Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers.

The Board of Directors (the 'Board') of Farmland Partners Inc. (the 'Company') previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, the Company's Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the 'Third Amended Plan'). At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 7, 2021 (the 'Annual Meeting'), the Company's stockholders approved the Third Amended Plan, which increases the number of shares of the Company's common stock reserved for issuance by 650,000 shares, from 1,265,851 shares to 1,915,851 shares and extends the term of the Third Amended Plan to 2031.

The foregoing brief description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Third Amended Plan, a copy of which is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved all of the proposals presented, which are described in detail in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2021 (the 'Proxy Statement'). Holders of 25,300,917 shares of the Company's common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results of the proposals submitted to the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

Proposal 1: To elect the six director nominees named in the Proxy Statement.

Director Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes
Chris A. Downey 12,862,156 5,510,169 6,928,592
Joseph W. Glauber 12,631,193 5,741,132 6,928,592
John A. Good 12,866,526 5,505,799 6,928,592
Thomas P. Heneghan 18,191,473 180,852 6,928,592
Toby L. O'Rourke 18,182,081 190,244 6,928,592
Paul A. Pittman 18,149,566 222,759 6,928,592

Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

For

Against

Abstentions

25,077,089 112,636 111,192

Proposal 3: To approve (on an advisory basis) the compensation of our named executive officers.

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
17,016,216 1,183,152 172,957 6,928,592

Proposal 4: To approve the Third Restated Plan.

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
14,096,058 4,022,106 254,161 6,928,592

Item9.01.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
No.
Description
10.1Farmland Partners Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-255962)).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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