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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802974-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVO"
cik: "0001802974"
company_name: "Mission Produce, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T18:13:39.806224+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mission Produce appoints Michael Sims to board of directors, effective May 5, 2025

## Summary
- Michael Sims appointed as independent Class II director and will serve on the Audit Committee.
- Board size increased from eight to nine directors.
- Sims is former EVP and CFO of TruGreen and AdvancePierre Foods, and held senior roles at Chiquita.
- He currently serves on the boards of Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) and Winland Foods.
- Term expires at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802974-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVO
- cik: 0001802974
- company_name: Mission Produce, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802974/000180297425000016/0001802974-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802974/000180297425000016/avo-20250505.htm

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