---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-000656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:03:37.200386+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Calavo appoints CEO Brian Kocher to Board of Directors effective immediately

## Summary
- CEO Brian Kocher appointed to Board on Jan 27, 2023, ahead of originally planned 2023 annual meeting.
- Appointment follows decisions by directors John M. Hunt and Donald M. Sanders not to stand for re-election.
- Kocher will not serve on any board committees and receives no additional compensation for board service.
- Kocher's existing compensation remains per his employment agreement and prior proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-000656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000656/0001558370-23-000656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000656/cvgw-20230127x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000656
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000656.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-000656.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Kocher was appointed as member of the Board of Directors at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On January 27, 2023, Calavo Growers, Inc. (“Calavo”) appointed Brian Kocher, Calavo’s Chief Executive Officer, as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837023000656/0001558370-23-000656-index.htm

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