<div id="readability-page-1">CINCINNATI, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phillips Edison &amp; Company, Inc. ( PECO ) , one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, today announced that Dan Sutherland has joined the Company as Vice President of Acquisitions for the West region encompassing Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Dan brings more than two decades of experience sourcing, structuring and executing retail real estate transactions across both public REITs and private equity platforms. He has demonstrated a consistent track record of identifying strategic investment opportunities and driving substantial portfolio growth across diverse markets. Prior to joining PECO, Dan most recently served in a similar leadership role at Sterling Organization after holding senior leadership roles at Brixton Capital and Brixmor Property Group. Dan has led complex transaction strategies, negotiated large-scale deals and collaborated closely with executive leadership to drive portfolio performance. Over the course of his career, he has closed billions of dollars in real estate transactions and built extensive relationships across the investment and brokerage community. “Dan is a highly respected industry leader with a proven ability to source and close complex transactions,” said Dave Wik, SVP of Acquisitions at PECO. “His deep relationships and strong execution capabilities will be instrumental as PECO continues to scale its acquisition platform and deliver long-term value for our shareholders.” In his new role, Dan will be responsible for sourcing and executing investment opportunities that support PECO’s continued growth strategy, with a focus on high-quality, grocery-anchored shopping centers in growing suburban markets with strong demographics. PECO’s acquisitions team is widely regarded as a best-in-class leader in the retail REIT sector, leveraging a disciplined, in-house approach to drive accretive growth through the targeted acquisition of high-quality, grocery-anchored shopping centers and Everyday Retail centers. With a proven ability to identify, underwrite and close complex transactions efficiently, the PECO team is expertly navigating high-growth suburban markets to expand a portfolio that boasts a ~95% grocery-anchored composition, the highest in the Shopping Center peer group. About Phillips Edison &amp; Company ( PECO ) Phillips Edison &amp; Company, Inc. ( PECO ) is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO’s centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO’s top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize. As of March 31, 2026, PECO managed 326 shopping centers, including 299 wholly owned centers comprising 33.7 million square feet across 31 states and 27 shopping centers owned in three institutional joint ventures. PECO is focused on creating great omni-channel, grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time. PECO uses, and intends to continue to use, its Investors website, which can be found at https://investors.phillipsedison.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the Company’s use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “seek,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “plan,” “focus,” “priority,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” “possible,” “look forward,” “optimistic,” “commit,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including the risk factors and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2026, as updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic and/or current reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Connect with PECO PECO Website PECO on LinkedIn PECO on X Media: Ben Williamson, SVP of Marketing (513) 338-2899, bwilliamson@phillipsedison.com Investors: Kimberly Green, Head of Investor Relations (513) 692-3399, kgreen@phillipsedison.com Image: https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti?nf=OTcyMDg0OSM3NjA0Nzk1IzIxODQ3MDg= Image: https://ml.globenewswire.com/media/Y2VjNDQ1MzUtYzFjNS00NGJjLTk4NWItYjM4YTBkMjk2NGI2LTExOTYyNjItMjAyNi0wNS0xNS1lbg==/tiny/Phillips-Edison-Company-Inc-.png Image: Primary Logo Source: Phillips Edison &amp; Company, Inc. ( PECO )</div>

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Phillips Edison & Company 任命 Dan Sutherland 為西部地區收購副總裁，負責亞利桑那州、加利福尼亞州、內華達州、俄勒岡州和華盛頓州的業務。Sutherland 在零售房地產交易方面擁有超過 20 年的經驗，將專注於尋找和執行投資機會，以支持 PECO 在以超市為主的購物中心的增長戰略。他之前曾在 Sterling Organization、Brixton Capital 和 Brixmor Property Group 擔任領導職務

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