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Meeting to Be Held on June 10, 2014
 
 
 
Meeting Information
 
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
 
Meeting Type:  Annual Meeting
For holders as of:  April 03, 2014
 
 
Date: June 10, 2014               Time: 1:00 PM PST
 
Location:   The Stanford Park Hotel
 
100 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA
 
 
Computershare
655 Montgomery Street
 
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Suite 830
 
 
San Francisco, CA 94111
 
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Voting items
 
 
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
 
1.     Election of Directors
Nominees
 
 
 
 
01   David W. Brady 02   Keith R. Guericke 03  Irving F. Lyons, III 04  George M. Marcus 05   Gary P. Martin
06   Issie N. Rabinovitch 07  Thomas E. Randlett 08  Thomas E. Robinson 09   Michael J. Schall 10   Byron A. Scordelis
11   Janice L. Sears 12   Thomas P. Sullivan 13   Claude J. Zinngrabe, Jr
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.
 
2
Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2014.
 
3 Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation.
 
NOTE: To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.