8-K
filed May 29, 2026, 6:01 AM ET
ticker CVGW
CIK 0001133470
M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 1.00
CALAVO GROWERS INC (CVGW): M&A transaction — Calavo completes acquisition by Mission Produce; shareholders receive 0.9790 Mission shares + $14.85 cash per share
CALAVO GROWERS INC
- Per share consideration: 0.9790 Mission Produce shares + $14.85 cash; total approx. 17.5M shares and $266M cash.
- Calavo common stock delisted from Nasdaq; Form 25 filed; deregistration on Form 15 to follow.
- All eight Calavo directors resigned effective at First Effective Time; no disagreement cited.
- Calavo's credit agreement with Wells Fargo repaid in full and terminated at closing.
- Merger closed May 28, 2026, after shareholder approval and regulatory conditions met.
Key facts
Extracted from this filing and checked against the source text.
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Farha Aslam resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Kathleen M. Holmgren resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Steven Hollister resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Marc L. Brown resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Adriana Mendizabal resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
J. Link Leavens resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Michael DiGregorio resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
B. John Lindeman resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
B. John Lindeman, Farha Aslam, Marc L. Brown, Michael DiGregorio, Steven Hollister, Kathleen M. Holmgren, J. Link Leavens, and Adriana Mendizabal tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of Calavo and from all committees of the board on which they formerly served, effective as of the First Effective Time.
View on SEC.gov
M&A Transactions
SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01
confidence 0.9
CALAVO GROWERS INC underwent a change of control involving Mission Produce, Inc. for 17,531,182 Mission Produce Shares and $265,922,425 (closed 2026-05-28).
- Action
- change of control
- Counterparty
- Mission Produce, Inc.
- Consideration
- 17,531,182 Mission Produce Shares and $265,922,425
- Closing
- 2026-05-28
Exact text from the filing
Time and (y) the Merger Consideration Value. Aggregate Merger Consideration The total aggregate consideration payable to Calavo shareholders in the Mergers was approximately 17,531,182 Mission Produce Shares and $265,922,425. The cash consideration was paid by Mission Produce using a combination of (a) available cash on hand and (b) third-party debt financing.
View on SEC.gov
This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice.
See methodology for how this pipeline works.