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      <div style="text-align: justify;">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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">&#9633;&#160;&#160; Written communications pursuant to Rule&#160;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</div>
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      <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; E</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">ntry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On December 4, 2020 Cadiz Inc. (&#8220;Cadiz&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into a Second Amendment to its existing Purchase and Sale Agreement (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) dated December 31, 2018
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">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
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text: united states
  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):
  December 4, 2020
  C
  adiz Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  DELAWARE
  0-12114
  77-0313235
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  550 S. Hope Street, Suite 2850
  Los Angeles, CA
  90071
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (231) 271-1600
  Title of each class
  Trading Symbol(s)
  Name of each exchange on which registered
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
  CDZI
  The NASDAQ Global Market
  Not Applicable
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  □   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  □   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  □   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  □   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  ☐
  Item 1.01     E
  ntry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
  On December 4, 2020 Cadiz Inc. ("Cadiz" or the "Company") entered into a Second Amendment to its existing Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Agreement") dated December 31, 2018
        with El Paso Natural Gas Company ("EPNG").  As amended, the Agreement extends the period within which the Company must fund the acquisition of the pipeline segment contemplated by the Agreement for up to 180 days, through June 30, 2021.  In
        consideration of the Agreement, the Company made a payment of $1 million to EPNG with the balance of the purchase price of $19 million payable at closing.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d) Exhibits
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  10.1*
  Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated
                      December 4, 2020 by and between El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Cadiz Inc., a Delaware corporation.
  *filed herewith
  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:
  /s/ Stanley E. Speer
  Stanley E. Speer
  Chief Financial Officer
  Date:  December 10, 2020