Form 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): October 2, 2018

CALAVO GROWERS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

California    000-33385    33-0945304

 

  

 

  

 

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

  

(Commission File

Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1141-A Cummings Road, Santa Paula, California 93060

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (805) 525-1245

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:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Calavo Growers, Inc. is hereby furnishing the following information under Regulation FD.

On October 2, 2018, Calavo Growers, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing that its board of directors has declared an annual dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock, payable December 7, 2018, to shareholders of record on November 16, 2018.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

                    Exhibits

 

  99.1

Press release dated October 2, 2018 of the Registrant.

 

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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.

 

    Calavo Growers, Inc.
October 2, 2018      
    By: /s/ Lecil E. Cole    
    Lecil E. Cole
   

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and

President

    (Principal Executive Officer)

 

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