1 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT -------------------- PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 29, 1998 ---------------- COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-26304 SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) -------------------- MARYLAND ------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 0-26304 52-1891908 - ---------------------- ----------------------- (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 115 CALLE DE INDUSTRIAS, SUITE 201, SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 - ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (714) 361-3900 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) NOT APPLICABLE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report) =============================================================================== 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS On January 27, 1998, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. announced its unaudited fourth quarter and year end financial results. Certain changes have been made to this Form 8-K from the press release as originally issued to clarify the restatements being made to FFO and FFO per share to conform to the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 128. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (a) Exhibits 99.1 Press Release dated January 27, 1998. 2 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Date: January 29, 1998 SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC. By: /s/ ROBERT A. ALTER ------------------------------ Robert A. Alter, President 3