---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-080038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDZI"
cik: "0000727273"
company_name: "CADIZ INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:47:54.401260+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadiz appoints Cathryn Rivera as COO effective Sept 16, 2024; base salary $275K

## Summary
- Rivera hired as COO, effective Sept 16, 2024, to lead operations for groundwater banking and water tech projects.
- Base salary of $275,000; eligible for annual cash bonus up to 100% of base salary, discretionary.
- Granted 137,500 RSUs (3-year quarterly vest) plus 137,500 milestone-based RSUs (5-year horizon).
- Previously served as Appointments Secretary for California Gov. Newsom (2019-2024), oversaw 3,000 positions.
- No related party transactions; severance terms include 180 days base pay for termination without cause or for material breach.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-080038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDZI
- cik: 0000727273
- company_name: CADIZ INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000121390024080038/0001213900-24-080038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000121390024080038/ea0215051-8k_cadiz.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-080038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-080038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-080038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cathryn R. Rivera was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at CADIZ INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Ms. Cathryn R. Rivera (54) was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Cadiz Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000121390024080038/0001213900-24-080038-index.htm

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