UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): December 11, 2018

 

AGREE REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-12928

(Commission file number)

 38-3148187
    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

70 E. Long Lake Road

Bloomfield Hills, MI

(Address of principal executive offices)
48304
(Zip code)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (248) 737-4190

 

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:

 

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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 Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

  

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. ¨ 

 

 

 
 

 

Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 11, 2018, Agree Realty Corporation issued a press release announcing that through its subsidiary, Agree Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, it entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a portfolio of more than 100 retail properties in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction with The Sherwin-Williams Company.

 

The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is hereby incorporated by reference. The information in this Section 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Description
99.1 Press release, dated December 11, 2018.

 

 
 

 

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.

  

  AGREE REALTY CORPORATION  
         
         
  By: /s/ Clayton R. Thelen  
    Name: Clayton R. Thelen  
    Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary  
         
Date:  December 11, 2018