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  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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  90071
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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  Item 1.01
  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
  On December 27, 2018, the Company entered into an amendment (the "Amendment") to its option agreement ("Option Agreement") with El Paso Natural Gas ("EPNG") to purchase for $20 million a 120-mile segment of 30" idle steel pipeline from Barstow to Wheeler Ridge, California. The Option Agreement, as amended, allows the Company to purchase the 120-mile pipeline segment with an initial payment of $2 million prior to December 31, 2018 and a subsequent payment of $18 million ("Deferred Payment").  The Deferred Payment would be due within 30 days of satisfaction of certain conditions precedent by EPNG.  Following entry into the Amendment, the Company exercised the option for the initial consideration of $2 million and entered into a purchase agreement for the 120-mile pipeline in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the original Option Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
  The 120-mile pipeline, which will extend the Company's existing 30" steel pipeline ownership to approximately 220-miles, is capable of conveying up to 30,000 acre-feet of water per year within San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Kern Counties in Southern California.
  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/ Timothy J. Shaheen
  Timothy J. Shaheen
  Chief Financial Officer
  Date: December 27, 2018