X0306 4 2016-02-24 0 0001581164 Extended Stay America, Inc. STAY 0001248032 LOPEZ GERARDO I C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CHARLOTTE NC 28277 1 1 0 0 See Remarks Paired Shares 2016-02-24 4 A 0 270000 0 A 870000 D The reported transaction is an award of Restricted Stock Units in respect of Paired Shares. 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 transaction in Paired Shares by the reporting person shown on this Form 4 has been concurrently filed with respect to ESH Hospitality, Inc. as issuer. 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). Mr. Lopez is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. /s/ Christopher Dekle, Attorney-in-Fact for Gerardo I. Lopez 2016-02-25