AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Aug 22, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK: 0000005981
Period of Report: 2003-08-20

Reporting Person: WINTEMUTE ERIC G (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-08-20	Common Stock	P	121000	$2.1446	Acquired	248696	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-08-20	Stock Options	$2.1446	M	121000	Disposed	2008-01-15	Common Stock (121000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The number of securities and price are adjusted for stock splits and stock dividends.

F2: After all transactions reported in this Table I, the amount of securities beneficially owned are 248,688, of which 24,836 shares are held by Eric G. Wintemute's minor children for which he is trustee.

F3: All options became fully exercisable on January 15, 2003