---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-008347"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FPI"
cik: "0001591670"
company_name: "Farmland Partners Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T13:20:19.410364+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmland Partners shareholders approve all proposals at annual meeting; notable withhold votes for three directors

## Summary
- Nine directors elected; Chris A. Downey (18.7M for, 9.6M withheld), John A. Good (18.7M for, 9.5M withheld), Danny D. Moore (17.2M for, 11.1M withheld) had significant % withheld.
- Ratification of Plante & Moran as auditor for FY2023: 42.2M for, 1.0M against, 190K abstentions.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 20.8M for, 7.1M against, 0.4M abstentions; 15.2M broker non-votes.
- Annual meeting held May 3, 2023; quorum of 43.4M shares represented (outstanding common stock).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-008347
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FPI
- cik: 0001591670
- company_name: Farmland Partners Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837023008347/0001558370-23-008347-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837023008347/fpi-20230503x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Farmland Partners Inc. shareholders approved To elect the nine director nominees named in the Proxy Statement. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 1 : To elect the nine director nominees named in the Proxy Statement. ​ Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Chris A. Downey 18,668,919 9,585,225 15,176,874 Luca Fabbri 27,135,980 1,118,164 15,176,874 Joseph W. Glauber 25,068,163 3,185,981 15,176,874 John A. Good 18,713,084 9,541,060 15,176,874 Jennifer S. Grafton 25,588,996 1,068,288 15,176,874 Thomas P. Heneghan 27,185,856 1,068,288 15,176,874 Danny D. Moore 17,163,747 11,090,397 15,176,874 Paul A. Pittman 25,070,844 3,183,300 15,176,874 Murray R. Wise 26,042,611 2,211,533 15,176,874
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837023008347/0001558370-23-008347-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Farmland Partners Inc. shareholders approved 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, 2023. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: 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, 2023. ​ For Against Abstentions 42,228,765 1,011,862 190,391
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837023008347/0001558370-23-008347-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Farmland Partners Inc. shareholders approved To approve (on an advisory basis) the compensation of our named executive officers. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 3 : To approve (on an advisory basis) the compensation of our named executive officers . ​ For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,767,754 7,112,596 373,794 15,176,874
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837023008347/0001558370-23-008347-index.htm

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