NYSE:GNL Global Net Lease Q3 2025 Earnings Report $8.68 -0.04 (-0.40%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.66 -0.01 (-0.12%) As of 07:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Global Net Lease EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.24Consensus EPS $0.21Beat/MissBeat by +$0.03One Year Ago EPSN/AGlobal Net Lease Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$121.01 millionExpected Revenue$118.86 millionBeat/MissBeat by +$2.16 millionYoY Revenue GrowthN/AGlobal Net Lease Announcement DetailsQuarterQ3 2025Date11/5/2025TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateThursday, November 6, 2025Conference Call Time11:00AM ETUpcoming EarningsGlobal Net Lease's Q3 2026 earnings is estimated for Wednesday, November 4, 2026, based on past reporting schedules, with a conference call scheduled on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Global Net Lease Q3 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrNovember 6, 2025ShareShareShare This ReportLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted a Fitch upgrade to investment-grade (BBB-) Positive Sentiment: The company has executed ~$3 billion of dispositions (including a ~$1.8 billion multi-tenant sale) and says net debt is down ~$2 billion since Q3 2024, supporting a move toward lower leverage and higher credit quality. Positive Sentiment: GNL refinanced its revolving credit facility, extending maturity to August 2030 with two six‑month extensions and reducing its interest spread by ~35 bps, which management says improves liquidity and lowers cost of capital. Positive Sentiment: The company repurchased 12.1 million shares for ~$91.7 million (avg $7.59) through Oct. 31 at an AFFO yield ~12%, and management prefers buybacks over acquisitions given current market pricing. Neutral Sentiment: Q3 GAAP showed a $71.1 million net loss, but AFFO was $53.2 million ($0.24/share) and management raised 2025 AFFO guidance to $0.95–$0.97, reflecting a mixed financial picture driven by non‑GAAP performance and timing of dispositions. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallGlobal Net Lease Q3 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xTranscript SectionsPresentationParticipantsPresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Good afternoon and welcome to Global Net Lease's third quarter 2025 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in the listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star and zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Jordyn Schoenfeld, Assistant Vice President at Global Net Lease. Please go ahead. Jordyn SchoenfeldVP of Investor Relations at Global Net Lease00:00:37Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for GNL's 3rd Quarter 2025 earnings call. Joining me today on the call is Michael Weil, GNL's Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Masterson, GNL's Chief Financial Officer. The following information contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Please review the forward-looking and cautionary statements section at the end of our 3rd Quarter 2025 earnings release for various factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made during our call today. As stated in our SEC filings, GNL disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements except as required by law. Also, during today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures which we believe can be useful in evaluating the company's financial performance. Jordyn SchoenfeldVP of Investor Relations at Global Net Lease00:01:31Descriptions of those non-GAAP financial measures that we use, such as AFFO and adjusted EBITDA, and reconciliations of these measures to our results as reported in accordance with GAAP, are detailed in our earnings release and supplemental materials. I'll now turn the call over to our Chief Executive Officer, Michael Weil. Mike. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:01:50Thanks, Jordyn. Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today. It has now been approximately two years since GNL's internalization, and we're very proud of what we've accomplished thus far and enthusiastic about what lies ahead. Since the internalization, we have set ambitious and transformative strategic goals to streamline our portfolio, reduce leverage, and lower our cost of capital. We have consistently exceeded these objectives and are already yielding measurable benefits reflected in the stable operations, an improved credit profile, and enhanced financial flexibility, culminating in our recent achievement of earning an investment-grade corporate credit rating from Fitch Ratings. The main driver of our strategic agenda has been a prudent disposition program focused on selling non-core assets, with proceeds directed toward reducing leverage and improving portfolio quality. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:02:47The highlight of our successful implementation of this effort was the approximately $1.8 billion sale of our multi-tenant retail portfolio completed in June of 2025, which accelerated our debt reduction initiatives and firmly positioned GNL as a pure-play, single-tenant net lease REIT while maintaining our industry-leading proportion of investment-grade tenants. Since the implementation of this disposition program, we have sold approximately $3 billion of dispositions, including the sale of non-core, short-duration, single-tenant assets at a 7.7% cash-cap rate, while reducing our net debt by approximately $2 billion since the third quarter of 2024. These results, particularly the 7.7% cash-cap rate achieved on our non-core, single-tenant asset sales, provide tangible proof of the quality and value of our primarily investment-grade portfolio, while underscoring the meaningful discount in our implied cap rate relative to our pure-play, single-tenant portfolio of assets. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:03:59Building on the progress we've made on our disposition program, which has meaningfully reduced our leverage, we capitalized on an attractive opportunity to further lower our cost of capital by refinancing our revolving credit facility, including new institutional lenders attracted by GNL's strengthened balance sheet. In August of 2025, we completed that refinancing, extending the maturity from October of 2026 to August of 2030, inclusive of two additional six-month extension options. This refinancing delivered an immediate 35 basis point reduction in our interest rate spread, reflecting improved pricing and enhanced liquidity, while also reducing near-term debt as there are no significant maturities until 2027. These strategic actions significantly contributed to Fitch Ratings' recent upgrade of GNL's corporate credit rating to investment-grade BBB- from BBB+. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:05:01We believe this milestone is a direct result of the decisive steps we've taken to strengthen our balance sheet, enhance our credit profile, improve portfolio quality, and demonstrate our ability to deliver on our strategic objectives. Our ongoing disposition program has generated significant liquidity, giving us incremental flexibility to accretively repurchase shares, which we believe enhances long-term shareholder value. Through October 31, 2025, we have repurchased 12.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $7.59, totaling $91.7 million. Capitalizing on the opportunity to buy back shares at an AFFO yield of approximately 12%. We believe buying back shares at this AFFO yield offers a more compelling use of capital than alternatives such as acquisitions, which we have not found attractive in this current environment. We've been disciplined in managing share repurchase alongside debt reduction, ensuring that capital is deployed in a way that we believe maximizes long-term value. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:06:13Looking ahead, we plan to continue to evaluate additional initiatives, including acquisitions, that we expect to strategically enhance shareholder returns while maintaining the financial strength and flexibility that underpins GNL's growth. In addition to our specific achievements, we believe broader market developments are creating additional opportunities to strengthen our financial position. Last week, the Federal Reserve announced a second 25 basis point reduction in the target range for federal fund rates, and we'll monitor the newly constituted Federal Reserve in the spring of 2026 as we anticipate a dovish stance towards the economy, which should further lower our cost of capital. These rate reductions have a direct impact on GNL's bottom line as they lower the floating rate on the U.S. dollar portion of our revolving credit facility, reducing our cost of capital and supporting our ongoing efforts to strengthen the balance sheet. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:07:15Additionally, dividend income from REITs tends to become increasingly attractive in a rate-cutting environment as they can offer a more attractive return relative to U.S. Treasury securities, creating a potential pathway for favorable market performance by the net lease REIT industry. Turning to our portfolio, at the end of the third quarter of 2025, we owned over 850 properties spanning nearly 43 million rentable sq ft. Our portfolio's occupancy stands at 97%, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.2 years. The portfolio features a stable tenant base and a high quality of earnings, with an industry-leading 60% of tenants receiving an investment-grade or implied investment-grade rating. It has an average annual contractual rental increase of 1.4%, which excludes the impact of 23.1% of the portfolio with CPI-linked leases that have historically experienced significantly higher rental increases. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:08:21On the leasing front, during the third quarter of 2025, we leased over 1 million sq ft, achieving renewal spreads that were 26% higher than expiring rents, largely driven by lease renewals with GE Aviation and GSO Logistics. New leases that were completed in the third quarter of 2025 have a weighted average lease term of 5 years, while renewals that were completed during this period have a weighted average lease term of 7.3 years. I'd like to highlight the strength and resilience of our office portfolio, which continues to deliver strong performance. In July, we completed a 10-year lease renewal with GE Aviation for a 369,000 sq ft high-quality office asset with a strong credit tenant at an implied A3 rating, achieving an attractive 37% renewal spread. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:09:17In addition, we secured a 20-year lease renewal with the United States General Services Administration at its Lakewood, Colorado, location, reinforcing the mission-critical nature of our portfolio that we believe continues to be undervalued by the market. Since the start of 2024, we've executed 10 office lease renewals at an average renewal spread of 6.7%, reflecting both the quality of our tenants and the strategic execution of our asset management team. Our office portfolio continues to perform strongly, with 100% rent collection across all tenants, the highest proportion of investment-grade tenancy at 77%, and minimal lease rollover. Annual expirations represent 2.5% or less of total square footage through 2029. Our continued efforts and results in limiting exposure to high-risk geography, asset types, tenants, and industries is a testament to our intentional diversification strategy and credit underwriting. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:10:23No single tenant accounts for more than 5% of total straight-line rent, and our top 10 tenants collectively contribute only 29% of total straight-line rent, with 73% being investment-grade. We carefully monitor all tenants in our portfolio and their business operations on a regular basis. I encourage everyone to look at the details of each segment of our portfolio, which can be found in our Q3 2025 investor presentation on our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to Chris to walk through the financial results and balance sheet matters in more detail. Chris? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:11:00Thanks, Mike. Please note that, as always, a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP measures can be found in our earnings release, which is posted on our website. For the third quarter of 2025, we recorded revenue of $121 million and a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $71.1 million. AFFO was $53.2 million, or $0.24 per share. Looking at our balance sheet, the gross outstanding debt balance was $3 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2025, a reduction of $2 billion from the end of the third quarter of 2024. Our debt is comprised of $1 billion in senior notes, $664 million on the multi-currency revolving credit facility, and $1.4 billion of outstanding gross mortgage debt. Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:11:51As of the end of the third quarter of 2025, 87% of our debt is fixed, reflecting debt tied to fixed rates or debt that is swapped to fixed rates. Our weighted average interest rate stood at 4.2%, down from 4.8% in the third quarter of 2024, and our interest coverage ratio was 2.9x. At the end of the third quarter of 2025, our net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio was 7.2x based on net debt of $2.9 billion, significantly down from 8x at the end of the third quarter of 2024. While the ratio was slightly higher this quarter due to timing of certain dispositions, our robust disposition pipeline gives us confidence that we will remain within our stated net debt to adjusted EBITDA 2025 guidance range of 6.5x-7.1x. Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:12:44As of September 30, 2025, we had liquidity of approximately $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion of capacity on our revolving credit facility, compared to $253 million and $366 million, respectively, as of the end of the third quarter of 2024. Additionally, we had approximately 220 million shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 221 million shares outstanding on a weighted average basis for the third quarter of 2025. Through October 31, 2025, we have repurchased 12.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $7.59 per share under our share repurchase program. Turning to our outlook for the remainder of 2025, we are confident in our performance and are raising our AFFO per share guidance for 2025 to a new range of $0.95-$0.97. We also reaffirm our stated net debt to adjusted EBITDA range of 6.5x-7.1x. I'll now turn the call back to Mike for some closing remarks. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:13:54Thank you, Chris. Achieving an investment-grade rating from Fitch Ratings is a major milestone for GNL and validates the strategic plan we set in motion following the internalization in September 2023. We've executed on our initiatives with discipline, reducing leverage, strengthening our balance sheet, refinancing maturing debt, and optimizing our portfolio through targeted dispositions. Specifically, since Q3 2024, total outstanding debt has declined to $3 billion from $5 billion. Liquidity has increased to $1.1 billion from $253 million. Capacity on our revolving credit facility has grown to $1.2 billion from $366 million, and annualized G&A has decreased to $47 million from $50 million. We believe these actions have positioned GNL as a pure-play single-tenant net lease REIT with enhanced financial flexibility built for sustainable growth. Looking forward, we believe these achievements position GNL to capitalize on a variety of market opportunities and continue creating meaningful shareholder value. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:15:10We believe our strong balance sheet, disciplined capital allocation, and proven track record of execution position GNL exceptionally well to deliver consistent performance and execute additional strategic initiatives. As we look to deploy incremental proceeds from dispositions, we continue to evaluate the trade-offs between acquisitions and share repurchases, recognizing the significant value opportunity for shareholders in buying back shares at current levels while remaining flexible to pursue real estate acquisitions in the future. We continue to monitor the real estate market closely, but being a buyer in the current environment is not particularly compelling to us given higher seller expectations, elevated borrowing costs, and cap rates that remain tight, making it difficult to justify many acquisition opportunities as compared to the immediate benefit of continuing with the announced share repurchase program. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:16:11We plan to continue to execute on our near-term strategic objectives to position GNL to continue delivering consistent results and long-term value for our shareholders. We're available to answer any questions you may have after the call. Operator, please open the line for questions. Operator00:16:30Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star and one on a telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star and two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from the line of Upal Rana with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:17:17Good morning, Michael. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:17:20Thank you. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:17:20Congrats on the quarter. Michael, you mentioned acquisitions do not look attractive to you in today's environment. I'm just trying to understand what needs to happen for you to become an active buyer again, and if so, what would be sort of your funding plans for that? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:17:36Yeah. We would look to finish our disposition program, which we are, I would say, in the late innings of. As a part of that strategy, of course, we've continued to actively monitor the acquisition environment. We just keep seeing cap rate expectations from sellers that do not match up to cost of capital and, in many cases, are not supported by the underlying credit of the tenant. I think there are a number of things that just the discipline of our acquisition strategy, the reason so much of our portfolio is investment-grade, is that we are not necessarily looking to see a higher cap rate on an acquisition at the sacrifice of the underlying credit of the tenant or the quality of the real estate. I think a big part of what we are monitoring is the state of cost of debt, the. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:18:46Pricing generated off of the 10-year treasuries, etc. I just do not think we are there right now. I continue to see the acquisition pace in the industry is slower than what we have seen over the last decade. Again, when we think about it in terms of our number one goal, it is to continue the completion of the debt reduction program. We have been identifying or allocating proceeds from dispositions to continue to do that, and we will. We are not finished. As you have seen over the last couple of quarters, the immediate accretion of stock buyback is so significant that, frankly, for us, it is just a very easy decision. That 12% accretion yield from stock buyback is very impactful. Of course, we want to grow. We want to be active. First and foremost, we want to drive the greatest possible benefit for shareholders. We think that's the combination of finishing our debt reduction program and the opportunistic share repurchase program. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:20:04Okay. Great. That was helpful. Then with leverage, it ticked up in the quarter, and it looks like it was timing related from your multi-tenant sale. It currently stands at the high end of your guidance range, and you have some more disposition to close by year-end as well. Just trying to understand how you get to the midpoint of your leverage guidance by year-end. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:20:25Upal, you're right that some of it is driven by just timing. We're very confident that by completing what is already scheduled in our pipeline activity, some things that we anticipate occurring in the fourth quarter that we haven't had an opportunity to disclose yet, we are going to be comfortably within our range on net debt. Couple that with the fact that we were able to raise our AFFO per share guidance. I think that we come to work every day like you would expect us. Sometimes we joke about we just carry rocks uphill every day because there's not a lot of glory here in what we're doing, but it is just consistent dedication and hard work. We've been able to really execute on the plan, which at the end of the year will show material reduction of net debt to EBITDA. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:21:36Just as important, we've been able to grow AFFO per share. I think you realize that's not necessarily easy. We've used all the levers available to us. Our real estate team has done a really commendable job on dispositions and maximizing value of non-core assets. The fact that our single-tenant portfolio sale of non-core assets, assets with about five years or less remaining, we've been able to generate a 7.7% cap rate. It just really indicates the underlying value of the tenants in the portfolio and the real estate. We'll continue to maximize that. We'll use those proceeds, as we talked about on the call, to continue to lower net debt to EBITDA. The hard work of Chris and Ori and the team with recasting the credit facility, which had an immediate and impactful savings on cost of debt, as well as extending our maturities. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:22:47These are all things that continue. What we think is important is to show the market that we are hitting on all of the important aspects. We are maximizing value. Frankly, we are starting—we are just starting—to prepare for the next phase of GNL, which is one where we can really maximize value through growth. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:23:14Okay. Great. That was helpful. Then just one last one from me would be, based on your revised AFFO per share guidance, Q4 implies $0.19 at the midpoint. Could you walk us through how you get from $0.24 in Q3 to $0.19 in Q4? I know disposition will have some kind of impact, but anything else that we should be looking out for for our model? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:23:35Yeah. Chris, do you want to walk Upal through some of that? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:23:39Sure. What I would say there really comes down to—to get into the midpoint and the range for the AFFO guidance—is the timing of the dispositions. Obviously, in the third quarter, we had the plan in place. We did have some properties that the dispositions closed later in the quarter. The same thing will happen during the fourth quarter. We are confident that we will land in the range that we provided. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:24:04Okay. Great. Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:06Thanks, Upal. Operator00:24:08Thank you. Our next question comes from Mitch Germain with Citizens Bank. Please go ahead. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:15Hi, Mitch. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:24:16Thank you. Hey, thank you. Congrats on the quarter. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:20Thank you. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:24:22Just a little bit of occupancy decline quarter-over-quarter. Anything specific there that you want to reference that might have driven that? Was it opportunistic? Was it part of the asset recycling? Anything specific? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:35Yeah. It is opportunistic in that we had a tenant expiration that we've been very engaged on in the U.K. portfolio. It is a timing piece for us because we are actively engaged with several tenants on new leasing at that location. It is going to be a nice pickup on straight-line rent. It is going to be a nice pickup on occupancy. I would suggest that we will finish the year much closer to fully occupied than the 97% that we reported at the end of the quarter. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:25:29Great. That's super helpful. Last one for me. You've mentioned the word growth a couple of times in this call, which obviously is a little bit of a departure versus kind of—we'll call it—kind of shrinking of the portfolio and the deleveraging that's been a key theme. I'm curious, though, kind of how you view the playbook without giving guidance, but how you view the strategy and the playbook going into 2026. It seems like you may be a little bit more open to acquisitions. How much will dispositions remain a theme? Maybe just kind of walk me into how we should be thinking about the forward outlook for you guys. Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:26:14Thanks, Mitch. The way we're thinking about it is really going to be reflected in how we see the stock price perform. If we continue to see a material disconnect between the underlying value of the portfolio and any number of multiple or metrics that you might look at to evaluate stock price, that's going to determine our course of action. I talk about potential or restarting of growth because it's important. It's something that we want to do. By no means do we want to acquire real estate for the sake of acquiring real estate to say that we're growing for the sake of growth. We have the impactful opportunity to execute on our stock buyback program, which is easy to see more accretive than acquisitions that I've been seeing in the market. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:27:18Again, I do not want to give guidance right now, and I appreciate you pointing that out. It is something that we will talk about. We still feel that we have some work to do on reduction of net debt to EBITDA. By no means are we saying that we are finished there. We are seeing opportunities. We had an incredible quarter of pickup on renewal spreads, which of course helps our EBITDA, which of course helps our net debt to EBITDA. As you know, there are many different ways to lower net debt to EBITDA. Of course, we can continue to lower our balance sheet debt, which we intend to do. We can also grow EBITDA. We are fully engaged. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:28:12I'm not going to say that we will absolutely be finished the disposition program because if we continue to see value in disposition that allows us to execute on different parts. We feel that the job here is to realize value for shareholders. We're going to continue to do that and drive this price. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:28:40Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:28:41Operator, yeah. Thank you. Do we have any other questions? Operator00:28:44Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, a reminder to all participants, if you would like to ask a question, please press star and one on your telephone keypad. Our next question comes from John Kim from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:29:00Thank you. This quarter, you had a good renewal leasing spread of 26.4%. Just wondering how achievable this is going forward, especially on your industrial lease expirations. Also, if you could disclose that figure, including new leases, that'd be appreciated. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:29:26Hey, John. How are you? John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:29:28Hey, Michael. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:29:31For Q3, we were 26% on renewal spreads. Over the year to date, it's been 18.5%. I would say 26% is a terrific quarter. Every opportunity that we have to see spreads like that, we're very pleased. Spreads have continued to be strong in the renewal activity. I think it's a good quarter when you're 5% or 6% on renewal spreads. The fact that we can continue to do that shows the tenants want to be in these buildings, in their real estate, that whether it's industrial, retail, or office, it's a critical piece of their operating business. They don't want to give that up even as the lease expires. Our asset management team engages, as we've said many times, typically two years out before a lease expiration so that we can begin the conversations. It's what really helps us. We're very pleased with where we are year to date and exceptionally pleased where we came in this quarter. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:31:03Do you typically get a higher spread on renewals than new leases? I'm just wondering why that renewal is being taken out. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:31:14If you think about kind of the way a renewal works, a tenant has been in a property for 10 or 15 years. In many net lease structures, there is a 1% or 1.5% annual escalator. Occasionally, you will get a 2%. There are many situations where after 10 or 15 years, they are under market, and the renewal includes a catch-up to get them back to where they should be to stay in that property. It is just one of those things. Market dictates spreads on new leases versus renewals, and both can add a lot of value to the overall portfolio. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:16Okay. Kind of an odd question, but if you look on your balance sheet from last quarter. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:32:22From you? John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:23Yeah. Here we go. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:32:26Okay. Go ahead. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:27You had $524 million of multi-tenant mortgage loans, five different tranches. That was as of second quarter. Your 10-Q has not come out yet. I was wondering if that was related to your multi-tenant portfolio that you sold, and if you still have that on balance sheet today because your debt did not move that much this quarter. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:32:51Chris, do you want to take that? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:32:53Yes. So yeah, what we had from discontinuing operations, that would have been related to the mortgage payables that were assumed by RCG as part of the transaction. If you look just strictly at our mortgage payables line on the balance sheet in 2Q, we would not have had any of those assumed mortgages in there. They would have been reclassified out. So it's comparable quarter-over-quarter. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:33:19You don't have that on balance sheet today? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:33:22Correct. We do not have that on balance sheet today. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:33:26Okay. Great. Thank you. Operator00:33:30Thank you. There are no further questions. I would now like to hand the conference over to Michael Weil for closing comments. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:33:38Great. As always, we appreciate you taking time to listen to the update on Global Net Lease. We're excited about what we've accomplished in the third quarter, but by no means do we feel that this is the place we want to be. We still see great opportunity here, great value, and the team is as committed as it's ever been to executing on the things that are necessary to unlock this value. Thank you for your involvement, and thank you for your feedback. We look forward to catching up with everybody over the next couple of days, and we'll talk soon. Thank you. Operator00:34:20Thank you. This concludes today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. 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Email Address About Global Net LeaseGlobal Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) (NYSE:GNL) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial properties leased primarily under long-term, net lease agreements. Under these arrangements, tenants generally assume responsibility for many property-level expenses, such as maintenance, insurance and taxes. The company’s portfolio includes office, industrial and retail properties occupied by a range of corporate and commercial tenants. Global Net Lease focuses on properties that generate recurring rental income and typically seeks locations leased to creditworthy tenants under contractual lease terms. Global Net Lease invests in properties across the United States and Europe. The company was founded in 2011 and became a publicly traded REIT in 2015. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Good afternoon and welcome to Global Net Lease's third quarter 2025 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in the listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star and zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Jordyn Schoenfeld, Assistant Vice President at Global Net Lease. Please go ahead. Jordyn SchoenfeldVP of Investor Relations at Global Net Lease00:00:37Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for GNL's 3rd Quarter 2025 earnings call. Joining me today on the call is Michael Weil, GNL's Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Masterson, GNL's Chief Financial Officer. The following information contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Please review the forward-looking and cautionary statements section at the end of our 3rd Quarter 2025 earnings release for various factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made during our call today. As stated in our SEC filings, GNL disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements except as required by law. Also, during today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures which we believe can be useful in evaluating the company's financial performance. Jordyn SchoenfeldVP of Investor Relations at Global Net Lease00:01:31Descriptions of those non-GAAP financial measures that we use, such as AFFO and adjusted EBITDA, and reconciliations of these measures to our results as reported in accordance with GAAP, are detailed in our earnings release and supplemental materials. I'll now turn the call over to our Chief Executive Officer, Michael Weil. Mike. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:01:50Thanks, Jordyn. Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today. It has now been approximately two years since GNL's internalization, and we're very proud of what we've accomplished thus far and enthusiastic about what lies ahead. Since the internalization, we have set ambitious and transformative strategic goals to streamline our portfolio, reduce leverage, and lower our cost of capital. We have consistently exceeded these objectives and are already yielding measurable benefits reflected in the stable operations, an improved credit profile, and enhanced financial flexibility, culminating in our recent achievement of earning an investment-grade corporate credit rating from Fitch Ratings. The main driver of our strategic agenda has been a prudent disposition program focused on selling non-core assets, with proceeds directed toward reducing leverage and improving portfolio quality. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:02:47The highlight of our successful implementation of this effort was the approximately $1.8 billion sale of our multi-tenant retail portfolio completed in June of 2025, which accelerated our debt reduction initiatives and firmly positioned GNL as a pure-play, single-tenant net lease REIT while maintaining our industry-leading proportion of investment-grade tenants. Since the implementation of this disposition program, we have sold approximately $3 billion of dispositions, including the sale of non-core, short-duration, single-tenant assets at a 7.7% cash-cap rate, while reducing our net debt by approximately $2 billion since the third quarter of 2024. These results, particularly the 7.7% cash-cap rate achieved on our non-core, single-tenant asset sales, provide tangible proof of the quality and value of our primarily investment-grade portfolio, while underscoring the meaningful discount in our implied cap rate relative to our pure-play, single-tenant portfolio of assets. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:03:59Building on the progress we've made on our disposition program, which has meaningfully reduced our leverage, we capitalized on an attractive opportunity to further lower our cost of capital by refinancing our revolving credit facility, including new institutional lenders attracted by GNL's strengthened balance sheet. In August of 2025, we completed that refinancing, extending the maturity from October of 2026 to August of 2030, inclusive of two additional six-month extension options. This refinancing delivered an immediate 35 basis point reduction in our interest rate spread, reflecting improved pricing and enhanced liquidity, while also reducing near-term debt as there are no significant maturities until 2027. These strategic actions significantly contributed to Fitch Ratings' recent upgrade of GNL's corporate credit rating to investment-grade BBB- from BBB+. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:05:01We believe this milestone is a direct result of the decisive steps we've taken to strengthen our balance sheet, enhance our credit profile, improve portfolio quality, and demonstrate our ability to deliver on our strategic objectives. Our ongoing disposition program has generated significant liquidity, giving us incremental flexibility to accretively repurchase shares, which we believe enhances long-term shareholder value. Through October 31, 2025, we have repurchased 12.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $7.59, totaling $91.7 million. Capitalizing on the opportunity to buy back shares at an AFFO yield of approximately 12%. We believe buying back shares at this AFFO yield offers a more compelling use of capital than alternatives such as acquisitions, which we have not found attractive in this current environment. We've been disciplined in managing share repurchase alongside debt reduction, ensuring that capital is deployed in a way that we believe maximizes long-term value. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:06:13Looking ahead, we plan to continue to evaluate additional initiatives, including acquisitions, that we expect to strategically enhance shareholder returns while maintaining the financial strength and flexibility that underpins GNL's growth. In addition to our specific achievements, we believe broader market developments are creating additional opportunities to strengthen our financial position. Last week, the Federal Reserve announced a second 25 basis point reduction in the target range for federal fund rates, and we'll monitor the newly constituted Federal Reserve in the spring of 2026 as we anticipate a dovish stance towards the economy, which should further lower our cost of capital. These rate reductions have a direct impact on GNL's bottom line as they lower the floating rate on the U.S. dollar portion of our revolving credit facility, reducing our cost of capital and supporting our ongoing efforts to strengthen the balance sheet. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:07:15Additionally, dividend income from REITs tends to become increasingly attractive in a rate-cutting environment as they can offer a more attractive return relative to U.S. Treasury securities, creating a potential pathway for favorable market performance by the net lease REIT industry. Turning to our portfolio, at the end of the third quarter of 2025, we owned over 850 properties spanning nearly 43 million rentable sq ft. Our portfolio's occupancy stands at 97%, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.2 years. The portfolio features a stable tenant base and a high quality of earnings, with an industry-leading 60% of tenants receiving an investment-grade or implied investment-grade rating. It has an average annual contractual rental increase of 1.4%, which excludes the impact of 23.1% of the portfolio with CPI-linked leases that have historically experienced significantly higher rental increases. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:08:21On the leasing front, during the third quarter of 2025, we leased over 1 million sq ft, achieving renewal spreads that were 26% higher than expiring rents, largely driven by lease renewals with GE Aviation and GSO Logistics. New leases that were completed in the third quarter of 2025 have a weighted average lease term of 5 years, while renewals that were completed during this period have a weighted average lease term of 7.3 years. I'd like to highlight the strength and resilience of our office portfolio, which continues to deliver strong performance. In July, we completed a 10-year lease renewal with GE Aviation for a 369,000 sq ft high-quality office asset with a strong credit tenant at an implied A3 rating, achieving an attractive 37% renewal spread. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:09:17In addition, we secured a 20-year lease renewal with the United States General Services Administration at its Lakewood, Colorado, location, reinforcing the mission-critical nature of our portfolio that we believe continues to be undervalued by the market. Since the start of 2024, we've executed 10 office lease renewals at an average renewal spread of 6.7%, reflecting both the quality of our tenants and the strategic execution of our asset management team. Our office portfolio continues to perform strongly, with 100% rent collection across all tenants, the highest proportion of investment-grade tenancy at 77%, and minimal lease rollover. Annual expirations represent 2.5% or less of total square footage through 2029. Our continued efforts and results in limiting exposure to high-risk geography, asset types, tenants, and industries is a testament to our intentional diversification strategy and credit underwriting. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:10:23No single tenant accounts for more than 5% of total straight-line rent, and our top 10 tenants collectively contribute only 29% of total straight-line rent, with 73% being investment-grade. We carefully monitor all tenants in our portfolio and their business operations on a regular basis. I encourage everyone to look at the details of each segment of our portfolio, which can be found in our Q3 2025 investor presentation on our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to Chris to walk through the financial results and balance sheet matters in more detail. Chris? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:11:00Thanks, Mike. Please note that, as always, a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP measures can be found in our earnings release, which is posted on our website. For the third quarter of 2025, we recorded revenue of $121 million and a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $71.1 million. AFFO was $53.2 million, or $0.24 per share. Looking at our balance sheet, the gross outstanding debt balance was $3 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2025, a reduction of $2 billion from the end of the third quarter of 2024. Our debt is comprised of $1 billion in senior notes, $664 million on the multi-currency revolving credit facility, and $1.4 billion of outstanding gross mortgage debt. Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:11:51As of the end of the third quarter of 2025, 87% of our debt is fixed, reflecting debt tied to fixed rates or debt that is swapped to fixed rates. Our weighted average interest rate stood at 4.2%, down from 4.8% in the third quarter of 2024, and our interest coverage ratio was 2.9x. At the end of the third quarter of 2025, our net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio was 7.2x based on net debt of $2.9 billion, significantly down from 8x at the end of the third quarter of 2024. While the ratio was slightly higher this quarter due to timing of certain dispositions, our robust disposition pipeline gives us confidence that we will remain within our stated net debt to adjusted EBITDA 2025 guidance range of 6.5x-7.1x. Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:12:44As of September 30, 2025, we had liquidity of approximately $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion of capacity on our revolving credit facility, compared to $253 million and $366 million, respectively, as of the end of the third quarter of 2024. Additionally, we had approximately 220 million shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 221 million shares outstanding on a weighted average basis for the third quarter of 2025. Through October 31, 2025, we have repurchased 12.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $7.59 per share under our share repurchase program. Turning to our outlook for the remainder of 2025, we are confident in our performance and are raising our AFFO per share guidance for 2025 to a new range of $0.95-$0.97. We also reaffirm our stated net debt to adjusted EBITDA range of 6.5x-7.1x. I'll now turn the call back to Mike for some closing remarks. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:13:54Thank you, Chris. Achieving an investment-grade rating from Fitch Ratings is a major milestone for GNL and validates the strategic plan we set in motion following the internalization in September 2023. We've executed on our initiatives with discipline, reducing leverage, strengthening our balance sheet, refinancing maturing debt, and optimizing our portfolio through targeted dispositions. Specifically, since Q3 2024, total outstanding debt has declined to $3 billion from $5 billion. Liquidity has increased to $1.1 billion from $253 million. Capacity on our revolving credit facility has grown to $1.2 billion from $366 million, and annualized G&A has decreased to $47 million from $50 million. We believe these actions have positioned GNL as a pure-play single-tenant net lease REIT with enhanced financial flexibility built for sustainable growth. Looking forward, we believe these achievements position GNL to capitalize on a variety of market opportunities and continue creating meaningful shareholder value. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:15:10We believe our strong balance sheet, disciplined capital allocation, and proven track record of execution position GNL exceptionally well to deliver consistent performance and execute additional strategic initiatives. As we look to deploy incremental proceeds from dispositions, we continue to evaluate the trade-offs between acquisitions and share repurchases, recognizing the significant value opportunity for shareholders in buying back shares at current levels while remaining flexible to pursue real estate acquisitions in the future. We continue to monitor the real estate market closely, but being a buyer in the current environment is not particularly compelling to us given higher seller expectations, elevated borrowing costs, and cap rates that remain tight, making it difficult to justify many acquisition opportunities as compared to the immediate benefit of continuing with the announced share repurchase program. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:16:11We plan to continue to execute on our near-term strategic objectives to position GNL to continue delivering consistent results and long-term value for our shareholders. We're available to answer any questions you may have after the call. Operator, please open the line for questions. Operator00:16:30Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star and one on a telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star and two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from the line of Upal Rana with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:17:17Good morning, Michael. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:17:20Thank you. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:17:20Congrats on the quarter. Michael, you mentioned acquisitions do not look attractive to you in today's environment. I'm just trying to understand what needs to happen for you to become an active buyer again, and if so, what would be sort of your funding plans for that? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:17:36Yeah. We would look to finish our disposition program, which we are, I would say, in the late innings of. As a part of that strategy, of course, we've continued to actively monitor the acquisition environment. We just keep seeing cap rate expectations from sellers that do not match up to cost of capital and, in many cases, are not supported by the underlying credit of the tenant. I think there are a number of things that just the discipline of our acquisition strategy, the reason so much of our portfolio is investment-grade, is that we are not necessarily looking to see a higher cap rate on an acquisition at the sacrifice of the underlying credit of the tenant or the quality of the real estate. I think a big part of what we are monitoring is the state of cost of debt, the. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:18:46Pricing generated off of the 10-year treasuries, etc. I just do not think we are there right now. I continue to see the acquisition pace in the industry is slower than what we have seen over the last decade. Again, when we think about it in terms of our number one goal, it is to continue the completion of the debt reduction program. We have been identifying or allocating proceeds from dispositions to continue to do that, and we will. We are not finished. As you have seen over the last couple of quarters, the immediate accretion of stock buyback is so significant that, frankly, for us, it is just a very easy decision. That 12% accretion yield from stock buyback is very impactful. Of course, we want to grow. We want to be active. First and foremost, we want to drive the greatest possible benefit for shareholders. We think that's the combination of finishing our debt reduction program and the opportunistic share repurchase program. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:20:04Okay. Great. That was helpful. Then with leverage, it ticked up in the quarter, and it looks like it was timing related from your multi-tenant sale. It currently stands at the high end of your guidance range, and you have some more disposition to close by year-end as well. Just trying to understand how you get to the midpoint of your leverage guidance by year-end. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:20:25Upal, you're right that some of it is driven by just timing. We're very confident that by completing what is already scheduled in our pipeline activity, some things that we anticipate occurring in the fourth quarter that we haven't had an opportunity to disclose yet, we are going to be comfortably within our range on net debt. Couple that with the fact that we were able to raise our AFFO per share guidance. I think that we come to work every day like you would expect us. Sometimes we joke about we just carry rocks uphill every day because there's not a lot of glory here in what we're doing, but it is just consistent dedication and hard work. We've been able to really execute on the plan, which at the end of the year will show material reduction of net debt to EBITDA. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:21:36Just as important, we've been able to grow AFFO per share. I think you realize that's not necessarily easy. We've used all the levers available to us. Our real estate team has done a really commendable job on dispositions and maximizing value of non-core assets. The fact that our single-tenant portfolio sale of non-core assets, assets with about five years or less remaining, we've been able to generate a 7.7% cap rate. It just really indicates the underlying value of the tenants in the portfolio and the real estate. We'll continue to maximize that. We'll use those proceeds, as we talked about on the call, to continue to lower net debt to EBITDA. The hard work of Chris and Ori and the team with recasting the credit facility, which had an immediate and impactful savings on cost of debt, as well as extending our maturities. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:22:47These are all things that continue. What we think is important is to show the market that we are hitting on all of the important aspects. We are maximizing value. Frankly, we are starting—we are just starting—to prepare for the next phase of GNL, which is one where we can really maximize value through growth. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:23:14Okay. Great. That was helpful. Then just one last one from me would be, based on your revised AFFO per share guidance, Q4 implies $0.19 at the midpoint. Could you walk us through how you get from $0.24 in Q3 to $0.19 in Q4? I know disposition will have some kind of impact, but anything else that we should be looking out for for our model? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:23:35Yeah. Chris, do you want to walk Upal through some of that? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:23:39Sure. What I would say there really comes down to—to get into the midpoint and the range for the AFFO guidance—is the timing of the dispositions. Obviously, in the third quarter, we had the plan in place. We did have some properties that the dispositions closed later in the quarter. The same thing will happen during the fourth quarter. We are confident that we will land in the range that we provided. Upal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets00:24:04Okay. Great. Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:06Thanks, Upal. Operator00:24:08Thank you. Our next question comes from Mitch Germain with Citizens Bank. Please go ahead. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:15Hi, Mitch. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:24:16Thank you. Hey, thank you. Congrats on the quarter. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:20Thank you. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:24:22Just a little bit of occupancy decline quarter-over-quarter. Anything specific there that you want to reference that might have driven that? Was it opportunistic? Was it part of the asset recycling? Anything specific? Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:24:35Yeah. It is opportunistic in that we had a tenant expiration that we've been very engaged on in the U.K. portfolio. It is a timing piece for us because we are actively engaged with several tenants on new leasing at that location. It is going to be a nice pickup on straight-line rent. It is going to be a nice pickup on occupancy. I would suggest that we will finish the year much closer to fully occupied than the 97% that we reported at the end of the quarter. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:25:29Great. That's super helpful. Last one for me. You've mentioned the word growth a couple of times in this call, which obviously is a little bit of a departure versus kind of—we'll call it—kind of shrinking of the portfolio and the deleveraging that's been a key theme. I'm curious, though, kind of how you view the playbook without giving guidance, but how you view the strategy and the playbook going into 2026. It seems like you may be a little bit more open to acquisitions. How much will dispositions remain a theme? Maybe just kind of walk me into how we should be thinking about the forward outlook for you guys. Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:26:14Thanks, Mitch. The way we're thinking about it is really going to be reflected in how we see the stock price perform. If we continue to see a material disconnect between the underlying value of the portfolio and any number of multiple or metrics that you might look at to evaluate stock price, that's going to determine our course of action. I talk about potential or restarting of growth because it's important. It's something that we want to do. By no means do we want to acquire real estate for the sake of acquiring real estate to say that we're growing for the sake of growth. We have the impactful opportunity to execute on our stock buyback program, which is easy to see more accretive than acquisitions that I've been seeing in the market. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:27:18Again, I do not want to give guidance right now, and I appreciate you pointing that out. It is something that we will talk about. We still feel that we have some work to do on reduction of net debt to EBITDA. By no means are we saying that we are finished there. We are seeing opportunities. We had an incredible quarter of pickup on renewal spreads, which of course helps our EBITDA, which of course helps our net debt to EBITDA. As you know, there are many different ways to lower net debt to EBITDA. Of course, we can continue to lower our balance sheet debt, which we intend to do. We can also grow EBITDA. We are fully engaged. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:28:12I'm not going to say that we will absolutely be finished the disposition program because if we continue to see value in disposition that allows us to execute on different parts. We feel that the job here is to realize value for shareholders. We're going to continue to do that and drive this price. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:28:40Thank you. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:28:41Operator, yeah. Thank you. Do we have any other questions? Operator00:28:44Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, a reminder to all participants, if you would like to ask a question, please press star and one on your telephone keypad. Our next question comes from John Kim from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:29:00Thank you. This quarter, you had a good renewal leasing spread of 26.4%. Just wondering how achievable this is going forward, especially on your industrial lease expirations. Also, if you could disclose that figure, including new leases, that'd be appreciated. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:29:26Hey, John. How are you? John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:29:28Hey, Michael. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:29:31For Q3, we were 26% on renewal spreads. Over the year to date, it's been 18.5%. I would say 26% is a terrific quarter. Every opportunity that we have to see spreads like that, we're very pleased. Spreads have continued to be strong in the renewal activity. I think it's a good quarter when you're 5% or 6% on renewal spreads. The fact that we can continue to do that shows the tenants want to be in these buildings, in their real estate, that whether it's industrial, retail, or office, it's a critical piece of their operating business. They don't want to give that up even as the lease expires. Our asset management team engages, as we've said many times, typically two years out before a lease expiration so that we can begin the conversations. It's what really helps us. We're very pleased with where we are year to date and exceptionally pleased where we came in this quarter. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:31:03Do you typically get a higher spread on renewals than new leases? I'm just wondering why that renewal is being taken out. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:31:14If you think about kind of the way a renewal works, a tenant has been in a property for 10 or 15 years. In many net lease structures, there is a 1% or 1.5% annual escalator. Occasionally, you will get a 2%. There are many situations where after 10 or 15 years, they are under market, and the renewal includes a catch-up to get them back to where they should be to stay in that property. It is just one of those things. Market dictates spreads on new leases versus renewals, and both can add a lot of value to the overall portfolio. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:16Okay. Kind of an odd question, but if you look on your balance sheet from last quarter. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:32:22From you? John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:23Yeah. Here we go. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:32:26Okay. Go ahead. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:32:27You had $524 million of multi-tenant mortgage loans, five different tranches. That was as of second quarter. Your 10-Q has not come out yet. I was wondering if that was related to your multi-tenant portfolio that you sold, and if you still have that on balance sheet today because your debt did not move that much this quarter. Mitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMP00:32:51Chris, do you want to take that? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:32:53Yes. So yeah, what we had from discontinuing operations, that would have been related to the mortgage payables that were assumed by RCG as part of the transaction. If you look just strictly at our mortgage payables line on the balance sheet in 2Q, we would not have had any of those assumed mortgages in there. They would have been reclassified out. So it's comparable quarter-over-quarter. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:33:19You don't have that on balance sheet today? Chris MastersonCFO at Global Net Lease00:33:22Correct. We do not have that on balance sheet today. John KimAnalyst at BMO Capital Markets00:33:26Okay. Great. Thank you. Operator00:33:30Thank you. There are no further questions. I would now like to hand the conference over to Michael Weil for closing comments. Michael WeilCEO at Global Net Lease00:33:38Great. As always, we appreciate you taking time to listen to the update on Global Net Lease. We're excited about what we've accomplished in the third quarter, but by no means do we feel that this is the place we want to be. We still see great opportunity here, great value, and the team is as committed as it's ever been to executing on the things that are necessary to unlock this value. Thank you for your involvement, and thank you for your feedback. We look forward to catching up with everybody over the next couple of days, and we'll talk soon. Thank you. Operator00:34:20Thank you. This concludes today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesJordyn SchoenfeldVP of Investor RelationsMichael WeilCEOChris MastersonCFOAnalystsUpal RanaAnalyst at KeyBanc Capital MarketsMitch GermainAnalyst at Citizens JMPJohn KimAnalyst at BMO Capital MarketsPowered by