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EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD
AGREEMENT 
 We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded by Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the
“Company”) the opportunity to earn a performance share award (the “Performance Share Award”) subject to (1) your waiver of a provision in your Executive Agreement as set forth in Section 15 below and (2) your
agreement as set forth in Section 16 below to an amendment of the Value Creation Plan as well as an amendment to the Unit Agreement issued to you under the Value Creation Plan limiting the number of shares of Common Stock considered outstanding
shares of Common Stock for purposes of the Value Creation Plan. 
 The terms of the Performance Share Award are as set forth in
this Performance Share Award Agreement (“Agreement”). This Agreement is granted under the Strategic Hotels & Resorts Second Amended and Restated 2004 Incentive Plan (“Plan”) and, except as expressly provided otherwise
herein, is limited by and subject to the express terms and conditions of the Plan, a copy of which has been made available to you. Certain capitalized terms are defined in the Appendix to this Agreement. Capitalized terms that are not defined in
this Agreement (including the Appendix) have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The basic terms of the Performance Share Award are summarized as follows: 
  

							
	 Target Number of Shares Subject to the

Award (“Target Shares”):
	  		  	                             
                                         
                         	  	
				
	 Performance Period:
	  		  	 January 2, 2012 (“Start Date”) through
 December 31, 2014 (“End Date”)
	  	

 1. Earning Performance Shares Award 
 Subject to the conditions and limitations set forth herein, the Company will determine and distribute shares of Common Stock to the extent earned as set forth below on a date (“Distribution
Date”) in the first calendar quarter of 2015 (no later than March 15, 2015) in which the Committee determines and certifies the Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR Performance Percentage and the Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR Performance
Percentage achieved, each as described in Section 2 hereof. The Committee will in good faith make such determination and certification and except as set forth in Sections 3, 4 and 6, distribute such shares of Common Stock within the time period
set forth in the preceding sentence. 
 (a) Base Performance Shares 

Shares of Common Stock are earned under this Performance Share Award based on two performance metrics (each, a “Performance
Metric”): (1) Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR Performance and (2) Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR Performance. The weighting of each Performance Metric is set forth below: 

  

					
	 Performance Metrics
	  	Weighting	 
	 1. Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR
	  	 	75	% 
	 2. Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR
	  	 	25	% 

 Shares of Common Stock are earned according to Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR Performance as set forth below: 

 

					
	 Percentile Rank
	  	Multiple of Target Shares
Earned	 
	 100%
	  	 	1.50	  
	 75%
	  	 	1.25	  
	 50%
	  	 	1.00	  
	 25%
	  	 	0.50	  
	 Below 25%
	  	 	0	  

 Shares of Common Stock are earned according to the Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR Performance as set forth below:

  

					
	 Percentile Rank
	  	Multiple of Target Shares
Earned	 
	 100%
	  	 	1.50	  
	 75%
	  	 	1.25	  
	 50%
	  	 	1.00	  
	 25%
	  	 	0.50	  
	 Below 25%
	  	 	0	  

 The number of Shares that are earned with respect to each Performance Metric shall be interpolated on a straight line
basis between the Multiple of Target Shares Earned levels set forth in the schedules above. 
 (b) Kicker Shares

 “Kicker Shares” shall be an additional number of shares of Common Stock earned under this
Performance Share Award equal to 10% of the Target Shares applicable to the Performance Metric if the Company is at the
85th percentile or higher for such Performance Metric.
Therefore, 

  
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	 	•	 	 The Kicker Shares for Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR Performance achievement at the 85th percentile or higher shall be an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to 7.5% of the Target Shares.

  

	 	•	 	 The Kicker Shares for the Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR Performance achievement at the 85th percentile or higher shall be an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to 2.5% of the Target Shares.

 (c) Dividend Equivalents: 
 Except as otherwise provided by a deferral election pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement, the aggregate dividends that would have been paid with respect to an ex date occurring from the Start Date
through the date of distribution of shares of Common Stock or cash under this Performance Share Award Agreement on the aggregate of the shares of Common Stock earned (including, without limitation, those shares of Common Stock deemed earned but paid
in cash in a Go Private Transaction (as defined hereafter)) under this Agreement without regard to this Section 1(c) shall be paid to you in cash at approximately the same time as the distribution of shares of Common Stock or in a Go Private
Transaction, cash under this Performance Share Award. 
 (d) Limitation on Shares of Common Stock To Be Earned:

 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein: 
 (1) No more than the Target Shares will be earned under this Performance Share Award if the Company TSR is less than or equal to 100%. 

(2) No shares of Common Stock will be earned under this Performance Share Award if the Performance Date Average Price is less than or
equal to $2.55 (50% of the Start Date Average Price), with such dollar amount subject to adjustment consistent with Section 14.1. 
 (e) Example: 
 An example of a calculation of the earning of a Performance
Share Award is set forth in Exhibit A. 
 2. Determining Performance Metrics 

As set forth above, the earning of shares of Common Stock under this Performance Share Award depends upon two Performance Metrics:
Relative SNL Lodging Index TSR and Relative MSCI US REIT Index TSR. Shares of Common Stock are earned under each of the relative TSR measures separately. Relative TSR for each Performance Metric will be based on the Company’s TSR performance
relative to the equally-weighted TSRs of each Index Company included in the SNL Lodging Index and MSCI US REIT Index (each, an “Index”) as applicable as of the Performance Date, excluding the Company if it is part of the Index. TSR is
calculated as share price appreciation plus the reinvestment of dividends during the applicable period. 

  
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 To determine relative performance, the baseline metrics are the 60-trading day average
closing price of a share of Common Stock of the Company and of a share of common stock of each Index Company, with the last of the 60-trading days falling on December 30, 2011. This 60-trading day average establishes both the Company’s
Start Date Average Price and the Index Company Baseline Stock Price against which future Company stock performance and the stock performance of Index Companies within the applicable Index will be compared. If a company was added to the applicable
Index after the Start Date, such company’s average closing stock price for the 60-trading days prior to joining the Index will be used for purposes of determining the Index Company Baseline Stock Price. In the event such Index Company does not
have a trading history prior to joining the Index, the average closing stock price for the 60-trading days starting on the day the Index Company joined the Index will be used for purposes of determining the Index Company Baseline Stock Price. Any
companies included in the applicable Index as of the Start Date but which are no longer included in the applicable Index as of the Performance Date will not be included in the TSR analysis with respect to such Index. 

The 60-trading day average closing price of a share of Common Stock and of a share of each Index Company with the last trading day of
such 60-trading day period ending on the Performance Date (establishing both the “Performance Date Average Price” and the “Index Company Performance Date Average Price”, respectively) is separately determined. (The Performance
Date Average Price and the Index Company Performance Date Average Prices shall be automatically adjusted to account for any stock split or similar change in capitalization in a manner as set forth in Section 14.1 of the Plan.) 

Company performance will be measured by dividing the Performance Date Average Price plus Company dividends reinvested as of each dividend
ex-date between Start Date and the Performance Date by the Start Date Average Price, with the quotient expressed as a percentage of the Start Date Average Price (the “Company TSR”). The performance for each Index Company will be measured
separately by dividing the Index Company Performance Date Average Price plus Index Company dividends reinvested as of each dividend ex-date between Start Date and the Performance Date by the Index Company Baseline Stock Price, with the quotient
expressed as a percentage of the Index Company Baseline Stock Price (the “Index Company TSR”). Therefore, the TSR for the Company and each Index Company equals the change in value between Start Date Average Price and the Performance Date
Average Price, plus dividends reinvested as of each dividend ex-date between Start Date and Performance Date, as a percentage of the Start Date Stock Price. 
 The Company’s TSR will be ranked against the Index Company TSRs of the Index Companies within the SNL Lodging Index to determine the Company’s Percentile Rank for purposes of Relative SNL
Lodging Index TSR Performance Metric. The Company’s TSR will be ranked against the Index Company TSRs of the Index Companies within the MSCI US REIT Index to determine the Company’s Percentile Rank for purposes of Relative MSCI US REIT
Index Performance Metric. 
 An example including the calculation of Start Date Average Price and a calculation of Company TSR
for a prior three year period is set forth in Exhibit B. 

  
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 3. Change of Control 
 If a Change of Control occurs prior to December 31, 2014 the end date for the Performance Period shall be treated as the date immediately prior to the Change of Control rather than December 31,
2014 and the relative TSR ranking for the Performance Metrics will be determined based on this shortened Performance Period (“Change of Control Performance Period”) and TSRs for Index Companies shall be determined based on the 60-trading
day average closing price of each Index Company with the last trading day of such 60-trading day period ending immediately prior to the Change of Control. For purposes of the calculation of the Company’s TSR for the Change of Control
Performance Period, the Company’s Performance Date Average Price shall be the fair market value of a share of Common Stock in the Change of Control. The Company’s TSR for the Change of Control Performance Period shall equal the Performance
Date Average Price as determined pursuant to the preceding sentence plus dividends reinvested as of each dividend ex-date between the Start Date and the Performance Date, as a percentage of the Start Date Stock Price. 

All payments under this Performance Share Award with respect to a Change of Control constituting a Go Private Change of Control
Transaction shall be paid in cash. For purposes of this Performance Share Award, a “Go Private Change of Control Transaction” shall be deemed to have occurred if on or immediately following the Change of Control no shares of Common Stock
or other common stock of the Company (or any successor) are traded on a national securities exchange. 
 4. Termination of Employment or
Services 
 If you terminate your employment or service relationship with the Employer voluntarily (not including (i) a
Constructive Termination in 2014 or in anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or following a Change of Control or (ii) death or Disability at any time) or if the Company terminates your employment or service relationship (not
including a termination of employment or service relationship without Cause in 2014 or in anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or following a Change of Control), you shall have no right to any shares of Common Stock under this
Performance Share Award and this Performance Share Award will immediately terminate without the payment of any further consideration to you. 
 If during 2014, other than in anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or following a Change of Control, either the Employer terminates your employment or service relationship without Cause or
you terminate your employment or service relationship with the Employer as a result of a Constructive Termination, you will become fully vested in a pro-rata portion of the shares of Common Stock that you would have earned under this Performance
Share Award if you had remained employed through December 31, 2014 determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that you would have earned under this Performance Share Award if you had remained employed through
December 31, 2014 by a fraction with the numerator equal to the number of full calendar months from the January 1, 2012 until your termination of employment or services and the denominator equal to 36 (the number of full calendar months
from January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2014). Such pro rata portion of the Performance Share Award shall be paid in accordance with the Plan. 

  
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 If, other than on or following a Change of Control, your employment or service relationship
with the Employer terminates because of death, Disability or Retirement, you will become fully vested in a pro-rata portion of the shares of Common Stock that you would have earned under this Performance Share Award if you had remained employed
through December 31, 2014 determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that you would have earned under this Performance Share Award by a fraction with the numerator equal to the number of full calendar months from the
January 1, 2012 until your termination of employment or services and the denominator equal to 36 (the number of full calendar months from the January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2014). Such pro rata portion of the Performance Share
Award shall be paid in accordance with the Plan. 
 If your employment or service relationship with the Employer terminates
because of death, Disability or Retirement on or after a Change of Control or by the Employer without Cause in anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or after a Change of Control of the Company or in a Constructive Termination in
anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or after a Change of Control, you are fully vested in the shares of Common Stock earned under this Performance Share Award and such Performance Share Award shall be paid as soon as practicable
following the earlier of your termination of employment or service relationship or the Distribution Date in accordance with the Plan. 
 5.
Acknowledgement of No Single-Trigger Change of Control Vesting 
 By signing this Performance Share Award, you hereby
acknowledge that you have no right to accelerated vesting of the Performance Share Award upon a Change of Control, except on or after a Change of Control with respect to a termination of your employment or service relationship by the Employer
because of death, Disability or Retirement or in anticipation of (and a Change of Control occurs), on or after a Change of Control with respect to a termination of your employment or service relationship by the Employer without Cause or in a
Constructive Termination as set forth in Section 4. 
 6. Distributions of Shares of Common Stock 

Except as otherwise provided by a deferral election pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement or by virtue of a Change of Control as
described in Section 3 and 4, shares of Common Stock earned pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 3 or 4 shall be distributed in the first calendar quarter of 2015 (no later than March 15, 2015). 

If, however, you elect to defer payment of the shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement, the shares of
Common Stock shall be issued as set forth in the Deferral Election Agreement entered into between you and the Committee. 
 7. Deferral
Election 
 Subject to Section 14, you may elect to defer delivery of the shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be
due by virtue of the satisfaction of the requirements for distribution of shares of Common Stock under this Performance Share Award Agreement. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, establish the rules and procedures for such deferral
elections and payment deferrals. 

  
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 8. No Rights as Shareholder 
 You shall not have voting or any other rights as a shareholder of the shares of Common Stock with respect to the Performance Share Award until shares of Common Stock are actually delivered to you pursuant
to Section 4 or 6. Upon delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Performance Share Award, you will obtain full voting and other rights as a shareholder of the Company. 
 9. Securities Law Compliance 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, you may not sell the shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to this Performance Share Award unless such shares of Common Stock are registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the
Company has determined that such sale would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The sale of such shares of Common Stock must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the shares of Common Stock,
and you may not sell the shares of Common Stock if the Company determines that such sale would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 
 10. Transfer Restrictions 
 Any sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance,
pledge, hypothecation, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by bequest, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, directly or indirectly, of this Performance Share Award shall be strictly prohibited and
void except a transfer after death by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution. 
 11. Independent Tax Advice

 You acknowledge that determining the actual tax consequences to you of receiving this Performance Share Award or shares of
Common Stock or cash thereunder or deferring or disposing of shares of Common Stock or cash may be complicated. These tax consequences will depend, in part, on your specific situation and may also depend on the resolution of currently uncertain tax
law and other variables not within the control of the Company. You are aware that you should consult a competent and independent tax advisor for a full understanding of the specific tax consequences to you of receiving, deferring or disposing of the
Performance Share Award or shares of Common Stock or cash hereunder. Prior to executing this Agreement, you either have consulted with a competent tax advisor independent of the Company to obtain tax advice concerning the Performance Share Award
with respect to your specific situation or have had the opportunity to consult with such a tax advisor but chose not to do so. 
 12.
Withholding and Disposition of Shares of Common Stock 
 You agree to make arrangements satisfactory to the Employer for the
payment of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that arise with respect to this Performance Share Award, including, without limitation, the receipt of shares of Common Stock or cash. Notwithstanding the previous sentence,
you acknowledge and agree that the Employer has the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to you any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect this Performance Share Award, including,
without limitation, the receipt of shares of Common Stock or cash. 

  
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 13. General Provisions 
 13.1 No Waiver. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless in writing and signed by the person against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced, nor will failure to
enforce any right hereunder constitute a continuing waiver of the same or a waiver of any other right hereunder. 
 13.2
Undertaking. You hereby agree to take whatever additional action and execute whatever additional documents the Committee may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on
either you, the Performance Share Award or the shares of Common Stock or cash acquired pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement. 
 13.3 Agreement Is Entire Contract. This Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. 

13.4 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding on, the Company
and its successors and assigns and you and your legal representatives, heirs, legatees, distributees, assigns and transferees by operation of law, whether or not any such person will have become a party to this Agreement and agreed in writing to
join herein and be bound by the terms and conditions hereof. 
 13.5 No Employment or Service Contract. This
Agreement does not confer upon you any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Employer, nor does it interfere in any way with the right of your employer to terminate your employment or services at any time. 

13.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original,
but which, upon execution, will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 13.7 Governing Law. This Agreement will
be construed and administered in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois. 
 14. Section 409A Compliance

 The Company intends that any distribution of shares of Common Stock or cash, deferral and other provisions applicable to
your Performance Share Award fully comply with the payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), as clarified or modified by IRS guidance, including
without limitation, treating the date you have a separation from service under Code Section 409A as the date you terminate employment or your service relationship for purposes of this Agreement – in each case if and to the extent such Code
Section 409A is otherwise applicable to your Performance Share Award and such compliance is necessary to avoid the penalties otherwise imposed under Code Section 409A. In this connection, the Company and you agree that the

  
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payout timing provisions applicable to the Performance Share Award, and the terms of any deferral and other rights regarding such Performance Share Award, shall be deemed modified, if and to the
extent necessary to comply with the payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Code Section 409A, as clarified or modified by IRS guidance – in each case if and to the extent such Code Section 409A is otherwise
applicable to your Performance Share Award and such compliance is necessary to avoid the penalties otherwise imposed under Section 409A. This Performance Share Award is subject to Section 17.5 of the Plan. 

15. Waiver of Accelerated Vesting in Executive Agreement 
 The grant of this Performance Share Award and the ability to earn any shares of Common Stock or cash hereunder is contingent upon your waiver of the accelerated vesting provisions of Section 3(c) of
your Executive Agreement with respect to this Performance Share Award. The accelerated vesting provisions of Section 3(c) of your Executive Agreement do not apply to this Performance Share Award. 

16. Amendment Two to Value Creation Plan and Unit Agreement Thereunder 
 You and the Company agree that no shares of Common Stock in excess of 174,828,353 shares of Common Stock shall be treated as outstanding shares of Common Stock for purposes of determining Normal Unit
Distributions pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Value Creation Plan or for purposes of determining Change of Control Unit Distributions pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Value Creation Plan. Capitalized terms in this Section 16 have the
meanings given to them in the Value Creation Plan. This document constitutes an amendment to Section 7.2 and Section 7.3 of the Value Creation Plan as well as an amendment to the Unit Agreement under the Value Creation Plan previously
entered into by the Company and you. 
 REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK. 

SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on this ____ day of February,
2012 and specifically agree that (1) the accelerated vesting provisions of Section 3(c) of the Executive Agreement do not apply to this Performance Share Award and this Performance Share Award shall serve as an amendment to the Executive
Agreement solely with respect to vesting under this Performance Share Award and (2) no more than 174,828,353 shares of Common Stock shall be treated as outstanding shares of Common Stock for purposes of determining Normal Unit Distributions
pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Value Creation Plan or for purposes of determining Change of Control Unit Distributions pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Value Creation Plan and this Performance Share Award accordingly shall serve as an
amendment to the Value Creation Plan and your Unit Agreement under the Value Creation Plan. 
  

	
	STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
	
	/s/ Paula C. Maggio
	By: Paula C. Maggio
	Its: Senior Vice President, Secretary & General       Counsel
	
	 
	(Employee Name)

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

EXAMPLE OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD CALCULATION 

 

																																	
	 	  	Company %
TSR Rank	 	  	Multiple	 	  	 	 	  	Weighing	 	 	 	 	  	 	 	  	 	 	  	Weighted
Multiple	 
	 SNL Lodging Index
	  	 	72	  	  	 	1.22	  	  	 	X	  	  	 	75	% 	 	 	=	  	  	 	0.92	  	  	 
	

 
	  
	  			
		  				  				  				  				 				  				  	  	 	1.26	  
	 MSCI US REIT Index
	  	 	85	  	  	 	1.35	  	  	 	X	  	  	 	25	% 	 	 	=	  	  	 	0.34	  	  	  			

  

																							
	 	  	 Weighted
 Multiple
	  	 	 	  	Target
Grant	 	  	 	 	  	 	 	  	 	 
		  	1.26	  	 	X	  	  	 	10,000	  	  	 	=	  	  	 	Base Grant	  	  	 	12,600	  

  

																	
	 Because the Company’s Relative MSCI US REIT Index percentile equaled at least 85%, additional 2.5% x 10,000 Kicker Grant

	  	 	Kicker Grant	  	  				  		  		  	 	250	  
		  				  				  		  		  	  
	  
	 
		  	 	Total Grant	  	  	 	=	  	  		  		  	 	12,850	  

 The example above does not include dividend equivalents payable in cash. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

EXAMPLE OF PRICE CALCULATION 
 Start Date Average Price was calculated as set forth below: 
  

									
	 	  	Date	 	  	Close	 
	 1
	  	 	30-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.37	  
	 2
	  	 	29-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.36	  
	 3
	  	 	28-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.33	  
	 4
	  	 	27-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.60	  
	 5
	  	 	23-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.54	  
	 6
	  	 	22-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.54	  
	 7
	  	 	21-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.42	  
	 8
	  	 	20-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.38	  
	 9
	  	 	19-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.97	  
	 10
	  	 	16-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.05	  
	 11
	  	 	15-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.00	  
	 12
	  	 	14-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.88	  
	 13
	  	 	13-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.87	  
	 14
	  	 	12-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.94	  
	 15
	  	 	9-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.14	  
	 16
	  	 	8-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.86	  
	 17
	  	 	7-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.14	  
	 18
	  	 	6-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.13	  
	 19
	  	 	5-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.22	  
	 20
	  	 	2-Dec-11	  	  	$	5.29	  
	 21
	  	 	1-Dec-11	  	  	$	4.98	  
	 22
	  	 	30-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.02	  
	 23
	  	 	29-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.69	  
	 24
	  	 	28-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.66	  
	 25
	  	 	25-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.40	  
	 26
	  	 	23-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.37	  
	 27
	  	 	22-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.71	  
	 28
	  	 	21-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.75	  
	 29
	  	 	18-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.04	  
	 30
	  	 	17-Nov-11	  	  	$	4.99	  
	 31
	  	 	16-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.06	  
	 32
	  	 	15-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.18	  
	 33
	  	 	14-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.11	  
	 34
	  	 	11-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.35	  
	 35
	  	 	10-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.20	  
	 36
	  	 	9-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.08	  
	 37
	  	 	8-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.43	  
	 38
	  	 	7-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.53	  

  
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	 	  	Date	 	  	Close	 
	 39
	  	 	4-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.54	  
	 40
	  	 	3-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.76	  
	 41
	  	 	2-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.71	  
	 42
	  	 	1-Nov-11	  	  	$	5.27	  
	 43
	  	 	31-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.69	  
	 44
	  	 	28-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.76	  
	 45
	  	 	27-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.39	  
	 46
	  	 	26-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.09	  
	 47
	  	 	25-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.13	  
	 48
	  	 	24-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.31	  
	 49
	  	 	21-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.22	  
	 50
	  	 	20-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.01	  
	 51
	  	 	19-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.95	  
	 52
	  	 	18-Oct-11	  	  	$	5.06	  
	 53
	  	 	17-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.59	  
	 54
	  	 	14-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.85	  
	 55
	  	 	13-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.73	  
	 56
	  	 	12-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.75	  
	 57
	  	 	11-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.54	  
	 58
	  	 	10-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.59	  
	 59
	  	 	7-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.25	  
	 60
	  	 	6-Oct-11	  	  	$	4.41	  
		  				  	$	5.09	  

 Performance Date Average Price, Index Company Baseline Stock Price and Index Company Performance Date Average Price shall
be calculated in the same manner as the Start Date Average Price was calculated. 

  
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 EXAMPLE OF TSR CALCULATION 

Below is a calculation of TSR for the Company from 2005 to 2007: 
  

																	
	 Date
	  	Stock
Price	 	  	Dividends
Per Share	 	  	Value of
$100 Initial
Investment	 	  	TSR	 
	 12/31/04 60 Day Avg.
	  	$	14.82	  	  				  	$	100.00	  	  			
	 3/29/05 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	14.30	  	  	$	0.22	  	  	$	97.98	  	  			
	 6/28/05 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	17.96	  	  	$	0.22	  	  	$	124.56	  	  			
	 9/28/05 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	17.70	  	  	$	0.22	  	  	$	124.28	  	  			
	 12/16/05 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	20.35	  	  	$	0.22	  	  	$	144.43	  	  			
	 3/29/06 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	22.90	  	  	$	0.23	  	  	$	164.16	  	  			
	 6/28/06 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	20.06	  	  	$	0.23	  	  	$	145.45	  	  			
	 9/27/06 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	20.04	  	  	$	0.23	  	  	$	146.98	  	  			
	 12/22/06 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	21.14	  	  	$	0.23	  	  	$	156.73	  	  			
	 3/23/07 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	23.54	  	  	$	0.24	  	  	$	176.30	  	  			
	 6/22/07 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	22.20	  	  	$	0.24	  	  	$	168.07	  	  			
	 9/24/07 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	20.95	  	  	$	0.24	  	  	$	160.42	  	  			
	 12/24/07 Dividend Ex-Date
	  	$	18.37	  	  	$	0.24	  	  	$	142.50	  	  			
		  				  				  				  	  
	  
	 
	 12/31/07 60 Day Avg.
	  	$	21.61	  	  				  	$	167.64	  	  	 	167.64	% 
		  				  				  				  	  
	  
	 

 A comparable methodology for determining TSR for the Company and Index Companies during the Performance Period or Change
of Control Performance Period shall be used. 

  
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 APPENDIX 
 “Executive Agreement” means your Agreement with the Company dated [November     , 2008]. 
 “Constructive Termination” has the meaning assigned to it in your Executive Agreement. 

“Cause” has the meaning assigned to it in your Executive Agreement. 
 “Index Company” means each of the companies including in the SNL Lodging Index and MSCI US REIT Index. 
 “Index Company Baseline Stock Price” means the baseline stock price for each Index Company. 
 “Performance Date” means the earlier of the End Date or the date of a Change of Control. 

“Performance Date Average Price” means the average closing price of a share of Common Stock during the 60-trading day period ending on the End
Date if the Performance Date is the End Date or the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of a Change of Control if the Performance Date is the date of a Change of Control. 
 “Retirement” means retirement on or after age 62 with the Employer. 
 “Start Date
Average Price” means the average closing price of a Share during the 60-day trading period immediately prior to the Start Date. 

“TSR” means the total shareholder return. 
 “Value Creation Plan” means the Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Value Creation Plan. 

  
 B-4EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 

STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 STOCK UNIT AWARD
AGREEMENT 
 We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded by Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the
“Company”), a stock unit award (the “Stock Unit Award”). 
 The terms of the Stock Unit Award are as set
forth in this Stock Unit Award Agreement (“Agreement”). The Stock Unit Award Agreement is granted under the Strategic Hotels & Resorts Second Amended and Restated 2004 Incentive Plan (“Plan”) and, except as expressly
provided otherwise herein, is limited by and subject to the express terms and conditions of the Plan, a copy of which has been made available to you. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the
Plan. The basic terms of the Stock Unit Award are summarized as follows: 
  

					
	 Grant Date:
	  	 	February 21, 2012	  
	 Number of Units:
	  	 	125,000	  

 1. Vesting 
 (a) The Stock Unit Award is subject to forfeiture upon termination of your employment or service relationship with the Employer as described below. The Stock Unit Award will vest and no longer be subject
to forfeiture on the dates set forth below (each a “Vesting Date”) according to the following schedule: 
  

					
	 Date at Which Portion of Stock Unit
 Award is Vested and No Longer Subject to
 Forfeiture Provided Continuous

Employment or Service With the Employer

From the Grant Date
	  	Portion of Stock Unit
Award Vested and No
Longer Subject
to
Forfeiture	 
	 January 1, 2013
	  	 	33	% 
	 January 1, 2014
	  	 	67	% 
	 January 1, 2015
	  	 	100	% 

 (b) Units that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture according to the schedule above are
referred to herein as “Vested Units.” Units that have not vested and remain subject to forfeiture under the preceding schedule are referred to herein as “Unvested Units.” The Unvested Units will vest (and to the extent so vested
cease to be Unvested Units remaining subject to forfeiture) in accordance with the above schedule. Collectively, the Unvested Units and Vested Units are referred to herein as the “Units.” 

 (c) Early lapse of the forfeiture restrictions may occur as described below in connection
with a Change of Control, your death or termination of employment because of your Disability, a Constructive Termination or Termination without Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability”, “Constructive
Termination”, “Termination without Cause” and “Cause” shall have the meanings given to such terms in your Employment Agreement with the Company dated as of August 27, 2009 (“Executive Agreement”) whether or
not the Agreement Term under such Executive Agreement has ended. 
 2. Termination of Employment or Services 

If you terminate your employment or service relationship with the Employer other than as a result of a Constructive Termination or if the
Employer terminates your employment or service relationship for Cause, any portion of this Stock Unit Award that has not vested as provided in Section 1 will immediately terminate. You will forfeit all Unvested Units upon such occurrence
without the payment of any further consideration to you. 
 If your employment or service relationship with the Employer
terminates because of death, Disability, a Constructive Termination, or Termination without Cause, the vesting of this Stock Unit Award will accelerate and all Units under this Stock Unit Award will become fully vested. 

3. Change of Control 

Upon a Change of Control of the Company, the vesting of your Stock Unit Award will accelerate and all Units under this Agreement shall
become fully vested. 
 4. Conversion of Units into Shares of Common Stock 

Except as otherwise provided by a deferral election pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, Vested Units shall
be converted into shares of Common Stock as of February 15th (or the next business day thereafter if February 15 is not a business day) following the day when Unvested Units become Vested Units at the applicable Vesting Date or as soon as administratively
feasible following your termination of employment with respect to Unvested Units which become Vested Units in accordance with Section 2. 
 If, however, you elect to defer payment of the shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement, the shares of Common Stock shall be issued as set forth in the Deferral Election
Agreement entered into between you and the Committee. 
 5. Deferral Election 

Subject to Section 13, you may elect to defer delivery of the shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be due by virtue of the
lapse or waiver of the vesting requirements as set forth in Section 1. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, establish the rules and procedures for such deferral elections and payment deferrals. 

  
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 6. Dividends 
 You shall be credited with dividend equivalents with respect to your Units under this Agreement in the form of additional Units as set forth in Section 2(e)(iv) of your Executive Agreement.

 7. No Rights as Shareholder 
 You shall not have voting or any other rights as a shareholder of the Common with respect to the Units. Upon conversion of the Units into shares of Common Stock, you will obtain full voting and other
rights as a shareholder of the Company. 
 8. Securities Law Compliance 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, you may not sell the shares of Common Stock acquired upon the conversion of Units
unless such shares are registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such sale would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The sale of such shares of
Common Stock must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the shares, and you may not sell the shares of Common Stock if the Company determines that such sale would not be in material compliance with such laws and
regulations. 
 9. Transfer Restrictions 
 9.1 Restrictions on Transfer of Unvested Shares. Any sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or
other transfer or disposition of any kind, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, directly or indirectly, of Units shall be strictly prohibited and void, provided that such restrictions on transfer will not apply to a gratuitous transfer of the
Units, provided, and only if, you obtain the Committee’s prior written consent to such transfer. 
 9.2 Market
Standoff. In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, you and any transferee agree not to sell, make any short sale
of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, assign, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer for value or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any shares of Common Stock acquired upon the conversion
of Units if so requested by the underwriter. Such limitations will be in effect for such period of time as may be requested by the underwriter. 

10. Independent Tax Advice 
 You acknowledge that determining the actual tax consequences to you of receiving Units or shares of Common Stock or deferring or disposing of Units or shares of Common Stock may be complicated. These tax
consequences will depend, in part, on your specific situation and may also depend on the resolution of currently uncertain tax law and other variables not within the control of the Company. You are aware that you should consult a competent and
independent tax advisor for a full understanding of the specific tax consequences to you of receiving, deferring or disposing of Units or shares of Common Stock. Prior to executing this Agreement, you either have consulted with a competent tax
advisor independent of the Company to obtain tax advice concerning the Shares in light of your specific situation or have had the opportunity to consult with such a tax advisor but chose not to do so. 

  
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 11. Withholding and Disposition of Shares 

You agree to make arrangements satisfactory to the Employer for the payment of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax
obligations that arise with respect to this Stock Unit Award, including, without limitation, the receipt of shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, you acknowledge and agree that the Employer has the right to deduct from
payments of any kind otherwise due to you any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect this Stock Unit Award, including, without limitation, the receipt of shares of Common Stock. 

12. General Provisions 

12.1 No Waiver. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless in writing and signed by the person
against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced, nor will failure to enforce any right hereunder constitute a continuing waiver of the same or a waiver of any other right hereunder. 

12.2 Undertaking. You hereby agree to take whatever additional action and execute whatever additional documents the
Committee may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either you, the Units or the shares acquired upon conversion of the Units pursuant to the express provisions of this
Agreement. 
 12.3 Agreement Is Entire Contract. This Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the
parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. 
 12.4 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this
Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding on, the Company and its successors and assigns and you and your legal representatives, heirs, legatees, distributees, assigns and transferees by operation of law, whether or not any such person
will have become a party to this Agreement and agreed in writing to join herein and be bound by the terms and conditions hereof. 
 12.5 No Employment or Service Contract. This Agreement does not confer upon you any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Employer, nor does it interfere in any way with the
right of your employer to terminate your employment or services at any time. 
 12.6 Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but which, upon execution, will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 12.7 Governing Law. This Agreement will be construed and administered in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois. 

  
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 13. Section 409A Compliance 

The Company intends that any Unit conversion, deferral and other provisions applicable to your Stock Unit Award fully comply with the
payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), as clarified or modified by IRS guidance, including without limitation, treating the date you have a
separation from service under Code Section 409A as the date you terminate employment or your service relationship for purposes of this Agreement – in each case if and to the extent such Code Section 409A is otherwise applicable to
your Stock Unit Award and such compliance is necessary to avoid the penalties otherwise imposed under Code Section 409A. In this connection, the Company and you agree that the payout timing provisions applicable to the Stock Unit Award, and the
terms of any deferral and other rights regarding such Stock Unit Awards, shall be deemed modified, if and to the extent necessary to comply with the payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Code Section 409A, as clarified or
modified by IRS guidance – in each case if and to the extent such Code Section 409A is otherwise applicable to your Stock Unit Award and such compliance is necessary to avoid the penalties otherwise imposed under Section 409A. This
Stock Unit Award is subject to Section 17.5 of the Plan. 
 REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK. 

SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the day and year indicated
above on the first page of this Agreement as the Grant Date. 
  

	
	STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
	
	/s/ Paula C. Maggio
	  By: Paula C. Maggio
	   Its: Senior Vice President, Secretary & General
             Counsel

	
	 /s/ Laurence S. Geller

	Laurence S. Geller

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