{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001558370-21-017004","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CVGW","cik":"0001133470","company_name":"CALAVO GROWERS INC","filed_at":"2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:11.644401+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T22:49:50.332774+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Calavo Growers appoints Brian Kocher as CEO effective Feb 1, 2022","bullets":["Brian Kocher named President and CEO; base salary $800,000, eligible for bonus 100-200% of base.","Signing bonus of $1,200,000 in restricted stock vesting over three years.","Relocation allowance of $325,000 provided; repayable if Kocher leaves within two years without good reason.","Interim CEO Steve Hollister resigns effective Feb 1, remains on board as independent director.","Kocher previously President and CEO of Castellini Group, and held exec roles at Chiquita."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-017004","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-017004.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-017004.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-017004.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021017004/0001558370-21-017004-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021017004/cvgw-20211220x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T22:49:50.332774+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"0b83048d35","claim":"Brian Kocher was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at CALAVO GROWERS INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On December 20, 2021, Calavo Growers, Inc. (“Calavo”) appointed Brian Kocher, as Chief Executive Officer, commencing February 1, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021017004/0001558370-21-017004-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"a1cb92eddb","claim":"Steve Hollister resigned as interim Chief Executive Officer at CALAVO GROWERS INC.","evidence_excerpt":"Steve Hollister has therefore resigned as Calavo’s interim Chief Executive Officer effective upon Mr. Kocher’s start date, at which time Mr. Hollister will remain a member of Calavo’s board of directors and resume his status as an independent director.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021017004/0001558370-21-017004-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"interim Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}