The merger between GNL and The Necessity Retail REIT, Inc. closed on September 12, 2023. For additional information on the merger and the combined company, please review GNL’s latest investor presentation which can be found within the Investor section of this website under Events & Presentations.

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GNL’s fiscal year ends on December 31st.

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GNL’s SEC filings can be viewed within the Investor section of this website under SEC Filings  or on the SEC’s website at www.SEC.gov.

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GNL’s Investor Presentations can be found within the Investor section of this website under Events and Presentations. GNL also generally furnishes all Investor Presentations as exhibits to SEC filings, which are available as described above.

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GNL trades on the New York Stock Exchange and has five classes of publicly traded shares:

    • Common stock: NYSE: GNL
    • Series A preferred stock: NYSE: GNL.PRA
    • Series B preferred stock: NYSE: GNL.PRB
    • Series D preferred stock: NYSE: GNL.PRD
    • Series E preferred stock: NYSE: GNL.PRE
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  • GNL’s common stock listed on the NYSE on June 2, 2015.
  • GNL’s Series A preferred stock listed on the NYSE on September 7, 2017.
  • GNL’s Series B preferred stock listed on the NYSE on November 26, 2019
  • GNL's Series D preferred stock listed on the NYSE on September 12, 2023
  • GNL's Series E preferred stock listed on the NYSE on September 12, 2023
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  • The CUSIP for GNL’s common stock is 379378201
  • The CUSIP for GNL’s Series A preferred stock is 379378300
  • The CUSIP for GNL’s Series B preferred stock is 379378409
  • The CUSIP for GNL's Series D Preferred Stock is 379378508
  • The CUSIP for GNL's Series E Preferred Stock is 379378607
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Please contact your financial advisor or broker to discuss investing in GNL. Shares must be purchased through a registered broker-dealer.

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GNL's transfer agent is American Stock Transfer (AST). Shareholders who hold shares directly on AST's books may contact AST as follows

Website

www.amstock.com

Email

[email protected]

Telephone

(866) 822-1236

Written Inquiries

Global Net Lease
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Co
6201 15th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11219

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Yes. GNL pays Quarterly dividends on both classes of stock. Please see below for details: To view GNL's historical common stock dividends please click here: (link)

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  • If you hold your shares in your own name through GNL's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer, you will receive payment each quarter directly from AST. Checks are mailed to the address of record.
  • If you hold your shares in a brokerage account, your dividend will be deposited directly into your account by that brokerage firm.
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GNL does not have a dividend reinvestment program. Please contact your broker directly to inquire whether your brokerage firm can facilitate a program whereby you can invest your dividends automatically in additional GNL shares.

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  • Shareholders who own GNL shares in a brokerage account should contact that brokerage firm to request a Form 1099-DIV copy.
  • Shareholders whose shares are held on the books of GNL's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer ('AST'), may contact AST to request a Form 1099-DIV.
Website

www.amstock.com

Email

[email protected]

Telephone

(866) 822-1236

Written Inquiries

Global Net Lease
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Co
6201 15th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11219

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  • Please click GNL E-Mail Notification Options to receive periodic communications and filing alerts from GNL via e-mail. These notifications include including press releases, investor presentations, quarterly Forms 10-Q and annual Forms 10-K filings as well as quarterly earnings call announcements.

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You may reach GNL's investor relations department as follows:

Email

[email protected]

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REITs, in General

Real estate investment trusts or REITs are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate in a range of property sectors. These companies have to meet a number of requirements to qualify as REITs. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. REITs are a practical way for all investors to invest in large-scale, income-producing, professionally managed companies that own commercial real estate such as office, industrial / distribution, warehouse, healthcare and retail properties. Some REITs invest throughout the country or, in some cases, throughout the world. Others specialize in one region or even a single metropolitan area.

REITs are real estate working for you. Through the diverse array of properties they own, finance and operate, REITs help provide the essential real estate we need to live, work and play. REITs of all types collectively own more than $3 trillion in gross assets across the U.S., with stock-exchange listed REITs owning approximately $2 trillion in assets. U.S. listed REITs have an equity market capitalization of more than $1.4 trillion. In addition, an estimated 87 million American own REITs through their retirement savings and other investment funds.

(source: Nareit’s REITs by the Numbers)

REITs are total return investments as they typically a) offer current income through the distributions they pay and b) offer the potential for moderate, long term capital appreciation. Here are answers to fundamental questions about REITs.

REIT Basics

A REIT is a company dedicated to owning, and in most cases, operating income-producing commercial real estate such as office, industrial / distribution, warehouse, healthcare and retail properties. Some REITs also engage in financing real estate.

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An estimated 87 million Americans own REIT shares through their retirement savings or other investment funds. (source: Nareit) 

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  • To qualify as a REIT a company must:

    • Invest at least 75 percent of its total assets in real estate, cash, and government securities
    • Derive at least 75 percent of its gross income from rents from real property, interest on mortgages financing real property or from sales of real estate
    • Pay at least 90 percent of its taxable income in the form of shareholder dividends each year
    • Have a minimum of 100 shareholders
    • Have no more than 50 percent of its shares held by five or fewer individuals

    REITs generally pay little or no U.S. corporate income taxes because they are able to deduct dividends they pay from their taxable earnings.

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For REITs, dividend distributions for tax purposes are allocated to ordinary income, capital gains and return of capital, each of which may be taxed at a different rate. Currently, the maximum capital gains tax rate of 20 percent applies generally to the sale of REIT stock. All public companies, including REITs, are required early in the year to provide shareholders with information clarifying how the prior year's dividends should be allocated for tax purposes.

Tax information is reported on Form 1099-DIV. Shareholders should contact a tax professional for tax-related questions

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Commonly Used REIT Terms

  • In commercial real estate, a net lease is a lease in which in addition to rent the tenant is required to pay a portion, or all, of the taxes, insurance and maintenance costs for a property during the lease term:

    Net Lease type

    Property Taxes Property Insurance Property Maintenance and Repairs
    Net Lease Tenant Responsibility  
    Double Net Lease or NN Lease Tenant Responsibility Tenant Responsibility
    Triple Net Lease or NNN Lease Tenant Responsibility Tenant Responsibility Tenant Responsibility

    GNL owns and invests in commercial properties, principally in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Western Europe, that are net leased to the tenant.

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Real estate companies such as REITs "straight line" rents because generally accepted accounting principles require it. Straight-lining averages the tenant's rent payments over the life of the lease.

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Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.

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The capitalization rate is the rate of return on an investment property. It is calculated as the net operating income earned on a property divided by the purchase price of the property.

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The initial capitalization rate is the rate of return generated by a newly acquired investment property at the time of acquisition. The initial capitalization rate does not take into account future factors such as rent escalators.

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An average GAAP capitalization rate is a rate of return on a real estate investment property based on the expected, annualized straight lined rent that the property will generate under its existing lease. A GAAP capitalization rate is calculated by dividing the annualized straight lined rent the property will generate (before debt service and depreciation and after fixed costs and variable costs) and the purchase price of the property

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