UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 21, 2014
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-13795 | 95-2588080 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
Commission File Number |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1200
Newport Beach, California 92660
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number: (949) 260-1200
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As determined by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Compensation Committee of the Board of American Vanguard Corporation (the “Company”), named executive officers of the Company were paid incentive compensation in a lump sum based upon company-wide and individual performance during fiscal year 2013 as follows:
| Name & Title |
Bonus |
|||
| Eric G. Wintemute, Chairman & CEO |
$ | 300,000 | ||
| Glen D. Johnson, SVP – Business Dev’t & Mktg |
$ | 145,000 | ||
| David T. Johnson, CFO, VP & Treasurer |
$ | 160,000 | ||
| James Lehman, VP – Sales |
$ | 140,000 | ||
| Timothy J. Donnelly, CAO, GC & Sec’y |
$ | 147,000 | ||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION
| Date: March 25, 2014 | By: | /s/ Timothy J. Donnelly | ||
| Timothy J. Donnelly | ||||
| Chief Administrative Officer, | ||||
| General Counsel & Secretary |