Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 16, 2009

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland    001-32319    20-1296886

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

    (Commission File Number)   

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 100

San Clemente, California

    92673
(Address of Principal Executive Office)    (Zip Code)

(949) 369-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On April 16, 2009, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release providing a preliminary update on its first quarter operations. A copy of the Company’s press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release dated April 16, 2009

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Date: April 16, 2009

     By:   /s/ Kenneth E. Cruse
        Kenneth E. Cruse
        Chief Financial Officer