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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 9, 2024, Gladstone Land Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2024 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 27, 2024.
Proposal 1: The election of two directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Michela A. English |
12,968,344 | 4,779,337 | 9,689,749 | |||
| Anthony W. Parker |
12,934,170 | 4,813,511 | 9,689,749 |
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, 2024.
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Against |
Abstain | ||
| 26,572,509 | 752,882 | 112,039 |
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 | ||||||
| Date: May 9, 2024 | By: | /s/ Lewis Parrish | ||||
| Lewis Parrish | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||