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0001590262
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001448893
Essent Group Ltd.
001-36157
CLARENDON HOUSE
2 CHURCH STREET
HAMILTON
D0
HM 11
441-297-9901
Bhasin Vijay
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
2502
125319.20
107258772
07/27/2023
NYSE
Common
03/01/2020
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2502
03/01/2020
Compensation
N
Vijay Bhasin
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street
Hamilton
D0
HM11
Common
07/25/2023
3681
184141.95
Vijay Bhasin
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street
Hamilton
D0
HM11
Common
07/26/2023
3911
195684.98
The plan was originally adopted on 03/03/2021, and was amended on 08/23/2022.
07/27/2023
08/23/2022
/S/ Adam Gehring, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Vijay Bhasin