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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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 17, 2021

 

Global Net Lease, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland   001-37390   45-2771978

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

650 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10019

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbols   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share   GNL   New York Stock Exchange
7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share   GNL PR A   New York Stock Exchange
6.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share   GNL PR B   New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights  

true

  New York Stock Exchange

 

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).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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.   ¨

  

 

 

 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As previously disclosed, 2,135,496 units of limited partnership interest in Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP), the operating partnership of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”), designated as “LTIP Units” owned by Global Net Lease Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) were earned and became vested and were subsequently converted into a like number of units of limited partnership interest in the OP designated as “OP Units” (“OP Units”). On June 17, 2021, the Advisor exercised its right to redeem these OP Units for, at the Company’s option, cash or shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis. On the same day, the Company’s board of directors elected to satisfy the OP’s redemption obligation by issuing shares of the Company’s common stock to the Advisor. The shares were issued to the Advisor on June 18, 2021 under the 2021 Advisor Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company pursuant to an exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

  

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.

 

  GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC.
     
Date: June 21, 2021 By: /s/ James L. Nelson
    Name:  James L. Nelson
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President