<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001638599-21-000257.txt : 20210225
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210225163101
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001638599-21-000257
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210225
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210225

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wolff David A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001635542

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12928
		FILM NUMBER:		21680840

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE RD.
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48304-2324

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AGREE REALTY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917251
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				383148187
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8107374190

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>48304</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>64.56</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents Common Shares withheld by the Issuer as payment of tax withholdings due upon vesting of 326 Common Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All of these shares are restricted common shares that were granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 310, 310, 310, 310 and 309 of these shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer, on February 23, 2022, February 23, 2023, February 23, 2024, February 23, 2025 and February 23, 2026, respectively.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/Cheryl A. Hamilton, as attorney-in-fact for David A. Wolff</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-02-25</signatureDate>
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