UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2021 (June 10, 2021)

AGREE REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (248) 737-4190

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

On June 10, 2021, Agree Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Agree Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, for which the Company is the sole general partner, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Underwriter”), relating to the issuance and sale of 4,600,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which includes 600,000 shares issued pursuant to the option granted by the Company to the Underwriter as described below. The Company has granted the Underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 shares of common stock, which the Underwriter elected to exercise in full on June 14, 2021.

The offering closed on June 15, 2021 and resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $327.0 million, after deducting the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company issued the Shares pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-238729) which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 27, 2020, as amended by post-effective amendment no. 1 filed with the SEC on August 12, 2020 and post-effective amendment no. 2 filed with the SEC on May 5, 2021. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.

(d)        Exhibits

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 hereunto duly authorized.