Gladstone Land Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 15, 2024 (
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 13, 2024, Terry Lee Brubaker gave notice that he will be retiring as the Chief Operating Officer of Gladstone Land Corporation (the “Company”) effective December 2, 2024. Following Mr. Brubaker’s departure, Michael LiCalsi, the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary, who also serves as President of the Company’s administrator (Gladstone Administration, LLC), will assume certain additional operational responsibilities, while Gladstone Management Corporation, the Company’s investment adviser, will conduct a national search for a Chief Investment Officer to fill Mr. Brubaker’s investment committee responsibilities.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On November 15, 2024, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing Mr. Brubaker’s retirement. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, as well as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 15, 2024 | |
| 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.
| Gladstone Land Corporation (Registrant) | ||||||
| November 15, 2024 | By: | /s/ Lewis Parrish | ||||
| Lewis Parrish | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||