Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces 2019 Dividend Tax Status

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today that 58.7764% of the dividends paid to common shareholders for the 2019 tax year are classified for federal income tax purposes as a taxable distribution. The tax attributes of the common stock dividends paid per share are outlined below.

Total Dividend	Ordinary Dividend (Box 1a)	Qualified Dividend ^(1) (Box 1b)	Capital Gain Distributions (Box 2a)	Non-taxable Distributions (Box 3)	Section 199A Dividends ^(2) (Box 5)
100.0000%	52.8898%	0.5695%	5.8866%	41.2237%	99.4305%
$0.880000	$0.465430	$0.002651	$0.051802	$0.362768	$0.462779

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1. Represents additional characterization of, and is part of, “Ordinary Income.”
2. Dividends eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction under Section 199A and included in Box 1a, Ordinary Dividend.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust (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 September 30, 2019, Essential Properties had a portfolio of 917 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.4 years and a weighted average rent coverage ratio of 2.9x. As of the same date, Essential Properties’ portfolio was 100.0% leased to 199 tenants operating 233 different concepts in 16 industries across 45 states. Additional information about Essential Properties can be found on its website at www.essentialproperties.com