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): June 7, 2021 (June 4, 2021)

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)

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

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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
7.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GOODM	Nasdaq Global Select Market
6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GOODN	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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 4, 2021, Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”), appointed Gary Gerson, age 56, as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Gerson has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 26, 2021. Prior to joining the Company, from 2013 to 2020, Mr. Gerson served as Chief Financial Officer of Spotted Hawk Development Company, LLC, an Apollo Investment Corporation (Nasdaq: AINV) portfolio company. In addition, Mr. Gerson previously served as Treasurer and Managing Principal of the Company and the affiliated Gladstone family of companies from 2006 to 2012, providing valuable finance and treasury functions. Mr. Gerson is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Business Administration from Yale University.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated June 7, 2021

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.