---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-046766"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNL"
cik: "0001526113"
company_name: "Global Net Lease, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T23:21:44.972000+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Net Lease appoints Edward M. Weil as President, adding to existing CEO role

## Summary
- James L. Nelson resigned as director and President/Co-CEO effective March 31, 2024.
- On April 12, 2024, the Board appointed Edward M. Weil as President; he remains sole CEO.
- Weil will not receive additional compensation for the President role.
- Weil is a member of Bellevue Capital Partners, which owns >10% of common stock post-internalization merger.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-046766
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNL
- cik: 0001526113
- company_name: Global Net Lease, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465924046766/0001104659-24-046766-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465924046766/tm2411751d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-046766.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James L. Nelson resigned as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Global Net Lease, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
  source text: James L. Nelson, a former member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Company’s former President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, resigned from his position as a director and as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective March 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465924046766/0001104659-24-046766-index.htm
- Executive change
  James L. Nelson resigned as Director at Global Net Lease, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: James L. Nelson, a former member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Company’s former President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, resigned from his position as a director and as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective March 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465924046766/0001104659-24-046766-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward M. Weil, Jr. was appointed as President at Global Net Lease, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: on April 12, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Weil as President of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465924046766/0001104659-24-046766-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.