Exhibit 4.1
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SERIES A CUMULATIVE SERIES A CUMULATIVE TERM PREFERRED STOCK TERM PREFERRED STOCK
PAR VALUE
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COLLEGE STATION, TX
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FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF 6.375% SERIES A
CUMULATIVE TERM PREFERRED STOCK OF
GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION
transferable on
the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be endorsed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the facsimile
seal of the Corporation.
DATED DD-MMM-YYYY
AND C
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O R COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
N ORP RA P
O C TE O
T COMPUTERSHARE INC.
S R
D A TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR,
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Chairman & Chief Executive Officer G N
MA ND
RYLA
By
Secretary AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
CUSIP XXXXXX XX X Holder ID XXXXXXXXXX
Insurance Value 1,000,000.00 Number of Shares 123456
DTC 12345678
123456789012345
PO BOX 43004, Providence, RI 02940-3004
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MR A SAMPLE 1234567890/1234567890 1 1 1 DESIGNATION (IF ANY) 1234567890/1234567890 2 2 2
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Total Transaction 7
IMPORTANT NOTICE The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a full statement of the information required by Section 2-2 11 (b) of the Maryland General Corporation Law with respect to the designations, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or the Registrar and Transfer Agent. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM—as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship UNIF TRF MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (until age ................................) and not as tenants in common (Cust) .............................under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, ____________________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) ___________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: __________________________________________20__________________ Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. The IRS requires that the named transfer agent (“we”) report the cost basis of certain shares or units acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares or units are covered by the legislation, and you requested to sell or transfer the shares or units using a specific cost basis calculation method, then we have processed as you requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, then we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with the issuer or do not have any activity in your account for the time period specified by state law, your property may become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state. SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS THIS WATERMARKED PAPER, DO NOT ACCEPT WITHOUT NOTHING WATERMARK. HOLD TO LIGHT TO VERIFY WATERMARK