1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 1997 Registration No. 333-_______ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ____________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ____________________ DOUBLETREE CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 86-0762415 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) ____________________ 410 North 44th Street, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85008 (602) 2220-6666 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ____________________ The Amended and Restated Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation (Full title of Plan) ____________________ Copy to: DAVID L. STIVERS KIMBERLY L. WILKINSON Senior Vice President, Latham & Watkins General Counsel and Secretary 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1900 Doubletree Corporation San Francisco, California 94111 410 North 44th Street, Suite 700 (415) 391-0600 Phoenix, Arizona 85008 (602) 220-6666 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ____________________ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TITLE OF EACH CLASS AMOUNT OFFERING AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF OF SECURITIES TO BE PRICE PER OFFERING REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED (1) SHARE (2) PRICE (2) FEE Common Stock, $.01 par value . . . 1,200,000 Shares $46.772 $56,126,400 $17,008 (1) The Amended and Restated Equity Participation Plan (the "Plan") authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock") of Doubletree Corporation (the "Company") upon the exercise of options, stock appreciation rights and other awards, 1,200,000 of which are being registered hereunder. Of the remaining 3,300,000 shares, 2,000,000 shares were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 15, 1995 (File No. 33-92354) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and 1,300,000 shares were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 19, 1996 (File No. 333-18219) with the Commission. Options and other awards have been granted with respect to 240,478 shares of the 1,200,000 shares being registered hereunder. (2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is the per share exercise price ($40.75) of the options and other awards granted with respect to the 240,478 shares, plus the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as listed on the Nasdaq National Market on October 6, 1997 (which were $48.8125 and $47.75, respectively) with respect to the remaining shares of Common Stock available for issuance. ================================================================================ Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as options granted under the Plan are exercised. 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT INCORPORATION OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENTS By Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 15, 1995 (File No. 33-92354) and Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on December 19, 1996 (File No. 333-18219) (the "Prior Registration Statements"), Doubletree Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), previously registered 3,300,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company which have been reserved for issuance. The contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents which have been filed with the Commission by Company are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: 1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 which contains audited financial statements for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; 2. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997; 3. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements contained in the registration document referred to in 1 above; and 4. The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Form 8-A Registration Statement used to register the Common Stock and filed with the Commission (File No. 0-24392), which was declared effective by the Commission on July 1, 1994, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description. In addition to the foregoing documents, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL Not applicable. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS The following exhibits are included as part of this Registration Statement: 2 3 EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT - ------ -------------------------- 5 Opinion of Latham & Watkins. 10(a)* The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(b)* First Amendment to The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(c)** Second Amendment to The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(d)*** Amended and Restated Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 23(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 23(b) Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Powers of Attorney. - ----------- * Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration on Form S-8 (File No. 33-92354), filed with the Commission on May 15, 1995. ** Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration on Form S-8 (File No. 333-18219), filed with the Commission on December 19, 1996. *** Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997. 3 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on this 8th day of October 1997. DOUBLETREE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By: /s/ Richard M. Kelleher ------------------------------ Richard M. Kelleher President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by each of the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 8, 1997. SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- * Co-Chairman of the Board - ---------------------------------- and Director Richard J. Ferris * Co-Chairman of the Board and - ---------------------------------- Director Peter V. Ueberroth /s/ Richard M. Kelleher President, Chief Executive - ---------------------------------- Officer and Director Richard M. Kelleher (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ William L. Perocchi Executive Vice President, Chief - ---------------------------------- Financial Officer and Director William L. Perocchi (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * Director - ---------------------------------- William R. Fatt * Director - ---------------------------------- Priscilla B. Florence * Director - ----------------------------------- Dale F. Frey * Director - ----------------------------------- Ronald K. Gamey 4 5 SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- * Director - ----------------------------- Edward A. Gilhuly * Director - ----------------------------- Norman B. Leventhal * Director - ------------------------------ Michael W. Michelson * Director - ------------------------------ John H. Myers * BY: /s/ David L. Stivers ------------------------ David L. Stivers As Attorney-in-fact 5 6 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT 5 Opinion of Latham & Watkins. 10(a)* The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(b)* First Amendment to The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(c)** Second Amendment to The 1994 Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 10(d)*** Amended and Restated Equity Participation Plan of Doubletree Corporation. 23(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 23(b) Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Powers of Attorney. - --------- * Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration on Form S-8 (File No. 33-92354), filed with the Commission on May 15, 1995. ** Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration on Form S-8 (File No. 333-18219), filed with the Commission on December 19, 1996. *** Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997.