---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001448893-23-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESNT"
cik: "0001448893"
company_name: "Essent Group Ltd."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T12:45:39.971550+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essent Group shareholders elect all three Class III director nominees and approve all proposals at 2023 AGM

## Summary
- Three directors elected: Casale (98.9M for), Pauls (98.7M), Spiegel (83.9M) to serve through 2026.
- Ratified PwC as auditor for FY2023: 101.3M for, 600K against, 41K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 98.3M for, 2.0M against, 353K abstain.
- Approval of amended 2013 LTIP: 93.1M for, 7.5M against, 52K abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001448893-23-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESNT
- cik: 0001448893
- company_name: Essent Group Ltd.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+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/1448893/000144889323000046/0001448893-23-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889323000046/esnt-20230508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Essent Group Ltd. shareholders approved Election of three Class III directors to serve through the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of three Class III directors to serve through the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mark A. Casale 98,920,919 1,712,947 1,257,470 Douglas J. Pauls 98,737,513 1,896,353 1,257,470 William Spiegel 83,940,594 16,693,272 1,257,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889323000046/0001448893-23-000046-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Essent Group Ltd. shareholders approved Essent Group Ltd. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: Proposal 4 — The Essent Group Ltd. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, was approved: Votes For: 93,089,973 Votes Against: 7,491,451 Abstentions: 52,442 Broker Non-Votes: 1,257,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889323000046/0001448893-23-000046-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Essent Group Ltd. shareholders approved Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 and until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and referral of the determination of the auditors' compensation to the board of directors at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: Proposal 2 — The re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 and until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and the referral of the determination of the auditors' compensation to the board of directors, was ratified: Votes For: 101,250,280 Votes Against: 600,080 Abstentions: 40,975
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889323000046/0001448893-23-000046-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Essent Group Ltd. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: Proposal 3 — The non-binding, advisory vote on compensation was ratified: Votes For: 98,284,677 Votes Against: 1,995,698 Abstentions: 353,491 Broker Non-Votes: 1,257,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889323000046/0001448893-23-000046-index.htm

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