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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.21.6

                                FOURTH AMENDMENT

                                       to

                                 LOAN AGREEMENT

         FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of
August 7, 2000, among FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation
("FelCor"), FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership
("FelCor LP" and collectively with FelCor, the "Borrower"), the financial
institutions listed on the signature pages hereof (each individually a "Lender"
and collectively the "Lenders"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK ("Chase"), as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the respective meanings provided such terms in the Loan Agreement referred to
below.

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, the Borrower is party to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as
of April 1, 1999, among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto,
and the Administrative Agent, which provides for the making of term loans to the
Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $375,000,000 (as amended, modified
or supplemented through, but not including, the date hereof, the "Loan
Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Loan Agreement as herein
provided, subject to and on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

         NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:

         1. Amendments.

         (a) The definition of the term "Adjusted Funds from Operations"
contained in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
phrase "of such Person and its Subsidiaries" appearing in clause (a)(ii), clause
(a)(iii) and clause (b)(i) thereof.

         (b) The definition of the term "Credit Agreement" contained in Section
1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

             "Credit Agreement" means that certain Fifth Amended and Restated
     Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2000, as may be amended, modified
     or supplemented from time to time, among FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated,
     FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, those certain lending institutions
     included as signatories thereto, and Chase, as administrative agent, for
     indebtedness of up to $1.1 billion.

         (c) The definition of the term "Disqualified Stock" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the
parenthetical "(other than in exchange

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for other equity securities which do not constitute Disqualified Stock)"
immediately following the phrase "Maturity Date of the Loans" at the end of
clause (i) thereof and (ii) inserting the parenthetical "(other than in exchange
for other equity securities which do not constitute Disqualified Stock)"
immediately following the phrase "Maturity Date of the Loans" at the end of
clause (ii) thereof.

         (d) The definition of the term "Eligible Assignee" contained in Section
1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the phrase
"corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or any State
thereof, and having total assets in excess of $3,000,000,000 appearing at the
end of clause (iii) thereof; (ii) deleting the phrase ", in each case" contained
in clause (iv) therein and inserting the word "and" in lieu thereof; (iii)
redesignating clause (vii) and clause (viii) as clause (viii) and clause (ix)
respectively; (iv) deleting the parenthetical "(vii)" contained in the
parenthetical therein and inserting the parenthetical "(ix)" in lieu thereof;
and (v) inserting the following new clause (vii) therein:

     "(vii) any person that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or
     otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
     ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender
     or an Affiliate of such Lender;"

         (e) The definition of the term "Fixed Charges" contained in Section 1.1
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the phrase "but excluding
dividends on Qualified Preferred Stock" immediately following the phrase
"Unconsolidated Entities" contained in the parenthetical appearing in clause (c)
thereof.

         (f) The definition of the term "Hotel" contained in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following phrase immediately
prior to the final period thereof:

     ", or offering food and beverage or associated retail services (so long as
     (i) such facility was acquired together with and is operated in conjunction
     with, an operating facility which offers hotel or other lodging services
     and (ii) such facility is in immediate proximity with an operating facility
     which offers hotel or other lodging services)".

         (g) The definition of the term "Initial Guarantors" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word "and"
appearing immediately before clause (x) thereof and inserting the following
phrase immediately prior to the final period thereof:

     "; (xi) FelCor Omaha Hotel Company, L.L.C., (xii) FelCor Country Villa
     Hotel, L.L.C., (xiii) FelCor Moline Hotel, L.L.C., and (xiv) FelCor Canada
     Co."

         (h) The definition of the term "Leases" contained in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the term "Leases" contained
therein and inserting the term "Lease" in lieu thereof, (ii) deleting the phrase
"Eligible Joint Ventures, all of those" contained therein and inserting the
phrase "Unconsolidated Entities, any" in lieu thereof, (iii) deleting the word
"estates" contained therein and inserting the word "estate" in lieu thereof, and
(iv) deleting the term "Eligible Joint Venture" contained therein immediately
following the phrase "such Subsidiary or" and inserting the term "Unconsolidated
Entity" in lieu thereof.

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         (i) The definition of the term "Manager" contained in Section 1.1 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the name "Promus" contained
therein and inserting the names "Hilton, Bass" in lieu thereof (ii) deleting the
name "Bristol" contained therein and (iii) deleting the phrase "by the Operating
Lessee," contained therein.

         (j) The definition of the term "Material Adverse Change" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the name
"Bristol" contained in clause (iv)(y) therein and inserting the phrase "Bass (so
long as neither DJONT nor Bass is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower)" in
lieu thereof.

         (k) The definition of the term "Minimum Tangible Net Worth" contained
in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the
amount "$858,000,000" contained therein and inserting the amount $1,500,000,000
in lieu thereof and (ii) deleting the date "March 31, 1998" appearing therein
and inserting the date "June 30, 2000" in lieu thereof.

         (l) The definition of the term "Net Operating Income" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the phrase
"lessor under the Operating Lease for such Hotel" contained in clause (a)
therein and inserting the phrase "owner of such Hotel from the operation
thereof" in lieu thereof, (ii) deleting the phrase "pursuant to its obligations
as lessor under the Operating Lease for" contained in clause (b) therein and
inserting the phrase "in the operation of" in lieu thereof , (iii) deleting the
words "required to be carried by the lessor" contained in clause (b) therein and
(iv) deleting the phrase "pursuant to the Operating Lease therefor" contained in
clause (b) therein.

         (m) The definition of the term "Real Estate" contained in Section 1.1
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the term "Eligible Joint
Ventures" appearing immediately following the phrase "of its Subsidiaries or"
therein and inserting the term "Unconsolidated Entities" in lieu thereof and
(ii) deleting the term "Eligible Joint Venture" appearing immediately following
the phrase "or such Subsidiary or" therein and inserting the term
"Unconsolidated Entity" in lieu thereof.

         (n) The definition of the term "Refurbishment Hotel" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word
"or" appearing in the last line therein and inserting a comma in lieu thereof
and (ii) inserting the phrase "or any other Hotel approved by the Administrative
Agent (each, a "Specified Refurbishment Hotel")" immediately prior to the final
period thereof.

         (o) The definition of the term "Reporting Operating Lessee" contained
in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
parenthetical "(other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower)"
immediately following the term "Operating Lessee" therein.

         (p) The definition of the term "Requested Operating Lessee" contained
in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
parenthetical "(other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower)"
immediately following the term "Operating Lessee" therein.

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         (q) The definition of the term "Required Guarantor" contained in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

         "Required Guarantor" means any direct or indirect wholly-owned
     Subsidiary of the Borrower which is formed after the date hereof, provided,
     the value of the assets of such Subsidiary plus the value of the assets of
     such Person's Subsidiaries' exceed 2% of Total Value, provided, further,
     that in the event the aggregate value of the assets of all wholly-owned
     Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors exceed 2% of Total Value then each
     direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary formed thereafter shall be
     deemed a Required Guarantor. Notwithstanding the above, (a) any direct or
     indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether existing on the
     date hereof or formed after the date hereof, that is determined at any time
     to be a Specified Taxable REIT Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Required
     Guarantor, (b) any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
     Borrower, whether existing on the date hereof or formed after the date
     hereof, that is determined at any time to be an Excluded Taxable REIT
     Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Required Guarantor and (c) any
     Special Purpose Subsidiary, whether existing on the date hereof or formed
     after the date hereof, shall be deemed not to be a Required Guarantor,
     provided that in the event that the aggregate Indebtedness of all Special
     Purpose Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors exceeds 25% of Total Value
     then each Special Purpose Subsidiary formed thereafter shall be deemed a
     Required Guarantor.

         (r) The definition of "Room Revenues" contained in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

         "Room Revenues" means Net Rooms Department Revenue (as defined in the
     Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry).

         (s) The definition of "Stock" contained in Section 1.1 of the Loan
Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the phrase ", partnership, limited
liability company" after the word "corporation" contained in the second line
therein and (ii) inserting the phrase "partnership interests" immediately prior
to the phrase "and limited liability company interests" contained in the last
line thereof.

         (t) The definition of "Total Value" appearing in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the phrase "or less than four
(4) fiscal Quarters and (x)" appearing in clause (B) therein and inserting in
lieu thereof the phrase "(x) for less than four (4) fiscal Quarters and", (ii)
inserting the parenthetical "(together with any other Specified Refurbishment
Hotel)" immediately following the phrase "then such Hotel" appearing in clause
(B) therein, (iii) deleting the name "the Myrtle Beach Condo Management Company"
appearing in clause (C) therein and inserting the name "Promus/FCH Condominium
Company, L.L.C." in lieu thereof, and (iv) inserting the phrase "or any other
Specified Refurbishment Hotel" in the last parenthetical contained therein
immediately following the term "Allerton Hotel".

         (u) The definition of "Unencumbered" appearing in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "in the case of an
Eligible Joint Venture which is not an Eligible Entity," appearing immediately
after the parenthetical "(y)" in clause (b) therein.

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         (v) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
therein the following new definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

         "Bass" means Bass Hotels and Resorts, a Delaware corporation, or any
Person controlled by Bass Hotels and Resorts which is a Manager.

         "Excluded Taxable REIT Subsidiary" means any Taxable REIT Subsidiary
that is not a Specified Taxable REIT Subsidiary.

         "Hilton" means Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or
any Person controlled by Hilton Hotels Corporation that is a Manager.

         "Permitted Covenant" means (i) any periodic reporting covenant, (ii)
any covenant restricting payments by the Borrower with respect to any securities
of the Borrower which are junior to the Qualified Preferred Stock, (iii) any
covenant the default of which can only result in an increase in the amount of
any redemption price, or dividend rate, (iv) any covenant the default of which
gives rise only to rights or remedies which are subject to subordination terms
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (v) any covenant providing
board membership or observance rights with respect to the Borrower's board of
directors and (vi) any other covenant that does not adversely affect the
interests of the Lenders (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).

         "Qualified Preferred Stock" means any preferred stock of either entity
comprising the Borrower, so long as the terms of any such preferred stock (i) do
not contain any mandatory put, redemption, repayment, sinking fund or other
similar provision occurring before August 1, 2006, (ii) expressly provide that
(x) dividends on such preferred stock are only payable if dividends are
concurrently paid on the Borrower's common stock and (y) no remedies are
available to the holders of such preferred stock as a result of the failure to
pay dividends other than the election of up to two directors of the Borrower,
(iii) do not contain any covenants other than any Permitted Covenant and (iv) do
not grant the holders thereof any voting rights except for (x) voting rights
required to be granted to such holders under applicable law, (y) limited
customary voting rights on fundamental matters such as mergers, consolidations,
sales of substantial assets, or liquidations involving the Borrower and (z)
limited customary voting rights to elect not more than two directors during any
period when dividends are in arrears.

         "Recourse Indebtedness" of any Person means the sum of the following:
(A) all Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP as to which recourse for payment is
not limited to the specific assets encumbered by such a Lien, provided, however,
that personal recourse of a holder of Indebtedness against (i) any Subsidiary
(or Unconsolidated Entity) of Borrower formed specifically for the limited
purpose of owning specific assets which secure Indebtedness which does not
exceed 65% of the value of the assets owned by such Subsidiary (or
Unconsolidated Entity) or (ii) any obligor with respect thereto for fraud,
misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste and other circumstances
customarily excluded from non-recourse provisions in non-recourse financing of
real estate, shall not, by itself, cause any Indebtedness to be characterized as
Recourse Indebtedness, provided further, that if a personal recourse claim is
made in connection therewith, such claim shall constitute Recourse Indebtedness
for the purposes of this Agreement; plus (B)

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such Person's Pro Rata Share of Recourse Indebtedness of such Person's
Unconsolidated Entities.

         "Special Purpose Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) formed solely in connection with a securitization
or similar financing, (ii) whose assets are subject to Liens securing
Indebtedness incurred in connection with such securitization or similar
financing, and (iii) that is otherwise restricted in its ability to incur any
Indebtedness or engage in any business activities other than with respect to
such securitization or similar financing.

         "Specified Refurbishment Hotel" has the meaning specified in the
definition of Refurbishment Hotel.

         "Specified Taxable REIT Subsidiary" means any Taxable REIT Subsidiary
that either (i) is an Operating Lessee or (ii) owns or operates one or more
Hotels.

         "Taxable REIT Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower that qualifies as a taxable REIT subsidiary under
Section 856(l) of the Code.

         (w) The definitions of the terms "Bristol," "Bristol Distribution,"
"Eligible Entity" and "Promus" contained in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement
are hereby deleted in their entirety.

         (x) Section 4.3 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following phrase immediately after the phrase "Tax Affiliates have been
filed" contained therein:

     ", except in the case of any such state, local or foreign tax return where
     such failure to file will not have a Material Adverse Effect,

         (y) Section 4.8(d) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
inserting the phrase ", other than Liens created under the Pledge Agreement"
immediately following the phrase "is free and clear of all Liens" contained
therein and (ii) deleting the last proviso contained therein and inserting the
following proviso in lieu thereof:

     "provided that mortgage loan agreements executed by certain Subsidiaries
     or Eligible Joint Ventures may contain such restrictions"

         (z) Section 4.12(e) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period thereof:

     ", provided that mortgage loan agreements executed by certain Subsidiaries
     or Eligible Joint Ventures may contain such restrictions"

         (aa) Section 6.4 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the phrase "engages in business or owns properties" immediately prior to the
period in the penultimate sentence thereof.

         (bb) Section 6.11(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
inserting the phrase "or the treasurer" immediately following the term "chief
financial officer" appearing

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therein and (ii) deleting the name "Bristol" appearing therein and inserting the
name "Bass" in lieu thereof.

         (cc) Section 6.11(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the name "Bristol" appearing therein and (ii) inserting the name "Bass"
in lieu thereof.

         (dd) Section 6.12(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the word "Sales" appearing therein and inserting the word "Sale" in
lieu thereof and (ii) inserting the phrase "or the Treasurer" immediately
following the title "Chief Financial Officer" therein.

         (ee) Section 6.12(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the phrase "Treasurer" immediately following the phrase "Chief
Financial Officer or" appearing therein.

         (ff) Section 6.12(i) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the word "material" immediately prior to the word "violation" in
clause (vii) thereof.

         (gg) Section 6.13(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following sentence at the end thereof:

     "Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 6.13 shall not apply to (i)
     Operating Leases with wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (ii)
     Operating Lessees that are wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower."

         (hh) Section 6.13(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period thereof:

     "; provided that this Section 6.13 shall not apply to (i) Operating Leases
     with wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (ii) Operating Lessees
     that are wholly-owned Subsidiaries".

         (ii) Section 7.1(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:

         "(c) The Borrower shall not permit any direct or indirect wholly-owned
     Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Taxable REIT Subsidiary and Special
     Purpose Subsidiary) to own assets (including the assets of such Person's
     Subsidiaries) the value of which exceed 2% of Total Value unless such
     Subsidiary executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary
     Guaranty, provided, that in the event the aggregate value of the assets of
     all wholly-owned Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Taxable REIT
     Subsidiaries and Special Purpose Subsidiaries) which are not Guarantors
     exceed 2% of Total Value then Borrower shall not permit any direct or
     indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary formed thereafter (other than an Excluded
     Taxable REIT Subsidiary and Special Purpose Subsidiary) to own assets
     (including the assets of such Person's Subsidiaries) unless such Subsidiary
     executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
     provided further that in the event that the aggregate Indebtedness of all
     Special Purpose Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors exceeds 25% of Total
     Value then the Borrower shall not permit any Special Purpose Subsidiary
     formed thereafter to

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     own assets unless such Special Purpose Subsidiary executes and delivers to
     the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty.

         (jj) Section 7.4 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the phrase ""the Bristol Distribution" contained therein.

         (kk) Section 7.6(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the amount "$400,000,000" appearing in clause (y) therein and (ii)
inserting the amount "$200,000,000" in lieu thereof.

         (ll) Section 8.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the word "or" contained at the end of clause (l) thereof, (ii) deleting
the period appearing at the end of clause (m) thereof and inserting "; or" in
lieu thereof and (iii) inserting therein immediately following clause (m)
thereof the following new clause (n):

         "(n) At any time when any Term Loans are outstanding, any provision of
     the Pledge Agreement shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on
     any Loan Party thereto, or any Loan Party shall so state in writing."

         (mm) Section 10.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the address "380 Madison Avenue,, 11th Floor and inserting the address
"270 Park Avenue", 31st Floor" in lieu thereof, (ii) deleting the telecopy
number "212-622-3580" contained therein and inserting the telecopy number
"212-622-3513"in lieu thereof, (iii) deleting the telephone number
"212-622-3419" contained therein and inserting the telephone number
"212-270-9538"in lieu thereof, (iv) deleting the telephone number "212-552-7469"
and inserting the telephone number "212-552-7684" in lieu thereof and (v)
deleting the name "Thierry LeJouam" contained therein and inserting the name
"Christina Gould" in lieu thereof.

         (nn) Schedule IV of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
"FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated" and "FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership" as
Permitted Transferees.

         2. Miscellaneous.

         (a) The Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) are in full force and effect without default thereunder by the
Borrower (after giving effect to this Amendment) and all of the representations
and warranties contained the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
hereby restated as if the same were made as of the Amendment Effective Date (it
being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its
terms is made on a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only
as of such specified date).

         (b) If there shall be any inconsistencies between the terms, covenants,
conditions and provisions set forth in the Loan Agreement, and the terms,
covenants, conditions and provisions set forth in this Amendment, then the
terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of this Amendment shall prevail.
Whenever possible, the provisions of this Amendment shall be deemed supplemental
to and not in derogation of the terms of the Loan Agreement and any documents
relating thereto.

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         (c) Each party hereto confirms and ratifies all of the terms and
provisions of the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the Pledge
Agreement and the Guaranties. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the
terms of the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

         (d) This Amendment is limited as specified and shall not constitute a
modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Loan Agreement
or any other Loan Document.

         (e) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of
counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

         (f) Each party hereto represents, warrants and covenants that such
party (and the undersigned representative of such party) has the full power,
authority and legal right to execute this Amendment and to keep and observe all
the terms of this Amendment and the Loan Agreement on such party's part to be
observed and performed.

         (g) THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

         (h) This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the "Amendment
Effective Date") when (i) the Borrower and the Majority Lenders shall have
signed a counterpart hereof (whether the same or different counterparts) and
shall have delivered (including by way of facsimile transmission) the same to
the Administrative Agent at a notice office satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.

         (i) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay each Lender which delivers an
executed copy of this Amendment (by hard copy or facsimile) to the
Administrative Agent by no later than 12:00 (Noon) (New York time) on Monday,
August 14, 2000, a fee (the "Amendment Fee") in an amount equal to $5,000, which
Amendment Fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day following the
date on which the Majority Lenders shall have executed and delivered this
Amendment; provided that to the extent that Lenders are affiliated, such
Amendment Fee shall be due and payable to such affiliated Lenders as a group, to
be shared among such affiliated Lenders as such affiliated Lenders may
determine.

         (j) From and after the Amendment Effective Date, all references in the
Loan Agreement and each of the Loan Documents to the Loan Agreement shall be
deemed to be references to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                    FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED, a
                                    Maryland corporation

                                    By: /s/ LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Lawrence D. Robinson
                                       Title: Senior Vice President &
                                              General Counsel

                                    FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Delaware limited partnership
                                    By: FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED, a
                                        Maryland corporation, its sole general
                                        partner

                                    By: /s/ LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Lawrence D. Robinson
                                       Title: Senior Vice President &
                                              General Counsel

                                    THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative
                                    Agent

                                    By: /s/ ALAN BREINDEL
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Alan Breindel
                                       Title: Managing Director

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.26

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                             Dated September 8, 2000

                                      AMONG

                       FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

                       FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED.

                                       and

                          DEUTSCHE BANC SECURITIES INC.
                              CHASE SECURITIES INC.
                        MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
                         BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
                         BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
                      CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES (USA) INC.
                            SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.

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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into September 8, 2000, between FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), FELCOR LODGING TRUST
INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation ("FelCor" and, together with the Operating
Partnership, the "Company"), and DEUTSCHE BANC SECURITIES INC., CHASE SECURITIES
INC., MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, BANC
ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES (USA) INC. AND SCOTIA
CAPITAL (USA) INC. (the "Placement Agents").

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Placement Agreement dated the
date hereof, between the Operating Partnership, FelCor and the Placement Agents
(the "Placement Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Operating
Partnership to the Placement Agents of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of 9 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2008 of the Operating Partnership (the "Notes") to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined below). The Notes will be
guaranteed by FelCor and the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) so long
as they are obligors on other indebtedness of FelCor and the Operating
Partnership which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Notes. In order to
induce the Placement Agents to enter into the Placement Agreement, the Company
has agreed to provide to the Placement Agents and their direct and indirect
transferees the registration rights with respect to the Notes set forth in this
Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under
the Placement Agreement.

         In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:

         "1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.

         "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.

         "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Placement
Agreement.

         "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement and shall also include the Company's successors.

         "Exchange Notes" shall mean Notes issued by Operating Partnership under
the Indenture containing terms identical to the Notes (except that (i) interest
thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes
or, if no such interest has been paid, from September 15, 2000, (ii) the
Exchange Notes will not contain restrictions on transfer and

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(iii) certain provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest
thereon shall be eliminated) and to be offered to Holders of Notes in exchange
for Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         "Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of
Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the 1933
Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.

         "Holder" shall mean the Placement Agents, for so long as they own any
Registrable Notes, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect
transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Notes under the
Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the
term "Holder" shall include Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in Section
4(a)).

         "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes dated as of
September 15, 2000 between the Operating Partnership, FelCor, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, and as the same may be amended from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

         "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Notes; provided that
whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Notes is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company
or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933
Act) (other than the Placement Agents or subsequent holders of Registrable Notes
if such subsequent holders are deemed to be such affiliates solely by reason of
their holding of such Registrable Notes) shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage or amount.

         "Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of
this Agreement.

         "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.

         "Placement Agents" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.

         "Placement Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.

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         "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein.

         "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue
sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the
Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in
preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing
any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements
thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other
documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement,
(iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the
qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees
and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for
the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which
counsel may also be counsel for the Placement Agents) and (viii) the fees and
disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company, including
the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or
incident to such performance and compliance, but excluding fees and expenses of
counsel to the underwriters (other than reasonable fees and expenses set forth
in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions
and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable
Notes by a Holder.

         "Registrable Notes" shall mean the Notes other than the Exchanges
Notes; provided, however, that the Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes (i)
when a Registration Statement with respect to such Notes shall have been
declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Notes shall have been disposed of
pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Notes have been sold to
the public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force, but
not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act or (iii) when such Notes shall have ceased to
be outstanding.

         "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of
FelCor and the Operating Partnership that covers any of the Exchange Notes or
Registrable Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all
amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.

         "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.

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         "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of this
Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Notes (but no other Notes unless
approved by the Holders whose Registrable Notes are covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933
Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments,
in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto
and all material incorporated by reference therein.

         "Subsidiary Guarantors" shall mean each of (i) FelCor/CSS Hotels,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, (ii) FelCor/LAX Hotels, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, (iii) FelCor/CSS Holdings, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, (iv) FelCor/St. Paul Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, (v) FelCor/LAX Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, (vi)
FelCor Eight Hotels, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, (vii) FelCor
Hotel Asset Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, (viii) FelCor
Nevada Holdings L.L.C., a Nevada limited liability company, (ix) FHAC Nevada
Holdings, L.L.C., a Nevada limited liability company, (x) FHAC Texas Holdings,
L.P., a Texas limited partnership, (xi) FelCor Omaha Hotel Company, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, (xii) FelCor Country Villa Hotel, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, (xiii) FelCor Moline Hotel, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, (xiv) FelCor Canada Co., a Nova Scotia
unlimited liability company and each other entity that becomes a Subsidiary
Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

         "Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Notes under the
Indenture.

         "Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a
registration in which Registrable Notes are sold to an Underwriter (as
hereinafter defined) for reoffering to the public.

         2. Registration Under The 1933 Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by
any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, the
Company shall cause to be filed after the Closing Date an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement covering the offer by the Company to the Holders to
exchange all of the Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes, use its best efforts
to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC, and to have
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement remain effective until the closing of
the Exchange Offer. The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC
and use its best efforts to have the Exchange Offer consummated not later than
180 days after the Closing Date. The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer
by mailing the related exchange offer Prospectus and accompanying documents to
each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by
applicable law:

                  (i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this
         Registration Rights Agreement and that all Registrable Notes validly
         tendered will be accepted for exchange;

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                  (ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a
         period of at least 20 business days from the date such notice is
         mailed) (the "Exchange Dates");

                  (iii) that any Registrable Note not tendered will remain
         outstanding and continue to accrue interest in accordance with the
         terms of the Notes, but will not retain any rights under this
         Registration Rights Agreement;

                  (iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Note
         exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to surrender
         such Registrable Note, together with the enclosed letters of
         transmittal, to the institution and at the address located in the
         Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, specified in the notice
         prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

                  (v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election,
         not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by
         sending to the institution and at the address located in the Borough of
         Manhattan, The City of New York, specified in the notice a telegram,
         telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
         Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Notes delivered for
         exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
         to have such Notes exchanged.

         As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company shall:

                  (i) accept for exchange Registrable Notes or portions thereof
         tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

                  (ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
         cancellation all Registrable Notes or portions thereof so accepted for
         exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly
         authenticate and mail to each Holder, an Exchange Note equal in
         principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Notes
         surrendered by such Holder.

The Company shall use its best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as
provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the 1933
Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with
the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions,
other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any
applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC. The Company shall inform the
Placement Agents, if requested by the Placement Agents, of the names and
addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Placement
Agents shall have the right, subject to applicable law, to contact such Holders
and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer.

         (b) In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange
Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may
not be consummated as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because
it would violate applicable law or the applicable interpretations of the Staff
of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason consummated on
or prior to March 14, 2001, or (iii) in the opinion of counsel for the Placement

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Agents a Registration Statement must be filed and a Prospectus must be delivered
by the Placement Agents in connection with any offering or sale of Registrable
Notes, the Company shall cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such
determination, date or notice of such opinion of counsel is given to the
Company, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of
all of the Registrable Notes and use its best efforts to have such Shelf
Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC. In the event the Company
is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a result of the
matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall
file and use its best efforts to have declared effective by the SEC both an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to
all Registrable Notes and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a
combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement)
with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Notes held by such Placement
Agent after completion of the Exchange Offer. The Company agrees to use its best
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until
the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) with respect to all
Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or such shorter
period that will terminate when all of the Registrable Notes covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement. The Company further agrees to supplement or amend the Shelf
Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf
Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any other rules and regulations
thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder with
respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use its best efforts to
cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration
Statement to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company agrees
to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Notes copies of any such supplement or
amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

         (c) The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with
the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b). Each Holder shall pay
all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating
to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Notes pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement.

         (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will
not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by
the SEC; provided, however, that, if, after it has been declared effective, the
offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of
the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement
will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such
interference until the offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to such
Registration Statement may legally resume. As provided for in the Indenture, in
the event that the Exchange Offer is not consummated, and if a Shelf
Registration Statement is required hereby, the Shelf Registration Statement is
not declared effective on or prior to March 14, 2001, the interest rate on the
Notes (and the Exchange Notes) will increase by 0.5% per annum until the
Exchange Offer is consummated or a Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective.

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         (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Placement Agents and
the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply
with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in
material irreparable injury to the Placement Agents or the Holders for which
there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure,
the Placement Agents or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Section 2(a) and Section
2(b) hereof.

         3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the
Company with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and
Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:

         (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the
appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the
Company and (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the
sale of the Registrable Notes by the selling Holders thereof and (z) shall
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be
filed therewith, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement
to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

         (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective for the applicable period and cause each
Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so
supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; to keep each
Prospectus current during the period described under Section 4(3) and Rule 174
under the 1933 Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with
respect to the Registrable Notes or Exchanges Notes;

         (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, to counsel for the Placement Agents, to counsel for the
Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable
Notes, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each
preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other
documents as such Holder or Underwriter may reasonably request, in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes; and
the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling
Holders of Registrable Notes and any such Underwriters in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by and in the manner
described in such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law;

         (d) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the
Registrable Notes under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of
such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Notes covered by a Registration
Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, to cooperate with such
Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and do any and all other acts and things
which may be reasonably

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necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in
each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Notes owned by such Holder; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a broker or dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it
would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file
any general consent to service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in
any such jurisdiction that it is already not so subject;

         (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of
Registrable Notes, counsel for the Holders and counsel for the Placement Agents
promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in
writing (i) when such Registration Statement has become effective and when any
post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, (ii) of
any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and
supplements to such Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional
information after such Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of such
Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Notes covered
thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any
underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement,
if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material
respects or if the Company receives any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Notes for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the
happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is
effective such that such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus
contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make statements therein not
misleading and (vi) of any determination by the Company that a post-effective
amendment to such Registration Statement would be appropriate;

         (f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest
possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of
any such order;

         (g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without
documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless
requested);

         (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery
of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Notes to be in such
denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered
in such names as the selling Holders may reasonably request at least one
business day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Notes;

         (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any
event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, use its best efforts to
prepare and file with the SEC a

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supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Notes, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Company agrees to notify the Holders to suspend use of the
Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and
the Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus upon receipt of such
notice until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct
such misstatement or omission;

         (j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after
initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to
the Placement Agents and their counsel, upon request, (and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) and make such of
the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the
Placement Agents or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such
document, and shall not at any time file or make any amendment to the
Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a
Registration Statement or a Prospectus or any document which is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of
which the Placement Agents and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously
been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Placement Agents or their
counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or
their counsel) shall reasonably object;

         (k) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the registration of the
Exchanges Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, cooperate with the
Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of
the TIA and execute, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to
execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other
forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to
be so qualified in a timely manner;

         (l) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection
by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Notes, any Underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement,
and attorneys and accountants designated by the Holders, at reasonable times and
in a reasonable manner, all financial and other records, pertinent documents and
properties of the Company, and cause the respective officers, directors and
employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any
such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a
Shelf Registration Statement;

         (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to cause
all Registrable Notes to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated
quotation system on which

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similar securities issued by FelCor or the Operating Partnership are then listed
if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Notes
satisfy applicable listing requirements;

         (n) use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Notes or Registrable
Notes, as the case may be, to be rated by two nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations (as such term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933
Act);

         (o) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Notes covered
by a Registration Statement in order to accurately reflect information regarding
such Holder or such Holder's plan of distribution as required by such
Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such required information with respect to such Holder
as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (ii) make all
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment
as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be
incorporated in such filing; and

         (p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its reasonable best
efforts to enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions
in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Notes being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Notes including, but not limited to, an
Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible, make
such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such
Registrable Notes with respect to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated
by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form,
substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
Underwritten Offerings (but in no event more onerous to the Company than those
contained in the Placement Agreement), and confirm the same if and when
requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel and
opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each
selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Notes covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings (but in no
event more onerous to the Company than those opinions required in the Placement
Agreement), (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters from the independent certified
public accountants of FelCor and the Operating Partnership (and, if necessary,
any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company, or of
any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement)
addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Notes, such
letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with Underwritten Offerings, and
(iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Notes being
sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in Underwritten
Offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and
warranties of the Company made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence
compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require
each Holder of Registrable Notes to furnish to the Company such information
regarding the Holder and the

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proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Notes as the Company
may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that,
upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the
kind described in Section 3(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration
Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof, and, if so directed by
the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its expense) all copies
in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's
possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Notes current at the
time of receipt of such notice. The Company may suspend the availability of any
Shelf Registration Statement for not more than two times during any 365 day
period and any such suspensions may not exceed 30 days for each suspension. If
the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable
Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period
during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant
to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the
date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Company
shall have made available to the Holders copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions.

         The Holders of Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Notes in an Underwritten
Offering; provided that the Company shall be required to use its best efforts to
make an Underwritten Offering only upon the request of Holders of at least 25%
of the Registrable Notes outstanding at the time such request is delivered to
the Company. In the case of any Underwritten Offering, the Company shall (x)
provide written notice to the Holders of all Registrable Notes of such
Underwritten Offering at least 30 days prior to the filing of a prospectus for
such Underwritten Offering, (y) specify a date, which shall be no earlier than
10 days following the date of such notice, by which each such Holder must inform
the Company of its intent to participate in such Underwritten Offering and (z)
include reasonable procedures that are customary to underwritten offerings of
the type contemplated herein that such Holder must follow in order to
participate in such Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering,
the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the
"Underwriters") that will administer the offering will be selected by the
Majority Holders of the Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         4. Participation of Broker-Dealers In Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of
the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange
Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that were
acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading
activities (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), may be deemed to be an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchanges Notes.

         The Company understands that it is the Staff's position that if the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a
plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by
which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the

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Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying
the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by
Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation
under the 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes for their own
accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the 1933
Act.

         (b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they
relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer
Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as
may be, reasonably requested by the Placement Agents or by one or more
Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in
order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Notes by
Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited
in Section 4(a) above; provided that:

                  (i) the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement
         the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
         as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period
         exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be
         extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this
         Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by
         the Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such
         period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4;
         and

                  (ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set
         forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration,
         to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or
         the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in
         conformity with the reasonable request to the Company by the Placement
         Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Company by one
         or more broker-dealers who certify to the Placement Agents and the
         Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating
         Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such
         application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3
         to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Company shall be obligated (x)
         to deal only with one entity representing the Participating
         Broker-Dealers, which shall be Deutsche Banc Securities Inc. unless it
         elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and
         expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating
         Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Placement Agents unless
         such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only
         one, if any, "cold comfort" letter with respect to the Prospectus in
         the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each
         subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period
         specified in clause (i) above.

         (c) The Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Company or any
Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b)
above.

         5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agents, each Holder and each person,
if any, who controls any Placement Agent or any Holder within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or is under
common control with, or is controlled by, any Placement

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Agent or any Holder, from and against all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by any Placement Agent, any Holder or any such controlling
or affiliated person in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto)
pursuant to which Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes were registered under the
1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or caused
by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission based upon information relating to the Placement Agents or any Holder
furnished to the Company in writing by the Placement Agents or any selling
Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering
permitted by Section 3, the Company will also indemnify the Underwriters, if
any, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons
(within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if
requested in connection with any Registration Statement.

         (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, the Placement Agents and the other selling Holders,
and each of their respective directors, officers who sign the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company, any Placement Agent
and any other selling Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to the Placement Agents and the Holders, but only with
reference to information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in
writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

         (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, such person (the
"indemnified party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and
shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel,
(ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation
of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying

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party does not, within a reasonable period of time after request of such
indemnified party, retain counsel to represent such indemnified party. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (A)
the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for the Placement Agents and all persons, if any, who control
any Placement Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act, (B) the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its
directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section and (C)
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Holders and all persons, if any, who control any Holders within
the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. In such case involving the Placement Agents and
persons who control the Placement Agent, such firm shall be designated in
writing by Deutsche Banc Securities Inc. In such case involving the Holders and
such persons who control Holders, such firm shall be designated in writing by
the Majority Holders. In all other cases, such firm shall be designated by the
Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying
party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this
paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party for such fees and expenses of counsel in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which such indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

         (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or paragraph
(b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then each indemnifying
party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying
party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Holders shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Holders
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or

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omission. The Holders' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 5(d) are several in proportion to the respective number of Registrable
Notes of such Holder that were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.

         (e) The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 5, no Holder shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Notes were
sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to
any indemnified party at law or in equity.

         The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Placement Agents, any Holder or any person controlling any Placement Agent
or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or
any person controlling the Company, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange
Notes and (iv) any sale of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement.

         6. Miscellaneous.

         (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into, and
on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement which
is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not
inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

         (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of at least
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Notes
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
consents to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be
effective as against any Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in
writing by such Holder.

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         (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Placement Agents,
the address set forth in the Placement Agreement; and (ii) if to the Company,
initially at the Company's address set forth in the Placement Agreement and
thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 6(c).

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on
the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.

         Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

         (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the
parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to
permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Notes in
violation of the terms of the Placement Agreement. If any transferee of any
Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in any manner, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be held subject to all of the
terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Notes such
person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform
all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such person shall be
entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Placement Agents (in their capacity
as Placement Agents) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company with
respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder
of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

         (e) Purchases and Sales of Notes. The Company shall not, and shall use
its best efforts to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933
Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Notes other than
Notes acquired and cancelled.

         (f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement
necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

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         (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

         (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         (j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                                             FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED

                                             By: /s/ LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:  Lawrence D. Robinson
                                                Title:  Senior Vice President
                                                        & General Counsel

                                             FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                             By: /s/ LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:  Lawrence D. Robinson
                                                Title:  Senior Vice President
                                                        & General Counsel

Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

DEUTSCHE BANC SECURITIES INC.
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES (USA) INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.

By:   DEUTSCHE BANC SECURITIES INC.

By: /s/ JON MEHLMAN
   -------------------------------
   Name:  Jon Mehlman
   Title:  Director

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