CADIZ INC — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Oct 26, 2009

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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):

October 23, 2009

Cadiz Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

0-12114	77-0313235
(Commission
File Number)	(IRS
Employer Identification No.)

| 550
South 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

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:

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ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

On October 23, 2009, the Company completed a private placement (the “Placement”) of 200,000 Units at the price of $31.50 per Unit for proceeds of $6,300,000. As the Company has no payment obligation on its credit facility before 2013, the proceeds of the Placement will allow the Company to continue to fund its development activities at optimum levels, while minimizing its dilutive effect on existing shareholders.

Each Unit consists of three (3) shares of the Company’s common stock and one (1) common stock purchase warrant. The Warrant entitles the holder to purchase, commencing 90 days from the date of issuance, one (1) share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $15 per share. This Warrant has a term expiring October 30, 2012, but is callable by the Company commencing November 1, 2010 if the closing market price of the Company's Common Stock exceeds $22.50 for 10 consecutive trading days.

Upon the issuance of the 600,000 shares immediately issuable in the placement, the Company will have a total of 13,259,548 shares of common stock outstanding.

The issuance of securities in the Placement was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), but was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as the transactions did not involve public offerings, the number of investors was limited, the investors were provided with information about us, and the Company placed restrictions on the resale of the securities.

Source: CADIZ

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:
Timothy J.
Shaheen
Chief Financial
Officer

Dated: October 26, 2009