---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-000685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDZI"
cik: "0000727273"
company_name: "CADIZ INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:37:59.390587+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadiz CEO Scott Slater resigns; Susan Kennedy appointed CEO effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Scott Slater resigned as CEO, President and director on Dec 31, 2023, not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Slater will continue to serve as a senior advisor to Cadiz.
- Board appointed Susan Kennedy as CEO effective Jan 1, 2024; no new compensatory arrangement has been determined yet.
- Kennedy's existing compensatory arrangements remain in effect without modification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-000685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDZI
- cik: 0000727273
- company_name: CADIZ INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774924000685/0001437749-24-000685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774924000685/cdzi20240104_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000685
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000685.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000685.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Kennedy was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at CADIZ INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Susan Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774924000685/0001437749-24-000685-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Slater resigned as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director at CADIZ INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer, President and a director
  source text: Scott Slater submitted his resignation on December 31, 2023, as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of the Company effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774924000685/0001437749-24-000685-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.