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): June 6, 2018

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:

 

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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    ☐

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.             ☐

 

 

Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

(a)	On June 6, 2018 Calavo Growers, Inc. issued a press release containing our financial results for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2018. A copy of our press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information contained in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by Calavo Growers, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                             Exhibits

                                  99.1    Press release dated June 6, 2018 of the Registrant.

 

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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.

 

						Calavo Growers, Inc.
June 8, 2018
						By: /s/ Lecil E. Cole
						Lecil E. Cole Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

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