---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-052963"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNL"
cik: "0001526113"
company_name: "Global Net Lease, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T10:32:39.376300+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GNL stockholder meeting approves 2025 incentive plan and charter amendment increasing authorized shares to 440M

## Summary
- 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved; up to 8M new shares authorized plus carryover from prior plan.
- Charter amended to authorize 440M shares total (400M common, 40M preferred); effective May 23, 2025.
- Ten directors elected; say-on-pay proposal received 92.6% support from votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for FY2025 with 99.5% support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-052963
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNL
- cik: 0001526113
- company_name: Global Net Lease, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925052963/0001104659-25-052963-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925052963/tm2516007d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Global Net Lease, Inc.: Increased authorized shares to 440,000,000 (400M common, 40M preferred) (effective 2025-05-23).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-05-23
  source text: On May 22, 2025, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s charter, to increase the number of authorized shares of stock of the Company to 440,000,000 shares, of which (i) 400,000,000 shall be designated as common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (ii) 40,000,000 shall be designated as preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Charter Amendment ”). The Charter Amendment was filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on May 23, 2025 and became immediately effective upon acceptance for record.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925052963/0001104659-25-052963-index.htm

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