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UNITED STATES
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SUNBURST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
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Contact: Doug Verner
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Sunburst Hospitality
(301) 592-3895
SUNBURST HOSPITALITY DECLARES NOVEMBER 22 RECORD DATE
FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
SILVER SPRING, Md. November 16, 2000 Sunburst Hospitality Corporation (NYSE:
SNB), a hotel ownership and management company, announced today that it has set
5 pm EST on November 22, 2000 as the record date for stockholders entitled to
vote at the upcoming special meeting being called to vote on a Recapitalization
Agreement.
The Recapitalization Agreement provides for the acquisition of all outstanding
publicly held shares of common stock of Sunburst at a price of $7.375 per share
in cash. The date of the special meeting has not been set, but is expected to
occur in late December. Sunburst has filed preliminary proxy materials with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and will mail the proxy statement after the
SEC completes its review, which is expected to be in the next few weeks.
Stockholders are advised to read Sunburst's proxy statement when it is available
because it will contain important information about the transaction and the
conflicts of interest of certain directors and officers. Stockholders may
obtain a free copy of Sunburst's preliminary proxy statement (which is subject
to change) and any other relevant documents on the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission's web site at www.sec.gov.
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