Gladstone Land names new lead independent director after Wilkinson exit

Gladstone Land Corporation filed an 8-K report on October 26, 2026, announcing that Walter H. Wilkinson Jr. resigned from the company's board of directors effective immediately. The departure, reported under Item 5.02 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, marks a shift in leadership for the Maryland-incorporated firm, which is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Wilkinson had served as a director since 2014 and held the position of Lead Independent Director since 2024. In the same filing, the board stated that it elected George "Chip" Stelljes, III to succeed Wilkinson as Lead Independent Director. This transition is effective October 26, 2026. The filing identifies Gladstone Land's common stock, trading under the symbol LAND on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, along with its Series B and Series C preferred stock classes, traded as LANDO and LANDP respectively.

The board also fixed the number of directors at seven, effective October 26, 2026, following Wilkinson's resignation. The report was signed by Lewis Parrish, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, on behalf of the registrant. The document confirms the company's status as a non-emerging growth company and lists its commission file number as 001-35795 and I.R.S. Employer Identification Number as 54-1892552. The earliest event reported in the filing is dated October 22, 2026.