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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2011
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:
| ¨ | 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)) |
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of Calavo Growers, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2011 (the “Report”). The Report included the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Acquisition Agreement”), dated May 25, 2011, among Calavo Growers, Inc., CG Mergersub LLC, Renaissance Food Group, LLC and Liberty Fresh Foods, LLC, Kenneth Catchot, Cut Fruit, LLC, James Catchot, James Gibson, Jose O. Castillo, Donald L. Johnson and RFG Nominee Trust. Portions of the filed Acquisition Agreement were omitted based upon a request for confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The application for confidential treatment has been amended, and the attached Acquisition Agreement has been redacted to be consistent with the amended confidential treatment request. The information previously reported in the Report is incorporated by reference into this amendment.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits | |
| 2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 25, 2011 among Calavo Growers, Inc., CG Mergersub LLC, Renaissance Food Group, LLC and Liberty Fresh Foods, LLC, Kenneth Catchot, Cut Fruit, LLC, James Catchot, James Gibson, Jose O. Castillo, Donald L. Johnson and RFG Nominee Trust1 (Certain portions of the exhibit have been omitted based upon a request for confidential treatment filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The omitted portions of the exhibit have been separately filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission.) | |
| 1 | Exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Calavo will furnish copies of the omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request. |
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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. | ||||||
| January 10, 2012 | 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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