Edgar Filing: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â HLT Holdco III LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/30/2014

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. [HLT]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.,Â 345 PARK AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK,,Â NYÂ 10154

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	383,603,683 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock	185,500,512 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock	337,022 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock	56,769,077 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock	1,999,809 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HLT Holdco III LLC C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK,,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â
HLT Holdco II LLC C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK,,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â
HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK,,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â
HLT BREH VI Holdings Holdco LLC C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK,,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â
Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â
BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C. C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10154	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

HLT Holdco III LLC, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Authorized Person		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HLT Holdco II LLC, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Authorized Person		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Authorized Person		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HLT BREH VI Holdings Holdco LLC, By: Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P., its managing member, By: BREP VI Side-by-side GP L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P., By: BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C., By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C., By: /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer		07/01/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to a reorganization (the "Reorganization"), a portion of shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock"), par value $0.01 per share, of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer") that were previously directly held by HLT Holdco LLC (formerly known as Hilton Hotels Holdings LLC) were transferred to HLT BREH Intl II Holdco LLC, HLT BREP VI.TE.2 Holdco LLC and HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC, each an indirect subsidiary of Blackstone Holdings III L.P. Also pursuant to the Reorganization, HLT Holdco LLC contributed a portion of additional shares of Common Stock then held by it to a wholly-owned entity, HLT Holdco II LLC, which then further contributed a portion of such shares of Common Stock to HLT Holdco III LLC, an entity wholly-owned by HLT Holdco II LLC.
(2)	Reflects shares of Common Stock directly held by HLT Holdco III LLC. The sole member of HLT Holdco III LLC is HLT Holdco II LLC.
(3)	Reflects shares of Common Stock directly held by HLT Holdco II LLC.
(4)	The sole member of HLT Holdco II LLC is HLT Holdco LLC. The sole member of HLT Holdco LLC is BH Hotels Holdco LLC ("BH Hotels"). The managing members of BH Hotels are Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P. and Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. is Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C. The sole member of Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C is BMA V L.L.C. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P. is Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P. is BREA VI L.L.C. The sole member of each of BREA VI L.L.C. and BMA V L.L.C. is Blackstone Holdings III L.P.
(5)	Reflects shares of Common Stock directly held by HLT BREH Intl II Holdco LLC. The sole member of HLT BREH Intl II Holdco LLC is HLT BREH Intl II Holdings Holdco LLC. The controlling member of HLT BREH Intl II Holdings Holdco LLC is Blackstone Real Estate Holdings International II-Q L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Holdings International II-Q L.P. is Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.P. is Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.L.C. The sole member of Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.L.C. is Blackstone Holdings III L.P.
(6)	Reflects shares of Common Stock directly held by HLT BREP VI.TE.2 Holdco LLC. The sole member of HLT BREP VI.TE.2 Holdco LLC is Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P. is Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P. is BREA VI L.L.C. The sole member of BREA VI L.L.C. is Blackstone Holdings III L.P.
(7)	Reflects shares of Common Stock directly held by HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC. The sole member of HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC is HLT BREH VI Holdings Holdco LLC. The controlling member of HLT BREH VI Holdings Holdco LLC is Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P. is BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C. The sole member of BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C. is Blackstone Holdings III L.P.
(8)	The general partner of Blackstone Holdings III L.P. is Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. The general partner of Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. is Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. The sole member of Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. is The Blackstone Group L.P. The general partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. is Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly-owned by Blackstone's senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Steven A. Schwarzman.
(9)	Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system HLT BREH Intl II Holdco LLC, HLT BREH Intl II Holdings Holdco LLC, Blackstone Real Estate Holdings International II-Q L.P., Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.P., Blackstone Real Estate International II-Q GP L.L.C., HLT BREP VI.TE.2 Holdco LLC and Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P. are filing a separate Form 3.
(10)	Each of HLT Holdco LLC, BH Hotels, Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P., Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., Blackstone Management Associates V L.L.C., BMA V L.L.C., Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., BREA VI L.L.C., Blackstone Holdings III L.P., Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P., Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., The Blackstone Group L.P., Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. and Mr. Schwarzman have filed separate Forms 4.
(11)	Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by such Reporting Person, and no Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Reporting Person.
(12)	Each of the Reporting Persons (other than each of HLT Holdco II LLC, HLT Holdco III LLC, HLT BREH Intl II Holdco LLC, HLT BREP VI.TE.2 Holdco LLC and HLT BREH VI Holdco LLC (the "Blackstone Funds") to the extent they directly hold securities reported herein), disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by each of the Blackstone Funds, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, and, pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Reporting Persons (other than each of the Blackstone Funds to the extent they directly hold securities reported herein) states that the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

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