HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • June 1st, 2004 • Host Marriott Corp/ • Real estate investment trusts • New York
Host Marriott Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of its 8 7/8% Class E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (“Class E Preferred Stock”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters not more than an additional 160,000 shares of Class E Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Additional Shares”), if and to the extent that you shall have determined to exercise the right to purchase such shares of preferred stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares”.
