Sec Form 13D Filing - KRAFT HERBERT A filing for AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD) - 2013-01-28

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 6)*

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Herbert A. Kraft and Eleanor L. Kraft , Co-Trustees of The Kraft Family Trust u/t/a 11/9/89 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Reporting Persons”), hereby amend the report on Schedule 13D filed on or about November 9, 1983 (the “Original Statement”) (filed by Glenn A. Wintemute and Herbert A. Kraft), the Amendment No. 1 to the Original Statement filed on or about November 21, 1984 (the “First Amendment”) (filed by Glenn A. Wintemute and Herbert A. Kraft), the Amendment No. 2 to the Original Statement filed on or about May 24, 1985 (the “Second Amendment”) (filed by Glenn A. Wintemute and Herbert A. Kraft), the Amendment No. 3 to the Original Statement filed on or about September 26, 2001 (the “Third Amendment”) (filed by Herbert A. Kraft and Eleanor L. Kraft), the Amendment No. 4 to the Original Statement filed on or about August 11, 2011 (the “Fourth Amendment”) (filed by Herbert A. Kraft and Eleanor L. Kraft), and the Amendment No. 5 to the Original Statement filed on or about February 16, 2012 (the “Fifth Amendment”) (filed by Herbert A. Kraft and Eleanor L. Kraft).

ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.

This statement on Schedule 13D (this “statement”) relates to the common stock, $.10 per value per share (the “Common Stock”), of American Vanguard Corporation (the “Company”). The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, California 92660.

ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

This Statement relates to the disposition by the Reporting Persons of 522,247 shares of Common Stock in the course of March 13, 2012 through December 31, 2012 including the sale of 243,247 shares at a daily average price ranging from $19.26 to $33.24 per share (J.P. Morgan acted as the broker on behalf of the Reporting Persons to effect the sale); and gifts of 279,000 shares in the aggregate.

In addition, this Statement is intended to reconcile material acquisitions and dispositions, if any, made by the Reporting Persons prior to this Statement but subsequent to the Fifth Amendment. After the Fifth Amendment but prior to this Statement, the Reporting Persons have not made any acquisitions of securities of the Company which, as a result of such acquisition, resulted in a material increase of the Reporting Persons’ percentage beneficial ownership interest of the Common Stock of the Company. As mentioned above, after the Fifth Amendment but prior to this Statement, the Reporting Persons transferred shares of Common Stock of the Company through charitable contributions and other dispositions in the aggregate of 279,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION.

Except as disclosed in this Statement, the Reporting Persons do not have any current plan or proposal that relates to or would result in matters described in clauses (a) through (j) of the instructions to Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

(a), (b) :

(c) Over the course of March 13, 2012 through December 31, 2012 the reporting Persons sold 243,247 shares of Common Stock at a daily average selling price ranging from $19.26 to $33.24 per share. J.P. Morgan acted as the broker.

(d) None.

(e) Not applicable.

ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

The Reporting Persons are not currently parties to any contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship with respect to any securities of the Company.

ITEM 7. MATERIALS TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(e), this Statement contains a restatement of the text of the Original Statement, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment which are set forth in the Fifth Amendment attached hereto.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.