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Rules 13(a)-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).
Based upon the foregoing evaluation, our principal executive and principal financial officers concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective and operating to provide reasonable assurance that information
required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our
management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13(a)-15(f)
and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and the Report of the Corporation’s
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are set forth in Part II of the Annual Report and are incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9B. Other Information.
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Information regarding directors and corporate governance will be included in our proxy statement for the
2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”). The Proxy Statement will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Executive Officers of the Registrants
The following table includes certain information with respect to each of our executive officers.
Name
(listed alphabetically, after
Chief Executive Officer) Position
Frits van Paasschen Chief Executive Officer and President and a Director
Jeffrey M. Cava Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Christie N. Hicks Senior Vice President, Starwood Sales Organization
Philip P. McAveety Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer
Vasant M. Prabhu Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Sergio D. Rivera Co-President, The Americas
Kenneth S. Siegel Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
Simon M. Turner President, Global Development
Biographies for our executive officers follow:
Frits van Paasschen.Mr. van Paasschen, 52, has been Chief Executive Officer and President of the
Company since September 2007. From March 2005 until September 2007, he served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Molson Coors Brewing Company’s largest division, Coors Brewing Company, a brewing
company, prior to its merger with Miller Brewing Company and the formation of MillerCoors LLC. Prior to
joining Coors, from April 2004 until March 2005, Mr. van Paasschen worked independently through FPaasschen
Consulting, a consulting company, and Mercator Investments, a private equity firm, evaluating, proposing, and
negotiating private equity transactions. Prior thereto, Mr. van Paasschen spent seven years at Nike, Inc., a
designer, developer and marketer of footwear, apparel and accessory products, most recently as Corporate Vice
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