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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended October 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Delaware ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) FORM 10 - K ( Mark One ) 2500 East Vineyard Avenue , Suite 300 Oxnard , California ( Address of Principal Executive Offices ) to For the transition period from Commission file number : 001-39561 Mission MISSION PRODUCE , INC . ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter ) Title of each class Common Stock , par value $ 0.001 per share Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Emerging growth company 96-3847744 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) Registrant's Telephone Number , Including Area Code : ( 805 ) 981-3650 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) AVO 93036 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered NASDAQ Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None 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 Act . Yes No 回 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 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No 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 . Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company □ 0 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 is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes No As of October 2 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 457 million , based on the closing price of the registrant's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market of $ 12.00 per share . The registrant has elected to use October 2 , 2020 as the calculation date , which was the first day our common stock was publicly traded , because as of April 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ) the registrant was a privately - held concern . As of January 18 , 2021 , the registrant had 70,550,922 res of common stock $ 0.001 par value outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain sections of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10 - K are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10 - K .