1. Organization and Business Purpose

EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on September 2, 2022, as a Maryland corporation. The Company was organized to invest primarily in stabilized, income-oriented commercial real estate in the United States. The Company is the sole general partner of EQT Exeter REIT Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). EQRT Special Limited Partner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Special Limited Partner”) and an affiliate of the Company’s advisor, owns a special limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through the Operating Partnership. The Company commenced its principal operations with the acquisition of its first real estate investment on March 20, 2024. The Company and the Operating Partnership are externally managed by EQT Real Estate, LLC (the “Adviser”), an affiliate of EQT AB (the “Sponsor”).

The Company made an election to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2024. In order to qualify and to maintain qualification as a REIT, the Company is required to, among other things, distribute as dividends at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and excluding net capital gains, to stockholders and meet certain tests regarding the nature of its income and assets.

As of March 31, 2026, the Company owned five industrial properties.