UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
FORM 3
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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
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bass PLC
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
20 North Audley Street
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(Street)
London W1Y 1WE United Kingdom
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bristol Hotels & Resorts
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
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Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below)
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Signatory to Stockholder Agreement
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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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 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I)(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 1,713,629 shares I Held through an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of
Bass PLC
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature
Security (Instr. 4) and Expiration Securities Underlying sion or ship of In-
Date (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security Exercise Form of direct
------------------------- (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Bene-
Date Expira- ------------------------- Derivative ative ficial
Exer- tion Title Amount Security Security: Owner-
cisable Date or Direct ship
Number (D) or (Instr.
of Indirect 5)
Shares (I)
(Instr.
5)
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Explanation of Responses:
In connection with a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement"), dated February
28, 2000, by and among Bass PLC, BHR North America, Inc. (each a "Reporting
Person", and collectively, the "Reporting Persons") and Bristol Hotels &
Resorts (the "Issuer"), the Reporting Persons and United/Harvey Holdings, L.P.
("Holdings"), entered into a Stockholder Agreement, dated as of February 28,
2000 (the "Stockholder Agreement"). Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement and
subject to the terms thereof, Holdings has agreed to tender the shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer (the "Shares") owned by
it in the tender offer made by BHR North America, Inc. for all of the issued
and outstanding Shares of the Issuer and to vote such Shares in favor of the
Merger Agreement at any meeting of the stockholders of the Issuer. Holdings has
also granted BHR North America, Inc. a power of attorney to vote Holdings'
Shares in connection with any vote of the stockholders of the Issuer relating
to the Merger Agreement. As of February 28, 2000, Holdings owned 7,065,436
Shares, representing 37.3% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a fully
diluted basis.
Other Reporting Persons:
BHR North America, Inc., Three Ravinia Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30346
BASS PLC
By /s/ David R. Smith March 10, 2000
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Name: David R. Smith
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
BHR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
By /s/ James L. Kacena March 10,2000
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Name: James L. Kacena
Title: Vice President
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