0001193125-14-123728.txt : 20140331 0001193125-14-123728.hdr.sgml : 20140331 20140331153524 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-123728 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140331 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140331 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046311 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 521209792 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-51781 FILM NUMBER: 14729801 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 3015925181 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS FRANCHISING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971118 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971022 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHREVE CHRISTINE A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065438 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8171 MAPLE LAWN BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 375 CITY: FULTON STATE: MD ZIP: 20759 SC 13D/A 1 d705373dsc13da.htm SC 13D/A SC 13D/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

 

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

169905-10-6

(CUSIP Number)

Christine A. Shreve - 240-295-1600

8171 Maple Lawn Blvd, Suite 375, Fulton, MD 20759

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

March 21, 2014

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box  ¨.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


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  1   

Name of Reporting Person

 

Christine A. Shreve

  2  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3  

SEC Use Only

 

  4  

Source of Funds

 

00

  5  

Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding is Required Pursuant to Items 2(C) or 2(E)  ¨

 

  6  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

USA

 

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

with:

      7     

Sole Voting

 

5,474

      8     

Shared Voting Power

 

3,707,876

      9     

Sole Dispositive Power

 

5,474

    10     

Shared Dispositive Power

 

3,707,876

11  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

3,713,350

12  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares  

 

13  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

6.3%

14  

Type of Reporting Person

 

IN


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Item 1. Security and Issuer

 

  (a) Name of Issuer:

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

 

  (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

1 Choice Circle, Suite 400

Rockville, MD 20850

 

  (c) Title and Class of Securities:

Common Stock

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

  (a) Name:

Christine A. Shreve (“Ms. Shreve” or the “Reporting Person”)

 

  (b) Business Address:

8171 Maple Lawn Blvd, Suite 375

Fulton, MD 20759

 

  (c) Present Principal Employment:

President, Realty Investment Company, Inc.

 

  (d) Record of Convictions:

During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors.)

 

  (e) Record of Civil Proceedings:

During the last five years, the Reporting Person was not a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating such activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

  (f) Citizenship:

N/A

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

N/A

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Sale of shares.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

  (a) Amount and percentage beneficially owned:

Reporting Person:

3,713,350 shares including 2,800 shares owned by Ms. Shreve jointly with her husband; 1,175,000 shares owned by Shadow Holdings, LLC, an LLC whose sole members are Barbara Bainum and trusts for her benefit, for which Ms. Shreve is manager and has shared voting authority; 1,185,061 shares owned by Posadas Holdings, LLC, an LLC whose sole members are Bruce Bainum, his daughter, and various trusts for either his benefit or the benefit of his wife or children for which Ms. Shreve is manager and has shared voting authority; 1,345,015 shares owned by Sweetwater Holdings, LLC, an LLC whose sole members are Roberta Bainum and trusts for either her benefit or the benefit of her children for which Ms. Shreve is manager and has shared voting authority; and 5,474 shares owned by trusts for the benefit of Renschler family members for which Ms. Shreve is the trustee.

 

  (b) Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

(i) Sole Voting Power

     5,474   

(ii) Shared Voting Power

     3,707,876   

(iii) Sole Dispositive Power

     5,474   

(iv) Shared Dispositive Power

     3,707,876   

 

  (c) A schedule of transactions effected in the last sixty days is as follows:

Sales by Sweetwater Holdings, LLC:

3/21/14 Sold 284,985 shares @ $45.92 pursuant to a registered public offering

Sales by Posadas Holdings, LLC:

3/21/14 Sold 505,939 shares @ $45.92 pursuant to a registered public offering

 

  (d) Ownership of more than five percent on behalf of Another Person:

To the extent that shares of the Issuer identified in Item 5(a) are held by corporations or partnerships, other shareholders and partners, respectively, have the right to receive dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the shares to the extent of their proportionate interests in such entities. To the best of the Reporting Person’s knowledge, other than Stewart Bainum, Jr., Bruce Bainum, Roberta Bainum and Barbara Bainum, no other person has such interest relating to more than 5% of the outstanding class of securities.

 

  (e) Ownership of Less than Five Percent:

N/A

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

None.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

None.


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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: March 31, 2014

 

/s/ Christine A. Shreve

Christine A. Shreve