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): March 15, 2005

 

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-13795   95-2588080
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   Commission File Number   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

4695 MacArthur Court

Newport Beach, California 92660

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number: (949) 260-1200

 

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)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On March 15, 2005, based upon company-wide and individual performance during fiscal year 2004 as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of American Vanguard Corporation (the “Company”), the executive officers of the Company were paid incentive compensation in a lump sum in the following amounts: Eric G. Wintemute, President and Chief Executive Officer - $300,000; James A. Barry, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary/Treasurer - $110,000; Mark H. Blincoe, Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer - $50,000; Glen D. Johnson, Senior Vice President of AMVAC Chemical Corporation - $125,000; Christopher K. Hildreth, Senior Vice President of AMVAC Chemical Corporation - $100,000; and Robert F. Gilbane, President of GemChem, Inc. - $75,000.

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, American Vanguard Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

        AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION
Date: February 3, 2006       By:  

    /s/ Timothy J. Donnelly

               

    Timothy J. Donnelly

               

    Vice President & General Counsel