American Vanguard Corporation (AVD)

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American Vanguard Corporation

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

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Full Time Employees: 671

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Eric G. Wintemute	Chairman & CEO	767.92k	97.35k	1956
Mr. David T. Johnson	VP, CFO & Treasurer	475.27k	N/A	1957
Dr. Ulrich G. Trogele	COO & Exec. VP	430.53k	N/A	1958
Mr. Timothy J. Donnelly	Gen. Counsel, Chief Admin. Officer & Sec.	409.77k	N/A	1960
Mr. Anthony Hendrix	Sr. VP of Crop Sales for U.S. & Canada	337.59k	N/A	1970
Mr. Peter E. Eilers	Managing Director of AMVAC Netherlands BV	386.36k	N/A	1964
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

Amounts are as of December 31, 2019 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. The company manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. It also markets and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; distributes chemicals for greenhouse and nursery production markets; and offers formulations, such as PCNB, chlorothalonil, and propiconazole under the FFII and FFIII names. The company 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. American Vanguard Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Corporate Governance

American Vanguard Corporation’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of December 1, 2020 is 2. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 5; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 5.

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.