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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Statement
Whitman Robert A. (Month/Day/Year) Bristol Hotels & Resorts ("BH")
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 7/27/98 5. Relationship of Reporting Person 6. If Amendment, Date
4200 Texas Commerce Tower West --------------------------- to Issuer (Check all applicable) of Original
2200 Ross Avenue 3. IRS or Social Security (Month/Day/Year)
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(Street) Person (Voluntary) ----- -----
Dallas TX 75201 Officer (give Other
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(City) (State) (Zip) below)
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 7,029,839(1) I By United/Harvey Holdings, L.P.
("Holdings")(2)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or type responses) SEC 1473 (8/92)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) The Reporting Person is the sole stockholder and director of RAW Genpar, Inc. RAW Genpar, is a general partner of HH Genpar
Partners. HH Genpar Partners is the managing general partner of Hampstead Genpar, L.P. Hampstead Genpar, L.P. is the general
partner of Holdings.
/s/ ROBERT A. WHITMAN 8/5/98
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- -------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Robert A. Whitman
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, see instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (8/92)
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