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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

January 11, 2021

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

maryland   001-38106   27-5466153
I(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

20 Custom House Street, 11th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 340-3814

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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.   

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class Trading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM New York Stock Exchange
7.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM-PrA NYSE American
     

 

 
Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. has appointed John W. Guinee III as member of the Board, effective January11, 2021.  Further, Mr. Guinee was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.  Mr. Guinee will serve for a term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.  There are no transactions in which Mr. Guinee has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On January 11, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of John W. Guinee III to the Company’s Board of Directors. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and the exhibits hereunder are being “furnished” and, as such, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.  Description
   
99.1 Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. press release dated January 11, 2021
104  Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as in line XBRL) 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

        PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.
         
Date: January 11, 2021       By:  

/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell

            Jeffrey E. Witherell
            Chief Executive Officer