BRISTOL HOTEL CO
8-K, 1997-05-08
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                         Date of Report: April 28, 1997

                             BRISTOL HOTEL COMPANY
                          14285 Midway Road, Suite 300
                              Dallas, Texas 75244
                                  972-391-3910

                          Commission File No. 1-14062

    Incorporated in Delaware                         IRS No. 75-2584227


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ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

         On April 28, 1997, Bristol Hotel Company (the "Company") completed its
acquisition of the ownership and/or management of 60 full-service Holiday Inn
hotels in the United States and Canada (the "Acquisition"), pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger among Holiday Corporation, Holiday Inns, Inc. and
the Company.

         The Acquisition is described in the Company's proxy statement for its
1997 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Proxy Statement").  The portions
thereof captioned "The Acquisition" and "The Merger Agreement" are incorporated
herein by reference.



ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)     Financial statements of businesses acquired.

The financial statements of the Holiday Inn CMH Business, including the notes
thereto and Independent Auditors' Report thereon, included in the Proxy
Statement, are incorporated herein by reference.


         (b)     Pro forma financial information.

         The unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company and its
subsidiaries for the Acquisition and related transactions included in the Proxy
Statement under the caption "Pro Forma Financial Data" is incorporated herein
by reference.


         (c)     Exhibits.

         2.1.a   Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 15, 1996
                 among Holiday Corporation, Holiday Inns, Inc. and Bristol
                 Hotel Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the
                 Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                 December 31, 1996).

         2.1.b   Amendment No. 1 dated April 1, 1997 to the Agreement and Plan
                 of Merger.




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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 hereto duly authorized.



                                       BRISTOL HOTEL COMPANY

Date:    May 8, 1997                   BY:   /s/ JEFFREY P. MAYER      
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                                             Jeffrey P. Mayer
                                             Senior Vice President and Chief
                                             Financial Officer





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



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         2.1.b        Amendment No. 1 dated April 1, 1997 to the Agreement and
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 2.1.b

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                          AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER


         AMENDMENT dated as of April 1, 1997 to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the "AGREEMENT") dated as of December 15, 1996 among Holiday
Corporation ("HC"), Holiday Inns, Inc. ("HII") and Bristol Hotel Company
("ACQUIROR").

         WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of HC, HII and Acquiror
have determined that it is in the best interests of each of  HC, HII and
Acquiror, as the case may be, and their respective stockholders to amend the
Agreement as hereinafter set forth and have duly approved this Amendment and
authorized its execution and delivery;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         SECTION 1.  Definitions; References.  Unless otherwise specifically
defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Agreement has the
meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement.  Each reference to "hereof",
"hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other similar reference contained
in the Agreement shall from and after the date hereof refer to the Agreement as
amended hereby.

         SECTION 2.  Amendment of Section 2.08.  Section 2.08(a) of the
Agreement is amended by replacing the reference to "New Spinco" in the fourth
line thereof with "HC".

         SECTION 3.  Amendment of Section 2.09.  Section 2.09(b) of the
Agreement is amended by inserting the language "the sum of $15,000,000 and"
after the words "to be in excess of" in the third line thereof, "Capital
Expenditure Period over" in the ninth line thereof and "are less than" in the
seventeenth line thereof.  Section 2.09(b) is further amended by replacing the
reference to "New Spinco" in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines thereof with
"HC".

         SECTION 4.  Amendment of Section 12.01.  Section 12.01 of the
Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase "or Structural Deficiencies" from
the first sentence thereof.

         SECTION 5.  Amendment of Section 12.02.  Section 12.02 of the
Agreement is amended as follows:





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         (a)      Section 12.02(a) is amended by inserting after the phrase
"(i) HC shall not be liable under this Section 12.02(a) for any Damages
relating to taxes which are governed by Article 5 of the Contribution
Agreement" the following: ", (ii) notwithstanding anything else in this
Agreement or the Contribution Agreement to the contrary, HC shall not be liable
for any Damages relating to (A) any violation of any Building Code or other
Structural Deficiency, (B) any matter identified in any Initial Report
(delivered pursuant to Section 9.09(a)) which does not relate to a violation or
requirement of any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability or (C)
Structural Deficiencies or violations of Building Codes which resulted from a
breach of any covenant of this Agreement by the Holiday Parties at any time
prior to the inspection of the Retained Real Properties pursuant to the Initial
Report."    Section 12.02 (a) is further amended by changing the symbol "(ii)"
to "(iii)" in the ninth line of such section.

         (b)     Section 12.02(b) is amended to read as follows:

             (b) HC hereby indemnifies Acquiror and, effective at the Effective
         Time, without duplication, HII and any of their respective
         Subsidiaries against and agrees to hold them harmless from 70% of any
         and all Damages incurred or suffered by Acquiror, HII or any of their
         Subsidiaries arising out of events occurring on or prior to the
         Effective Time at the Hotels which arise directly and solely as a
         result of any violation or requirement of any Environmental Law or
         Environmental Liability or obligation thereunder which was identified
         in either an Initial Report or an HC Report pursuant to the terms of
         Section 9.09; provided that (x) no items covered by this Section
         12.02(b) may be asserted under Section 12.02(a) and (y) HC's maximum
         liability under this Section 12.02(b) and the maximum liability of
         certain Affiliates of HC under the comparable indemnification
         provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreements shall not, in the
         aggregate, exceed $4 million.  HC shall pay any amount owed by it
         under this Section 12.02(b) within 20 days of the date such amount is
         due.              

         SECTION 6.  Amendment of Section 12.03.  Section 12.03(b) of the
Agreement is amended by deleting the words "or Building Codes or to address any
other Structural Deficiency" after the phrase "Environmental Laws" in the first
sentence thereof and by deleting the words the "or structural" after the word
"environmental" in the second sentence thereof.

         SECTION 7.  Amendment of Section 13.01.  Section 13.01(a) of the
Agreement is amended by adding the word "and" after the semicolon in subsection
(iv) thereof, by replacing the language "; and" with a period in subsection (v)
thereof and by deleting subsection (vi) thereof.





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         SECTION 8.  Confirmation of Agreement.  Except as modified or amended
in this Amendment, all terms and conditions in the Agreement remain in full
force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

         SECTION 9.  Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

         SECTION 10.  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be signed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if
the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.





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