---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-000417"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:32:39.441613+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two long-serving Calavo directors will not stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- John M. Hunt (board member since 1993) will not seek re-election at the 2023 annual meeting.
- Donald M. Sanders (board member since 2002) will also not stand for re-election.
- Both decisions were not due to any disagreement with Calavo on operations, policies, or practices.
- Hunt and Sanders will continue serving until the 2023 annual meeting; no replacements announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-000417
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000417/0001558370-23-000417-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000417/cvgw-20230117x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000417
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000417.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000417.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John M. Hunt departed as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: John M. Hunt and Donald M. Sanders, respectively, notified Calavo Growers, Inc. (the “Company”) that they will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000417/0001558370-23-000417-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald M. Sanders departed as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: John M. Hunt and Donald M. Sanders, respectively, notified Calavo Growers, Inc. (the “Company”) that they will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000417/0001558370-23-000417-index.htm

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