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STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.
1111 WESTCHESTER AVENUE
WHITE PLAINS, NY 10604
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 5, 2011
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING — QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why did I receive these materials?
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company” or “Starwood”), has
made these materials available to you on the Internet or, upon your request, has delivered printed versions of these
materials to you by mail, in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for
use at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), and at any postponement or
adjournment of the Annual Meeting. The Company is first making these materials available (and is mailing the
Notice of Meeting and Internet Availability of Proxy Materials) on or about March 21, 2011. This Notice contains
instructions on how to access the Company’s proxy statement and 2010 Annual Report and authorize a proxy to vote
online. By furnishing this Notice, the Company is lowering the costs and reducing the environmental impact of
providing its Annual Meeting.
The Company intends to start sending paper or electronic copies of its proxy statement and 2010 Annual
Report to its stockholders on or about March 21, 2011.
When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?
The Annual Meeting will be held on May 5, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at The St. Regis Atlanta, 88 West
Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and have a disability or require
special assistance, please contact the Company’s Investor Relations department at (914) 640-8100.
What proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company will consider and vote upon:
1. The election of eleven Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified.
2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for 2011.
3. The approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive
Officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion
contained in this proxy statement (a “Say-on-Pay” vote).
4. The approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency (every year, every two years or every three
years) of future Say-on-Pay votes.
5. Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The Board is not aware of any other matter that may properly be presented at the Annual Meeting that is not
described above. If any other matter is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies on
the enclosed proxy card will, in the absence of stockholder instructions to the contrary, vote the shares for which
such persons have voting authority in accordance with their discretion on any such matter.
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