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): December 10, 2020
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:
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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 | | GNL | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value | | GNL PR A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 6.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value | | 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 8.01. Other Events.
On December 10, 2020, Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company and Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P., the Company’s operating partnership subsidiary, priced their previously announced offering of seven-year senior unsecured notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.
The information contained in this report shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of any securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and 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.
| | GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC. |
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| Date: December 10, 2020 | By: | /s/ James L. Nelson |
| | | Name: James L. Nelson |
| | | Title: Chief Executive Officer and President |
