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technology industries, from January 2000 to November 2000. Prior to that time, he served as Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of IMS Health Incorporated, an information services
company, and its predecessors from February 1997 to December 1999. Prior to that time, Mr. Siegel was a
Partner in the law Ñrm of Baker & Botts, LLP.
David K. Norton. Mr. Norton has been the Executive Vice President Ì Human Resources of the
Corporation and Vice President Ì Human Resources of the Trust since May 2000. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Norton held various positions with PepsiCo, Inc. from September 1990 to April 2000 including
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, from November 1995 to April
2000 and Senior Vice President, Human Resources of PepsiCo Food Systems from December 1994 to
October 1995.
Theodore W. Darnall. Mr. Darnall has been the President of the Real Estate Group since August 2002.
From July 1999 to August 2002, he was the President of the Company's North America Group. From April
1998 to July 1999, Mr. Darnall was Executive Vice President, North American Division. Mr. Darnall was also
Executive Vice President and COO of Starwood Lodging between April 1996 and April 1998.
Steve M. Hankin. Mr. Hankin has been Chief Marketing OÇcer of the Corporation since October 2003
and President of Starwood Technology and Revenue Systems (""STARS'') since June 2000. He joined
Starwood as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning in October 1999 and held that position until May
2000, when he became the Executive Vice President of the Company and President Ì STARS. From
October 1986 to September 1999, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc., an international
management consulting Ñrm.
Corporate Governance
The Corporation and the Trust have an Audit Committee that is currently comprised of directors and
trustees, Daniel W. Yih (chairman), Stephen R. Quazzo and Thomas O. Ryder. The Boards of Directors and
Trustees have determined that each member of the Audit Committee is ""independent'' as deÑned by
applicable federal securities laws and the Listing Requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and
that Messrs. Yih and Ryder are audit committee Ñnancial experts, as deÑned by federal securities laws.
The Company has adopted a Finance Code of Ethics applicable to our Chief Executive OÇcer, Chief
Financial OÇcer, Corporate Controller, Controller Hotel Operations, Corporate Treasurer, Senior Vice
President-Taxes and persons performing similar functions. The text of this code of ethics may be found on the
Company's web site at http://starwood.com/corporate/investor relations.html. We intend to post amend-
ments to and waivers from, the Finance Code of Ethics that require disclosure under applicable SEC rules on
our web site. You may obtain a free copy of this code in print by writing to our Investor Relations Department,
1111 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York 10604.
The Company is in the process of updating our Worldwide Code of Conduct applicable to all of its
directors, oÇcers and employees. This update will be completed prior to the Corporation's Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, scheduled for May 7, 2004 and will be available on its website at
http://starwood.com/corporate/investor relations.html on or before May 7, 2004. You may also obtain a
free copy of this code, after we post it, by writing to the Starwood Investor Relations Department,
1111 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York 10604.
The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of its Audit Committee, Compensa-
tion Committee, Governance Committee and Nominating Committee are also available on its website at
http://starwood.com/corporate/investor relations.html. The information on our website is not incorporated
by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Section 16(a) BeneÑcial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires that Directors, Trustees and
executive oÇcers of the Company, and persons who own more than 10 percent of the outstanding Shares, Ñle
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