8-K 1 f8k_033104.txt CURRENT REPORT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 March 31, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------- Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. --------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 001-13125 36-3996573 ---------------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation) Identification Number) 100 Dunbar Street Spartanburg, SC 29306 --------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) (864) 573-1600 --------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Item 5. Other Events. On March 31, 2004, Extended Stay America, Inc. ("Extended Stay") announced that it had commenced cash tender offers to purchase any and all of its outstanding 9.15% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 and its 9 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011, as well as related consent solicitations to amend such notes and the indentures pursuant to which they were issued. The tender offers and consent solicitations are being conducted in connection with Extended Stay's previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 5, 2004, with BHAC Capital IV, L.L.C. and BHAC Capital Acquisition IV, Inc. A copy of the press release issued by Extended Stay on March 31, 2004, announcing the cash tender offers and related consent solicitations for its senior subordinated notes due 2008 and 2011 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit 99.1 Press release, dated March 31, 2004, of Extended Stay America, Inc., announcing the cash tender offers and related consent solicitations for its senior subordinated notes due 2008 and 2011 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. Date: March 31, 2004 By: /s/ James A. Ovenden ---------------------------------- Name: James A. Ovenden Title: Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit 99.1 Press release, dated March 31, 2004, of Extended Stay America, Inc., announcing the cash tender offers and related consent solicitations for its senior subordinated notes due 2008 and 2011