Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 7, 2021, Global Net Lease, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter 2020 rent collections.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

As disclosed in Item 2.02 above, on January 7, 2021, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information set forth in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed to be "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. The information set forth in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.




Item 8.01. Other Events.



Recent Acquisition Activity

During the fourth quarter 2020, the Company has acquired seven properties for an aggregate contract purchase price of $292.8 million.





Rent Collection Update

As of January 6, 2021, the Company has received approximately 97% of the original cash rent due for the fourth quarter of 2020, including approximately 99% of the original cash rent due in the Company's assets in the United Kingdom and approximately 99% of the original cash rent due from the Company's assets in the rest of Europe.

The statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. In addition, words such as "may," "will," "seeks," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "should" or similar expressions indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the potential adverse effects of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, on the Company, the Company's tenants and the global economy and financial markets and that the information about fourth quarter 2020 rent collections includes additional rent collected with respect to fourth quarter 2020 as compared to previously reported information due to ongoing collection efforts and fourth quarter 2020 rent collections may not be indicative of any future period as well as those set forth in the Risk Factors of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on February 28, 2020, the Company's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020, filed on May 7, 2020, August 6, 2020 and November 6, 2020, respectively, and all other filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after that date. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits




Exhibit No   Description
  99.1         Press Release dated January 7, 2021
             Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
104          embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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