---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000075252-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACH"
cik: "0000075252"
company_name: "ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/"
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:07:12.676118+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HSR waiting period expires for Apria merger; Kenny Gardner joins board

## Summary
- HSR waiting period for Apria merger expired Feb 23, 2022; closing requires Apria stockholder approval.
- Kenny Gardner, DaVita Chief People Officer, elected to Board effective March 1, 2022.
- Board size increased from 7 to 8 directors via bylaw amendment effective March 1, 2022.
- Gardner will be nominated for election at 2022 annual meeting on April 29, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000075252-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACH
- cik: 0000075252
- company_name: ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000007525222000012/0000075252-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000007525222000012/omi-20220224.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000075252-22-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000075252-22-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000075252-22-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenny Gardner was elected as Director at ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 24, 2022, Owens & Minor, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has elected Kenny Gardner to serve on the Board effective March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000007525222000012/0000075252-22-000012-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.