---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-139934"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FPI"
cik: "0001591670"
company_name: "Farmland Partners Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:47:57.804609+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmland Partners buys Murray Wise Associates for ~$8M; Murray Wise joins board

## Summary
- Acquired Murray Wise Associates for $5M cash + ~$3M in FPI common stock (total ~$8M).
- MWA adds 16,700 acres of farmland and over $5B in transaction experience.
- Murray R. Wise appointed to FPI Board and will continue as MWA CEO.
- Incentive compensation plan up to $3M in FPI stock for MWA employees tied to profitability and AUM goals.
- Deal expected to be modestly accretive to AFFO in short term, more significantly later.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-139934
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FPI
- cik: 0001591670
- company_name: Farmland Partners Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921139934/0001104659-21-139934-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921139934/tm2133130d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-139934
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-139934.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-139934.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Murray R. Wise was appointed as Director at Farmland Partners Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Farmland Partners Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from six to seven directors and appointed Murray R. Wise as a director, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the number of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921139934/0001104659-21-139934-index.htm

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