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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-021353"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001053059"
company_name: "ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T21:05:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:08:20.523455+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essex Property Trust stockholders elect all nine director nominees, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All director nominees elected: John V. Arabia (57.5M for), Keith R. Guericke (40.2M for), and 7 others.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026: 55.5M for, 3.99M against, 18.9K abstentions.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 54.1M for, 3.5M against, 1.8M broker non-votes.
- Annual meeting held May 12, 2026; 64,477,129 shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-021353
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001053059
- company_name: ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T21:05:35+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036126021353/0001140361-26-021353-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920522/000114036126021353/ef20073520_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: (ii) 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, 2026 were as follows: For Against Abstentions 55,540,309 3,988,720 18,852
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036126021353/0001140361-26-021353-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees to serve until 2027. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: (i) The results of the voting for the directors were as follows: Nominee FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS John V. Arabia 57,549,745 191,552 16,269 Keith R. Guericke 40,215,574 17,525,898 16,094 Anne B. Gust 57,279,661 386,749 91,156 Maria R. Hawthorne 57,408,791 333,328 15,447 Amal M. Johnson 55,576,524 2,164,966 16,076 Mary Kasaris 57,277,619 464,852 15,095 Angela L. Kleiman 56,722,853 1,022,526 12,187 Irving F. Lyons, III 54,244,754 3,497,072 15,740 George M. Marcus 55,879,964 1,862,022 15,580 There were 1,790,315 broker non-votes with respect to the election of the Company’s directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036126021353/0001140361-26-021353-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: (iii) 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 54,073,162 3,549,929 134,475 1,790,315
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053059/000114036126021353/0001140361-26-021353-index.htm

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