8-K

Gladstone Land Corporation

January 15, 2020

/s/ Lewis Parrish

Lewis Parrish

Chief Financial Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) January 15, 2020 (January 14, 2020)

Gladstone Land Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

001-35795

54-1892552

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100

McLean, Virginia

22102

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 287-5800

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	LAND	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

6.375% Series A Cumulative Term Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share	LANDP	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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. ☐

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 14, 2020, Gladstone Land Corporation (the “Company”) amended and restated its existing advisory agreement, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), with Gladstone Management Corporation, a registered investment adviser (the “Adviser”), by entering into the Fourth Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Adviser (the “Amended Agreement”). The Company’s entrance into the Amended Agreement was approved unanimously by its board of directors, including, specifically, its independent directors. The Amended Agreement revised and replaced the previous calculation of the Base Management Fee, which was based on Total Equity, with a calculation based on Gross Tangible Real Estate. The revised Base Management Fee will be payable quarterly in arrears and shall be calculated at an annual rate of 0.50% (0.125% per quarter) of the prior calendar quarter’s “Gross Tangible Real Estate,” defined in the Amended Agreement as the gross cost of tangible real estate owned by the Company (including land and land improvements, irrigation and drainage systems, horticulture, farm-related facilities, and other tangible site improvements), prior to any accumulated depreciation, and as shown on the Company’s balance sheet or the notes thereto for the applicable quarter. The calculation of the other fees in the Amended Agreement remain unchanged. The revised Base Management Fee calculation will begin with the fee calculations for the quarter ending March 31, 2020. All other terms of the Agreement remained the same. All capitalized terms not defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K are defined in the Amended Agreement.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Amended Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Amended Agreement, which will be filed with the Company’s next periodic report.

SIGNATURES

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.