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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 the Company after March 14, 2026, and by April 14, 2026. Any stockholder who intends to solicit proxies in support of any director nominees must comply with the content requirements of SEC Rule 14a-19 (the SEC;s universal proxy rule) at the time it complies with the earlier deadlines in the Company’s advance notice provisions of its Bylaws, described above.

Will a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting be available?

A list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available at the Annual Meeting. The list will also be available Monday through Friday from about May 30, 2025, through July 1, 2025, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight time, at the offices of the Corporate Secretary, American Vanguard Corporation, 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, California 92660. Such list will also be available during the Annual Meeting on the meeting website. A stockholder of record may examine the list for any legally valid purpose related to the Annual Meeting.

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Where can I find the voting results of the meeting?

We will publish the voting results of the Annual Meeting on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") within four business days after the Annual Meeting. You can read or print a copy of that report by going to the Company’s website,www.american-vanguard.com, Investor Relations, Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Filings, and then click on, “View American Vanguard SEC Filings.” References to our website in this Proxy are not intended to function as hyperlinks, and the information contained on our website is not to be incorporated by reference into this Proxy. You can find the same Form 8-K by going directly to the SEC’s website atwww.sec.gov.

Forward-looking statements/risk factors

The Company, from time-to-time, may discuss forward-looking statements including assumptions concerning the Company’s operations, future results and prospects. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. In connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company provides the following cautionary statements identifying important factors which, among other things, could cause the actual results and events to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by the forward-looking statements and related assumptions contained