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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PAULSON & CO INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10020 (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 X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/12/2014
	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)	08/12/2014		D		8,050,000	D	$21.0975(2)	47,661,591	I	See footnote(3)(4)

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 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.

2. In connection with the secondary offering of Paired Shares by certain selling shareholders pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") and prospectus, each dated August 6, 2014, the Reporting Person, as a selling shareholder, sold Paired Shares in the amounts shown in the above table. The secondary offering closed on August 12, 2014. This amount represents the $21.75 price to public per Paired Share, less the underwriting discount of $0.6525 per Paired Share.

3. 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) ESA Recovery Acquisition, LLC, (ii) Paulson Advantage, L.P., (iii) Paulson Advantage II L.P., (iv) Paulson Advantage Ltd., (v) Paulson Advantage Plus, L.P., (vi) Paulson Advantage Plus II L.P., (vii) Paulson Advantage Plus PEQ1 Ltd.,(viii) Paulson Advantage Plus II Ltd., (ix) Paulson Credit Opportunities, L.P., (x) Paulson Credit Opportunities IV L.P., (xi) Paulson Credit Opportunities PEQ1 Ltd., (xii) Paulson Credit Opportunities II PEQ1 Ltd.,(xiii) Paulson Credit Opportunities IV Ltd., (xiv) Paulson Recovery Fund, LP, (xv) Paulson Recovery Fund II LP, (xvi) Paulson Recovery PEQ1 Ltd., (xvii) Paulson Recovery II Fund Ltd., (xviii) Paulson International Ltd., (xix) Paulson Enhanced Ltd., (xx) PCO EN LLC and (xxi) PCO PP LLC (collectively, the "Paired Share Funds").

4. (continued from footnote 3) 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.

Remarks:

	/s/ Stuart Merzer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Paulson & Co. Inc.	08/13/2014
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