Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Pricing of $400 Million of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT, the "Company")) announced today that its operating partnership, Essential Properties, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), has priced a public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036 (the "Notes"). The Notes were priced at 98.119% of the principal amount and will mature on July 15, 2036. The offering is expected to settle on June 15, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company.

The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering (i) to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and (ii) for general corporate purposes, including funding future investment activity.

Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Capital One Securities, TD Securities, Truist Securities and Mizuho are acting as joint book-running managers on the offering. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Huntington Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, Scotiabank, Citizens Capital Markets, BNP PARIBAS, Regions Securities LLC, Barclays, Stifel and Wolfe Capital Markets and Advisory are acting as co-managers for the offering.

The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. When available, a copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service, toll-free at 1-800-645-3751; or BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, email: dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com or by visiting the EDGAR database on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of each filing may be obtained from the Company or the SEC. Such forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as reflections of the Company's current plans and estimates. Actual results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in this press release.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust 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 March 31, 2026, the Company's portfolio consisted of 2,417 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.6 years and a weighted average rent coverage ratio of 3.5x. In addition, as of March 31, 2026, the Company's portfolio was 99.7% leased to tenants operating 662 different concepts across 48 states.

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