UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 2.02 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition |
On August 8, 2024, American Vanguard Corporation (“Registrant” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and hosted a conference call to discuss the financial results for such quarterly period.
The full text of the press release is linked hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the conference call transcript is linked hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 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 August 8, 2024, of Registrant regarding financial results for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024. | |
| Exhibit 99.2 | Transcript of Registrant’s earnings call held on August 8, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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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 9, 2024 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Timothy J. Donnelly | |||||
| Timothy J. Donnelly | ||||||
| Acting Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer, General Counsel & Secretary | ||||||
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