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EX-10.22

 Exhibit 10.22 
 ESH Hospitality, Inc. 
 2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 

(Adopted as of             , 2013) 

 

	 	1.	Purpose. 

 The
purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company to attract, retain, incentivize and motivate officers and employees of, consultants to, and non-employee directors providing services to, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and to promote the
success of the Company’s business by providing such participating individuals with a proprietary interest in the performance of the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates. The Company believes that this incentive program will cause
participating officers, employees, consultants and non-employee directors to increase their interest in the welfare of the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and to align those interests with those of the stockholders of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates. 
  

	 	2.	Definitions. For purposes of the Plan: 

 2.1. “Affiliate” shall mean any entity that the Company, either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is in common control with, is controlled by or controls, each
within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
 2.2. “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant of an
Option, Restricted Stock, a Restricted Stock Unit, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Performance Award, a Dividend Equivalent Right, a Share Award or any or all of them. 
 2.3. “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the grant of an Award and setting forth the terms and conditions thereof.

 2.4. “Blackstone” means Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P and its affiliates. 

2.5. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

2.6. “Cause” means, with respect to the Termination of a Participant by the Company or any of its Affiliates that employs
such individual or to which the Participant performs services (or by the Company on behalf of any such Affiliate), such Participant’s (i) refusal or neglect to perform substantially his or her employment-related duties or services,
(ii) personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty, (iii) indictment for, conviction of or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a crime constituting a felony or his or her willful violation of
any applicable law (other than a traffic violation or other offense or violation outside of the course of employment or services to the Company or any of its Affiliates which does not adversely affect the Company and its Affiliates or its reputation
or the ability of the Participant to perform his or her employment-related duties or services or to represent the Company or any of its Affiliates that employs such Participant or to which the Participant performs services), (iv) failure to
reasonably cooperate, following a request to do so by the Company, in any internal or governmental investigation of the Company or any of its Affiliates or (v) material breach of any written covenant or agreement with the 

 
Company or any of its Affiliates not to disclose any information pertaining to the Company or any of its Affiliates or not to compete or interfere with the Company or any of its Affiliates;
provided that, in the case of any Participant who, as of the date of determination, is party to an effective services, severance or employment agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates, “Cause” shall have the meaning, if any,
specified in such agreement. 
 2.7. “Centerbridge” means Centerbridge Partners, LP and its affiliates.

 2.8. “Change in Capitalization” means any increase or reduction in the number of Paired Shares, any change
(including, but not limited to, in the case of a spin-off, dividend or other distribution in respect of Paired Shares, a change in value) in the Paired Shares, the elimination of the Pairing of the Paired Shares or any change in the ratio in ESA
Common Shares to Class B REIT Shares in accordance with the terms of the Pairing Agreement, the Company Charter and the Extended Stay America Charter, or any exchange of Paired Shares for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of
the Company or another corporation, by reason of a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, spin-off, split-up, issuance of warrants, rights or debentures, stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, cash
dividend, property dividend, combination or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares, change in corporate structure or any similar corporate event or transaction. 
 2.9. “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: 
 (a) An acquisition (other than directly from Extended Stay America) of any voting securities of Extended Stay America (the “Voting Securities”) by any Person, immediately after which such
Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of Extended Stay America’s then-outstanding Voting
Securities; provided, however, that in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to this Section 2.7(a), the acquisition of Voting Securities in a Non-Control Acquisition (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute
a Change in Control. A “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) Extended Stay America or (B) any corporation or
other Person the majority of the voting power, voting equity securities or equity interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Extended Stay America (for purposes of this definition, a “Related Entity”), (ii) Extended
Stay America or any Related Entity, (iii) any of the Principal Stockholders, or (iv) any Person in connection with a Non-Control Transaction (as hereinafter defined); 

(b) The individuals who, as of the effective date of this Plan are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”), cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by Extended Stay America’s common stockholders, of any new director was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason
of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Proxy Contest; 

  
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 (c) The consummation of: 

 

	 	(1)	A merger, consolidation or reorganization (x) with or into Extended Stay America or (y) in which securities of Extended Stay America are issued (a
“Merger”), unless such Merger is a Non-Control Transaction. A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean a Merger in which: 

 

	 	i.	the stockholders of Extended Stay America immediately before such Merger own directly or indirectly immediately following such Merger at least a majority of the
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of (1) the corporation resulting from such Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Surviving Corporation is not Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by another Person (a “Parent Corporation”), or (2) if there is one or more than one Parent Corporation, the ultimate
Parent Corporation; 

  

	 	ii.	the individuals who were members of the Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such Merger constitute at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors of (1) the Surviving Corporation, if there is no Parent Corporation, or (2) if there is one or more than one Parent Corporation, the ultimate Parent Corporation; and 

 

	 	iii.	no Person other than (1) Extended Stay America or another corporation that is a party to the agreement of Merger, (2) any Related Entity, (3) any
employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior to the Merger, was maintained by Extended Stay America or any Related Entity, (4) any Principal Stockholder or (5) any Person who, immediately prior to the
Merger, had Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of Extended Stay America’s then-outstanding Voting Securities, has Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly,
of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of (x) the Surviving Corporation, if there is no Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more than one Parent Corporation, the
ultimate Parent Corporation; 

  

	 	(2)	A complete liquidation or dissolution of Extended Stay America; or 

  

	 	(3)	The sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Extended Stay America and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (other than
(x) a transfer to a Related Entity or (y) the distribution to Extended Stay America’s stockholders of the stock of a Related Entity or any other assets). 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any Person
(the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by Extended Stay America which, by reducing the
number of Voting Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person; provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the
acquisition of Voting Securities by Extended Stay America and, after such acquisition by Extended Stay America, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Voting Securities and such Beneficial Ownership increases the
percentage of the then outstanding Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur. 
 2.10. “Class B REIT Share” means one Class B share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. 
 2.11. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

2.12. “Committee” means the Committee which administers the Plan as provided in Section 3. 

2.13. “Company” means ESH Hospitality, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto. 

2.14. “Company Charter” means the articles of incorporation of the Company. 

2.15. “Consultant” means any consultant or advisor who is a natural person and who renders services to the Company or
any of its Affiliates that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s
securities, but who is not an Employee or Director. 
 2.16. “Corporate Transaction” means (a) a merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar change in the capital stock of the Company or Extended Stay America; (b) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or Extended Stay America; or (c) a Change in Control.

 2.17. “Covered Employee” means, for any Performance Period: 

(a) an Employee who 
 (a) as of the beginning of the Performance Period is an officer subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and 
 (b) prior to determining Performance Objectives for the Performance Period pursuant to Section 9, the Committee designates as a Covered Employee for purposes of this Plan; provided that, if
the Committee does not make the designation in clause (ii) for a Performance Period, all Employees described in clause (i) shall be deemed to be Covered Employees for purposes of this Plan, and 

  
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 (b) any other Employee that the Committee designates as a Covered Employee
for purposes of this Plan. 
 2.18. “Director” means a member of the Board or the Board of Directors of Extended
Stay America. 
 2.19. “Disability” means permanent and total disability as defined in Code
Section 22(e)(3). A determination of Disability may be made by a physician selected or approved by the Committee and, in this respect, the Participant shall submit to any reasonable examination(s) required by such physician upon request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.17, in the event any Award is considered to be “deferred compensation” as that term is defined under Section 409A of the Code, then, in lieu of the foregoing definition
and to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the definition of “Disability” for purposes of such Award shall be the definition of “disability” provided for under Section 409A
of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder. 
 2.20. “Division” means any of the
operating units or divisions of the Company designated as a Division by the Committee. 
 2.21. “Dividend Equivalent
Right” means a right to receive cash or Paired Shares based on the value of dividends that are paid with respect to Paired Shares. 
 2.22. “Effective Date” means the date of the Plan’s approval by the Company’s stockholders on
[            ][            ], 2013. 
 2.23. “Eligible Individual” means any Employee, Director or Consultant. 
 2.24. “Employee” means any individual performing services for the Company or any of its Affiliates and designated as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates on its payroll
records. An Employee shall not include any individual during any period he or she is classified or treated by the Company or any of its Affiliates as an independent contractor, a consultant or an employee of an employment, consulting or temporary
agency or any other entity other than the Company or any of its Affiliates, without regard to whether such individual is subsequently determined to have been, or is subsequently retroactively reclassified, as a common-law employee of the Company or
any of its Affiliates during such period. An individual shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or
between the Company and any of its Affiliates. 
 2.25. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. 
 2.26. “ESA Common Share” means on share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company. 

  
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 2.27. “Extended Stay America” means Extended Stay America, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and Parent of the Company. 
 2.28. “Extended Stay America 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan” means the
Extended Stay America, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time. 
 2.29. “Extended Stay
America Charter” means the certificate of incorporation of Extended Stay America. 
 2.30. “Fair Market
Value” on any date means: 
 (a) if the Paired Shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock
Exchange, the closing price at the close of the primary trading session of the Paired Shares on such date on the New York Stock Exchange, or if there has been no such closing price of the Paired Shares on such date, on the next preceding date on
which there was such a closing price; 
 (b) if the Paired Shares are not listed for trading on the New York
Stock Exchange, but are listed on another national securities exchange, the closing price at the close of the primary trading session of the Paired Shares on such date on such exchange, or if there has been no such closing price of the Paired Shares
on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was such a closing price; 
 (c) if the Paired Shares are
not listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on another national securities exchange, the last sale price at the end of normal market hours of the Paired Shares on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) or, if no such price shall have been quoted for such date, on the next preceding date for which such price was so quoted; or 

(d) if the Paired Shares are not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or are not authorized for quotation
on NASDAQ, the fair market value of the Paired Shares as determined in good faith by the Committee, and in the case of Incentive Stock Options, in accordance with Section 422 of the Code. 

2.31. “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option satisfying the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and designated
by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option. 
 2.32. “Initial Public Offering” means the consummation of the
first public offering of Paired Shares pursuant to a registration statement (other than a Form S-8 or successor forms) filed with, and declared effective by, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

2.33. “Nonemployee Director” means a Director of the Board who is a “nonemployee director” within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. 

  
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 2.34. “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option which is not an Incentive
Stock Option. 
 2.35. “Option” means a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option. 

2.36. “Option Price” means the price at which a Paired Share may be purchased pursuant to an Option. 

2.37. “Outside Director” means a Director of the Board who is an “outside director” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 2.38. “Paired Share” means one
ESA Common Share and one ESH Class B REIT Share, which interests are attached and trade together, and as such Paired Share may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan. 

2.39. “Pairing Agreement” means the Pairing Agreement by and between the Company and Extended Stay America dated as of
[            ][    ], 2013, as may be amended from time to time. 
 2.40. “Parent” means any corporation which is a “parent corporation” (within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code) with respect to the Company. 

2.41. “Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan. 

2.42. “Paulson” means Paulson & Co. Inc. and its affiliates. 

2.43. “Performance Awards” means Performance Share Units, Performance Units, Performance-Based Restricted Stock or any or
all of them. 
 2.44. “Performance-Based Compensation” means any Award that, pursuant to Section14.3, is
intended to constitute “performance based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 2.45. “Performance-Based Restricted Stock” means Paired Shares issued or transferred to an Eligible Individual under Section 9.2. 

2.46. “Performance Cycle” means the time period specified by the Committee at the time Performance Awards are granted
during which the performance of the Company, a Parent or a Division will be measured. 
 2.47. “Performance
Objectives” means the objectives set forth in Section 9.3 for the purpose of determining, either alone or together with other conditions, the degree of payout and/or vesting of Performance Awards. 

  
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 2.48. “Performance Share Units” means Performance Share Units granted to an
Eligible Individual under Section 9.1(b). 
 2.49. “Performance Units” means Performance Units granted to
an Eligible Individual under Section 9.1(a). 
 2.50. “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act. 
 2.51.
“Plan” means this ESH Hospitality, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. 
 2.52.
“Plan Termination Date” means the date that is ten (10) years after the Effective Date, unless the Plan is earlier terminated by the Board pursuant to Section 15 hereof. 

2.53. “Principal Stockholders” include each of the Blackstone, Centerbridge and Paulson. 

2.54 “Reimbursement Agreement” means that certain Reimbursement Agreement by and between the Company and Extended Stay
America, as may be amended from time to time. 
 2.55. “Restricted Stock” means Paired Shares issued or
transferred to an Eligible Individual pursuant to Section 8.1. 
 2.56. “Restricted Stock Units” means
rights granted to an Eligible Individual under Section 8.2 representing a number of hypothetical Paired Shares. 
 2.57.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 2.58. “Share Award” means an
Award of Paired Shares granted pursuant to Section 10. 
 2.59. “Share” means one ESA Common Share and one
Class B REIT Share, which interests are attached and trading together, and as such Share may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan. 
 2.60. “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right to receive all or some portion of the increase, if any, in the value of the Paired Shares as provided in Section 6 hereof. 

2.61. “Subsidiary” means (a) except as provided in subsection (b) below, any corporation which is a subsidiary
corporation within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code with respect to the Company and (b) in relation to the eligibility to receive Awards other than Incentive Stock Options and continued employment or the provision of services for
purposes of Awards (unless the Committee determines otherwise), any entity, whether or not incorporated, in which the Company directly or indirectly owns at least 25% of the outstanding equity or other ownership interests. 

2.62. “Ten-Percent Shareholder” means an Eligible Individual who, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is to be granted
to him or her, owns (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary. 

  
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 2.63. “Termination”, “Terminated” or
“Terminates” shall mean (a) with respect to a Participant who is an Employee, the date such Participant ceases to be employed by the Company and its Affiliates, (b) with respect to a Participant who is a Consultant, the
date such Participant ceases to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates or (c) with respect to a Participant who is a Director, the date such Participant ceases to be a Director, in each case, for any reason whatsoever (including by
reason of death, Disability or adjudicated incompetency). Unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement, (a) if a Participant is both an Employee and a Director and terminates as an Employee but remains as a Director, the Participant will be
deemed to have continued in employment without interruption and shall be deemed to have Terminated upon ceasing to be a Director and (b) if a Participant who is an Employee or a Director ceases to provide services in such capacity and becomes a
Consultant, the Participant will thereupon be deemed to have been Terminated. 
 2.64. “Transition Period” means the
period beginning with an Initial Public Offering and ending as of the earlier of: 
 (a) the date of the first annual meeting of
stockholders of the Company at which Directors are to be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the Initial Public Offering occurs; and 

(b) the expiration of the “reliance period” under Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(f)(2). 

 

	 	3.	Administration. 

 3.1. Committee; Procedure. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee which, until the Board appoints a different Committee, shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Committee may
adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines as it deems are necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan. The Committee shall consist of at least two (2) Directors of the Board and may consist of the entire Board; provided,
however, that (a) if the Committee consists of less than the entire Board, then, with respect to any Award granted to an Eligible Individual who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall consist of at least two
(2) Directors of the Board, each of whom shall be a Nonemployee Director and (b) to the extent necessary for any Award intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation to so qualify, the Committee shall consist of at least two
(2) Directors of the Board, each of whom shall be an Outside Director. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if one or more members of the Committee is not a Nonemployee Director or an Outside Director but recuses himself or herself or
abstains from voting with respect to a particular action taken by the Committee, then the Committee, with respect to that action, shall be deemed to consist only of the members of the Committee who have not recused themselves or abstained from
voting. 
 3.2. Board Reservation and Delegation. 

(a) Except to the extent necessary for any Award intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation to so qualify, the
Board may, in its discretion, reserve to itself or exercise any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Committee hereunder. To the extent the Board has reserved to itself or exercises the authority and responsibility of the Committee, all
references to the Committee in the Plan shall be to the Board. 

  
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 (b) Subject to applicable law, the Board may delegate, in whole or in part,
any of the authority of the Committee hereunder (subject to such limits as may be determined by the Board) to any individual or committee of individuals (who need not be Directors), including without limitation the authority to make Awards to
Eligible Individuals who are not officers or directors of the Company or any of its Affiliates and who are not subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. To the extent that the Board delegates any such authority to make Awards as provided by
this Section 3.2(b), all references in the Plan to the Committee’s authority to make Awards and determinations with respect thereto shall be deemed to include the Board’s delegate. 

3.3. Committee Powers. Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth herein, the Committee shall have the power from time
to time to: 
 (a) select those Eligible Individuals to whom Options shall be granted under the Plan and the
number of such Options to be granted and prescribe the terms and conditions (which need not be identical) of each such Option, including the exercise price per Paired Share, the vesting schedule and the duration of each Option, and make any
amendment or modification to any Award Agreement consistent with the terms of the Plan; 
 (b) select those
Eligible Individuals to whom other Awards shall be granted under the Plan, determine the type of Award, the number of Paired Shares or amount of cash in respect of which each Award is granted and the terms and conditions (which need not be
identical) of each such Award and make any amendment or modification to any Award Agreement consistent with the terms of the Plan; 
 (c) construe and interpret the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder, establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, correcting
any defect, supplying any omission or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or advisable, including so that the Plan and the operation of the Plan comply
with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, the Code to the extent applicable and other applicable law, and otherwise make the Plan fully effective; 
 (d) determine the duration and purposes for leaves of absence which may be granted to a Participant on an individual basis without constituting a Termination for purposes of the Plan; 

(e) cancel, with the consent of the Participant, outstanding Awards or as otherwise permitted under the term of the Plan;

 (f) exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and rights granted to it as set forth in the Plan; and

  
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 (g) generally, exercise such powers and perform such acts as are deemed
necessary or advisable to promote the best interests of the Company with respect to the Plan. 
 The Committee’s
determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such Persons are similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Committee shall be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to the Eligible Individuals to receive Awards under the Plan and the terms and
provision of Awards under the Plan. All decisions and determinations by the Committee in the exercise of the above powers shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company, its Affiliates, the Participants and all other persons having any
interest therein. 
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to Participants working outside the United
States, the Committee may determine the terms and conditions of Awards and make such adjustments to the terms thereof as are necessary or advisable to fulfill the purposes of the Plan taking into account matters of local law or practice, including
tax and securities laws of jurisdictions outside the United States. 
 3.4. Indemnification. No member of the Committee
shall be liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any transaction hereunder. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the Committee for all costs and expenses
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to, negotiating for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising in
connection with any actions in administering the Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any transaction hereunder. 

3.5. No Repricing of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee shall have no authority to make any adjustment (other than
in connection with a Change in Capitalization, a Corporate Transaction or other transaction where an adjustment is permitted or required under the terms of the Plan) or amendment, and no such adjustment or amendment shall be made, that reduces or
would have the effect of reducing the exercise price of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right previously granted under the Plan, whether through amendment, cancellation or replacement grants or other means, unless the Company’s stockholders
shall have approved such adjustment or amendment. 
 3.6. Coordination with Extended Stay America. 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Award granted under the Plan, shall be made subject to the
approval of either (x) the Board of Directors of Extended Stay America or (y) a committee of the Board of Directors of Extended Stay America composed solely of at least 2 directors of the Board of Directors of Extended Stay America, each
of whom shall be a “nonemployee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and the agreement of Extended Stay America to issue an ESA Common Share upon the grant, exercise or

  
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settlement of the Award, as applicable. The Company’s obligation to the Participant in respect of such Award shall be limited to the issuance of a Class B REIT Share or payment in lieu
thereof at the time of grant, exercise or settlement of the Award, as applicable. 
 (b) Notwithstanding that
Awards under the Plan are denominated in respect of Paired Shares, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise (i) any references in the Plan to the issuance or delivery of, or payment in the form of, a Paired Share shall be deemed to be
references to the issuance, delivery or payment of a Class B REIT Share by the Company (and the issuance, delivery or payment of a ESA Common Share by Extended Stay America), which Class B REIT Share shall be paired with the ESA Common Share as and
when it is issued by Extended Stay America in respect of such Award and (ii) any reference to a payment in respect of a Paired Share shall be deemed to a reference to a payment in respect of a Class B REIT Share by the Company (and the
issuance, delivery or payment of a ESA Common Share by Extended Stay America), any such payment to be based on the relative values of a Company Common Share and a Class B REIT Share at the relevant time, as determined by the Committee. 

(c) If any award made under the Extended Stay America 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan is made subject to the approval of the
Board or the Committee under this Plan, the Board or the Committee may approve the terms of such award and the issuance of a Class B REIT Share under this Plan upon the grant, exercise or settlement of such award, as applicable. 

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any grants of Awards and any issuance of Class B REIT Shares by the
Company and ESA Common Shares by Extended Stay America shall be subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement. 
  

	 	4.	Stock Subject to the Plan; Grant Limitations. 

 4.1. Aggregate Number of Shares Authorized for Issuance. Subject to any adjustment as provided in the Plan, the Class B REIT Shares to be issued by the Company as part of the Paired Shares under
the Plan may be, in whole or in part, authorized but unissued Class B REIT Shares or issued Class B REIT Shares which shall have been reacquired by the Company and held by it as treasury shares. The aggregate number of Class B REIT Shares that may
be made the subject of Awards of Paired Shares granted under the Plan shall not exceed [[             ]% of the total number of Paired Shares outstanding as of the IPO], no more than
[             ]% of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options. Any Class B REIT Shares related to an award of Paired Shares granted under this Plan that terminates by expiration,
forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of the Class B REIT Shares shall become available for Award under this Plan. 
 4.2. Individual Participant Limit. With respect to Awards granted following the last day of the Transition Period (or, if later, the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders for
purposes of Section 162(m)), (a) the aggregate number of Class B REIT Shares that may be the subject of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance-Based Restricted Stock and Performance Share Units granted to an Eligible Individual in
any calendar year (or in respect of the calendar year during which the Transition Period expires, the remainder of such calendar year) may not exceed [             ] and (b) the
maximum dollar amount of cash or the Fair Market Value of Paired Shares that any individual may receive in any calendar year (or in respect of the calendar year during which the Transition Period expires, the remainder of such calendar year) in
respect of Performance Units may not exceed[$             ]. 

  
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 4.3. Calculating Shares Available. The Committee shall determine the appropriate
method for determining the number of Class B REIT Shares available for grants of Awards under the Plan, subject to the following: 
 (a) Except as provided in Section 4.3(b), in connection with the granting of an Option, a Stock Appreciation Right (other than a Stock Appreciation Right related to an Option) or a Share Award, or
the granting of an Award of Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Performance-Based Restricted Stock or Performance Share Units, the number of Class B REIT Shares available under this Section 4 for the granting of further Awards shall be
reduced by the number of Class B REIT Shares in respect of which the Award is granted or denominated. 
 (b) In
the event that an Award is granted that, pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement, cannot be settled in Paired Shares such that the Company would not issue the Class B REIT Shares in settlement of such Award, the aggregate number of Class B REIT
Shares that may be made the subject of Awards under the Plan shall not be reduced. Any Class B REIT Shares related to an Award granted under this Plan that (i) terminates by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance
of the Class B REIT Shares, (ii) is settled in cash in lieu of Class B REIT Shares, or (iii) is exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Class B REIT Shares, for an Award pursuant to which no Class B REIT
Shares may be issued, shall again be available for Awards under this Plan. 
 (c) The number of Class B REIT
Shares tendered or withheld (i) to pay all or a portion of the Option Price of an Option granted under this Plan or (ii) to satisfy tax withholding obligations associated with an Award granted under this Plan, shall become available again
for grant under this Plan. 
 (d) Director Grant Limit. Except for grants made in connection with the Initial
Public Offering, the maximum Fair Market Value of Paired Shares underlying an Award that any Director may receive in any calendar year may not exceed [$ ]. 
  

	 	5.	Stock Options. 

 5.1. Authority of Committee. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Options to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of the grant of
which shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Eligible Individuals who are employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted. The terms and conditions
of any grants of Options as set forth in an Award Agreement shall comply with Section 409A of the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. 
 5.2. Option Price. The Option Price or the manner in which the exercise price is to be determined for Paired Shares under each Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the
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Share under each Option shall not be less than the greater of (i) the par value of a Paired Share and (ii) 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the date the Option is
granted (110% in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten-Percent Shareholder). 
 5.3.
Maximum Duration. Options granted hereunder shall be for such term as the Committee shall determine; provided that an Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it is
granted (five (5) years in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten-Percent Shareholder) and a Nonqualified Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it is granted;
provided, further, however, that unless the Committee provides otherwise, an Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option) may, upon the death of the Participant prior to the expiration of the Option, be exercised for up to one (1) year
following the date of the Participant’s death, even if such period extends beyond ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted. The Committee may, subsequent to the granting of any Option, extend the period within which the Option
may be exercised (including following a Participant’s Termination), but in no event shall the period be extended to a date that is later than the earlier of the latest date on which the Option could have been exercised and the 10th anniversary
of the date of grant of the Option. 
 5.4. Vesting. The Committee shall determine and set forth in the applicable Award
Agreement the time or times at which an Option shall become vested and exercisable. To the extent not exercised, vested installments shall accumulate and be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time after becoming exercisable, but not later than
the date the Option expires. The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any Option or portion thereof at any time. 

5.5. Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of the
grant) of Paired Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) granted under all other plans of the Company or its Affiliates
(in either case determined without regard to this Section 5.5) are exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, such Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. In
applying the limitation in the preceding sentence in the case of multiple Option grants, unless otherwise required by applicable law, Options which were intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options according
to the order in which they were granted such that the most recently granted Options are first treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. 
 5.6. Method of Exercise. The exercise of an Option shall be made only by giving notice in the form and to the Person designated by the Company, specifying the number of Paired Shares to be
exercised and, to the extent applicable, accompanied by payment therefor and otherwise in accordance with the Award Agreement pursuant to which the Option was granted. The Option Price for any Paired Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an
Option shall be paid in any or any combination of the following forms: (a) cash or its equivalent (e.g., a check) or (b) if permitted by the Committee, (i) the transfer, either actually or by attestation, to the Company of Paired
Shares that have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months (or such lesser period as may be permitted by the Committee) prior to the exercise of the Option, such transfer to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the
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to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee or (c) in the form of other property as determined by the Committee. In addition, Options may be exercised through a
registered broker-dealer pursuant to such cashless exercise procedures that are, from time to time, deemed acceptable by the Committee. If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement evidencing the Option to the
Company, which shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. No fractional Paired Shares (or cash in lieu thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of an Option and the number of Paired Shares
that may be purchased upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of whole Paired Shares. 
 5.7. Rights of
Participants. No Participant shall be deemed for any purpose to be the owner of any Paired Shares subject to any Option unless and until (a) the Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms thereof, (b) the Company shall have
issued and delivered Class B REIT Shares and Extended Stay America shall have issued and delivered ESA Common Shares (whether or not certificated) to the Participant, a securities broker acting on behalf of the Participant or such other nominee of
the Participant and (c) the Participant’s name, or the name of his or her broker or other nominee, shall have been entered as a shareholder of record on the books of the Company and Extended Stay America. Thereupon, the Participant shall
have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Paired Shares, subject to such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 

5.8. Effect of Change in Control. Any specific terms applicable to an Option in the event of a Change in Control and not otherwise
provided in the Plan shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 
  

	 	6.	Stock Appreciation Rights. 

 6.1. Grant. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth
in an Award Agreement. A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted (a) at any time if unrelated to an Option or (b) if related to an Option, either at the time of grant or at any time thereafter during the term of the Option. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the Committee may only grant Stock Appreciation Rights to the extent that the terms and conditions of any such grants of Stock Appreciation Rights as set forth in an Award Agreement shall comply with Section 409A of
the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. 
 6.2. Terms; Duration. Stock Appreciation Rights
shall contain such terms and conditions as to exercisability, vesting and duration as the Committee shall determine, but in no event shall they have a term of greater than ten (10) years; provided, however, that unless the
Committee provides otherwise, a Stock Appreciation Right may, upon the death of the Participant prior to the expiration of the Award, be exercised for up to one (1) year following the date of the Participant’s death even if such period
extends beyond ten (10) years from the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted. The Committee may, subsequent to the granting of any Stock Appreciation Right, extend the period within which the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised
(including following a Participant’s Termination), but in no event shall the period be extended to a date that is later than the earlier of the latest date on which the Stock Appreciation Right could have been exercised and the 10th anniversary
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 6.3. Amount Payable. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant
shall be entitled to receive an amount determined by multiplying (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the last business day preceding the date of exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right over the Fair Market Value of a
Paired Share on the date the Stock Appreciation Right was granted (the “Base Price”) by (ii) the number of Paired Shares as to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee
may limit in any manner the amount payable with respect to any Stock Appreciation Right by including such a limit in the Award Agreement evidencing the Stock Appreciation Right at the time it is granted. 

6.4. Method of Exercise. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercised by a Participant only by giving notice in the form and to the
Person designated by the Company, specifying the number of Paired Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement evidencing the Stock
Appreciation Right being exercised, which shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. 
 6.5. Form of Payment. Payment of the amount payable upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right may be made in the discretion of the Committee solely in whole Paired Shares in a number determined
at their Fair Market Value on the last business day preceding the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, solely in cash or in a combination of cash and Paired Shares. If the Committee decides to make full payment in Paired Shares and the
amount payable results in a fractional Paired Share, payment for the fractional Paired Share will be made in cash. 
 6.6.
Effect of Change in Control. Any specific terms applicable to a Stock Appreciation Right in the event of a Change in Control and not otherwise provided in the Plan shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 

 

	 	7.	Dividend Equivalent Rights. 

 Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights, either in tandem with an Award or as a separate Award, to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan. The terms and
conditions applicable to each Dividend Equivalent Right shall be specified in the Award Agreement evidencing the Award. Amounts payable in respect of Dividend Equivalent Rights may be payable currently or, if applicable, deferred until the lapsing
of restrictions on such Dividend Equivalent Rights or until the vesting, exercise, payment, settlement or other lapse of restrictions on the Award to which the Dividend Equivalent Rights relate. In the event that the amount payable in respect of
Dividend Equivalent Rights are to be deferred, the Committee shall determine whether such amounts are to be held in cash or reinvested in Paired Shares or deemed (notionally) to be reinvested in Paired Shares. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be
settled in cash or Paired Shares or a combination thereof, in a single installment or multiple installments, as determined by the Committee. The terms and conditions of any grants of Dividend Equivalent Rights as set forth in an Award Agreement
shall comply with Section 409A of the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. 

  
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	 	8.	Restricted Stock; Restricted Stock Units. 

 8.1. Restricted Stock. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Awards of Restricted Stock to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall
be set forth in an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall contain such restrictions, terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its discretion, determine and (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) such Award Agreements may
require that an appropriate legend be placed on Paired Share certificates. Paired Shares in a book entry account in Participant’s name may have appropriate stop transfer instructions to the account custodian, administrator or the Company’s
corporate secretary as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Awards of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the terms and provisions set forth below in this Section 8.1. 

(a) Rights of Participant. Restricted Stock granted pursuant to an Award hereunder shall be issued in the name of
the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after the Award is granted provided that the Participant has executed an Award Agreement evidencing the Award and any other documents which the Committee may require as a condition to the issuance of
such Paired Shares. At the discretion of the Committee, Paired Shares issued in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock may be held in escrow by an agent (which may be the Company) designated by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines
otherwise and as set forth in the Award Agreement, upon the issuance of the Paired Shares, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Paired Shares, including the right to vote the Paired Shares and to receive
all dividends or other distributions paid or made with respect to the Paired Shares. 
 (b) Terms and
Conditions. Each Award Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Restricted Stock to which it relates, the conditions which must be satisfied in order for the Restricted Stock to vest and the circumstances under which the Award will be
forfeited. 
 (c) Delivery of Shares. Upon the lapse of the restrictions on shares of Restricted Stock,
the Committee shall cause a stock certificate or evidence of book entry Paired Shares to be delivered to the Participant with respect to such shares of Restricted Stock, free of all restrictions hereunder. 

(d) Treatment of Dividends. At the time an Award of Restricted Stock is granted, the Committee may, in its
discretion, determine that the payment to the Participant of dividends, or a specified portion thereof, declared or paid on such Paired Shares by the Company shall be (i) deferred until the lapsing of the restrictions imposed upon such Paired
Shares and (ii) held by the Company for the account of the Participant until such time. In the event that dividends are to be deferred, the Committee shall determine whether such dividends are to be reinvested in Paired Shares (which shall be
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dividends in respect of shares of Restricted Stock (whether held in cash or as additional shares of Restricted Stock), shall be made upon the lapsing of restrictions imposed on the shares of
Restricted Stock in respect of which the deferred dividends were paid, and any dividends deferred in respect of any shares of Restricted Stock shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of such shares of Restricted Stock. 

(e) Effect of Change in Control. Any specific terms applicable to Restricted Stock in the event of a Change in
Control and not otherwise provided in the Plan shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 
 8.2. Restricted Stock
Unit Awards. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Awards of Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. Each such Award
Agreement shall contain such restrictions, terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its discretion, determine. Awards of Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the terms and provisions set forth below in this Section 8.2. 

(a) Payment of Awards. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall represent the right of the Participant to receive a payment
upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Unit or on any later date specified by the Committee of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share as of the date the Restricted Stock Unit becomes vested or such other date as determined by the
Committee at the time the Restricted Stock Unit is granted. The Committee may, at the time a Restricted Stock Unit is granted, provide a limitation on the amount payable in respect of each Restricted Stock Unit. The Committee may provide for the
settlement of Restricted Stock Units in cash or with Paired Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount to which the Participant has become entitled or a combination thereof. 

(b) Effect of Change in Control. Any specific terms applicable to Restricted Stock Units in the event of a Change
in Control and not otherwise provided in the Plan shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 
  

	 	9.	Performance Awards. 

 9.1. Performance Units and Performance Share Units. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant Awards of Performance Units and/or Performance Share Units to Eligible Individuals in
accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. 
 (a)
Performance Units. Performance Units shall be denominated in a specified dollar amount and, contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Objectives within the Performance Cycle and such other vesting conditions as may be determined
by the Committee (including without limitation, a continued employment requirement following the end of the applicable Performance Period), represent the right to receive payment as provided in Sections 9.1(c) and (d) of the specified dollar
amount or a percentage of the specified dollar amount depending on the level of Performance Objective attained; provided, however, that the Committee may at the time a Performance Unit is granted specify a maximum amount payable in respect of
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 (b) Performance Share Units. Performance Share Units shall be
denominated in Paired Shares and, contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Objectives within the Performance Cycle and such other vesting conditions as may be determined by the Committee, (including without limitation, a continued
employment requirement following the end of the applicable Performance Period), represent the right to receive payment as provided in Sections 9.1(c) and (d) of the Fair Market Value of a Paired Share on the date the Performance Share Unit was
granted, the date the Performance Share Unit became vested or any other date specified by the Committee or a percentage of such amount depending on the level of Performance Objective attained; provided, however, that the Committee may at the
time a Performance Share Unit is granted specify a maximum amount payable in respect of a vested Performance Share Unit. 
 (c) Terms and Conditions; Vesting and Forfeiture. Each Award Agreement shall specify the number of Performance Units or Performance Share Units to which it relates, the Performance Objectives and
other conditions which must be satisfied in order for the of Performance Units or Performance Share Units to vest and the Performance Cycle within which such Performance Objectives must be satisfied and the circumstances under which the Award will
be forfeited; provided, however, that no Performance Cycle for Performance Units or Performance Share Units shall be less than one (1) year. 
 (d) Payment of Awards. Subject to Section 9.3(c), payment to Participants in respect of vested Performance Share Units and Performance Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the last
day of the Performance Cycle to which such Award relates or at such other time or times as the Committee may determine that the Award has become vested. Such payments may be made entirely in Paired Shares valued at their Fair Market Value, entirely
in cash or in such combination of Paired Shares and cash as the Committee in its discretion shall determine at any time prior to such payment; provided, however, that if the Committee in its discretion determines to make such payment entirely
or partially in shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee must determine the extent to which such payment will be in shares of Restricted Stock and the terms of such Restricted Stock at the time the Award is granted. 

9.2. Performance-Based Restricted Stock. Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee, may grant Awards of Performance-Based
Restricted Stock to Eligible Individuals in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement may require that an appropriate legend be placed on Paired Share certificates.
Paired Shares in a book entry account in Participant’s name may have appropriate stop transfer instructions to the account custodian, administrator or the Company’s corporate secretary as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
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 (a) Rights of Participant. Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall
be issued in the name of the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after the Award is granted or at such other time or times as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that no Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall be issued
until the Participant has executed an Award Agreement evidencing the Award, and any other documents which the Committee may require as a condition to the issuance of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock. At the discretion of the Committee, Paired
Shares issued in connection with an Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock may be held in escrow by an agent (which may be the Company) designated by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines otherwise and as set forth in the Award
Agreement, upon issuance of the Paired Shares, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Paired Shares, including the right to vote the Paired Shares and to receive all dividends or other distributions paid
or made with respect to the Paired Shares. 
 (b) Terms and Conditions. Each Award Agreement shall specify
the number of shares of Performance-Based Restricted Stock to which it relates, the Performance Objectives and other conditions which must be satisfied in order for the Performance-Based Restricted Stock to vest, the Performance Cycle within which
such Performance Objectives must be satisfied and the circumstances under which the Award will be forfeited; provided, however, that no Performance Cycle for Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall be less than one (1) year. 

(c) Treatment of Dividends. At the time the Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock is granted, the
Committee may, in its discretion, determine that the payment to the Participant of dividends, or a specified portion thereof, declared or paid on Paired Shares represented by such Award which have been issued by the Company to the Participant shall
be (i) deferred until the lapsing of the restrictions imposed upon such Performance-Based Restricted Stock and (ii) held by the Company for the account of the Participant until such time. In the event that dividends are to be deferred, the
Committee shall determine whether such dividends are to be reinvested in Paired Shares (which shall be held as additional shares of Performance-Based Restricted Stock) or held in cash. If deferred dividends are to be held in cash, there may be
credited interest on the amount of the account at such times and at a rate per annum as the Committee, in its discretion, may determine. Payment of deferred dividends in respect of shares of Performance-Based Restricted Stock (whether held in cash
or in additional Paired Shares of Performance-Based Restricted Stock), together with interest accrued thereon, if any, shall be made upon the lapsing of restrictions imposed on the Performance-Based Restricted Stock in respect of which the deferred
dividends were paid, and any dividends deferred (together with any interest accrued thereon) in respect of any Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock. 

(d) Delivery of Shares. Upon the lapse of the restrictions on shares of Performance-Based Restricted
Stock awarded hereunder, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate or evidence of book entry Paired Shares to be delivered to the Participant with respect to such Paired Shares, free of all restrictions hereunder. 

  
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 9.3. Performance Objectives. 

(a) Establishment. With respect to any Performance Awards intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation,
Performance Objectives for Performance Awards may be expressed in terms of (i) earnings per share, (ii) operating income, (iii) return on equity or assets, (iv) cash flow, (v) net cash flow, (vi) cash flow from
operations; (vii) EBITDA, (viii) increased revenues, (ix) revenue ratios; (x) cost reductions; (xi) cost ratios; (xii) overall revenue or sales growth, (xiii) expense reduction or management, (xiv) market
position, (xv) total shareholder return, (xvi) return on investment, (xvii) earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), (xviii) net income, (xix) return on net assets, (xx) economic value added, (xxi) shareholder
value added, (xxii) cash flow return on investment, (xxiii) net operating profit, (xxiv) net operating profit after tax, (xxv) return on capital, (xxvi) return on invested capital or (xxvii) any combination of the
foregoing. With respect to Performance Awards not intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation, Performance Objectives may be based on any of the foregoing or any other performance criteria as may be established by the Committee.
Performance Objectives may be in respect of the performance of the Company, any of its Affiliates, any of its Divisions or any combination thereof. Performance Objectives may be absolute or relative (to prior performance of the Company or to the
performance of one or more other entities or external indices) and may be expressed in terms of a progression within a specified range. In the case of a Performance Award which is intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation, the
Performance Objectives with respect to a Performance Cycle shall be established in writing by the Committee by the earlier of (i) the date on which a quarter of the Performance Cycle has elapsed and (ii) the date which is ninety
(90) days after the commencement of the Performance Cycle and in any event while the performance relating to the Performance Objectives remains substantially uncertain. 

(b) Effect of Certain Events. The Committee may, at the time the Performance Objectives in respect of a Performance
Award are established, provide for the manner in which performance will be measured against the Performance Objectives to reflect the impact of specified events, including any one or more of the following with respect to the Performance Period
(i) the gain, loss, income or expense resulting from changes in accounting principles or tax laws that become effective during the Performance Period; (ii) the gain, loss, income or expense reported publicly by the Company with respect to
the Performance Period that are extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence; (iii) the gains or losses resulting from and the direct expenses incurred in connection with, the disposition of a business, or the sale of
investments or non-core assets; (iv) the gain or loss from all or certain claims and/or litigation and all or certain insurance recoveries relating to claims or litigation; or (v) the impact of investments or acquisitions made during the
year or, to the extent provided by the Committee, any prior year. The events may relate to the Company as a whole or to any part of the Company’s business or operations, as determined by the Committee at the time the Performance Objectives are
established. Any adjustments based on the effect of certain events are to be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards, unless another objective method of measurement is designated by the Committee and, in
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constitute Performance-Based Compensation, such adjustments shall be permitted only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder
without adversely affecting the treatment of any Performance Award as Performance-Based Compensation. 
 (c)
Determination of Performance. Prior to the vesting, payment, settlement or lapsing of any restrictions with respect to any Performance Award, the Committee shall certify in writing that the applicable Performance Objectives have been
satisfied to the extent necessary for such Award to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation. In respect of a Performance Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, reduce the amount of cash paid or number of Paired Shares to be issued or
that have been issued and that become vested or on which restrictions lapse. The Committee shall not be entitled to exercise any discretion otherwise authorized hereunder with respect to any Performance Award intended to constitute Performance-Based
Compensation if the ability to exercise such discretion or the exercise of such discretion itself would cause the compensation attributable to such Awards to fail to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation. 

(d) Effect of Change in Control. Any specific terms applicable to a Performance Award in the event of a Change in
Control and not otherwise provided in the Plan shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. 
  

	 	10.	Share Awards. 

 Subject to Section 3.6, the Committee may grant a Share Award to any Eligible Individual on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. Share Awards may be made
as additional compensation for services rendered by the Eligible Individual or may be in lieu of cash or other compensation to which the Eligible Individual is entitled from the Company. 

 

	 	11.	Effect of Termination of Employment; Transferability. 

 11.1. Termination. The Award Agreement evidencing the grant of each Award shall set forth the terms and conditions applicable to such Award upon Termination, which shall be as the Committee may, in
its discretion, determine at the time the Award is granted or at anytime thereafter, and which terms and conditions may include provisions regarding the treatment of an Award in the event of a Termination by reason of a divestiture of any Subsidiary
or Division or other assets of the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 11.2. Transferability of Awards and Paired Shares.

 (a) Non-Transferability of Awards. Except as set forth in Section 11.2(c) or (d) or as
otherwise permitted by the Committee and as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, either at the time of grant or at anytime thereafter, no Award shall be (i) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, (ii) pledged or otherwise
hypothecated or (iii) subject to attachment, execution or levy of any kind; and any purported transfer, pledge, hypothecation, attachment, execution or levy in violation of this Section 11.2 shall be null and void. 

  
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 (b) Restrictions on Paired Shares. The Committee may impose such
restrictions on any Paired Shares acquired by a Participant under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, restrictions under the
requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Paired Shares are then listed or traded and restrictions under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Paired Shares. 

(c) Transfers By Will or by Laws of Descent or Distribution. Any Award may be transferred by will or by the laws of
descent or distribution; provided, however, that (i) any transferred Award will be subject to all of the same terms and conditions as provided in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement; and (ii) the Participant’s estate or
beneficiary appointed in accordance with this Section 11.2(c) will remain liable for any withholding tax that may be imposed by any federal, state or local tax authority. 

(d) Beneficiary Designation. Each Participant may, from time to time, name one or more individuals (each, a
“Beneficiary”) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid or who may exercise any rights of the Participant under any Award granted under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death before he or she receives any or
all of such benefit or exercises such Award. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with
the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits under Awards remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death and rights to be exercised following the Participant’s death shall be paid to or
exercised by the Participant’s estate. 
  

	 	12.	Adjustment upon Changes in Capitalization. 

 12.1. In the event of a Change in Capitalization, the Committee shall conclusively determine the appropriate adjustments, if any, to (a) the maximum number of Class B REIT Shares or other stock or
securities with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (b) the maximum number of Class B REIT Shares or other stock or securities that may be issued upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options, (c) the maximum number of Class
B REIT Shares or other stock or securities with respect to which Awards may be granted to any Eligible Individual in any calendar year, (d) the number of Paired Shares, Class B REIT Shares or other stock or securities, cash or other property
which are subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan and the exercise price therefore, if applicable, and (e) the Performance Objectives. 
 12.2. Any such adjustment in the Class B REIT Shares or other stock or securities (a) subject to outstanding Incentive Stock Options (including any adjustments in the exercise price) shall be made in
such manner as not to constitute a modification as defined by Section 424(h)(3) of the Code and only to the extent otherwise permitted by Sections 422 and 424 of the Code, (b) subject to outstanding Awards that are intended to qualify as
Performance-Based Compensation shall be made in such a manner as not to adversely affect the treatment of the Awards as Performance-Based Compensation and (c) with respect to any Award that is not

  
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subject to Section 409A of the Code, in a manner that would not subject the Award to Section 409A of the Code and, with respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the
Code, in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. 

12.3. If, by reason of a Change in Capitalization, pursuant to an Award, a Participant shall be entitled to, or shall be entitled to
exercise an Option with respect to, new, additional or different shares of stock or securities of the Company or any other corporation, such new, additional or different shares shall thereupon be subject to all of the conditions, restrictions and
performance criteria which were applicable to the Paired Shares subject to the Award, prior to such Change in Capitalization. 
  

	 	13.	Effect of Certain Transactions. 

 13.1. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in connection with a Corporate Transaction, either: 

(a) outstanding Awards shall, unless otherwise provided in connection with the Corporate Transaction, continue following
the Corporate Transaction and shall be adjusted if and as provided for in the agreement or plan (in the case of a liquidation or dissolution) entered into or adopted in connection with the Corporate Transaction (the “Transaction
Agreement”), which may include, in the sole discretion of the Committee or the parties to the Corporate Transaction, the assumption or continuation of such Awards by, or the substitution for such Awards of new awards of, the surviving,
successor or resulting entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or the Company or Extended Stay America with such adjustments as to the number and kind of shares or other securities or property subject to such new awards, exercise prices and other
terms of such new awards as the Committee or the parties to the Corporate Transaction shall agree, or 
 (b)
outstanding Awards shall terminate upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction; provided, however, that vested Awards shall not be terminated without: 
 (i) in the case of vested Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (including those Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that would become vested upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction),
(1) providing the holders of affected Options and Stock Appreciation Rights a period of at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the consummation of the Corporate Transaction to exercise the Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights, or (2) providing the holders of affected Options and Stock Appreciation Rights payment (in cash or other consideration upon or immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, or, to the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, on a deferred basis) in respect of each Paired Share covered 

  
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by the Option or Stock Appreciation Rights being cancelled an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the per Paired Share price to be paid or distributed to stockholders in the Corporate
Transaction (the value of any non-cash consideration to be determined by the Committee in good faith) over the Option Price of the Option or the Base Price of the Stock Appreciation Rights, or 

(ii) in the case vested Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (including those Awards that would become vested upon the
consummation of the Corporate Transaction), providing the holders of affected Awards payment (in cash or other consideration upon or immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, or, to the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, on a deferred basis) in respect of each Paired Share covered by the Award being cancelled of the per Paired Share price to be paid or distributed to stockholders in the Corporate Transaction, in each case with the
value of any non-cash consideration to be determined by the Committee in good faith. 
 (c) For the avoidance of
doubt, if the amount determined pursuant to clause (b)(i)(2) above is zero or less, the affected Option or Stock Appreciation Rights may be cancelled without any payment therefor. 

13.2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or being construed as requiring any such action, in connection with any such
Corporate Transaction the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion (but subject to Section 3.6), cause any of the following actions to be taken effective upon or at any time prior to any Corporate Transaction (and any such action may
be made contingent upon the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction): 
 (a) cause any or all unvested Options
and Stock Appreciation Rights to become fully vested and immediately exercisable (as applicable) and/or provide the holders of such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights a reasonable period of time prior to the date of the consummation of the
Corporate Transaction to exercise the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights; 
 (b) with respect to unvested
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are terminated in connection with the Corporate Transaction, provide to the holders thereof a payment (in cash and/or other consideration) in respect of each Paired Share covered by the Option or Stock
Appreciation Right being terminated in an amount equal to all or a portion of the excess, if any, of the per Paired Share price to be paid or distributed to stockholders in the Corporate Transaction (the value of any non-cash consideration to be
determined by the Committee in good faith) over the exercise price of the Option or the Base Price of the Stock Appreciation Right, which may be paid in accordance with the vesting schedule of the Award as set forth in the applicable Award
Agreement, upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction or, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, at such other time or times as the Committee may determine; 

  
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 (c) with respect to unvested Awards (other than Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights) that are terminated in connection with the Corporate Transaction, provide to the holders thereof a payment (in cash and/or other consideration) in respect of each Paired Share covered by the Award being terminated in an amount
equal to all or a portion of the per Paired Share price to be paid or distributed to stockholders in the Corporate Transaction (the value of any non-cash consideration to be determined by the Committee in good faith), which may be paid in accordance
with the vesting schedule of the Award as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction or, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, at such other time or times as the Committee may
determine. 
 13.3. 
 (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide in the Transaction Agreement or otherwise for different treatment for different Awards or Awards held by
different Participants and, where alternative treatment is available for a Participant’s Awards, may allow the Participant to choose which treatment shall apply to such Participant’s Awards. 

(b) Any action permitted under this Section 13 may be taken without the need for the consent of any Participant. To
the extent a Corporate Transaction also constitutes a Change in Capitalization and action is taken pursuant to this Section 13 with respect to an outstanding Award, such action shall conclusively determine the treatment of such Award in
connection with such Corporate Transaction notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary (including Section 12). 
 (c) To the extent the Committee chooses to make payments to affected Participants pursuant to Section 13.1(b)(i)(2) or (ii) or Section 13.2(b) or (c) above, any Participant who has not
returned any letter of transmittal or similar acknowledgment that the Committee requires be signed in connection with such payment within the time period established by the Committee for returning any such letter or similar acknowledgement shall
forfeit his or her right to any payment and his or her associated Awards may be cancelled without any payment therefor. 
  

	 	14.	Interpretation.  

 14.1. Section 16 Compliance. The Plan is intended to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and the Committee shall interpret and administer the provisions of the Plan or
any Award Agreement in a manner consistent therewith. Any provisions inconsistent with such Rule shall be inoperative and shall not affect the validity of the Plan. 
 14.2. Compliance with Section 409A. All Awards granted under the Plan are intended either not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or, if subject to Section 409A of the Code, to
be administered, operated and construed in compliance with Section 409A of the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may amend the
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granted hereunder in any manner or take any other action that it determines, in its sole discretion, is necessary, appropriate or advisable (including replacing any Award) to cause the Plan or
any Award granted hereunder to comply with Section 409A of the Code and all regulations and other guidance issued thereunder or to not be subject to Section 409A of the Code. Any such action, once taken, shall be deemed to be effective
from the earliest date necessary to avoid a violation of Section 409A of the Code and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Eligible Individuals and other individuals having or claiming any right or interest under the Plan. 

14.3. Section 162(m). 
 (a) Performance-Based Compensation Awards. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant and subject to Section 14.3(b), each Option, Stock Appreciation Right and
Performance Award granted to an Eligible Individual who is also a Covered Employee is intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation; provided, that no Award granted following the Transition Period shall be intended to constitute
Performance-Based Compensation unless the stockholder approval and other requirements of Section 162(m) to enable Awards to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation have been satisfied. If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement
relating to an Award that is intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation does not comply or is inconsistent with Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such
requirements and , in the case of any Performance Award, no provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be deemed to confer upon the Committee any discretion to increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable in connection with any such
Award upon the attainment of the Performance Objectives. 
 (b) Section 162(m) Transition Period.

  

	 	(1)	With respect to Options, Stock Appreciation and Performance Awards granted during the Transition Period and with respect to which on the transition relief provided in
Treas. Reg. §1.162-27(f) (“Transition Relief”) is applicable (“Transition Awards”), the Company intends to rely, to the maximum extent possible, on such Transition Relief. Accordingly, the requirements in this Plan
applicable to Awards intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation shall not apply to Transition Awards which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, include the provisions of Section 4.2 and those provisions of Sections
3.1(b), 4.3(a) and 9 that apply only to Awards intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation. 

  

	 	(2)	With respect to Awards granted during the Transition Period other than Transition Awards, and with respect to all Awards granted following the Transition Period, the
stockholder approval and other requirements of Section 162(m) must be satisfied for those Awards to be intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation. 

  
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	 	15.	Term; Plan Termination and Amendment of the Plan; Modification of Awards. 

15.1. Term. The Plan shall terminate on the Plan Termination Date and no Award shall be granted after that date. The applicable
terms of the Plan and any terms and conditions applicable to Awards granted prior to the Plan Termination Date shall survive the termination of the Plan and continue to apply to such Awards. 

15.2. Plan Amendment or Plan Termination. The Board may earlier terminate the Plan and the Board may at any time and from time to
time amend, modify or suspend the Plan; provided, however, that: 
 (a) no such amendment, modification,
suspension or termination shall impair or adversely alter any Awards theretofore granted under the Plan, except with the consent of the Participant, nor shall any amendment, modification, suspension or termination deprive any Participant of any
Paired Shares which he or she may have acquired through or as a result of the Plan; and 
 (b) to the extent
necessary under any applicable law, regulation or exchange requirement, no other amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with applicable law, regulation or exchange requirement. 

15.3. Modification of Awards. No modification of an Award shall adversely alter or impair any rights or obligations under the Award
without the consent of the Participant. 
  

	 	16.	Non-Exclusivity of the Plan.  

 The adoption of the Plan by the Board shall not be construed as amending, modifying or rescinding any previously approved incentive arrangement or as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to
adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

  

	 	17.	Limitation of Liability. 

 As illustrative of the limitations of liability of the Company, but not intended to be exhaustive thereof, nothing in the Plan shall be construed to: 

(a) give any person any right to be granted an Award other than at the sole discretion of the Committee; 

(b) limit in any way the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate the employment of or the provision of
services by any person at any time; 
 (c) be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied,
that the Company will pay any person at any particular rate of compensation or for any particular period of time; or 

  
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 (d) be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that
the Company will employ any person at any particular rate of compensation or for any particular period of time. 
  

	 	18.	Regulations and Other Approvals; Governing Law. 

 18.1. Governing Law. Except as to matters of federal law, the Plan and the rights of all persons claiming hereunder shall be construed and determined in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
 18.2. Compliance with Law. 

(a) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Class B REIT Shares with respect to Awards granted under the Plan
shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.

 (b) The Board may make such changes as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the rules and
regulations of any government authority or to obtain for Eligible Individuals granted Incentive Stock Options the tax benefits under the applicable provisions of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

(c) Each grant of an Award and the issuance of Class B REIT Shares by the Company and ESA Common Shares by Extended Stay
America or other settlement of the Award is subject to compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign law. Further, if at any time the Committee determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Paired
Shares issuable by each of the Company and Extended Stay America pursuant to the Plan is required by any securities exchange or under any federal, state or foreign law, or that the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary
or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant of an Award or the issuance of Class B REIT Shares by the Company and ESA Common Shares by Extended Stay America, no Awards shall be or shall be deemed to be granted or payment made or
Shares issued by each of the Company and Extended Stay America, in whole or in part, unless listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Committee. Any
person exercising an Option or receiving Paired Shares in connection with any other Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Board or Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or
any other applicable legal requirements. 
 18.3. Transfers of Plan Acquired Paired Shares. Notwithstanding anything
contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the disposition of Paired Shares acquired pursuant to the Plan is not covered by a then current registration statement under the Securities Act and is not otherwise
exempt from such registration, such Paired Shares shall be restricted against transfer to the extent required by the Securities Act and Rule 144 or other regulations promulgated thereunder. The Committee may require any

  
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individual receiving Paired Shares pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan, as a condition precedent to receipt of such Paired Shares, to represent and warrant to the Company in writing that
the Paired Shares acquired by such individual are acquired without a view to any distribution thereof and will not be sold or transferred other than pursuant to an effective registration thereof under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption
applicable under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing any of such Paired Shares shall be appropriately amended or have an appropriate legend placed thereon to reflect their status as
restricted securities as aforesaid. 
  

	 	19.	Miscellaneous. 

19.1. Forfeiture Events; Clawback. The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments and
benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, clawback or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events or as required by law, in addition to any otherwise applicable forfeiture provisions
that apply to the Award. 
 19.2. Multiple Agreements. The terms of each Award may differ from other Awards granted under
the Plan at the same time or at some other time. The Committee may also grant more than one Award to a given Eligible Individual during the term of the Plan, either in addition to or, subject to Section 3.5, in substitution for one or more
Awards previously granted to that Eligible Individual. 
 19.3. Withholding of Taxes. 

(a) The Company or any of its Affiliates may withhold from any payment of cash or Paired Shares to a Participant or other
person under the Plan an amount sufficient to cover any withholding taxes which may become required with respect to such payment or take any other action it deems necessary to satisfy any income or other tax withholding requirements as a result of
the grant or exercise of any Award under the Plan. The Company or any of its Affiliates shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes and require that any person furnish information deemed necessary by the Company or any of its
Affiliates to meet any tax reporting obligation as a condition to exercise or before making any payment or the issuance or release of any Paired Shares pursuant to an Award. If specified in an Award Agreement at the time of grant or otherwise
approved by the Committee, a Participant may, in satisfaction of his or her obligation to pay withholding taxes in connection with the exercise, vesting or other settlement of an Award, elect to (i) make a cash payment to the Company,
(ii) have withheld a portion of the Paired Shares then issuable to him or her from both the Company and Extended Stay America or (iii) surrender Paired Shares owned by the Participant prior to the exercise, vesting or other settlement of
an Award, in each case having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the withholding taxes to each of the Company and Extended Stay America. 

  
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 (b) If a Participant makes a disposition, within the meaning of
Section 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Paired Share or Paired Shares issued to such Participant pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the
date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Paired Share or Paired Shares to the Participant pursuant to such exercise, the Participant shall, within ten (10) days of such
disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office. 
 19.4.
Plan Unfunded. The Plan shall be unfunded. Except for reserving a sufficient number of authorized Paired Shares to the extent required by law to meet the requirements of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to establish any special or
separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure payment of any Award granted under the Plan. 

  
 31EX-10.26

 Exhibit 10.26 
 EXECUTION COPY 
  

 
  

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 between 
 ESA MANAGEMENT, LLC 

as Buyer 

and 
 HVM
L.L.C. 
 as Seller 
 Dated as of October 9, 2013 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE I
	  			
	 Definitions
	  			
		
	 ARTICLE II
	  			
	 Purchase and Sale of Assets
	  			
	 2.1.     Purchase and Sale
	  	 	7	  
	 2.2.     Assumption of Liabilities; Payment of Excluded Liabilities
	  	 	7	  
	 2.3.     Purchase Price
	  	 	7	  
	 2.4.     Closing
	  	 	8	  
	 2.5.     Instruments of Conveyance and Transfer
	  	 	8	  
	 2.6.     Post Closing Assurances
	  	 	8	  
	 2.7.     Assignment of Contracts; Rights and Obligations
	  	 	8	  
	 2.8.     Payment of Taxes and Fees
	  	 	9	  
	 2.9.     Notices of Sale
	  	 	9	  
		
	 ARTICLE III
	  			
	 Representations of Seller
	  			
		
	 3.1.     Organization, Standing and Power
	  	 	9	  
	 3.2.     Authority
	  	 	9	  
	 3.3.     Operating Agreement and Corporate Records
	  	 	10	  
	 3.4.     Conflicts; Consents
	  	 	10	  
	 3.5.     Absence of Changes
	  	 	10	  
	 3.6.     Title to Properties
	  	 	11	  
	 3.7.     Sufficiency of Permits and Assets; Compliance with Laws
	  	 	11	  
	 3.8.     Material Contracts
	  	 	11	  
	 3.9.     Real Property
	  	 	12	  
	 3.10.  Intellectual Property
	  	 	12	  
	 3.11.  Litigation
	  	 	12	  
	 3.12.  Tax Matters
	  	 	12	  
	 3.13.  Insurance
	  	 	13	  
	 3.14.  Labor Relations; Employees
	  	 	14	  
	 3.15.  Employee Benefit Plans
	  	 	14	  
	 3.16.  Environmental Matters
	  	 	15	  
	 3.17.  Brokers’ Fees
	  	 	15	  
		
	 ARTICLE IV
	  			
	 Representations of Buyer
	  			
		
	 4.1.     Organization, Standing and Power
	  	 	16	  
	 4.2.     Authority
	  	 	16	  
	 4.3.     No Violations
	  	 	16	  
	 4.4.     Governmental and Other Consents
	  	 	16	  
	 4.5.     Brokers’ Fees
	  	 	16	  

  
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	 ARTICLE V
	  			
	 Additional Agreements
	  			
		
	 5.1.     Expenses; Sales Taxes; Permits
	  	 	17	  
	 5.2.     Conduct of Business
	  	 	17	  
	 5.3.     Further Assurances; Further Instruments
	  	 	17	  
	 5.4.     Employee Matters
	  	 	18	  
		
	 ARTICLE VI
	  			
	 Conditions to Seller’s Obligation
	  			
		
	 6.1.     Authorization
	  	 	20	  
	 6.2.     Representations and Warranties
	  	 	20	  
	 6.3.     Performance of Agreements
	  	 	20	  
	 6.4.     Officer’s Certificate
	  	 	20	  
	 6.5.     Purchase Price
	  	 	20	  
	 6.6.     Deliveries
	  	 	20	  
	 6.7.     No Injunction
	  	 	20	  
		
	 ARTICLE VII
	  			
	 Conditions to Buyer’s Obligation
	  			
		
	 7.1.     Authorization
	  	 	20	  
	 7.2.     Representations and Warranties
	  	 	21	  
	 7.3.     Performance of Agreements
	  	 	21	  
	 7.4.     Officer’s Certificate
	  	 	21	  
	 7.5.     Deliveries
	  	 	21	  
	 7.6.     No Injunction
	  	 	21	  
	 7.7.     Approvals and Consents
	  	 	21	  
		
	 ARTICLE VIII
	  			
	 Indemnity
	  			
		
	 8.1.     Indemnification by Seller
	  	 	21	  
	 8.2.     Indemnification by Buyer
	  	 	22	  
		
	 ARTICLE IX
	  			
	 Miscellaneous
	  			
		
	 9.1.     Entire Agreement
	  	 	22	  
	 9.2.     Termination
	  	 	22	  
	 9.3.     Descriptive Headings; Certain Interpretations
	  	 	23	  
	 9.4.     Notices
	  	 	23	  
	 9.5.     Counterparts
	  	 	24	  
	 9.6.     Survival
	  	 	24	  

  
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	 9.7.     Benefits of Agreement
	  	 	25	  
	 9.8.     Amendments and Waivers
	  	 	25	  
	 9.9.     Severability
	  	 	25	  
	 9.10.  Assignment
	  	 	25	  
	 9.11.  GOVERNING LAW
	  	 	25	  

 Exhibit A – Pre-Closing Third Party Expenses 
 Schedules 

  
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 ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 9, 2013, between ESA Management, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) and HVM L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, Buyer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Extended Stay America,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ESA”); 
 WHEREAS, ESA contemplates an underwritten initial public offering (the
“IPO”) of its shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ESA Common Stock”), which shares shall be, at the effective time of the IPO (the date of such effective time, the “IPO Effective
Date”), paired to, and traded together with, the Class B shares of common stock par value $0.01 per share, of ESH Hospitality, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ESH REIT”); 

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the direct and indirect subsidiaries of ESA and ESH REIT shall undertake certain restructuring
transactions (the “Restructuring”), including without limitation, the termination of (a) the Management Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, as amended, by and between ESA P Portfolio Operating Lessee Inc. and Seller,
(b) the Management Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, by and between ESA 2007 Operating Lessee Inc. and Seller, (c) the Management Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, as amended, by and between ESA Canada Operating
Lessee Inc., Seller, and HVM Canada Hotel Management ULC, and (d) those certain seventeen (17) Management Agreements, each dated as of December 31, 2009, each between HFI Acquisition Company LLC and Seller, each as assigned by HFI
Acquisition Company LLC to ESA P Portfolio Operating Lessee Inc. (the foregoing agreements in (a)-(d), collectively, the “Management Agreements”); and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Restructuring, Buyer and Seller desire to enter into this Agreement pursuant to which Buyer will acquire all of the Acquired Assets and assume all of the Assumed
Liabilities of the Business of Seller. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Buyer and Seller hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 Definitions 

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise. 

 “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 

“Acquired Assets” means all properties, assets (whether tangible or intangible), rights, claims, contracts and interests
of Seller, including the Canadian Manager Equity Interests, and all of such properties, assets, rights, claims, contracts and interests of Seller used or held in connection with the Business, including without limitation: cash, accounts receivables
(including management fees), prepaid accounts (including pre-paid rent, pre-paid insurance, pre-paid loss claims), insurance premiums (including general liability, workers’ compensation and umbrella premiums), security deposits, inventory,
fixed asset accruals, working capital loss funds deposits, furniture, fixtures and equipment (including office and telecommunications equipment, computer hardware, software, leasehold improvements, and other assets that form a part of the Business,
whether or not in service), Contracts, Real Property, Intellectual Property, transferable permits and licenses, inventories of supplies, materials and spares owned by Seller and relating to the Business, machinery, equipment, vehicles, furniture,
and other personal property owned by Seller and relating to the Business, Seller’s books and records (including, with respect to Employees), operating, safety and maintenance manuals, procedures, and similar items related to the Business and
except as provided in Section 5.4, assets related to the Benefit Plans and other employee benefit plan, programs and arrangements applicable to Employees, including, without limitation, employment agreements; provided, however,
that the Management Agreements, following the termination thereof, shall not be included in the definition of Acquired Assets. 

“Ancillary Documents” means all Contracts, instruments, certificates and other documents delivered by the parties or
their Affiliates on or about the date hereof or the Closing Date, including without limitation, the Assignment of Management Agreement and Subordination of Management Agreement, the Subordination of Management Agreement (Mezzanine A), the
Subordination of Management Agreement (Mezzanine B), the Subordination of Management Agreement (Mezzanine C), the Management Agreement by and between Buyer and P Portfolio Operating Lessee, the Management Agreement by and between Buyer and Canadian
Operating Lessee, and the Management Agreement by and between Buyer and UD Operating Lessee, each to be dated on or about the Closing Date. 
 “Assumed Liabilities” means those liabilities and obligations of Seller whether relating to periods prior to, on, or after the Closing Date, and whether known or unknown, including
liabilities related to or arising from, the Acquired Assets and/or the Business, including without limitation, (a) all obligations and liabilities, whether arising under the Material Contracts or otherwise, (b) all current liabilities of
the Business for accounts payable, (c) all obligations and liabilities of Seller with respect to employees of the Business, including, without limitation, liabilities and obligations arising under the Benefit Plans or relating to payroll,
vacation, sick leave, workers’ compensation and unemployment benefits of any kind, (d) liabilities for all Taxes with respect to the Business, (e) any liabilities relating to the Business in connection with any Litigation,
(f) any liabilities arising under Environmental Law and relating to the ownership or operation of the Business or the ownership, use, possession or condition of the Assets, (g) any 

  
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liabilities for personal injury or property damage, whether in contract, tort, strict liability or under any other theory, arising from products sold or services rendered by the Business,
(h) any liabilities of the Business for indebtedness, and (i) any liabilities for loans to any officer, director, employee or agent with respect to the Business; excluding, in each case, Excluded Liabilities. 

“Balance Sheet” has the meaning assigned that to term in Section 3.12(a). 

“Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is
maintained, sponsored or contributed to, or required to be contributed to by Seller or its Affiliates or under which Seller or its Affiliates has or may have liability, contingent or otherwise, in each case, for the benefit of any Employee.

 “Business” means Seller’s business of providing hotel management, consulting services and other
services to third parties. 
 “Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 

“Buyer Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b). 

“Buyer Indemnification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2. 

“Buyer Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1. 

“Buyer Operating Agreement” means that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of ESA Management, LLC dated as of
October 9, 2013, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time. 
 “Canadian Manager” means HVM
Canada Hotel Management ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability corporation. 
 “Canadian Manager Equity Interests”
means all of the outstanding equity interests of Canadian Manager. 
 “Canadian Operating Lessee” means ESA
Canada Operating Lessee ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability corporation (f/k/a ESA Canada Operating Lessee Inc.). 

“Cash Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3. 

“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4. 

“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4. 

“Contract” means all leases, and other contracts, agreements, arrangements, understandings and commitments of any nature
whatsoever, whether written or oral, and including all amendments thereof and supplements thereto. 

  
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 “Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a). 

“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws (including, without limitation,
applicable principles of common law), rules, regulations and ordinances, and all applicable judicial and administrative orders, judgments and decrees (each as has been or may be amended from time to time) relating to Environmental Matters,
including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §6901 et
seq.). 
 “Environmental Matters” means any matter arising out of, relating to, or resulting from
pollution, contamination, protection of the environment, human health or safety, health or safety of employees, sanitation, and any matters relating to emissions, discharges, disseminations, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances
into the air (indoor and outdoor), surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface or subsurface, buildings, facilities, real or personal property or fixtures or otherwise arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of, or exposure to, Hazardous Substances. 

“Environmental Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a). 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

“ESA” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“ESH REIT” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Excluded Liabilities” means up to, but not exceeding, an aggregate amount of $300,000 of professional fees, costs and
related expenses and obligations of the types described on Exhibit A hereof, incurred by Seller in connection with the effectuation and closing of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including the cessation of Seller’s hotel
management services to the other parties to the Management Agreements and administrative and related services to ESH REIT, and the termination of the employment of all of Seller’s employees; it is understood and agreed that, if and to the
extent such fees, costs, expenses and obligations exceed $300,000, such excess shall not be considered “Excluded Liabilities”. 
 “FICA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(e). 

“Further Instruments” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3. 

“FUTA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(e). 

  
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 “Governmental Entity” means any foreign or domestic (federal, state or
local) government, governmental instrumentality or governmental or other regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or court. 
 “Hazardous Substances” means any pollutants, contaminants, toxic or hazardous or extremely hazardous substances, materials, wastes, constituents or chemicals (including, without
limitation, petroleum or any by-products or fractions thereof, any form of natural gas, lead, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) and PCB-containing equipment, radon and other radioactive
elements, electromagnetic field radiation and other radiation, infectious, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or etiologic agents, pesticides, defoliants, explosives, flammables, corrosives and urea formaldehyde foam insulation) that are regulated by, or may
now or in the future form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Laws. 
 “Intellectual Property”
means all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) patents and patent applications; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos and slogans and Internet domain names, together with
all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (c) copyrights; (d) registrations and applications for any of the foregoing; (e) trade secrets and other confidential information, including know-how, process, research and
development information and technical data; (f) computer software (including, without limitation, source code, executable code, data, databases and related documentation); and (g) all other intellectual property protected under the laws of
any jurisdiction anywhere in the world. 
 “IPO” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“IPO Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Law” means any foreign or domestic (federal, state or local) law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation or body of law
or Order. 
 “Leased Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a). 

“Lien” means any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or other interest or claim
(including, but not limited to, any and all rights and claims under any bulk transfer statues and similar laws), whether arising by agreement, by statute or otherwise. 
 “Litigation” means any claim, demand, notice, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit, inquiry or hearing by or before any Governmental Entity or private arbitration
tribunal. 
 “Loss” or “Losses” shall mean, in respect of any Person, each and all of the
following items: claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, interest which may be imposed in connection therewith, expenses of investigation, fees and disbursements of legal counsel and
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 “Management Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 “Members” means HVM Member 1 Corp., a Delaware corporation, and HVM Member 2 Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 “Order” means any judgment, order, injunction, ruling, decree, stipulation or award of any Governmental
Entity or private arbitration tribunal. 
 “Owned Real Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.9(a). 
 “P Portfolio Operating Lessee” means ESA P Portfolio Operating Lessee LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (f/k/a ESA P Portfolio Operating Lessee Inc.) 
 “Permit” means any license, permit,
consent, registration, certificate, franchise, approval, order or similar authorization issued, made or rendered any Governmental Entity. 
 “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a Governmental Entity. 

“Prepayments” means all advance payments, prepaid expenses, progress payments and deposits of Seller, rights to receive
prepaid expenses, deposits or progress payments relating to the ownership, operation, and maintenance of the Business. 

“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3. 

“Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a). 

“Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 

“Seller Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2. 

“Seller’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of James Donald, Peter Crage, Thomas Seddon, M. Thomas Buoy, Ross
W. McCanless, Robert Joyce, Howard Weissman, Christopher Dekle, Brian Nicholson, David Clarkson, Mary Klauder, Tracy Rogge, Michelle Keasler, and Robert Shaw. 
 “Seller Operating Agreement” means that certain Eighth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of HVM L.L.C., dated as of November 30, 2012, by and among HVM Manager
2 LLC, HVM Member 1 Corp., and HVM Member 2 Corp., as the same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time. 

“Sole Manager” means HVM Manager 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 

  
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 “Taxes” means any taxes, assessments, duties, fees, levies, imposts,
deductions, withholdings, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, ad valorem, value added, excise, real or personal property, asset, sales, use, license, payroll, transaction, capital, net worth and franchise taxes, estimated taxes,
withholding, employment, social security, workers compensation, utility, severance, production, unemployment compensation, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes, or other governmental charges of any nature whatsoever
imposed by any government or taxing authority of any country or political subdivision of any country and any liabilities with respect thereto, including any penalties, additions to tax, fines or interest thereon, and includes any liability of Seller
for Taxes as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise, and under Treasury Regulations 1.1502-6 or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign law. 
 “Tax Return” means any report, return, statement, estimate, declaration, notice, form or other information required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with Taxes.

 “Transferred Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a). 

“UD Operating Lessee” means ESA 2007 Operating Lessee LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a ESA 2007
Operating Lessee Inc.). 
 “Valid Claim Notice” means written notice from an indemnified party to an
indemnifying party, of a claim made by any party, including a third party, against the indemnified party, including, to the extent such Valid Claim Notice involves a third party claim, in the case of a written claim, a copy of the written notice
from such third party to the indemnified party or, in the case of a non-written claim, a summary description of the claim asserted by such third party. 
 ARTICLE II 
 Purchase and Sale of Assets 

2.1. Purchase and Sale. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller shall sell, transfer,
assign, convey and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, on the Closing Date, the Acquired Assets. 
 2.2. Assumption of Liabilities; Payment of Excluded Liabilities. On the Closing Date, Buyer shall assume and thereafter pay, perform or discharge the Assumed Liabilities. For the avoidance of
doubt, Seller shall pay, perform or discharge, and neither Buyer nor any member of Seller personally shall have any liability or responsibility for, the Excluded Liabilities as of the Closing Date. 

2.3. Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Acquired Assets shall be (a) cash in the amount of (USD) $844,774 (the
“Cash Amount”), and (b) the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities (the Cash Amount as may be adjusted by the parties prior to the Closing Date, together with the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, collectively, the
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Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Acquired Assets as determined by Buyer by notice to Seller within ninety (90) days following the Closing. Seller and Buyer each agree to report
the sale and purchase of the Acquired Assets for all federal, state, local and foreign tax purposes in a manner consistent with such allocation and agree to take no position inconsistent with such allocation, except as may otherwise be required by
law, without the consent of the other party. 
 2.4. Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, commencing at 10:00 am (New York time), as
promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the first Business Day after the day in which the last of the conditions set forth in Articles VI and VII are satisfied or waived, or at such other place, date and time as the parties may agree in
writing. The day on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”, which Closing Date shall be at least one calendar day prior to the IPO Effective Date. 

2.5. Instruments of Conveyance and Transfer. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer, in a form reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer, such bills of sale, endorsements, assignments and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment (including without limitation, to the extent certificated, share certificates representing the Canadian Manager Equity Interests, and
to the extent not certificated, evidence of transfer of ownership of the Canadian Manager Equity Interests to Buyer on Canadian Manager’s share ledger, books and records, including any accompanying resolutions or consents of Canadian Manager
and Seller to such transfer) as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of Buyer to transfer, convey and assign the Acquired Assets to Buyer. 
 2.6. Post Closing Assurances. Seller shall pay or otherwise transfer or deliver to Buyer any monies, assets, property, or distributions received by Seller after the Closing Date which constitute
Acquired Assets or payment or entitlements received in connection with the Business. Seller shall, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, upon the request of Buyer, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file, or cause to be done,
executed, acknowledged, delivered or filed, all such further acts, deeds, transfers, conveyances, assignments or assurances as may be reasonably required for the better transferring, conveying, assigning and assuring to Buyer, or for the aiding and
assisting in the reducing to possession by Buyer of, any of the Acquired Assets. In connection with the foregoing, from and after the Closing Date, Buyer shall have the right and authority to endorse, without recourse, the name of Seller on any
check or similar negotiable instrument received by Buyer constituting Acquired Assets transferred, conveyed and assigned to Buyer hereunder. 
 2.7. Assignment of Contracts; Rights and Obligations. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Contract if an
attempted assignment thereof, without the consent of a third party thereto, would in any way materially and adversely affect the rights of Buyer or Seller thereunder or the right of Buyer to conduct all or any part of the Business in the manner and
on the terms presently enjoyed by Seller. If any such third party consent is sought but not obtained, Seller shall, at Buyer’s expense, cooperate with Buyer in any reasonable arrangement designed (a) to provide Buyer the benefits under any
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Seller on Buyer’s behalf and at Buyer’s expense with any such Contract and (ii) enforcement for the benefit of Buyer of any and all rights of Seller against a third party thereto
arising out of the breach or cancellation by such third party or otherwise, or (b) to enable Seller to meet its obligations, if any, under any such Contract, or to limit, to the greatest extent reasonably possible, any liability of Seller
arising from its failure to perform any such Contract. Buyer shall not be required to accept or enter into, as a substitute for performance by Seller under this Agreement, any arrangement which would impose any material additional cost, expense or
liability on Buyer or would deprive Buyer of any material benefits or profits contemplated by this Agreement. 
 2.8. Payment
of Taxes and Fees. On the Closing Date, Seller shall pay all transfer, sales, stamp, registration, documentary or other similar Taxes payable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and will prepare and file (or cause to be
prepared and filed) any Tax Returns and other filings relating thereto. Seller shall pay when due any and all other Taxes which become payable, and all fees and charges incurred by Seller, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 2.9. Notices of Sale. Seller (as reasonably requested by Buyer) will, from time to time, prepare and mail notices to
the other party under each of the Contracts sold, transferred, assigned, delivered and conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement advising such other party that such Contracts have been sold to Buyer and directing such other party to send to Buyer
all future payments on account, notices and correspondence relating to the foregoing. 
 ARTICLE III 

Representations of Seller 
 Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as follows: 
 3.1. Organization,
Standing and Power. Seller (a) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on the Business in each jurisdiction in which it is now being conducted. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is necessary because of the property owned, leased or operated by it or because of the nature of the Business as now being conducted. 
 3.2. Authority. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller has taken all necessary action (including, without limitation, obtaining the approval of its Sole Manager and Members as required by
Law or by the Seller Operating Agreement), to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which Seller may be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
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duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes, and each of the Ancillary Documents constitutes or will upon execution and delivery constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with their terms. 
 3.3. Operating Agreement and
Corporate Records. Seller has previously made available to Buyer with true and complete copies of the Seller Operating Agreement, as amended and in effect on the date hereof, together with certified copies of resolutions of its Sole Manager and
Members approving and authorizing this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 3.4.
Conflicts; Consents. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby nor compliance by Seller with any of the provisions hereof or
thereof will, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, (a) conflict with or result in a breach of the Seller Operating Agreement, (b) except as set forth in Schedule 3.4, conflict with or result in a default (or give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration) under any of the provisions of any note, bond, lease, mortgage, indenture, license, franchise, permit, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which Seller is a party, or by which Seller or
Seller’s properties or assets, may be bound or affected, except for such conflict, breach or default as to which requisite waivers or consents shall be obtained before the Closing (which waivers or consents are set forth in Schedule 3.4,
(c) violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to Seller or Seller’s properties or assets or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any security interest, lien or other
encumbrance upon any property or assets used or held in connection with the Business. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.4, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, no consent or approval by, or any notification of or filing with, any Person, firm,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or Governmental Entity is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby. 
 3.5. Absence of Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5, since June 30,
2013, the Business has been operated in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and there has not been, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, (a) any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, business, assets, liabilities or prospects of the Business or any fact, event or condition which could reasonably be expected to result in such a material adverse change, (b) any sale, assignment or transfer of any material tangible
or intangible assets of the Business except in the ordinary course of business, (c) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) materially and adversely affecting the Acquired Assets or the financial condition, results
of operations or prospects of the Business, (d) any material amendment to or termination of any material agreement to which Seller is a party relating to the Business other than the expiration of any such agreement in accordance with its terms,
(e) any material change in the manner of business or operations of the Business, (f) any material adverse change in the relationship between the Business and any of its material customers, agents or others having business relationships
with it, (g) any material transaction entered into by the Business other than in the ordinary course of business, or (h) any agreement or commitment (contingent or otherwise) by Seller to do any of the foregoing. 

  
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 3.6. Title to Properties. At the Closing, Seller will have good and marketable title
to all the properties and assets included in the Acquired Assets. 
 3.7. Sufficiency of Permits and Assets; Compliance with
Laws. 
 (a) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.7 sets forth a true and complete list of all Permits held by
Seller or any of its Affiliates required for the ownership, conduct and operation of the Business and the ownership, lease or operation of the Acquired Assets. All of such Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and true and complete copies
of such Permits have been provided to Buyer. No event has occurred with respect to such Permits which allows, or after notice or lapse of time or both would allow, the suspension, limitation, revocation, non renewal or termination thereof or would
result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder thereof in and under any of such Permits, and no terminations thereof or proceedings to suspend, limit, revoke or terminate any material Permit have been threatened by any
Governmental Entity. There is not pending an application, petition, objection or other pleading with any applicable Governmental Entity that questions the validity of, or contests any Permits. 

(b) Except for such noncompliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Business, the current use of the Acquired Assets by Seller and the conduct by Seller of the Business does not violate any Laws, to Seller’s knowledge, Seller has not received any notice of any violation of Law applicable to Seller
or the Acquired Assets, and to Seller’s knowledge no basis for the allegation of any such violation exists. 
 3.8.
Material Contracts. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.8 contains a true and complete list of all material contracts, agreements and other instruments to which Seller is a party in connection with the Business
(a) relating to indebtedness for money borrowed or capital leases, (b) of duration of six months or more from the date hereof and not cancelable without penalty on 30 days or less notice, (c) relating to commitments in excess of
$10,000, (d) relating to the employment or compensation of any director, officer, employee, consultant or other agent of Seller, (e) relating to the sale or other disposition of any assets, properties or rights, (f) relating to the
lease or similar arrangement of any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, furniture, fixture or similar property, (g) relating to the license or similar arrangement in respect of any material Intellectual Property (h) that restricts the
operation of any part of the Business anywhere in the world or (i) that is otherwise material to the Business or entered into other than in the ordinary course of business. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is not in default under
any such agreement or instrument where such default could, individually or in the aggregate with defaults under other agreements or instruments, have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or condition of the Business, and all such
agreements or instruments are in full force and effect. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller has furnished to Buyer true and complete copies of all documents described in Schedule 3.8. 

  
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 3.9. Real Property. 

(a) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.9 sets forth a correct and complete list of all of the real property that is
(i) owned by Seller and used in connection with the Business (“Owned Real Property”) and (ii) real property that is leased, subleased or otherwise occupied by Seller in connection with the Business (“Leased Real
Property”, and the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property, together, the “Real Property”), indicating whether such Real Property is owned or leased and setting forth where such Real Property is located. The Real
Property is the only real property used or maintained that is material to the conduct of the Business. 
 (b) The Real Property
which constitute Acquired Assets are in good condition and repair, free of any material or structural defect and are suitable for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted by Seller and as currently proposed to be conducted by Buyer.

 (c) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, there are not under any leases of Real Property which constitute Acquired Assets
any existing breaches, defaults or events of default by either party thereto or events which with notice and/or lapse of time would constitute a breach, default or event of default by either party thereto, nor does Seller know, nor has Seller
received notice of, or made a claim with respect to, any breach or default. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, none of the rights of Seller under any such Real Property leases is subject to termination or
modification as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 3.10. Intellectual Property. To the best of
Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.10 contains a list of all registered or applied for Intellectual Property owned and used or held for use by Seller in the Business and any material Intellectual Property which is used or held for use by Seller in
connection with the Business and licensed from or by others. To the knowledge of Seller, no product or service sold by Seller violates or infringes any Intellectual Property owned by any other person. There is no pending or, to the best of
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened claim or litigation against Seller contesting the validity of its Intellectual Property or its right to use any Intellectual Property of a third person. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, no person is
infringing the rights of Seller in any Intellectual Property. 
 3.11. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11,
to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, there are not any material suits, actions, claims, investigations or legal or administrative or arbitration proceedings in respect of the Business, the Acquired Assets or Seller, pending or, to the knowledge
of Seller, threatened, whether at law or in equity, or before or by any Federal, foreign, state or municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality. There are not any judgments, decrees, injunctions or
orders of any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or arbitrator or against Seller, or any of their assets, relating to or affecting the Business or the Acquired Assets. 

3.12. Tax Matters. 
 (a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by Seller have, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, been filed in a timely manner. All Taxes required to be paid by Seller, whether or not shown to be due on
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Acquired Assets other than statutory Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, the accruals and reserves for Taxes reflected on the most recent audited
balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) are adequate in all material respects to cover any liability of Seller for Taxes through the date of the Balance Sheet. 
 (b) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, set forth on Schedule 3.12 hereto is a list of all jurisdictions in which income, franchise or sales Tax Returns were, or were required to be, filed by Seller
and in which Seller was, or was required to be, included in consolidated, combined or unitary income or franchise Tax Returns, for the two most recently completed taxable years. To Seller’s knowledge, no jurisdiction in which the Company is not
filing Tax Returns has asserted that the Company should be filing Tax Returns in such jurisdiction. 
 (c) Seller is not a
“foreign person” (as defined in Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(i) of the Treasury Regulations), and Seller shall, at the Closing, deliver to Buyer an affidavit of non-foreign status conforming to the model certification provided in
Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iii)(B) of the Treasury Regulations. 
 (d) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, each material
Tax election made by Seller has been timely and properly made. 
 (e) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is not the
beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return. 
 (f) To the best of Seller’s
Knowledge, Seller has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency. 

(g) With respect to the Acquired Assets, all material Tax withholding and deposit obligations imposed on or with respect to Seller
(including any withholding with respect to wages or other amounts paid to employees, independent contractors, creditors, shareholders or other third parties) have, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, been satisfied in full. 

(h) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, with respect to the Acquired Assets, there is no Litigation, including any appeal or
application for review, now pending or threatened against or with respect to Seller in respect of any material Tax or Tax asset of Seller. Seller has not received or requested any ruling, closing agreement, transfer pricing agreement or similar
agreement from any Governmental Entity with respect to any Tax relating to the Acquired Assets. 
 3.13. Insurance. To
the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.13 sets forth a true and complete list of all policies or binders of fire, liability, product liability, workers’ compensation, vehicular and other insurance held by or on behalf of Seller in
respect of the Acquired Assets, including the amounts of such insurance and annual premiums with respect thereto. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, such policies and binders are in full force and effect. Except for claims set forth on Schedule
3.13, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, there are no outstanding unpaid claims under any such policy or binder, and Seller has not received any written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any such policy or binder. 

  
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 3.14. Labor Relations; Employees. 

(a) Seller has made available to Buyer a list of all persons employed by Seller or any of its Affiliates whose employment relates
primarily to the Business, including those on permitted leaves of absence (“Employees”). The information made available includes the name and title of each such person and the aggregate compensation (including salary, bonuses and
commissions) paid by Seller to that person for the year ended closest to the Closing Date. 
 (b) To the best of Seller’s
Knowledge, Seller (i) is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in each case,
with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries and other payments to Employees or former Employees in connection with the Business; (iii) is not, to
Seller’s knowledge, liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 3.14(b), has no material liability for any past due payment to any
trust or other fund or to any governmental or administrative authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits for Employees or former Employees in connection with the Business. 

3.15. Employee Benefit Plans. 
 (a) Other than the Benefit Plans, to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, neither Seller nor any entity which is under common control with Seller within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or which
is part of a group which includes Seller and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code, has any liability with respect to any plan, program or arrangement subject to ERISA. 

(b) To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, Seller has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under, and is
not in default under or in violation of, any and all of the Benefit Plans, and is in compliance with, and each Benefit Plan has been operated in accordance with its provisions and in compliance with, the Laws governing each such Benefit Plan,
including, without limitation, ERISA, the Code and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, no “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 406 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Benefit Plan. There is no Litigation pending, or to Seller’s knowledge, threatened or anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Benefit Plan or against the
assets of any Benefit Plan. No event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Benefit Plan that would result in the imposition of a tax in a material amount under any of Sections 4972, 4979 or 4980B of the Code or similar excise tax as a
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Knowledge, each Benefit Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued prospectively after the Closing Date, without liability to Seller, Buyer or any of their Affiliates. To the best
of Seller’s Knowledge, any Benefit Plan maintained by Seller which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is and has since its inception always been qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. To the best of
Seller’s Knowledge, no circumstances exist which could adversely affect this qualification. 
 (c) Except as specifically
set forth in Schedule 3.15(c), to the best of Seller’s Knowledge, no payment or benefit which will or may be made by Seller or any Affiliate with respect to any Employee will be characterized as an “excess parachute payment,” with in
the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code. 
 (d) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15(d), to the best of Seller’s
Knowledge, neither Seller nor any Affiliate maintains or contributes to any plan which provides, or has any liability to provide, life insurance, medical or other welfare plan benefits (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA) to any
Employee upon his or her retirement or termination of employment, except as may be required by law, and neither Seller nor any Affiliate has ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any current or former Employee
(either individually or to employees as a group) that such current or former Employee or Employees would be provided with life insurance or employee welfare plan benefits upon their retirement or termination of employment. 

3.16. Environmental Matters. To the best of Seller’s Knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule 3.16: 

(a) There are no claims, notices, civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, hearings, investigations, inquiries or proceedings
pending or threatened against the Business or the Acquired Assets that are based on or related to any Environmental Matters or the failure to have any required permits, licenses, authorizations, registrations or other governmental consents required
by applicable Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”). 
 (b) Seller has not been requested or required by
any Governmental Entity to perform any investigatory or remedial activity or other action in connection with any Environmental Matter. 
 (c) Schedule 3.16(c) lists all Environmental Permits with respect to the Business or the Real Property. 
 3.17. Brokers’ Fees. Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions
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 ARTICLE IV 
 Representations of Buyer 
 Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as
follows: 
 4.1. Organization, Standing and Power. Buyer is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all Ancillary Documents to which Buyer may be a party and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. 
 4.2. Authority. Buyer has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which Buyer may be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each of the Ancillary Documents to which
Buyer may be a party has been or will be, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by Buyer and constitutes, and each of the Ancillary Documents constitutes or will upon execution and delivery constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with their terms. 
 4.3. No Violations. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and any Ancillary Document by Buyer and consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
(a) conflict with any provision of the Buyer Operating Agreement or (b) conflict with any Law or Order to which Buyer is subject which conflict could materially adversely affect the ability of Buyer to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. 
 4.4. Governmental and Other Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4, no consent,
authorization or approval of, or exemption by, or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it
may be a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. 
 4.5. Brokers’ Fees.
Neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which Seller could become liable or obligated.

  
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 ARTICLE V 
 Additional Agreements 
 5.1. Expenses; Sales Taxes; Permits.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby. Seller and Seller’s equity holders shall bear the cost of all income, single business, sales, transfer, use, gross receipts, registration and similar Taxes arising out of or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
 (b) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, the parties
shall cause to be filed with the applicable Governmental Entities all appropriate applications, notifications, or forms for purposes of acquiring or transferring any Permits required for the operation of the Business as of the Closing Date by Buyer.
Buyer and Seller each shall: promptly supply the other party with any information which may be required in order to effectuate such filings and (b) respond as promptly as practicable to any inquiries received from such Governmental Entities for
additional information or documentation. Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things,
necessary, proper or advisable to make effective as promptly as practicable, the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including obtaining required clearance and approvals, as contemplated in this Section 5.1. 

5.2. Conduct of Business. 
 (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, except as otherwise consented to by Buyer in writing, Seller shall operate the Business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice. 
 (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer,
directly or indirectly, cause or permit any state of affairs, action or omission described in clauses (a) through (h) of Section 3.5. 
 (c) Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to utilize the provisions of IRS Rev. Proc. 2004-53 in connection with the transfers of employee records and with applicable employee
matters, including withholding, relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement. 
 5.3. Further Assurances;
Further Instruments. Each of the parties hereto agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and
regulations, to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as practicable and to ensure that the conditions set forth in Articles VI and VII hereof are satisfied, insofar as such matters are within
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of this Agreement or to ensure the proper assignment and delivery of the Acquired Assets to Buyer, each of the parties to this Agreement shall take or cause to be taken all such necessary action,
including, the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents, as may be necessary or typical, or as may be reasonably requested by any party for such purposes or otherwise to complete or perfect the transactions contemplated
hereby (any such instruments, collectively, “Further Instruments”). 
 5.4. Employee Matters.

 (a) Effective as of the Closing, the employment for each Employee as of immediately prior to the Closing Date shall be
transferred from Buyer to Seller on the same terms and conditions as currently apply to each such Employee (including base salary or base wages and a target cash bonus opportunity which are the same as were in effect immediately prior to the Closing
Date) (each such Employee who actually experiences a transfer of employment to Buyer, a “Transferred Employee”). 
 (b) For purposes under any employee benefit plans of Buyer or its Affiliates (“Buyer Benefit Plan”), each Transferred Employee shall be credited with all years of service for which such
Transferred Employee was credited before the Closing Date under any comparable Benefit Plans, except to the extent such credit would result in a duplication of benefits. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) each Transferred Employee shall be immediately eligible to participate, without any waiting time, in any and all Buyer Benefit Plans to the extent that coverage under such Buyer Benefit Plans replaces coverage under comparable Benefit Plans
in which such Transferred Employee participated immediately before the Closing Date; and (ii) for purposes of each Buyer Benefit Plan providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or vision benefits to any Transferred Employee, Buyer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts with applicable insurance carrier or vender to cause (i) pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work requirements of such Buyer Benefit Plan to be waived for such Transferred Employee and his or her
covered dependents, and (ii) any eligible expenses incurred by such Transferred Employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of the plan year of the Benefit Plan ending on the date such Transferred Employee’s participation
in the corresponding Buyer Benefit Plan begins to be taken into account under such Buyer Benefit Plan for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to such Transferred Employee and his or
her covered dependents for the applicable plan year as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such Buyer Benefit Plan. 
 (c) Effective as of immediately prior to the Closing Date, each of Seller and its Affiliates shall cease to be adopting or participating employers under the HVM L.L.C. 401(k) Plan (“Seller 401(k)
Plan”). Effective as of the Closing, Buyer shall adopt and become the sponsor of Seller 401(k) Plan and its related trust, such that Transferred Employees continue to participate in Seller 401(k) Plan uninterrupted. 

(d) Buyer and Seller shall take all actions reasonably necessary to effectuate the provisions of Sections 5.4(a) and (c). 

  
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 (e) At Buyer’s request, Seller will or, will cause its applicable Affiliate to
cooperate with Buyer or Buyer’s Affiliates to (i) treat Buyer or its applicable Affiliate as a “successor employer” and Seller (or its applicable Affiliate) as a “predecessor,” within the meaning of sections 3121(a)(1)
and 3306(b)(1) of the Code, with respect to Transferred Employees for purposes of Taxes imposed under the United States Federal Unemployment Tax Act (“FUTA”) or the United States Federal Insurance Contributions Act
(“FICA”) and (ii) avoid, to the extent possible, the filing of more than one Internal Revenue Service Form W-2 with respect to each such Transferred Employee for the calendar year within which the Closing occurs, but Buyer or
its applicable Affiliate shall not be treated as a successor employer for any other purpose unless required under applicable Law. Further, to the extent consistent with applicable Law and at the request of Buyer or its applicable Affiliate with
respect to any particular applicable Tax, immigration or other Law relating to employment, unemployment insurance, social security, disability, workers’ compensation, payroll and health care Taxes other than Taxes imposed under FICA and FUTA,
Seller will (or will cause its applicable Affiliate to) (i) treat Buyer or its applicable Affiliate as a successor employer and Seller (or its applicable Affiliate) as a predecessor employer, within the meaning of the relevant provisions of
such Law, with respect to Transferred Employees and (ii) cooperate with Buyer or its Affiliates to avoid, to the extent possible, the filing of more than one individual information reporting form pursuant to each such Law with respect to each
such Transferred Employee for the calendar year in which the Closing occurs. 
 (f) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or
shall be deemed to amend any provision of any employee benefit plan or other fringe benefit of any party hereto and is not intended to and shall not require any party to continue any employee benefit plan or other fringe benefit beyond the time when
it otherwise lawfully could be terminated or modified. Nothing herein expressed or implied by this Agreement shall confer upon any employee or legal representative thereof any rights or remedies, including, without limitation, any right to continued
employment. 
 (g) From the Closing Date until the date of Buyer’s first payroll payment after the 1 month anniversary of
the Closing Date or such earlier date as Buyer may designate by written notice to Seller, (i) Seller shall process payroll for Transferred Employees using Seller’s existing payroll accounts and systems, (ii) Buyer shall bear and
reimburse all costs and expenses of Seller incurred in connection with such payroll services and (iii) Buyer shall deposit or cause to be deposited with Seller, sufficiently in advance of the date(s) that payroll payments are to be made to
Transferred Employees to permit and facilitate the provision of such payroll services, sufficient cash to permit Seller to fund such payroll payments to Transferred Employees. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI 
 Conditions to Seller’s Obligation 
 The obligation of Seller to effect
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver on or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions: 
 6.1. Authorization. All actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby shall have been duly and validly taken by Buyer, and Buyer shall have full power and authority to enter into and deliver such agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as appropriate.

 6.2. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Buyer contained herein or in any Ancillary
Document shall be true, complete and accurate in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except for changes expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the
Ancillary Documents, as the case may be, and except that any representation and warranty made as of a specified date shall have been true, complete and accurate as of such date. 

6.3. Performance of Agreements. Buyer shall have performed and complied with all of its agreements and covenants contained herein
or in any Ancillary Document to which it is a party to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date. 

6.4. Officer’s Certificate. Seller shall have received a certificate from an executive officer of Buyer, dated as of the
Closing Date, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Seller and its counsel, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 

6.5. Purchase Price. Contemporaneous with the Closing, the components of the Purchase Price which by their nature are to be paid
or transferred, shall have been so paid or transferred, and the other components thereof shall have been otherwise delivered or completed. 
 6.6. Deliveries. The Ancillary Documents and any Further Instruments shall have been duly executed and delivered. 
 6.7. No Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any federal, state or local court of competent jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, or by any Governmental Entity
shall be in effect, the enforcement of which would restrain, enjoin, make illegal or otherwise prohibit the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 Conditions to Buyer’s Obligation 

The obligation of Buyer to effect the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver on or
before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions: 
 7.1. Authorization. All actions necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been duly and validly taken by Seller, and Seller shall have full power and
authority to enter into and deliver such agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as appropriate. 

  
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 7.2. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Seller
contained herein or in any Ancillary Document shall be true, complete and accurate in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except for changes expressly
contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, as the case may be, and except that any representation and warranty made as of a specified date shall have been true, complete and accurate as of such date. 

7.3. Performance of Agreements. Seller shall have performed and complied with all of its agreements and covenants contained herein
or in any Ancillary Document to which they are a party to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date. 
 7.4. Officer’s Certificate. Buyer shall have received a certificate from an executive officer of Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Buyer
and its counsel, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 hereof. 
 7.5.
Deliveries. The Ancillary Documents, the instruments of conveyance and transfer contemplated under Section 2.5, and any Further Instruments shall have been duly executed and delivered. 

7.6. No Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any federal, state or local court of competent
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, or by any Governmental Entity shall be in effect, the enforcement of which would restrain, enjoin, make illegal or otherwise prohibit the transactions contemplated hereby. 

7.7. Approvals and Consents. All consents, approvals, orders, or authorizations of, registrations or filings with, declarations
of, or exemptions or waivers by, or Permits from, any Governmental Entity or any other Person, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Buyer and it counsel, which are required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
for preventing the termination of any material right, privilege, or Contract of any Seller or any material loss or disadvantage to Buyer upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have been obtained, made or filed, as the
case may be. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 Indemnity 
 8.1. Indemnification by Seller. From and after the
Closing, Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its Affiliates, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives and any Person claiming by or through any of them (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from any failure by Seller to perform its covenants or agreements contained in the last sentence of Section 5.3 (Further Assurances; Further Instruments) of this
Agreement on a reasonably timely basis, and Section 2.2 (Assumption of Liabilities; Payment of Excluded Liabilities) of this Agreement in respect of Excluded Liabilities. The indemnification obligation set forth in this Section 8.1

  
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shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Buyer Indemnified Parties against Seller, its Affiliates and any of its’ or its’ Affiliates’ former, current or future stockholders,
managers, members, directors, officers or representatives for any Losses suffered by the Buyer Indemnified Parties arising out of or resulting from this Agreement. 
 8.2. Indemnification by Buyer. From and after the Closing, Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller, its equity holders, including the direct equity holders of each of the Members and their
respective officers, directors, agents and representatives and any person claiming by or through any of them (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from:
(a) the failure of Buyer to pay, perform or discharge, when due, any of the Assumed Liabilities; (b) the ownership or operation of the Business by Buyer after the Closing Date, (c) any breach of any of the representations or
warranties made by Buyer in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which Buyer may be a party; or (d) any failure by Buyer to perform any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Document to which
Buyer may be a party (each of the foregoing, a “Buyer Indemnification Event”). The provisions of this Section 8.2 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by each of the Seller Indemnified Parties and
shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Buyer. The indemnification obligation set forth in this Section 8.2 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Seller Indemnified Parties against Buyer, its Affiliates and any of its or its
Affiliates’ former, current or future stockholders, managers, members, directors, officers or representatives for any Losses suffered by Seller Indemnified Parties arising out of or resulting from any Buyer Indemnification Event. 

ARTICLE IX 

Miscellaneous 
 9.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the schedules and exhibits contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersede all
prior agreements or understandings among the parties. 
 9.2. Termination. 

(a) This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to occur of any of the following events: 

 

	 	(i)	the mutual written agreement of Buyer and Seller; 

  

	 	(ii)	if the Closing shall not have occurred prior to 12:00 midnight (Eastern time zone) on the 150th day after the date of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed in writing
by Buyer and Seller; 

  

	 	(iii)	by written notice of Buyer to Seller, if Seller shall have materially and adversely breached any of its representations, warranties or agreements contained herein; or

  
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	 	(iv)	by written notice of Seller to Buyer, if Buyer shall have materially breached any of its agreements contained herein. 

(b) Nothing in this Section shall relieve any party of any liability for a breach of this Agreement prior to the termination hereof.
Except as aforesaid, upon the termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall terminate, except their obligations under Article VIII. 

9.3. Descriptive Headings; Certain Interpretations. 
 (a) Descriptive headings are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. 

(b) Whenever any party makes any representation, warranty or other statement to such party’s knowledge, such party will be deemed to
have made due inquiry into the subject matter of such representation, warranty or other statement. 
 (c) Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation apply to this Agreement: (i) the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; (ii) “or” and “any” are not exclusive and
“include” and “including” are not limiting; (iii) a reference to any agreement or other contract includes permitted supplements and amendments; (iv) a reference to a law includes any amendment or modification to such
law and any rules or regulations issued thereunder; (v) a reference to a person includes its permitted successors and assigns; (vi) a reference to generally accepted accounting principles refers to United States generally accepted
accounting principles; and (vii) a reference in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule is to the Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule of this Agreement. 

9.4. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if
delivered personally or sent by telecopy (with confirmation of receipt) or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows: 
 If to Buyer, to: 
 ESA Management, LLC 

c/o 

Centerbridge Partners, L.P. 
 375 Park Avenue, 12th Floor 
 New York, NY 10152-0002 

Attention: Christopher Daniello 
 with a copy to: 
 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 

One New York Plaza 
 New York, NY 10004 
 Attention: John M. Bibona 

  
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 If to Seller to: 
 HVM L.L.C. 
 11525 N. Community House Road 

Suite 100 

Charlotte, NC 28277 
 Attention: HVM Member Corp. 2 
 with copies to: 

HVM Member Corp. 1 
 11525 N. Community House Road 
 Suite 100 

Charlotte, NC 28277 
 Attn: Peter J. Crage 
 HVM Member Corp. 2 

11525 N. Community House Road 
 Suite 100 
 Charlotte, NC 28277 

Attn: Howard J. Weissman 
 Venable LLP 
 575 7th Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 
 Attn: Stefan F. Tucker 
 or to such other address or telecopy number as the party
to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith. Each such notice, request or communication shall be effective when received or, if given by mail, when delivered at the address specified in this
Section or on the fifth business day following the date on which such communication is posted, whichever occurs first. 
 9.5.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. 

9.6. Survival. The representations and warranties of Seller made in this Agreement shall not survive the Closing, and the
representations and warranties of Buyer made in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of 12 months and shall thereupon expire, together with any right to indemnification for breach thereof, except, in respect of the

  
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representations and warranties of Buyer, to the extent a Valid Claim Notice shall have been given by a Seller Indemnified Party to Buyer, in which case the representation or warranty alleged in
the Valid Claim Notice to have been breached shall survive, to the extent of the claim set forth in the Valid Claim Notice only, until such claim is resolved. The covenants and agreements of both parties contained herein to be performed or complied
with at or prior to the Closing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Seller’s agreements and covenants set forth in Section 2.2 and the last sentence of Section 5.3) shall expire at the Closing along with all rights and remedies
with respect to the breach thereof, except to the extent a Valid Claim Notice shall have been given by a Seller Indemnified Party to Buyer, or a Buyer Indemnified Party to Seller, in which case the covenant alleged in the Valid Claim Notice to have
been breached shall survive, to the extent of the claim set forth in the Valid Claim Notice only, until such claim is resolved. The covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed or complied with after the Closing (other than Buyer’s
covenant and agreement to indemnify against breaches of representations and warranties), shall survive the Closing until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. 

9.7. Benefits of Agreement. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Other than the Buyer Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified Parties, who are expressly intended third party beneficiaries of the indemnification obligations set forth in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 respectively, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and not for the benefit of any third party (including any Employee). 
 9.8. Amendments and Waivers. No modification, amendment or waiver, of any provision of, or consent required by, this Agreement, nor any consent to any departure herefrom, shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Such modification, amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. 

9.9. Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance be held invalid
or unenforceable to any extent: (a) such provision shall be ineffective to the extent, and only to the extent, of such unenforceability or prohibition and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law, (b) such unenforceability
or prohibition in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision as applied (i) to other Persons or circumstances or (ii) in any other jurisdiction, and (c) such unenforceability or prohibition shall not
affect or invalidate any other provision of this Agreement. 
 9.10. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and
obligations hereunder shall not be assignable or transferrable by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party hereto. Any purported assignment not permitted by this Section shall be void. 

9.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first written above. 
  

					
	 BUYER:
  

ESA MANAGEMENT, LLC

		
	By: 	 	/s/ Chris Daniello
		 	Name:	 	Chris Daniello
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

					
	 SELLER:
  

HVM L.L.C.

	By:	 	HVM Manager 2, LLC, its managing member
		
	By: 	 	/s/ Vivek Melwani
		 	Name:	 	Vivek Melwani
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

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