---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-008904"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:27:48.348972+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Calavo Growers appoints former CFO John Lindeman to Board of Directors

## Summary
- John Lindeman appointed independent director and Audit Committee member effective June 3, 2024.
- Lindeman was Calavo CFO (2015-2020); currently EVP/CFO of Hydrofarm (HYFM).
- Board expands to nine directors, eight of whom are independent.
- Lindeman also serves on board of Utz Brands (UTZ) since September 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-008904
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837024008904/0001558370-24-008904-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837024008904/cvgw-20240530x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-008904.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 61acd178a3
  claim: B. John Lindeman was appointed as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 30, 2024, the Board of Directors of Calavo Growers, Inc. (“Calavo”) appointed B. John Lindeman as an independent member of its Board of Directors, effective June 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837024008904/0001558370-24-008904-index.htm

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