---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-26-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:05:35.262506+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT issues $130M 5.99% senior notes due 2032

## Summary
- $130M aggregate principal of 5.99% Series M Senior Notes due July 15, 2032.
- Net proceeds to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
- Financial covenants include max 60% total debt-to-asset and min 1.50x EBITDA-to-fixed charges.
- Notes issued in unregistered private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of Securities Act.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-26-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000013/0001541401-26-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000013/esrt-20260415.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-26-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-26-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-26-000013.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 77476573a9b973c921eec25ae51749c1f68f0675
  claim: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. incurred senior notes of $130,000,000 aggregate principal amount with the purchasers named therein at 5.99% maturing due July 15, 2032.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 15, 2026, 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 $130,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership's 5.99% Series M Senior Notes due July 15, 2032 (the "Notes").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000013/0001541401-26-000013-index.htm
- claim_id: 69221f821a00cdb60f7ae55f5130a723e2e27a4d
  claim: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. entered into Note Purchase Agreement with the purchasers named therein valued at $130,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-04-15).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 15, 2026, 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 $130,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership's 5.99% Series M Senior Notes due July 15, 2032 (the "Notes").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000013/0001541401-26-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.