---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-012924"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T01:47:35.533677+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Calavo names Helen Kurtz as SVP & GM of Prepared segment; base salary $430K

## Summary
- Ms. Kurtz, former Foster Farms SVP/CMO, starts Aug 17, 2022, leading Calavo Prepared.
- Annual base salary of $430,000, with minimum 50% annual bonus if targets met.
- Signing bonus of $300K in RSUs vesting over three years.
- Severance: 1 year base salary plus health benefits if terminated without cause or for good reason.
- Appointment aligns with April 2022 reorganization into Grown and Prepared segments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-012924
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022012924/0001558370-22-012924-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837022012924/cvgw-20220808x8k.htm

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