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): November 17, 2021
Medalist Diversified REIT, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Maryland | | 001-38719 | | 47-5201540 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1051 E. Cary Street Suite 601
James Center Three
Richmond, VA, 23219
(Address of principal executive offices)
(804) 344-4435
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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).
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | | Name of each Exchange
on Which Registered | | Trading
Symbol(s) |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | | Nasdaq Capital Market | | MDRR |
| 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value | | Nasdaq Capital Market | | MDRRP |
| ITEM 1.01 | ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT |
On November 17, 2021, Medalist Diversified REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, Ltd., (“YA”). The Company will be able to sell up to $6,665,299 of its shares of common stock at the Company’s request any time during the 36 months following the execution of the SEPA. The shares would be purchased at 96.5% of the Market Price (as defined below) and would be subject to certain limitations, including that YA could not purchase any shares that would result in it owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s common stock. “Market Price” shall mean the lowest daily VWAP (as defined below) of the Company’s common stock during the three consecutive trading days commencing on the trading day following the date the Company submits an advance notice to YA. “VWAP” means, for any trading day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock for such date on the principal market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. during regular trading hours.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement to the Company's prospectus, dated July 27, 2021, filed as part of the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-257238, registering all of the shares of common stock that are to be offered and sold to YA pursuant to the SEPA.
Pursuant to the SEPA, we shall use the net proceeds from any sale of the shares to acquire additional properties and investments, for working capital, for general corporate purposes, and, to the extent necessary, to pay acquisition fees to the Company’s external manager, to pay expenses, such as legal and accounting, to pay the asset management fee to the Company’s external manager, and to pay dividends to our shareholders.
There are no other restrictions on future financing transactions. The SEPA does not contain any right of first refusal, participation rights, penalties or liquidated damages.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the SEPA. For a full description of all terms, please refer to the copy of the SEPA that is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. All readers are encouraged to read the entire text of the SEPA.
| ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
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.
| | MEDALIST DIVERSIFIED REIT, INC. |
| | | |
| Dated: November 22, 2021 | By: | /s/ Thomas E. Messier |
| | | Thomas E. Messier |
| | | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Treasurer and Secretary |
