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 November 2019
Commission File Number: 001-34153
| Global Ship Lease, Inc. |
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c/o Portland House, 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 hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the “Company”), dated November 6, 2019, reporting the Company’s financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 are the Company’s interim unaudited consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 is a copy of the press release of the Company, dated October 25, 2019, announcing the commencement of an annual mandatory offer to purchase up to $20.0 million of its outstanding 9.875% First Priority Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Annual Mandatory Offer”).
The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K, except for the commentary of George Youroukos and Ian Webber in Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-231509) and the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (333-234343).
The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K in Exhibit 99.1, except for the commentary of George Youroukos and Ian Webber, and Exhibit 99.2 is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Offer to Purchase, dated October 25, 2019, relating to the Annual Mandatory Offer.
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. |
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| Dated: November 6, 2019 | By: | /s/ Ian J. Webber |
| | | Ian J. Webber |
| | | Chief Executive Officer |
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