Starwood 2012 Annual Report Download - page 8

Notice of Annual Meeting
ofStockholders
May30, 2013
10:00 a.m. local time
The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
ITEMSOF BUSINESS:
1. To elect eleven directors to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their
successors are duly elected and qualifi ed;
2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation
of our named executive offi cers;
3. To approve Starwood’s 2013 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan;
4. To consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent
registered public accounting fi rm for fi scal year 2013; and
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or
adjournment thereof.
RECORD DATE:
Holders of record at the close of business on April3, 2013 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
themeeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Kenneth S. Siegel
Corporate Secretary
April18, 2013
Stamford, Connecticut
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS URGES YOU TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
OR TO AUTHORIZE PROXIES TO VOTE YOUR SHARES BY TELEPHONE, THROUGH
THEINTERNET OR BY COMPLETING, SIGNING AND RETURNING YOUR PROXY CARD
PRIOR TO THEANNUALMEETING.