AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

EX-10.1 3 dex101.htm AMENDMENT DATED JULY 15, 2008 TO HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT Amendment dated July 15, 2008 to Hotel Management Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, made this 15th day of July, 2008, between TRS LEASING, INC., a Virginia corporation (hereinafter referred to as “OWNER”), and HLC Hotels, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia (hereinafter referred to as “AGENT”), amends that certain Management Agreement dated the 16th of May, 2007, between Owner and Agent (herein the “Agreement”) that provides for the management and operation of 15 hotels.

WITNESSETH THAT:

Whereas, Owner and Agent desire to enter into an amendment of the Agreement upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, Owner and Agent agree as follows:

1. Term. Article II, Term of the Agreement is amended in its entirety as follows:

“The term of the agreement (“Term of Contract”) shall be for a period commencing on May 16, 2007 and continuing through December 31, 2011, together with any renewal terms as herein provided. This agreement may be renewed for additional terms upon the mutual agreement of both the Owner and the Agent provided this agreement is not otherwise terminated as herein provided.”

2. Travel Expenses. The reasonable travel expenses of the Principals incurred in their capacity as management of the hotels will be reimbursed to Agent and the words “except in their capacity in managing the Hotels” are hereby added to the end of the second sentence of the second paragraph of Article V.

3. Principals. Charles Robert is hereby designated as one of the Principals, in substitution and replacement of Roger Hammond. Notices to HLC Hotels pursuant to Article XV shall be delivered to the attention of Charles Aimone.

4. Incentive Fee. Schedule B attached to and incorporated into the Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof:

“Commencing with the fiscal 2008 as compensation for services, Owner shall pay Agent an incentive fee equal to 10% of the annual property operating income of the Hotels ( as customarily computed by Owner ) in excess of 10.5 % of Total Investment in the Hotels. Appropriate prorated adjustments shall be made to Total Investment of the Hotels as Hotels are added or subtracted or as capitalized improvements are made during the year. The Total Investment for the Hotels, as shown on Schedule III of the December 31, 2007 audited financial statements of Supertel Hospitality, Inc. was $43,828,996 ( see Schedule C attached hereto ). Such incentive fee, if any, will be paid by Owner to the Agent by March 31 following the end of the year in which it was earned.”

5. The agreement is amended only as set forth herein. This amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AS OWNER:    AS AGENT:
TRS LEASING, INC.    HLC HOTELS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Donavon A. Heimes

   By:  

/s/ Charles Aimone

Title:   Vice President / Treasurer    Title:   President


Schedule C

SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, INC

SCHEDULE III – REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

               Gross Amount
at December 31, 2007
    

Hotel and Location

   Encumbrance    Land    Buildings
Improvements
   Total
Masters               
   Augusta, Georgia    GE Masters    $ 350,000    $ 1,093,401    $ 1,443,401
   Columbia-I26, South Carolina    GE Masters      450,000      1,427,433      1,877,433
   Columbia-Knox Abbot Dr, South Carolina    GE Masters      —        1,511,901      1,511,901
   Charleston North, South Carolina    GE Masters      700,000      2,922,448      3,622,448
   Doraville, Georgia    GE Masters      420,000      1,554,572      1,974,572
   Garden City, Georgia    GE Masters      570,000      2,481,680      3,051,680
   Kissimmee-East, Florida    GE Masters      590,000      1,178,824      1,768,824
   Kissimmee-Main Gate, Florida    GE Masters      410,000      1,073,466      1,483,466
   Marietta, Georgia    GE Masters      400,000      1,888,206      2,288,206
   Mt Pleasant, South Carolina    GE Masters      725,000      5,138,133      5,863,133
   Orlando Int’l Drive, Florida    GE Masters      610,000      3,022,601      3,632,601
   Tampa East, Florida    GE Masters      192,416      3,435,363      3,627,779
   Tampa Fairgrounds, Florida    GE Masters      580,000      3,045,070      3,625,070
   Tucker, Georgia    GE Masters      510,000      2,738,746      3,248,746
   Tuscaloosa, Alabama    GE Masters      740,000      4,069,736      4,809,736
                          
         $ 7,247,416    $ 36,581,580    $ 43,828,996
                          
   Extract from Supertel Hospitality, Inc.            
   December 31, 2007 10K            
   Schedule III