STAG Industrial Joins Other Leading Industrial REITs in Conforming Certain Non-GAAP Operating Metrics

BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:STAG), a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the acquisition and operation of single-tenant, industrial properties throughout the United States, today announced that a group of leading industrial REITs, including, along with the Company, DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (DCT), Duke Realty Corporation (DRE), EastGroup Properties, Inc. (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (FR), Liberty Property Trust (LPT), and Prologis, Inc. (PLD) (the "Industrial REIT Group"), has agreed on a consistent methodology to calculate various non-GAAP property operating metrics.  These non-GAAP metrics include common methodologies for determining property stabilization and occupancy as well as reporting of comparative changes in rental rates and tenant retention rates.  In addition, the Industrial REIT Group has agreed on the definition of the annual pool of properties ("Same-Store Pool") used in calculating same-store or same-property net operating income growth ("Same-Store NOI").  Specifically, the annual Same-Store Pool will only include properties held as of the beginning of the prior calendar year which were stabilized (according to the agreed upon definition) throughout both periods presented.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2018, all members of the Industrial REIT Group have agreed to calculate these non-GAAP metrics based on the agreed upon methodologies.  These conforming changes are not expected to have a material impact to STAG's non-GAAP metrics for periods prior to 2018.  2018 guidance provided by members of the Industrial REIT Group will also be based on the revised methodology. 

Although there may be minor distinctions between how companies within the Industrial REIT Group calculate a given metric or in the terminology used, the collective intent is to produce calculations that are consistent, in all material respects.

About STAG Industrial, Inc.

STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the acquisition and operation of single-tenant, industrial properties throughout the United States. The Company's portfolio consists of 347 properties in 37 states with approximately 69 million rentable square feet.

For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.stagindustrial.com.

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