8-K

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): July 31, 2025

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

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol

Exchanges

on which registered

Common Stock, $.10 par value

AVD

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b02 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b02 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 31, 2025, American Vanguard Corporation (“Registrant” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2025. The full text of the press release is linked hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 31, 2025, the Company held its previously announced earnings call regarding its unaudited financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2025. A transcript of the earnings call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit 99.1		Press release dated July 31, 2025, of Registrant regarding financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2025.

Exhibit 99.2		Transcript of earnings call held July 31, 2025.

04		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, American Vanguard Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


	AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION

Date: August 1, 2025

	By:	/s/ Timothy J. Donnelly
		Timothy J. Donnelly
		Chief Information Officer, General
		Counsel & Secretary

SEC Form 8-K filed by American Vanguard Corporation