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Organization
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization  
Organization

Note 1 – Organization

Agree Realty Corporation (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) primarily focused on the ownership, acquisition, development and management of retail properties net leased to industry leading tenants. The Company was founded in 1971 by its current Executive Chairman, Richard Agree, and its common stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) in 1994.

The Company’s assets are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, directly or indirectly, Agree Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Agree Realty Corporation is the sole general partner and in which it held a 99.3% interest as of March 31, 2020. There is a one-for-one relationship between Operating Partnership units (“Operating Partnership Units”) owned by the Company and Company common shares outstanding.  Under the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, the Company, as the sole general partner, has exclusive responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the Operating Partnership.

The terms “Agree Realty,” the “Company,” “Management,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Agree Realty Corporation and all of its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.