BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST) (the “Company”) has learned that certain
affiliates of MacKenzie Capital Management, LP (“Purchaser”) made an unsolicited “mini tender” offer for up to 240,000 operating
partnership units (“OP Units”) of Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. (“Host L.P.”) at a price of $13.05 per OP Unit less any cash
distributions made by Host L.P. since July 31, 2016 (the “MacKenzie Offer”). This follows an earlier “mini tender” offer by the
Purchaser launched in March 2016. Neither the Company nor Host L.P. are in any way associated with the MacKenzie Offer, and holders
of OP Units are under no obligation to take any action with respect to the MacKenzie Offer.
Mini-tender offers seek less than 5 percent of a company’s outstanding equity. This allows the offering company
to avoid many of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) disclosure and procedural requirements for tender
offers. The SEC’s guidance to investors on “mini tender” offers is available at www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/minitend.htm. This guidance advises that mini-tender offers “have been
increasingly used to catch investors off guard” and that investors “may end up selling their securities at below-market
prices.”
After careful evaluation of the MacKenzie Offer, the Company and Host L.P. recommend that the holders of OP
Units reject this unsolicited offer. In making this recommendation, the Company primarily considered that the offer price in the
MacKenzie Offer is below the $18.18 per share closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on August 15, 2016, the date the
Company became aware of the mini-tender. Although there is no trading market for the OP Units themselves, at any time holders of OP
Units may request that the Company redeem their OP Units and the Company, in its discretion, may either redeem the OP Units for
cash or, in the alternative, issue 1.021494 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for each OP Unit, which shares may
then be sold. Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on August 24, 2016 of $18.27, an OP unitholder would
receive shares with a market value of approximately $18.66 compared to the MacKenzie Offer of $13.05.
The Purchaser has made many similar unsolicited mini-tender offers for equity of other companies and a March
2016 unsolicited mini-tender offer to OP unitholders of Host L.P. at a similar discount to current market value. Like its other
offers, this offer puts individual investors at risk because they may not realize they are selling their OP Units at a discount.
The Company urges investors to get current quotes for the Company’s common stock for which their OP Units may be redeemed, consult
their financial advisors and exercise caution with respect to the MacKenzie Offer. The Company recommends that OP unitholders who
have not responded to the Purchaser’s offer take no action. The Company encourages brokers and dealers, as well as other market
participants, to review the SEC’s letter regarding broker-dealer mini-tender offer dissemination and disclosure at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/minitenders/sia072401.htm.
Holders of OP Units should consult with their personal financial advisor or other legal, tax or investment
professional(s) regarding any questions they may have.
The Company requests that a copy of this press release be included with all distributions of materials related
to the MacKenzie Offer.
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 9 properties internationally totaling approximately 54,500 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.
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Gregory J. Larson Executive Vice President 240.744.5120 Gee Lingberg Vice President 240.744.5275
