UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission File No. 001-36739

STORE CAPITAL LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		88-4051712
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8377 East Hartford Drive, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 256-1100

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☒

Note: The registrant ishas afiled ~~voluntary~~all ~~filer of~~ reports ~~required to be filed by certain companies~~ under ~~Sections~~Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months that would have been required had it been subject to such requirements.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer ☐			Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☒			Smaller reporting company ☐

			Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes ☐ No ☒

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None	None	None

As of ~~November~~April 529, ~~2025~~2026, there were 1,125 units of equity outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
Part I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION		3
Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Members’ Equity	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	27
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	3635
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3635
Part II. - OTHER INFORMATION		3736
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	3736
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	3736
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	3736
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	3736
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	3736
Item 5.	Other Information	3736
Item 6.	Exhibits	3837
Signatures		4039

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

STORE Capital LLC

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

	September 30,			December 31,
	March 31,			December 31,
	2025			2024
	2026			2025
	(unaudited)			(audited)
Assets
Investments:
Real estate investments:
Land and improvements	$	3,~~917~~919,~~564~~368		$	3,~~840~~915,~~415~~220
Buildings and improvements		9,~~734~~744,~~880~~798			9,~~506~~677,~~402~~738
Intangible lease assets		~~569~~552,~~287~~175			~~588~~559,~~635~~678
Total real estate investments		14,~~221~~216,~~731~~341			1314,~~935~~152,~~452~~636
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,~~485~~729,~~707~~594	)		(1,~~083~~603,~~693~~086	)
		12,736,024			12,851,759
		12,486,747			12,549,550
Real estate investments held for sale, net		~~27,856~~—			—8,265
Operating ground lease assets		53,~~897~~516			5753,~~245~~707
Loans and financing receivables, net		23,~~682~~205,~~685~~027			13,~~964~~090,~~710~~326
Net investments		15,~~500~~745,~~462~~290			1415,~~873~~701,~~714~~848
Cash and cash equivalents		~~163~~63,~~497~~735			~~162~~39,~~188~~119
Other assets, net		~~149~~172,~~474~~988			~~126~~151,~~671~~033
Total assets	$	15,~~813~~982,~~433~~013		$	15,~~162~~892,~~573~~000
Liabilities and equity
Liabilities:
Credit facility	$	373,600		$	~~375~~583,~~000~~600
Unsecured notes and term loans payable, net		3,~~339~~803,~~744~~796			23,~~977~~348,~~100~~911
Non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entities, net		3,~~198~~199,~~957~~058			23,~~831~~199,~~007~~027
Intangible lease liabilities, net		~~115~~108,~~733~~097			~~125~~111,~~095~~706
Operating lease liabilities		49,~~788~~248			5449,~~501~~498
Accrued expenses, deferred revenue and other liabilities		~~311~~293,~~708~~468			~~215~~323,~~101~~633
Total liabilities		7,~~389~~827,~~530~~267			67,~~577~~616,~~804~~375
Equity:
Members’ equity		87,~~321~~917,~~559~~644			8,~~571~~121,~~554~~344
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		97,772			(15,406	)
Retained earnings		222,322			150,366
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income		(8,755	)		20,497
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		26			(9,531	)
Total members’ equity		8,~~410~~139,~~576~~992			8,~~576~~262,~~645~~179
Noncontrolling interest		1314,~~327~~754			813,~~124~~446
Total equity		8,~~423~~154,~~903~~746			8,~~584~~275,~~769~~625
Total liabilities and equity	$	15,~~813~~982,~~433~~013		$	15,~~162~~892,~~573~~000

See accompanying notes.

STORE Capital LLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2026

2025

Revenues:

Rental revenues

~~257~~262,~~126~~722

~~247~~253,~~388~~880

~~766,539~~

~~742,825~~

Interest income on loans and financing receivables

4673,~~583~~769

3347,~~652~~563

~~136,469~~

~~82,435~~

Other income

15,~~915~~434

62,~~377~~441

~~8,331~~

~~16,831~~

Total revenues

~~305~~341,~~624~~925

~~287~~303,~~417~~884

~~911,339~~

~~842,091~~

Expenses:

Interest

9499,~~812~~599

9190,~~732~~725

~~278,040~~

~~270,498~~

Property costs

75,~~605~~672

62,~~490~~474

~~14,294~~

~~17,385~~

General and administrative

1720,~~841~~124

17,~~288~~565

~~52,358~~

~~50,597~~

Depreciation and amortization

~~147~~144,~~481~~770

~~146~~148,~~193~~106

~~443,699~~

~~439,300~~

Provisions for impairment

118,~~769~~678

117,~~370~~366

~~26,260~~

~~28,823~~

Total expenses

~~279~~278,~~508~~843

~~273~~266,~~073~~236

~~814,651~~

~~806,603~~

Other income:

Net gain on dispositions of real estate

89,~~104~~803

154,~~346~~253

~~7,447~~

~~50,459~~

Income before income taxes

3472,~~220~~885

2941,~~690~~901

~~104,135~~

~~85,947~~

Income tax expense (benefit)

~~340~~463

(210,~~657~~773

)

~~(10,150~~

)

~~1,593~~

Net income

3372,~~880~~422

3252,~~347~~674

~~114,285~~

~~84,354~~

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

~~126~~466

~~221~~667

~~1,107~~

~~683~~

Net income attributable to controlling interest

3371,~~754~~956

3252,~~126~~007

~~113,178~~

~~83,671~~

See accompanying notes.

STORE Capital LLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024			2025			2024
	2026			2025
Net income	$	3372,~~880~~422		$	3252,~~347~~674		$	~~114,285~~		$	~~84,354~~
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges		2,324			(45,691	)		(17,850	)		8,937
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		9,827			(14,938	)
Cash flow hedge gains reclassified to interest expense		(~~3,762~~270	)		(83,~~816~~704	)		~~(11,065~~	)		~~(26,262~~	)
Deferred gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		846			—			(337	)		—
Deferred loss on cash flow hedges		—			(1,183	)
Total other comprehensive loss		(592	)		(54,507	)		(29,252	)		(17,325	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		9,557			(19,825	)
Total comprehensive income (loss)		33,288			(22,160	)		85,033			67,029
Total comprehensive income		81,979			32,849
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest		~~126~~466			~~221~~667			~~1,107~~			~~683~~
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to controlling interest	$	33,162		$	(22,381	)	$	83,926		$	66,346
Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interest	$	81,513		$	32,182

See accompanying notes.

STORE Capital LLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Members’ Equity

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except unit data)

											Accumulated
											Other			Total			Non -
	Members’ Units				Members’ Equity						Comprehensive			Members’			controlling			Total
	Common		Preferred		Common			Preferred			Income (Loss)			Equity			Interest			Equity
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
Balance at June 30, 2025		1,000		250	$	8,239,327		$	250		$	(8,163	)	$	8,231,414		$	8,775		$	8,240,189
Balance at December 31, 2025		1,000		250	$	8,271,460		$	250		$	(9,531	)	$	8,262,179		$	13,446		$	8,275,625
Members’ contributions		—		—		350,000			—			—			350,000			—			350,000
Members’ distributions		—		—		(203,700	)		—			—			(203,700	)		—			(203,700	)
Members’ distributions		—		—		(204,000	)		—			—			(204,000	)		—			(204,000	)
Net income		—		—		71,956			—			—			71,956			466			72,422
Net income		—		—		33,754			—			—			33,754			126			33,880
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—			—			9,557			9,557			—			9,557
Contributions from noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			41,~~731~~226			41,~~731~~226
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(592	)		(592	)		—			(592	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(384	)		(384	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(305	)		(305	)
Balance at March 31, 2026		1,000		250	$	8,139,716		$	250		$	26		$	8,139,992		$	14,754		$	8,154,746
Balance at September 30, 2025		1,000		250	$	8,419,081		$	250		$	(8,755	)	$	8,410,576		$	13,327		$	8,423,903
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Balance at December 31, 2024		1,000		125	$	8,556,023		$	125		$	20,497		$	8,576,645		$	8,124		$	8,584,769
Members’ contributions		—		—		350,000			—			—			350,000			—			350,000
Members’ distributions		—		—		(600,000	)		(15	)		—			(600,015	)		—			(600,015	)
Issuance of preferred shares, net of costs of $105		—		125		—			20			—			20			—			20
Net income		—		—		113,058			120			—			113,178			1,107			114,285
Contributions from noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			4,946			4,946
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(29,252	)		(29,252	)		—			(29,252	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(850	)		(850	)
Balance at September 30, 2025		1,000		250	$	8,419,081		$	250		$	(8,755	)	$	8,410,576		$	13,327		$	8,423,903
											Accumulated
											Other			Total			Non -
	Members’ Units				Members’ Equity						Comprehensive			Members’			controlling			Total
	Common		Preferred		Common			Preferred			Income (Loss)			Equity			Interest			Equity
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Balance at June 30, 2024		1,000		125	$	8,565,383		$	125		$	36,366		$	8,601,874		$	8,148		$	8,610,022
Balance at December 31, 2024		1,000		125	$	8,556,023		$	125		$	20,497		$	8,576,645		$	8,124		$	8,584,769
Members’ distributions		—		—		(~~187~~192,000	)		—			—			(~~187~~192,000	)		—			(~~187~~192,000	)
Net income		—		—		32,126			—			—			32,126			221			32,347
Issuance of preferred shares, net of costs of $105		—		125		—			20			—			20			—			20
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(54,507	)		(54,507	)		—			(54,507	)
Net income		—		—		51,902			105			—			52,007			667			52,674
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(231	)		(231	)
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(19,825	)		(19,825	)		—			(19,825	)
Balance at September 30, 2024		1,000		125	$	8,410,509		$	125		$	(18,141	)	$	8,392,493		$	8,138		$	8,400,631
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(312	)		(312	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Balance at March 31, 2025		1,000		250	$	8,415,925		$	250		$	672		$	8,416,847		$	8,479		$	8,425,326
Balance at December 31, 2023		1,000		125	$	8,591,845		$	125		$	(816	)	$	8,591,154		$	8,044		$	8,599,198
Members’ contributions		—		—		285,000			—			—			285,000			—			285,000
Members’ distributions		—		—		(550,000	)		(7	)		—			(550,007	)		—			(550,007	)
Net income		—		—		83,664			7			—			83,671			683			84,354
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(17,325	)		(17,325	)		—			(17,325	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—		—		—			—			—			—			(589	)		(589	)
Balance at September 30, 2024		1,000		125	$	8,410,509		$	125		$	(18,141	)	$	8,392,493		$	8,138		$	8,400,631

See accompanying notes.

STORE Capital LLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
	2026			2025
Operating activities
Net income	$	~~114~~72,~~285~~422		$	8452,~~354~~674
Adjustments to net income:
Depreciation and amortization		~~443~~144,~~699~~770			~~439~~148,~~300~~106
Amortization of debt discounts, deferred financing costs and other noncash interest expense		5618,~~370~~187			5819,~~720~~110
Provisions for impairment		268,~~260~~678			287,~~823~~366
Net gain on dispositions of real estate		(79,~~447~~803	)		(504,~~459~~253	)
Noncash revenue and other		(3415,~~656~~946	)		(2116,~~374~~408	)
Payments made in settlement of cash flow hedges		~~(337~~—	)		—(1,183	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other assets		(1,~~531~~562	)		(~~525~~1,570	)
Accrued expenses, deferred revenue and other liabilities		(1337,~~870~~941	)		2(31,~~729~~601	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		~~582~~181,~~773~~929			~~541~~172,~~568~~241
Investing activities
Acquisition of and additions to real estate		(~~543~~178,~~231~~129	)		(~~473~~147,~~538~~035	)
Investment in loans and financing receivables		(~~741~~114,~~430~~701	)		(~~371~~108,~~875~~563	)
Collections of principal on loans and financing receivables		65,~~247~~436			~~1,597~~452
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate		~~287~~115,~~843~~638			~~306~~109,~~397~~689
Net cash used in investing activities		(~~990~~171,~~571~~756	)		(~~537~~145,~~419~~457	)
Financing activities
Borrowings under credit facility		1140,~~094,979~~000			—
Repayments under credit facility		(1350,~~096,379~~000	)		—
Borrowings under unsecured notes and term loans payable		~~351~~449,~~173~~784			~~135~~349,~~000~~773
Borrowings under non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entities		624,795			449,936
Repayments under non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entities		(6,947	)		(6,395	)
Repayments under non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entities		(275,153	)		(213,489	)
Financing costs paid		(3,868	)		(2,732	)
Financing costs paid		(30,736	)		(4,423	)
Members’ distributions		(203,700	)		(192,000	)
Members’ contributions		350,000			285,000
Proceeds from issuance of preferred shares		—			125
Members’ distributions		(600,015	)		(550,007	)
Preferred shares issuance costs paid		—			(105	)
Proceeds from issuance of preferred shares		125			—
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		(384	)		(312	)
Preferred shares issuance costs paid		(105	)		—
Contributions from noncontrolling interest		1,226			—
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		(850	)		(589	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		26,111			148,354
Contributions from noncontrolling interest		4,946			—
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		36,284			175,138
Net cash provided by financing activities		422,780			101,428
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		52,431			172,123
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		14,982			105,577
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	88,715		$	347,261
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		172,123			250,227
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	187,105		$	355,804
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	~~163~~63,~~497~~735		$	327,~~051~~283
Restricted cash included in other assets		2324,~~608~~980			2819,~~753~~978
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	~~187~~88,~~105~~715		$	~~355~~347,~~804~~261
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Accrued tenant improvements included in real estate, loans and financing receivable investments	$	31,~~786~~232		$	2022,~~232~~942
Tenant funded improvements to real estate investments		~~1,981~~—			131,~~167~~981
Acquisition cash holdbacks included in real estate investments		59,701			—
Acquisition cash holdbacks included in real estate, loans and financing receivable investments		3,595			—
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$	~~213~~76,~~338~~255		$	~~212~~73,~~245~~900
Cash paid during the period for income and franchise taxes, net		3,203			7,411
Cash paid (refunds received) during the period for income and franchise taxes, net		236			(214	)

See accompanying notes.

STORE Capital LLC

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026

1. Organization

STORE Capital Corporation was incorporated under the laws of Maryland on May 17, 2011 and completed its initial public offering of its common stock on November 21, 2014. On February 3, 2023, STORE Capital Corporation was taken private in a transaction by entities affiliated with GIC, a global institutional investor, and funds managed by Blue Owl Capital, Inc. in which it merged into a merger subsidiary of Ivory Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Ivory SuNNNs LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the separate existence of STORE Capital Corporation ceased, its common equity was no longer traded, and the surviving merger subsidiary changed its name to STORE Capital LLC. Following the Merger, STORE Capital LLC continues the business of its predecessor entity and acquires single tenant operational real estate to be leased on a long term, net basis to companies that operate across a wide variety of industries within the service, service-oriented retail and manufacturing sectors of the United States economy. From time to time, it also provides mortgage financing to its customers. References herein to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “STORE Capital” are references to STORE Capital Corporation prior to the Merger and STORE Capital LLC upon and following the Merger.

STORE Capital Corporation elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes beginning with its initial taxable year ended December 31, 2011. STORE Capital LLC has made an election to qualify, and believes it is operating in a manner to continue to qualify, as a REIT for federal income tax purposes beginning with its initial taxable year ended December 31, 2022. As a REIT, the Company will generally not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent that it distributes all of its taxable income to its members and meets other specific requirements.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Principles

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year. Certain information and note disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, have been condensed or omitted from these statements and, accordingly, these statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as filed with the SEC in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025.

These condensed consolidated statements include the accounts STORE Capital LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and special purpose entities and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that it controls through its voting interest and other means. One of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, STORE Capital Advisors, LLC, provides all the general and administrative services for the day‑to‑day operations of the consolidated group, including property acquisition and lease origination, real estate portfolio management and marketing, accounting and treasury services. The remaining subsidiaries were formed to acquire and hold real estate investments or to facilitate non‑recourse secured borrowing activities. Generally, the initial operations of the real estate subsidiaries are funded by an interest‑bearing intercompany loan from STORE Capital, and such intercompany loan is repaid when the subsidiary issues long‑term debt secured by its properties. All intercompany account balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Certain of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries are special purpose entities or VIEs. Each special purpose entity or VIE is a separate legal entity and is the sole owner of its assets and liabilities. The assets of the special purpose entities or VIEs may only be used to settle the liabilities of such entity and are not available to pay or otherwise satisfy obligations to the creditors of any owner or affiliate of the applicable special purpose entity or VIE. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the special purpose entities held assets totaling $13.57 billion and $13.26 billion, respectively, and had third-party liabilities totaling $3.56 billion and $3.16 billion, respectively. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the VIEs held assets totaling $~~438~~482.8 million and $~~275~~440.78 million, respectively, and had third-‑party liabilities totaling $10.78 million and $1.4 million, respectively. These assets and liabilities are included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company is required to continually evaluate its VIE relationships and consolidate these entities when it is determined to be the primary beneficiary of their operations. A VIE is broadly defined as an entity where either: (i) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without additional subordinated financial support, (ii) substantially all of an entity’s

activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights, or (iii) the equity investors as a group lack any of the following: (a) the power through voting or similar rights to direct the activities of an entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, (b) the obligation to absorb the expected losses of an entity, or (c) the right to receive the expected residual returns of an entity.

The designation of an entity as a VIE is reassessed upon certain events, including, but not limited to: (i) a change to the contractual arrangements of the entity or in the ability of a party to exercise its participation or kick-out rights, (ii) a change to the capitalization structure of the entity, or (iii) acquisitions or sales of interests that constitute a change in control.

A variable interest holder is considered to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE if it has the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Company qualitatively assesses whether it is (or is not) the primary beneficiary of a VIE. Consideration of various factors includes, but is not limited to, which activities most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the ability to direct those activities, the variable interest holder’s form of ownership interest, the variable interest holder’s representation on the VIE’s governing body, the size and seniority of the variable interest holder’s investment, the variable interest holder’s ability and the rights of other investors to participate in policy making decisions, the variable interest holder’s ability to manage its ownership interest relative to the other interest holders, and the variable interest holder’s ability to replace the VIE manager and/or liquidate the entity.

For its investments in entities that are not considered to be VIEs, the Company evaluates the type of ownership rights held by each party with an interest in the entity to determine if the Company holds a controlling financial interest. The assessment of whether the Company holds a controlling financial interest is made at inception of the entity and continually reassessed.

Consolidated VIE

The Company holds a 95% ownership interest in and is the managing member of a joint venture entity formed in December 2023 that owns and leases real estate to lessees that are affiliates of the noncontrolling interest ~~member~~holder. The Company has provided a $~~170~~187.81 million loan to the joint venture as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. The Company classifies the joint venture as a VIE, as the equity holders do not have the obligation to absorb all future losses of the joint venture due to a provision that protects the equity holders from certain losses if an event of default occurs under the leases. The Company consolidates the joint venture as the primary beneficiary because it has the ability to control the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. The assets of the joint venture primarily consist of leased properties (net lease real estate accounted for as financing arrangements) and cash; its obligations primarily consist of debt service payments to the Company, which are eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although management believes its estimates are reasonable, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

We reclassified $23.7 million of interest income receivables associated with certain financing arrangements previously included in other assets, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 to loans and financing receivables, net to conform to the presentation in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This reclassification has no effect on total assets reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.

Segment Reporting

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 280, Segment Reporting, established standards for the manner in which enterprises report information about operating segments. The Company views its operations as one reportable segment. We are engaged in the business of acquiring, investing in and managing Single Tenant Operational Real Estate across the U.S. The Company’s operating results depend primarily upon generating rental revenue and interest income from leasing its properties. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer acts as the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). Our CODM assesses entity-wide operating results and makes decisions on how to allocate resources based on consolidated net income, which is reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, the measure of segment assets is reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as “Total assets.”

Significant expense categories, including interest, property costs, general and administrative and depreciation and amortization, are included on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Asset information is included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and in Note 3.

Investment Portfolio

STORE Capital invests in real estate assets through three primary transaction types as summarized below. At the beginning of 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC Topic 842”) which had an impact on certain accounting related to the Company’s investment portfolio.

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Real Estate Investments – investments are generally made in one of two ways, either through sale-leaseback transactions in which the Company acquires the real estate from the owner-operators and then leases the real estate back to them, or through acquisitions from third-party sellers in connection with which a new lease is entered into with the tenant. Both approaches result in long-term leases which are classified as operating or finance leases and, in both cases, the operators become the Company’s long‑term tenants (its customers). IfReal ~~the~~estate ~~terms~~assets ofacquired may be subject to a lease contract ~~specifically~~that ~~associated~~contains ~~with~~certain aterms ~~sale-leaseback~~requiring ~~transaction~~the ~~result~~Company into account for the lease ~~being classified~~ as a finance lease. Additionally, orif the terms of a lease ~~contains~~contract specifically associated with a sale-leaseback transaction contain certain terms, such as a purchase option, the transaction is required to be accounted for as a financing arrangement, due to the Company’s adoption of ASC Topic 842, rather than as an investment in real estate subject to an operating or finance lease.

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Mortgage Loans Receivable – investments are made by issuing mortgage loans to the owner-operators of the real estate that serves as the collateral for the loans and the operators become long-term borrowers and customers of the Company. On occasion, the Company may also make other types of loans to its customers, such as equipment loans.

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Hybrid Real Estate Investments – investments are made through modified sale-leaseback transactions, where the Company acquires land from the owner-operators, leases the land back through long-term leases and simultaneously issues mortgage loans to the operators secured by the buildings and improvements on the land. Hybrid real estate investment transactions are generally accounted for as operating leases of the land and mortgage loans on the buildings and improvements.

Accounting for Real Estate Investments

Classification and Cost

STORE Capital records the acquisition of real estate properties at cost, including acquisition and closing costs. The Company allocates the cost of real estate properties to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated relative fair values. Intangible assets and liabilities acquired may include the value of existing in-place leases, above-market or below-market lease value of in-place leases and ground lease-related intangibles, as applicable. Management uses multiple sources to estimate fair value, including independent appraisals and information obtained about each property as a result of its pre‑acquisition due diligence and its marketing and leasing activities. Certain of the Company’s lease contracts contain terms that result in the lease being classified as a finance lease. Additionally, certain of the Company’s lease contracts allow its tenants the option, at their election, to purchase the leased property from the Company at a specified time or times (generally at the greater of the then-fair market value or the Company’s cost, as defined in the lease contracts). Subsequent to the adoption of ASC Topic 842, for real estate assets acquired through a sale-leaseback transaction and subject to a lease contract that, ~~due~~contains tocertain ~~the~~ terms ~~of the contract~~, issuch ~~classified~~ as a ~~finance lease, or where the contract contains a~~ purchase option, the Company accounts for such an acquisition as a financing arrangement. ~~and~~The Company records ~~the~~investments ~~investment~~in financing arrangements and finance leases in loans and financing receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. For contracts accounted for as a financing arrangement due to the presence of a purchase option, should the purchase option later expire or be removed from the lease contract, the Company would derecognize the asset accounted for as a financing arrangement and recognize the transferred leased asset in real estate investments.

In‑place lease intangibles are valued based on management’s estimates of lost rent and carrying costs during the time it would take to locate a tenant if the property were vacant, considering current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating lost rent and carrying costs, management considers market rents, real estate taxes, insurance, costs to execute similar leases (including leasing commissions) and other related costs. The value assigned to in‑place leases is amortized on a straight‑line basis as a component of depreciation and amortization expense typically over the remaining term of the related leases.

The fair value of any above‑market or below‑market lease is estimated based on the present value of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in‑place lease and management’s estimate of current market lease rates for the property, measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease. Capitalized above‑market lease intangibles are amortized over the remaining term of the respective leases as a decrease to rental revenue. Below‑market lease intangibles are amortized as an increase in rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases plus the contractual renewal periods on those leases, if any. Should a lease terminate early, the unamortized portion of any related lease intangible is immediately recognized in operations.

The Company’s real estate portfolio is depreciated using the straight‑line method over the estimated remaining useful life of the properties, which generally ranges from 20 to 40 years for buildings and is generally 10 to 15 years for land improvements. Properties classified as held for sale are recorded at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value, less anticipated selling costs. Any properties classified as held for sale are not depreciated.

Revenue Recognition

STORE Capital leases real estate to its tenants under long‑term net leases that are predominantly classified as operating leases, but in certain circumstances are classified as financing arrangements or finance leases. The Company’s leases generally provide for rent escalations throughout the lease terms. For leases classified as operating leases that provide for specific contractual escalations, rental revenue is recognized on a straight‑line basis so as to produce a constant periodic rent over the term of the lease. When a lease classified as a financing arrangement provides the same specific contractual escalations, lease payments accounted for as interest income are recognized using the effective interest method. Accordingly, straight-line operating lease receivables and interest income receivables, calculated as the aggregate difference between the rental revenue recognized on a straight‑line basis or interest income recognized using the effective interest method, respectively, and scheduled rents or interest, represent unbilled rent receivables that the Company will receive only if the tenants make all rent or interest payments required through the expiration of the leases. These straight-line operating lease receivables and interest income receivables are included in other assets, net and loans and financing receivables, net, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company reviews its straight-line operating lease receivables and interest income receivables for collectibility on a contract by contract basis and any amounts not considered substantially collectible are written off against rental revenues or interest income, respectively. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the Company had $87118.47 million and $63103.13 million, respectively, of straight-line operating lease receivables and interest income receivables. Leases that have contingent rent escalators indexed to future increases in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) may adjust over a one-year period or over multiple‑year periods. Often, these escalators increase rent at (a) 1 to 1.25 times the increase in the CPI over a specified period or (b) a fixed percentage. Because of the volatility and uncertainty with respect to future changes in the CPI, the Company’s inability to determine the extent to which any specific future change in the CPI is probable at each rent adjustment date during the entire term of these leases and the Company’s view that the multiplier does not represent a significant leverage factor, increases in rental revenue from leases with this type of escalator are recognized only after the changes in the rental rates have actually occurred.

In addition to base rental revenue and interest income, certain leases, including leases classified as financing arrangements, also have contingent rentals that are based on a percentage of the tenant’s gross sales; the Company recognizes contingent rental revenue and interest income when the threshold upon which the contingent lease payment is based is achieved. Approximately 3.43% of the Company’s investment portfolio is subject to leases that provide for contingent rent based on a percentage of the tenant’s gross sales; historically, contingent rent recognized has been less than 1.0% of rental revenues and interest income.

The Company reviews its revenue and interest receivables for collectibility on a regular basis, taking into consideration changes in factors such as the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area where the property is located. In the event that the collectibility of lease payments with respect to any tenant is not probable, a direct write‑off of the receivable is made and any future rental revenue or interest income is recognized only when the tenant makes a rental payment or when collectibility is again deemed probable.

Direct costs incremental to successful lease origination, offset by any lease origination fees received, are deferred and amortized over the related lease term as an adjustment to rental revenue. The Company periodically commits to fund the construction of new properties for its customers; rental revenue collected during the construction period is deferred and amortized over the remaining lease term when the construction project is complete. Substantially all of the Company’s leases are triple net, which means that the lessees are directly responsible for the payment of all property operating expenses, including property taxes, maintenance and insurance. For a few lease contracts, the Company collects property taxes from its customers and remits those taxes to governmental authorities. These property tax payments are presented on a gross basis as part of both rental revenues and property costs in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Impairment

STORE Capital reviews its real estate investments and related lease intangibles periodically for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through operations. Such events or changes in circumstances may include an expectation to sell certain assets in accordance with the Company’s long-term strategic plans. Management considers factors such as expected future undiscounted cash flows, capitalization and discount rates, terminal value, tenant improvements, market trends (such as the effects of leasing demand and competition) and other factors including bona fide purchase offers received from third parties in making this assessment. Depending on their nature, these factors are classified as Level 2 or Level 3 inputs within the fair value hierarchy, discussed in Fair Value Measurement below. If an asset is determined to be impaired, the impairment is calculated as the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its estimated fair value. Estimating future cash flows is highly subjective and such estimates could differ materially from actual results.

~~impaired,~~During the ~~impairment~~three ismonths ~~calculated~~ended asMarch 31, 2026, the ~~amount~~Company byrecognized ~~which~~an aggregate provision for the ~~carrying~~impairment ~~value~~of real estate of $8.3 million. For the ~~asset~~assets ~~exceeds~~impaired ~~its~~in 2026, the estimated aggregate fair value. ~~Estimating~~of ~~future~~the ~~cash~~impaired ~~flows~~real isestate ~~highly~~assets ~~subjective~~at ~~and~~the ~~such~~time ~~estimates~~of ~~could~~impairment ~~differ~~aggregated ~~materially~~$20.8 ~~from~~million. ~~actual~~The ~~results~~Company recognized an aggregate provision for the impairment of real estate of $6.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized an aggregate provision for the impairment of real estate of $9.8 million and $22.5 million, respectively. For the assets impaired in 2025, the estimated aggregate fair value of the impaired real estate assets at the time of impairment aggregated $56.9 million. The Company recognized an aggregate provision for the impairment of real estate of $8.7 million and $22.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

Accounting for Loans and Financing Receivables

Loans Receivable – Classification, Cost and Revenue Recognition

STORE Capital holds its loans receivable, which are primarily mortgage loans secured by real estate, for long‑term investment. Loans receivable are carried at amortized cost, including related unamortized discounts or premiums, if any.

The Company recognizes interest income on loans receivable using the effective‑interest method applied on a loan‑by‑loan basis. Direct costs associated with originating loans are offset against any related fees received and the balance, along with any premium or discount, is deferred and amortized as an adjustment to interest income over the term of the related loan receivable using the effective-interest method. A loan receivable is placed on nonaccrual status when the loan has become more than 60 days past due, or earlier if management determines that full recovery of the contractually specified payments of principal and interest is doubtful. While on nonaccrual status, interest income is recognized only when received. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the Company had loans receivable with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $~~26.~~9.7 million and $6426.79 million, respectively, on nonaccrual status.

Sale-Leaseback Transactions Accounted for as Financing Arrangements – Classification, Cost and Revenue Recognition

Lease contracts accounted for as financing arrangements are initially recorded at an amount equal to the cost of the associated real estate, including acquisition and closing costs. Certain financing arrangements which include fixed rent escalations are subsequently accounted for using the effective interest method as discussed in Accounting for Real Estate Investments, Revenue Recognition above. The Company recognizes revenue from sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements as interest income on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Sales-Type Financing Receivables – Classification, Cost and Revenue Recognition

Sales-type financing receivables are recorded at their net investment, determined as the present value of both the aggregate minimum lease payments and the estimated residual value of the leased property less unearned income. The unearned income is recognized over the life of the related contracts so as to produce a constant rate of return on the net investment in the assets. Rental payments received and the amortization of unearned income are recorded as interest income on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Impairment and Provision for Credit Losses

The Company accounts for provision of credit losses in accordance with ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (“Topic 326”): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASC Topic 326”). In accordance with ASC Topic 326, the Company evaluates the collectibility of its loans and financing receivables at the time each loan and financing receivable is issued and subsequently on a quarterly basis utilizing an expected credit loss model based on credit quality indicators. The primary credit quality indicator is the implied credit rating associated with each borrower, utilizing two categories, investment grade and non-investment grade. The Company computes implied credit ratings based on regularly received borrower financial statements using Moody’s Analytics RiskCalc. The Company considers the implied credit ratings, loan and financing receivable term to maturity and underlying collateral value and quality, if any, to calculate the expected credit loss over the remaining life of the receivable. Loans are written off against the allowance for credit loss when all or a portion of the principal amount is determined to be uncollectible. During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized an estimated $2.0.3 million and $31.80 million, respectively, of provisions for credit losses related to its loans and financing receivables; the provision for credit losses is included in provisions for impairment on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. ~~During~~For the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024,~~2026 ~~the Company recognized an estimated $2.7 million~~ and ~~$6.0 million, respectively, of provisions for credit losses. During the three months ended September 30,~~ 2025, the Company did not write off any credit losses associated with loans and financing receivables. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company wrote off $2.6 million of loans receivable against previously established reserves for credit losses. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did not write off any credit losses associated with loans and financing receivables.

Accounting for Operating Ground Lease Assets

As part of certain real estate investment transactions, the Company may enter into long-term operating ground leases as a lessee. The Company is required to recognize an operating ground lease (or right-of-use) asset and related operating lease liability for each of these operating ground leases. Operating ground lease assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the lease payments. The Company uses its estimated incremental borrowing rate, which is the estimated rate at which the Company ~~could borrow on a collateralized basis with similar payments over a similar term, in determining the present value of the lease payments.~~

Many of these operating lease contracts include options for the Company to extend the lease; the option periods are included in the minimum lease term if it is reasonably likely the Company will exercise the option(s). Rental expense for the operating ground lease contracts is recognized in property costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Some of the contracts have contingent rent escalators indexed to future increases in the CPI and a few contracts have contingent rentals that are based on a percentage of the gross sales of the property; these payments are recognized in expense as incurred. The payment obligations under these contracts are typically the responsibility of the tenants operating on the properties, in accordance with the Company’s leases with the respective tenants. As a result, the Company also recognizes sublease rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the Company’s sublease with the tenant; the sublease income is included in rental revenues. 12

could borrow on a collateralized basis with similar payments over a similar term, in determining the present value of the lease payments.

Many of these operating lease contracts include options for the Company to extend the lease; the option periods are included in the minimum lease term if it is reasonably certain the Company will exercise the option(s). Rental expense for the operating ground lease contracts is recognized in property costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Some of the contracts have contingent rent escalators indexed to future increases in the CPI and a few contracts have contingent rentals that are based on a percentage of the gross sales of the property; these payments are recognized in expense as incurred. The payment obligations under these contracts are typically the responsibility of the tenants operating on the properties, in accordance with the Company’s leases with the respective tenants. As a result, the Company also recognizes sublease rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the Company’s sublease with the tenant; the sublease income is included in rental revenues.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investment securities with maturities at acquisition of three months or less. The Company invests cash primarily in money‑market funds of major financial institutions, consisting predominantly of U.S. Government obligations.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash may include reserve account deposits held by lenders, including deposits required to be used for future investment in real estate assets, escrow deposits and cash proceeds from the sale of assets held by a qualified intermediary to facilitate tax-deferred exchange transactions under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company had $2325.60 million and $913.93 million of restricted cash at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, respectively, which are included in other assets, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Deferred Financing and Other Debt Costs

Financing costs related to the issuance of the Company’s long-term debt are deferred and amortized as an increase to interest expense over the term of the related debt instrument using the effective-interest method and are reported as a reduction of the related debt balance on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Costs paid to a lender as part of a debt issuance are recorded as a debt discount and amortized as an increase to interest expense over the term of the related debt instrument using the effective-interest method and are reported as a reduction of the related debt balance on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Financing costs related to the Company’s credit facility are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the term of the credit facility and are included in other assets, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company may enter into derivative contracts as part of its overall financing strategy to manage the Company’s exposure to changes in interest rates associated with current and/or future debt issuances. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. The use of derivative financial instruments carries certain risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these contractual arrangements are not able to perform under the agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments only with counterparties with high credit ratings and with major financial institutions with which the Company may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

The Company records its derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. All derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement in accordance with the associated master International Swap and Derivatives Association agreement have been presented on a net basis by counterparty portfolio for purposes of balance sheet presentation and related disclosures. See Note 7 for a summary of net derivative balances recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and gross asset and liability balances as if the Company had not elected to offset the asset and liability balances of the derivative instruments with each of its counterparties. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to cash flow hedges are reclassified to operations as an adjustment to interest expense as interest payments are made on the hedged debt transaction.

~~qualifying~~As asof aMarch ~~hedge~~31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had 21 interest rate swap agreements in place. Ten of the ~~exposure~~interest torate ~~variability~~swap agreements have an aggregate notional value of $1.0 billion, with two maturing in ~~expected~~February ~~future~~2027, ~~cash~~one ~~flows~~maturing in April 2027, orsix ~~other~~maturing ~~types~~in May 2027 and one maturing in May 2029, and as of ~~forecasted~~March ~~transactions~~31, 2026 are ~~considered~~designated cash flow hedges of the Company’s $1.0 ~~Hedge~~billion ~~accounting~~variable-rate ~~generally~~bank ~~provides~~unsecured ~~for~~term ~~the~~loan ~~matching~~which ofmatures ~~the~~in ~~earnings~~September ~~effect~~2030 (Note 4). Six of the ~~hedged~~interest ~~forecasted~~rate ~~transactions~~swap inagreements awith ~~cash~~an ~~flow~~aggregate ~~hedge~~notional value of $650.0 ~~The~~million, ~~changes~~three inwith ~~the~~maturities ~~fair~~of ~~value~~February 2027, one with a maturity of ~~derivatives~~May ~~designated~~2027 and ~~that~~two ~~qualify~~with a maturity of July 2028, are, as of March 31, 2026, designated cash flow hedges ~~are~~of ~~recorded~~the Company’s $650.0 million floating-rate bank unsecured term loan which matures in ~~accumulated~~September ~~other~~2028 ~~comprehensive~~(Note ~~income~~4). ~~Amounts~~Five ~~reported~~interest inrate ~~accumulated~~swap ~~other~~agreements ~~comprehensive~~with ~~income~~an ~~related~~aggregate tonotional ~~cash~~value ~~flow~~of ~~hedges~~$373.6 ~~are~~million, ~~reclassified~~with totwo ~~operations~~maturing asin anMay ~~adjustment~~2027 toand ~~interest~~three ~~expense~~maturing asin ~~interest~~July ~~payments~~2028, are, ~~made~~as onof March 31, 2026, designated cash flow hedges of the ~~hedged~~Company’s ~~debt~~variable-rate ~~transaction.~~unsecured revolving credit facility which matures in September 2029 (Note 4).

As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, the Company had 21 interest rate swap agreements in place. Ten of the interest rate swap agreements have an aggregate notional value of $1.0 billion, with two maturing in February 2027, one maturing in April 2027, six maturing in May 2027 and one maturing in May 2029, and as of September 30, 2025 are designated cash flow hedges of the Company’s $1.0 billion variable-rate bank unsecured term loan which matures in September 2030 (Note 4). Six of the interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $650.0 million, three with maturities of February 2027, one with a maturity of May 2027 and two with a maturity of July 2028, are, as of September 30, 2025, designated cash flow hedges of the Company’s $650.0 million floating-rate bank unsecured term loan which matures in September 2028 (Note 4). Five interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $373.6 million, with two maturing in May 2027 and three maturing in July 2028, are, as of September 30, 2025, designated cash flow hedges of the Company’s variable-rate unsecured revolving credit facility which matures in September 2029 (Note 4).

Fair Value Measurement

The Company estimates the fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities based on the framework established in fair value accounting guidance. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). The hierarchy described below prioritizes inputs to the valuation techniques used in measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities. This hierarchy maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring the most observable inputs to be used when available. The hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the reliability of inputs as follows:

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Level 1—Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.

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Level 2—Significant inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These types of inputs would include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets in inactive markets and market‑corroborated inputs.

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Level 3—Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement of the assets or liabilities. These types of inputs include the Company’s own assumptions.

Income Taxes

As a REIT, the Company is generally not subject to federal income tax but is subject to certain state and local income taxes as well as federal income and excise tax on its undistributed income. STORE Investment Corporation, the Company’s wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”) created to engage in non-qualifying REIT activities, is subject to federal, state and local income taxes, but these annual taxes have historically been and are currently estimated to be negligible ~~and have not been nor will be impacted by the Merger transaction, the income tax implications of which (to the Company) are referenced hereinafter~~.

Following the Merger, the Company’s new ownership structure and status as a privately held REIT caused multiple state income tax jurisdictions to view the Company as a captive REIT, resulting in state income tax liabilities to which the Company was not previously subject when it was publicly traded.

During ~~the nine months ended September 30,~~ 2025, the Company’s status as a captive REIT in most states ceased, which significantly reduced the state income tax liabilities that were triggered by the Merger. As such, the Company expects its state effective income tax rate, with respect to most captive REIT jurisdictions, to be zero for the foreseeable future. After applying the projected future effective income tax rate of approximately zero to the Company’s temporary differences, the $11.7 million balance in its net deferred tax liability recorded at December 31, 2024 was reversed in full during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, 2025, resulting in the recognition of a net tax benefit.

During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $0.35 million and a benefit of $10.28 million, respectively~~, and an income tax benefit of $2~~.~~7 million and an expense of $1.6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.~~

Certain state tax returns filed for 2021 and federal and state tax returns filed for 2022 through 2024 are subject to examination by the respective taxing authorities in these jurisdictions. As of March 31, 2026, management concluded that there is no tax liability relating to uncertain income tax positions. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest related to any underpayment of income taxes as interest expense and to recognize any penalties as general and administrative expense. There was no accrual for interest or penalties at March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025.

Certain state tax returns filed for 2021 and federal and state tax returns filed for 2022 through 2024 are subject to examination by the respective taxing authorities in these jurisdictions. As of September 30, 2025, management concluded that there is no tax liability relating to uncertain income tax positions. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest related to any underpayment of income taxes as interest expense and to recognize any penalties as general and administrative expense. There was no accrual for interest or penalties at September 30, 2025 or December 31, 2024.

Related Party Transactions

The Company has a service contract with PCSD Ivory Private Limited, an entity affiliated with GIC, one of the Company’s members, under which it has agreed to perform certain loan servicing and other administrative services on behalf of PCSD Ivory Private Limited in exchange for a servicing fee. During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $0.1 million and $0.52 million, respectively, of fee income, ~~respectively,~~ which is recorded in other income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. ~~During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of fee income.~~

In accordance with the terms of the service contract and related arrangements, during the ~~nine~~year ~~months~~ ended ~~September~~December 3031, 2025, the Company agreed to dispose of certain real estate assets held on behalf of PCSD Ivory Private Limited and recorded a related party liability equal to the fair value of the real estate assets. ~~Such~~As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, such related party liability balance was $21.8 million and $27.40 million, asrespectively, ofwhich ~~September~~is 30included in accrued expenses, ~~2025~~deferred revenue and other liabilities, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or the SEC. The Company adopts the new pronouncements as of the specified effective date. When permitted, the Company may elect to early adopt the new pronouncements. Unless otherwise discussed, these new accounting pronouncements include technical corrections to existing guidance or introduce new guidance related to specialized industries or entities and, therefore, will have minimal, if any, impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements or notes to the consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income statement (Subtopic 220-40) Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (“ASU 2024-03”), effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the adoption of ASU 2024-03 will have on its future disclosures.

3. Investments

At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, STORE Capital had investments in 3,~~564~~577 property locations representing 3,~~395~~401 owned properties (of which ~~227~~250 are accounted for as financing arrangements and ~~101~~157 are accounted for as sales-type leases), 22 properties where all the related land is subject to an operating ground lease and ~~147~~154 properties which secure mortgage loans. The gross investment portfolio totaled $1617.93 billion at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and consisted of the gross acquisition cost of the real estate investments totaling $14.1 billion including an offset by intangible lease liabilities totaling $~~137~~133.81 million, loans and financing receivables with an aggregate carrying amount of $23.72 billion and operating ground lease assets totaling $53.95 million. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, approximately 3332% of these investments are assets of consolidated special purpose entity subsidiaries that are pledged as collateral under the non‑recourse obligations of such special purpose entities (Note 4).

The gross dollar amount of the Company’s investments includes the investment in land, buildings, improvements and lease intangibles related to real estate investments as well as the carrying amount of the loans and financing receivables and operating ground lease assets. During the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the Company had the following gross real estate and other investment activity (dollars in thousands):

	Number of			Dollar
	Investment			Amount of
	Locations			Investments
Gross investments, December 31, 2024 (h)		3,312		$	15,816,145
Gross investments, December 31, 2025 (a)		3,576		$	17,169,924
Acquisition of and additions to real estate (a)(d)(f)(g)		144			633,120
Acquisition of and additions to real estate (b)(c)		26			188,550
Investment in loans and financing receivables (a)(g)		179			743,308
Investment in loans and financing receivables (b)(c)		14			114,673
Sales of real estate and financing receivables		(71	)		(301,158	)
Sales of real estate, loans and financing receivables		(39	)		(114,916	)
Principal collections on loans and financing receivables		—			(65,~~247~~436	)
Net change in operating ground lease assets (b)					(3,348	)
Net change in operating ground lease assets (d)					(191	)
Provisions for impairment					(268,~~260~~678	)
Other					(12,~~473~~183	)
Gross investments, September 30, 2025 (c)(e)(h)					16,854,087
Gross investments, March 31, 2026 (a)(f)					17,341,743
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (c)(e)					(1,469,358	)
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (f)					(1,704,550	)
Net investments, September 30, 2025		3,564		$	15,384,729
Net investments, March 31, 2026 (e)		3,577		$	15,637,193

(a)

~~Excludes~~Includes $2333.46 million ofand ~~total~~$27.3 ~~tenant~~million ~~improvement~~of ~~advances~~interest ~~disbursed~~income inreceivables ~~2025~~associated ~~which~~with ~~were~~certain ~~accrued~~financing arrangements as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, respectively.

(b)

~~Represents~~Includes ~~amortization~~$3.6 ~~recognized~~million onof ~~operating~~total ~~ground~~non-cash ~~lease~~real ~~assets~~estate and ~~the~~financing ~~disposal~~receivables ofacquired ~~operating~~in ~~ground~~connection ~~lease~~with ~~assets~~holdback ~~net of amortization during the nine months ended September 30, 2025~~arrangements.

(c)

~~Includes~~Excludes ~~the below-market lease liabilities (~~$~~137~~24.84 million) ~~and the accumulated amortization ($22.0 million)~~ of ~~the~~total ~~liabilities~~tenant ~~recorded~~improvement onadvances ~~the~~disbursed ~~condensed~~in ~~consolidated~~2026 ~~balance~~which ~~sheets~~were asaccrued ~~intangible lease liabilities~~ as of ~~September~~December 3031, 2025.

(d)

~~Includes~~Represents ~~$2.0~~amortization ~~million~~recognized ofon ~~tenant~~operating ~~funded~~ground ~~improvements~~lease assets during ~~2025~~the three months ended March 31, 2026.

(e)

~~Includes~~In connection with certain acquisitions completed or other modifications during the ~~dollar~~three ~~amount~~months ofended ~~investments~~March (31, 2026, the Company modified existing operating leases in a manner which required them to be accounted for as finance leases in accordance with ASC Topic 842. As a result, the Company reclassified $3312.51 million) of real estate investments to loans and financing receivables, net on the ~~accumulated~~condensed ~~depreciation~~consolidated (balance sheets. The Company also recognized a $51.64 million) ~~related~~non-cash toloss in connection with the modifications which is in included in net gain on dispositions of real estate ~~investments~~in ~~held~~the ~~for~~condensed ~~sale~~consolidated atstatements ~~September~~of ~~30, 2025~~operations.

(f)

Includes ~~non~~the below-~~cash~~market ~~acquisition~~lease ofliabilities ($18133.41 million) and the accumulated amortization ($25.0 million) of ~~real~~the ~~estate~~liabilities ~~improvements~~recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as intangible lease liabilities as of March 31, 2026.

Includes $63.0 million of total non-cash real estate and financing receivables acquired in connection with holdback arrangements.

Includes $22.5 million and $23.7 million of interest income receivables associated with certain financing arrangements as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

The following table summarizes the revenues the Company recognized from its investment portfolio (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2026

2025

Rental revenues:

Operating leases (a)

~~255~~260,~~171~~847

~~245~~252,~~228~~061

~~760,453~~

~~736,537~~

Sublease income - operating ground leases (b)

~~705~~666

780

~~2,268~~

~~2,186~~

Amortization of lease related intangibles and costs

1,~~250~~209

1,~~380~~039

~~3,818~~

~~4,102~~

Total rental revenues

~~257~~262,~~126~~722

~~247~~253,~~388~~880

~~766,539~~

~~742,825~~

Interest income on loans and financing receivables:

Mortgage and other loans receivable

712,~~237~~795

34,~~310~~613

~~16,746~~

~~7,190~~

Sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements

2542,~~116~~597

2130,~~403~~571

~~80,670~~

~~57,116~~

Sales-type and financing receivables

1418,~~230~~377

812,~~939~~379

~~39,053~~

~~18,129~~

Total interest income on loans and financing receivables

4673,~~583~~769

3347,~~652~~563

~~136,469~~

~~82,435~~

(a)

For the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024~~2025, includes $1.0.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of property tax tenant reimbursement revenue and includes $~~227~~116,000 and $~~385~~334,000, respectively, of variable lease revenue. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, includes $3.2 million and $3.3 million, respectively, of property tax tenant reimbursement revenue and includes $1.0 million and $921,000, respectively, of variable lease revenue.

(b)

Represents total revenue recognized for the sublease of properties subject to operating ground leases to the related tenants; includes both payments made by the tenants to the ground lessors and straight-line revenue recognized for scheduled increases in the sublease rental payments.

The Company has elected to account for the lease and nonlease components in its lease contracts as a single component if the timing and pattern of transfer for the separate components are the same and, if accounted for separately, the lease component would classify as an operating lease.

Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration

STORE Capital’s real estate investments are leased or financed to ~~672~~677 customers who operate their businesses across ~~145~~146 industries geographically dispersed throughout 49 states. The primary sectors of the U.S. economy and their proportionate dollar amount of STORE Capital’s investment portfolio at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 are service at 61%, service-oriented retail at 12% and manufacturing at 27%. Only one state, Texas (11%), accounted for 10% or more of the total dollar amount of STORE Capital’s investment portfolio at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. None of the Company’s customers represented more than 10% of the Company’s investment portfolio at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, with the largest customer representing 23.21% of the total investment portfolio. On an annualized basis, as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the largest customer represented approximately 23.23% of the Company’s total investment portfolio revenues.

Real Estate Investments

The weighted average remaining noncancelable lease term of the Company’s operating leases with its tenants at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 was approximately 14.58 years. Substantially all the leases are triple net, which means that the lessees are responsible for the payment of all property operating expenses, including property taxes, maintenance and insurance; therefore, the Company is generally not responsible for repairs or other capital expenditures related to the properties while the triple-net leases are in effect. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, 2317 of the Company’s properties were vacant and not subject to a lease.

Scheduled future minimum rentals to be received under the remaining noncancelable term of the operating leases in place as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, are as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2025	$	250,961
Remainder of 2026	$	768,596
2026		1,014,981
2027		1,025,898
2027		1,005,754
2028		1,013,528
2028		992,855
2029		993,699
2029		971,951
2030		973,366
2030		950,518
2031		945,303
Thereafter		8,~~569~~296,~~390~~624
Total future minimum rentals (a)	$	1314,~~756~~017,~~410~~014

(a)

Excludes future minimum rentals to be received under lease contracts associated with sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements and sales-type financing receivables. See Loans and Financing Receivables section below.

Substantially all of the Company’s leases include one or more renewal options (generally two to four five-year options). Since lease renewal periods are exercisable at the option of the lessee, the preceding table presents future minimum lease payments due during the initial lease term only. In addition, the future minimum lease payments presented above do not include any contingent rental payments such as lease escalations based on future changes in CPI.

Intangible Lease Assets

The following details intangible lease assets and related accumulated amortization (in thousands):

	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
	March 31,2026			December 31,2025
In-place leases (a)	$	~~533~~517,~~536~~106		$	~~551~~524,~~442~~648
Above-market leases		35,~~790~~069			3735,~~193~~069
Total intangible lease assets		~~569~~552,~~326~~175			~~588~~559,~~635~~717
Accumulated amortization (a)		(~~132~~149,468	)		(99142,~~007~~081	)
Net intangible lease assets	$	~~436~~402,~~858~~707		$	~~489~~417,~~628~~636

(a)

Includes the dollar amount of in-place lease intangibles ($39,000) and the related accumulated amortization ($396,000) associated with the real estate investments held for sale at ~~September~~December 3031, 2025.

Aggregate lease intangible asset amortization included in depreciation and amortization expense was $1311.32 million and $1314.24 million during the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024, respectively, and $41.6 million and $39.5 million for the nine months ended September 30,~~ 2025 ~~and 2024~~, respectively. The amount amortized as a decrease to rental revenue for ~~capitalized~~ above‑market lease intangibles was $0.7 million and $01.72 million for the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024, respectively, and $2.6 million and $2.1 million for the nine months ended September 30,~~ 2025 ~~and 2024~~, respectively.

Based on the balance of the intangible lease assets at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the aggregate amortization expense is expected to be $1133.72 million for the remainder of ~~2025~~2026, $4542.37 million in ~~2026~~2027, $4340.67 million in ~~2027~~2028, $4138.52 million in ~~2028~~2029, $3935.03 million in ~~2029~~2030, $3632.18 million in ~~2030~~2031 and $~~191~~153.10 million thereafter. The amount expected to be amortized as a decrease to rental revenue is expected to be $01.79 million for the remainder of ~~2025~~2026, $2.76 million in ~~2026~~2027, $2.65 million in ~~2027~~2028, $2.54 million in ~~2028~~2029, $2.43 million in ~~2029~~2030, $2.41 million in ~~2030~~2031 and $1513.30 million thereafter. The weighted average remaining amortization period is approximately 1110.17 years for the in‑place lease intangibles and approximately 12.96 years for the above-market lease intangibles.

Intangible Lease Liabilities

The following details intangible lease liabilities and related accumulated amortization (in thousands):

	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
	March 31,2026			December 31,2025
Below-market leases	$	~~137~~133,~~806~~141		$	~~141~~135,~~262~~140
Accumulated amortization		(2125,~~985~~044	)		(1623,~~167~~422	)
Net intangible lease liabilities (a)	$	~~115~~108,~~821~~097		$	~~125~~111,~~095~~718

(a)

Includes the dollar amount of below-market lease intangibles ($~~120~~14,000) and the related accumulated amortization ($322,000) associated with the real estate investments held for sale at ~~September~~December 3031, 2025.

Lease intangible liabilities are amortized as an increase to rental revenues. For the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024~~2025, amortization was $2.20 million and $2.34 million, respectively~~, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, was $7~~.1 ~~million and $6.7 million, respectively.~~ Based on the balance of the intangible liabilities at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the amortization included in rental revenue is expected to be $25.19 million for the remainder of ~~2025~~2026, $87.27 million in ~~2026~~2027, $87.05 million in ~~2027~~2028, $7.84 million in ~~2028~~2029, $7.6.7 million in ~~2029~~2030, $76.04 million in ~~2030~~2031 and $7566.15 million thereafter. The weighted average remaining amortization period, including extension periods, is approximately 22.32 years.

Operating Ground Lease Assets

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, STORE Capital had operating ground lease assets aggregating $53.95 million. Typically, the lease payment obligations for these leases are the responsibility of the tenants operating on the properties, in accordance with the Company’s leases with those respective tenants. The Company recognized total lease cost for these operating ground lease assets of $~~945~~883,000 and $~~1.0~~961,000 ~~million~~ during the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024, respectively, and $2.9 million and $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30,~~ 2025 ~~and 2024~~, respectively. The Company also recognized, in rental revenues, sublease revenue associated with its operating ground leases of $~~705~~666,000 and $780,000 during the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024, respectively, and $2.3 million and $2.2 million during the nine months ended September 30,~~ 2025 ~~and 2024~~, respectively.

The future minimum lease payments to be paid under the operating ground leases as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 were as follows (in thousands):

				Ground Leases
	Ground Leases			Paid by
	Paid by			STORE Capital's
	STORE Capital			Tenants (a)			Total
Remainder of 2025	$	14		$	693		$	707
Remainder of 2026	$	43		$	1,930		$	1,973
2026		57			2,562			2,619
2027		57			2,562			2,619
2028		57			2,592			2,649
2029		58			2,680			2,738
2030		60			2,700			2,760
Thereafter		3,198			103,317			106,515
2031		60			2,701			2,761
Total lease payments		3,501			117,106			120,607
Thereafter		3,138			100,616			103,754
Less imputed interest		(2,883	)		(70,059	)		(72,942	)
Total lease payments		3,473			115,781			119,254
Total operating lease liabilities - ground leases	$	618		$	47,047		$	47,665
Less imputed interest		(2,857	)		(68,819	)		(71,676	)
Total operating lease liabilities - ground leases	$	616		$	46,962		$	47,578

(a)

STORE Capital’s tenants, who are generally sub-tenants under the ground leases, are responsible for paying the rent under these ground leases. In the event the tenant fails to make the required ground lease payments, the Company would be primarily responsible for the payment, assuming the Company does not re-tenant the property or sell the leasehold interest. Of the total $115.8 million commitment, $85.7 million is due for periods beyond the current term of the Company’s leases with the tenants. Amounts exclude contingent rent due under one lease where the ground lease payment, or a portion thereof, is based on the level of the tenant’s sales.

STORE Capital’s tenants, who are generally sub-tenants under the ground leases, are responsible for paying the rent under these ground leases. In the event the tenant fails to make the required ground lease payments, the Company would be primarily responsible for the payment, assuming the Company does not re-tenant the property or sell the leasehold interest. Of the total $117.1 million commitment, $85.7 million is due for periods beyond the current term of the Company’s leases with the tenants. Amounts exclude contingent rent due under one lease where the ground lease payment, or a portion thereof, is based on the level of the tenant’s sales.

Loans and Financing Receivables

The Company’s loans and financing receivables include investments in real estate accounted for as financing arrangements and sales-type financing receivables as well as a smaller portion of investments made by issuing mortgage loans. Investments in real estate are recorded as loans and financing receivables on the balance sheet if the terms of a lease contract require the Company to account for the lease as a financing lease or if a lease specifically associated with a sale-leaseback transaction contains certain terms, such as a purchase option, the transaction is required to be accounted for as a financing arrangement. The Company’s loans and financing receivables are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

Type	InterestRate (a)	MaturityDate	~~September~~March 3031,~~2025~~2026			December 31,~~2024~~2025
Seventeen mortgage loans receivable (b)	8.86%	2025 - 2066	$	524,629		$	231,536
Investments in real estate included in loans and financing receivables:
Equipment and other loans receivable	10.00%	2025 - 2038		24,731			27,828
Sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements (b)(c)	8.63%	2034 - 2122	$	1,795,138		$	1,707,510
Total principal amount outstanding—loans receivable				549,360			259,364
Sales-type financing receivables	8.93%	2032 - 2056		831,513			814,341
Unamortized loan origination costs				2,015			686
Total investments in real estate included in loans and financing receivables				2,626,651			2,521,851
Unamortized loan premium				527			642
Principal amount outstanding—loans receivable:
Sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements (c)(d)	8.69%	2034 - 2122		1,472,253			1,163,118
Twenty-two mortgage loans receivable (d)	8.93%	2026-2066		564,710			561,206
Sales-type financing receivables	8.95%	2044 - 2055		675,750			556,879
Equipment and other loans receivable	9.86%	2026-2038		34,477			27,667
Allowance for credit and loan losses (e)				(17,220	)		(15,979	)
Total principal amount outstanding—loans receivable				599,187			588,873
Total loans and financing receivables			$	2,682,685		$	1,964,710
Unamortized loan origination costs				2,071			2,152
Unamortized loan premium				494			522
Allowance for credit and loan losses				(23,376	)		(23,072	)
Total loans and financing receivables			$	3,205,027		$	3,090,326

(a)

Represents the weighted average interest rate as of the balance sheet date.

(b)

~~Seven~~Includes of$33.6 ~~these~~million ~~mortgage~~and ~~loans~~$27.3 ~~allow~~million ~~for~~of ~~prepayment~~interest ~~with~~income areceivables ~~penalty~~associated ~~ranging~~with ~~from~~certain ~~20%~~financing toarrangements ~~70%~~as ~~depending on the timing~~ of ~~the~~March ~~prepayment.~~31, ~~Two~~2026 ofand ~~these~~December ~~mortgages~~31, ~~may be prepaid in whole or in part~~2025, ~~the remaining five allow for prepayment only in full~~respectively.

(c)

In accordance with ASC Topic 842, represents sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements rather than as investments in real estate subject to operating leases. Interest rate shown is the weighted average initial rental or capitalization rate on the leases; the leases mature between 2034 and 2122 and the purchase options expire between 2026 and 2073.

(d)

~~Includes~~Ten ~~$22.5~~of ~~million~~these ~~and~~mortgage ~~$23.7~~loans ~~million~~allow offor ~~interest~~prepayment ~~income~~with ~~receivables~~a ~~associated~~penalty ~~with~~ranging ~~certain~~from ~~financing~~20% ~~arrangements~~to as70% depending on the timing of ~~September~~the ~~30,~~prepayment. ~~2025~~Two ~~and~~of ~~December~~these ~~31,~~mortgages ~~2024~~may be prepaid in whole or in part, ~~respectively.~~the remaining eight allow for prepayment only in full.

Balance shown is net of $2.6 million of loans that were written-off against previously established reserves.

Loans Receivable

At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the Company held 3135 loans receivable with an aggregate carrying amount of $~~549~~599.54 million. ~~Seventeen~~Twenty-two of the loans are mortgage loans secured by land and/or buildings and improvements on the mortgaged property; the interest rates on 1214 of the mortgage loans are subject to increases over the term of the loans. The mortgage loans receivable generally require the borrowers to make monthly principal and interest payments based on a 15 to 40 year amortization period with a balloon payment, if any, at maturity or earlier upon the occurrence of certain other events. The equipment and other loans generally require the borrower to make monthly principal and interest payments with a balloon payment, if any, at maturity.

The long-term mortgage loans receivable generally allow for prepayments without penalty or with penalties ranging from 1% to 15%, depending on the timing of the prepayment, except as noted in the table above. Equipment and other loans receivable allow for ~~prepayments in whole or in part without penalty. Absent prepayments, scheduled maturities are expected to be as follows (in thousands):~~

	Scheduled
	Principal		Balloon		Total
	Payments		Payments		Payments
Remainder of 2025	$	1,715	$	9,723	$	11,438
2026		8,500		10,535		19,035
2027		9,214		—		9,214
2028		9,500		1,872		11,372
2029		9,760		1,500		11,260
2030		7,561		191,813		199,374
Thereafter		76,808		210,859		287,667
Total principal payments	$	123,058	$	426,302	$	549,360

prepayments in whole or in part without penalty. Absent prepayments, scheduled maturities are expected to be as follows (in thousands):


	Scheduled
	Principal		Balloon		Total
	Payments		Payments		Payments
Remainder of 2026	$	3,001	$	11,467	$	14,468
2027		9,353		7,200		16,553
2028		12,708		1,449		14,157
2029		15,885		1,500		17,385
2030		10,556		197,054		207,610
2031		2,299		—		2,299
Thereafter		85,783		240,932		326,715
Total principal payments	$	139,585	$	459,602	$	599,187

Sale-Leaseback Transactions Accounted for as Financing Arrangements

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the Company had $1.58 billion and $1.27 billion, respectively, of investments acquired through sale-leaseback transactions accounted for as financing arrangements rather than as investments in real estate subject to an operating lease; revenue from these arrangements is recognized in interest income rather than as rental revenue. The scheduled future minimum rentals to be received under these agreements (which will be reflected in interest income) as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, were as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2025	$	30,907
Remainder of 2026	$	113,076
2026		126,329
2027		153,221
2027		128,407
2028		155,982
2028		130,520
2029		158,927
2029		132,751
2030		161,953
2030		135,045
2031		165,006
Thereafter		34,~~882~~516,~~609~~509
Total future scheduled payments	$	45,~~566~~424,~~568~~674

Sales-Type Financing Receivables

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, the Company had $~~675~~831.85 million and $~~556~~814.93 million, respectively, of investments accounted for as sales-type leases; the components of these investments were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
	March 31,2026			December 31,2025
Minimum lease payments receivable	$	12,~~950~~304,~~889~~902		$	12,~~580~~282,~~222~~291
Estimated residual value of leased assets		1014,~~183~~152			912,~~229~~661
Unearned income		(1,~~285~~487,~~322~~541	)		(1,~~032~~480,~~572~~611	)
Net investment	$	~~675~~831,~~750~~513		$	~~556~~814,~~879~~341

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the future minimum lease payments to be received under the sales-type lease receivables are expected to be $1357.65 million for the remainder of ~~2025~~2026, $5570.09 million in ~~2026~~2027, $5672.2 million in ~~2027~~2028, $5773.67 million in ~~2028~~2029, $5975.04 million in ~~2029~~2030, $6076.49 million in ~~2030~~2031 and $1.69 billion thereafter.

Provision for Credit Losses

In accordance with ASC Topic 326, the Company evaluates the collectibility of its loans and financing receivables at the time each loan or financing receivable is issued and subsequently on a quarterly basis utilizing an expected credit loss model based on credit quality indicators. The Company groups individual loans and financing receivables based on the implied credit rating associated with each borrower. Based on credit quality indicators as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, $~~385~~333.2 million of loans and financing receivables were categorized as investment grade and $2.39 billion were categorized as non-investment grade. During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, there were $2.0 ~~million and $3~~.83 million, ~~respectively~~ of provisions for credit losses recognized~~. During the nine months ended September 30~~, ~~2025,~~no ~~there were $2.6 million of~~ write-offs charged against the allowance and no recoveries of amounts previously written off.

As of September 30, 2025, the year of origination for loans and financing receivables with a credit quality indicator of investment grade was $74.9 million in 2025, $142.1 million in 2024, $85.2 million in 2023, none in 2022, $31.1 million in 2021 and $51.9 million prior to 2021. The year of origination for loans and financing receivables with a credit quality indicator of non-investment grade was $658.8 million in 2025, $768.3 million in 2024, $540.9 million in 2023, $85.7 million in 2022, $39.9 million in 2021 and $218.6 million prior to 2021.20

As of March 31, 2026, the year of origination for loans and financing receivables with a credit quality indicator of investment grade was none in 2026, $60.4 million in 2025, $115.7 million in 2024, $85.2 million in 2023, none in 2022 and $71.9 million prior to 2022. The year of origination for loans and financing receivables with a credit quality indicator of non-investment grade was $69.6 million in 2026, $1.1 billion in 2025, $819.8 million in 2024, $546.7 million in 2023, $95.8 million in 2022 and $265.5 million prior to 2022.

4. Debt

Credit Facility

The Company has a credit agreement, ~~which was amended and restated in September 2025~~ (the “Unsecured Credit Agreement”), with a group of lenders which provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility”) and senior unsecured, variable-rate term loans which are discussed in more detail in the section titled “Unsecured Notes and Term Loans Payable, net” below. The Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility has ana ~~increased~~ borrowing capacity of $1.25 billion, ~~from~~matures in September 2029 and includes two six-month extension options, subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.075% extension fee. At March 31, 2026, the Company had $373.6 million of borrowings outstanding on the facility.

Borrowings under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility require monthly payments of interest at a rate selected by the Company of either (1) Daily Simple SOFR plus a spread ranging from 0.70% to 1.40%, or (2) the Base Rate, as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement, plus a spread ranging from 0.00% to 0.40%. The spread used is based on the Company’s credit rating as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement. The Company is required to pay a facility fee on the total commitment amount ranging from 0.10% to 0.30% based on the Company’s credit rating. As of March 31, 2026, the applicable spread for SOFR-based borrowings is 0.85% and the facility fee is 0.20%. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has five interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $373.6 million that effectively convert the outstanding borrowings on the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility to an all-in fixed rate of 4.7360%.

Under the ~~previous~~terms ~~capacity~~ of ~~$753.9~~the ~~million~~Unsecured Credit Agreement, ~~matures~~the inCompany ~~September~~is ~~2029~~subject to various restrictive financial and ~~includes~~nonfinancial ~~two~~covenants ~~six-month~~which, ~~extension~~among ~~options~~other things, ~~subject~~require the Company to maintain certain ~~conditions~~leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios. Certain of these ratios are based on the ~~payment~~Company’s pool of aunencumbered 0assets, which aggregated approximately $11.~~075%~~7 ~~extension~~billion ~~fee~~at March 31, 2026. AtThe ~~September~~facility 30is recourse to the Company and, ~~2025~~as of March 31, 2026, the Company ~~had~~was ~~$373.6~~in ~~million~~compliance ofwith ~~borrowings~~the ~~outstanding~~covenants onunder the facility.

Borrowings under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility require monthly payments of interest at a rate selected by the Company of either (1) Daily Simple SOFR plus a spread ranging from 1.00% to 1.45%, or (2) the Base Rate, as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement, plus a spread ranging from 0.00% to 0.45%. The spread used is based on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement. The Company is required to pay a facility fee on the total commitment amount ranging from 0.15% to 0.30% based on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio. The Company has a one-time, irrevocable election available under the Unsecured Credit Agreement to convert its borrowings to a credit-based rating grid. As of September 30, 2025, the applicable spread for SOFR-based borrowings is 1.10% and the facility fee is 0.20%. As of September 30, 2025, the Company has five interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $373.6 million that effectively convert the outstanding borrowings on the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility to an all-in fixed rate of 4.9860%.

Under the terms of the Unsecured Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios. Certain of these ratios are based on the Company’s pool of unencumbered assets, which aggregated approximately $11.2 billion at September 30, 2025. The facility is recourse to the Company and, as of September 30, 2025, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the facility.

The Unsecured Credit Agreement also includes capacity for uncommitted incremental term loans and revolving commitments, whether in the form of additional facilities or an increase to the existing facilities, up to an aggregate amount for all revolving commitments and term loans under the Unsecured Credit Agreement of $3.9 billion as amended in September 2025.

At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025, unamortized financing costs related to the Company’s credit facility totaled $1210.59 million and $411.17 million, respectively, and are included in other assets, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Unsecured Notes and Term Loans Payable, net

The Company has previously completed four public offerings of ten-year unsecured notes (“Public Notes”). In March 2018, February 2019 and November 2020, the Company completed public offerings of $350.0 million each in aggregate principal amount. In November 2021, the Company completed a public offering of $375.0 million in aggregate principal amount. The Public Notes have coupon rates of 4.50%, 4.625%, 2.75% and 2.70%, respectively, and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in March and September of each year for the 2018 and 2019 Public Notes, May and November of each year for the 2020 Public Notes, and June and December of each year for the 2021 Public Notes.

In March 2025, the Company completed a private offering of $350.0 million in aggregate principal amount of five-year senior unsecured notes (the “2025 Notes”). The 2025 Notes have a coupon rate of 5.40% and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in April and October of each year,. ~~commencing~~The ~~on October 30,~~ 2025. InNotes ~~connection~~were ~~with~~issued ~~this~~at ~~offering,~~99.935% ~~the~~of ~~Company~~their ~~entered~~principal ~~into~~amount. anIn ~~agreement~~December ~~pursuant~~2025, ~~to which~~ the Company isfiled ~~obligated to file~~ a registration statement with the SEC to offer to exchange ~~the~~these ~~2025~~notes ~~Notes~~ for a new issue of public notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The ~~Company~~exchange isoffer ~~required~~expired toon ~~complete~~February ~~such~~5, ~~exchange~~2026, ~~offer~~and ~~within~~the ~~one~~tendered ~~year~~2025 ofNotes ~~issuance~~were exchanged for new registered notes with substantially identical terms.

The supplemental indentures governing the Public Notes and 2025 Notes contain various restrictive covenants, including limitations on the Company’s ability to incur additional secured and unsecured indebtedness. As of September 30, 2025, the Company was in compliance with these covenants. The Public Notes and 2025 Notes can be redeemed, in whole or in part, at par within three months of their maturity date or at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) the make-whole premium, as defined in the supplemental indentures governing these notes.

The Company has entered into Note Purchase Agreements (“NPAs”) with institutional purchasers that provided for the private placement of three series of senior unsecured notes initially aggregating $375.0 million (the “Notes”). At September 30, 2025, the Company had $82.0 million of Notes outstanding. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears in May and November of each year. On each interest payment date, the interest rate on each series of Notes may be increased by 1.0% should the Company’s Applicable Credit Rating (as defined in the NPAs) fail to be an investment-grade credit rating; the increased interest rate would remain in effect until the next interest payment date on which the Company obtains an investment grade credit rating. The Company may prepay at any time all, or any part, of any series of Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the series then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus a Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the NPAs). The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

~~The~~In ~~NPAs~~February ~~contain~~2026, the Company completed a ~~number~~private offering of ~~financial~~$450.0 ~~covenants~~million ~~that~~in ~~are~~aggregate ~~similar~~principal toamount ~~the~~of ~~covenants~~five-year ~~contained~~senior inunsecured notes (the ~~Company’s~~“2026 ~~Unsecured~~Notes”). ~~Credit~~The ~~Agreement~~2026 asNotes ~~summarized~~have ~~above~~a coupon rate of 4.95% ~~Subject~~and tointerest ~~the~~is ~~terms~~payable ofsemi-annually ~~the~~in ~~NPAs~~arrears in February and ~~the~~August ~~Notes~~of each year, ~~upon~~commencing ~~certain~~on ~~events~~August 11, 2026. The notes were issued at 99.952% of ~~default,~~their ~~including,~~principal ~~but~~amount. ~~not~~In ~~limited~~connection towith this offering, ~~(i)~~the aCompany ~~payment~~entered ~~default~~into ~~under~~an agreement pursuant to which the ~~Notes,~~Company ~~and~~is ~~(ii)~~obligated to file a ~~default~~registration instatement with the ~~payment~~SEC ofto ~~certain~~offer ~~other~~to ~~indebtedness~~exchange by the ~~Company~~2026 orNotes ~~its~~for ~~subsidiaries,~~a ~~all~~new ~~amounts~~issue ~~outstanding~~of notes registered under the ~~Notes~~Securities ~~will~~Act. ~~become~~In ~~due~~April ~~and~~2026, ~~payable~~the atCompany filed a registration statement with the ~~option~~SEC to offer to exchange these notes for a new issue of public notes registered under the ~~purchasers~~Securities Act. AsThe ofexchange ~~September~~offer 30is anticipated to expire on May 27, ~~2025~~2026, and at such time, the Company ~~was~~intends infor ~~compliance~~the ~~with~~tendered ~~its~~2026 ~~covenants~~Notes ~~under~~to ~~the~~be ~~NPAs~~exchanged for new registered notes with substantially identical terms.

The ~~Company’s~~supplemental ~~Unsecured~~indentures ~~Credit~~governing ~~Agreement,~~the ~~provides~~Public ~~for~~Notes, the ~~Company’s~~2025 ~~Unsecured~~Notes ~~Revolving~~and ~~Credit~~the ~~Facility,~~2026 asNotes ~~discussed~~contain ~~above~~various restrictive covenants, ~~and~~including ~~two~~limitations ~~senior~~on ~~unsecured,~~the ~~variable-rate~~Company’s ~~term~~ability ~~loans~~to ~~which~~incur ~~were~~additional ~~amended~~secured and ~~restated~~unsecured inindebtedness. ~~September~~As ~~2025~~of ~~(collectively~~March 31, 2026, the ~~“Unsecured~~Company ~~Term~~was ~~Loans”)~~in compliance with these covenants. As ofThe ~~September~~Public 30Notes, the 2025, Notes and the ~~Tranche~~2026 ~~A-1~~Notes ~~Term~~can ~~Loan~~be ~~(“Tranche~~redeemed, ~~A-1~~in ~~Term~~whole ~~Loan”)~~or ~~had~~in apart, ~~balance~~at ofpar ~~$1.0~~within ~~billion~~three ~~and~~months ~~matures~~of intheir ~~September~~maturity ~~2030.~~date ~~The~~or ~~Tranche~~at ~~A-2~~a ~~Term~~redemption ~~Loan~~price ~~(“Tranche~~equal ~~A-2~~to ~~Term~~the ~~Loan”~~sum of (i) ~~had~~the aprincipal ~~balance~~amount of ~~$650.0~~the ~~million~~notes ~~and~~being ~~matures~~redeemed inplus ~~September~~accrued ~~2028~~and unpaid interest and ~~includes~~(ii) ~~two~~the ~~six~~make-~~month~~whole ~~extension options~~premium, ~~subject~~as todefined ~~certain~~in ~~conditions and~~ the ~~payment~~supplemental ofindentures agoverning ~~0.075%~~these ~~extension fee~~notes.

The ~~interest~~Company ~~rate~~entered oninto ~~each~~Note ofPurchase ~~the~~Agreements ~~Unsecured~~(“NPAs”) ~~Term~~with ~~Loans~~institutional ~~resets~~purchasers atthat ~~Daily~~provided ~~Simple~~for ~~SOFR~~the ~~plus~~private aplacement ~~credit~~of ~~rating-based~~three ~~spread~~series ~~ranging~~of ~~from~~senior 0unsecured notes initially aggregating $375.~~75%~~0 tomillion 1(the “Notes”).~~60%.~~ At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the ~~spread~~Company ~~applicable~~had to$82.0 million of the Notes outstanding, which the Company ~~was~~repaid 1in full at maturity in April 2026.~~20%.~~ AsInterest on the Notes was payable semi-annually in arrears in May and November of ~~September~~each ~~30,~~year. ~~2025,~~On ~~the~~each ~~Company~~interest ~~had~~payment ~~ten~~date, the interest rate ~~swap~~on ~~agreements,~~each ~~with~~series anof ~~aggregate~~Notes ~~notional~~was ~~value~~able ofto $be increased by 1.0% ~~billion,~~should ~~which~~the ~~effectively~~Company’s ~~convert~~Applicable ~~the~~Credit ~~Tranche~~Rating ~~A-1~~(as ~~Term~~defined ~~Loan~~in ~~borrowings~~the NPAs) have failed to be an ~~all~~investment-ingrade ~~fixed~~credit rating; the increased interest rate ofwould ~~4.2763%~~remain ~~and~~in ~~six~~effect until the next interest ~~rate~~payment ~~swap~~date ~~agreements~~on which the Company obtained an investment grade credit rating. The Company was able to prepay at any time all, ~~with~~or any part, of any series of Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate ~~notional~~principal ~~value~~amount of ~~$650.0~~the ~~million,~~series ~~which~~then ~~effectively~~outstanding ~~convert~~in the ~~Tranche~~case ~~A-2~~of ~~Term~~a ~~Loan~~partial ~~borrowings~~prepayment, toat an100% ~~all~~of the principal amount so prepaid plus a Make-Whole Amount (as defined in ~~fixed~~the ~~rate~~NPAs). The Notes were senior unsecured obligations of 5the Company.~~1378%.~~

AsThe ~~noted~~NPAs ~~above,~~contained ~~under~~a number of financial covenants that were similar to the ~~terms~~covenants ofcontained in the Company’s Unsecured Credit Agreement, ~~the~~as ~~Company~~summarized isabove. ~~subject~~Subject to ~~various~~the ~~restrictive~~terms ~~financial~~of ~~and~~the ~~nonfinancial~~NPAs ~~covenants~~and ~~which~~the Notes, ~~among~~upon ~~other~~certain ~~things,~~events ~~require~~of ~~the~~default, ~~Company~~including, tobut ~~maintain~~not ~~certain~~limited ~~leverage ratios~~to, ~~cash~~(i) ~~flow~~a ~~and~~payment ~~debt~~default ~~service~~under ~~coverage~~the ~~ratios~~Notes, and ~~secured~~(ii) ~~borrowing~~a ~~ratios.~~default Asin the payment of ~~September~~certain ~~30,~~other ~~2025,~~indebtedness by the Company ~~was~~or inits ~~compliance~~subsidiaries, ~~with~~all ~~these~~amounts ~~covenants.~~outstanding ~~The~~under ~~Unsecured~~the ~~Term~~Notes ~~Loans~~would ~~are~~become ~~senior~~due ~~unsecured~~and ~~obligations~~payable at the option of the ~~Company,~~purchasers. ~~require~~As ~~monthly~~of ~~interest~~March ~~payments~~31, ~~and~~2026, ~~may~~the beCompany ~~prepaid~~was ~~without~~in ~~premium~~compliance orwith ~~penalty~~its atcovenants ~~any~~under ~~time~~the NPAs.

The Company’s Unsecured Credit Agreement, provides for the Company’s Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, as discussed above, and two senior unsecured, variable-rate term loans (collectively the “Unsecured Term Loans”). As of March 31, 2026, the Tranche A-1 Term Loan (“Tranche A-1 Term Loan”) had a balance of $1.0 billion and matures in September 2030. The Tranche A-2 Term Loan (“Tranche A-2 Term Loan”) had a balance of $650.0 million and matures in September 2028 and includes two six-month extension options, subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.075% extension fee.

The interest rate on each of the Unsecured Term Loans resets at Daily Simple SOFR plus a credit rating-based spread ranging from 0.75% to 1.60%. At March 31, 2026, the spread applicable to the Company was 0.95%. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had ten interest rate swap agreements, with an aggregate notional value of $1.0 billion, which effectively convert the Tranche A-1 Term Loan borrowings to an all-in fixed rate of 4.0263% and six interest rate swap agreements, with an aggregate notional value of $650.0 million, which effectively convert the Tranche A-2 Term Loan borrowings to an all-in fixed rate of 4.8878%.

As noted above, under the terms of the Unsecured Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios. As of March 31, 2026, the Company was in compliance with these covenants. The Unsecured Term Loans are senior unsecured obligations of the Company, require monthly interest payments and may be prepaid without premium or penalty at any time.

The Company’s senior unsecured notes and term loans payable are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

			Outstanding Balance
	MaturityDate	InterestRate	March 31,2026			December 31,2025
	MaturityDate	InterestRate	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
Notes Payable:
Series C issued April 2016	Apr. 2026	4.73% (c)	$	82,000		$	82,000
Public Notes issued March 2018	Mar. 2028	4.50%		350,000			350,000
Public Notes issued February 2019	Mar. 2029	4.625%		350,000			350,000
Notes issued March 2025	Apr. 2030	5.40%		350,000			350,000
Public Notes issued November 2020	Nov. 2030	2.75%		350,000			350,000
Notes issued March 2025	Apr. 2030	5.40%		350,000			—
Notes issued February 2026	Feb. 2031	4.95%		450,000			—
Public Notes issued November 2021	Dec. 2031	2.70%		375,000			375,000
Total notes payable				12,~~857~~307,000			1,~~507~~857,000
Term Loans:
Tranche A-2 Term Loan	Sep. 2028	54.~~1378~~8878% (a)		650,000			~~727~~650,~~500~~000
Tranche A-1 Term Loan	Sep. 2030	4.~~2763~~0263% (b)		1,000,000			~~921~~1,~~100~~000,000
Total term loans				1,650,000			1,~~648~~650,~~600~~000
Unamortized discount				(~~145~~130,~~921~~338	)		(~~169~~138,~~356~~030	)
Unamortized deferred financing costs				(2122,~~335~~866	)		(920,~~144~~059	)
Total unsecured notes and term loans payable, net			$	3,~~339~~803,~~744~~796		$	23,~~977~~348,~~100~~911

(a)

Loan is a floating-rate loan which resets daily at Daily Simple SOFR plus the applicable spread, which was 10.2095% at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. The Company has six interest rate swap agreements that effectively convert the floating rate to the weighted-average fixed rate noted as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026.

(b)

Loan is a floating-rate loan which resets daily at Daily Simple SOFR plus the applicable spread, which was 10.2095% at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. The Company has ten interest rate swap agreements that effectively convert the floating rate to the weighted-average fixed rate noted as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026.

(c)

Note repaid in full at maturity in April 2026 using a portion of the proceeds from the $450.0 million 2026 Notes issued.

Non‑recourse Debt Obligations of Consolidated Special Purpose Entities, net

During 2012, the Company implemented its STORE Master Funding debt program pursuant to which certain of its consolidated special purpose entities issue multiple series of non‑recourse net‑lease mortgage notes from time to time that are collateralized by the assets and related leases (collateral) owned by these entities. One of the principal features of the program is that, as additional series of notes are issued, new collateral is contributed to the collateral pool, thereby increasing the size and diversity of the collateral pool for the benefit of all noteholders, including those who invested in prior series. Another feature of the program is the ability to substitute collateral from time to time subject to meeting certain prescribed conditions and criteria. The notes issued under this program are generally segregated into Class A amortizing notes and Class B non‑amortizing notes. The Company has retained the Class B notes which aggregate $230.0 million at March 31, 2026.

22The Class A notes require monthly principal and interest payments with a balloon payment due at maturity and these notes may be prepaid at any time, subject to a yield maintenance prepayment premium if prepaid more than 24 or 36 months prior to maturity. As of March 31, 2026, the aggregate collateral pool securing the net‑lease mortgage notes was comprised primarily of single-tenant commercial real estate properties with an aggregate investment amount of approximately $5.4 billion.

~~notes~~Certain ~~are~~of ~~issued,~~the ~~new~~consolidated ~~collateral~~special ispurpose ~~contributed~~entity tosubsidiaries of the ~~collateral~~Company ~~pool,~~have ~~thereby~~financed ~~increasing~~their ~~the~~real ~~size~~estate ~~and~~properties ~~diversity~~with oftraditional ~~the~~first ~~collateral~~mortgage ~~pool~~debt. ~~for~~The ~~the~~notes ~~benefit~~generally ofrequire ~~all~~monthly ~~noteholders,~~principal ~~including~~and ~~those~~interest ~~who~~payments ~~invested~~with inballoon ~~prior~~payments ~~series.~~due ~~Another~~at ~~feature~~maturity. ofIn ~~the~~general, ~~program~~these ismortgage ~~the~~notes ~~ability~~payable tocan ~~substitute~~be ~~collateral~~prepaid ~~from~~in ~~time~~whole toor ~~time~~in ~~subject~~part toupon ~~meeting~~payment ~~certain~~of ~~prescribed~~a ~~conditions~~yield ~~and~~maintenance ~~criteria~~premium. The mortgage notes ~~issued~~payable ~~under this program~~ are ~~generally~~collateralized ~~segregated~~by ~~into~~real ~~Class~~estate Aproperties ~~amortizing~~owned ~~notes~~by ~~and~~these ~~Class~~consolidated Bspecial ~~non‑amortizing~~purpose ~~notes.~~entity ~~The~~subsidiaries ~~Company~~with ~~has~~an ~~retained~~aggregate ~~the~~investment ~~Class~~amount Bof ~~notes~~approximately ~~which aggregate~~ $~~230~~233.05 million at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026.

The Class A notes require monthly principal and interest payments with a balloon payment due at maturity and these notes may be prepaid at any time, subject to a yield maintenance prepayment premium if prepaid more than 24 or 36 months prior to maturity. As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate collateral pool securing the net‑lease mortgage notes was comprised primarily of single-tenant commercial real estate properties with an aggregate investment amount of approximately $5.4 billion.

Certain of the consolidated special purpose entity subsidiaries of the Company have financed their real estate properties with traditional first mortgage debt. The notes generally require monthly principal and interest payments with balloon payments due at maturity. In general, these mortgage notes payable can be prepaid in whole or in part upon payment of a yield maintenance premium. The mortgage notes payable are collateralized by real estate properties owned by these consolidated special purpose entity subsidiaries with an aggregate investment amount of approximately $233.5 million at September 30, 2025.

The mortgage notes payable, which are obligations of the consolidated special purpose entities described in Note 2, contain various covenants customarily found in mortgage notes, including a limitation on the issuing entity’s ability to incur additional indebtedness on the underlying real estate. Although this mortgage debt generally is non‑recourse, there are customary limited exceptions to recourse for matters such as fraud, misrepresentation, gross negligence or willful misconduct, misapplication of payments, bankruptcy and environmental liabilities. Certain of the mortgage notes payable also require the posting of cash reserves with the lender or trustee if specified coverage ratios are not maintained by the Company or one of its tenants.

The Company’s non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entity subsidiaries are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

			Outstanding Balance
	Maturity	Interest
	MaturityDate	InterestRate	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
	Date	Rate	March 31, 2026			December 31, 2025
Non-recourse net-lease mortgage notes:
$270,000 Series 2015-1, Class A-2 (e)		4.17%	$	—		$	256,951
$200,000 Series 2016-1, Class A-1 (2016)	Oct. 2026 (a)	3.96%	$	160,535		$	161,786
$200,000 Series 2016-1, Class A-1 (2016)	Oct. 2026 (a)	3.96%		163,024			166,666
$82,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-1	Nov. 2026 (a)	2.82%		76,848			76,950
$82,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-1	Nov. 2026 (a)	2.82%		77,053			77,360
$46,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-3	Nov. 2026 (a)	3.32%		44,543			44,601
$46,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-3	Nov. 2026 (a)	3.32%		44,658			44,831
$135,000 Series 2016-1, Class A-2 (2017)	Apr. 2027 (a)	4.32%		110,042			110,869
$135,000 Series 2016-1, Class A-2 (2017)	Apr. 2027 (a)	4.32%		111,689			114,098
$228,000 Series 2018-1, Class A-2	Oct. 2027 (b)	4.29%		206,228			206,798
$228,000 Series 2018-1, Class A-2	Oct. 2027 (b)	4.29%		207,368			209,079
$164,000 Series 2018-1, Class A-4	Oct. 2027 (b)	4.74%		153,477			153,887
$164,000 Series 2018-1, Class A-4	Oct. 2027 (b)	4.74%		154,297			155,527
$346,000 Series 2023-1, Class A-1	May 2028 (a)	6.19%		341,098			341,531
$346,000 Series 2023-1, Class A-1	May 2028 (a)	6.19%		341,963			343,261
$182,000 Series 2023-1, Class A-2	May 2028 (a)	6.92%		179,422			179,649
$182,000 Series 2023-1, Class A-2	May 2028 (a)	6.92%		179,877			180,559
$168,500 Series 2021-1, Class A-1	Jun. 2028 (a)	2.12%		164,498			164,709
$168,500 Series 2021-1, Class A-1	Jun. 2028 (a)	2.12%		164,919			165,551
$89,000 Series 2021-1, Class A-3	Jun. 2028 (a)	2.86%		86,886			86,997
$89,000 Series 2021-1, Class A-3	Jun. 2028 (a)	2.86%		87,109			87,442
$74,400 Series 2024-1, Class A-1	Apr. 2029 (a)	5.69%		73,687			73,780
$74,400 Series 2024-1, Class A-1	Apr. 2029 (a)	5.69%		73,873			74,152
$25,600 Series 2024-1, Class A-3	Apr. 2029 (a)	5.93%		25,355			25,387
$25,600 Series 2024-1, Class A-3	Apr. 2029 (a)	5.93%		25,419			25,515
$107,200 Series 2025-1, Class A-1	Sep. 2030 (a)	4.76%		106,932			107,066
$107,200 Series 2025-1, Class A-1	Sep. 2030 (a)	4.76%		107,200			—
$17,800 Series 2025-1, Class A-4	Sep. 2030 (a)	4.95%		17,756			17,778
$17,800 Series 2025-1, Class A-4	Sep. 2030 (a)	4.95%		17,800			—
$260,600 Series 2024-1, Class A-2	Apr. 2031 (a)	5.70%		258,103			258,428
$260,600 Series 2024-1, Class A-2	Apr. 2031 (a)	5.70%		258,754			259,731
$89,400 Series 2024-1, Class A-4	Apr. 2031 (a)	5.94%		88,543			88,655
$89,400 Series 2024-1, Class A-4	Apr. 2031 (a)	5.94%		88,767			89,102
$268,000 Series 2025-1, Class A-2	Sep. 2032 (a)	4.98%		267,330			267,665
$268,000 Series 2025-1, Class A-2	Sep. 2032 (a)	4.98%		268,000			—
$44,500 Series 2025-1, Class A-5	Sep. 2032 (a)	5.17%		44,389			44,444
$44,500 Series 2025-1, Class A-5	Sep. 2032 (a)	5.17%		44,500			—
$168,500 Series 2021-1, Class A-2	Jun. 2033 (b)	2.96%		164,498			164,709
$168,500 Series 2021-1, Class A-2	Jun. 2033 (b)	2.96%		164,919			165,551
$89,000 Series 2021-1, Class A-4	Jun. 2033 (b)	3.70%		86,886			86,997
$89,000 Series 2021-1, Class A-4	Jun. 2033 (b)	3.70%		87,109			87,442
$244,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-2	Nov. 2034 (b)	3.65%		228,669			228,974
$244,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-2	Nov. 2034 (b)	3.65%		229,279			230,194
$136,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-4	Nov. 2034 (b)	4.49%		131,693			131,863
$136,000 Series 2019-1, Class A-4	Nov. 2034 (b)	4.49%		132,033			132,543
$160,800 Series 2025-1, Class A-3	Sep. 2035 (b)	5.19%		160,398			160,599
$160,800 Series 2025-1, Class A-3	Sep. 2035 (b)	5.19%		160,800			—
$26,700 Series 2025-1, Class A-6	Sep. 2035 (b)	5.39%		26,633			26,668
$26,700 Series 2025-1, Class A-6	Sep. 2035 (b)	5.39%		26,700			—
Total non-recourse net-lease mortgage notes				3,204,449			3,210,790
Total non-recourse net-lease mortgage notes				3,217,110			2,865,555
Non-recourse mortgage notes:
$65,000 note issued June 2016	Jul. 2026 (c)	4.75%		5453,~~243~~497			5553,~~313~~876
$41,690 note issued March 2019	Mar. 2029 (d)	4.80%		38,~~772~~391			3938,~~313~~585
$6,350 notes issued March 2019 (assumed in December 2020)	Apr. 2049 (c)	4.64%		5,~~652~~585			5,~~749~~619
Total non-recourse mortgage notes				9897,~~667~~473			~~100~~98,~~375~~080
Unamortized discount				(~~108~~95,~~513~~410	)		(~~130~~101,~~111~~954	)
Unamortized deferred financing costs				(87,~~307~~454	)		(47,~~812~~889	)
Total non-recourse debt obligations of consolidated special purpose entities, net			$	3,~~198~~199,~~957~~058		$	23,~~831~~199,~~007~~027

(a)

Prepayable, without penalty, 24 months prior to maturity.

(b)

Prepayable, without penalty, 36 months prior to maturity.

(c)

Prepayable, without penalty, three months prior to maturity.

(d)

Prepayable, without penalty, four months prior to maturity.

Repaid in full at maturity, without penalty, in April 2025 using a portion of the proceeds from the $350.0 million 2025 Notes issued.

Credit Risk Related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with derivative counterparties, which provide generally that the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if the Company defaults on the underlying indebtedness. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the termination value of the Company’s interest rate swaps that were in a liability position was approximately $104.28 million, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk.

Long Term Debt Maturity Schedule

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the scheduled maturities, including balloon payments, on the Company’s aggregate long-term debt obligations are as follows (in thousands):

	Scheduled
	Principal		Balloon
	Payments		Payments		Total
Remainder of 2025	$	6,907	$	—	$	6,907
Remainder of 2026	$	18,795	$	414,142	$	432,937
2026		25,743		414,142		439,885
2027		17,237		460,472		477,709
2028		10,966		1,763,615		1,774,581
2029		8,483		483,585		492,068
2030		8,019		1,821,928		1,829,947
Thereafter		22,678		1,779,002		1,801,680
2031		6,298		1,162,896		1,169,194
	$	100,033	$	6,722,744	$	6,822,777
Thereafter		16,380		1,066,106		1,082,486
	$	86,178	$	7,172,744	$	7,258,922

5. Members’ Equity

In connection with the Merger, the Company issued 1,000 common units (“Common Units”) to its members for an aggregate cash amount of $8.3 billion. Prior to the Merger, the Company issued 125 Series A Preferred Units (the “Preferred Units”) for an aggregate cash amount of $125,000. The issuance of the Preferred Units was made through a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Additionally, during the ~~nine~~year ~~months~~ ended ~~September~~December 3031, 2025, one of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries issued 125 Series B Preferred Units for an aggregate cash amount of $125,000.

In accordance with the Company’s operating agreement, members holding Preferred Units (“Preferred Members”) receive distributions bi-annually and Members holding Common Units (“Common Members”) may receive distributions monthly. Common Members may be subject to capital calls. Except for their initial capital contribution, no Preferred Members may make any additional capital contributions. Additionally, no Preferred Members have the right to demand a withdrawal, reduction or return of their capital contributions or receive interest thereon.

The Preferred Units rank senior to the Common Units of the Company and to all other membership interests and equity securities issued by the Company with respect to distribution and redemption rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

6. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business. Management believes that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various types of commitments to purchase real estate properties. These commitments are generally subject to the Company’s customary due diligence process and, accordingly, a number of specific conditions must be met before the Company is obligated to purchase the properties. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the Company had commitments to its customers to fund improvements to owned or mortgaged real estate properties totaling approximately $~~343~~262.58 million, of which $~~336~~246.68 million is expected to be funded in the next twelve months. These additional investments will generally result in increases to the rental revenue or interest income due under the related contracts.

The Company has employment agreements with each of its executive officers that provide for minimum annual base salaries and cash incentive compensation based on the satisfactory achievement of reasonable performance criteria and objectives on an annual and multi-year basis. In the event an executive officer’s employment terminates under certain circumstances, the Company would be liable for cash severance and continuation of healthcare benefits under the terms of the employee agreements.

7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s derivatives are required to be measured at fair value in the Company’s consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Derivatives are measured under a market approach, using prices obtained from a nationally recognized pricing service

and pricing models with market observable inputs such as interest rates and equity index levels. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. As discussed in Note 2, the Company has elected to present the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities within the condensed consolidated balance sheets on a net basis by counterparty. The net derivative assets are included in other assets, and the net derivative liabilities, if any, are included in accrued expenses, deferred revenue and other liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table summarizes the net derivative balances recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and provides information as if the Company had not elected to offset the asset and liability balances of the derivative instruments with each of its counterparties in accordance with the associated master International Swap and Derivatives Association agreement (in thousands):

	September 30,2025			December 31,2024
	March 31,2026			December 31,2025
Derivative assets:
Net derivative assets presented in the condensed consolidated balance sheets	$	79,~~426~~168		$	325,~~535~~676
Gross amount of eligible offsetting recognized derivative liabilities		32,~~874~~200			23,~~656~~497
Gross amount of derivative assets	$	11,~~300~~368		$	359,~~191~~173
Derivative liabilities:
Net derivative liabilities presented in the condensed consolidated balance sheets	$	(72,~~039~~130	)	$	—(7,142	)
Gross amount of eligible offsetting recognized derivative assets		(32,~~874~~200	)		(23,~~656~~497	)
Gross amount of derivative liabilities	$	(104,~~913~~330	)	$	(210,~~656~~639	)

In addition to the disclosures for assets and liabilities required to be measured at fair value at the balance sheet date, companies are required to disclose the estimated fair values of all financial instruments, even if they are not carried at their fair value. The fair values of financial instruments are estimates based on market conditions and perceived risks at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and December 31, ~~2024~~2025. These estimates require management’s judgment and may not be indicative of the future fair values of the assets and liabilities.

Financial assets and liabilities for which the carrying values approximate their fair values include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and tenant deposits. Generally, these assets and liabilities are short‑term in duration and are recorded at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company believes the carrying value of the borrowings on its credit facility approximate fair value based on their nature, terms and variable interest rate. Additionally, the Company believes the current carrying values of its fixed‑rate loans receivable approximate fair values based on market quotes for comparable instruments or discounted cash flow analyses using estimates of the amount and timing of future cash flows, market rates and credit spreads.

The estimated fair values of the Company’s aggregate long-term debt obligations have been derived based on market observable inputs such as interest rates and discounted cash flow analyses using estimates of the amount and timing of future cash flows, market rates and credit spreads. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, these debt obligations had an aggregate carrying value of $67.50 billion and an estimated fair value of $6.7.1 billion. At December 31, ~~2024~~2025, these debt obligations had an aggregate carrying value of $56.85 billion and an estimated fair value of $56.87 billion.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” or “STORE Capital,” are references to STORE Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as defined below, unless we specifically state otherwise or the context indicates otherwise.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning our business and growth strategies, investment, financing and leasing activities and trends in our business, including trends in the market for long-term, triple-net leases of freestanding, single-tenant properties. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “likely,” “will,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results of operations or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore such statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be achieved. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact future results, performance or transactions, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 56, ~~2025~~2026.

Forward-looking statements and such risks, uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. New risks and uncertainties may arise over time and it is not possible for us to predict those events or how they may affect us. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

Overview

We invest in Single Tenant Operational Real Estate, or STORE Property, which is our target market and the inspiration for our name. A STORE Property is a property location at which a company operates its business and generates sales and profits, which makes the location a profit center and, therefore, fundamentally important to that business. Due to the long-term nature of our leases, we focus our acquisition activity on properties that operate in industries we believe have long-term relevance, the majority of which are service industries. By acquiring the real estate from the operators and then leasing the real estate back to them, the operators become our long-term tenants, and we refer to them as our customers. Through the execution of these sale-leaseback transactions, we fill a need for our customers by providing them a source of long-term capital that enables them to avoid the need to incur debt and/or employ equity in order to finance the real estate that is essential to their business.

All the real estate we acquire is held by our wholly or majority owned subsidiaries, many of which are special purpose bankruptcy remote entities formed to facilitate the financing of our real estate. We predominantly acquire our single‑tenant properties directly from our customers in sale‑leaseback transactions where our customers sell us their operating properties and then simultaneously enter into long‑term triple‑net leases with us to lease the properties back. Accordingly, our properties are fully occupied and under lease from the moment we acquire them.

We generate our cash from operations primarily through the monthly lease payments, or “base rent,” we receive from our customers under their long-term leases with us. We also receive interest payments on loans and financing receivables, which are a smaller part of our portfolio. We refer to the monthly scheduled lease and interest payments due from our customers as “base rent and interest.” Most of our leases contain lease escalations every year or every several years that are based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index or a stated percentage, which allows the monthly lease payments we receive to increase over the life of the lease contracts. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, approximately 99% of our leases (based on base rent and interest) were “triple-net” leases, which means that our customers are responsible for all the operating costs such as maintenance, insurance and property taxes associated with the properties they lease from us, including any increases in those costs that may occur as a result of inflation. The remaining leases have some landlord responsibilities, generally related to maintenance and structural component replacement that may be required on such properties in the future, although we do not currently anticipate incurring significant capital expenditures or property-level operating costs under such leases. Because our properties are single tenant properties, almost all of which are under long-term leases, it is not necessary for us to perform any significant ongoing leasing activities on our properties.

We have a dedicated internal team that reviews and analyzes ongoing customer financial performance, both at the corporate level and with respect to each property we own, to identify properties that may no longer be part of our long-term strategic plan and as such, we may from time to time decide to sell properties.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our investment portfolio stood at approximately $1617.83 billion, consisting of investments in 3,~~564~~577 property locations. Substantially all of our cash from operations is generated by our investment portfolio.

Our primary cash expenditures are the principal and interest payments we make on the debt we use to finance our real estate investment portfolio and the general and administrative expenses of managing the portfolio and operating our business. Since substantially all our leases are triple net, our tenants are generally responsible for the maintenance, insurance and property taxes associated with the properties they lease from us. When a property becomes vacant through a tenant default or expiration of the lease term with no tenant renewal, we incur the property costs not paid by the tenant, as well as those property costs accruing during the time it takes to locate a substitute tenant or sell the property. We expect to incur some property-level operating costs from time to time in periods during which properties that become vacant are being remarketed. In addition, we may recognize an expense for certain property costs, such as real estate taxes billed in arrears, if we believe the tenant is likely to vacate the property before making payment on those obligations or may be unable to pay such costs in a timely manner. Property costs are generally not significant to our operations, but the amount of property costs can vary quarter to quarter based on the timing of property vacancies and the level of underperforming properties. We may advance certain property costs on behalf of our tenants but expect that the majority of these costs will be reimbursed by the tenant and do not anticipate that they will be significant to our operations.

We intend to continue to grow through additional real estate investments. To accomplish this objective, we must continue to identify real estate acquisitions that are consistent with our underwriting guidelines and raise future additional capital to make such acquisitions. We acquire real estate with a combination of debt and equity capital, proceeds from the sale of properties and cash from operations that is not otherwise distributed to our members in the form of distributions. We also periodically commit to fund the construction of new properties for our customers or to provide them funds to improve and/or renovate properties we lease to them. These additional investments will generally result in increases to the rental revenue or interest income due under the related contracts.

Financing Strategy

Our debt capital is initially provided on a short-term, temporary basis through a multi-year, variable-rate unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of banks. We manage our long-term leverage position through the strategic and economic issuance of long-term fixed-rate debt on both a secured and unsecured basis. By matching the expected cash inflows from our long-term real estate leases with the expected cash outflows of our long-term fixed-rate debt, we “lock in”, for as long as is economically feasible, the expected positive difference between our scheduled cash inflows on the leases and the cash outflows on our debt payments. By locking in this difference, or spread, we seek to reduce the risk that increases in interest rates would adversely impact our profitability. In addition, we use various financial instruments designed to mitigate the impact of interest rate fluctuations on our cash flows and earnings, including hedging strategies such as interest rate swaps and caps, depending on our analysis of the interest rate environment and the costs and risks of such strategies. We also ladder our debt maturities in order to minimize the gap between our free cash flow (which we define as our cash from operations less distributions) and our annual debt maturities.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

We have an unsecured credit agreement, ~~which was amended and restated in September 2025,~~ with a group of lenders which provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility has ana ~~increased~~ borrowing capacity of $1.25 billion ~~from the previous capacity of $753.9 million~~, matures in September 2029 and includes two six-month extension options, subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.075% extension fee. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had $373.6 million outstanding under our unsecured revolving credit facility.

Borrowings under the facility require monthly payments of interest at a rate selected by us of either (1) Daily Simple SOFR plus a spread ranging from 10.0070% to 1.4540%, or (2) the Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus a spread ranging from 0.00% to 0.4540%. The spread used is based on our ~~consolidated~~credit ~~total~~rating ~~leverage ratio~~ as defined in the credit agreement. We are also required to pay a facility fee on the total commitment amount ranging from 0.1510% to 0.30% based on our ~~consolidated total leverage ratio. We have a one-time, irrevocable election available under the unsecured~~ credit ~~agreement to convert our borrowings to a credit-based~~ rating ~~grid~~. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the applicable spread for SOFR-based borrowings is 10.1085% and the facility fee is 0.20%. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had five interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $373.6 million that effectively convert the outstanding borrowings on the facility to an all-in fixed rate of 4.~~9860~~7360%.

Under the terms of the facility, we are subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require us to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios. Certain

~~Under the terms~~ of the facility, we are subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require us to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios. Certain of these ratios are based on our pool of unencumbered assets, which aggregated approximately $11.27 billion at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. The facility is recourse to us, and, as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we were in compliance with the financial and nonfinancial covenants under the facility.

Senior Unsecured Term Debt

In ~~March~~February ~~2025~~2026, we completed an issuance of five-year senior ~~unsecured~~ notes, with an aggregate principal amount of $~~350~~450.0 million and a coupon rate of 54.4095%. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had an aggregate principal amount of $12.82 billion of senior unsecured notes outstanding; $1.48 billion of public senior unsecured notes outstanding and $~~350~~450.0 million of private senior unsecured notes outstanding, subject to a registration rights agreement. These senior unsecured notes bear a weighted average coupon rate of 34.9817% and interest on these notes is paid semi-annually. The supplemental indentures governing our senior unsecured notes contain various restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional secured and unsecured indebtedness. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we were in compliance with these covenants.

Prior to the inaugural issuance of public debt in March 2018, unsecured long-term debt had been issued through the private placement of notes to institutional investors. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had an aggregate principal amount of $82.0 million of privately placed notes outstanding; these privately placed notes were repaid at maturity in April 2026. The financial covenants of the privately placed notes ~~are~~were similar to our current unsecured revolving credit facility. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we were in compliance with these covenants.

We have a credit agreement with a group of lenders which provides for two senior unsecured, variable-rate term loans ~~which were amended and restated in September 2025~~ (collectively the “Unsecured Term Loans”). As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, the Tranche A-1 Term Loan (“Tranche A-1 Term Loan”) had a balance of $1.0 billion and matures in September 2030. The Tranche A-2 Term Loan (“Tranche A-2 Term Loan”) had a balance of $650.0 million and matures in September 2028 and includes two six-month extension options, subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.075% extension fee.

The interest rate on each of the Unsecured Term Loans resets at Daily Simple SOFR plus a credit rating-based spread ranging from 0.75% to 1.60%. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our spread was 10.2095%. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had ten interest rate swap agreements, with an aggregate notional value of $1.0 billion, which effectively convert the Tranche A-1 Term Loan borrowings to an all-in fixed rate of 4.~~2763~~0263% and six interest rate swap agreements, with an aggregate notional value of $650.0 million, which effectively convert the Tranche A-2 Term Loan borrowings to an all-in fixed rate of 54.~~1378~~8878%.

The aggregate outstanding principal amount of our ~~unsecured~~ senior unsecured notes and term loans payable was $34.50 billion as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026.

Non-recourse Secured Debt

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, approximately 3231% of our real estate investment portfolio served as collateral for outstanding borrowings under our STORE Master Funding debt program. We believe our STORE Master Funding program allows for flexibility not commonly found in non-recourse debt, often making it preferable to traditional debt issued in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market. Under the program, STORE Capital serves as both master and special servicer for the collateral pool, allowing for active portfolio monitoring and prompt issue resolution. In addition, features of the program allowing for the sale or substitution of collateral, provided certain criteria are met, facilitate active portfolio management. Through this debt program, we arrange for bankruptcy remote, special purpose entity subsidiaries to issue multiple series of investment-grade asset backed net lease mortgage notes, or ABS notes, from time to time as additional collateral is added to the collateral pool and leverage can be added in incremental note issuances based on the value of the collateral pool.

The ABS notes are generally issued by our wholly owned special purpose entity subsidiaries to institutional investors through the asset backed securities market. These ABS notes are typically issued in two classes, Class A and Class B. At the time of issuance, the Class A notes generally represent approximately 70% of the appraised value of the underlying real estate collateral owned by the issuing subsidiaries and are currently rated AAA or AA by S&P Global Ratings.

29The aggregate outstanding principal amount of our secured mortgage notes payable was $3.3 billion as of March 31, 2026.

In September 2025, our consolidated special purpose entities issued Series 2025-1 of net-lease mortgage notes under the STORE Master Funding debt program consisting of $625.0 million of five-year, seven-year and ten-year notes issued in six Class A tranches as summarized below:

Note Class	Rating (a)	Amount		Coupon Rate			Term	Maturity Date
Class A-1	AAA	$	107,200,000		4.76	%	5 years	September 2030
Class A-2	AAA		268,000,000		4.98	%	7 years	September 2032
Class A-3	AAA		160,800,000		5.19	%	10 years	September 2035
Class A-4	AA		17,800,000		4.95	%	5 years	September 2030
Class A-5	AA		44,500,000		5.17	%	7 years	September 2032
Class A-6	AA		26,700,000		5.39	%	10 years	September 2035
Total/Weighted Average Coupon Rate		$	625,000,000		5.06	%

By S&P Global Ratings

The aggregate outstanding principal amount of our secured mortgage notes payable was $3.3 billion as of September 30, 2025.

Debt Summary

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our aggregate secured and unsecured term debt had an outstanding principal balance of $67.83 billion, a weighted average maturity of 4.50 years and a weighted average interest rate of 4.5%. The following is a summary of the outstanding balance of our borrowings as well as a summary of the portion of our real estate investment portfolio that is either pledged as collateral for these borrowings or is unencumbered as of September 30, 2025:

			Gross Investment Portfolio Assets
			Special Purpose
	Outstanding		Entity		All Other
(In millions)	Borrowings		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Total
STORE Master Funding net-lease mortgage notes payable	$	3,217	$	5,372	$	—	$	5,372
Other mortgage notes payable		99		233		—		233
Total non-recourse secured debt		3,316		5,605		—		5,605
Unsecured notes and term loans payable		3,507		—		—		—
Unsecured revolving credit facility		374		—		—		—
Total unsecured debt (including revolving credit facility)		3,881		—		—		—
Unencumbered real estate assets		—		9,420		1,829		11,249
Total	$	7,197	$	15,025	$	1,829	$	16,854

balance of our borrowings as well as a summary of the portion of our real estate investment portfolio that is either pledged as collateral for these borrowings or is unencumbered as of March 31, 2026:


			Gross Investment Portfolio Assets
			Special Purpose
	Outstanding		Entity		All Other
(In millions)	Borrowings		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Total
STORE Master Funding net-lease mortgage notes payable	$	3,204	$	5,395	$	—	$	5,395
Other mortgage notes payable		97		233		—		233
Total non-recourse secured debt		3,301		5,628		—		5,628
Unsecured notes and term loans payable		3,957		—		—		—
Unsecured revolving credit facility		374		—		—		—
Total unsecured debt (including revolving credit facility)		4,331		—		—		—
Unencumbered real estate assets		—		9,840		1,874		11,714
Total	$	7,632	$	15,468	$	1,874	$	17,342

Our decision to use either senior unsecured term debt, STORE Master Funding or other non-recourse traditional mortgage loan borrowings depends on our view of the most strategic blend of unsecured versus secured debt that is needed to maintain our targeted level of overall corporate leverage, as well as on borrowing costs, debt terms, debt flexibility and the tenant and industry diversification levels of our real estate assets. Our acquisition of real estate assets will increase our financial flexibility by providing us with additional assets that can support senior unsecured financing or that can serve as substitute collateral for existing debt. Should market factors, which are beyond our control, adversely impact our access to these debt sources at economically feasible rates, our ability to grow through additional real estate acquisitions will be limited to any undistributed amounts available from our operations and equity contributions from our members.

For additional details and terms regarding these debt instruments, see Note 4 to the ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Equity

In connection with the Merger, we issued 1,000 common units to our common members for an aggregate cash amount of $8.3 billion. Prior to the Merger, 125 Series A Preferred Units were issued to our preferred members for an aggregate cash amount of $125,000. Additionally, during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, 2025, one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries issued 125 Series B Preferred Units for an aggregate cash amount of $125,000. In accordance with our operating agreement, our common members receive distributions monthly and are subject to capital calls. Our preferred members receive distributions bi-annually and are not subject to capital calls.

Cash Flows

Substantially all our cash from operations is generated by our investment portfolio. As shown in the following table, net cash provided by operating activities for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 was $419.27 million more than the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025. The increase is primarily driven by additional rental revenue and interest income generated by the increase in size of our real estate portfolio. During the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~2024~~2025, our investments in real estate, loans and financing receivables were funded with a combination of cash on hand, net proceeds from asset dispositions, and net proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt ~~and capital contributions from our members~~.

From a financing perspective, our activities provided $~~422~~26.81 million of net cash during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 as compared to $~~101~~148.4 million during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025. Financing activities during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 included $~~350~~450.0 million of additional senior unsecured note borrowings, and $~~625~~210.0 million ofnet ~~STORE~~reduction ~~Master~~in ~~Funding~~borrowings ~~Series~~on ~~2025-1 notes issued and~~ the ~~repayment~~unsecured ofrevolving ancredit ~~aggregate $256~~facility.6 ~~million~~Distributions ~~of STORE Master Funding notes. Capital contributions from our members totaled $350.0 million and cash distributions~~ to our members totaled $~~600~~203.07 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026.

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Three Months Ended March 31,

(In thousands)

~~2025~~2026

~~2024~~2025

Increase (Decrease)

Net cash provided by operating activities

~~582~~181,~~773~~929

~~541~~172,~~568~~241

419,~~205~~688

Net cash used in investing activities

(~~990~~171,~~571~~756

)

(~~537~~145,~~419~~457

)

(~~453~~26,~~152~~299

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

~~422~~26,~~780~~111

~~101~~148,~~428~~354

~~321~~(122,~~352~~243

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

1436,~~982~~284

~~105~~175,~~577~~138

(90138,~~595~~854

)

~~As of September~~ 30, 2025, we had liquidity of $163.5 million on our balance sheet. Management believes that our current cash balance, the $876.4 million of immediate borrowing capacity available as of September 30, 2025 on our unsecured revolving credit facility and the cash generated by our operations is sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months and beyond and allow us to acquire the real estate for which we currently have made commitments. In order to continue growing our real estate portfolio in the future, beyond the excess cash generated by our operations and our ability to borrow, we would expect to raise additional equity capital from our members.

As of March 31, 2026, we had liquidity of $63.7 million on our balance sheet. Management believes that our current cash balance, the $876.4 million of immediate borrowing capacity available as of March 31, 2026 on our unsecured revolving credit facility and the cash generated by our operations is sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months and beyond and allow us to acquire the real estate for which we currently have made commitments. In order to continue growing our real estate portfolio in the future, beyond the excess cash generated by our operations and our ability to borrow, we would expect to raise additional equity capital from our members.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to the ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, requires our management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. We base estimates on the best information available to us at the time, our experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. If our judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions or other matters had been different, it is possible that different accounting would have been applied, resulting in a different presentation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. From time to time, we reevaluate our estimates and assumptions. In the event estimates or assumptions prove to be different from actual results, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current estimates and assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain. A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025 in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” There have been no material changes to the Company’s critical accounting estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025.

Real Estate Portfolio Information

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our total investment in real estate and loans approximated $1617.83 billion, representing investments in 3,~~564~~577 property locations, substantially all of which are profit centers for our customers. The weighted average non‑cancellable remaining term of our leases was approximately 14.58 years.

Results of Operations

Overview

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our real estate investment portfolio had grown to approximately $1617.83 billion, consisting of investments in 3,~~564~~577 property locations in 49 states, operated by ~~672~~677 customers in various industries. Approximately 8482% of the real estate investment portfolio represents commercial real estate properties subject to long‑term leases, approximately 1618% represents mortgage loans and financing receivables on commercial real estate properties and a nominal amount represents loans receivable secured by our customers’ other assets.

~~Three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to three and nine months ended September 30, 2024:~~31

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Increase			Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,					Increase
(In thousands)	2025		2024			(Decrease)			2025			2024		(Decrease)
Total revenues	$	305,624	$	287,417		$	18,207		$	911,339		$	842,091	$	69,248
Expenses:
Interest		94,812		91,732			3,080			278,040			270,498		7,542
Property costs		7,605		6,490			1,115			14,294			17,385		(3,091	)
General and administrative		17,841		17,288			553			52,358			50,597		1,761
Depreciation and amortization		147,481		146,193			1,288			443,699			439,300		4,399
Provisions for impairment		11,769		11,370			399			26,260			28,823		(2,563	)
Total expenses		279,508		273,073			6,435			814,651			806,603		8,048
Other income:
Net gain on dispositions of real estate		8,104		15,346			(7,242	)		7,447			50,459		(43,012	)
Income before income taxes		34,220		29,690			4,530			104,135			85,947		18,188
Income tax expense (benefit)		340		(2,657	)		2,997			(10,150	)		1,593		(11,743	)
Net income		33,880		32,347			1,533			114,285			84,354		29,931
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		126		221			(95	)		1,107			683		424
Net income attributable to controlling interest	$	33,754	$	32,126		$	1,628		$	113,178		$	83,671	$	29,507

Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2025:


	Three Months Ended March 31,					Increase
(In thousands)	2026		2025			(Decrease)
Total revenues	$	341,925	$	303,884		$	38,041
Expenses:
Interest		99,599		90,725			8,874
Property costs		5,672		2,474			3,198
General and administrative		20,124		17,565			2,559
Depreciation and amortization		144,770		148,106			(3,336	)
Provisions for impairment		8,678		7,366			1,312
Total expenses		278,843		266,236			12,607
Other income:
Net gain on dispositions of real estate		9,803		4,253			5,550
Income before income taxes		72,885		41,901			30,984
Income tax expense (benefit)		463		(10,773	)		11,236
Net income		72,422		52,674			19,748
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		466		667			(201	)
Net income attributable to controlling interest	$	71,956	$	52,007		$	19,949

Revenues

The increase in revenues period over period was driven primarily by the growth in the size of our real estate investment portfolio, which generated additional rental revenues and interest income. Our real estate investment portfolio grew from approximately $15.39 billion in gross investment amount representing 3,~~245~~366 properties at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025 to approximately $1617.83 billion in gross investment amount representing 3,~~564~~577 properties at ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026. Our real estate investments were made throughout the periods presented and were not all outstanding for the entire period; accordingly, a portion of the increase in revenues between periods is related to recognizing revenue for the full periods in ~~2025~~2026 on acquisitions that were made during ~~2024~~2025. Similarly, the full revenue impact of acquisitions made during the first ~~nine~~three months of ~~2025~~2026 will not be seen until the ~~fourth~~second quarter of ~~2025~~2026. A smaller component of the increase in revenues between periods is related to rent escalations recognized on our lease contracts; over time, these rent increases can provide a strong source of revenue growth.

~~Additionally,~~The ~~during~~majority of our investments are made through sale-leaseback transactions in which we acquire the ~~three~~real estate from the owner-operators and ~~nine~~then ~~months~~simultaneously ~~ended~~lease ~~September~~the ~~30,~~real ~~2025,~~estate back to them through long-term leases based on the tenant’s business needs. The initial rental or capitalization rates we ~~recorded~~achieve ~~bank~~on ~~interest~~sale-leaseback ~~income~~transactions, calculated as the initial annualized base rent divided by the purchase price of the properties, vary from ~~cash~~transaction ~~held~~to transaction based on ~~deposit~~many factors, such as the terms of $0the lease, the property type including the property’s real estate fundamentals and the market rents in the area on the various types of properties we target across the United States.4 ~~million~~There are also online commercial real estate auction marketplaces for real estate transactions; properties acquired through these online marketplaces are often subject to existing leases and $3offered by third party sellers.3 ~~million~~In general, ~~respectively~~because we provide tailored customer lease solutions in sale-leaseback transactions, asour ~~compared~~lease torates ~~$5.0~~historically ~~million~~have been higher and ~~$13.0~~subject ~~million~~to ~~during~~less short-term market influences than what we have seen in the ~~three~~auction ~~and~~marketplace ~~nine~~as ~~months~~a ~~ended~~whole. ~~September~~In 30addition, ~~2024~~since our real estate lease contracts are a substitute for both borrowings and equity that our customers would otherwise have to commit to their real estate locations, ~~respectively~~we believe there is a relationship between lease rates and market interest rates and that lease rates are also influenced by overall capital availability.

The majority of our investments are made through sale-leaseback transactions in which we acquire the real estate from the owner-operators and then simultaneously lease the real estate back to them through long-term leases based on the tenant’s business needs. The initial rental or capitalization rates we achieve on sale-leaseback transactions, calculated as the initial annualized base rent divided by the purchase price of the properties, vary from transaction to transaction based on many factors, such as the terms of the lease, the property type including the property’s real estate fundamentals and the market rents in the area on the various types of properties we target across the United States. There are also online commercial real estate auction marketplaces for real estate transactions; properties acquired through these online marketplaces are often subject to existing leases and offered by third party sellers. In general, because we provide tailored customer lease solutions in sale-leaseback transactions, our lease rates historically have been higher and subject to less short-term market influences than what we have seen in the auction marketplace as a whole. In addition, since our real estate lease contracts are a substitute for both borrowings and equity that our customers would otherwise have

to commit to their real estate locations, we believe there is a relationship between lease rates and market interest rates and that lease rates are also influenced by overall capital availability.

Interest Expense

We fund the growth in our real estate investment portfolio primarily with members’ contributions, net proceeds from sales of real estate and net proceeds from issuances of debt.

The following table summarizes our interest expense for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Three Months Ended March 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

~~2025~~2026

~~2024~~2025

~~2025~~

~~2024~~

Interest expense - credit facility

65,~~412~~556

4,~~403~~292

~~15,539~~

~~13,114~~

Interest expense - credit facility fees

~~391~~625

~~386~~344

~~1,053~~

~~1,148~~

Interest expense - secured and unsecured debt

7077,~~415~~941

6867,~~442~~585

~~207,909~~

~~199,606~~

Capitalized interest

(12,~~486~~714

)

(~~592~~606

)

~~(2,832~~

)

~~(2,090~~

)

Amortization of debt discounts, deferred financing costs and other

1918,~~080~~191

19,~~093~~110

~~56,371~~

~~58,720~~

Total interest expense

9499,~~812~~599

9190,~~732~~725

~~278,040~~

~~270,498~~

Credit facility:

Average debt outstanding

~~516~~482,~~908~~122

375,000

~~435,097~~

~~375,000~~

Average interest rate during the period (excluding facility fees)

54.06

4.76

~~4.8~~

~~4.7~~

Secured and unsecured debt:

Average debt outstanding

67,~~206~~057,~~477~~624

6,~~163~~145,~~676~~785

~~6,205,003~~

~~6,067,664~~

Average interest rate during the period

4.54

4.4

~~4.5~~

~~4.4~~

Interest expense associated with our secured and unsecured debt increased compared to the periods ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025 as a result of an increase in ~~the weighted average interest rate and~~ outstanding borrowings of secured and unsecured debt. Long-term debt added after ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025 consisted of $~~350~~625.0 million of ~~senior~~STORE ~~unsecured~~Master Funding Series 2025-1 notes issued in ~~March~~September 2025 ~~with~~at a weighted average coupon rate of 5.4006% and $~~625~~450.0 million of ~~STORE~~senior ~~Master~~unsecured ~~Funding Series 2025-1~~ notes issued in ~~September~~February ~~2025~~2026 atwith a ~~weighted average~~ coupon rate of 54.0695%. Secured and unsecured debt repaid in full since ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025 included an aggregate $256.6 million of STORE Master Funding Series 2015-1 Class A-2 notes which bore an interest rate of 4.17% ~~and $32~~.4 ~~million of private notes which bore an interest rate of 5.24%.~~ As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had $67.83 billion of secured and unsecured debt outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 4.5%.

Property Costs

Approximately 99% of our leases are triple net, meaning that our tenants are generally responsible for the property-level operating costs such as taxes, insurance and maintenance. Accordingly, we generally do not expect to incur property-level operating costs or capital expenditures, except during any period when one or more of our properties is no longer under lease or when our tenant is unable to meet their lease obligations. Our need to expend capital on our properties is further reduced due to the fact that some of our tenants will periodically refresh the property at their own expense to meet their business needs or in connection with franchisor requirements. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we owned 2317 properties that were vacant and not subject to a lease and the lease contracts related to just 1749 properties we own are due to expire during the remainder of ~~2025~~2026. We expect to incur some property costs related to the vacant properties until such time as those properties are either leased or sold. The amount of property costs can vary quarter to quarter based on the timing of property vacancies and the level of underperforming properties.

As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we had entered into operating ground leases as part of several real estate investment transactions. The ground lease payments made by our tenants directly to the ground lessors are presented on a gross basis in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, both as rental revenues and as property costs. For the few lease contracts where we collect property taxes from our tenants and remit those taxes to governmental authorities, we reflect those payments on a gross basis as both rental revenue and as property costs.

The following is a summary of property costs (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2026

2025

Property-level operating costs (a)

53,~~646~~907

~~4,402~~391

~~8,213~~

~~11,272~~

Operating ground lease payments made by STORE Capital

~~109~~73

~~291~~

~~290~~

Operating ground lease payments made by STORE Capital tenants

~~617~~633

~~614~~631

~~1,865~~

~~1,703~~

Operating ground lease straight-line rent expense

~~219~~177

~~300~~257

~~747~~

~~835~~

Property taxes payable from tenant impounds

~~1,014~~882

1,~~065~~122

~~3,178~~

~~3,285~~

Total property costs

75,~~605~~672

62,~~490~~474

~~14,294~~

~~17,385~~

(a)

Property-level operating costs primarily include those expenses associated with vacant or nonperforming properties, property management costs for the few properties that have specific landlord obligations and the cost of performing property site inspections from time to time.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses include compensation and benefits; professional fees such as portfolio servicing, legal, accounting and rating agency fees; and general office expenses such as insurance, office rent and travel costs. General and administrative costs totaled $1720.81 million ~~and $52.4 million~~ for the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, ~~respectively,~~ as compared to $17.~~3 million and $50.~~6 million for the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024, respectively~~2025.

Generally, we expect that general and administrative expenses will rise in some measure as our real estate investment portfolio grows. Certain expenses, such as property related insurance costs and the costs of servicing the properties and loans comprising our real estate portfolio, increase in direct proportion to the increase in the size of the portfolio. However, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of the portfolio have historically decreased over time due to efficiencies and economies of scale.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense, ~~which~~decreased ~~increases~~from in$148.1 ~~proportion~~million tofor the ~~increase~~three inmonths ~~the~~ended ~~size~~March of31, ~~our real estate portfolio~~2025, ~~rose~~to ~~from~~ $~~146~~144.28 million ~~and $439.3 million~~ for the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024,~~2026 ~~respectively,~~as toa ~~$147.5~~result ~~million~~of real estate dispositions and ~~$443.7~~real ~~million~~estate ~~for~~assets ~~the~~reclassified ~~three~~to loans and ~~nine~~financing ~~months~~receivables ~~ended~~as ~~September~~a ~~30,~~result ~~2025,~~of ~~respectively~~certain lease modifications.

Provisions for Impairment

During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we recognized $9.8 ~~million and $22~~.53 million, ~~respectively,~~ in provisions for the impairment of real estate and $2.0 ~~million and $3~~.83 million, ~~respectively,~~ in provisions for credit losses related to our loans and financing receivables. During the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025, we recognized $86.74 million ~~and $22.8 million, respectively,~~ in provisions for the impairment of real estate and $21.~~7 million and $6.~~0 million, ~~respectively,~~ in provisions for credit losses related to our loans and financing receivables.

Net Gain on Dispositions of Real Estate

As part of our ongoing active portfolio management process, we sell properties from time to time in order to enhance the diversity and quality of our real estate portfolio and to take advantage of opportunities to recycle capital. During the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we recognized an $811.12 million aggregate net gain on the sale of 2539 properties. In comparison, during the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025, we recognized a $164.83 million aggregate net gain on the sale of 2618 properties. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recognized an $11.6 million net gain on the sale of 70 properties compared to a $34.5 million net gain on the sale of 82 properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Additionally, during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, we recognized a net $51.4 million non-cash loss associated with ~~the~~certain ~~non-cash acquisition of real estate improvements and a~~ lease ~~assignment~~modifications. ~~for~~No asuch ~~contract~~non-cash ~~accounted~~gain ~~for~~or asloss awas ~~financing~~recognized ~~arrangement.~~during ~~During~~ the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024, we also recognized a $1~~2025.~~5 million non-cash net loss and $16.0 million non-cash net gain, respectively, associated with certain lease modifications.~~

Net Income

For the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our net income was $3372.94 million ~~and $114.3 million~~, ~~respectively,~~ as compared to net income of $3252.37 million ~~and $84.4 million~~ during the three ~~and nine~~ months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2024~~2025, respectively. The increase in net income for the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 as compared to ~~2024~~2025 primarily resulted from the growth in our real estate investment portfolio, which generated additional rental revenues and interest income, ~~partially~~an ~~offset~~increase ~~by a decrease~~ in the net gain on dispositions of real estate and ~~increases~~a decrease in ~~interest expense, income tax expense,~~ depreciation and amortization, ~~and~~offset ~~property~~by ~~costs.~~increases ~~The increase~~ in ~~net~~ income ~~for~~tax ~~the nine months ended September 30~~expense, ~~2025 primarily resulted from the growth in our real estate investment portfolio, which generated additional rental revenues and~~ interest ~~income~~expense, ~~a net income tax benefit and decreases in~~ property costs ~~and impairments~~, ~~partially~~general ~~offset by a decrease in the net gain on dispositions of real estate~~ and ~~increases~~administrative inexpenses ~~interest expense, depreciation~~ and ~~amortization~~provisions ~~and~~for ~~general and administrative expense~~impairment.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our interest rate risk management objective is to limit the impact of future interest rate changes on our earnings and cash flows. We seek to match the cash inflows from our long‑term leases with the expected cash outflows on our long-term debt. To achieve this objective, our consolidated subsidiaries primarily borrow on a fixed‑rate basis for longer‑term debt issuances. At ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, all of our long-term debt carried a fixed interest rate or was effectively converted to a fixed rate for the term of the debt and the weighted average long-term debt maturity was approximately 4.50 years. We are exposed to interest rate risk between the time we enter into a sale‑leaseback transaction and the time we finance the related real estate with long-term fixed‑rate debt. In addition, when that long-term debt matures, we may have to refinance the real estate at a higher interest rate. Market interest rates are sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control.

We address interest rate risk by employing the following strategies to help insulate us from any adverse impact of rising interest rates:

•

We seek to minimize the time period between acquisition of our real estate and the ultimate financing of that real estate with long‑term fixed‑rate debt.

•

By using serial issuances of long-term debt, we intend to ladder out our debt maturities to avoid a significant amount of debt maturing during any single period and to minimize the gap between free cash flow and annual debt maturities; free cash flow includes cash from operations less member distributions plus proceeds from our sales of properties.

•

Our secured long‑term debt generally provides for some amortization of the principal balance over the term of the debt, which serves to reduce the amount of refinancing risk at debt maturity to the extent that we can refinance the reduced debt balance over a revised long-term amortization schedule.

•

We seek to maintain a large pool of unencumbered real estate assets to give us the flexibility to choose among various secured and unsecured debt markets when we are seeking to issue new long-term debt.

•

We may also use derivative instruments, such as interest rate swaps, caps and treasury lock agreements, as cash flow hedges to limit our exposure to interest rate movements with respect to various debt instruments.

See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025 under the heading “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for a more complete discussion of our interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities. As of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, our market risk has not changed materially from the amounts reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness as of ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026 of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the ~~third~~first fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business, including instances in which we are named as defendants in lawsuits arising out of accidents causing personal injuries or other events that occur on the properties operated by our customers. These matters are generally covered by insurance and/or by our customers pursuant to our contractual indemnification rights that we include in our leases. Management believes that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors as disclosed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2024~~2025 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 56, ~~2025~~2026.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

~~During~~Recent ~~the~~Sales ~~three months ended September 30, 2025, we did not purchase any~~ of ~~our~~Unregistered ~~equity~~Equity ~~securities nor did we sell any equity securities that were not registered under the~~ Securities ~~Act of 1933, as amended, other than the preferred and common units issued to our members.~~

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

(a)

None.

(b)

None.

(c)

As a result of the Merger, the Company’s equity securities are no longer publicly traded, and the Company’s officers and directors do not own any Company equity securities. Accordingly, during the three months ended ~~September~~March 3031, ~~2025~~2026, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non- Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each such term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit	Description	Location
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 15, 2022, by and among Ivory Parent, LLC, Ivory REIT, LLC and STORE Capital Corporation.**	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on September 15, 2022.
3.1	Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of STORE Capital LLC, dated as of February 24, 2025.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.21 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed on March 5, 2025.
3.2	Certificate of Formation of Ivory REIT, LLC, dated August 30, 2022, as amended effective February 3, 2023.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on February 3, 2023.
4.1	~~Eleventh~~Supplemental ~~Amended~~Indenture ~~and~~No. ~~Restated Master Indenture~~7, dated as of ~~September~~February 3011, ~~2025~~2026, bybetween ~~and among~~ STORE ~~Master~~Capital ~~Funding I,~~ LLC, STORE Master Funding II, LLC, STORE Master Funding III, LLC, STORE Master Funding IV, LLC, STORE Master Funding V, LLC, STORE Master Funding VI, LLC, STORE Master Funding VII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXVII, LLC and ~~STORE~~Wilmington ~~Master Funding XXXVIII~~Trust, ~~LLC,~~National ~~each a Delaware limited liability company~~Association, ~~collectively~~ as ~~issuers, and Citibank, N.A., as indenture~~ trustee~~, relating to the Net-Lease Mortgage Notes~~.	~~Incorporated by reference to~~ Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on ~~October~~February 312, ~~2025~~2026.
4.2	Series 2025-1 Indenture Supplement, dated as of September 30, 2025, among STORE Master Funding I, LLC, STORE Master Funding II, LLC, STORE Master Funding III, LLC, STORE Master Funding IV, LLC, STORE Master Funding V, LLC, STORE Master Funding VI, LLC, STORE Master Funding VII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXVII, LLC and STORE Master Funding XXXVIII, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company, collectively as issuers, and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee, relating to the Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2025-1.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on October 3, 2025.
10.1	* Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2026, by and between STORE Capital LLC and Mary B. Fedewa.	Filed herewith.
10.1	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2025, among STORE Capital LLC, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other lenders and parties identified therein.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on October 3, 2025.
10.2	* Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2026, by and between STORE Capital LLC and Craig A. Barnett.	Filed herewith.
10.2	Tenth Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2025, among STORE Master Funding I, LLC, STORE Master Funding II, LLC, STORE Master Funding III, LLC, STORE Master Funding IV, LLC, STORE Master Funding V, LLC, STORE Master Funding VI, LLC, STORE Master Funding VII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XIX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XX, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXII, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXIV, LLC, STORE Master Funding XXXVII, LLC and STORE Master Funding	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on October 3, 2025.
10.3	* Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2026, by and between STORE Capital LLC and Ashley A. Dembowski.	Filed herewith.
10.4	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2026, among STORE Capital LLC, and BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc.	Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on February 12, 2026.
31.1	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer.	Filed herewith.
31.2	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Principal Financial Officer.	Filed herewith.
32.1	Section 1350 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer.	Filed herewith.
32.2	Section 1350 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer.	Filed herewith.
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.	Filed herewith.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.	Filed herewith.
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.

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	XXXVIII, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company, collectively as issuers, STORE Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as property manager and special servicer, KeyBank National Association, as back-up manager, and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee.
31.1	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer.	Filed herewith.
31.2	Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Principal Financial Officer.	Filed herewith.
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.	Filed herewith.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.	Filed herewith.
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.	Filed herewith.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)	Filed herewith.


104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)		Filed herewith.

* Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

** Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC a copy of any omitted schedule upon request by the SEC.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	STORE CAPITAL LLC
	(Registrant)
Date: November 7, 2025	By:	/s/ Ashley A. Dembowski
Date: May 1, 2026	By:	/s/ Ashley A. Dembowski
		Ashley A. Dembowski
		Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
		Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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