Cruiser Capital Advisors Form 4 AMERICAN VANGUARD / KEITH M ROSENBLOOM ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ROSENBLOOM KEITH M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200

(Street)

NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP [ AVD ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/28/2024		P		33,555	A	$5.66	1,047,410	I	See Note(1)
Common Stock								16,790	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ROSENBLOOM KEITH M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200

(Street)

NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4695 MACARTHUR COURT, SUITE 1200

(Street)

NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Cruiser Capital serves as the management company or as investment advisor to, and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over Common Stock held by, various investment funds (the "Cruiser Funds") and separately managed accounts (the "Cruiser SMAs", together with the Cruiser Funds, the "Cruiser Funds and SMAs") that it advises. Keith Rosenbloom ("Mr. Rosenbloom") is the Managing Member of Cruiser Capital and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock held by the Cruiser Funds and SMAs. Cruiser Capital and Mr. Rosenbloom each disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Cruiser Funds and SMAs except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest.

	/s/ Keith M. Rosenbloom	08/30/2024
	/s/ Cruiser Capital Advisors,LLC	08/30/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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