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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 15, 2020

 

ALICO, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida

 

0-261

 

59-0906081

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

10070 Daniels Interstate Court, Suite 100, Fort Myers, FL 33913

 

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

239-226-2000

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 C.F.R. 230.425)

 

Soliciting Material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 C.F.R. 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 C.F.R. 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

 Trading Symbol(s)

 

 Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

 

 ALCO

 

 Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 15, 2020 (the “Approval Date”), the State of Florida approved entering into an option agreement for sale and purchase (the “Option Agreement”) submitted by Alico, Inc. (“Alico”) which grants the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida an option to purchase approximately 5,804 acres of Alico Ranch for approximately $14.6 million (the “Exercise Price”) under the Florida Forever program (the “Option”). The State of Florida may exercise the Option any time beginning on the Approval Date until the 120th day after the Approval Date, subject to extension in accordance with the terms of the Option Agreement. The Option Agreement provides for certain adjustments to the Exercise Price; however, if the adjusted purchase price is less than the Exercise Price, Alico may, in its sole discretion, either approve the adjusted purchase price or terminate the Option Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On the Approval Date, Alico issued a press release announcing that the State of Florida approved entering into the Option Agreement. A copy of the press release is filed with this Form 8-K and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

Alico, Inc. Press Release dated December 15, 2020.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

ALICO, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 15, 2020

By:

 

/s/ Richard Rallo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Rallo

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer