richfield Hotel Management, Inc., a national hotel management company. Prior to joining Richfield Hotel Management, Inc. in 1991, Mr. Barr served as the partner in charge of the audit practice of Laventhol & Horwath in Dallas and was also a member of that firm's National Audit Advisory Board. Mr. Barr holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico.

Russ C. Valentine became Senior Vice-President-Acquisitions of the Company in April 1996. Mr. Valentine has served since 1990 as a Senior Vice President-Acquisitions of AGHI. Prior to joining AGHI, Mr. Valentine was a Principal with Laventhol & Horwath, in charge of the firm's Dallas and Southwest Real Estate and

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Hospitality Consulting Practice. Prior to joining Laventhol & Horwath in January 1983, Mr. Valentine was a Senior Vice President-Acquisitions for Prime Financial Partnership, L.P., a real estate and development company listed on the American Stock Exchange. Mr. Valentine's responsibilities with Prime Financial included acquisition, negotiation and financing of hotel and other real estate investments, Mr. Valentine received his Master of Business Administration degree from the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management at Michigan State University. He also earned a Master of Arts degree from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University.

John P. Buza became Senior Vice-President and Asset Manager of the Company in January 1998. Mr. Buza joined the Company after spending the last 11 years with Salomon Brothers, Inc where he served as Director and was responsible for all of the Salomon Brothers, Inc. investments. Mr. Buza has 10 years of real estate experience and has spent portions of the last six years working in the hotel industry. Mr. Buza was directly responsible for the financial restructuring, financing and renovation of Salomon's hotel portfolio and the construction and sale of the Courtyard by Marriott Durham in Durham, North Carolina which was recently purchased by the Company. Mr. Buza has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hudson Hotels Corporation since November 1996, as well as, a member of two Advisory Committees for certain real estate joint venture funds for Trammell Crow. Prior to Salomon Brothers, Inc. Mr. Buza worked for Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Buza is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the New Jersey State Society of CPA's. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting/Business Administration from Muhlenberg College.

H. Cabot Lodge III became a director of the Company in July 1996. Mr. Lodge is a co-founder and has served since October 1995 as Chairman of the Board of Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc., a wireless telecommunications equipment manufacturer. From August 1983 to August 1995, he was a Managing Director and Executive Vice President of W.P. Carey & Co., a New York real estate investment bank that specializes in long term net-leases with corporations and manages in excess of $1.5 billion in assets, nine real estate public limited partnerships and three real estate investment trusts. Mr. Lodge also is a principal of Carmel Lodge, LLC, a New York based merchant bank. Mr. Lodge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Board of Directors of TelAmerica Media, Inc., High Voltage Engineering Corp., and Monument Realty.

James R. Worms became a director of the Company in July 1996. Mr. Worms has served since August 1995 as a Managing Director of William E. Simon & Sons L.L.C., a private investment firm and merchant bank and President of William E. Simon & Sons Realty, through which the firm conducts its real estate activities. Prior to joining William E. Simon & Sons, Mr. Worms was employed since March 1987 by Salomon Brothers Inc, an international investment banking firm, most recently as a Managing Director. Mr. Worms received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles' Anderson School of Business, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Hastings College of Law.

James B. McCurry became a director of the Company in July 1996. Mr. McCurry served from December 1994 through December 1996 as Chief Executive Officer of NeoStar Retail Group, Inc. ("NeoStar"), a specialty retailer of consumer software. NeoStar filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in September 1996. Currently, Mr. McCurry is a partner at Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy. From April 1983 to December 1994, Mr. McCurry was the Chairman of Babbage's Inc., a consumer software retailer, which merged with Software Etc. Stores, Inc. in December of 1994 to form NeoStar. Mr. McCurry received a Masters of Business Administration with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors from the University of Florida. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

Kent R. Hance became a director of the Company in July 1996. Mr. Hance has been since 1994 a law partner in the firm Hance, Scarborough, Woodward & Weisbart, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, and from 1991 to 1994 he was a law partner in the firm of Hance and Gamble. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Hance was a law partner with Boyd, Viegal and Hance. Mr. Hance served as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 1987 until 1991 and as its Chairman from 1989 until 1991. From 1979 to 1985, he served as a member of the United States Congress. Mr. Hance served as a State Senator in the State of Texas from 1975 to 1979 and was a professor of business law at

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Texas Tech University from 1969 to 1973. Mr. Hance earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas Law School.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

The Company is managed by a five-member Board of Directors, a majority of whom are Independent Directors. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Leasing Committee.

Audit Committee. The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Hance and McCurry. The Audit Committee makes recommendations concerning the engagement of independent public accountants, reviews with the independent public accountants the plans and results of the audit engagement, approves professional services provided by the independent public accountants, reviews the independence of the independent public accountants, considers the range of audit and non-audit fees, and reviews the adequacy of the Company's internal accounting controls.

Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Hance and Worms. The Compensation Committee determines compensation of the Company's executive officers and administers the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.

Leasing Committee. The Leasing Committee consists of Messrs. Lodge and Worms. The Leasing Committee reviews not less frequently than annually the Lessees' compliance with the terms of the Participating Leases and reviews and approves the terms of any new leases between the Company and the Lessees.

The Company may from time to time form other committees as circumstances warrant. Such committees will have authority and responsibility as delegated by the Board of Directors.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

AGH's Compensation Committee during 1997 consisted of Messrs, Hance and Worms, neither of whom was, prior to or during 1997, and officer or employee of the Company. Neither of such persons had any relationships requiring disclosure under applicable rules and regulations.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Each director who is not an employee of AGH will be paid an annual fee of $17,000. In addition, each such director will be paid $750 for attendance at each meeting of the AGH Board and $500 for attendance at each meeting of a committee of the AGH Board of which such director is a member. The annual retainer fee will be paid to such directors 50% in cash and 50% in shares of AGH Common Stock. Meeting fees will be paid in cash. Directors who are employees of AGH will not receive any fees for their services on the AGH Board or a committee thereof. In addition, AGH will reimburse directors for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their service on the AGH Board.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Section 16(a)"), requires the Company's executive officers and directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company's equity securities (collectively, "Section 16 reporting persons"), to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock or other equity securities of the Company. Section 16 reporting persons are required by the SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file.

To the Company's knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such report furnished to the Company and on written representations that no other reports were required, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, the
Section 16 reporting persons complied with all Section 16(a) requirements applicable to them except that Mr. Jorns inadvertently failed to file a Form 4 with the SEC with respect to one acquisition of Class B OP Units by an entity which he owns by indirect interest in connection with the Company's acquisition of the Courtyard by Marriott Durham. Mr. Jorns reported that acquisition of Class B OP Units on a Form 5 filed on a timely basis with the SEC. All such other filings have been made.