X0306 4 2017-01-12 0 0001541401 Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. ESRT 0001273446 KARP DAVID A C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10120 0 1 0 0 EVP and CFO LTIP Units 2017-01-12 4 A 0 16704 0.00 A Class A Common Stock 16704 16704 D Represents long term investment plan units ("LTIP Units"), a class of units of Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). The 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 based on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuer's total return to shareholders and the Issuer's relative total return to shareholders during a three-year performance period which ended on December 31, 2016. 50% of such earned LTIP units fully vested on January 1, 2017, and the remaining 50% of such earned LTIP units will vest on January 1, 2018, subject to continued employment. /s/ Debra E. Levin, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-01-17