---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-022718"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNL"
cik: "0001526113"
company_name: "Global Net Lease, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T22:20:22.650738+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Net Lease appoints Leon C. Richardson to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 10 members; Richardson effective March 7, 2025.
- Richardson is founder, President & CEO of The Chemico Group, a major minority-owned chemical management firm.
- Richardson is independent under NYSE standards; no committee assignments yet.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation and enter indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-022718
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNL
- cik: 0001526113
- company_name: Global Net Lease, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925022718/0001104659-25-022718-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925022718/tm258645d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-022718
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-022718.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-022718.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leon C. Richardson was elected as Director at Global Net Lease, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 7, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) expanded its size from nine to ten directors and elected, effective immediately, Mr. Leon C. Richardson to serve as a member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925022718/0001104659-25-022718-index.htm

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