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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-06-258923.txt : 20061222
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-06-258923
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061219
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000005981
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
		IRS NUMBER:				952588080
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13795
		FILM NUMBER:		061295850

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9492601200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AEROCON INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720620
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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;19, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4695 MacArthur Court</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Newport Beach, California</B></FONT></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (949)&nbsp;260-1200 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not Applicable </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On
December&nbsp;19, 2006, AMVAC Chemical Corporation (&#147;AMVAC&#148;), one of our subsidiaries, as borrower, and its affiliates (including registrant), as guarantors, entered into a Credit Agreement (the &#147;New Credit Agreement&#148;) with a
syndicate of commercial lenders led by Bank of the West (AMVAC&#146;s primary bank) as arranger, syndication agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer. The New Credit Agreement supersedes the Fifth Amendment (the &#147;Fifth Amendment&#148;) to
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;27, 2006 and more fully described in the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed on November&nbsp;29, 2006. The New Credit Agreement is a $165 million senior secured lending facility consisting
of a revolving line of credit of $75 million and term loan commitments of $60 million plus a $30 million accordion feature. AMVAC has had a banking relationship with its primary bank for over 20 years. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On
December&nbsp;19, 2006, AMVAC, as borrower, and its affiliates, as guarantors, terminated the Fifth Amendment concurrent with entry into the New Credit Agreement (as more fully described in Item&nbsp;1.01, which is incorporated by reference herein).
In connection with that termination, AMVAC paid the entire outstanding balance of the term loans and revolving line of credit plus accrued interest of the Fifth Amendment, using proceeds from the New Credit Facility as more fully described in
Item&nbsp;2.03 below, which is incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or under an Off- Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with retiring the entire outstanding balance of the term loans and revolving credit facility (plus accrued interest) of the Fifth Amendment
upon termination thereof, on December&nbsp;19, 2006, AMVAC borrowed approximately $87 million under the New Credit Facility consisting of approximately $60 million in term loans and approximately $27 million from the revolving line of credit. These
loans bear interest at the prime rate plus an applicable rate, if any, dependent on certain debt ratios (&#147;Prime Rate Loan&#148;), or at AMVAC&#146;s option, a fixed rate of interest offered by the bank, based on the Eurodollar rate plus an
applicable rate dependent on certain debt ratios (&#147;Eurodollar Rate Loan&#148;). The principal payments of the term loans are payable (a)&nbsp;in equal quarterly installments on or before the last business day of each March, June, September and
December (beginning March&nbsp;31, 2007) in the amount of (i)&nbsp;$1 million, through the period ending December&nbsp;31, 2009, and (ii)&nbsp;$2 million, through the period January&nbsp;1, 2010 through December&nbsp;31, 2013, and (b)&nbsp;in one
final installment in the amount necessary to repay the remaining outstanding principal balance of the term loans in full on the maturity date. Interest accruing on the Prime Rate Loans is payable monthly, in arrears, on the last day of each month,
and on the maturity date of such loan in the amount of interest then accrued but unpaid. Interest accruing on the Eurodollar Rate Loans is payable on the last day of the interest period, provided that, with an interest period longer than three
months, interest is payable on the last day of each three-month period after the commencement of such interest period. The senior secured revolving line of credit matures on December&nbsp;19, 2011, and the term loans mature on December&nbsp;19, 2013
and contain certain covenants (with which AMVAC is in compliance) as defined in the New Credit Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Events </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On December&nbsp;22, 2006, we issued
a press release announcing that we entered into the New Credit Agreement and terminated the Fifth Amendment. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Exhibits </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated December&nbsp;22, 2006 of American Vanguard Corporation. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: December&nbsp;22, 2006</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Timothy J. Donnelly</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Timothy J. Donnelly</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release dated December 22, 2006 of American Vanguard Corporation.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px">

<IMG SRC="g4001902000001a.jpg" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>AMERICAN VANGUARD ENTERS INTO $165 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Newport Beach, CA &#150;
December&nbsp;22, 2006 &#150; American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD), today announced that it entered into a new, $165 million senior secured lending facility with a syndicate of banks led by Bank of the West. The facility consists of a revolving
commitment of $75 million, an initial term commitment of $60 million, and an accordion term feature of $30 million.&nbsp;The revolving line of credit matures on December&nbsp;19, 2011, while the term loans mature on December&nbsp;19, 2013. The
facility replaces the Company&#146;s previous $96 million senior credit facility, which the Company has retired in full through borrowing from the new facility.&nbsp;The Company intends to utilize the facility as needed for ongoing working capital
requirements and general corporate purposes. Further detail is included in the Company&#146;s Form 8-K being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this date.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">James Barry, Senior Vice President and CFO of American Vanguard, stated, &#147;We are pleased to be continuing our successful business relationship with Bank of the West. This new facility comes on the heels of our
recent acquisition of the Counter</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP><SUP>&reg;</SUP><SUP></SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> insecticide product line and Lock &#145;N
Load</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP><SUP>&reg;</SUP><SUP></SUP> </SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">delivery system, our largest transaction to date. The facility will provide the
Company with greater financial flexibility to continue to pursue significant product acquisition opportunities.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About American Vanguard
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and
management, turf and ornamentals management and public and animal health. The Company&#146;s basic strategy is to acquire and license brand name, niche product lines from larger companies that divest mature products to focus on newly discovered
molecules. American Vanguard is included on the Russell 2000<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>&reg;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT> and Russell<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>&reg;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT> 3000
Indexes. To learn more about American Vanguard, please reference the Company&#146;s web site at www.american-vanguard.com. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company, from time to time,
may discuss forward-looking information. Except for the historical information contained in this release, all forward-looking statements are estimates by the Company&#146;s management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause
results to differ from management&#146;s current expectations. Such factors include weather conditions, changes in regulatory policy and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in the Company&#146;s SEC reports and filings. All forward-looking
statements, if any, in this release represent the Company&#146;s judgment as of the date of this release. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Eric G. Wintemute, President &amp; CEO</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(949) 260-1200</FONT></P></TD>
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