Company: AVD
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-079166
Chunk: 2

Company: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 vote. It also gives you information on these proposals, so that you can make an informed decision. The approximate date on which this proxy statement and the enclosed form of proxy are first being sent to stockholders is May 29, 2025.

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) has fixed the close of business on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”). At the Record Date, 34,751,318 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding of which 28,228,438 were entitled to vote. Each share of Common Stock entitles its record holder on the Record Date to one vote on all matters.

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.You are encouraged to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Can I attend the Annual Meeting?

We will be hosting the Annual Meeting via live webcast on the Internet.You will not be able to attend the meeting in person.Stockholders can attend the Annual Meeting by logging onto www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AVD2025 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Stockholders will attend in listen-only mode and will be able to vote and submit written questions while connected to the Annual Meeting on the Internet.

How do I participate in the Annual Meeting online?

You will need to use the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card in order to vote your shares or submit written questions during the meeting. Instructions on how to connect and participate via the Internet (including how to demonstrate your ownership of stock through obtaining a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or trustee) are posted at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AVD2025.

If you do not have your 16-digit control number, you will be able to listen to the meeting only; without the control number you will not be able to vote or submit questions during the meeting.

Questions will be addressed as time permits and may be grouped, summarized and answered together if related. If a question posed is not addressed during the Annual Meeting, or if