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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-26-019424
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260122
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260122

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mission Produce, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001802974
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE SERVICES [0700]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				953847744
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39561
		FILM NUMBER:		26551626

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2710 CAMINO DEL SOL
		CITY:			OXNARD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93030
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(805) 981-3650

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2710 CAMINO DEL SOL
		CITY:			OXNARD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93030
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MISSION PRODUCE, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">95-3847744</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2710 Camino Del Sol</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oxnard, CA</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&#8194;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.&#8194; &#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this
form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;21, 2026, Mission Produce, Inc. (the &#8220;<I>Company</I>&#8221;) entered into a Rights Agreement between the Company and
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC as Rights Agent (as amended from time to time, the &#8220;<I>Rights Agreement</I>&#8221;) that was previously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Rights Agreement, a dividend was declared of one preferred stock purchase right (individually, a
&#8220;<I>Right</I>&#8221; and collectively, the &#8220;<I>Rights</I>&#8221;) for each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;<I>Common Stock</I>&#8221;), of the Company outstanding at the close of business on February&nbsp;4,
2026 (the &#8220;<I>Record Date</I>&#8221;). Each Right will entitle the registered holder thereof, after the Rights become exercisable and until January&nbsp;21, 2026 (or the earlier redemption, exchange or termination of the Rights), to purchase
from the Company one <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-hundredth</FONT> of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;<I>Series A Preferred</I>&#8221;), of the Company at a price of $63.00 per
one <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-hundredth</FONT> of a share of Series A Preferred (the &#8220;<I>Purchase Price</I>&#8221;). Until the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;the close of business on the tenth business day following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 10%<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP>or more of the Common Stock (an
&#8220;<I>Acquiring Person</I>&#8221;) or (ii)&nbsp;the close of business on the tenth business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any person or group of affiliated or associated
persons becomes an Acquiring Person) following the commencement or announcement of an intention to make a tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person (the earlier of
(i)&nbsp;and (ii) being called the &#8220;<I>Distribution Date</I>&#8221;), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect to any of the Common Stock certificates outstanding as of the Record Date, by such Common Stock certificates, or, with respect to
any uncertificated Common Stock registered in book entry form, by notation in book entry, in either case together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached as Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement. Under the Rights Agreement, synthetic ownership of
Common Stock in the form of derivative securities counts towards the ownership threshold, to the extent actual shares of Common Stock equivalent to the economic exposure created by the derivative security are directly or indirectly beneficially
owned by a counterparty to such derivative security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Rights Agreement provides that any person who beneficially owned 10%<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP>or more of the Common Stock immediately prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of the Rights Agreement, together with any affiliates and associates of that person (each an
&#8220;<I>Existing Holder</I>&#8221;), shall not be deemed to be an &#8220;Acquiring Person&#8221; for purposes of the Rights Agreement unless an Existing Holder becomes the beneficial owner of one or more additional shares of Common Stock (other
than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the outstanding Common Stock in Common Stock or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock) and upon acquiring such additional shares, the Existing
Holder beneficially owns 10%<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP>or more of the Common Stock then outstanding or if the Existing Holder exchanges synthetic ownership of Common Stock to another form of beneficial ownership (other
than pursuant to the express terms of a written agreement as it existed immediately prior to the first public announcement of the Rights Agreement). </P>
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earlier redemption, exchange, termination or expiration of the Rights). As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights (&#8220;<I>Right Certificates</I>&#8221;) will be mailed to holders of record
of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on January&nbsp;21, 2027, subject to the Company&#8217;s
right to extend such date, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company or terminated. The Rights will at no time have any voting rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each share of Series A Preferred purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will be entitled, when, as and if declared, to a minimum preferential
quarterly dividend payment of $1.00 per share or, if greater, an aggregate dividend of 100 times the dividend, if any, declared per share of Common Stock. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the
Series A Preferred will be entitled to a minimum preferential liquidation payment of $100 per share (plus any accrued but unpaid dividends), provided that such holders of the Series A Preferred will be entitled to an aggregate payment of 1,000 times
the payment made per share of Common Stock. Each share of Series A Preferred will have 100 votes and will vote together with the Common Stock. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which shares of the Common
Stock are exchanged, each share of Series A Preferred will be entitled to receive 100 times the amount received per share of Common Stock. The Series A Preferred will not be redeemable. The Rights are protected by customary anti-dilution provisions.
Because of the nature of the Series A Preferred&#8217;s dividend and liquidation rights, the value of one <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-hundredth</FONT> of a share of Series A Preferred purchasable upon exercise of each Right should
approximate the value of one share of Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Purchase Price payable, and the number of one
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-hundredths</FONT> of a share of Series A Preferred or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i)&nbsp;in the event of a
stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Series A Preferred, (ii)&nbsp;upon the grant to holders of the Series A Preferred of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Series A Preferred or
convertible securities at less than the current market price of the Series A Preferred or (iii)&nbsp;upon the distribution to holders of the Series A Preferred of evidences of indebtedness, cash, securities or assets (excluding regular periodic cash
dividends at a rate not in excess of 125% of the rate of the last regular periodic cash dividend theretofore paid or, in case regular periodic cash dividends have not theretofore been paid, at a rate not in excess of 50% of the average net income
per share of the Company for the four quarters ended immediately prior to the payment of such dividend, or dividends payable in shares of Series A Preferred (which dividends will be subject to the adjustment described in clause (i)&nbsp;above)) or
of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that a person becomes an Acquiring Person or if the
Company were the surviving corporation in a merger with an Acquiring Person or any affiliate or associate of an Acquiring Person and shares of the Common Stock were not changed or exchanged in such merger, each holder of a Right, other than Rights
that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person (which Rights will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right to </P>
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receive upon exercise that number of shares of Common Stock having a market value of two times the then current Purchase Price of one Right. In the event that, after a person has become an
Acquiring Person, the Company were acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or more than 50% of its assets or earning power were sold, proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company which at the time of such transaction would have a market value of two times the then current
Purchase Price of one Right. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time after a person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the earlier of one of the events
described in the last sentence of the previous paragraph or the acquisition by such Acquiring Person of 50% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock, the Board of Directors may cause the Company to exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by
an Acquiring Person which have become void), in whole or in part, for shares of Common Stock at an exchange rate of one share of Common Stock per Right (subject to adjustment). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price.
No fractional shares of Series A Preferred or Common Stock will be issued (other than fractions of Series A Preferred which are integral multiples of one <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-thousandth</FONT> of a share of Series A Preferred, which
may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depository receipts), and in lieu thereof, a payment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Series A Preferred or Common Stock on the last trading date prior to the date of
exercise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Rights may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Right (the &#8220;<I>Redemption Price</I>&#8221;)
by the Board of Directors at any time prior to the time that an Acquiring Person has become such. The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company beyond those as an existing
stockholder, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may
be amended by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized committee thereof, for so long as the Rights are then redeemable, and after the Rights are no longer redeemable, the Company may amend or supplement the Rights Agreement in
any manner that does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights (other than an Acquiring Person or any affiliate or associate of an Acquiring Person). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Right will be distributed to stockholders of the Company for each share of Common Stock owned of record by them on February&nbsp;4, 2026.
As long as the Rights are attached to the Common Stock, the Company will issue one Right with each new share of Common Stock so that all such shares will have attached Rights. The Company has agreed that, from and after the Distribution Date, the
Company will reserve 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred initially for issuance upon exercise of the Rights. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Rights are designed to assure that all of the Company&#8217;s stockholders receive fair
and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to guard against partial tender offers, open market accumulations and other abusive or coercive tactics to gain control of the Company without paying all stockholders a
control premium. The Rights will cause substantial dilution to a person or group that acquires 10% or more of the Common Stock on terms not approved by the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors. The Rights should not interfere with any merger or other
business combination approved by the Board of Directors at any time prior to the first date that a person or group has become an Acquiring Person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Certificate of Designations establishing the terms of the Series A Preferred, the Rights Agreement specifying the terms of the Rights and
the text of the press release announcing the declaration of the Rights are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to this registration statement. The foregoing summary of the Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Mission Produce, Inc., filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January&nbsp;21, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated January&nbsp;22, 2026 of Mission Produce, Inc.).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;21, 2026, between Mission Produce, Inc. and Equiniti Trust Company,
LLC, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, the Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated January&nbsp;22, 2026 of Mission Produce, Inc.). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Press Release of Mission Produce, Inc., dated January&nbsp;22, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1
of the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated January&nbsp;22, 2026 of Mission Produce, Inc.). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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