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accession: "0001140361-24-026502"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001053059"
company_name: "ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:41:33.033554+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essex Property Trust annual meeting elects all nine director nominees and ratifies auditor

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with at least 55.1M votes each; broker non-votes of 2,006,186.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2024 passed: 55,705,492 for, 2,589,832 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 55,203,104 for, 1,035,924 against, 2,006,186 broker non-votes.
- Record date for voting was March 1, 2024; 64,206,278 shares outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-026502
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001053059
- company_name: ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036124026502/0001140361-24-026502-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920522/000114036124026502/ef20029377_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7317c34ff67f44949f0dce6d3a54eac8fe4769a2
  claim: ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The results of the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation as disclosed in the Proxy were as follows: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 55,203,104 1,035,924 78,831 2,006,186
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036124026502/0001140361-24-026502-index.htm
- claim_id: 78ad942c46f0de7f02c4fcc382400c39efbb18b4
  claim: ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Elected the following nominees to serve as directors until the 2025 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: John V. Arabia, Keith R. Guericke, Anne B. Gust, Maria R. Hawthorne, Amal M. Johnson, Mary Kasaris, Angela L. Kleiman, Irving F. Lyons, III, and George M. Marcus.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036124026502/0001140361-24-026502-index.htm
- claim_id: be4c479482ba932d66c8d88ac8a342f7c48c64dd
  claim: ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The results of the voting for the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 were as follows: For Against Abstentions 55,705,492 2,589,832 28,721
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036124026502/0001140361-24-026502-index.htm

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