Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST)

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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (Host Inc.) operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). Host Inc. owns properties and conducts operations through Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. (Host L.P.), of which Host Inc. is the sole general partner and in which it holds approximately 98.4% of the partnership interests (OP units). The remaining approximate 1.6% partnership interests are owned by various unaffiliated limited partners. As the sole general partner of Host L.P., Host Inc. has the exclusive and complete responsibility for Host L.P.’s day-to-day management and control. As of February 18, 2011, it had 120 hotels in its portfolio, consisting of luxury and upper upscale hotels containing approximately 63,000 rooms. As of February 18, 2011, it also owned a 25% interest in an Asian joint venture that is in the process of acquiring a 36% interest in a joint venture that is developing seven properties totaling approximately 1,750 rooms in India.

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