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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 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol of Original
Hampstead Genpar, L.P. (Month/Day/Year) Bristol Hotels & Resorts ("BH") (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 7/27/98 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
4200 Texas Commerce Tower West ---------------------------- Person to Issuer
2200 Ross Avenue (Check all applicable)
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(Street) Number of Reporting ----- -----
Person (Voluntary) Officer Other (specify
Dallas TX 75201 ----- ----- below)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ----------------------------
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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 response) 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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HAMPSTEAD GENPAR, L.P.
Explanation of Responses:
By: HH Genpar Partners
(1) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities Its General Partner
except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
By: Hampstead Associates, Inc.
(2) The Reporting Person is the managing general partner of Holdings. Its Managing General Partner
By: /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). Executive Vice President Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
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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