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ITEM 1.BUSINESS

The Company and the Operating Partnership

Tanger Inc. and its subsidiaries, which we refer to as the Company, is one of the leading owners and operators of outlet and other open-air retail destinations in the United States and Canada. We are a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT, which focuses on developing, acquiring, owning, operating and managing outlet and other open-air retail centers. As of December 31, 2025, our consolidated portfolio consisted of 31 outlet centers and three open-air lifestyle centers, with a total gross leasable area of approximately 14.0 million square feet, which were 98% occupied and contained over 2,600 stores representing over 700 store brands. We also had partial ownership interests in six unconsolidated centers totaling approximately 2.1 million square feet, including two centers in Canada. Our portfolio also includes one managed center, totaling approximately 457,000 square feet. Each of our centers, except one joint venture center, features the Tanger brand name.

Our shopping centers and other assets are held by, and all of our operations are conducted by, Tanger Properties Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries, which we refer to collectively as the Operating Partnership. The Company, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tanger LP Trust, owns the majority of the units of partnership interest issued by the Operating Partnership. The Company controls the Operating Partnership as its sole general partner. Tanger LP Trust holds a limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries owned 115,097,359 units of the Operating Partnership and the Non-Company LPs collectively owned 4,662,904 Class A common limited partnership units. Each Class A common limited partnership unit held by the Non-Company LPs is exchangeable for one of the Company's common shares, subject to certain limitations to preserve the Company's status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Class B common limited partnership units, which are held by Tanger LP Trust, are not exchangeable for common shares of the Company.

In addition, as of December 31, 2025, 248,948 of LTIP units were outstanding. LTIP units are intended to qualify as “profits interests” for U.S. federal income tax purposes and are compensatory awards granted to service providers of the Company and the Operating Partnership. Each LTIP unit, if and upon vesting, is convertible, upon the satisfaction of minimum allocations to the capital account of the LTIP unit for federal income tax purposes, into a non-voting Class C common unit of the Operating Partnership. Each such Class C common unit may be exchanged by the holder for one common share of the Company.

Ownership of the Company's common shares is restricted to preserve the Company's status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to certain exceptions, a person may not actually or constructively own more than 9.8% of our common shares. We also operate in a manner intended to enable us to preserve our status as a REIT, including, among other things, making distributions with respect to our then outstanding common shares and preferred shares, if applicable, equal to at least 90% of our taxable income each year, excluding net capital gains.

The Company is a North Carolina corporation that was incorporated in March 1993 and the Operating Partnership is a North Carolina limited partnership that was formed in May 1993. Our executive offices are currently located at 3200 Northline Avenue, Suite 360, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27408 and our telephone number is (336) 292-3010. Our website can be accessed at www.tanger.inc. Copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments thereto can be obtained, free of charge, on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The information found on, or otherwise accessible through, our website is not incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this Annual Report or any other report or document we file with or furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

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Business Strategy

Our Company was built on a firm foundation of strong and enduring business relationships coupled with disciplined business practices. We partner with many of the world's best known and most respected brands and retailers. By fostering and maintaining strong relationships with these successful, high-volume companies, we believe we have been able to solidify our position as a leader in the outlet retail industry for over thirty years. The confidence and trust that we have developed with our retail partners from the very beginning has allowed us to forge the impressive retail alliances that we enjoy today with our brands and retailers. Our seasoned team of professionals with diverse sets of expertise utilize the knowledge and experience that we have gained to give us a competitive advantage in the outlet and other open-air retail formats.

The Outlet Concept

Outlet centers generally consist of stores operated by brands and retailers that sell primarily branded products, some of which are made specifically for the outlet distribution channel, to consumers at significant discounts from regular retail prices charged by department stores, specialty stores and their own full price channels. Outlet centers offer advantages to brands and retailers as they are often able to charge customers lower prices for branded and designer products by eliminating the third-party retailer or through operating efficiencies. Stores and outlet centers also typically have lower operating costs than other retailing formats, enhancing their profit potential. Outlet centers enable retailers to optimize the size of production runs and their inventory positions while continuing to maintain control of their distribution channels. Outlet centers also enable brands and retailers to establish a direct relationship with their customers and maintain brand integrity through control of product placement and pricing.

Our Centers

Each of our outlet centers, except one joint venture center, features the Tanger brand name. Additionally, we leverage the Tanger brand and platform to manage an outlet center in Palm Beach, Florida. We believe that our tenants and consumers recognize the Tanger brand as one that provides retail centers where consumers can trust the brand, value and experience.

In addition to our Tanger branded outlet portfolio, since 2023, we acquired three open-air lifestyle centers in Huntsville, Alabama, Little Rock, Arkansas and Cleveland, Ohio; which were natural extensions of our capabilities and consistent with our long-term strategy of investing in dominant open-air retail centers in markets that benefit from outsized residential and economic growth drivers.

As one of the original participants in the outlet industry and through key additions to our executive, leasing, operating and center teams, we have long-standing relationships with many of our tenants that we believe are critical in operating, managing, developing, and acquiring successful retail centers.

Our consolidated centers are typically located in a variety of geographical areas, including high frequency tourist destinations and suburbs of vibrant and fast-growing markets. Additionally, our centers are often situated in close proximity to interstate highways that provide accessibility and visibility to potential customers or that serve as the dominant shopping center in a market.

We have a diverse tenant base throughout our consolidated portfolio comprising over 2,600 stores operated by more than 700 different brand name companies. Our centers offer shoppers a curated mix of retailers specializing in apparel, footwear, accessories, athletic wear, athleisure, home furnishings, health and beauty, and digitally-native brands. Additionally, we are adding food, beverage, and entertainment options, along with other services, at our centers to attract new shoppers, extend visitor dwell time and increase frequency of visits.

No single tenant, including all of its store concepts, accounted for 10% or more of our combined base and percentage rental revenues during the years ended 2025, 2024 or 2023. As of December 31, 2025, no single tenant accounted for more than 7% of our leasable square feet or 6% of our combined base and percentage rental revenues.

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A portion of our rental revenues are dependent on variable revenue sources. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the components of rental revenues are as follows (in thousands):

2025
Rental revenues - fixed$437,255
Rental revenues - variable (1)113,641
Rental revenues$550,896

(1)Primarily includes rents based on a percentage of tenant gross sales volume and reimbursable expenses such as advertising, common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, which are paid on a pro rata basis.

Growth Strategy

Our goal is to build shareholder value through a comprehensive, disciplined plan for sustained, long-term growth. We focus our efforts on increasing net operating income at our existing centers, renovating and optimizing selected centers and pursuing disciplined external growth in our current markets and potential new markets through selective ground-up development or the acquisition of retail real estate. Future retail real estate assets may be wholly-owned by us, owned through joint ventures or partnership arrangements, or through management agreements.

Increasing net operating income at existing centers

Our leasing team focuses on optimizing the use of our real estate to attract and engage best in class brands and retailers with a focus on maximizing consumer demand and rent. The majority of our leases are negotiated to provide for inflation-based contractual rent increases or periodic fixed contractual rent increases and percentage rents. We have historically been able to renew many leases at higher base rents per square-foot and replace underperforming tenants with new or existing brands in our portfolio. Given the current retail environment, we may choose to execute leases with new tenants or renew certain tenants to enhance our tenant mix or maintain a high portfolio occupancy rate. In addition, we are focused on generating non-store revenues (other revenues), through marketing partnerships, media and return on investment ("ROI") driven sustainability initiatives, and actively managing property operating expenses and marketing expenses as a means of growing net operating income.

Expanding and renovating existing centers

Keeping our centers vibrant and growing is a key part of our formula for success. In order to maintain our reputation as the premier shopping destination in the markets that we serve, we have an ongoing program of renovations and expansions taking place at our centers. Construction for expansion and renovation of existing properties typically takes between six to nine months depending on the scope of the project.

Acquiring retail real estate

We may selectively choose to acquire individual properties or portfolios of properties that meet our strategic investment criteria. We believe that our extensive expertise in the retail real estate business, access to capital markets, familiarity with real estate markets and our management experience will allow us to evaluate and execute our acquisition strategy successfully over time. Through our tenant relationships, our teams have the ability to implement a re-merchandising strategy when needed to increase occupancy rates, optimize rents and maximize value. We believe that our brand operating platform and operational expertise and overall retail industry experience will also allow us to add long-term value and viability to these assets.

Developing new centers

We believe that there continue to be opportunities to introduce the Tanger brand in untapped or under-served markets across the United States and Canada in the long-term. We believe our expertise in the outlet and open-air retail industry, extensive development expertise and strong retail relationships give us a distinct competitive advantage.

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In order to help ensure the viability of proceeding with a project, we first gauge the interest of our retail partners. We typically prefer to have signed leases or leases out for negotiation with tenants for at least 60% of the space in each center prior to acquiring the site and beginning construction; however, we may choose to proceed with construction with less than 60% of the space pre-leased under certain circumstances. Construction of a new center typically takes us 12 to 18 months from groundbreaking to the grand opening of the center.

Operating Strategy

Increasing cash flow to enhance the value of our properties and operations remains a primary business objective. Through targeted marketing and operational efficiencies, we strive to improve sales and profitability of our tenants and our centers as a whole. Achieving higher base and percentage rents and generating additional income from temporary leasing, media and other non-store sources also remains an important focus and goal.

Leasing

Our long-standing retailer relationships and our focus on identifying emerging retailers allow us the ability to provide our shoppers with a collection of the world's most popular retailers. Tanger customers shop and save on their favorite branded merchandise including men's, women's and children's ready-to-wear, digitally native brands, lifestyle apparel, footwear, jewelry and accessories, beauty, tableware, housewares, luggage and home goods. In addition, we are focused on adding non-traditional uses to our tenant mix, including experiential and food and beverage tenants. In order for our centers to perform at a high level, our leasing professionals continually monitor and evaluate tenant mix, store size, store location and sales performance. They also work to assist our tenants through re-sizing and re-location of retail space within each of our centers for maximum sales of each retail unit across our portfolio.

Marketing

Our comprehensive marketing plans are designed to drive sales and traffic in partnership with our retail partners. We leverage data to enable a return on our investment-oriented performance marketing approach for efficient customer acquisition. Investments to transform our digital channels allow us to engage existing customers with timely and personalized communications. Our loyalty strategies are two pronged – earning increased wallet share with vested customers and optimizing an incremental ancillary revenue stream. Our efforts to engage broad audiences through seasonal events and our digital channels enable our ability to monetize our customer audience for media and sponsorship opportunities with retail partners and nationally trusted brands.

Capital Strategy

We believe we achieve a strong and flexible financial position by attempting to: (1) maintain a conservative leverage position relative to our portfolio when pursuing new development, expansion and acquisition opportunities, (2) extend and sequence debt maturities, (3) manage our interest rate risk through an appropriate mix of fixed and variable rate debt and interest rate hedging strategies, (4) maintain access to liquidity by using our lines of credit in a conservative manner and (5) preserve internally generated sources of capital by maintaining a conservative distribution payout ratio. We manage our capital structure to reflect a long-term investment approach and utilize multiple sources of capital to meet our requirements, including without limitation, cash on hand, retained free cash flow and debt and equity issuances.

We intend to retain the ability to raise additional capital, including public debt or equity, to pursue attractive investment opportunities that may arise and to otherwise act in a manner that we believe to be in the best interests of our shareholders and unitholders. We are a well-known seasoned issuer with a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that allows us to register unspecified amounts of different classes of securities. To generate capital to reinvest into other attractive investment opportunities, we may also consider the use of financial, operational and developmental joint ventures, the sale or lease of outparcels on our existing properties and the sale of certain properties that do not meet our long-term investment criteria. Based on cash provided by operations, cash and cash equivalents, our short-term investments, existing lines of credit, ongoing relationships with certain financial institutions and our ability to issue debt or equity subject to market conditions, we believe that we have access to the necessary financing to fund our planned capital expenditures during 2026.

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We anticipate that adequate cash will be available to fund our operating and administrative expenses, regular debt service obligations, and the payment of dividends in accordance with REIT requirements in both the short and long-term. Although we receive most of our rental payments on a monthly basis, distributions to shareholders and unitholders are made quarterly and interest payments on the senior, unsecured notes are made semi-annually. Amounts accumulated for such payments will be used in the interim to reduce the outstanding borrowings under our existing lines of credit or invested in short-term money market or other suitable instruments adhering to our investment policies.

We believe our current balance sheet position is financially sound, particularly given our recent expansion and extension of our term loans and issuance of our Exchangeable Notes in January 2026 along with capacity under our existing line of credit; however, due to the uncertainty and unpredictability of the capital and credit markets, we can give no assurance that affordable access to capital will exist between now and our next significant debt maturity, which is our $350.0 million unsecured senior notes due September 2026.

As a result, we will continue to focus on managing our capital and liquidity position by controlling our capital expenditure levels, generating positive cash flows from operations to cover our distributions and maintaining appropriate leverage levels.

Competition

We carefully consider the degree of existing and planned competition in a proposed area before deciding to develop, acquire or expand a new retail center. Our centers compete for customers primarily with retail centers built and operated by different developers, traditional shopping malls, full- and off-price retailers and e-commerce retailers.

Because our revenues are ultimately linked to our tenants' success, we are affected by the same competitive factors, such as consumer spending habits, as our tenants.

We compete with institutional pension funds, private equity investors, other REITs, individual owners of retail centers, specialty stores and others who are engaged in the acquisition, development or ownership of retail centers and stores. In addition, the number of entities competing to acquire or develop retail centers has increased and may continue to increase in the future, which could increase demand for these retail centers and the prices we must pay to acquire or develop them.

Financial Information

We have one reportable operating segment. For financial information regarding our segment, see our consolidated financial statements.

Corporate and Regional Headquarters

We rent space in an office building in Greensboro, North Carolina where our corporate headquarters is located, as well as a regional office in New York, New York.

As of December 31, 2025, we maintain offices and employ on-site management at 37 consolidated and unconsolidated centers and one managed center. The managers closely monitor the operation, marketing and local relationships at each of their centers.

Insurance

We believe that as a whole our properties are covered by adequate comprehensive liability, fire, flood, earthquake and extended loss insurance provided by reputable companies with commercially reasonable and customary deductibles and limits. Northline Indemnity, LLC, a wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, is responsible for losses up to certain levels for property damage (including wind damage from hurricanes) prior to third-party insurance coverage. Specified types and amounts of insurance are required to be carried by each tenant under their lease. There are, however, types of losses, like those resulting from wars or nuclear radiation, which may either be uninsurable or not economically insurable in some or all of our locations.

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An uninsured loss could result in a loss to us of both our capital investment and anticipated profits from the affected property.

Our Core Values

Our Core Values are integrity, inclusion and innovation. Integrity means always showing up with honesty and accountability, acting fairly and demonstrating care in every decision we make and action we take. Inclusion is how we build and sustain a workplace culture and community that respects the diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and identities within our organization. By embracing an inclusive mindset, we create an environment where everyone can contribute to our collective success. Innovation fuels our cutting-edge strategies and solutions and powers the best-in-class results we deliver to our customers, partners and communities.

We live our values through our actions. We build trust by fostering a culture of respect and make decisions with fairness, objectivity and accountability. We challenge the status quo by taking smart risks, finding innovative solutions and embracing change to grow stronger. We win together by putting people first, building, supporting and empowering relationships, and celebrating success together. We make it happen by taking initiative, problem-solving and delivering excellence.

Human Capital

As of December 31, 2025, we had 407 full-time employees and 70 part-time employees. Our corporate headquarters are located in North Carolina, and we maintain 37 business offices. In 2025, 43% of our full-time workforce have been employed by us for five years or longer. We believe our relations with our employees to be relatively good. None of our employees are represented by a union or parties to a collective bargaining agreement.

As of December 31, 2025, female team members made up 70% of field employees, 40% of our executive leadership team, and 69% of our total 477-person workforce. Racial minorities made up 18% of our total workforce in 2025. The Board's gender composition consisted of 33% members who are female and 22% of members with racial diversity.

We believe attracting, developing and retaining talent is critical to our long-term success. We focus on creating strategies that enhance an environment of high-performance engagement, and individual development, where employees are rewarded and recognized. We provide numerous training programs, which include topics such as operational training, leadership development, customer service and technology training. We recognize that motivation and rewards are different for individuals at various times in their careers, and a balanced blend of monetary and non-monetary rewards can generate valuable business results. We provide employee benefits on par or above industry standards. In addition, we support employees with 40 hours per year of paid volunteer time off to encourage volunteering for worthwhile activities in their local communities. Part-time employees are included in our 401(k) plans. This plan allows participants to defer a portion of their compensation and to

receive matching contributions for a portion of the deferred amounts. Part-time employees also participate in paid time off ("PTO") after five years of service and are eligible to participate in our accident and critical Illness voluntary benefits.

Corporate Responsibility

We believe that supporting strong communities and making conscious decisions about our impact on our planet align with our business strategies to create long-term value for our shareholders, retail partners and employee team members. We integrate programs into our business practices which seek to address the issues most important to our stakeholders. Our Core Values of Integrity, Inclusion and Innovation form the foundation of our approach as we set goals to create positive social and economic impact while enhancing the resilience and performance of our business.

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Stakeholder Alignment

Stakeholder assessments and business priorities drive the strategy behind our corporate responsibility programs. We begin by identifying opportunities and risks, and leverage external frameworks and engage stakeholders, executives and our Board members to help identify key issues impacting our business. These key issues are translated into operational priorities and processes across the Company. In 2025, we partnered with a third party to refresh our materiality assessment in alignment with double materiality to evaluate the impact of environmental and social issues on our financial performance. We believe that this double materiality assessment provides us with valuable insights that we can use to ensure that our priorities are aligned with the view and opinions of our stakeholders.

Governance and Reporting

Our management team has formed an executive committee that advises on the Company’s approach to corporate responsibility and consists of executives from various functional areas of our Company, including, without limitation, Operations, Finance and People and Culture. This executive committee monitors progress toward achievement of goals and communicates priority issues to senior leadership.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board provides oversight of risks related to environmental, social and sustainability matters to ensure such risks are managed appropriately and regularly reviews our programs and practices to ensure alignment with our overall business strategy.

Our goal is to utilize best practices in every aspect of our business, including our disclosures and reporting. In 2025 we published our ninth consecutive report on corporate responsibility initiatives (the "2025 Impact Report"), enumerating our environmental, social and governance practices and programs, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and accountability. We continue to assess and refine our climate-related governance and strategy to remain apace with current regulatory landscape and framework reporting requirements.

For the avoidance of doubt, while certain matters discussed in our 2025 Impact Report may be significant, any significance should not be read as necessarily rising to the level of materiality as that concept is used for the purposes of our compliance and reporting pursuant to the U.S. federal securities laws and regulations. The concept of materiality used in our environmental, social and governance disclosures, including as it is used above, is based on other definitions of materiality, some of which may require that we use a level of estimation and assumption that may make the resulting disclosures inherently uncertain. This is the case even where we use the word “material” or “materiality” in our environmental, social and governance disclosures. Therefore, issues that we identify as “material” from an environmental, social and governance perspective are not necessarily material to the Company under the U.S. federal securities laws and regulations. The contents of our 2025 Impact Report, our corporate policies and related disclosures are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report and do not form a part of this Annual Report.

Government Regulations

We are subject to regulation by various federal, state, provincial and local agencies. These agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Department of Labor and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We believe we comply, in all material respects, with existing applicable statutes and regulations affecting environmental issues and our employment, workplace health and workplace safety practices, and compliance with such statutes and regulations has no material effect on our capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.

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Recent Developments

Acquisitions

In February 2025, we acquired a 640,000-square-foot open-air, grocery-anchored mixed-use center in Cleveland,

Ohio for $167.0 million using cash on hand and available liquidity. The center is Northeast Ohio's premier retail and entertainment destination and has become the go-to choice for retailers seeking market entry. The stores at the center are complemented by an expansive menu of entertainment and dining options.

In September 2025, we acquired a 690,000-square-foot open-air outlet center in Kansas City, Kansas for $130.0 million, including the assumption of a $115.0 million, 7.57% interest-only mortgage, with an effective rate of 6.0% that matures in November 2027. The center is Kansas' only outlet center and serves as the retail anchor of Village West, the state's top tourist destination.

Financing Transactions

ATM Program

In September 2025, we settled all of the outstanding forward shares that were previously issued during the fourth quarter of 2024 under the ATM Program for total gross proceeds of $69.7 million. As of December 31, 2025, we have a remaining authorization of $400.0 million under the ATM Program.

Unsecured Term Loans

In January 2026, we closed on $550.0 million of unsecured term loans, comprised of (i) an amendment of our existing $325.0 million term loan increasing the capacity to $350.0 million and extending the maturity to December 2030 (the "2030 Term Loan") and (ii) a new $200.0 million term loan due January 2033 (the "2033 Term Loan"). We drew an incremental $75.0 million at closing, for a total outstanding amount of $400.0 million and has a combined $150.0 million available under a delayed draw feature, allowing us to draw the proceeds over a six to nine month period. The applicable pricing margin is SOFR plus 95 basis points for the 2030 Term Loan and SOFR plus 125 basis points for the 2033 Term Loan based on our current credit rating.

Derivatives

Throughout 2025 and in January 2026, we entered into several interest rate swap agreements on unsecured debt totaling $275.0 million with effective dates throughout 2026 and 2027 with a weighted average interest rate of 3.3%. These agreements have expiration dates ranging from October 1, 2027 to September 1, 2030.

Exchangeable Notes

In January 2026, the Operating Partnership issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Exchangeable Notes”), which are guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. The Exchangeable Notes bear interest at a rate of 2.375% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2026. The Exchangeable Notes mature on January 15, 2031, unless earlier exchanged, redeemed or repurchased. The Exchangeable Notes will be exchangeable at an initial exchange rate of 24.0662 common shares per $1,000 principal amount of the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $41.55 per common share). The Exchangeable Notes will be exchangeable for cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the Exchangeable Notes to be exchanged and, in respect of the remainder of the exchange obligation, if any, in excess thereof, cash, common shares or a combination thereof, at the election of the Operating Partnership. Net proceeds after the initial purchaser’s discount and estimated offering costs were approximately $243 million.

In connection with the Exchangeable Notes, we entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with certain of the initial purchasers of the Exchangeable Notes or their affiliates or other financial institutions. The capped call transactions cover, subject to customary adjustments, the number of Company common shares that underlie the Exchangeable Notes. The cap price of the capped call transaction initially is approximately $47.49 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 40% over the last reported sale price of the Company's common shares of $33.92 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on January 7, 2026, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the capped call transactions. A portion of the proceeds from the Exchangeable Notes were used to pay the capped call premium of approximately $9 million, which will be recorded in shareholders' equity for the Company and partners' equity for the Operating Partnership.

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Finally, concurrent with the pricing of the Exchangeable Notes, we repurchased approximately 590,000 Company common shares for approximately $20 million in privately negotiated transactions effected with or through one of the initial purchasers or its affiliate, at a price per share equal to the last reported sale price of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on January 7, 2026.

Memphis Mortgage Refinancing

In April 2025, the Southaven, Mississippi consolidated joint venture amended its mortgage increasing the outstanding borrowings from $51.7 million to $61.7 million and extending the maturity date from October 2026 to April 2030 with no extension options. The stated interest rate remained unchanged at the Adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“Adjusted SOFR”) + 2.0%. In December 2025, the mortgage was amended to remove the SOFR spread, making the interest rate Daily SOFR + 2.0%. In May 2025, we entered into an interest rate swap transaction to fix the interest rate at 3.5% through April 2029.

Organizational Changes

In May 2025, Dave Henry retired from the Board of Directors at the end of his term at the Annual Meeting. Following his retirement, the size of the Board of Directors was reduced from ten to nine.