FARMLAND PARTNERS INC. (NYSE:FPI) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
On November30, 2016, Farmland Partners Inc. (the Company) and
Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP entered into an
underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Robert
W. Baird Company,Incorporated, and Stifel Nicolaus
Company,Incorporated as representatives of the several
underwriters named in Schedule A annexed thereto (the
Underwriters). to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting
Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 3,100,000 shares of its
common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a public offering
price of $11.25 per share. to the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option
to purchase up to an additional 465,000 shares of common stock.
The common stock was offered and sold to a prospectus supplement,
dated November30, 2016, and a base prospectus, dated May14, 2015,
relating to the Companys effective shelf registration statement
on FormS-3 (File No.333-203798). A copy of the Underwriting
Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit1.1 to this Current Report
on Form8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary
of the Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified in its
entirety by reference to Exhibit1.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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ExhibitNo. |
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Description |
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1.1 |
Underwriting Agreement, dated November30, 2016, by and |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Morrison Foerster LLP regarding the legality of |
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8.1 |
Tax Opinion of Morrison Foerster LLP with respect to REIT |
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23.1 |
Consent of Morrison Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit5.1). |
About FARMLAND PARTNERS INC. (NYSE:FPI)
Farmland Partners, Inc. is an internally managed real estate company. The Company owns and seeks to acquire primary crop farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America. The Company is the sole member of the general partner of Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP. The Company’s principal investment focus is on farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America, however, it may seek to acquire farmland outside of North America. It also may acquire properties related to farming, such as grain storage facilities, grain elevators, feedlots, processing plants and distribution centers, as well as livestock farms or ranches. The Company owns or has under contract approximately 260 farms with an aggregate of over 108,160 acres (including approximately five farms totaling over 8,590 acres under contract) in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. FARMLAND PARTNERS INC. (NYSE:FPI) Recent Trading Information
FARMLAND PARTNERS INC. (NYSE:FPI) closed its last trading session up +0.14 at 11.20 with 243,789 shares trading hands.