THE COMPANY
Unless the context otherwise requires or indicates, each reference in this prospectus to (i) we, our,
us and the Company means Gladstone Land Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, (ii) the Operating Partnership means Gladstone Land Limited Partnership, a majority-owned,
consolidated subsidiary of the Company and a Delaware limited partnership, (iii) the Adviser means Gladstone Management Corporation, the external adviser of the Company and a Delaware corporation, and (iv) the
Administrator means Gladstone Administration, LLC, the external administrator of the Company and a Delaware limited liability company. The term you refers to a prospective investor.
We are an externally-managed, agricultural REIT that is engaged in the business of owning and leasing farmland. We are not a grower of crops,
nor do we typically farm the properties we own.
As of March 28, 2022, we owned 169 farms, comprised of over 115,000 acres in 15
different states in the U.S. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington) and 45,000 acre-feet of banked water in California,
valued at a total of approximately $1.6 billion. We also own several farm-related facilities, such as cooling facilities, packinghouses, processing facilities and various storage facilities. These farms and facilities are currently leased to 91
different, third-party tenants that are either independent or corporate farming operations. Our investment focus is in farmland suitable for growing either fresh produce annual row crops (e.g., certain berries and vegetables) or certain permanent
crops (e.g., almonds, blueberries, pistachios, and wine grapes), with an ancillary focus on farmland growing certain commodity crops (e.g., beans and corn).
Most of our leases are on a triple-net basis, an arrangement under which, in addition to rent, the
tenant is required to pay the related taxes, insurance costs, maintenance, and other operating costs. Our leases generally have original terms ranging from 3 to 10 years for farms growing row crops and 7 to 15 years for farms growing permanent crops
(in each case, often with options to extend the lease further). Rent is generally payable to us in advance on either an annual or semi-annual basis, with such rent typically subject to periodic escalation clauses provided for within the lease.
We conduct substantially all of our activities through, and all of our properties are held, directly or indirectly, by, the Operating
Partnership. We control the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and currently own, directly or indirectly, 100.0% of the common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (OP Units). We have in the
past, and may in the future, offer equity ownership in our Operating Partnership by issuing OP Units to farmland owners in consideration for acquiring their farms. See BusinessOur Investment ProcessTypes of Investments in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, for additional information regarding OP Units.
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal tax purposes beginning with the year ended December 31, 2013. As a REIT, we generally
will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on amounts that we distribute to our stockholders, provided that, on an annual basis, we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders and satisfy certain other requirements,
including requirements related to the sources of our gross income, the nature of our assets, and the diversity of our stock ownership. In addition, Gladstone Land Advisers, Inc. (Land Advisers), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, was created to collect any non-qualifying income related to our real estate portfolio and to perform certain small-scale farming business operations. We have elected
for Land Advisers to be taxed as a taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS) of ours. Since we currently own 100% of the voting securities of Land Advisers, its financial position and results of operations are consolidated within our financial
statements. For the tax year ended December 31, 2022, there was no taxable income or loss from Land Advisers, nor did we have any undistributed REIT taxable income.
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, and pursuant to contractual agreements, our business is managed by the Adviser, and
administrative services are provided to us by the Administrator. Our Adviser and
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