Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): July 9, 2019 (July 2, 2019)

Gladstone Commercial Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

001-33097

02-0681276

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(703) 287-5800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	GOOD	Nasdaq Global Select Market
7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GOODP	Nasdaq Global Select Market
7.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GOODO	Nasdaq Global Select Market
7.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GOODM	Nasdaq Global Select Market

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 2, 2019, Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, entered into the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents with KeyBank National Association, as agent, joint lead arranger and book manager, Fifth Third Bank, U.S. Bank National Association and The Huntington National Bank, as joint lead arrangers and co-syndication agents, and Fifth Third Bank as documentation agent, and certain other lenders party thereto (together with the Amendment, the “Credit Facility”).

Among other things, the Amendment:

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Increases the Credit Facility size from $160 million to $260 million, with the term loan component of the Credit Facility being increased by $85 million to $160 million, inclusive of a $38 million delayed funding component, and the revolving credit facility being increased by $15 million to $100 million;

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Extends the revolving credit maturity date to July 2, 2023;

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Extends the term loan maturity date to July 2, 2024; and

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Reduces the interest rate margin by 10 basis points for both the revolving credit and term loan components.

The Credit Facility continues to include customary terms, covenants, events of default and constraints on borrowing availability based on collateral tests for a credit facility of its size and nature.

The foregoing summary of the Credit Facility is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein. The Company also issued a press release announcing the Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents, dated as of July 2, 2019 by and among Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, as borrower, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries, as guarantors, each of the financial institutions initially a signatory thereto together with their successors and assignees, as lenders, and KeyBank National Association, as lender and agent.

99.1		Press Release issued by Gladstone Commercial Corporation dated July 9, 2019

SIGNATURES

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