FORM 11-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 (X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED) For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 ------------------------------------------ OR ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED) For the transition period from _____________ to _______________ Commission File Number 1-11915 -------- A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: SUNBURST HOSPITALITY CORP. RETIREMENT SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (formerly Choice Hotels International, Inc. Retirement Savings & Investment Plan B. Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principle executive office: Sunburst Hospitality Corporation 10770 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 2090 Report of Independent Public Accountants To Sunburst Hospitality Corporation: We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan" - see Note 1) as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits with fund information for the year ended December 31, 1998. These financial statements and the schedules referred to below are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 1998, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets held for investment purposes and of reportable transactions are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The fund information in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented for purposes of additional analysis rather than to present the changes in its net assets available for benefits of each fund. These supplemental schedules and fund information have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Washington, D.C. June 2, 1999 Table of Contents Page Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits As of December 31, 1998 and 1997 1 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund Information For the Year Ended December 31, 1998 2 Notes to Financial Statements As of December 31, 1998 4 Item 27(a) - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes As of December 31, 1998 8 Item 27(d) - Schedule of Reportable (5%) Transactions 9 Item 27(b) - Schedule of Loans or Fixed Income Obligations As of December 31, 1998 * Item 27(c) - Schedule of Leases in Default or Classified as Uncollectible As of December 31, 1998 * Item 27(e) - Schedule of Nonexempt Transactions For the Year Ended December 31, 1998 * * Schedules omitted because there were no such transactions, obligations, or leases in default. Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits As of December 31, 1998 and 1997 1998 1997 --------------- -------------- Assets: Participant directed investments held by Merrill Lynch Trust Company- Mutual Funds: Janus Fund $ - $ 8,528,097 Vanguard Wellington Balanced Fund - 7,736,995 T. Rowe Price International Fund - 3,319,698 Vanguard U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund - 2,317,911 T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund - 1,254,665 Alliance Premier Growth Fund 1,635,308 - Merrill Lynch Capital Fund 1,359,917 - Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund 562,150 - Merrill Lynch S&P 500 Index Fund 36,578 - Pimco Small Cap Value Fund 19,698 - Pimco Total Return Fund 8,520 - Common/Collective Trust: Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust 1,445,929 - Common Stock: Choice Hotels Common Stock Fund 22,890 1,853,235 Sunburst Hospitality Common Stock Fund 126,654 379,337 Manor Care Common Stock Fund 73,382 664,051 --------------- ------------- Total investments 5,291,026 26,053,989 --------------- ------------- Participant loans 212,963 770,405 Receivable from Manor Care Plan (see Note 6) - 53,108 Contributions receivable: Employer, paid subsequent to year-end 201,162 1,006,310 Employee, paid subsequent to year-end 29,213 81,981 --------------- ------------- Net assets available for benefits $ 5,734,364 $ 27,965,793 =============== ============= The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. -1- Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund Information For the Year Ended December 31, 1998 Participant Directed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vanguard Vanguard U.S. Wellington T. Rowe Price Treasury T. Rowe Price Janus Balanced International Money Stable Value Fund Fund Fund Market Fund Fund ----------- ----------- -------------- ------------- ------------- Additions: Contributions- Employer $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Employee 118,855 86,669 50,253 59,674 22,295 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total 118,855 86,669 50,253 59,674 22,295 Interest and dividends, including interest on participant loan transactions 4,411 24,002 58 23,229 16,631 Net (depreciation) appreciation in market value 325,202 112,756 82,009 - - Rollover contributions - - - - - ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total additions 448,468 223,427 132,320 82,903 38,926 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Transfers between investment options, including principal portions of participant loan transactions (1,438,131) (1,364,785) 576,185 743,591 506,374 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Deductions: Benefit payments (664,744) (641,547) (48,583) (80,036) (5,248) Transfers to Choice Plan (6,873,690) (5,954,090) (2,827,247) (1,577,187) (781,969) ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net (decrease) (8,528,097) (7,736,995) (3,319,698) (2,317,911) (1,254,665) Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year 8,528,097 7,736,995 3,319,698 2,317,911 1,254,665 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net assets available for benefits, end of year $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - =========== ========== =========== =========== =========== Participant Directed -------------------------------------------------------- Alliance Hotchkis Premier Merrill & Wiley Merrill Lynch Growth Lynch International S&P 500 Fund Capital Fund Equity Fund Index Fund ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- Additions: Contributions- Employer $ - $ - $ - $ - Employee 88,897 52,105 33,215 19,247 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 88,897 52,105 33,215 19,247 Interest and dividends, including interest on participant loan transactions 33,988 33,633 14,338 1,490 Net (depreciation) appreciation in market value 171,346 (12,505) (30,129) 1,751 Rollover contributions 5,004 144 - 3,823 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total additions 299,235 73,377 17,424 26,311 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Transfers between investment options, including principal portions of participant loan transactions 1,379,224 1,303,690 557,577 10,267 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Deductions: Benefit payments (43,151) (17,150) (12,851) - Transfers to Choice Plan - - - - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net (decrease) 1,635,308 1,359,917 562,150 36,578 Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year - - - - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net assets available for benefits, end of year $1,635,308 $1,359,917 $ 562,150 $ 36,578 ========== ========== ========== ========== The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement -2- Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund Information For the Year Ended December 31, 1998 (Continued) Participant Directed ------------------------------------------------------ Merrill Lynch Pimco Pimco Retirement Small Cap Total Return Preservation Value Fund Fund Trust ---------------- --------------- ---------------- Additions: Contributions- Employer $ - $ - $ - Employee 13,636 4,681 55,902 -------- ------ ---------- Total 13,636 4,681 55,902 Interest and dividends, including interest on participant loan transactions 832 422 33,488 Net (depreciation) appreciation in market value 590 (257) - Rollover contributions - 1,187 - -------- ------ ---------- Total additions 15,058 6,033 89,390 -------- ------ ---------- Transfers between investment options, including principal portions of participant loan transactions 4,640 2,487 1,371,585 -------- ------ ---------- Deductions: Benefit payments - - (15,046) Transfers to Choice Plan - - - -------- ------ ---------- Net (decrease) 19,698 8,520 1,445,929 Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year - - - -------- ------ ---------- Net assets available for benefits, end of year $ 19,698 $8,520 $1,445,929 ======== ====== ========== Participant Directed ------------------------------------------------- Choice Sunburst Hotels Hotels Manor Care Common Hospitality Common Stock Fund Common Stock Fund Stock Fund ---------- ----------------- ---------- Additions: Contributions- Employer $ - $ 210,498 $ - Employee 283 41,504 - ----------- ---------- --------- Total 283 252,002 - Interest and dividends, including interest on participant loan transactions 20 546 1,964 Net (depreciation) appreciation in market value (20,537) (353,619) (29,283) Rollover contributions - - - ----------- ---------- --------- Total additions (20,234) (101,071) (27,319) ----------- ---------- --------- Transfers between investment options, including principal portions of participant loan transactions (117) (2,934) (1,154) ----------- ---------- --------- Deductions: Benefit payments (285) (17,981) (28,541) Transfers to Choice Plan (1,809,709) (130,697) (533,655) ----------- ---------- --------- Net (decrease) (1,830,345) (252,683) (590,669) Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year 1,853,235 379,337 664,051 ----------- ---------- --------- Net assets available for benefits, end of year $ 22,890 $ 126,654 $ 73,382 =========== ========== ========= Non- Participant Participant Directed 1998 Loans Other Total ----------- ----------- -------- Additions: Contributions- Employer $ - $ (9,336) $ 201,162 Employee - (85,119) 562,097 --------- --------- ------------ Total - (94,455) 763,259 Interest and dividends, including interest on participant loan transactions - - 189,052 Net (depreciation) appreciation in market value - - 247,324 Rollover contributions - - 10,158 --------- --------- ------------ Total additions - (94,455) 1,209,793 --------- --------- ------------ Transfers between investment options, including principal portions of participant loan transactions Deductions: Benefit payments 20,305 (16,501) - --------- --------- ------------ Transfers to Choice Plan - - (1,575,163) Net (decrease) (577,747) (800,068) (21,866,059) --------- --------- ------------ Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year (557,442) (911,024) (22,231,429) Net assets available for benefits, end of year 770,405 1,141,399 27,965,793 --------- --------- ------------ $ 212,963 $ 230,375 $ 5,734,364 ========= ========== ============ The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement. -3- Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Notes to Financial Statements As of December 31, 1998 1. Nature of the Organization and Description of the Plan: Prior to January 1, 1998, the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan") was a defined contribution, salary deferral plan that was available to the employees of both Sunburst Hospitality Corporation ("Sunburst") and Choice Hotels International, Inc. ("Choice"). Sunburst is a leading national hotel company that owns and operates approximately 75 hotels. Choice is the second largest franchiser of hotels in the world. Choice franchises approximately 3,500 hotels operated under the following brand names: Quality Inn, Comfort Inn, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Rodeway Inn, EconoLodge, and Mainstay Suites. Choice Hotels International, Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of Manor Care, Inc. ("Manor Care"). On November 1, 1996, Manor Care separated its lodging business from its health care business by distributing to its shareholders all of the outstanding common stock of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (the "Manor Care Distribution"). On October 15, 1997, Choice Hotels International, Inc. separated its franchising and European hotel business from its owned hotel business by distributing to its shareholders the common stock of Choice Hotels Franchising (the "Choice Distribution"). Subsequent to the Choice Distribution, Choice Hotels International, Inc. changed its name to Sunburst Hospitality Corporation and Choice Hotels Franchising changed its name to Choice Hotels International, Inc. In connection with the Choice Distribution, the name of the original Choice Hotels International, Inc. Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan was changed to the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan. On January 1, 1998, the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan was split and the Choice Hotels International, Inc. Retirement Savings and Investment Plan was formed in order to maintain a separate plan for eligible Choice employees. The assets of both plans were initially co-mingled as a master trust with transactions separately recorded. Effective August 1, 1998, the Plan changed its trustee from Chase Manhattan Bank to Merrill Lynch Trust Company ("Merrill Lynch") and the assets of the master plan were split between the Plan and the Choice Hotels International, Inc. Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan. The following description of the Plan provides general information only. Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions. General The Plan, established on October 1, 1996, is a participant directed, defined contribution, salary deferral plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). Eligibility and Contributions All employees of Sunburst are eligible to participate in the Plan if they are: . Are at least 21 years of age . Have completed one year of service . Have worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous year Participants may elect to contribute up to 15 percent of their annual compensation to the Plan, subject to IRS limitations. Sunburst matches an employee's contributions, up to a total match of 6 percent of employee salary. Length of Service Percentage Match ----------------------- ---------------------- 1 - 5 years 25% 6 - 9 years 75% 10 years or more 100% -4- Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contribution and allocations of (a) Choice contributions and (b) Plan earnings, and charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's vested account. Forfeitures Sunburst has the right to apply amounts forfeited by employees to reduce employer contributions. In 1998, forfeitures of $2,581 were used to reduce the employer contribution and allocated to the plan funds in conjunction with Sunburst matching contributions. Benefits and Vesting Participants are immediately vested in all participant contributions and earnings on such contributions. Participants vest in the Sunburst contributions 20 percent per year beginning at the end of their third year, resulting in full vesting at the end of their seventh year. On termination of service due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive either a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participant's vested interest in his or her account, or annual installments over a ten-year period. For termination of service due to other reasons, a participant may receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account as a lump-sum distribution only. Participants who leave Sunburst with a balance of less than $5,000 are required to roll the money over into another 401(k) or IRA account, or receive a direct payment after withholding of applicable federal and state tax provisions. If the participant's balance is greater than $5,000, the participant may retain their investment in the Plan for as long as IRS regulations allow. Investments Participants may direct the investment of their contributions into their choice of mutual funds, common collective trusts, or the common stock of Choice or Sunburst. Participants who previously had investments in Manor Care common stock through the Manor Care Plan have been allowed to retain the Manor Care stock, but not to make additional investments. Effective August 1, 1998, the Plan changed trustees from Chase Manhattan Bank to Merrill Lynch. Due to this change in trustee, the investment options previously available to participants were changed to the equivalent investment instruments provided by Merrill Lynch. These balances in the old investments were transferred to the new investment as follows: Old Investment Funds New Investment Funds - ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Vanguard U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust Vanguard Wellington Balanced Fund Merrill Lynch Capital Fund T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust T. Rowe Price International Fund Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund Janus Fund Alliance Premier Growth Fund Choice Hotels Common Stock Fund Choice Hotels Common Stock Fund Sunburst Hospitality Common Stock Fund Sunburst Hospitality Common Stock Fund Manor Care Common Stock Fund Manor Care Common Stock Fund In addition, Merrill Lynch has added the following investment options that were not previously offered by Chase Manhattan Bank: Pimco Total Return Fund Pimco Small Cap Value Fund Merrill Lynch S&P 500 Index Fund In order to effectively implement this transfer of investments held by employees, the trustee and plan administrators implemented a transition period from August 1, 1998 to October 20, 1998, where participants could not change their investment election, or receive any loans and distributions. As a result, the old investments held by employees as of August 1, 1998, were transferred to the new funds, as disclosed above, in the same percentages previously elected. -5- Additionally, Sunburst's contribution is made in Sunburst's common stock. This Sunburst common stock and all other investments are reported at quoted market values. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded when declared. All income earned is allocated daily. Loans Participant loans are made available to all participants who have a vested account balance. The minimum loan amount is $750 and the maximum loan amount is the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of a participant's vested account balance. Additionally, interest rates are equal to 1 percent above the Prime Rate on the date the loan is issued and there is a $35 loan-processing fee per loan. Participants may not have more than one loan outstanding at any time. Loans receivable are valued at cost which approximates fair value. Use of Estimates The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: Basis of Accounting The financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Trustee Fees Investment management fees are netted against investment earnings in each fund. Trustee fees and all administrative expenses of the Plan are currently paid by Sunburst. Sunburst currently has no intention to seek reimbursement from the Plan for prior or future expenses paid by Sunburst. 3. Federal Income Tax Status: The Plan has not yet received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service. However, management believes that the Plan, as designed, is in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Management believes that the Plan is operating as intended and, as such, continues to comply with these requirements. 4. Plan Termination: Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, Sunburst has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. 5. Related-Party Transactions: Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and common collective trusts managed by Merrill Lynch. Merrill Lynch is the Trustee and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest. 6. Non-participant Directed Other: Non-participant Directed Other balances included in the financial statements represent receivables from Sunburst for contributions which have not yet been remitted to the trustee. All amounts were received by the Plan subsequent to year-end. Additionally, certain Plan investments had not yet been transferred from the Manor Care Plan as of December 31, 1997. These balances are also included as Non-participant Directed Other balances. All amounts were received by the Plan in 1998. 7. Multi-Employer Status: As discussed in Note 1, subsequent to the Choice Distribution, the original Choice Hotels International Inc. Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan changed its name to the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings, and Investment Plan and this plan was available to the employees of both Choice and Sunburst. However, on January 1, 1998, the Plan was split into the Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment -6- Plan and he Choice Hotels International, Inc. Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan. These plans are now available to the respective employees of Sunburst and Choice. 8. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500: The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for Plan benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 1998: Net assets available for Plan benefits per financial statements $5,734,364 ---------- Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants (14,378) ---------- Net assets available for Plan benefits per the Form 5500 $5,719,986 ========== The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 1998: Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements $1,575,163 ---------- Add- Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 1998 14,378 ---------- Less- Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 1997 (428,158) ---------- Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500 $1,161,383 ========== Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have occurred but have not been paid as of December 31. -7- Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Item 27(a) - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes As of December 31, 1998 Description of Current Identity of Issue Investment Cost Value - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alliance Premier Growth Fund Mutual Fund $1,468,712 $1,635,308 Merrill Lynch Capital Fund* Mutual Fund 1,370,542 1,359,917 Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund Mutual Fund 589,835 562,150 Merrill Lynch S&P 500 Index Fund* Mutual Fund 34,830 36,578 Pimco Small Cap Value Fund Mutual Fund 19,108 19,698 Pimco Total Return Fund Mutual Fund 8,777 8,520 Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust* Common/Collective Trust 1,445,929 1,445,929 Sunburst Hospitality Common Stock Fund* Common Stock 282,664 126,654 Choice Hotels Common Stock Fund Common Stock 28,791 22,890 Manor Care Common Stock Fund Common Stock 88,088 73,382 ---------- ---------- Total assets held for investment purposes $5,337,276 $5,291,026 ========== ========== *Represents party-in-interest to the Plan -8- Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Retirement, Savings and Investment Plan Item 27(d) - Schedule of Reportable (5%) Transactions For the Year Ended December 31, 1998 Purchase Lease Identity of Party Description of Asset Price Selling Price Rental - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- --------------- ------------- ------- Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust * Common/Collective Trust $ 1,479,126 $ - $ - - Alliance Premier Growth Fund Mutual Fund 1,582,995 - - Merrill Lynch Capital Fund* Mutual Fund 1,456,313 - - Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund Mutual Fund 623,382 - - T. Rowe Price International Fund Mutual Fund - (622,401) - Janus Fund Mutual Fund - (2,106,182) - T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund Mutual Fund - (509,965) - Vanguard U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund Mutual Fund - (868,932) - Vanguard Wellington Balanced Fund Mutual Fund - (2,006,738) - Expense Incurred with Current Value of Asset on Identity of Party Description of Asset Transactions Cost of Asset Transaction Date - --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------------------- Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust * Common/Collective Trust - $ 1,479,126 $ 1,479,126 - Alliance Premier Growth Fund Mutual Fund - 1,582,995 1,582,995 Merrill Lynch Capital Fund* Mutual Fund - 1,456,313 1,456,313 Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund Mutual Fund - 623,382 623,382 T. Rowe Price International Fund Mutual Fund - (622,401) (622,401) Janus Fund Mutual Fund - (2,106,182) (2,106,182) T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund Mutual Fund - (509,965) (509,965) Vanguard U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund Mutual Fund - (868,932) (868,932) Vanguard Wellington Balanced Fund Mutual Fund - (2,006,738) (2,006,738) Net Identity of Party Description of Asset Gain/(Loss) - --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust * Common/Collective Trust $ - Alliance Premier Growth Fund Mutual Fund - Merrill Lynch Capital Fund* Mutual Fund - Hotchkis & Wiley International Equity Fund Mutual Fund - T. Rowe Price International Fund Mutual Fund - Janus Fund Mutual Fund - T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund Mutual Fund - Vanguard U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund Mutual Fund - Vanguard Wellington Balanced Fund Mutual Fund - *These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions as described in Note 5. -9- EXHIBITS. 23 - Consent of Independent Public Accountants. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the administrative committee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Dated: July 15, 1999 SUNBURST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN By: /s/ Greg Miller ---------------------------------- Greg Miller, Senior Vice President, ---------------------------------- Sunburst Hospitality Corp. ---------------------------------- -10-