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): September 17, 2024
Global Medical REIT Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-37815 | 46-4757266 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | (Commission
File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD
20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(202) 524-6851
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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, par value $0.001 per share | | GMRE | | NYSE |
| Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share | | GMRE PrA | | NYSE |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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. ¨
On September 17, 2024, Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that (i) the Company has entered into a new, 15-year, triple-net lease with an affiliate of CHRISTUS Health at the Company’s healthcare facility in Beaumont, Texas (the “Beaumont Facility”) and (ii) the former tenant, Steward Health Care (“Steward”), formally requested that its lease with the Company at the Beaumont Facility be rejected by the bankruptcy court as of September 15, 2024, as part of Steward’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and a final order rejecting such lease is pending with the court. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| 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 Medical REIT Inc. |
| | | |
| | By: | /s/ Jamie A. Barber |
| | | Jamie A. Barber |
| | | Secretary and General Counsel |
Date: September 17, 2024
