Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) 8-K Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.23 per Share for the First Quarter 2020

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.23 per Share for the First Quarter 2020

March 18, 2020

PRINCETON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2020. This represents an annualized dividend of $0.92 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on April 15, 2020 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 31, 2020.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that acquires, owns and manages primarily single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses. As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 1,000 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.6 years and a weighted average rent coverage ratio of 2.9x. As of the same date, the Company’s portfolio was 100.0% leased to 205 tenants operating 265 different concepts in 16 industries across 44 states.

Investor/Media:

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Daniel Donlan

Senior Vice President, Capital Markets

609-436-0619

info@essentialproperties.com

Source: Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.