FORM 3
| Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Patten Mark E |
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
| 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. [EPRT] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner ___X___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive VP and CFO / | ||
| 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person | |
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
| 1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 2000 | D | |
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
| 1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney |
| Reporting Owners | |||||
| Reporting Owner Name / Address | |||||
| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | ||
| Patten Mark E 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD. SUITE 520 PRINCETON, NJ 08540 | Executive VP and CFO | ||||
| Signatures | ||
| /s/ Timothy J. Earnshaw, attorney in-fact | 8/12/2020 | |
| **Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints any of Peter M. Mavoides, Gregg A. Seibert or Timothy J. Earnshaw, or any of them acting individually, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5, including amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein at a later date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of July, 2020.
/s/ Mark E. Patten
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Mark E. Patten
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