ANTHONY E. MALKIN - 03 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT)

Role: Chairman and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Heather L. Houston, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: ESRT
Transactions as of: 03 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Feb 2026, 16:26:55 UTC
Previous filing: 09 Jan 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
MALKIN ANTHONY E	Chairman and CEO, Director	C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK	/s/ Heather L. Houston, Attorney-in-Fact	05 Feb 2026	0001076484

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ESRT	LTIP Units	Award	$0	+499,603	+8.5%	$0.000000	6,360,574	03 Feb 2026	Class A Common Stock	499,603		Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	These represent long term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units"), a class of units of Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). Conditioned upon sufficient allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of units of limited partnership interests ("Operating Partnership Units") of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable by the holder for shares of Class A Common Stock of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Issuer") on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP units into Operating Partnership Units and redeem Operating Partnership Units do not have expiration dates. These LTIP Units were granted under the Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Empire State Realty OP, L.P. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.
F2	These LTIP Units were earned on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuer's operational performance and total shareholder return measured in industry-relative terms during a three-year performance period which ended on December 31, 2025. 50% of such earned LTIP Units fully vested as of January 1, 2026, and the remaining 50% of such earned LTIP Units will vest on December 31, 2026 subject to continued employment.

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These represent long term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units"), a class of units of Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). Conditioned upon sufficient allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of units of limited partnership interests ("Operating Partnership Units") of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable by the holder for shares of Class A Common Stock of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Issuer") on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP units into Operating Partnership Units and redeem Operating Partnership Units do not have expiration dates. These LTIP Units were granted under the Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Empire State Realty OP, L.P. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.

These LTIP Units were earned on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuer's operational performance and total shareholder return measured in industry-relative terms during a three-year performance period which ended on December 31, 2025. 50% of such earned LTIP Units fully vested as of January 1, 2026, and the remaining 50% of such earned LTIP Units will vest on December 31, 2026 subject to continued employment.