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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. reported a restructuring transaction by major shareholder Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd on a Form 4. Globalharvest received 549,360 shares of Mission Produce common stock in exchange for 561,145 shares of Calavo Growers, Inc. common stock as part of merger-related consideration.
Under the merger agreement, each Calavo share was exchanged for 0.9790 Mission Produce share plus $14.85 in cash, with cash paid instead of any fractional Mission shares. Following this non-market transaction, Globalharvest directly holds 10,540,937 Mission Produce common shares.
Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd reports beneficial ownership of 10,540,937 Mission Produce common shares, representing 11.93% of the class. The filing details how this stake was built through multiple stock purchases funded with working capital and shares received in the Mission Produce–Calavo Growers transaction.
Based on company disclosures, Mission Produce had 88,377,546 shares outstanding as of May 29, 2026, including stock issued as consideration in the Calavo deal. The amendment also notes that certain related "Covered Persons" disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares.
Mission Produce director Kathleen M. Holmgren reported equity awards linked to the Calavo merger and board compensation. On May 28, 2026, she acquired 26,384 shares of Mission Produce common stock, received under the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Calavo Growers. She also received a grant of 7,440 restricted stock units under the Non-Employee Director Compensation Program, with each RSU representing one share of common stock. These RSUs vest in full on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date or the next annual meeting, subject to her continued service. Following these transactions, Holmgren directly holds 33,824 shares of common stock and 7,440 RSUs.
Mission Produce, Inc. director Kathleen M. Holmgren filed an initial Form 3 reporting her beneficial ownership in the company’s common stock. The filing shows she directly holds 0 shares of common stock following the reported entry, and does not disclose any buy or sell transactions.
Mission Produce, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Calavo Growers, Inc., creating a larger North American avocado and fresh produce platform. The deal closed on May 28, 2026 through a two-step merger structure, after effectiveness of Mission’s S-4 registration.
Calavo stockholders receive $14.85 in cash plus 0.9790 Mission share for each Calavo share, with total consideration of approximately 17,531,182 Mission shares and $265,922,425 in cash. Mission funded the cash portion with available cash and additional borrowings under its amended and restated credit facilities.
Calavo is now a wholly owned subsidiary; its common stock trading on Nasdaq has been suspended and is being delisted, with deregistration to follow. Mission also added former Calavo board leader Kathleen Holmgren to its own board as a Class III director with a term running to the 2029 annual meeting.
Mission Produce and Calavo announced that Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) granted antitrust clearance. The companies stated that this satisfies the Mexican closing condition in their merger agreement and, subject to continued satisfaction of all closing conditions, they currently expect the Mergers to close on May 28, 2026. The filing notes the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-294128) and that the definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus was mailed on or about March 25, 2026.
Mission Produce and Calavo announced that Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) granted antitrust clearance. The companies stated that this satisfies the Mexican closing condition in their merger agreement and, subject to continued satisfaction of all closing conditions, they currently expect the Mergers to close on May 28, 2026. The filing notes the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-294128) and that the definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus was mailed on or about March 25, 2026.
Mission Produce, Inc. filed a report describing a key step in its pending acquisition of Calavo Growers, Inc. The companies have obtained antitrust clearance from Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission, satisfying the Mexican approval condition in their merger agreement. With this clearance in place, they currently expect the merger to close on May 28, 2026, subject to the continued satisfaction of all remaining closing conditions.
The filing also notes that a registration statement on Form S-4, including a joint proxy statement and prospectus for Mission Produce and Calavo shareholders, has become effective, and that definitive materials were mailed on or about March 25, 2026. Investors are directed to review these SEC filings for detailed information and are reminded that statements about the anticipated closing and expected synergies are forward-looking and subject to numerous risks and uncertainties.
Mission Produce reported that its stockholders approved the issuance of shares in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Mission Produce and Calavo Growers, Inc. (the "Merger Agreement") and that the parties expect to close the mergers in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
There were 70,846,364 shares outstanding as of March 16, 2026. A quorum of 49,834,743 shares (approximately 70%) voted, and the Share Issuance Proposal passed with 49,222,202 votes for, 605,041 votes against, and 7,500 abstentions. The Adjournment Proposal was not necessary.
Mission Produce held a Special Meeting where stockholders approved issuing new common shares for the planned mergers with Calavo Growers under the January 14, 2026 Merger Agreement, satisfying Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) and potentially 5635(b). As of the March 16, 2026 record date, 70,846,364 shares were outstanding, and 49,834,743 shares, about 70% of those entitled to vote, were represented, establishing a quorum. The share issuance proposal passed with 49,222,202 votes for, 605,041 against, and 7,500 abstentions. An adjournment proposal received 49,075,279 votes for, 751,406 against, and 8,058 abstentions but was not needed because sufficient votes were already obtained. The parties expect to close the mergers in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Mission Produce, Inc. reported that the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for its previously announced merger with Calavo Growers expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on April 17, 2026, satisfying one closing condition. The Mergers remain subject to stockholder approvals, Mexican antitrust clearance and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect to close in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2026. Mission filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (declared effective March 20, 2026) and commenced mailing the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus on or about March 25, 2026.
Mission Produce, Inc. reported that the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for its previously announced merger with Calavo Growers expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on April 17, 2026, satisfying one closing condition. The Mergers remain subject to stockholder approvals, Mexican antitrust clearance and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect to close in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2026. Mission filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (declared effective March 20, 2026) and commenced mailing the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus on or about March 25, 2026.