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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
PRINCETON, N.J., March 18, 2025--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the "Company") announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock on a forward basis in connection with the forward sale agreements described below.
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