---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001946997-24-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001946997"
company_name: "EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:19:14.754828+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairman Edward J. Fitzgerald resigns from board and CEO role at external adviser

## Summary
- Edward J. Fitzgerald resigned from the board and as Chairman, effective September 2, 2024.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Fitzgerald also stepped down as Global Chief Executive Officer of Exeter Property Group, LLC.
- No replacement for Chairman or board seat has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001946997-24-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001946997
- company_name: EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1946997/000194699724000082/0001946997-24-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1946997/000194699724000082/eqt-20240902.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001946997-24-000082
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001946997-24-000082.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001946997-24-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward J. Fitzgerald resigned as Chairman of the Board at EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On September 2, 2024, Edward J. Fitzgerald notified EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and as Chairman of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1946997/000194699724000082/0001946997-24-000082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward J. Fitzgerald resigned as Director at EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 2, 2024, Edward J. Fitzgerald notified EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and as Chairman of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1946997/000194699724000082/0001946997-24-000082-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.