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NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
OF
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.
A Maryland Corporation
DATE: May 6, 2009
TIME: 10:00 a.m., local time
PLACE: St. Regis Washington, D.C.
923 16
th
and K Streets, N.W.
District of Columbia 20006
ITEMS OF BUSINESS: 1. To elect eleven Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
2. To consider and vote upon the ratification of the appointment of
Ernst & Young LLP as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.’s (the
“Company”) independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2009.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or
any postponement or adjournment therof.
RECORD DATE: Holders of record of the Company’s stock at the close of business on March 12,
2009 are entitled to vote at the meeting.
ANNUAL REPORT: The Company’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is not a part of the proxy
soliciting material, is enclosed. The Annual Report may also be obtained from the
Company’s web site at www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html.
Stockholders may also obtain, without charge, a copy of the Annual Report by
contacting Investor Relations at the Company’s headquarters.
PROXY VOTING: It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. You can
authorize a proxy to vote your shares by completing and returning the proxy card
sent to you. Most stockholders can authorize a proxy over the Internet or by
telephone. If Internet or telephone authorization is available to you, instructions
are printed on your proxy card. You can revoke a proxy at any time prior to its
exercise at the meeting by following the instructions in the accompanying proxy
statement. Your promptness will assist us in avoiding additional solicitation costs.
Kenneth S. Siegel
Corporate Secretary
March 26, 2009
White Plains, New York