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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-322663
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191223
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191223

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:		191306629

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4695 MACARTHUR COURT
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		949-260-1200

	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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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;23, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December&nbsp;23, 2019, American Vanguard Corporation (&#147;Registrant&#148;) issued a press release announcing the acquisition of four herbicide brands
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMERICAN VANGUARD ACQUIRES HERBICIDE BRANDS FROM CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE</B><B><I> </I></B><B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Newport Beach, CA &#150; December&nbsp;23, 2019 &#150; American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD), today announced the acquisition of four herbicide brands from
Corteva Agriscience (NYSE:CTVA). These products are complementary <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tank-mix</FONT> partners for a variety of primary herbicides used in the U.S. agricultural market. They are particularly valuable for enhancing weed
control performance against increasing numbers of resistant weed species. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The brands involved are Classic&reg;, First Rate&reg;, Hornet&reg; and
Python&reg;. This transaction includes acquisition of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">end-use</FONT> registrations, commercial sales and marketing information and finished goods inventory. Financial terms are not being disclosed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eric Wintemute, Chairman and CEO of American Vanguard commented, &#147;Acquisition of these four brands from Corteva Agriscience provides our crop protection
business with a strengthened portfolio of valuable herbicides that play an important role in weed control and resistance management. These brands broaden our U.S. herbicide offering in soybeans, corn, peanuts and a number of other niche crop
markets.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Wintemute continued, &#147;In addition, these products provide a number of beneficial performance characteristics. Classic is an
excellent <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tank-mix</FONT> partner with other post-emergence herbicides to expand the weed control spectrum in soybeans and peanuts. First Rate provides both <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-</FONT> and
post-emergence control in soybeans and is effective in all tillage systems with excellent crop safety. Hornet, with dual modes of action, is preferred for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">early-to-mid</FONT></FONT>
season control of hard to manage glyphosate resistant weeds. Python is focused on post-harvest, weed elimination &#147;burn-down&#148; applications in U.S. corn and soybeans.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Wintemute concluded, &#147;These brands have well-established market positions, are solidly profitable and can be readily incorporated into our
existing sales and marketing programs. We are very excited about the opportunity these products provide in helping our valued customers improve crop yields through superior weed control management in a number of crop segments that are strategically
important to drive AVD&#146;s growth.&#148; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. American Vanguard is included on the Russell 2000&reg; and Russell 3000&reg; Indexes and the Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Small Cap 600 Index. To learn more about American
Vanguard, please reference the Company&#146;s web site at <U>www.american-vanguard.com</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">time-to-time</FONT></FONT> 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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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