-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Hr7BtxJNpFqG+q47HTQT64a6Rh75go3j+hTh2UIOlfrATRAlmghbFKQDedLwATqn +RgBKWUCU4gIfCuJ/8dk6Q== 0001104659-04-001861.txt : 20040128 0001104659-04-001861.hdr.sgml : 20040128 20040127184636 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-001861 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040123 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040128 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EXTENDED STAY AMERICA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001002579 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 363996573 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13125 FILM NUMBER: 04547489 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 DUNBAR ST CITY: SPARTANBURG STATE: SC ZIP: 29306 BUSINESS PHONE: 8645731600 8-K 1 a04-1635_18k.htm 8-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 23, 2004

 

 

Extended Stay America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-13125

 

36-3996573

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

100 Dunbar Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (864) 573-1600

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.   Other Events.

On January 23, 2004, Extended Stay America, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of James A. Ovenden as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective February 1, 2004.  This press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, 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 January 23, 2004, of Extended Stay America, Inc., announcing the appointment of James A. Ovenden as Chief Financial Officer.

 

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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.

 

Dated:  January 27, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Stay America, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ CORRY W. OAKES, III

 

 

 

Corry W. Oakes, III

 

 

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

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 EX-99.1 3 a04-1635_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

[Extended Stay America, Inc. logo]

 

 

For Immediate Release

 

Contact: Mike Wilson

 

 

(864) 573-1621

 

 

Mwilson@extendedstay.com

 

 

EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT
OF JAMES A. OVENDEN AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

Spartanburg, SC – January 23, 2004 – Extended Stay America, Inc. (NYSE: ESA) announced today that James A. Ovenden has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the Company effective February 1, 2004. Mr. Ovenden replaces Gregory R. Moxley who resigned January 6 to pursue other opportunities.

 

Mr. Ovenden has 19 years of extensive financial management and business advisory experience. Most recently he was the principal consultant with CFO Solutions of SC, LLC in Columbia, SC where he specialized in financial and business advisory consulting services. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Polymer Group, an $800 million global producer and marketer of engineered non-woven materials, where he also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has recently been elected as a member of the Board of Directors for Oxford Automotive, a $1 billion supplier of automotive parts to OEMs and tier one suppliers. Prior to CFO Solutions, Mr. Ovenden was employed by CMI Industries from 1987 until 2002 and served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the company from 1993 until 2002. He was elected to the Board of CMI in 1990. He continues to serve CMI as a Trustee. He began his career with Peat Marwick in 1984. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Furman University and received his Certificate of Public Accounting in 1987.

 

In making the announcement, George D. Johnson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, stated: “We are thrilled that someone of James Ovenden’s caliber and experience has joined our Company. Jim brings a varied business and financial background to the Company that will be very valuable to us in the years ahead.”

 

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