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): September 7, 2018 (September 4, 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)

 

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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).

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

September 2018 Common Equity Forward Transaction

 

On September 4, 2018, (i) Agree Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) entered into a forward sale agreement (the “Forward Sale Agreement”) with Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), and (ii) the Company and Agree Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership, for which the Company is the sole general partner, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), in its capacity (a) as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”) and (b) as an agent of Citibank, as forward counterparty, and Jefferies LLC, in its capacity as representative of the Underwriters, relating to the issuance and sale of up to 3,500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at a public offering price of $55.20 per share, including an option to purchase up to 525,000 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Overallotment Shares”). The sale of the Shares closed on September 7, 2018.

 

The Shares were offered pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-218476) which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 2, 2017. A copy of the Forward Sale Agreement and Underwriting Agreement are filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit Description
   
1.1 Forward Sale Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2018 between the Company and Citibank, N.A.
1.2 Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2018 by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC.
5.1 Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP regarding the validity of the Shares to be issued and offered.
8.1 Opinion of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as to certain tax matters.
23.1 Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1).

 

 

 

 

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: September 7, 2018