---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-156193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVD"
cik: "0000005981"
company_name: "AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T09:23:07.030457+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AVD stockholders elect all 9 director nominees, ratify Deloitte, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Nine directors elected: Angelini, Baskin, Bassett, Gottschalk, Gunter, Kaye, Macicek, Rosenbloom, Tiu.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2025: 22,030,083 for, 369,428 against.
- Advisory approval of executive compensation: 14,654,753 for, 2,125,356 against.
- All measures passed with overwhelming majority of votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-156193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVD
- cik: 0000005981
- company_name: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312525156193/0001193125-25-156193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312525156193/d933595d8k.htm

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