---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-046285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:01:55.994185+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire State Realty Trust issues $225M green senior unsecured notes at 7.20%-7.41%

## Summary
- $225M private placement: $155M Series I (7.20%, due 2029), $45M Series J (7.32%, due 2031), $25M Series K (7.41%, due 2034).
- Net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness (including revolver draws) and for general corporate purposes under Green Financing Framework.
- S&P Global issued a Second Party Opinion confirming alignment with Green Bond Principles 2021.
- Funding scheduled June 17, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions; notes guaranteed by certain subsidiaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-046285
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000110465924046285/0001104659-24-046285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000110465924046285/tm2411551d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. incurred senior notes of $225 million, consisting of (a) $155 million aggregate principal amount of 7.20% Series I Green Guaranteed Senior Notes with the purchasers named therein at 7.20% Series I ... 7.32% Series J ... 7.41% Series K maturing June 17, 2029 ... June 17, 2031 ... June 17, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $225 million, consisting of (a) $155 million aggregate principal amount of 7.20% Series I Green Guaranteed Senior Notes
  - Counterparty: the purchasers named therein
  - Rate: 7.20% Series I ... 7.32% Series J ... 7.41% Series K
  - Maturity: June 17, 2029 ... June 17, 2031 ... June 17, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On April 10, 2024, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”) in connection with a private placement of the Operating Partnership’s green guaranteed senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”). Under the Purchase Agreement, the Operating Partnership will issue and sell an aggregate $225 million of its Notes, consisting of (a) $155 million aggregate principal amount of 7.20% Series I Green Guaranteed Senior Notes due June 17, 2029, (b) $45 million aggregate principal amount of 7.32% Series J Green Guaranteed Senior Notes due June 17, 2031 and (c) $25 million aggregate principal amount of 7.41% Series K Green Guaranteed Senior Notes due June 17, 2034.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000110465924046285/0001104659-24-046285-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. entered into Purchase Agreement with the purchasers named therein valued at $225 million (effective 2024-04-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: the purchasers named therein
  - Value: $225 million
  - Effective: 2024-04-10
  source text: On April 10, 2024, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000110465924046285/0001104659-24-046285-index.htm

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