Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 24, 2022, Gladstone Land Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into an amended and restated dealer manager agreement (the “A&R Dealer Manager Agreement”), with Gladstone Securities, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company and affiliate of the Company (the “Dealer Manager”). The A&R Dealer Manager Agreement amends and restates that certain Dealer Manager Agreement, dated February 20, 2020, by and between the Company and the Dealer Manager (the “Original Agreement”), to (i) reduce the amount of shares of the Company’s 6.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), offered by the Company to (a) 10,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock on a “reasonable best efforts” basis (the “Primary Offering”), and (b) 200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”) to those holders of the Series C Preferred Stock who participate in such DRIP; and (ii) reduce the duration of the period during which shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be offered for sale to the earlier of (a) December 31, 2022 (unless earlier terminated or extended by the board of directors of the Company) or (b) the date on which all 10,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock offered in the Primary Offering are sold. The terms of the A&R Dealer Manager Agreement are otherwise substantially the same as the terms of the Original Agreement.
The foregoing description of the A&R Dealer Manager Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the A&R Dealer Manager Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 24, 2022, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the A&R Dealer Manager Agreement. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, the information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.1 and information set forth therein, is deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.