Non-controlling Interests

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling Interests

Essential Properties OP G.P., LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, and holds a 1.0% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership. The Company contributes the net proceeds from issuing shares of common stock to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of common stock issued.

Prior to completion of the Secondary Offering, the Selling Stockholders exchanged 18,502,705 OP Units of the Operating Partnership for a like number of shares of the Company’s common stock. Concurrently, EPRT Holdings, one of the Selling Stockholders, distributed the remaining 553,847 OP Units it held to former members of EPRT Holdings (the “Non-controlling OP Unit Holders”). The Selling Stockholders thereafter sold all of the shares of

common stock that they owned through the Secondary Offering and accordingly no longer owned shares of the Company’s common stock or held OP Units following the completion of the Secondary Offering.

As of June 30, 2020, the Company held 93,024,022 OP Units, representing a 99.4% interest in the Operating Partnership. As of the same date, the Non-controlling OP Unit Holders held 553,847 OP Units in the aggregate, representing a 0.6% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. The OP Units held by EPRT Holdings and Eldridge prior to the completion of the Secondary Offering and the OP Units held by the Non-controlling OP Unit Holders are presented as non-controlling interests in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

A holder of OP Units has the right to distributions per unit equal to dividends per share paid on the Company’s common stock and has the right to redeem OP Units for cash or, at the Company’s election, shares of the Company's common stock on a one-for-one basis, provided, however, that such OP Units must have been outstanding for at least one year. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company declared total cash dividends of $0.23 and $0.46 per share of common stock, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company declared total cash dividends of $0.21 and $0.43 per share of common stock. Distributions to OP Unit holders were declared and paid concurrently with the Company’s cash dividends to common stockholders.