SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announces an Investigation Concerning Whether the Sale of American Farmland Company to Farmland Partners Inc. Is Fair to Shareholders -- AFCO

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased American Farmland Company ("AFCO") (NYSE MKT: AFCO) stock prior to September 12, 2016.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of AFCO to Farmland Partners Inc. FPI. Under the terms of the transaction, AFCO shareholders will receive 0.7417 shares of Farmland Partners for each share of AFCO stock they own; based on the closing price of Farmland Partners Inc. stock on the day prior to the merger announcement, this represents a value of $8.23 per share. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

http://zlk.9nl.com/american-farmland-afco

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@zlk.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Eduard Korsinsky, Esq.
30 Broad Street - 24th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Toll Free: (877) 363-5972
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com

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