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): November 4, 2009
ALICO,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
FLORIDA
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-261
__________________
(Commission
File Number)
59-0906081
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IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
POST
OFFICE BOX 338,
LA
BELLE, FLORIDA
_____________________________
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
33975
_______________
(Zip
Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (863) 675-2966
N/A
___________________________________________________________
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM
5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS.
On
October 30, 2009 the Company’s Board of Directors appointed JD Alexander as
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Per the Company’s By-laws,
the Vice-Chairman will act as Chairman in the Chairman’s
absence. Additionally the Board formed an Executive Committee
empowered to act on behalf of the Board to the full extent permitted by law for
the purpose of directing operational management and policies of the Corporation
and to take such further action when in the judgment of the
Committee, such directives and actions are needed promptly, serve the best
interests of the Corporation and it is not practical or consequential enough to
convene a full Board meeting or when action is needed before the next regularly
scheduled Board meeting.
The
Committee consists of five directors, two of whom shall be the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Committee members are: JD Alexander,
Chairman of the Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Board; John R. Alexander,
Chairman of the Board; Ramon Rodriguez;; John Rood and Gordon
Walker. Robert J. Viguet will serve as an alternate member of the
Committee. The Board of Directors will review the actions taken by
the Committee at its regularly scheduled meetings and may ratify, modify or
rescind such actions taken by the Committee. A copy of the Executive
Committee charter is attached as exhibit 99.2 to this filing.
ITEM
7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On
November 3, 2009 the Company announced that it had set December 30, 2009, as the
record date for shareholders eligible to vote at the Company's annual meeting
which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on February 19, 2010. The annual meeting will
be held in the Alico Arena at Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd.
S., Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit
99.1- Press release announcing the Election of Directors.
Exhibit
99.2- Executive Committee Charter
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALICO,
INC.
(Registrant)
Date: November
4,
2009 By: /s/
STEVEN M. SMITH
Steven
M. Smith
Chief
Executive Officer
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
99.1 Company Press Release issued November 3, 2009.
Exhibit
99.2 Company's Executive Committee Charter.