SEC Form DEFR14A filed by Generation Income Properties Inc.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14A
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Generation Income Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this revised definitive proxy statement to amend and restate the definitive proxy statement previously filed by the Company on November 7, 2025 (the “Original Proxy Statement”) in order to correct certain inadvertent errors in the Original Proxy Statement. These errors, which resulted from technical matters relating to the filing process, included the inadvertent inclusion of a former director’s name in Proposal 1 and incorrect references to the mailing of the proxy statement, as well as other minor errors. The Company will distribute and make available to its stockholders this revised definitive proxy statement. No changes were made to the notice of internet availability of proxy materials previously delivered to stockholders.
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NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING
AND PROXY STATEMENT
November 7, 2025
You are cordially invited to attend our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be held at 100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700, Tampa, Florida 33602, on Friday, December 19, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., local time. Stockholders will be admitted beginning at 3:45 p.m.
The attached notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement cover the formal business of the Annual Meeting and contain a discussion of the matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, our management will also provide a report on our operations and achievements during the past year.
Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, please vote your shares by completing, signing and returning the accompanying proxy card, or by following the instructions on the card for voting by telephone or internet. If you later decide to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, you may revoke your proxy at that time.
David Sobelman
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NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC.
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4:00 p.m., local time, on Friday, December 19, 2025. Stockholders will be admitted beginning at 3:45 p.m. |
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Foley & Lardner LLP 100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700 Tampa, Florida 33602
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To elect six (6) directors to hold office for a one-year term ending at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal (whichever occurs first). |
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To ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025.
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3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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RECORD DATE |
Stockholders of record on October 22, 2025, are entitled to notice of the Annual Meeting and are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy. |
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ANNUAL REPORT |
Our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders, which is not a part of this proxy statement, is enclosed. |
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PROXY VOTING
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It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting and voted in accordance with your instructions. Please promptly vote your shares by following the instructions for voting on your notice of internet availability of proxy materials or, if you received a paper or electronic copy of our proxy materials, by completing, signing, dating and returning your proxy card or by Internet or telephone voting as described on your proxy card. |
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
David Sobelman
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
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PROXY STATEMENT
2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 19, 2025
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC.: |
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This proxy statement and the form of proxy are delivered in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Generation Income Properties Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Maryland corporation, of proxies to be voted at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.
You are invited to attend our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Friday, December 19, 2025, beginning at 4:00 p.m. The Annual Meeting will be held at 100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700, Tampa, Florida 33602. Stockholders will be admitted beginning at 3:45 p.m.
Your vote is very important. Therefore, whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting or not and regardless of the number of shares you own, please date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card promptly or follow the instructions on the card for voting by telephone or internet.
At the meeting, the use of cameras, audio or video recording equipment, communications devices or similar equipment will be prohibited.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Stockholder Meeting to be Held on December 19, 2025:
This proxy statement and the 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.proxyvote.com.
Upon your written request, we will provide you with a copy of our 2024 annual report on Form 10-K, including exhibits, free of charge. Send your request to Generation Income Properties, Inc., Attention: David Sobelman, Chief Executive Officer, 401 East Jackson St, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602, [email protected], 813-448-1234.
ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING
What is the purpose of the meeting?
The principal purposes of the Annual Meeting are the election of six directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for an additional one-year term and to ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025.
Why did I receive a notice in the mail regarding the internet availability of proxy materials instead of a paper copy of proxy materials?
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The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) permit us to furnish proxy materials, including this proxy statement and the Annual Report, to our stockholders by providing access to such documents on the internet instead of mailing printed copies. Stockholders will not receive paper copies of the proxy materials unless they request them. Instead, your notice of internet availability of proxy materials (the “Notice and Access Card”) provides instructions on how to access and review on the internet all of the proxy materials. The Notice and Access Card also instructs you as to how to authorize via the internet or telephone your proxy to vote your shares according to your voting instructions. If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials described in the Notice and Access Card.
Can I vote my shares by filling out and returning the Notice and Access Card?
No. The Notice and Access Card identifies the items to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, but you cannot vote by marking the Notice and Access Card and returning it. If you would like a paper proxy card, you should follow the instructions in the Notice and Access Card. The paper proxy card you receive will also provide instructions as to how to authorize via the internet or telephone your proxy to vote your shares according to your voting instructions. Alternatively, you can mark the paper proxy card with how you would like your shares voted, sign and date the proxy card, and return it in the envelope provided.
Who is entitled to vote?
Stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date, October 22, 2025, will receive notice of, and be eligible to vote at, the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement of the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the record date our only outstanding class of voting securities was common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and there were $5,447,772 common shares outstanding and entitled to vote.
How many votes do I have?
Each outstanding share of our common stock you owned as of the record date will be entitled to one vote for each matter considered at the meeting. There is no cumulative voting.
What constitutes a quorum?
The presence at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes will constitute a quorum, permitting us to conduct the business of the meeting. Proxies received but marked as abstentions or broker non-votes, if any, will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of a quorum.
What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a beneficial owner?
If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a “stockholder of record.” This Notice of Meeting and proxy statement has been provided directly to you by Generation Income Properties, Inc. You may vote by ballot at the meeting or vote by proxy. To vote by proxy, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card or follow the instructions on the proxy card for voting by telephone or internet.
If your shares are held for you in a brokerage, bank or other institutional account (that is, held in “street name”), then you are not a stockholder of record. Rather, the institution is the stockholder of record and you are the “beneficial owner” of the shares. The accompanying Notice of Meeting and this proxy statement have been forwarded to you by that institution. If you complete and properly sign the accompanying proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope or follow the instructions on the proxy card for voting by telephone or internet, the institution will cause your shares to be voted in accordance with your instructions. If you are a beneficial owner of shares and wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, then you must obtain a proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record (the institution).
How do I vote if I am a stockholder of record?
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By Ballot at the Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record and attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote in person by ballot at the Annual Meeting. To vote by ballot, you must register and confirm your stockholder status at the meeting. If the stockholder of record is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which you are an officer or other authorized person, then you should bring evidence of your authority to vote the shares on behalf of the entity.
By Proxy Card. If you complete, sign and return the accompanying proxy card or follow the instructions on the proxy card for voting by telephone or internet, then your shares will be voted as you direct. If you are a stockholder of record, then you may opt to deliver your completed proxy card in person at the Annual Meeting.
Voting by Telephone or Internet. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote by proxy by telephone or internet. Proxies submitted by telephone or through the internet must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT on December 18, 2025. Please see the proxy card for instructions on how to vote by telephone or internet.
How do I vote if I hold my shares in “street name”?
If you hold your shares in “street name,” we have supplied copies of our proxy materials for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to the broker, trust, bank or other nominee holding your shares of record and they have the responsibility to send these proxy materials to you. You must either direct the broker, trust, bank or other nominee as to how to vote your shares, or obtain a proxy from the bank, broker or other nominee to vote at the meeting. Please refer to the voter instruction cards used by your broker, trust, bank or other nominee for specific instructions on methods of voting, including by telephone or using the internet.
What Vote is Required to Approve each Item?
For Proposal 1, election of directors, you may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” with respect to each of the nominees. Our bylaws provide that in an uncontested election, each nominee will be elected as a director if he or she receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes cast “FOR” and “AGAINST” with respect to his or her election as a director at the Annual Meeting. Any abstentions or broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast either “FOR” or “AGAINST” with respect to a director’s election and will have no effect on the election of directors.
For Proposal 2, the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025, you may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” with respect to the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025. Ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025 requires a majority of the votes cast on the proposal at the Annual Meeting to be voted “FOR” this proposal. Abstentions will not count as votes cast either “FOR” or “AGAINST” Proposal No. 2 and will have no effect on the results of the vote on this proposal. Discretionary voting is permitted on this proposal, and, therefore, we do not anticipate any broker non-votes for this proposal.
What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice and Access Card or more than one set of proxy materials?
You will receive separate Notice and Access Cards when you own shares in different ways. For example, you may own shares individually, as a joint tenant, in an individual retirement account, in trust or in one or more brokerage accounts. You should follow the telephone or internet instructions on each Notice and Access Card or, if you elect to receive printed copies, on the proxy card. The instructions on each Notice and Access Card or proxy card, as applicable, may differ.
Can I change my vote or instruction?
Yes. You may follow the instructions on the proxy card to change your votes or instructions any time before midnight the day before the meeting. In addition, if you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy any time before your shares are voted by filing with the secretary of the Company a written notice of revocation or submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. If you file a notice of revocation, you may then vote (or abstain from voting) your shares in person at the Annual Meeting. If you submit
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a later dated proxy, then your shares will be voted in accordance with that later dated proxy. No such notice of revocation or later dated proxy, however, will be effective unless received by us at or before the Annual Meeting and before your shares have been voted. Unless the proxy is revoked, the shares represented thereby will be voted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof as indicated on the proxy card. Sending in a proxy does not affect your right to vote in person if you attend the meeting, although attendance at the meeting will not by itself revoke a previously granted proxy.
If I submit a proxy card, how will my shares be voted?
Your shares will be voted as you instruct on the proxy card.
What happens if I submit a proxy card and do not give specific voting instructions?
If you are a stockholder of record and sign and return the proxy card without indicating your instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors by the proxies named on such card. With respect to any other matter that properly comes before the meeting, the proxy holders will vote as recommended by the Board of Directors or, if no recommendation is given, at their own discretion. As of the date this proxy statement went to print, we did not know of any other matters to be raised at the Annual Meeting.
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What are the Board of Directors’ recommendations?
The Board of Directors recommends stockholders vote:
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FOR election of the six director nominees named below to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal (whichever occurs first): |
Benjamin Adams
Gena Cheng
Stuart Eisenberg
Patrick Quilty
Richard Russell
David Sobelman
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FOR the proposal to ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. |
How will votes be counted?
All votes will be tabulated by the secretary of the Company. We have engaged Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. to collect and tabulate proxy instructions.
Who is paying for the preparation and solicitation of proxies and how will solicitations be made?
We will pay the expenses of soliciting proxies. Proxies may be solicited on our behalf by directors, officers or employees in person or by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronic transmission. We have requested brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward soliciting material to beneficial owners and have agreed to reimburse those institutions for their out-of-pocket expenses.
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PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
As of the date of this proxy statement, our Board has five directors. All current directors have been nominated to stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting. The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to increase the size of the Board by one director, and the Board will therefore consist of six directors after the 2025 Annual Meeting assuming the election of all director nominees. All directors elected at the meeting will serve until the 2026 annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal (whichever occurs first). The accompanying proxy will be voted FOR the election of each of the Board’s nominees unless a stockholder directs otherwise. Each nominee is presently available for election. If any nominee should become unavailable, which is not currently anticipated, the persons voting the accompanying proxy may vote for a substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors or our Board may reduce the size of the Board and number of nominees.
With the recommendation of the nominating and governance committee, the Board of Directors has nominated the following persons to stand for election as directors at this 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
Benjamin Adams
Gena Cheng
Stuart Eisenberg
Patrick Quilty
Richard Russell
David Sobelman
Each of the nominees for election as a director has consented to serve if elected. If, as a result of circumstances not now known or foreseen, one or more of the nominees should be unavailable or unwilling to serve as a director, proxies may be voted for the election of such other persons as the Board of Directors may select. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable or unwilling to serve. Information about each of the nominees, including biographies, is set forth below and on the following pages.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES.
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DIRECTORS
Set forth below is a summary of the background and experience of each director nominee. There is no family relationship between director nominee or executive officer of the Company.
Directors Standing for Election
Benjamin Adams, age 54, has been a board member since July 2019. He was Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ten Capital Management, an independent, fundamental value-driven private equity real estate firm based in Cleveland, Ohio where he was responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of all firm activities. Most recently, Mr. Adams is a co-founder and partner of Rockhouse Capital, an opportunistic alternative investment management firm which recently sourced and advised on the acquisition of the Townsend Group, one of the world’s largest independent gatekeepers and advisors on institutional real estate. Townsend advises over $230 billion of assets under management and advisement on a global basis. Mr. Adams serves as an independent director on its board.
From January 2008 to April 2011, Mr. Adams was a Portfolio Manager with Townsend, where he oversaw $1.7 billion in private equity real estate assets under management within the firm’s discretionary investment management business, and was actively involved in product development and structuring. Prior to Townsend, Mr. Adams was a Vice President and General Counsel of Lionstone Development LLC, a Miami-based, principal balance sheet investor. Mr. Adams practiced law with Greenberg Traurig LLP in New York, New York, and served as the Special Assistant to the White House Counsel in the Clinton Administration. Mr. Adams has a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Gena Cheng, age 54, was appointed a board member on October 5, 2021. She has been managing director since August 2019 at Prospect Avenue Partners, a specialty capital raising, and advisory platform focused on the private equity industry. Named to PERE’s list of 30 Capital Raisers Who Can Make a Difference, Ms. Cheng has over 21 years of experience in the real asset industry, including investments, portfolio management, fundraising and investor relations. Ms. Cheng brings valuable real estate finance experience to the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to launching Prospect Avenue Partners, Ms. Cheng served as Managing Director from July 2014 to February 2019 at USAA Real Estate Company. She also served as Managing Director from March 2010 to March 2014 at Forum Partners, a global real estate investment and asset management firm, and Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer from October 2006 to August 2009 at JT Partners, an international architecture, engineering, projects management, and consulting firm.
Ms. Cheng has significant experience raising investor equity for strategies ranging from core through opportunistic via open-end and closed-end vehicles. Prior to her transition to the sell side, she served as a senior portfolio manager at APG Asset Management, the approximately €538 billion Dutch pension fund. There she helped invest and manage the capital of one of the largest institutional real estate investment platforms in the world, focusing on North American investments. Ms. Cheng began her career in real estate consulting and investment banking at Arthur Andersen and Morgan Stanley.
Ms. Cheng earned a JD/MBA from New York University and an AB in Architecture from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Grace May Tilton Prize in American Studies. She is a member of the New York State Bar and serves on the Program Committee and Scholarship Committee for WX – New York Women Executives in Real Estate. Ms. Cheng holds her FINRA registered representative license through SPS Securities, LLC. We believe that Ms. Cheng’s years of experience in the real asset industry, including investments, portfolio management, fundraising and investor relations, qualify her for service as one of our directors.
Stuart Eisenberg, age 63, was appointed a board member on February 3, 2020. He has been an independent consultant since June 2019 when he retired from BDO USA, LLP where he was a partner in the real estate services group from July 1997 until June 2019. Mr. Eisenberg served as the firm’s national real estate and construction industry practice leader and a member of the firm’s international real estate and construction industry steering committee. His experience includes consulting in connection with the formation, structuring and development of real estate investment trusts ("REIT") and real estate operating companies. He also provided financial reporting and due-diligence services in numerous initial and follow-on public offerings and in connection with the acquisition, financing and dispositions of commercial real estate.
Mr. Eisenberg has a bachelor’s degree from Adelphi University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Eisenberg’s experience serving publicly-held companies brings to our Board of Directors a comprehensive understanding of public company operations, financial reporting, and corporate governance, as well as perspective regarding potential acquisitions. We believe that Mr. Eisenberg’s prior work as a partner at BDO USA, LLP in the real estate services group and sophisticated understanding of accounting principles, auditing standards, and internal accounting controls qualify him for service as one of our directors.
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Patrick Quilty, age 59, has been a board member since July 2019. He has also been Chief Credit Officer for a top global insurance company since September 2012. He is responsible for overseeing, assessing and approving a portfolio of highly structured transactions providing global risk solutions for middle market and Fortune 50 companies across diversified industries. From October 2010 to September 2012, Mr. Quilty was Co-Founder and Head of Credit Risk at Specialized Performance Advisory Group LLC, an independent asset management firm providing investment, advisory and risk counseling for family office and institutional clients. From November 2003 to October 2010, Mr. Quilty was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Barclays Capital Loan Portfolio focused on the Specialty Finance and REIT sectors. Mr. Quilty has also served as a credit derivatives trader in their Principal Credit and Risk Finance Group.
Over his thirty-year career, Mr. Quilty has held senior portfolio, trading and risk management positions at ABN AMRO, Chase Asset Management, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan. Mr. Quilty has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Florida State University and completed graduate coursework in Real Estate Investment and Development at the Steven L Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College. We believe that Mr. Quilty’s prior work experience and understanding of accounting principles, risk management, financial presentation and analysis qualify him for service as one of our directors.
Richard Russell, age 64, is a highly respected financial executive and seasoned public company leader, nominated to serve as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Russell previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from December 2019 through February 2022, providing critical financial oversight and guidance to the company as it navigated strategic growth and public market requirements.
Mr. Russell serves as Chief Financial Officer for a leading bitcoin and digital asset company, LM Funding America, Inc (NASDAQ: LMFA), where he as serviced as CFO since November 2017. Mr. Russell also served as Chief Financial Officer for Mission Health Communities from 2013 to 2016 and, before that, Mr. Russell served in a variety of roles for Cott Corporation from 2007 to 2013, including Senior Director of Finance, Senior Director of Internal Auditing, and Assistant Corporate Controller. Mr. Russell’s extensive professional experience with public companies includes his position as Director of Financial Reporting and Internal Controls for Quality Distribution a previously listed publicly held company traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “QLTY” and as Danka’s Director of Reporting from 2001 to 2004 a previously listed publicly held office imaging company traded on both the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange (“DANKY”). Mr. Russell served from 2021 to 2024 as a director of SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: ICU), a medical technology company developing a platform therapy to reduce the consequences of hyperinflammation on vital organs. Mr. Russell earned his Bachelor of Science in accounting and a Master’s in tax accounting from the University of Alabama, a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from the University of South Florida, and a Master’s in business administration from the University of Tampa. On March 1, 2020, Mr. Russell was appointed to the board of directors for Trident Brands Inc., a publicly held consumer products company traded on the OTC market under the symbol “TDNT”. Mr. Russell was also Chairman of the Hillsborough County Internal Audit Committee and had been a member of the Committee from September 2016 to April 2021. He was reappointed to the Committee in October 2021 until April 2024.
We believe that Mr. Russell’s blend of public company oversight, M&A leadership, and pioneering experience with bitcoin as an institutional asset will be invaluable as GIPR pursues its mission to deliver resilient, future-ready income to shareholders in a rapidly evolving financial marketplace.
David Sobelman, age 54, serves as chairman of our Board and our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary. He founded Generation Income Properties, Inc. after serving almost 13 years in different capacities within the net lease commercial real estate market. In June 2017, Mr. Sobelman started 3 Properties, a commercial real estate brokerage firm focused solely on the net lease market. Mr. Sobelman has held various roles within the single tenant, net lease commercial real estate investment market, including investor, asset manager, broker, owner, analyst and advisor. In 2005, David began working with Calkain Companies LLC, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm, which merged with Avison Young shortly after his departure. During his tenure, Calkain grew from two employees to over 40, and became one of the leading single tenant, net lease firms in the country. Prior to Mr. Sobelman’s career in single tenant, net lease investments, he served as a member of The White House staff, and was subsequently appointed to work for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Sobelman wrote The Little Book of Triple Net Lease Investing, a leading book on the single tenant, triple-net lease investment market, which is currently in its second edition. Mr. Sobelman is a featured speaker at conferences in the United States and abroad and has been quoted in articles in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune and various regional real estate trade publications. Mr. Sobelman received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Real Estate Management Program. Mr. Sobelman is currently on the Advisory Board for Shore Capital’s, an approximately $14 billion private equity company, Real Estate Funds and was a six year appointed board member for the University of Florida Foundation, Finance Committee. We believe that Mr. Sobelman’s experience in the net lease commercial real estate market and his status as founder of the Company qualify him for service as one of our directors.
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Director Nominees
The Board of Directors believes that it is necessary for its members to possess qualities, attributes and skills that contribute to a diverse range of views and perspectives among the directors and enhance the overall effectiveness of the Board. Our Nominating and Governance Committee considers all factors it deems relevant when evaluating prospective candidates or current board members for nomination to the Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of highly qualified individuals with unique and special skills that assist in effective management of the Company for the benefit of our stockholders.
Director Independence
The Nasdaq Marketplace Rules require a majority of a listed company’s Board of Directors to be comprised of independent directors. In addition, the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees be independent and that audit committee members also satisfy independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
Under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In order to be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the Board of Directors, or any other board committee, accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries or otherwise be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.
Based upon information requested from and provided by each director nominee concerning their background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board of Directors has determined that each of Benjamin Adams, Gena Cheng, Patrick Quilty, Stuart Eisenberg and Richard Russell is an “independent director” as defined under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Our Board of Directors also determined that the directors who each serve on our audit committee, our compensation committee, and our nominating and corporate governance committee, satisfy the independence standards for such committees established by the SEC and the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, as applicable. In making such determinations, our Board of Directors considered the relationships that each such non-employee director has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances our Board of Directors deemed relevant in determining independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.
Director Compensation
We do not have any other agreements for compensating our directors for their services in their capacity as directors, although such current and future directors are expected in the future to receive restricted shares, restricted stock units, or stock options to purchase shares of our common stock as awarded by our Board with the exception of Mr. Sobelman, who receives no additional compensation for his service as a director. None of our directors has ever been paid any cash compensation. The following table summarizes all of the compensation earned by our directors for service as a director of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2024:
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Benjamin Adams |
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$50,000 |
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2024 |
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$50,000 |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
Stuart Eisenberg |
|
2024 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
Betsy Peck |
|
2024 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
Patrick Quilty |
|
2024 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
|
|
$50,000 |
|
(1) The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate fair value of the stock awards, calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Stock Compensation. Relevant assumptions used to determine these amounts include a $4.08 per share valuation with a 0% forfeiture rate.
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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules require us to disclose any transaction or currently proposed transaction in which we are a participant and in which any related person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest involving an amount that exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent (1%) of the average of the Company’s total assets as of the end of the last two completed fiscal years. A related person is any executive officer, director, nominee for director, or holder of 5% or more of the Company’s common stock, or an immediate family member of any of those persons.
We have a formal written policy for the review and approval of transactions with related parties. Our policy with regard to transactions with related persons is that all material transactions are to be reviewed by the entire Board for any possible conflicts of interest. The Board is responsible for review, approval, or ratification of “related-person transactions” involving the Company and related persons.
On August 9, 2022 the Company and Operating Partnership entered into a Redemption Agreement with a unit holder, Thomas E. Robinson. As such, the Company recorded an other payable - related party in the amount of $2,912,300 upon execution of the Redemption Agreement entered into July 20, 2022 and has paid the note in full as of December 31, 2024. Remaining balances of $0 and $1,809,840 were outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock at $6.00 per share in accordance with the Redemption Agreement, and recorded the stock at par value of $2,000 with the remaining $1,198,000 to additional paid in capital.
As disclosed previously, on October 14, 2022, the Company entered into a loan transaction that is evidenced by a secured non-convertible promissory note to Brown Family Enterprises, LLC, a preferred equity partner and therefore a related party, for $1,500,000 with a maturity of October 14, 2024, and bearing a fixed interest rate of 9% with simple interest payable monthly. The loan may be repaid without penalty at any time. The loan is secured by the Operating Partnership’s equity interest in its current direct subsidiaries that hold real estate assets pursuant to the terms of a security agreement between the Operating Partnership and Brown Family Enterprises, LLC. On July 21, 2023, the Company amended and restated the promissory note to reflect an increase in the loan to $5.5 million and extend the maturity date thereof from October 14, 2024 to October 14, 2026. Except for the increase in the amount of the Loan and Note and the extension of the maturity date thereof, no changes were made to the original note.During the period ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 the Company expensed and paid $495,000 and $295,510 in interest, respectively.
On April 25, 2025, the Company entered into a secured promissory note with Brown Family Enterprises LLC, a related party. The Note represents a loan in the principal amount of $1,000,000, bearing simple interest at an initial rate of 16% per annum for the first 90 days, after which the interest rate will revert to 9% per annum. The Loan is due in full on the earlier of (a) 180 days from the date of the note or (b) the date on which all amounts become due as outlined in the note. The Company may prepay the Loan in whole or in part at any time without penalty. Interest payments are due monthly, and the remaining principal is due on the maturity date. In the event of default, as defined in the Note, the entire principal amount and accrued interest may become immediately due and payable. The Noteholder has the right to exercise remedies under the Security Agreement upon default.
On May 29, 2025, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into a loan transaction with David Sobelman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, for $610,000 to fund closing costs relating to the sale of the Company’s Auburn University-occupied industrial building located in Huntsville, Alabama and Starbucks-occupied retail building located in Tampa, Florida. The loan provides that an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the loan, together with accrued but unpaid interest at an interest rate of 5.75% per annum, due December 31, 2025.
On October 27, 2025, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Secured Promissory Note originally issued on April 25, 2025 to Brown Family Enterprises, LLC in the principal amount of $1.0 million. The First Amendment extends the Note’s maturity date to December 15, 2025 and provides for a $20,000 extension fee payable on the revised maturity date. Except as amended to reflect the new maturity and the extension fee, all other terms of the Note remain unchanged, including the interest rates, security interests, and covenants previously disclosed.
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred a guaranty expense to the Company's President and CEO of $387,056 and $290,316 of which $194,344 and $177,347 remained payable as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Board Leadership Structure
Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. Under our current leadership structure, David Sobelman serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Sobelman’s role includes providing continuous feedback on the direction and performance of the Company, serving as chairman of regular meetings of the Board of Directors, setting the agenda for the meetings of the Board of Directors and leading the Board of Directors in anticipating and responding to changes in our business. Mr. Sobelman plays a significant role also in formulating and executing the Company’s strategic plans, financing activity and investment decisions. We believe board oversight and planning is a collaborative effort among the directors, each of whom has unique skills, experience and education, and this structure facilitates collaboration and communication among the directors and management and makes the best use of their respective skills. The Board of Directors periodically reviews the board leadership structure to evaluate whether the structure remains appropriate for the Company and may determine to alter this leadership structure anytime based on then existing circumstances.
Our Board does not have a policy on whether the same person should serve as both the President and Chairman of the Board or, if the roles are separate, whether the Chairman should be selected from the non-employee directors or should be an employee. Our Board believes that it should have the flexibility to periodically determine the leadership structure that it believes is best for the Company. The Board believes that its current leadership structure, with Mr. Sobelman serving as both President and Board Chairman, is appropriate given the efficiencies of having the President also serve in the role of Chairman. The Board currently believes that Mr. Sobelman is uniquely qualified to serve as President and in the role of leader of the Board given his history and experience with the Company, his significant ownership interest in the Company and the current size of the Company and the Board.
Our lead independent director is currently Benjamin Adams. The Chairman and the President consults periodically with the lead director on Board matters and on issues facing the Company. In addition, the lead director serves as the principal liaison between the Chairman of the Board and the independent directors and presides at an executive session of non-management directors at each regularly scheduled Board meeting.
Role of Board in Risk Oversight Process
We face a number of risks, including those described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our Board of Directors believes that risk management is an important part of establishing, updating and executing on our business strategy. Our Board of Directors has oversight responsibility relating to risks that could affect our corporate strategy, business objectives, compliance, operations, and the financial condition and performance. Our Board of Directors focuses its oversight on the most significant risks facing us and, on our processes, to identify, prioritize, assess, manage and mitigate those risks. Our Board of Directors receives regular reports from members of our senior management on areas of material risk to us, including strategic, operational, financial, legal and regulatory risks. While our Board of Directors has an oversight role, management is principally tasked with direct responsibility for management and assessment of risks and the implementation of processes and controls to mitigate their effects on us.
Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and directors, and expect to enter into indemnification agreements with future executive officers and directors. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other things, that we will indemnify, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the covered officer or director against any and all judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and all reasonable and out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees), actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or other proceeding that arises out of the officer’s or director’s status as a present or former officer, director, employee or agent of the Company. Each indemnification agreement also requires us, upon request of the covered officer or director, to advance the expenses related to such an action provided that the officer or director undertakes to repay any amounts to which he is subsequently determined not to be entitled. The indemnification agreement is not exclusive of any other rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses to which the covered officer or director may be entitled, including any rights arising under our charter or bylaws or applicable law.
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Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Board Committees
Our Board of Directors has established three standing committees — audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance — each of which operates under a charter approved by our Board of Directors. Copies of each committee’s charter is available on the Investor Relations section of our website, which is located at www.gipreit.com. Each committee has the composition and responsibilities described below. Our Board of Directors may from time to time establish other committees.
Audit Committee
Our audit committee consists of Stuart Eisenberg, Patrick Quilty and Gena Cheng with Mr. Eisenberg serving as the chair of the committee. If elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting, Richard Russell is expected to be appointed to this committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of our audit committee satisfies the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules and SEC independence requirements. The functions of this committee include, among other things:
Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Eisenberg and Mr. Russell each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of applicable SEC regulations and meets the financial sophistication requirements of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Both our independent registered public accounting firm and management periodically will meet privately with our audit committee. Our Audit Committee met four times during 2024.
Compensation Committee
Our compensation committee consists of Benjamin Adams, Gena Cheng and Patrick Quilty with Mr. Adams serving as the chair of the committee. If elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting, Richard Russell is expected to be appointed to this committee. Our Board has determined that each of the members of our compensation committee satisfies the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules independence requirements. The functions of this committee include, among other things:
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Our Chief Executive Officer typically attends compensation committee meetings, except for executive sessions (unless specifically requested by the compensation committee to be present). Our Chief Executive Officer may provide recommendations with respect to compensation for the executive officers. The compensation committee considers these recommendations, but may approve, reject or adjust them as it deems appropriate.
Our Compensation Committee met once during 2024.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Our nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Gena Cheng, Stuart Eisenberg, and Patrick Quilty, with Mr. Patrick Quilty as the chair of the committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of this committee satisfies the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules independence requirements. The functions of this committee include, among other things:
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met once during 2024.
We do not have a policy regarding the consideration of any director candidates that may be recommended by our stockholders, including the minimum qualifications for director candidates, nor has our board established a process for identifying and evaluating director nominees. We have not adopted a policy regarding the handling of any potential recommendation of director candidates by our stockholders, including the procedures to be followed. Our board has not considered or adopted any of these policies, as we have never received a recommendation from any stockholder for any candidate to serve on our Board. While there have been no nominations of additional directors proposed, in the event such a proposal is made, our current board will participate in the consideration of director nominees.
Board of Directors’ Role in Risk Oversight
The Board of Directors plays a significant role in monitoring risks to the Company. Where major risks are involved, the Board of Directors takes a direct role in reviewing those matters. The Board of Directors also approves any strategic initiatives and any large or unusual investment or other such expenditure of the Company’s resources. The Board of Directors has established committees to assist in ensuring that material risks are identified and managed appropriately. Among them are the audit committee, the compensation committee, and the nominating and governance committee. The Board of Directors and its committees regularly review material operational, financial, compensation and compliance risks with executive management. The audit committee is responsible for assisting the Board of Directors in its oversight of the quality and integrity of our accounting, auditing, and reporting practices and discussing with management our processes to manage business and financial risk. The compensation committee considers risk in connection with its design of our compensation programs for our executives. The nominating and governance committee regularly reviews the Company’s corporate governance structure and board committee assignments. Each committee regularly reports to the Board of Directors.
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Delinquent Section 16(A) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports regarding ownership of, and transactions in, our securities with the SEC and to provide us with copies of those filings. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, we believe that during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were timely filed.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics applicable to all employees and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. We have posted the text of our code of ethics to our internet website: http://www.gipreit.com by clicking “Investors” at the top, then “Governance”, then "Governance Documents", and finally “Code of Ethics”. We intend to disclose any change to or waiver from our code of ethics by posting such change or waiver to our internet website within the same section as described above. We will satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any material amendment to our code of ethics, and any waiver from a provision of our code of ethics that applies to all employees, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Controller or any person performing similar functions, by posting such information on our website at the internet website address set forth above.
Anti-Hedging Policies
Our Board of Directors has adopted an Insider Trading Policy which applies to all our directors, officers and designated employees. The policy prohibits our directors, officers and designated employees from engaging in hedging transactions, short sales and transactions in publicly traded options, such as puts, calls and other derivatives, involving our equity securities. A copy of our policy was filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Board and Committee Meetings
During 2024, our Board of Directors held seven meetings. During 2024, no director attended less than 75% of the Board of Directors’ and applicable committee meetings. In addition, the independent directors met in executive session periodically in 2024. We have not established a policy with regard to the attendance of board members at annual stockholder meetings.
Director Attendance at Annual Meeting of Stockholders
We do not have a formal policy regarding the attendance of our directors at our annual meetings of stockholders. Mr. Sobelman was the only director who attended our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, although all of our other directors listened in to the meeting through a telephone connection.
Communications with the Board
We have established procedures by which stockholders may communicate with members of the Board of Directors, individually or as a group. Stockholders wishing to communicate with the Board of Directors or a specified member of the Board may send written communications addressed to: Board of Directors, Generation Income Properties, Inc., Attention: David Sobelman, Chief Executive Officer, 401 E Jackson Street, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602. The mailing envelope should clearly specify the intended recipient or recipients, which may be the Board of Directors as a group or an individual member of the Board. The communication should include the stockholder’s name and the number of shares owned. Communications that are not racially, ethically or religiously offensive, commercial, pornographic, obscene, vulgar, profane, defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, malicious, false or frivolous in nature will be promptly forwarded to the specified members of the Board of Directors. We have also established procedures by which all interested parties (not just stockholders) may communicate directly with our non-management or independent directors as a group. Any interested party wishing to communicate with our non-management or independent directors as a group may send written communications addressed to: Board of Directors, Generation Income Properties, Inc., Attention: David Sobelman, Chief Executive Officer, 401 E Jackson Street, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602. The mailing envelope should clearly specify the intended recipients, which may be the non-management directors or the independent directors as a group. The envelope will be promptly forwarded for distribution to the intended recipients.
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PROPOSAL 2
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2025
The audit committee of the Board of Directors has appointed CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The Board of Directors concurs with the appointment and is submitting the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for stockholder ratification at the Annual Meeting.
Our bylaws do not require that the stockholders ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. We are seeking ratification because we believe it is a sound corporate governance practice. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment, our audit committee will reconsider whether to retain CohnReznick LLP, but may retain CohnReznick LLP in any event. Even if the appointment is ratified, the audit committee, in its discretion, may change the appointment at any time during the year if it determines that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
MaloneBailey LLP served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim periods through July 19, 2024. On July 19, 2024, the Company determined that MaloneBailey LLP would no longer serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and would be dismissed effective as of such date.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended in December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim periods through July 19, 2024, the effective date of MaloneBailey’s dismissal, there were no “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) between MaloneBailey and the Company on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of MaloneBailey, would have caused MaloneBailey to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements for such years. Also, there have been no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). MaloneBailey’s report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Malone Bailey’s report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, contained an explanatory paragraph related to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, but did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to audit scope or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through July 19, 2024, neither the Company, nor any party on behalf of the Company, consulted with CohnReznick with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of the audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by CohnReznick that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was subject to any disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
On July 19, 2024, the audit committee of the Board of Directors approved the engagement of CohnReznick LLP to replace MaloneBailey LLP, effective immediately
We expect that representatives of CohnReznick LLP will be either physically present or available via phone at the Annual Meeting. CohnReznick will be given the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and they will be available to respond to appropriate questions after the meeting.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF COHNREZNICK LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL 2025.
AUDIT FEES
The following table sets forth the aggregate fees for services related to the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 provided by CohnReznick and MaloneBailey, LLP, our principal accountants:
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
||
Audit Fees (1) |
$ |
347,590 |
|
|
$ |
398,815 |
|
Audit-Related Fees (2) |
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Tax Fees (3) |
|
86,147 |
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
All Other Fees (4) |
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total |
$ |
433,737 |
|
|
$ |
473,815 |
|
Pre-Approval Policy
The audit committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the Company’s independent auditor to assure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditor’s independence. The SEC’s rules establish two approaches for pre-approving services. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive: (1) the audit committee may pre-approve each particular service on a case-by-case basis (“separate pre-approval”), and (2) the audit committee may adopt a pre-approval policy that is detailed as to the particular types of services that may be provided by the independent auditor without consideration by the audit committee on a case-by-case basis (“policy-based pre-approval”). The audit committee has adopted the policy-based pre-approval approach for all auditing and non-auditing services and has pre-approved such services for the years ending ending December 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Furthermore, the audit committee has delegated this authority to the chairman of the audit committee for situations when pre-approval by the full audit committee is inconvenient. Any decisions by the chairman of the audit committee must be disclosed at the next audit committee meeting.The audit committee approved 100% of all services provided by MaloneBailey during 2024 and 2023.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The audit committee oversees the financial reporting processes of Generation Income Properties, Inc. on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the audit committee reviewed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with management and discussed with management the quality, in addition to the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.
The audit committee reviewed with representatives of CohnReznick LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm responsible for auditing the company’s financial statements and expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company’s accounting principles. The audit committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed under auditing standards adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The audit committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent accountant the independent accountant’s independence.
The audit committee discussed with representatives of CohnReznick LLP, the overall scope and plans for their audit. The audit committee met with representatives of CohnReznick LLP, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.
In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the audit committee recommended to the Board of Directors the inclusion of the audited financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This report of the audit committee shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this information by reference and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such acts.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Stuart Eisenberg, Chairman
Patrick Quilty
Gena Cheng
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is a summary of the background and experience of our executive officer other than David Sobelman. Information about David Sobelman is set forth under “Directors.” There is no family relationship among any of the directors and/or executive officers of the Company.
Ron Cook, age 47, was hired as our Vice President of Accounting and Finance and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer effective November 15, 2023. Mr. Cook has provided management consulting services through Cook Financial Partners since 2008 through the present, serving a broad range of clients with outsourced business and financial advisory services. Mr. Cook served as Chief Financial Officer and Strategic Advisor of The Peebles Corporation ("Peebles"), a privately-held real estate investment and development firm, from 2019 through 2022. Peebles develops mixed-use, multifamily, office and retail properties through direct investment and through public-private partnerships. Mr. Cook oversaw all financial functions, acquisitions and development, and strategic initiatives. From 2014 through 2018, he served as a Senior Manager in the boutique management consultancy Riveron Consulting ("Riveron"). Riveron advises private equity firms and publicly traded companies in business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and financial compliance. At Riveron, Mr. Cook served clients across various industries through services spanning transaction advisory, IPO readiness and execution, and business strategy. Prior to Riveron, Mr. Cook served several real estate firms, including Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, Hines Interests and Ross Management Services, in various finance and accounting roles. Mr. Cook began his career at Reznick, Fedder and Silverman (now CohnReznick) as an auditor, exclusively for real estate clients. He is a graduate of James Madison University with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, the University of Maryland GC, with a Master's degree in Accounting, and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business with a Master's degree in Business Administration.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following describes the material compensation arrangements with the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table below (referred to as our "named executive officers"):
David Sobelman. On August 26, 2024, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”) with David Sobelman, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Amended Employment Agreement, which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 26, 2024 (the “Board”), amends and restates in its entirety the First Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated June 23, 2022, previously entered into between the Company and Mr. Sobelman.
The Amended Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Sobelman will continue to receive a base salary of $200,000 per year, provided that the annual base salary will increase to (i) $300,000 upon the Company and its subsidiaries achieving $115 million or greater in gross asset value of real estate assets owned (which was achieved effective February 6, 2025 (ii) $400,000 upon the Company and its subsidiaries achieving $150 million or greater in gross asset value of real estate assets owned, and (iii) $600,000 upon the Company and its subsidiaries achieving $500 million or greater in gross asset value of real estate assets owned. The base salary may be increased, but not decreased, in the discretion of the Board. The Amended Employment Agreement further provides that Mr. Sobelman will receive an annual nondiscretionary bonus on the first trading day of each December during the term of employment in the amount of 35% of his base salary then in effect. In addition, Mr. Sobelman will be entitled to receive, upon approval of the board, a discretionary annual performance-based bonus with a bonus target amount of 200% (and a bonus opportunity of up to 300%) of his then- current salary based on the Company materially meeting the Board-approved budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
In addition to the base salary and the foregoing bonuses, the Amended Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Sobelman will be paid $7,500 a year to be used solely to cover the actual cost to Mr. Sobelman of obtaining a death and disability insurance policy on his life for and for related costs and expenses. He will also be entitled to a guarantee fee for Company obligations that are personally guaranteed by Mr. Sobelman (but only if the personal guaranty is approved by the Board), with the amount of the guarantee fee being 1% of the guaranteed amount for a full guarantee and 0.5% for a non-recourse or fraud exception guarantee (with the guarantee fee increased to 10% on the 60th day following a termination without “cause” or termination for “good reason”, as those terms are defined in the agreement, unless the guarantee is removed during such 60-day period). Mr. Sobelman is also eligible to receive such medical, health, vacation, and other benefits as are provided by the Company and its subsidiaries generally, and Mr. Sobelman will be eligible to participate in any 401(k) plan that the Company or its related entities may adopt in the future.
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The Amended Employment Agreement provides that, on the first trading date of December of each year during the term of Mr. Sobelman’s employment, Mr. Sobelman will receive an annual grant of fully vested stock under the Generation Income Properties, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan for a number of shares equal to Executive’s base salary as then in effect divided by the higher of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date or $10.00 per share.
Under the Amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Sobelman is subject to non-solicitation and non-competition covenants that expire one year following termination of employment and to customary confidentiality obligations.
The term of Mr. Sobelman’s employment under the Amended Employment Agreement will continue until terminated by either the Company or Mr. Sobelman at any time, whether or not for cause, upon 60-days notice to the other party or until Mr. Sobelman’s death or disability. The Amended Employment Agreement may also be terminated by the Company for “cause” (as defined in the agreement) or by Mr. Sobelman for “good reason” (as defined in the agreement). “Good reason” includes certain changes in Mr. Sobelman’s responsibilities or duties without his consent, reductions in compensation or a material reduction in benefits, a material breach by the Company of the Amended Employment Agreement that remains uncured following notice of the breach, or a material relocation of his principal place of employment without his consent.
In the event that the Company terminates Mr. Sobelman’s employment without cause or Mr. Sobelman resigns for good reason, the Amended Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Sobelman will be entitled to receive severance compensation equal to two times (or three times if the termination occurs within 12 months of a “change in control”, as defined in the agreement) the sum of his then-current base salary plus his average bonus for the preceding three years. For this purpose, Mr. Sobelman’s then-current base salary shall be deemed to be equal to what his base salary would have then been if the properties included in the Company’s acquisition pipeline (as approved from time to time by the chair of the Board Compensation Committee) had been acquired prior to employment termination. In addition, in such event, Mr. Sobelman will be entitled to additional separation compensation in an amount equal to the premium payments for continuing healthcare coverage for Mr. Sobelman and his family for a period of 18 months. The foregoing severance compensation, if due, will be paid in 18 equal monthly installments. In addition, upon a termination without cause or for good reason, any unvested equity awards (if any) held by Mr. Sobelman will immediately vest.
Ron Cook. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Ron Cook to serve as the Company’s Vice President of Accounting and Finance effective November 15, 2023. In his capacity as Vice President of Accounting and Finance, Mr. Cook serves as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer. Mr. Cook’s non-employee contract will continue through December 31, 2025 at the rate of $20,000 per month with an option for renewal.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
As of December 31, 2024, there were 90,617 unvested stock awards held by the named executive officers. None of our executive officers own vested or unvested stock options.
Equity-Based Incentive Compensation
An important element of our total executive compensation is our equity award program. We believe that our equity award program serves a number of important corporate objectives, most importantly the alignment of our executives’ interests with our stockholders’ interests. Our equity award program helps to ensure that each of our executives and directors have a significant portion of their net worth tied to the performance of our stock. We plan to grant additional restricted stock with time-based vesting under our long-term equity incentive program. The Generation Income Properties, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”) permits our Compensation Committee to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, shares of common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, cash incentive awards, dividend equivalent units, or any other type of award permitted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Omnibus Incentive Plan provides that 2,000,000 shares of our common stock are reserved for issuance under the plan.
Summary Compensation Table
The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to our named executive officers for all services rendered in all capacities to us for each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
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Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary |
Bonus |
Stock Awards |
All Other Compensation |
Total |
David Sobelman, President and CEO |
2024 |
$ 200,000 |
$ 70,000 |
$ 35,800 |
$ 412,056(1) |
$ 717,856 |
|
2023 |
$ 200,000 |
$ 96,250 |
$ 110,000 |
$ 313,909 (2) |
$ 720,159 |
Ron Cook, Vice President of Accounting |
2024 |
$ 240,000 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 240,000 |
|
2023 |
$ 26,000 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 26,000 |
Allison Davies, Former CFO
|
2024 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ -
|
$ - |
|
2023 |
$ 192,500 |
$ - |
$ 110,000 |
$ 57,659(3)
|
$ 360,159 |
(1) |
Consists of health insurance premiums of $25,000 and guarantee fees payable to Mr. Sobelman of $387,056. |
(2) |
Consists of health insurance premiums of $23,593 and guarantee fees payable to Mr. Sobelman of $290,316. |
(3) |
Separation payment paid to Ms. Davies per the separation and release agreement entered into as of October 3, 2023. |
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of October 22, 2025 by:
The number and percentage of shares beneficially owned are based on 5,447,772 common shares outstanding as of October 22, 2025. Information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished by each director, officer or beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, which generally require that the individual have voting or investment power with respect to the shares. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by an individual listed below and the percentage ownership of that individual, shares underlying options, warrants and convertible securities held by each individual that are exercisable or convertible within 60 days of October 22, 2025, are deemed owned and outstanding, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other individual. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, or as required by applicable community property laws, all individuals listed have sole voting and investment power for all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated below, the address for each principal stockholder is Generation Income Properties, Inc., 401 E Jackson Street, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602.
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Shares Beneficially Owned |
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Title or Class of Securities |
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Common Stock (1) |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
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Percentage Beneficially Owned |
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5% Stockholders: |
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John Robert Sierra Sr. Revocable Family Trust (2) |
|
226,100 |
|
|
4.1 |
% |
|
Thomas E. Robinson (3) |
|
206,000 |
|
|
3.8 |
% |
|
|
|
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|
|
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Executive Officers and Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
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Benjamin Adams (4) |
|
33,226 |
|
* |
|
|
|
Gena Cheng (5) |
|
28,201 |
|
* |
|
|
|
Ron Cook (6) |
|
- |
|
* |
|
|
|
Stuart Eisenberg (7) |
|
39,201 |
|
* |
|
|
|
Patrick Quilty (8) |
|
36,701 |
|
* |
|
|
|
David Sobelman (9) |
|
196,584 |
|
|
3.6 |
% |
|
All executive officers and directors as a group (6 persons) |
|
333,912 |
|
|
6.2 |
% |
|
|
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*Represents less than 1% of beneficial ownership |
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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR PRESENTATION AT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING
Shareholder proposals intended to be considered for inclusion in next year’s proxy statement and form of proxy for presentation at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders must comply with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act. The deadline for submitting such proposals is July 10, 2026 (120 days before the date of this year’s mailing without regard to the year), unless the date of the 2026 annual meeting is more than 30 days before or after the one-year anniversary date of this 2025 Annual Meeting, in which case proposals must be submitted a reasonable time before we print our proxy materials for the next annual meeting.
Stockholders wishing to nominate a director or submit proposals for the 2026 annual meeting outside the process of Rule 14a-8 must comply with the advance notice, informational and other provisions of Article II, Section 2.11.1 of our bylaws. To be timely, notice must be received by the Company no earlier than the close of business on the 150th day (June 10, 2026) and no later than the close of business on the 120th day (July 10, 2026) prior to the first anniversary of the date of notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 150th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
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Address proposals to Generation Income Properties, Inc., Attention: David Sobelman, Chief Executive Officer, 401 E Jackson Street, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602. The specific requirements for submitting nominations and shareholder proposals are set forth in Article II, Section 2.11 of our bylaws.
DELIVERY OF PROXY MATERIALS TO HOUSEHOLDS
Some banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of “householding” proxy statements and annual reports. This means that only one copy of our proxy statement and annual report to stockholders may have been sent to multiple stockholders in your household. The Company will promptly deliver a separate copy of any of these documents to you if you contact us at the following address or telephone number: Generation Income Properties, Inc., Attention: David Sobelman, Chief Executive Officer, 401 E Jackson Street, Suite 3300, Tampa, Florida 33602, telephone: 813-448-1234. If you want to receive separate copies of the proxy statement or annual report to stockholders in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy per household, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee record holder, or you may contact the Company at the above address or telephone number.
OTHER MATTERS
We do not expect any other matters to be brought before the meeting. However, if any other matters are presented, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote the proxy as recommended by the Board of Directors or, if no recommendation is given, in their own discretion using their best judgment.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Form 10-K are available at www.proxyvote.comGENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC. Annual Meeting of Stockholders June 2, 2023, 10:00 AM Eastern Time This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) David Sobelman and Allison Davies, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his/ her substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time on June 2, 2023, at Foley & Lardner LLP, Gasparilla Conference Room, 100 North Tampa St., Suite 2650, Tampa, Florida 33602, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted "FOR" each director nominee and "FOR" Proposal 2. Continued and to be signed on reverse s
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