s8k-101707.htm
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 

 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2007

 
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
           Maryland                                                 
(State or other jurisdiction
     of incorporation)
        001-32223       
(Commission File
  Number)
       33-1082757      
              (IRS Employer
                Identification No.)

 
 
200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois 60606-3415
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 658-5000
 
           Not applicable          
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 8.01              Other Events.
 
On October 17, 2007, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had signed an agreement to sell the Hyatt Regency New Orleans to Poydras Properties Hotel Holdings Co., LLC for $32 million, of which $3 million is in the form of a promissory note payable in six years (the “Transaction”).  The Transaction, subject to certain contingencies, is scheduled to close by the end of 2007.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)           Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release, dated October 17, 2007


 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
    STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.  
       
       
 
 By:
  /s/ Paula Maggio    
    Name:      Paula Maggio  
    Title:        Senior Vice President, Secretary and    
                 General Counsel		  
       
 
 
Date: October 17, 2007
 
 
 
Exhibit Index
 
 
99.1
Press Release, dated October 17, 2007.