Edgar Filing: CALAVO GROWERS INC

Calavo Growers, Inc.

September 27, 2016

/s/ Lecil E. Cole

Lecil E. Cole

Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

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): September 27, 2016

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)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

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

On September 27, 2016, 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 $0.90 per share of common stock, payable December 8, 2016, to shareholders of record on November 17, 2016.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



99.1		Press release dated September 27, 2016 of the Registrant

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.