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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 27, 2022
CALAVO GROWERS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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California
000-33385
33-0945304
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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1141-A Cummings Road
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Santa Paula
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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:
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805
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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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
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CVGW
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Nasdaq Global Market
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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 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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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. ☐
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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 27, 2022, Calavo Growers, Inc. (the "Company") sold 1,677,299 shares of Limoneira Company ("Limoneira") common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $18.5 million.  The net proceeds thereof after payment of commissions and expenses will be used by the Company to pay down borrowings on its credit facility with Bank of America, as administrative agent, and the other lenders thereto.  Contemporaneously with such sale, Bank of America, as administrative agent, released its lien on such shares in accordance with terms of the credit agreement and the related loan documents.
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For further details on such credit facility, see the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange on December 21, 2021, and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2022.
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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.
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Calavo Growers, Inc.
October 27, 2022
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By:
/s/ Shawn Munsell
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Name: Shawn Munsell
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
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