As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2003
Registration No. 333-87570
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
36-2058176 (I.R.S. Employer Identification) |
9336 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
(310) 278-4321
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Madeleine A. Kleiner
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Hilton Hotels Corporation
9336 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
(310) 278-4321
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Cynthia A. Rotell
Latham & Watkins
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 485-1234
Approximate Date Of Commencement Of Proposed Sale To The Public: Not applicable.
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On May 3, 2002, Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 87570), amended on May 17, 2002 (the "Registration Statement"), registering for offer and sale from time to time 5,200,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $2.50 par value per share (the "Shares") by certain selling stockholders.
In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration those Shares remaining unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof (the "Unsold Shares"). The Company is deregistering the Unsold Shares because the Company's obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to the Shares pursuant to a registration rights agreement dated as of May 1, 2002 between the Company and Pan Global Partners has expired.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beverly Hills, State of California, on May 1, 2003.
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/s/ MADELEINE A. KLEINER Madeleine A. Kleiner Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 1, 2003.
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| * Stephen F. Bollenbach President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
* Benjamin V. Lambert Director |
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* A. Steven Crown Director |
* David Michels Director |
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* Peter M. George Director |
* John H. Myers Director |
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* Matthew J. Hart Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
* John L. Notter Director |
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* Barron Hilton Chairman of the Board |
* Donna F. Tuttle Director |
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* Dieter Huckestein Director |
* Peter V. Ueberroth Director |
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* Robert L. Johnson Director |
* Sam D. Young Director |
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* Robert M. La Forgia Senior Vice President and Controller (Chief Accounting Officer) |
*By: |
/s/ MADELEINE A. KLEINER Madeleine A. Kleiner Attorney-in-Fact |
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