AVD awards $450K in success bonuses to executives for completing total debt restructuring

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP

Board approves success bonuses totaling $450K: Douglas Kaye $150K, David Johnson $125K, Timothy Donnelly $125K, Shirin Khosravi $50K for restructuring all company debt.
At June 3 annual meeting, all seven director nominees elected; Deloitte ratification, say-on-pay frequency and approval all passed overwhelmingly.
Chairman Pat Gottschalk thanked shareholders for strong support in press release after meeting.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote approving the overall executive compensation policies and procedures of the Company at the 2026-06-03 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-03

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4 - Executive Comp 15,159,605 561,820 338,571 5,335,877

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of voting on the overall executive compensation policies and procedures of the Company at the 2026-06-03 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay frequency
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-03

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3 - Frequency of Comp 14,755,233 10,260 1,040,509 253,994

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte Touche, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-06-03 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-03

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2 - Ratify Deloitte 20,904,030 24,225 467,618 0

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP shareholders approved Election of seven directors at the 2026-06-03 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-03

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With respect to the first proposal in the proxy, the following seven nominees received more votes “for” than “against” and, as a result, were elected to serve as directors for the ensuing year:

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