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The Blackstone Group Completes Acquisition of Prime Hospitality Corp. FAIRFIELD, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Prime Hospitality Corp. (NYSE:PDQ) (the "Company") announced today that it has completed its merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's stockholders will receive $12.25 per share in cash, without interest. The Company also announced that as of 8:00 A.M. New York City Time on Friday, October 8, 2004, the expiration time of the tender offer, approximately $173,183,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Notes"), constituting approximately 96.9% of the Notes, had been tendered and not withdrawn in connection with the previously announced cash tender offer for the Notes. All Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the offer have been accepted for payment. In addition, the Company announced that in connection with the receipt of the requisite consents to the proposed amendments, the First Supplemental Indenture governing the Notes has been executed and the amendments are operative. About Prime Hospitality Corp. Prime Hospitality Corp., one of the nation's premiere lodging companies, owns, manages, develops and franchises more than 250 hotels throughout North America. The Company owns and operates three proprietary brands, AmeriSuites(R) (all suites), PRIME Hotels & Resorts(R) (full-service) and Wellesley Inns & Suites(R) (limited service). Also within Prime's portfolio are owned and/or managed hotels operated under franchise agreements with national hotel chains including Hilton, Sheraton, Hampton, and Holiday Inn. Prime can be accessed over the Internet at http://www.primehospitality.com/. About The Blackstone Group The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm with offices in New York, London and Hamburg, was founded in 1985. Blackstone's Real Estate Group has raised five funds, representing over $6 billion in total equity, and has a long track record of investing in hotels and other commercial properties. In addition to Real Estate, The Blackstone Group's core businesses include, Private Equity, Corporate Debt Investing, Marketable Alternative Asset Management, Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory, and Restructuring and Reorganization Advisory. The Blackstone Group can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.blackstone.com/. Certain statements and information included in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the Company's SEC filings. DATASOURCE: Prime Hospitality Corp. CONTACT: Rich Szymanski, Chief Financial Officer of Prime Hospitality Corp., +1-973-882-1010, ; or John Ford, VP Corporate Communications of The Blackstone Group, +1-212-583-5559, Web site: http://www.primehospitality.com/ http://www.blackstone.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/133400.html http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/155593.html

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