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): June 16, 2017 (June 16, 2017)

  

 

 

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.)

     
 

4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 450

Bethesda, MD

20814

 
 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 
     
  (202) 524-6851  
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

   

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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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).

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On June 16, 2017, Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) announced the declaration of a cash dividend for the second quarter of 2017 of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record as of June 27, 2017, to be paid on July 10, 2017.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Company issued a press release on June 16, 2017 announcing the dividend before this report was filed. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in Exhibit 99.1 referenced in Item 9.01 below is being “furnished” and, as such, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press release dated June 16, 2017.

 

 

 

 

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: June 16, 2017

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1  

Press release dated June 16, 2017.