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<DIV align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____________________</B></FONT></DIV>

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.</B></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="1">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV>

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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>48-1188025</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="1">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="1">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>8621 East 21st Street North, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Wichita, Kansas 67206</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="1">(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>1996 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN<BR>
OF CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.</B></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="1">(Full Title of Plan)</FONT></DIV>

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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Warren D. Fix</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Copy to:</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.<BR>
8621 East 21st Street North, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Wichita, Kansas 67206<BR>
(316)&nbsp;631-1300</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Charles K. Ruck, Esq.<BR>
LATHAM &#038; WATKINS|
650 Town Center Drive, Suite&nbsp;2000<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626<BR>
(714)&nbsp;540-1235</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT>

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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></DIV>

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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">be Registered</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Registered(1)(3)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Common Stock</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>1,000,000</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>1.81</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>1,808,520</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>$</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>167</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The 1996 Equity Participation Plan of Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., as
amended, (the &#147;Plan&#148;) authorizes the issuance of 2,676,710 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), of which 1,000,000 shares
are being registered hereunder and 1,676,710 of which have been previously
registered.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
represents (a)&nbsp;the per share weighted average exercise price ($1.69) of
previously granted options exercisable for 12,340 shares; and (b)&nbsp;the
average ($1.81) of the high and low sales price of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May&nbsp;9, 2002 as to the
987,660 remaining shares available for future grants under the Plan.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction
involving the Company&#146;s Common Stock, the number of shares registered
hereby shall automatically be increased to cover the additional shares in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration<BR>
Statement as outstanding options are exercised.</B></FONT>

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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;5. Experts</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information called for in Part I of the Form&nbsp;S-8 is not being filed
with or included in this Form&nbsp;S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise)
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration of Additional Securities</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 1996 Equity Participation Plan of Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., as
amended, (the &#147;Plan&#148;) authorizes the issuance of 2,676,710 shares of Common
Stock. By a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Commission on
October&nbsp;31, 1997 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-39219), Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) initially registered 900,000 shares of Common Stock of the
Company issuable under the Plan. By a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;23, 1999 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-87645),
the Company registered 776,710 additional shares of Common Stock of the Company
issuable under the Plan. Under this Registration Statement, the Company is
registering an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Plan. The contents of the two prior Registration Statements are incorporated
by reference herein to the extent not modified or superseded thereby or by any
subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein or
therein.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements and schedules of Candlewood Hotel
Company, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in Candlewood Hotel Company&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, have been audited by
Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits on page 5.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company 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
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Wichita, State of Kansas, on May&nbsp;9, 2002.
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        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Warren D. Fix</FONT></TD>
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Warren D. Fix<BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints
Jack P. DeBoer and Warren D. Fix as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, with full powers of substitution to sign on his behalf, individually and
in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any
other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of May&nbsp;9, 2002.
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jack P. DeBoer<BR>
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Jack P. DeBoer</FONT></TD>
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Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Warren D. Fix<BR>
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Warren D. Fix</FONT></TD>
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Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and<BR>
Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James E. Roos<BR>
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James E. Roos</FONT></TD>
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Director, President and Chief Operating Officer</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert J. Cresci<BR>
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Robert J. Cresci</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert S. Morris<BR>
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Robert S. Morris</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas H. Nielsen<BR>
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Thomas H. Nielsen</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Frank J. Pados, Jr.<BR>
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Frank J. Pados, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Tony M. Salazar<BR>
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Tony M. Salazar</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Seth E. Schofield<BR>
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Seth E. Schofield</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. Michael Issa<BR>
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J. Michael Issa</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Specimen Certificate of Common Stock
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Note(1)</FONT></TD>
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Form of Warrant
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Note(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of
July&nbsp;10, 1998
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Note(3)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">6</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">6</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">7</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">4</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12b-32 from Candlewood Hotel
Company, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.
333-12021).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed August&nbsp;6, 1998.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.&#146;s Current
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Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 10, 2002
Registration No. 333-_____________________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
48-1188025
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8621 East 21st Street North, Suite 200
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
1996 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN
OF CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.
(Full Title of Plan)
Warren D. Fix
Copy to:
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.
8621 East 21st Street North, Suite 200
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 631-1300
Charles K. Ruck, Esq.
LATHAM & WATKINS|
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, California 92626
(714) 540-1235
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
of Securities to
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
be Registered
Registered(1)(3)
Per Share(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock
1,000,000
$
1.81
$
1,808,520
$
167
(1)
The 1996 Equity Participation Plan of Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., as
amended, (the "Plan") authorizes the issuance of 2,676,710 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. (the "Company"), of which 1,000,000 shares
are being registered hereunder and 1,676,710 of which have been previously
registered.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
represents (a) the per share weighted average exercise price ($1.69) of
previously granted options exercisable for 12,340 shares; and (b) the
average ($1.81) of the high and low sales price of the Registrant's Common
Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 9, 2002 as to the
987,660 remaining shares available for future grants under the Plan.
(3)
In the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction
involving the Company's Common Stock, the number of shares registered
hereby shall automatically be increased to cover the additional shares in
accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.
Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration
Statement as outstanding options are exercised.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Experts
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of the Form S-8 is not being filed
with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise)
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Registration of Additional Securities
The 1996 Equity Participation Plan of Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., as
amended, (the "Plan") authorizes the issuance of 2,676,710 shares of Common
Stock. By a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on
October 31, 1997 (Registration No. 333-39219), Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
(the "Company") initially registered 900,000 shares of Common Stock of the
Company issuable under the Plan. By a Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed with the Commission on September 23, 1999 (Registration No. 333-87645),
the Company registered 776,710 additional shares of Common Stock of the Company
issuable under the Plan. Under this Registration Statement, the Company is
registering an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Plan. The contents of the two prior Registration Statements are incorporated
by reference herein to the extent not modified or superseded thereby or by any
subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein or
therein.
Item 5. Experts
The consolidated financial statements and schedules of Candlewood Hotel
Company, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in Candlewood Hotel Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits on page 5.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company 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
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Wichita, State of Kansas, on May 9, 2002.
CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC
By:
/s/ Warren D. Fix
Warren D. Fix
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints
Jack P. DeBoer and Warren D. Fix as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, with full powers of substitution to sign on his behalf, individually and
in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any
other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of May 9, 2002.
Signature
Title
/s/ Jack P. DeBoer
Jack P. DeBoer
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Warren D. Fix
Warren D. Fix
Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ James E. Roos
James E. Roos
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
/s/ Robert J. Cresci
Robert J. Cresci
Director
/s/ Robert S. Morris
Robert S. Morris
Director
/s/ Thomas H. Nielsen
Thomas H. Nielsen
Director
/s/ Frank J. Pados, Jr.
Frank J. Pados, Jr.
Director
/s/ Tony M. Salazar
Tony M. Salazar
Director
/s/ Seth E. Schofield
Seth E. Schofield
Director
/s/ J. Michael Issa
J. Michael Issa
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
PAGE
4.1
Specimen Certificate of Common Stock
Note(1)
4.2
Form of Warrant
Note(2)
4.3
Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of
July 10, 1998
Note(3)
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins
6
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1)
6
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
7
24.1
Powers of Attorney
4
(1)
Incorporated by reference pursuant to Rule 12b-32 from Candlewood Hotel
Company, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-12021).
(2)
Incorporated by reference from Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.'s Current
Report on Form 8-K/A filed August 6, 1998.
(3)
Incorporated by reference from Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.'s Current
Report on Form 8-K/A filed August 10, 1998.
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