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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-076602"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNL"
cik: "0001526113"
company_name: "Global Net Lease, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:55:13.877189+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Net Lease holds annual meeting; reelects directors and ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Shareholders re-elected James L. Nelson (52.4M votes for) and Edward M. Weil, Jr. (42.7M votes for) as Class III directors.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 with 87.0M votes for, 1.1M against.
- Approximately 85.4% of outstanding shares voted at the June 29, 2023 annual meeting.
- CEO James Nelson highlighted enhanced governance and management internalization from the merger with Necessity Retail REIT.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-076602
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNL
- cik: 0001526113
- company_name: Global Net Lease, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465923076602/0001104659-23-076602-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465923076602/tm2320272d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Net Lease, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of PwC as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-29
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of PwC as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 87,018,437 1,086,984 540,797 *
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465923076602/0001104659-23-076602-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Global Net Lease, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2023-06-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-29
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Class III Directors Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes James L. Nelson 52,416,733 23,374,181 12,855,306 Edward M. Weil, Jr. 42,682,543 33,108,371 12,855,306
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465923076602/0001104659-23-076602-index.htm

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