Essex Reports Characteristics of 2025 Dividends

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) announced today the income tax treatment for its 2025 distributions to shareholders. The 2025 distribution characteristics are as follows:

Common Stock – CUSIP Number 297178105:

Record		Payment		Cash Distribution		Ordinary Taxable		Qualified		Return of		Capital Gain		Unrecaptured Section 1250 Capital Gain		Section 199A		Section 897
Date		Date		Per Share		Dividend		Dividend		Capital		(20% rate)		(25% rate)		Dividend		Gain
1/2/2025		1/15/2025		$2.45000		$2.37002		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.03509		$0.04489		$2.37002		$0.07998
3/31/2025		4/15/2025		$2.57000		$2.48611		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.03680		$0.04709		$2.48611		$0.08389
6/30/2025		7/15/2025		$2.57000		$2.48611		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.03680		$0.04709		$2.48611		$0.08389
9/30/2025		10/15/2025		$2.57000		$2.48611		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.03680		$0.04709		$2.48611		$0.08389
Totals:				$10.16000		$9.82835		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.14549		$0.18616		$9.82835		$0.33165
Percentages:				100%		96.736%				0.000%		1.432%		1.832%

The Company did not incur any foreign taxes during 2025.

Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Essex Property Trust, Inc. dividends.

About Essex Property Trust, Inc.

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 257 apartment communities comprising over 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development. Additional information about the Company can be found on the Company’s website at www.essex.com.

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Loren Rainey

Sr. Director, Investor Relations

(650) 655-7800

lrainey@essex.com

Source: Essex Property Trust, Inc.