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Issuer:     AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK:        0000005981
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-169120
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Vanguard elects nine directors in contested vote, declares $0.025 quarterly dividend
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- Nine directors elected; three from dissident Cruiser Capital slate (Bassett, Gottschalk, Rosenbloom).
- Stockholders ratified BDO USA as independent auditor for FY 2022.
- Equity incentive plan amended to add 725,000 shares and extend term 10 years.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed 21.5M for, 4.5M against.
- Board declares $0.025/share quarterly dividend, payable July 8 to holders of record June 24.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522169120/0001193125-22-169120-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522169120/d335209d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-169120

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