American Vanguard Corporation (AVD)

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American Vanguard Corporation

4695 MacArthur Court
Newport Beach, CA 92660
United States
949 260 1200
https://www.american-vanguard.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Full Time Employees: 804

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Eric G. Wintemute	Chairman & CEO	1.16M	N/A	1956
Mr. David T. Johnson	VP, CFO & Treasurer	580.68k	N/A	1957
Dr. Ulrich G. Trogele Ph.D.	COO & Exec. VP	607.51k	N/A	1958
Mr. Timothy J. Donnelly Esq.	Gen. Counsel, Chief Admin. Officer & Sec.	495.83k	N/A	1960
Mr. Peter E. Eilers	Managing Director of AMVAC Netherlands BV	481.57k	N/A	1964
Mr. Anthony Scott Hendrix	Sr. VP of Crop Sales for U.S. & Canada	481.72k	N/A	1971
Mr. William A. Kuser	Director of Investor Relations & Corp. Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Robert F. Gilbane	Pres of Gemchem Inc	N/A	N/A	1951
James Thompson	Director of Bus. Devel., Portfolio Management Biologicals & Non-Crop	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2021 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, soil health, plant nutrition, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. The company also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets. It distributes its products through national distribution companies, and buying groups or co-operatives; and through sales offices, sales force executives, sales agents, and wholly owned distributors. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Corporate Governance

American Vanguard Corporation’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of February 1, 2023 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 8; Board: 6; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 4.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.