EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. (NYSE:CHH) Files An 8-K Other Events

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EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. (NYSE:CHH) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item8.01

Other Events.

On December 12, 2016, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH
Hospitality, Inc. (together, the Company) issued a press release
which announced an underwritten secondary offering (the offering)
of 12,500,000 Paired Shares, each Paired Share consisting of a
share of common stock of Extended Stay America, Inc. and a share
of Class B common stock of ESH Hospitality, Inc., which are
attached and trade together as Paired Shares, by certain selling
stockholders affiliated with Centerbridge Partners, L.P., Paulson
Co. Inc. and The Blackstone Group L.P. (the Selling
Stockholders). The Company will not sell any Paired Shares in the
offering and will not receive any proceeds from the offering. In
addition, none of the Companys officers or directors are selling
any Paired Shares beneficially owned by them in the offering.

In addition, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality,
Inc. announced that they have entered into a share repurchase
agreement with the Selling Stockholders to which they intend to
repurchase 625,000 Paired Shares directly from the Selling
Stockholders. The share repurchase will be effected in a private,
non-underwritten transaction at a price per share equal to the
price paid by the underwriter in the offering. Extended Stay
America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. expect to fund the share
repurchase from cash on hand. The share repurchase is expected to
be consummated concurrently with the offering. Although the share
repurchase will be conditioned upon the closing of the offering,
the closing of the offering will not be conditioned upon the
closing of the share repurchase. The share repurchase has been
approved by the audit committees of Extended Stay America, Inc.
and ESH Hospitality, Inc. and is to, and will count toward, the
Companys existing combined Paired Share repurchase program.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.


Item9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)
Exhibits


ExhibitNumber


ExhibitDescription

99.1 Press release of Extended Stay America, Inc. dated December
12, 2016, announcing the Secondary Offering and Repurchase of
Paired Shares.


About EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. (NYSE:CHH)

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (Choice) is a hotel franchisor. The Company operates in two segments: hotel franchising business and SkyTouch Technology (SkyTouch). It operates approximately 6,420 hotels open and over 720 hotels under construction, representing approximately 507,480 rooms open and over 58,130 rooms under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development in approximately 50 states, the District of Columbia and over 35 countries and territories outside the United States. It franchises lodging properties under the brand names, including Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Cambria hotels & suites and Ascend Hotel Collection (collectively, the Choice brands). SkyTouch division develops and markets cloud-based technology products, including inventory management, pricing and connectivity to third-party channels, to hoteliers not under franchise agreements with the Company.

EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. (NYSE:CHH) Recent Trading Information

EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. (NYSE:CHH) closed its last trading session up +0.90 at 55.50 with 403,682 shares trading hands.