UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K/A





(Amendment No. 1)



|x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
 to

Commission File Number: 001-36105





EMPIRE STATE
REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)







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|Maryland                                                       |  | 37-1645259                          
|(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

One Grand Central Place, 60 East 42nd Street,

New York, New York 10165

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 687-8700

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



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|Title of Each Class                             |  | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
|Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |  | New York Stock Exchange                  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None





Indicate by check mark if the
Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No   ̈

The Registrant became
subject to filing requirements on October 1, 2013.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of the registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



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|Large accelerated filer |  |  ̈                                                |  | Accelerated filer         |  |  ̈
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|Non-accelerated filer   |  | x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |  | Smaller reporting company |  |  ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).    Yes   ̈    No  x

As of March 21, 2014, there were 94,650,559 shares of the Registrants Class A Common Stock outstanding and 1,122,130 shares of the
Registrants Class B Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.s Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Stockholders Meeting (which is scheduled to be held on
June 11, 2014) to be filed within 120 days after the end of the Registrants fiscal year are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.









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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013, originally filed on
March 24, 2014 (the Original Filing), is being filed solely to refile the consent of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included as Exhibit 23.1 in the Original Filing, which the edgarized version of the consent
inadvertently omitted the date and the conformed signature of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Form 10-K/A also contains new certifications pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are attached hereto.

Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment No. 1, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing, and this Form 10-K/A does not modify,
amend or update in any way any of the financial or other information contained in the Original Filing. This Form 10-K/A does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the filing date of the Original Filing.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this amended
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.



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|Date: March 27, 2014 |  |  |  | By:                                                             |  | /s/ David A. Karp
|                     |  |  |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer



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Exhibit Index

The following is a list of all exhibits filed as a part of this amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.



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|Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|23.1        |  | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                                                                                                                                                                           
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|31.1        |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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|31.2        |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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|32.1        |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                                             
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|32.2        |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.