SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Lewis Geoffrey Manfred

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AMERICAN FARMLAND COMPANY

10 EAST 53RD STREET

(Street)

NEW YORK

10022

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Farmland Co [ AFCO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	CFO and Treasurer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/31/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	10/31/2016		C⁽¹⁾		5,518	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	16,564	D
Common Stock	01/05/2017		A		870	A	$0.00	17,434	D
Common Stock	01/05/2017		F		244⁽²⁾	D	$8.07	17,190	D
Common Stock								1,000	I	See Footnote below⁽³⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Units⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	10/31/2016		C⁽¹⁾			5,518	⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	5,518	⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	0	D
Common Units⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾							⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	30,179		30,179	I	See Footnote⁽⁵⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. 5,518 of the Reporting Person's common units of limited partnership interest ("common units") in American Farmland Company L.P. (the "Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the sole general partner, were redeemed for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's common stock in accordance with the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement").

2. Represents shares retained by the Issuer to satisfy withholding obligations on 870 shares of restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person on January 5, 2017.

3. These securities are held by The Yachad Foundation, of which the Reporting Person is an officer. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by The Yachad Foundation except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

4. Represents common units in the Partnership. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, a holder of common units of the Partnership has the right to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the common units held by such holder. Upon a redemption request, the Issuer has the option to purchase the common units directly, either in cash equal to the fair market value of a share of the Issuer's common stock or by acquiring each common unit so presented for redemption for one share of common stock of the Issuer. These derivative securities do not have an expiration date.

5. Held directly by Optima Group Holdings LLC, in which the Reporting Person has an ownership interest. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Optima Group Holdings LLC except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

Remarks:

	/s/ Thomas S.T. Gimbel, Attorney-in-Fact	01/09/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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