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Note: This Annual Report contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
historical results or those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made, including,
without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the following: the continued ability of Starwood
Hotels and Resorts (the “Trust”) to qualify for taxation as a REIT; Starwood’s ability to attract and retain
personnel; completion, terms and timing of future acquisitions and dispositions, the availability of capital
for acquisitions and for renovations; execution of hotel renovation and expansion programs; the ability to
maintain existing management, franchise or representation agreements and to obtain new agreements on
as favorable terms as the existing agreements; competition within the lodging industry and from emerging
technologies, the cyclicality of the real estate business and the hotel business; foreign exchange fluctuations
and exchange control restrictions; general real estate and national and international economic conditions;
political, geopolitical, financial and economic conditions and uncertainties in countries in which Starwood
owns property and operates; and the other risks (including risks related to acts of God, terrorist activities
and war) and uncertainties set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Starwood
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise). Starwood owns or has rights to various trademarks, trade
names and service marks used in our business, including those mentioned above and elsewhere in this
Annual Report, and related logos. This Annual Report also includes trademarks, trade names and service
marks owned by other companies. © 2005 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Corporate Offices
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York 10604
914 640 8100
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
New York, NewYork
Stock Registrar & Transfer Agent
Shareholders with questions concerning stock certificates,
account information, dividend payments or stock transfers
should contact our transfer agent at:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NewYork 10038
800 350 6202
www.amstock.com
Form 10-K and Other Investor Information
A copy of the Joint Annual Report of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
and Starwood Hotels & Resorts (together, “Starwood”) on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission may be obtained online at starwood.com and
by shareholders of record of Starwood without charge by calling
914 640 8100 or upon written request to:
Investor Relations
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York 10604