Halkyard Jonathan S Form 4 Extended Stay America / Jonathan S Halkyard ownership change

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^*

Halkyard Jonathan S

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC.

11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100

(Street)

CHARLOTTE NC 28277

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Extended Stay America, Inc. [ STAY ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
See Remarks.

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/24/2016

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
Paired Shares(1)	02/24/2016		A(2)		13,717	A	$0	316,861	D
Paired Shares(1)	02/24/2016		A(3)		2,705	A	$0	319,566	D

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. Each Paired Share is comprised of one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Extended Stay America, Inc. and one share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ESH Hospitality, Inc., which shares are paired and traded as a single unit. A Form 4 reflecting the transactions in Paired Shares by the reporting person shown on this Form 4 has been concurrently filed with respect to ESH Hospitality, Inc. as issuer.

2. The reported transaction is an award of Restricted Stock Units in respect of Paired Shares. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment through the applicable vesting date, these Restricted Stock Units are scheduled to vest annually over a three-year period such that one-third of the Restricted Stock Units will vest on each of March 12, 2017, March 12, 2018 and March 12, 2019. Vested Restricted Stock Units will be settled in Paired Shares on March 15th next following the applicable vesting date (or, in any year when the 15th of March falls on a non-business day, the business day immediately prior to such date).

3. The reported transaction is the grant of performance-vesting Restricted Stock Units which vested based on the achievement of a cumulative EBITDA target for the 2015 calendar year.

Remarks:

Mr. Halkyard is the Chief Financial Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc.

	/s/ Christopher Dekle, Attorney-in-Fact for Jonathan S. Halkyard	02/25/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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