Edgar Filing: Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. [SHO]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

903 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 100

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/08/2005

(Street)

SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/06/2005		S		9,180,800 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 23.4	810,132	I	See footnote (2) ⁽²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 903 CALLE AMANECER SUITE 100 SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673	X	X

Signatures

Jonathan Paul		06/06/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Consists of 229,820 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Sunstone Hotel Investors, LLC., 42,356 shares of Common Stock directly owned by WB Hotel Investors, LLC and 537,956 share of Common Stock direclty owned by Sunstone/WB Hotel Investors IV, LLC.
(2)	See Exhibit 99.1
Remarks: Each of the entities set forth in Exhibit 99.1 may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such securities. Westbrook Real Estate Partners, L.L.C. is the managing member of Westbrook Sunstone Investors, LLC, which is the managing member of Westbrook SHP, LLC, which is a member of Sunstone Hotel Investors, L.L.C. Westbrook Real Estate Partners, L.L.C. is also the managing member of Westbrook Real Estate Partners Management III, LLC, which is the general partner of each of Westbrook Real Estate Fund III, L.P. and Westbrook Real Estate Co-Investment Partnership III, L.P., which together have the power to appoint a majority of the members of the executive committee of WB Hotel Investors, LLC, and which together with Westbrook SHP, LLC, have the power to appoint three-fourths of the members of the executive committee of Sunstone Hotel Investors, L.L.C. Westbrook Real Estate Partners, L.L.C. is also the managing member of Westbrook Real Estate Partners Management IV, LLC, which is the general partner of each of Westbrook Real Estate Fund IV, L.P. and Westbrook Real Estate Co-Investment Partnership IV, L.P., which together have the power to appoint a majority of the members of the executive committee of Sunstone/WB Hotel Investors IV, LLC. Sunstone/WB Hotel Investors IV, LLC has the power to appoint a majority of the members of the executive committee of Sunstone/WB Manhattan Beach, LLC. Mr. Paul disclaims ownership of all shares in excess of his pecuniary interests, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

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