EX-1 3 file002.txt JOINT FILING AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with all other Reporting Persons (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13D referred to below) on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Extended Stay America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and that this Agreement may be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement as of the 15h day of March, 2004. BHAC Capital IV, L.L.C., /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BHAC IV, L.L.C. By: BRE/ESJV L.L.C., its Managing Member /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BRE/ESJV L.L.C. /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BREA IV L.L.C. /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES IV L.P. By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES IV L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS IV L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS IV.TE.1 L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS IV.TE.2 L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS IV.TE.3-A L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS IV.F L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray --------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS IV L.P. By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: Blackstone Real Estate Management Associates IV L.P., its general partner By: BREA IV L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Jonathan D. Gray -------------------- Name: Jonathan D. Gray Title: Senior Managing Director and Vice President BLACKSTONE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES IV L.L.C. /s/ Robert L. Friedman ---------------------- Name: Robert L. Friedman Title: Member BLACKSTONE ESA CAPITAL PARTNERS IV L.P. By: Blackstone Management Associates IV L.L.C., its General Partner /s/ Robert L. Friedman ---------------------- Name: Robert L. Friedman Title: Member BLACKSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS IV-A L.P. By: Blackstone Management Associates IV L.L.C., its General Partner /s/ Robert L. Friedman ---------------------- Name: Robert L. Friedman Title: Member BLACKSTONE FAMILY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP IV-A L.P. By: Blackstone Management Associates IV L.L.C., its General Partner /s/ Robert L. Friedman ---------------------- Name: Robert L. Friedman Title: Member /s/ Peter G. Peterson --------------------- PETER G. PETERSON /s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman ------------------------- STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. /s/ Lawrence M. Egan, Jr. ------------------------- Name: Lawrence M. Egan, Jr. Title: Attorney-in-Fact* Assistant Secretary MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED /s/ Lawrence M. Egan, Jr. ------------------------- Name: Lawrence M. Egan, Jr. Title: Attorney-in-Fact** Assistant Secretary ML IBK POSITIONS, INC. /s/ Michael M. McGovern ----------------------- Name: Michael M. McGovern Title: Assistant Secretary * Executed pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated November 17, 1995, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 6. ** Executed pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated February 25, 1995, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 7.