0001140361-17-047503.txt : 20171227 0001140361-17-047503.hdr.sgml : 20171227 20171227171057 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-17-047503 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171218 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171227 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Clarkson David CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001725700 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36190 FILM NUMBER: 171276603 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. STREET 2: 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 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 3 1 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2017-12-18 0 0001581164 Extended Stay America, Inc. STAY 0001725700 Clarkson David C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CHARLOTTE NC 28277 0 1 0 0 See Remarks Paired Shares 20752 D 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. This amount includes 6,267 restricted stock units which are vested and will be settled in Paired Shares on March 15, 2018. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer through the applicable vesting date, 886 of these restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on March 12, 2018; 532 of these restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on March 12, 2019; and 1,201 are scheduled to vest in substantially equal installments on February 21, 2018, February 21, 2019 and February 21, 2020. 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. Clarkson is the interim Chief Financial Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. A Form 3 reflecting the holdings shown on this Form 3 has been concurrently filed with respect to ESH Hospitality, Inc. as issuer. /s/ Christopher Dekle, Attorney-in-Fact for David Clarkson 2017-12-27 EX-24 2 clarkson-extended_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;
(2)
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
(3)
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 15th day of December, 2017.

/s/ David Clarkson
David Clarkson