AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 1, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK: 0000005981
Period of Report: 2016-08-30

Reporting Person: Rizzi John (See Remarks)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-08-30	Common Stock	M	5000	$7.50	Acquired	32315	Direct
2016-08-30	Common Stock	S	5000	$17.34	Disposed	27315	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-08-30	Option to Buy	$7.50	X	5000	Disposed	2020-12-10	Common (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reporting person exercised and sold options in issuer's common stock in order to remit the after-tax proceeds to his ex-spouse as per the terms of a property settlement in a marital dissolution action.