S-1MEF

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2013.

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   7011   27-4384691

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100

McLean, VA 22102

Telephone: (703) 883-1000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Christopher J. Nassetta

President and Chief Executive Officer

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100

McLean, VA 22102

Telephone: (703) 883-1000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Joshua Ford Bonnie

Edgar J. Lewandowski

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (212) 455-2000

Facsimile: (212) 455-2502

 

Kristin A. Campbell

Executive Vice President and

General Counsel

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

7930 Jones Branch Drive,

Suite 1100

McLean, VA 22102

Telephone: (703) 883-1000

 

Kevin J. Jacobs

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

7930 Jones Branch Drive,

Suite 1100

McLean, VA 22102

Telephone: (703) 883-1000

   Michael P. Kaplan

John B. Meade

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (212) 450-4111

Facsimile: (212) 701-5111

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.    ¨

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    x File No. 333-191110

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨      Accelerated filer    ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company    ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount to be

registered(1)

 

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(1)(2)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

  5,543,129   $20.00(2)   $110,862,580   $14,280

 

 

(1) Includes shares subject to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF

CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Registrant”). This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of, including all exhibits to, the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-191110), as amended, which was declared effective by the Commission on December 11, 2013.


Exhibit
Number
   Description
  5.1    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on December 2, 2013 (File No. 333-191110) and incorporated herein by reference)
  23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.2    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on September 12, 2013 (File No. 333-191110) and on the signature page to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on October 18, 2013 (File No. 333-191110) and incorporated herein by reference).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in McLean, Virginia, on the 11th day of December, 2013.

 

HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.
By:  

/s/ Christopher J. Nassetta

  Name:   Christopher J. Nassetta
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 11th day of December, 2013.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    Christopher J. Nassetta        

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

Christopher J. Nassetta   

*

   Chairman of the Board of Directors
Jonathan D. Gray   

*

   Director
Michael S. Chae   

*

   Director
Tyler S. Henritze   

*

   Director
Judith A. McHale   

*

   Director
John G. Schreiber   

*

   Director
Douglas M. Steenland   

*

   Director
William J. Stein   

/s/    Kevin J. Jacobs        

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

Kevin J. Jacobs   

/s/    Paula A. Kuykendall        

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(principal accounting officer)

Paula A. Kuykendall   

 

*By:  

/s/    Christopher J. Nassetta

  Name:    Christopher J. Nassetta
  Title:    Attorney-in-Fact