UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2019

Commission File Number:  001-34153

Global Ship Lease, Inc.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
c/o Global Ship Lease Services Limited
25 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1LW
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this Report on Form 6-K (this "Report") as Exhibit 3.1 is a copy of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation for the 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the "Series B Preferred Shares") of Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the "Company"), filed with the Registrar of Corporations for the Republic of the Marshall Islands on December 9, 2019, increasing the number of authorized Series B Preferred Shares to 44,000.
Attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release issued by the Company on December 2, 2019, announcing that the Company has issued an additional $4.125 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the "Notes") pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their option to purchase additional Notes in full.
Attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.2 is a copy of the press release issued by the Company on December 5, 2019, announcing that the Company has declared a dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each share representing 1/100th interest in a share of the Company's Series B Preferred Shares.
Attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.3 is a copy of the press release issued by the Company on December 9, 2019, announcing the results of the Company's Annual Mandatory Offer.
The information contained in this Report is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-231509, 333-234343 and 333-235305).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
 
(registrant)
   
   
Dated: December 10, 2019
By:
/s/ Ian J. Webber
   
Ian J. Webber
   
Chief Executive Officer
     












Exhibit 3.1


 
AMENDMENTS
TO
STATEMENT OF DESIGNATIONS
 
OF
 
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
Reg. No. 28891
  
















   
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
 
REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS
 
 
DUPLICATE COPY
 
The original of this Document was
 
FILED ON
  
NON RESIDENT
      
 

December 9, 2019
  
 
 
 
Charisma Tompkins
Deputy Registrar
  



CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

8.75% SERIES B CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED SHARES


Global Ship Lease, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the "Company"), does hereby certify pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act of the Republic of the Marshall Islands:

1. That a duly authorized committee of the Company's Board of Directors previously adopted a resolution on August 13, 2014 to create a series of preferred shares of the Company designated as "8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares" (the "Series B Preferred Shares").

2. That pursuant to resolutions adopted by the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors of the Company on November 26, 2019, the Certificate of Designation for the Series B Preferred Shares, dated August 19, 2014 (the "Certificate of Designation"), is amended as follows to increase the number of authorized Series B Preferred Shares:

The first sentence of Section 2 of the Certificate of Designation be and it hereby is deleted and replaced in its entirety as follows:

"The authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Shares shall be 44,000 shares, subject to increase by filing a certificate of designation with respect to such additional shares."


3. All of the other provisions of the Certificate of Designation shall remain unchanged.












IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation as of the 9th day of December, 2019.

 
By:
/s/ Ian J. Webber
   
Name: Ian J. Webber
   
Title: Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 99.1


Global Ship Lease Announces Full Exercise of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2024

Full exercise of option results in aggregate net proceeds from the 8.00% Senior Unsecured Notes Offering to approximately $29.7 million

LONDON, December 2, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GSL) (the "Company" or "Global Ship Lease") today announced that in connection with the Company's previously announced registered underwritten public offering (the "Notes Offering") of its 8.00% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the "Notes"), the Company issued an additional $4.125 million aggregate principal amount of Notes on November 27, 2019, pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional Notes (the "Underwriters' Option"). Aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the Notes Offering, including the full exercise of the Underwriters' Option, were approximately $29.7 million, after the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Notes Offering to repay a portion of the Company's 9.875% First Priority Secured Notes due 2022. Following the closing of the Notes Offering and the Underwriters' Option, the Company has $31.625 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding.

The Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GSLD."

B. Riley FBR, Inc., Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. acted as joint book-running managers for the Notes Offering. Incapital LLC, Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., National Securities Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of National Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: NHLD), Wedbush Securities Inc., Clarksons Platou Securities AS and Fearnley Securities acted as co-managers for the Notes Offering.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. A shelf registration statement on Form F-3 relating to the Notes Offering was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and was declared effective by the Commission on November 7, 2019. The Notes may only be offered and sold by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus. A  prospectus supplement relating to the Notes Offering was filed with the Commission and is available on its website at www.sec.gov.  Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus related to the Notes Offering may also be obtained from the offices of B. Riley FBR, Inc. at 1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1400, Arlington VA 22209, by calling (703) 312-9580 or by emailing prospectuses@brileyfbr.com.

About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a leading independent owner of containerships with a diversified fleet of mid-sized and smaller containerships. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under fixed-rate charters to top tier container liner companies. On November 15, 2018, it completed a strategic combination with Poseidon Containers.
Including two 6,650 TEU containerships and two 6,080 TEU containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, Global Ship Lease owns 45 ships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 TEU, of which nine are fuel efficient new-design wide beam, with a total capacity of 249,622 TEU and an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, of 12.6 years as at September 30, 2019.



Including the four containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, the average remaining term of the Company's charters at September 30, 2019, to the mid-point of redelivery, including options under owner's control, was 2.7 years on a TEU-weighted basis. Contracted revenue on the same basis was $826 million. Contracted revenue was $913 million, including options under charterers' control and with latest redelivery date, representing a weighted average remaining term of 3.0 years.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Investor and Media Contact:

The IGB Group
Bryan Degnan
646-673-9701

or

Leon Berman
212-477-8438



Exhibit 99.2


Global Ship Lease Declares Quarterly Dividend on its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares

LONDON, December 5, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the "Company") announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of  its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the "Series B Preferred Shares") (NYSE:GSLPrB). The dividend represents payment for the period from October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 and will be paid on January 2, 2020 to all Series B Preferred Shareholders of record as of December 23, 2019.

About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a leading independent owner of containerships with a diversified fleet of mid-sized and smaller containerships. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under fixed-rate charters to top tier container liner companies. On November 15, 2018, it completed a strategic combination with Poseidon Containers.
Including two 6,650 TEU containerships and two 6,080 TEU containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, Global Ship Lease owns 45 ships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 TEU, of which nine are fuel efficient new-design wide beam, with a total capacity of 249,622 TEU and an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, of 12.6 years as at September 30, 2019.
Including the four containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, the average remaining term of the Company's charters at September 30, 2019, to the mid-point of redelivery, including options under owner's control, was 2.7 years on a TEU-weighted basis. Contracted revenue on the same basis was $826 million. Contracted revenue was $913 million, including options under charterers' control and with latest redelivery date, representing a weighted average remaining term of 3.0 years.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Investor and Media Contact:

The IGB Group
Bryan Degnan
646-673-9701

or

Leon Berman
212-477-8438



Exhibit 99.3


Global Ship Lease Announces Results of Annual Mandatory Offer to
Purchase up to $20.0 Million of First Priority Secured Notes

LONDON, December 9, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GSL) (the "Company") today announced the results of the cash tender offer (the "Annual Mandatory Offer") to purchase up to $20.0 million aggregate principal amount (the "Maximum Offer Amount") of its outstanding 9.875% First Priority Secured Notes due 2022 (the "Notes"). The Annual Mandatory Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 6, 2019.
The table below sets forth the results of the Annual Mandatory Offer for the Notes, according to information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Information Agent, as of the expiration of the Annual Mandatory Offer.

Title

CUSIP
Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding Prior to Settlement
Principal Amount of Notes Tendered and Accepted
Maximum Offer Amount
9.875% First Priority Secured Notes due 2022
Y27183 AA3
37953T AB1
$340,000,000
$17,277,000
$20,000,000

Payment for the validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Notes will be made at a purchase price of 102% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the purchase date (the "Purchase Date").  The Company expects the Purchase Date to be December 10, 2019.  The aggregate purchase price, inclusive of accrued and unpaid interest, payable on the Purchase Date for the validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Notes will be approximately $17.7 million.

Under the terms of the indenture governing the Notes, to the extent that the principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Annual Mandatory Offer is less than the Maximum Offer Amount by an amount that is equal to or greater than a de minimis amount of $500,000, the Company shall be required to pay indebtedness under its term loan facility, dated as of October 25, 2017, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch (the "Term Loan Facility") to ensure that the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased and Term Loan Facility repaid shall be at least equal to $40.0 million (inclusive of an aggregate of $20 million in scheduled principal amortization payments on the Term Loan Facility) during 2019. Accordingly, the Company intends to repay an additional amount of approximately $2.7 million on the Term Loan Facility.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor the solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Annual Mandatory Offer was made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 25, 2019, as supplemented, and the related Letter of Transmittal.


For further information, contact Global Bondholder Services Corporation:
Global Bondholder Services Corporation
65 Broadway – Suite 404
New York, New York 10006
Attn: Corporate Actions

Banks and Brokers call: (212) 430-3774
Toll free (866)-807-2200

About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a leading independent owner of containerships with a diversified fleet of mid-sized and smaller containerships. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under fixed-rate charters to top tier container liner companies. On November 15, 2018, it completed a strategic combination with Poseidon Containers.
Including two 6,650 TEU containerships and two 6,080 TEU containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, Global Ship Lease owns 45 ships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 TEU, of which nine are fuel efficient new-design wide beam, with a total capacity of 249,622 TEU and an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, of 12.6 years as at September 30, 2019.
Including the four containerships that the Company has contracted to purchase, the average remaining term of the Company's charters at September 30, 2019, to the mid-point of redelivery, including options under owner's control, was 2.7 years on a TEU-weighted basis. Contracted revenue on the same basis was $826 million. Contracted revenue was $913 million, including options under charterers' control and with latest redelivery date, representing a weighted average remaining term of 3.0 years.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Investor and Media Contact:

The IGB Group
Bryan Degnan
646-673-9701
or
Leon Berman
212-477-8438