Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization
Organization	Note 1 – Organization Agree Realty Corporation (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) primarily focused on the ownership, acquisition, development and management of retail properties net leased to industry leading tenants. The Company was founded in 1971 by its current Executive Chairman, Richard Agree, and its common stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994. The Company’s assets are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, directly or indirectly, Agree Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Agree Realty Corporation is the sole general partner and in which it held a 99.7% and 99.6% common equity interest as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. There is a one-for-one relationship between the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“Operating Partnership Common Units”) owned by the Company and shares of Company common stock outstanding. The Company also owns 100% of the Series A preferred equity interest in the Operating Partnership. This preferred equity interest corresponds on a one-for-one basis to the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (Refer to Note 6 - Common and Preferred Stock), providing income and distributions to the Company equal to the dividends payable on that stock. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, the non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership consisted of a 0.3% and 0.4% common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership held by the Company’s founder and Executive Chairman. The Operating Partnership Common Units may, under certain circumstances, be exchanged for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. The Company, as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, has the option to settle exchanged Operating Partnership Common Units held by others for cash based on the current trading price of its shares. Assuming the exchange of all non-controlling Operating Partnership Common Units, there would have been 100,866,974 shares of common stock outstanding at December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 2,135 properties, with a total gross leasable area (“GLA”) of approximately 44.2 million square feet. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s portfolio was approximately 99.8% leased and had a weighted average remaining lease term (excluding extension options) of approximately 8.4 years. A significant majority of its properties are leased to national tenants and approximately 69.1% of its annualized base rent was derived from tenants, or parent entities thereof, with an investment grade credit rating from S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, Fitch Ratings or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The terms “Agree Realty,” the “Company,” “Management,” “we,” “our” or “us” refer to Agree Realty Corporation and all of its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Note 1 – Organization

Agree Realty Corporation (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) primarily focused on the ownership, acquisition, development and management of retail properties net leased to industry leading tenants. The Company was founded in 1971 by its current Executive Chairman, Richard Agree, and its common stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994.

The Company’s assets are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, directly or indirectly, Agree Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Agree Realty Corporation is the sole general partner and in which it held a 99.7% and 99.6% common equity interest as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. There is a one-for-one relationship between the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“Operating Partnership Common Units”) owned by the Company and shares of Company common stock outstanding. The Company also owns 100% of the Series A preferred equity interest in the Operating Partnership. This preferred equity interest corresponds on a one-for-one basis to the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (Refer to Note 6 - Common and Preferred Stock), providing income and distributions to the Company equal to the dividends payable on that stock.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, the non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership consisted of a 0.3% and 0.4% common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership held by the Company’s founder and Executive Chairman. The Operating Partnership Common Units may, under certain circumstances, be exchanged for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. The Company, as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, has the option to settle exchanged Operating Partnership Common Units held by others for cash based on the current trading price of its shares. Assuming the exchange of all non-controlling Operating Partnership Common Units, there would have been 100,866,974 shares of common stock outstanding at December 31, 2023.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 2,135 properties, with a total gross leasable area (“GLA”) of approximately 44.2 million square feet. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s portfolio was approximately 99.8% leased and had a weighted average remaining lease term (excluding extension options) of approximately 8.4 years. A significant majority of its properties are leased to national tenants and approximately 69.1% of its annualized base rent was derived from tenants, or parent entities thereof, with an investment grade credit rating from S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, Fitch Ratings or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

The terms “Agree Realty,” the “Company,” “Management,” “we,” “our” or “us” refer to Agree Realty Corporation and all of its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.