Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2008

 

 

LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   1-14045   36-4219376
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

3 Bethesda Metro Center

Suite 1200

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 941-1500

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the Company’s previously announced succession plan, the board of trustees increased the number of trustees constituting the full board of trustees to eight, and appointed Michael D. Barnello, our President and Chief Operating Officer, as a trustee effective immediately (initially to the class of trustees whose terms expire in 2009) to serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

In addition, Julio Morales was named Chief Accounting Officer of LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) effective immediately. Mr. Morales, 47, has been with the Company since June 2000 and has acted as Controller of the Company since that time. Mr. Morales will continue to have responsibility for the day-to-day accounting functions of the Company and will continue to report to Hans S. Weger, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

      LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES
      By:  

/s/ Hans S. Weger

        Hans S. Weger
        Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
        Chief Financial Officer
Dated: July 22, 2008      

 

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