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Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE:GMRE) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE:GMRE) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On December 11, 2019, Global Medical REIT Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Inter-American Management LLC and Global Medical REIT L.P. entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the offer and sale (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a price to the public of $13.00 per share. The Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Shares from the Company to the Underwriting Agreement at $12.415 per Share. to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 900,000 additional shares of Common Stock from the Company. The material terms of the Offering are described in the prospectus dated December 11, 2019 (the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 12, 2019, to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Offering is registered with the Commission to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-217360), initially filed by the Company on April 18, 2017.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, closing conditions and termination provisions. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

The Offering is expected to close on December 13, 2019 and the Company expects to receive total gross proceeds from the Offering of $78.0 million. As described in the Prospectus, the Company intends to contribute the net proceeds of the Offering to its Operating Partnership in exchange for Operating Partnership units in the Operating Partnership. The Company’s Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), to fund acquisitions and for other general corporate purposes. Amounts repaid under the Credit Facility may be re-borrowed from time to time, subject to the terms of the facility, and the Company intends to do so in the future to fund its capital program. The term of the Credit Facility expires on August 7, 2022, subject to a one-year extension option. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $363.2 million in borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility, which currently bears interest at a floating rate that is based on LIBOR, plus a specified margin based on the Company’s leverage. Borrowings under the Credit Facility were primarily incurred to fund acquisitions.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

In connection with the Offering, Venable LLP has provided the Company with an opinion regarding the legality of the Shares. A copy of the opinion is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 11, 2019, the Company announced it priced its Offering of 6,000,000 Shares. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

Item 9.01      Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits


Global Medical REIT Inc. Exhibit
EX-1.1 2 tm1925027d1_ex1-1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1 Exhibit 1.1   EXECUTION COPY       GLOBAL MEDICAL REIT INC.   Common Stock   UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT   December 11,…
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About Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE:GMRE)

Global Medical REIT Inc. focuses on operating as a real estate investment trust. The Company is engaged primarily in the acquisition and leasing of licensed purpose-built healthcare facilities in certain markets with various clinical operators. The Company seeks to invest in these purpose-built, specialized facilities, such as surgery centers, specialty hospitals and outpatient treatment centers. Its tenant-operators are physician group tenant-operators, community hospital tenant-operators and corporate medical treatment chain operators. Its properties include a six building, 52,266 square foot medical clinic portfolio in Tennessee; a combined approximately 27,190 square foot surgery center and medical office building located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania; an approximately 8,840 square foot medical office building known as the Orthopedic Surgery Center, located in Asheville, North Carolina, and a 56-bed long term acute care hospital located at 1870 South 75th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

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