Form 8-A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-A

 


FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 


LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Maryland   36-4219376

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3 Bethesda Metro Center

Suite 1200

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(c), please check the following box.  x   If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  ¨

Securities Act registration statement file numbers to which this form relates: 333-131384

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

7.25% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred

Shares, $0.01 par value per share

  New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

(Title of class)

 



ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

The information set forth under the caption “Description of the Series G Preferred Shares” of LaSalle Hotel Properties (the “Registrant”) in the Registrant’s prospectus supplement dated November 14, 2006 and under the caption “Description of the Preferred Shares” in the Registrant’s prospectus dated January 30, 2006, filed simultaneously with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2006 under Rule 424(b)(5) as a form of prospectus used after the effectiveness of the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-131384) covering the offer and sale of shares of the class of the securities to be registered hereby, is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS

 

  3    Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 23, 2006.
  3.1    Articles Supplementary Establishing the Rights and Preferences of 7.25% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of the Registrant.
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form S-3 (No. 333-104054) filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

  LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES
Date: November 16, 2006   By:  

/s/ Hans S. Weger

  Name:   Hans S. Weger
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
    Chief Financial Officer