Essent Group Ltd

2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

On May 1, 2024, we held our 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). A total of 106,749,888 common shares were entitled to vote as of March 8, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 100,905,534 shares were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following is a summary of the final voting results for each matter presented to shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 - Election of three Class I directors to serve through the 2027 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

Proposal 2 - The re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 and until the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and the referral of the determination of the auditors' compensation to the board of directors, was ratified:

Proposal 3 - Provide a non-binding, advisory vote on our executive compensation:

Executive Trading Plan

On March 11, 2024, David Weinstock, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, entered into a 10b5-1 sales plan (the “Plan”) intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. The Plan provides for the sale of up to an aggregate of 4,000 shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Weinstock during the term of the Plan and will be in effect until the earlier of (1) February 8, 2025 and (2) the date on which an aggregate of 4,000 shares of the Company’s common stock have been sold under the Plan.