AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.,Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 12th, 2016 • American Farmland Co • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 12, 2016, is made by and among Farmland Partners Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent OP”), Farmland Partners OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Parent OP (“Parent OP GP”), FPI Heartland LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), FPI Heartland Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Merger Partnership”) whose general partner is FPI Heartland GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent OP (“Merger Sub GP” and, together with Parent, Merger Sub, Parent OP, Parent OP GP and Merger Partnership, the “Buyer Parties”), AMERICAN FARMLAND COMPANY, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and AMERICAN FARMLAND COMPANY L.P., a Delaware limited partnership whose sole general part
