secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. (EPRT)
CIK:        0001728951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-09T20:17:21+00:00
Accession:  0001728951-26-000057
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

EPRT promotes Jenkins to President, Salisbury to CFO+CSO; Peil departs, Vachris named CIO
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- R. Max Jenkins promoted to President and COO; Peter Mavoides remains CEO with new contract through March 31, 2031.
- Robert W. Salisbury expands role to EVP, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary.
- A. Joseph Peil's employment terminates effective Sept 8, 2026; Craig Vachris appointed EVP and Chief Investment Officer.
- Jenkins and Salisbury receive LTIP grants with $2M target value, vesting 50% at 3 and 4 years.
- Jenkins severance: 2x base salary (non-CIC) and 3x base salary (CIC) for qualifying terminations.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895126000057/0001728951-26-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895126000057/eprt-20260904.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001728951-26-000057

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