1 EXHIBIT 10.30.7 AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN TO THIRD PARTY PLEDGE AGREEMENT THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN TO THIRD PARTY PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of the 29th day of October, 1996, by and between SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Secured Party"); and ROBERT A. ALTER ("Alter") and CHARLES L. BIEDERMAN ("Biederman; and together with Alter, "Pledgor"). WHEREAS, the undersigned are parties to that certain Third Party Pledge Agreement entered into as of August 16, 1995, as amended (the "Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the undersigned desire to amend the Agreement in order to reflect the purchase of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Holiday Inn Hotel in Mesa, Arizona and the Holiday Inn Hotel in Tucson, Arizona (the "Hotels") and the execution of the Lease Agreement for such Hotels. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual covenants contained herein and in the Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 1. DEFINED TERMS. For purposes of this Amendment, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. 2. UNITS PLEDGED. In order to secure the lien of the pledge in favor of Secured Party in the Units pledged to secure the Lease Agreement for the Hotels, Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3. FORCE AND EFFECT. Except to the extent modified by this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall be deemed part of, and construed in accordance with the Agreement. 4. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to consititute the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above. PLEDGOR /s/Robert A. Alter ----------------------- Robert A. Alter /s/Charles L. Biederman ----------------------- Charles L. Biederman SECURED PARTY SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership By: Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. a Maryland corporation, Its General Partner By: /s/Robert A. Alter ----------------------- Robert A. Alter Its: President -48- 2 EXHIBIT A Percentage Leases & Pledge of Units PERCENTAGE FOUR MONTHS NUMBER OF THIRD INITIALS LEASE BASE RENT UNITS ANNIVERSARY OF PLEDGOR PLEDGED DATE Hampton Inn - $188,750 19,868 August 16, 1998 Denver S.E., CO Hampton Inn - $150,000 15,790 August 16, 1998 Pueblo, CO Courtyard by Marriott - $135,000 14,211 August 16, 1998 Fresno, CA Hampton Inn - $158,667 16,702 August 16, 1998 Mesa, AZ Holiday Inn - $125,000 13,158 August 16, 1998 Steamboat Springs,CO Holiday Inn - $142,000 14,947 August 16, 1998 Craig, CO Holiday Inn - $53,333 5,614 August 16, 1998 Provo, UT Hampton Inn - $161,000 16,947 August 16, 1998 Silverthorne, CO Best Western - $220,000 23,158 August 16, 1998 Santa Fe, NM Hampton Inn - $132,000 13,895 August 16, 1998 Arcadia, CA Hampton Inn - $139,333 13,933 December 13, 1998 Oakland, CA Cypress Inn - $189,000 17,182 February 2, 1999 Kent, WA Cypress Inn - $107,917 9,811 February 2, 1999 Poulsbo, WA Cypress Inn - $145,667 13,242 February 2, 1999 Clackamas, WA Cypress Inn - $121,000 11,000 February 2, 1999 Portland, OR Courtyard By Marriott - $142,000 14,025 April 1, 1999 Riverside, CA Holiday Inn Select - $270,000 24,828 June 28, 1999 Renton, WA -49- 3 PERCENTAGE FOUR MONTHS NUMBER OF THIRD INITIALS LEASE BASE RENT UNITS ANNIVERSARY OF PLEDGOR PLEDGED DATE Comfort Suites - $240,000 24,615 August 13, 1999 So. San Francisco, CA Days Inn - $90,000 9,231 August 13, 1999 Price, UT Residence Inn - $100,000 9,524 September 20, 1999 Highlands Ranch, CO, Holiday Inn - $100,000 9,090 October 29, 1999 Flagstaff, AZ Holiday Inn - $268,666 24,424 October 29, 1999 Mesa, AZ Hampton Inn - $115,400 10,455 October 29, 1999 Tucson, AZ COMBINED TOTALS: $3,494,333 345,650 -50-