Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Form 4 STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE / THOMAS O RYDER ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

RYDER THOMAS O

(Last) (First) (Middle)

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC

ONE STARPOINT

(Street)

STAMFORD CT 06902

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, LLC [ HOT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/22/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/22/2016		D		10,292	D	(1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock	(2)	09/22/2016		D			23,924(3)	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	23,924(3)	(5)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.88(6)	09/22/2016		D			2,747(6)	02/28/2011	02/28/2019	Common Stock	2,747(6)	(7)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$51.11(8)	09/22/2016		D			3,057(8)	02/28/2012	02/28/2020	Common Stock	3,057(8)	(7)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each share of Common Stock was disposed of pursuant to the transactions described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 15, 2015, by and among the Issuer, Marriott International, Inc. ("Marriott") et al., as thereafter amended by the Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), in exchange for the right to receive (1) 0.800 shares of common stock of Marriott, (2) $21.00 in cash, without interest, and (3) any applicable cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock of Marriott.

2. Phantom Stock is convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

3. Reflects an antidilution adjustment to the number of shares of Phantom Stock that was made in connection with the separation of the Issuer's vacation ownership business from its other businesses on May 11, 2016 (the "SVO Spin-Off").

4. Phantom Stock was to convert into Common Stock and be distributed to the Reporting Person per the terms of the applicable Deferral Agreements.

5. As a result of the conversions described in the Merger Agreement (the "Conversions"), each share of Phantom Stock was converted into 1.1046 deferred stock units of common stock of Marriott (market value $69.75 per share).

6. Reflects an antidilution adjustment to the exercise price and number of remaining Stock Options (previously reported as $61.28 and 2,550 respectively) that was made in connection with the SVO Spin-Off.

7. As a result of the Conversions, these Stock Options, which were fully vested, were converted into options to purchase a number of shares of Marriott common stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Stock Options multiplied by 1.1046 (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares), at an exercise price equal to the exercise price of the Stock Options divided by 1.1046 (rounded up to the nearest whole cent).

8. Reflects an antidilution adjustment to the exercise price and number of remaining Stock Options (previously reported as $55.06 and 2,838 respectively) that was made in connection with the SVO Spin-Off.

Remarks:

	/s/ Kristen Prohl, Attorney-in-Fact	09/26/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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