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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission File Number : 001-36739 Form 10 - K Maryland ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Title of each class Common Stock to STORE CAPITAL CORPORATION ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) 0 45-2280254 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 8377 East Hartford Drive , Suite 100 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85255 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( Zip Code ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 480 ) 256-1100 Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) STOR Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange No > Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No □ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company □ If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes No 区 As of June 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ) , the aggregate market value of the registrant's shares of common stock , $ 0.01 par value , held by non - affiliates of the registrant , was $ 6.0 billion based on the last reported sale price of $ 23.81 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30 , 2020 . As of February 24 , 2021 , there were 266,525,020 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding . Documents Incorporated by Reference Portions of Part III of this Form 10 - K are incorporated by reference from the registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after the end of the registrant's fiscal year .