A Form 4 filed on August 25, 2026, reports that Douglas J. Pauls, a director of Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT), conducted a gift transfer and an open-market sale of common shares on August 24, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Gift transfer: Pauls disposed of 2,625 common shares directly at $0 and simultaneously acquired 2,625 common shares indirectly through the Douglas J. Pauls Revocable Trust U/A Dated Jan 30 2013, also at $0.
  • Open-market sale: The trust sold 2,500 common shares at $69.7 per share on August 24, 2026.
  • Remaining indirect ownership: Following all reported transactions, Pauls beneficially owned 30,154 common shares indirectly through the revocable trust.
  • Direct ownership after transfer: Following the gift disposal, Pauls held 0 common shares directly.
  • Security: All transactions involved common shares with a par value of $0.015.
  • Filing role: Douglas J. Pauls is identified as a Director of Essent Group Ltd.

Douglas J. Pauls Reports Gift Transfer and Trust Sale of Essent Group Common Shares

According to the Form 4 filing, Director Douglas J. Pauls reported three transactions in Essent Group Ltd. common shares, all occurring on August 24, 2026. Two transactions carried transaction code "G," indicating a gift, while one carried transaction code "S," indicating an open-market sale. The filing was signed by David B. Weinstock as attorney-in-fact and submitted on August 25, 2026.

The filing discloses that Pauls disposed of 2,625 common shares held directly, at a price of $0, reducing his direct holdings to 0 shares. Simultaneously, 2,625 common shares were acquired indirectly through the Douglas J. Pauls Revocable Trust U/A Dated Jan 30 2013, also at a price of $0, bringing the trust's holdings to 32,654 shares following that transaction. The filing reflects these as a matched gift transfer between direct and indirect ownership forms.

Separately, the revocable trust sold 2,500 common shares at $69.7 per share on the same date. After this sale, the filing reports Pauls's indirect beneficial ownership through the trust stood at 30,154 common shares. No derivative securities were reported in Table II of the filing. The issuer is identified as Essent Group Ltd., trading under the ticker ESNT on the New York Stock Exchange.

What Was Disclosed

The filing reports a gift transfer of 2,625 shares from direct to indirect (trust) ownership and a subsequent sale of 2,500 shares at $69.7 by the trust, leaving Pauls with 30,154 indirectly held shares and 0 directly held shares as of August 24, 2026.