Current Report Filing (8-k)

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: December 1, 2016

(Date of earliest event reported)

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-37383

81-0571538

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

202 Cousteau Place, Suite 105

Davis, CA 95618

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(530) 756-7077

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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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 December 1, 2016, Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (“the Company”) notified Wendy Neal, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, that her employment with the Company will terminate effective February 3, 2017. Ms. Neal’s departure is a part of the Company’s efforts to reduce operating expenses by 15-20%, as discussed on November 10, 2016 during the earnings report conference call for the Company’s fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016. Ms. Neal’s termination is a termination without cause pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Severance and Change in Control Agreement between the Company and Ms. Neal, dated May 11, 2015.

SIGNATURE

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.