Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) (“SRC” or “Spirit”), a premier net lease real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests in single-tenant, operationally essential real estate, provides 2021 preliminary estimates and announces 2022 guidance. An updated presentation, titled 'Spirit Guidance and Capital Deployment Update', has also been posted to the investor relations section of the Company's website.

“We are pleased with the strong execution that our acquisition, asset management and credit platforms delivered throughout 2021, particularly the high capital deployment volume produced in the fourth quarter. Given the team and systems we have in place at Spirit, and the visibility into our forward pipeline, we are accelerating the pace of our acquisitions and earnings growth in 2022,” stated Jackson Hsieh, President and Chief Executive Officer.

2021 PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES

• Expected AFFO per share of $0.84 to $0.85 for the fourth quarter and $3.30 to $3.31 for the fiscal year. Expected AFFO per share of $3.24 to $3.25 for the fiscal year, excluding out of period earnings.
• Invested $487.9 million in the fourth quarter at an initial weighted average cash yield of 6.38% and $1.3 billion in the fiscal year at an initial weighted average cash yield of 6.93%.
  • Acquired 92 properties in the fourth quarter through 28 transactions for $463.9 million with a weighted average lease term of 15.2 years, comprised of 59.5% retail and 40.5% industrial assets.
  • Acquired 166 properties in the fiscal year through 58 transactions for $1.2 billion with a weighted average lease term of 15.9 years, comprised of 40.0% industrial, 37.8% retail, 18.8% other and 3.4% office assets.
• Generated $4.8 million in gross proceeds in the fourth quarter from the disposition of four vacant properties and $100.0 million in gross proceeds in the fiscal year from the disposition of 23 properties, with a weighted average capitalization rate of 4.42% on eight income producing properties.
• Generated $200.2 million in gross proceeds in the fourth quarter from the issuance of 4.2 million shares of common stock and $549.3 million in gross proceeds in the fiscal year from the issuance of 12.6 million shares of common stock.
• Issued $450.0 million of 2.10% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 and $350.0 million of 2.70% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2032 in the fiscal year.
• Had corporate liquidity of $532.1 million as of December 31, 2021, comprised of availability under the 2019 Credit Facility, cash and cash equivalents and available proceeds from unsettled forward equity contracts.

2022 GUIDANCE

The Company announced guidance for fiscal year 2022:

• AFFO per share of $3.52 to $3.58
• Capital deployment of $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion (comprising acquisitions and revenue producing capital expenditures)
• Dispositions of approximately $100 million

The Company does not provide a reconciliation for its preliminary estimated ranges of AFFO per share for the fourth quarter or fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or guidance range of AFFO per share for 2022 to net income available to common stockholders per share, the most directly comparable forward looking GAAP financial measure, due to the inherent variability in timing and/or amount of various items that could impact net income available to common stockholders per share, including, for example, gains/losses on debt extinguishment, impairments and other items that are outside the control of the Company.

ABOUT SPIRIT REALTY

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) is a premier net-lease REIT that primarily invests in single-tenant, operationally essential real estate assets, subject to long-term leases.

As of September 30, 2021, our diverse portfolio consisted of 1,915 owned properties across 48 states, with an aggregate leasable area of 46.7 million square feet within retail, industrial and other assets. Our properties were leased to 312 tenants operating in over 35 industries. More information about Spirit Realty Capital can be found on the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.spiritrealty.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

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