Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) (the “Company”), a leading real estate investment trust with office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, today announced the 2017 tax treatment of the Company’s Class A common stock distributions, as described below. The following table summarizes, for income tax purposes, the nature of the cash distributions paid by the Company to its stockholders during the year ended December 31, 2017 and the appropriate Form 1099-DIV box number. Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of the Company’s distributions.

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Record
Date

  

Payment Date

  

Total
Distribution
per Share

  

Total
Distribution
Allocable to
2017

  

Box 1a
Ordinary
Dividends

  

Box 1b
Qualified
Dividend
(Included in
Box 1a)

3/15/2017   3/31/2017   $0.105   $0.105   $0.105   $0.000
6/15/2017 6/30/2017 $0.105 $0.105 $0.105 $0.000
9/15/2017 9/29/2017 $0.105 $0.105 $0.105 $0.000
12/15/2017 12/29/2017 $0.105   $0.105   $0.105   $0.000
Total $0.420   $0.420   $0.420   $0.000
 

About Empire State Realty Trust

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the world’s most famous building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company’s office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million rentable square feet, as of September 30, 2017, consisting of 9.4 million rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 700,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio.