American Vanguard Corp rises on share buyback plan

American Vanguard

30/08/2021 17:11

** Agricultural products company's shares  AVD.N  up 1.3% at
$15.31
    ** Co's board of approves a program for repurchasing up to
300,000 shares of common stock  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw3TRZrka
    ** Repurchasing program will help offset expansion of
outstanding shares arising from equity awards made to the co's
employees - CEO Eric Wintemute
    ** Stock down 1.4% YTD

 (Reporting by Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
 ((sahil.shaw@thomsonreuters.com))