SCHEDULE 13D
(RULE 13d-101)
Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) and
Amendments Thereto Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
866948-10-2
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(CUSIP Number)
Stewart Bainum, Jr. (240) 453-8550
7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20855
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
September 20, 2000
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box [ ].
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 866948-10-2 13D PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES
1 NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Stewart Bainum, Jr.
S.S.#: ###-##-####
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(See Instructions)
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
00
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5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
[ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
982,064
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8 SHARED VOTING POWER
1,782,498
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9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
982,064
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,782,498
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,764,562
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)
[ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
17.4%*
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions
IN
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*For purposes of calculating this percentage, shares outstanding include shares
deemed beneficially owned by virtue of holding options which are currently
exercisable or which become exercisable within sixty days.
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CUSIP NO. 866948-10-2 13D PAGE 3 OF 8 PAGES
The information contained in this Amendment No. 4 supplements and
amends the information contained in Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person
relating to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), as
heretofore amended.
On September 20, 2000, the Issuer issued a press release (the "Press
Release") announcing that it had entered into a Recapitalization Agreement dated
as of September 20, 2000 (the "Recapitalization Agreement") with Nova Finance
Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Nova"), pursuant to which
Nova will be merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer as the surviving
corporation (the "Merger"). At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective
Time"), all membership interests of Nova issued and outstanding prior to the
Effective Time shall be converted into Common Stock of the Issuer as the
surviving corporation. Stewart Bainum, Jr. is the sole member of Nova. The
Recapitalization Agreement further provides that each share of the Common Stock
held by the shareholders of the Issuer prior to the Effective Time (other than
shares of Common Stock held by Realty Investment Company, Inc., the Stewart
Bainum Declaration of Trust dated May 23, 1995, the Jane L. Bainum Declaration
of Trust dated May 23, 1995, the Barbara J. Bainum Declaration of Trust dated
December 20, 1996, the Stewart W. Bainum, Jr. Declaration of Trust dated March
13, 1996, the Bruce Bainum Declaration of Trust dated March 13, 1997, the
Roberta Bainum Irrevocable Grantor Trust, Mid Pines Associates Limited
Partnership, Cambridge Investment Company, LLC, Stewart Bainum, Stewart W.
Bainum, Jr., Barbara J. Bainum, Bruce Bainum, James A. MacCutcheon, Kevin P.
Hanley, Pamela M. Williams, Charles Warczak and Gregory Miller (the "Continuing
Shareholders")) will be converted at the Effective Time into a cash payment of
$7.375 per share of Common Stock.
The transactions contemplated by the Recapitalization Agreement are
subject to certain conditions.
In connection with the transactions contemplated under the
Recapitalization Agreement, the Continuing Stockholders have entered into an
Exchange and Voting Agreement dated as of September 18, 2000 (the "Exchange and
Voting Agreement"). Pursuant to the Exchange and Voting Agreement, the
Continuing Stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of the Recapitalization
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder. The Exchange and Voting
Agreement further provides that certain shares of Common Stock held by the
Continuing Shareholders shall be exchanged for Preferred Stock of the Issuer
prior to the Merger. This Preferred Stock will be converted into Common Stock of
the Issuer as the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result of the
transactions contemplated under the Recapitalization Agreement and the Exchange
and Voting Agreement, the Continuing Stockholders will own the entire equity
interest in the Issuer, as the surviving corporation after the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereunder.
Each of the foregoing descriptions of the Recapitalization Agreement,
the Exchange and Voting Agreement and the Press Release is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Recapitalizaiton Agreement, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.a and is incorporated herein by reference, to the
Exchange and Voting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.b and is incorporated herein by reference, and to the Press Re-
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lease, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.c and is incorporated
herein by reference.
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CUSIP NO. 866948-10-2 13D PAGE 5 OF 8 PAGES
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
(a) Name of Issuer:
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
10770 Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(c) Title and Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2. Identity and Background.
(a) Name:
Stewart Bainum, Jr.
(b) Business Address:
7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20855
(c) Present Principal Employment:
Chairman of Sunburst Hospitality Corporation
and Choice Hotels International
7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20855
(d) Record of Convictions:
During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) Record of Civil Proceedings:
During the last five years, the Reporting Person was not a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative
body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final
order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or
mandating such activities subject to, federal or state
securities laws or finding any violation with respect to
such laws.
(f) Citizenship:
Reporting Person is a citizen of the United States.
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Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The Reporting Person utilized no funds in the transactions triggering the
filing of this amendment.
Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction.
Pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement, all the membership interests of
Nova shall be converted in the Merger into Common Stock of the Issuer as the
surviving corporation. Pursuant to the Exchange and Voting Agreement, the
Reporting Person will exchange his Common Stock for Preferred Stock of the
Issuer prior to the Merger. This Preferred Stock will be converted in the Merger
into Common Stock of the Issuer as the surviving Corporation. As a result of the
transactions contemplated under the Recapitalization Agreement and the Exchange
and Voting Agreement, the Reporting Person and other Continuing Shareholders
will acquire control of the Issuer and the Common Stock will be eligible for
termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of Issuer.
(a) Amount and Percentage Beneficially Owned:
Prior to the transactions contemplated by the Recapitalization Agreement
and the Exchange and Voting Agreement, as of the close of business on September
19, 2000, the Reporting Person beneficially owned 2,764,562 shares of Common
Stock, including: (i) 18,135 shares owned directly by the Reporting Person, (ii)
874,729 shares owned directly by the Stewart Bainum, Jr. Declaration of Trust
("SBJ Trust"), the sole trustee and beneficiary of which is the Reporting
Person, (iii) 1,189,289 shares held directly by Realty Investment Company, Inc.,
a real estate management and investment company in which the SBJ Trust has
shared voting authority, (iv) 593,209 shares owned by Mid Pines Associates
Limited Partnership, in which the SBJ Trust is managing general partner and has
shared voting authority, (v) 3,533 shares owned by the Foundation for Maryland's
Future, in which the Reporting Person is the sole director, and (vi) 85,667
shares which the Reporting Person has the right to acquire pursuant to stock
options which are presently exercisable or which become exercisable within 60
days after the Record Date.
To the best of its knowledge and based on the number of shares of Common
Stock believed to be outstanding as of the close of business on September 19,
2000, the Reporting Person would be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 17.4%
percent of the shares of Common Stock. For purposes of calculating this
percentage, shares outstanding include shares deemed beneficially owned by the
Reporting Person by virtue of holding options which are exercisable as of
September 19, 2000 or which become exercisable within sixty days.
Pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement and the Exchange and Voting
Agreement, the Reporting Person, as a Continuing Shareholder, will continue to
hold a portion of its equity in the Issuer following the Merger. In addition,
the Reporting Person will own equity in the Issuer through its membership
interest of Nova, which will be converted in the
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Merger into shares of Common Stock of the Issuer as the surviving corporation.
(b) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole Voting Power: 982,064
(ii) Shared Voting Power: 1,782,498
(iii) Sole Dispositive Power: 982,064
(iv) Shared Dispositive Power: 1,782,498
Pursuant to the Exchange and Voting Agreement, the Reporting Person has
agreed to vote all shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned in favor of
the Transactions (as defined in the Recapitalization Agreement).
(c) Transactions effected in the last sixty days:
Not applicable.
(d) Ownership of more than five percent on behalf of Another Person:
To the extent that shares of the Issuer identified in Item 5(a) are held by
corporations or partnerships, other shareholders and partners, respectively,
have the right to receive dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the
shares to the extent of their proportionate interests in such entities. To the
best of the Reporting Person's knowledge, other than Stewart and Jane Bainum,
the Reporting Person's parents, and Bruce Bainum, Roberta Bainum and Barbara
Bainum, the Reporting Person's siblings, no other Person has such interest
relating to more than 5% of the outstanding class of securities. Shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by Stewart and Jane Bainum, Bruce Bainum,
Roberta Bainum and Barbara Bainum are separately reported by these individuals.
(e) Ownership of less than five percent:
Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer.
As described above, pursuant to the Exchange and Voting Agreement, the
Reporting Person has agreed to exchange a portion of its shares of Common Stock
for Preferred Stock of the Issuer prior to the Merger. This Preferred Stock will
be converted into Common Stock of the Issuer as the surviving corporation in the
Merger. Pursuant to this agreement, the Reporting Person has also agreed to vote
all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by him in favor of the
Transactions.
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Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.a Recapitalization Agreement
dated as of September 20, 2000.
Incorporated by reference to the
Exhibits filed with Sunburst
Hospitality Corporation's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated September
25, 2000.
Exhibit 99.b Exchange and Voting Agreement
dated as of September 18, 2000.
Incorporated by reference to the
Exhibits filed with Sunburst
Hospitality Corporation's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated September
25, 2000.
Exhibit 99.c Press Release dated as of
September 20, 2000. Incorporated by
reference to the Exhibits filed with
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated
September 25, 2000.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
DATE: September 25, 2000
/s/ Stewart Bainum, Jr.
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Stewart Bainum, Jr.
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