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EX-10.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

XXXXXX MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION as Bond Purchaser GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC as Issuer FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Guarantor

AGVANTAGE® BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 5, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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RECITALS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions

SECTION 1.02. Principles of Construction

ARTICLE II PURCHASE OF BONDS

SECTION 2.01. Purchase of Bonds; Minimum Denominations

SECTION 2.02. Interest Rates and Payment

SECTION 2.03. Maturity

ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Purchase of Each Bond

SECTION 3.02. Certificate of Pledged Collateral

ARTICLE IV REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 4.01. Annual Reporting Requirements

SECTION 4.02. Additional Reporting Requirements

SECTION 4.03. Default Notices

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

SECTION 5.01. Representations of Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser

SECTION 5.02. Representations of Issuer.

ARTICLE VI SECURITY AND COLLATERAL

SECTION 6.01. Security and Collateral

ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default

SECTION 7.02. Acceleration

SECTION 7.03. Remedies Not Exclusive

ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01. GOVERNING LAW

SECTION 8.02. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

SECTION 8.03. Notices

SECTION 8.04. Benefit of Agreement

SECTION 8.05. Entire Agreement

SECTION 8.06. Amendments and Waivers

SECTION 8.07. Counterparts

SECTION 8.08. Termination of Agreement

SECTION 8.09. Survival

SECTION 8.10. Severability

ARTICLE IX GUARANTEE

SECTION 9.01. Guarantee.

SECTION 9.02. Control by the Guarantor.

Schedule I – Addresses for Notices Schedule II – Form of Pricing Agreement

Annex A – Form of AgVantage Bond (Fixed- and Floating-Rate) Annex B – Reserved Annex C – REIT Officers’ Certificate Annex D – Issuer Officers’ Certificate Annex E – Qualified Loan Report

AGVANTAGE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

AGVANTAGE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 5, 2014, among XXXXXX MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a federally-chartered instrumentality of the United States and an institution of the Farm Credit System (“Xxxxxx Mac” or the “Guarantor”); GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”); and Xxxxxx Mac, as Guarantor.

RECITALS

WHEREAS Issuer wishes from time to time to issue and sell AgVantage Bonds to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser wishes from time to time to purchase such AgVantage Bonds from Issuer, all on the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided; and

WHEREAS Xxxxxx Mac is an instrumentality of the United States formed to provide for a secondary market for agricultural real estate mortgages and rural utilities loans, and Issuer is a limited liability company that intends to originate and service agricultural mortgage loans as contemplated in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS the Issuer believes it to be in its best interests to issue and sell AgVantage Bonds to obtain funding from Xxxxxx Mac; and

WHEREAS Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and Issuer have agreed that the AgVantage Bonds will be guaranteed by Xxxxxx Mac and secured by the pledge of loans secured by first liens on agricultural real estate, as provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and Issuer agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Agreement” means this AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“AgVantage Bonds” or “Bonds” means the debt instruments in the form of Annex A hereto issued and sold under this Agreement, or any one or more of them as the context may require.

“Bond Documents” means the Bonds, this Agreement, and the Pledge Agreement.

“Bond Interest Rate” means the rate of interest applicable to any particular Bond, as set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement.

“Bond Specific Payment Default” means an Event of Default triggered solely by a payment default of one or more AgVantage Bonds under Section 7.01(a) of this Agreement when no other facts and circumstances exist that have caused an Event of Default under Section 7.01 (other than Section 7.01(a)) to occur and be continuing.

“Borrower” means a limited liability company or other entity organized and domiciled under the laws of any state in the United States of America that is principally-owned by the Operating Partnership and affiliated with Issuer (unless otherwise approved by Xxxxxx Mac) and that owns the agricultural real estate securing one or more Qualified Loans.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which any of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Xxxxxx Mac’s office in Washington, DC or Issuer’s main office in McLean, Virginia is not open for business.

“Capitalized Interest” means interest that is added to the cost of a long-term asset rather than expensed.

“Certificate of Pledged Collateral” has the meaning given to that term in the Pledge Agreement.

“Closing Date” means the date of the funding of each issuance of AgVantage Bonds hereunder, which date shall be set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement.

“Collateral Agent” means Xxxxxx Mac, as collateral agent under the Pledge Agreement, or its successor, as appointed pursuant to the terms set forth in Article 3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Control Party” means (i) the Guarantor, so long as no Guarantor Default has occurred and is continuing, or (ii) the holders of the AgVantage Bonds for so long as a Guarantor Default has occurred and is continuing.

“Dollar” or “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.

“EBITDA” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

“Equity Offering Proceeds” means the amount of net proceeds of any offerings or issuances of common equity securities (including proceeds from issuances of senior common stock but excluding proceeds from issuances of preferred term stock that is required to be accounted for as debt under GAAP) completed by the REIT after the date hereof, as set forth in the offering documents for any such offerings or issuances; provided, however, that to the extent any amount of such net proceeds are used to retire or redeem any existing or outstanding class or series of equity or debt securities issued by the REIT, or to repay debt otherwise incurred, directly or indirectly, by the REIT, as set forth in the offering documents for any such offerings or issuances, then the Equity Offering Proceeds shall be reduced by that amount; provided further, that to the extent the offering documents for any such offerings or issuances do not clearly identify, in the reasonable judgment of Xxxxxx Mac, the amount of net proceeds used to retire or redeem any existing or outstanding class or series of equity or debt securities issued by the REIT, or to repay debt otherwise incurred, directly or indirectly, by the REIT, then Issuer shall cause the REIT to provide such information as is reasonably requested by Xxxxxx Mac to enable Xxxxxx Mac to perform an accurate calculation of the amount of Equity Offering Proceeds resulting from an offering or issuance of equity securities completed by the REIT.

“Event of Default” has the meaning given to that term in Section 7.01.

“Final Issuance Date” means the earlier of: (a) two years from the date on which an issuance of AgVantage Bonds is first issued hereunder; and (b) such date as Xxxxxx Mac determines that a Material Adverse Change has occurred.

“Final Maturity Date” means December 31, 2029, or such other date as agreed to by the parties.

“Financial Covenants” has the meaning given to that term in Section 5.02.

“Financial Statements”, in respect of a Fiscal Year, means the publicly filed consolidated financial statements (including footnotes) of the REIT prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for that Fiscal Year as audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the REIT, and in respect of a Fiscal Quarter, means the publicly filed unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the REIT prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for that Fiscal Quarter.

“Fiscal Quarter” means each fiscal quarter of the REIT, as such may be changed from time to time, which at the date hereof commence on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each calendar year and end on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of the same calendar year, respectively.

“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the REIT, as such may be changed from time to time, which at the date hereof commences on January 1 of each calendar year and ends on December 31 of the same calendar year.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) the sum of the REIT’s (i) aggregate EBITDA as presented in the Financial Statements, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter and (ii) aggregate Non-Cash Expenses as presented in the Financial Statements, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter to (b) the sum of the REIT’s (i) aggregate interest expense as presented in the Financial Statements, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter (ii) aggregate Capitalized Interest, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter (iii) aggregate preferred dividend payments as presented in the Financial Statements, to the extent required to be reflected as debt on the REIT’s Financial Statements, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter and (iv) aggregate Lease Payments, for the prior four Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements are available, which includes the most recently reported quarter.

“Goodwill” shall be the aggregate value of the intangible assets held by the REIT, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter or the Fiscal Year, as applicable, as presented in the Financial Statements, excluding the Intangible Assets.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning given to that term in Section 9.01.

“Guarantor Default” means a default by the Guarantor under its obligations pursuant to Article IX which is existing and continuing.

“Intangible Assets” means intangible real property assets that are recorded as part of the acquisition of a real property asset, including leasing costs (consisting of leasing commissions and legal fees), in-place lease values and customer relationships, to the extent that such values are included in the line item “Lease intangibles, net” on the consolidated balance sheet of the REIT’s Financial Statements.

“Interest Payment Date” means the dates set forth in the Pricing Agreement for Bonds as the interest payment dates therefor; provided, however, that if any such date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date that would otherwise be such date will be the next Business Day following such date.

“Land Asset Fair Value Adjustment” means the difference between (i) the then current aggregate fair value of all of the farm properties directly or indirectly owned by the REIT, as reported in the MD&A Section under the Net Asset Value disclosure in the REIT’s quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), representing the value of such properties based on independent third-party appraisals, the purchase price paid for recently purchased properties not included in the previous Fiscal Quarter’s Financial Statements, or the REIT’s internal valuation process, as applicable, and (ii) the net cost basis of all of the farm properties directly or indirectly owned by the REIT representing the initial acquisition price (including the costs allocated to both tangible assets and Intangible Assets) plus subsequent improvements and capitalized costs associated with such properties, and adjusted for accumulated depreciation and amortization, as such value is set forth in the applicable Financial Statements of the REIT. In the absence of the Net Asset Value disclosure within the REIT’s quarterly filing, or the absence of a quarterly filing, the aggregate fair value of such farm properties shall be that as found in the REIT’s most recent SEC filing, updated for any appraisals performed since the time of said filing or the addition of any new properties acquired since the time of such filing, which properties, if any, will be included at their respective purchase price(s).

“Lease Payments” means payments related to capital leases, as presented, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter or the Fiscal Year, as applicable, as presented in the Financial Statements.

“Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of the REIT’s Total Debt to the REIT’s Total Assets.

“Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change in the financial condition or business of Issuer, the Operating Partnership, or the REIT since the end of the REIT’s most recently completed Fiscal Year for which audited Financial Statements are available and have been provided to Xxxxxx Mac, unless such material adverse change has otherwise been set forth in documents, certificates or financial information furnished to Xxxxxx Mac or publicly filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

“Minimum Required Collateralization Level” has the meaning given to that term in the Pledge Agreement.

“Minimum Tangible Net Worth” shall be calculated pursuant to the following formula:

$50,000,000 + (0.6 * Equity Offering Proceeds)

“Non-Cash Expenses” means any expenses that were accounted for in the calculation of the REIT’s EBITDA that did not, and are not expected to, result in a disbursement of cash. Non-Cash Expenses may include, but are not limited to, stock-based compensation expense and any other compensation for products or services paid in stock of the REIT or units of the Issuer. The REIT or the Issuer shall inform Xxxxxx Mac of the items included in the Non-Cash Expenses calculation to the extent requested by Xxxxxx Mac.

“Nonperforming Assets” means the sum of the unpaid principal balance of all loans owned by Issuer that are 90 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure, or in bankruptcy.

“Nonperforming Asset Rate” means the ratio of Nonperforming Assets to the unpaid principal balance of all loans owned by Issuer.

“Notice of Requested Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 hereof.

“Operating Partnership” means Gladstone Land Limited Partnership.

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Issuer, the Purchaser, Xxxxxx Mac and the Collateral Agent.

“Pricing Agreement” means the Pricing Agreement for each issuance of Bonds among Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and Issuer in the form of Schedule II attached hereto.

“Qualified Collateral” has the meaning given to that term in the Pledge Agreement.

“Qualified Loans” has the meaning given to that term in the Pledge Agreement.

“REIT” means the Gladstone Land Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and the consolidated parent company of Issuer.

“Stockholders’ Equity” shall be the stockholders’ equity of the REIT, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter or the Fiscal Year, as applicable, as presented in the Financial Statements.

“Tangible Net Worth” means the tangible net worth of the REIT, calculated as follows:

(Stockholders’ Equity + Land Asset Fair Value Adjustment – Goodwill)

“Total Assets” means the sum of (a) the Land Asset Fair Value Adjustment and (b) the total assets as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter or the Fiscal Year, as applicable, as presented in the Financial Statements.

“Total Debt” means the total interest-bearing debt of the REIT (including any preferred term stock that is required to be accounted for as debt under GAAP) as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter or the Fiscal Year, as applicable, as presented in the Financial Statements.

SECTION 1.02. Principles of Construction. Unless the context shall otherwise indicate, the terms defined in Section 1.01 hereof include the plural as well as the singular and the singular as well as the plural. The words “hereafter”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be construed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” References to Exhibits, Articles, Sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs and clauses shall be construed as references to the Exhibits, Articles, Sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs and clauses of this Agreement. All accounting terms used and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean such accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of any computation or at the date hereof. The descriptive headings of the various articles and sections of this Agreement were formulated and inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of the provisions hereof.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE OF BONDS

SECTION 2.01. Purchase of Bonds; Minimum Denominations. The Purchaser agrees to purchase Bonds, at 100% of their principal amount, from time to time before the Final Issuance Date, as requested by Issuer by written notice (each, a “Notice of Requested Borrowing”) and approved by Xxxxxx Mac in an aggregate principal amount, for all Bonds outstanding hereunder at any one time, not in excess of $75,000,000, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and agreement between the parties hereto as to the terms of the applicable Pricing Agreement. Issuer may borrow, repay (subject to the terms of the applicable Bonds being repaid) and reborrow funds at any time or from time to time up to, but not including, the Final Issuance Date; provided that Issuer shall not be eligible to borrow funds under this Agreement at any time that Xxxxxx Mac has determined that there has been a Material Adverse Change. Each advance under this Agreement shall be disbursed in a minimum amount of $1 million and additional increments of $50,000 or such other amounts as agreed to in the applicable Pricing Agreement. Each Bond shall price, close and fund at times mutually agreeable to the parties hereto, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.02(c) hereof, unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement. No Bond will be purchased without the signature of Issuer on such Bond, and each Bond purchased hereunder shall be the obligation of Issuer.

SECTION 2.02. Interest Rates and Payment.

(a) Each Bond shall bear interest, payable semi-annually in arrears (unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement) on the outstanding principal amount thereof (computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement) from its date of issuance until final payment on the maturity date thereof or otherwise at a fixed rate or floating rate, as specified for the term of such Bond in the applicable Pricing Agreement. Interest only shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date. The Interest Payment Dates shall be determined at the time of, and set forth in, the applicable Pricing Agreement. The principal amount of each Bond, together with any accrued but unpaid interest, shall be due and payable in full on the applicable maturity date for such Bond.

(b) Default Interest. To the extent any payment of interest or principal is not paid when due, interest shall continue to accrue thereon at the applicable rate per annum determined as provided above plus two (2) percent (2%).

(i) Each Notice of Requested Borrowing shall indicate the requested amount of the Bond and the desired maturity date of such Bond that Issuer requests to be purchased. A Notice of Requested Borrowing may request preliminary pricing indications for more than one maturity. Each Notice of Requested Borrowing shall also provide name, telephone and email contact information of an authorized representative of Issuer.

(ii) Upon receipt of a Notice of Requested Borrowing from Issuer, Xxxxxx Mac shall, within 2 Business Days, subject to the condition that Issuer has already provided information to Xxxxxx Mac concerning Issuer, the proposed Borrowers, the Operating Partnership, or the REIT as reasonably requested by Xxxxxx Mac, provide to Issuer a preliminary indication of the applicable Bond Interest Rate. Xxxxxx Mac shall not be obligated to provide an indication of pricing if Xxxxxx Mac uses its best efforts to obtain and provide such preliminary indication, but determines in its sole discretion reasonably exercised that market conditions are unfavorable for the issuance of debt to fund Bonds with the terms set forth in the Notice of Requested Borrowing. Upon an acceptance of such preliminary indication of pricing by Issuer, the applicable Bond will price within a mutually agreeable time period (and may price on the day of the preliminary pricing if the parties so agree) with the agreed upon Bond Interest Rate being evidenced in the applicable Pricing Agreement.

(d) Payments and Prepayments. Each Bond shall not be prepayable during the term of such Bond unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement, which will set forth a schedule of any permitted prepayment dates. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement, any such permitted prepayment by Issuer shall be in whole upon at least nine business days’ written notice to Xxxxxx Mac.

SECTION 2.03. Maturity(a) . Each Bond shall mature on the maturity date set forth in the applicable Pricing Agreement and in any event no later than the Final Maturity Date.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Purchase of Each Bond. On each Closing Date, the Purchaser shall be under no obligation to purchase any Bond unless and until the following conditions have been satisfied:

(a) The Bonds. Xxxxxx Mac shall have received the original of such Bonds, each duly executed on behalf of Issuer, in the applicable form attached as Annex A hereto, or otherwise in a form agreed by the parties.

(b) The Pledge Agreement. Xxxxxx Mac shall have received an original of the Pledge Agreement duly executed on behalf of Issuer and the Collateral Agent.

(c) Opinion of Counsel. Xxxxxx Mac shall have received an opinion of counsel to Issuer in form and substance acceptable to Xxxxxx Mac.

(d) Financial and Other Information. Issuer shall have provided Xxxxxx Mac with the REIT’s most recent Financial Statements and such other information concerning Issuer, the Borrowers, the Operating Partnership, and the REIT as Xxxxxx Mac shall have reasonably requested.

(e) No Material Adverse Change. Issuer shall have certified to Xxxxxx Mac (in the manner specified in paragraph (i) of this Section 3.01), and Xxxxxx Mac shall be satisfied, that no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred.

(f) UCC Filing. Issuer shall have provided Xxxxxx Mac with evidence that Issuer has filed the applicable UCC financing statement required pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

(g) No Event of Default. Issuer shall have certified to Xxxxxx Mac and Xxxxxx Mac shall be satisfied that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(h) Compliance with Financial Covenants. Issuer shall have certified to Xxxxxx Mac that it has caused the REIT to provide a certification by any president, vice president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the REIT to Xxxxxx Mac, substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto, regarding the REIT’s compliance with the Financial Covenants contained herein, and Xxxxxx Mac shall be satisfied that the REIT is in compliance with all Financial Covenants contained herein.

(i) Certification of Senior Management. Issuer shall have provided Xxxxxx Mac a certification by any member, president, vice president, chief financial officer or treasurer of Issuer, substantially in the form of Annex D attached hereto, as to the following: (i) that Issuer is an institution organized as a Delaware limited liability company with the appropriate expertise, experience and qualifications to make agricultural mortgage loans to the Borrowers; (ii) the matters to be certified under paragraphs (e), (g) and (h) of this Section 3.01; and (iii) the representations and warranties of Issuer are true and correct in all material respects except with respect to representations or warranties that relate to a specific date or time.

SECTION 3.02. Certificate of Pledged Collateral. No later than three Business Days after each advance hereunder, Issuer shall provide to Xxxxxx Mac and the Collateral Agent (if not Xxxxxx Mac) a copy of a Certificate of Pledged Collateral. The Certificate of Pledged Collateral will be dated not earlier than the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month, or a more recent date at Issuer’s option, in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 4.01. Annual Reporting Requirements. So long as any Bonds remain outstanding, Issuer shall provide or shall cause the REIT to provide Xxxxxx Mac with the following items within 90 days of the end of each Fiscal Year, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxx Mac:

(a) the Financial Statements for such Fiscal Year;

(b) a Certificate of Pledged Collateral;

(c) an inventory from the Collateral Agent (if not Xxxxxx Mac), or such other evidence as is reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxx Mac, as to the Qualified Collateral held by the Collateral Agent (if not Xxxxxx Mac) at the end of such Fiscal Year;

(d) the Nonperforming Asset Rate as of the last day of the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year; and

(e) such other information concerning Issuer, the Operating Partnership, the REIT, the Borrowers, or the Qualified Collateral as is reasonably requested by Xxxxxx Mac.

SECTION 4.02. Additional Reporting Requirements. So long as any Bonds remain outstanding, Issuer shall provide or shall cause the REIT to provide to Xxxxxx Mac, not more than thirty-five (35) Business Days following the end of each of Issuer’s calendar quarters, a report substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex E and incorporated by reference herein that identifies each Qualified Loan that constitutes Qualified Collateral, and such other information concerning Issuer, the Operating Partnership, the REIT, the Borrowers, or the Qualified Collateral as is reasonably requested by Xxxxxx Mac.

SECTION 4.03. Default Notices. If an action, occurrence or event shall happen that is, or with notice and the passage of time would become (unless Issuer completes the required performance during any applicable grace period) , an Event of Default, Issuer shall deliver a notice of such action, occurrence or event to Xxxxxx Mac before 4:00 p.m. (District of Columbia time) on the Business Day following the date Issuer becomes aware of such action, occurrence or event, and, if such Event of Default should occur, shall submit to Xxxxxx Mac, within five days thereafter, a report setting forth its views as to the reasons for the Event of Default, the anticipated duration of the Event of Default and what corrective actions Issuer is taking to cure such Event of Default.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

SECTION 5.01. Representations of Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser. Each of Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser jointly and severally represent to Issuer that on the date hereof and on each date on which the Purchaser purchases a Bond from Issuer:

(a) it has all necessary authority and has taken all necessary corporate action, and obtained all necessary approvals, in order for it to execute and deliver all Bond Documents to which it is a party and for its obligations and agreements under the Bond Documents to constitute valid and binding obligations of Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser; and in particular the terms of the transaction, and the actions taken by Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser, are in compliance with and in satisfaction of the requirements of the Farm Credit Administration, as amended or waived by the Farm Credit Administration; and

(b) The Purchaser is purchasing the Bonds for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition by Xxxxxx Mac or the Purchaser of their property shall at all times be within their control. Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser each understands that the Bonds have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold only if an exemption from registration is available.

SECTION 5.02. Representations of Issuer. Issuer hereby represents to Xxxxxx Mac and the Purchaser that on the date hereof, on each date on which the Purchaser purchases a Bond from Issuer, and, for purposes of paragraph (j), as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter following the date hereof:

(a) Issuer has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization;

(b) Issuer has the limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, each of the other Bond Documents and the applicable Pricing Agreement, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to perform each of its obligations hereunder and thereunder;

(c) Issuer has taken all necessary limited liability company and other action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the other Bond Documents and the applicable Pricing Agreement, the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the performance by Issuer of its obligations hereunder and thereunder;

(d) this Agreement, each of the other Bond Documents and the applicable Pricing Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Issuer and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Issuer, enforceable against Issuer in accordance with their respective terms, subject to: (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) the application of general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(e) no approval, consent, authorization, order, waiver, exemption, variance, registration, filing, notification, qualification, license, permit or other action is required to be obtained, given, made or taken, as the case may be, with, from or by any regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental authority having jurisdiction over Issuer or any third party under any agreement to which Issuer is a party to authorize the execution and delivery by Issuer of this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement, or the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance by each of Issuer of each of its obligations hereunder or thereunder;

(f) neither the execution or delivery by Issuer of this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement nor the consummation by Issuer of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby nor the performance by Issuer of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, including, without limitation, the pledge of the Qualified Loans (as such term is defined in the Pledge Agreement) to Xxxxxx Mac, conflicts with or will conflict with, violates or will violate, results in or will result in a breach of, constitutes or will constitute a default under, or results in or will result in the imposition of any lien or encumbrance pursuant to any term or provision of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of Issuer or any provision of any existing law or any rule or regulation currently applicable to Issuer or any judgment, order or decree of any court or any regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental authority having jurisdiction over Issuer or the terms of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which Issuer is a party or by which Issuer or any of each of its properties is bound;

(g) there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation before or by any court or any regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental authority presently pending or, to the actual knowledge of Issuer, threatened with respect to Issuer, this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement challenging the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement, or seeking to restrain, enjoin or otherwise prevent Issuer from engaging in its business as currently conducted or the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement, or which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on Issuer’s financial condition or either of its ability to perform each of its obligations under this Agreement, any of the other Bond Documents or the applicable Pricing Agreement;

(h) Issuer has (or will obtain through other affiliated companies directly or indirectly owned by the REIT) the appropriate expertise, experience and qualifications to make agricultural mortgage loans similar to the mortgage loans (to the Borrowers) contemplated hereby;

(i) no Material Adverse Change has occurred;

(j) Issuer has caused the REIT to provide to Xxxxxx Mac a certification within 45 calendar days after the end of the last Fiscal Quarter, substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto, certifying that the REIT is in compliance with the following covenants (collectively, the “Financial Covenants”) as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter:

(i)

Leverage Ratio of the REIT shall not be more than sixty-five percent (65%);

(ii)

the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the REIT shall be at least 1.4; and

(iii)

the Tangible Net Worth of the REIT shall be at least equal to or greater than the Minimum Tangible Net Worth; provided, however, that this Financial Covenant shall not restrict the REIT from making the minimum dividend payments required to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust and such dividend payments shall not cause a violation of this Financial Covenant.

(k) As to each Bond purchased by Purchaser, Issuer made a reasonable determination, as of the date on which the Purchaser purchased such Bond from Issuer, that the applicable Borrower under each Qualified Loan pledged to secure such Bond at the time of such purchase had sufficient repayment capacity to perform under such Qualified Loan without requiring repayment support from any other Borrower.

ARTICLE VI

SECURITY AND COLLATERAL

SECTION 6.01. Security and Collateral.

(a) To secure the full and punctual payment of the Bonds, Issuer shall enter into the Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Issuer shall grant a perfected security interest to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Bonds and the Guarantor, in and shall pledge and collaterally assign to and with the Collateral Agent the Qualified Collateral and all of the rights, remedies, title and interest of Issuer in and to the Qualified Collateral in which the Issuer has rights or the power to transfer rights to a secured party.

(b) Issuer shall cause (i) the value of the Qualified Collateral (as determined in accordance with the Pledge Agreement) to be at all times not less than 110% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Bonds, and (ii) the value of the Qualified Loans (as determined in accordance with the Pledge Agreement) to be at all times not less than 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Bonds.

(c) Issuer shall not create, or permit to exist, any pledge, lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance, debenture, hypothecation or other similar security instrument that secures, or in any way attaches to, such Qualified Collateral, other than the lien of the Pledge Agreement and the Permitted Liens (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Mac.

(d) The Qualified Loans will at all times meet the Eligibility Criteria as defined in the Pledge Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. Each of the following actions, occurrences or events shall, but only (except in the case of subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) below) if Issuer does not cure such action, occurrence or event within 45 days after receipt of written notice from Xxxxxx Mac requesting that it be cured, constitute an “Event of Default” under the terms of this Agreement:

(a) a failure by Issuer to make a payment of principal or interest on any Bond for more than two Business Days after the same becomes due and payable;

(b) a material representation by Issuer to Xxxxxx Mac in connection with this Agreement, any Bond or the Pledge Agreement, or any material information reported pursuant to Article V, shall prove to be incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(c) a failure by Issuer to comply with any other covenant or provision contained in this Agreement or any Bond or the Pledge Agreement (other than a failure by Issuer to maintain the Minimum Required Collateralization Level);

(d) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or State law or law of the District of Columbia, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT or of any substantial part of either of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of either of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(e) the commencement by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or State law or law of the District of Columbia, or the consent by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of limited liability company action by Issuer, the Operating Partnership or the REIT in furtherance of any such action; or

(f) a failure by Issuer to maintain the Minimum Required Collateralization Level, if Issuer does not cure such action, occurrence or event within 30 days of the earlier of (i) receipt of written notice from Xxxxxx Mac requesting that it be cured, or (ii) the first day on which Issuer becomes aware of such failure; or

(g) a failure or breach by the REIT to comply with any of the Financial Covenants set forth herein.

SECTION 7.02. Acceleration. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, Xxxxxx Mac may, upon written notice to that effect to Issuer, declare the entire principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the Bonds at the time outstanding to be immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Bond Specific Payment Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to one or more Bonds, Xxxxxx Mac agrees to forbear from enforcing its rights in the Qualified Loans supporting other Bonds issued hereunder for which there is no Bond Specific Payment Default, which forbearance shall be for a period of 30 calendar days after the Bond Specific Payment Default has occurred.

SECTION 7.03. Remedies Not Exclusive. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, Xxxxxx Mac shall be entitled to take such other action as is provided for by law, in this Agreement, or in any of the other Bond Documents, including injunctive or other equitable relief.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01. GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9.01 HEREOF, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, FEDERAL LAW. TO THE EXTENT FEDERAL LAW INCORPORATES STATE LAW, THAT STATE LAW SHALL BE THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED THEREIN.

SECTION 8.02. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.02.

SECTION 8.03. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder to be made to any party shall be in writing and shall be addressed as specified in Schedule I attached hereto as appropriate except as otherwise provided herein. The address, telephone number, or facsimile number for any party may be changed at any time and from time to time upon written notice given by such changing party to the other parties hereto. A properly addressed notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been delivered at the time it is sent by facsimile (fax) transmission to the party or parties to which it is given.

SECTION 8.04. Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and the Issuer, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the respective benefit of the parties and their permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 8.05. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Schedules and Annexes hereto, and the other Bond Documents, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto concerning the matters contained herein and supersede all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between the parties.

SECTION 8.06. Amendments and Waivers.

(a) No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement in writing entered into by Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and the Issuer. No provision of this Agreement may be waived except in writing by the party or parties receiving the benefit of and under such provision.

(b) No failure or delay of Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser or the Issuer in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by Issuer therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be authorized as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 8.06, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Issuer in any case shall entitle Issuer to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

SECTION 8.07. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 8.08. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of all amounts payable hereunder and under the Bonds.

SECTION 8.09. Survival. The representations and warranties of each of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement and contained in each of the other Bond Documents, and the parties’ obligations under any and all thereof, shall survive and shall continue in effect following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any disposition of the Bonds and the expiration or other termination of any of the other Bond Documents, but, in the case of each Bond Document, shall not survive the expiration or the earlier termination of such Bond Document, except to the extent expressly set forth in such Bond Document.

SECTION 8.10. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or any Bond Document or the application thereof to any circumstance shall, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, such term or such provision shall be ineffective as to such jurisdiction to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable any remaining terms or provisions of such Bond Document or the application of such term or provision to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable.

ARTICLE IX

GUARANTEE

SECTION 9.01. Guarantee.

(a) The Guarantor agrees to pay in full to the holder of each Bond, the principal of, and interest on, the Bonds when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (the “Guaranteed Obligations”), on the applicable due date for such payment.

(b) The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by any holder of a Bond if, for reason beyond the control of such holder, such holder shall have failed to receive the interest or principal, as applicable, payable to such holder any payment date, redemption date or stated maturity date. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, legality or enforceability of, or any change in or amendment to, this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any Bond, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the waiver or consent by the holder of any Bond or by the Collateral Agent with respect to any provisions of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest or notice with respect to each Bond or the interest represented thereby, and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that the guarantee will not be discharged except upon complete irrevocable payment of the principal and interest obligations represented by the Bonds.

(c) The Guarantor shall be subrogated to and is hereby assigned all rights of the holder of the Bonds against Issuer and the proceeds of the Qualified Collateral, all in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the guarantee contained in this Article IX. Each holder shall execute and deliver to the Guarantor in each holder’s name such instruments and documents as the Guarantor may reasonably request in writing confirming or evidencing such subrogation and assignment.

(d) No reference herein shall alter or impair the guarantee, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of principal of, and interest on, the Bonds, on the dates such payments are due.

(e) The guarantee is not an obligation of, and is not a guarantee as to principal or interest by the Farm Credit Administration, the United States or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States (other than the Guarantor).

(f) The guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Federal law. To the extent Federal law incorporates state law, that state law shall be the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed therein.

SECTION 9.02. Control by the Guarantor. If the Guarantor is the Control Party, the Guarantor shall be considered the holder of all Bonds outstanding for all purposes under the Pledge Agreement and shall be permitted to take any and all actions permitted to be taken by the holder thereunder. The Control Party will have the sole right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Collateral Agent or any holder with respect to the Bonds or exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent with respect to the Bonds provided that:

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with the Pledge Agreement;

(b) the Collateral Agent shall have been provided with indemnity from the Control Party reasonably satisfactory to it; and

(c) the Collateral Agent may take any other action deemed proper by such Collateral Agent that is not inconsistent with such direction, provided, however, that the Collateral Agent need not take any action which it determines might expose it to liability.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by an authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.


XXXXXX MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
Name: Title:		R. Xxxx Xxxxx Vice President and Treasurer


FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:
Name: Title:		R. Xxxx Xxxxx Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: GLADSTONE LAND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member and manager By: GLADSTONE LAND PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its General Partner By: GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, its Manager By:

Name:

Title:

SCHEDULE I TO BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT Addresses for Notices

The addresses referred to in Section 8.03 hereof, for purposes of delivering communications and notices, are as follows:

If to the Purchaser or Xxxxxx Mac:

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 0000 X Xxxxxx, XX 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attention of: Chief Financial Officer

With a copy to:

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 0000 X Xxxxxx, XX 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attention of: Capital Markets Group

With a copy also to:

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 0000 X Xxxxxx, XX 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attention of: General Counsel

If to Issuer:

Gladstone Lending Company, LLC c/o Gladstone Land Corporation 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx

With copy to:

Gladstone Lending Company, LLC c/o Gladstone Land Corporation 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxxx

With a copy also to:

Xxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.

SCHEDULE II

TO AGVANTAGE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

FORM OF PRICING AGREEMENT

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States and an institution of the Farm Credit System (“Xxxxxx Mac”), Xxxxxx Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xxxxxx Mac (the “Purchaser”), and Gladstone Lending Company, LLC (“Issuer”), a Delaware corporation, agree that, on , 20 (the “Closing Date”), the Purchaser will purchase from Issuer and Issuer will sell to the Purchaser $ aggregate principal amount of [Fixed Rate] [Floating Rate] AgVantage Bonds (the “Bonds”) with the following terms:

Bond Interest Rate:

[Initial Bond Interest Rate: ]

[Floating Rate Index: ]

[Interest Rate Margin: ]

[Interest Rate Reset Dates: ]

Interest Payment Dates:

Interest Periods:

[The Bonds may not be prepaid at any time.][The Bonds may not be prepaid prior to , 20 . On or after , 20 the Bonds may be prepaid on the scheduled call dates set forth herein, in whole [only] [or in part], at the option of Issuer, according to the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined below).][The Bonds may be prepaid in whole [only] [or in part] at any time.]

[Scheduled call dates: ]

Maturity Date:

The Bonds shall be obligations of Issuer. The issuance and sale of the Bonds by Issuer to the Purchaser shall occur under the terms and conditions of the AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2014, among Xxxxxx Mac, the Purchaser and Issuer (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”). All of the provisions contained in the Bond Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Pricing Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Bond Purchase Agreement. This Pricing Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts.

In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Pricing Agreement and the Bond Purchase Agreement, the terms of this Pricing Agreement shall apply.

Agreed to this day of , 20 .

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

By: Name: Title: Xxxxxx Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation

By: Name: Title: Gladstone Lending Company, LLC, a Delaware

limited liability company

By: Gladstone Land Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member and manager

By: Gladstone Land Partners, LLC, a Delaware

limited liability company, its General Partner

By: Gladstone Land Corporation, a Maryland corporation, its Manager

By: Name: Title:

[FORM OF BOND]

GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC

__% Fixed Rate Senior AgVantage Bond due _______

____________, 20__

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC (the “Issuer”), hereby promises to pay to XXXXXX MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xxxxxx Mac (as defined below) (“the Purchaser”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of MILLION DOLLARS ($ ,000,000.00) on , together with interest computed from the date hereof according to the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

Payments of principal and interest on this Bond are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at such place as shall have been designated by written notice to Issuer from the registered holder of this Bond as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement referred to below.

This Bond is issued pursuant to an AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2014, as well as the Pricing Agreement for $ Fixed Rate Bonds dated as of , 20 (together, as from time to time amended, the “Bond Purchase Agreement”), among the Issuer, the Purchaser and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Xxxxxx Mac”), and is entitled to the benefits thereof. This Bond is also entitled to the benefits of the Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2014, among the Issuer, the Purchaser, Xxxxxx Mac and the Collateral Agent named therein.

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

This Bond is a registered Bond and, upon surrender of this Bond for registration of transfer or exchange, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Bond will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, Issuer may treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and Issuer will not be affected by any notice to the contrary. This Bond is the obligation of the Issuer.

[This Bond may not be prepaid at any time.][This Bond may not be prepaid prior to , 20 . On or after , 20 this Bond may be prepaid at any time, in whole [only] [or in part], at the option of Issuer, according to the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement and provided that, if such optional prepayment is made on a date other than an Interest Payment Date, accrued interest on the principal amount hereof that is being prepaid shall be payable through and excluding the date such optional prepayment is made.][This Bond is prepayable at any time by Issuer, in whole [only] [or in part] at the option of Issuer on the terms set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement.]

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Bond Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Bond may be declared due and payable in the manner, at the price and with the effect provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

This Bond shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of Issuer and the holder hereof shall be governed by, the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of the State of New York that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Name:

Title:

ANNEX B [RESERVED]ANNEX C

FORM OF REIT OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

We, , and , of Gladstone Land Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “REIT”), in connection with that certain AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of December 5, 2014, among Gladstone Lending Company, LLC, an indirectly owned subsidiary of the REIT, Xxxxxx Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”), hereby certify on behalf of the REIT that as of the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter:

(1) the REIT’s Leverage Ratio is as follows:

Total Debt:

Total Assets:

Land Asset Fair Value Adjustment:

ii.

Total assets:

(2) the REIT’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is as follows:

Aggregate EBITDA:

Aggregate Non-Cash Expenses:

Aggregate interest expense:

Aggregate Capitalized Interest:

Aggregate preferred dividend payments to the extent required to be reflected as debt on the REIT’s Financial Statements:

Aggregate Lease Payments:

(3) the REIT’s Tangible Net Worth is as follows:

Stockholders’ Equity:

Land Asset Fair Value Adjustment:

Intangible Assets:

Goodwill:

(4) to the best of our knowledge, the values set forth above in paragraphs (1)-(3) are correct and accurate in all material respects.

(5) the REIT is in compliance with all of the Financial Covenants contained in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

Capitalized terms used in this certificate shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

DATED as of this day of , .

GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION


By: Name:		By: Name:

Title Title

ANNEX D

FORM OF ISSUER OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE Officers’ Certificate

TO: Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

We, , and , of Gladstone Lending Company, LLC (“Issuer”), pursuant to the AgVantage Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of December 5, 2014, among Issuer, Xxxxxx Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”), hereby certify on behalf of Issuer that as at the date hereof:

(1) Issuer is an institution organized as a Delaware limited liability company with the appropriate expertise, experience and qualifications to make agricultural mortgage loans to the Borrowers;

(2) no material adverse change has occurred in the financial condition of Issuer, the Operating Partnership, or the REIT between the date of the end of the REIT’s most recently completed Fiscal Year for which Financial Statements are available and have been provided to Xxxxxx Mac and the date hereof, which has not been set forth in documents, certificates, or financial information furnished to Xxxxxx Mac or publicly filed;

(3) all of the representations contained in Section 5.02 of the Bond Purchase Agreement remain true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof;

(4) no Event of Default exists; and

(5) Issuer has caused the REIT to provide a certification by any president, vice president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the REIT to Xxxxxx Mac, substantially in the form of Annex C attached to the Bond Purchase Agreement, regarding the REIT’s compliance with the Financial Covenants contained therein.

Capitalized terms used in this certificate shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

DATED as of this day of , .

GLADSTONE LENDING COMPANY, LLC


By: Name:		By: Name:

Title Title

ANNEX E QUALIFIED LOAN REPORT

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