Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001140361-17-018641
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2017-05-05 17:18:13
Reporting Period:
2017-05-03
Filing Date:
2017-05-05
Accepted Time:
2017-05-05 17:18:13
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1581164 Extended Stay America Inc. STAY () DE
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1035674 Paulson & Co. Inc. 1251 Avenue Of The Americas
New York NY 10020
No No Yes No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Paired Shares Disposition 2017-05-03 10,000,000 $17.23 10,086,590 No 4 S Indirect By Managed Funds and Accounts
Paired Shares Disposition 2017-05-03 250,000 $17.23 9,836,590 No 4 S Indirect By Managed Funds and Accounts
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 S Indirect By Managed Funds and Accounts
No 4 S Indirect By Managed Funds and Accounts
Footnotes
  1. Paulson & Co. Inc. ("Paulson") is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Paulson & Co. Inc., and/or its affiliates (collectively, "Paulson") serve as the investment manager of (i) Paulson Advantage L.P., (ii) Paulson Advantage Ltd., (iii) Paulson Advantage II L.P., (iv) Paulson Advantage Plus II L.P., (v) Paulson Advantage Plus II Ltd., (vi) ESA Recovery Acquisition, LLC, (vii) Paulson Credit Opportunities, L.P., (viii) Paulson Credit Opportunities PEQ1 Ltd., (ix) Paulson Credit Opportunities II PEQ1 Ltd., (x) Paulson Credit Opportunities IV L.P., (xi) Paulson Special Situations Fund, LP, (xii) Paulson Special Situations Fund PEQ1 Ltd., (xiii) PCO EN LLC, and (xiv) PCO PP LLC (collectively, the "Paired Share Funds").
  2. John Paulson is the controlling person of Paulson. All Paired Shares reported on this Form 4 are owned by the Paired Share Funds. Each of Paulson and John Paulson may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the securities directly owned by the Paired Share Funds. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission by any person reporting on this Form 4 that such person, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, is the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this Form.
  3. 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 holdings of Paired Shares by the Reporting Person shown on this Form 4 has been concurrently filed with respect to ESH Hospitality, Inc. as issuer.
  4. In connection with the secondary offering of Paired Shares by certain selling shareholders pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") and prospectus supplement, each dated April 27, 2017 (the "Secondary Offering"), the Reporting Person, as a selling shareholder, sold Paired Shares in the amounts shown in the above table. The Secondary Offering closed on May 3, 2017. This amount represents an aggregate price per Paired Share of $17.23.
  5. Concurrent with the closing of the Secondary Offering, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. repurchased 250,000 Paired Shares from the Reporting Person at a price of $17.23 per Paired Share.