0001104659-21-029333.txt : 20210226 0001104659-21-029333.hdr.sgml : 20210226 20210226170110 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-029333 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Net Lease, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001526113 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 452771978 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37390 FILM NUMBER: 21690586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 650 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 30TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-415-6500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 650 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 30TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120810 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111014 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110719 8-A12B/A 1 tm218077d1_8a12b.htm 8-A12B/A

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A/A

Amendment No. 1

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland   45-2771978
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

650 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor,
New York, New York 		  10019
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

  

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights   New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ¨

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: N/A

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Explanatory Note

 

This Amendment No. 1 amends the Registration Statement on Form 8-A originally filed by Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2020. This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to amend the description of preferred stock purchase rights (the “Rights”) of the Company.

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

On February 26, 2021, the Company amended its Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2020, with American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability company as Rights Agent (the “Amendment”), solely to extend the expiration date of the Rights from April 8, 2021 to April 8, 2024, unless earlier exercised, exchanged, amended, redeemed, or terminated.

 

The Rights are in all respects subject to and governed by the provisions of the Rights Agreement and the terms of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock contained in Exhibit C of the Company’s charter. The Rights Agreement and the Company’s charter are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 3.1, respectively. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
3.1(1)   Articles of Restatement of Global Net Lease, Inc., effective February 24, 2021.
4.1(2)   Rights Agreement, dated April 9, 2020, between Global Net Lease, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust, LLC, as Rights Agent.
4.2(1)   Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated February 26, 2021, between Global Net Lease, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust, LLC, as Rights Agent.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2021.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2020.

  

 

 

  

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, on this 26th day of February, 2021.

 

  GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC.
       
       
  By: /s/ James L. Nelson  
  Name: James L. Nelson
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President