Mission Produce SEC filings document formal disclosures for a fresh produce company focused on Hass avocados, mangos, and blueberries. Recent 8-K reports cover material events, material agreements, direct financial obligations, capital-structure matters, operating and financial results, and risk-factor disclosures tied to the company's global sourcing, farming, packing, and distribution operations.
Proxy and annual meeting filings describe board elections, executive compensation votes, auditor ratification, and shareholder voting outcomes. Capital-structure filings identify the company's Nasdaq-listed common stock, Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, stockholder rights plan disclosures, and amended credit-agreement obligations.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) director Luis A. Gonzalez reported two indirect common-stock purchases by Beldar Enterprises: 29,996 shares on October 9, 2026, at a weighted average price of $11.59 per share, and 22,026 shares on October 12, 2026, at a weighted average price of $11.22 per share.
The shares were purchased in multiple transactions at $11.45–$11.65 on October 9 and $11.14–$11.35 on October 12, inclusive. Gonzalez and Rosario Del Pilar Vallejos Hinojosa share voting and disposition power over Beldar’s shares; Vallejos Hinojosa has the full pecuniary interest, while Gonzalez has no direct pecuniary interest. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported. October 9, 2026 holdings listed through Corp SA 1–4 were 309,999, 275,000, 310,000 and 111,001 shares, respectively, plus 45,751 shares held directly. Gonzalez and Vallejos Hinojosa share voting and disposition power and pecuniary interest in the Corp SA holdings during their lifetimes.
Mission Produce, Inc. outlined five-year targets and a fiscal 2035 ambition and reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 outlook. The five-year framework targets mid-single-digit organic sales growth, approximately 300 basis points of margin expansion, and high-single-digit organic Adjusted EBITDA growth; it also targets converting more than 90% of Adjusted Net Income into free cash flow over time. The framework is designed to support high-single-digit to double-digit annual shareholder returns over time. Its 2035 ambitions, including M&A, are $4 billion in sales and $450 million in Adjusted EBITDA; these are aspirational, not guidance or projections.
Mission reaffirmed Adjusted EBITDA outlook of $84 million to $88 million for the second half of fiscal 2026, including $52 million to $55 million in the fourth quarter; Mission Peru exportable volume outlook is 120 million to 130 million pounds for the second half, including 67 million to 77 million pounds in the fourth quarter. Mission increased its annualized Calavo synergy target to more than $30 million from at least $25 million, with a small contribution expected in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and the full annualized run rate targeted within 18 months of closing. During fiscal fourth quarter to date, Mission repurchased 290,994 shares at an average purchase price of $12.94 under a $100 million authorization.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) reports sales of 21,646 common shares through two trusts on September 24, 2026: the Stephen J. Barnard GT Trust sold 10,391 shares and the Shelly R. Barnard GT Trust sold 11,255, each at $13 per share. Executive Chairman Stephen J. Barnard and his spouse are co-trustees with shared power to vote and dispose of the shares; Barnard disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Mission Produce, Inc. Executive Chairman Stephen J. Barnard reported sales on September 21, 2026, through the Stephen J. Barnard GT Trust and Shelly R. Barnard GT Trust: 54,332 and 57,026 shares, respectively, at a weighted average price of $13.01 per share. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $13.00 to $13.06, inclusive. Reported post-sale holdings were 1,695,185 and 1,696,049 shares in the respective trusts; Barnard also held 287,459 shares directly. Barnard and his spouse were co-trustees with shared voting and disposition power, and he disclaimed beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) insider Stephen J. Barnard, Executive Chairman, reported net sales of company common stock on September 18, 2026. An entity associated with him, Barnard Properties, LLC, sold 35,062 shares at a weighted average price of $12.54 per share and now holds no shares. In a separate transaction, the Stephen J. Barnard GT Trust sold 500 shares at $13.00 per share and holds 1,749,517 shares afterward. Additional reported positions include 1,753,075 shares held by the Shelly R. Barnard GT Trust and 287,459 shares held directly. Mr. Barnard disclaims beneficial ownership of the indirect holdings except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) announced a restructuring of its distribution network following its acquisition of Calavo Growers, Inc. completed on May 28, 2026. On September 11, 2026, the company decided to close and consolidate several facilities and reduce its workforce in connection with these changes.
Mission Produce will consolidate operations in Swedesboro, New Jersey into one facility, combine its Dallas-area operations into a single facility in Garland, Texas, and close the Calavo facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The company expects employee severance and related benefits of approximately $1.4 million, accelerated depreciation of approximately $8.6 million, and estimated asset retirement obligations of approximately $5.4 million, plus additional lease termination costs that have not yet been determined.
The severance, related benefits, and asset retirement obligations are expected to be cash charges, and lease termination costs may also include cash expenditures. Mission Produce states that these costs are consistent with integration costs anticipated in its post-acquisition plans and intends to disclose total amounts or ranges of costs and cash charges in future SEC filings when estimable.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) insider Stephen J. Barnard, Executive Chairman and director, reported indirect sales of an aggregate 81,496 shares of common stock on September 11 and 14, 2026, at weighted-average prices around $13.01–$13.10, through entities associated with him and his spouse. After these transactions, reported holdings include 287,459 shares held directly and additional indirect positions through a family LLC and two grantor trusts, for which Barnard generally disclaims beneficial ownership except to his pecuniary interest. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is indicated.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) received a Rule 144 notice that Stephen J. Barnard, its CEO and director, plans to sell up to 100,000 shares of Mission Produce common stock through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The shares are held by the SRB GT Trust, with Barnard as principal, and may be sold on NASDAQ on September 14, 2026 or within three months of that date.
The notice lists an estimated aggregate market value of $1,301,000 for the shares, based on recent market prices. The shares were originally acquired from Mission Produce on October 31, 2019 by transfer.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) received a Rule 144 notice for a proposed sale of 100,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially associated with CEO and director Stephen J. Barnard. The shares are held by the SJB GT Trust and will be sold through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent.
The shares were originally acquired from Mission Produce on October 31, 2019. According to the notice, the shares may be sold on NASDAQ on September 14, 2026 or within three months from that date, in compliance with Rule 144 resale conditions.
Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) received a Rule 144 notice relating to a planned sale of its common stock. The sale is for the account of CEO Stephen J Barnard, using the Merrill Lynch brokerage account named Barnard Properties LLC. The securities were acquired in several private placements from 2014 through 2020 and are expected to be sold on the NYSE.