8-K

GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

Date: May 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) May 15, 2020 (May 14, 2020)

Gladstone Land Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-35795

541892552

(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

6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 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 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 14, 2020, Gladstone Land Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted and approved each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2020.

Proposal 1: The election of three directors to hold office until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
David Gladstone		9,483,140		482,853		7,488,303
Paul W. Adelgren		7,406,820		2,559,173		7,488,303
John H. Outland		7,359,351		2,606,642		7,488,303

Proposal 2: To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.


For	Against	Abstain
16,818,943	599,070	36,283

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.