424B3 1 c78577e424b3.htm PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Prospectus Supplement
 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
File Nos. 333-106888, 333-106888-01, 333-106888-02

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
(To Prospectus dated July 21, 2003)

$360,000,000

Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc.

3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 and
Shares Issuable upon Conversion of the Notes


     This prospectus supplement supplements our prospectus dated July 21, 2003, relating to the offer and sale from time to time by certain of our securityholders of up to $360,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the notes. Each Share consists of one share of our common stock and one Class B share of beneficial ownership of our subsidiary, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The terms of the notes are set forth in the prospectus dated July 21, 2003.

     This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with, and may not be delivered or utilized without, the prospectus. This prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the extent that the information in this prospectus supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus.

     The following table sets forth information, as of the date of this prospectus supplement, relating to the beneficial ownership of the notes and Shares by each selling securityholder. The selling securityholders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or any portion of their notes or Shares or acquired additional notes since the date on which they provided this information to us.

     The table below supplements or amends the table of selling securityholders contained under the heading “Selling Securityholders” in the prospectus. Where the name of a selling securityholder identified in the table below also appears in the table in the prospectus, the information set forth in the table below regarding that selling securityholder supersedes the information in the prospectus.

                                 
    Aggregate Principal     Percentage of     Number of     Percentage of  
    Amount of Notes     Notes     Shares That     Shares  
Name   That May Be Sold     Outstanding     May Be Sold(1)     Outstanding(2)  

 
   
   
   
 
Arbitex Master Fund, L.P. c/o Arbitex Asset Management, L.P.
  $ 5,000,000       1.39 %     100,000       *  
Banc of America Securities LLC(3)
    5,640,000       1.57 %     112,800          
Canadian Imperial Holdings Inc.
    5,000,000       1.39 %     100,000       *  
Clinton Convertible Managed Trading Account I Limited
    1,670,000       *       33,400       *  
Clinton Multistrategy Master Fund, Ltd.
    15,640,000       4.34 %     312,800       *  
Clinton Riverside Convertible Portfolio Limited
    15,850,000       4.40 %     317,000       *  
Deephaven Domestic Convertible Trading Ltd.
    2,970,000       *       59,400       *  
Gala Offshore Master Fund LTD
    10,130,000       2.81 %     202,600       *  
HBK Master Fund L.P. c/o HBK Investments L.P.
    12,500,000       3.47 %     250,000       *  

 


 

                                 
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.(4)
    4,000,000       1.11 %     80,000       *  
Meadow IAM Limited
    1,340,000       *       26,800       *  
South Dakota Retirement System
    4,000,000       1.11 %     80,000       *  
SPHINX Convertible Arbitrage Fund SPC
    30,000       *       600       *  
Sunrise Partners Limited Partnership
    3,500,000       *       70,000       *  
Topanga XI
    4,240,000       1.18 %     84,800       *  


*   Less than one percent (1%).
 
(1)   The numbers of Shares beneficially owned and being offered, as set forth in the table, have been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, include the Shares into which the notes are convertible, and assume a conversion price of $50.00 per Share and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares. In addition, the conversion rate of the notes may be adjusted under certain circumstances which will change the number of Shares received upon conversion. See “Description of the Notes — Conversion Rights” in the prospectus dated July 21, 2003.
 
(2)   Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) of the Exchange Act using 201,032,191 Shares outstanding as of July 15, 2003. In calculating this amount for each holder, we treated as outstanding the number of Shares issuable upon conversion of all of that holder’s notes, but we did not assume conversion of any other holder’s notes. Does not include Shares that may be issued by us upon redemption or purchase of the notes by us at the option of the holder.
 
(3)   Banc of America Securities LLC, was co-manager for our offering of the notes. Additionally, Banc of America Securities LLC and its affiliates are currently performing and have in the past performed various investment banking, general financing and advisory services for us and our affiliates for which they receive customary fees and expenses. Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate of Banc of America Securities LLC, is the co-documentation agent under our senior credit facility.
 
(4)   J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., was co-manager for our offering of the notes. Additionally, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and its affiliates are currently performing and have in the past performed various investment banking, general financing and advisory services for us and our affiliates for which they receive customary fees and expenses. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., is the syndication agent under our senior credit facility.

     To our knowledge, none of the selling securityholders has had any material relationship with us or any of our affiliates within the past three years other than as a result of ownership of notes and/or Shares or as previously disclosed or as otherwise set forth above.

     Investing in the notes and Shares involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of the prospectus dated July 21, 2003 and the risk factors contained in our Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, as amended by our Joint Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2003, which is incorporated by reference into the prospectus.

     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


This prospectus supplement is dated July 31, 2003.

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