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text: form8k_10-08.htm
  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):
  October
  9, 2008
  Cadiz
  Inc.
  (Exact
  name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or
  other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  0-12114
  77-0313235
  (Commission
        File Number)
  (IRS
        Employer Identification No.)
  550
        South Hope Street, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, California
  90071
  (Address
        of principal executive offices)
  (Zip
        Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code: (213) 271-1600
  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:
  [  ]  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))
  Item
  5.02          Departure of
  Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
  (d)                      Mr.
  Stephen E. Courter has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors
  effective October 9, 2008.  Prior to Mr. Courter's appointment, and
  pursuant to the Company's Bylaws, the Board had voted to increase from seven to
  eight the authorized number of Directors on the Company's Board.  Mr.
  Courter was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Company's Board resulting from
  this increase in the size of the Board.
  Mr.
  Courter is currently on the faculty of the McCombs School of Business,
  University of Texas and serving on the board of a private company. He is also
  Managing Partner of the Courter Group, providing strategic advisory services to
  mid size companies, and serves on the Investment Committee for the State of
  Texas Emerging Technologies Fund.  Mr. Courter has over 20 years of
  experience in management positions in the technology/telecommunications
  industry, serving most recently as CEO of Broadwing
  Communications.  Mr Courter began his career as a captain in the U.S.
  Army and has also held positions at KPMG, IBM and Sprint.
  Mr. Courter has been appointed as the director by designation of Lampe Conway
  & Company LLC ("Lampe Conway").  Lampe Conway and/or its
  affiliates beneficially hold approximately 17% of the Company's common stock,
  including a 90% interest in the Company's outstanding convertible term loan
  facility.
  Mr. Courter has no prior relationship with the Company.
  Mr. Courter will participate in the Company's Outside Director Compensation
  Plan, as described in the Company's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders held November 10, 2006.
  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/ O'Donnell Iselin
        II
  O'Donnell
        Iselin II
  Chief
        Financial Officer
  Dated:  October
  9, 2008