Current Report Filing (8-k)

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) June 6, 2023 (June 2, 2023)

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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
6.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share	LANDO	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
5.00% Series D Cumulative Term Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share	LANDM	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 June 2, 2023, Gladstone Land Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gladstone Land Corporation (“Gladstone Land”), through Gladstone Lending Company, LLC (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (the Borrower, together with the Operating Partnership and Gladstone Land, collectively, the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) and Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation (the “Bond Purchaser”), extending the Final Issuance Date until the earlier of (a) December 31, 2026 and (b) such date as Farmer Mac determines a Material Adverse Change has occurred and extending the Final Maturity Date to a date that is ten (10) years from the applicable issuance date. All other terms of the Amended and Restated AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement remained the same. All capitalized terms not defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K are defined in the Amendment or the Amended and Restated AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2023, by and among Gladstone Lending Company, LLC, as Issuer, Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, as Bond Purchaser, and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, as Guarantor.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.