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Issuer:     CALAVO GROWERS INC (CVGW)
CIK:        0001133470
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-161570
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Calavo faces two shareholder lawsuits over Mission Produce merger, voluntarily supplements proxy
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- Two lawsuits filed March 26, 2026 in New York Supreme Court challenging the merger (Carroll v. Calavo, Jones v. Calavo).
- Calavo also received demand letters from purported shareholders alleging disclosure deficiencies in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
- Calavo and Mission Produce believe allegations without merit but voluntarily issued supplemental disclosures to avoid delay; no admission of liability.
- Supplemental disclosures include additional details on Jefferies' financial analyses (selected companies, transactions, DCF) and director/executive interests.
- Special meetings of Mission Produce stockholders and Calavo shareholders scheduled for April 28, 2026 to vote on the merger.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000119312526161570/0001193125-26-161570-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000119312526161570/d16772d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-161570

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