Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 8,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) (“Spirit” or the “Company”), a net lease real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests in single-tenant, operationally essential real estate, today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock, all of which are being offered in connection with the forward sale agreement described below, at a public offering price of $37.35 per share.

J.P. Morgan and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are acting as the joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Regions Securities LLC, Fifth Third Securities, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo Securities are also book-running managers for the offering and BofA Securities, BTIG, Capital One Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, Ladenburg Thalmann, Mizuho Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, Stifel and Ramirez & Co., Inc. are co-managers for the offering.

In connection with the offering of shares of common stock, the Company has entered into a forward sale agreement with J.P. Morgan (or an affiliate thereof) (which the Company refers to as the “forward purchaser”), with respect to 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with the forward sale agreement, the forward purchaser (or its affiliate) is expected to borrow from third parties and sell to the underwriters an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. However, the forward purchaser (or its affiliate) is not required to borrow such shares if, after using commercially reasonable efforts, it is unable to borrow such shares, or if borrowing costs exceed a specified threshold or if certain specified conditions have not been satisfied. If the forward purchaser (or its affiliate) does not deliver and sell all of the shares of the Company’s common stock to be sold by it to the underwriters, the Company will issue and sell to the underwriters a number of shares of its common stock equal to the number of shares that the forward purchaser (or its affiliate) does not deliver and sell, and the number of shares underlying the forward sale agreement will be decreased by the number of shares that the Company issues and sells.

Pursuant to the terms of the forward sale agreement, and subject to its right to elect cash or net share settlement, the Company intends to issue and sell, upon physical settlement of the forward sale agreement up to an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of common stock to the forward purchasers.

The underwriters of the offering have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,200,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock. If the option to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock is exercised, the Company will enter into one or more additional forward sale agreements with the forward purchaser in respect of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that are subject to exercise of the option to purchase additional shares.

The Company will not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of its common stock by the forward purchaser. The Company intends to contribute any cash proceeds that it receives upon settlement of the forward sale agreement and any additional forward sale agreement to its operating partnership, which intends to use such proceeds to fund potential property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, which may include repaying or repurchasing indebtedness (including amounts outstanding from time to time under its revolving credit facility and term loan facility), working capital and capital expenditures.

All of the shares of common stock will be offered under the Company’s effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website. When available, a copy of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Telephone: (866) 803-9204; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., 3333 Peachtree Road NE, 9th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Attention: Prospectus Department, Telephone: (404) 926-5744; Email: strh.prospectus@suntrust.com; or by visiting the EDGAR database on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

ABOUT SPIRIT REALTY

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) is a net-lease REIT that primarily invests in single-tenant, operationally essential real estate assets, subject to long-term net leases.

As of March 31, 2020, Spirit’s diversified portfolio was comprised of 1,772 owned properties and 43 properties securing mortgage loans made by Spirit. Spirit’s properties, with an aggregate gross leasable area of approximately 36.1 million square feet, are leased to approximately 298 tenants across 48 states and 28 retail industries.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words and phrases such as “expect,” “plan,” “will,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “believe,” “guidance,” “approximately,” “anticipate,” “may,” “should,” “seek” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate to historical matters but are meant to identify forward-looking statements. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions of management. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that you should not rely on as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data and/or methods which may be incorrect or imprecise and Spirit may not be able to realize them. Spirit does not guarantee that the events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). The following risks and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements: industry and economic conditions; volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets, including potential fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index; Spirit’s success in implementing its business strategy and its ability to identify, underwrite, finance, consummate, integrate and manage diversifying acquisitions or investments; the financial performance of Spirit’s retail tenants and the demand for retail space, particularly with respect to challenges being experienced by general merchandise retailers; Spirit’s ability to diversify its tenant base; the nature and extent of future competition; increases in Spirit’s costs of borrowing as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; Spirit’s ability to access debt and equity capital markets; Spirit’s ability to pay down, refinance, restructure and/or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due; Spirit’s ability and willingness to renew its leases upon expiration and to reposition its properties on the same or better terms upon expiration in the event such properties are not renewed by tenants or Spirit exercises its rights to replace existing tenants upon default; the impact of any financial, accounting, legal or regulatory issues or litigation that may affect Spirit or its major tenants; Spirit’s ability to manage its expanded operations; Spirit’s ability and willingness to maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; Spirit’s ability to manage and liquidate the remaining SMTA Liquidating Trust assets; the impact on Spirit’s business and those of its tenants from epidemics, pandemics or other outbreaks of illness, disease or virus (such as the strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19); and other risks inherent in the real estate business, including tenant defaults, potential liability relating to environmental matters, illiquidity of real estate investments and potential damages from natural disasters discussed in Spirit’s most recent filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which are based on information that was available, and speak only, as of the date on which they were made. While forward-looking statements reflect Spirit’s good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. Spirit expressly disclaims any responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contacts:

Pierre Revol
(972) 476-1403
InvestorRelations@spiritrealty.com

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