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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-15

Enact Holdings, Inc. (ACT)

CEO Rohit Gupta was paid $9,874,055 in fiscal year 2025, ↓ down 0.9% from fiscal year 2024, the 38th percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001823529-26-000098 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$9,874,055 ↓
Rohit Gupta total, FY2025
38th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
61:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.61%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Rohit Gupta$1,000,000$0$5,869,867$0$2,610,000$58,950$335,238$9,874,055
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hardin Dean Mitchell525,00001,222,9120783,0000142,5272,673,439
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Evan Stolove450,0000489,1910470,000086,4251,495,616
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Michael Derstine425,0000489,1910475,000097,1631,486,354
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Brian Gould350,0000391,3530268,000087,9481,097,301
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Rohit Gupta$9,874,055$9,960,723$8,084,993↓ −86,668
Hardin Dean Mitchell2,673,4392,806,5082,618,764↓ −133,069
Evan Stolove1,495,6161,647,4291,653,546↓ −151,813
Michael Derstine1,486,3541,537,1211,276,084↓ −50,767
Brian Gould1,097,3011,181,2381,207,644↓ −83,937

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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01b

Executives — the named officers

One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.

ExecutiveRoleFY2025 total
Hardin Dean MitchellCFO$2,673,439
Brian GouldCOO$1,097,301
Rohit GuptaCEO$9,874,055
Michael DerstineExecutive$1,486,354
Evan StoloveGeneral Counsel$1,495,616
01c

Board of directors

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Anne G. WaleskiFormer director (through FY2025)$63,777
Debra W. StillIndependent Director$312,500
Dominic J. AddessoChair of the Board$488,500
Gregory UptonDirector—
H. Elizabeth MitchellIndependent Director$326,741
John D. FiskIndependent Director$311,250
Michael A. BlessIndependent Director$307,500
Robert P. Restrepo JrIndependent Director$297,500
Sheila HoodaIndependent Director$312,500
Thomas J. McInerneyDirector—
Westley V. ThompsonIndependent Director$287,500
02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

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03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Dean MitchellRSU2025-02-21——14,859—$489,158
Michael DerstineRSU2025-02-21——5,944—195,676
Evan StoloveRSU2025-02-21——5,944—195,676
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Dean Mitchell$489,158$0$00.0%
Michael Derstine195,676000.0%
Evan Stolove195,676000.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Evan StolovePSU18,238—$722,954
Brian GouldPSU14,592—578,427
Rohit GuptaPSU337,788—13,389,916
MitchellPSU45,588—1,807,108
Michael DerstinePSU17,952—711,617
Evan StoloveRSU3,170—125,659
MitchellPSU56,304—2,231,891
Evan StolovePSU19,072—756,014
Rohit GuptaPSU273,484—10,840,906
Brian GouldRSU4,006—158,798
Rohit GuptaPSU190,594—7,555,146
Rohit GuptaRSU45,583—1,806,910
Michael DerstineRSU2,981—118,167
MitchellPSU42,616—1,689,298
Michael DerstinePSU18,238—722,954
Evan StoloveRSU5,006—198,438
Rohit GuptaRSU37,533—1,487,808
Rohit GuptaRSU31,762—1,259,046
Evan StolovePSU22,528—893,010
Michael DerstinePSU22,528—893,010
Brian GouldPSU18,022—714,392
Brian GouldPSU15,710—622,744
MitchellRSU15,196—602,369
Michael DerstineRSU6,080—241,011
MitchellRSU12,512—495,976
Brian GouldRSU2,609—103,421
MitchellRSU7,095—281,246
Evan StoloveRSU6,080—241,011
Michael DerstineRSU5,006—198,438
Brian GouldRSU4,864—192,809
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Enact's compensation program is designed to attract, retain, and motivate executives of superior ability who are dedicated to the long-term interests of stockholders, with a focus on performance-based pay aligned with stockholder interests across multiple timeframes.

CEO STI target (% of salary)175%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantFW Cook
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-13137,729,223538,5857,44799.61%Passed
20252025-05-14145,107,4521,428,82796,44198.96%Passed
20242024-05-16152,266,9741,109,68369,30899.23%Passed
20232023-05-12160,912,094401,66812,85199.74%Passed
20222022-05-12158,923,4263,238,0306,06198%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-1399.61%a
20252025-05-1498.96%b
20242024-05-1699.23%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as votes "against" the advisory vote to approve NEO compensation, and the proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as votes "against" the advisory vote to approve NEO compensation, and the proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as votes "against" the advisory vote to approve NEO compensation, the proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, and the proposal to amend the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation to adopt provisions limiting the liability of certain officers as permitted under Delaware law.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)61 : 1
CEO total compensation$9,874,055
Median employee compensation$161,788
08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Dominic J. AddessoIndependent · Board Chair · Independent Capital Committee$197,500$290,000$0$0$1,000$488,500
H. Elizabeth MitchellIndependent · Audit (Chair)118,532198,2090010,000326,741
Debra W. StillIndependent · Compensation · Independent Capital142,500170,000000312,500
Sheila HoodaIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance137,500170,000005,000312,500
John D. FiskIndependent · Independent Capital · Risk141,250170,000000311,250
Michael A. BlessIndependent · Independent Capital Committee · Risk137,500170,000000307,500
Robert P. Restrepo JrIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance117,500170,0000010,000297,500
Westley V. ThompsonIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance117,500170,000000287,500
Anne G. WaleskiIndependent · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY53,77700010,00063,777
Rohit GuptaEmployee director000—00
Gregory UptonEmployee director000000
Thomas J. McInerneyEmployee director · Compensation000000
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$120,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)35,000 / 25,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline$500,000
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,163,559
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,508,209
All other compensation$36,000
Total cost of the board$2,707,768

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

10

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

MTG MGIC Investment Corporation Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.RDN Radian Group, Inc.ESNT Essent Group Ltd.STC Stewart Information Services Corp.WD Walker & Dunlop, Inc.AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd.RLI RLI Corp.NMIH NMI Holdings, Inc.AX Axos Financial, Inc.FAF First American Financial CorporationPFSI PennyMac Financial ServicesORI Old Republic InternationalACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Enact Holdings, Inc. names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) Radian Group, Inc. (RDN) Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) Stewart Information Services Corp. (STC) Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (WD) Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO) RLI Corp. (RLI) NMI Holdings, Inc. (NMIH) Axos Financial, Inc. (AX) First American Financial Corporation (FAF) PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI) Old Republic International (ORI) Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL)

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Enact Holdings, Inc..

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Enact Holdings, Inc.2025Rohit Gupta$1,000,000$5,869,867$0$2,610,000$9,874,055
—MGIC Investment Corporation——————not in coverage universe
—Radian Group, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Essent Group Ltd.——————not in coverage universe
—Stewart Information Services Corp.——————not in coverage universe
—Walker & Dunlop, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Assured Guaranty Ltd.——————not in coverage universe
—RLI Corp.——————not in coverage universe
—NMI Holdings, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Axos Financial, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—First American Financial Corporation——————not in coverage universe
—PennyMac Financial Services——————not in coverage universe
—Old Republic International——————not in coverage universe
—Arch Capital Group Ltd.——————not in coverage universe

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Enact Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Arch Capital Group Ltd.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Assured Guaranty Ltd.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Axos Financial, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Essent Group Ltd.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
First American Financial Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
MGIC Investment Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
NMI Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Old Republic Internationalnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
PennyMac Financial Servicesnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Radian Group, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
RLI Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Stewart Information Services Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Enact Holdings, Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Rohit Gupta (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Enact Holdings, Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $9,874,055.
How does Enact Holdings, Inc.'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Rohit Gupta's total compensation ranked at the 38th percentile of Enact Holdings, Inc.'s disclosed peer group.
What is Enact Holdings, Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Enact Holdings, Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 61:1.
How did shareholders vote on Enact Holdings, Inc.'s executive compensation?
As disclosed, 99.61% of shareholders supported Enact Holdings, Inc.'s executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Enact Holdings, Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Enact Holdings, Inc. reported total board compensation of $2,707,768 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

11

Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Rohit GuptaDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 9,874,055. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 794504–794513
2Section 01, Hardin Dean MitchellDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 2,673,439. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c24 · span 804492–804501
3Section 01, Evan StoloveDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,495,616. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c24 · span 813906–813915
4Section 01, Michael DerstineDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,486,354. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c24 · span 823578–823587
5Section 01, Brian GouldDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,097,301. Filing ↗machine: r17 · c24 · span 833279–833288
6Section 03, Dean Mitchell RSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t101 · r7 · c12 · span 892442–892449
7Section 03, Michael Derstine RSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t101 · r13 · c12 · span 909073–909080
8Section 03, Evan Stolove RSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t101 · r10 · c12 · span 900908–900915
9Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 61 : 1. Filing ↗
10Section 08, Dominic J. AddessoDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 488,500. Filing ↗machine: span 567965–568232
11Section 08, H. Elizabeth MitchellDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 326,741. Filing ↗machine: span 575569–575839
12Section 08, Debra W. StillDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 312,500. Filing ↗machine: span 579381–579651
13Section 08, Sheila HoodaDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 312,500. Filing ↗machine: span 573661–573931
14Section 08, John D. FiskDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 311,250. Filing ↗machine: span 571763–572033
15Section 08, Michael A. BlessDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 307,500. Filing ↗machine: span 569863–570133
16Section 08, Robert P. Restrepo JrDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 297,500. Filing ↗machine: span 577478–577748
17Section 08, Westley V. ThompsonDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 287,500. Filing ↗machine: span 581288–581558
18Section 08, Anne G. WaleskiDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 63,777. Filing ↗machine: span 583618–583922
19Section 08, Rohit GuptaDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
20Section 08, Gregory UptonDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
21Section 08, Thomas J. McInerneyDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
22Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-150001823529-26-000127Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.61% (votes for as printed: 137,729,223). Filing ↗
23Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-190001823529-25-000146Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.96% (votes for as printed: 145,107,452). Filing ↗
24Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-05-200001823529-24-000124Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.23% (votes for as printed: 152,266,974). Filing ↗
25Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
26Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)Computed——RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
27Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 1,163,559 + equity 1,508,209 + all other 36,000 = 2,707,768, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 2,707,768
28Enact Holdings, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-250001823529-26-000098CEO total compensation as printed in Enact Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,874,055. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 794504–794513

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