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): March 4, 2016

 


 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

 

001-32319

 

20-1296886

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

120 Vantis, Suite 350
Aliso Viejo, California

 

92656

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(949) 330-4000

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

 

On March 4, 2016, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) and its its wholly owned subsidiary, Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into an underwriting agreement dated March 4, 2016 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the sale of 4,600,000 shares of the Company’s 6.950% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) in connection with an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”), pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-193311). The Offering is expected to close on March 11, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.  The Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

   1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated March 4, 2016.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

 

 

 

Date: March 10, 2016

By:

/s/ BRYAN A. GIGLIA

 

 

Bryan A. Giglia

 

 

Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary

 

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