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Brixmor Property (BRX) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
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- Cyber Security - Risk 1We and our tenants face risks relating to cybersecurity attacks incidents that could cause the loss of confidential information or other business disruptions.
We rely extensively on IT systems, including systems through vendors and third parties, to operate and manage our business and process transactions, and as a result, our business is at risk from, and may be impacted by,cybersecurity incidents. These incidents or interruptions could include attempts to gain unauthorized access to our data and/or IT systems, computer viruses, cyberattacks (including ransomware, malware, unauthorized access attempts, and denial of service and other unintentional intrusions or malicious cyber-attacks), social engineering (including phishing), or other fraudulent schemes. Such activities may be undertaken by individuals or may be highly organized attempts by very sophisticated organizations. We employ a variety of measures to prevent, detect, and mitigate these threats; however, there is no guarantee that such efforts will be successful in preventing or mitigating a cybersecurity incident. Further, new technologies such as AI may be more capable of evading these safeguard measures. We employ measures designed to detect such cybersecurity threats, but these threats could become more sophisticated and difficult to detect and counteract, which may present significant risks to the security of our IT systems and data. A cybersecurity incident could compromise the confidential information, including the personally identifiable information, of our employees, tenants, and vendors, disrupt the proper functioning of our networks and IT systems, result in misstated financial reports or covenants under various financing agreements, and/or missed reporting deadlines, prevent us from properly monitoring our REIT qualification, result in our inability to maintain the building systems relied upon by our tenants for the efficient use of their leased space, or require significant management attention and resources to remedy any damages that result. Cybersecurity incidents could also damage our reputation and result in significant remediation costs, regulatory scrutiny or investigations, and potential litigation. Similarly, our tenants rely extensively on IT systems to process transactions and manage their businesses and thus are also at risk from, and may be impacted by, cybersecurity incidents, which could impact their ability to pay rent timely or at all. Cybersecurity incidents experienced by us or one of our tenants that results in an interruption in business operations and/or a deterioration in reputation could adversely affect our financial condition, operating results, and cash flows. We continue to face ongoing and increasing cybersecurity risks which may materially affect us in the future and there can be no assurance that our cybersecurity efforts and measures will be effective or that attempted cybersecurity incidents or disruptions would not be successful or damaging. Increased regulation and enforcement activity of data collection, use, and retention practices, including self-regulation and industry standards, changes in or new laws and regulations, and changes in interpretation of laws, could increase our cost of compliance and operation, limit our ability to grow our business, or otherwise harm our business. Although we maintain insurance that is designed to cover cybersecurity incidents, our coverage may not sufficiently cover all types of losses or claims that may arise or be subject to exclusions. Furthermore, as cybersecurity incidents increase in frequency and magnitude, we may be unable to obtain insurance in amounts and on terms we view as adequate.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 32
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1BPG may choose to make distributions in BPG's own stock, in which case stockholders may be required to pay income taxes without receiving any cash dividends.
In connection with BPG's qualification as a REIT, BPG is required to annually distribute to its stockholders at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. Although it does not currently intend to do so, in order to satisfy this requirement, BPG is permitted, subject to certain conditions and limitations, to make distributions that are in whole or in part payable in shares of BPG's stock. Taxable stockholders receiving such distributions will be required to include a portion, if not all, of such distributions as ordinary dividend income. As a result, stockholders may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such distributions in excess of the cash portion of the distribution received and may be required to sell shares received in such distribution or may be required to sell other stock or assets owned by them, at a time that may be disadvantageous, in order to satisfy any tax imposed on such distribution. In addition, if a significant number of BPG's stockholders elect to sell shares of BPG's stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividend income, such sales may put downward pressure on the market price of BPG's stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2BPG's charter does not permit any person to own more than 9.8% of BPG's outstanding common stock or of BPG's outstanding stock of all classes or series, and attempts to acquire BPG's common stock or BPG's stock of all classes or series in excess of these limits would not be effective without an exemption from these limits by BPG's board of directors.
For BPG to qualify as a REIT under the Code, not more than 50% of the value of BPG's outstanding stock may be owned directly or indirectly by five or fewer individuals (including certain entities treated as individuals for this purpose) during the last half of a taxable year. For the purpose of assisting BPG's qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, among other purposes, BPG's charter prohibits beneficial or constructive ownership by any individual of more than a certain percentage, currently 9.8%, in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of BPG's common stock or 9.8% in value of the outstanding shares of BPG's capital stock, which BPG refers to as the "ownership limit." The constructive ownership rules under the Code and BPG's charter are complex and may cause shares of the outstanding common stock owned by a group of related individuals to be deemed to be constructively owned by one individual. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% of BPG's outstanding common stock or BPG's capital stock by an individual could cause the individual to own constructively in excess of 9.8% of BPG's outstanding common stock or BPG's capital stock, respectively, and thus violate the ownership limit. Any attempt to own or transfer shares of BPG's stock in excess of the ownership limit without an exemption from BPG's board of directors will result either in the shares in excess of the limit being transferred by operation of the charter to a charitable trust or the original transfer being void, and the individual who attempted to acquire such excess shares will not have any rights in such excess shares. In addition, there can be no assurance that BPG's board of directors, as permitted in the charter, will not decrease this ownership limit in the future. The ownership limit may have the effect of precluding a change in control of BPG by a third party, even if such change in control would be in the best interests of BPG's stockholders or would result in BPG's stockholders receiving a premium for their shares over the then-current market price of BPG's common stock, and even if such change in control would not reasonably jeopardize BPG's REIT status.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3BPG's charter contains a provision that expressly permits BPG's non-employee directors to compete with us.
BPG's charter provides that, to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law, BPG renounces any interest or expectancy that BPG has in, or any right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to or developed by BPG's directors or their affiliates, other than to those directors who are employed by BPG or BPG's subsidiaries, unless the business opportunity is expressly offered or made known to such person in his or her capacity as a director. Non-employee directors or any of their affiliates will not have any duty to communicate or offer such transaction or business opportunity to us or to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which we or our affiliates engage or propose to engage. These provisions may deprive us of opportunities which we may have otherwise wanted to pursue. BPG's charter provides that, to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law, each of BPG's non-employee directors, and any of their affiliates, may: - acquire, hold, and dispose of shares of BPG's stock or OP Units for his or her own account or for the account of others, and exercise all of the rights of a stockholder of Brixmor Property Group Inc. or a limited partner of our Operating Partnership, to the same extent and in the same manner as if he, she, or they were not BPG's director or stockholder; and - in his, her, or their personal capacity or in his, her, or their capacity as a director, officer, trustee, stockholder, partner, member, equity owner, manager, advisor, or employee of any other person, have business interests and engage, directly or indirectly, in business activities that are similar to ours or compete with us, that involve a business opportunity that we could seize and develop or that include the acquisition, syndication, holding, management, development, operation, or disposition of interests in mortgages, real property, or persons engaged in the real estate business.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4The rights of BPG and BPG's stockholders to take action against BPG's directors and officers are limited.
BPG's charter eliminates the liability of BPG's directors and officers to us and BPG's stockholders for money damages to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law. Under Maryland law and BPG's charter, BPG's directors and officers do not have any liability to BPG or BPG's stockholders for money damages other than liability resulting from: - the actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property, or services; or - active and deliberate dishonesty by the director or officer that was established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action adjudicated. BPG's charter authorizes, and BPG's bylaws require, BPG to indemnify each of BPG's directors and officers who is made a party to or witness in a proceeding by reason of his or her service in those capacities (or in a similar capacity at another entity at the request of BPG), to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law, from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject by reason of his or her status as a present or former director or officer of BPG. In addition, BPG may be obligated to pay or reimburse the expenses incurred by BPG's present and former directors and officers without requiring a preliminary determination of their ultimate entitlement to indemnification. As a result, BPG and BPG's stockholders may have more limited rights to recover money damages from BPG's directors and officers than might otherwise exist absent these provisions in BPG's charter and bylaws or that might exist with other companies, which could limit the recourse of stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5BPG's board of directors may approve the issuance of stock, including preferred stock, with terms that may discourage a third party from acquiring us.
BPG's charter permits its board of directors to authorize the issuance of stock in one or more classes or series. Our board of directors may also classify or reclassify any unissued stock and establish the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of any such stock, which rights may be superior to those of our common stock. Thus, BPG's board of directors could authorize the issuance of shares of a class or series of stock with terms and conditions that could have the effect of discouraging an unsolicited acquisition of us or a change of our control in which holders of some or a majority of BPG's outstanding common stock may receive a premium for their shares over the then-current market price of our common stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6BPG's board of directors may change significant corporate policies without stockholder approval.
BPG's investment, financing, and dividend policies and our policies with respect to all other business activities, including strategy and operations, will be determined by BPG's board of directors. These policies may be amended or revised at any time and from time to time at the discretion of BPG's board of directors without a vote of our stockholders. BPG's charter also provides that BPG's board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election without the approval of BPG's stockholders if it determines that it is no longer in BPG's best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT. In addition, BPG's board of directors may change BPG's policies with respect to conflicts of interest, provided that such changes are consistent with applicable legal requirements. A change in any of these policies could have an adverse effect on our financial condition, operating results, and cash flows.
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