ESSEX PORTFOLIO LP

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: February 20, 2026

By: /s/ BARBARA PAK

Barbara Pak

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer(Authorized Officer, Principal Financial Officer)

Date: February 20, 2026

By: /s/ BRENNAN MCGREEVY

Brennan McGreevy

Group Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

ESSEX PORTFOLIO, L.P.By: Essex Property Trust, Inc., its general partner

(Registrant)

Date: February 20, 2026

By: /s/ BARBARA PAK

Barbara Pak

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer(Authorized Officer, Principal Financial Officer)

Date: February 20, 2026

By: /s/ BRENNAN MCGREEVY

Brennan McGreevy

Group Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Angela L. Kleiman and Barbara Pak, and each of them, his or her attorney-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.