---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-064276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGP"
cik: "0000049600"
company_name: "EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:26:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:24:52.615025+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EastGroup expands board to nine, adds Bethany Ropa and Robyn Werner as independent directors effective Oct 1, 2026

## Summary
- Board expanded from seven to nine directors; eight of nine now independent. Committee assignments for Ropa and Werner not yet determined.
- Bethany Logan Ropa has been CFO of JE Dunn Construction Group since 2025; spent 2008-2025 at UBS real estate investment banking, most recently Managing Director and Head of Americas.
- Robyn R. Werner, a CPA, was an Assurance Partner at Ernst & Young from 2008 until 2025, leading audits of numerous public REITs in real estate, hospitality and construction.
- Non-employee director pay: $80,000 annual cash retainer; $145,000 annual restricted stock grant; $25,000 initial restricted stock grant, vesting within one year.
- Company will enter indemnification agreements with both directors; no related-party transactions or arrangements disclosed under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-064276
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGP
- cik: 0000049600
- company_name: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:26:52+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000162828026064276/0001628280-26-064276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000162828026064276/egp-20261001.htm

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