SEC Company Response from Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (SHO, SHO-PH, SHO-PI) (CIK 0001295810) (SHO) — Jun 3, 2005
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (SHO, SHO-PH, SHO-PI) (CIK 0001295810)
Date: June 3, 2005 · CIK: 0001295810 · Accession: 0001193125-05-119723
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File numbers found in text: 333-125123
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Merrill Lynch Acceleration Request for Sunstone Hotel Investors FORM S-11 [LOGO OF MERRILL LYNCH] Global Markets & Investment Banking World Financial Center North Tower New York, New York 10281-1305 212-449-6500 June 2, 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Registration Statement No. 333-125123 Gentlemen: We hereby join the Company in requesting that the effective date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 3:00 p.m. e.d.t. on June 6, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible, pursuant to Rule 430A. In connection with the foregoing, please be advised that the undersigned have effected approximately the following distribution of copies of the Preliminary Prospectus dated June 1, 2005. N.Y.S.E./A.S.E. 1 Financial Services and Publications 15 N.A.S.D. 5 Underwriters 34,407 Dealers 2 Individuals & Corporations 1,908 MLPF&S Inc. Branch Offices 3,382 TOTAL 39,720 Copies Very truly yours, MERRILL LYNCH & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC. BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC UBS SECURITIES LLC WACHOVIA SECURITIES LLC CALYON SECURITIES (USA) INC. STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED As Underwriters BY: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED By: /s/ HUGH H. HAYNES Hugh H. Haynes Authorized Signatory