UNITED STATES

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) – November 18, 2015

EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (980) 345-1600

ESH HOSPITALITY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (980) 345-1600

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:

On November 12, 2015, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the selling stockholders listed on Schedule 2 thereto (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (together with the other underwriters listed on Schedule 1 thereto, the “Underwriters”), relating to the sale by the Selling Stockholders of 15,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of paired common stock, each 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 are attached and trade together, at a public offering price of $17.25 per share. The offering of the Shares closed on November 18, 2015. The Company did not sell any Shares in the offering or receive any proceeds from the offering.

The offering described in this Current Report on Form 8-K was made pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204781), filed on June 5, 2015, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated November 12, 2015.

The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and Selling Stockholders. It also provides for customary indemnification of the Underwriters by each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders for certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the filing of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company is filing a tax opinion of its counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, as Exhibit 8.1 hereto, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety to the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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