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Calavo Growers, Inc. filings document material-event reports for a California fresh produce and avocado-products company with common stock registered on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under CVGW. Recent disclosure subjects include operating and financial results, dividend record-date and payment information, material agreements, capital-structure matters, shareholder-voting materials, and governance items such as executive retention and compensatory arrangements.
The company's regulatory record also describes its Fresh and Prepared business activities, including avocado sourcing, produce packing and distribution, and guacamole and avocado-product processing, together with formal corporate-governance and public-company reporting disclosures.
Calavo Growers, Inc. filed a Post-Effective Amendment to its Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-191702) to deregister 201,939 shares of common stock that remained unsold under that registration. The amendment states the deregistration is effective following the closing of a merger with Mission Produce, which became effective May 28, 2026.
The amendment cites the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 14, 2026, and confirms the company has removed from registration any unsold shares that were previously registered for offer and sale under the Registration Statement.
Calavo Growers, Inc. deregistered 1,397,213 shares of common stock previously registered on Form S-3. The company filed a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove any unsold shares under Registration No. 333-199754. The amendment states that, effective May 28, 2026, the company completed two-step merger transactions with Mission Produce and its subsidiaries.
The filing says the Registrant terminated offers and sales of the registered shares and removed any remaining unsold shares from registration in accordance with the prior undertaking in the Registration Statement.
Calavo Growers, Inc. completed its previously announced merger with Mission Produce, Inc. on May 28, 2026 through a two-step merger structure. Each share of Calavo common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce shares plus $14.85 in cash per share, subject to cash in lieu of fractional shares.
The aggregate merger consideration to Calavo shareholders was approximately 17,531,182 Mission Produce shares and $265,922,425 in cash, funded by Mission Produce with cash on hand and third-party debt. In connection with closing, Calavo repaid all obligations under, and terminated, its existing credit agreement.
Calavo common stock is being removed from listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market following a Form 25 filing, and Mission Produce or the surviving company intends to file Form 15 to deregister Calavo shares and suspend Exchange Act reporting. A change in control occurred, and all Calavo directors resigned effective at the first merger effective time.
CALAVO GROWERS INC director Steve Hollister disposed of 48,110 shares of common stock in connection with a merger transaction. The shares were transferred to the issuer under a merger agreement in which each Calavo share is converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce common shares plus $14.85 in cash, with additional cash paid in lieu of any fractional Mission Produce shares. Following this disposition, Hollister no longer holds Calavo common stock according to this filing.
Calavo Growers director Marc Laurence Brown reported a disposition of 32,700 shares of Calavo common stock back to the company. After this transaction, he no longer holds Calavo shares directly.
According to the merger agreement between Calavo and Mission Produce, each Calavo share was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 shares of Mission Produce common stock plus $14.85 in cash, with cash paid instead of any fractional Mission Produce shares.
Calavo Growers Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer, James E. Snyder, reported an automatic disposition of company stock tied to a merger with Mission Produce, Inc. The Form 4 shows 5,157 shares of Calavo common stock were disposed of in a transaction coded as a disposition to the issuer, leaving him with zero directly held Calavo shares.
According to the merger agreement, each Calavo share is being converted into the right to receive 0.9790 shares of Mission Produce common stock plus $14.85 in cash, with additional cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. This reflects a structural change in ownership due to the merger, rather than an open-market trade.
CALAVO GROWERS INC director Michael Anthony DiGregorio disposed of 39,450 shares of common stock back to the company. The disposition occurred in connection with a merger in which each Calavo share was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce common shares plus $14.85 in cash, with cash paid instead of fractional shares. Following this transaction, DiGregorio held no Calavo common shares directly.
Calavo Growers director Adriana Mendizabal reported the disposition of her equity in connection with Calavo’s merger with Mission Produce. She returned 15,480 shares of Calavo common stock to the issuer and now shows zero common shares directly owned after the transaction.
Under the merger agreement, each Calavo share was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce common shares plus $14.85 in cash, with cash paid instead of fractional shares. Her 2,220 deferred restricted stock units were cancelled and converted into a cash payment based on a merger consideration value of $27.69 per underlying Calavo share.
Calavo Growers executive vice president Ronald Araiza disposed of 4,310 shares of Calavo common stock in a transaction with the issuer. The disposition occurred on May 28, 2026 in connection with a merger where each Calavo share was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce shares plus $14.85 in cash. Following the transaction, Araiza reported owning no Calavo shares directly.
CALAVO GROWERS INC director Aslam Farha disposed of his Calavo equity in connection with the company’s merger with Mission Produce, Inc. The filing shows 7,792 shares of Calavo common stock were converted under the merger terms, rather than sold on the open market.
Under the Merger Agreement, each Calavo share was converted into the right to receive 0.9790 Mission Produce shares plus $14.85 in cash, with cash paid instead of fractional shares. Deferred restricted stock units tied to 4,929, 2,220 and 4,259 underlying Calavo shares were cancelled and converted into cash based on a merger consideration value of $27.69 per underlying share. Following these transactions, the Form 4 reports Farha with no remaining Calavo holdings.