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FORM 3 Expires: September 30, 1998
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U.S. 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 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol of Original
Decker Daniel A. (Month/Day/Year) Bristol Hotels & Resorts, Inc.("BH") (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 5. Relationship of Reporting ----------------------
4200 Texas Commerce Tower Wesr 7/27/98
2200 Ross Avenue ---------------------------- Person to Issuer
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(Street) Number of Reporting Director X 10% Owner
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Dallas TX 75301 Officer Other (specify
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- (give title 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, per 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 response) SEC 1473 (3-91)
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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 InMed, Inc. InMed, Inc. 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/ DANIEL A. DECKER 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
Daniel A. Decker
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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