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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2020

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland	001-36105	37-1645259
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

EMPIRE STATE REALTY OP, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-36106	45-4685158
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

111 West 33rd Street, 12th Floor New York, New York	10120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 687-8700

n/a

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	ESRT	The New York Stock Exchange
Empire State Realty OP, L.P.
Series ES Operating Partnership Units	ESBA	NYSE Arca, Inc.
Series 60 Operating Partnership Units	OGCP	NYSE Arca, Inc.
Series 250 Operating Partnership Units	FISK	NYSE Arca, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Empire State Realty OP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership through which the Company conducts substantially all of its operations (the “Operating Partnership”). The Company is the sole general partner in the Operating Partnership.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 

On June 10, 2020, it was determined that John B. Kessler, the current President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Operating Partnership, will leave the Company after an orderly transition. For the Company and the Operating Partnership, the role of president will be assumed by Anthony E. Malkin, their Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined not to fill the position of chief operating officer. Mr. Kessler’s departure is deemed a termination “without cause,” and, conditioned upon his delivery of a customary release, he will receive the vesting benefits as described in the Company’s most recently filed definitive proxy statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
Date: June 16, 2020	By:	/s/ Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.
	Name:	Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	EMPIRE STATE REALTY OP, L.P.
	By:	Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., as general partner
Date: June 16, 2020	By:	/s/ Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.
	Name:	Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary