EastGroup Properties Announces 157th Consecutive Quarterly Cash Dividend

PRNewswire 8-Mar-2019 11:31 AM

JACKSON, Miss., March 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.72 per share payable on April 15, 2019 to shareholders of record of Common Stock on March 29, 2019.  This dividend is the 157^th consecutive quarterly distribution to EastGroup's shareholders and represents an annualized dividend rate of $2.88 per share.  EastGroup has increased or maintained its dividend for 26 consecutive years.  The Company has increased it 23 years over that period, including increases in each of the last seven years.

EastGroup Properties, Inc. is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in major Sunbelt markets throughout the United States with an emphasis in the states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina.  The Company's strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply constrained submarkets.  EastGroup's portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 42 million square feet.   

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