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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
     
þ
  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
or
 
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from           to
Commission File Number: 001-13957
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Washington   91-1032187
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
 
201 W. North River Drive, Suite 100   99201-2293
Spokane Washington
  (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)    
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (509) 459-6100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
         
Title of Each Class   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
     
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share     New York Stock Exchange  
Guarantee with Respect to 9.5% Trust Preferred Securities (Liquidation Amount of $25 per Trust Preferred Security) of Red Lion Hotels Corporation Capital Trust     New York Stock Exchange  
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None
      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o     No þ
      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o     No þ
(Note — Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.)
      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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ     Noo
      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer þ
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.) Yes o     No þ
      The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock as of June 30, 2005 was $89.7 million, of which 67.9% or $61.1 million was held by non-affiliates as of that date. As of March 15, 2006, there were 13,298,836 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
      Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Registrant’s 2005 fiscal year, are incorporated by reference herein in Part III.
 
 


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Item No.   Description   Page No.
         
 PART I
   Business     2  
   Risk Factors     11  
   Unresolved Staff Comments     18  
   Properties     19  
   Legal Proceedings     22  
   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     22  
 
     PART II        
   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     22  
   Selected Financial Data     23  
   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     27  
   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     45  
   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     46  
   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure     80  
   Controls and Procedures     80  
   Other Information     80  
 
     PART III        
   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant     80  
   Executive Compensation     84  
   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters     84  
   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions     85  
   Principal Accountant Fees and Services     85  
 
     PART IV        
   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules     85  
     Signatures     89  
 EXHIBIT 10.11
 EXHIBIT 10.29
 EXHIBIT 21
 EXHIBIT 23
 EXHIBIT 31.1
 EXHIBIT 31.2
 EXHIBIT 32.1
 EXHIBIT 32.2

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PART I
      This annual report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements. We have based these statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. When words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “seek,” “should,” “will” and similar expressions or their negatives are used in this annual report, these are forward-looking statements. Many possible events or factors, including those discussed in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 of this annual report, could affect our future financial results and performance, and could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those expressed. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this annual report.
      In this report, “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company”, “the company” and “RLH” refer to Red Lion Hotels Corporation and, as the context requires, its wholly and partially owned subsidiaries. “Red Lion” refers to the Red Lion brand. The term “the system”, “system-wide hotels” or “system of hotels” refers to our entire group of owned, leased, managed and franchised hotels.
      Effective September 19, 2005 the company changed its name from WestCoast Hospitality Corporation to Red Lion Hotels Corporation.
Item 1. Business
Introduction
      We are a NYSE-listed hospitality and leisure company primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development and franchising of mid-scale and upper mid-scale, full service hotels under our Red Lion brand. As of December 31, 2005, our hotel system contained 64 hotels located in 11 states and one Canadian province, with 11,330 rooms and 550,929 square feet of meeting space. We own and operate 35 hotels, of which 22 are wholly owned and 13 are leased. At December 31, 2005, 4 of the owned hotels are held for sale and included as discontinued operations. We also manage 2 hotels owned by third parties and franchise 27 hotels. In addition to our hotel operations, we are engaged in entertainment and real estate operations.
      We own the Red Lion brand which was established over thirty years ago. Today, the Red Lion name is well recognized in the western United States and well regarded by customers. In focus groups and market research, the Red Lion name, logo and recognition for superior service are consistently identified by consumers when asked about their full service lodging selection and habits. With strong identity and three years of reinvestment in infrastructure, brand image enhancement and updated services and standards, Red Lion is set to expand its presence.
      During the past three years, we have developed a new brand image, innovative marketing programs, elevated product and service standards, state of the art technology and comprehensive training and evaluation tools. All of this is to accomplish the goal of delivering consistently genuine service to our guests and setting the foundation for future growth. The Red Lion service ethic is as at home in an urban metropolis as it is in smaller markets. We are not a cookie cutter brand and each of our hotels reflects the local market. While a hotel’s attributes may vary from market to market, our keen adherence to customer service standards and brand touch-points makes guests feel at home no matter where they are.
      We intend to grow our hotel operations primarily by expanding the number of hotels franchised and managed, and also joint ventured or owned under the Red Lion brand. We expect to add anchor properties in key Western U.S. urban markets complemented by leading properties in secondary cities. We intend to progressively move east leveraging the momentum of our Western growth.
      Our hotels are known for their meeting facilities and superior food and beverage operations. Our mix of business is well balanced between group business, business travelers, and the leisure traveler with the mix varying by location. We maintain and manage our own Central Reservation Call Center with links to the various travel agent global distribution systems (“GDS”) and the electronic distribution channels on the internet including our branded website www.redlion.com. To support our owned, managed and franchised hotels we provide all the services typical in our industry: marketing, sales, advertising, frequency program,

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revenue management, procurement, quality assurance, education and training, design and construction. In 2005, our sales and marketing efforts and our reservation channels delivered approximately 36% of a hotel’s room revenue.
      In 2005 we dedicated significant resources to several key brand initiatives. We improved our technology infrastructure, introduced our revitalized brand image, changed our corporate name, and announced an aggressive five-year growth plan to double to 100 the number of markets in which Red Lion has a presence. Most importantly, by December 31, 2005, we were well underway with our hotel renovation plan to improve comfort, freshen décor and upgrade technology at our owned and leased hotels as announced in November 2004. There was $19.6 million in capital expenditures related to the hotels segment during 2005 and at year end, 21 of the company’s 31 continuing owned and leased hotels were in active renovations or room renovations were substantially complete.
      In November 2004, we announced our plan to divest 11 of our non-strategic owned hotels, one of our commercial buildings and certain other non-core properties (collectively referred to as “the divestment properties”). We completed the sale of seven of those hotels and the commercial building in 2005, and used the proceeds to finance the renovation program. The activities of those original 11 hotels and the real estate property are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles. At December 31, 2005, four of those hotels remained in the system, but were still considered discontinued operations. Unless otherwise identified using phrases such as “from continuing operations”, all references to system hotels, owned or leased hotels, hotel statistics, and measurements of financial performance such as net income and EBITDA include the activities of those discontinued operations.
      For the year ended December 31, 2005, we reported a net income of approximately $4.5 million, compared to net loss of approximately $6.3 million in 2004. These results were materially impacted by the activities of discontinued operations, including gains on dispositions and impairments. For the year ended December 31, 2005, we reported a net loss from continuing operations of approximately $1.1 million, compared to a net loss of approximately $900 thousand in 2004. Revenues from continuing operations in 2005 were $165.0 million compared to $163.1 million in 2004, inclusive of a $3.7 million increase in hotels segment revenues. Operating income for 2005 was $11.6 million compared to $11.2 million in 2004.
      In 2006 and beyond, we intend to focus on capitalizing on the momentum created in 2005 and the continued successful implementation of our strategies. We are committing our time and talents to completing our renovation plan, continuing our expansion program, and making Red Lion a preferred hotel brand for guests, owners and investors.
      For the year ended December 31, 2005, we recorded fully diluted earnings applicable to common shareholders of $0.34 per common share compared to a loss per common share of $(0.51) for the year ended December 31, 2004. Fully diluted losses per common share from continuing operations for those same periods were $(0.09) and $(0.10), respectively. Our EBITDA from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $23.9 million, up 5.9% from 2004 EBITDA of $22.6 million.
      EBITDA represents net income (or loss) before interest expense, income tax benefit or expense, depreciation, and amortization. We utilize EBITDA as a financial measure because management believes that investors find it to be a useful tool to perform more meaningful comparisons of past, present and future operating results and as a means to evaluate the results of core on-going operations. EBITDA from continuing operations is calculated in the same manner, but excludes the operating activities of business units identified as discontinued. As discussed further in Item 6 of this Form 10-K, EBITDA is not intended to represent net income or loss as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and such information should not be considered as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or any other measure of performance prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
      A comprehensive discussion of net income or loss for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, individual operating unit performances, general corporate expenses and other significant items can be found in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as well as in the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual report.

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Overview and Company Strategy
      As discussed above, we are a hospitality and leisure company. Our hotel operations under the Red Lion brand represent approximately 90% of our business. Over the past few years we have made substantial investments in our infrastructure and our product to position the company for growth. We intend to build on the strong brand recognition and identity in the Western United States to expand our presence.
      We intend to deliver revenue growth through both internal and external growth efforts, we expect that internal growth will result from the investments we have made in our product and service delivery. In November 2004, we announced a plan to significantly upgrade our owned and leased hotel portfolio. By December 31, 2005, we were well underway with our hotel renovation plan to improve comfort, freshen décor and upgrade technology at these hotels. At year end, 21 of our 31 continuing owned and leased hotels were in active renovations or room renovations were substantially complete. Guest reaction to the renovated hotels has been positive and we have been able to increase our average daily rates and occupancy in the renovated hotels. In the fourth quarter of 2005, we had substantially completed the room renovations at three hotels. RevPAR at these hotels during the fourth quarter increased 14.5% in the aggregate, driven by an increase of 9.4% in ADR and a 2.7 point increase in occupancy. (See the definition of the terms Rev PAR and ADR, commonly used in the hospitality industry, on Page 5.)
      Our external growth will be focused on expanding the number of hotels under the Red Lion brand. We plan to initially focus our efforts on the Western United States and Canada by pursuing a “hub and spoke” pattern of establishing brand penetration in key cities, followed by expansion into adjoining markets. In 2005, we announced our goal of expanding into 100 markets in five years from our current base of 50 markets. While the majority of our growth will come from adding additional franchised and managed hotels, in key urban markets we will also consider joint ventures or wholly owned hotels.
      Through our entertainment division, which includes our TicketsWest.com, Inc. subsidiary (“TicketsWest”), we provide event ticket distribution services and promote and present a variety of entertainment productions. TicketsWest offers ticketing inventory management systems, call center services and outlet and electronic channel distribution. We have also developed an electronic ticketing platform that is integrated with our electronic hotel distribution system, allowing us to cross-sell leisure and entertainment packages.
      Our real estate division engages in the traditional real estate related services that we have pursued since we were originally founded, including developing, managing and acting as a broker for sales and leases of commercial and multi-unit residential properties. Our real estate division derives a substantial part of its revenues from fees it generates from services it provides to third parties.
      We trace our history back to 1937, with the founding of our predecessor as a general commercial real estate development and management business. In the 1970s, our predecessor began focusing on the development and management of hotels. Its successor company was incorporated in the State of Washington on April 25, 1978. We continued to grow our hotel business under the brand name Cavanaughs throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in 1998 we completed the initial public offering of our common stock. We acquired WestCoast Hotels, Inc. on December 31, 1999, which added more than 4,800 rooms in 20 cities to our system of hotels, enhanced our presence in certain key western “hub” markets, and launched our company into the franchise business. Following this acquisition, we rebranded our Cavanaughs hotels to the WestCoast brand and changed our name to WestCoast Hospitality Corporation. On December 31, 2001, we acquired Red Lion Hotels, Inc., which added more than 7,400 rooms in 40 cities to our system of hotels, further enhanced our presence in a number of “hub” markets and afforded us the opportunity to expand our franchise business to include the Red Lion brand. In September 2005, the company changed its name to Red Lion Hotels Corporation to convey its focus on the Red Lion brand. The company also launched its new Red Lion brand image, new website and adopted a new corporate logo.
      Our senior management team, led by our President and Chief Executive Officer, Arthur M. Coffey, brings an experienced and innovative approach to the management of our operations. Our executive committee members have an average of over 20 years of hospitality industry experience. The balance of our senior management team is comprised of officers with strengths including hotel development, ownership and

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management; e-commerce; franchising, sales and marketing; food and beverage management; entertainment production and real estate services. Their extensive expertise, along with their diverse working backgrounds provides our company with a broad perspective from which we can make strategic management and operational decisions.
Hospitality Industry Performance Measures
      We believe that the following performance measures, which are widely used in the hospitality industry and appear throughout this annual report, are important to our discussion of operating performance:
        Total available rooms represents the number of rooms available multiplied by the number of days in the reported period. We use total available rooms as a measure of capacity in our system of hotels. We do not adjust total available rooms for rooms temporarily out of service for remodel or other short-term periods.
 
        Average occupancy represents total paid rooms occupied divided by total available rooms. We use average occupancy as a measure of the utilization of capacity in our system of hotels.
 
        Revenue per available room, or RevPAR, represents total room and related revenues divided by total available rooms. We use RevPAR as a measure of performance yield in our system of hotels.
 
        Average daily rate, or ADR, represents total room revenues divided by the total number of paid rooms occupied by hotel guests. We use ADR as a measure of room pricing in our system of hotels.
      Comparable hotels are hotels that have been owned, leased, managed or franchised by us for more than one year. Throughout this report, unless otherwise stated, RevPAR, ADR and average occupancy statistics are calculated using statistics for comparable hotels. When presented in this report, the above performance measures will be identified as belonging to a particular market segment, system wide, or for continuing operations versus discontinued operations or total combined operations.
Business Segments
      We operate in four reportable segments: hotels; franchise and management; entertainment; and real estate. The hotels segment derives revenue primarily from guest room rentals and food and beverage operations at our owned and leased hotels. The franchise and management segment is engaged primarily in licensing our brands to franchisees and managing hotels for third party owners. This segment generates revenue from franchise fees that are typically based on a percent of room revenues and are charged to hotel owners in exchange for the use of our brands and access to our central services programs. These programs include the reservation system, guest loyalty program, national and regional sales, revenue management tools, quality inspections, advertising and brand standards. It also reflects revenue from management fees charged to the owners of our managed hotels, typically based on a percentage of the hotel’s gross revenues plus an incentive fee based on operating performance. The entertainment segment derives revenue primarily from ticketing services and promotion and presentation of entertainment productions. The real estate segment generates revenue from owning, managing, leasing and developing commercial retail and office properties and multi-unit residential properties.
      Effective April 1, 2005, we re-organized the presentation of what we consider our operating segments under the provisions of FASB Statement No. 131 “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” to closer reflect how we evaluate our business lines. The new presentation is reflected in the accompanying financial statements, notes thereto, in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and this Item 1. All comparative periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

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      The following table illustrates, for the periods indicated, revenue per reportable business segment and the percentage of total revenue generated by each segment, excluding the activities of business units identified as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements. For additional information regarding segments, please refer to “Business Segments” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements that are part of this annual report.
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except %)
Revenue:
                       
   
Hotels
  $ 146,125     $ 142,424     $ 138,286  
   
Franchise and management
    2,860       2,575       4,934  
   
Entertainment
    9,827       11,615       7,980  
   
Real estate
    5,045       5,416       5,209  
   
Other
    1,191       1,113       1,119  
                   
 
Total revenues
  $ 165,048     $ 163,143     $ 157,528  
                   
Revenue by segment as a percentage of total revenue:
                       
   
Hotels
    88.5 %     87.3 %     87.8 %
   
Franchise and management
    1.7 %     1.6 %     3.1 %
   
Entertainment
    6.0 %     7.1 %     5.1 %
   
Real estate
    3.1 %     3.3 %     3.3 %
   
Other
    0.7 %     0.7 %     0.7 %
                   
 
Total revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
                   
Hotel Operations
      Hotel operations include our hotels (hotel and related restaurant/banquet operations), as well as our franchise and management segment.
Owned and Leased Hotels
      We owned 22 hotels with a total of 4,426 rooms and more than 241,000 square feet of meeting space as of December 31, 2005. The number of owned properties includes three hotels for which some or all of the underlying land is leased. The lease expiration dates range from 2014 to 2062. For additional information, refer to “Operating Lease Commitments” in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. We operate restaurants in 21 of our owned hotels.
      As of December 31, 2005 we leased 13 hotels with a total of 2,183 rooms and more than 99,000 square feet of meeting space. Under these leases, we are responsible for hotel operations and management. We recognize revenues and associated expenses with leased hotel operations. Lease terms, with expiration dates ranging from 2020 to 2033 and having renewal provisions, typically require us to pay fixed monthly rent and variable rent based on a percentage of revenue if certain sales thresholds are reached. In addition, we are responsible for repairs and maintenance, operating expenses and management of operations. Refer to “Operating Lease Commitments” in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for additional information. We operate restaurants in 10 of our leased hotels.
      Of these 35 hotels, four have been identified as assets held for sale and are classified as discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheets and for the consolidated statements of operations. Those four hotels aggregate 821 rooms and approximately 42,000 square feet of meeting space.

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Managed Hotels
      As of December 31, 2005, we managed two third-party owned hotels with a total of 326 rooms and more than 37,000 square feet of meeting space. Under the typical management agreement, we manage virtually all aspects of the hotel’s operations, while the hotel owner is responsible for operating and other expenses. Our management fees are based on a percentage of the hotel’s gross revenue plus an incentive fee based on operating performance.
Franchised Hotels
      As of December 31, 2005, we had franchise arrangements with 27 hotels that were owned and operated by third parties under our licensed brand names. These hotels had at that date a total of 4,395 rooms and more than 171,000 square feet of meeting space. We do not have management or operational responsibility for franchised hotels. However, we do make available certain services to those hotels, which include reservation systems, advertising and national sales, a guest loyalty program, revenue management tools, quality inspections and brand standards. We receive royalties for use of the brand names. We also administer central services programs for the benefit of our system hotels and franchisees.
Hotel Brands
      The hotels in our system primarily operate under the Red Lion brand. Our Red Lion brand is nationally recognized and is typically associated with three-and four-star full-service hotels. As discussed below, we plan to focus our growth strategy on conversion of new hotels to our Red Lion brand.
Statistical Information
      The following tables provide certain information about our system of hotels:
System-wide Hotels as of December 31, 2005:
                           
            Meeting Space
    Hotels   Rooms   (sq. ft.)
             
Owned or Leased Hotels:(1)
                       
 
Red Lion Hotels
    32       5,917       300,828  
 
Other
    3       692       40,500  
                   
      35       6,609       341,328  
                   
Managed Hotels:
    2       326       37,800  
                   
Franchised Hotels:
                       
 
Red Lion Hotels
    26       4,138       156,801  
 
Other
    1       257       15,000  
                   
      27       4,395       171,801  
                   
Total
    64       11,330       550,929  
                   
Total Red Lion Hotels
    58       10,055       457,629  
 
(1)  Statistics include four hotels identified as discontinued business units, aggregating 821 rooms and 42,000 square feet of meeting space.

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      Hotel statistics:
                                   
    Year Ended December 31, 2005
     
    Number of   Average    
    Hotels   Occupancy(3)   ADR   RevPAR
                 
Owned or Leased Hotels:
                               
 
Continuing Operations
    31       61.8 %   $ 73.76     $ 45.61  
 
Discontinued Operations
    4       44.6 %     63.87       28.48  
                         
Combined Owned or Leased Hotels
    35       59.7 %   $ 72.84     $ 43.48  
                         
System-wide(1)
    64       60.1 %   $ 73.93     $ 44.45  
                         
Red Lion Hotels(2)
    58       60.5 %   $ 72.41     $ 43.80  
                         
 
(1)  Includes hotels owned, leased, managed or franchised for greater than one year by Red Lion Hotels Corporation. Includes four hotels identified as discontinued business units.
 
(2)  Includes all hotels owned, leased, managed or franchised for greater than one year that are operated under the Red Lion brand name. Includes two hotels identified as discontinued business units.
 
(3)  The total available rooms used to calculate average occupancy includes rooms taken out of service for renovation.
Hotel System Growth Strategy
      We intend to grow our hotel operations primarily by increasing the number of hotels franchised and managed under our Red Lion brand, with an initial focus on the western region of the United States and Canada. In 2005, we announced our goal of expanding our presence to 100 markets in five years from our current base of 50 markets. We anticipate that most of our growth will come through conversion of three-and four-star hotels to the nationally recognized Red Lion brand. Our expansion of the Red Lion brand will follow our “hub and spoke” expansion model. Initially, we will seek to achieve a presence in key hub cities. Then we will seek to expand into surrounding areas to increase brand penetration in the market.
      Key to this growth strategy is the completion of our reinvestment campaign in our existing owned and leased Red Lion hotels, one of the most significant facility improvement programs in company history. This investment accelerates our ongoing program to improve hotel quality by increasing customer comfort, freshening decor and modernizing with new technology. We believe that by improving the quality of our existing product in areas where customers’ quality expectations are continuing to grow, we both position our continuing operations to take advantage of the growth potential in our existing markets, and make the Red Lion brand more attractive for franchise opportunities.
      We intend to increase the number of management agreements we have with third-party hotel owners by marketing our management services. We believe that our experience in managing our own hotels and those of third parties gives us a competitive advantage to obtain such agreements.
      Our strategy has been to initially increase occupancy through strategic marketing and investment in our properties, and then to increase rates as demand increases for our rooms. For six consecutive quarters through June 2005, we increased occupancy. We built on this demand by increasing the average daily rate during 2005 in the majority of our markets. We believe that the combined effect of this strategy was that RevPAR for our hotels increased at a faster rate during 2005, than for many of the hotels in our markets that we consider direct competitors.
      Our brand strengthening initiatives, marketing efforts and technological upgrades are achieving desired results. We continue to increase the number of reservations we receive through electronic distribution systems that include our own branded websites and third-party internet channels (alternative distributions systems or ADS). Our central reservations and distribution management technology allows us to manage the yield on these ADS channels on a real-time, hotel-by-hotel basis. We have merchant model agreements with leading

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ADS providers, which typically entitle the provider to keep a fixed percentage of the price paid by the customer for each room booked. This allows us to maximize the yield of a typically lower rated market segment. Our focus on driving customers to our branded website made it one of our fastest growing sources of online reservations during 2005, allowing us to further maximize our yield on those types of bookings. Our success reflects our management of these distribution channels and our merchant model agreements.
      Through 2004 and 2005 we continued to increase bookings as a result of our focus on direct sales, the “Stay Comfortable” advertising campaign and the “We Promise or We Pay” branded website booking initiative. The “We Promise or We Pay” initiative is designed to encourage guests to book on our branded website, www.redlion.com. Through this initiative, we guarantee to our guests that our branded websites will provide the lowest rate available compared to non-opaque ADS channels. We also launched a marketing campaign designed specifically to increase awareness of our Net4Guests and room amenity upgrade programs known as “Stay Comfortable.” Net4Guests provides hotel guests and GuestAwards loyalty program members access to free high-speed wireless internet.
Guest Loyalty Program
      Our “GuestAwards” guest loyalty program provides our customer base with the flexibility to earn air miles with each qualifying hotel stay or points for every eligible dollar charged to the guest room. GuestAward points are redeemable for complimentary hotel stays, air miles or travel, car rental, merchandise, entertainment and other incentives including stays at our partner hotels. We continue to actively pursue cooperative redemption arrangements with marketing partners to expand the appeal and flexibility of our loyalty plan. In 2005, we added Outrigger Hotels and Resorts in Hawaii as a redemption partner to add value to our amenity program.
E-Commerce
      We maintain a state of the art hotel reservation system that allows us to manage single image inventory through our distribution channels and execute rate management strategies through channels of distribution including voice, global distribution systems and internet sites. In addition, we provide effective and efficient guest service including online hotel reservations, GuestAwards enrollment and ticketing of TicketsWest events, through our websites, www.redlion.com and www.ticketswest.com.
      We are continuing to see positive results from our strategy of managing the ADS channels to drive incremental revenue and increase brand exposure. At the same time, revenue growth on our branded websites has continued to grow. In 2004, we redeveloped our branded websites with a focus on ease of use and comprehensiveness of content. Both conversion and unique visitor traffic have increased. To help drive traffic to the new web sites, we joined a leading meta-search referral site, Sidestep, and are in the process of implementing another. We also implemented a state-of-the-art customer relationship management (“CRM”) database and special electronic offers capability, bringing new levels of service to our system-wide hotels.
Training and Service
      As a continuation of our commitment to guest service and the development of our associates, we expanded our service training programs in 2005. These initiatives include establishing training programs for sales, revenue management, and catering. We also developed “The Red Lion Way,” a new service standard and training designed to give Red Lion Hotel associates the tools to create a positive, memorable guest experience. Through an increased level of personalized service, Red Lion Hotels intends to differentiate itself from the competition.
Marketing
      Our marketing strategy provides quality and value to the hotels in our system. Through consistent national and regional messaging in high visibility markets, we reach the majority of our target segments. In addition, we offer intelligence tools such as rate management strategies, competitive set benchmarking and market demand reports to the hotels.

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Corporate Purchasing
      As a benefit to our franchisees and to maximize the purchasing power of our full system of hotels for key products utilized at the properties, we offer corporate purchasing services to all of the hotels in our system.
Competition
      The lodging industry is comprised of numerous national, regional and local hotel companies. We compete against these companies in the mid-scale and upper mid-scale full-service hotel segments of the industry. Competition for occupancy is focused on three, approximately equal, major segments of traveler: the business traveler, which is a significant occupancy driver for our hotel system; the convention and group business traveler, which utilizes room nights, meeting space and food and beverage operations; and the leisure traveler. Marketing efforts throughout the year are geared towards these three major segments.
      We also compete with other hotel operators and management companies for hotels to add to our system. Our competitors include management companies as well as large hotel chains that own and operate their own hotels and franchise their brands.
Trademarks
      We have registered the following trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Red Lion, WestCoast, GuestAwards, Net4Guests, Stay Comfortable, TicketsWest, and G&B. We have also registered some of these trademarks in Canada and Mexico, and are in the process of obtaining trademark registrations in Asia and Europe. We also own various derivatives of these trademarks, each of which is registered with or has a registration application pending with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our trademarks and the associated name recognition are valuable to our business.
Employees
      As of December 31, 2005, we employed approximately 3,526 persons on a full-time and part-time basis, with 3,105 in hotel operations and the remainder in our administrative office and our entertainment and real estate divisions. Approximately 210 persons working in hotel operations were covered by various collective bargaining agreements providing, generally, for basic pay rates, working hours, other conditions of employment and organized settlement of labor disputes. We believe our employee relations are satisfactory.
Seasonality and Impact of External Influences
      Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Significant portions of our revenues and profits are realized from May through October. Our results for any quarter may not be indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year. In addition, results are affected by national and regional economic conditions, including the magnitude and duration of economic slowdowns and rebounds in the United States; actual and threatened terrorist attacks and international conflicts and their impact on travel; and weather conditions.
Non-core Asset Sales
      We continue to focus on our hotel operations and, as a result, may from time to time seek to opportunistically divest our interests in non-core assets. On November 23, 2004, the Board of Directors approved a plan for the sale of 11 hotels and other real estate owned by us. The activities of these hotels and the commercial office building are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles. The net impact of the operations of these business units is segregated and separately disclosed on our consolidated statement of operations, comparative for all periods presented when they existed. Likewise, the assets and liabilities of the business are segregated and separately stated on the consolidated balance sheet for all periods presented when they existed.

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      In 2005, we completed the sale of seven of those hotels and our commercial building, with gross proceeds of $52.8 million. At December 31, 2005, the divestment properties were comprised of the following:
        Hotels (included as discontinued operations)
 
        WestCoast Ridpath Hotel, Spokane, Washington
 
        WestCoast Outlaw Hotel, Kalispell, Montana
 
        Red Lion Hotel Hillsboro, Hillsboro, Oregon
 
        Red Lion Hotel on the Falls, Idaho Falls, Idaho
 
        Other Real Estate (included as other assets held for sale)
 
        Undeveloped property, Kennewick, Washington
 
        Undeveloped property, Pasco, Washington
      In 2006 we completed the sale of the Red Lion Hotel Hillsboro and a portion of the WestCoast Ridpath Hotel in transactions with gross aggregate proceeds of approximately $5.3 million. Proceeds from these sales have been and will be used to finance the renovation program discussed above.
      The remaining other real estate is considered held for sale under generally accepted accounting principles, but does not meet the definition of a discontinued operation. These assets held for sale are separately disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005 and 2004.
Item 1A.      Risk Factors
      We believe the following summarizes the risk factors relating to our business:
Our operating results are subject to conditions affecting the lodging industry.
      Our revenues and our operating results are subject to conditions affecting the lodging industry. These include:
  —  changes in the national, regional or local economic climate;
 
  —  actual and threatened terrorist attacks and international conflicts and their impact on travel;
 
  —  local conditions such as an oversupply of, or a reduction in demand for, hotel rooms;
 
  —  the attractiveness of the hotels in our system to consumers and competition from other hotels;
 
  —  the quality, philosophy and performance of the managers of the hotels in our system;
 
  —  increases in operating costs due to inflation and other factors such as increases in the price of energy, healthcare or insurance;
 
  —  travelers’ fears of exposure to contagious diseases or pest infestation, either perceived or real;
 
  —  changes in travel patterns, extreme weather conditions and cancellation of or changes in events scheduled to occur in our markets; and
 
  —  the need to periodically repair and renovate the hotels in our system.
      Changes in any of these conditions could adversely impact hotel room demand and pricing and result in reduced occupancy, ADR and RevPAR or could otherwise adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. We have a limited ability to pass through increased operating costs in the form of higher room rates, so that such increased costs could result in lower operating margins.

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If we are unable to compete successfully, our business may be materially harmed.
      The lodging industry is highly competitive. Competition in the industry is primarily based on service quality, range of services, brand name recognition, convenience of location, room rates, guest amenities and quality of accommodations. We compete with other national limited and full service hotel companies as well as various regional and local hotels. Many of our competitors have a larger network of locations and greater financial resources than our company. Additionally, new and existing competitors may offer significantly lower rates, greater convenience, services or amenities or superior facilities, which could attract customers away from our hotels, resulting in a decrease in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR for our hotels. Changes in demographics and other changes in our markets may also adversely impact the convenience or desirability of our hotel locations thereby reducing occupancy, ADR and RevPAR and otherwise adversely impacting our results of operations and financial condition.
Due to the geographic concentration of the hotels in our system, our results of operations and financial condition are subject to fluctuations in regional economic conditions.
      Of the 64 hotels in our system at December 31, 2005, 49 are located in Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Montana. Therefore, our results of operations and financial condition may be significantly affected by the economy of the Pacific Northwest, which is dependent in large part on a limited number of major industries, including agriculture, tourism, technology, timber and aerospace. These industries may be affected by:
  —  changes in governmental regulations and economic conditions;
 
  —  the relative strength of national and local economies; and
 
  —  the rate of national and local unemployment.
      In addition, companies in these industries may decide to relocate all or part of their businesses outside the Pacific Northwest. Any of these factors could materially affect the local economies in which these industries operate and where we have a presence. Other adverse events affecting the Pacific Northwest, such as economic recessions or natural disasters, could cause a loss of revenues for our hotels in this region, which may be greater as a result of our concentration of assets in these areas. In addition, we operate or market multiple hotels within several markets. A downturn in general economic or other relevant conditions in these specific markets or in any other market in which we operate could lead to a decline in demand in these markets and cause a loss of revenues from these hotels.
Our expenses may remain constant even if revenues decline.
      The expenses of owning property are not necessarily reduced when circumstances such as market factors and competition cause a reduction in income from a hotel. Accordingly, a decrease in our revenues could result in a disproportionately higher decrease in our earnings because our expenses are unlikely to decrease proportionately. In such instances, our financial condition and ability to service debt could be adversely affected by:
  —  interest rate levels;
 
  —  the availability of financing;
 
  —  the cost of compliance with government regulations, including zoning and tax laws; and
 
  —  changes in government regulations, including those governing usage, zoning and taxes.
Our inability to sell real estate if and when desired may adversely affect our financial condition.
      Real estate assets generally cannot be sold quickly. In general, we may not be able to vary our portfolio of hotels or other real estate promptly in response to economic or other conditions. This inability to respond promptly to changes in the performance of our assets could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to service debt, including our debentures. In addition, sales of appreciated real property could generate material adverse tax consequences, which may make it disadvantageous for us to sell certain of our hotels.

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If we are unable to effectively integrate new hotels into our operations, our results of operations and financial condition may suffer.
      We intend to grow our hotel operations partly by acquiring whole or partial interests in hotels. However, we cannot assure you that:
  —  we will be able to successfully integrate these new hotels or new hotel products into our operations;
 
  —  these new hotels or new hotel products will achieve revenue and profitability levels comparable to our existing hotels; or
 
  —  to the extent integration occurs, our business will be profitable.
      Based on our experience, newly acquired, developed or converted hotels typically begin with lower occupancy and room rates, thereby resulting in lower revenue. Our expansion within our existing markets could adversely affect the financial performance of our existing hotels in those markets and thus negatively impact our overall results of operations. Expansion into new markets may also present operating and marketing challenges that are different from those we currently encounter in our existing markets. Our inability to anticipate all of the changing demands that expanding operations will impose on our management and management information and reservation systems, or our failure to quickly adapt our systems and procedures to the new markets could result in lost revenue and increased expenses and otherwise have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
If our franchisees terminate or fail to renew their relationship with our company, our franchise revenue will decline.
      As of December 31, 2005, there were 27 hotels in our system that were owned by others and operated under franchise agreements with us. At December 31, 2005, four of those were under temporary arrangements that were entered into as part of the sale of the property by us to a third party and expire in early 2006. For the other 23 agreements, although they generally specify a fixed term, they typically contain various early termination provisions, such as the right to terminate upon notice by paying us a termination fee, or the right to terminate if we fail to contribute a negotiated level of revenue to the franchisee through our reservation systems. We cannot assure you that these agreements will be renewed, or that they will not be terminated prior to the end of their respective terms. If these franchise agreements are not renewed, or are terminated prior to the expiration of their respective terms, the resulting decrease in revenue and loss of market penetration could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
We may be unsuccessful in identifying and completing acquisition opportunities, which could limit our ability to implement our long-term growth strategy and result in significant expenses.
      We intend to pursue a full range of growth opportunities, including identifying hotels for acquisition, development, management, rebranding and franchising. We compete for growth opportunities with national and regional hospitality companies, some of which have greater name recognition, marketing support, reservation system capacity and financial resources than we do. Our ability to make acquisitions is dependent upon, among other things, our relationships with owners of existing hotels and certain major hotel investors, financing acquisitions and renovations and successfully integrating new hotels into our operations. We may be unable to find suitable hotels for acquisition, development, management, rebranding or franchising on acceptable terms, or at all. Competition with other hotel companies may increase the cost of acquiring hotels. Even if suitable hotels are identified for acquisition, we may not be able to find lenders or capital partners willing to finance the acquisition of the hotels on acceptable terms. Further, we may not have adequate cash from operations to pursue such growth opportunities. Our failure to compete successfully for acquisitions, to obtain suitable financing for acquisitions we have identified or to attract and maintain relationships with hotel owners and major hotel investors could adversely affect our ability to expand our system of hotels. An inability to implement our growth strategy could limit our ability to grow our revenue base and otherwise adversely affect our results of operations.

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Hotel acquisitions could fail to perform in accordance with our expectations, and our hotel development, redevelopment and renovation projects might be more costly than we anticipate.
      We intend to acquire additional hotels and we may acquire other operations in the future. We also intend to continue the redevelopment and re-branding of other acquired hotels into “Red Lion” hotels. In addition, we expect to develop new hotels in the future, depending on market conditions. Hotel redevelopment, renovation and new project development are subject to a number of risks, including:
  —  construction delays or cost overruns;
 
  —  risks that the hotels will not achieve anticipated performance levels; and
 
  —  new project commencement risks such as receipt of zoning, occupancy and other required governmental permits and authorizations.
      As a result of these risks, we could incur substantial costs for a project that is never completed. Further, financing for these projects may not be available or, even if available, may not be on acceptable terms. Any unanticipated delays or expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, development, redevelopment or renovation of the hotels in our system could impact expected revenues, negatively affect our reputation among hotel customers, owners and franchisees and otherwise adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
Risks associated with real estate ownership may adversely affect revenue or increase expenses.
      As of December 31, 2005, our hotel system contained 64 hotels located in 11 states and one Canadian province, with 11,330 rooms and 550,929 square feet of meeting space. We managed 37 of these hotels, including 22 owned hotels, 13 leased hotels and two third-party owned hotels. The remaining 27 hotels were owned and operated by third-party franchisees. We also own commercial and other properties. Accordingly, we are subject to varying degrees of risk that generally arise from the ownership of real property. Revenue from our hotels and other real estate may be adversely affected by changes beyond our control, including the following:
  —  changes in national, regional and local economic conditions;
 
  —  changes in local real estate market conditions;
 
  —  increases in interest rates, and other changes in the availability, cost and terms of financing and capital leases;
 
  —  increases in property and other taxes;
 
  —  the impact of present or future environmental legislation and adverse changes in zoning laws and other regulations; and
 
  —  compliance with environmental laws.
      An increase in interest rates or property and other taxes could increase expenses and adversely affect our cash flow. Adverse conditions such as those discussed above could cause the terms of our borrowings to become unfavorable to us. In such circumstances, if we were in need of capital to repay indebtedness in accordance with its terms or otherwise, we could be required to sell one or more hotels at times that might not permit realization of the maximum return on our investments. Unfavorable changes in one or more of these conditions could also result in unanticipated expenses and higher operating costs, thereby reducing operating margins and otherwise adversely affecting our results of operations and financial condition.
Our properties are subject to risks relating to acts of God, terrorist activity and war and any such event could materially adversely affect our operating results.
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too expensive to justify insuring against. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur, we could lose all or a portion of the capital we have invested in a property, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the property. In that event, we might nevertheless remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the property. Similarly, war (including the potential for war) and terrorist activity (including threats of terrorist activity), epidemics (such as SARs and bird flu), travel-related accidents, as well as geopolitical uncertainty and international conflict, which impact domestic and international travel, have caused in the past, and may cause in the future, our results to differ materially from anticipated results. Terrorism incidents such as the events of September 11, 2001 and wars such as the Iraq war in 2003 significantly impact international travel and consequently global demand for hotel rooms. In addition, inadequate preparedness, contingency planning or recovery capability in relation to a major incident or crisis may prevent operational continuity and consequently impact the value of the brand or the reputation of our business.
If we fail to comply with privacy regulations, we could be subject to fines or other restrictions on our business.
      We collect and maintain information relating to our guests for various business purposes, including maintaining guest preferences to enhance our customer service and for marketing and promotion purposes and credit card information. The collection and use of personal data are governed by privacy laws and regulations enacted in the U.S. and by various contracts we operate under. Privacy regulation is an evolving area in which different jurisdictions may subject us to inconsistent compliance requirements. Compliance with applicable privacy regulations may increase our operating costs and/or adversely impact our ability to service our guests and market our products, properties and services to our guests. In addition, non-compliance with applicable privacy regulations by us (or in some circumstances non-compliance by third parties engaged by us) could result in fines or restrictions on our use or transfer of data.
Due to the shareholdings of our Chairman together with other members of the Barbieri family, we may be limited in our ability to undertake a change of control transaction requiring shareholder approval.
      As of March 30, 2006, Donald K. Barbieri, our Chairman of the Board, had sole voting and investment power with respect to 8.1% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Heather Barbieri, his ex-spouse, had sole voting and investment power with respect to 7.6% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Pursuant to a trust agreement, Donald K. Barbieri and Heather Barbieri share voting and investment power with respect to 5.7% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Richard L. Barbieri, who is also a director and Donald K. Barbieri’s brother, beneficially owned 3.1% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of March 30, 2006. In addition, we believe that other members of the Barbieri family who are not directors, executive officers or 5% shareholders individually hold outstanding common stock. As such, to the extent they are willing and able to act in concert, they may have the ability as a group to approve or block actions requiring the approval of our shareholders, including a merger or a sale of all the assets of our company or a transaction that results in a change of control.
We may have disputes with the owners of the hotels that we manage or franchise.
      Consistent with our focus on management and franchising, we do not own all the properties in our system of hotels. The nature of our responsibilities under our management agreements to manage each hotel and enforce the standards required for our brands under both management and franchise agreements may, in some instances, be subject to interpretation and may give rise to disagreements. We seek to resolve any disagreements in order to develop and maintain positive relations with current and potential hotel owners and joint venture partners but have not always been able to do so. Failure to resolve such disagreements may result in litigation, arbitration or other settlement actions.

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We are subject to governmental regulations affecting the lodging industry; the costs of complying with governmental regulations, or our failure to comply with such regulations, could affect our financial condition and results of operations.
      We are subject to numerous federal, state and local government regulations affecting the lodging industry, including building and zoning requirements. Increased government regulation could require us to make unplanned expenditures and result in higher operating costs. Further, we are subject to laws governing our relationship with employees, including minimum wage requirements, overtime, working conditions and work permit requirements. An increase in the minimum wage rate, employee benefit costs or other costs associated with employees could increase expenses and result in lower operating margins. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”), all public accommodations are required to meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. We may be required to remove access barriers or make unplanned, substantial modifications to our hotels to comply with the ADA or to comply with other changes in governmental rules and regulations, which could reduce the number of total available rooms, increase operating costs and have a negative impact on revenues and earnings. Any failure to comply with ADA requirements or other governmental regulations could result in the U.S. government imposing fines or in private litigants winning damage awards against us.
Our business is seasonal in nature, and we are likely to experience fluctuations in our results of operations and financial condition.
      Our business is seasonal in nature, with the months from May through October generally accounting for a greater portion of annual revenues than the months from November through April. Therefore, our results for any quarter may not be indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year. The seasonal nature of our business increases our vulnerability to risks such as labor force shortages and cash flow problems. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international conflict, regional economic downturn or poor weather conditions should occur during the months of May through October, the adverse impact to our revenues could likely be greater as a result of our seasonal business.
Failure to retain senior management could adversely affect our business.
      We place substantial reliance on the lodging industry experience and the institutional knowledge of members of our senior management team. Mr. Coffey, Mr. Narayan and Mr. Taffin are particularly important to our future success due to their substantial experience in the lodging industry, and with either the Red Lion brand or our company. The loss of the services of these members of our senior management team could hinder our ability to effectively manage our business and implement our growth strategies. Finding suitable replacements for Mr. Coffey, Mr. Narayan, or Mr. Taffin could be difficult, and competition for such personnel of similar experience is intense. We do not carry key person insurance on any of our senior management.
If we are unable to locate lessees for our office and retail space our revenues and cash flow may be adversely affected.
      We own for lease to others over 375,000 square feet of office and retail space in Spokane, Washington and Kalispell, Montana. We are subject to the risk that leases for this space might not be renewed upon their expiration, the space may not be relet or the terms of renewal or reletting such space (including the cost of required renovations) might be less favorable to us than current lease terms. Vacancies could result due to the termination of a tenant’s tenancy, the tenant’s financial failure or a breach of the tenant’s obligations. We may be unable to locate tenants for rental spaces vacated in the future or we may be limited to renting space on unfavorable terms. Delays or difficulties in attracting tenants and costs incurred in preparing for tenants could reduce cash flow, decrease the value of a property and jeopardize our ability to pay our expenses.

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We are subject to risks associated with managing and leasing commercial properties owned by third parties.
      We plan to continue to manage and lease properties owned by third parties. Risks associated with these activities include the risks that:
  —  the contracts (which may be cancelable upon relatively short notice or upon major events, including sale of the property) will be terminated by the property owner or will be lost in connection with a sale of such property;
 
  —  the contracts might not be renewed upon expiration or might not be renewed on terms consistent with current terms; and
 
  —  rental revenues upon which management and leasing fees are based will decline as a result of general real estate market conditions or specific market factors affecting properties managed or leased by us, resulting in decreased management or leasing fee income.
The performance of our entertainment division is particularly subject to fluctuations in economic conditions.
      Our entertainment division, which comprised 6.0% of our total revenues from continuing operations in 2005, engages in event ticketing and the presentation of various entertainment productions. We have in the past attracted additional hotel guests by cross selling to them tickets to entertainment events through our TicketsWest subsidiary. Our entertainment division is vulnerable to risks associated with changes in general regional and economic conditions, the potential for significant competition and a change in consumer trends, among others. In addition, we face the risk that Broadway shows and other entertainment productions will not tour the Pacific Northwest or that such productions will not choose us as a presenter or promoter.
We face risks relating to litigation.
      At any given time, we are subject to claims and actions incidental to the operation of our business. The outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted. If a plaintiff were successful in a claim against our company, we could be faced with the payment of a material sum of money and we may not be insured for such a loss. If this were to occur it could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.
We may experience material losses in excess of insurance coverage.
      We carry comprehensive liability, public area liability, fire, flood, boiler and machinery, extended coverage and rental loss insurance covering our properties. There are, however, certain types of catastrophic losses that are not generally insured because it is not economically feasible to insure against such losses. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur with respect to any particular property, we could lose our capital invested in the property, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the property and, in the case of debt which is with recourse to us, would remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the property. We cannot assure you that material losses in excess of insurance coverage will not occur in the future. Any such loss could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
We are subject to environmental risks that could be costly.
      Our operating costs may be affected by the obligation to pay for the cost of complying with existing environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, as well as the cost of compliance with future environmental legislation. Under current federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. In addition, the presence of contamination from hazardous or toxic substances, or the failure to remediate such contaminated property properly, may adversely affect the ability of the owner of the property to borrow using such property

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as collateral for a loan or to sell such property. Environmental laws also may impose restrictions on the manner in which a property may be used or transferred or in which businesses may be operated, and may impose remedial or compliance costs. The costs of defending against claims of liability or remediating contaminated property and the cost of complying with environmental laws could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We have not performed Phase II environmental assessments on two of our owned properties for which Phase II assessments were recommended, because we determined that any further investigation was not warranted. We cannot assure you that these properties do not have any environmental concerns associated with them. While we have not been notified by any governmental authority and we have no other knowledge of any material noncompliance, liability or claim relating to hazardous or toxic substances or other environmental substances in connection with any of our properties, we have not performed Phase I environmental assessments on all of our leased properties. We cannot assure you that we will not discover problems that currently exist but of which we have no current knowledge that future laws, ordinances or regulations will not impose any material environmental liability, or that the current environmental condition of our existing and future properties will not be affected by the condition of neighboring properties (such as the presence of leaking underground storage tanks) or by third parties (whether neighbors such as dry cleaners or others) unrelated to us.
We have incurred debt financing and may incur increased indebtedness in connection with future acquisitions.
      A substantial portion of our outstanding indebtedness is secured by individual properties. Neither our Articles of Incorporation nor our Bylaws limit the amount of indebtedness that we may incur. Subject to limitations in our debt instruments, we may incur additional debt in the future to finance acquisitions and renovations and for general corporate purposes. Accordingly, we could become highly leveraged, resulting in an increase in debt service that could adversely affect our operating cash flow. Our continuing indebtedness could increase our vulnerability to general economic and lodging industry conditions (including increases in interest rates) and could impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the future and to take advantage of significant business opportunities that may arise. Our indebtedness is, and will likely continue to be, secured by mortgages on our owned hotels. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet our debt service obligations and, to the extent that we cannot, we risk the loss of some or all of our assets, including our hotels, to foreclosure. Adverse economic conditions could cause the terms on which borrowings become available to be unfavorable to us. In such circumstances, if we are in need of capital to repay indebtedness in accordance with its terms or otherwise, we could be required to sell one or more hotels in our system at times that may not permit realization of the maximum return on our investments. Economic conditions could result in higher interest rates, which would increase debt service requirements on variable rate debt and could reduce the amount of cash available for various corporate purposes.
The increasing use of third-party travel websites by consumers may adversely affect our profitability.
      Some of our hotel rooms may be booked through third-party travel websites such as Travelocity.com, Expedia.com and Priceline.com. If these internet bookings increase, these intermediaries may be able to obtain higher commissions, reduced room rates or other significant contract concessions from us. Moreover, some of these internet travel intermediaries are attempting to offer hotel rooms as a commodity, by increasing the importance of price and general indicators of quality (such as “three-star downtown hotel”) at the expense of brand identification. We believe that these internet intermediaries hope that consumers will eventually develop brand loyalties to their reservation systems. Although most of the business for our hotels is expected to be derived from traditional channels, if the amount of sales made through internet intermediaries increases significantly, room revenues may flatten or decrease and our profitability may be adversely affected.
Item 1B.      Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 2. Properties
Overview
      It is our mission to provide personalized, exuberant service and to create the most memorable guest experience possible. To that end our hotel properties provide caring service and comfortable accommodations at competitive prices consistent with the markets they serve. We seek to maintain consistent quality in our system of hotels, offering valuable services such as dining, fitness centers, business services or other ancillary services. In addition, guest rooms are well equipped with products important to both leisure and business travelers. Most of our hotels offer flexible meeting space to service the group and convention markets. We continue to invest in our hotel properties to maintain or improve quality conditions.
Hotel Listing
      The following table outlines a complete listing of all our hotel properties as of December 31, 2005:
                             
        Total   Meeting
        Available   Space
Property   Location   Rooms   (sq. ft.)
             
Red Lion Owned Hotels
                       
 
Red Lion Hotel Eureka
    Eureka, California       175       4,890  
 
Red Lion Hotel Redding
    Redding, California       192       6,800  
 
Red Lion Hotel on the Falls(1)
    Idaho Falls, Idaho       138       8,800  
 
Red Lion Hotel Pocatello
    Pocatello, Idaho       150       13,000  
 
Red Lion Templin’s Hotel on the River
    Post Falls, Idaho       163       11,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Canyon Springs
    Twin Falls, Idaho       112       5,085  
 
Red Lion Colonial Hotel
    Helena, Montana       149       15,500  
 
Red Lion Hotel Hillsboro(1)
    Hillsboro, Oregon       123       3,200  
 
Red Lion Hotel Salt Lake Downtown
    Salt Lake City, Utah       392       12,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Columbia Center
    Kennewick, Washington       161       9,700  
 
Red Lion Hotel Olympia
    Olympia, Washington       191       16,500  
 
Red Lion Hotel Pasco
    Pasco, Washington       279       17,240  
 
Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles
    Port Angeles, Washington       186       3,010  
 
Red Lion Hotel Richland Hanford House
    Richland, Washington       149       9,247  
 
Red Lion Bellevue Inn
    Bellevue, Washington       181       5,700  
 
Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue
    Seattle, Washington       297       13,800  
 
Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport
    Seattle, Washington       143       4,500  
 
Red Lion Hotel at the Park
    Spokane, Washington       400       30,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Yakima Center
    Yakima, Washington       153       11,000  
Other Owned Hotels
                       
 
WestCoast Kalispell Center(2)
    Kalispell, Montana       132       10,500  
 
WestCoast Outlaw Hotel(1)
    Kalispell, Montana       218       14,000  
 
WestCoast Ridpath Hotel(1)
    Spokane, Washington       342       16,000  
                   
   
Owned Hotels (22 properties)
            4,426       241,472  
                   

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        Total   Meeting
        Available   Space
Property   Location   Rooms   (sq. ft.)
             
Red Lion Leased Hotels
                       
 
Red Lion Hotel Sacramento
    Sacramento, California       376       19,644  
 
Red Lion Hotel Boise Downtowner
    Boise, Idaho       182       8,600  
 
Red Lion Inn Missoula
    Missoula, Montana       76       640  
 
Red Lion Inn Astoria
    Astoria, Oregon       124       5,118  
 
Red Lion Inn Bend North
    Bend, Oregon       75       2,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Coos Bay
    Coos Bay, Oregon       143       5,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Eugene
    Eugene, Oregon       137       5,600  
 
Red Lion Hotel Medford
    Medford, Oregon       185       9,552  
 
Red Lion Hotel Pendleton
    Pendleton, Oregon       170       9,769  
 
Red Lion Hotel Kelso/Longview
    Kelso, Washington       161       8,670  
 
Red Lion River Inn
    Spokane, Washington       245       2,800  
 
Red Lion Hotel Vancouver (at the Quay)
    Vancouver, Washington       160       14,785  
 
Red Lion Hotel Wenatchee
    Wenatchee, Washington       149       7,678  
                   
   
Leased Hotels (13 properties)
            2,183       99,856  
                   
Other Managed Hotels
                       
 
WestCoast Cape Fox Lodge(3)
    Ketchikan, Alaska       72       1,800  
 
The Grove
    Boise, Idaho       254       36,000  
                   
   
Managed Hotels (2 properties)
            326       37,800  
                   
Red Lion Franchised Hotels
                       
 
Red Lion Inn & Suites Victoria
    Victoria, BC Canada       85       450  
 
Red Lion Hotel Bakersfield
    Bakersfield, California       165       6,139  
 
Red Lion Hotel Modesto
    Modesto, California       186       6,600  
 
Red Lion Hanalei Hotel San Diego
    San Diego, California       416       16,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Denver Central
    Denver, Colorado       297       15,206  
 
Red Lion Hotel Denver Downtown
    Denver, Colorado       170       1,240  
 
Red Lion Hotel Lewiston
    Lewiston, Idaho       183       12,259  
 
Red Lion Hotel Butte
    Butte, Montana       131       4,250  
 
Red Lion Hotel & Casino Elko
    Elko, Nevada       222       3,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel & Casino Winnemucca
    Winnemucca, Nevada       105       1,271  
 
Red Lion Hotel Lawton
    Lawton, Oklahoma       171       3,100  
 
Red Lion Inn & Suites McMinnville
    McMinnville, Oregon       67       1,312  
 
Red Lion Inn Portland Airport
    Portland, Oregon       68       650  
 
Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center
    Portland, Oregon       174       6,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Salem
    Salem, Oregon       150       10,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Austin
    Austin, Texas       300       12,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel on the River — Jantzen Beach
    Portland, Oregon       318       35,000  
 
Red Lion Hotel Tacoma
    Tacoma, Washington       119       750  
 
Red Lion Hotel Seattle South
    Seattle, Washington       117       3,990  
 
Red Lion Inn at Salmon Creek
    Vancouver, Washington       89       1,100  
 
Selkirk Lodge at Schweitzer Mountain — a Red Lion Hotel
    Sandpoint, Idaho       82       8,784  

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        Total   Meeting
        Available   Space
Property   Location   Rooms   (sq. ft.)
             
 
White Pine Lodge at Schweitzer Mountain — a Red Lion Hotel
    Sandpoint, Idaho       50       4,000  
 
Red Lion Inn Aberdeen(4)
    Aberdeen, Washington       66        
 
Red Lion ParkCenter Suites(4)
    Boise, Idaho       236       2,200  
 
Red Lion Inn Kalispell(4)
    Kalispell, Montana       63       300  
 
Red Lion Klamath Falls(4)
    Klamath Falls, Oregon       108       1,200  
Other Franchised Hotels
                       
 
Valley River Inn — a WestCoast Hotel(3)
    Eugene, Oregon       257       15,000  
                   
   
Franchised Hotels (27 properties)
            4,395       171,801  
                   
   
Total — All Hotels (64 properties)
            11,330       550,929  
                   
Hotel Summary
                       
 
Red Lion Hotels (58 properties)
            10,055       457,629  
 
Other Hotels (6 properties)
            1,275       93,300  
                   
 
Total — All Hotels (64 properties)
            11,330       550,929  
                   
 
(1)  At December 31, 2005 these hotels were included as part of the discontinued operations.
 
(2)  This hotel is being expanded by 36 rooms, is under renovation, and will be reflagged as a Red Lion in 2006.
 
(3)  Subsequent to year end, these hotels transitioned from their identified classification to a reservation services agreement and will not be counted as system-wide hotels beginning in January 2006.
 
(4)  These hotels were previously part of the discontinued operations and upon sale entered into temporary transitional franchise agreements ending in 2006.
Environmental Assessments
      In connection with our acquisition of a hotel, a Phase I environmental assessment is conducted by a qualified independent environmental engineer. A Phase I environmental assessment involves researching historical usages of a property, databases containing registered underground storage tanks and other matters, including an on-site inspection, to determine whether an environmental issue exists with respect to the property which needs to be addressed. If the results of a Phase I environmental assessment reveal potential issues, a Phase II environmental assessment, which may include soil testing, ground water monitoring or borings to locate underground storage tanks, will be ordered for further evaluation if we determine that further investigation is warranted. It is possible that Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments will not reveal all environmental liabilities or compliance concerns or that there will be material environmental liabilities or compliance concerns of which we will not be aware. Phase I environmental assessments have been performed on all properties owned by us and we expect that all of our future hotel acquisitions will be subject to a Phase I environmental assessment and, if we determine it is warranted, a Phase II environmental assessment.
Other Properties
      In addition to the hotels noted above, the company maintains a direct ownership interest in a commercial building in Spokane, Washington, a tenancy in common investment in a retail mall in Kalispell, Montana and other miscellaneous real estate investments.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
      At any given time, we are subject to claims and actions incident to the operation of our business. While the outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted, it is the opinion of management that none of such proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of the Security Holders
      No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2005.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
      Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “RLH”. Prior to September 19, 2005, the stock traded under the symbol “WEH”. The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low closing sale prices for the common stock on the NYSE.
                   
    High   Low
         
2005
               
 
Fourth Quarter (ended December 31, 2005)
  $ 9.30     $ 6.97  
 
Third Quarter (ended September 30, 2005)
  $ 7.10     $ 6.54  
 
Second Quarter (ended June 30, 2005)
  $ 7.06     $ 6.61  
 
First Quarter (ended March 31, 2005)
  $ 7.10     $ 5.95  
2004
               
 
Fourth Quarter (ended December 31, 2004)
  $ 6.10     $ 4.92  
 
Third Quarter (ended September 30, 2004)
  $ 5.74     $ 4.80  
 
Second Quarter (ended June 30, 2004)
  $ 6.87     $ 5.19  
 
First Quarter (ended March 31, 2004)
  $ 6.65     $ 4.71  
      The last reported sale price of the common stock on the NYSE on March 15, 2006 was $11.95. As of March 15, 2006, there were approximately 106 shareholders of record of the common stock.
      We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on the common stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain earnings to provide funds for the continued growth and development of our business. Please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources. Any determination to pay cash dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board. Our board will periodically review our company’s dividend policy on common shares.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
      The following table sets forth our selected consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001. The selected consolidated statement of operations and balance sheet data are derived from our audited financial statements. The audited consolidated financial statements for certain of these periods are included elsewhere in this annual report. The selected consolidated financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by, our consolidated financial statements and related notes, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other financial information included elsewhere in this annual report.
                                               
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:(1)
                                       
 
Continuing Operations
                                       
   
Total revenues
  $ 165,048     $ 163,143     $ 157,528     $ 166,246     $ 95,828  
   
Operating expenses(2)
  $ 153,437     $ 151,895     $ 146,568     $ 146,251     $ 78,898  
   
Operating income
  $ 11,611     $ 11,248     $ 10,960     $ 19,995     $ 16,930  
   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (1,144 )   $ (890 )   $ 1,560     $ 7,083     $ 6,372  
   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders(3)
  $ (1,144 )   $ (1,267 )   $ (980 )   $ 4,506     $ 6,372  
   
Earnings (loss) per share applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations:
                                       
     
Basic
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )   $ 0.35     $ 0.50  
     
Diluted
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )   $ 0.34     $ 0.50  
 
Discontinued Operations
                                       
   
Net gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued business units, net of income tax expense (benefit)
  $ 3,702     $ (5,770 )   $     $     $  
   
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued business units, net of income tax expense or (benefit)
  $ 1,937     $ 375     $ (341 )   $ 924     $ 1,207  
   
Earnings (loss) on discontinued operations:
                                       
     
Basic
  $ 0.43     $ (0.41 )   $ (0.03 )   $ 0.07     $ 0.09  
     
Diluted
  $ 0.43     $ (0.41 )   $ (0.03 )   $ 0.07     $ 0.09  
   
Total Earnings (Loss) per Common Share
                                       
     
Basic
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.42     $ 0.59  
     
Diluted
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.41     $ 0.59  
   
Weighted average shares outstanding
                                       
     
Basic
    13,105       13,049       12,999       12,975       12,953  
     
Diluted
    13,105       13,049       12,999       13,285       13,239  

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    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:(1)
                                       
 
Working capital(5)
  $ 22,693     $ 2,147     $ 729     $ (9,094 )   $ (6,373 )
 
Assets of discontinued operations
  $ 20,217     $ 61,757     $ 63,349     $ 64,049     $ 65,302  
 
Assets held for sale
  $ 715     $ 1,599     $     $ 20,555     $ 7,581  
 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 235,444     $ 223,132     $ 204,199     $ 193,451     $ 209,157  
 
Total assets
  $ 355,596     $ 364,612     $ 353,225     $ 356,710     $ 359,649  
 
Notes payable to bank
  $     $     $     $ 52,100     $ 54,250  
 
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligation
  $ 130,364     $ 133,211     $ 128,687     $ 89,788     $ 100,304  
 
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
  $ 47,423     $ 47,423     $     $     $  
 
Liabilities of discontinued operations
  $ 3,089     $ 22,879     $ 23,580     $ 17,548     $ 18,419  
 
Long-term debt included with discontinued operations
  $ 2,349     $ 21,743     $ 22,749     $ 16,575     $ 17,377  
 
Total liabilities
  $ 234,349     $ 248,225     $ 201,036     $ 202,594     $ 210,834  
 
Preferred stock and related additional paid-in capital
  $     $     $ 29,412     $ 30,131     $ 30,377  
 
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 121,247     $ 116,387     $ 152,189     $ 154,116     $ 148,815  
Other Data:(1)
                                       
 
EBITDA(4)(6)
  $ 33,945     $ 18,268     $ 25,269     $ 33,610     $ 35,352  
 
EBITDA from continuing operations(4)
  $ 23,939     $ 22,602     $ 21,628     $ 29,212     $ 30,048  
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 12,559     $ 10,889     $ 11,338     $ 14,306     $ 16,368  
 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
  $ 10,581     $ (21,876 )   $ (1,310 )   $ (8,656 )   $ (22,928 )
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  $ (4,256 )   $ 12,777     $ (2,659 )   $ (9,511 )   $ 7,697  
 
Notes for Selected Financial Data Table
(1)  The consolidated balance sheet data reflects the acquisition of Red Lion Hotels, Inc. as of December 31, 2001. The results of operations for that entity are included in the consolidated statements of operations beginning the day of the acquisition going forward. The comparability of the data is also affected by the change in accounting for goodwill amortization beginning with the year ended December 31, 2002. Lastly, the activities and balance sheet of discontinued operations have been reflected on a comparable basis for all years presented.
 
(2)  Operating expenses include all direct segment expenses, depreciation and amortization, gain or loss on asset dispositions, hotel facility and land lease, undistributed corporate expenses, and conversion expenses, if any.
 
(3)  Net income or loss applicable to common shareholders represents net income less earned dividends on preferred stock, if applicable for the period presented.
 
(4)  EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not intended to represent net income as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and such information should not be considered as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or any other measure of performance prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
 
(5)  Represents current assets less current liabilities, excluding assets and liabilities of discontinued operations and assets held for sale.

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(6)  In 2005 the balance includes a gain on the sale of seven hotels and an office building of $10.2 million and a non-cash impairment charge of $4.5 million on four hotels. In 2004 the balance includes a non-cash impairment charge of $8.9 million on four hotels.
      As noted, EBITDA represents net income (or loss) before interest expense, income tax benefit or expense, depreciation, and amortization. We utilize EBITDA as a financial measure because management believes that investors find it to be a useful tool to perform more meaningful comparisons of past, present and future operating results and as a means to evaluate the results of core on-going operations. We believe it is a complement to net income and other financial performance measures. EBITDA from continuing operations is calculated in the same manner, but excludes the operating activities of business units identified as discontinued. EBITDA is not intended to represent net income or loss as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and such information should not be considered as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or any other measure of performance prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
      We use EBITDA to measure the financial performance of our owned and leased hotels because it excludes interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which bear little or no relationship to operating performance. By excluding interest expense, EBITDA measures our financial performance irrespective of our capital structure or how we finance our properties and operations. We generally pay federal and state income taxes on a consolidated basis, taking into account how the applicable taxing laws apply to our company in the aggregate. By excluding taxes on income, we believe EBITDA provides a basis for measuring the financial performance of our operations excluding factors that our hotels cannot control. By excluding depreciation and amortization expense, which can vary from hotel to hotel based on historical cost and other factors unrelated to the hotels’ financial performance, EBITDA measures the financial performance of our hotels without regard to their historical cost. For all of these reasons, we believe that EBITDA provides us and investors with information that is relevant and useful in evaluating our business. We believe that the presentation of EBITDA from continuing operations is useful for the same reasons, in addition to using it for comparative purposes for our intended operations going forward.
      However, because EBITDA excludes depreciation and amortization, it does not measure the capital we require to maintain or preserve our fixed assets. In addition, because EBITDA does not reflect interest expense, it does not take into account the total amount of interest we pay on outstanding debt nor does it show trends in interest costs due to changes in our borrowings or changes in interest rates. EBITDA from continuing operations excludes the activities of operations we have determined to be discontinued and it does not reflect the totality of operations as experienced for the periods presented. EBITDA, as defined by us, may not be comparable to EBITDA as reported by other companies that do not define EBITDA exactly as we define the term. Because we use EBITDA to evaluate our financial performance, we reconcile it to net income, which is the most comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to operating income or net income determined in accordance with GAAP as an indicator of performance or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of liquidity.

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      The following is a reconciliation of EBITDA and EBITDA from continuing operations to net income (loss) for the periods presented:
                                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (In thousands)
EBITDA from continuing operations
  $ 23,939     $ 22,602     $ 21,628     $ 29,212     $ 30,048  
 
Income tax benefit (expense) — continuing operations
    996       876       (51 )     (3,860 )     (3,788 )
 
Interest expense — continuing operations
    (14,352 )     (13,828 )     (9,679 )     (9,389 )     (10,667 )
 
Depreciation and amortization — continuing operations
    (11,727 )     (10,540 )     (10,338 )     (8,880 )     (9,221 )
                               
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
    (1,144 )     (890 )     1,560       7,083       6,372  
Income (loss) on discontinued operations
    5,639       (5,395 )     (341 )     924       1,207  
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,495     $ (6,285 )   $ 1,219     $ 8,007     $ 7,579  
                               
EBITDA(1)(2)
  $ 33,945     $ 18,268     $ 25,269     $ 33,610     $ 35,352  
 
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (2,082 )     3,781       132       (4,369 )     (4,503 )
 
Interest expense
    (15,519 )     (15,507 )     (11,150 )     (10,717 )     (12,092 )
 
Depreciation and amortization
    (11,849 )     (12,827 )     (13,032 )     (10,517 )     (10,323 )
 
Amortization of goodwill
                            (855 )
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,495     $ (6,285 )   $ 1,219     $ 8,007     $ 7,579  
                               
 
(1)  In 2005 the balance includes a gain on the sale of seven hotels and an office building of $10.2 million and a non-cash impairment charge of $4.5 million on four hotels. In 2004, the balance includes a non-cash impairment charge of $8.9 million on four hotels.
 
(2)  The reconciling items from EBITDA to net income (loss) include the income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization of discontinued operations and therefore cannot be readily derived from the disclosure presented on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Please refer to Note 3 of the 2005 Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of those same line items that are included in calculating the net income (loss) on discontinued operations.
      In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“SFAS No. 142”), “Goodwill and Intangible Assets”, which revises the accounting for purchased goodwill and intangible assets. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized, but are tested for impairment annually and also in the event of an impairment indicator. The adoption of SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2002, resulted in the elimination of goodwill amortization of $855 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

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      Net income and earnings per share adjusted for goodwill amortization for 2001 compared to fiscal 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 is as follows:
                                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Reported net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )   $ 5,430     $ 7,579  
Add back: goodwill amortization, net of tax
                            537  
                               
 
Adjusted net income (loss) to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )   $ 5,430     $ 8,116  
                               
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
                                       
 
Reported net income (loss)
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.42     $ 0.59  
 
Goodwill amortization
                            0.04  
                               
 
Adjusted earnings (loss) per share — basic
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.42     $ 0.63  
                               
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
                                       
 
Reported net income (loss)
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.41     $ 0.59  
 
Goodwill amortization
                            0.04  
                               
 
Adjusted earnings (loss) per share — diluted
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )   $ 0.41     $ 0.63  
                               
Item 7.      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
      The following discussion and analysis should be read in connection with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and the other financial information included elsewhere in this annual report.
Overview
      We operate in four reportable segments: hotels; franchise and management; entertainment; and real estate. The hotels segment derives revenue primarily from guest room rentals and food and beverage operations at our owned and leased hotels. The franchise and management segment is engaged primarily in licensing our brands to franchisees and managing hotels for third-party owners. This segment generates revenue from franchise fees that are typically based on a percent of room revenues and are charged to hotel owners in exchange for the use of our brands and access to our central services programs. These programs include the reservation system, guest loyalty program, national and regional sales, revenue management tools, quality inspections, advertising and brand standards. It also reflects revenue from management fees charged to the owners of our managed hotels, typically based on a percentage of the hotel’s gross revenues plus an incentive fee based on operating performance. The entertainment segment derives revenue primarily from ticketing services and promotion and presentation of entertainment productions. The real estate segment generates revenue from owning, managing, leasing and developing commercial retail and office properties and multi-unit residential properties.

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      A summary of our consolidated results, balance sheet data and hotel statistics as of and for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except % and
    per share data)
Consolidated statement of operations data:
                       
 
Hotels revenue(1)
  $ 146,125     $ 142,424     $ 138,286  
   
Direct margin(2)
  $ 28,119     $ 26,191     $ 25,648  
   
Direct margin %
    19.2 %     18.4 %     18.5 %
 
Franchise and management revenue
  $ 2,860     $ 2,575     $ 4,934  
   
Direct margin(2)
  $ 2,208     $ 1,440     $ 3,706  
   
Direct margin %
    77.2 %     55.9 %     75.1 %
 
Entertainment revenue
  $ 9,827     $ 11,615     $ 7,980  
   
Direct margin(2)
  $ 1,432     $ 1,163     $ 1,006  
   
Direct margin %
    14.6 %     10.0 %     12.6 %
 
Real estate(1)
  $ 5,045     $ 5,416     $ 5,209  
   
Direct margin(2)
  $ 1,261     $ 2,026     $ 1,964  
   
Direct margin %
    25.0 %     37.4 %     37.7 %
 
Total revenues
  $ 165,048     $ 163,143     $ 157,528  
 
Total direct expenses
  $ 131,765     $ 132,011     $ 124,917  
 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 11,727     $ 10,540     $ 10,338  
 
Hotel facility and land lease expense
  $ 6,922     $ 7,219     $ 7,985  
 
Undistributed corporate expenses
  $ 4,063     $ 3,273     $ 2,640  
 
Total operating expenses
  $ 153,437     $ 151,895     $ 146,568  
 
Operating income
  $ 11,611     $ 11,248     $ 10,960  
 
Operating income %
    7.0 %     6.9 %     7.0 %
 
Interest expense
  $ 14,352     $ 13,828     $ 9,679  
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ (2,140 )   $ (1,766 )   $ 1,611  
 
Income tax expense (benefit)
  $ (996 )   $ (876 )   $ 51  
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
  $ 5,639     $ (5,395 )   $ (341 )
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,495     $ (6,285 )   $ 1,219  
 
Preferred stock dividend
  $     $ (377 )   $ (2,540 )
 
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )
 
Continuing operations earnings (loss) per common share — diluted
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )
 
Earnings (loss) per common share — diluted
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
Common size operations data:(3)
                       
 
Revenues:
                       
   
Hotels
    88.5 %     87.3 %     87.8 %
   
Franchise and management
    1.7 %     1.6 %     3.1 %
   
All other segments
    9.8 %     11.1 %     9.1 %
                   
 
Total revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
                   

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    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except % and
    per share data)
 
Operating expenses
                       
   
Hotels
    71.5 %     71.2 %     71.5 %
   
Franchise and management
    0.4 %     0.7 %     0.8 %
   
All other segments
    7.9 %     9.0 %     7.0 %
   
Depreciation and amortization
    7.1 %     6.5 %     6.6 %
   
Hotel facility and land lease expense
    4.2 %     4.4 %     5.1 %
   
All other operating expenses
    1.9 %     1.3 %     2.0 %
                   
 
Total operating expenses
    93.0 %     93.1 %     93.0 %
                   
 
Interest expense
    8.7 %     8.5 %     6.1 %
 
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (0.6 )%     (0.5 )%     0.0 %
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
    (0.7 )%     (0.5 )%     1.0 %
 
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
    2.7 %     (4.1 )%     (0.8 )%
Other operating data:
                       
 
EBITDA
  $ 33,945     $ 18,268     $ 25,269  
 
EBITDA from continuing operations
  $ 23,939     $ 22,602     $ 21,628  
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 12,559     $ 10,889     $ 11,338  
 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
  $ 10,581     $ (21,876 )   $ (1,310 )
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  $ (4,256 )   $ 12,777     $ (2,659 )
 
(1)  Represents results of continuing operations.
 
(2)  Revenues less direct operating expenses.
 
(3)  Balance as a percentage of total revenues.
                           
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated balance sheet data: (end of year)
                       
 
Working capital(1)
  $ 22,693     $ 2,147     $ 729  
 
Assets of discontinued operations
  $ 20,217     $ 61,757     $ 63,349  
 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 235,444     $ 223,132     $ 204,199  
 
Total assets
  $ 355,596     $ 364,612     $ 353,225  
 
Liabilities of discontinued operations
  $ 3,089     $ 22,879     $ 23,580  
 
Total long-term debt
  $ 130,364     $ 133,211     $ 128,687  
 
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
  $ 47,423     $ 47,423     $  
 
Total liabilities
  $ 234,349     $ 248,225     $ 201,036  
 
Preferred stock and related additional paid-in capital
  $     $     $ 29,412  
 
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 121,247     $ 116,387     $ 152,189  
 
(1)  Represents current assets less current liabilities, excluding assets and liabilities of discontinued operations and assets held for sale.

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      Key hotel and restaurant segment revenue data from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Hotels segment revenues:
                       
 
Room revenues
  $ 96,295     $ 91,140     $ 86,162  
 
Food and beverage revenues
    45,659       46,614       47,089  
 
Amenities and other department revenues
    4,171       4,670       5,035  
                   
Total hotels segment revenues
  $ 146,125     $ 142,424     $ 138,286  
                   
      System wide performance statistics are as follows:
Comparable Hotel statistics:
                                                                           
    Year Ended December 31, 2005   Year Ended December 31, 2004   Year Ended December 31, 2003
             
    Average       Average       Average    
    Occupancy(3)   ADR   RevPAR   Occupancy(3)   ADR   RevPAR   Occupancy(3)   ADR   RevPAR
                                     
Owned or Leased Hotels:
                                                                       
 
Continuing Operations
    61.8 %   $ 73.76     $ 45.61       60.4 %   $ 71.31     $ 43.06       57.5 %   $ 70.94     $ 40.82  
 
Discontinued Operations
    44.6 %   $ 63.87     $ 28.48       43.0 %   $ 61.46     $ 26.45       46.7 %   $ 57.46     $ 26.81  
                                                       
Combined Owned or Leased Hotels
    59.7 %   $ 72.84     $ 43.48       58.2 %   $ 70.40     $ 40.99       55.1 %   $ 68.35     $ 37.65  
                                                       
System-wide(1)
    60.1 %   $ 73.93     $ 44.45       58.8 %   $ 71.52     $ 42.08       55.2 %   $ 70.59     $ 38.94  
                                                       
Red Lion Hotels(2)
    60.5 %   $ 72.41     $ 43.80       59.3 %   $ 70.19     $ 41.60       56.0 %   $ 69.54     $ 38.92  
                                                       
 
(1)  Includes all hotels owned, leased, managed or franchised for greater than one year by Red Lion Hotels Corporation. No adjustment has been made for hotels classified as discontinued operations.
 
(2)  Includes all hotels owned, leased, managed or franchised for greater than one year that are operated under the Red Lion brand name. No adjustment has been made for hotels classified as discontinued operations.
 
(3)  The total available rooms used to calculate average occupancy includes rooms taken out of service for renovation.
Year Ended December 31, 2005 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2004
Revenues
      Hotel segment revenues from continuing operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005 increased 2.6% or $3.7 million, to $146.1 million compared to $142.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase was primarily due to growth of about $5.2 million in room revenue between comparable periods, or 5.7%. Average occupancy for owned and leased hotels that are part of continuing operations was up 1.4 percentage points for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. The total available rooms used to calculate average occupancy includes rooms taken out of service for renovation. In addition, ADR was up 3.4% to $73.76. The resulting $45.61 RevPAR from owned and leased hotels that are part of 2005 continuing operations was 5.9% higher than RevPAR of $43.06 in 2004. These increases were partially offset by declines of $955 thousand in food and beverage revenue as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, primarily related to a decrease in banquet revenue related to less convention group business in 2005. Incidental revenues from guest amenities and other sources of revenue for the hotel segment were down $499 thousand between comparative periods.

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      Many of our hotels continue to show increases in occupancy and ADR, which is driving strong profit growth for our rooms departments and strength in our hotels overall. As we invest to renovate our Red Lion hotels, we expect positive impacts from these upgrades. We have completed renovations including new plush pillow top mattresses and upgraded linen and pillow packages and have begun room renovations in several hotels including floor coverings, case goods, bathroom upgrades and shower heads. Guest reaction to renovations in the hotels has been positive and the aggregate ADR for those properties under renovation has increased. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2005, the company substantially completed room renovations at three of its hotels. RevPAR at these hotels during the fourth quarter increased 14.5% in the aggregate, driven by an increase of 9.4% in ADR and a 2.7 point increase in occupancy.
      During the second quarter of 2005 we completed installation of the new MICROS Opera Property Management System in 15 of our Red Lion hotels. This system shares a single database with the company’s central reservations system allowing for improvement of delivered rates and availability. These property management systems and our redesigned websites further enhance our ability to manage reservations generated through electronic channels and help position us to take advantage of internet travel bookings.
      We believe 2005 was a period of strong growth for us in the hotels segment and we saw improvement in its underlying fundamentals. Our product and service have gained momentum, consumer demand is steady or growing in many of our markets, and our active management of ADR has proved successful. This is all before we have completed the significant renovation of most of our hotels. We believe the lodging industry as a whole will continue to see increases in ADR and RevPAR in 2006 and into 2007. These expectations appear consistent with the overall national trends in the lodging industry.
      Our strategy had been to initially increase occupancy through strategic marketing and investment in our properties, and then to increase rates as demand increases for our rooms. For six consecutive quarters through June 2005, we increased occupancy. We built on this demand by increasing the average daily rate during 2005 in the majority of our markets. We believe that the combined effect of this strategy was that RevPAR for our hotels, increased during 2005 at a faster rate than for many of the hotels in our markets that we consider direct competitors.
      Our brand strengthening initiatives, marketing efforts and technological upgrades are achieving desired results. We continue to increase the number of reservations we receive through electronic distribution systems that include our own branded websites and third-party internet channels (alternative distribution systems or ADS). Our central reservations and distribution management technology allows us to manage the yield on these ADS channels on a real-time, hotel-by-hotel basis. We have merchant model agreements with leading ADS providers, which typically entitle the provider to keep a fixed percentage of the price paid by the customer for each room booked. This allows us to maximize the yield of a typically lower rated market segment. Our focus on driving customers to our branded website has made it one of our fastest growing sources of online reservations during 2005, allowing us to further maximize our yield on those types of bookings. Our success reflects our management of these distribution channels and our merchant model agreements.
      Through 2004 and 2005, we continued to increase bookings as a result of our focus on direct sales, the “Stay Comfortable” advertising campaign and the “We Promise or We Pay” branded website booking initiative. The “We Promise or We Pay” initiative is designed to encourage guests to book on our branded website, www.redlion.com. Through this initiative, we guarantee to our guests that our branded websites will provide the lowest rate available compared to non-opaque ADS channels. We also launched a marketing campaign designed specifically to increase awareness of our Net4Guests and room amenity upgrade programs known as “Stay Comfortable.” Net4Guests provides hotel guests and GuestAwards frequency program members access to free high speed wireless internet.
      Revenue from the franchise and management segment in 2005 was up $285 thousand over 2004, related primarily to two additional franchise agreements in place during the second quarter of 2005, partially offset by one less management contract in place during 2005 and certain franchise termination fees received in 2004.

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      Entertainment segment revenue was down 15.4% for the comparative periods. The decrease was primarily due to the fourth quarter presentation of a six week “net” production of Disney’s The Lion King, for which it received commissions for tickets sold and other fees, and incurred only limited expenses. Comparatively, the entertainment division generated substantially less revenue but substantially more profit on The Lion King than it did on the two shows it presented on a “gross” basis in the fourth quarter of 2004, for which it realized all the revenues but also incurred all the expenses. Ticketing revenues increased during the year which offset part of the decrease in show revenues.
      Revenue from our real estate segment in 2005 was down $371 thousand from 2004, due to lower commission fees (primarily in the first quarter of 2005), lower development fees between comparative periods, and lower real estate management fees for low income housing projects during 2005.
Operating Expenses
      In the aggregate, operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased $1.5 million or 1.0% to $153.4 million from $151.9 million in 2004. This compares to a 1.2% increase in total revenues between comparative periods. Operating expenses include direct operating expenses for each of the operating segments, hotel facility and land lease expense, depreciation, amortization, gain or loss on asset dispositions, conversion expenses, if any, and undistributed corporate expenses. Resulting operating income was $11.6 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005, as compared to $11.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2004. Direct hotel expenses increased $1.8 million or 1.5% between comparative periods. The direct margin for the hotels grew from 18.4% of hotel revenues in 2004 to 19.2% in 2005. The increased revenue and margin resulted in a 7.4%, or $1.9 million, increase in hotel profitability. Hotel room related costs accounted for approximately $1.7 million of the increase in direct hotel expenses, commensurate with the increase in the number of occupied rooms. Food and beverage costs were down $360 thousand, in step with the decrease in revenues and lower food costs. The remainder of the increase in direct hotels segment costs resulted from increased sales related costs, including marketing charges and compensation related to revenue performance, increased utility costs, benefits expense related to the company’s health care plan early in 2005 and other administrative costs directly related to the hotels.
      Direct costs for the franchise and management segment decreased $483 thousand, related to lower labor, travel and advertising costs in 2005. The entertainment segment direct costs decreased $2.1 million during 2005. Expenses related to the presentation of shows for WestCoast Entertainment accounted for a decrease of $2.7 million of costs due to the number of shows presented as discussed earlier, however ticketing related expenses increased by $289 thousand for the comparative period. Real estate segment direct expenses from continuing operations increased 11.6% primarily related to payroll and operational costs for the company’s commercial properties.
      Facility and land lease expense was lower between comparable periods due to the reduced lease expense from having purchased the previously leased Red Lion Bellevue Inn property. Depreciation and amortization increased $1.2 million or 11.3% between the year ended December 31, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase was primarily related to our capital improvement plan. For the year ending December 31, 2005 and 2004, the net gain recognized on asset disposals included the recognition of deferred gains over time on both a previously sold office building and a hotel. A gain of $293 thousand was recorded for the sale of a 50% interest in our Kalispell Center and Mall to an unrelated third party and a $79 thousand gain related to the sale of four condominiums during the third quarter of 2005. During 2005, gains were partially offset by a small loss on certain personal property disposed of as part of the company’s reinvestment plan.
      Undistributed corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 were $4.1 million compared to $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase of $790 thousand was primarily due to higher payroll costs, costs associated with options issued to directors as part of the Board compensation plan, and costs associated with compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act paid to outside consultants. Undistributed corporate expense includes general and administrative charges such as corporate payroll, legal expenses, contributions, directors and officers insurance, bank service charges, outside accountants and consultants’ expense, and investor relations charges. We consider these expenses to be “undistributed” because the costs

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are not directly related to our business segments and therefore are not distributed to those segments. In contrast, costs more directly related to our business segments such as accounting, human resources and information technology are distributed out to operating segments and are included in direct expenses.
Interest Expense
      Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $14.4 million compared to $13.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Total outstanding interest bearing debt, including our debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust, was higher in 2005 as compared to 2004 due primarily to the trust preferred offering in February 2004. The trust preferred debentures were in place for all twelve months in 2005. The average pre-tax interest rate on debt during the comparative periods was 7.9%. We had no material borrowings during either comparative period on our revolving credit facility. During the fourth quarter of 2005, the company refinanced the debt for one of its hotel properties.
Income Taxes
      Income tax benefit on continuing operations for 2005 was $996 thousand and for 2004 was $876 thousand. The experienced rate on pre-tax net income differed from the statutory combined federal and state tax rates primarily due to the utilization of certain incentive tax credits allowed under federal law.
Discontinued Operations
      In connection with the November 2004 announcement of plans to invest to improve comfort, freshen décor and upgrade technology at our hotels, we implemented a plan to divest 11 non-strategic owned hotels, one real estate office building and certain other non-core properties including five condominium units and certain parcels of excess land (collectively these assets are referred to herein as “the divestment properties”). Each of the divestment properties meets the criteria to be classified as an asset held for sale. In addition, the activities of those 11 hotels and the real estate office building are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles. Depreciation of these assets, if previously appropriate, has been suspended.
      We completed the sale of seven of the 11 hotels and the real estate office building during 2005, with gross proceeds of $52.8 million, resulting in a gain on disposition of discontinued operations of $10.2 million before taxes. The net impact on consolidated earnings of the activities of the discontinued operations was $5.6 million of net income for 2005, net of income tax expense. This included $2.0 million of aggregate net income from the 11 hotels and $3.6 million of net income from the commercial building. Gains related to the sale of seven of the hotel properties and office building during the year accounted for $6.6 million (net of tax expense) of net income from discontinued operations offset by the recording of an additional impairment loss of $2.9 million (net of tax expense) for four hotel properties. This compares to the year ended 2004 for which the discontinued operations had a $5.4 million net loss including the tax benefit. The 2004 results included aggregate activity of the 11 hotels of a $25 thousand net income offset by the recording of an impairment loss of $5.8 million (net of tax benefit) and $350 thousand net income from the office building.
Net Income and Income Applicable to Common Shareholders
      Net income increased $11.2 million between comparable periods. The higher net income was primarily due to the net gains on the sale of seven of the divested hotels properties and office building discussed previously, and the effect of the impairments taken in 2004.
Earnings Per Share
      Earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2005 were $0.34 compared to a loss of $0.51 per share for 2004. The net income applicable to common shareholders increased $11.2 million as described above, while the number of weighted average common shares outstanding in both periods remained relatively consistent.

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Year Ended December 31, 2004 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2003
Revenues
      Hotel segment revenues from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2004 increased $4.1 million, or 3.0%, to $142.4 million compared to $138.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase was primarily due to growth of about $5.0 million in room revenue between comparable periods, or 5.8%. Occupied rooms increased 2.9 points in 2004 compared to 2003 and ADR was up $0.37 to $71.31. The resulting $43.06 RevPAR from owned and leased hotels that were part of 2004 continuing operations was $2.24 higher than RevPAR in 2003 of $40.82. These increases were partially offset by declines of $475 thousand in food and beverage revenue as compared to 2003, primarily due to the closure of one of our hotel restaurants. Incidental revenues from guest amenities and other sources were also down $365 thousand, primarily related to the closure of one of our hotel gift shops, lower telephone revenue and lower movie rental revenue.
      2004 was also a period of strong growth for us. Demand suffered significantly early in 2003 due, in our opinion, to declining business and excursion travel resulting from national economic challenges, personal spending cutbacks and national security threats. We believe that our operating results reflect that our hotels segment began to stabilize during the third quarter of 2003 and continued these positive trends through 2004. Our occupancy gains during each month of 2004 compared to the same periods in 2003 substantiate this belief. These results were typical of the overall national trends. During the third and fourth quarters of 2004, our revenue results were indicative of better regional demand for mid-scale and upper mid-scale hotel rooms and our ability to service that demand through our system of hotels. We also believe the rebranding of 22 hotels from WestCoast to Red Lion hotels, which was completed in the first quarter of 2003, continued to have a positive effect.
      Our strategy in 2004 was to increase occupancy through strategic marketing and investment in our properties, and then to increase rates as demand increased for our rooms in 2005. Our occupancy increased year on year for each month of 2004. We also were able to increase aggregate ADR for our owned and leased hotels that are part of continuing operations during 2004. We believe that the combined effect of this strategy was that RevPAR for our hotels increased at a faster rate during 2004 than for many of the hotels in our markets that we consider direct competitors. Also in 2004, we continued to receive a higher percentage of our reservations through electronic distribution systems that include our own branded website and third-party internet channels (alternative distributions system or ADS). During 2004, we experienced higher system wide ADR compared to 2003 by $0.93. At the same time, our system wide occupancy grew from 55.2% to 58.8% between comparative years.
      In addition, through 2004 we continued to increase bookings as a result of our focus on direct sales, “Stay Comfortable” advertising campaign and the “We Promise or We Pay” branded website booking initiative. We increased reservation contribution, measured in terms of revenue, to system hotels to 34% during 2004 from 26% during 2003. We also began to see the positive effects of our launch of “Net4Guests,” our privately-labeled wireless internet service during the third quarter of 2004 and into the fourth quarter. Net4Guests provides hotel guests and GuestAwards frequency program members access to free high speed wireless internet. In 2004 we initiated our capital improvement program which significantly improved room amenities with new pillow-top beds and an upgraded pillows and linens package.
      Franchise and management revenue for the year ended December 31, 2004 decreased by $2.3 million, or 47.8%, to $2.6 million compared to $4.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Net changes in franchise fee income accounted for a portion of this change, with an average of 27 franchises in place during 2003 compared to an average of 22 during 2004. Revenue from management of third party hotels, included in this segment, was up $201 thousand in 2004 to $2.1 million from $1.9 million in 2003 due to termination fees paid in 2004.
      Entertainment segment revenue increased approximately $3.6 million, or 45.6% for the year ended December 31, 2004, to $11.6 million from $8.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2003. Approximately $2.7 million of the increase was due to presentation of nine Broadway shows during 2004

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compared to four such shows presented during 2003. The remaining increase was primarily due to ticketing income from four new locations we now serve.
      Real estate revenue from continuing operations was up 4.0% to $5.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 compared to $5.2 million for 2003. Overall, the segment experienced increased revenues from fees earned on three new management and development projects during 2004 that were in place for only a portion of 2003. It also experienced increased leasing occupancy, and increased management fees for real estate projects. These improvements were offset by slightly lower commission revenue, fewer achieved percentage rents, and lower rental rates at an owned facility.
Operating Expenses
      In the aggregate, total expenses before undistributed corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 2004 increased to $148.6 million from $143.9 million for 2003. This represents an increase of $4.7 million or 3.3% between periods. These direct expenses include direct operating expenses for each of the operating segments, depreciation, amortization, gain or loss on asset dispositions and conversion expenses, if any.
      Direct hotel segment direct expenses increased $3.5 million from $112.7 million in 2003 to $116.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Hotel room related costs were up about $2.1 million between comparative periods due primarily to labor costs for additional hotel staffing related to higher guest service levels and direct sales efforts, promotional activities, the costs of the Net4Guests program, and the general increased costs associated with higher occupancies. Also, our hotels experienced an overall 4.3% increase in utility costs, maintenance costs, and sales department related expenses. Medical benefits and worker’s compensation costs also contributed to the increase. Food and beverage costs were down $799 thousand, resulting from lower labor costs and the positive effects of our core menu program. Facility and land lease expense was down $140 thousand due to the reduced lease expense from having purchased the Yakima and Bellevue properties, partially offset by the increase in lease expense related to the sale leaseback of the River Inn property.
      Direct costs for the franchise and management segment were down $93 thousand between comparative periods due to labor savings and cost containment in 2004. The entertainment segment direct costs increased $3.5 million in connection with the additional Broadway presentations in 2004 noted above, reduced profitability in certain operating areas due to non-scalable labor costs, increases in ticketing activity requiring more labor, and advertising costs for the 2004/2005 Broadway season. Real estate segment direct expenses from continuing operations were down $145 thousand on consistent activity between periods. Other direct expenses also remained consistent between periods.
      Depreciation and amortization increased $202 thousand or 2.0% between 2004 and 2003, for two primary reasons. The operating results for 2003 reflected a depreciation catch up adjustment of $2.1 million for certain assets previously held for sale in Spokane, Washington and Kalispell, Montana, for which no such adjustment existed in 2004. This was offset by the effect of depreciation on capital additions which added to the depreciable base of property and equipment.
      For the year ended December 31, 2004, the net gain recognized on asset disposals was $1.1 million, related to the recognition of deferred gains over time on both a previously sold office building and hotel, and a $418 thousand gain on the sale of undeveloped land in Spokane, Washington, offset by a loss on the sale of a land parcel in Yakima. In connection with that land sale, we extended our catering agreement with the City of Yakima, Washington. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2003 of $339 thousand was related primarily to the disposition of signage related to the rebranding of 22 of our hotels and the disposition of our interest in a hotel venture, offset by the recognition of deferred gains over time on the office building.
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Undistributed Corporate Expenses
      Undistributed corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 2004 were $3.3 million compared to $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase of $633 thousand was primarily due to higher employee costs and certain corporate insurance costs. Undistributed corporate expense includes general and administrative charges such as corporate payroll, legal expenses, contributions, directors and officers insurance, bank service charges, outside accountants and consultants expense, and investor relations charges. We consider these expenses to be “undistributed” because the costs are not directly related to our business segments and therefore are not distributed to those segments. In contrast, costs more directly related to our business segments such as accounting, human resources and information technology expenses are distributed out to operating segments and are included in direct expenses.
Operating Income
      Operating income from continuing operations increased by $288 thousand or 2.6% from $11.0 million for 2003 to $11.2 million for 2004. During the first two quarters of 2004 we experienced a decline in operating income primarily due to increased costs in our operating segments for the reasons previously discussed. During the third and fourth quarters of 2004 operating income rebounded, due to strong revenue increases in our hotel operating segment for the reasons previously discussed, with aggregate costs remaining steady and proportionate to the revenue base. This rebound more than offset the declines from the first two quarters.
Interest Expense
      Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $13.8 million compared to $9.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase of $4.1 million, or 42.9%, was due to a greater average amount of outstanding interest bearing debt, primarily in connection with the addition of the $47.4 million of debentures issued during the first quarter of 2004 to Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust (“the Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust sponsored by us. A majority of the proceeds from the debentures were used to retire our then existing preferred stock and eliminate the ongoing dividend requirement of those securities. While these debentures reflect a 9.5% rate, the interest is tax deductible under current U.S. Federal tax law giving them an effective post tax rate of approximately 6.2%.
Other Income (Expense)
      The other income and expense line items are comparable between periods and consistent with our long-term historical results. During 2003, we had $927 thousand of loan fee write-offs, offset by a contract termination fee of $390 thousand and other miscellaneous net gains.
Income Taxes
      Income tax benefit on continuing operations for 2004 was $876 thousand. Income tax expense for 2003 was $51 thousand. The change of $927 thousand in tax provision was primarily due to increased deductions related to interest on the debentures held by the Trust, partially offset by a higher pre-tax net income from operations.
Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations
      Net loss from continuing operations for 2004 was $890 thousand, compared to net income from continuing operations for 2003 of $1.6 million. The lower income was primarily the result of increased interest expense due to the trust preferred offering in the first quarter of 2004, partially offset by stronger performance in our operating segments for the reasons previously discussed.
Discontinued Operations
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hotels, one of our real estate office buildings and certain other non-core properties (collectively referred to as “the divestment properties”). The activities of those 11 hotels and the real estate property are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles.
      We evaluated the divestment properties for potential impairment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets.” As a result, four of the hotel assets included in the divestment properties were determined to have been impaired, $8.9 million in aggregate, or $5.8 million net of the expected income tax benefit of $3.1 million. The impairment amount was calculated using expected sales prices, less expected transaction costs, as compared to the carrying value at the date of the evaluation, in November 2004. That impairment amount is reflected, net of income tax impact, as part of discontinued operations.
      Also in November 2004, the 11 hotels and the office building were reclassified as assets held for sale, specifically designated as discontinued operations. All of the results of operations of these 11 hotels and office building have been reclassified from continued operations to discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation of these assets, if previously appropriate, has been suspended. For comparative purposes, for periods prior to 2004 the balance sheet and operations activity for the properties considered discontinued has been reclassified to conform to the 2004 presentation.
      The net impact on consolidated earnings of the activities of the discontinued operations was $375 thousand of net income for the year ended December 31, 2004, including tax impact. This included $25 thousand of aggregate net impact from the 11 hotels and $350 thousand of net impact from the office building. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2003 for which the discontinued operations had a net impact on consolidated earnings of a $341 thousand net loss including tax impact. The 2003 balance includes aggregate activity of the 11 hotels of a $486 thousand net loss and a $145 thousand net income from the office building.
Net Income (Loss) and Loss Applicable to Common Shareholders
      The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $6.3 million, compared to net income of $1.2 for the year ended December 31, 2003. The lower net income was primarily the result of the $5.8 million net of tax impairment discussed above and increased interest expense due to the trust preferred offering in the first quarter of 2004, partially offset by stronger performance in our operating segments for the reasons previously discussed.
      Due to the retirement of all of our Series A and Series B preferred stock in February 2004, preferred stock dividends decreased $2.2 million between 2003 and 2004. As a result, the increase in interest expense was partially offset by the decrease in preferred stock dividends. The resulting net loss applicable to common shareholders was $6.7 million for 2004 compared to $1.3 million for 2003.
Earnings Per Share
      The loss per share for 2004 was $0.51 compared to a loss of $0.10 per share for 2003. The net loss applicable to common shareholders increased $5.3 million as described above, while the number of weighted average common shares outstanding in both periods remained relatively consistent.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
      We believe that our actions to date have strengthened our financial position, particularly in the long term. The divestment plan is well underway and has been successful to date. Through March 15, 2006, sales of eight of the hotel properties, one portion of another hotel, and the office building have closed. Those actions also include the 2005 refinance of our existing bank line-of-credit into an expanded operating and investment credit facility, the sale of 50% of our Kalispell Center project, the closing of the $46 million offering of trust preferred securities in the first quarter of 2004, and the elimination of our preferred stock and its associated dividend requirements. We have also made significant investments in our hotel improvement program focused on increasing customer comfort, freshening decor, and modernizing with new technology. We believe our

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improvements have strengthened and will continue to strengthen our financial position and the value of the Red Lion brand.
      As we enter 2006, our cash balances are available to fund our reinvestment into our continuing operations. In general, we expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements for the funding of property development, property acquisitions, renovations and other non-recurring capital improvements through net cash from operations, long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness, including our credit facility, the issuance of debt or equity securities and joint ventures. As discussed elsewhere in this report, we are also committed to completing the sale of the remaining non-core assets to help fund the remainder of our reinvestment plan in the hotels.
      On February 9, 2005, we modified our existing bank credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank by entering into a First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The agreement allows for borrowings of up to $4.0 million at 1% over the bank’s prime rate capacity for working capital and is available through February 2007. We currently have no borrowings outstanding under this agreement and have not had material amounts outstanding since early in 2004. On March 27, 2006, we entered into a revised credit agreement further discussed below.
      Our short-term liquidity needs include funds for interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness and on the debentures, funds for capital expenditures and, potentially, acquisitions. We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements generally through net cash provided by operations and reserves established from existing cash, and, if necessary, by drawing upon our credit facility. A majority of our leased and owned hotels are subject to leases and debt agreements that require us to spend 3% to 5% of hotel revenues derived from these hotels on replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment at these hotels, or require payment of insurance premiums or real and personal property taxes with respect to these hotels. This is consistent with what we would spend on furniture, fixtures and equipment under normal circumstances to maintain the competitive appearance of our owned and leased hotels.
      Historically, our cash and capital requirements have been satisfied through cash generated from operating activities, borrowings under our credit facilities and the issuance of debt and equity securities. We believe cash flow from operations, borrowings under credit facilities, the issuance of debt or equity securities and existing cash on hand will provide adequate funds for our working capital needs, planned capital expenditures, debt service and other obligations for the foreseeable future.
      Our ability to fund operations, make planned capital expenditures, make required payments on any securities we may issue in the future and remain in compliance with the financial covenants under our debt agreements will be dependent on our future operating performance. Our future operating performance is dependent on a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including occupancy and the room rates we can charge. These factors also include prevailing economic conditions and financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors affecting our business and operations, and may be dependent on the availability of borrowings under our credit facility or other borrowings or securities offerings.
      Cash flow from operations, which includes the cash flows of business units identified as discontinued operations, for the year ended December 31, 2005, totaled $12.6 million compared to $10.9 million for 2004. Net income, after reconciling adjustments to net cash provided by operations (such as non-cash income statement impacts like gains on disposals, impairment loss, depreciation, loan fee write-offs, the deferred tax provision, other gains and losses on assets, and the provision for doubtful accounts) totaled $8.0 million in 2005. For 2004 net income adjusted for those same items totaled $13.7 million. Working capital changes, including restricted cash, receivables, accruals, payables, and inventories, added $4.5 million in cash during 2005. This was predominantly due to a decrease in accrued expenses including taxes payable on the gains recognized in 2005 and a decrease in prepaid expenses, an increase in accounts payable, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable and restricted cash. In 2004, changes in working capital items accounted for a $2.8 million in negative cash flow.
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property and equipment totaled $22.9 million in 2005 compared to $21.9 million in 2004. However capital additions for 2004 included $8.7 million of cash paid related to the acquisition of the Yakima and Bellevue properties under option agreements. Actual cash additions for capital improvements for 2004 were $13.2 million. Net cash proceeds from the disposal of assets, including those classified as discontinued operations, totaled $32.8 million for 2005. The other major variances between the two periods were the $1.4 million investment in the Trust described elsewhere, the $2.1 million advance to the Trust to cover the trust preferred offering costs, and the collection of a balloon payment under a note receivable, all in 2004.
      Net financing activities used $4.3 million in cash during the year ended December 31, 2005, including debt pay downs of $12.0 million and borrowings of $7.9 million. The borrowings were related to the refinance of a $3.6 million term note and a $3.7 million term note, the payments of which was included in the debt pay downs for the year. The pay downs of debt also included $4.7 million of scheduled principal payments. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2004 which shows cash provided by financing of $12.8 million. This includes $47.4 million in proceeds from the debenture sale, offset by $29.4 million paid to redeem the Series A and Series B preferred shares. We also paid $1.0 million in preferred dividends during the first quarter of 2004, had scheduled principal payments on long-term debt of $4.5 million and no net activity under the credit facility note payable to bank.
      At December 31, 2005 we had $28.7 million in cash and cash equivalents for continuing operations. We also had $8.8 million of cash restricted under securitized borrowing arrangements for future payment of furniture, fixtures and equipment, repairs, insurance premiums and real and personal property taxes, or by agreement. At December 31, 2005, $27.0 million of the cash and cash equivalent balance was held in short-term, liquid investments readily available for our use. At December 31, 2004, we had $13.7 million in cash and cash equivalents for continuing operations, including $4.1 million of cash restricted under securitized borrowing arrangements for future payment of furniture, fixtures and equipment, repairs, insurance premiums and real and personal property taxes. At December 31, 2004, $7.5 million of the cash balance was held in short-term, liquid investments readily available for our use. Cash and cash equivalents included with assets of discontinued operations were $66 thousand and $334 thousand as of December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.
Financing
      Since October 2003, we have maintained our primary revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”). The agreement then provided a revolving credit facility with a total of $10 million in borrowing capacity. This included two revolving lines of credit: Line A allowed for maximum borrowings of $7.0 million and was collateralized by personal property and five owned hotels. Line B allowed for maximum borrowings of $3.0 million and was collateralized by personal property. Line B expired in October 2004 and was not renewed. Interest under the line was computed based, at the Company’s option, upon either the bank’s prime rate or certain LIBOR rates. The agreement was amended in December 2004.
      On February 9, 2005, we modified the bank credit facility by entering into a First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The new agreement included a revolving credit facility with a total of $20.0 million in borrowing capacity for working capital purposes. This included a $4.0 million line-of-credit secured by the Company’s personal property and two hotels (“New Line A”) and a $16.0 million line of credit secured by the Company’s personal property and seven hotels that the Company then held for sale (“New Line B”). Since the properties that secured New Line B were sold in 2005, New Line B expired unused. New Line A has a maturity date of January 3, 2007.
      Interest under New Line A is set at 1% over the bank’s prime rate and does not require any principal payments until its maturity date. The agreement contains certain restrictions and covenants, the most restrictive of which required the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $115 million, a minimum EBITDA (as defined by the bank) coverage ratio of 1.25:1, and a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of 6.25:1 for 2004 and 5.75 for 2005. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 the Company was in compliance with the covenants in effect as of those dates under the credit agreement.

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      The company’s last material borrowing under the credit agreement was during the first quarter of 2004, with the maximum amount borrowed during that quarter of $4.0 million. These borrowings were made prior to the close of the trust preferred offering in February 2004. No amounts were outstanding under any portion of the credit agreement at December 31, 2005 or 2004.
      On March 27, 2006, we entered into a revised credit agreement with Wells Fargo, providing for a revolving credit facility with a total of $10.0 million in borrowing capacity for working capital purposes. This included a $6.0 million line-of-credit secured by two hotels (“Revised Line A”) and a $4.0 million line of credit secured by the Company’s personal property (“Revised Line B”). Interest under Revised Line A is set at 0.5% over the bank’s prime rate and does not require any principal payments until the end of its two year term. Interest under Revised Line B is set at 1.0% over the bank’s prime rate and does not require any principal payments until the end of its one year term. The revised agreement contains certain restrictions and covenants, the most restrictive of which required the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $120 million, a minimum EBITDA (as defined by the bank) coverage ratio of 1.25:1, and a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of 5.25:1.
      In March 2005 we completed the refinance of an office building and secured related financing to facilitate the redevelopment of the project. We borrowed approximately $3.9 million under a term debt arrangement collateralized by the real estate property. In addition, we may borrow another $6.2 million under the agreement to finance the redevelopment of the office building. The note carries a 6.25% interest rate fixed for the construction period and for the first five years of the term. After that it is adjustable in five year intervals based upon treasury rates. The note is being paid interest only through the construction period. The note is due in full on or before October 1, 2032 and is prepayable, in whole or in part, with no penalty. Also in connection with that project, on March 31, 2005, we repaid approximately $3.7 million of principal due under a term debt arrangement. The note was collateralized by real property including an office building, carried an interest rate of 9.0%, and was due on April 1, 2010. However the note was pre-payable on April 1, 2005 without penalty. In October 2005, the Company refinanced, with another lender at similar terms, a $3.6 million bank term loan secured by a hotel that was coming due with a balloon payment.
      As of December 31, 2005, we had debt obligations of $180.1 million, of which 70.1%, or $126.2 million, were fixed rate debt securities secured primarily by individual properties. $47.4 million of the Trust debt obligations are uncollateralized and at a fixed rate, making a total of 96.4% of our debt fixed rate obligations.
Other Matters
Assets Held for Sale
      In connection with the November 2004 announcement of the hotel renovation plan to improve comfort, freshen décor and upgrade technology at our hotels, we implemented a plan to divest 11 non-strategic owned hotels, one real estate office building and certain other non-core properties including condominium units and three parcels of excess land (collectively these assets are referred to herein as “the divestment properties”). Each of the divestment properties met the criteria to be classified as an asset held for sale. In addition, the activities of those 11 hotels and the real estate office building are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles. Depreciation of these assets, if previously appropriate, was suspended. At the time of the decision to divest from these assets, a net of tax impairment charge of $5.8 million on four of the hotel properties was recorded.
      During 2005, we completed the sale of seven of the hotels, the office building, and certain non-core real estate assets with gross aggregate proceeds of $52.8 million. The resulting gain on disposition of discontinued operations was $10.2 million. In addition, during 2005 we recorded an additional aggregate impairment of $4.5 million on certain hotel properties. The net overall impact of these transactions, after the effect of income taxes, was a net of tax gain of $3.7 million. Through March 15, 2006 we have closed on the sale of another hotel and a portion of a second one. Each of the remaining properties continues to be listed with a broker with experience in the hotel industry.

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Capital Spending
      Key to our growth strategy is the planned reinvestment in our existing owned and leased Red Lion hotels, one of the most significant facility improvement programs in company history. This investment accelerates our ongoing program to improve hotel quality by increasing customer comfort, freshening decor and modernizing with new technology. We believe that by improving the quality of our existing product in areas where customers’ quality expectations are growing, we both position our continuing operations to take advantage of the growth potential in our existing markets, and make the Red Lion brand more attractive for franchise opportunities.
      We are seeking to create an improved guest experience across our hotel portfolio. During the year ended December 31, 2004, we spent a total of $12.6 million on capital improvement programs, including $10.9 million on our hotels segment. During 2005, we spent approximately $23.2 million on capital improvement programs, including $19.6 on our hotels segment. During 2006, we expect to spend over $32.0 million on capital improvements to complete our initial reinvestment plan with a focus on our hotels segment, primarily in guest contact areas.
Franchise and Management Contracts
      In 2005 we entered into two new franchise agreements, the Red Lion Hotel on the River — Jantzen Beach and the Red Lion Hotel in Tacoma. In addition, in connection with the sale of four of the seven hotel properties discussed in Asset Dispositions below, we entered into short term franchise agreements to facilitate the operation of those hotels during the transition to another brand. Also during 2005, our agreements with the Red Lion in Jackson, Wyoming and the Red Lion Hotel Silverdale expired. There were no other material changes in franchise or management contracts during 2005.
Acquisitions
      There were no hotels acquired or other material operating acquisitions during 2005.
Asset Dispositions
      During 2005, we completed the sale of seven hotels, a commercial building, and certain non-core real estate assets with gross aggregate proceeds of $52.8 million. The resulting gain on disposition of discontinued operations was $10.2 million. Through March 15, 2006, we have closed on the sale of another hotel and a portion of a second one. Each of the remaining properties continues to be listed with a broker with experience in the hotel industry.
      In July 2005, we closed the sale of a 50% interest in our Kalispell Center retail and hotel complex to an unrelated third party for $6.3 million, resulting in a net gain of $293 thousand. We continue to manage the retail component of the complex. We also are leasing back the WestCoast Kalispell Center Hotel, which will be re-branded the Red Lion Kalispell Hotel after undergoing $4.0 million in improvements to expand and renovate the hotel. We continue to consolidate the operations of the Kalispell Center retail and hotel complex for financial accounting purposes.
      There were no other significant asset dispositions during 2005.
OP Units Transaction Subsequent to December 31, 2005
      We are the general partner of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership (“RLHLP”). We consolidate this entity and, at December 31, 2005, we owned approximately 97.8% of 13,274,231 outstanding operating partnership units (“OP Units”). Under RLHLP’s Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended, the limited partners have the right to put their OP Units to RLHLP, in which event either (a) RLHLP must redeem the units for cash, or (b) we, as general partner, must acquire them for cash or in exchange for an equal number of shares of our common stock. Subsequent to December 31, 2005, two holders of the OP Units elected to put an aggregate of 143,498 OP Units to the RLHLP. We elected to acquire those OP Units in exchange for 143,498 shares of our common stock. We expect the dilution from issuance of the common shares to be

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partially offset by a reduction in the minority interest for RLHLP that will be reflected in our future financial statements. Therefore, we do not expect that the issuance of this common stock will materially affect our per share operating results.
Preferred Stock and Related Dividends
      Early in 2004, we retired all of the outstanding Series A and Series B Preferred Stock. No dividends were therefore paid in 2005.
Seasonality
      Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Significant portions of our revenues and profits are realized from May through October.
Inflation
      The effect of inflation, as measured by fluctuations in the U.S. Consumer Price Index, has not had a material impact on our revenues or net income during the periods under review.
Contractual Obligations
      The following tables summarize our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2005, including contractual obligations of business units identified as discontinued on our consolidated balance sheet, as described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements (in thousands):
                                         
        Less Than           After
    Total   1 Year   1-3 Years   4-5 Years   5 Years
                     
Long-term debt(1)
  $ 144,089     $ 4,555     $ 11,953     $ 13,697     $ 113,884  
Operating leases(2)
    91,418       6,457       12,801       12,842       59,318  
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust(1)
    218,605       4,505       9,010       9,010       196,080  
                               
Total contractual obligations(3)
  $ 454,112     $ 15,517     $ 33,764     $ 35,549     $ 369,282  
                               
 
(1)  Includes estimated interest payments over the life of the debt agreement.
 
(2)  Operating lease amounts are net of estimated annual sub-lease income totaling $9.9 million annually.
 
(3)  We are not party to any significant long-term service or supply contracts with respect to our processes. We refrain from entering into any long-term purchase commitments in the ordinary course of business.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
      A critical accounting policy is one which is both important to the portrayal of our company’s financial condition and results of operations and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. All of our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to our 2005 consolidated financial statements included with this report. The accounting principles of our company comply with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The more critical accounting policies and estimates used relate to:
      Revenue is generally recognized as services are performed. Hotel revenues primarily represent room rental and food and beverage sales from owned and leased hotels and are recognized at the time of the hotel stay or sale of the restaurant services.
      Franchise and management revenues represent fees received in connection with the franchise of our company’s brand names and management fees we earn from managing third-party owned hotels. Such fees are recognized as earned in accordance with the contractual terms of the franchise or management agreements. Other fees are recognized when the services are provided and collection is reasonably assured.

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      Real estate division revenue represents leasing income on owned commercial and retail properties as well as property management income, development fees and leasing and sales commissions from residential and commercial properties managed by our company, typically under long-term contracts with the property owner. Lease revenues are recognized over the period of the leases. We record rental income from operating leases which contain fixed escalation clauses on the straight-line method. The difference between income earned and lease payments received from the tenants is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Rental income from retail leases which is contingent upon the lessees’ revenues is recorded as income in the period earned. Management fees and leasing and sales commissions are recognized as these services are performed.
      The entertainment segment derives revenue primarily from computerized event ticketing services and promotion of Broadway style shows and other special events. Where our company acts as an agent and receives a net fee or commission, it is recognized as revenue in the period the services are performed. When our company is the promoter of an event and is at risk for the production, revenues and expenses are recorded in the period of the event performance.
      Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The assessment of long-lived assets for possible impairment requires us to make judgments regarding real estate values, estimated future cash flows from the respective properties and other matters. We review the recoverability of our long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
      We account for assets held for sale in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (“SFAS No. 144”). Our company’s assets held for sale are recorded at the lower of their historical carrying value (cost less accumulated depreciation) or market value. Depreciation is terminated when the asset is determined to be held for sale. If the assets are ultimately not sold within the guidelines of SFAS No. 144, depreciation would be recaptured for the period they were classified on the balance sheet as held for sale.
      Our company’s intangible assets include brands and goodwill. We account for our brands and goodwill in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“SFAS No. 142”). We expect to receive future benefits from previously acquired brands and goodwill over an indefinite period of time and therefore do not amortize our brands and goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142. The annual impairment review requires us to make certain judgments, including estimates of future cash flow with respect to brands and estimates of our company’s fair value and its components with respect to goodwill and other intangible assets.
      Our other intangible assets include management, marketing and lease contracts. The value of these contracts is amortized on a straight-line basis over the weighted average life of the agreements. The assessment of these contracts requires us to make certain judgments, including estimated future cash flow from the applicable properties.
      We review the ability to collect individual accounts receivable on a routine basis. We record an allowance for doubtful accounts based on specifically identified amounts that we believe to be uncollectible and amounts that are past due beyond a certain date. The receivable is written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts if collection attempts fail. Our company’s estimate for our allowance for doubtful accounts is impacted by, among other things, national and regional economic conditions.
      The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
New Accounting Pronouncements
      In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS No. 123(R)”). This Statement is a revision to SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No. 123(R) requires the measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an

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award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. In April 2005 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the FASB delayed the mandatory adoption date of this standard. We will now adopt SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006, requiring compensation cost to be recognized as expense for the portion of outstanding unvested awards, based on the grant-date fair value of those awards calculated using an option pricing model. We do not believe the impact of implementing SFAS No. 123(R) on the 2006 consolidated financial statements will be material. The historical impact of the fair value of share based payments are included in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.
      In addition, SFAS No. 123(R) will require the Company to recognize compensation expense, if applicable, for the difference between the fair value of our common stock and the actual purchase price of that stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We cannot estimate what the final impact to the consolidated statement of operations will be in the future, because it will depend on, among other things, when and if shares are purchased and certain variables known only when the plan is purchasing shares.
      In March 2005, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 107, “Share-Based Payment.” SAB No. 107 provides the SEC staff position regarding the application of SFAS No. 123(R). SAB No. 107 contains interpretive guidance related to the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations, as well as provides the staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. SAB No. 107 also highlights the importance of disclosures made related to the accounting for share-based payment transactions. We expect that the impact of the provisions of SAB No. 107 will be identical to that of implementing SFAS No. 123(R).
      In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.” This Statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and FASB Statement No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements, and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. This Statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. When a pronouncement includes specific transition provisions, those provisions should be followed. The provisions of SFAS No. 154 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 154 in 2006 to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
      The following tables summarize the financial instruments held by us at December 31, 2005 and 2004, which are sensitive to changes in interest rates, including those held as a component of liabilities of discontinued operations on our consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2005 we had debt obligations of $180.1 million, of which 70.1%, or $126.2 million, were fixed rate debt securities secured primarily by individual properties. $47.4 million of the debt obligations were uncollateralized debentures due the Trust at a fixed rate, making a total of 96.4% of our debt fixed rate obligations.
      The following table presents principal cash flows for debt outstanding at December 31, 2005, including contractual obligations of business units identified as discontinued on our consolidated balance sheet as described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, by maturity date (in thousands).
Outstanding Debt Obligations
                                                                   
    2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   Thereafter   Total   Fair Value
                                 
Note payable to bank(a)
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Long-term debt
                                                               
 
Fixed Rate
  $ 3,501     $ 3,811     $ 4,125     $ 4,454     $ 3,864     $ 106,400     $ 126,155     $ 123,342  
 
Variable Rate
  $ 711     $ 383     $ 1,984     $ 187     $ 3,293     $     $ 6,558     $ 6,558  
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
  $     $     $     $     $     $ 47,423     $ 47,423     $ 48,987  
 
(a)  At December 31, 2005 there were no borrowings against our note payable to bank.
      The following table presents principal cash flows for debt outstanding at December 31, 2004, by maturity date (in thousands).
Outstanding Debt Obligations
                                                                   
    2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   Thereafter   Total   Fair Value
                                 
Note payable to bank(a)
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Long-term debt
                                                               
 
Fixed Rate
  $ 7,921     $ 4,286     $ 4,598     $ 4,920     $ 5,294     $ 123,695     $ 150,714     $ 150,714  
 
Variable Rate
  $ 658     $ 704     $ 375     $ 1,926     $ 174     $ 403     $ 4,240     $ 4,240  
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
  $     $     $     $     $     $ 47,423     $ 47,423     $ 50,459  
 
(a)  At December 31, 2004 there were no borrowings against our note payable to bank.
      We are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates. We manage our exposure to these risks by monitoring available financing alternatives and through development and application of credit granting policies. We do not foresee any significant changes in our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or in how such exposure is managed in the future.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
      See Item 15 of this annual report for certain information with respect to the financial statements filed as a part hereof, including financial statements filed pursuant to the requirements of this Item 8.
Selected Quarterly Data (in thousands except per share amounts)
                                   
    First   Second   Third   Fourth
    Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter
                 
        (Unaudited)    
2005
                               
 
Revenues from continuing operations
  $ 35,467     $ 44,220     $ 47,215     $ 38,146  
 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (1,139 )   $ 4,603     $ 7,661     $ 486  
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax
  $ (4,695 )   $ 1,061     $ 4,260     $ (2,766 )
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (3,000 )   $ 782     $ 2,811     $ (1,737 )
 
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
  $ (123 )   $ 951     $ 3,947     $ 864  
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (3,123 )   $ 1,733     $ 6,758     $ (873 )
 
Earnings (loss) per common share — basic
  $ (0.24 )   $ 0.13     $ 0.52     $ (0.07 )
 
Earnings (loss) per common share — diluted
  $ (0.24 )   $ 0.13     $ 0.51     $ (0.07 )
2004
                               
 
Revenues from continuing operations
  $ 36,144     $ 41,538     $ 47,057     $ 38,404  
 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (230 )   $ 4,089     $ 7,510     $ (121 )
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax
  $ (2,894 )   $ 548     $ 4,020     $ (3,440 )
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (1,799 )   $ 413     $ 2,649     $ (2,153 )
 
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
  $ (549 )   $ 391     $ 848     $ (6,085 )
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (2,348 )   $ 804     $ 3,497     $ (8,238 )
 
Earnings (loss) per common share — basic
  $ (0.21 )   $ 0.06     $ 0.27     $ (0.63 )
 
Earnings (loss) per common share — diluted
  $ (0.21 )   $ 0.06     $ 0.26     $ (0.63 )

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Financial Statements
The 2005 Consolidated Financial Statements of Red Lion Hotels Corporation are
presented on pages 48 to 80 of this annual report.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Spokane, Washington
      We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Red Lion Hotels Corporation as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
      We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
      In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Red Lion Hotels Corporation at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
  /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
March 3, 2006, except for
Note 8, which is as of March 27, 2006
Spokane, Washington

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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2005 and 2004
                       
    2005   2004
         
    (In thousands, except
    share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 28,729     $ 9,577  
 
Restricted cash
    8,821       4,092  
 
Accounts receivable, net
    8,755       8,464  
 
Inventories
    1,712       1,831  
 
Prepaid expenses and other
    1,610       3,286  
 
Assets held for sale:
               
   
Assets of discontinued operations
    20,217       61,757  
   
Other assets held for sale
    715       1,599  
             
     
Total current assets
    70,559       90,606  
             
Property and equipment, net
    235,444       223,132  
Goodwill
    28,042       28,042  
Intangible assets, net
    12,852       13,641  
Other assets, net
    8,699       9,191  
             
     
Total assets
  $ 355,596     $ 364,612  
             
 
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
               
 
Accounts payable
  $ 7,057     $ 4,841  
 
Accrued payroll and related benefits
    5,520       4,597  
 
Accrued interest payable
    676       700  
 
Advance deposits
    198       188  
 
Other accrued expenses
    9,752       7,322  
 
Long-term debt, due within one year
    3,731       7,455  
 
Liabilities of discontinued operations
    3,089       22,879  
             
     
Total current liabilities
    30,023       47,982  
             
Long-term debt, due after one year
    126,633       125,756  
Deferred income
    7,770       8,524  
Deferred income taxes
    13,420       15,992  
Minority interest in partnerships
    9,080       2,548  
Debentures due Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
    47,423       47,423  
             
     
Total liabilities
    234,349       248,225  
             
Commitments and Contingencies
               
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock — 5,000,000 shares authorized; $0.01 par value; no shares issued or outstanding
           
Common stock — 50,000,000 shares authorized; $0.01 par value; 13,131,282 and 13,064,626 shares issued and outstanding
    131       131  
Additional paid-in capital, common stock
    84,832       84,467  
Retained earnings
    36,284       31,789  
             
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    121,247       116,387  
             
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 355,596     $ 364,612  
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
                             
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except
    per share data)
Revenue:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 146,125     $ 142,424     $ 138,286  
 
Franchise and management
    2,860       2,575       4,934  
 
Entertainment
    9,827       11,615       7,980  
 
Real estate
    5,045       5,416       5,209  
 
Other
    1,191       1,113       1,119  
                   
 
Total revenues
    165,048       163,143       157,528  
                   
Operating expenses:
                       
 
Hotels
    118,006       116,233       112,638  
 
Franchise and management
    652       1,135       1,228  
 
Entertainment
    8,395       10,452       6,974  
 
Real estate
    3,784       3,390       3,245  
 
Other
    928       801       832  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    11,727       10,540       10,338  
 
Hotel facility and land lease
    6,922       7,219       7,985  
 
(Gain) loss on asset dispositions, net
    (1,040 )     (1,148 )     339  
 
Conversion expenses
                349  
 
Undistributed corporate expenses
    4,063       3,273       2,640  
                   
 
Total expenses
    153,437       151,895       146,568  
                   
Operating income
    11,611       11,248       10,960  
Other income (expense):
                       
 
Interest expense
    (14,352 )     (13,828 )     (9,679 )
 
Minority interest in partnerships, net
    (213 )     224       133  
 
Other income, net
    814       590       197  
                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    (2,140 )     (1,766 )     1,611  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (996 )     (876 )     51  
                   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
    (1,144 )     (890 )     1,560  
Discontinued operations:
                       
 
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued business units, net of income tax expense (benefit) of $1,066, $202, and $(184), respectively
    1,937       375       (341 )
 
Net gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued business units, net of income tax expense (benefit) of $2,012 and $(3,107)
    3,702       (5,770 )      
                   
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    5,639       (5,395 )     (341 )
                   
Net income (loss)
    4,495       (6,285 )     1,219  
Preferred stock dividend
          (377 )     (2,540 )
                   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )
                   
Earnings (loss) per common share:
                       
 
Basic
                       
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )
   
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    0.43       (0.41 )     (0.03 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
                   
 
Diluted
                       
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )
   
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    0.43       (0.41 )     (0.03 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
                   
 
Weighted average shares — basic
    13,105       13,049       12,999  
 
Weighted average shares — diluted
    13,105       13,049       12,999  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
                                                             
    Preferred Stock — Series A and B                
                 
        Additional   Common Stock   Additional    
        Paid-In       Paid-In   Retained
    Shares   Amount   Capital   Shares   Amount   Capital   Earnings
                             
            (In thousands, except share data)        
Balances, January 1, 2003
    602,630     $ 6     $ 30,125       12,981,878     $ 130     $ 84,083     $ 39,772  
 
Net income
                                        1,219  
 
Preferred stock dividends:
                                                       
   
Series A ($3.50 per share)
                                        (1,046 )
   
Series B ($5.00 per share)
                                        (1,494 )
 
Retirement of preferred stock:
                                                       
   
Series A
    (7,197 )           (360 )                        
   
Series B
    (7,197 )           (359 )                        
 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan
                      21,805             99        
 
Stock issued to directors
                      2,678             14        
                                           
Balances, December 31, 2003
    588,236       6       29,406       13,006,361       130       84,196       38,451  
 
Net loss
                                        (6,285 )
 
Preferred Stock Dividends Series A ($0.53 per share)
                                        (155 )
   
Series B ($0.75 per share)
                                        (222 )
 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan
                      27,971       1       113        
 
Stock issued under option plan
                      26,587             139        
 
Retirement of preferred stock:
                                                       
   
Series A
    (294,118 )     (3 )     (14,703 )                        
   
Series B
    (294,118 )     (3 )     (14,703 )                        
 
Stock issued to an employee
                      3,707             19        
                                           
Balances, December 31, 2004
                      13,064,626       131       84,467       31,789  
 
Net income
                                        4,495  
 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan
                      31,456             152        
 
Stock issued under option plan
                      31,493             71        
 
Stock issued to an employee
                      3,707             19        
 
Stock options issued to directors
                                  123        
                                           
Balances, December 31, 2005
        $     $       13,131,282     $ 131     $ 84,832     $ 36,284  
                                           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
                               
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands)
Operating activities:
                       
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,495     $ (6,285 )   $ 1,219  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
   
Depreciation and amortization
    11,849       12,826       13,032  
   
(Gain) loss on disposition of property, equipment and other assets, net
    (935 )     (1,149 )     390  
   
(Gain) loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net
    (5,714 )     8,877        
   
Deferred income tax provision
    (2,572 )     (769 )     500  
   
Minority interest in partnerships
    213       (314 )     (288 )
   
Equity in investments
    79       (78 )     (119 )
   
Compensation expense related to stock and option issuance
    142       19       14  
   
Provision for doubtful accounts
    466       572       338  
   
Non-cash reduction of preferred stock resulting in gain
                (616 )
   
Write-off of deferred loan fees
                927  
   
Change in current assets and liabilities:
                       
     
Restricted cash
    (2,063 )     694       (3,003 )
     
Accounts receivable
    (688 )     (574 )     (168 )
     
Inventories
    223       4       (100 )
     
Prepaid expenses and other
    1,823       (1,418 )     569  
     
Accounts payable
    2,119       (1,928 )     217  
     
Accrued payroll and related benefits
    937       153       (1,324 )
     
Accrued interest payable
    (38 )     37       100  
     
Other accrued expenses and advance deposits
    2,223       222       (350 )
                   
   
Net cash provided by operating activities
    12,559       10,889       11,338  
                   
Investing activities:
                       
 
Purchases of property and equipment
    (22,868 )     (21,898 )     (7,339 )
 
Proceeds from disposition of property and equipment
    4,904       1,498       5,367  
 
Proceeds from disposition of discontinued operations
    27,892              
 
Proceeds from disposition of investment
          94       485  
 
Investment in Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
          (1,423 )      
 
Advances to Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
    (20 )     (2,116 )      
 
Distributions from equity investee
    93       449        
 
Proceeds from collections under note receivable
    502       1,728        
 
Other, net
    78       (208 )     177  
                   
   
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    10,581       (21,876 )     (1,310 )
                   

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS — (Continued)
                               
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands)
Financing activities:
                       
 
Proceeds from note payable to bank
    50       11,000       47,700  
 
Repayment of note payable to bank
    (50 )     (11,000 )     (99,800 )
 
Proceeds from debenture issuance
          47,423        
 
Repurchase and retirement of preferred stock
          (29,412 )      
 
Proceeds from long-term debt
    7,874       83       55,200  
 
Proceeds from short-term debt
                2,658  
 
Repayment of long-term debt
    (11,955 )     (4,507 )     (3,892 )
 
Repayment of capital lease obligations
                (268 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
    152       114       99  
 
Preferred stock dividend payments
          (1,011 )     (2,561 )
 
Proceeds from stock option exercises
    71       139        
 
Distributions to Operating Partnership unit holders
    (24 )     (3 )      
 
Additions to deferred financing costs
    (374 )     (49 )     (1,547 )
 
Additions to deferred offering costs
                (248 )
                   
     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (4,256 )     12,777       (2,659 )
                   
Net cash in discontinued operations
    268       (97 )     71  
                   
Change in cash and cash equivalents:
                       
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    19,152       1,693       7,440  
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    9,577       7,884       444  
                   
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 28,729     $ 9,577     $ 7,884  
                   
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                       
 
Cash paid during year for:
                       
   
Interest
  $ 15,648     $ 15,469     $ 11,070  
   
Income taxes
  $ 1,069     $ 23     $ 213  
 
Noncash investing and financing activities:
                       
   
Note receivable on disposition of discontinued operations
  $ 300     $     $  
   
Sale of equipment under note receivable
  $ 37     $     $  
   
Options converted to property and equipment
  $     $ 10,128     $  
   
Debt assumed on acquisition of property and equipment
  $     $ 7,942     $  
   
Reclassification of property to assets held for sale
  $     $ 1,599     $  
   
Preferred stock dividends declared
  $     $ 377     $ 2,540  
   
Minority interest deficit of partner acquired
  $     $ 243     $  
   
Reclassification of assets held for sale to property and equipment
  $     $     $ 34,775  
   
Sale-operating leaseback of equipment
  $     $     $ 2,658  
   
Extinguishment of debt on sale leaseback of hotel
  $     $     $ 5,965  
   
Non-cash reduction of working capital for preferred stock
  $     $     $ 103  
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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization
      Red Lion Hotels Corporation (“Red Lion” or the “Company”) is a NYSE-listed hospitality and leisure company (ticker symbols RLH and RLH-pa) primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development and franchising of mid-scale and upper mid-scale, full service hotels under its Red Lion brand. Effective September 19, 2005, the Company changed its name from WestCoast Hospitality Corporation to Red Lion Hotels Corporation.
      As of December 31, 2005, the hotel system contained 64 hotels located in 11 states and one Canadian province, with 11,330 rooms and 550,929 square feet of meeting space. The Company managed 37 of these hotels, consisting of 22 owned hotels, 13 leased hotels and two third-party owned hotels. The remaining 27 hotels were owned and operated by third-party franchisees.
      The Company is also engaged in entertainment and real estate operations. Through the entertainment division, which includes TicketsWest.com, Inc., the Company engages in event ticket distribution and promotion and presents a variety of entertainment productions. The real estate division engages in the traditional real estate related services that the Company has pursued since its predecessor was originally founded in 1937, including developing, managing and acting as a broker for sales and leases of commercial and multi-unit residential properties.
      The Company was incorporated in the State of Washington on April 25, 1978. The financial statements encompass the accounts of Red Lion Hotels Corporation and all of its consolidated subsidiaries, including its 100% ownership of Red Lion Hotels Holdings, Inc., and Red Lion Hotels Franchising, Inc., and its approximately 98% ownership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership (“RLHLP”) further discussed in Note 9. The financial statements also include an equity method investment in a 19.9% owned real estate venture, and certain cost method investments in various entities included as other assets, over which the Company does not exercise significant influence.
      In July 2005, the Company sold a 50% interest in a retail and hotel complex, but continues to consolidate this operation for financial statement purposes. Through October 2004, the Company maintained a 50% interest in another real estate limited partnership. In November 2004, the Company acquired the remaining 50% ownership from the partner. Lastly, during 2004 the Company created a trust, of which it owns a 3% interest. This entity is treated as an equity method investment and is considered a variable interest entity under FIN-46(R) “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” as revised.
      All significant inter-company transactions and accounts have been eliminated upon consolidation.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Cash and Cash Equivalents
      The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At times, cash balances may be in excess of federal insurance limits. In accordance with the Company’s various borrowing arrangements, at December 31, 2005 and 2004, cash of approximately $8.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively, was reserved for the future payment of insurance, property taxes, repairs, furniture, and fixtures. Of these amounts, $8.8 million and $4.1 million, respectively, relate to continuing operations and are reflected as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheet.
      The Company maintains trust accounts for client-owners of multiple real properties which it manages. These cash accounts are not owned by the Company and therefore, are not included in the consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, these accounts totaled approximately $3.0 and $2.8 million respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
      The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts based on specifically identified amounts that the Company believes to be uncollectible and for those accounts that are past due beyond a certain date. If actual collections experience changes, revisions to the allowance may be required. If all attempts to collect a receivable fail, the receivable is written off against the allowance. The following schedule summarizes the activity in the allowance account for trade accounts receivable for the past three years for continuing operations (in thousands):
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, continuing operations
                       
 
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 295     $ 194     $ 280  
 
Additions to allowance
    451       518       169  
 
Write-offs, net of recoveries
    (401 )     (417 )     (255 )
                   
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 345     $ 295     $ 194  
                   
Inventories
      Inventories consist primarily of food and beverage products held for sale at the restaurants operated by the Company, guest supplies, and gift shop merchandise. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost, determined on a first-in, first-out basis, or net realizable value.
Assets Held for Sale
      Assets held for sale are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, (“SFAS No. 144”). Assets held for sale are recorded at the lower of their historical carrying value (cost less accumulated depreciation) or market value less costs to sell. Depreciation is terminated when the asset is determined to be held for sale. If the assets are ultimately not sold within the guidelines of SFAS No. 144, depreciation would be recaptured for the period they were classified on the balance sheet as held for sale. Assets held for sale are further discussed at Note 3.
Property and Equipment
      Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of each asset, which ranges as follows:
         
Buildings
    25 to 39  years  
Equipment
    2 to 20 years  
Furniture and fixtures
    5 to 15 years  
Landscaping and improvements
    15 years  
      The Company capitalizes interest costs during the construction period for qualifying assets. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company capitalized approximately $31 thousand of interest cost. No interest was capitalized in 2004 or 2003. Repairs and maintenance charges are expensed as incurred.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets
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carrying values. Reductions to the carrying value, if necessary, are recorded to the extent the net book value of the assets exceeds the greater of estimated future discounted cash flows or fair value less selling costs. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded a net of tax asset impairment charge of $2.9 million and $5.8 million, respectively, further discussed at Note 4.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
      Goodwill represents the excess of the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired during business combinations over the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead tested for impairment when circumstances dictate, but not less than annually. Brand name is an identifiable indefinite life intangible asset that represents the separable legal right to a trade name acquired in a 2001 business combination. The remaining balance of intangible assets consists primarily of the net amortized cost of lease, management and franchise contracts acquired in business combinations. The costs of these contracts are amortized over the weighted-average remaining term of the related agreements.
      The following table summarizes the cost and accumulated amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets (in thousands):
                           
    December 31, 2005
     
        Accumulated    
    Cost   Amortization   Net
             
Goodwill
  $ 28,042       (a )   $ 28,042  
                   
Intangible assets
                       
 
Franchise and management contracts
  $ 5,882     $ (3,767 )   $ 2,115  
 
Brand name
    6,878       (a )     6,878  
 
Lease contracts
    4,332       (578 )     3,754  
 
Trademarks
    98       (a )     98  
 
Other intangible assets
    66       (59 )     7  
                   
Total intangible assets
  $ 17,256     $ (4,404 )   $ 12,852  
                   
                           
    December 31, 2004
     
        Accumulated    
    Cost   Amortization   Net
             
Goodwill
  $ 28,042       (a )   $ 28,042  
                   
Intangible assets
                       
 
Franchise and management contracts
  $ 5,882     $ (3,129 )   $ 2,753  
 
Brand name
    6,878       (a )     6,878  
 
Lease contracts
    4,332       (433 )     3,899  
 
Trademarks
    91       (a )     91  
 
Other intangible assets
    66       (46 )     20  
                   
Total intangible assets
  $ 17,249     $ (3,608 )   $ 13,641  
                   
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately $796 thousand, $796 thousand, and $798 thousand, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets over the next five years is as follows (in thousands):
         
Years Ending December 31,    
     
2006
  $ 761  
2007
  $ 521  
2008
  $ 520  
2009
  $ 520  
2010
  $ 520  
      Goodwill and other intangible assets attributable to each of the Company’s business segments at both December 31, 2005 and 2004 is as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    2005   2004
         
        Other       Other
    Goodwill   Intangibles   Goodwill   Intangibles
                 
Hotels
  $ 19,530     $ 8,340     $ 19,530     $ 8,480  
Franchise and management
    5,351       4,506       5,351       5,153  
Entertainment
    3,161       6       3,161       8  
                         
Total
  $ 28,042     $ 12,852     $ 28,042     $ 13,641  
                         
Other Assets
      Other assets primarily includes deferred loan fees, straight-line rental income, notes receivable and the Company’s equity method and cost method investments described in Note 1.
      Deferred loan fees are amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related loan agreement.
      Cost method investments are carried at original purchase price, less any impairments in value recognized to date, if necessary. Equity method investments are carried at cost, adjusted for the Company’s proportionate share of earnings and any investment disbursements. The Company had a $330 thousand note receivable at December 31, 2005 that bore interest at 7.05% and was related to its investment in a real estate venture. Monthly principal and interest are due until August 2007 when the note is due in full.
Income Taxes
      The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities, along with the related income tax expenses or benefits, for the expected future income tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements. The deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Certain wholly owned or partially owned entities, including RLHLP, do not directly pay income taxes. Instead, their taxable income flows through to the Company or to the respective owners of the entity.
Revenue Recognition
      Revenue is generally recognized as services are performed. Hotels revenue primarily represent room rental and food and beverage sales from owned, leased and other consolidated hotels and are recognized at the time of the hotel stay or sale of the restaurant services.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      Franchise and management revenues represent fees received in connection with the franchise of the Company’s brand name and include management fees earned from managing third-party owned hotels. Such fees are recognized as earned in accordance with the contractual terms of the franchise or management agreements. Other fees are recognized when the services are provided and collection is reasonably assured.
      Real estate division revenue represents leasing income on owned commercial and retail properties as well as property management income, development fees and leasing and sales commissions from residential and commercial properties managed by the Company, typically under long-term contracts with the property owner. Lease revenues are recognized over the period of the leases. The Company records rental income from operating leases which contain fixed escalation clauses on the straight-line method. The difference between income earned and lease payments received from the tenants is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Rental income from retail leases which is contingent upon the lessees’ revenues is recorded as income in the period earned. Management fees and leasing and sales commissions are recognized as these services are performed.
      The entertainment segment derives revenue primarily from computerized event ticketing services and promotion of Broadway style shows and other special events. Where the Company acts as an agent and receives a net fee or commission, revenue is recognized in the period the services are performed. When the Company is the promoter of an event and is at risk for the production, gross revenues and expenses are recorded in the period of the event performance.
Earnings Per Common Share
      Earnings or loss per common share-basic is computed by dividing income applicable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Earnings or loss per common share-diluted is computed by adjusting income applicable to common shareholders by the effect of the minority interest related to operating partnership units of RLHLP (“OP Units”) and increasing the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding by the effect of the OP Units and the additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares (stock options and convertible notes) had been issued, to the extent that such issuance would be dilutive.
Stock Based Compensation
      As permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”) and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS No. 148”), the Company has chosen to measure compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation plans using the intrinsic value method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and to provide the disclosure only requirements of SFAS No. 123. The Company has chosen not to record compensation expense using fair value measurement provisions in the statements of operations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      Had expense for stock based compensation plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards under the plans, reported net income and income per share would have been changed to the pro forma amounts indicated below (in thousands, except per share data):
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (In thousands, except
    per share amounts)
Reported net income (loss) to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )
 
Add back: stock-based employee compensation expense, net of related tax effects
    92       12       9  
 
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (343 )     (197 )     (479 )
                   
 
Pro Forma
  $ 4,244     $ (6,847 )   $ (1,791 )
                   
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
Reported net income (loss)
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
 
Stock-based employee compensation, fair value
    (0.02 )     (0.01 )     (0.04 )
                   
Pro Forma
  $ 0.32     $ (0.52 )   $ (0.14 )
                   
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
Reported net income (loss)
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
 
Stock-based employee compensation, fair value
    (0.02 )     (0.01 )     (0.04 )
                   
Pro Forma
  $ 0.32     $ (0.52 )   $ (0.14 )
                   
Advertising and Promotion
      The Company generally expenses all costs associated with its advertising and promotional efforts as incurred. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company incurred approximately $5.7 million, $5.6 million, and $5.4 million, respectively, in advertising expense for continuing operations. In addition, the Company had advertising expense associated with discontinued operations of approximately $818 thousand, $1.0 million, and $934 thousand for those same periods, respectively.
Central Program Fund
      Effective January 1, 2002, the Company established the Red Lion Central Program Fund (“CPF”), organized in accordance with the various domestic franchise agreements. The CPF is responsible for certain advertising services, frequent guest program administration, reservation services, national sales promotions and brand and revenue management services intended to increase sales and enhance the reputation of the Company and its franchise owners including the Red Lion and WestCoast branded properties.
      Contributions by the Company to the CPF for owned and managed hotels and contributions by the franchisees, through the individual franchise agreements, total up to 4.5% of room revenue or in some cases is based on reservation fees, frequent guest program dues and other services. The net assets and transactions of the CPF are not included in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with FASB No. 45, “Accounting for Franchise Fee Revenue”.
      For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company contributed $6.4 million, $6.6 million, and $5.5 million to the CPF, respectively, for its owned and managed properties. The Company recognizes those contributions as operating expenses as incurred. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Company had a net current receivable from the CPF of approximately $914 thousand and $121 thousand, respectively.
New Accounting Pronouncements
      In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS No. 123(R)”). This Statement is a revision to SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No. 123(R) requires the measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. In April 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the FASB delayed the mandatory adoption date of this standard. The Company will now adopt SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006, requiring compensation cost to be recognized as expense for the portion of outstanding unvested awards, based on the grant-date fair value of those awards calculated using an option pricing model. The Company does not believe the impact of implementing SFAS No. 123(R) on the 2006 consolidated financial statements will be material. The historical impact of the fair value of share based payments are included in Note 2.
      In addition, SFAS No. 123(R) will require the Company to recognize compensation expense, if applicable, for the difference between the fair value of the Company’s common stock and the actual purchase price of that stock under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company cannot estimate what the final impact to the consolidated statement of operations will be in the future, because it will depend on, among other things, when and if shares are purchased and certain variables known only when the plan is purchasing shares.
      In March 2005, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 107, “Share-Based Payment.” SAB No. 107 provides the SEC staff position regarding the application of SFAS No. 123(R). SAB No. 107 contains interpretive guidance related to the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations, as well as provides the staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. SAB No. 107 also highlights the importance of disclosures made related to the accounting for share-based payment transactions. The Company expects that the impact of the provisions of SAB No. 107 will be identical to that of implementing SFAS No. 123(R).
      In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.” This Statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes”, and SFAS No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements”, and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. This Statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. When a pronouncement includes specific transition provisions, those provisions should be followed. The provisions of SFAS No. 154 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 154 in 2006 to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.
Estimates
      The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

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RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Reclassifications
      Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2005 presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on net income or retained earnings as previously reported. See further discussion regarding reclassifications in Note 3.
3. Discontinued Operations and Other Assets Held For Sale
      In connection with the November 2004 announcement of the hotel renovation plan to improve comfort, freshen décor and upgrade technology at its hotels, the Company implemented a plan to divest 11 non-strategic owned hotels, one real estate office building and certain other non-core properties including condominium units and three parcels of excess land (collectively these assets are referred to herein as “the divestment properties”). Each of the divestment properties meet the criteria to be classified as an asset held for sale. In addition, the activities of those 11 hotels and the real estate office building are considered discontinued operations under generally accepted accounting principles. Depreciation of these assets, if previously appropriate, was suspended. At the time of the decision to divest from these assets, a net of tax impairment charge of $5.8 million on four of the hotel properties was recorded, further discussed in Note 4. For comparative purposes, all financial information for periods presented prior to 2004 included on the consolidated statements of operations has been reclassified to conform to the 2005 and 2004 presentation.
      During 2005, the Company completed the sale of seven of the hotels, the office building, and certain non-core real estate assets with gross aggregate proceeds of $52.8 million. The resulting gain on disposition of discontinued operations was $10.2 million. In addition, during 2005, the Company recorded an additional aggregate impairment of $4.5 million on certain hotel properties further discussed at Note 4. The net overall impact of these transactions, after the effect of income taxes, was a net of tax gain of $3.7 million.
      Each of the remaining properties continues to be listed with a broker with experience in the hotel industry. A summary of the assets and liabilities of discontinued operations is as follows (in thousands):
                                                     
    December 31, 2005   December 31, 2004
         
    Hotel   Office       Hotel   Office    
    Properties   Building   Combined   Properties   Building   Combined
                         
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 66     $     $ 66     $ 326     $ 8     $ 334  
Restricted cash
                      166             166  
Accounts receivable, net
    602             602       699       145       844  
Inventories
    157             157       305             305  
Prepaid expenses and other
    106             106       251       17       268  
Property and equipment, net
    19,131             19,131       45,033       13,032       58,065  
Other assets, net
    155             155       379       1,396       1,775  
                                     
 
Assets of discontinued operations
  $ 20,217     $     $ 20,217     $ 47,159     $ 14,598     $ 61,757  
                                     
Accounts payable
  $ 125     $     $ 125     $ 174     $ 47     $ 221  
Accrued payroll and related benefits
    420             420       404       2       406  
Accrued interest payable
    7             7       44       68       112  
Advanced deposits
    11             11       15             15  
Other accrued expenses
    177             177       318       64       382  
Long-term debt
    2,349             2,349       10,862       10,881       21,743  
                                     
   
Liabilities of discontinued operations
  $ 3,089     $     $ 3,089     $ 11,817     $ 11,062     $ 22,879  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      A summary of the results of operations for the discontinued operations is as follows (in thousands):
                                                                           
    December 31, 2005   December 31, 2004   December 31, 2003
             
    Hotel   Office       Hotel   Office       Hotel   Office    
    Properties   Building   Combined   Properties   Building   Combined   Properties   Building   Combined
                                     
Revenues
  $ 21,169     $ 2,851     $ 24,020     $ 24,116     $ 3,643     $ 27,759     $ 22,742     $ 3,705     $ 26,447  
Operating expenses
    (18,672 )     (1,108 )     (19,780 )     (21,601 )     (1,691 )     (23,292 )     (21,294 )     (1,570 )     (22,864 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (24 )     (98 )     (122 )     (1,678 )     (608 )     (2,286 )     (1,611 )     (1,083 )     (2,694 )
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions
    12       45       57       1             1       (51 )           (51 )
Conversion expenses
                                        (42 )           (42 )
Interest expense
    (481 )     (686 )     (1,167 )     (874 )     (805 )     (1,679 )     (644 )     (829 )     (1,473 )
Interest income
                                                     
Other income (expense)
    (5 )           (5 )     (16 )           (16 )     (3 )           (3 )
Minority interest in partnerships
                      90             90       155             155  
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (715 )     (351 )     (1,066 )     (13 )     (189 )     (202 )     262       (78 )     184  
                                                       
 
Net income (loss) from operations
    1,284       653       1,937       25       350       375       (486 )     145       (341 )
Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued business units
    1,145       4,569       5,714       (8,877 )           (8,877 )                  
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (413 )     (1,599 )     (2,012 )     3,107             3,107                    
                                                       
 
Net gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued business units
    732       2,970       3,702       (5,770 )           (5,770 )                  
                                                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 2,016     $ 3,623     $ 5,639     $ (5,745 )   $ 350     $ (5,395 )   $ (486 )   $ 145     $ (341 )
                                                       
      Property and equipment included as a component of assets of discontinued operations is further summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Buildings and equipment
  $ 14,382     $ 51,265  
Furniture and fixtures
    2,346       3,850  
Landscaping and land improvements
    487       615  
             
      17,215       55,730  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (6,374 )     (14,595 )
             
      10,841       41,135  
Land
    8,275       16,603  
Construction in progress
    15       327  
             
    $ 19,131     $ 58,065  
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      Long-term debt included as a component of discontinued operations is further summarized as follows (in thousands except monthly payment information):
                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Note payable in monthly installments of $18,898 including interest at a variable rate (5.5% at December 31, 2005 and 4.125% at December 31, 2004), through January 2008 collateralized by real property
  $ 1,999     $ 2,113  
Industrial revenue bonds payable in monthly installments of $25,417 including interest at a variable rate (5.25% at December 31, 2005 and 5.20% at December 31, 2004), through January 2007, collateralized by real property
    350       675  
Note payable in monthly installments of $91,871 including interest at 7.39%, through June 2011, collateralized by real property
          10,495  
Note payable in monthly installments of $48,831 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
          6,949  
Note payable in monthly installments of $18,462 including interest at an index rate plus 1.50%, subject to a minimum of 9.50% and a maximum of 12.00% (9.50% at December 31, 2005 and 2004), through December 2011, collateralized by real property
          1,126  
Note payable in monthly installments of $8,373 including interest at a variable rate (3.75% at December 2004), through November 2009 collateralized by real property
          327  
Other
          58  
             
Total long-term debt of discontinued operations
  $ 2,349     $ 21,743  
             
4. Property and Equipment
      Property and equipment used in continuing operations is summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Buildings and equipment
  $ 214,694     $ 207,597  
Furniture and fixtures
    23,655       21,063  
Landscaping and land improvements
    2,739       2,243  
             
      241,088       230,903  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (80,962 )     (71,262 )
             
      160,126       159,641  
Land
    59,640       59,640  
Construction in progress
    15,678       3,851  
             
    $ 235,444     $ 223,132  
             
      Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately $10.5 million, $11.5 million, and $11.7 million, respectively. Of that, $10.5 million, $9.4 million, and $9.1 million of depreciation expense, respectively, was related to business units considered continuing operations. For the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, $2.1 million and $2.6 million of depreciation expense, respectively, was included with the activities of discontinued operations. As discussed in Note 3, depreciation on assets that are a portion of discontinued operations was suspended in November 2004.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      During 2006, the Company expects to spend over $32.0 million on capital improvements to complete its initial reinvestment plan with a focus on its hotels segment, primarily in guest contact areas.
      In association with our decision to divest certain assets, as discussed in Note 3, the Company continues to evaluate the divestment properties for potential impairment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets.” In 2004, in connection with the decision to divest, four of the hotel assets included in the divestment properties were determined to have been impaired, in aggregate $8.9 million before the effect of income taxes. In 2005, four of the hotel assets included in the divestment properties were determined to have been impaired, in aggregate $4.5 million before the effect of income taxes. The impairment amounts were calculated using expected sales prices, less expected transaction costs, as compared to the carrying value at the date of the evaluation. The impairments are reflected, net of the income tax effect, as a component of the net gain or loss on disposal of discontinued business units. No other Company assets were determined to have been impaired.
      In July 2005, the Company closed the sale of a 50% interest in its Kalispell Center retail and hotel complex to an unrelated third party for $6.3 million, resulting in a net gain of $293 thousand included in continuing operations. The Company continues to manage the retail component of the complex. The Company also is leasing back the WestCoast Kalispell Center Hotel, which will be re-branded the Red Lion Kalispell Hotel after undergoing improvements to expand and renovate the hotel. For financial statement purposes, the Company continues to consolidate the Kalispell Center retail and hotel complex.
      Through 2003, the Company leased and operated a hotel in Yakima, Washington. The lease, as amended, included an option to purchase the property by December 31, 2003. In September 2003, the Company exercised the option to purchase the Red Lion Hotel Yakima Gateway and closed the purchase transaction in January 2004, utilizing certain tax deferred proceeds from the sale of the Red Lion River Inn completed in 2003. The gross purchase price of the hotel under the option, paid in cash, totaled $5.3 million. In addition, the Company maintained an option with a cost basis of $1.0 million that has become part of the new basis in the property and equipment.
      As part of a business combination in 1999, the Company assumed a lease on a hotel in Bellevue, Washington and has operated the property since that date. The lease included an option to purchase the property by December 31, 2003. In December 2003, the Company exercised its option to purchase the Red Lion Hotel Bellevue for $12.0 million. The Company completed the purchase of this hotel on April 17, 2004 utilizing certain tax deferred proceeds from the sale of the Red Lion River Inn completed in 2003. The gross purchase price of the hotel under the option, paid in cash, totaled $3.3 million. In addition, the Company maintained an option with a cost basis of $9.1 million and assumed debt totaling $7.9 million that has become part of its new basis in the property and equipment.
      As discussed in Note 1, through October 2004 the Company maintained a 50% interest in a real estate limited partnership whose primary activity was the ownership and operation of a hotel. In November 2004 the Company acquired the remaining 50% ownership from the partner in exchange for $250 thousand in cash and a release to the counter party for its capital deficit in the partnership. Since inception of the partnership, the Company has consolidated the balance sheet and operating activities of the partnership and reflected a minority interest for the counterparty ownership. As a result of this transaction the net book value in the underlying assets of the partnership was increased by $493 thousand. $250 thousand of this is included as cash additions to property and equipment. The remaining $243 thousand is reflected as a non cash investing activity and the deficit balance minority interest account was removed.
      In October 2004, the Company sold a parcel of undeveloped land in Spokane, Washington previously used for a parking lot to a third party for approximately $1.1 million. The resulting gain after transaction costs was approximately $418 thousand.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      In 2003, the Company sold one of its hotels to an unrelated party for $10.8 million in a sales-operating leaseback transaction. The pre-tax gain on the transaction of approximately $7.0 million was deferred and is being amortized into income over the period of the lease term, which expires in November 2018. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 the Company recognized $468 thousand, $468 thousand and $72 thousand, respectively, of the deferred gain and the remaining balance at December 31, 2005 was $6.0 million. The lease is renewable for three five-year terms.
      In March 2002, the Company entered into an agreement for the sale of an 80.1% interest in the WHC Building (now RLH building), while retaining the management of the building, its lease of space, and the remaining ownership interest. Due to the Company retaining an investment and a partial operating lease of the building, a portion of the gain was deferred over the six-year lease term. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, the Company recognized $286 thousand of the deferred gain. As of December 31, 2005, the total deferred gain remaining is $1.8 million.
5. Other Investments
      The Company’s investments in other entities, included in other assets, are summarized as follows:
      Beginning March 2002, the Company owned a 19.9% interest in the RLH Building as discussed in Note 4. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 the investment balance was approximately $688 thousand and $773 thousand, respectively. The investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company received distributions from the partnership during 2005 and 2004 of $93 thousand and $449 thousand, respectively.
      Summarized unaudited financial information with respect to the equity method investment in the RLH Building is as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Current Assets
  $ 426     $ 158  
Total Assets
  $ 12,947     $ 12,988  
Current Liabilities
  $ 136     $ 247  
Total Liabilities
  $ 9,686     $ 9,189  
Total Equity
  $ 3,261     $ 3,799  
Revenues
  $ 1,835     $ 1,777  
Net Income
  $ 37     $ 152  
      Through April 2003, the Company maintained a 0.3% general partnership interest in a hotel property, which was also accounted for under the equity method of accounting. At December 31, 2002 the investment balance was $937 thousand. Effective April 2003, the Company sold its ownership investment in this hotel venture to an unrelated third party for $350 thousand. In addition, the Company assigned its interest in the management agreement to the same party in exchange for a structured payment arrangement totaling approximately $141 thousand with monthly payments through January 2004. The carrying value of the Company’s investment at the date of sale was $934 thousand, resulting in a loss on the transaction of $443 thousand, which is included as a loss on asset dispositions in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for 2003.
      The Company maintains a 6% interest in a limited liability company, which is accounted for under the cost method. Accordingly, the Company’s investment is increased or decreased by contributions, distributions, or impairments only. The Company also holds certain other minority investments in real estate ventures accounted for under the cost method. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 the aggregate balance of these investments accounted for under the cost method was $1 thousand and $105 thousand, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      As disclosed in Note 6, in connection with the $46.0 million offering of trust preferred securities the Company maintains a 3% trust common security interest in the trust. The investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the investment balance, after adjustment for the earnings and expenses from the trust, was $1.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
      The Company has recorded aggregate income (loss) from these investments during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 of $(79) thousand, $78 thousand, and $119 thousand, respectively.
6. Trust Preferred Offering
      During the first quarter of 2004 the Company completed a public offering of $46 million of trust preferred securities through the Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust (“the Trust”). The securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and entitle holders to cumulative cash distributions at a 9.5% annual rate and the securities mature on February 24, 2044. In addition, the Company invested $1.4 million in trust common securities, representing 3% of the total capitalization of the Trust.
      The Trust used the proceeds of the offering and the Company’s investment to purchase from the Company $47.4 million of its junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the trust securities. The cost of the trust preferred offering totaled $2.3 million, including $1.7 million of underwriting commissions and expenses and $614 thousand of costs incurred directly by the Trust. The Trust paid these costs utilizing an advance from the Company. The advance to the Trust is included with other long-term assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The proceeds from the debenture sale, net of the costs of the trust preferred offering and the Company’s investment in the Trust, were $43.7 million. The Company used approximately $29.8 million of the net proceeds to pay accrued dividends on, and redeem in full, all outstanding shares of its Series A and Series B preferred stock on February 24, 2004.
7. Long-Term Debt
      In addition to the debentures discussed in Note 6, and the long-term debt of discontinued operations discussed in Note 3, the Company has long-term debt for continuing operations, consisting of mortgage notes payable and notes and contracts payable, collateralized by real property, equipment and the assignment of certain rental income. Long-term debt for continuing operations is as follows (in thousands except monthly payment information):
                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Note payable in monthly installments of $276,570 including interest at 7.93%, through June 2011, collateralized by real property
  $ 33,848     $ 34,421  
Note payable in monthly installments of $108,797 including interest at 8.08%, through September 2011, collateralized by real property
    13,199       13,414  
Note payable in monthly installments of $70,839 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    9,910       10,081  
Note payable in monthly installments of $74,480 including interest at 7.42%, through August 2023
    8,885       9,102  
Note payable in monthly installments of $62,586 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    8,756       8,906  
Note payable in monthly installments of $52,844 including interest at 8.08%, through September 2011, collateralized by real property
    6,411       6,515  
Note payable in monthly installments of $41,265 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    5,773       5,872  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
                     
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Note payable in monthly installments of $46,695 including interest at 8.00%, through October 2011, collateralized by real property
    5,708       5,801  
Note payable in monthly installments of $35,076 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    4,907       4,991  
Note payable in monthly installments of $34,388 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    4,811       4,894  
Industrial revenue bonds payable in monthly installments of $66,560 including interest at 5.90%, through October 2011, collateralized by real property
    3,974       4,524  
Notes payable in monthly installments of principal and interest at 7.00%, through January 2010 convertible into common stock of the Company at $15 per share
    3,455       4,161  
Note payable in monthly installments of $28,198 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    3,945       4,013  
Note payable in monthly installments of $33,905 including interest at 6.88%, through October 2010, collateralized by real property
    3,967       3,978  
Note payable in monthly installments to start Nov 2007 including interest at a variable rate based on US Treasury plus 2.5% original rate 6.25% through April 2032, collateralized by real property
    3,874       3,657  
Note payable in monthly installments of $20,633 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    2,887       2,936  
Note payable in monthly installments of $20,633 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    2,887       2,936  
Note payable in monthly installments of $17,194 including interest at 6.70%, through July 2013, collateralized by real property
    2,405       2,447  
Note payable in monthly installments of $8,373 including interest at a variable rate (5.78% at December 31, 2005, through November 2009 collateralized by certain equipment and furniture and fixtures
    241        
Other
    521       562  
             
Total long-term debt
    130,364       133,211  
 
Due within one year
    (3,731 )     (7,455 )
             
   
Long-term debt due after one year
  $ 126,633     $ 125,756  
             
      Contractual maturities for long-term debt for continuing operations outstanding at December 31, 2005, are summarized by year as follows (in thousands):
         
Year Ending December 31,   Amount
     
2006
  $ 3,731  
2007
    4,068  
2008
    4,357  
2009
    4,640  
2010
    7,156  
Thereafter
    106,412  
       
    $ 130,364  
       

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      On March 31, 2005, the Company repaid approximately $3.7 million of principal due under a term debt arrangement. The note was collateralized by real property including an office building, carried an interest rate of 9.0%, and was due on April 1, 2010. However the note was pre-payable on April 1, 2005 without penalty.
      Also on March 31, 2005 the Company borrowed approximately $3.9 million under a term debt arrangement collateralized by the same real estate property discussed above. In addition, the Company may borrow another $6.1 million under the agreement to provide for the redevelopment of the office building. The note carries a 6.25% interest rate, fixed for the construction period and for the first five years of the term. After that, it is adjustable in five year intervals based upon treasury rates. The note is being paid interest only through the construction period and is due in full on or before October 1, 2032.
      In October 2005, the Company refinanced a $3.6 million bank term loan coming due with a balloon payment secured by a hotel with another lender at similar terms.
8. Notes Payable to Bank
      Since October 2003, the Company has maintained its primary revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”). The agreement then provided a revolving credit facility with a total of $10 million in borrowing capacity. This included two revolving lines of credit: Line A allowed for maximum borrowings of $7.0 million and was collateralized by personal property and five owned hotels. Line B allowed for maximum borrowings of $3.0 million and was collateralized by personal property. Line B expired in October 2004 and was not renewed. Interest under the line was computed based, at the Company’s option, upon either the bank’s prime rate or certain LIBOR rates. The agreement was amended in December 2004 as to certain covenant measurement restrictions.
      On February 9, 2005, the Company again modified the bank credit facility by entering into a First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The new agreement included a revolving credit facility with a total of $20.0 million in borrowing capacity for working capital purposes. This included a $4.0 million line-of-credit secured by the Company’s personal property and two hotels (“New Line A”) and a $16.0 million line of credit secured by the Company’s personal property and seven hotels that the Company then held for sale (“New Line B”). Since the properties that secured New Line B were sold in 2005, New Line B expired unused. New Line A has a maturity date of January 3, 2007.
      Interest under New Line A was set at 1% over the bank’s prime rate and did not require any principal payments until its maturity date. The agreement contained certain restrictions and covenants, the most restrictive of which required the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $115 million, a minimum EBITDA (as defined by the bank) coverage ratio of 1.25:1, and a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of 6.25:1 for 2004 and 5.75 for 2005. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 the Company was in compliance with the covenants in effect as of that date under the credit agreement.
      The Company’s last material borrowing of the credit agreement was during the first quarter of 2004, with the maximum amount borrowed during that quarter of $4.0 million. These borrowings were made prior to the close of the trust preferred offering in February 2004. No amounts were outstanding under any portion of the credit agreement at December 31, 2005 or 2004.
      On March 27, 2006, the Company entered into a revised credit agreement with Wells Fargo, providing for a revolving credit facility with a total of $10.0 million in borrowing capacity for working capital purposes. This includes a $6.0 million line-of-credit secured by two hotels (“Revised Line A”) and a $4.0 million line of credit secured by the Company’s personal property (“Revised Line B”). Interest under Revised Line A is set at 0.5% over the bank’s prime rate and does not require any principal payments until the end of its two year term. Interest under Revised Line B is set at 1.0% over the bank’s prime rate and does not require any principal payments until the end of its one year term. The revised agreement contains certain restrictions and covenants, the most restrictive of which required the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of

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$120 million, a minimum EBITDA (as defined by the bank) coverage ratio of 1.25:1, and a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of 5.25:1.
9. Stockholders’ Equity
      The Articles of Incorporation of the Company authorize 50 million common shares and 5 million preferred shares. The preferred stock rights, preferences and privileges will be determined by the Board of Directors.
      As part of an acquisition in 2001 the Company issued 303,771 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 303,771 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Both the Series A and Series B preferred shares had a $0.01 par value and a $50 stated value, and gave the holder certain preferences upon any liquidation of the Company, including payment of $50 per share plus any unpaid dividends before any payment could be made to common stockholders. As further discussed in Note 6, all of the shares of Series A and Series B preferred stock were redeemed in February 2004.
      During the year ended December 31, 2005, 17,994 options to purchase common stock were issued in aggregate to non-management directors as compensation for service. The options had an exercise price of $0.01 and the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant was $6.88 per share. The Company recognized compensation expense of $123 thousand and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital for this transaction. The options were immediately exercised by each of the recipients and are included in the option conversions discussed in Note 14. No such options were issued during 2004 or 2003. During the year ended December 31, 2003, 2,678 shares of common stock were issued to non-employee directors as compensation for service. No such shares were issued during 2005 or 2004.
      During November 2004, the Company granted 18,535 shares of common stock, restricted as to trading, to an officer as compensation. The award vested 20%, or 3,707 shares, upon grant and vests an additional 20% at each subsequent anniversary date. While all of the shares are considered granted, they are not considered issued or outstanding until vested.
      Red Lion is the general partner of RLHLP and consolidates this entity as discussed in Note 1. At December 31, 2005, Red Lion owned approximately 98% of the approximately 13.3 million outstanding operating partnership units (“OP Units”) of RLHLP. Under RLHLP’s Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended, the limited partners have the right to put their OP Units to RLHLP, in which event either (a) RLHLP must redeem the OP Units for cash, or (b) Red Lion, as general partner, must acquire them for cash or in exchange for an equal number of shares of Red Lion common stock. Subsequent to December 31, 2005, two holders of OP Units elected to put an aggregate of approximately 143 thousand units to the RLHLP. The Company elected to acquire the OP Units in exchange for approximately 143 thousand shares of its common stock.

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10. Income Taxes
      Major components of the Company’s income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 are as follows (in thousands):
                           
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Current:
                       
 
Federal expense (benefit)
  $ 4,337     $ (2,973 )   $ (604 )
 
State expense (benefit)
    317       (39 )     (29 )
Deferred expense (benefit)
    (2,572 )     (769 )     500  
                   
      2,082       (3,781 )     (133 )
Amount reflected as a component of discontinued operations
    (3,078 )     2,905       184  
                   
Income tax expense (benefit)
  $ (996 )   $ (876 )   $ 51  
                   
      The income tax provisions shown in the consolidated statements of operations differ from the amounts calculated using the federal statutory rate applied to income before income taxes as follows (in thousands):
                                                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    Amount   %   Amount   %   Amount   %
                         
Provision at federal statutory rate
  $ 2,236       34.0 %   $ (3,423 )     (34.0 )%   $ 369       34.0 %
Effect of tax credits
    (252 )     (3.8 )%     (252 )     (2.5 )%     (398 )     (36.7 )%
State taxes, net of federal expense (benefit)
    209       32 %     (25 )     (0.2 )%     (19 )     (1.7 )%
Other
    (111 )     (1.7 )%     (81 )     (0.8 )%     (85 )     (7.7 )%
                                     
      2,082       31.7 %     (3,781 )     (37.5 )%     (133 )     (12.1 )%
Amount reflected as a component of discontinued operations
    (3,078 )     (46.8 )%     2,905       28.8 %     184       16.9 %
                                     
Income tax expense (benefit)
  $ (996 )     (15.1 )%   $ (876 )     (8.7 )%   $ 51       4.8 %
                                     
      Significant components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
    Assets   Liabilities   Assets   Liabilities
                 
Property and equipment
  $     $ 17,264     $     $ 20,280  
Rental income
          159             515  
Brand name
          2,463             2,463  
Other intangible assets
          611             306  
Gain on sale leaseback
    2,782             3,026        
Impairment charge
    3,794             3,151        
Other
    501             1,395        
                         
Total
  $ 7,077     $ 20,497     $ 7,572     $ 23,564  
                         

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11. Operating Lease Income
      The Company leases shopping mall space to various tenants over terms ranging from one to ten years. The leases generally provide for fixed minimum monthly rent as well as tenants’ payments for their pro rata share of taxes and insurance, common area maintenance and expenses associated with the shopping mall. In addition, the Company leases commercial office space over terms ranging from one to seventeen years. Future minimum lease income under existing non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 2005 for continuing operations is as follows (in thousands):
         
Year Ending December 31,    
     
2006
  $ 2,509  
2007
    1,893  
2008
    1,513  
2009
    921  
2010
    538  
Thereafter
    328  
       
    $ 7,702  
       
      Rental income for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 from continuing operations was approximately $3.7 million, $3.9 million, and $4.1 million respectively, which included contingent rents of approximately $238 thousand, $150 thousand, and $166 thousand, respectively.
12. Operating Lease Commitments
      The Company has various operating leases, the most significant of which are:
      In 2001, the Company assumed a master lease agreement which covered 17 hotel properties including 12 which were part of the Red Lion acquisition. The Company has entered into an agreement with Doubletree DTWC Corporation whereby Doubletree DTWC Corporation is subleasing five of these hotel properties from the Company. The master lease agreement requires minimum monthly payments of $1.3 million plus contingent rents based on gross receipts from the 17 hotels, of which approximately $800 thousand per month is paid by a sub-lease tenant. The lease agreement expires in December 2020, but the Company has the option to extend the term for three additional five-year terms.
      As previously disclosed, in November 2003 the Company sold one of its hotels to an unrelated party in a sales-operating leaseback transaction. The lease expires in November 2018 and requires monthly payments of approximately $63 thousand. At the Company’s option, the lease term is renewable for three five-year terms.
      The Company leases certain software, equipment, and other operating assets from a finance company. The agreement requires monthly payments of approximately $52 thousand, and expired in June 2005. The Company exercised its option to renew the lease for one year at the same terms and the lease is similarly renewable for two more one-year terms.

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      Total minimum payments due under all of the Company’s term operating leases at December 31, 2005 are as follows (in thousands):
         
Year Ending December 31,   Amount
     
2006
  $ 6,457  
2007
    6,457  
2008
    6,344  
2009
    6,421  
2010
    6,421  
Thereafter
    59,318  
       
    $ 91,418  
       
      The above amounts are net of $9.9 million of sublease income to be earned annually through 2020. Total rent expense from continuing operations, net of sublease income under the leases for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 was $7.6 million for each period. This included $6.9 million, $7.2 million and $8.0 million of hotel facility and land lease expense, respectively.
13. Related-Party Transactions
      The Company conducted various business transactions during 2005, 2004, and 2003 in which the counterparty was considered a related party due to common ownership by directors and/or shareholders of Red Lion Hotels Corporation. The nature of the transactions was limited to performing certain management and administrative functions for the related entities, commissions for real estate sales, leased office space, and purchased product for use in the hotels and restaurants from related entities. The total aggregate value of these transactions in 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $282 thousand, $398 thousand, and $330 thousand, respectively.
      During 2005, 2004, and 2003, the Company held certain cash and investment accounts in a bank and had notes payable to the same bank. The bank’s chairman and chief executive officer is a director of the Company. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 total cash and investments were approximately $0.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively, and notes payable totaling approximately $7.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively, were outstanding with this bank. Net interest expense of $172 thousand, $205 thousand, and $312 thousand, respectively, was recorded related to this bank for these balances during 2005, 2004, and 2003. Additionally, the Company manages the bank’s corporate office building under the terms of a management agreement. Management fees from this agreement during 2005, 2004, and 2003, were $127 thousand, $124 thousand, and $121 thousand, respectively.
14. Employee Benefit and Stock Plans
1998 Stock Incentive Plan
      The 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) was adopted by the Board of Directors and authorizes the grant or issuance of various option or other awards. As currently amended in 2000, the Plan allows for a maximum number of shares which may be awarded of 1,400,000 shares, subject to adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administers the Plan and establishes to whom, and the type and the terms and conditions, including the exercise period, of the awards that are granted.
      Nonqualified stock options may be granted for any term specified by the Compensation Committee and may be granted at less than fair market value, but not less than par value on the date of grant. Incentive stock options may be granted only to employees and must be granted at an exercise price at least equal to fair market value on the date of grant and have at most a ten year exercise period. The maximum fair market value

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of shares which may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options granted under the Plan to any individual in any calendar year may not exceed $100 thousand. Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”) may also be granted in connection with stock options or other awards. SARs typically will provide for payments to the holder based upon increases in the price of the common stock over the exercise price of the related option or award, but alternatively may be based upon other criteria such as book value. Other awards such as restricted stock awards, dividend equivalent awards, performance awards or deferred stock awards may also be granted under the Plan by the Compensation Committee.
      During the year ended December 31, 2004, one officer received an award of 18,535 restricted common shares. The quoted market price of the common stock at the date of grant was $5.10 per share. The award vested 20% at the date of grant and will vest 20% on the anniversary of the grant date for the next four years as discussed in Note 9.
      All options granted prior to 2003 were designated as nonqualified options, with an exercise price equal to or in excess of fair market value on the date of grant, and for a term of ten years. For substantially all options granted, fifty percent of each recipients’ options will vest on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant and the remaining 50% will vest on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. For options issued prior to 2004, the vesting schedule will change if, beginning one year after the option grant date, the stock price of the common stock reaches the following target levels (measured as a percentage increase over the exercise price) for 60 consecutive trading days:
             
Stock Price   Percent of Option
Increase   Shares Vested
     
  25%       25%  
  50%       50%  
  75%       75%  
  100%       100%  
      For options issued after 2003, the vesting schedule will change if, between the two year anniversary and the four year anniversary of the option grant date, the stock price of the common stock reaches the following target levels (measured as a percentage increase over the exercise price) for 60 consecutive trading days:
             
Stock Price   Percent of Option
Increase   Shares Vested
     
  100%       25%  
  200%       50%  

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      Stock option transactions are summarized as follows:
                                   
    Number of   Weighted-Average   Exercise Price   Expiration
    Shares   Exercise Price   Per Share   Date
                 
Balance, January 1, 2003
    537,895     $ 8.29     $ 6.07-15.00       2008-2012  
 
Options granted
    346,230     $ 5.42     $ 5.26- 5.98       2013  
 
Options forfeited
    (58,116 )   $ 6.09     $ 5.26-15.00          
                         
Balance, December 31, 2003
    826,009     $ 7.24     $ 5.26-15.00       2008-2013  
 
Options granted
    496,405     $ 5.10     $ 5.10       2014  
 
Options exercised
    (26,587 )   $ 5.26     $ 5.26          
 
Options forfeited
    (211,889 )   $ 5.26     $ 5.26-15.00          
                         
Balance, December 31, 2004
    1,083,938     $ 6.45     $ 5.10-15.00       2008-2014  
 
Options granted
    218,994     $ 6.85     $ .01- 7.46       2015  
 
Options exercised
    (31,493 )   $ 2.26     $ .01- 5.26          
 
Options forfeited
    (51,919 )   $ 7.06     $ 5.26-15.00          
                         
Balance, December 31, 2005
    1,219,520     $ 6.62     $ 5.10-15.00       2008-2015  
                         
      At December 31, 2005 and 2004, 376,081 and 272,584 options, respectively, were exercisable under the terms of the option agreements.
      During 2005, a total of 31,493 options to purchase common stock were exercised by employees and directors under the terms of their option agreements, resulting in proceeds to the Company of approximately $71 thousand. During 2004, a total of 26,587 options to purchase common shares were exercised by employees under the terms of their options agreements, resulting in proceeds to the Company totaling approximately $139 thousand. Remaining options available for grant at December 31, 2005 were 81,865. At December 31, 2005, options totaling 376,081 were exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $8.13.
      The following table summarizes information about the Company’s outstanding stock options at December 31, 2005:
                                         
    Options Outstanding   Options Exercisable
         
        Weighted        
        Average   Weighted       Weighted
        Remaining   Average       Average
    Number   Contractual   Exercise   Number   Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices   Outstanding   Life (Years)   Price   Exercisable   Price
                     
$5.10 - $6.07
    839,334       8.01     $ 5.34       212,595     $ 5.52  
$7.46 - $8.31
    264,395       8.49       7.59       59,695       8.01  
 $10.94
    37,300       3.01       10.94       37,300       10.94  
 $15.00
    78,491       2.74       15.00       66,491       15.00  
                               
      1,219,520       7.62     $ 6.62       376,081     $ 8.13  
                               

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      The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using an option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2005, 2004 and 2003:
                         
    2005   2004   2003
             
Dividend yield
    0%       0%       0%  
Expected volatility
    33%       35%       25%  
Risk free interest rates
    4.60%       2.77%       2.56%  
Expected option lives
    4  years       4  years       4  years  
      The weighted-average life of options outstanding at December 31, 2005 was 7.62 years. In 2005, 17,994 options were issued to non-management directors as directors compensation at a price below the fair market price of the stock at the date of grant. No options were issued in 2004 or 2003 for which the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant exceeded the exercise price of the option. The weighted-average fair value and exercise price for options granted at or below market value in 2005, 2004 and 2003 are as follows:
                         
    Weighted-Average   Weighted-Average
    Fair Value   Exercise Price
         
    2005   2004   2003   2005   2004   2003
                         
Options granted at market value
  $2.81   $2.40   $1.47   $6.85   $5.10   $5.42
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
      In 1998, the Company adopted the Employee Stock Purchase Plan to assist employees of the Company in acquiring a stock ownership interest in the Company. A maximum of 300,000 shares of common stock is reserved for issuance under this plan. The Employee Stock Purchase Plan permits eligible employees to purchase common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. No employee may purchase more than $25 thousand worth of common stock under this plan in any calendar year. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, 31,456, 27,971, and 21,805, shares were purchased under this plan for approximately $152 thousand, $114 thousand, and $99 thousand, respectively.
Defined Contribution Plan
      The Company and its employees contribute to the WestCoast Hospitality Corporation Amended and Restated Retirement and Savings Plan. The defined contribution plan was created for the benefit of substantially all employees of the Company. The Company makes contributions of up to 3% of an employee’s compensation based on a vesting schedule and eligibility requirements set forth in the plan document. Company contributions to the plan for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, were approximately $399 thousand, $433 thousand, and $439 thousand, respectively.
15. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
      The following estimated fair value amounts have been determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required to interpret market data and to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a current market exchange.
      The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value. Potential income tax ramifications related to the realization of unrealized gains and losses that would be incurred in an actual sale or settlement have not been taken into consideration.
      The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, current liabilities and variable rate long-term debt are reasonable estimates of their fair values. The fair value of fixed-rate long-term debt is

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estimated based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows. The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for debt with similar remaining maturities. The debentures are valued at the closing price of the underlying trust preferred securities (discussed in Note 6) on the New York Stock Exchange, on the last trading day of the period, plus the face value of the debenture amount representing the trust common securities held by the Company.
      The estimated fair values of financial instruments of continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):
                                   
    December 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
    Carrying       Carrying    
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
                 
Financial assets:
                               
 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
  $ 37,550     $ 37,550     $ 13,669     $ 13,669  
 
Accounts receivable
  $ 8,755     $ 8,755     $ 8,464     $ 8,464  
Financial liabilities:
                               
 
Current liabilities, excluding debt
  $ 23,203     $ 23,203     $ 17,648     $ 17,648  
 
Long-term debt
  $ 130,364     $ 127,551     $ 133,211     $ 133,211  
 
Debentures
  $ 47,423     $ 48,987     $ 47,423     $ 50,459  
16. Business Segments
      The Company has four operating segments: (1) hotels; (2) franchise and management; (3) entertainment; and (4) real estate. The “other” segment consists primarily of miscellaneous revenues and expenses, cash and cash equivalents, certain receivables and certain property and equipment which are not specifically associated with an operating segment.
      The franchise and management segment had intra-segment revenues with the hotels segment for management fees which were eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. Likewise, the entertainment segment had inter-segment revenues which were eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. Management reviews and evaluates the operations of all of its segments including the inter-segment and intra-segment revenues. Therefore, the total revenues, including inter-segment revenues are included in the segment information below. Management also reviews and evaluates the operating segments exclusive of interest expense. Therefore, interest expense is not allocated to the segments.
      Selected information with respect to the segments is as follows for continuing operations (in thousands):
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Revenues:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 146,125     $ 142,424     $ 138,286  
 
Franchise and Management
    2,860       2,575       4,934  
 
Entertainment
    9,827       11,615       7,980  
 
Real Estate
    5,045       5,416       5,209  
 
Other
    1,191       1,113       1,119  
                   
    $ 165,048     $ 163,143     $ 157,528  
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Operating income (loss):
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 12,415     $ 10,757     $ 10,563  
 
Franchise and Management
    1,424       680       885  
 
Entertainment
    970       735       668  
 
Real Estate
    433       1,306       1,490  
 
Other
    (3,631 )     (2,230 )     (2,646 )
                   
    $ 11,611     $ 11,248     $ 10,960  
                   
Capital expenditures:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 19,422     $ 13,080     $ 5,253  
 
Franchise and Management
    1,214       503       88  
 
Entertainment
    705       187       199  
 
Real Estate
    1,137       222       313  
 
Other
    161       160       1,086  
                   
    $ 22,639     $ 14,152     $ 6,939  
                   
Depreciation and amortization:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 9,837     $ 8,630     $ 7,825  
 
Franchise and Management
    325       306       304  
 
Entertainment
    461       427       339  
 
Real Estate
    644       720       1,204  
 
Other
    460       457       666  
                   
    $ 11,727     $ 10,540     $ 10,338  
                   
Identifiable assets (including discontinued operations):
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 278,687     $ 304,278     $ 293,476  
 
Franchise and Management
    13,192       13,234       14,301  
 
Entertainment
    11,202       10,699       10,869  
 
Real Estate
    26,329       21,833       21,798  
 
Other
    26,186       14,568       12,781  
                   
    $ 355,596     $ 364,612     $ 353,225  
                   
      Selected information with respect to the segments is as follows for discontinued operations (in thousands):
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Revenues:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 21,169     $ 24,116     $ 22,742  
 
Real Estate
    2,851       3,643       3,705  
                   
    $ 24,020     $ 27,759     $ 26,447  
                   

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    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Operating income (loss):
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 3,630     $ (8,039 )   $ (256 )
 
Real Estate
    6,259       1,344       1,052  
                   
    $ 9,889     $ (6,695 )   $ 796  
                   
Capital expenditures:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 168     $ 7,074     $ 357  
 
Real Estate
    61       672       43  
                   
    $ 229     $ 7,746     $ 400  
                   
Depreciation and amortization:
                       
 
Hotels
  $ 24     $ 1,678     $ 1,611  
 
Real Estate
    98       608       1,083  
                   
    $ 122     $ 2,286     $ 2,694  
                   
17. Earnings Per Share
      The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Numerator:
                       
 
Basic:
                       
   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (1,144 )   $ (890 )   $ 1,560  
   
Preferred stock dividend
          (377 )     (2,540 )
                   
   
Loss applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations
    (1,144 )     (1,267 )     (980 )
   
Income (loss) on discontinued operations
    5,639       (5,395 )     (341 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )
                   
 
Diluted:
                       
   
Loss applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations — diluted
  $ (1,144 )   $ (1,267 )   $ (980 )
   
Income (loss) on discontinued operations
    5,639       (5,395 )     (341 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders — diluted
  $ 4,495     $ (6,662 )   $ (1,321 )
                   
Denominator:
                       
   
Weighted average shares — basic
    13,105       13,049       12,999  
                   
   
Weighted average shares — diluted
    13,105       13,049       12,999  
                   

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    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Earnings per common share
                       
 
Basic:
                       
   
Loss applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )
   
Income (loss) on discontinued operations
  $ 0.43     $ (0.41 )   $ (0.03 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
                   
 
Diluted:
                       
   
Loss applicable to common shareholders before discontinued operations
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.07 )
   
Income (loss) on discontinued operations
  $ 0.43     $ (0.41 )   $ (0.03 )
                   
   
Income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
  $ 0.34     $ (0.51 )   $ (0.10 )
                   
 
(a) At December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the effect of converting OP Units would be anti-dilutive and the units are therefore excluded from the above calculation.
 
(b) At December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, 1,219,520, 1,083,938 and 826,009 options to purchase common shares, respectively, were outstanding. For 2005, 2004 and 2003, the effect of the shares that would be issuable upon exercise of these options would be anti-dilutive and the options are therefore excluded from the above calculation.
 
(c) Convertible notes are excluded from the above calculation for all periods presented as they are anti-dilutive.

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Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
      There were no changes in our accountants during 2005. There were no disagreements with our accountants on accounting and financial disclosure during 2005.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
      As of December 31, 2005, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
Changes in Internal Controls
      There have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls during the period for which this annual report relates.
Certifications
      The Company’s chief executive officer is required to annually file a certification with the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), certifying the Company’s compliance with the corporate governance listing standards of the NYSE. During 2005, the Company’s chief executive officer filed such annual certification with the NYSE, which was not qualified in any respect, indicating that he was not aware of any violations by the Company of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards. The Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are also required to, among other things, file quarterly certifications with the SEC regarding the quality of the Company’s public disclosures, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Such certifications for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been filed as exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 9B. Other Information
      Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
      A portion of the information required by this item is contained in, and incorporated by reference from, the proxy statement for our 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Proposal 1: Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” and “Code of Ethics.” We make available free of charge on our website (www.redlion.com) the charters of all of the standing committees of our board of directors (including those of the audit, nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees), the code of business conduct and ethics for our directors, officers and employees, and our corporate governance guidelines. We will furnish copies of these documents to any shareholder upon written request sent to our General Counsel, 201 W. North River Drive, Suite 100, Spokane, Washington 99201-2293.

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      Set forth below is information regarding our directors, executive officers and certain key employees as of March 15, 2006:
             
Name   Age   Position
         
Donald K. Barbieri
    60     Chairman of the Board
Richard L. Barbieri
    64     Director
Arthur M. Coffey
    50     President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Ryland P. “Skip” Davis
    65     Director
Jon E. Eliassen
    58     Director
Peter F. Stanton
    49     Director
Ronald R. Taylor
    58     Director
Anupam Narayan
    52     Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer
John M. Taffin
    42     Executive Vice President, Hotel Operations
David M. Bell*
    55     Executive Vice President, Development
Thomas L. McKeirnan
    37     Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Anthony F. Dombrowik
    35     Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
Jack G. Lucas
    53     Vice President and President TicketsWest
David Peterson
    52     Vice President, Real Estate Services
      * On March 29, 2006, David M. Bell, Executive Vice President, Development, announced his intention to retire from the company on or before February 28, 2007. Effective as of March 29, 2006, Mr. Bell no longer serves as an executive officer of the company. He will focus his efforts during his remaining tenure primarily on the Company’s renovation program and transitioning his functions to other employees of the company.
      Donald K. Barbieri. Mr. Barbieri has been a director since 1978 and Chairman of the Board since 1996. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1978 until April 2003. Mr. Barbieri joined the Company in 1969 and was responsible for its development activities in hotel, entertainment and real estate areas. Mr. Barbieri is a past Trustee of Gonzaga University; Chairman of the Board for the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce; served as President of the Spokane Chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association; as President of the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau and as Chairman of the Spokane United Way Campaign. Barbieri chaired the State of Washington’s Quality of Life Task Force. He has served as board Chairman for the Inland Northwest’s largest hospital system, Sacred Heart Medical Center and was founding president of the Physician Hospital Community Organization. He has served three governors on the Washington Economic Development Board and currently chairs the Spokane County Democratic Election Committee after being a candidate for the Fifth District US Congressional Seat from the State of Washington. Mr. Barbieri is brother to director Richard L. Barbieri and brother-in-law to David M. Bell,* the Company’s Executive Vice President, Development.
      Richard L. Barbieri. Mr. Barbieri has been a director since 1978. From 1994 until he retired in December 2003, he served as the Company’s full-time General Counsel, first as Vice President, then Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers and as a member of the Board of the Pike Market Foundation, both non-profit organizations. From 1978 to 1995, Mr. Barbieri served as legal counsel and Secretary, during which time he was first engaged in the private practice of law at Edwards and Barbieri, a Seattle law firm, and then at Riddell Williams P.S., a Seattle law firm. Mr. Barbieri has also served as chairman of various committees of the Washington State Bar Association and the King County (Washington) Bar Association, and as a member of the governing board of the King County bar association. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee to the Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District in Seattle in 1996 and 1997. Mr. Barbieri is brother to Donald K. Barbieri and brother-in-law to David M. Bell.*

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      Arthur M. Coffey. Mr. Coffey has been a director of Red Lion Hotels Corporation since 1990 and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2003. Mr. Coffey has over 30 years experience in the hospitality industry and has been with Red Lion Hotels Corporation since 1981. He has held a variety of management positions including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Coffey played a key role in taking the company public and listing on the NYSE in 1998. He possesses a unique combination of expertise in development, operations and financial disciplines and during his tenure the company has grown from ownership of three hotels into a multi-division hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises more than 60 hotels. He previously served as trustee of the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, director of the Washington State Hotel Association, and President of the Spokane Hotel Association. Mr. Coffey is currently a director of the Association of Washington Business. He also serves on the board for the Inland Northwest Council, Boy Scouts of America.
      Ryland P. “Skip” Davis. Mr. Davis has been a director since May 2005. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Providence Health Care since 1998 and Chief Executive Officer of Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane since 1996. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Davis was Senior Vice President for the Hunter Group, a hospital management firm specializing in healthcare consulting and management nationally. From 1988 to 1993, he was Chairman and CEO of Synergos Neurological Centers, Inc., in Santa Ana and Sacramento, California. From 1987 to 1988, he was President of Diversified Health Group, Inc., of Sacramento. From 1982 to 1987, he worked for American Health Group International as President and CEO of Amerimed in Burbank, California, and as Executive Vice President of Operations. From 1981 to 1982, he worked for Hospital Affiliates International, as Group Vice President in Sacramento, and as CEO of Winona Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1972 to 1975, he was Associate Administrator of San Jose Hospital and Health Care Center in San Jose, California and from 1968 to 1971, Assistant Administrator of Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, California. He has done numerous private business ventures related to healthcare. Mr. Davis is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and has published articles in “Modern Healthcare,” “Health Week,” and other business publications regarding healthcare issues and perspectives. Mr. Davis is currently on the Board and is Chair of the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, on the Boy Scouts of America Inland Northwest Council Board, and a member of the Washington State University Advisory Council.
      Jon E. Eliassen. Mr. Eliassen has been a director since September 2003. Mr. Eliassen is currently President and CEO of the Spokane Area Economic Development Council. Mr. Eliassen retired in 2003 from his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avista Corp., a publicly-traded diversified utility. Mr. Eliassen spent 33 years at Avista, including the last 16 years as its Chief Financial Officer. While at Avista, Mr. Eliassen was an active participant in development of a number of successful subsidiary company operations including technology related startups Itron, Avista Labs and Avista Advantage. Mr. Eliassen serves on the Board of Directors of Itron Corporation, IT Lifeline, Inc, and is the principal of Terrapin Capital Group, LLC. Mr. Eliassen’s corporate accomplishments are complemented by his extensive service to the community in roles which have included director and President of the Spokane Symphony Endowment Fund, director of The Heart Institute of Spokane, Washington State University Research Foundation, Washington Technology Center, Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute and past director of numerous other organizations and energy industry associations.
      Peter F. Stanton. Mr. Stanton has been a director since April 1998. Mr. Stanton has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Washington Trust Bank since 1993 and its Chairman since 1997. Mr. Stanton previously served as President of Washington Trust Bank from 1990 to 2000. Mr. Stanton is also Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of W.T.B. Financial Corporation (a bank holding company). In addition to serving on numerous state and local civic boards, Mr. Stanton was President of the Washington Bankers Association from 1995 to 1996 and served as Washington state chairman of the American Bankers Association in 1997 and 1998. He currently serves as a National Trustee for the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of America.
      Ronald R. Taylor. Mr. Taylor has been a director since April 1998. Mr. Taylor is President of Tamarack Bay, LLC, a private consulting firm and is currently a director of two other public companies, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a pharmaceutical manufacturer) and ResMed, Inc. (a manufacturer of equipment relating to the management of sleep-disordered breathing). Mr. Taylor is also Chairman of the

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Board of three privately held companies. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Taylor was a general partner of Enterprise Partners, a venture capital firm. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Taylor worked as an independent business consultant. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Taylor was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pyxis Corporation (a health care service provider), which he founded in 1987. Prior to founding Pyxis, he was an executive with both Allergan Pharmaceuticals and Hybritech, Inc.
      Anupam Narayan. Mr. Narayan is our Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He has been with the company since November 2004. Mr. Narayan has nearly 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. From 1998 to March 2004, he served in various capacities as an executive officer of Best Western International Inc., including his most recent position as Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management and Chief Financial Officer and a three-month period as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer during 2002. From 1985 to 1998, Mr. Narayan was employed by Doubletree Corporation and Red Lion Hotels, Inc., serving as Senior Vice President and Treasurer immediately prior to his move to Best Western.
      John M. Taffin. Mr. Taffin has been our Executive Vice President, Hotel Operations since September 2003. He originally joined us in 1995 and held the position of Regional Manager from November 1995 to July 1997 and Vice President Hotel Operations from August 1997 to September 2002. From August 2002 to August 2003 he was managing partner of Yogo Inn of Lewistown, Inc., a Montana based hotel company. Mr. Taffin started his hospitality industry career with Red Lion Hotels in 1982. During the period from 1982 to 1986 he held mid-management positions with Red Lion Hotels in Idaho, Washington and Oregon. In 1986 he was promoted to General Manager and during the following nine years managed Red Lion Hotels in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California. He has served as the President of the Washington State Hotel and Lodging Association and as a board member of the Spokane Public Facilities District, the Spokane Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and the Washington State Tourism Advisory Committee.
      David M. Bell.* Mr. Bell is our Executive Vice President, Development. He has served in several development roles for the company, as both a Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President, since 1997. From 1985 to 1987 he served as a Vice President and director. Mr. Bell is in charge of development, including hotels and capital asset projects, and central services. Since joining our company in 1984, Mr. Bell has been responsible for numerous construction projects, including the development of the RLH Building, the WestCoast Kalispell Center Hotel and Mall, two major room tower additions to the Red Lion Hotel at the Park and the conversion of the U.S. Bank of Washington office building in Seattle into the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue. Mr. Bell is a registered professional engineer and previously served on the board of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Bell is the brother-in-law of Donald K. and Richard L. Barbieri.
      * On March 29, 2006, David M. Bell, Executive Vice President, Development, announced his intention to retire from the company on or before February 28, 2007. Effective as of March 29, 2006, Mr. Bell no longer serves as an executive officer of the company. He will focus his efforts during his remaining tenure primarily on the Company’s renovation program and transitioning his functions to other employees of the company.
      Thomas L. McKeirnan. Mr. McKeirnan has been our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2005. Prior to that he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from January 2004 through February 2005 and Vice President, Assistant General Counsel from July 2003 to January 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. McKeirnan was a partner at the Spokane, Washington law firm of Paine Hamblen Cofflin Brooke & Miller LLP from January 2002 until July 2003 and an associate attorney at the same firm from 1999 to 2001. Mr. McKeirnan was also an associate attorney with the Seattle, Washington law firm of Riddell Williams P.S. from 1995 until 1999. Mr. McKeirnan’s private legal practice focused on corporate, transactional, real estate and securities law, with an emphasis on the hospitality industry. While in private practice, Mr. McKeirnan represented us as outside counsel on various strategic and transactional matters and also represented WestCoast Hotels, Inc. prior to our acquisition of that company.
      Anthony F. Dombrowik. Mr. Dombrowik serves as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. He has served as Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since May 2003, became a Vice President in 2004, and Senior Vice President in 2006. Mr. Dombrowik was previously employed as senior manager at the public accounting firm of BDO Seidman, LLP, where he served

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as an auditor, certified public accountant and consultant from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Dombrowik’s public accounting practice focused on auditing and consulting for mid-market public companies, with particular attention to consolidations, capital and debt transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and the hospitality industry.
      Jack G. Lucas. Mr. Lucas serves as Vice President of Red Lion Hotels Corporation and President of TicketsWest. He is in charge of overseeing all of the various departments within our entertainment division. He has been President of TicketsWest since February 2006 and Vice President of Red Lion Hotels Corporation since August 1998. Mr. Lucas has approximately 26 years of experience in the entertainment industry, and has been employed by us since 1987. Mr. Lucas previously spent 13 years on the management staff of the City of Spokane Entertainment Facilities, which included a 2,700-seat performing arts center, 30,000-seat stadium, 8,500-seat coliseum, and convention center. Mr. Lucas was awarded the 2004 International Ticketing Professional of the Year award from the International Ticketing Association.
      David Peterson. Mr. Peterson is our Vice President, Real Estate Services. He has served in that capacity since 1988 and been with us for 29 years. Mr. Peterson is a licensed Real Estate Broker for G&B Real Estate Services, a division of Red Lion Hotels Corporation. He has a strong real estate and construction background and is responsible for the management and leasing of office and retail space, and the management and development of residential units. Mr. Peterson is a member of several professional organizations throughout the community including member and past President of the Spokane Chapter of Building Owner’s and Managers Association, member of Building Owners and Managers Association International, and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and chairman of the board of Vera Water and Power. He previously served as a trustee for the Spokane County Real Estate Research Committee, member and past director of Downtown Spokane Association and as a director of the Business Improvement District of Spokane.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
      The information required by this item is contained in, and incorporated by reference from, the Proxy Statement for our 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the caption “Executive Compensation”.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
      The information required by this item is contained in, and incorporated by reference from, the Proxy Statement for our 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Proposal 3: Approval of 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.”

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
      The information required by this item is contained in, and incorporated by reference from, the Proxy Statement for our 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
      The information required by this item is contained in, and incorporated by reference from, the Proxy Statement for our 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the caption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services”.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
      List of documents filed as part of this report:
      1. Index to Red Lion Hotels Corporation financial statements:
             
        Page
         
a.
   Consolidated Balance Sheets     49  
b.
   Consolidated Statements of Operations     50  
c.
   Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity     51  
d.
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     52  
e.
   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     54  
      2. Index to financial statement schedules:
      All schedules for which provisions are made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable or the information is contained in the Financial Statements and therefore has been omitted.
      3. Index to exhibits:
       
Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
 
3.1(1)
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
 
3.2(2)
  Amended and Restated By-Laws
 
4.1(3)
  Specimen Common Stock Certificate
 
4.2(4)
  Certificate of Trust of Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
 
4.3(4)
  Declaration of Trust of Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
 
4.4(5)
  Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust
 
4.5(5)
  Indenture for 9.5% Junior Subordinated Debentures Due February 24, 2044
 
4.6(2)
  Form of Certificate for 9.5% Trust Preferred Securities (Liquidation Amount of $25 per Trust Preferred Security) of Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust (included in Exhibit 4.4 as Exhibit A-1)
 
4.7(2)
  Form of 9.5% Junior Subordinated Debenture Due February 24, 2044 (included in Exhibit 4.5 as Exhibit A)
 
4.8(5)
  Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated February 24, 2004
 
4.9(5)
  Trust Common Securities Guarantee Agreement dated February 24, 2004
 
Executive Compensation Plans and Agreements
10.1(6)
  Employment Agreement dated March 1, 1998 between WestCoast and David M. Bell
10.2(3)
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
10.3(7)
  1998 Stock Incentive Plan
10.4(3)
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
10.5(6)
  Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
10.6(8)
  Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement
10.7(9)
  Executive Employment Agreement dated April 13, 2003 between WestCoast and Arthur M. Coffey
10.8(10)
  Executive Employment Agreement dated May 21, 2003 between WestCoast and Thomas McKeirnan
10.9(11)
  Executive Employment Agreement dated November 22, 2004 between WestCoast and Anupam Narayan
10.10(12)
  SEC Reportable Officers Variable Pay Plan
10.11
  Summary Sheet for Director Compensation and Executive Cash Compensation and Performance Criteria Under SEC Reportable Officers Variable Pay Plan
 
Other Material Contracts
10.12(13)
  Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1977
10.13(4)
  First Amendment dated January 1, 1998 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.14(4)
  Second Amendment dated April 20, 1998 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.15(4)
  Third Amendment dated April 28, 1998 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.16(4)
  Fourth Amendment dated May 14, 1999 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.17(4)
  Fifth Amendment dated January 1, 2000 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.18(4)
  Sixth Amendment dated June 30, 2000 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.19(4)
  Seventh Amendment dated January 1, 2001 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership dated November 1, 1997
10.20(14)
  Eighth Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership
10.21(14)
  Ninth Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership
10.22(15)
  Tenth Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership
10.23(14)
  Registration Rights Agreement dated February 2, 2006 between the Registrant and Dunson Ridpath Hotel Associates Limited Partnership
10.24(16)
  Purchase and Sale Agreement dated December 17, 1999 with respect to WC Holdings, Inc.
10.25(16)
  Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated December 17, 1999 with respect to October Hotel Investors, LLC
10.26(16)
  First Amendment dated December 30, 1999 to Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with respect to October Hotel Investors, LLC
10.27(4)
  Fixed Rate Note effective as of June 14, 2001, in the original principal amount of $36,050,000 issued by WHC809, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company indirectly controlled by WestCoast, to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
10.28(17)
  Deed Of Trust and Security Agreement effective as of June 14, 2001, with WHC809, LLC, as grantor, and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as beneficiary

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
10.29(18)
  Promissory Note dated effective as of June 27, 2003, in the original principal amount of $5,100,000 issued by WHC807, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company indirectly controlled by Red Lion Hotels Corporation (“WHC807”), to Column Financial, Inc. (“Column”) (the “WHC807 Promissory Note”). Nine other Delaware limited liability companies indirectly controlled by WestCoast (the “Other LLCs”) simultaneously issued nine separate Promissory Notes to Column in an aggregate original principal amount of $50,100,000 and otherwise on terms and conditions substantially similar to those of the WHC807 Promissory Note (these Promissory Notes and their respective issuers and principal amounts are identified in Exhibit D to the Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing filed as Exhibit 10.27).
10.30(18)
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated effective as of June 27, 2003, with WHC807 as grantor and Column as beneficiary (the “WHC807 Deed of Trust”). Each of the Other LLCs simultaneously executed a separate Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing as grantor with Column as beneficiary and otherwise on terms and conditions substantially similar to those of the WHC807 Deed of Trust (these nine other documents and their respective grantors and the respective parcels of real property encumbered thereby are identified in Exhibit E to the WHC807 Deed of Trust).
10.31(18)
  Indemnity and Guaranty Agreement dated effective as of June 27, 2003, between Red Lion Hotels Corporation and Column with respect to the WHC807 Promissory Note and the WHC807 Deed of Trust. The Company and Column have entered into nine separate Indemnity and Guaranty Agreements on substantially similar terms and conditions with respect to the Other LLCs’ Promissory Notes and Deeds of Trust, Assignments of Leases and Rents, Security Agreements and Fixture Filings referred to in Exhibits 10.26 and 10.27, respectively.
10.32(19)
  First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 1, 2005 between Red Lion Hotels Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank
10.33
  Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 1, 2006 between Red Lion Hotels Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank
21
  List of Subsidiaries of Red Lion Hotels Corporation
23
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
31.1
  Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
31.2
  Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
32.1
  Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b)
32.2
  Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b)
 
Footnotes to index to exhibits:
  (1)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on September 20, 2005.
 
  (2)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-K on March 31, 2003.
 
  (3)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form S-1 on January 20, 1998.
 
  (4)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form S-1 on November 4, 2003.
 
  (5)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on March 19, 2004.
 
  (6)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form S-1/ A on March 10, 1998.
 
  (7)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-Q on May 15, 2001.

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  (8)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on November 15, 2005.
 
  (9)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-Q on August 14, 2003.
(10)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form S-1/ A on February 6, 2004.
 
(11)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-Q on November 22, 2004.
 
(12)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on March 23, 2005.
 
(13)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form S-1/ A on February 27, 1998.
 
(14)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on February 8, 2006.
 
(15)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on February 22, 2006.
 
(16)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on January 19, 2000.
 
(17)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-Q on August 14, 2001.
 
(18)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 10-Q on August 14, 2003.
 
(19)  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Red Lion Hotels Corporation’s Form 8-K on February 15, 2005.

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
  RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
  Registrant
             
Signature   Title   Date
         
 
By:   /s/ ARTHUR M. COFFEY

Arthur M. Coffey
  President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ ANUPAM NARAYAN

Anupam Narayan
  Executive Vice President,
Chief Investment Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ ANTHONY F. DOMBROWIK

Anthony F. Dombrowik
  Senior Vice President,
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ DONALD K. BARBIERI

Donald K. Barbieri
  Chairman of the Board of Directors   March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ RICHARD L. BARBIERI

Richard L. Barbieri
  Director   March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ RYLAND P. DAVIS

Ryland P. Davis
  Director   March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ JON E. ELIASSEN

Jon E. Eliassen
  Director   March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ PETER F. STANTON

Peter F. Stanton
  Director   March 31, 2006
 
By:   /s/ RONALD R. TAYLOR

Ronald R. Taylor
  Director   March 31, 2006

89 EX-10.11 2 v17799exv10w11.txt EXHIBIT 10.11 EXHIBIT 10.11 SUMMARY SHEET FOR DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND EXECUTIVE CASH COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA UNDER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS VARIABLE PAY PLAN MARCH 15, 2006 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION The Company pays its Chairman of the Board an annual retainer of $60,000 and provides him office space that has a rental value of approximately $6,000 per year. The Company pays each of its other non-employee directors an annual retainer of $30,000. In addition, the chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual fee of $15,000, and the chairs of each of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive an additional annual fee of $5,000. Non-chair members of the Audit Committee receive an additional $5,000 annual fee. All director fees are payable to directors in quarterly installments. In addition to annual fees, each new non-employee director is entitled to receive, at or following the Company's annual meeting at which he or she is first elected, a one-time grant of restricted stock of the Company valued at $20,000. Thereafter, at or following each subsequent annual meeting of shareholders, each non-employee director is entitled to receive a grant of restricted stock of the Company valued at $12,000. Directors who are employees of the Company do not receive any fees for their service on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. EXECUTIVE CASH COMPENSATION The following table sets forth the 2006 base salary of each of the Company's executive officers, together with the cash performance bonus paid by the Company to each of its executive officers for services rendered to the Company in 2005:
2005 2006 BASE PERFORMANCE SALARY BONUS --------- ----------- ARTHUR M. COFFEY $357,000 $148,617 President and Chief Executive Officer ANUPAM NARAYAN $247,500 $67,790 Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer JOHN M. TAFFIN $196,735 $51,782 Executive Vice President, Hotel Operations DAVID M. BELL $162,750 $23,782 Executive Vice President, Development THOMAS L. McKEIRNAN $159,500 $31,630 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
EX-10.29 3 v17799exv10w29.txt EXHIBIT 10.29 Exhibit 10.29 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of February 1, 2006, by and between RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, formerly known as WESTCOAST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION, a Washington corporation ("Borrower"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Bank"). RECITALS A. Borrower and Bank are party to that certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2005 (as amended to the date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which Bank has provided Borrower with the following credit accommodations: (a) a line of credit in the maximum principal amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) ("Existing Line of Credit A"); and (b) a line of credit in the maximum principal amount of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) (collectively, the "Existing Facilities"). B. Borrower and Bank wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, restructure the Existing Facilities. NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as of the date hereof to read in its entirety as follows: ARTICLE I CREDIT TERMS SECTION 1.1. LINE OF CREDIT A. (a) Line of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank hereby agrees to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including January 3, 2008, not to exceed at any time the aggregate principal amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) ("Line of Credit A"), the proceeds of which shall be used first, to repay the outstanding principal balance of Existing Line of Credit A and second, for working capital purposes. Borrower's obligation to repay advances under Line of Credit A shall be evidenced by a promissory note dated as of February 1, 2006 ("Line of Credit A Note"), all terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference. (b) Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of Line of Credit A borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit A Note; provided, however, that the total outstanding borrowings under Line of Credit A shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal amount available thereunder, as set forth above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however: the outstanding principal balance of Line of Credit A shall not at any time exceed the sum of: (i) fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of the Templin's Red Lion Inn (Excess Land) (as defined in Section 1.5 hereof), as determined by Bank after receipt and review of appraisals prepared by independent appraiser(s) utilizing methodology satisfactory to Bank in its discretion; plus (ii) the lesser of: (A) fifty-five percent (55%) of the combined appraised value of the Pocatello Red Lion Inn and the Templin's Red Lion Inn (Hotel) (as defined in Section 1.5 hereof), as determined by Bank after receipt and review of appraisals prepared by independent appraiser(s) utilizing methodology satisfactory to Bank in its discretion; or (B) the principal amount required to maintain the Collateral Debt Service Ratio (as defined in Section 4.9 (e) hereof) at not less than 1.35 to 1.00. (c) Letter of Credit Subfeature. As a subfeature under the Line of Credit, Bank agrees from time to time during the term thereof to issue or cause an affiliate to issue standby letters of credit for the account of Borrower to finance Borrower's working capital requirements (each, a "Letter of Credit" and collectively, "Letters of Credit"); provided, however, that the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00). The form and substance of each Letter of Credit shall be subject to approval by Bank, in its sole discretion. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued for a term not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days, as designated by Borrower; provided, however, that no Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date subsequent to December 31, 2007. The undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit shall be reserved under the Line of Credit and shall not be available for borrowings thereunder. Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the additional terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit agreements, applications and any related documents required by Bank in connection with the issuance thereof. Each drawing paid under a Letter of Credit shall be deemed an advance under the Line of Credit and shall be repaid by Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to such advances; provided however, that if advances under the Line of Credit are not available, for any reason, at the time any drawing is paid, then Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank the full amount drawn, together with interest thereon from the date such drawing is paid to the date such amount is fully repaid by Borrower, at the rate of interest applicable to advances under the Line of Credit. In such event Borrower agrees that Bank, in its sole discretion, may debit any account maintained by Borrower with Bank for the amount of any such drawing. (d) Reappraisal; Remargining. Borrower agrees that upon receipt and review of the updated appraisals referred to in Section 3.1 (f) hereof and thereafter on an annual basis commencing December 31, 2006, Bank shall have the option, at Borrower's cost, to require a new appraisal of all of the Real Property Collateral, which appraisals shall be issued by an appraiser or appraisers acceptable to Bank and shall be in form, substance and reflecting values satisfactory to Bank, in its discretion. If any such new appraisals reflect a Loan to Value Ratio greater than fifty-five percent (55%) for all Real Property Collateral, then Borrower shall either: (i) within 30 calendar days following written demand from Bank, prepay the outstanding principal balance of Line of Credit Note A in an amount sufficient to meet said Loan to Value Ratio; or (ii) pledge such additional real property collateral to Bank of a type and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, as Bank shall require to provide collateral support for Line of Credit A that, in Bank's determination, is substantially equivalent to said Loan to Value Ratio. For purposes hereof, the term "Loan to Value Ratio" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal balance of the Line of Credit A Note divided by the sum of the updated appraised values of the Real Property Collateral. (e) Request for Replacement or Release of Real Property Collateral. At any time during the term of Line of Credit A, so long as no Event of Default exists, Borrower may request that Bank release certain Real Property Collateral and/or replace certain Real Property Collateral with other real property held by Borrower or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Such request shall be in writing and shall be delivered to Bank in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof. Bank agrees to timely consider such request upon receipt, however, any determination to release and/or replace any Real Property Collateral shall be made in Bank's sole and absolute discretion based upon such appraisals and other information as Bank may deem appropriate to review. The inclusion of this Section 1.1(e) shall in no way be deemed a commitment by Bank to honor all or any part of Borrower's request. SECTION 1.2. LINE OF CREDIT B. (a) Line of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank hereby agrees to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including January 3, 2007, not to exceed at any time the aggregate principal amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) ("Line of Credit B"), the proceeds of which shall be used for working capital purposes. Borrower's obligation to repay advances under Line of Credit B shall be evidenced by a promissory note dated as of February 1, 2006 ("Line of Credit B Note"), all terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference. (b) Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of Line of Credit B borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit B Note; provided, however, that the total outstanding borrowings under Line of Credit B shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal amount available thereunder, as set forth above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however; (i) no advances shall be made available to Borrower under Line of Credit B until such time as Line of Credit A is fully advanced within the limitations set forth in Section 1.1 (b) hereof; (ii) if at any time an outstanding balance exists under Line of Credit B and there is borrowing availability under Line of Credit A within the limitations set forth in Section 1.1 (b) hereof (at each such time, a "Line of Credit A Availability Amount"), then Bank shall immediately transfer an amount up to such Line of Credit A Availability Amount from the outstanding principal balance of Line of Credit B to the outstanding principal balance of Line of Credit A, and Borrower hereby authorizes each such transfer; (iii) repayments of principal made by Borrower shall be applied first to repay advances made under Line of Credit B, then to advances made under Line of Credit A; and (iv) Borrower shall maintain a zero balance on advances under Line of Credit B for a period of at least thirty (30) consecutive days during the term of the Line of Credit B commitment. SECTION 1.3. INTEREST/FEES. (a) Interest. The outstanding principal balance of each credit subject hereto shall bear interest, and the amount of each drawing paid under any Letter of Credit shall bear interest, at the rate of interest set forth in each promissory note or other instrument or document executed in connection therewith. (b) Prime Rate. The term "Prime Rate" shall mean at any time the rate of interest most recently announced within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the Prime Rate is one of Bank's base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate. Each change in the rate of interest shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank. (c) Computation and Payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed. Interest shall be payable at the times and place set forth in each promissory note or other instrument or document required hereby. (d) Commitment Fees. Borrower shall pay the following non-refundable commitment fees to Bank: (i) an annual fee for Line of Credit A equal to Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), payable on or before execution of this Agreement and each January 1 thereafter; and (ii) a fee for Line of Credit B equal to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), payable upon execution of this Agreement. (e) Unused Commitment Fee. Borrower shall pay to Bank at the end of each calendar month an unused commitment fee equal to five tenths of one percent (.50%) per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) on the sum of the following: (i) the average daily unused amount of Line of Credit A plus (ii) the average daily unused amount of Line of Credit B. The foregoing unused commitment fee shall be calculated on a monthly basis by Bank and shall be due and payable by Borrower within ten (10) days after each billing is sent by Bank. (f) Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay to Bank fees upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, upon the payment or negotiation of each drawing under any Letter of Credit and upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including without limitation, the transfer, amendment or cancellation of any Letter of Credit) determined in accordance with Bank's standard fees and charges then in effect for such activity. SECTION 1.4. COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS. Borrower authorizes Bank to collect all principal, interest and fees due under each credit subject hereto by charging a deposit account of Borrower with Bank, designated in writing by Borrower, for the full amount thereof. Should there be insufficient funds in any such deposit account to pay all such sums when due, the full amount of such deficiency shall be immediately due and payable by Borrower. SECTION 1.5. COLLATERAL. As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank under Line of Credit A, Borrower shall cause Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") to grant to Bank a security interest of first priority in Borrower's Real Property Collateral (as defined below) and all products, profits, rents and proceeds of such Real Property Collateral. As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank under Line of Credit A and Line of Credit B, Borrower hereby grants to Bank a security interest in all of Borrower's personal property and the proceeds thereof, including, but not limited to, accounts receivable, notes receivable, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper), deposit accounts, documents, equipment, financial assets, general intangibles (including payment intangibles), goods, health-care insurance receivables, instruments, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights, supporting obligations, trademarks and vehicles. As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank under Line of Credit A and Line of Credit B, Borrower shall cause the Partnership, Red Lion Hotels Holdings, Inc. ("Red Lion Holdings"), Red Lion Properties, Inc. ("Red Lion Properties"), Red Lion Hotels Franchising, Inc. ("Red Lion Franchising") and Ticketswest.com, Inc. ("TW, Inc.") each to grant to Bank a security interest of first priority in all of their personal property and the proceeds thereof, including, but not limited to, accounts receivable, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper), deposit accounts, documents, equipment, financial assets, general intangibles (including payment intangibles), goods, health-care insurance receivables, instruments, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights, supporting obligations, trademarks and vehicles. As used herein, "Real Property Collateral" shall mean, collectively: (a) that certain real property owned by the Partnership and located at 414 E. First, Post Falls, Idaho ("Templin's Red Lion Inn (Hotel)"); (b) that certain excess land adjacent to Templin's Red Lion Inn (Hotel) owned by the Partnership ("Templin's Red Lion Inn (Excess Land)") (c) that certain real property owned by the Partnership and located at 1555 Pocatello Creek Road, Pocatello, Idaho ("Pocatello Red Lion Inn") and (d) any property approved by Bank to replace any of the foregoing under Section 1.1(e) hereof. All of the foregoing shall be evidenced by and subject to the terms of such security agreements, financing statements, deeds of trust and other documents as Bank shall reasonably require, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank. Borrower shall reimburse Bank immediately upon demand for all costs and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with any of the foregoing security, including without limitation, filing and recording fees and costs of appraisals, audits and title insurance. SECTION 1.6. GUARANTIES. All indebtedness of Borrower to Bank hereunder shall be guaranteed jointly and severally by the Partnership, Red Lion Franchising, TW, Inc., Red Lion Holdings, and Red Lion Properties, as evidenced by and subject to the terms of guaranties in form and substance satisfactory to Bank. SECTION 1.7. SUBORDINATION OF DEBT. All obligations of the Red Lion Entities (as defined in Section 2.4 hereof) for the Trust Preferred Offering shall at all times be subordinate in right of repayment to all obligations of the Red Lion Entities to Bank. As used herein, "Trust Preferred Offering" shall mean that certain issuance of trust preferred securities by Borrower through WestCoast Hospitality Capital Trust in the aggregate amount of $46,000,000.00, all terms of which have been publicly disclosed by Borrower in writing prior to the date hereof. ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Bank, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until the full and final payment, and satisfaction and discharge, of all obligations of Borrower to Bank subject to this Agreement. SECTION 2.1. LEGAL STATUS. Borrower is a corporation, duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington, and is qualified or licensed to do business (and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, if applicable) in all jurisdictions in which such qualification or licensing is required or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed could have a material adverse effect on Borrower. SECTION 2.2. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY. This Agreement and each promissory note, contract, instrument and other document required hereby or at any time hereafter delivered to Bank in connection herewith (collectively, the "Loan Documents") have been duly authorized, and upon their execution and delivery in accordance with the provisions hereof will constitute legal, valid and binding agreements and obligations of Borrower or the party which executes the same, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. SECTION 2.3. NO VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of each of the Loan Documents do not violate any provision of any law or regulation, or contravene any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of Borrower, or result in any breach of or default under any contract, obligation, indenture or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound. SECTION 2.4. LITIGATION. There are no pending, or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, actions, claims, investigations, suits or proceedings by or before any governmental authority, arbitrator, court or administrative agency which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or operation of Borrower or any subsidiaries or affiliates of Borrower shown as consolidated with Borrower on Borrower's financial statements (Borrower, together with such subsidiaries or affiliates, shall be referred to individually herein as a "Red Lion Entity" and collectively herein as the "Red Lion Entities") other than those disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof. SECTION 2.5. CORRECTNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The consolidated financial statement of the Red Lion Entities, dated September 30, 2005, a true copy of which has been delivered by Borrower to Bank prior to the date hereof, (a) is complete and correct and presents fairly the financial condition of the Red Lion Entities, (b) discloses all liabilities of the Red Lion Entities that are required to be reflected or reserved against under generally accepted accounting principles, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, and (c) has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Since the date of such financial statement there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition of the Red Lion Entities, nor have any of the Red Lion Entities mortgaged, pledged, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets or properties except in favor of Bank or as otherwise disclosed to and permitted by Bank in writing. SECTION 2.6. INCOME TAX RETURNS. Borrower has no knowledge of any pending assessments or adjustments of its income tax payable with respect to any year, nor any knowledge of any pending adjustments of income tax payable by any other Red Lion Entity with respect to any year. SECTION 2.7. NO SUBORDINATION. There is no agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound that requires the subordination in right of payment of any of Borrower's obligations subject to this Agreement to any other obligation of Borrower. SECTION 2.8. PERMITS, FRANCHISES. Borrower and each of the other Red Lion Entities possesses, and will hereafter possess, all permits, consents, approvals, franchises and licenses required and rights to all trademarks, trade names, patents, and fictitious names, if any, necessary to enable it to conduct the business in which it is now engaged in compliance with applicable law. SECTION 2.9. ERISA. Borrower and each of the other Red Lion Entities is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or recodified from time to time ("ERISA"); neither Borrower nor any of the other Red Lion Entities has violated any provision of any defined employee pension benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) maintained or contributed to by Borrower or such other Red Lion Entity (each, a "Plan"); no Reportable Event as defined in ERISA has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan initiated by Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity; Borrower and each Red Lion Entity has met its minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to each Plan; and each Plan will be able to fulfill its benefit obligations as they come due in accordance with the Plan documents and under generally accepted accounting principles. SECTION 2.10. OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Borrower is not in default on any obligation for borrowed money, any purchase money obligation or any other material lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation. SECTION 2.11. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof, Borrower and each of the other Red Lion Entities is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal or state environmental, hazardous waste, health and safety statutes, and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which govern or affect any of Borrower's or such Red Lion Entity's operations and/or properties, including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as any of the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. None of the operations of Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity is the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action involving a material expenditure is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment. Borrower has no material contingent liability in connection with any release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment. SECTION 2.12. REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL. Except as disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof, with respect to the Real Property Collateral: (a) All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, and water, sewer and municipal charges, and rents (if any) which previously became due and owing in respect thereof have been paid as of the date hereof. (b) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to any such lien) which affect all or any interest in any Real Property Collateral and which are or may be prior to or equal to the lien thereon in favor of Bank. (c) None of the improvements which were included for purpose of determining the appraised value of any of the Real Property Collateral lies outside of the boundaries and/or building restriction lines thereof, and no improvements on adjoining properties materially encroach upon any such Real Property Collateral. (d) There is no pending, or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, proceeding for the total or partial condemnation of all or any portion of any of the Real Property Collateral, and all such Real Property Collateral is in good repair and free and clear of any damage that would materially and adversely affect the value thereof as security and/or the intended use thereof. ARTICLE III CONDITIONS SECTION 3.1. CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to extend credit under Line of Credit A is subject to the fulfillment to Bank's satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (a) Approval of Bank Counsel. All legal matters incidental to the extension of Line of Credit A by Bank shall be satisfactory to Bank's counsel. (b) Loan and Security Documentation. Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, each of the following, duly executed: (i) This Agreement, the Line of Credit A Note and the Line of Credit B Note. (ii) Security Agreement. (iii) Third Party Security Agreements (5). (iv) Continuing Guaranties (5). (v) Corporate Resolution: Borrowing and Certificate of Incumbency for Borrower. (vi) Corporate Resolution: Continuing Guaranty (4). (vii) Corporate Resolution: Third Party Collateral (4). (viii) Certificates of Incumbency (4). (ix) Partnership, Joint Venture or Association Certificate: Third Party Collateral. (x) Partnership, Joint Venture or Association Certificate: Guaranty. (xi) Such other documents as Bank may require under any other Section of this Agreement. (c) Real Property Documentation. Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, two Modifications to Deed of Trust pertaining to the Real Property Collateral, duly executed. (d) Financial Condition. There shall have been no material adverse change, as determined by Bank, in the financial condition or business of Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity, nor any material decline, as determined by Bank, in the market value of any collateral required hereunder or a substantial or material portion of the assets of Borrower or any such Red Lion Entity. (e) Insurance. Borrower shall have delivered to Bank evidence of insurance coverage on all real and personal property collateral required under Section 1.5 hereof, in form, substance, amounts, covering risks and issued by companies satisfactory to Bank, and where required by Bank, with loss payable endorsements in favor of Bank, including, without limitation, policies of fire and extended coverage insurance covering all Real Property Collateral required hereby, with replacement cost and mortgagee loss payable endorsements, and such policies of insurance against specific hazards affecting any such real property as may be required by governmental regulation or Bank. (f) Appraisals. Bank has obtained, at Borrower's cost, appraisals of the Real Property Collateral and all improvements thereon, issued by an appraiser acceptable to Bank and in form, substance and reflecting values satisfactory to Bank. The appraisals show values for the following properties comprising the Real Property Collateral as set forth below: Templin's Red Lion Inn (Hotel) $ 4,900,000.00 Templin's Red Lion Inn (Excess Land) $ 1,100,000.00 Pocatello Red Lion Inn $ 2,100,000.00 As of the date of this Agreement, Bank has ordered updated appraisals, at Borrower's cost, of all of the Real Property Collateral, which, upon receipt and review by Bank, shall be utilized to determine the amount available under Line of Credit A pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.1 (b) hereof. (g) Title Insurance. Bank shall have received an ALTA Policy of Title Insurance, with such endorsements as Bank may require, issued by a company and in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, in such amount as Bank shall require, insuring Bank's lien on the Real Property Collateral to be of the priority set forth in Section 1.5 hereof, subject only to such exceptions as Bank shall approve in its discretion, with all costs thereof to be paid by Borrower. (h) Payment of Taxes. Borrower shall have delivered to Bank all evidence required by Bank to establish the current payment in full of all real property taxes relating to the Real Property Collateral, and, if required by Bank, evidence that Borrower has established adequate means for payment of future real property taxes relating to the Real Property Collateral, including, without limitation, tax service contracts. (i) Environmental Reports. Bank shall have obtained, at Borrower's cost, environmental reports relating to the Real Property Collateral required by Bank, issued by consultants acceptable to Bank and in form and substance satisfactory to Bank. SECTION 3.2. CONDITIONS OF EACH EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to make each extension of credit requested by Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the fulfillment to Bank's satisfaction of each of the following conditions: (a) Compliance. The representations and warranties contained herein and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of the signing of this Agreement and on the date of each extension of credit by Bank pursuant hereto, with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such date, and on each such date, no Event of Default as defined herein, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing or shall exist. (b) Documentation. Bank shall have received all additional documents which it may reasonably require in connection with such extension of credit. ARTICLE IV AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS Borrower covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower shall, unless Bank otherwise consents in writing: SECTION 4.1. PUNCTUAL PAYMENTS. Punctually pay all principal, interest, fees or other liabilities due under any of the Loan Documents at the times and place and in the manner specified therein, and unless as otherwise provided herein, immediately upon demand by Bank, the amount by which the outstanding principal balance of any credit subject hereto exceeds any limitation on borrowings applicable thereto. SECTION 4.2. ACCOUNTING RECORDS. Maintain, and cause each of the Red Lion Entities to maintain, adequate books and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit any representative of Bank, at any reasonable time, to inspect, audit and examine such books and records, to make copies of the same, and to inspect the Real Property Collateral and any other property securing the obligations hereunder. SECTION 4.3. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Provide to Bank all of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Bank: (a) not later than 90 days after and as of the end of each fiscal year, a consolidated audited and unqualified financial statement of the Red Lion Entities, prepared by a certified public accountant acceptable to Bank, to include a Balance Sheet, an Income Statement, a Statement of Cash Flow, an Auditor's Report and all supporting schedules and footnotes; provided that for purposes of this Section 4.3, and as of the date of this Agreement, Bank has approved BDO Seidman, LLP as a certified public accountant acceptable to Bank, but reserves the right to require a change in such certified public accountant should circumstances so warrant; (b) not later than 45 days after and as of the end of each of the first, second and third calendar quarters, a consolidated financial statement of the Red Lion Entities, prepared by Borrower, to include a Balance Sheet, an Income Statement, and a Statement of Cash Flow; (c) contemporaneously with each annual and quarterly financial statement of the Red Lion Entities required hereby, a certificate of compliance certified by a senior financial officer of Borrower that said financial statements are accurate and that there exists no Event of Default nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default; (d) not later than 45 days after and as of the end of each calendar quarter for such quarter and for the four quarters then ended, an operating statement for each parcel of Real Property Collateral, prepared by Borrower; (e) from time to time such other information as Bank may reasonably request, including, without limitation: (i) copies of rent rolls and other information with respect to the Real Property Collateral; (ii) copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower sends to its shareholders; and (iii) copies of all financial statements and regular, periodical or special reports (including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K) that any Red Lion Entity may make to or file with the Securities Exchange Commission. SECTION 4.4. COMPLIANCE. Preserve and maintain, and cause all other Red Lion Entities to preserve and maintain, all licenses, permits, governmental approvals, rights, privileges and franchises necessary for the conduct of its respective business; and comply, and cause all other Red Lion Entities to comply, with the provisions of all documents pursuant to which such entity is organized and/or which govern such entity's continued existence and with the requirements of all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority applicable to such entity and/or its business. SECTION 4.5. INSURANCE. Maintain and keep in force, and cause all other Red Lion Entities to maintain and keep in force, insurance of the types and in amounts customarily carried in lines of business similar to that of such entity, including but not limited to fire, extended coverage, public liability, flood, property damage and workers' compensation, with all such insurance carried with companies and in amounts satisfactory to Bank, and deliver to Bank from time to time at Bank's request schedules setting forth all insurance then in effect. SECTION 4.6. FACILITIES. Keep, and cause all other Red Lion Entities to keep, all properties useful or necessary to such entity's business in good repair and condition, and from time to time make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereto so that such properties shall be fully and efficiently preserved and maintained. SECTION 4.7. TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES. Pay and discharge when due, and cause all other Red Lion Entities to pay and discharge when due, any and all indebtedness, obligations, assessments and taxes, both real or personal, including, without limitation federal and state income taxes and state and local property taxes and assessments, except such (a) as Borrower or such Red Lion Entity may in good faith contest or as to which a bona fide dispute may arise, and (b) for which Borrower or such Red Lion Entity has made provision, to Bank's satisfaction, for eventual payment thereof in the event Borrower or such Red Lion Entity is obligated to make such payment. SECTION 4.8. LITIGATION. Promptly give notice in writing to Bank of any litigation pending or threatened against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity with a claim in excess of $2,000,000.00 if not fully covered by insurance, and in excess of $10,000,000.00 if fully covered by insurance. SECTION 4.9. FINANCIAL CONDITION. Maintain the financial condition of the Red Lion Entities as follows, using generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and used consistently with prior practices (except to the extent modified by the definitions herein), with compliance determined commencing with the consolidated financial statements of the Red Lion Entities for the period ending December 31, 2005: (a) Tangible Net Worth. Tangible Net Worth not at any time less than $120,000,000.00, with "Tangible Net Worth" defined as the aggregate of total stockholders' equity plus subordinated debt (including the Trust Preferred Offering), less any intangible assets. (b) Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth Ratio. Total Liabilities divided by Tangible Net Worth not at any time greater than 2.00 to 1.0, with "Total Liabilities" defined as the aggregate of current liabilities and non-current liabilities less subordinated debt, and with "Tangible Net Worth" as defined above. (c) Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio. Funded Debt divided by EBITDA not greater than (i) 5.75 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2005 and at the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter through September 30, 2006, for the four fiscal quarters then ended and (ii) 5.25 to 1.00 as of the end of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006 and at the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter, for the four fiscal quarters then ended. As used herein, "EBITDA" shall be defined as net profit before tax, less gains on asset sales, plus losses on asset sales, plus interest expense (net of capitalized interest), plus depreciation and amortization expense, plus non-capitalized conversion and rebranding expense, plus other non-cash expenses, less other non-cash income. In the event of an acquisition, the EBITDA shall include the most recent four-quarter EBITDA (as defined herein) of the acquired property. As used herein, "Funded Debt" shall be defined as the sum of all obligations for borrowed money (excluding the Trust Preferred Offering) plus all capital lease obligations of the Red Lion Entities. (d) EBITDA Coverage Ratio. EBITDA divided by Debt Service not less than 1.25 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2005 and at the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter, for the four fiscal quarters then ended. As used herein, "Debt Service" shall be defined as total interest expense and dividends on preferred stock for the most recent four quarters ended, plus the current maturity of long-term debt ("CMLTD") which shall be based on the CMLTD (including subordinated debt and capital leases but excluding indebtedness outstanding under Line of Credit A and Line of Credit B) within the Balance Sheet dated 12-months prior to the most recent quarter ended, less that portion of balloon payments within CMLTD that exceeds normally scheduled payments. In the event of an acquisition, Debt Service shall include the Debt Service (as defined herein) of the acquired property. (e) Collateral Debt Service Ratio. Collateral Debt Service Ratio not less than 1.35 to 1.00, determined at each fiscal quarter end for the four fiscal quarters then ended, defined as EBITDA contributed by the Real Property Collateral divided by 10% of the outstanding aggregate principal balance of Line of Credit A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Borrower shall not be in violation of this Section 4.9 (e) if, within forty-five (45) days following the end of any fiscal quarter for which the Collateral Debt Service Ratio is less than 1.35 to 1.00, Borrower prepays the outstanding principal balance of Line of Credit A in an amount sufficient to bring the Collateral Debt Service Ratio to not less than 1.35 to 1.00. SECTION 4.10. NOTICE TO BANK. Promptly (but in no event more than five (5) business days after the occurrence of each such event or matter) give written notice to Bank in reasonable detail of: (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default; (b) any change in the name or the organizational structure of Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity; (c) the occurrence and nature of any Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, each as defined in ERISA, or any funding deficiency with respect to any Plan; or (d) any termination or cancellation of any insurance policy which Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity is required to maintain, or any uninsured or partially uninsured loss through liability or property damage, or through fire, theft or any other cause affecting Borrower's or any other West Coast Entity's property. SECTION 4.11. PRIMARY DEPOSITORY RELATIONSHIPS. It is the intention of the Red Lion Entities to maintain their primary depository relationships with Bank, provided that such depository banking relationships are subject to reasonable and customary terms and conditions for relationships of that type. ARTICLE V NEGATIVE COVENANTS Borrower further covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower will not without Bank's prior written consent: SECTION 5.1. USE OF FUNDS. Use any of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder except for the purposes stated in Article I hereof, or for acquisitions. SECTION 5.2. INVESTMENTS/CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make any investments in or acquisitions of new properties (either directly or indirectly through ownership interests in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity making such investment), nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to make any investments in or acquisitions of new properties (either directly or indirectly through ownership interests in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity making such investment), in excess of $15,000,000.00 in the aggregate for all Red Lion Entities combined during any fiscal year. SECTION 5.3. OTHER INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist, or permit any other Red Lion Entity to create, incur, assume or permit to exist, any indebtedness or liabilities resulting from borrowings, loans or advances, whether secured or unsecured, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, joint or several, except (a) the liabilities of Borrower to Bank, (b) any other liabilities of Borrower existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof, and (c) other indebtedness for capital expenditures, leases and investments permitted under Section 5.2 hereof. SECTION 5.4. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS. Merge into or consolidate with any other entity; nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to merge into or consolidate with any other entity (other than internal mergers or consolidations of one or more Red Lion Entities which do not result in any change in the beneficial ownership of such Red Lion Entities by Borrower); make any change in the nature of Borrower's business as conducted as of the date hereof that would materially adversely affect Borrower's operations, nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to make any change in the nature of such Red Lion Entity's business as conducted as of the date hereof that would materially adversely affect the operations of the Red Lion Entities on a consolidated basis; acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other entity, nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of another entity except as permitted under Section 5.2 hereof; nor sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, assets having value in excess of ten percent (10%) of total assets of Borrower and the Red Lion Entities on a consolidated, book value basis, except: (a) in the ordinary course of business; (b) in connection with internal reorganizations that do not result in any change in beneficial ownership of such assets by Borrower; and (c) any other proposed sales, leases, transfers or dispositions by any Red Lion Entity publicly disclosed prior to the date hereof or disclosed to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof. SECTION 5.5. GUARANTIES. Guarantee or become liable in any way, nor permit any other Red Lion Entity to guarantee or become liable in any way, as surety, endorser (other than as endorser of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business), accommodation endorser or otherwise for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity, except: (a) any of the foregoing in favor of Bank; (b) guarantees or other liabilities entered into in connection with the Trust Preferred Offering; (c) guarantees of obligations of Red Lion Entities that are consolidated for tax and accounting purposes; and (d) guarantees of third party debt, so long as the liability under such guarantees does not at any time exceed $2,500,000.00 in the aggregate, nor pledge or hypothecate any assets of Borrower or any Red Lion Entity with a consolidated book value at any time in excess of $2,500,000.00 in the aggregate as security for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity. SECTION 5.6. LOANS, ADVANCES. Make any loans or advances to any person or entity, nor permit any Red Lion Entity to make any loans or advances to any person or entity, except: (a) any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof (including those contained in the financial statements delivered to Bank prior to the date hereof); (b) loans or advances by Borrower and/or the other Red Lion Entities not at any time to exceed $5,000,000.00 in the aggregate; and (c) loans or advances by any of the Red Lion Entities to any other Red Lion Entity that are consolidated for tax and accounting purposes. SECTION 5.7. PLEDGE OF ASSETS. Mortgage, pledge, grant or permit to exist in favor of any other creditor a security interest in, or lien upon, all or any portion of Borrower's or any other Red Lion Entity's assets that constitute the collateral of Bank. ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT SECTION 6.1. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default" under this Agreement: (a) Borrower shall fail to pay within three (3) business days after the date due any principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents. (b) Any financial statement or certificate furnished to Bank in connection with, or any representation or warranty made by Borrower or any other party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prove to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when furnished or made. (c) Any default in the performance of or compliance with any obligation, agreement or other provision contained herein or in any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above), and with respect to any such default which by its nature can be cured, such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days from its occurrence; provided, however, if such default which by its nature can be cured relates specifically to restoration or repair obligations for the Real Property Collateral, such default shall continue for a period of ninety (90) days from its occurrence; (d) Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation, or any defined event of default, by Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity under the terms of any contract or instrument involving obligations in excess of $5,000,000.00, individually or in the aggregate (other than any of the Loan Documents) pursuant to which Borrower or any Red Lion Entity has incurred any debt or other liability to any person or entity, including Bank. (e) The filing of a notice of judgment lien against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity; or the recording of any abstract of judgment against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity in any county in which Borrower or such Red Lion Entity has an interest in real property; or the service of a notice of levy and/or of a writ of attachment or execution, or other like process, against the assets of Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity; or the entry of a judgment against Borrower or any Red Lion Entity; provided, however, that such judgments, liens, levies, writs, executions and other process involve debts of or claims against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity in excess of $5,000,000.00, individually or in the aggregate for all such judgments, liens, levies, writs, executions and other process against Borrower and any other Red Lion Entity combined, and within twenty (20) days after the creation thereof, or at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any assets could be lawfully sold in satisfaction thereof, such debt or claim is not satisfied or stayed pending appeal and insured against in a manner satisfactory to Bank;. (f) Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity shall become insolvent, or shall suffer or consent to or apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of itself or any of its property, or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become due, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or seeking reorganization, in order to effect a plan or other arrangement with creditors or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Reform Act, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or recodified from time to time ("Bankruptcy Code"), or under any state or federal law granting relief to debtors, whether now or hereafter in effect; or any involuntary petition or proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors is filed or commenced against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity, or Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity shall file an answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations of any involuntary petition; or Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity shall be adjudicated a bankrupt, or an order for relief shall be entered against Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity by any court of competent jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors. (g) There shall exist or occur any event or condition which Bank reasonably and in good faith believes materially impairs, or is substantially likely to materially impair, the prospect of payment or performance by Borrower of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents. (h) The dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity, unless previously approved by Bank in writing; or Borrower or any other Red Lion Entity, or any of their respective directors, stockholders or members, shall take action reasonably likely to effect the dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or such Red Lion Entity without the prior written approval of Bank. (i) The sale, transfer, hypothecation, assignment or encumbrance, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, without Bank's prior written consent, of all or any part of or interest in the Real Property Collateral, except for leases to third parties of portions of the Real Property Collateral in the ordinary course of business. (j) Bank, reasonably and in good faith, believes all or a material portion of the collateral described in Section 1.5 hereof to be in substantial danger of misuse, dissipation, commingling, loss, theft, damage or destruction or otherwise in substantial jeopardy. SECTION 6.2. REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default: (a) all indebtedness of Borrower under each of the Loan Documents, any term thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, shall at Bank's option and without notice become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; (b) the obligation, if any, of Bank to extend any further credit under any of the Loan Documents shall immediately cease and terminate; and (c) Bank shall have all rights, powers and remedies available under each of the Loan Documents, or accorded by law, including without limitation the right to resort to any or all security for any credit subject hereto and to exercise any or all of the rights of a beneficiary or secured party pursuant to applicable law. All rights, powers and remedies of Bank may be exercised at any time by Bank and from time to time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, are cumulative and not exclusive, and shall be in addition to any other rights, powers or remedies provided by law or equity. ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 7.1. NO WAIVER. No delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in exercising any right, power or remedy under any of the Loan Documents shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind by Bank of any breach of or default under any of the Loan Documents must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set forth in such writing. SECTION 7.2. NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands which any party is required or may desire to give to any other party under any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents must be in writing delivered to each party at the following address: BORROWER RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION AND ANY OTHER 201 W. North River Drive RED LION Spokane, Washington 99201 ENTITY: BANK: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 601 West 1st Avenue, Suite 900 Spokane, Washington 99201 or to such other address as any party may designate by written notice to all other parties. Each such notice, request and demand shall be deemed given or made as follows: (a) if sent by hand delivery, upon delivery; (b) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (c) if sent by telecopy, upon receipt. SECTION 7.3. COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS' FEES. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees (to include outside counsel fees and all reasonable allocated costs of Bank's in-house counsel), expended or incurred by Bank in connection with (a) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Bank's continued administration hereof and thereof, and the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto and thereto, (b) the enforcement of Bank's rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to Bank under any of the Loan Documents, and (c) the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to any of the Loan Documents, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to any Borrower or any other person or entity. SECTION 7.4. SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that Borrower may not assign or transfer its interest hereunder without Bank's prior written consent. Bank reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, Bank's rights and benefits under each of the Loan Documents. In connection therewith, Bank may disclose all documents and information which Bank now has or may hereafter acquire relating to any credit subject hereto, Borrower or its business, any guarantor hereunder or the business of such guarantor, or any collateral required hereunder. SECTION 7.5. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement between Borrower and Bank with respect to each credit subject hereto and supersede all prior negotiations, communications, discussions and correspondence concerning the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended or modified only in writing signed by each party hereto. SECTION 7.6. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other person or entity shall be a third party beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any other of the Loan Documents to which it is not a party. SECTION 7.7. TIME. Time is of the essence of each and every provision of this Agreement and each other of the Loan Documents. SECTION 7.8. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or any remaining provisions of this Agreement. SECTION 7.9. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. SECTION 7.10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. SECTION 7.11. ARBITRATION. (a) Arbitration. The parties hereto agree, upon demand by any party, to submit to binding arbitration all claims, disputes and controversies between or among them (and their respective employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and other agents), whether in tort, contract or otherwise arising out of or relating to in any way (i) the loan and related Loan Documents which are the subject of this Agreement and its negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination; or (ii) requests for additional credit. (b) Governing Rules. Any arbitration proceeding will (i) proceed in a location in Washington selected by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"); (ii) be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice of law provision in any of the documents between the parties; and (iii) be conducted by the AAA, or such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA's commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least $1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs in which case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA's optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes to be referred to, as applicable, as the "Rules"). If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set forth herein shall control. Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any dispute. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by any party that is a bank of the protections afforded to it under 12 U.S.C. Section 91 or any similar applicable state law. (c) No Waiver of Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure. The arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph. (d) Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers. Any arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided, however, that all three arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations. The arbitrator will be a neutral attorney licensed in the State of Washington or a neutral retired judge of the state or federal judiciary of Washington, in either case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable to the subject matter of the dispute to be arbitrated. The arbitrator will determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any claim. In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the arbitrator's discretion) any pre-hearing motions, which are similar to motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The arbitrator shall resolve all disputes in accordance with the substantive law of Washington and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Washington Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for judicial relief. (e) Discovery. In any arbitration proceeding discovery will be permitted in accordance with the Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant to the dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing date and within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party's presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is available. (f) Class Proceedings and Consolidations. The resolution of any dispute arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by a separate arbitration proceeding and such dispute shall not be consolidated with other disputes or included in any class proceeding. (g) Payment Of Arbitration Costs And Fees. The arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding. (h) Miscellaneous. To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or regulation. If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the Loan Documents or the subject matter of the dispute shall control. This arbitration provision shall survive termination, amendment or expiration of any of the Loan Documents or any relationship between the parties. ORAL AGREEMENTS OR ORAL COMMITMENTS TO LOAN MONEY, EXTEND CREDIT OR TO FORBEAR ENFORCING REPAYMENT OF A DEBT ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER WASHINGTON LAW. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above. RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: By: ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Anupam Narayan Bruce Zavalney Executive Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer EX-21 4 v17799exv21.txt EXHIBIT 21 . . . Exhibit 21 RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION List of Subsidiaries of Red Lion Hotels Corporation As of December 31, 2005 A. WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES
Name State of Incorporation - ---- ---------------------- North River Drive Company Washington Red Lion Hotels Holdings, Inc. (1) Delaware Red Lion Properties, Inc. (2) (3) Delaware TicketsWest.com, Inc. Washington Red Lion Hotels Franchising, Inc. Washington WestCoast Hotel Properties, Inc. (4) Washington WHC805, LLC Washington Red Lion Hotels Management, Inc. Washington
(1) Red Lion Hotels Holdings, Inc. wholly owns four special purpose financing Delaware limited liability companies, each of which wholly owns one Delaware limited liability company that owns one hotel property. (2) Wholly owned by Red Lion Hotels Holdings, Inc., which is wholly owned by the Company. (3) Red Lion Properties, Inc. wholly owns one special purpose financing Delaware limited liability company, which wholly owns one Delaware limited liability company, which owns one hotel property. (4) Wholly owned by Red Lion Hotels Franchising, Inc., which is wholly owned by the Company. B. PARTIALLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES
Name State of Incorporation - ---- ---------------------- WestCoast Hospitality Limited Partnership (1) (2) Delaware Lincoln and Grant Buildings, LLC (3) Washington
(1) Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership is 97.24% owned by the Company, and .54% owned by North River Drive Company, which is wholly owned by the Company. (2) Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership wholly owns ten special purpose financing Delaware limited liability companies, each of which wholly owns one Delaware limited liability company that owns one hotel property. (3) Red Lion Hotels Limited Partnership wholly owns Lincoln and Grant Buildings, LLC, who owns two commercial office buildings.
EX-23 5 v17799exv23.txt EXHIBIT 23 Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Red Lion Hotels Corporation Spokane, Washington We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-60791) of Red Lion Hotels Corporation of our report dated March 3, 2006, except for Note 8, which is as of March 27, 2006, relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in this Form 10-K. /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP Spokane, Washington March 31, 2006 EX-31.1 6 v17799exv31w1.txt EXHIBIT 31.1 Exhibit 31.1 RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a) I, Arthur M. Coffey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Lion Hotels Corporation, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Red Lion Hotels Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-25(e)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and; 5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors: a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Date: March 31, 2006 /S/ARTHUR M. COFFEY Arthur M. Coffey President and Chief Executive Officer EX-31.2 7 v17799exv31w2.txt EXHIBIT 31.2 RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a) I, Anupam Narayan, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Red Lion Hotels Corporation certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Red Lion Hotels Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-25(e)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and; 5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors: a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Date: March 31, 2006 /S/ ANUPAM NARAYAN Anupam Narayan Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer EX-32.1 8 v17799exv32w1.txt EXHIBIT 32.1 RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(b) In connection with the annual report of Red Lion Hotels Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Arthur M. Coffey, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company. March 31, 2006 /S/ ARTHUR M. COFFEY Arthur M. Coffey President and Chief Executive Officer EX-32.2 9 v17799exv32w2.txt EXHIBIT 32.2 RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(b) In connection with the annual report of Red Lion Hotels Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Anupam Narayan, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company. March 31, 2006 /S/ ANUPAM NARAYAN Anupam Narayan Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----