secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK:        0000005981
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-206163
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Vanguard withdraws Dacthal registrations after EPA suspension based on rodent study
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- Voluntary cancellation of Dacthal federal registrations submitted to EPA after emergency suspension order on Aug 6, 2024.
- Company questions EPA conclusions based on single rodent study; will also cancel all international Dacthal registrations.
- OCEO team (Johnson, Donnelly, Khosravi, Bassett) managing CEO duties to receive $125K payments on Sep 30 and Dec 31, 2024.
- Mark Bassett also receives $29,200/month contractor fee for six months from July 1, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312524206163/0001193125-24-206163-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312524206163/d227634d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-206163

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