ALICO INC

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Alico, Inc. (the “Company” or “Alico” or referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”) will be held at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, February 23, 2024. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ALCO2024 and entering your 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

1. To elect George R. Brokaw, Katherine R. English, Benjamin D. Fishman, John E. Kiernan, W. Andrew Krusen, Jr., Toby K. Purse, Adam H. Putnam and Henry R. Slack as directors to serve on our Board of Directors until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified;

2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024;

3. To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and

4. To transact any other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournments thereof.

Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on December 29, 2023, as the record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Only shareholders of record who own stock on the record date are entitled to receive notices about the Annual Meeting and to vote at the Annual Meeting.

It is important that your shares be represented regardless of the number of shares you may hold. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting online, we urge you to vote your shares via the toll-free telephone number or over the Internet, as described in the enclosed materials. If you received a copy of the proxy card by mail, you may sign, date and mail the proxy card in the enclosed return envelope. Promptly voting your shares will ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and will save us the expense of further solicitation. Submitting your proxy now will not prevent you from voting your shares at the Annual Meeting if you desire to do so, as your proxy is revocable at your option.

By Order of the Board of Directors

/s/ Bradley Heine

Chief Financial Officer

Fort Myers, Florida

January 12, 2024

PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

February 23, 2024

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Alico, Inc. of proxies to be voted at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Friday, February 23, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time, and at any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ALCO2024 and entering your 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

Holders of record of shares of our common stock, $1.00 par value per share, as of the close of business on December 29, 2023 (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 7,616,081 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on any matter presented to shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

This proxy statement and the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended September 30, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Report”) will be released on or about January 12, 2024 to our shareholders on the Record Date.

In this proxy statement, “Alico”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to Alico, Inc.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on February 23, 2024

The Proxy Statement and accompanying 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders are available at

www.alicoinc.com or at www.proxyvote.com

Proposals

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders will be asked:

•To elect George R. Brokaw, Katherine R. English, Benjamin D. Fishman, John E. Kiernan, W. Andrew Krusen, Jr., Toby K. Purse, Adam H. Putnam and Henry R. Slack (together, the “Director Nominees”) to serve on our Board until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”), and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.

•To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

•To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.

•To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting.

We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the shareholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

Recommendations of the Board

The Board recommends that you vote your shares as indicated below. If you return a properly completed proxy card, or vote your shares by telephone or Internet, your shares of common stock will be voted on your behalf as you direct. If not otherwise specified, the shares of common stock represented by the proxies will be voted, and the Board recommends that you vote:

1. FOR the election of the eight (8) Director Nominees to serve on our Board;

2. FOR the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024; and

3. FOR the approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers.

If any other matter properly comes before the shareholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

Information About This Proxy Statement

Why you received this proxy statement. You are viewing or have received these proxy materials because Alico’s Board is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. This proxy statement includes information that we are required to provide to you under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and that is designed to assist you in voting your shares.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. As permitted by SEC rules, Alico is making this proxy statement and its 2023 Annual Report available to its shareholders electronically via the Internet. On or about January 12, 2024, we commenced mailing to our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”) containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our 2023 Annual Report and vote online. If you received an Internet Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them. Instead, the Internet Notice instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy statement and 2023 Annual Report. The Internet Notice also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received an Internet Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials contained on the Internet Notice.

Printed Copies of Our Proxy Materials. If you received printed copies of our proxy materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained on the proxy card included in the materials.

Householding. The SEC’s rules permit us to deliver a single set of proxy materials to one address shared by two or more of our shareholders. This delivery method is referred to as “householding” and can result in significant cost savings. To take advantage of this opportunity, we have delivered only one set of proxy materials to multiple shareholders who share an address, unless we received contrary instructions from the impacted shareholders prior to the mailing date. We agree to deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the proxy materials, as requested, to any shareholder at the shared address to which a single copy of those documents was delivered. If you prefer to receive separate copies of the proxy materials, contact Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. at 1-866-540-7095 or in writing at Broadridge, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717.

If you are currently a shareholder sharing an address with another shareholder and wish to receive only one copy of future proxy materials for your household, please contact Broadridge at the above phone number or address.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

The Record Date for the Annual Meeting is December 29, 2023. You are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting only if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on that date, or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. Each outstanding share of common stock is entitled to one vote for all matters before the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, there were 7,616,081 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

What is the difference between being a “record holder” and holding shares in “street name”?

A record holder holds shares in his or her name. Shares held in “street name” means shares that are held in the name of a bank or broker on a person’s behalf.

Am I entitled to vote if my shares are held in “street name”?

Yes. If your shares are held by a bank or a brokerage firm, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of those shares held in “street name.” If your shares are held in street name, these proxy materials are being provided to you by your bank or brokerage firm, along with a voting instruction card if you received printed copies of our proxy materials. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank or brokerage firm how to vote your shares, and the bank or brokerage firm is required to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions. If your shares are held in “street name” and you would like to vote your shares online at the Annual Meeting, you should contact your bank or brokerage firm to obtain your 16-digit control number or otherwise vote through the bank or brokerage firm.

How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

A quorum must be present at the Annual Meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the Annual Meeting, online or by proxy, of a majority in interest of all the shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote as of the Record Date will constitute a quorum.