1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 3, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333-04947 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------- FELCOR SUITE HOTELS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) MARYLAND 545 E. JOHN CARPENTER FRWY. 72-2541756 (State or other SUITE 1300 (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction IRVING, TEXAS 75062 Identification No.) of incorporation or (214) 444-4900 organization) (Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Lawrence D. Robinson Senior Vice President and General Counsel 545 E. John Carpenter Frwy. Suite 1300 Irving, Texas 75062 (214) 444-4900 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) _______________ Copy to: Robert W. Dockery Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. 4000 Lincoln Plaza, 500 N. Akard St. Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 740-4000 ================================================================================ 2 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 16. EXHIBITS 4.1 -- Form of Share Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 33-79214) and incorporated herein by reference) 5.1 -- Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. 5.2 -- Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional Corporation 8.1 -- Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. as to Tax Matters 23.1 -- Consent of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) 23.2 -- Consent of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.2) *23.3 -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 23.4 -- Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, L.L.P. 23.5 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 24.1 -- Power of Attorney ________________________________________ * Filed herewith; all others previously filed -2- 3 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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on the 2nd day of April, 1997. FELCOR SUITE HOTELS, INC., a Maryland corporation (Registrant) By: /s/Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. --------------------------------------- Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. President PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED ON THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL 1997. SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- Hervey A. Feldman* Chairman of the Board and - ------------------------------- Director Hervey A. Feldman /s/ Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. President and Chief Executive - ------------------------------- Officer and Director Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. /s/ William S. McCalmont Senior Vice President, Chief - ------------------------------- Financial Officer and Treasurer William S. McCalmont Lester C. Johnson* Vice President and Controller - ------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Lester C. Johnson Charles N. Mathewson* Director - ------------------------------- Charles N. Mathewson Donald J. McNamara* Director - ------------------------------- Donald J. McNamara Richard S. Ellwood* Director - ------------------------------- Richard S. Ellwood Richard O. Jacobson* Director - ------------------------------- Richard O. Jacobson Thomas A. McChristy* Director - ------------------------------- Thomas A. McChristy *By: /s/ Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. ----------------------------------------- Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., as attorney- in-fact for such persons -3- 4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS 4.1 -- Form of Share Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 33-79214) and incorporated herein by reference) 5.1 -- Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. 5.2 -- Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional Corporation 8.1 -- Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. as to Tax Matters 23.1 -- Consent of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) 23.2 -- Consent of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.2) *23.3 -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 23.4 -- Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, L.L.P. 23.5 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 24.1 -- Power of Attorney ________________________________________ * Filed herewith; all others previously filed -4-