SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
NORTHSTAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP /MD/

(Last) (First) (Middle)
399 PARK AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10022

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Morgans Hotel Group Co. [ MHGC ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/25/2007
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 07/25/2007 S(1) 126,970 D $21.52 915,201 I By NorthStar Partnership, L.P.(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 07/25/2007 S(1) 8,250,706 D $21.52 871,815 I By NCIC MHG Subsidiary LLC(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. On July 25, 2007, pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated July 19, 2007, among Morgans Hotel Group Co. (the "Company"), the selling stockholders named therein (including NCIC MHG Subsidiary LLC and NorthStar Partnership, L.P.) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the underwriters, (i) NCIC MHG Subsidiary LLC sold 8,250,706 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") to the underwriters at a per share price of $2 1.5157 per share (for aggregate proceeds of approximately $177.5 million) and (ii) NorthStar Partnership, L.P. sold 126,970 shares of Common Stock to the underwriters at a per share price of $2 1.5157 per share (for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.7 million).
2. The shares of Common Stock reported herein are indirectly beneficially owned by NorthStar Capital Investment Corp. through its majority-owned subsidiary, NorthStar Partnership, L.P., which directly owns such shares of Common Stock.
3. The shares of Common Stock reported herein are indirectly beneficially owned by NorthStar Capital Investment Corp. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NCIC MHG Subsidiary LLC, which directly owns such shares of Common Stock.
/s/ Richard J. McCready, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary 07/25/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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