# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001430725
**File Stem:** 0001140361-26-020816
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 3235
**Document Hash:** f30d84fb827e1c588886a85861f2be4f
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-26-020816.hdr.sgml**: 20260512

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-26-020816

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260512

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260512

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260512

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Global Ship Lease, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001430725
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** 1T
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34153
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26968912

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** C/O GSL ENTERPRISES LTD.
- **STREET 2:** 9 IRODOU ATTIKOU STREET
- **CITY:** KIFISIA, ATHENS
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** J3
- **ZIP:** 14561
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 302106233670

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** C/O GSL ENTERPRISES LTD.
- **STREET 2:** 9 IRODOU ATTIKOU STREET
- **CITY:** KIFISIA, ATHENS
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** J3
- **ZIP:** 14561

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GSL Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20080326

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### 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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2026

Commission File Number: 001-34153

## GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

#### c/o GSL Enterprises Ltd.

#### 9 Irodou Attikou Street

#### Kifisia, Athens

#### Greece, 14561

(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 ☐

#### <br>

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#### INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K

#### Quarterly Dividend on Class A Common Shares
Attached to this Report on Form 6-K (this "Report") as [<u>Exhibit 99.1</u>](ef20073137_ex99-1.htm) is a copy of the press release of Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the "Company"), dated May 11, 2026, announcing that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend on the Company's Class A common shares for the first quarter of 2026.

The information contained in this Report is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-231509 and 333-290461) and on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-258992, 333-264113 and 333-294357).

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#### SIGNATURE

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.** | **GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.** |
|  | (Registrant) | (Registrant) |
| Dated: May 12, 2026 | By: | /s/ Thomas Lister |
|  |  | Thomas Lister |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**Exhibit 99.1**

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