UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2017 (July 20, 2017)

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Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Explanatory Note

On July 21, 2017, Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that on July 20, 2017 it, through a wholly owned subsidiary of its operating partnership, Plymouth Industrial OP, LP, completed the acquisition of six (6) industrial properties (the “South Bend Properties”) for an aggregate purchase price of $26 million. The South Bend Properties consist of an aggregate of approximately 667,000 rentable square feet and are located in South Bend, Indiana.

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 9.01 of the original Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2017 (the “Prior Report”) to present the historical financial statements and the unaudited pro forma financial information required to be filed by Item 9.01 (a) and (b), for the Company’s acquisition of the South Bend Properties. This report also incorporates information previously disclosed regarding the completion of the acquisition of the South Bend Properties.

The information contained in Item 1.01 of the Prior Report is incorporated herein by reference.

The statements of revenues and certain operating expenses of the South Bend Properties for the six months ended June 30 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, along with the accompanying notes to the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses for the periods presented, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A and are incorporated by reference herein.

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A includes the Company’s unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, the Company’s unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, and notes to the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements. This unaudited consolidated financial information is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A and is incorporated herein by reference.

This unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the expected financial position or results of the Company’s operations for any future period. Differences could result from numerous factors, including future changes in the Company’s portfolio of investments, changes in interest rates, changes in the Company’s capital structure, changes in property level operating expenses, changes in property level revenues, including rents expected to be received from the Company’s existing leases or leases the Company may enter into during and after 2017, and for other reasons.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October 5, 2017

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