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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

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Title: SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/28/2008
Industry: Hotels and Motels     Sector: Services

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2, Parties: cede & co , starwood hotels and resorts worldwide  inc , us bank national association
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STARWOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

Dated as of May 23, 2008

1

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 2 (this “ Supplemental Indenture No. 2 ”), dated as of May 23, 2008, is between STARWOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of September 13, 2007, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ” and together with this Supplemental Indenture No. 2, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of series of the Company’s Securities;

WHEREAS, Section 10.01(e) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture, the Company wishes to provide for the issuance of a new series of Securities to be known as its 6 3/4 % Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”), the form and terms of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in this Supplemental Indenture No. 2; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture No. 2 and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No. 2 a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No. 2 has been duly authorized in all respects;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Relation to Base Indenture . This Supplemental Indenture No. 2 constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.

Section 1.02 Definition Of Terms . For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 2:

(a)  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Base Indenture;

(b)  a term defined anywhere in this Supplemental Indenture No. 2 has the same meaning throughout;

(c)  the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(d)  headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;

(e)  the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.02(e):

Business Day ” shall mean, unless otherwise specified, any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York and on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, New York.

Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, provided that the Company will be deemed to own any asset that the Company sells, transfers, conveys or otherwise disposes and, following such transaction, manages pursuant to a management agreement or it is operated by a third party subject to a franchise or license agreement with the Company; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Change of Control Triggering Event ” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

Capitalized Lease-Back Obligation ” shall mean the total net rental obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any lease entered into as part of a sale and lease-back transaction involving a Principal Property discounted to present value at the rate of 9% per annum.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” shall mean the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“ Remaining Life ”) of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

Comparable Treasury Price ” shall mean, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations or, if only one such Quotation is obtained, such Quotation.

Continuing Directors ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fair Value ” when used with respect to property, shall mean the fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

Global Note ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Independent Investment Banker ” shall mean an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company, which may be one of the Reference Treasury Dealers.

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).

Investment Grade Rating ” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P; and, if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement organization for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service Inc.

Person ” has the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture and includes a “person” or “group” as these terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

Principal Property ” shall mean any single property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiary having a gross book value in excess of the greater of (i) $100 million and (ii) 5% of Consolidated Net Assets, except any such property or portion thereof which the Board of Directors by resolution declares is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.

Rating Agency ” shall mean (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event ” shall mean the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided , however , that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Interest Payment Date for the Notes, the first day, whether or not a Business Day, of the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date falls.

Redemption Date ” shall mean, with respect to any redemption of Notes, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the Indenture and such Notes.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” shall mean any primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”) that the Company selects. The Company has selected Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and their respective successors as Primary Treasury Dealers.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” shall mean, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Restricted Subsidiary ” shall mean any of the Company’s Subsidiaries organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and the principal business of which is carried on within the United States of America (x) which owns, or is a lessee pursuant to a capital lease of, any Principal Property or (y) in which the investment of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Assets as of the date of such determination other than, in the case of either clause (x) or (y), (i) each Subsidiary whose principal business consists of finance, banking, credit, leasing, insurance, financial services or other similar operations, or any combination thereof, (ii) each Subsidiary formed or acquired after the date hereof for the purpose of developing new assets or acquiring the business or assets of another Person and which does not acquire any part of the business or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) each Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America whose principal business consists of managing, licensing, supervising, directing or controlling activities outside the United States of America; and (iv) each subsidiary whose principal business consists of conducting timeshare, fractional, residential and related activities.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” shall mean any of the Company’s Subsidiaries other than a Restricted Subsidiary.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Treasury Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), (ii) if the period from the Redemption Date to the Maturity Date of the Notes to be redeemed is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used, or (iii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Company on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any such calculation.

Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of such Person.

The terms “ Company ,” “ Trustee ,” “ Indenture ,” “ Base Indenture ,” and “ Notes ” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture No. 2 and the paragraph preceding such recitals.

ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount . The Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture. There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated as the 6 3/4 % Senior Notes due 2018, limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S. $400,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture or upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 3.03 or 10.04 of the Base Indenture).

Section 2.02 Maturity . The date upon which the Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is May 15, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

Section 2.03 Form, Payment and Appointment . Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form. Principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Principal Office of the Trustee; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person entitled to payment; provided , that the paying agent shall have received written notice of such account designation at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment (subject to surrender of the relevant Note in the case of a payment of interest on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date).

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, but the Company may require payment from the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

The Security registrar and paying agent for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of U.S. $2,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Specified Currency of the Notes shall be U.S. Dollars.

Section 2.04 Global Notes . The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of a permanent Global Security in registered form (a “ Global Note ”), deposited with The Depository Trust Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate. Unless and until such Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be made only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Section 2.05 Interest . (a) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or, if applicable, the Redemption Date, with respect to the Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of May 23, 2008, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or, if applicable, Redemption Date, as the case may be (each, an “ Interest Period ”).

(b)  The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 6 3/4 % per year from the original issue date thereof through and including the Maturity Date. Interest on the Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing November 15, 2008, to the Persons in whose names the relevant Notes are registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.05(d).

(c)  The amount of interest payable for any full semi-annual Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date).

(d)  In the event that the Maturity Date or a Redemption Date for any Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest will accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after the Maturity Date). Interest due on the Maturity Date or a Redemption Date (in each case, whether or not an Interest Payment Date) of any Notes will be paid to the Person to whom principal of such Notes is payable.

Section 2.06 No Sinking Fund . The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption by Company . Except as otherwise may be specified in this Supplemental Indenture No. 2, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price (the “ Optional Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater of:

(i)  100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; and

(ii)  the sum, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of such redemption to the registered holders of the Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. If Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.01, the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair; provided , that if at the time of redemption the Notes to be redeemed are registered as a Global Note, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed held by each of its participants that holds a position in such Notes. The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary for the Notes (if then registered as a Global Note); provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to be paid.

If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or paying agent on or before the Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, then on and after such Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or such portion thereof) called for redemption.

Section 3.02 Change of Control Triggering Event . If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes as described in Section 3.01, holders of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in the Notes


 
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