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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

For the quarterly period ended September 10, 2004.

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission File No. 0-16728

 

COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   52-1533559
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1500, Bethesda, Maryland   20817
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(240) 744-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) ¨ Yes x No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

 

The registrant had 1,470 units of its common limited partnership units outstanding as of October 20, 2004.

 



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INDEX

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (unaudited):

    
    

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets- September 10, 2004 and December 31, 2003

   1
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations- Quarter Ended and Year-to-Date Ended September 10, 2004 and September 12, 2003

   2
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows- Year-to-Date Ended September 10, 2004 and September 12, 2003

   3
    

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   4

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition

   7

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   11

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   11
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION AND SIGNATURE

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

   13

 


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COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

    

September 10,

2004


   

December 31,

2003


 
ASSETS                 

Property and equipment, net

   $ 405,134     $ 387,339  

Deferred financing costs, net

     5,316       6,404  

Due from Courtyard Management Corporation

     8,946       5,103  

Other

     3       1  

Property improvement fund

     26,308       46,532  

Restricted cash

     21,790       17,227  

Cash and cash equivalents

     3,921       7,145  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 471,418     $ 469,751  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (DEFICIT)                 

Debt

   $ 393,622     $ 408,397  

Management fees due to Courtyard Management Corporation

     67,380       61,127  

Ground rent

     14,274       3,557  

Accrued ground rent

     8,254       8,336  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     11,268       13,409  
    


 


Total liabilities

     494,798       494,826  
    


 


General partners

     8,727       8,642  

Limited partners

     (32,107 )     (33,717 )
    


 


Total partners’ deficit

     (23,380 )     (25,075 )
    


 


Total liabilities and partners’ capital (deficit)

   $ 471,418     $ 469,751  
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited, in thousands, except unit and per unit amounts)

 

     Quarter ended

    Year-to-date ended

 
     September 10,
2004


    September 12,
2003


   

September 10,

2004


    September 12,
2003


 

REVENUES

                                

Rooms

   $ 55,874     $ 52,941     $ 165,264     $ 158,239  

Food and beverage

     3,515       3,578       10,875       10,540  

Other

     578       839       2,010       2,775  
    


 


 


 


Total revenues

     59,967       57,358       178,149       171,554  
    


 


 


 


OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES

                                

Rooms

     13,891       12,866       40,702       37,322  

Food and beverage

     3,144       3,060       9,280       8,823  

Selling, administrative and other

     16,661       15,977       49,538       47,485  

Management fees

     5,551       5,279       16,533       16,184  

Depreciation

     5,271       5,760       16,310       17,527  

Ground rent

     3,027       2,850       8,797       8,453  

Property taxes

     2,578       2,761       7,837       8,319  

Insurance and other

     364       505       1,379       1,502  

Partnership expense

     181       191       638       743  
    


 


 


 


Total operating costs and expenses

     50,668       49,249       151,014       146,358  
    


 


 


 


OPERATING PROFIT

     9,299       8,109       27,135       25,196  

Interest expense

     (8,307 )     (8,704 )     (25,597 )     (26,995 )

Interest income

     64       57       157       219  
    


 


 


 


NET INCOME (LOSS)

   $ 1,056     $ (538 )   $ 1,695     $ (1,580 )
    


 


 


 


ALLOCATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS)

                                

General partners

   $ 53     $ (27 )   $ 85     $ (79 )

Limited partners

     1,003       (511 )     1,610       (1,501 )
    


 


 


 


     $ 1,056     $ (538 )   $ 1,695     $ (1,580 )
    


 


 


 


NET INCOME (LOSS) PER LIMITED PARTNER UNIT (1,470 Units)

   $ 682     $ (348 )   $ 1,095     $ (1,021 )
    


 


 


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     Year-to-date ended

 
     September 10,
2004


    September 12,
2003


 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,695     $ (1,580 )

Depreciation expense

     16,310       17,527  

Amortization of deferred financing costs as interest expense

     1,088       1,087  

Straight-line ground rent adjustment

     (82 )     (82 )

Changes in operating accounts:

                

Due from Courtyard Management Corporation

     (3,843 )     (1,146 )

Other

     (2 )     (5 )

Management fees due to Courtyard Management Corporation

     6,253       6,479  

Ground rent

     10,717       3,120  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (2,141 )     (1,665 )
    


 


Cash provided by operating activities

     29,995       23,735  
    


 


INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Additions to property and equipment, net

     (34,105 )     (8,111 )

Contributions to the property improvement fund

     (11,571 )     (11,097 )

Distributions from the property improvement fund

     31,795       7,274  
    


 


Cash used in investing activities

     (13,881 )     (11,934 )
    


 


FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Repayment of principal

     (14,775 )     (13,714 )

Change in restricted cash

     (4,563 )     (3,402 )
    


 


Cash used in financing activities

     (19,338 )     (17,116 )
    


 


DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     (3,224 )     (5,315 )

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS at beginning of period

     7,145       8,051  
    


 


CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS at end of period

   $ 3,921     $ 2,736  
    


 


SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

                

Cash paid for interest

   $ 28,112     $ 29,259  
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

1. Organization

 

Courtyard by Marriott II Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, owns 70 Courtyard by Marriott hotels and the land on which certain of the hotels are located. The hotels are located in 29 states and are managed as part of the Courtyard by Marriott hotel system by Courtyard Management Corporation, or the manager, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc., or MII.

 

All of our partnership units are indirectly owned by CBM Joint Venture LLC, or the Courtyard JV, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Host Marriott, L.P. and MII.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe the disclosures made are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading. However, the unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position as of September 10, 2004 and the results of our operations for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 10, 2004 and September 12, 2003 and cash flows for the year-to-date periods ended September 10, 2004 and September 12, 2003. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of full year performance because of the impact of seasonal and short-term variations.

 

Our quarterly results are reported on a quarterly schedule that is used by MII. MII’s year ends on the Friday closest to December 31 and reflects twelve weeks of operations in the first three quarters of the year and sixteen or seventeen weeks of operations for the fourth quarter of the year. As a result, in any given quarter, quarter-over-quarter results will cover different calendar dates (but the same number of days, except for a year with a 17-week fourth quarter, such as fiscal year 2002).

 

Certain reclassifications were made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current presentation.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

We consolidate entities (in the absence of other factors determining control) when we own over 50% of the voting shares of another company or, in the case of partnership investments, when we own a majority of the general partnership interest. The control factors we consider include the ability of minority shareholders or other partners to participate in or block management decisions. Additionally, if we determine that we have variable interests in a variable interest entity within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Revised Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” and that our variable interest will absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses if they occur, receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns if they occur, or both, then we will consolidate the entity. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Accrued Ground Rent

 

We record ground rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases. The excess of the rent expense recognized over the cash payments contractually due pursuant to the underlying lease agreement is included as “accrued ground rent” on the accompanying balance sheets. Currently, the cash payments contractually due are in excess of the amounts recognized as rent expense, which reduces the accrued ground rent liability.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

3. Restricted Cash

 

We are required to establish certain escrow reserves pursuant to the terms of our debt and management agreements. The balances in those reserves were as follows (in thousands):

 

    

September 10,

2004


  

December 31,

2003


Debt service reserve (1)

   $ —      $ 3,099

Supplemental debt service reserve

     1,441      1,431

Real estate tax and insurance reserve

     8,350      7,692

Deposit reserve required by the multi-class commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (2)

     6,996      3

Working capital reserve

     5,003      5,002
    

  

     $ 21,790    $ 17,227
    

  

 

(1) We used approximately $1.4 million and $2.4 million of the reserve to make a portion of the semi-annual payment on our senior notes due on February 2, 2004 and August 2, 2004, respectively. We are obligated to replenish these amounts in the future to the extent we have Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, as defined in the senior notes indenture.

 

(2) Represents operations revenue retained by a lender in accordance with the partnership debt agreements. The lender, in turn, pays the partnership’s debt services, real estate tax, insurance, management fees and ground lease payments on a monthly basis. The lender made payments for these items of approximately $7.0 million on September 27, 2004.

 

4. Amounts Earned By and Owed to Related Parties

 

The chart below summarizes amounts earned by related parties (in thousands):

 

     Quarter ended

   Year-to-date ended

     September 10,
2004


   September 12,
2003


   September 10,
2004


   September 12,
2003


Marriott International, Inc. and affiliates:

                           

Base management fee

   $ 2,099    $ 1,996    $ 6,231    $ 5,976

Chain services and Marriott Rewards Program

     2,377      2,045      7,260      5,804

Courtyard by Marriott management fee

     1,499      1,425      4,450      4,268

Marketing fund contribution

     1,118      1,052      3,303      3,148

Incentive management fee

     1,953      1,858      5,852      5,940

Ground rent (1)

     2,562      2,403      7,429      7,124
    

  

  

  

     $ 11,608    $ 10,779    $ 34,525    $ 32,260
    

  

  

  

Host Marriott, L.P.:

                           

Administrative expenses

   $ 172    $ 163    $ 507    $ 491
    

  

  

  

 

(1) Does not include ground rent for seven hotels leased to unrelated parties and does not include an adjustment in both years of approximately $27,000 per quarter decreasing ground rent expense in accordance with the straight line method required under GAAP. See Note 2.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

In addition, the following amounts are due to/from related parties (in thousands):

 

    

September 10,

2004


  

December 31,

2003


Marriott International, Inc. and affiliates:

             

Due to:

             

Base management fees

   $ 7,394    $ 7,394

Incentive management fees

     36,959      31,107

Courtyard by Marriott management fees

     23,027      22,626

Ground rent

     14,274      3,557
    

  

     $ 81,654    $ 64,684
    

  

Due from:

             

Current operations receivable

   $ 3,643    $ 901

Working capital

     4,202      4,202
    

  

     $ 7,845    $ 5,103
    

  

Host Marriott, L.P.:

             

Due to:

             

Administrative expenses (included in “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” on the balance sheet)

   $ 57    $ 53
    

  

 

With the exception of approximately $0.2 million currently payable for Courtyard by Marriott management fees and approximately $0.9 million currently payable for ground rent, the remaining portion of the approximately $82 million due to MII and its affiliates on September 10, 2004 is payable only to the extent cash flow exceeds debt service and a specified return to our partners, in accordance with our management, loan and ground lease agreements.

 

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ITEM 2. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This discussion includes forward-looking statements about our business and operations. We identify forward-looking statements in this report by using words or phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “may be,” “intend,” “predict,” “project,” “plan,” “objective,” “will be,” “should,” “estimate,” or “anticipate,” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from these anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties include those risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that we will attain these expectations or that any deviations will not be material. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligations or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained in this report to conform the statement to actual results or changes in our expectations.

 

Quarterly Summary

 

Courtyard by Marriott II Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, is the owner of 70 Courtyard by Marriott hotels located in 29 states in suburban areas near office parks or other business districts and operate in the upscale sector of the lodging industry. For a general overview of our business, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

The steady improvement in the overall economy during the last twelve months has resulted in improved lodging demand during the first three quarters of the year. Additionally, our industry outlook for the fourth quarter of 2004 continues to remain favorable. Historically, lodging demand in the United States correlates to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, with typically a one-to-two quarter lag period especially within the upscale sectors of the lodging industry. Given the GDP forecasts and the level of corporate profits and capital investment, we expect to see further increases in business-related travel for full year 2004.

 

As lodging demand continues to grow, we believe that our hotels will continue to experience increasing revenues, although increased competition as a result of supply growth in the markets we operate in will impact our growth in revenues. Further, we believe that the reduction in rooms available as a result of the scheduled repositionings at 29 of our hotels this year will affect our operating performance. See “LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES—Capital Expenditures” for more information.

 

For the third quarter of 2004, RevPAR increased 6.2% as a result of a 3.8% increase in average room rate and a 1.6 percentage point increase in average occupancy. Year-to-date RevPAR increased 4.9% with a 2.2% increase in average room rate and a 1.9 percentage point increase in average occupancy. RevPAR is defined as the product of the average daily room rate charged and the average daily occupancy achieved and is generally considered the leading indicator of revenues for hotels. Improvements in RevPAR during the first quarter of 2004 were primarily driven by increases in occupancy at our hotels, but in the second and third quarters we also experienced increases in room rates. Increases in occupancy at a hotel typically lead to increases in ancillary revenues, such as food and beverage and other hotel revenues, as well as additional incremental costs (including housekeeping services, utilities and room amenity costs). RevPAR increases which result from higher room rates, however, would not result in these additional room-related costs. For this reason, while operating profit may increase when RevPAR increases as the result of occupancy gains, RevPAR increases resulting from higher room rates generally have a greater impact on our profitability. We assess profitability by measuring changes in our operating margins, which is operating profit as a percentage of total revenues. RevPAR increases thus far in 2004 have been largely offset by a 3.2% increase in costs and; therefore, our operating margins have only increased by one half of one percentage point. We are not expecting significant improvement in operating margins in 2004 because we expect costs such as wages, benefits, and utilities to continue to increase at a rate greater than inflation.

 

While we believe the supply and demand trends in the lodging industry discussed previously in our Annual Report on Form 10-K create the possibility for improvements in our business in 2004 and 2005, we cannot assure you that any increases in hotel revenues or earnings at our properties will continue.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following table reflects key line items from our statements of operations and other significant operating statistics (in thousands, except operating statistics):

 

     Quarter ended

       
    

September 10,

2004


   

September 12,

2003


   

% Increase

(Decrease)


 

Total Revenues

   $ 59,967     $ 57,358     4.5 %

Operating Costs and Expenses

                      

Property-level costs (1)

     44,936       43,779     2.6  

Management fees

     5,551       5,279     5.2  

Partnership expense

     181       191     (5.2 )

Operating Profit

     9,299       8,109     14.7  

Interest expense

     8,307       8,704     (4.6 )

Net income (loss)

     1,056       (538 )   296.3  

Other Operating Statistics

                      

RevPAR

   $ 64.35     $ 60.58     6.2 %

Average room rate

   $ 89.25     $ 85.95     3.8 %

Average occupancy

     72.1 %     70.5 %   1.6  pts.

Operating profit margin

     15.5 %     14.1 %   1.4  pts.

 

     Year-to-date ended

       
    

September 10,

2004


   

September 12,

2003


   

% Increase

(Decrease)


 

Total Revenues

   $ 178,149     $ 171,554     3.8 %

Operating Costs and Expenses

                      

Property-level costs (1)

     133,843       129,431     3.4  

Management fees

     16,533       16,184     2.2  

Partnership expense

     638       743     (14.1 )

Operating Profit

     27,135       25,196     7.7  

Interest expense

     25,597       26,995     (5.2 )

Net income (loss)

     1,695       (1,580 )   207.3  

Other Operating Statistics

                      

RevPAR

   $ 63.39     $ 60.43     4.9 %

Average room rate

   $ 89.96     $ 88.05     2.2 %

Average occupancy

     70.5 %     68.6 %   1.9  pts.

Operating profit margin

     15.2 %     14.7 %   0.5  pts.

(1) Amounts represent operating costs and expenses in our statements of operations less management fees and partnership expenses.

 

2004 compared to 2003

 

Hotel Revenues. Hotel revenues for the third quarter of 2004 increased by $2.6 million, or 4.5%, to $60.0 million compared to the same period in 2003. Year-to-date 2004 hotel revenues increased by $6.6 million, or 3.8%, to $178.1 million from the same period in 2003. The improvement at the majority of our properties for both the third quarter and year-to-date reflects the strengthening economy and increased business travel. While RevPAR improved primarily as a result of increased operations, the increase also reflects the effect on our operations of reduced travel in the same period of 2003 due to the war in Iraq. The benefit of this favorable comparison during year-to-date 2004 was somewhat offset by the 21 repositioning projects undertaken thus far, which negatively impacted our revenue and operating profit. See “LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES—Capital Expenditures” for more information.

 

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We experienced increases in RevPAR for the quarter in all our geographic regions, with the most significant increases in RevPAR of 12.1% and 10.8% occurring in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, respectively. Year-to-date, we experienced increases in RevPAR for all our geographic regions except the Northeast region where RevPAR declined 4.9%. The RevPAR decline for the Northeast region is primarily the result of repositioning work which was performed on four of the six properties in this region during the first half of 2004. The repositioning work was completed on all four of the properties as of the beginning of the third quarter and RevPAR for the region increased 2.2% for the quarter.

 

Operating Costs and Expenses. Operating costs and expenses for the third quarter of 2004 increased by $1.4 million, or 2.9%, compared to the same period in 2003. For year-to-date, the operating costs and expenses increased $4.7 million, or 3.2%, compared to the same period in 2003. Our costs increased primarily as a result of an increase in chain service fees along with an increase in rooms’ expenses related to occupancy and increases in wages, benefits and utilities, all of which continue to increase at a rate greater than inflation.

 

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the third quarter of 2004 has declined $0.4 million compared to the third quarter of 2003, due to the reduction in mortgage debt as a result of scheduled principal repayments.

 

Operating Profit. Operating profit for the third quarter of 2004 increased by $1.2 million compared to the third quarter 2003. For year-to-date 2004, operating profit increased $1.9 million compared to the same period in 2003. Our operating profit margin increased by 1.4 percentage points to 15.5% from the third quarter of 2003 and increased by 0.5 percentage points to 15.2% for year-to-date 2004 compared to 2003.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

As of September 10, 2004, we have approximately $3.9 million of unrestricted cash, which remains lower than our historical balances. Based on our current forecast, we believe that our sources of cash are sufficient to meet our near-term liquidity needs; however, our ability to meet our long-term liquidity needs will depend on our future results of operations. In the event our sources of cash are insufficient to meet our debt service obligation or certain capital expenditures, our partners are not obligated to provide additional sources of capital to the partnership.

 

Our principal source of cash is cash from operations, including cash available to us through the subordination and deferral features contained within certain of our ground leases and our management agreements. Our principal uses of cash are to make debt service payments, fund our required reserves, repay certain deferred expenses and fund capital expenditures for property improvements. Our annual debt service obligations include interest payments on our senior notes of approximately $13.7 million and principal and interest payments on our multi-class commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (CMBS debt) of approximately $43.7 million.

 

Capital Expenditures. Our capital expenditures have been focused on property maintenance and improvements designed to maintain appropriate levels of quality. We contributed approximately $11.6 million and $11.1 million to the property improvement fund during the year-to-date periods ended September 10, 2004 and September 12, 2003, respectively. As of September 10, 2004, we substantially completed repositioning efforts on 14 properties. We began repositioning efforts on an additional seven properties during the third quarter at an approximate cost of $11.2 million and plan to start repositioning efforts on an additional eight properties during the fourth quarter of 2004 (three of which are expected to be completed in 2004 and five of which are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2005) at an approximate cost of $12.8 million. However, any repositionings beyond these 29 properties will depend on our results of operations, as completing the repositioning of the 29 properties will substantially reduce our property improvement fund.

 

Debt. We have made use of certain reserves and deferred a portion of our ground rent and management fees to make our required debt service payments. Under the terms of our management agreements and the ground leases with MII and its affiliates, a portion of the base management fees and all of the ground rent and incentive management fees due to MII and

 

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its affiliates are subordinate to debt service payments on our CMBS debt and senior notes. We have the ability to defer the payment of certain amounts due under our ground leases and management agreements, as well as the ability to require the refunding of payments of ground rent and certain management fees made in prior periods, to the extent cash from operations, as defined in the respective agreements, is not sufficient to pay debt service. The following amounts have been deferred, refunded or reserves depleted as a result of these debt restrictions:

 

  Deferred ground lease payments totaling $3.1 million (including $0.7 million in 2004) and ground lease payments refunded by MI totaling $9.4 million (including $8.2 million refunded in 2004).

 

  Deferred Courtyard by Marriott management fees were $0.3 million as of September 10, 2004. No management fees have been deferred in 2004.

 

  The debt service reserve was depleted as of September 10, 2004. We used approximately $1.4 million and $2.4 million of the reserve to make a portion of the semi-annual payment on our senior notes on February 2, 2004 and August 2, 2004, respectively.

 

Before we can make distributions to our partners, we must achieve certain levels of excess cash flow and replenish or repay $19.3 million (in addition to any amounts required to be funded to the separate supplemental debt service reserve discussed below) as follows:

 

  $6.8 million to replenish the debt service reserve to required level per the debt agreement; and

 

  $12.5 million to repay deferred ground rent to MII.

 

With the exception of approximately $0.4 million currently payable for Courtyard by Marriott management fees and approximately $1.8 million currently payable for ground rent, the remaining portion of the approximately $82 million due to MII and its affiliates on September 10, 2004 is payable only to the extent cash flow exceeds debt service and a specified return to our partners, in accordance with our management and ground lease agreements. We do not expect to satisfy any of these conditions or make any distributions to our partners in 2004.

 

Further, to the extent the debt service reserve is fully funded, in accordance with the provisions of our senior notes indenture, we are required to fund a separate supplemental debt service reserve account in an amount equal to Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for each quarter until excess cash flow meets specific levels. Through September 10, 2004, we have reserved $1.4 million of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, which was funded in 2002.

 

For further detail on restrictions related to our debt covenants, investors should read the Management Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Sources and Uses of Cash

 

Cash provided by operations. Year-to-date 2004, our cash provided by operations increased by $6.3 million when compared to the same period in 2003. The increase is primarily due to an increase in operations over prior year and a refund of ground lease payments previously paid to MII during 2004.

 

Cash used in investing activities. Investing activities consist of contributions to and distributions from the property improvement fund and capital expenditures for improvements to the hotels. Contributions to the property improvement fund are 6.5% of total hotel revenues. Distributions from the property improvement fund reflect capital expenditures for the replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment, partially offset by interest income earned by the fund. The increase in capital expenditures year-to-date September 10, 2004 was due to the repositioning efforts at certain of our properties.

 

Cash used in financing activities. Financing activities include the repayment of principal on our commercial mortgage-backed securities and senior notes and distributions to general and limited partners. Cash used in financing year-to-date September 10, 2004 and year-to-date

 

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September 12, 2003, includes the funding and utilization of the debt service reserves required under our debt agreements.

 

Hotel Operating Statistics

 

The following table sets forth performance information for our properties by geographic region:

 

               Quarter ended

      
     As of
September 10, 2004


   September 10, 2004

   September 12, 2003

      
     No. of
Properties


   No. of
Rooms


   Average
Room Rate


   Average
Occupancy
Percentages


    RevPAR

   Average
Room Rate


   Average
Occupancy
Percentages


    RevPAR

  

Percent

Change in

RevPAR


 

Northeast

   6    880    $ 113.58    77.3 %   $ 87.85    $ 109.31    78.6 %   $ 85.91    2.2 %

Mid-Atlantic

   9    1,336      86.43    75.4       65.17      85.39    68.9       58.83    10.8  

Midwest

   19    2,645      89.81    74.3       66.69      86.46    74.7       64.58    3.3  

South Central

   9    1,490      79.08    69.6       55.04      79.12    68.8       54.45    1.1  

Southeast

   14    2,062      85.01    69.2       58.79      79.22    66.2       52.45    12.1  

Western

   13    1,924      89.73    69.2       62.08      84.99    67.5       57.36    8.2  
    
  
                                              

All Regions

   70    10,337      89.25    72.1       64.35      85.95    70.5       60.58    6.2  
    
  
                                              

 

               Year-to-date ended

      
     As of
September 10, 2004


   September 10, 2004

   September 12, 2003

      
     No. of
Properties


   No. of
Rooms


   Average
Room Rate


   Average
Occupancy
Percentages


    RevPAR

   Average
Room Rate


   Average
Occupancy
Percentages


    RevPAR

   Percent
Change in
RevPAR


 

Northeast

   6    880    $ 110.66    68.4 %   $ 75.68    $ 109.50    72.7 %   $ 79.62    (4.9 )%

Mid-Atlantic

   9    1,336      88.07    72.9       64.24      86.11    67.4       58.03    10.7  

Midwest

   19    2,645      86.39    71.2       61.47      85.80    69.7       59.83    2.7  

South Central

   9    1,490      80.41    65.5       52.70      79.99    65.5       52.41    0.6  

Southeast

   14    2,062      90.74    71.1       64.51      86.18    69.1       59.57    8.3  

Western

   13    1,924      92.65    71.5       66.22      89.72    67.7       60.70    9.1  
    
  
                                              

All Regions

   70    10,337      89.96    70.5       63.39      88.05    68.6       60.43    4.9  
    
  
                                              

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

We do not have significant market risk with respect to interest rates, foreign currency exchanges or other market rate or price risks, and we do not hold any financial instruments for trading purposes. As of September 10, 2004, all of our debt is fixed rate.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rule 13a-14(c). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

As of September 10, 2004, the end of the quarter covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing,

 

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our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

 

There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reports.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION AND SIGNATURES

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

(a) The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part of this report and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.


  

Description


31.1      Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2      Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.0*    Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

* This certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S. 1350, and is not being filed for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company whether made before of after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

October 21, 2004      

COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT II

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

           

By:

 

/s/ CBM TWO LLC

               

CBM TWO LLC

               

General Partner

           

By:

 

/s/ LARRY K. HARVEY

               

Larry K. Harvey

               

Vice President (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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