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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-152136"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVD"
cik: "0000005981"
company_name: "AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T12:48:51.090173+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Vanguard sends letter to stockholders defending board, urging vote against Cruiser nominees

## Summary
- Annual Meeting set for June 1, 2022; board unanimously urges vote FOR ALL nine WHITE proxy card nominees.
- Company claims Q1 2022 earnings exceeded targets and mid-double-digit growth anticipated for full year.
- Acquisitions overseen by board delivered $222M in sales with 15% EBITDA margin.
- Cruiser's nominees lack relevant experience; two have never served on a for-profit board.
- Cruiser's hedge fund recorded a lifetime portfolio loss of 28.7% as of March 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-152136
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVD
- cik: 0000005981
- company_name: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522152136/0001193125-22-152136-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522152136/d290950d8k.htm

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