0001140361-16-066157.txt : 20160518 0001140361-16-066157.hdr.sgml : 20160518 20160518163404 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-16-066157 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160517 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160518 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160518 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Extended Stay America, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001581164 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 463140312 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 BUSINESS PHONE: (980) 345-1600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEOGA DOUGLAS GERARD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001214021 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36190 FILM NUMBER: 161660870 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EAST WACKER DR CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-05-17 0 0001581164 Extended Stay America, Inc. STAY 0001214021 GEOGA DOUGLAS GERARD C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CHARLOTTE NC 28277 1 0 0 0 Paired Shares 2016-05-17 4 A 0 11408 0.00 A 111408 D Paired Shares 353276 I See footnote Each Paired Share is comprised of one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Extended Stay America, Inc. and one share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ESH Hospitality, Inc., which shares are paired and traded as a single unit. The reported transaction is an award of Restricted Stock Units in respect of Paired Shares. A Form 4 reflecting the transaction in Paired Shares by the reporting person shown on this Form 4 has been concurrently filed with respect to ESH Hospitality, Inc. as issuer. Of the 11,408 Paired Shares acquired in the reported transaction, 6,519 were granted to the reporting person under the Amended and Restated Extended Stay America, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan and 4,889 were granted to the reporting person under the Amended and Restated ESH Hospitality, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan. Subject to the reporting person's continued service as a director to the issuer through the applicable vesting date, these Restricted Stock Units are scheduled to vest annually over a three-year period such that one-third of the Restricted Stock Units will vest on each of May 17, 2017, May 17, 2018 and May 17, 2019. Vested Restricted Stock Units will be settled in Paired Shares on the March 15th next following the applicable vesting date (or, in any year when the 15th of March falls on a non-business day, the business day immediately prior to such date). Mr. Geoga beneficially owns these Paired Shares indirectly through the Douglas Geoga Family Dynasty Trust. Mr. Geoga's wife serves as the trustee of the Douglas Geoga Family Dynasty Trust and she and Mr. Geoga's children are the beneficiaries of the trust. /s/ Douglas G. Geoga 2016-05-18 EX-24 2 bs4-geogaextended_poa.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Dent and Christopher Dekle, and each of them, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
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execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as executive officer and/or director of Extended Stay America, Inc. (the "Company"), any forms required to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;
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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms required to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, including without limitation, all forms or reports necessary to obtain EDGAR Identification Numbers, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
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take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with either Rule 144 under the Securities Act or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any forms required to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of May, 2016.

/s/ Douglas G. Geoga
Douglas G. Geoga