{"url_path":"/sec/cdzi/8-k/2026-06-23/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 **  **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-23","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/0001437749-26-021420-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-021420","cik":"0000727273","ticker":"CDZI","issuer_name":"CADIZ INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/0001437749-26-021420-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000727273","primary_entity_name":"CADIZ INC"},"word_count":195,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07**  **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**\n\n \n\nOn June 18, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The number of shares present virtually or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at said meeting was 60,318,605.\n\n \n\n \n\ni.\n\nThe following directors were elected at the meeting:\n\n \n\n**NOMINEE**\n\n**VOTES FOR**\n\n**VOTES WITHHELD**\n\n**   BROKER**\n\n**NON-VOTES**\n\nStephen E. Courter\n\n52,268,977\n\n361,153\n\n7,688,475\n\nMaria Dreyfus\n\n52,358,438\n\n271,692\n\n7,688,475\n\nMaria Echaveste\n\n52,278,900\n\n351,230\n\n7,688,475\n\nWinston Hickox\n\n52,294,735\n\n335,395\n\n7,688,475\n\nSusan Kennedy\n\n52,394,906\n\n235,224\n\n7,688,475\n\nBarbara A. Lloyd\n\n52,364,731\n\n265,399\n\n7,688,475\n\nKenneth T. Lombard\n\n52,372,184\n\n257,946\n\n7,688,475\n\nDavid O’Hara\n\n52,442,228\n\n187,902\n\n7,688,475\n\nRichard Polanco\n\n52,306,233\n\n323,897\n\n7,688,475\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nii.\n\nThe amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock was approved by the following vote:\n\n \n\n \n\n**VOTES**\n\n**FOR**:\n\n58,927,534\n\n**AGAINST**:\n\n335,574\n\n**ABSTAIN**:\n\n1,055,497\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\niii.\n\nPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was approved as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year 2026 by the following vote:\n\n \n\n \n\n**VOTES**\n\n**FOR**:\n\n59,131,415\n\n**AGAINST**:\n\n1,174,256\n\n**ABSTAIN**:\n\n12,934\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\niv.\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following vote:\n\n \n\n \n\n**VOTES**\n\n**FOR**:\n\n51,626,262\n\n**AGAINST**:\n\n959,823\n\n**ABSTAIN**:\n\n44,045\n\n**BROKER NON-VOTES:**\n\n7,688,475"}