AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 11, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK: 0000005981
Period of Report: 2012-09-10

Reporting Person: DONNELLY TIMOTHY (Chief Administrative Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-10	Common Stock	M	6667	$14.98	Acquired	29041	Direct
2012-09-10	Common Stock	S	3971	$30.34	Disposed	25070	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-09-10	Right to Buy	$14.98	X	6667	Disposed	2012-10-23	Common (6667)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This reflects a cashless exercise of options that are set to expire imminently; reporting person sold enough shares to cover the strike price of the subject options and to cover the the estimated tax arising from such sale.