8-K

UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities

Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2020

ONE

LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

Registrant's

telephone number, including area code: 516-466-3100

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors orCertain Officers: Election of Directors, Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 2, 2020, our board of directors increased to eleven the number of directors on the board and elected Edward Gellert to fill the newly created Class 3 director position. Although the term of the Class 3 directors expires at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, because he was elected to his position by the board, Mr. Gellert will serve as a Class 3 director until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and when his successor is duly elected and qualifies. Subject to the board’s nomination, Mr. Gellert will stand for re-election as a Class 3 director at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021, to serve for a term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and when his successor is duly elected and qualifies.

Mr. Gellert has served since 2018 as Vice President and Managing Director for Commercial Real Estate Debt Investments at Alliance Bernstein, and from 2004 through 2018, he held, among other things, various positions at Avenue Capital Group, including serving as a senior portfolio manager. Mr. Gellert has more than 30 years of real estate industry experience, including investment and portfolio management, lending, distressed-focused investing, deal sourcing and the operation and development of real estate assets.

In order to more equally balance the membership of the Gould family among our three classes of directors, our board determined that Jeffrey A. Gould should be reclassified from a Class 3 director (with a term expiring at our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders) to a Class 2 director (with a term expiring at our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders). Accordingly, on December 2, 2020, Jeffrey A. Gould agreed to resign his position as a Class 3 director subject to his immediate re-election as a Class 2 director. Our board accepted his resignation and immediately re-elected him as a Class 2 director. Although the term of the Class 2 directors expires at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, because he was elected to this position by the board, Mr. Gould will serve as a Class 2 director until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and when his successor is duly elected and qualifies. Subject to the board’s nomination, Mr. Gould will stand for re-election as a Class 2 director at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021, to serve for a term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and when his successor is duly elected and qualifies.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

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