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accession: "0001104659-25-063782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNL"
cik: "0001526113"
company_name: "Global Net Lease, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T12:42:00.823928+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# S&P upgrades GNL corporate credit rating to BB+, unsecured notes to BBB- after $1.8B portfolio sale

## Summary
- Corporate credit rating upgraded from BB to BB+ by S&P Global.
- Issue-level rating on unsecured notes raised to investment-grade BBB- from BB+.
- Upgrade follows $1.8 billion sale of multi-tenant portfolio used to substantially pay down debt.
- CEO Michael Weil says upgrade validates capital strategy to strengthen balance sheet and enhance shareholder value.
- Streamlined portfolio features long-term triple-net leases, broad tenant base, minimal near-term expirations, high occupancy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-063782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNL
- cik: 0001526113
- company_name: Global Net Lease, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925063782/0001104659-25-063782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526113/000110465925063782/tm2519322d1_8k.htm

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