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 28, 2007

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-32223

 

33-1082757

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, Illinois

60601

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(312) 658-5000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2):

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On March 28, 2007, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a real estate investment trust and sole managing member of Strategic Hotel Funding L.L.C. (“SH Funding”), issued a press release announcing the commencement of a private offering by SH Funding, subject to market conditions, of $150 million aggregate principal amount of exchangeable senior notes due 2012, and an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of notes that may be issued at the option of the initial purchasers of the notes within 30 days of the initial issuance of the notes.

 

A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and is being filed pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release, dated March 28, 2007.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

 

STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

March 29, 2007

By:

/s/ Paula Maggio                               

 

Name:

Paula Maggio

 

Title:

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

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