UNITED STATES
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): January 5, 2015
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-32223 | 33-1082757 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(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.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 5, 2015, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced redemption of all of the outstanding 3,615,375 shares of its 8.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: BEE-PB) (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends from January 1, 2015 up to and including the date of redemption in the amount of $0.028646 per share (the “Series B Preferred Redemption”). Dividends with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares have ceased accruing, and the Series B Preferred Shares will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The total redemption price of $90,487,940.43 for the Series B Preferred Redemption was paid by the Company from a portion of the net proceeds from the Company’s recent underwritten public offering of common stock.
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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. | ||||||
| Date: January 5, 2015 | By: | /s/ Paula C. Maggio | ||||
| Name: | Paula C. Maggio | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel | |||||
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