EXHIBIT 10.1

CONFIDENTIAL
EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT
This Agreement, dated March 7, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is by and among the
persons (subject to Section 21 of this Agreement) and entities listed on
Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Orange Capital Group”, and individually a
“member” of the Orange Capital Group) and Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the
“Company”). In consideration of and reliance upon the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1.
Board Representation.

(a)
On the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board") will (i) adopt a resolution increasing the size of the Board by one
seat and (ii) appoint David Johnson (“Mr. Johnson”), (the "Appointed Director")
to fill such resulting vacancy on the Board.

(b)
The Company will include the Appointed Director in its slate of nominees for
election as a director of the Company at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of
stockholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”) and recommend that the Company’s
stockholders vote in favor of the election the Appointed Director (along with
all other Company nominees). The Company shall solicit proxies in favor of such
election and otherwise support the Appointed Director for election in a manner
no less favorable than the manner in which the Company supports other nominees
in the aggregate for election as director.

(c)
Prior to the date hereof, the Appointed Director has provided to the Company (i)
information requested by the Company, including any information required to be
disclosed in proxy statements under applicable law, (ii) an executed consent
from such Appointed Director to be named as a nominee in the Company’s proxy
statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting and to serve as a director if so elected,
and (iii) a completed D&O Questionnaire. It is a condition to the Appointed
Director’s nomination as a director of the Company at the 2014 Annual Meeting
that the Appointed Director updates such information upon the Company’s request.

(d)
The Company will also include the Appointed Director in its slate of nominees
for election as a director of the Company at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting
of stockholders (the “2015 Annual Meeting”) and recommend that the Company’s
stockholders vote in favor of the election the Appointed Director (along with
all other Company nominees). The Company shall solicit proxies in favor of such
election and otherwise support the Appointed Director for election in a manner
no less favorable than the manner in which the Company supports other nominees
in the aggregate for election as director.

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(e)
The nomination of the Appointed Director for election as a director of the
Company at the 2015 Annual Meeting shall be subject to the satisfaction of each
of the following conditions: (i) that the Appointed Director provides to the
Company on a timely basis (x) such information as the Company requests from
other members of the Board, including any information required to be disclosed
in proxy statements under applicable law, (y) an executed consent from such
Appointed Director to be named as a nominee in the Company’s proxy statement for
the 2015 Annual Meeting and to serve as a director if so elected, and (z) a
completed D&O Questionnaire; (ii) that the Appointed Director then meets the
independence standards of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on
which the Company may then be listed); and (iii) that the Appointed Director
shall have complied with the corporate governance and other Company policies
applicable to directors of the Company.

(f)
The Company agrees that if at any time during the Standstill Period, the
Appointed Director is unable to serve as a director, including, without
limitation, due to death, disability or unwillingness to serve, the Company
agrees to consult with the Orange Capital Group with respect to the selection of
a replacement for the Appointed Director.

2.
2014 Annual Meeting Proxy Contest

(a)
The Orange Capital Group agrees not to conduct a proxy contest for the election
of directors with respect to the 2014 Annual Meeting. Effective immediately upon
issuance of the Press Release (as defined in Section 7), each member of the
Orange Capital Group hereby irrevocably withdraws their letter dated November
20, 2013 (as supplemented) providing notice to the Company of their intention to
nominate certain individuals (the “Orange Capital Nominees”) for election as
directors of the Company at the 2014 Annual Meeting (the “Stockholder
Nomination”). Each member of the Orange Capital Group shall, and shall cause
each member and Affiliate of the Orange Capital Group (such Affiliates, the
“Orange Capital Affiliates”) to, immediately cease all efforts, direct or
indirect, in furtherance of the Stockholder Nomination and any related
solicitation in connection with the Stockholder Nomination. In connection with
the foregoing, the Orange Capital Group and the Orange Capital Affiliates shall
promptly modify or disable (and not permit to be re-enabled) any websites they
directly or indirectly maintain in order to comply with this Section 2(a)
including the domain name, www.bee-strategic.com. For purposes of this
Agreement: the term "Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2
promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act; and the terms "person" or
"persons" shall mean any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit),
general or limited partnership, limited liability or unlimited liability
company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or other entity
of any kind or nature.

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3.
Standstill.

(a)
From the date of this Agreement until the conclusion of the 2015 Annual Meeting
(the “Standstill Period”), no member of the Orange Capital Group shall, directly
or indirectly, and each member of the Orange Capital Group shall cause each
Orange Capital Affiliate not to, directly or indirectly;

(i)
solicit proxies or written consents of stockholders or conduct any other type of
referendum (binding or non-binding) with respect to, or from the holders of, the
Voting Securities (as defined below), or become a “participant” (as such term is
defined in Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) in or assist
any third party in any “solicitation” of any proxy, consent or other authority
(as such terms are defined under the Exchange Act) to vote any shares of the
Voting Securities (other than such encouragement, advice or influence that is
consistent with Company management’s recommendation in connection with such
matter); provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Orange Capital Group
or any Orange Capital Affiliate from voting its Voting Securities in accordance
with this Agreement, or otherwise as determined by the Orange Capital Group with
respect to any item brought before the stockholders of the Company, subject to
the Orange Capital Group's obligations to vote in favor of certain matters
pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement;

(ii)
encourage, advise or influence any other person or assist any third party in so
encouraging, assisting or influencing any person with respect to the giving or
withholding of any proxy, consent or other authority to vote or in conducting
any type of referendum (other than such encouragement, advice or influence that
is consistent with Company management’s recommendation in connection with such
matter);

(iii)
form or join in a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group
(other than a group between or among members of the Orange Capital Group and/or
any Orange Capital Affiliates), including a group as defined under Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act, with respect to the Voting Securities, or otherwise support
or participate in any effort by a third party with respect to the matters set
forth in clause (i) above;

(iv)
present at any annual or special meeting of the Company’s stockholders
(“Stockholders Meeting”) or through action by written consent any proposal for
consideration for action by stockholders or propose any nominee for election to
the Board or seek representation on the Board or the removal of any member of
the Board;

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(v)
grant any proxy, consent or other authority to vote with respect to any matters
(other than to the named proxies included in the Company’s proxy card) for any
Stockholders Meeting or deposit any Voting Securities of the Company in a voting
trust or subject them to a voting agreement or other arrangement of similar
effect with respect to any Stockholders Meeting except as provided in Section
3(b) below, or action by written consent; provided, however, that this Section
3(v) shall not preclude (i) the tender by the Orange Capital Group or any Orange
Capital Affiliates of any Voting Securities into any tender or exchange offer of
any third party or (ii) any vote at a Stockholder Meeting by the Orange Capital
Group or any of the Orange Capital Affiliates of any Voting Securities in favor
of: (a) any recapitalization of the Company, (b) any merger, amalgamation,
consolidation, share exchange (including any exchange offer or tender offer),
recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution, or other business
combination, (c) an acquisition, disposition or sale of assets or a business by
the Company or (d) any other extraordinary transaction involving the Company,
its securities or assets (any of the foregoing transactions, an "Extraordinary
Transaction");

(vi)
institute, solicit, assist or join, as a party, any litigation, arbitration or
other proceeding against or involving the Company or any of its current or
former directors or officers (including derivative actions);

(vii)
other than pursuant to a transaction approved in advance by the Board, acquire
Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities that would equal or exceed (in the
aggregate with all other members of the Orange Capital Group and all Orange
Capital Affiliates) 9.9% of the then total outstanding Voting Securities;

(viii)
without the prior approval of the Board, separately or in conjunction with any
other person or entity in which it is or proposes to be either a principal,
partner or financing source or is acting or proposes to act as broker or agent
for compensation, propose (publicly or to the Company) or participate in, effect
or seek to effect, any Extraordinary Transaction; provided, however, that the
foregoing limitation shall not prohibit the Orange Capital Group or any Orange
Capital Affiliate from voting any of its Voting Securities at a Stockholder
Meeting on an Extraordinary Transaction; or

(ix)
publicly request, directly or indirectly, any amendment or waiver of the
foregoing by the Company, or privately request, directly or indirectly, any
amendment or waiver of the foregoing by the Company in a manner that would
reasonably likely require public disclosure by any member of the Orange Capital
Group or the Company.

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(b)
Each member of the Orange Capital Group shall (i) cause, in the case of all
Voting Securities owned of record, and (ii) instruct the record owner, in the
case of all shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned (as defined in Rule
13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) but not owned of record,
directly or indirectly, by it, or by any Orange Capital Affiliate, as of the
record date for any Stockholder Meeting within the Standstill Period, in each
case that are entitled to vote at any such Stockholder Meeting, to be present
for quorum purposes and to be voted, at all such Stockholder Meetings or at any
adjournments or postponements thereof, (x) for all directors nominated by the
Board for election at such Stockholder Meeting and in favor of ratification of
the appointment of the Company’s auditors, (y) in accordance with the
recommendation of the Board on any proposals of any other stockholder of the
Company that is also proposing one or more nominees for election to the Board in
opposition to one or more nominees of the Board at such Shareholder Meeting, and
(z) for advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation.

(c)
For purposes of this Section 3, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

(i)
“Beneficial Ownership” of “Voting Securities” means ownership of: (i) Voting
Securities, (ii) rights or options to own or acquire any Voting Securities
(whether such right or option is exercisable immediately or only after the
passage of time or upon the satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether or
not within the control of such person), compliance with regulatory requirements
or otherwise) and (iii) any other economic exposure to Voting Securities,
including through any derivative transaction that gives any such person or any
of such person’s controlled Affiliates the economic equivalent of ownership of
an amount of Voting Securities due to the fact that the value of the derivative
is explicitly determined by reference to the price or value of Voting
Securities, or which provides such person or any of such person’s controlled
Affiliates an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit, or to share in any
profit, derived from any increase in the value of Voting Securities, in any case
without regard to whether (x) such derivative conveys any voting rights in
Voting Securities to such person or any of such person’s Affiliates, (y) the
derivative is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of
Voting Securities, or (z) such person or any of such person’s Affiliates may
have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such
Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities.

(ii)
“Voting Securities” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company (the “Common Stock”) and any other securities of the Company
entitled to vote in the election of directors, or securities convertible into,
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or

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other securities, whether or not subject to the passage of time or other
contingencies.
4.
Anti-Disparagement. During the Standstill Period, neither any member of the
Orange Capital Group nor any of its partners, officers, directors or employees
shall, and the Orange Capital Group shall cause each Orange Capital Affiliate
not to, make, or cause to be made, any comments or statements by press release
or similar public statement to the press or media, or in any Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filing, any statement or announcement that
disparages (as distinct from objective statements reflecting business
criticism), the Company, its partners, officers, directors or employees. During
the Standstill Period, neither the Company nor any of its officers or directors
shall, make, or cause to be made, by press release or similar public statement,
including to the press or media or in an SEC filing, any statement or
announcement that disparages (as distinct from objective statements reflecting
business criticism), any member of the Orange Capital Group, its officers,
directors or employees.

5.
Orange Capital Release. The Orange Capital Group hereby agrees for the benefit
of the Company, and each controlling person, officer, director, stockholder,
agent, Affiliate, employee, attorney, assign, predecessor and successor, past
and present, of the Company (the Company and each such person being a “Company
Released Person”), except in respect of any obligation of a Company Released
Person under this Agreement, as follows:

(a)
The Orange Capital Group, for themselves and for their members, officers,
directors, assigns, agents, controlled Affiliates and successors, past and
present, hereby agree and confirm that, effective from and after the date of
this Agreement, they hereby acknowledge full and complete satisfaction of, and
covenant not to sue, and forever fully release and discharge each Company
Released Person of, and hold each Company Released Person harmless from, any and
all rights, claims, warranties, demands, debts, obligations, liabilities, costs,
attorneys’ fees, expenses, suits, losses and causes of action (“Claims”) of any
nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, occurring
at any time or period of time on or prior to the date of the execution of this
Agreement (including the future effects of such occurrences, acts or
omissions)..

6.
Company Release. The Company hereby agrees for the benefit of the Orange Capital
Group, and each controlling person, officer, director, stockholder, member,
agent, Affiliate, employee, partner, attorney, assign, administrator,
predecessor and successor, past and present, thereof, as well as each of the
Orange Capital Nominees (the Orange Capital Group and each such person being an
“Orange Capital Released Person”), except in respect of any obligation of an
Orange Capital Released Person under this Agreement, as follows:

(a)
The Company, for itself and for its officers, directors, assigns, agents and
successors, past and present, hereby agrees and confirms that, effective from
and after the date of this Agreement, it hereby acknowledges full and complete

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satisfaction of, and forever fully releases and discharges each Orange Capital
Released Person of, and holds each Orange Capital Released Person harmless from,
any and all Claims of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected
or unsuspected, occurring at any time or period of time on or prior to the date
of the execution of this Agreement (including the future effects of such
occurrences, acts or omissions).
7.
Public Announcements. No earlier than 8:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the first
trading day after the date hereof, the Company shall announce this Agreement and
the material terms hereof by means of a press release in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-1 (the “Press Release”). Neither the Company nor any member
of the Orange Capital Group shall make any public announcement or statement that
is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Press Release,
except as required by law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or with
the prior written consent of the other party.

8.
Representations and Warranties of All Parties. Each of the parties represents
and warrants to the other party that: (a) such party has all requisite company
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder; (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by it and is a valid and binding obligation of such
party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms; and (c) this
Agreement will not result in a violation of any terms or conditions of any
agreements to which such person is a party or by which such party may otherwise
be bound or of any law, rule, license, regulation, judgment, order or decree
governing or affecting such party.

9.
Representations and Warranties of Orange Capital Group.

(a)
Each member of the Orange Capital Group jointly and severally represents and
warrants to the Company that, (i) as of the close of business on March 6, 2014,
the Orange Capital Group collectively Beneficially Owns, an aggregate of
8,295,651 shares of Common Stock; (ii) except for such ownership, no member of
the Orange Capital Group, individually or in the aggregate with all other
members of the Orange Capital Group and any Orange Capital Affiliates, has any
other Beneficial Ownership of, and/or economic exposure to, any Voting
Securities, including through any derivative transaction described in the
definition of “Beneficial Ownership” above; and (iii) the Orange Capital Group,
collectively with the Orange Capital Affiliates, beneficially own (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) 8,295,651 shares of
Common Stock.

(b)
Further, each member of the Orange Capital Group jointly and severally
represents and warrants to the Company that the Appointed Director (i) is not an
Orange Capital Affiliate, (ii) has not received or been promised and will not
receive any compensation or payment from any member of the Orange Capital Group
or Orange Capital Affiliate in connection with his service as a member of the
Board, and (iii) will not be providing any member of the Orange Capital

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Group or Orange Capital Affiliate with any non-public information relating to
the Company, its subsidiaries or their respective assets, including, without
limitation, information relating to the deliberations of the Board and its
committees.
10.
Specific Performance. The Company and the Orange Capital Group each acknowledge
and agree that (a) a breach or a threatened breach by either party may give rise
to irreparable injury inadequately compensable in damages and accordingly each
party shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, without proof of actual
damages, to prevent a breach or threatened breach of the provisions hereof and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any state or federal
court having jurisdiction, (b) neither party shall plead in defense for any such
relief that there would be an adequate remedy at law, (c) any applicable right
or requirement that a bond be posted by either party is waived and (d) such
remedies shall not be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Agreement, but
will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

11.
Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING
VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND EFFECT, BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE.

12.
No Waiver. Any waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other
breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this
Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of
this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or
deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to
that term or any other term of this Agreement.

13.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by an
agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto.

14.
Notices. All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals and other
communications provided for herein and all legal process in regard hereto shall
be in writing and shall be deemed validly given, made or served, if (a) given by
telecopy and email, when such telecopy and email is transmitted to the telecopy
number set forth below and sent to the email address set forth below and the
appropriate confirmation is received or (b) if given by any other means, when
actually received during normal business hours at the address specified in this
subsection:

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If to the Company:    

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
200 W. Madison, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
Facsimile: (312) 658-5799
Email: dmorefield@strategichotels.com pmaggio@strategichotels.com
Attention: Diane Morefield
Paula C. Maggio

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
Facsimile: (312) 853-7036
Email:     tcole@sidley.com
iqasim@sidley.com    
Attention:     Thomas A. Cole
Imad I. Qasim

If to the Orange Capital Group:

Orange Capital, LLC    
1370 Avenue of the Americas, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10019    
Facsimile: (212) 375-6042
Email:     dlewis@orangecap.com    
rhoffmann@orangecap.com
Attention: Daniel Lewis
Russell Hoffman

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Schulte Roth & Zabel
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
Email:     david.rosewater@srz.com
Attention: David Rosewater

15.
Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any provision of
this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of no force and effect,
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unenforceability of such provision shall have no effect upon the legality or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
16.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts which
together shall constitute a single agreement.

17.
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall not be assignable by any of the
parties to this Agreement. This Agreement, however, shall be binding on
successors of the parties hereto.

18.
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the
parties hereto and is not enforceable by any other persons.

19.
Fees and Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the Orange Capital Group for
documented out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred and paid by the
Orange Capital Group in connection with its nomination of the Orange Capital
Nominees for the 2014 Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in no event shall
the costs, fees and expenses to be paid or reimbursed by the Company pursuant to
this Section 19 exceed $400,000 in total. Except as provided in this Section 19,
neither the Company, on the one hand, nor the Orange Capital Group, on the other
hand, will be responsible for any costs, fees or expenses of the other in
connection with this Agreement or any event leading thereto.

20.
Interpretation and Construction. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it
has been represented by counsel of its choice throughout all negotiations that
have preceded the execution of this Agreement, and that it has executed the same
with the advice of said independent counsel. Each party and its counsel
cooperated and participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement
and the documents referred to herein, and any and all drafts relating thereto
exchanged among the parties shall be deemed the work product of all of the
parties and may not be construed against any party by reason of its drafting or
preparation. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would
require interpretation of any ambiguities in this Agreement against any party
that drafted or prepared it is of no application and is hereby expressly waived
by each of the parties hereto, and any controversy over interpretations of this
Agreement shall be decided without regards to events of drafting or preparation.
The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only
and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
The term “including” shall be deemed to mean “including without limitation” in
all instances.

21.
Acknowledgement. Notwithstanding anything to contrary in this Agreement, Daniel
Lewis shall not be liable, in his personal capacity, for any breach arising
under this Agreement by any member of the Orange Capital Group, any Orange
Capital Affiliate, the Appointed Director or any other person or entity except
in the event, and solely to the extent, that such breach was caused by his
direct action or omission or actions taken under his direction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Agreement, or
caused the same to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the
date first above written.
STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

By:    /s/ Diane M. Morefield        
Name: Diane M. Morefield
Title:     Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

ORANGE CAPITAL, LLC

By:    /s/ Daniel Lewis            
Name: Daniel Lewis
Title: Managing Partner

ORANGE CAPITAL MASTER I, LTD.

By:    Orange Capital, LLC

By:     /s/ Daniel Lewis            
Name: Daniel Lewis
Title: Managing Partner

/s/ Daniel Lewis            
Daniel Lewis

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SCHEDULE A

Orange Capital LLC
Orange Capital Master I, Ltd.
Daniel Lewis

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EXHIBIT A-1

PRESS RELEASE

[Please see Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K to which this Agreement is an Exhibit]

A-1