EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC

EastGroup Properties, Inc., which we refer to in this Annual Report as the Company, EastGroup, we, us or our, is an internally-managed equity REIT first organized in 1969. EastGroup is focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in high-growth markets throughout the United States, primarily in the states of Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and North Carolina. EastGroup’s strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. EastGroup is a Maryland corporation, and its common stock is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ) under the symbol EGP. The Company has elected to be taxed and intends to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Internal Revenue Code ). Available Information The Company maintains a website at www.eastgroup.net. The Company posts to its website all of the reports it files or furnishes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) pursuant to the Exchange Act, including its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and the exhibits and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files or furnishes such materials to the SEC.