Global Net Lease, Inc.

The accompanying proxy is solicited by and on behalf of the board of directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) of Global Net Lease, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company” or “GNL”), for use at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (including any adjournments or postponements thereof, the “Annual Meeting” or “2025 Annual Meeting”), which is scheduled to be held at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 22, 2025, and is provided together with this proxy statement (this “Proxy Statement”) and our Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 (our “2024 Annual Report”). References in this Proxy Statement to “we,” “us,” “our,” or like terms also refer to the Company, and references in this Proxy Statement to “you” refer to the stockholders of the Company.

The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”), proxy statement and form of proxy are first being distributed to stockholders and made available to stockholders via the Internet on or about April 8, 2025. Stockholders should review the information contained in this Proxy Statement together with our 2024 Annual Report, which accompanies this Proxy Statement.

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon (1) the election of ten persons to serve on our Board each to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify, (2) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, (3) a proposal to adopt a non-binding advisory resolution approving the executive compensation for our named executive officers as described herein (the “Say on Pay”), (4) a proposal to approve the 2025 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “2025 Incentive Plan”) and (5) the transaction of such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 25, 2025 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the Annual Meeting. Only record holders of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.