UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July 2023
Commission File Number: 001-34153
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
c/o Global Ship Lease Services Limited
25 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1LW
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐.
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)7: ☐.
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or
other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing
on EDGAR.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this report on Form 6-K (this “Report”) as
Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release issued by Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the “Company”), dated June 9, 2023,
announcing that the Company has declared a quarterly dividend on its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares.
Attached to this Report as
Exhibit 99.2 is a copy of the press release issued by the Company, dated June 20, 2023, announcing the Company’s credit
rating upgraded by Moody’s Investor Service and the Company’s outlook updated by S&P Global Ratings and the Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
The information contained in this Report (excluding, with respect to Exhibit 99.2, any information contained in any website
referenced therein, and the statements attributed to the Company’s Executive Chairman) is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-231509, 333-258800 and 333-267468) and Form S-8 (File
Nos. 333-258992 and 333-264113).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Registrant)
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Dated: July 20, 2023
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By:
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/s/ Ian J. Webber
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Ian J. Webber
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Chief Executive Officer
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