X0306 4 2018-02-21 0 0001541401 Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. ESRT 0001076484 MALKIN ANTHONY E C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FL NEW YORK NY 10120 1 1 0 0 Chairman and CEO LTIP Units 2018-02-21 4 A 0 34393 0.00 A Class A Common Stock 34393 34393 D LTIP Units 2018-02-21 4 A 0 128707 0.00 A Class A Common Stock 128707 494810 D These represent long term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units"), a class of units of Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). Conditioned upon sufficient allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of units of limited partnership interests ("Operating Partnership Units") of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable by the holder for shares of Class A Common Stock of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Issuer") on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP units into Operating Partnership Units and redeem Operating Partnership Units do not have expiration dates. These LTIP Units were earned on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuer's total shareholder return measured in both absolute and industry-relative terms during a three-year performance period which ended on December 31, 2017. 50% of such earned LTIP units fully vested as of January 1, 2018, and the remaining 50% of such earned LTIP units will vest on January 1, 2019, subject to continued employment. These represent time-based LTIP Units that vest ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of January 1, 2018, subject to continued employment through such dates, issued pursuant to the Issuer's First Amended and Restated Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Empire State Realty OP, L.P. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of April 4, 2016), in connection with an annual incentive bonus compensation election made by the reporting person. /s/ Debra E. Levin, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-02-23