CDZIP Cadiz Inc

 

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 

March 7, 2025

 

Cadiz Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware		001-40579		77-0313235
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

550 S. Hope Street, Suite 2850 Los Angeles, California		90071
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (213) 271-1600

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		CDZI		The NASDAQ Global Market
Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th fractional interest in share of 8.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share)		CDZIP		The NASDAQ Global Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On March 7, 2025, Cadiz Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has entered into a placement agent agreement for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 5,715,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering at a price of $3.50 per share. The press release announcing the registered direct offering is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information under this Item 7.01 and the press release attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 shall be deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. The furnishing of the information in this this Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company that the information in this report is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The information under this Item 7.01 and the exhibits hereto contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements related to the Company’s intended use of proceeds, the expected completion of financing of the Mojave Groundwater Bank through MGSC, and the expected reimbursement of expenses advanced by the Company in connection with the development of the Mojave Groundwater Bank. No assurance can be given that the proceeds will be used as currently intended or that financing of the Mojave Groundwater Bank through MGSC will be completed as planned or that we will be reimbursed for expenses advanced in connection with this project. Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made. However, such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business and finances in general, as well as other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and subsequent filings. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1		Press Release
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	CADIZ INC.
	By:	/s/ Stanley E. Speer
		Stanley E. Speer
		Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: March 7, 2025

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Date: March 7, 2025

 

Cadiz Inc. Announces $20 Million
Registered Direct Offering

 

LOS ANGELES, CA 03/7/25 /PRNewswire/ – Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI / CDZIP) (the “Company”), a California water solutions company, today announced that it has entered into a placement agent agreement for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 5,715,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) at a price of $3.50 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering are expected to be approximately $20 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

The Offering is expected to close with institutional investors on or about March 10, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

 

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for capital and other expenses related to the development and construction of its groundwater banking project in the Mojave Desert (the “Mojave Groundwater Bank”), which may include acquisition of equipment and materials intended to be used in construction of facilities related to its northern and/or southern pipeline, which the Company expects to begin in 2025. Net proceeds from the Offering may also be used for the equipment and materials related to wellfield infrastructure on land owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, business development activities, other capital expenditures, working capital, the expansion of the business and acquisitions and general corporate purposes. The Company expects that expenses advanced by it related to the Mojave Groundwater Bank for which the net proceeds may be used will be reimbursed to the Company upon the closing of the expected project financing of the Mojave Groundwater Bank through Mojave Groundwater Storage Company, LLC (“MGSC”), a new entity established by the Company for purposes of construction, ownership, and operation of the Mojave Groundwater Bank and related projects. 

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC is acting as the exclusive placement agent in the registered direct offering.

 

The securities described above were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, that was initially filed by the Company on August 13, 2024 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective on August 22, 2024. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available for free on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147, email at rothecm@roth.com., or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

 

 

About Cadiz, Inc.

 

Founded in 1983, Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI) is a California water solutions company dedicated to providing access to clean, reliable and affordable water for people through a unique combination of water supply, storage, pipeline and treatment solutions. With 45,000 acres of land in California, 2.5 million acre-feet of water supply, 220 miles of pipeline assets and the most cost-effective water treatment filtration technology in the industry, Cadiz offers a full suite of solutions to address the impacts of climate change on clean water access. For more information, please visit https://www.cadizinc.com.

 

Contact

 

Cadiz, Inc.

Courtney Degener

cdegener@cadizinc.com

213-271-1603

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements related to the Company’s intended use of proceeds, the expected completion of financing of the Mojave Groundwater Bank through MGSC, and the expected reimbursement of expenses advanced by the Company in connection with the development of the Mojave Groundwater Bank. No assurance can be given that the proceeds will be used as currently intended or that financing of the Mojave Groundwater Bank through MGSC will be completed as planned or that we will be reimbursed for expenses advanced in connection with this project. Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made. However, such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business and finances in general, as well as other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and subsequent filings. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

 

 

 

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