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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B>_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNDER</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>16-1736884</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Morgans Hotel Group Co.<BR>
475 Tenth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10018<BR>
(212)&nbsp;277-4100</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Address of principal executive office)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Morgans Hotel Group Co.<BR>
Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>David Smail, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Morgans Hotel Group Co.<BR>
475 Tenth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10018<BR>
(212)&nbsp;277-4100</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson LLP<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt"><B>(202)&nbsp;637-5600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
Share(1)
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13,830,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">986.08</TD>
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    <TD>The Morgans Hotel Group Co. (the &#147;Company&#148;) common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), registered hereby is subject to associated stockholder protection
rights, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as
of October&nbsp;1, 2009, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto, dated as of October&nbsp;15, 2009,
between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of $4.61 per
share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on February&nbsp;22, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We are filing this registration statement to register an additional 3,000,000 shares of our
Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Morgans Hotel Group Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus
Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Amended and Restated Plan&#148;), which amended and restated the
Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. At the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on
January&nbsp;28, 2010, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Plan to
increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares.
The description of the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Plan are described under
the caption &#147;Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus
Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Reserved for Issuance Thereunder&#148; in our definitive
Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on December&nbsp;28, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier registration
statement on Form
S-8 concerning the Amended and Restated Plan filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;20, 2008 (File No.
333-151026) are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or
superseded by the information set forth or otherwise incorporated by
reference herein.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We incorporate information into this registration statement by reference, which means that we
disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with
the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this registration
statement, except to the extent superseded by information contained herein or by information
contained in documents filed with or furnished to the SEC after the date of this registration
statement. This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below, the
file number for each of which is 001-33738, that have been previously filed with the SEC:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;7, 2009, August&nbsp;6, 2009,
October, 2, 2009 (other than the information furnished under Item
7.01), October&nbsp;16, 2009, October&nbsp;19, 2009, November&nbsp;4, 2009,
December&nbsp;14, 2009, December&nbsp;31, 2009 and February&nbsp;1, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>the description of our common stock incorporated by reference into our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) which
incorporates by reference the description of our Common Stock contained in
our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-129277), and all
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We also incorporate by reference into this registration statement additional documents that we
may file with the SEC under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of
this registration statement until the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, except that we are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any
current report on Form 8-K.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">You may obtain copies of any of these filings from us as described below, through the SEC or
through the SEC&#146;s Internet website at www.sec.gov. Documents incorporated by reference are
available without charge, excluding all exhibits unless an exhibit has been specifically
incorporated by reference into this registration statement, by requesting them in writing or by
telephone at:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Morgans Hotel Group Co.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">475 Tenth Avenue
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">New York, New York 10018
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">(212)&nbsp;277-4100
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Attn: Investor Relations
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which appears
elsewhere herein, and are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 New York, State of New York on February&nbsp;26, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Fred J. Kleisner&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We, the undersigned directors and officers of Morgans Hotel Group Co., a Delaware corporation,
do hereby constitute and appoint Richard Szymanski and David Smail and each and either of them, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
to do any and all acts and things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our name in the capacities indicated
below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, or any
registration statement for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, including specifically, but without limitation, any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all
that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February&nbsp;26, 2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David T. Hamamoto
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David T. Hamamoto
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Fred J. Kleisner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Szymanski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard Szymanski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marc Gordon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marc Gordon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Friedman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Friedman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas L. Harrison
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas L. Harrison
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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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>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael D. Malone
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael D. Malone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Gross
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael Gross
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" 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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of Morgans Hotel Group Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-129277) filed on January&nbsp;17, 2006)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;4, 2006, between Morgans Hotel
Group Co., Morgans Group LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August&nbsp;11, 2006)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of MHG Capital Trust I, dated as of August&nbsp;4,
2006, among Morgans Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Chase
Bank USA, National Association, and the Administrative Trustees Named Therein
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August&nbsp;11, 2006)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;9, 2007, between
Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on October&nbsp;10, 2007)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated July&nbsp;25, 2008,
between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
July&nbsp;30, 2008)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of
October&nbsp;1, 2009, between Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Mellon Investor Services LLC,
as Rights Agent (including Forms of Rights Certificate and Assignment and of
Election to Exercise as Exhibit&nbsp;A thereto and Form of Certificate of Designation
and Terms of Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit&nbsp;B thereto) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
October&nbsp;2, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Indenture related to the Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2014, dated as
of October&nbsp;17, 2007, by and among Morgans Hotel Group Co., Morgans Group LLC and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (including form of 2.375% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Note due 2014) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;17, 2007)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;17, 2007, between Morgans Hotel
Group Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &#038; Smith Incorporated (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
October&nbsp;17, 2007)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Warrant for Warrants issued under Securities Purchase Agreement to Yucaipa
American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II,
L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;16, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.10</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Warrant, dated October&nbsp;15, 2009, issued to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;16, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.11</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Warrant, dated October&nbsp;15, 2009, issued to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;16, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.12</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of October&nbsp;15, 2009, to Amended and Restated Stockholder
Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;1, 2009, between the Registrant
and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;16, 2009)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.13</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;2, 2009, by and among Morgans Group
LLC, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National
Association (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association), as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on November&nbsp;4, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" 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>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.14</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Amended Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued under Securities Purchase
Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance
(Parallel) Fund II, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;14, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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Formation Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC, dated as of
December&nbsp;11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;14, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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Formation Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC, dated as of
December&nbsp;11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;14, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on February&nbsp;1, 2010)</DIV></TD>
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S-8
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010
Registration No. 333-
_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
16-1736884
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
(Address of principal executive office)
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
David Smail, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.
Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed
Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered(2)
Per Share(3)
Offering Price(3)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
Share(1)
3,000,000
$
4.61
$
13,830,000
$
986.08
(1)
The Morgans Hotel Group Co. (the "Company") common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"), registered hereby is subject to associated stockholder protection
rights, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as
of October 1, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of October 15, 2009,
between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of $4.61 per
share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on February 22, 2010.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are filing this registration statement to register an additional 3,000,000 shares of our
Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Morgans Hotel Group Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus
Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Amended and Restated Plan"), which amended and restated the
Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. At the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on
January 28, 2010, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Plan to
increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares.
The description of the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Plan are described under
the caption "Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus
Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Reserved for Issuance Thereunder" in our definitive
Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on December 28, 2009.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier registration
statement on Form
S-8 concerning the Amended and Restated Plan filed with the SEC on May 20, 2008 (File No.
333-151026) are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or
superseded by the information set forth or otherwise incorporated by
reference herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We incorporate information into this registration statement by reference, which means that we
disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with
the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this registration
statement, except to the extent superseded by information contained herein or by information
contained in documents filed with or furnished to the SEC after the date of this registration
statement. This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below, the
file number for each of which is 001-33738, that have been previously filed with the SEC:
•
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009;
•
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009, August 6, 2009,
October, 2, 2009 (other than the information furnished under Item
7.01), October 16, 2009, October 19, 2009, November 4, 2009,
December 14, 2009, December 31, 2009 and February 1, 2010;
•
the description of our common stock incorporated by reference into our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") which
incorporates by reference the description of our Common Stock contained in
our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-129277), and all
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
We also incorporate by reference into this registration statement additional documents that we
may file with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of
this registration statement until the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, except that we are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any
current report on Form 8-K.
You may obtain copies of any of these filings from us as described below, through the SEC or
through the SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov. Documents incorporated by reference are
available without charge, excluding all exhibits unless an exhibit has been specifically
incorporated by reference into this registration statement, by requesting them in writing or by
telephone at:
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
Attn: Investor Relations
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which appears
elsewhere herein, and are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 New York, State of New York on February 26, 2010.
MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.
By:
/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
Fred J. Kleisner
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Morgans Hotel Group Co., a Delaware corporation,
do hereby constitute and appoint Richard Szymanski and David Smail and each and either of them, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
to do any and all acts and things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our name in the capacities indicated
below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, or any
registration statement for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, including specifically, but without limitation, any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all
that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 26, 2010.
Name
Title
/s/ David T. Hamamoto
David T. Hamamoto
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
Fred J. Kleisner
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard Szymanski
Richard Szymanski
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Marc Gordon
Marc Gordon
President and Director
/s/ Robert Friedman
Robert Friedman
Director
Name
Title
/s/ Thomas L. Harrison
Thomas L. Harrison
Director
/s/ Michael D. Malone
Michael D. Malone
Director
/s/ Michael Gross
Michael Gross
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of Morgans Hotel Group Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-129277) filed on January 17, 2006)
4.2
Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2006, between Morgans Hotel
Group Co., Morgans Group LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August 11, 2006)
4.3
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of MHG Capital Trust I, dated as of August 4,
2006, among Morgans Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Chase
Bank USA, National Association, and the Administrative Trustees Named Therein
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August 11, 2006)
4.4
Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2007, between
Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on October 10, 2007)
4.5
Amendment to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated July 25, 2008,
between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
July 30, 2008)
4.6
Amended and Restated Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2009, between Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Mellon Investor Services LLC,
as Rights Agent (including Forms of Rights Certificate and Assignment and of
Election to Exercise as Exhibit A thereto and Form of Certificate of Designation
and Terms of Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit B thereto) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
October 2, 2009)
4.7
Indenture related to the Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2014, dated as
of October 17, 2007, by and among Morgans Hotel Group Co., Morgans Group LLC and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (including form of 2.375% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Note due 2014) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2007)
4.8
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2007, between Morgans Hotel
Group Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
October 17, 2007)
4.9
Form of Warrant for Warrants issued under Securities Purchase Agreement to Yucaipa
American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II,
L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2009)
4.10
Warrant, dated October 15, 2009, issued to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2009)
4.11
Warrant, dated October 15, 2009, issued to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2009)
4.12
Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 15, 2009, to Amended and Restated Stockholder
Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, between the Registrant
and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2009)
4.13
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 2, 2009, by and among Morgans Group
LLC, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National
Association (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association), as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on November 4, 2009)
Exhibit No.
Description
4.14
Form of Amended Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued under Securities Purchase
Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance
(Parallel) Fund II, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2009)
4.15
Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued under the Real Estate Fund
Formation Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC, dated as of
December 11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2009)
4.16
Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued under the Real Estate Fund
Formation Agreement to Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LLC, dated as of
December 11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2009)
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
10.1
Morgans Hotel Group Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on February 1, 2010)
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)