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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

In addition to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this document, readers should carefully consider the following risk factors. Any of these risks or the occurrence of any one or more of the uncertainties described below could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and the performance of its business. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company currently deems immaterial also may impair its business operations.

Real Estate Industry Risks

We face risks associated with local real estate conditions in areas where we own properties. We may be adversely affected by general economic conditions and local real estate conditions. For example, an oversupply of industrial properties in a local area or a decline in the attractiveness of our properties to tenants would have a negative effect on us. Other factors that may affect general economic conditions or local real estate conditions include:

•population and demographic trends;

•employment and personal income trends;

•income and other tax laws;

•changes in interest rates and availability and costs of financing;

•increased operating costs, including insurance premiums, utilities and real estate taxes, due to inflation and other factors which may not necessarily be offset by increased rents;

•changes in the price of oil;

•construction costs; and

•weather-related events.

We may be unable to compete for properties and tenants. The real estate business is highly competitive. We compete for interests in properties with other real estate investors and purchasers, some of whom have greater financial resources, revenues and geographical diversity than we have. Furthermore, we compete for tenants with other property owners. All of our industrial properties are subject to significant local competition. We also compete with a wide variety of institutions and other investors for capital funds necessary to support our investment activities and asset growth.

We are subject to significant regulation that constrains our activities. Local zoning and land use laws, environmental statutes and other governmental requirements restrict our expansion, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities. These regulations may prevent us from taking advantage of economic opportunities. Legislation such as the ADA may require us to modify our properties, and noncompliance could result in the imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants. Future legislation may impose additional requirements. We cannot predict what requirements may be enacted or what changes may be implemented to existing legislation.

Risks Associated with Our Properties

We may be unable to lease space on favorable terms or at all. When a lease expires, a tenant may elect not to renew it. We may not be able to re-lease the property on favorable terms, if we are able to re-lease the property at all. The terms of renewal or re-lease (including the cost of required renovations and/or concessions to tenants) may be less favorable to us than the prior lease. We also routinely develop properties with no pre-leasing. If we are unable to lease all or a substantial portion of our properties, or if the rental rates upon such leasing are significantly lower than expected rates, our cash generated before debt repayments and capital expenditures and our ability to make expected distributions to stockholders may be adversely affected.

We may be affected negatively by tenant bankruptcies and leasing delays. At any time, a tenant may experience a downturn in its business that may weaken its financial condition. Similarly, a general decline in the economy may result in a decline in the demand for space at our industrial properties. As a result, our tenants may delay lease commencement, fail to make rental payments when due, or declare bankruptcy. Any such event could result in the termination of that tenant’s lease and losses to us, and funds available for distribution to investors may decrease. We receive a substantial portion of our income as rents under mid-term and long-term leases. If tenants are unable to comply with the terms of their leases for any reason, including because of rising costs or falling sales, we may deem it advisable to modify lease terms to allow tenants to pay a lower rent or a smaller share of taxes, insurance and other operating costs. If a tenant becomes insolvent or bankrupt, we cannot be sure that we could recover the premises from the tenant promptly or from a trustee or debtor-in-possession in any bankruptcy proceeding relating to the tenant. We also cannot be sure that we would receive rent in the proceeding sufficient to cover our expenses with respect to the premises. If a tenant becomes bankrupt, the federal bankruptcy code will apply and, in some instances, may restrict the

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amount and recoverability of our claims against the tenant. A tenant’s default on its obligations to us could adversely affect our financial condition and the cash we have available for distribution.

We face risks associated with our property development. We intend to continue to develop properties where we believe market conditions warrant such investment. Once made, our investments may not produce results in accordance with our expectations. Risks associated with our current and future development and construction activities include:

•the availability of favorable financing alternatives;

•the risk that we may not be able to obtain land on which to develop or that due to the increased cost of land, our activities may not be as profitable;

•construction costs exceeding original estimates due to rising interest rates and increases in the costs of materials and labor;

•disruption in supply and delivery chains;

•construction and lease-up delays resulting in increased debt service, fixed expenses and construction costs;

•expenditure of funds and devotion of management’s time to projects that we do not complete;

•fluctuations of occupancy and rental rates at newly completed properties, which depend on a number of factors, including market and economic conditions, resulting in lower than projected rental rates and a corresponding lower return on our investment; and

•complications (including building moratoriums and anti-growth legislation) in obtaining necessary zoning, occupancy and other governmental permits.

We face risks associated with property acquisitions. We acquire individual properties and portfolios of properties and intend to continue to do so. Our acquisition activities and their success are subject to the following risks:

•when we are able to locate a desired property, competition from other real estate investors may significantly increase the purchase price;

•acquired properties may fail to perform as we project;

•the actual costs of repositioning or redeveloping acquired properties may be higher than our estimates;

•acquired properties may be located in new markets where we face risks associated with an incomplete knowledge or understanding of the local market, a limited number of established business relationships in the area and a relative unfamiliarity with local governmental and permitting procedures;

•we may be unable to quickly and efficiently integrate new acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of properties, into our existing operations, and as a result, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected; and

•we may acquire properties subject to liabilities and without any recourse, or with only limited recourse, to the transferor with respect to unknown liabilities. As a result, if a claim were asserted against us based upon ownership of those properties, we might have to pay substantial sums to settle it, which could adversely affect our cash flow.

Coverage under our existing insurance policies may be inadequate to cover losses. We generally maintain insurance policies related to our business, including casualty, general liability and other policies, covering our business operations, employees and assets as appropriate for the markets where our properties and business operations are located. However, we would be required to bear all losses that are not adequately covered by insurance. In addition, there may be certain losses that are not generally insured against or that are not generally fully insured against because it is not deemed economically feasible or prudent to do so, including losses due to floods, wind, earthquakes, acts of war, acts of terrorism or riots. If an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occurs with respect to one or more of our properties, then we could lose the capital we invested in the properties, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the properties. In addition, if the damaged properties are subject to recourse indebtedness, we would continue to be liable for the indebtedness, even if these properties were irreparably damaged.

We face risks due to lack of geographic and real estate sector diversity. Substantially all of our properties are located in the Sunbelt region of the United States with an emphasis in the states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina. As of December 31, 2022, our largest markets were Houston and Dallas. We owned operating properties totaling 6.2 million square feet in Houston and 4.9 million square feet in Dallas, which represent 12.0% and 9.3%, respectively, of the Company’s total Real estate properties on a square foot basis. A downturn in general economic conditions and local real estate conditions in these geographic regions, as a result of oversupply of or reduced demand for industrial properties, local business climate, business layoffs and changing demographics, would have a particularly strong adverse effect on us. In addition, our investments in real estate assets are concentrated in the industrial distribution sector. This concentration may expose us to the risk of economic downturns in this sector to a greater extent than if our business activities included other sectors of the real estate industry.

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We face risks due to the illiquidity of real estate which may limit our ability to vary our portfolio. Real estate investments are relatively illiquid. Our ability to vary our portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions will therefore be limited. In addition, because of our status as a REIT, the Internal Revenue Code limits our ability to sell our properties. If we must sell an investment, we cannot ensure that we will be able to dispose of the investment on terms favorable to the Company.

We are subject to environmental laws and regulations. Current and previous real estate owners and operators may be required under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations to investigate and clean up hazardous substances released at the properties they own or operate. They may also be liable to the government or to third parties for substantial property or natural resource damage, investigation costs and cleanup costs. Such laws often impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release or presence of such hazardous substances. In addition, some environmental laws create a lien on the contaminated site in favor of the government for damages and costs the government incurs in connection with the contamination. Contamination may adversely affect the owner’s ability to use, sell or lease real estate or to borrow using the real estate as collateral. We have no way of determining at this time the magnitude of any potential liability to which we may be subject arising out of environmental conditions or violations with respect to the properties we currently or formerly owned. Environmental laws today can impose liability on a previous owner or operator of a property that owned or operated the property at a time when hazardous or toxic substances were disposed of, released from, or present at the property. A conveyance of the property, therefore, may not relieve the owner or operator from liability. Although ESAs have been conducted at our properties to identify potential sources of contamination at the properties, such ESAs do not reveal all environmental liabilities or compliance concerns that could arise from the properties. Moreover, material environmental liabilities or compliance concerns may exist, of which we are currently unaware, that in the future may have a material adverse effect on our business, assets or results of operations.

Climate change and its effects, including compliance with new laws or regulations such as “green” building codes, may require us to make improvements to our existing properties or result in unanticipated losses that could affect our business and financial condition. To the extent that climate change causes an increase in catastrophic weather events, such as severe storms, fires or floods, our properties may be susceptible to an increase in weather-related damage. Even in the absence of direct physical damage to our properties, the occurrence of any natural disasters or a changing climate in the area of any of our properties could have a material adverse effect on business, supply chains and the economy generally. Climate change could cause an increase in property and casualty insurance premiums. The potential impacts of future climate change on our properties could adversely affect our ability to lease, develop or sell our properties or to borrow using our properties as collateral. In addition, any proposed legislation enacted to address climate change could increase the costs of energy, utilities and overall development. The resulting costs of any proposed legislation may adversely affect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Financing Risks

We face risks associated with the use of debt to fund acquisitions and developments, including refinancing risk. We are subject to the risks normally associated with debt financing, including the risk that our cash flow will be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest. In addition, certain of our debt will have significant outstanding principal balances on their maturity dates, commonly known as “balloon payments.” Therefore, we will likely need to refinance at least a portion of our outstanding debt as it matures. There is a risk that we may not be able to refinance existing debt or that the terms of any refinancing will not be as favorable as the terms of the existing debt.

We face risks associated with our dependence on external sources of capital. In order to qualify as a REIT, we are required each year to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our ordinary taxable income, and we are subject to tax on our income to the extent it is not distributed. Because of this distribution requirement, we may not be able to fund all future capital needs from cash retained from operations. As a result, to fund capital needs, we rely on third-party sources of capital, which we may not be able to obtain on favorable terms, if at all. Our access to third-party sources of capital depends upon a number of factors, including (i) general market conditions; (ii) the market’s perception of our growth potential; (iii) our current and potential future earnings and cash distributions; and (iv) the market price of our capital stock. Additional debt financing may negatively impact our financial ratios, such as our debt-to-total market capitalization ratio, our debt-to-EBITDAre ratio and our fixed charge coverage ratio. Additional equity financing may dilute the holdings of our current stockholders.

Covenants in our credit agreements could limit our flexibility and adversely affect our financial condition. The terms of our various credit agreements and other indebtedness require us to comply with a number of customary financial and other covenants, such as maintaining debt service coverage and leverage ratios and maintaining insurance coverage. These covenants may limit our flexibility in our operations, and breaches of these covenants could result in defaults under the instruments governing the applicable indebtedness even if we had satisfied our payment obligations. If we are unable to refinance our indebtedness at maturity or meet our payment obligations, the amount of our distributable cash flow and our financial condition would be adversely affected.

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Adverse changes in our credit ratings could impair our ability to obtain additional debt and equity financing on favorable terms, if at all. Our credit ratings are based on our operating performance, liquidity and leverage ratios, overall financial position and other factors employed by the credit rating agencies in their rating analysis of us. Our credit ratings can affect the amount and type of capital we can access, as well as the terms of any financings we may obtain. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain our current credit ratings. In the event our current credit ratings deteriorate, it may be more difficult or expensive to obtain additional financing or refinance existing obligations and commitments. Also, a downgrade in our credit ratings would trigger additional costs or other potentially negative consequences under our current and future credit facilities and debt instruments.

Increases in interest rates would increase our interest expense. At December 31, 2022, we had $170,000,000 of variable rate debt outstanding not protected by interest rate hedge contracts. We may incur additional variable rate debt in the future. If interest rates increase, then so would the interest expense on our unhedged variable rate debt, which would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. From time to time, we manage our exposure to interest rate risk with interest rate hedge contracts that effectively fix or cap a portion of our variable rate debt. In addition, we refinance fixed rate debt at times when we believe rates and terms are appropriate. Our efforts to manage these exposures may not be successful. Our use of interest rate hedge contracts to manage risk associated with interest rate volatility may expose us to additional risks, including a risk that a counterparty to a hedge contract may fail to honor its obligations. Developing an effective interest rate risk strategy is complex and no strategy can completely insulate us from risks associated with interest rate fluctuations. There can be no assurance that our hedging activities will have the desired beneficial impact on our results of operations or financial condition. Termination of interest rate hedge contracts typically involves costs, such as transaction fees or breakage costs.

The discontinuation of London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate may adversely affect our borrowing costs and could impact our business and results of operations. In the U.S., the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“AARC”), which was convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has recommended the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a recommended spread adjustment as its preferred alternative to USD-LIBOR-BBA. There are significant differences between LIBOR and SOFR, such as LIBOR being an unsecured lending rate while SOFR is a secured rate, and SOFR is an overnight rate while LIBOR reflects term rates at different maturities. We expect that all LIBOR settings relevant to us will cease to be published or will no longer be representative after June 30, 2023. As a result, any of our LIBOR-based borrowings and hedges that extend beyond such date have been amended to modify the index from LIBOR to SOFR. Concurrently, the related swaps were amended to reference SOFR rather than LIBOR. While we expect LIBOR to be available in substantially its current form until June 30, 2023, it is possible that LIBOR will become unavailable prior to that point. This could result, for example, if sufficient banks decline to make submissions to the LIBOR administrator. In that case, the risks associated with the transition to an alternative reference rate will be accelerated and magnified.

The lack of certain limitations on our debt could result in our becoming more highly leveraged. Our governing documents do not limit the amount of indebtedness we may incur. Accordingly, we may incur additional debt and would do so, for example, if it were necessary to maintain our status as a REIT. We might become more highly leveraged as a result, and our financial condition and cash available for distribution to stockholders might be negatively affected and the risk of default on our indebtedness could increase.

Other Risks

Inflation and related volatility in the economy could negatively impact our tenants, our results of operations and the value of our publicly-traded equity securities. Inflation in the United States accelerated rapidly in 2022 and is expected to continue at an elevated level in the near-term. Inflation and its related impacts, including increased prices for services and goods and higher interest rates and wages, and any fiscal or other policy interventions by the U.S. government in reaction to such events, could negatively impact our tenants’ businesses or our results of operations. Most of our leases require the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses, including real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, although a limited number of tenants have capped the amount of these operating expenses they are responsible for under their lease. As a result, we believe that most of our leases mitigate our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. However, there can be no assurance that our tenants would be able to absorb these expense increases and be able to continue to pay us their portion of operating expenses, capital expenditures and rent. In addition, while most of our leases provide for scheduled rent increases, high levels of inflation could outpace these increases. As a result, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to pay dividends and distributions to shareholders could be adversely affected over time. There is no guarantee that we will be able to mitigate the effects of inflation and related impacts, and the duration and extent of any prolonged periods of inflation, and any related adverse effects on our results of operations and financial condition, remain unknown at this time.

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Additionally, inflationary pricing may have a negative effect on the construction costs necessary to complete our development projects, including, but not limited to, costs of construction materials, labor and services from third-party contractors and suppliers. Higher construction costs could adversely impact our investments in real estate assets and our expected yields on development and value-add projects. Although the Company has an obligation to complete development projects currently under construction, the Company does not have any obligation to start new development projects in the future. EastGroup evaluates new development projects on a case-by-case basis including many factors such as construction costs, potential yields, and tenant demand, and no assurance can be given that inflationary pricing will not have a material adverse impact on our development pipeline and future results.

Inflation may also cause increased volatility in financial markets, which could affect our ability to access the capital markets or impact the cost or timing at which we are able to do so. To the extent our exposure to increases in interest rates on any of our debt is not eliminated through interest rate swaps and interest rate protection agreements, such increases will result in higher debt service costs, which will adversely affect our cash flows. Our exposure to increases in interest rates in the short term includes our variable-rate borrowings. With the exception of the unsecured bank credit facilities, all of the Company’s debt has an effectively fixed interest rate. See “Financing Risks – Increases in interest rates would increase our interest expense.” Increases in interest rates could also increase our debt financing costs over time, either through near-term borrowings on our existing unsecured bank credit facilities or refinancing of our existing borrowings that may incur incrementally higher interest rates.

One of the factors that may influence the trading price of our publicly-traded common stock is the interest rate on our debt and the dividend yield on our common stock relative to market interest rates. As market interest rates rise, unless we eliminate our exposure to such increases, our borrowing costs may rise and result in less funds being available for distribution. Therefore, we may not be able to, or we may choose not to, provide a higher distribution rate on our common stock. In addition, fluctuations in interest rates could adversely affect the market value of our properties. These factors could result in a decline in the market prices of our common stock. There is no guarantee we will be able to mitigate the impact of inflation.

The market value of our common stock could decrease based on our performance and market perception and conditions. The market value of our common stock may be affected by the market’s perception of our operating results, growth potential, and current and future cash dividends and may also be affected by the real estate market value of our underlying assets. The market price of our common stock may also be influenced by the dividend on our common stock relative to market interest rates. Rising interest rates may lead potential buyers of our common stock to expect a higher dividend rate, which would adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, rising interest rates would result in increased expense, thereby adversely affecting cash flow and our ability to service our indebtedness and pay dividends.

The state of the economy or other adverse changes in general or local economic conditions may adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. Turmoil in the global financial markets may have an adverse impact on the availability of credit to businesses generally and could lead to a further weakening of the U.S. and global economies. Currently these conditions have not impaired our ability to access credit markets and finance our operations. However, our ability to access the capital markets may be restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to raise financing, which could have an impact on our flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions. Furthermore, deteriorating economic conditions including business layoffs, downsizing, industry slowdowns and other similar factors that affect our customers could negatively impact commercial real estate fundamentals and result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates and declining values in our real estate portfolio and in the collateral securing any loan investments we may make. Additionally, an adverse economic situation could have an impact on our lenders or customers, causing them to fail to meet their obligations to us. No assurances can be given that the effects of an adverse economic situation will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may fail to qualify as a REIT. If we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will not be allowed to deduct dividends to stockholders in computing our taxable income and will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates. In addition, we may be barred from qualification as a REIT for the four years following disqualification. The additional tax incurred at regular corporate rates would significantly reduce the cash flow available for distribution to stockholders and for debt service. Furthermore, we would no longer be required by the Internal Revenue Code to make any dividends to our stockholders as a condition of REIT qualification. If we were to fail to qualify as a REIT, subject to certain limitations in the Internal Revenue Code, corporate stockholders may be eligible for the dividends received deduction, and individual, trust and estate stockholders may be eligible to treat the dividends received from us as qualified dividend income taxable as net capital gains under the provisions of Section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, non-corporate stockholders (including individuals) will not be able to deduct 20% of certain dividends they receive from us. The REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex, and interpretation of the U.S. federal income tax laws governing REIT qualification is limited. Although we believe we have operated and intend to operate in a manner that will continue to qualify us as a REIT, we cannot be certain that we have been or will be successful in continuing to be taxed as a REIT. In addition, facts and circumstances that may be beyond

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our control may affect our ability to qualify as a REIT. We cannot assure you that new legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions will not change the tax laws significantly with respect to our qualification as a REIT or with respect to the federal income tax consequences of qualification.

Legislative or regulatory action with respect to tax laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company and our stockholders. We are subject to state and local tax laws and regulations. Changes in state and local tax laws or regulations may result in an increase in our tax liability. A shortfall in tax revenues for states and municipalities in which we operate may lead to an increase in the frequency and size of such changes. If such changes occur, we may be required to pay additional taxes on our assets or income. These increased tax costs could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and the amount of cash available for the payment of dividends. In addition, in recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made to the federal income tax laws applicable to investments in REITs and similar entities. Additional changes to tax laws are likely to continue to occur in the future, and we cannot assure our stockholders that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. We cannot assure you that future changes to tax laws and regulations will not have an adverse effect on an investment in our stock.

To maintain our status as a REIT, we limit the amount of shares any one stockholder can own. The Internal Revenue Code imposes certain limitations on the ownership of the stock of a REIT. For example, not more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares of capital stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) during the last half of any taxable year. To protect our REIT status, our charter prohibits any holder from acquiring more than 9.8% (in value or in number, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding equity stock (defined as all of our classes of capital stock, except our excess stock (of which there is none outstanding)) unless our Board of Directors grants a waiver. The ownership limit may limit the opportunity for stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of common stock that might otherwise exist if an investor were attempting to assemble a block of shares in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding shares of equity stock or otherwise effect a change in control.

Certain tax and anti-takeover provisions of our charter and bylaws may inhibit a change of our control. Certain provisions contained in our charter and bylaws and the Maryland General Corporation Law may discourage a third party from making a tender offer or acquisition proposal to us. If this were to happen, it could delay, deter or prevent a change in control or the removal of existing management. These provisions also may delay or prevent our stockholders from receiving a premium for their common shares over then-prevailing market prices. These provisions include:

•the REIT ownership limit described above;

•special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, a majority of the board or by stockholders possessing a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting;

•our Board of Directors may authorize and issue securities without stockholder approval; and

•advance-notice requirements for proposals to be presented at stockholder meetings.

In addition, Maryland law provides protection for Maryland corporations against unsolicited takeovers by limiting, among other things, the duties of the directors in unsolicited takeover situations and certain “business combinations” and “control share acquisitions.” Our bylaws contain provisions exempting us from the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act and the Maryland Business Combination Act. Our bylaws prohibit the repeal, amendment or alteration of our Maryland Control Share Acquisition opt out without the approval by the Company’s stockholders; however, there can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at some time in the future.

The Company faces risks in attracting and retaining key personnel. Many of our senior executives have strong industry reputations, which aid us in identifying acquisition and development opportunities and negotiating with tenants and sellers of properties. The loss of the services of these key personnel could affect our operations because of diminished relationships with existing and prospective tenants, property sellers and industry personnel. In addition, attracting new or replacement personnel may be difficult in a competitive market.

We have severance and change in control agreements with certain of our officers that may deter changes in control of the Company. If, within a certain time period (as set in the officer’s agreement) following a change in control, we terminate the officer’s employment other than for cause, or if the officer elects to terminate his or her employment with us for reasons specified in the agreement, we will make a severance payment equal to the officer’s average annual compensation times an amount specified in the officer’s agreement, together with the officer’s base salary and vacation pay that have accrued but are unpaid through the date of termination. These agreements may deter a change in control because of the increased cost for a third party to acquire control of us.

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We rely on information technology in our operations, and any material failure, inadequacy, interruption or cyber-attack of that technology could harm our business. We rely on information technology networks and systems, including the internet, to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes, including financial transactions and records, and to maintain personal identifying information and customer and lease data. We purchase some of our information technology from vendors, on whom our systems depend. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of data relating to our business operations (including our financial transactions and records) and confidential customer data (including individually identifiable information relating to financial accounts). Although we have taken steps to protect the security of our information systems and the data maintained in those systems, it is possible that our safety and security measures will not prevent the systems’ improper functioning or damage, or the improper access or disclosure of our business operations or personally identifiable information such as in the event of cyber-attacks. Security breaches, including physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, phishing or spoofing attacks by hackers and similar breaches, can create system disruptions, shutdowns, misappropriation of assets or unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In some cases, it may be difficult to anticipate or immediately detect such incidents and the damage they cause. Any failure to maintain proper function, security and availability of our information systems could interrupt our operations, damage our reputation, subject us to liability claims or regulatory penalties and could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be impacted by changes in U.S. social, political, regulatory and economic conditions or laws and policies. Any changes to U.S. tax laws, foreign trade, manufacturing, and development and investment in the territories and countries where our customers operate could adversely affect our operating results and our business.

Pandemics, such as COVID-19, and mitigation efforts to control their spread may impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The COVID-19 pandemic, including the ongoing emergence of viral variants, has caused and could continue to cause widespread disruptions to the U.S. and global economy and has contributed to significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets. Our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows are affected by our ability to lease our properties and collect rental revenues, renew our leases or lease vacant space on favorable terms, and the health and well-being of our customers, employees and other stakeholders, all of which could be adversely affected by COVID-19 or other pandemics. In addition, to the extent the COVID-19 pandemic, its macroeconomic effects or the government responses thereto adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, they may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

EastGroup owned 487 industrial properties and one office building at December 31, 2022. These properties are located primarily in the Sunbelt states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina, and the majority are clustered around major transportation features in supply constrained submarkets. As of February 14, 2023, EastGroup’s operating portfolio was 98.4% leased and 98.0% occupied by approximately 1,600 tenants, with no single tenant accounting for more than approximately 2.1% of the Company’s income from real estate operations. The Company has developed approximately 48% of its total portfolio (on a square foot basis), which includes real estate properties and development and value-add properties in lease-up and under construction. The Company’s focus is the ownership of business distribution space (91% of the total portfolio) with the remainder in bulk distribution space (7%) and business service space (2%). Business distribution space properties are typically multi-tenant buildings with a building depth of 200 feet or less, clear height of 24-30 feet, office finish of 10-25% and truck courts with a depth of 100-120 feet. See Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule III – Real Estate Properties and Accumulated Depreciation for a detailed listing of the Company’s properties.

At December 31, 2022, EastGroup did not own any single property with a book value that was 10% or more of total book value or with gross revenues that were 10% or more of total gross revenues.

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The Company’s lease expirations are detailed below:

(1) Does not include lease renewal options.

(2) Represents the monthly cash rental rates, excluding tenant expense reimbursements, as of December 31, 2022, multiplied by 12 months.

(3) Includes month-to-month leases.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

The Company is not presently involved in any material litigation nor, to its knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against the Company or its properties, other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course and other actions not deemed to be material. Of these matters, substantially all of which are to be covered by the Company’s liability insurance and which, in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. The Company cannot predict the outcome of any litigation with certainty, and some lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be disposed of unfavorably to the Company, which could materially affect its financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

The Company’s shares of common stock are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “EGP.” As of February 14, 2023, there were 408 holders of record of the Company’s 43,554,350 outstanding shares of common stock. The Company distributed all of its 2022 and 2021 taxable income to its stockholders. We generally pay quarterly cash dividends to holders of our common stock at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Our future distributions may vary and will be determined by the Board of Directors based upon the circumstances prevailing at the time, including our financial condition, operating results, estimated taxable income and REIT distribution requirements, and may be adjusted at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Accordingly, no significant provisions for income taxes were necessary. The following table summarizes the federal income tax treatment for all distributions by the Company for the years 2022 and 2021.

Federal Income Tax Treatment of Share Distributions

Years Ended December 31,

Common Share Distributions: (Per share)

Nondividend distributions — —

Unrecaptured Section 1250 capital gain — —

Other capital gain — —

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

(1) As permitted under the Company’s equity compensation plan, these shares were withheld by the Company to satisfy the tax withholding obligations in connection with the issuance of shares of common stock.

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Performance Graph

The following graph compares, over the five years ended December 31, 2022, the cumulative total shareholder return on EastGroup’s common stock with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index (S&P 500 Total Return) and the FTSE Equity REIT index prepared by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE Nareit Equity REITs).

The performance graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or be deemed to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such filing.

Fiscal years ended December 31,

The information above assumes that the value of the investment in shares of EastGroup’s common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2017, and that all dividends were reinvested.

ITEM 6. [RESERVED].

Not applicable.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

OVERVIEW

EastGroup’s goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location-sensitive customers (primarily in the 20,000 to 100,000 square foot range). The Company develops, acquires and operates distribution facilities, the majority of which are clustered around major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets in major Sunbelt regions. The Company’s core markets are in the states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina.

During 2022, economic uncertainty and stock market volatility increased due to a number of factors, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, lingering supply chain disruptions, rising inflation, and increasing interest rates. While these factors have not had a significant adverse impact on EastGroup's operations to date, they may adversely impact the Company in the future. Most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses, including real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in operating expenses resulting from inflation or other factors. Additionally, most of the Company's leases include scheduled rent increases. In the event inflation causes increases in the Company’s general and administrative expenses, or higher interest rates increase the Company’s cost of doing business, such increased costs would not be passed through to tenants and could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations. The Company continues to monitor these supply chain, inflation and interest rate factors, as well as the uncertainty resulting from the overall economic environment.

The Company believes its current operating cash flow and unsecured bank credit facilities provide the capacity to fund the operations of the Company, and the Company also believes it can issue common and/or preferred equity and obtain debt financing on currently acceptable terms. During 2022, EastGroup issued 393,406 shares of common stock through its continuous common equity offering program, providing net proceeds to the Company of $75,375,000. Also during 2022, the Company closed $525,000,000 of unsecured debt with a weighted average effectively fixed interest rate of 3.82% in four separate transactions. EastGroup’s financing and equity issuances are further described in Liquidity and Capital Resources below.

The Company’s primary revenue is rental income. During 2022, EastGroup executed leases on 9,220,000 square feet of operating properties (17.7% of EastGroup’s total square footage of 52,003,000 as of December 31, 2022). For new and renewal leases signed during 2022, average rental rates increased by 39.0% as compared to the former leases on the same spaces.

On a diluted per share basis, Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders was $4.36 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, compared to $3.90 for the same period of 2021, an 11.8% increase.

Property Net Operating Income (“PNOI”) Excluding Income from Lease Terminations from same properties (defined as operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods – January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022), increased 7.2% for 2022 compared to 2021.

EastGroup’s operating portfolio was 98.7% leased at December 31, 2022 and 2021. Occupancy at the end of 2022 for the operating portfolio was 98.3% compared to 97.4% at December 31, 2021. As of February 14, 2023, the operating portfolio was 98.4% leased and 98.0% occupied. As of December 31, 2022, leases scheduled to expire in 2023 were 10.3% of the operating portfolio as a percentage of total base rent of leases expiring during the year 2023, and this percentage was reduced to 8.5% as of February 14, 2023.

The Company generates new sources of leasing revenue through its acquisitions and also its development and value-add program. The Company mitigates risks associated with development through a Board-approved maximum level of land held for development and by adjusting development start dates according to leasing activity.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, EastGroup closed the acquisition of Tulloch Corporation, the owner of an industrial real estate portfolio that included 14 operating properties located in Sacramento and San Francisco containing 1,706,000 square feet. The portfolio also included two land parcels located in Sacramento and San Francisco totaling 10.5 acres. As consideration in connection with the acquisition, EastGroup assumed a loan with an outstanding principal balance of $60,000,000, which the Company immediately repaid with no penalty in June 2022, and issued 1,868,809 shares of the

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Company’s common stock. In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded real estate properties and development land totaling $365,731,000.

During 2022, EastGroup also acquired 1,044,000 square feet of value-add properties in Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco and Greenville for $122,921,000. In addition to the two land parcels obtained in the acquisition of Tulloch Corporation, the Company also purchased 445.8 acres of land in eight cities for a total of $117,116,000. The Company began construction of 14 development projects containing 2,668,000 square feet in 10 cities. Also in 2022, the Company transferred 19 development and value-add properties (3,638,000 square feet) in 14 cities from its development and value-add program to real estate properties with costs of $461,329,000 at the date of transfer. As of December 31, 2022, EastGroup’s development and value-add program consisted of 20 projects (3,981,000 square feet) located in 12 cities. The projected total cost for the development and value-add projects, which were collectively 38% leased as of February 14, 2023, is $494,100,000, of which $169,269,000 remained to be invested as of December 31, 2022.

During 2022, EastGroup sold 287,000 square feet of operating properties, generating gross sales proceeds of $52,410,000. The Company recognized $40,999,000 in Gain on sales of real estate investments during 2022.

The Company typically initially funds its development and acquisition programs through its unsecured bank credit facilities; the total capacity of which was increased in January 2023 by $200,000,000, from $475,000,000 to $675,000,000 (as discussed below in Liquidity and Capital Resources). As market conditions permit, EastGroup issues equity and/or employs fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps, to replace short-term bank borrowings. Moody's Investors Service has assigned the Company’s issuer rating of Baa2 with a stable outlook. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. For future debt issuances, the Company intends to issue primarily unsecured fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps. The Company may also access the public debt market in the future as a means to raise capital.

EastGroup has one reportable segment – industrial properties, consistent with the Company’s manner of internal reporting, measurement of operating results and allocation of the Company’s resources. The Company’s chief decision makers use two primary measures of operating results in making decisions: (1) funds from operations attributable to common stockholders (“FFO”), and (2) property net operating income (“PNOI”).

FFO is computed in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“Nareit”). Nareit’s guidance allows preparers an option as it pertains to whether gains or losses on sale, or impairment charges, on real estate assets incidental to a REIT’s business are excluded from the calculation of FFO. EastGroup has made the election to exclude activity related to such assets that are incidental to our business.

FFO is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), excluding gains and losses from sales of real estate property (including other assets incidental to the Company’s business) and impairment losses, adjusted for real estate related depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is not considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company’s financial performance, nor is it a measure of the Company’s liquidity or indicative of funds available to provide for the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make distributions. The Company’s key drivers affecting FFO are changes in PNOI (as discussed below), interest rates, the amount of leverage the Company employs and general and administrative expenses.

PNOI is defined as Income from real estate operations less Expenses from real estate operations (including market-based internal management fee expense) plus the Company’s share of income and property operating expenses from its less-than-wholly-owned real estate investments.

EastGroup sometimes refers to PNOI from Same Properties as “Same PNOI”; the Company also presents Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations. Same Properties is defined as operating properties owned during the entire current period and prior year reporting period. Properties developed or acquired are excluded until held in the operating portfolio for both the current and prior year reporting periods. Properties sold during the current or prior year reporting periods are also excluded. For the year ended December 31, 2022, Same Properties includes properties which were included in the operating portfolio for the entire period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The Company presents Same PNOI and Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations as a property-level supplemental measure of performance used to evaluate the performance of the Company’s investments in real estate assets and its operating results on a same property basis.

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FFO and PNOI are supplemental industry reporting measurements used to evaluate the performance of the Company’s investments in real estate assets and its operating results. The Company believes that the exclusion of depreciation and amortization in the calculations of PNOI and FFO provides supplemental indicators of the properties’ performance since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions. PNOI and FFO as calculated by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled but differently calculated measures for other real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Investors should be aware that items excluded from or added back to FFO are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP figures should not be considered a substitute for, and should only be considered together with and as a supplement to, the Company’s financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.

The following table presents reconciliations of Net Income to PNOI, Same PNOI and Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Company’s share of depreciation from unconsolidated investment 124 136 137

Noncontrolling interest in PNOI of consolidated joint ventures (105) (61) (171)

Net lease termination fee income from same properties (1,426) (1,411) *

SAME PNOI EXCLUDING INCOME FROM LEASE TERMINATIONS $ 298,216 278,147 *

* Same property metrics are not applicable to the year ended December 31, 2020, as the same property metrics for 2022 and 2021 are based on operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022).

PNOI was calculated as follows for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Noncontrolling interest in PNOI of consolidated joint ventures (105) (61) (171)

Income from real estate operations is comprised of rental income, net of reserves for uncollectible rent, expense reimbursement pass-through income and other real estate income including lease termination fees. Expenses from real estate operations is comprised of property taxes, insurance, utilities, repair and maintenance expenses, management fees and other operating costs. Generally, the Company’s most significant operating expenses are property taxes and insurance. Tenant leases may be net leases in which the total operating expenses are recoverable, modified gross leases in which some of the operating expenses are recoverable, or gross leases in which no expenses are recoverable (gross leases represent only a small portion of the

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Company’s total leases). Increases in property operating expenses are fully recoverable under net leases and recoverable to a high degree under modified gross leases. Modified gross leases often include base year amounts, and expense increases over these amounts are recoverable. The Company’s exposure to property operating expenses is primarily due to vacancies and leases for occupied space that limit the amount of expenses that can be recovered.

The following table presents reconciliations of Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders to FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands, except per share data)

Company’s share of depreciation from unconsolidated investment 124 136 137

Depreciation and amortization from noncontrolling interest (17) — (142)

The Company analyzes the following performance trends in evaluating the revenues and expenses of the Company:

•On a diluted per share basis, Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders was $4.36 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, compared to $3.90 for the same period of 2021, an 11.8% increase.

•The change in FFO per share represents the increase or decrease in FFO per share from the current year compared to the prior year. For 2022, FFO was $7.00 per share compared with $6.09 per share for 2021, an increase of 14.9%.

•For the year ended December 31, 2022, PNOI increased by $58,798,000, or 19.9%, compared to 2021. PNOI increased $27,392,000 from newly developed and value-add properties, $20,084,000 from same property operations and $14,894,000 from 2021 and 2022 acquisitions; PNOI decreased $3,026,000 from operating properties sold in 2021 and 2022.

•The change in Same PNOI represents the PNOI increase or decrease for the same operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022). Same PNOI, excluding income from lease terminations, increased 7.2% for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to 2021.

•Same property average occupancy represents the average month-end percentage of leased square footage for which the lease term has commenced as compared to the total leasable square footage for the same operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022). Same property average occupancy for the year ended December 31, 2022 was 98.2% compared to 97.5% for 2021.

•Occupancy is the percentage of leased square footage for which the lease term has commenced as compared to the total leasable square footage as of the close of the reporting period. Occupancy at December 31, 2022 was 98.3%. Quarter-end occupancy ranged from 97.4% to 98.5% over the previous four quarters ended December 31, 2021 to September 30, 2022.

•Rental rate change represents the rental rate increase or decrease on new and renewal leases compared to the prior leases on the same space. For the year 2022, rental rate increases on new and renewal leases (17.7% of total square footage) averaged 39.0%.

•Lease termination fee income is included in Income from real estate operations. For the year 2022, lease termination fee income was $2,708,000 compared to $1,411,000 for 2021.

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•The Company records reserves for uncollectible rent as reductions to Income from real estate operations; recoveries for uncollectible rent are recorded as additions to Income from real estate operations. The Company recorded net reserves for uncollectible rent of $138,000 in 2022 compared to net recoveries for uncollectible rent of $475,000 in 2021. We evaluate the collectability of rents and other receivables for individual leases at each reporting period based on factors including, among others, tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions and trends in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the geographic area where the property is located. If evaluation of these factors or others indicates it is not probable we will collect substantially all rent, we recognize an adjustment to rental revenue. If our judgment or estimation regarding probability of collection changes, we may adjust or record additional rental revenue in the period such conclusion is reached. The Company followed its normal process for recording reserves for uncollectible rent during the year ended December 31, 2022.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company’s management considers the following accounting policies and estimates to be critical to the reported operations of the Company.

Acquisition and Development of Real Estate Properties

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Codification provides guidance on how to properly determine the allocation of the purchase price among the individual components of both the tangible and intangible assets based on their respective fair values. Factors considered by management in allocating the cost of the properties acquired include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. The allocation to tangible assets (land, building and improvements) is based upon management’s determination of the value of the property as if it were vacant using discounted cash flow models. Land is valued using comparable land sales specific to the applicable market, provided by a third party. The Company determines whether any financing assumed is above or below market based upon comparison to similar financing terms for similar properties. The cost of the properties acquired may be adjusted based on indebtedness assumed from the seller that is determined to be above or below market rates.

The purchase price is also allocated among the following categories of intangible assets: the above or below market component of in-place leases, the value of in-place leases and the value of customer relationships. The value allocable to the above or below market component of an acquired in-place lease is determined based upon the present value (using a discount rate reflecting the risks associated with the acquired leases) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the lease over its remaining term, and (ii) management’s estimate of the amounts that would be paid using current market rents over the remaining term of the lease. The amounts allocated to above and below market lease intangibles are included in Other assets and Other liabilities, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are amortized to rental income over the remaining terms of the respective leases. The total amount of intangible assets is further allocated to in-place lease values and customer relationship values based upon management’s assessment of their respective values. These intangible assets are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are amortized over the remaining term of the existing lease, or the anticipated life of the customer relationship, as applicable.

The significance of this accounting policy will fluctuate given the transaction activity during the period.

For properties under development and value-add properties acquired in the development stage, costs associated with development (i.e., land, construction costs, interest expense, property taxes and other costs associated with development) are aggregated into the total capitalized costs of the property. Included in these costs are management’s estimates for the portions of internal costs (primarily personnel costs) deemed related to such development activities. The internal costs are allocated to specific development projects based on development activity.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

EastGroup’s Total Assets were $4,035,837,000 at December 31, 2022, an increase of $820,501,000 from December 31, 2021. Total Liabilities increased $438,522,000 to $2,082,398,000, and Total Equity increased $381,979,000 to $1,953,439,000 during the same period. The following paragraphs explain these changes in greater detail.

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Assets

Real Estate Properties

Real estate properties increased $849,261,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to: (i) the transfer of 19 properties from Development and value-add properties to Real estate properties (as detailed under Development and Value-Add Properties below); (ii) the acquisition of 14 operating properties; (iii) capital improvements at the Company’s properties; and (iv) costs incurred on development and value-add projects subsequent to transfer to Real estate properties discussed below. These increases were partially offset by the operating property sales discussed below.

During 2022, EastGroup acquired the following operating properties:

OPERATING PROPERTIES ACQUIRED IN 2022 Location Size DateAcquired Cost (1)

(Square feet) (In thousands)

(1)Cost is calculated in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations, and represents the sum of the purchase price, closing costs and capitalized acquisition costs. Refer to Note 1(j) and 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(2)The Company acquired these operating properties along with two land parcels, also in Sacramento, CA and San Francisco, CA, in connection with its acquisition of Tulloch Corporation in June 2022. Size and cost are presented on an aggregate basis for the properties located in Sacramento, CA and San Francisco, CA, respectively. In consideration for this acquisition, the Company assumed a $60,000,000 loan and issued 1,868,809 shares of the Company’s common stock.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company made capital improvements of $39,444,000 on existing and acquired properties (included in the Capital Expenditures table under Results of Operations). Also, the Company incurred costs of $10,989,000 on development and value-add projects subsequent to transfer to Real estate properties; the Company records these expenditures as development and value-add costs on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Also, during the year ended December 31, 2022, EastGroup sold 287,000 square feet of operating properties, generating gross sales proceeds of $52,410,000. The Company recognized $40,999,000 in Gain on sales of real estate investments during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Development and Value-Add Properties

EastGroup’s investment in Development and value-add properties at December 31, 2022 consisted of properties in lease-up and under construction of $324,831,000 and prospective development (primarily land) of $213,618,000. The Company’s total investment in Development and value-add properties at December 31, 2022 was $538,449,000 compared to $504,614,000 at December 31, 2021. Total capital invested for development and value-add properties during 2022 was $494,073,000, which primarily consisted of costs of $384,541,000 as detailed in the Development and Value-Add Properties Activity table below, $110,623,000 as detailed in the Development and Value-Add Properties Transferred to the Real Estate Properties Portfolio During 2022 table below and costs of $10,989,000 on projects subsequent to transfer to Real estate properties. These costs were partially offset by development spending prepaid in prior periods. Additionally, the Company acquired development land in the acquisition of Tulloch Corporation through the issuance of shares of the Company's common stock and the assumption of certain indebtedness, which was immediately repaid. The capitalized costs incurred on development and value-add projects subsequent to transfer to Real estate properties include capital improvements at the properties and do not include other capitalized costs associated with development (i.e., interest expense, property taxes and internal personnel costs).

EastGroup capitalized internal development costs of $9,985,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $7,713,000 during 2021.

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During 2022, EastGroup acquired the following value-add properties:

VALUE-ADD PROPERTIES ACQUIRED IN 2022 Location Size DateAcquired Cost (1)

(Square feet) (In thousands)

(1)Cost is calculated in accordance with FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, and represents the sum of the purchase price, closing costs and capitalized acquisition costs. Refer to Note 1(j) and 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Also during 2022, EastGroup purchased 456.3 acres of development land in 10 cities for $123,717,000. Costs associated with these acquisitions are included in the Development and Value-Add Properties Activity table. These increases were offset by the transfer of 19 development projects to Real estate properties during 2022 with a total investment of $461,329,000 as of the date of transfer.

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The activity of the Company's Development and Value-Add Properties for the year ended December 31, 2022 follows:

(In thousands)

LEASE-UP Building Size (Square feet)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT (PRIMARILY LAND) Estimated Building Size (Square feet)

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Building Size (Square feet) (In thousands) Building Conversion Date

(1)Represents costs transferred from Prospective Development (primarily land) to Under Construction during the period. Negative amounts represent land inventory costs transferred to Under Construction.

(2)Included in these costs are development obligations of $134.8 million and tenant improvement obligations of $15.0 million on properties under development.

(3)Represents value-add acquisitions.

(4)Represents cumulative costs at the date of transfer.

Accumulated Depreciation

Accumulated depreciation on real estate, development and value-add properties increased $115,197,000 during 2022 due primarily to depreciation expense of $125,199,000, offset by the sale of three operating properties totaling 287,000 square feet during 2022.

Real Estate Assets Held for Sale

Real estate assets held for sale decreased $5,695,000 during 2022. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owned one operating property, Metro Business Park, that was classified as held for sale on the December 31, 2021 Consolidated Balance Sheet. The property was sold, and a gain on the sale was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company did not classify any properties as held for sale as of December 31, 2022.

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Other Assets

Other assets increased $62,724,000 during 2022. A summary of Other assets follows:

December 31,

(In thousands)

Accumulated amortization of leasing costs (48,249) (42,193)

Acquired above market lease intangibles 496 885

Accumulated amortization of acquired above market lease intangibles (251) (508)

Acquired above market lease intangibles, net of accumulated amortization 245 377

Right of use assets – Office leases (operating) 2,050 1,984

Escrow deposits and prepaid costs for pending transactions 2,522 3,864

Receivable for tenant improvement cost reimbursements 364 7,680

Prepaid expenses and other assets 13,791 5,090

Liabilities

Unsecured bank credit facilities, net of debt issuance costs decreased $38,612,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022, mainly due to repayments of $981,383,000 and new debt issuance costs incurred during the year, partially offset by borrowings of $942,173,000 and the amortization of debt issuance costs during the year. The Company’s credit facilities are described in greater detail below under Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Unsecured debt, net of debt issuance costs increased $448,689,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to closing $525,000,000 of unsecured debt and the amortization of debt issuance costs, partially offset by the repayment of a $75,000,000 term loan in February and new debt issuance costs incurred during the period. The borrowings and repayments on Unsecured debt, net of debt issuance costs are described in greater detail under Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Secured debt, net of debt issuance costs decreased $111,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease resulted from regularly scheduled principal payments of $96,000 and amortization of premiums on Secured debt, partially offset by the amortization of debt issuance costs during the year. Also during the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company assumed a $60,000,000 loan in the acquisition of operating properties and development land, which was repaid with no penalty during the same period.

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Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased $27,228,000 during 2022. A summary of the Company’s Accounts payable and accrued expenses follows:

December 31,

(In thousands)

Real estate improvements and capitalized leasing costs payable 5,182 5,798

Total Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 136,988 109,760

(1) Represents checks written before the end of the period which have not cleared the bank; therefore, the bank has not yet advanced cash to the Company. When the checks clear the bank, they will be funded through the Company’s working cash line of credit, which is included in the Company’s Unsecured bank credit facilities. See Note 1(p) in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Other liabilities increased $1,328,000 during 2022. A summary of the Company’s Other liabilities follows:

December 31,

(In thousands)

Prepaid rent and other deferred income 17,004 16,401

Operating lease liabilities — Ground leases 19,906 22,898

Operating lease liabilities — Office leases 2,139 2,032

Acquired below market lease intangibles 10,735 8,124

Interest rate swap liabilities 1,981 935

Tenant improvement cost liabilities 1,570 2,796

Equity

Additional paid-in capital increased $364,701,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022 primarily due to: (i) the issuance of 1,868,809 shares of common stock in connection with the acquisition of Tulloch Corporation, the owner of an industrial real estate portfolio comprised of 14 operating properties and two parcels of land, in the net amount of $303,682,000 (see Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details); (ii) the issuance of common stock under the Company’s continuous common equity offering program (as discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources); and (iii) activity related to stock-based compensation (as discussed in Note 10 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). EastGroup issued 393,406 shares of common stock under its continuous common equity offering program with net proceeds to the Company of $75,375,000.

During 2022, Distributions in excess of earnings increased $16,842,000 as a result of dividends on common stock of $203,024,000 exceeding Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders of $186,182,000.

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Accumulated other comprehensive income increased $35,069,000 during 2022. The increase resulted from the change in fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps (cash flow hedges) which are further discussed in Notes 11 and 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

2022 Compared to 2021

Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $186,182,000 ($4.37 per basic and $4.36 per diluted share) compared to $157,557,000 ($3.91 per basic and $3.90 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2021. The following paragraphs explain the change:

•PNOI increased by $58,798,000 ($1.38 per diluted share) for 2022 as compared to 2021. PNOI increased $27,392,000 from newly developed and value-add properties, $20,084,000 from same property operations and $14,894,000 from 2021 and 2022 acquisitions; PNOI decreased $3,026,000 from operating properties sold in 2021 and 2022. For the year 2022, lease termination fee income was $2,708,000 compared to $1,411,000 for 2021. The Company recorded net reserves for uncollectible rent of $138,000 in 2022 and net recoveries for uncollectible rent of $475,000 in 2021. Straight-lining of rent increased PNOI by $9,991,000 and $8,698,000 in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

•EastGroup recognized gains on sales of real estate investments of $40,999,000 ($0.96 per diluted share) during 2022 compared to $38,859,000 ($0.96 per diluted share) during 2021.

•Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $26,539,000 ($0.62 per diluted share) during 2022 compared to 2021.

EastGroup entered into 114 leases with certain rent concessions on 4,798,000 square feet during 2022 with total rent concessions of $7,378,000 over the lives of the leases, compared to 174 leases with rent concessions on 5,677,000 square feet with total rent concessions of $11,007,000 over the lives of the leases in 2021.

The Company’s percentage of leased square footage for the operating portfolio was 98.7% at both December 31, 2022 and 2021. Occupancy at the end of 2022 for the operating portfolio was 98.3% compared to 97.4% at December 31, 2021.

Same property average occupancy represents the average month-end percentage of leased square footage for which the lease term has commenced as compared to the total leasable square footage for the same operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022). Same property average occupancy for the year ended December 31, 2022, was 98.2% compared to 97.5% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The same property average rental rate calculated in accordance with GAAP represents the average annual rental rates of leases in place for the same operating properties owned during the entire current and prior year reporting periods (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022). The same property average rental rate was $7.06 per square foot for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $6.64 per square foot for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Interest Expense increased $5,554,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. The following table presents the components of Interest Expense for 2022 and 2021:

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

VARIABLE RATE INTEREST EXPENSE

Amortization of facility fees - unsecured bank credit facilities 713 751 (38)

FIXED RATE INTEREST EXPENSE

Amortization of debt issuance costs - unsecured debt 704 589 115

Amortization of debt issuance costs - secured debt 3 101 (98)

(1) Includes interest on the Company’s unsecured debt with fixed interest rates per the debt agreements or effectively fixed interest rates due to interest rate swaps, as discussed in Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

EastGroup’s variable rate interest expense increased by $3,285,000 for 2022 as compared to 2021 primarily due to increases in the Company’s average borrowings and weighted average variable interest rates on its unsecured bank credit facilities as shown in the following table:

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands, except rates of interest)

The Company’s fixed rate interest expense increased by $5,634,000 for 2022 as compared to 2021 as a result of the unsecured debt and secured debt described below.

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Interest expense from fixed rate unsecured debt increased by $7,049,000 during 2022 as compared to 2021 as a result of the Company’s unsecured debt activity described below. The details of the unsecured debt obtained in 2021 and 2022 are shown in the following table:

(In thousands)

(1) The interest rate on this unsecured term loan is comprised of Term SOFR plus 110 basis points subject to a pricing grid for changes in the Company’s coverage ratings. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert the loan’s Term SOFR rate to a fixed interest rate, providing the Company a weighted average effectively fixed interest rate on the term loan of 1.58% as of December 31, 2022. See Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the interest rate swaps.

(2) The interest rate on this unsecured term loan is comprised of Term SOFR plus 140 basis points subject to a pricing grid for changes in the Company’s coverage ratings. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert the loan’s Term SOFR rate to a fixed interest rate, providing the Company an effectively fixed interest rate on the term loan of 3.06% as of December 31, 2022. See

Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the interest rate swaps.

(3) The interest rate on this unsecured term loan is comprised of Term SOFR plus 95 basis points subject to a pricing grid for changes in the Company’s coverage ratings. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert the loan’s Term SOFR rate to a fixed interest rate, providing the Company an effectively fixed interest rate on the term loan of 4.09% as of December 31, 2022. See

Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the interest rate swaps.

(4) The interest rate on this unsecured term loan is comprised of Term SOFR plus 95 basis points subject to a pricing grid for changes in the Company’s coverage ratings. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert the loan’s Term SOFR rate to a fixed interest rate, providing the Company an effectively fixed interest rate on the term loan of 4.00% as of December 31, 2022. See Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the interest rate swaps.

The increase in interest expense from the new unsecured debt was partially offset by the repayment of the following unsecured loans during 2021 and 2022:

UNSECURED DEBT REPAID IN 2021 AND 2022 Interest Rate Date Repaid Payoff Amount

(In thousands)

EastGroup also closed on the refinance of a $100,000,000 senior unsecured term loan in March 2022 reducing the effectively fixed interest rate by approximately 60 basis points. This refinance partially offset the increase in interest expense from fixed rate unsecured debt.

The increase in interest expense from unsecured debt was partially offset by a decrease in secured debt interest expense, which decreased by $1,432,000 in 2022 as compared to 2021 as a result of regularly scheduled principal payments and the payoffs described in the table below. Regularly scheduled principal payments on secured debt were $96,000 during 2022 and $2,989,000 in 2021. During 2022, the Company assumed a $60,000,000 loan in partial consideration of the acquisition of operating properties and development land, which was repaid with no penalty during the same period. There was no other secured debt obtained or repaid in 2022.

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The details of the secured debt repaid in 2021 are shown in the following table:

SECURED DEBT REPAID IN 2021 Interest Rate Date Repaid Payoff Amount

(In thousands)

EastGroup did not obtain any new secured debt during 2021.

Interest costs during the period of construction of real estate properties are capitalized and offset against interest expense. Capitalized interest increased by $3,365,000 for 2022 as compared to 2021, due to increased borrowing rates and changes in development spending.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $26,539,000 for 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to the operating properties acquired by the Company during 2021 and 2022 and the properties transferred from Development and value-add properties in 2021 and 2022, partially offset by operating properties sold in 2021 and 2022.

Gain on sales of real estate investments, which includes gains on the sales of operating properties, increased $2,140,000 for 2022 as compared to 2021. The Company’s 2021 and 2022 sales transactions are described below in Real Estate Sold and Held for Sale.

Real Estate Improvements

Real estate improvements for EastGroup’s operating properties for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

EstimatedUseful Life Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Tenant Improvements:

Other:

(1) Reconciliation of Total Real Estate Improvements to Real Estate Improvements on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Change in Real Estate Property Payables 197 (26)

Change in Construction in Progress 1,210 (1,204)

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Capitalized Leasing Costs

The Company’s leasing costs (principally commissions) are capitalized and included in Other assets. The costs are amortized over the terms of the associated leases, and the amortization is included in Depreciation and amortization expense. Capitalized leasing costs for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

EstimatedUseful Life Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Development and Value-Add Lease Life $ 14,366 12,280

(1) Reconciliation of Total Capitalized Leasing Costs to Leasing commissions on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Change in Leasing Commissions Payables 419 (80)

Leasing Commissions on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows $ 37,272 33,301

Real Estate Sold and Held for Sale

The Company considers a real estate property to be held for sale when it meets the criteria established under ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, including when it is probable that the property will be sold within a year. Real estate properties held for sale are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less estimated costs to sell and are not depreciated while they are held for sale. The Company did not classify any properties as held for sale as of December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owned one operating property, Metro Business Park, that was classified as held for sale on the December 31, 2021 Consolidated Balance Sheet. The property was sold in the first quarter of 2022, and the Company recorded a gain on the sale in the three months ended March 31, 2022.

In accordance with ASC 360 and ASC 205,the Company would report a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component or group of components meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or when the component or group of components is disposed of by sale or other than by sale. In addition, the Company would provide additional disclosures about both discontinued operations and the disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations presentation in the financial statements. EastGroup performs an analysis of properties sold to determine whether the sales qualify for discontinued operations presentation.

The Company does not consider its sales in 2021 and 2022, or the property classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2021, to be disposals of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity representing a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the entity’s operations and financial results.

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A summary of Gain on sales of real estate investments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 follows:

(In square feet) (In thousands)

(1) Cypress Creek Business Park is located on a ground lease. In conjunction with the sale of the property, the Company fully amortized the associated right-of-use asset and liability of $1,745,000.

The Company did not sell any land during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Gains and losses on the sales of operating properties are included in Gain on sales of real estate investments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. See Notes 1(f) and 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information related to discontinued operations and gains and losses on sales of real estate investments.

2021 Compared to 2020

A discussion of changes in the Company’s results of operations between 2021 and 2020 has been omitted from this Form 10-K and can be found in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under “2021 Compared to 2020” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and is incorporated herein by reference.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

EastGroup has evaluated all FASB Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) recently released by the FASB through the date the financial statements were issued and determined that the following ASUs apply to the Company.

ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, applies to the Company. Also, in December 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06, Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848 (“ASU 2022-06”) which was issued to defer the sunset date of Topic 848 to December 31, 2024. ASU 2022-06 is effective immediately for all companies. ASU 2022-06 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. See Note 12 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for further evaluation of these ASUs.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Net cash provided by operating activities was $316,501,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The primary other sources of cash were from borrowings on unsecured bank credit facilities; proceeds from unsecured debt; proceeds from common stock offerings; and net proceeds from sales of real estate investments. The Company distributed $193,936,000 in common stock dividends during 2022. Other primary uses of cash were for repayments on unsecured bank credit facilities, unsecured debt and secured debt; the construction and development of properties; purchases of real estate; capital improvements at various properties; and leasing commissions.

The Company anticipates that its current cash balance, operating cash flows, borrowings under its unsecured bank credit facilities, proceeds from new debt and/or proceeds from the issuance of equity instruments will be adequate for (i) operating and administrative expenses, (ii) normal repair and maintenance expenses at its properties, (iii) debt service obligations, (iv) maintaining compliance with its debt covenants, (v) distributions to stockholders, (vi) capital improvements, (vii) purchases of properties, (viii) development, and (ix) any other normal business activities of the Company, both in the short-term and long-term. The Company expects liquidity sources and needs in future years to be consistent in nature with those for the year ended December 31, 2022.

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As of December 31, 2022, the Company was contractually obligated to pay the dividend declared in December 2022, which was paid in January 2023. An amount for dividends payable of $55,952,000 was included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses at December 31, 2022, which includes dividends payable on unvested restricted stock of $1,610,000, which are subject to continued service and will be paid upon vesting in future periods.

Total debt at December 31, 2022 and 2021 is detailed below. The Company’s unsecured bank credit facilities and unsecured debt instruments have certain restrictive covenants, such as maintaining debt service coverage and leverage ratios and maintaining insurance coverage, and the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants at December 31, 2022 and 2021.

December 31,

(In thousands)

Unamortized debt issuance costs (1,546) (2,144)

Unsecured bank credit facilities, net of debt issuance costs 168,454 207,066

Unamortized debt issuance costs (3,741) (2,430)

Secured debt - fixed rate, carrying amount (2) (4) 2,041 2,156

Unamortized debt issuance costs (10) (14)

Secured debt, net of debt issuance costs 2,031 2,142

(1) The Company’s balances under its unsecured bank credit facilities change depending on the Company’s cash needs and, as such, both the principal amounts and the interest rates are subject to variability.

(2) These loans have a fixed interest rate or an effectively fixed interest rate due to interest rate swaps.

(3) As of December 31, 2022, obligations due in less than one year include maturing principal balances of $115,000,000 and interest of $53,414,000; remaining principal balances maturing in greater than one year include $1,580,000,000 and interest of $284,744,000.

(4) As of December 31, 2022, obligations due in less than one year include principal amortization of $119,000 and interest of $76,000; remaining principal maturing in greater than one year includes $1,922,000 and interest of $203,000.

Until June 29, 2021, EastGroup had $350,000,000 and $45,000,000 unsecured bank credit facilities with margins over LIBOR of 100 basis points, facility fees of 20 basis points and maturity dates of July 30, 2022. The Company amended and restated these credit facilities on June 29, 2021, expanding their capacities to $425,000,000 and $50,000,000, respectively, as detailed below.

The Company’s $425,000,000 unsecured bank credit facility is with a group of nine banks and has a maturity date of July 30, 2025. The credit facility contains options for two six-month extensions (at the Company’s election) and a $325,000,000 accordion (with agreement by all parties). The interest rate on each tranche is reset on a monthly basis and as of December 31, 2022, was LIBOR plus 77.5 basis points with an annual facility fee of 15 basis points. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $170,000,000 of variable rate borrowings on this unsecured bank credit facility with a weighted average interest rate of 5.146%. The Company has a standby letter of credit of $67,000 pledged on this facility.

The Company’s $50,000,000 unsecured bank credit facility has a maturity date of July 30, 2025, or such later date as designated by the bank; the Company also has two six-month extensions available if the extension options in the $425,000,000 facility are exercised. The interest rate is reset on a daily basis and as of December 31, 2022, was LIBOR plus 77.5 basis points with an annual facility fee of 15 basis points. As of December 31, 2022, the interest rate was 5.167% with no outstanding balance.

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, EastGroup amended its unsecured bank credit facilities, effective January 2023, to expand the total capacity on its unsecured bank credit facilities from $475,000,000 to $675,000,000 and to replace LIBOR with SOFR as the benchmark interest rate. The maturity date remains July 30, 2025.

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For both facilities, the margin and facility fee are subject to changes in the Company’s credit ratings. Although the Company’s current credit rating is Baa2, given the strength of the Company’s key credit metrics, initial pricing for the credit facilities is based on the BBB+/Baa1 credit ratings level. This favorable pricing level will be retained provided that the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, as defined in the applicable agreements, remains less than 32.5%. The facilities also include a sustainability-linked pricing component pursuant to which the applicable interest margin will be reduced by one basis point if the Company meets certain sustainability performance targets.

As market conditions permit, EastGroup issues equity and/or employs fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps, to replace the short-term bank borrowings. The Company believes its current operating cash flow and unsecured bank credit facilities provide the capacity to fund the operations of the Company. The Company also believes it can obtain debt financing and issue common and/or preferred equity.

For future debt issuances, the Company intends to issue primarily unsecured fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps. The Company may also access the public debt market in the future as a means to raise capital.

In January 2022, the Company and a group of lenders agreed to terms on the private placement of $150,000,000 of senior unsecured notes with a fixed interest rate of 3.03% and a 10-year term. The notes were issued and sold on April 20, 2022 and require interest-only payments. The notes will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

In February 2022, EastGroup repaid a $75,000,000 unsecured term loan at maturity with an effectively fixed interest rate of 3.03%.

In March 2022, the Company closed a $100,000,000 senior unsecured term loan with a 6.5-year term and interest only payments, which bears interest at the annual rate of SOFR plus an applicable margin (1.40% as of December 31, 2022) based on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt rating. The Company also entered into an interest rate swap agreement to convert the loan’s SOFR rate component to a fixed interest rate for the entire term of the loan providing a total effectively fixed interest rate of 3.06%.

Also during March 2022, the Company closed on the refinance of a $100,000,000 senior unsecured term loan with five years remaining. The amended term loan provides for interest only payments currently at an interest rate of SOFR plus 95 basis points, based on the Company’s current credit ratings and consolidated leverage ratio, which is a 60 basis point reduction in the credit spread compared to the original term loan. The Company has an interest rate swap agreement which converts the loan’s SOFR rate component to a fixed interest rate for the entire term of the loan, providing a total effectively fixed interest rate of 1.80%.

In June 2022, the Company assumed a $60,000,000 loan in connection with the acquisition of Tulloch Corporation, the owner of an industrial real estate portfolio comprised of 14 operating properties and two parcels of land, which was immediately repaid with no penalty during June 2022.

In August 2022, the Company closed a $125,000,000 senior unsecured term loan with interest only payments, bearing interest at the annual rate of SOFR plus an applicable margin based on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt rating and consolidated leverage ratio. The loan has a $75,000,000 tranche with a five-year term and a $50,000,000 tranche with a two-year term. The Company also entered into interest rate swap agreements to convert the loans’ SOFR rate components to fixed interest rates for the entire term of the loans, providing total effectively fixed interest rates of 4.00% and 4.09% on the $75,000,000 and $50,000,000 tranches, respectively. These term loans also include a sustainability-linked pricing component pursuant to which, if the Company meets certain sustainability performance targets, the applicable interest margin will be reduced by one basis point.

In July 2022, the Company and a group of lenders agreed to terms on the private placement of two senior unsecured notes totaling $150,000,000. One note for $75,000,000 has an 11-year term and a fixed interest rate of 4.90% with semi-annual interest-only payments. The other $75,000,000 note has a 12-year term and a fixed interest rate of 4.95% with semi-annual interest-only payments. The notes, dated August 16, 2022, were issued and sold on October 12, 2022. The notes will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company agreed to terms on a $100,000,000 senior unsecured term loan with interest only payments, bearing interest at the annual rate of SOFR plus an applicable margin based on the Company’s senior

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unsecured long-term debt rating. The loan closed and funded in January 2023, subsequent to year end, and has a seven-year term. The Company also entered into an interest rate swap agreement to convert the loan’s SOFR rate component to a fixed interest rate for the entire term of the loan, providing a total effectively fixed interest rate of 5.27%.

In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced it intended to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. In March 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, announced its intention to cease publication of certain LIBOR settings after 2021, while continuing to publish overnight and one-, three-, six-, and twelve-month U.S. dollar LIBOR rates through June 30, 2023. While this announcement extended the transition period to June 2023, the United States Federal Reserve Board and other regulatory bodies concurrently issued guidance encouraging banks and other financial market participants to cease entering into new contracts that use U.S. dollar LIBOR as a reference rate as soon as practicable and in any event no later than December 31, 2021. In the U.S., the AARC, which was convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has recommended that SOFR plus a recommended spread adjustment as its preferred alternative to LIBOR. There are significant differences between LIBOR and SOFR, such as LIBOR being an unsecured lending rate while SOFR is a secured rate, and SOFR is an overnight rate while LIBOR reflects term rates at different maturities.

We expect that all LIBOR settings relevant to us will cease to be published or will no longer be representative after June 30, 2023. As a result, all of the Company’s LIBOR-based borrowings and hedges that extend beyond such date have been amended to modify the index from LIBOR to SOFR. Concurrently, the related swaps were amended to reference SOFR rather than LIBOR. The transition did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. While we expect LIBOR to be available in substantially its current form until June 30, 2023, it is possible that LIBOR will become unavailable prior to that point. This could result, for example, if sufficient banks decline to make submissions to the LIBOR administrator. In that case, the risks associated with the transition to an alternative reference rate will be accelerated and may be magnified.

On December 20, 2019, EastGroup entered into sales agreements (the “December 2019 Sales Agreements”) with each of BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; BofA Securities, Inc.; BTIG, LLC; Jefferies LLC; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Regions Securities LLC; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with the establishment of a new continuous common equity offering program pursuant to which the Company may sell shares of its common stock with an aggregate gross sales price of up to $750,000,000 from time to time (the “Prior Program”). On July 28, 2021, the Company entered into a sales agreement (together with the December 2019 Sales Agreements, the “Prior Sales Agreements”) with TD Securities (USA) LLC, which is substantially similar to the December 2019 Sales Agreements, and entered into corresponding amendments to the December 2019 Sales Agreements to include TD Securities (USA) LLC as a participating sales agent. Pursuant to these Prior Sales Agreements, the shares could be offered and sold in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Since its establishment in 2019, the Company sold an aggregate of 2,654,511 shares of common stock under the Prior Program with gross proceeds of $444,533,000.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, EastGroup issued and sold 393,406 shares of common stock under its Prior Program at an average price of $194.17 per share with gross proceeds to the Company of $76,386,000. The Company incurred offering-related costs of $1,011,000 during the year, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $75,375,000.

On December 16, 2022, EastGroup entered into a sales agreement (the “2022 Sales Agreement”) with each of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated; BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; BofA Securities, Inc.; BTIG, LLC; Jefferies LLC; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Regions Securities LLC; Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.; TD Securities (USA) LLC; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with the establishment of a new continuous common equity offering program pursuant to which the Company may sell shares of its common stock with an aggregate gross sales price of up to $750,000,000 from time to time (the “Current Program”). Upon entry into the 2022 Sales Agreement, EastGroup terminated the Prior Program pursuant to the Prior Sales Agreements, and the Current Program replaced the Prior Program. As of February 15, 2023, the Company has not sold any shares of common stock under the Current Program; therefore, under the Current Program, EastGroup may in the future offer and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $750,000,000 through the sales agents.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 1,868,809 shares of common stock in the acquisition of operating properties and development land in the gross amount of $303,756,000. The Company incurred issuance-related costs of $74,000.

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EastGroup’s other material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations as of December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Cash Requirements (1)

(In thousands)

Real estate property obligations (2) $ 16,097

Development and value-add obligations (3) 134,844

Tenant improvements obligations (4) 36,580

(1)Cash requirement due in less than one year; there were no related long-term cash requirements.

(2)Represents commitments on real estate properties, except for tenant improvement allowance obligations.

(3)Represents commitments on properties in the Company’s development and value-add program, except for tenant improvement allowance obligations.

(4)Represents tenant improvement allowance obligations.

The Company has no material off-balance sheet arrangements that have had or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

The Company is exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of its unsecured bank credit facilities and long-term debt maturities. This debt is used to maintain liquidity and fund capital expenditures and expansion of the Company’s real estate investment portfolio and operations. The Company’s objective for interest rate risk management is to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower its overall borrowing costs. The Company has two variable rate unsecured bank credit facilities as discussed under the heading Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As market conditions permit, EastGroup issues equity and/or employs fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps, to replace the short-term bank borrowings. The Company’s interest rate swaps are discussed in Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The table below presents the principal payments due and weighted average interest rates, which include the impact of interest rate swaps, for both the fixed rate and variable rate debt as of December 31, 2022.

Weighted average interest rate — — 5.15% (3) — — — 5.15%

(1)The variable rate unsecured bank credit facilities mature in July 2025 and as of December 31, 2022, have balances of $170,000,000 on the $425 million unsecured bank credit facility and $0 on the $50 million unsecured bank credit facility.

(2)The fair value of the Company’s variable rate debt is estimated by discounting expected cash flows at current market rates, excluding the effects of debt issuance costs.

(3)Represents the weighted average interest rate for the Company’s variable rate unsecured bank credit facilities as of December 31, 2022.

(4)The fair value of the Company’s fixed rate debt, including variable rate debt that has been swapped to an effectively fixed rate through the use of interest rate swaps, is estimated by discounting expected cash flows at the rates currently offered to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities, as advised by the Company’s bankers, excluding the effects of debt issuance costs.

As the table above incorporates only those exposures that existed as of December 31, 2022, it does not consider those exposures or positions that could arise after that date. If the weighted average interest rate on the variable rate unsecured bank credit facilities, as shown above, changes by 10%, or approximately 52 basis points, interest expense and cash flows would increase or decrease by approximately $876,000 annually. This does not include variable rate debt that has been effectively fixed through the use of interest rate swaps.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s unsecured bank credit facilities were indexed to LIBOR. Subsequent to year end, effective January 10, 2023, these were amended to replace LIBOR with SOFR. As of February 15, 2023, all of the Company's LIBOR-based borrowings and hedges that extend beyond June 30, 2023 (the date LIBOR is expected to cease being published) have been amended to replace LIBOR with SOFR. For a discussion of the risks associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR, see “Risk Factors—Financing Risks—The discontinuation of LIBOR and the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate may adversely affect our borrowing costs and could impact our business and results of operations” in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Most of the Company’s leases include scheduled rent increases. Additionally, most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses, including real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in operating expenses resulting from inflation or other factors. In the event inflation causes increases in the Company’s general and administrative expenses or the level of interest rates, such increased costs would not be passed through to tenants and could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.

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EastGroup’s financial results are affected by general economic conditions in the markets in which the Company’s properties are located. The state of the economy, or other adverse changes in general or local economic conditions resulting from the inability of some of the Company’s existing tenants to make lease payments and may therefore increase the reserves for uncollectible rent. It may also impact the Company’s ability to (i) renew leases or re-lease space as leases expire, or (ii) lease development space. In addition, an economic downturn or recession, could also lead to an increase in overall vacancy rates or a decline in rents the Company can charge to re-lease properties upon expiration of current leases. In all of these cases, EastGroup’s cash flows would be adversely affected.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

The information required by this Item 8 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 45 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. There were no material retrospective changes to the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income in any quarters in the two most recent fiscal years that would require disclosure of supplementary financial data.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(i)Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in the Company’s periodic SEC filings.

(ii)Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

(a) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting.

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). EastGroup’s Management Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is set forth in Part IV, Item 15 of this Form 10-K on page 50 and is incorporated herein by reference.

(b)Report of the independent registered public accounting firm.

The report of KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is set forth in Part IV, Item 15 of this Form 10-K on page 51 and is incorporated herein by reference.

(c)Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.

Not applicable.

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

The information required by Item 10 will be included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

The information required by Item 11 will be included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

The information required by Item 12 will be included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

The information required by Item 13 will be included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

Our independent registered public accounting firm is KPMG LLP, Jackson, MS, Auditor Firm ID: 185.

The information required by Item 14 will be included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC relating to the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

Financial Statements Page

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 48

Management Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 50

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 51

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 56

Financial Statement Schedules Page

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Schedule III – Real Estate Properties and Accumulated Depreciation 83

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Exhibits

Exhibit Number Description

21.1 Subsidiaries of the Company (filed herewith).

23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).

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Exhibit Number Description

24.1 Powers of attorney (included on signature page hereto).

101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (filed herewith).

101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (filed herewith).

* Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of EastGroup Properties, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes and financial statement schedule III (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated February 15, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Estimated fair value assigned to land in an asset acquisition

As discussed in Note 1(j) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company acquired $482,051,000 of real estate properties and development and value-add properties during 2022 that were accounted for as asset acquisitions, of which $127,402,000 of the total purchase price was allocated to land. The purchase price in an asset acquisition is allocated among the individual components of both tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their relative fair values.

We identified the estimated fair value of land as a critical audit matter. Specifically, evaluating the relevance of comparable land sales used in the Company’s determination of the estimated fair value involved subjective auditor judgment. Professionals with specialized skills and knowledge were utilized to evaluate the relevance of a selection of the comparable land sales.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness over the Company’s control to review identified publicly available comparable land sales used to estimate fair value of land in an asset acquisition. We evaluated the Company’s estimate of fair value of land by comparing to

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our independently established ranges of comparable land sales developed using publicly available market data and involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge who assisted in this evaluation for a selection of acquisitions.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1970.

Jackson, Mississippi

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MANAGEMENT REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

EastGroup’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, EastGroup conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The design of any system of internal control over financial reporting is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Based on EastGroup’s evaluation under the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013), management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2022.

/s/ EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.

Ridgeland, Mississippi

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited EastGroup Properties, Inc. and subsidiaries’ (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes and financial statement schedule III (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated February 15, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Jackson, Mississippi

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31,

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

ASSETS

Real estate assets held for sale — 5,695

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

LIABILITIES

Unsecured bank credit facilities, net of debt issuance costs $ 168,454 207,066

Secured debt, net of debt issuance costs 2,031 2,142

EQUITY

Stockholders’ Equity:

Accumulated other comprehensive income 36,371 1,302

Noncontrolling interest in joint ventures 441 1,390

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands, except per share data)

REVENUES

EXPENSES

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

Other comprehensive income (loss) – interest rate swaps 35,069 12,054 (13,559)

Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 4.37 3.91 2.77

Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 4.36 3.90 2.76

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Stock-based compensation, net of forfeitures — 8,502 — — — 8,502

Contributions from noncontrolling interest — — — — 20 20

Net distributions to noncontrolling interest — — — — (115) (115)

Sale of noncontrolling interest in joint venture — (228) — — (818) (1,046)

Net unrealized change in fair value of interest rate swaps — — — 12,054 — 12,054

Stock-based compensation, net of forfeitures — 9,847 — — — 9,847

Contributions from noncontrolling interest — — — — 584 584

Net distributions to noncontrolling interest — 5 — — (155) (150)

Net unrealized change in fair value of interest rate swaps — — — 35,069 — 35,069

Stock-based compensation, net of forfeitures — 10,802 — — — 10,802

Net distributions to noncontrolling interest — — — — (220) (220)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Gain on casualties and involuntary conversion on real estate assets — — (161)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Repayments on mortgage loans receivable — — 1,679

Changes in other assets and other liabilities (2,120) 1,769 (11,111)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Common stock offering related costs (247) (312) (334)

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (4,337) 4,372 (203)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 4,393 21 224

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $ 56 4,393 21

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Common stock issued in the purchase of real estate 303,682 — —

Debt assumed in the purchase of real estate 60,000 — —

NON-CASH OPERATING ACTIVITY

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(1)SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of EastGroup Properties, Inc. (“EastGroup” or “the Company”), its wholly owned subsidiaries and the investee of any joint ventures in which the Company has a controlling interest.

As of December 31, 2020, EastGroup held a controlling interest in two joint venture arrangements, 6.5 acres of land in San Diego, known by the Company as the Miramar land, and 41.6 acres of land in San Diego, known by the Company as the Otay Mesa land. During the year ended December 31, 2021, EastGroup began construction of Speed Distribution Center, a 519,000 square foot building on the Otay Mesa land, which was completed and transferred to the Company's operating portfolio during the first quarter of 2022. As of December 31, 2021, EastGroup had a 95% controlling interest in the Miramar land and a 99% controlling interest in Speed Distribution Center. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, EastGroup acquired the 1% noncontrolling interest in Speed Distribution Center; the Company continues to control and now owns 100% of the property. As of December 31, 2022, EastGroup held a controlling interest in one joint venture arrangement, a 95% controlling interest in the Miramar land.

The Company records 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the properties held in joint ventures with the noncontrolling interests provided for in accordance with the joint venture agreements.

The equity method of accounting is used for the Company’s 50% undivided tenant-in-common interest in Industry Distribution Center II. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

(b)Income Taxes

EastGroup, a Maryland corporation, has qualified as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code and intends to continue to qualify as such. To maintain its status as a REIT, the Company is required to, among other things, distribute at least 90% of its ordinary taxable income to its stockholders. If the Company has a capital gain, it has the option of (i) deferring recognition of the capital gain through a tax-deferred exchange, (ii) declaring and paying a capital gain dividend on any recognized net capital gain resulting in no corporate level tax, or (iii) retaining and paying corporate income tax on its net long-term capital gain, with the shareholders reporting their proportional share of the undistributed long-term capital gain and receiving a credit or refund of their share of the tax paid by the Company. The Company distributed all of its 2022, 2021 and 2020 taxable income to its stockholders. Accordingly, no significant provisions for income taxes were necessary. The Company’s income tax treatment of share distributions is based on its taxable income, calculated in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, which differs from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The following table summarizes the federal income tax treatment for all distributions by the Company for the years ended 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Federal Income Tax Treatment of Share Distributions

Years Ended December 31,

Common Share Distributions: (Per share)

Nondividend distributions — — —

Unrecaptured Section 1250 capital gain — — —

Other capital gain — — —

EastGroup applies the principles of Financial Accounting Standards Board “FASB” Accounting Standards Codification “ASC” 740, Income Taxes, when evaluating and accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. With few exceptions, the Company’s 2018 and earlier tax years are closed for examination by U.S. federal, state and local tax authorities. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740, the Company had no significant uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

(c)Income Recognition

The Company’s primary revenue is rental income from business distribution space. Minimum rental income from real estate operations is recognized on a straight-line basis. The straight-line rent calculation on leases includes the effects of rent

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

concessions and scheduled rent increases, and the calculated straight-line rent income is recognized over the lives of the individual leases. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts receivable, including straight-line rents receivable, based upon estimates determined by management. Management specifically analyzes aged receivables, customer credit-worthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. Reserves for uncollectible accounts are recorded as a reduction to revenue. Revenue is recognized on payments received from tenants for early terminations after all criteria have been met in accordance with ASC 842, Leases.

The Company’s primary revenue is rental income; as such, the Company is a lessor on a significant number of leases. The Company applies the principles of ASC 842, Leases. Initial direct costs (primarily legal costs related to lease negotiations) are expensed rather than capitalized. EastGroup recorded Indirect leasing costs of $546,000, $700,000 and $661,000 on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As permitted by ASC 842, Leases, EastGroup made an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset to not separate non-lease components (such as common area maintenance) of a contract from the lease component to which they relate when specific criteria are met. The Company believes its leases meet the criteria.

The table below presents the components of Income from real estate operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:

Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

(1)Primarily includes tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance.

Future Minimum Rental Receipts Under Non-Cancelable Leases

The Company’s leases with its customers may include various provisions such as scheduled rent increases, renewal options and termination options. The majority of the Company’s leases include defined rent increases rather than variable payments based on an index or unknown rate. In calculating the disclosures presented below, the Company included the fixed, non-cancelable terms of the leases. The following schedule indicates approximate future minimum rental receipts under non-cancelable leases for real estate properties by year as of December 31, 2022:

Years Ending December 31, (In thousands)

The Company recognizes gains on sales of real estate in accordance with the principles set forth in the Codification. For each transaction, the Company evaluates whether the guidance in ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, or ASC 610, Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets, is applicable. Upon closing of real estate transactions, the provisions of the Codification require consideration of whether the seller has a controlling financial interest in the entity that holds the nonfinancial asset after the transaction. In addition, the seller evaluates whether a contract exists under ASC 606 and whether the counterparty obtained control of each nonfinancial asset that is sold. If a contract exists and the counterparty obtained control of each nonfinancial asset, the seller derecognizes the assets at the close of the transaction with resulting gains or losses reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.

(d)Real Estate Properties

EastGroup has one reportable segment – industrial properties, consistent with the Company’s manner of internal reporting, measurement of operating results and allocation of the Company’s resources.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows (including estimated future expenditures necessary to substantially complete the asset) expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not identify any impairment charges which should be recorded.