Essex Property Trust Prices $350 Million of Senior Notes

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) (“Essex”) announced today that its operating partnership, Essex Portfolio, L.P. (the “Issuer”), priced an underwritten public offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2034 (the “Notes”). The Notes were priced at 99.752% of par value with a yield to maturity of 5.532%. Interest is payable semiannually at an interest rate per annum of 5.500% on April 1 and October 1 of each year with the first interest payment due October 1, 2024. The Notes mature on April 1, 2034. The Notes will be the senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Essex. The Notes offering is expected to close on March 14, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay upcoming debt maturities, including to fund a portion of the repayment of the Issuer’s 3.875% senior unsecured notes due May 2024 upon maturity thereof, and for other general corporate and working capital purposes, which may include the funding of potential acquisition opportunities. Pending application of the net proceeds from the offering for the foregoing purposes, such net proceeds initially may be invested in short-term securities.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as joint book-running managers for the offering. BMO Capital Markets Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. served as senior co-managers and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Capital One Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. served as co-managers for the offering.

The Issuer and Essex have jointly filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. You may get these documents for free by searching the SEC online database on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, Essex, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it from (i) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll free at 1-800-645-3751, (ii) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533, (iii) PNC Capital Markets LLC toll free at 855-881-0697 or (iv) U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll free at 1-877-558-2607.