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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;20, 2005</B>



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement Nos. 333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>and 333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>JOINT REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>




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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size: 24"><B>LA QUINTA CORPORATION</B></font><BR>
<I>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size: 24"><B>LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC.</B></font><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-3419438</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-3520818</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>909 Hidden Ridge, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Irving, Texas 75038</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>909 Hidden Ridge, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Irving, Texas 75038</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>LA QUINTA 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>LA QUINTA 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Francis W. Cash</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Francis W. Cash</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">909 Hidden Ridge, Suite&nbsp;600
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(214) 492-6600</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service</I>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">With a copy to:<BR>
<B>Scott F. Duggan, Esq.<BR>
Suzanne D. Lecaroz, Esq.</B><BR>
Goodwin Procter LLP<BR>
Exchange Place<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02109





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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Paired Common Stock (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,000,000 (2)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$8.675

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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;86,750,000 (3)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,210.48</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Compensation
Obligations</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,000,000 (4, 5)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">117.70</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of La Quinta Corporation (&#147;LQ Corporation&#148;) and
Class&nbsp;B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of La Quinta Properties, Inc. (&#147;LQ
Properties&#148;) which are attached and trade together as &#147;Paired Common Stock.&#148;</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Joint Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Paired Common Stock as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution provisions of
the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) described herein or which may otherwise
become issuable under such Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares
of Paired Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed
maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price for the Paired
Common Stock have been calculated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Paired Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;16, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on the estimated amount of compensation being deferred under the Plan. Estimated for
purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the
Securities Act of 1933.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Joint Registration
Statement covers an indeterminate amount of obligations to be offered or sold pursuant to the
deferred compensation program under the Plan described herein.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">LA QUINTA CORPORATION SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC. SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d25555exv4w8.htm">Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d25555exv4w9.htm">Restricted Paired Shares Award Agreement</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Joint Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Registrants hereby incorporate by reference the documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;below. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrants pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Joint Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The Registrants&#146; Joint Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31 2004,
filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;15, 2005.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrants pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Joint Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;The description of the Paired Common Stock of the Registrants that is contained in the
Registrants&#146; Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-71840) and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Under the Plan, selected participants may elect to defer all or a portion of their future
compensation to deferred stock unit accounts maintained under the Plan. The number of deferred
stock units to be credited to a participant&#146;s account equals the amount of the deferred cash
compensation divided by the fair market value of a share of Paired Common Stock on the date the
deferred compensation would otherwise be scheduled to be paid. Dividend equivalents are earned on
deferred stock units based upon the fair market value of a share of Paired Common Stock on any
dividend payment date. Selected participants may also be granted deferred stock units that may be
subject to a risk of forfeiture. These units will also receive dividend equivalents as described
herein. Deferred stock units may be settled only in shares of Paired Common Stock.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The obligations to settle deferred stock units (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) are unsecured general
obligations of LQ Corporation and rank pari passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of LQ Corporation. The Obligations may not be sold, assigned, hypothecated,
alienated, encumbered or in any way transferred or conveyed in advance of settlement. Any attempt
by any person to transfer or assign stock units under the Plan, other than a claim for benefits by
a participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of LQ Corporation. No trustee has been
appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations and each participant will be responsible
for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the Obligations.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The validity of the Paired
Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon by Goodwin Procter LLP .


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, provides, in general, that a
corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity
may be against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against any
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out
of the person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Article&nbsp;Twelfth of each of the LQ Corporation charter and the LQ Properties charter provides that a
director of ours shall not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it exists or may
hereafter be amended.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Article&nbsp;VII of the LQ Corporation bylaws and Article&nbsp;VIII of the LQ Properties bylaws provide in
effect that, subject to certain limited exceptions, we shall indemnify our directors and officers
to the extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL. Our directors and officers are insured under
policies of insurance maintained by us, subject to the limits of the policies, against certain
losses arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or having been such directors
or officers. In addition, we have entered into contracts with our directors and certain of our
officers providing for indemnification of such persons by us to the full extent authorized or
permitted by law, subject to certain limited exceptions.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">See the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index.


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrants hereby undertake:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Joint Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrants pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrants&#146; annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)
or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Joint Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>LA QUINTA CORPORATION SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, LQ Corporation certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has
duly caused this Joint Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on this 20<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
May, 2005.


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LA QUINTA CORPORATION</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mark W. Osterberg</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mark W. Osterberg<BR>
Title: &nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Accounting Officer and Acting<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Francis W. Cash and Mark W.
Osterberg his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Joint
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Joint Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.


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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Baker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">William C. Baker</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Clive D. Bode
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Clive D. Bode</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William G. Byrnes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">William G. Byrnes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Francis W. Cash
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Director and Chief Executive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Francis W. Cash
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James P. Conn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">James P. Conn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. Cushman, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">John C. Cushman, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terrell B. Jones
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Terrell B. Jones</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accounting</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Mark W. Osterberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer (Principal Accounting Officer
and Acting Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC. SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, LQ Corporation certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has
duly caused this Joint Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on this 20<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
May, 2005.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LA QUINTA CORPORATION</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mark W. Osterberg</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mark W. Osterberg<BR>
Title: &nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Accounting Officer and Acting<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Francis W. Cash and Mark W.
Osterberg his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Joint
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Joint Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.


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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Baker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">William C. Baker</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Clive D. Bode
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Clive D. Bode</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William G. Byrnes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">William G. Byrnes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Francis W. Cash
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chairman, Director and Chief Executive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Francis W. Cash
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James P. Conn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">James P. Conn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. Cushman, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">John C. Cushman, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terrell B. Jones
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Terrell B. Jones</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accounting</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:17px; text-indent:-0px">Mark W. Osterberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer (Principal Accounting Officer
and Acting Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">EXHIBIT INDEX


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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Method of Filing</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of LQ Corporation filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware on
January&nbsp;2, 2002.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of La Quinta
Corporation and LQ Properties (the &#147;La Quinta
Companies&#148;), filed on March&nbsp;18, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of LQ Properties filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware on
January&nbsp;2, 2002.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March&nbsp;18, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of LQ Corporation, as Amended and
Restated on February&nbsp;27, 1998.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Joint
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A of Meditrust
Corporation and Meditrust Operating Company (the
&#147;Meditrust Companies&#148;), filed on March&nbsp;27, 1998,
Nos. 333-47737 and 333-47737-01.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated February&nbsp;21, 2003, to the
By-laws of LQ Corporation, as Amended and
Restated on February&nbsp;27, 1998.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March&nbsp;15, 2004.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of LQ Properties, as Amended and
Restated on February&nbsp;27, 1998.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the
Joint Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A of the
Meditrust Companies, filed on March&nbsp;27, 1998, Nos.
333-47737 and 333-47737-01.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment dated February&nbsp;21, 2003, to the
By-laws of LQ Properties, as Amended and
Restated on February&nbsp;27, 1998.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March&nbsp;15, 2004.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">La Quinta 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Proxy
Statement of LQ Corporation, filed on March&nbsp;28,
2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Paired Shares Award Agreement.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award&#151;Nonemployee
Director.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Paired Shares Award
Agreement&#151;Nonemployee Director.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock Option Award Agreement&#151;Nonemployee
Director.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Included in signature pages to this Joint
Registration Statement.</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2005
Registration Statement Nos. 333-
and 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
JOINT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LA QUINTA CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
95-3419438
95-3520818
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
909 Hidden Ridge, Suite 600
Irving, Texas 75038
909 Hidden Ridge, Suite 600
Irving, Texas 75038
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
LA QUINTA 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
LA QUINTA 2005 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Francis W. Cash
Francis W. Cash
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
La Quinta Corporation
La Quinta Properties, Inc.
909 Hidden Ridge, Suite 600
909 Hidden Ridge, Suite 600
Irving, Texas 75038
Irving, Texas 75038
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(214) 492-6600
(214) 492-6600
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
With a copy to:
Scott F. Duggan, Esq.
Suzanne D. Lecaroz, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Registered
Amount to be Registered
Per Unit of Paired Common Stock
Aggregate Offering Price
Registration Fee
Paired Common Stock (1)
10,000,000 (2)
$8.675

(3)
$  86,750,000 (3)
$
10,210.48
Deferred Compensation
Obligations
$1,000,000 (4, 5)
$
117.70
(1)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of La Quinta Corporation ("LQ Corporation") and
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of La Quinta Properties, Inc. ("LQ
Properties") which are attached and trade together as "Paired Common Stock."
(2)
This Joint Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Paired Common Stock as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution provisions of
the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan") described herein or which may otherwise
become issuable under such Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares
of Paired Common Stock.
(3)
In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed
maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price for the Paired
Common Stock have been calculated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Paired Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on May 16, 2005.
(4)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on the estimated amount of compensation being deferred under the Plan. Estimated for
purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the
Securities Act of 1933.
(5)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Joint Registration
Statement covers an indeterminate amount of obligations to be offered or sold pursuant to the
deferred compensation program under the Plan described herein.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
LA QUINTA CORPORATION SIGNATURES
LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC. SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement
Restricted Paired Shares Award Agreement
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement - Nonemployee Director
Restricted Paired Shares Award Agreement - Nonemployee Director
Stock Option Award Agreement - Nonemployee Director
Opinion/Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Joint Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrants hereby incorporate by reference the documents listed in (a) through (c) below. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrants pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Joint Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
(a) The Registrants' Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31 2004,
filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2005.
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Joint Annual Report referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Paired Common Stock of the Registrants that is contained in the
Registrants' Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus on Form S-4 (File No. 333-71840) and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Under the Plan, selected participants may elect to defer all or a portion of their future
compensation to deferred stock unit accounts maintained under the Plan. The number of deferred
stock units to be credited to a participant's account equals the amount of the deferred cash
compensation divided by the fair market value of a share of Paired Common Stock on the date the
deferred compensation would otherwise be scheduled to be paid. Dividend equivalents are earned on
deferred stock units based upon the fair market value of a share of Paired Common Stock on any
dividend payment date. Selected participants may also be granted deferred stock units that may be
subject to a risk of forfeiture. These units will also receive dividend equivalents as described
herein. Deferred stock units may be settled only in shares of Paired Common Stock.
The obligations to settle deferred stock units (the "Obligations") are unsecured general
obligations of LQ Corporation and rank pari passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of LQ Corporation. The Obligations may not be sold, assigned, hypothecated,
alienated, encumbered or in any way transferred or conveyed in advance of settlement. Any attempt
by any person to transfer or assign stock units under the Plan, other than a claim for benefits by
a participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void.
The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of LQ Corporation. No trustee has been
appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations and each participant will be responsible
for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the Obligations.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the Paired
Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon by Goodwin Procter LLP .
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, provides, in general, that a
corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity
may be against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against any
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out
of the person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.
Article Twelfth of each of the LQ Corporation charter and the LQ Properties charter provides that a
director of ours shall not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it exists or may
hereafter be amended.
Article VII of the LQ Corporation bylaws and Article VIII of the LQ Properties bylaws provide in
effect that, subject to certain limited exceptions, we shall indemnify our directors and officers
to the extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL. Our directors and officers are insured under
policies of insurance maintained by us, subject to the limits of the policies, against certain
losses arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or having been such directors
or officers. In addition, we have entered into contracts with our directors and certain of our
officers providing for indemnification of such persons by us to the full extent authorized or
permitted by law, subject to certain limited exceptions.
Item 8. Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The Registrants hereby undertake:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Joint Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;
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(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrants' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Joint Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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LA QUINTA CORPORATION SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, LQ Corporation certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Joint Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on this 20
th
day of
May, 2005.
LA QUINTA CORPORATION
/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
By:      Mark W. Osterberg
Title:    Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and Acting
Principal Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Francis W. Cash and Mark W.
Osterberg his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Joint
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Joint Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William C. Baker
Director
May 20, 2005
William C. Baker
/s/ Clive D. Bode
Director
May 20, 2005
Clive D. Bode
/s/ William G. Byrnes
Director
May 20, 2005
William G. Byrnes
/s/ Francis W. Cash
Chairman, Director and Chief Executive
May 20, 2005
Francis W. Cash
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James P. Conn
Director
May 20, 2005
James P. Conn
/s/ John C. Cushman, III
Director
May 20, 2005
John C. Cushman, III
/s/ Terrell B. Jones
Director
May 20, 2005
Terrell B. Jones
/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
Vice President and Chief Accounting
May 20, 2005
Mark W. Osterberg
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer
and Acting Principal Financial Officer)
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LA QUINTA PROPERTIES, INC. SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, LQ Corporation certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Joint Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on this 20
th
day of
May, 2005.
LA QUINTA CORPORATION
/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
By:      Mark W. Osterberg
Title:    Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and Acting
Principal Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Francis W. Cash and Mark W.
Osterberg his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Joint
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Joint Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William C. Baker
Director
May 20, 2005
William C. Baker
/s/ Clive D. Bode
Director
May 20, 2005
Clive D. Bode
/s/ William G. Byrnes
Director
May 20, 2005
William G. Byrnes
/s/ Francis W. Cash
Chairman, Director and Chief Executive
Francis W. Cash
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
May 20, 2005
/s/ James P. Conn
Director
May 20, 2005
James P. Conn
/s/ John C. Cushman, III
Director
May 20, 2005
John C. Cushman, III
/s/ Terrell B. Jones
Director
May 20, 2005
Terrell B. Jones
/s/ Mark W. Osterberg
Vice President and Chief Accounting
Mark W. Osterberg
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer
and Acting Principal Financial Officer)
May 20, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of LQ Corporation filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware on
January 2, 2002.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K of La Quinta
Corporation and LQ Properties (the "La Quinta
Companies"), filed on March 18, 2002.
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of LQ Properties filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware on
January 2, 2002.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March 18, 2002.
4.3
By-laws of LQ Corporation, as Amended and
Restated on February 27, 1998.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Joint
Registration Statement on Form S-4/A of Meditrust
Corporation and Meditrust Operating Company (the
"Meditrust Companies"), filed on March 27, 1998,
Nos. 333-47737 and 333-47737-01.
4.4
Amendment, dated February 21, 2003, to the
By-laws of LQ Corporation, as Amended and
Restated on February 27, 1998.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March 15, 2004.
4.5
By-laws of LQ Properties, as Amended and
Restated on February 27, 1998.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the
Joint Registration Statement on Form S-4/A of the
Meditrust Companies, filed on March 27, 1998, Nos.
333-47737 and 333-47737-01.
4.6
Amendment dated February 21, 2003, to the
By-laws of LQ Properties, as Amended and
Restated on February 27, 1998.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the
Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K of the La Quinta
Companies, filed on March 15, 2004.
4.7
La Quinta 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy
Statement of LQ Corporation, filed on March 28,
2005.
4.8
Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement.
Filed herewith.
4.9
Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Paired Shares Award Agreement.
Filed herewith.
4.10
Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award—Nonemployee
Director.
Filed herewith.
4.11
Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Restricted Paired Shares Award
Agreement—Nonemployee Director.
Filed herewith.
4.12
Form of 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock Option Award Agreement—Nonemployee
Director.
Filed herewith.
5.1
Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP.
Included in Exhibit 5.1.
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
Filed herewith.
23.3
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Filed herewith.
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
Included in signature pages to this Joint
Registration Statement.