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Table of Contents ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 or UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K □ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number : 001-36316 Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation ) Title of each class Common Stock , par value $ 0.0001 per share AgroFresh Solutions , Inc. ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter ) One Washington Square 510-530 Walnut Street , Suite 1350 Philadelphia , PA 19106 ( Address of principal executive offices ) Accelerated filer ( 267 ) 317-9139 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) AGFS Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None ( IRS Employer Identification Number ) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes > No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act Yes > No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No 46-4007249 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site , if any , every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( Section 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files ) . Yes No Non - accelerated filer Name of each exchange on which registered The NASDAQ Global Select Market Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , ” “ smaller reporting company " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 1 Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined by Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes > No As of June 30 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of the common stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant , based on the $ 3.03 closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market on that date , was approximately $ 66 million . For purposes of this computation , all officers , directors and 10 % beneficial owners of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates . Such determination should not be deemed to be an admission that such officers , directors or 10 % beneficial owners are , in fact , affiliates of the registrant . The number of shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding as of February 24 , 2021 was 52,440,782 .