UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

February __, 2020 (December 10, 2019)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

260 Franklin Street, 7th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 340-3814

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Explanatory Note

On December 10, 2019, Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that on December 4, 2019, it completed the previously announced acquisition of (1) a nine-building industrial portfolio located in Indianapolis, Indiana for an aggregate purchase price of $49.815 million (the “Shadeland Commerce Center”) and (2) an industrial property located in Indianapolis for a purchase price of $12.15 million (“7901 West 21st Street”).

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 9.01 of the original Form 8-K filed on December 10, 2019 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 Shadeland Commerce Center and 7901 West 21st Street.

The statements of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Shadeland Commerce Center and 7901 West 21st Street for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2018, along with the accompanying notes to the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses for the periods presented, are filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 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 condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019, the Company’s unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. This unaudited condensed consolidated financial information is filed as Exhibit 99.3 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 2020, and for other reasons.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.