Company: AVD
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-079166
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Company: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025; and

3. Hold an advisory vote on executive compensation.

Our board of directors has fixed Wednesday, May 28, 2025, as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Beginning on or about May 29, 2025, we will send to our stockholders our proxy materials, including an explanation of how to vote your shares and how to attend the Annual Meeting virtually. If you did not receive such Notice electronically, you may elect to receive future notices, proxy materials and annual reports electronically through the Internet by following the instructions in this Proxy Statement. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting via live webcast, please vote your shares in one of the following ways, either: (i) by Internet or telephone before the meeting, (ii) by Internet during the meeting, or (iii) by following the instructions on the proxy card, including by marking, dating and signing the proxy card and returning it. Please review the instructions on each voting option as described in this proxy statement.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The accompanying Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, are available to view and download at www.proxyvote.com.

We appreciate your continuing interest in American Vanguard Corporation.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Timothy J. Donnelly

Chief Information Officer

General Counsel & Secretary

Newport Beach, California

May 29, 2025

<div align='center'>AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION

4695 MacArthur Court

Newport Beach, CA 92660

PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Proxy Solicitation by the Board of Directors</div>

The Board of Directors of American Vanguard Corporation (the “Company”) is soliciting proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AVD2025. This proxy statement describes proposals on which the Company would like you, as a stockholder, to