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): March 4, 2020 (March 3, 2020)
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.) |
2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 440
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 ¨
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On March 4, 2020, Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial position as of December 31, 2019, and operating results for the three-and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and other related information. The Company also posted its Fourth Quarter 2019 Earnings Supplemental (the “Supplemental”) to the Company’s website at www.globalmedicalreit.com. The press release and Supplemental are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The information included in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the press release and Supplemental, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 3, 2020, the Company announced the declaration of:
| · | a cash dividend for the first quarter of 2020 of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record as of March 25, 2020, to be paid on April 9, 2020; and |
| · | a cash dividend of $0.46875 per share to holders of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of record as of April 15, 2020, to be paid on April 30, 2020. This dividend represents the Company’s quarterly dividend on its Series A Preferred Stock for the period from January 31, 2020 through April 29, 2020. |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued March 4, 2020 | |
| 99.2 | Fourth Quarter 2019 Earnings Supplemental | |
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 | |||
Dated: March 4, 2020