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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5 )*
(Name of Issuer)
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
Marcy S. Cohen, Esq.
ING Capital LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(646) 424-6154
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
§§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing
information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
ING Groep N.V. |
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I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY):
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS):
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Not Applicable |
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SEC USE ONLY: |
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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OO (See Item 3) |
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e): |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: |
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The Netherlands
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SOLE VOTING POWER: |
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588,721 (1) |
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SHARED VOTING POWER: |
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: |
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: |
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: |
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588,721 (1) |
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CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): |
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4.95% (2) |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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1 This number includes (i) 571,432 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock and (ii) 17,289 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
1,000 shares of Cadiz Inc. Series F Preferred Stock (See Item 3). ING Capital LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Groep N.V.
2 Based upon 11,886,322 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock outstanding as set forth in Cadiz Inc.’s Form 10-Q report filed on May 10, 2007, plus
(x) 17,289 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 1,000 shares of Cadiz Inc. Series F Preferred Stock.
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
ING Capital LLC |
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I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY):
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Not Applicable |
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SEC USE ONLY: |
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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OO (See Item 3) |
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e): |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: |
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Delaware
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SOLE VOTING POWER: |
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588,721 (3) |
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: |
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: |
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588,721 (3) |
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CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): |
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4.95% (4) |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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3 This number includes (i) 571,432 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock and (ii) 17,289 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
1,000 shares of Cadiz Inc. Series F Preferred Stock (See Item 3). ING Capital LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Groep N.V.
4 Based upon 11,886,322 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock outstanding as set forth in Cadiz Inc.’s Form 10-Q report filed on May 10, 2007, plus
(x) 17,289 shares of Cadiz Inc. Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 1,000 shares of Cadiz Inc. Series F Preferred Stock.
INTRODUCTION
This Amendment No. 5 (this “Amendment”) relates to the Schedule 13D filed by ING Groep N.V.
and ING Capital LLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2003, as amended by
Amendment No.4 filed on October 27, 2006, Amendment No. 3 filed on March 29, 2006, Amendment No. 2
filed on February 10, 2005 and Amendment No. 1 filed on February 2, 2004, with respect to the
common stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”) of Cadiz Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Cadiz”).
ITEM 1. Security and Issuer.
Item 1 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
This statement relates to (i) shares of Common Stock and (ii) Series F Preferred Stock
immediately convertible into Common Stock (“Series F Preferred Stock” and together with the Common
Stock, the “Shares”).
The principal executive office of Cadiz is located at 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4250, Los
Angeles, California 90017, United States of America.
ITEM 2. Identity and Background.
(a) and (b) This Schedule 13D is filed on behalf of ING Groep N.V. (“ING”), a limited
liability company organized under the laws of The Netherlands, and ING Capital LLC (“ING Capital”),
a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly-owned
indirect subsidiary of ING. ING and ING Capital are sometimes referred to herein as “Reporting
Persons”.
ING Capital is engaged principally in providing financial services and related businesses. The
principal executive office and principal place of business of ING Capital is located at 1325 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, New York 10019.
ING is a financial services holding company whose subsidiaries are engaged principally in the
insurance and banking businesses. The principal executive office and principal place of business of
ING is located at Amstelveenseweg 500, 1081 KL Amsterdam, P.O. Box 810, 1000 AV Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
99.99% of the ordinary shares of ING are owned by, and registered in the name of, Stichting
ING Aandelen (the “Trust”), a Netherlands Trust and the issuer of Bearer Depositary Receipts of ING
Groep N.V.
Other than the executive officers of ING Capital, the executive officers and members of the
Executive Board of ING, the members of the Supervisory Board of ING and the members of the
Management Board of the Trust, there are no persons or corporations controlling or ultimately in
control of ING Capital or ING, respectively. The name and business address of each executive
officer of ING Capital, each executive officer and member of the Executive Board of ING, each
member of the Supervisory Board of ING and each member of the Management Board of the Trust are set
forth in Annex 1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(c) The present principal occupation of each executive officer of ING Capital, each executive
officer and member of the Executive Board of ING, each member of the Supervisory Board of ING and
each member of the Management Board of the Trust is set forth in Annex 1 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) During the last five years, neither ING or ING Capital nor, to the best of their
knowledge, any of the persons listed in Annex 1 hereto has been convicted in any criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last five years, neither ING or ING Capital nor, to the best of their
knowledge, any of the persons listed in Annex 1 hereto has been a party to a civil proceeding of a
judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final
order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or
state securities laws, or finding any violation with respect to such laws other than the Order
Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Making Findings, and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order
Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) entered into by ING
Groep N.V. and ING Bank N.V. (the “Respondents”) with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) on July 26, 2005 (the “Order”). In this matter the Respondents offered an Offer
of Settlement (the “Offer”) in anticipation of proceedings based on alleged violations of Section 5
of the Securities Act. Under the terms of the Offer, which the SEC accepted, the Respondents did
not admit or deny the factual allegations but consented to the entry of an order to
cease-and-desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section 5
of the Securities Act. The Order did not require the payment of any fines, penalties or other
amounts by the Respondents.
(f) The citizenship of each of the executive officers of ING Capital, the executive officers
and members of the Executive Board of ING, the members of the Supervisory Board of ING and the
members of the Management Board of the Trust is set forth on Annex 1 hereto and incorporated herein
by reference.
ITEM 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
The Shares which are the subject of this filing on Schedule 13D were issued in consideration
for the origination of loans (and subsequent extensions and amendments to the terms thereof)
(collectively, the “Lending Transactions”) by ING Capital, formerly ING Baring (U.S.) Capital LLC,
to Cadiz and were issued either (i) as warrants to purchase Common Stock, (ii) as Common Stock,
(iii) as Series F Preferred Stock immediately convertible into Common Stock, or (iv) in the form of
units consisting of (x) Common Stock and (y) warrants to purchase Common Stock.
ING Capital initially held beneficial ownership of 3,811,864 shares comprised of (i) 136,864
shares of Common Stock, (ii) 2,425,000 warrants, exercisable immediately, to purchase Common Stock
and (iii) 1,250,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the indebtedness of Cadiz
Inc.(5)
On December 15, 2003, Cadiz effectuated a 25-for-1 reverse split of its Common Stock. In
addition, on December 15, 2003, Cadiz issued 100,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock to ING
Capital in connection with an amendment to terms of the Lending Transactions in exchange for the
convertible debt of Cadiz held by ING
Capital.(6) These shares of Series F
Preferred Stock are immediately convertible into 1,728,955 shares of Common Stock.
On
December 23, 2003, ING Capital exercised 2,350,000 warrants(7) at
$0.25 per share for a total of 94,000 shares of Common Stock of Cadiz.
On December 2, 2004, ING Capital converted 99,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock into
1,711,665 shares of Common Stock. In addition, on December 2, 2004, Cadiz issued 40,000 units to
ING Capital for an aggregate consideration of $2,400,000. The units consist of 200,000 shares of
Common Stock and 40,000 warrants. The Warrants have an exercise price of $15 and are exercisable
180 days from issuance and expire 3 years from issuance.
On December 15, 2005, Cadiz filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, used to register 4,302,109 shares of Common Stock, including 405,400 shares of
common stock underlying a like number of warrants (including the Warrants beneficially held by ING)
for the purchase of common stock and 17,289 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of
1,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock.
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These shares were originally issued to
Middenbank Curacao N.V., an indirect subsidiary of ING and an affiliate of ING
Capital. As of January 31, 2003, all of such securities were transferred from
Middenbank Curacao N.V. to ING Capital LLC. ING Groep N.V. does not directly
hold any shares of Cadiz Inc. |
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ING Capital initially held convertible
indebtedness of Cadiz entitling ING Capital to receive 1,250,000 shares of
common stock issuable upon conversion. |
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75,000 warrants expired on April 30, 2003. |
Also registered were an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become
issuable by virtue of the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants (including the Warrants
beneficially held by ING) and Series F Preferred Stock.
On June 26, 2006 Cadiz entered into a credit agreement with Peloton Partners LLP (“Peloton”)
to provide a new long-term debt facility to Cadiz. The transactions contemplated by this Credit
Agreement closed on June 29, 2006 (the “Peloton Transaction”). A portion of the proceeds of the new
loan was used by Cadiz to retire its secured credit facility with ING Capital. On June 30, 2006,
following the repayment in full of Cadiz’s senior revolving credit facility with ING, Cadiz filed a
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Preferred Stock of Cadiz Inc.
(the “Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware.
With such filing:
(i) All outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock may be manditorily converted by Cadiz
into Cadiz’s Common Stock, at such time as the percentage equity ownership of the holders of Series
F Preferred Stock in the common stock of Cadiz falls below 5%, on a fully-diluted basis; and
(ii) the right of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock to appoint directors of Cadiz (which
had been conditioned, in part, upon the requirement that the outstanding principal balance of the
ING Capital credit facility be at least $15 million) was eliminated.
On January 6, 2006, Mr. Gregory Preston had been selected as a director by ING Capital, as the
holder of Cadiz’s outstanding Series F Preferred Stock, pursuant to Section 4(b) of Cadiz’s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series F Preferred Stock. Mr. Preston resigned on June
30, 2006, following the repayment of Cadiz’s previously outstanding senior revolving credit
facility with ING Capital.
Mr. Raymond J. Pacini, who had also been serving on the Board as a designee of ING Capital,
is, as of the date hereof, a member of the Board, but sits as the designee of Peloton pursuant to
the right of Peloton to designate a single director under the terms of Cadiz’s new loan facility
with Peloton.(8)
On
February 1, 2007, ING Capital exercised 40,000 warrants (9) at $15.00 per share
for a total of 40,000 shares of the Common Stock of Cadiz.
ITEM 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
As noted above, the Shares which are the subject of this filing on Schedule 13D were acquired
from Cadiz in connection with the origination of loans (and subsequent extensions and amendments to
the terms thereof) by ING Capital, formerly ING Baring (U.S.) Capital LLC.
As noted in Item 3 above, the right of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock to appoint
directors of Cadiz (which had been conditioned, in part, upon the requirement that the outstanding
principal balance of the ING Capital credit facility be at least $15 million) was eliminated in
connection with the Peloton Transaction.
On June 30, 2006, Mr. Gregory Preston resigned as a director of Cadiz, following the repayment
of Cadiz’s previously outstanding senior revolving credit facility with ING Capital. Mr. Raymond J.
Pacini, who had also been
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Based on Cadiz Inc.’s Form 8-K report
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The initial expiration date for these
warrants was November 30, 2007, 3 years from the date of issuance, and Cadiz
Inc. had the right to cancel the warrants, at its option, if the closing market
price of the Cadiz common stock exceeded $18.75 for 10 consecutive trading
days. On January 31, 2007, Cadiz Inc. exercised its cancellation option and
notified ING Groep N.V. that the warrants would expire on March 2, 2007 unless
exercised prior to that date. This exercise of warrants was exempt from
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”),
pursuant to Rule 16b-6(b) under the Act. |
serving on the Board as a designee of ING Capital, is, as of the date hereof, a member of the
Board, but sits as the designee of Peloton pursuant to the right of Peloton to designate a single
director under the terms of Cadiz’s new loan facility with
Peloton.(10)
ITEM 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
(a) The total number of Shares that ING and ING Capital beneficially own is 588,721, which
represents 4.95% of Cadiz’s total outstanding Shares. Cadiz has (i) 11,866,322 shares of Common
Stock issued and
outstanding,(11) and (ii) 17,289 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the 1,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock.
(b) See rows 7 through 11 on pages 2 and 3 of this Amendment.
(c) The following is a list of all purchases, sales or other transactions of the Common Stock
by the Reporting Persons since the Reporting Persons most recent filing on October 27, 2006
(Amendment No. 4):
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On February 1, 2007, ING Capital exercised
warrants12 for 40,000 shares of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share. |
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On April 30, 2007, ING Capital sold 10,703
shares of Common Stock in open market
transactions at a price of $25.1049 per share. |
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On May 1, 2007, ING Capital sold 3,760 shares of
Common Stock in open market transactions at a
price of $22.40 per share. |
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On May 2, 2007, ING Capital sold 4,454 shares of
Common Stock in open market transactions at a
price of $22.6625 per share. |
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On May 3, 2007, ING Capital sold 11,234 shares
of Common Stock in open market transactions at a
price of $22.7755 per share. |
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On May 7, 2007, ING Capital sold
2,901 shares of Common Stock in
open market transactions at a
price of $23.0816 per share. |
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On May 21, 2007, ING Capital
sold 3,495 shares of Common
Stock in open market
transactions at a price of
$23.9616 per share. |
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On May 22, 2007, ING Capital
sold 859 shares of Common Stock
in open market transactions at a
price of $23.7747 per share. |
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On May 24, 2007, ING Capital
sold 5,485 shares of Common
Stock in open market
transactions at a price of
$23.968 per share. |
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On May 30, 2007, ING Capital
sold 2,300 shares of Common
Stock in open market
transactions at a price of
$23.1599 per share. |
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On May 31, 2007, ING Capital
sold 7,160 shares of Common
Stock in open market
transactions at a price of
$22.7229 per share. |
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On June 1, 2007, ING Capital
sold 740,000 shares of Common
Stock in open market
transactions at a price of
$22.00 per share. |
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Based on Cadiz Inc.’s Form 8-K report
filed on July 6, 2006. |
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Based on Cadiz Inc.’s Form 10-Q report
filed on May 10, 2007. |
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This exercise of warrants was exempt from
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”),
pursuant to Rule 16b-6(b) under the Act. |
Each of the above transactions were reported on a Form 4 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2007, May 3, 2007, May 7, 2007, May 8, 2007, May 17, 2007, May
22, 2007, May 23, 2007, May 25, 2007, May 31, 2007, June 4, 2007, and June 5, 2007.
(d) Except as set forth in this Amendment to Schedule 13D, to the knowledge of the Reporting
Persons, no person other than the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct
the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of Shares covered by this Amendment to
Schedule 13D.
(e) On June 1, 2007 the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five
percent of the total outstanding Shares of Cadiz.
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Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With
Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
See Items 3 and 4.
ITEM 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
The following exhibits were filed on February 15, 2005 with Amendment No. 2 of the Schedule
13D filed by the Reporting Persons and are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this
Amendment.
Exhibit 1: Power of Attorney
Exhibit 2: Joint Filing Agreement
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: June 15, 2007
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ING GROEP N.V.
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Head of Compliance Operations |
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Head Legal Group |
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ING CAPITAL LLC
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/s/ Geoff Arens
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Geoff Arens |
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Managing Director |
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Annex 1
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF ING CAPITAL LLC, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF ING GROEP N.V., MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF ING GROEP N.V AND MEMBERS OF
THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF STICHTING ING AANDELEN.
The name, present principal occupation or employment, and the name of any corporation or other
organization in which such employment is conducted, of each executive officer of ING Capital LLC
(“ING Capital”), each member of the Supervisory Board of ING Groep N.V. (“ING”), each executive
officer and member of the Executive Board of ING and each member of the Management Board of
Stichting ING Aandelen, (formerly known as Stichting Administratiekantoor ING Groep, the “Trust”),
as applicable, is set forth below. Except as set forth below, each of the executive officers of ING
Capital is a citizen of the United States and each of the executive officers and members of the
Executive Board of ING, each of the members of the Supervisory Board of ING and each of the members
of the Management Board of the Trust is a citizen of The Netherlands. The business address of each
executive officer of ING Capital is 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019. The
business address of each executive officer and member of the Executive Board, each member of the
Supervisory Board of ING and each member of the Management Board of the Trust is Amstelveenseweg
500, 1081 KL Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth
opposite the name of an executive officer or member of the Executive Board of ING or a member of
the Supervisory Board of ING refers to employment with ING, each occupation set forth opposite the
name of a member of the Management Board of the Trust refers to employment with the Trust and each
occupation set forth opposite the name of an executive officer of ING Capital refers to employment
with ING Capital.
ING GROEP N.V.
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NAME, POSITION WITH ING GROEP
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PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT |
N.V. AND CITIZENSHIP |
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Michel Tilmant,
Chairman of Executive Board
Belgian
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Chairman of the Executive Board since April 27,
2004. Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board since
May 2, 2002, and member of the Executive Board
since May 8, 1998. |
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John
Hele,
Member of Executive Board
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Member of the Executive Board since
April 24, 2007. |
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Koos
Timmermans,
Member of Executive Board
Dutch
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Member of the Executive Board since
April 24, 2007. |
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Dick Harryvan,
Member of Executive Board
Dutch
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Member of the Executive Board since April 25, 2006. |
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Eric Boyer de la Giroday,
Member of Executive Board
Belgian
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Member of the Executive Board since April 27, 2004. |
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Tom McInerney,
Member of Executive Board
American
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Member of the Executive Board since April 25, 2006. |
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Eli
Leenaars,
Member of Executive Board
Dutch
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Member of the Executive Board since April 27, 2004. |
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Hans van der Noordaa,
Member of Executive Board
Dutch
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Member of the Executive Board since April 25, 2006. |
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Jacques de Vauleroy,
Member of Executive Board
Belgian
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Member of the Executive Board since April 25, 2006. |
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Cor Herkstroter,
Chairman of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board since May 1999
and member since May 1998. |
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Luella Gross Goldberg,
Member of the Supervisory Board
American
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Member of Supervisory Board since April 2001. |
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Henk
Breukink,
Member of the Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board
since April 2007. |
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Piet Klaver,
Member of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2006. |
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Godfried van der Lugt
Member of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2001. |
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Piet
Hoogendoorn,
Member of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board
since June 2007. |
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Wim
Kok,
Member of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2003. |
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Claus Dieter Hoffman,
Member of the Supervisory Board
German
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Member of Supervisory Board since April 2003. |
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Jan H.M. Hommen,
Member of Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board since June 2005. |
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Karel Vuursteen
Member of the Supervisory Board
Dutch
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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2002. |
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Eric Bourdais de Charbonnière,
Vice-Chairman of Supervisory Board
French
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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2004. |
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ING CAPITAL LLC |
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NAME AND CITIZENSHIP
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PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT |
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Charles O’Neil (United States)
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President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of ING Financial
Holdings Corporation, the sole member of ING Capital |
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John
Egan (United States)
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Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director (13) |
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Graeme
Dewar (United Kingdom)
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Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director (13) |
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Marcy S. Cohen, Esq. (United States)
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General Counsel and Managing Director (13)
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Richard Butler (United States)
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Managing Director and a Director
of ING Financial Holdings Corporation, the sole member of ING Capital |
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Kathleen
Gorman (United States)
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Secretary (13) |
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Stichting ING Aandelen |
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NAME, POSITION WITH THE TRUST
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PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION |
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OR |
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EMPLOYMENT |
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Jan
Veraart
Chairman
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Chairman since December 2006, Member since August 1, 2001. |
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Ton Regtuijt
Member
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Member since May 12, 1996. |
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Huib Blaisse
Member
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Member since December 1, 1999. |
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Carel
van Driest
Member
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Member since April 2007. |
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Paul
Fentrop
Member |
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Member since July 1, 2004. |
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| 13 |
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Also reflects occupation with ING Financial
Holdings Corporation, the sole member of ING Capital LLC. |