---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-009945"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:38:25.462224+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Calavo Growers appoints Shawn Munsell as CFO, effective June 20, 2022

## Summary
- Munsell previously SVP Finance, Accounting at Tyson Foods chicken segment (FY2021 revenue $14B).
- Base salary $415,000; eligible for annual performance bonus up to 60% of base.
- Signing bonus of $350,000 in RSUs vesting over three years; relocation reimbursement up to $100,000.
- Brian Kocher steps down as interim CFO on June 19; Munsell starts June 20.
- Severance: one year base salary, health benefits, pro-rata bonus, full vesting of signing bonus if terminated without cause or for good reason.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-009945
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022009945/0001558370-22-009945-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022009945/cvgw-20220609x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Kocher resigned as interim Chief Financial Officer at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Brian Kocher, Calavo’s Chief Executive Officer, will resign as Calavo’s interim Chief Financial Officer on June 19, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022009945/0001558370-22-009945-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shawn Munsell was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Calavo appointed Shawn Munsell, as Chief Financial Officer, commencing June 20, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022009945/0001558370-22-009945-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.