Company: AVD
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-079166
Chunk: 14

Company: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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| Operational Excellence    |     |          |     |        |     | ●       |     | ●          |     | ●      |     | ●        |     |         |     |            |     | ●           |
| Supply Chain              |     |          |     |        |     | ●       |     | ●          |     | ●      |     | ●        |     |         |     |            |     |             |
| Strategy                  |     | ●        |     | ●      |     | ●       |     | ●          |     | ●      |     | ●        |     | ●       |     | ●          |     | ●           |
| Transformation            |     | ●        |     |        |     | ●       |     | ●          |     |        |     | ●        |     | ●       |     |            |     |             |

Key to Skills Matrix: Agribusiness – 10+ years in Agriculture, Food or Agrochemical business; C-Suite/Senior Management – 10+ years; Cybersecurity/IT – oversaw digital tools for business efficiency, security, privacy; ESG/Sustainability – experience in overseeing sustainability initiatives including sustainability reports; Finance Expert/Literate – qualifies as Audit Committee expert or as financially literate under SEC rules; Global Experience – managed multinational company or lived and/or worked abroad; Government/regulatory – served or interacted extensively with a regulatory agency; Human Capital – oversaw human capital, talent management, rewards and/or HR systems; Mergers & Acquisitions – self-evident; Operational Excellence – led initiatives to improve operational and/or financial efficiency; Supply Chain – managed procurement, vendor relations and/or pricing policies related thereto; Strategy – oversaw corporate strategy for near- and mid-term growth and profitability; Transformation – oversaw initiatives to achieve operating greater operating leverage through business, operational and product changes. REQUIRED VOTE AND RECOMMENDATION A nominee for director shall be elected if the votes cast “FOR” such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast “AGAINST” such nominee’s election. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEES IDENTIFIED ABOVE.

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BOARD SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP