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): September 8, 2017

 

 

 

Global Medical REIT Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland 8091371022 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:

 

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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 x

 

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 8.01Other Events.

 

On September 8, 2017, Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) announced the declaration of a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2017 of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record as of September 26, 2017, to be paid on October 9, 2017.

 

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Company issued a press release on September 8, 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 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release dated September 8, 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:  September 8, 2017      

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Press release dated September 8, 2017