---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T16:32:30.386459+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT director Leslie Biddle steps down Jan 16 for U.S. Department of Energy role

## Summary
- Director Leslie D. Biddle resigns effective January 16, 2023, to join U.S. Department of Energy as Special Assistant to Undersecretary of Infrastructure.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with ESRT on operations, policies, or practices.
- Board has initiated an active search for a replacement director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000005/0001541401-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000005/esrt-20230109.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leslie D. Biddle resigned as Director at Empire State Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 9, 2023, Leslie D. Biddle, one of the members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), advised of her intention to step down from the Board, effective as of January 16, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000005/0001541401-23-000005-index.htm

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