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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-021420"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDZI"
cik: "0000727273"
company_name: "CADIZ INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-23T19:42:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T19:44:15.495433+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadiz Inc. increases authorized common shares to 125M, re-elects directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Authorized common shares increased from 100M to 125M; approved with 58.9M votes for, 335K against.
- All nine director nominees elected, including Stephen Courter, Maria Dreyfus, Maria Echaveste, and others.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as independent auditor for FY2026 with 59.1M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 51.6M votes for, 959K against, and 7.7M broker non-votes.
- Annual meeting had 60.3M shares present; all proposals passed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-021420
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDZI
- cik: 0000727273
- company_name: CADIZ INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-23T19:42:41+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774926021420/0001437749-26-021420-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774926021420/cdzi20260623_8k.htm

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