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0000003545-09-000024.txt : 20090304 0000003545-09-000024.hdr.sgml : 20090304 20090304163029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000003545-09-000024 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090304 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALICO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000003545 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 590906081 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00261 FILM NUMBER: 09655854 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 338 STREET 2: 640 SOUTH MAIN STREET CITY: LA BELLE STATE: FL ZIP: 33935 BUSINESS PHONE: 8136752966 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 640 SOUTH MAIN STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 338 CITY: LA BELLE STATE: FL ZIP: 33935 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19740219 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8K -- 03-04-09 form8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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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): March 4, 2009

ALICO, INC.

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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

FLORIDA

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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-261

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(Commission File Number)

59-0906081

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IRS Employer

Identification No.)

POST OFFICE BOX 338,

LA BELLE, FLORIDA

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

33975

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(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (863) 675-2966

N/A

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(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))

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On March 4, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing a dividend declared by the Company's Board of Directors on February 26, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8K.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit 99.1- Press release announcing dividend.

SIGNATURES

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: March 4, 2009 By: /s/ STEVEN M. SMITH

Steven M. Smith

President & Principal Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1 Company Press Release issued March 4, 2009.

EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.htm ALICO, INC. ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND ex99-1.htm

Alico, Inc. Announces Dividend

LaBelle, FL, March 4, 2009 — Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALCO), a land management company, announced that at its Board of Directors meeting on February 26, 2009, the Board declared a dividend in the amount of $0.1375 per share to be paid to shareholders of record as of April 30, 2009 with payment expected on or about May 15, 2009.

John R Alexander, Chairman, stated "We are pleased that this payment represents the Company’s fourteenth consecutive quarterly dividend. After careful consideration of the current economic environment and its effect on the Company, the Board felt it was prudent to reduce the dividend. The Board will continue to monitor the economy, the Company’s operations and financial condition in consideration of future dividend payments. "

About Alico, Inc.

Alico, Inc., a land management company operating in Central and Southwest Florida, owns approximately 135,500 acres of land located in Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and Polk counties. Alico is involved in various agricultural operations and real estate activities. Alico's mission is to grow its asset values through its agricultural and real estate activities to produce superior long-term returns for its shareholders.

For Further Information Contact:

Steven Smith

La Belle, Florida

(863) 675-2966

Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.