Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) 8-K Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.28 per Share for the Third Quarter of 2023

Exhibit 99.1

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.28 per Share for the Third Quarter of 2023

September 7, 2023

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 $0.28 per share of common stock for the third quarter of 2023. This represents an annualized dividend of $1.12 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on October 13, 2023, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 29, 2023.

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 June 30, 2023, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 1,742 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.0 years and a weighted average rent coverage ratio of 4.1x. In addition, as of June 30, 2023, the Company’s portfolio was 99.9% leased to 360 tenants operating 560 different concepts in 16 industries across 48 states.

Investor/Media:

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Robert W. Salisbury, CFA

Senior Vice President, Capital Markets

609-436-0619

info@essentialproperties.com

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