secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CALAVO GROWERS INC (CVGW)
CIK:        0001133470
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-111229
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Calavo CEO Lee Cole to retire Dec 8; former CFO B. John Lindeman named successor
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- Lee E. Cole retires as President and CEO effective December 8, 2025, after four decades at Calavo.
- B. John Lindeman appointed President and CEO effective same date; he served as CFO 2015-2020 and currently on board.
- Lindeman receives $800k base salary, bonus target 50-200% of base, equity awards (25k options + $500k RSUs + 75k options), and $450k relocation.
- Company continues strategic review following non-binding acquisition proposal received June 11, 2025; no further comment on process.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000110465925111229/0001104659-25-111229-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000110465925111229/cvgw-20251111x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-111229

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