Edward M. Weil, Jr. has served as a director of the Company since January 2017. Mr. Weil previously served as an executive officer of the Company, Global Net Lease Advisors, LLC (the GNL Advisor ) and Global Net Lease Properties, LLC (the GNL Property Manager ) from their respective formations in July 2011, July 2011 and January 2012, until October 2014. Mr. Weil also previously served as a director of the Company from May 2012 until September 2014. Mr. Weil also served as chief executive officer of AR Global Investments, LLC ( AR Global ) from January 2016 to September 2023 and owns a non-controlling passive interest in Bellevue Capital Partners LLC ( Bellevue ). He also served as chairman of the board of directors of The Necessity Retail REIT, Inc. ( RTL ) and as chief executive officer and president of RTL and Necessity Retail Advisors, LLC (the RTL Advisor ) and Necessity Retail Properties, LLC (the RTL Property Manager ) from November 2015 until the Internalization; as executive chairman of NYSE-listed American Strategic Investment Co. (formerly known as New York City REIT, Inc.) ( NYC ) from November 2015 until September 2023; as chief executive officer, president and secretary of NYC and its advisor and property manager since March 2017; as a director of National Healthcare Properties, Inc. ( NHP ), a real estate investment trust focused on healthcare real estate, since October 2016; and as chief executive officer of NHP and its advisor and property manager from August 2018 until September 2023. Mr. Weil previously served in leadership positions at multiple REITs and other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global, including: as chairman, chief executive officer, president of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. ( HT III ) until its liquidation and dissolution in March 2019; as executive chairman of American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc. ( Global II ) until its merger with GNL in December 2016; as a director of Franklin BSP Lending Corp. (formerly Business Development Corporation of America) ( FBLC ) until November 2016, when FBLC s external advisor was acquired by Benefit Street Partners, L.L.C. ( RCA ); as chief executive officer, president and chairman of American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc. until its merger with RTL in February 2017; as a trustee of American Real Estate Income Fund until its liquidation in August 2016; as a trustee of Realty Capital Income Funds Trust until its dissolution in January 2017; and as an executive officer and director of American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. during multiple periods until its dissolution and liquidation in April 2016. Mr. Weil also served as chairman of Realty Capital Securities, LLC ( RCS ) from September 2013 until November 2015 and was the interim chief executive officer of RCS from May 2014 until September 2014 and the chief executive officer of RCS from December 2010 until September 2013. Mr. Weil served as a director of RCS Capital Corporation ( RCAP ), the parent company of RCS, from February 2013 until December 2015 and served as an executive officer of RCAP from February 2013 until November 2015, including as chief executive officer from September 2014 until November 2015. RCAP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2016. Mr. Weil was formerly the senior vice president of sales and leasing for American Financial Realty Trust from, where he was responsible for the disposition and leasing activity for a 33 million square foot portfolio of properties. Mr. Weil also previously served on the board of directors of the Real Estate Investment Securities Association (now known as ADISA) from 2012 to 2014, including as its president in 2013. Mr. Weil attended George Washington University. Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Weil s experience as a director or executive officer of the companies described above and his significant experience in real estate makes him well qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.