UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 1, 2019

 

STAG INDUSTRIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-34907

 

27-3099608

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

One Federal Street, 23rd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts  02110

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 574-4777

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 


 

ITEM 8.01.                               OTHER EVENTS.

 

On April 1, 2019, STAG Industrial, Inc. (the “Company”) and its operating partnership, STAG Industrial Operating Partnership, L.P., entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, relating to the issuance and sale of 7,475,000 shares (including 975,000 shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price to the underwriters of $28.72 per share. The offering closed on April 4, 2019.

 

The Common Stock issued and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement has been registered on the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-229661), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2019, and a prospectus supplement dated April 1, 2019.

 

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01.          FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated as of April 1, 2019 among STAG Industrial, Inc., STAG Industrial Operating Partnership, L.P. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) regarding legality of the shares

 

 

 

8.1

 

Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP regarding certain tax matters (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-229661) filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019)

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

STAG INDUSTRIAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey M. Sullivan

 

 

Jeffrey M. Sullivan

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: April 4, 2019

 

 

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