---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-001239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T06:47:20.486380+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director James Helin to retire from Calavo Growers board effective April 23, 2025

## Summary
- James Helin notified Calavo he will not stand for reelection at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Retirement effective as of the April 23, 2025 shareholder meeting.
- Decision unrelated to any disagreement with the company's operations or policies.
- No replacement for Helin's board seat has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-001239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837025001239/0001558370-25-001239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837025001239/cvgw-20250214x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-001239
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-001239.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-001239.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a7f3e4124d
  claim: James Helin departed as Board of Directors at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On February 14, 2025, James Helin notified Calavo Growers, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from the Board of Directors and, accordingly, not to stand for reelection at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837025001239/0001558370-25-001239-index.htm

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