8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 29, 2021

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

ESSEX PORTFOLIO, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

001-13106 (Essex Property Trust, Inc.)

333-44467-01 (Essex Portfolio, L.P.)

(Commission File Number)

Maryland (Essex Property Trust, Inc.)	77-0369576 (Essex Property Trust, Inc.)
California (Essex Portfolio, L.P.)	77-0369575 (Essex Portfolio, L.P.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1100 Park Place, Suite 200

San Mateo, CA 94403

 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 655-7800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.0001 par value (Essex Property Trust, Inc.)	ESS	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter):

Essex Property Trust, Inc.	Emerging growth company	☐
Essex Portfolio, L.P.	Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 29, 2021 Essex Property Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release and supplemental information announcing the Company’s financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. The Company has posted a copy of the press release and supplemental information on the Company’s website at www.essex.com. A copy of the press release and supplemental information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release and Supplemental Information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 29, 2021	ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
	/s/ Barbara Pak
	Name:	Barbara Pak
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	ESSEX PORTFOLIO, L.P.
	By:	Essex Property Trust, Inc.
	Its:	General Partner
	/s/ Barbara Pak
	Name:	Barbara Pak
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Essex Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results and

Increases Full-Year 2021 Guidance

San Mateo, California—July 29, 2021—Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS) (the “Company”) announced today its second quarter 2021 earnings results and related business activities.

Net Income, Funds from Operations (“FFO”), and Core FFO per diluted share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are detailed below.

	Three Months Ended June 30,				%		Six Months Ended June 30,				%
	2021		2020		Change		2021		2020		Change
Per Diluted Share
Net Income		$1.00		$1.29		-22.5%		$3.59		$6.07		-40.9%
Total FFO		$3.09		$3.21		-3.7%		$6.33		$6.65		-4.8%
Core FFO		$3.04		$3.16		-3.8%		$6.12		$6.64		-7.8%

Second Quarter 2021 Highlights:

• Reported Net Income per diluted share for the second quarter of 2021 of $1.00, compared to $1.29 in the second quarter of 2020. The decrease is largely attributed to a gain on sale recorded in the prior-year period.

• Reported Core FFO per diluted share of $3.04, exceeding the high-end of the Company’s guidance range due to better-than-expected operating results.

• Same-property revenues and net operating income (“NOI”) declined by 3.0% and 4.2%, respectively, compared to the second quarter of 2020.

• Raised the midpoint of full-year same-property revenues to the high-end of the prior guidance range. This represents a 0.5% increase at the midpoint to -1.4%. NOI increased 0.8% at the midpoint to -3.0%.

• Increased full-year Net Income per diluted share guidance range to $5.42 to $5.66. Provided Net Income guidance range for the third quarter of 2021 of $0.85 to $0.97 per diluted share.

• Raised full-year Core FFO per diluted share guidance by $0.09 per share at the midpoint to a range of $12.21 to $12.45. Provided Core FFO guidance range for the third quarter of 2021 of $2.98 to $3.10 per diluted share.

• As of July 27, 2021, the Company’s immediately available liquidity is approximately $1.3 billion.

1100 Park Place Suite 200 San Mateo California 94403 telephone 650 655 7800 facsimile 650 655 7810

www.essex.com

“We are pleased with our second quarter results, with both Core FFO and same-property revenues exceeding our expectations, leading us to believe the worst of the pandemic is behind us. We experienced strong economic growth in the second quarter, as Covid-19 restrictions were gradually lifted. The momentum in rent growth continued in July, and we have now achieved net effective market rents for the Essex portfolio that are slightly ahead of pre-pandemic levels. While pandemic-related uncertainty will continue, we remain confident in the West Coast economies and strength of our housing markets,” commented Michael Schall, President and CEO of the Company.

Same-Property Operations

Same-property operating results exclude any properties that are not comparable for the periods presented. The table below illustrates the percentage change in same-property revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2020, and the sequential percentage change for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2021, by submarket for the Company:

	Q2 2021 vs. Q2 2020		Q2 2021 vs. Q1 2021		% of Total
	Revenue Change		Revenue Change		Q2 2021 Revenues
Southern California
Los Angeles County		-2.4%		-2.3%		18.1%
Orange County		6.1%		2.0%		11.7%
San Diego County		4.3%		1.7%		9.0%
Ventura County		6.8%		1.3%		4.3%
Total Southern California		2.0%		0.0%		43.1%
Northern California
Santa Clara County		-10.9%		-4.3%		17.7%
Alameda County		-6.9%		-2.7%		6.6%
San Mateo County		-10.4%		-2.9%		5.0%
Contra Costa County		2.4%		0.7%		5.9%
San Francisco		-12.1%		-1.0%		2.9%
Total Northern California		-8.4%		-2.8%		38.1%
Seattle Metro		-2.3%		1.1%		18.8%
Same-Property Portfolio		-3.0%		-0.9%		100.0%

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The table below illustrates the components that drove the change in Same-Property Revenues on a year-over-year basis.

	Q2 2021 vs. Q2 2020				YTD 2021 vs. YTD 2020
Same-Property Revenue Components	$ Amount (in Millions)		% Contribution		$ Amount (in Millions)		% Contribution
Prior-Period Same-Property Revenues	$	324.7			$	670.3
Scheduled Rents		-12.1		-3.7%		-23.2		-3.5%
Delinquencies		2.6		0.8%		-2.9		-0.4%
Cash Concessions		-8.5		-2.6%		-18.9		-2.8%
Vacancy		6.3		1.9%		6.4		0.9%
Other Income		1.9		0.6%		1.1		0.2%
2021 Same-Property Revenues/Change	$	314.9		-3.0%	$	632.8		-5.6%

	Year-Over-Year Change						Year-Over-Year Change
	Q2 2021 compared to Q2 2020						YTD 2021 compared to YTD 2020
	Revenues		Operating Expenses		NOI		Revenues		Operating Expenses		NOI
Southern California		2.0%		0.3%		2.8%		-2.0%		0.3%		-3.0%
Northern California		-8.4%		2.0%		-12.3%		-9.7%		3.3%		-14.3%
Seattle Metro		-2.3%		-5.0%		-1.0%		-4.7%		0.6%		-7.1%
Same-Property Portfolio		-3.0%		-0.2%		-4.2%		-5.6%		1.5%		-8.4%

	Sequential Change
	Q2 2021 compared to Q1 2021
	Revenues		Operating Expenses		NOI
Southern California		0.0%		0.0%		0.0%
Northern California		-2.8%		-1.5%		-3.4%
Seattle Metro		1.1%		-4.9%		4.1%
Same-Property Portfolio		-0.9%		-1.6%		-0.6%

	Financial Occupancies
	Quarter Ended
	6/30/2021		3/31/2021		6/30/2020
Southern California		97.0%		96.7%		94.6%
Northern California		96.2%		96.6%		95.0%
Seattle Metro		96.7%		96.6%		95.3%
Same-Property Portfolio		96.6%		96.7%		94.9%

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Investment Activity

Real Estate

In the second quarter of 2021, the Company acquired its joint venture partner’s 50.0% interest in The Village at Toluca Lake, a 145-apartment home community located in Burbank, CA for a contract price of $31.8 million. Concurrent with the closing of the acquisition, $29.5 million in mortgage debt encumbering the property was repaid. As a result of the acquisition, the Company reported a remeasurement gain of $2.3 million in the second quarter, which is excluded from Total and Core FFO.

Other Investments

In the second quarter of 2021, the Company received cash proceeds of $36.5 million, including prepayment penalties, from the full redemption of a subordinated loan investment originated in the second quarter of 2020. The Company recorded $4.7 million of income from prepayment penalties as a result of the early redemption, which has been excluded from Core FFO.

Development Activity

During the second quarter of 2021 the Company’s developments, Mylo in Santa Clara, CA and Patina at Midtown in San Jose, CA, reached stabilization.

The Company’s sole development property in lease-up, Wallace on Sunset in Hollywood, CA, is 60.5% leased as of July 27, 2021.

liquidity and balance sheet

Common Stock

In the second quarter of 2021, the Company did not issue any shares of common stock through its equity distribution program or repurchase any shares through its stock repurchase plan.

Balance Sheet

In June 2021, the Company issued $300.0 million of 10-year senior unsecured notes due in June 2031 bearing an interest rate per annum of 2.55% and an effective yield of 2.62%. The proceeds were used to fund the redemption of the Company’s outstanding 3.375% senior unsecured notes due in January 2023. The Company incurred $16.5 million in prepayment penalties and write-offs of unamortized costs in the second quarter related to this debt repayment, which has been excluded from Core FFO.

Subsequent to quarter end, Wesco I, LLC, a joint venture in which the Company owns 57.7% interest, refinanced five apartment communities with a new $275.6 million secured term loan. The loan is priced at LIBOR + 1.35% and matures in 2026.

As of July 27, 2021, the Company has approximately $1.3 billion in liquidity via undrawn capacity on its unsecured credit facilities, cash, and marketable securities.

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Guidance

For the second quarter of 2021, the Company exceeded the midpoint of the guidance range provided in its June 2021 Investor Presentation for Core FFO by $0.08 per diluted share.

The following table provides a reconciliation of second quarter 2021 Core FFO per diluted share to the midpoint of the guidance provided in the Company’s June 2021 Investor Presentation.

	Per Diluted Share
Projected midpoint of Core FFO per diluted share for Q2 2021	$	2.96
NOI from consolidated communities		0.06
FFO from Co-Investments		0.01
G&A and other income		0.01
Core FFO per diluted share for Q2 2021 reported	$	3.04

The table below provides key changes to the Company’s 2021 full-year assumptions for Net Income, Total FFO, Core FFO per diluted share, and same-property growth. For additional details regarding the Company’s 2021 assumptions, please see page S-14 of the accompanying supplemental financial information. For the third quarter of 2021, the Company has established a range for Core FFO per diluted share of $2.98 to $3.10.

2021 Full-Year Guidance

	Previous Range		Previous Midpoint		Revised Range		Revised Midpoint		Change at the Midpoint
Per Diluted Share
Net Income		$4.95 - $5.39		$5.17		$5.42 - $5.66		$5.54		$0.37
Total FFO		$12.00 - $12.44		$12.22		$12.42 - $12.66		$12.54		$0.32
Core FFO		$12.02 - $12.46		$12.24		$12.21 - $12.45		$12.33		$0.09
Same-Property Growth
Revenues	-2.4% to -1.4%			-1.9%	-1.6% to -1.2%			-1.4%		0.5%
Operating Expenses	2.0% to 3.0%			2.5%	2.0% to 2.5%			2.3%		-0.3%
NOI	-4.7% to -2.8%			-3.8%	-3.3% to -2.6%			-3.0%		0.8%

Conference Call with Management

The Company will host an earnings conference call with management to discuss its quarterly results on Friday, July 30, 2021at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET), which will be broadcast live via the Internet at www.essex.com, and accessible via phone by dialing toll-free, (877) 407-0784, or toll/international, (201) 689-8560. No passcode is necessary.

A rebroadcast of the live call will be available online for 30 days and digitally for 7 days. To access the replay online, go to www.essex.com and select the second quarter 2021 earnings link. To access the replay, dial (844) 512-2921 using the replay pin number 13721047.If you are unable to access the information via the Company’s website, please contact the Investor Relations Department at investors@essex.com or by calling (650) 655-7800.

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Corporate Profile

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 246 apartment communities comprising approximately 60,000 apartment homes with an additional 3 properties in various stages of active development. Additional information about the Company can be found on the Company’s website at www.essex.com.

This press release and accompanying supplemental financial information has been furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission electronically on Form 8-K and can be accessed from the Company’s website at www.essex.com. If you are unable to obtain the information via the Web, please contact the Investor Relations Department at (650) 655-7800.

FFO RECONCILIATION

FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), is generally considered by industry analysts as an appropriate measure of performance of an equity REIT. Generally, FFO adjusts the net income of equity REITs for non-cash charges such as depreciation and amortization of rental properties, impairment charges, gains on sales of real estate and extraordinary items. Management considers FFO and FFO which excludes non-core items, which is referred to as “Core FFO,” to be useful supplemental operating performance measures of an equity REIT because, together with net income and cash flows, FFO and Core FFO provide investors with additional bases to evaluate the operating performance and ability of a REIT to incur and service debt and to fund acquisitions and other capital expenditures and to pay dividends. By excluding gains or losses related to sales of depreciated operating properties and excluding real estate depreciation (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), FFO can help investors compare the operating performance of a real estate company between periods or as compared to different companies. By further adjusting for items that are not considered part of the Company’s core business operations, Core FFO allows investors to compare the core operating performance of the Company to its performance in prior reporting periods and to the operating performance of other real estate companies without the effect of items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period and tend to obscure the Company’s actual operating results. FFO and Core FFO do not represent net income or cash flows from operations as defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and are not intended to indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indicator of the REIT's operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. FFO and Core FFO do not measure whether cash flow is sufficient to fund all cash needs including principal amortization, capital improvements and distributions to stockholders. FFO and Core FFO also do not represent cash flows generated from operating, investing or financing activities as defined under GAAP. Management has consistently applied the NAREIT definition of FFO to all periods presented. However, there is judgment involved and other REITs’ calculation of FFO may vary from the NAREIT definition for this measure, and thus their disclosures of FFO may not be comparable to the Company’s calculation.

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The following table sets forth the Company’s calculation of diluted FFO and Core FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands, except for share and per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
Funds from Operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders	2021			2020			2021			2020
Net income available to common stockholders	$	64,846		$	84,458		$	233,290		$	399,464
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization		128,736			133,609			257,323			265,168
Gains not included in FFO		(2,260	)		(16,597	)		(102,356	)		(251,291	)
Depreciation and amortization from unconsolidated co-investments		14,819			12,764			29,548			25,308
Noncontrolling interest related to Operating Partnership units		2,288			2,964			8,235			13,950
Depreciation attributable to third party ownership and other		(138	)		(139	)		(267	)		(273	)
Funds from Operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders	$	208,291		$	217,059		$	425,773		$	452,326
FFO per share – diluted	$	3.09		$	3.21		$	6.33		$	6.65
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs	$	41		$	15		$	56		$	102
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investment (1)		1,842			1,636			2,350			1,636
Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities		112			(46	)		(2,499	)		(33	)
Unrealized (gains) losses on marketable securities		(10,405	)		(7,623	)		(16,681	)		1,073
Provision for credit losses		(145	)		147			(107	)		97
Equity income from non-core co-investments (2)		(6,771	)		(4,696	)		(8,398	)		(4,586	)
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		16,465			5,027			18,982			4,706
(Gain) loss on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment		-			(38	)		3			(38	)
Co-investment promote income		-			-			-			(6,455	)
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments and notes receivable		(4,747	)		-			(8,260	)		(210	)
General and administrative and other, net		256			2,312			513			3,132
Insurance reimbursements, legal settlements, and other, net		(4	)		(106	)		(186	)		(63	)
Core Funds from Operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders	$	204,935		$	213,687		$	411,546		$	451,687
Core FFO per share – diluted	$	3.04		$	3.16		$	6.12		$	6.64
Weighted average number of shares outstanding diluted (3)		67,331,877			67,682,034			67,299,655			68,017,414

₍₁₎ Represents deferred tax expense related to net unrealized gains on technology co-investments.

₍₂₎ Represents the Company's share of co-investment income from technology co-investments.

₍₃₎ Assumes conversion of all outstanding limited partnership units in Essex Portfolio, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) into shares of the Company’s common stock and excludes all DownREIT limited partnership units for which the Operating Partnership has the ability and intention to redeem the units for cash and does not consider them to be common stock equivalents.

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Net Operating Income (“NOI”) and Same-Property NOI Reconciliations

NOI and Same-Property NOI are considered by management to be important supplemental performance measures to earnings from operations included in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The presentation of same-property NOI assists with the presentation of the Company’s operations prior to the allocation of depreciation and any corporate-level or financing-related costs. NOI reflects the operating performance of a community and allows for an easy comparison of the operating performance of individual communities or groups of communities. In addition, because prospective buyers of real estate have different financing and overhead structures, with varying marginal impacts to overhead by acquiring real estate, NOI is considered by many in the real estate industry to be a useful measure for determining the value of a real estate asset or group of assets. The Company defines same-property NOI as same-property revenues less same-property operating expenses, including property taxes. Please see the reconciliation of earnings from operations to NOI and same-property NOI, which in the table below is the NOI for stabilized properties consolidated by the Company for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Earnings from operations	$	93,381		$	119,736		$	290,762		$	250,573
Adjustments:
Corporate-level property management expenses		9,105			8,646			18,052			17,405
Depreciation and amortization		128,736			133,609			257,323			265,168
Management and other fees from affiliates		(2,221	)		(2,348	)		(4,470	)		(4,965	)
General and administrative		12,222			14,952			22,034			28,934
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		41			15			56			102
Gain on sale of real estate and land		-			(16,597	)		(100,096	)		(16,597	)
NOI		241,264			258,013			483,661			540,620
Less: Non-same property NOI		(22,621	)		(29,815	)		(45,037	)		(61,649	)
Same-Property NOI	$	218,643		$	228,198		$	438,624		$	478,971

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Safe Harbor Statement Under The Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements which are not historical facts, including statements regarding the Company's expectations, estimates, assumptions, hopes, intentions, beliefs and strategies regarding the future. Words such as “expects,” “assumes,” “anticipates,” “may,” “will,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “seeks,” “future,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding the Company’s expectations related to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations and the impact of any additional measures taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, the Company’s intent, beliefs or expectations with respect to the timing of completion of current development and redevelopment projects and the stabilization of such projects, the timing of lease-up and occupancy of its apartment communities, the anticipated operating performance of its apartment communities, the total projected costs of development and redevelopment projects, co-investment activities, qualification as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the real estate markets in the geographies in which the Company’s properties are located and in the United States in general, the adequacy of future cash flows to meet anticipated cash needs, its financing activities and the use of proceeds from such activities, the availability of debt and equity financing, general economic conditions including the potential impacts from such economic conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental measures intended to prevent its spread, trends affecting the Company’s financial condition or results of operations, changes to U.S. tax laws and regulations in general or specifically related to REITs or real estate, changes to laws and regulations in jurisdictions in which communities the Company owns are located, and other information that is not historical information.

While the Company's management believes the assumptions underlying its forward-looking statements are reasonable, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company cannot assure the future results or outcome of the matters described in these statements; rather, these statements merely reflect the Company’s current expectations of the approximate outcomes of the matters discussed. Factors that might cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains inherently uncertain as to duration and severity, and any additional governmental measures taken to limit its spread and other potential future outbreaks of infectious diseases or other health concerns could continue to adversely affect the Company’s business and its tenants, and cause a significant downturn in general economic conditions, the real estate industry, and the markets in which the Company's communities are located; the Company may fail to achieve its business objectives; the actual completion of development and redevelopment projects may be subject to delays; the stabilization dates of such projects may be delayed; the Company may abandon or defer development or redevelopment projects for a number of reasons, including changes in local market conditions which make development less desirable, increases in costs of development, increases in the cost of capital or lack of capital availability, resulting in losses; the total projected costs of current development and redevelopment projects may exceed expectations; such development and redevelopment projects may not be completed; development and redevelopment projects and acquisitions may fail to meet expectations; estimates of future income from an acquired property may prove to be inaccurate; occupancy rates and rental demand may be adversely affected by competition and local economic and market conditions; there may be increased interest rates and operating costs; the Company may be unsuccessful in the management of its relationships with its co-investment partners; future cash flows may be inadequate to meet operating requirements and/or may be insufficient to provide for dividend payments in accordance with REIT requirements; changes in laws or regulations; the terms of any refinancing may not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness; unexpected difficulties in leasing of development projects; volatility in financial and securities market; the Company’s failure to successfully operate acquired properties; unforeseen consequences from cyber-intrusion; the Company’s inability to maintain our investment grade credit rating with the rating agencies; government approvals, actions and initiatives, including the need for compliance with environmental requirements; and those further risks, special considerations, and other factors referred to in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other reports that the Company files with the SEC from time to time. Additionally, the risks, uncertainties and other factors set forth above or otherwise referred to in the reports that the Company has filed with the SEC may be further amplified by the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, the Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement this information for any reason, and therefore, they may not represent the Company’s estimates and assumptions after the date of this press release.

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Definitions and Reconciliations

Non-GAAP financial measures and certain other capitalized terms, as used in this earnings release, are defined and further explained on pages S-18.1 through S-18.4, "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms," of the accompanying supplemental financial information. The supplemental financial information is available on the Company's website at www.essex.com.

Contact Information

Rylan Burns

Group Vice President of Private Equity & Finance

(650) 655-7800

rburns@essex.com

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Q2 2021 Supplemental

Table of Contents

	Page(s)
Consolidated Operating Results	S-1 – S-2
Consolidated Funds From Operations	S-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets	S-4
Debt Summary – June 30, 2021	S-5
Capitalization Data, Public Bond Covenants, Credit Ratings, and Selected Credit Ratios – June 30, 2021	S-6
Portfolio Summary by County – June 30, 2021	S-7
Operating Income by Quarter – June 30, 2021	S-8
Same-Property Revenue Results by County – Quarters ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, and March 31, 2021	S-9
Same-Property Revenue Results by County – Six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020	S-9.1
Same-Property Operating Expenses – Quarter and Year to Date as of June 30, 2021 and 2020	S-10
Development Pipeline –June 30, 2021	S-11
Capital Expenditures – June 30, 2021	S-12
Co-investments and Preferred Equity Investments – June 30, 2021	S-13
Assumptions for 2021 FFO Guidance Range	S-14
Reconciliation of Projected EPS, FFO and Core FFO per diluted share	S-14.1
Summary of Apartment Community Acquisitions and Dispositions Activity	S-15
Delinquencies, Operating Statistics, and Same-Property Revenue Growth with Concessions on a GAAP basis	S-16
2021 MSA Level Forecast: Supply, Jobs, and Apartment Market Conditions	S-17
Bay Area Migration Trends Improved Sharply in Q2 as a Result of the West Coast Re-Opening and Continued Employment Growth	S-17.1
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms	S-18.1 – S-18.4

E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Consolidated Operating Results (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Revenues:
Rental and other property	$	348,757		$	368,149		$	701,633		$	757,899
Management and other fees from affiliates		2,221			2,348			4,470			4,965
		350,978			370,497			706,103			762,864
Expenses:
Property operating		107,493			110,136			217,972			217,279
Corporate-level property management expenses		9,105			8,646			18,052			17,405
Depreciation and amortization		128,736			133,609			257,323			265,168
General and administrative		12,222			14,952			22,034			28,934
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		41			15			56			102
		257,597			267,358			515,437			528,888
Gain on sale of real estate and land		-			16,597			100,096			16,597
Earnings from operations		93,381			119,736			290,762			250,573
Interest expense, net (1)		(48,338	)		(51,659	)		(97,143	)		(104,822	)
Interest and other income		22,371			11,405			36,758			6,184
Equity income from co-investments		18,248			17,257			35,259			38,554
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investment		(1,842	)		(1,636	)		(2,350	)		(1,636	)
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		(16,465	)		(5,027	)		(18,982	)		(4,706	)
Gain on remeasurement of co-investment		2,260			-			2,260			234,694
Net income		69,615			90,076			246,564			418,841
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		(4,769	)		(5,618	)		(13,274	)		(19,377	)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	64,846		$	84,458		$	233,290		$	399,464
Net income per share - basic	$	1.00		$	1.29		$	3.59		$	6.08
Shares used in income per share - basic		65,001,677			65,412,407			64,995,682			65,728,119
Net income per share - diluted	$	1.00		$	1.29		$	3.59		$	6.07
Shares used in income per share - diluted		65,080,746			65,427,935			65,048,016			65,855,347

⁽¹⁾ Refer to page S-18.2, the section titled "Interest Expense, Net" for additional information.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Consolidated Operating Results	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
Selected Line Item Detail	June 30,						June 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020			2021			2020
Rental and other property
Rental income	$	343,322		$	363,087		$	690,627		$	746,585
Other property		5,435			5,062			11,006			11,314
Rental and other property	$	348,757		$	368,149		$	701,633		$	757,899
Property operating expenses
Real estate taxes	$	44,278		$	44,994		$	89,606		$	88,006
Administrative		21,486			21,579			43,749			44,336
Maintenance and repairs		21,126			23,906			43,213			45,777
Utilities		20,603			19,657			41,404			39,160
Property operating expenses	$	107,493		$	110,136		$	217,972		$	217,279
Interest and other income
Marketable securities and other income	$	7,182		$	3,777		$	12,538		$	7,258
(Loss) gain on sale of marketable securities		(112	)		46			2,499			33
Income from early redemption of notes receivable		4,747			-			4,747			-
Provision for credit losses		145			(147	)		107			(97	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities		10,405			7,623			16,681			(1,073	)
Insurance reimbursements, legal settlements, and other, net		4			106			186			63
Interest and other income	$	22,371		$	11,405		$	36,758		$	6,184
Equity income from co-investments
Equity (loss) income from co-investments	$	(1,512	)	$	246		$	(2,823	)	$	3,309
Income from preferred equity investments		12,989			12,277			26,174			23,956
Equity income from non-core co-investment		6,771			4,696			8,398			4,586
Gain (loss) on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment		-			38			(3	)		38
Co-investment promote income		-			-			-			6,455
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments		-			-			3,513			210
Equity income from co-investments	$	18,248		$	17,257		$	35,259		$	38,554
Noncontrolling interest
Limited partners of Essex Portfolio, L.P.	$	2,288		$	2,964		$	8,235		$	13,950
DownREIT limited partners' distributions		2,085			2,134			4,209			4,270
Third-party ownership interest		396			520			830			1,157
Noncontrolling interest	$	4,769		$	5,618		$	13,274		$	19,377

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Consolidated Funds From Operations  (1)	Three Months Ended							Six Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts and in footnotes)	June 30,							June 30,
	2021			2020			% Change	2021			2020			% Change
Funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders (FFO)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	64,846		$	84,458			$	233,290		$	399,464
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization		128,736			133,609				257,323			265,168
Gains not included in FFO		(2,260	)		(16,597	)			(102,356	)		(251,291	)
Depreciation and amortization from unconsolidated co-investments		14,819			12,764				29,548			25,308
Noncontrolling interest related to Operating Partnership units		2,288			2,964				8,235			13,950
Depreciation attributable to third party ownership and other  (2)		(138	)		(139	)			(267	)		(273	)
Funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders	$	208,291		$	217,059			$	425,773		$	452,326
FFO per share-diluted	$	3.09		$	3.21		-3.7%	$	6.33		$	6.65		-4.8%
Components of the change in FFO
Non-core items:
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs	$	41		$	15			$	56		$	102
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investment (3)		1,842			1,636				2,350			1,636
Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities		112			(46	)			(2,499	)		(33	)
Unrealized (gains) losses on marketable securities		(10,405	)		(7,623	)			(16,681	)		1,073
Provision for credit losses		(145	)		147				(107	)		97
Equity income from non-core co-investments  (4)		(6,771	)		(4,696	)			(8,398	)		(4,586	)
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		16,465			5,027				18,982			4,706
(Gain) loss on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment		-			(38	)			3			(38	)
Co-investment promote income		-			-				-			(6,455	)
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments and notes receivable		(4,747	)		-				(8,260	)		(210	)
General and administrative and other, net		256			2,312				513			3,132
Insurance reimbursements, legal settlements, and other, net		(4	)		(106	)			(186	)		(63	)
Core funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and unitholders	$	204,935		$	213,687			$	411,546		$	451,687
Core FFO per share-diluted	$	3.04		$	3.16		-3.8%	$	6.12		$	6.64		-7.8%
Weighted average number of shares outstanding diluted (5)		67,331,877			67,682,034				67,299,655			68,017,414

⁽¹⁾ Refer to page S-18.2, the section titled "Funds from Operations ("FFO") and Core FFO" for additional information on the Company's definition and use of FFO and Core FFO.

⁽²⁾ The Company consolidates certain co-investments. The noncontrolling interest's share of net operating income in these investments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $0.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

⁽³⁾ Represents deferred tax expense related to net unrealized gains on technology co-investments.

⁽⁴⁾ Represents the Company's share of co-investment income from technology co-investments.

⁽⁵⁾ Assumes conversion of all outstanding limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership into shares of the Company's common stock and excludes all DownREIT limited partnership units for which the Operating Partnership has the ability and intention to redeem the units for cash and does not consider them to be common stock equivalents.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in thousands)
	June 30, 2021			December 31, 2020
Real Estate:
Land and land improvements	$	2,923,508		$	2,929,009
Buildings and improvements		12,373,299			12,132,736
		15,296,807			15,061,745
Less: accumulated depreciation		(4,392,056	)		(4,133,959	)
		10,904,751			10,927,786
Real estate under development		208,330			386,047
Co-investments		1,037,270			1,018,010
Real estate held for sale		-			57,938
		12,150,351			12,389,781
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash		58,176			84,041
Marketable securities		175,782			147,768
Notes and other receivables		238,855			195,104
Operating lease right-of-use assets		70,551			72,143
Prepaid expenses and other assets		53,484			47,340
Total assets	$	12,747,199		$	12,936,177
Unsecured debt, net	$	5,403,874		$	5,607,985
Mortgage notes payable, net		641,274			643,550
Lines of credit		85,000			-
Operating lease liabilities		72,363			74,037
Other liabilities		372,959			395,174
Total liabilities		6,575,470			6,720,746
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		35,026			32,239
Equity:
Common stock		7			6
Additional paid-in capital		6,862,879			6,876,326
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings		(899,663	)		(861,193	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net		(9,768	)		(14,729	)
Total stockholders' equity		5,953,455			6,000,410
Noncontrolling interest		183,248			182,782
Total equity		6,136,703			6,183,192
Total liabilities and equity	$	12,747,199		$	12,936,177

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Debt Summary - June 30, 2021

(Dollars in thousands, except in footnotes)

									Scheduled principal payments, unamortized premiums (discounts) and (debt issuance costs) are as follows - excludes lines of credit:
				Weighted Average
	Balance Outstanding			Interest Rate			Maturity in Years				Unsecured			Secured			Total			Weighted Average Interest Rate			Percentage of Total Debt
Unsecured Debt, net
Bonds public - fixed rate	$	5,350,000			3.3	%		9.2		2021	$	-		$	1,774		$	1,774			2.9	%		0.0	%
Term loan (1)		100,000			1.1	%		0.6		2022		100,000			43,188			143,188			1.9	%		2.4	%
Unamortized net discounts and debt issuance costs		(46,126	)		-			-		2023		300,000			2,945			302,945			3.4	%		5.0	%
		5,403,874			3.2	%		9.0		2024		400,000			3,109			403,109			4.0	%		6.6	%
Mortgage Notes Payable, net										2025		500,000			133,054			633,054			3.5	%		10.4	%
Fixed rate - secured		414,971			3.5	%		4.8		2026		450,000			99,405			549,405			3.5	%		9.0	%
Variable rate - secured (2)		224,728			0.9	%		16.7		2027		350,000			153,955			503,955			3.3	%		8.3	%
Unamortized premiums and debt issuance costs, net		1,575			-			-		2028		450,000			68,332			518,332			2.2	%		8.5	%
Total mortgage notes payable		641,274			2.6	%		9.0		2029		500,000			1,456			501,456			4.1	%		8.2	%
										2030		550,000			1,592			551,592			3.1	%		9.1	%
Unsecured Lines of Credit										2031		600,000			1,740			601,740			2.3	%		9.9	%
Line of credit (3)		85,000			1.0	%		N/A		Thereafter		1,250,000			129,149			1,379,149			2.9	%		22.6	%
Line of credit (4)		-			1.0	%		N/A		Subtotal		5,450,000			639,699			6,089,699			3.1	%		100.0	%
Total lines of credit		85,000			1.0	%		N/A		Debt Issuance Costs		(35,249	)		(1,616	)		(36,865	)	NA			NA
										(Discounts)/Premiums		(10,877	)		3,191			(7,686	)	NA			NA
Total debt, net	$	6,130,148			3.1	%		9.0		Total	$	5,403,874		$	641,274		$	6,045,148			3.1	%		100.0	%

Capitalized interest for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was approximately $1.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively.

⁽¹⁾ $100.0 million of the unsecured term loan has a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.95%.

⁽²⁾ $224.7 million of variable rate debt is tax exempt to the note holders.

⁽³⁾ This unsecured line of credit facility has a capacity of $1.2 billion, with a scheduled maturity date in December 2023 with one 18-month extension, exercisable at the Company's option. The underlying interest rate on this line is based on a tiered rate structure tied to the Company's corporate ratings and is currently at LIBOR plus 0.825%.

⁽⁴⁾ This unsecured line of credit facility has a capacity $35.0 million, with a scheduled maturity date in February 2023. The underlying interest rate on this line is based on a tiered rate structure tied to the Company's corporate ratings and is currently at LIBOR plus 0.825%.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Capitalization Data, Public Bond Covenants, Credit Ratings and Selected Credit Ratios - June 30, 2021

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

Capitalization Data						Public Bond Covenants (1)	Actual	Requirement
Total debt, net			$	6,130,148
						Debt to Total Assets:	35%	< 65%
Common stock and potentially dilutive securities
Common stock outstanding				65,004
Limited partnership units (1)				2,250
Options-treasury method				87		Secured Debt to Total Assets:	4%	< 40%
Total shares of common stock and potentially dilutive securities				67,341
Common stock price per share as of June 30, 2021			$	300.01
						Interest Coverage:	481%	> 150%
Total equity capitalization			$	20,202,973
Total market capitalization			$	26,333,121		Unsecured Debt Ratio (2):	277%	> 150%
Ratio of debt to total market capitalization				23.3	%
						Selected Credit Ratios (3)	Actual
Credit Ratings
Rating Agency	Rating	Outlook				Net Indebtedness Divided by Adjusted EBITDAre, normalized and annualized:	6.6
Moody's	Baa1	Stable
Standard & Poor's	BBB+	Stable				Unencumbered NOI to Adjusted Total NOI:	94%
(1)   Assumes conversion of all outstanding limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership into shares of the Company's common stock.						(1)   Refer to page S-18.4 for additional information on the Company's Public Bond Covenants. (2)   Unsecured Debt Ratio is unsecured assets (excluding investments in co-investments) divided by unsecured indebtedness. (3)   Refer to pages S-18.1 to S-18.4, the section titled "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms" for additional information on the Company's Selected Credit Ratios.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Portfolio Summary by County as of June 30, 2021

	Apartment Homes								Average Monthly Rental Rate (1)						Percent of NOI (2)
Region - County	Consolidated (3)		Unconsolidated Co-investments		Apartment Homes in Development (4)		Total		Consolidated		Unconsolidated Co-investments (5)		Total (6)		Consolidated			Unconsolidated Co-investments (5)			Total (6)
Southern California
Los Angeles County		9,327		1,418		-		10,745	$	2,417	$	2,139	$	2,397		16.5	%		13.4	%		16.3	%
Orange County		5,439		1,149		-		6,588		2,267		2,011		2,242		11.0	%		12.6	%		11.1	%
San Diego County		4,824		616		264		5,704		2,035		1,897		2,026		8.9	%		6.3	%		8.7	%
Ventura County and Other		2,876		693		-		3,569		1,893		2,269		1,937		5.1	%		8.8	%		5.5	%
Total Southern California		22,466		3,876		264		26,606		2,231		2,089		2,220		41.5	%		41.1	%		41.6	%
Northern California
Santa Clara County (7)		8,749		1,506		-		10,255		2,679		2,692		2,680		19.5	%		16.8	%		19.3	%
Alameda County		3,959		1,309		-		5,268		2,437		2,381		2,429		8.1	%		15.9	%		8.6	%
San Mateo County		2,454		195		107		2,756		2,831		3,381		2,852		5.5	%		3.2	%		5.3	%
Contra Costa County		2,619		-		-		2,619		2,458		-		2,458		5.8	%		0.0	%		5.3	%
San Francisco		1,342		537		-		1,879		2,725		3,033		2,777		2.7	%		4.2	%		2.8	%
Total Northern California		19,123		3,547		107		22,777		2,621		2,663		2,625		41.6	%		40.1	%		41.3	%
Seattle Metro		10,218		1,890		-		12,108		1,883		1,855		1,880		16.9	%		18.8	%		17.1	%
Total		51,807		9,313		371		61,491	$	2,307	$	2,256	$	2,302		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

⁽¹⁾ Average monthly rental rate is defined as the total scheduled monthly rental income (actual rent for occupied apartment homes plus market rent for vacant apartment homes) for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, divided by the number of apartment homes as of June 30, 2021.

⁽²⁾ Represents the percentage of actual NOI for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. See the section titled "Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Same-Property NOI Reconciliations" on page S-18.3.

⁽³⁾ Includes one community consisting of 200 apartment homes that is producing partial income due to lease-up.

⁽⁴⁾ Includes development communities with no rental income.

⁽⁵⁾ Co-investment amounts weighted for Company's pro rata share.

⁽⁶⁾ At Company's pro rata share.

⁽⁷⁾ Includes all communities in Santa Clara County and one community in Santa Cruz County.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Operating Income by Quarter ⁽¹⁾

(Dollars in thousands)

	Apartment Homes		Q2 '21			Q1 '21			Q4 '20			Q3 '20			Q2 '20
Rental and other property revenues:
Same-property		47,090	$	314,949		$	317,806		$	317,472		$	316,639		$	324,654
Acquisitions (2)		1,968		13,948			13,673			13,924			14,237			13,696
Development (3)		1,168		7,500			6,930			6,094			5,461			4,420
Redevelopment		620		4,149			4,590			4,280			4,277			5,096
Non-residential/other, net (4)		961		11,156			13,246			13,867			13,119			17,308
Straight-line rent concessions (5)		-		(2,945	)		(3,369	)		4,150			14,731			2,975
Total rental and other property revenues		51,807		348,757			352,876			359,787			368,464			368,149
Property operating expenses:
Same-property				96,306			97,825			97,613			98,878			96,456
Acquisitions (2)				4,459			4,614			4,476			4,454			4,578
Development (3)				2,983			2,687			2,438			1,977			1,445
Redevelopment				1,685			1,774			1,845			2,049			1,752
Non-residential/other, net (4) (6)				2,060			3,579			4,354			5,037			5,905
Total property operating expenses				107,493			110,479			110,726			112,395			110,136
Net operating income (NOI):
Same-property				218,643			219,981			219,859			217,761			228,198
Acquisitions (2)				9,489			9,059			9,448			9,783			9,118
Development (3)				4,517			4,243			3,656			3,484			2,975
Redevelopment				2,464			2,816			2,435			2,228			3,344
Non-residential/other, net (4)				9,096			9,667			9,513			8,082			11,403
Straight-line rent concessions (5)				(2,945	)		(3,369	)		4,150			14,731			2,975
Total NOI			$	241,264		$	242,397		$	249,061		$	256,069		$	258,013
Same-property metrics
Operating margin				69	%		69	%		69	%		69	%		70	%
Annualized turnover (7)				45	%		40	%		46	%		58	%		46	%
Financial occupancy (8)				96.6	%		96.7	%		96.5	%		96.0	%		94.9	%

⁽¹⁾ Includes consolidated communities only.

⁽²⁾ Acquisitions include properties acquired which did not have comparable stabilized results as of January 1, 2020.

⁽³⁾ Development includes properties developed which did not have comparable stabilized results as of January 1, 2020.

⁽⁴⁾ Non-residential/other, net consists of revenues generated from retail space, commercial properties, held for sale properties, disposition properties, student housing, properties undergoing significant construction activities that do not meet our redevelopment criteria and three communities located in the California counties of Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, which the Company does not consider its core markets.

⁽⁵⁾ Same-property revenues reflect concessions on a cash basis. Total Rental and Other Property Revenues reflect concessions on a straight-line basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

⁽⁶⁾ Includes other expenses and intercompany eliminations pertaining to self-insurance.

⁽⁷⁾ Annualized turnover is defined as the number of apartment homes turned over during the quarter, annualized, divided by the total number of apartment homes.

⁽⁸⁾ Financial occupancy is defined as the percentage resulting from dividing actual rental income by total scheduled rental income (actual rent for occupied apartment homes plus market rent for vacant apartment homes).

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Same-Property Revenue Results by County - Second Quarter 2021 vs. Second Quarter 2020 and First Quarter 2021

(Dollars in thousands, except average monthly rental rates)

						Average Monthly Rental Rate							Financial Occupancy									Gross Revenues							Sequential Gross Revenues
Region - County	Apartment Homes		Q2 '21 % of Actual NOI			Q2 '21		Q2 '20		% Change			Q2 '21			Q2 '20			% Change			Q2 '21		Q2 '20		% Change			Q1 '21		% Change
Southern California
Los Angeles County		8,526		17.1	%	$	2,419	$	2,486		-2.7	%		96.2	%		93.4	%		3.0	%	$	56,960	$	58,383		-2.4	%	$	58,325		-2.3	%
Orange County		5,439		12.0	%		2,267		2,240		1.2	%		97.5	%		95.1	%		2.5	%		36,758		34,649		6.1	%		36,024		2.0	%
San Diego County		4,582		9.4	%		2,030		1,996		1.7	%		98.0	%		96.1	%		2.0	%		28,289		27,110		4.3	%		27,818		1.7	%
Ventura County		2,253		4.6	%		1,935		1,892		2.3	%		97.9	%		95.8	%		2.2	%		13,469		12,617		6.8	%		13,294		1.3	%
Total Southern California		20,800		43.1	%		2,241		2,248		-0.3	%		97.0	%		94.6	%		2.5	%		135,476		132,759		2.0	%		135,461		0.0	%
Northern California
Santa Clara County		7,408		18.3	%		2,662		2,864		-7.1	%		96.3	%		95.3	%		1.0	%		55,820		62,619		-10.9	%		58,299		-4.3	%
Alameda County		2,954		6.6	%		2,461		2,612		-5.8	%		96.1	%		94.4	%		1.8	%		20,733		22,278		-6.9	%		21,316		-2.7	%
San Mateo County		1,962		4.9	%		2,808		3,134		-10.4	%		95.3	%		95.2	%		0.1	%		15,813		17,658		-10.4	%		16,283		-2.9	%
Contra Costa County		2,570		6.1	%		2,416		2,445		-1.2	%		96.4	%		96.1	%		0.3	%		18,554		18,123		2.4	%		18,433		0.7	%
San Francisco		1,178		2.5	%		2,652		3,122		-15.1	%		96.6	%		92.9	%		4.0	%		9,286		10,568		-12.1	%		9,381		-1.0	%
Total Northern California		16,072		38.4	%		2,603		2,803		-7.1	%		96.2	%		95.0	%		1.3	%		120,206		131,246		-8.4	%		123,712		-2.8	%
Seattle Metro		10,218		18.5	%		1,883		1,946		-3.2	%		96.7	%		95.3	%		1.5	%		59,267		60,649		-2.3	%		58,633		1.1	%
Total Same-Property		47,090		100.0	%	$	2,287	$	2,372		-3.6	%		96.6	%		94.9	%		1.8	%	$	314,949	$	324,654		-3.0	%	$	317,806		-0.9	%

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Same-Property Revenue Results by County - Six months ended June 30, 2021 vs. Six months ended June 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands, except average monthly rental rates)

						Average Monthly Rental Rate							Financial Occupancy									Gross Revenues
Region - County	Apartment Homes		YTD 2021 % of Actual NOI			YTD 2021		YTD 2020		% Change			YTD 2021			YTD 2020			% Change			YTD 2021		YTD 2020		% Change
Southern California
Los Angeles County		8,526		17.4	%	$	2,420	$	2,487		-2.7	%		96.1	%		94.9	%		1.3	%	$	115,285	$	123,383		-6.6	%
Orange County		5,439		11.8	%		2,253		2,238		0.7	%		97.3	%		95.7	%		1.7	%		72,782		71,730		1.5	%
San Diego County		4,582		9.2	%		2,019		1,992		1.4	%		97.5	%		96.6	%		0.9	%		56,107		55,491		1.1	%
Ventura County		2,253		4.7	%		1,921		1,889		1.7	%		98.0	%		96.4	%		1.7	%		26,763		25,929		3.2	%
Total Southern California		20,800		43.1	%		2,234		2,248		-0.6	%		96.9	%		95.6	%		1.4	%		270,937		276,533		-2.0	%
Northern California
Santa Clara County		7,408		18.8	%		2,676		2,861		-6.5	%		96.7	%		96.2	%		0.5	%		114,119		127,763		-10.7	%
Alameda County		2,954		6.6	%		2,472		2,612		-5.4	%		96.3	%		95.4	%		0.9	%		42,049		46,096		-8.8	%
San Mateo County		1,962		5.0	%		2,831		3,131		-9.6	%		95.4	%		96.0	%		-0.6	%		32,096		36,659		-12.4	%
Contra Costa County		2,570		6.0	%		2,410		2,446		-1.5	%		96.9	%		96.5	%		0.4	%		36,987		37,527		-1.4	%
San Francisco		1,178		2.5	%		2,671		3,140		-14.9	%		96.0	%		94.6	%		1.5	%		18,667		22,035		-15.3	%
Total Northern California		16,072		38.9	%		2,615		2,802		-6.7	%		96.4	%		96.0	%		0.4	%		243,918		270,080		-9.7	%
Seattle Metro		10,218		18.0	%		1,884		1,939		-2.8	%		96.6	%		96.1	%		0.5	%		117,900		123,693		-4.7	%
Total Same-Property		47,090		100.0	%	$	2,288	$	2,370		-3.5	%		96.7	%		95.8	%		0.9	%	$	632,755	$	670,306		-5.6	%

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Same-Property Operating Expenses - Quarter and Year to Date as of June 30, 2021 and 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

	Based on 47,090 apartment homes
	Q2 '21		Q2 '20		% Change			% of Op. Ex.			YTD 2021		YTD 2020		% Change			% of Op. Ex.
Same-property operating expenses:
Real estate taxes	$	38,129	$	37,985		0.4	%		39.6	%	$	77,082	$	75,037		2.7	%		39.7	%
Maintenance and repairs (1)		19,088		21,225		-10.1	%		19.8	%		38,878		40,743		-4.6	%		20.0	%
Administrative		15,641		15,840		-1.3	%		16.2	%		31,245		32,403		-3.6	%		16.1	%
Utilities		18,417		17,201		7.1	%		19.1	%		36,746		34,332		7.0	%		18.9	%
Insurance and other		5,031		4,205		19.6	%		5.3	%		10,180		8,820		15.4	%		5.3	%
Total same-property operating expenses	$	96,306	$	96,456		-0.2	%		100.0	%	$	194,131	$	191,335		1.5	%		100.0	%
(1)   Maintenance and repairs includes expenses related to COVID-19 of $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and $2.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Development Pipeline - June 30, 2021

(Dollars in millions, except per apartment home amounts in thousands and except in footnotes)

Project Name	Location	Ownership %	Estimated Apartment Homes		Estimated Commercial sq. feet		Incurred to Date		Remaining Costs		Estimated Total Cost		Essex Est.  Total Cost (1)			Cost per  Apartment Home (2)		Average % Occupied	% Leased as of 6/30/21 (3)	% Leased as of 7/27/21 (3)	Construction Start	Initial Occupancy	Stabilized Operations
Development Projects - Consolidated (4)
Station Park Green - Phase IV	San Mateo, CA	100%		107		-	$	87	$	7	$	94	$	94		$	879	0%	0%	0%	Q3 2019	Q4 2021	Q2 2022
Wallace on Sunset (5)	Hollywood, CA	100%		200		4,700		104		12		116		116			550	34%	50%	61%	Q4 2017	Q2 2021	Q4 2021
Total Development Projects - Consolidated				307		4,700		191		19		210		210			664
Land Held for Future Development - Consolidated
Other Projects	Various	100%						23		-		23		23
Total Development Pipeline - Consolidated				307		4,700		214		19		233		233
Development Projects - Joint Venture (4)
Scripps Mesa Apartments (6)	San Diego, CA	51%		264		2,000		25		77		102		52			383	0%	0%	0%	Q3 2020	Q4 2022	Q3 2023
Total Development Projects - Joint Venture				264		2,000		25		77		102		52		$	383
Grand Total - Development Pipeline				571		6,700	$	239	$	96	$	335		285
Essex Cost Incurred to Date - Pro Rata														(227	)
Essex Remaining Commitment													$	58

⁽¹⁾ The Company's share of the estimated total cost of the project.

⁽²⁾ Net of the estimated allocation to the retail component of the project.

⁽³⁾ Calculations are based on multifamily operations only.

⁽⁴⁾ For the second quarter of 2021, the Company's cost includes $1.6 million of capitalized interest, $0.8 million of capitalized overhead and $0.4 million of development fees (such development fees reduced G&A expenses).

⁽⁵⁾ Cost incurred to date does not include a deduction of $6.3 million for accumulated depreciation recorded during the period when the property was held as a retail operating asset and is net of cost incurred on the adjacent theatre at the property.

⁽⁶⁾ Cost incurred to date and estimated total cost are net of a projected value for low income housing tax credit proceeds and the value of the tax exempt bond structure.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Capital Expenditures - June 30, 2021 ⁽¹⁾

(Dollars in thousands, except in footnotes and per apartment home amounts)

Revenue Generating Capital Expenditures (2)	Q2 '21		Q1 '21		Q4 '20		Q3 '20		Trailing 4 Quarters
Same-property portfolio	$	8,387	$	7,383	$	5,612	$	5,982	$	27,364
Non-same property portfolio		1,729		2,526		1,274		2,810		8,339
Total revenue generating capital expenditures	$	10,116	$	9,909	$	6,886	$	8,792	$	35,703
Number of same-property interior renovations		723		320		246		414		1,703
Number of total consolidated interior renovations		775		364		394		485		2,018

Non-Revenue Generating Capital Expenditures (3)	Q2 '21		Q1 '21		Q4 '20		Q3 '20		Trailing 4 Quarters
Non-revenue generating capital expenditures (4)	$	28,154	$	17,220	$	18,614	$	21,009	$	84,997
Average apartment homes in quarter		51,635		51,779		52,154		52,274		51,961
Capital expenditures per apartment homes in the quarter	$	545	$	333	$	357	$	402	$	1,636

⁽¹⁾ The Company incurred $0.1 million of capitalized interest, $2.9 million of capitalized overhead and approximately zero co-investment fees related to redevelopment in Q2 2021.

⁽²⁾ Represents revenue generating or expense saving expenditures, such as full-scale redevelopments, interior unit turn renovations, enhanced amenities and certain resource management initiatives.

⁽³⁾ Represents roof replacements, paving, building and mechanical systems, exterior painting, siding, etc.

⁽⁴⁾ Non-revenue generating capital expenditures does not include expenditures incurred due to changes in governmental regulations that the Company would not have incurred otherwise, costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, retail, furniture and fixtures, and expenditures in which the Company expects to be reimbursed.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Co-investments and Preferred Equity Investments - June 30, 2021

(Dollars in thousands, except in footnotes)

	Weighted Average Essex Ownership Percentage		Apartment Homes		Total Undepreciated Book Value		Debt Amount		Essex Book Value		Weighted Average Borrowing Rate			Remaining Term of Debt (in Years)			Three Months Ended June 30, 2021			Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Operating and Other Non-Consolidated Joint Ventures																	NOI
Wesco I, III, IV, and V		51%		5,310	$	1,736,607	$	1,054,693	$	172,709		2.7	%		2.9		$	21,628		$	43,685
BEXAEW, BEX II, BEX III, BEX IV, and 500 Folsom		50%		3,083		1,231,542		521,440		276,409		2.5	%		9.6	(2)		13,242			26,461
Other		47%		920		347,257		230,619		48,193		3.0	%		1.9			3,624			7,091
Total Operating and Other Non-Consolidated Joint Ventures				9,313	$	3,315,406	$	1,806,752	$	497,311		2.6	%		4.7		$	38,494		$	77,237
Development Non-Consolidated Joint Ventures (1)		50%		264		24,793		89,250		9,532		0.8	%		38.9	(3)		-			-
Total Non-Consolidated Joint Ventures				9,577	$	3,340,199	$	1,896,002	$	506,843		2.6	%		6.3		$	38,494		$	77,237
																	Essex Portion of NOI and Expenses
NOI																	$	19,962		$	40,006
Depreciation																		(14,819	)		(29,548	)
Interest expense and other																		(6,655	)		(13,281	)
Equity income from non-core co-investment																		6,771			8,398
Gain (loss) on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment																		-			(3	)
Net income from operating and other co-investments																	$	5,259		$	5,572
											Weighted Average Preferred Return			Weighted Average Expected Term			Income from Preferred Equity Investments
Income from preferred equity investments																	$	12,989		$	26,174
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments																		-			3,513
Preferred Equity Investments (4)									$	530,427		10.7	%		2.2		$	12,989		$	29,687
Total Co-investments									$	1,037,270							$	18,248		$	35,259

⁽¹⁾ The Company has ownership interests in development co-investments, which are detailed on page S-11.

⁽²⁾ $132.0 million of the debt related to 500 Folsom, one of the Company's development co-investments, is financed by tax exempt bonds with a maturity date of January 2052.

⁽³⁾ Scripps Mesa Apartments has $89.3 million of long-term tax-exempt bond debt that is subject to a total return swap that matures in 2025.

⁽⁴⁾ As of June 30, 2021, the Company has invested in 19 preferred equity investments.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Assumptions for 2021 FFO Guidance Range

The guidance projections below are based on current expectations and are forward-looking. The guidance on this page is given for Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Total and Core FFO. See pages S-18.1 to S-18.4 for the definitions of non-GAAP financial measures and other terms.

	Six Months Ended June 30,			2021 Full-Year Guidance Range
($'s in thousands, except per share data)	2021 (1)			Low End			High End			Comments About Guidance Revisions
Total NOI from Consolidated Communities - Excluding Straight-Line Rent Concessions	$	489,975		$	987,600		$	999,500		Includes a range of same-property NOI growth of -3.30% to -2.60%, an increase from the prior range of -4.70% to -2.80%
Straight-Line Rent Concessions from Consolidated Communities		(6,314	)		(12,500	)		(14,500	)
Accretion from Acquisitions/Dispositions/Preferred Equity		-			700			1,700
Management Fees		4,470			8,600			9,200
Interest Expense
Interest expense, before capitalized interest		(100,920	)		(198,900	)		(197,700	)
Interest capitalized		3,777			5,500			6,500
Net interest expense		(97,143	)		(193,400	)		(191,200	)
Recurring Income and Expenses
Interest and other income		12,538			21,500			22,500
FFO from co-investments		52,899			107,000			109,300		Updated for timing of preferred equity redemptions
General and administrative		(21,521	)		(50,000	)		(51,000	)
Corporate-level property management expenses		(18,052	)		(35,700	)		(36,300	)
Non-controlling interest		(5,306	)		(11,100	)		(10,500	)
Total recurring income and expenses		20,558			31,700			34,000
Non-Core Income and Expenses
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		(56	)		(56	)		(56	)
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investments		(2,350	)		(2,350	)		(2,350	)
Gain on sale of marketable securities		2,499			2,499			2,499
Unrealized gains on marketable securities		16,681			16,681			16,681
Provision for credit losses		107			107			107
Equity income from non-core co-investments		8,398			8,398			8,398
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		(18,982	)		(18,982	)		(18,982	)
Loss on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment		(3	)		(3	)		(3	)
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments and notes receivable		8,260			8,260			8,260
General and administrative and other, net		(513	)		(513	)		(513	)
Insurance reimbursements, legal settlements, and other, net		186			186			186
Total non-core income and expenses		14,227			14,227			14,227
Funds from Operations (2)	$	425,773		$	836,927		$	852,927
Funds from Operations per diluted Share	$	6.33		$	12.42		$	12.66
% Change - Funds from Operations		-4.8	%		-2.8	%		-0.9	%
Core Funds from Operations (excludes non-core items)	$	411,546		$	822,700		$	838,700
Core Funds from Operations per diluted Share	$	6.12		$	12.21		$	12.45
% Change - Core Funds from Operations		-7.8	%		-4.8	%		-2.9	%
EPS - Diluted	$	3.59		$	5.42		$	5.66
Weighted average shares outstanding - FFO calculation		67,300			67,375			67,375

⁽¹⁾ All non-core items are excluded from the 2021 actuals and included in the non-core income and expense section of the FFO reconciliation.

⁽²⁾ 2021 guidance excludes inestimable projected gain on sale of marketable securities, loss on early retirement of debt, political/legislative costs, and promote income until they are realized within the reporting period presented in the report.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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Reconciliation of Projected EPS, FFO and Core FFO per diluted share

With respect to the Company's guidance regarding its projected FFO and Core FFO, which guidance is set forth in the earnings release and on page S-14 of this supplement, a reconciliation of projected net income per share to projected FFO per share and projected Core FFO per share, as set forth in such guidance, is presented in the table below.

				2021 Guidance Range (1)
	Six Months			3rd Quarter 2021						Full-Year 2021
	Ended June 30,
	2021			Low			High			Low			High
EPS - diluted	$	3.59		$	0.85		$	0.97		$	5.42		$	5.66
Conversion from GAAP share count		(0.12	)		(0.03	)		(0.03	)		(0.18	)		(0.18	)
Depreciation and amortization		4.26			2.13			2.13			8.52			8.52
Noncontrolling interest related to Operating Partnership units		0.12			0.03			0.03			0.18			0.18
Gain on sale of real estate		(1.49	)		-			-			(1.49	)		(1.49	)
Gain on remeasurement of co-investment		(0.03	)		-			-			(0.03	)		(0.03	)
FFO per share - diluted	$	6.33		$	2.98		$	3.10		$	12.42		$	12.66
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		-			-			-			-			-
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investments		0.03			-			-			0.03			0.03
Gain on sale of marketable securities		(0.04	)		-			-			(0.04	)		(0.04	)
Unrealized gains on marketable securities		(0.25	)		-			-			(0.25	)		(0.25	)
Provision for credit losses		-			-			-			-			-
Equity income from non-core co-investments		(0.12	)		-			-			(0.12	)		(0.12	)
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		0.28			-			-			0.28			0.28
Loss on early retirement of debt from unconsolidated co-investment		-			-			-			-			-
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments and notes receivable		(0.12	)		-			-			(0.12	)		(0.12	)
General and administrative and other, net		0.01			-			-			0.01			0.01
Insurance reimbursements, legal settlements, and other, net		-			-			-			-			-
Core FFO per share - diluted	$	6.12		$	2.98		$	3.10		$	12.21		$	12.45

⁽¹⁾ 2021 guidance excludes inestimable projected gain on sale of real estate and land, gain on sale of marketable securities, loss on early retirement of debt, political/legislative costs, and promote income until they are realized within the reporting period presented in the report.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

S-14.1

E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Summary of Apartment Community Acquisitions and Dispositions Activity

Year to date as of June 30, 2021

(Dollars in thousands)

Acquisitions				Essex			Total
		Apartment		Ownership			Contract		Price per		Average
Property Name	Location	Homes		Percentage	Entity	Date	Price		Apartment Home		Rent
The Village at Toluca Lake (1)	Burbank, CA		145	100%	EPLP	Jun-21	$	31,750	$	438	$	2,294
	Q2 2021		145				$	31,750	$	438
	2021 Total		145				$	31,750	$	438
Dispositions				Essex			Total
		Apartment		Ownership			Sales		Price per
Property Name	Location	Homes		Percentage	Entity	Date	Price		Apartment Home
Hidden Valley	Simi Valley, CA		324	100%	EPLP	Feb-21	$	105,000	$	324
Park 20	San Mateo, CA		197	100%	EPLP	Feb-21		113,000		574
Axis 2300	Irvine, CA		115	100%	EPLP	Feb-21		57,500		500
	Q1 2021		636				$	275,500	$	433
	2021 Total		636				$	275,500	$	433

⁽¹⁾ In June 2021, the Company purchased its joint venture partner's 50.0% membership interest in the BEX III, LLC co-investment that owned The Village at Toluca Lake based on a property valuation of $63.5 million. In conjunction with the acquisition, $29.5 million of mortgage debt that encumbered the property was paid off.

 

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Delinquencies, Operating Statistics, and Same-Property Revenue Growth with Concessions on a GAAP basis

(Dollars in millions, except in footnotes and per share amounts)

Delinquencies for Second Quarter 2021	Same-Property			Non-Same Property and Co-investments			Total Operating Communities			Commercial			Total
Operating apartment community units		47,090			12,056			59,146			N/A			N/A
Cash delinquencies as % of scheduled rent		2.6	%		2.5	%		2.6	%		N/A			N/A
Reported delinquencies as % of scheduled rent (1)		2.6	%		2.5	%		2.6	%		N/A			N/A
Reported delinquencies in 2Q 2021 (2) (3)	$	(8.3	)	$	(1.3	)	$	(9.6	)	$	(0.1	)	$	(9.7	)
Reported delinquencies in 2Q 2020 (2)	$	(10.9	)	$	(1.8	)	$	(12.7	)	$	(3.4	)	$	(16.1	)
Impact to 2Q 2021 Core FFO per share	$	0.04		$	0.01		$	0.05		$	0.05		$	0.10
Impact to Core FFO per share growth		1.2	%		0.2	%		1.5	%		1.6	%		3.0	%
Total cumulative cash delinquencies (4)	$	(47.3	)	$	(7.9	)	$	(55.2	)		N/A			N/A
Net accounts receivable balance	$	5.9		$	1.0		$	6.9			N/A			N/A

⁽¹⁾ Represents total residential portfolio delinquencies as a percentage of scheduled rent reflected in the financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2021.

⁽²⁾ Co-investment delinquencies reported at the Company's pro rata share.

⁽³⁾ Commercial delinquencies in 2Q 2021 includes a straight-line rent reserve of $0.2 million and includes co-investment amounts at the Company's pro rata share.

⁽⁴⁾ Represents cash delinquencies from the period of April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. This includes $6.9 million of the net accounts receivable balance.

Operating Statistics							Same-Property Revenue Growth with Concessions on a GAAP basis
	Preliminary Estimate
Same-Property Portfolio (47,090 units)	July 2021			2Q 2021				2Q 2021			2Q 2020		YTD 2021			YTD 2020
Cash delinquencies as % of scheduled rent		2.2	%		2.6	%	Reported rental revenue (cash basis)	$	314.9		$	324.7	$	632.8		$	670.3
							Straight-line rent impact to rental revenue		(2.7	)		2.9		(5.7	)		2.9
New lease rates (1)		10.9	%		-2.4	%	GAAP rental revenue	$	312.2		$	327.6	$	627.1		$	673.2
Renewal rates (2)		1.3	%		-1.2	%
Blended rates		6.3	%		-1.9	%	% change - cash rental revenue		-3.0	%				-5.6	%
							% change - GAAP rental revenue		-4.7	%				-6.8	%
Financial occupancy		96.5	%		96.6	%

⁽¹⁾ Represents % change on a net-effective basis, including the impact of leasing incentives.

⁽²⁾ Represents % change in similar term lease tradeouts, including the impact of leasing incentives.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms

Adjusted EBITDAre Reconciliation

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT”) defines earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate ("EBITDAre") (September 2017 White Paper) as net income (computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP")) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, and further adjusted for gains and losses from sales of depreciated operating properties, impairment write-downs of depreciated operating properties, impairment write-downs of investments in unconsolidated entities caused by a decrease in value of depreciated operating properties within the joint venture and adjustments to reflect the Company’s share of EBITDAre of investments in unconsolidated entities.

The Company believes that EBITDAre is useful to investors, creditors and rating agencies as a supplemental measure of the Company’s ability to incur and service debt because it is a recognized measure of performance by the real estate industry, and by excluding gains or losses related to sales or impairment of depreciated operating properties, EBITDAre can help compare the Company’s credit strength between periods or as compared to different companies.

Adjusted EBITDAre represents EBITDAre further adjusted for non-comparable items and is a component of the credit ratio, "Net Indebtedness Divided by Adjusted EBITDAre, normalized and annualized," presented on page S-6, in the section titled "Selected Credit Ratios," and it is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as income tax payments, debt service requirements, capital expenditures and other fixed charges.

Adjusted EBITDAre is an important metric in evaluating the credit strength of the Company and its ability to service its debt obligations.  The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDAre is useful to investors, creditors and rating agencies because it allows investors to compare the Company’s credit strength to prior reporting periods and to other companies without the effect of items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period and tend to obscure the Company’s actual credit quality.

EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre are not recognized measurements under U.S. GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, the Company's presentation of EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

The reconciliations of Net Income available to common stockholders to EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre are presented in the table below (Dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Net income available to common stockholders	$	64,846
Adjustments:
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		4,769
Interest expense, net (1)		48,338
Depreciation and amortization		128,736
Income tax provision		(1,090	)
Gain on remeasurement of co-investment communities		(2,260	)
Co-investment EBITDAre adjustments		21,096
EBITDAre		264,435
Gain on sale of marketable securities		112
Unrealized gains on marketable securities		(10,405	)
Provision for credit losses		(145	)
Equity income from non-core co-investment		(6,771	)
Deferred tax expense on unrealized gain on unconsolidated co-investment		1,842
General and administrative and other, net		256
Insurance reimbursements and legal settlements, net		(4	)
Income from early redemption of preferred equity investments		(4,747	)
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		41
Loss on early retirement of debt, net		16,465
Adjusted EBITDAre	$	261,079

⁽¹⁾ Interest expense, net includes items such as gains on derivatives and the amortization of deferred charges.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

S-18.1

E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms

Encumbered

Encumbered means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, charge, pledge, security interest, security agreement or other encumbrance of any kind.

Funds From Operations ("FFO") and Core FFO

FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is generally considered by industry analysts as an appropriate measure of performance of an equity REIT. Generally, FFO adjusts the net income of equity REITs for non-cash charges such as depreciation and amortization of rental properties, impairment charges, gains on sales of real estate and extraordinary items. Management considers FFO and FFO which excludes non-core items, which is referred to as “Core FFO,” to be useful supplemental operating performance measures of an equity REIT because, together with net income and cash flows, FFO and Core FFO provide investors with additional bases to evaluate the operating performance and ability of a REIT to incur and service debt and to fund acquisitions and other capital expenditures and to pay dividends. By excluding gains or losses related to sales of depreciated operating properties and excluding real estate depreciation (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), FFO can help investors compare the operating performance of a real estate company between periods or as compared to different companies. By further adjusting for items that are not considered part of the Company’s core business operations, Core FFO allows investors to compare the core operating performance of the Company to its performance in prior reporting periods and to the operating performance of other real estate companies without the effect of items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period and tend to obscure the Company’s actual operating results.

FFO and Core FFO do not represent net income or cash flows from operations as defined by U.S. GAAP and are not intended to indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indicator of the REIT's operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. FFO and Core FFO do not measure whether cash flow is sufficient to fund all cash needs including principal amortization, capital improvements and distributions to stockholders. FFO and Core FFO also do not represent cash flows generated from operating, investing or financing activities as defined under GAAP. Management has consistently applied the NAREIT definition of FFO to all periods presented. However, there is judgment involved and other REITs’ calculation of FFO may vary from the NAREIT definition for this measure, and thus their disclosures of FFO may not be comparable to the Company’s calculation.

The reconciliations of diluted FFO and Core FFO are detailed on page S-3 in the section titled "Consolidated Funds From Operations".

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net is presented on page S-1 in the section titled "Consolidated Operating Results". Interest expense, net includes items such as gains on derivatives and the amortization of deferred charges and is presented in the table below (Dollars in thousands):

 

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2021			Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Interest expense	$	50,971		$	102,620
Adjustments:
Total return swap income		(2,633	)		(5,477	)
Interest expense, net	$	48,338		$	97,143

Immediately Available Liquidity

The Company's immediately available liquidity as of July 27, 2021, consisted of the following (Dollars in millions):

	July 27, 2021
Unsecured credit facility - committed	$	1,235
Balance outstanding		79
Undrawn portion of line of credit	$	1,156
Cash, cash equivalents & marketable securities		176
Total liquidity	$	1,332

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms

Net Indebtedness Divided by Adjusted EBITDAre

This credit ratio is presented on page S-6 in the section titled "Selected Credit Ratios." This credit ratio is calculated by dividing net indebtedness by Adjusted EBITDAre, as annualized based on the most recent quarter, and adjusted for estimated net operating income from properties acquired or disposed of during the quarter. This ratio is presented by the Company because it provides rating agencies and investors an additional means of comparing the Company's ability to service debt obligations to that of other companies. Net indebtedness is total debt, net less unamortized premiums, discounts, debt issuance costs, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities. The reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDAre is set forth in "Adjusted EBITDAre Reconciliation" on page S-18.1 The calculation of this credit ratio and a reconciliation of net indebtedness to total debt at pro rata share for co-investments, net is presented in the table below (Dollars in thousands):

Total consolidated debt, net	$	6,130,148
Total debt from co-investments at pro rata share		972,686
Adjustments:
Consolidated unamortized premiums, discounts, and debt issuance costs		44,551
Pro rata co-investments unamortized premiums, discounts, and debt issuance costs		4,198
Consolidated cash and cash equivalents-unrestricted		(48,155	)
Pro rata co-investment cash and cash equivalents-unrestricted		(22,569	)
Marketable securities		(220,164	)
Net Indebtedness	$	6,860,695
Adjusted EBITDAre, annualized (1)	$	1,044,316
Other EBITDAre normalization adjustments, net, annualized (2)		917
Adjusted EBITDAre, normalized and annualized	$	1,045,233
Net Indebtedness Divided by Adjusted EBITDAre, normalized and annualized		6.6

⁽¹⁾ Based on the amount for the most recent quarter, multiplied by four.

⁽²⁾ Adjustments made for properties in lease-up, acquired, or disposed during the most recent quarter and other partial quarter activity, multiplied by four.

Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Same-Property NOI Reconciliations

NOI and same-property NOI are considered by management to be important supplemental performance measures to earnings from operations included in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The presentation of same-property NOI assists with the presentation of the Company’s operations prior to the allocation of depreciation and any corporate-level or financing-related costs. NOI reflects the operating performance of a community and allows for an easy comparison of the operating performance of individual communities or groups of communities.

In addition, because prospective buyers of real estate have different financing and overhead structures, with varying marginal impacts to overhead by acquiring real estate, NOI is considered by many in the real estate industry to be a useful measure for determining the value of a real estate asset or group of assets. The Company defines same-property NOI as same-property revenues less same-property operating expenses, including property taxes. Please see the reconciliation of earnings from operations to NOI and same-property NOI, which in the table below is the NOI for stabilized properties consolidated by the Company for the periods presented (Dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2021			Three Months Ended June 30, 2020			Six Months Ended June 30, 2021			Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Earnings from operations	$	93,381		$	119,736		$	290,762		$	250,573
Adjustments:
Corporate-level property management expenses		9,105			8,646			18,052			17,405
Depreciation and amortization		128,736			133,609			257,323			265,168
Management and other fees from affiliates		(2,221	)		(2,348	)		(4,470	)		(4,965	)
General and administrative		12,222			14,952			22,034			28,934
Expensed acquisition and investment related costs		41			15			56			102
Gain on sale of real estate and land		-			(16,597	)		(100,096	)		(16,597	)
NOI		241,264			258,013			483,661			540,620
Less: Non-same property NOI		(22,621	)		(29,815	)		(45,037	)		(61,649	)
Same-Property NOI	$	218,643		$	228,198		$	438,624		$	478,971

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

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E S S E X  P R O P E R T Y  T R U S T, I N C.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms

Public Bond Covenants

Public Bond Covenants refer to certain covenants set forth in instruments governing the Company's unsecured indebtedness. These instruments require the Company to meet specified financial covenants, including covenants relating to net worth, fixed charge coverage, debt service coverage, the amounts of total indebtedness and secured indebtedness, leverage and certain investment limitations. These covenants may restrict the Company's ability to expand or fully pursue its business strategies. The Company's ability to comply with these covenants may be affected by changes in the Company's operating and financial performance, changes in general business and economic conditions, adverse regulatory developments or other events adversely impacting it. The breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under the Company's indebtedness, which could cause those and other obligations to become due and payable. If any of the Company's indebtedness is accelerated, the Company may not be able to repay it. For risks related to failure to comply with these covenants, see "Item 1A: Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and Financings" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The ratios set forth on page S-6 in the section titled "Public Bond Covenants" are provided only to show the Company's compliance with certain specified covenants that are contained in indentures related to the Company's issuance of Senior Notes, which indentures are filed by the Company with the SEC. See, for example, the Indenture dated March 1, 2021, filed by the Company as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2021. These ratios should not be used for any other purpose, including without limitation to evaluate the Company's financial condition or results of operations, nor do they indicate the Company's covenant compliance as of any other date or for any other period. The capitalized terms in the disclosure are defined in the indentures filed by the Company with the SEC and may differ materially from similar terms used by other companies that present information about their covenant compliance.

Secured Debt

Secured Debt means debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is secured by an encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Company's total amount of Secured Debt is set forth on page S-5.

Unencumbered NOI to Adjusted Total NOI

This ratio is presented on page S-6 in the section titled "Selected Credit Ratios". Unencumbered NOI means the sum of NOI for those real estate assets which are not subject to an encumbrance securing debt. The ratio of Unencumbered NOI to Adjusted Total NOI for the three months ended June 30, 2021, annualized, is calculated by dividing Unencumbered NOI, annualized for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and as further adjusted for pro forma NOI for properties acquired or sold during the recent quarter, by Adjusted Total NOI as annualized. The calculation and reconciliation of NOI is set forth in "Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Same-Property NOI Reconciliations" above. This ratio is presented by the Company because it provides rating agencies and investors an additional means of comparing the Company's ability to service debt obligations to that of other companies. The calculation of this ratio is presented in the table below (Dollars in thousands):

	Annualized Q2'21 (1)
NOI	$	965,056
Adjustments:
NOI from real estate assets sold or held for sale		(753	)
Other, net (2)		6,183
Adjusted Total NOI		970,486
Less: Encumbered NOI		(53,672	)
Unencumbered NOI	$	916,814
Encumbered NOI	$	53,672
Unencumbered NOI		916,814
Adjusted Total NOI	$	970,486
Unencumbered NOI to Adjusted Total NOI		94	%

⁽¹⁾ This table is based on the amounts for the most recent quarter, multiplied by four.

⁽²⁾ Includes intercompany eliminations pertaining to self-insurance and other expenses.

See Company’s Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs filed with the SEC for additional information

S-18.4

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