UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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(Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2020 (
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On March 31, 2020, Agree Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Agree Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, for which the Company is the sole general partner, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I attached thereto (the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale of 2,875,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which includes 375,000 shares issued pursuant to the option granted by the Company to the Underwriters as described below. The Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of common stock, which the Underwriters elected to exercise in full on March 31, 2020.
The offering closed on April 2, 2020 and resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $170.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company issued the Shares pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-218476) which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2017. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | 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.
| AGREE REALTY CORPORATION | ||
| Date: April 2, 2020 | By: | /s/ Clayton R. Thelen |
Clayton R. Thelen Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||