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Calavo Growers Executive Compensation (FY22)

CVGW · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 only

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Chief executive, fiscal 2022
Brian Kocher
Median of the other named officers
$467,591
8 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 23, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
To the median employee

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Who is Calavo Growers' chief executive and what were they paid?
Brian Kocher was paid $3,076,429 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2022.
What was Calavo Growers' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 98.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 23, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
What is Calavo Growers' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2022, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 208:1, against median employee compensation of $15,489.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Brian Kocher
Chief Executive Officer
Ronald Araiza
Former Executive Vice President, Foods Sales
Departed during or after this year
Graciela Montgomery
Chief Human Resources Officer
Shawn Munsell
Chief Financial Officer
Robert Wedin
Former Executive Vice President, Fresh Sales
Departed during or after this year
Helen Kurtz
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Calavo Prepared
Danny Dumas
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Calavo Grown
Mariela Matute
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
Steven Hollister
Former Interim Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Brian KocherRSU
Brian KocherPSU
Danny Dumas Sen.RSU
Graciela MontgomeryPSU
Helen Kurtz Sen.RSU
Ronald AraizaPSU
Shawn MunsellRSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2022 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Steven HollisterRSU
Option
Brian KocherRSU
PSU
Shawn MunsellRSU
Helen KurtzRSU
Danny DumasRSU
Graciela MontgomeryRSU
PSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2022
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Adriana Mendizabal
Farha Aslam
Steven Hollister
Board chair
Kathleen M. Holmgren
Lead independent director
Michael A. DiGregorio
James Helin
Marc Brown
J. Link Leavens
John M. Hunt
Donald M. Sanders
Harold Edwards
Scott Van Der Kar
Brian Kocher served on the board in fiscal 2022 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Board chair premium
Lead independent director premium
Audit committee chair
Audit committee member
Compensation committee chair
Compensation committee member
Nominating and governance chair
Nominating and governance member

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024April 23, 2025=
2023April 24, 2024=
2022April 26, 2023=
2021April 27, 2022=
2020April 21, 2021=
2019April 22, 2020=
2018April 24, 2019=
2017April 25, 2018=
2016April 26, 2017=
2015April 27, 2016=

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
Median employee compensation
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Citations

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172 figures on this page: 162 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
162 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-25-040249
  2. 0001558370-24-005899
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0001558370-23-007253
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001558370-23-002314
  5. 0001558370-22-006473
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001558370-21-004806
  7. 0001558370-20-004352
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-19-122022
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001193125-18-135012
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-17-143074
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-16-572783
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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