---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-125309"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FPI"
cik: "0001591670"
company_name: "Farmland Partners Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:28:33.940669+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmland Partners appoints Luca Fabbri as President, James Gilligan as CFO and Treasurer

## Summary
- Luca Fabbri, former CFO, appointed President immediately; Paul Pittman remains Executive Chairman and CEO.
- James Gilligan, former VP, appointed CFO and Treasurer effective October 8, 2021.
- Gilligan's employment agreement runs to Dec 13, 2022; base salary $300,000, eligible for annual bonus and equity.
- Gilligan receives 2x (base + avg bonus + avg equity) on termination without cause or for good reason.
- Gilligan's prior roles include CFO at Equity International Management, LLC from 2016 to 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-125309
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FPI
- cik: 0001591670
- company_name: Farmland Partners Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921125309/0001104659-21-125309-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921125309/tm2129722d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-125309.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Luca Fabbri was appointed as President at Farmland Partners Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: appointed Luca Fabbri, previously the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, as President
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921125309/0001104659-21-125309-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul A. Pittman changed role as President at Farmland Partners Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: President
  source text: replacing Paul A. Pittman, who will continue to serve as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921125309/0001104659-21-125309-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Gilligan was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Farmland Partners Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: appointed James Gilligan, previously a Vice President of the Company, as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921125309/0001104659-21-125309-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.