ARE: Material agreement · New financial obligation

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Credit Agreement On July 9, 2026, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiary, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), certain lenders (the “Lenders”) and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), pursuant to which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders, intending to enter into a fourth amended and restated credit agreement in the form attached as an exhibit thereto (the “Escrowed Fourth Amended Credit Agreement”), submitted their signature pages to the Escrowed Fourth Amended Credit Agreement to be held by the Escrow Agent in escrow. On September 24, 2026, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to modify the Escrowed Fourth Amended Credit Agreement (the Escrowed Fourth Amended Credit Agreement as modified by the Amendment, the “Fourth Amended Credit Agreement”). The Amendment added definitions and modified certain existing definitions, in each case, to modify the treatment of certain hybrid debt instruments. The terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement were satisfied on September 24, 2026, and on that date, the Fourth Amended Credit Agreement was deemed executed and became effective. The Fourth Amended Credit Agreement replaces the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2024 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”). Citibank, N.A. serves as administrative agent; Citibank, N.A., BofA