THOMAS E. ROBINSON - 12 May 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. (ESS)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ John Farias, as Attorney in Fact
Issuer symbol: ESS
Transactions as of: 12 May 2021
Transactions value $: -$286,184
Form type: 4
Filing time: 21 May 2021, 12:34:22 UTC
Previous filing: 21 May 2021
Next filing: 01 Sep 2021
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ESS	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$509K	+2.84K	+62.44%	$179.48	7.38K	12 May 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	ESS	Common Stock	Sale	-$796K	-2.84K	-38.44%	$280.32	4.55K	12 May 2021	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ESS	Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	Options Exercise	$0	-2.84K	-100%	$0.00^*	0	12 May 2021	Common Stock	2.84K	$179.48	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Under the terms of the stock options, the maximum value that the reporting person could receive is $100 per share. Accordingly, the value in excess of such amount, $0.84 per share, was remitted to the Issuer by the reporting person in addition to the exercise price of $179.48.