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):  April 15, 2019

 

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.)

 

405 Park Avenue, 3 rd Floor
New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

 

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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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) held on April 15, 2019, the Company’s stockholders re-elected, by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, Lee M. Elman and P. Sue Perrotty as Class II directors to serve until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

 

The Company’s Class II director nominees contribute their experience, leadership and extensive knowledge of the Company’s industry and its long-term business strategy, and accordingly the board of directors remains confident that each is well qualified to continue to serve and contribute meaningfully to the Company’s long-term business objectives as members of its board of directors.

 

The Company’s stockholders also ratified, by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

 

No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

At the Annual Meeting, there were present, in person or by proxy, stockholders holding an aggregate of 73,868,508 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total number of 83,840,503 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 88.1% of the shares entitled to be voted. The full results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below:

 

Proposal 1 – Election of Class II Directors

 

Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Lee M. Elman 24,389,225 24,330,097 169,241 24,979,945
P. Sue Perrotty 5,771,990 42,940,168 176,405 24,979,945

  

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of PwC as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2019:

 

Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
72,875,813 673,908 318,787 *

 

* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal No. 2 due to the fact that the matter was considered a routine matter under New York Stock Exchange rules.

 

 

 

  

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.

 

Date: April 15, 2019 By:   /s/ James L. Nelson 
    James L. Nelson  
    Chief Executive Officer and President