secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. (EPRT)
CIK:        0001728951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001728951-25-000139
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Properties elects Kristin Smallwood to board; brings PwC audit expertise
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- Kristin L. Smallwood elected to board effective July 15, 2025; board expands to eight members.
- Smallwood is a retired PwC partner (2006-2025) with 30 years of audit experience.
- Assigned to audit committee; classified as independent and financial expert under NYSE rules.
- Receives prorated annual $120K RSU award, $82.5K cash retainer, plus $100K initial RSU grant.
- Indemnification agreement entered into substantially similar to other directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895125000139/0001728951-25-000139-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895125000139/eprt-20250715.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001728951-25-000139

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