As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2019
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CADIZ INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 77-0313235 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (IRS Employer |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
550 S. Hope Street, Suite 2850
Los Angeles, California 90071
(Address of principal executive offices)
Cadiz Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
SCOTT S. SLATER
Chief Executive Officer
Cadiz Inc.
550 S. Hope Street, Suite 2850
Los Angeles, California 90071
(Name and address of agent for service)
(213) 271-1600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
HOWARD UNTERBERGER, ESQ.
Theodora Oringher P.C.
1840 Century Park East, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 557‑2009
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
Large accelerated filer £ | Accelerated filer S | Non-accelerated filer £ | Smaller reporting company S Emerging growth company £ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark whether 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed | Proposed | |||
maximum | Maximum | |||
Title of securities | Amount to be | offering price | Aggregate | Amount of |
to be registered | Registered | per unit(2) | offering price(2) | registration fee |
Common Stock(1) | 1,200,000 shares(1) | $12.83 | $15,396,000.00 | $1,866.00 |
(1) | These securities are issuable under the Cadiz Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that may become issuable by virtue of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction. |
(2) | Pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the offering price and the amount of the fee for these shares were computed based on the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market for August 26, 2019, which date is within five business days prior to the initial filing date of this registration statement. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement registers shares issuable under the Cadiz Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was approved by the stockholders of the registrant at the registrant's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on July 10, 2019.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The prospectus documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), but will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed by Cadiz Inc. with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement as of their respective dates:
(a) | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed on March 18, 2019 and Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 filed on April 30, 2109; |
(b) | Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed on May 9, 2019 and for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2019, filed on August 8, 2019; |
(c) | Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 10, 2019, filed on June 4, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Proxy Statement filed on June 17, 2019; |
(d) | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2019, May 6, 2019, June 17, 2019, July 12, 2019, July 18, 2019 and August 6, 2019; and |
(e) | The description of our common stock as set forth in our registration statement filed on Form 8-A under the Exchange Act on May 8, 1984, as amended by reports on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 1988 and Form 8-K filed on June 2, 1992. |
All documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any of the information, including exhibits, which we disclose under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that has been or may be, from time to time, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, be incorporated herein by reference.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits the registrant's Board of Directors to indemnify any person against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
The registrant's Bylaws provide for mandatory indemnification of directors and officers of the registrant, and those serving at the request of the registrant as directors, officers, employees, or agents of other entities (collectively, "Agents"), to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Bylaws provide that such indemnification (other than in an action by or in the right of the registrant) shall be a contract right between each Agent and the registrant.
The registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of the registrant shall not be personally liable to the registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that if the Delaware General Corporation Law is subsequently amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the law as amended. The registrant has also purchased insurance policies in standard form indemnifying our directors and officers against liabilities arising from certain acts performed by them in their capacities as directors and officers of the registrant. These policies also indemnify the registrant for any sums the registrant may be required or permitted to pay by law to its directors and officers as indemnification for expenses they may have incurred.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1 | Specimen form of stock certificate(1) |
4.2 | Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation, as amended(2) |
4.3 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated November 8, 1996(3) |
4.4 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated September 1, 1998(1) |
4.5 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated December 15, 2003(4) |
4.6 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation effective June 10, 2016(5) |
4.7 | Certificate of Elimination of Series D Preferred Stock, Series E-1 Preferred Stock and Series E-2 Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated December 15, 2003(4) |
4.8 | Certificate of Elimination of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated March 25, 2004(4) |
4.9 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated November 30, 2004(6) |
4.10 | Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated June 30, 2006, as corrected by Certificate of Correction dated March 14, 2007(7) |
4.11 | Cadiz Inc. Bylaws, as amended(8) |
4.12 | Amendment to the Bylaws of Cadiz Inc. effective June 10, 2016(5) |
4.13 | Amendment to the Bylaws of Cadiz Inc. effective June 11, 2019(9 |
4.14 | Certificate of Elimination of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. (as filed August 3, 2007)(10) |
4.15 | 2019 Cadiz Inc. Equity Incentive Plan(11) |
23.2 | Consent of Theodora Oringher PC (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page) |
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(1) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998 filed on November 13, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference |
(2) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-75642) declared effective May 16, 1994 filed on February 23, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference |
(3) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996 filed on November 14, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference |
(4) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on November 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference |
(5) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated June 9, 2016 filed on June 14, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference |
(6) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2004 filed on December 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference |
(7) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2006 filed on July 6, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference |
(8) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 filed on August 13, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference |
(9) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2019 filed on June 16, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference |
(10) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 filed on August 6, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference |
(11) | Previously filed as appendix B to our definitive proxy dated and filed June 4, 2109 and incorporated herein by reference |
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered, which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on the 30th day of August 2019.
CADIZ INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Scott S. Slater | |
Scott S. Slater | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL YE BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott S. Slater and Timothy J. Shaheen, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any subsequent registration statements filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, which relates to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE | TITLE | DATE |
/s/ Keith Brackpool Keith Brackpool | Chairman | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Scott S. Slater Scott S. Slater | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Timothy J. Shaheen Timothy J. Shaheen | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Jeffrey J. Brown Jeffrey J. Brown | Director | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Stephen E. Courter Stephen E. Courter | Director | August 30, 2019 |
__________________ Geoffrey Grant | Director | |
/s/ Winston H. Hickox Winston H. Hickox | Director | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Murray H. Hutchison Murray H. Hutchison | Director | August 30, 2019 |
__________________ Maria Echaveste | Director | |
/s/ Richard Nevins Richard Nevins | Director | August 30, 2019 |
/s/ Carolyn Webb de Macias Carolyn Webb de Macias | Director | August 30, 2019 |
EXHIBITS INDEX
The following documents are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1 | Specimen form of stock certificate(1) |
4.2 | Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation, as amended(2) |
4.3 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated November 8, 1996(3) |
4.4 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated September 1, 1998(1) |
4.5 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation dated December 15, 2003(4) |
4.6 | Amendment to Cadiz Inc. Certificate of Incorporation effective June 10, 2016(5) |
4.7 | Certificate of Elimination of Series D Preferred Stock, Series E-1 Preferred Stock and Series E-2 Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated December 15, 2003(4) |
4.8 | Certificate of Elimination of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated March 25, 2004(4) |
4.9 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated November 30, 2004(6) |
4.10 | Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. dated June 30, 2006, as corrected by Certificate of Correction dated March 14, 2007(7) |
4.11 | Cadiz Inc. Bylaws, as amended(8) |
4.12 | Amendment to the Bylaws of Cadiz Inc. effective June 10, 2016(5) |
4.13 | Amendment to the Bylaws of Cadiz Inc. effective June 11, 2019(9 |
4.14 | Certificate of Elimination of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc. (as filed August 3, 2007)(10) |
4.15 | 2019 Cadiz Inc. Equity Incentive Plan(11) |
23.2 | Consent of Theodora Oringher PC (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page) |
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(1) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998 filed on November 13, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference |
(2) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-75642) declared effective May 16, 1994 filed on February 23, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference |
(3) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996 filed on November 14, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference |
(4) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on November 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference |
(5) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated June 9, 2016 filed on June 14, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference |
(6) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2004 filed on December 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference |
(7) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2006 filed on July 6, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference |
(8) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 filed on August 13, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference |
(9) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2019 filed on June 16, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference |
(10) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 filed on August 6, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference |
(11) | Previously filed as appendix B to our definitive proxy dated and filed June 4, 2109 and incorporated herein by reference |