---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000818479-22-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XRAY"
cik: "0000818479"
company_name: "DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T16:58:59.061127+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dentsply Sirona CCO Walter Petersohn to depart Sept 30, 2022 in mutual separation

## Summary
- Walter Petersohn, SVP and Chief Commercial Officer, agreed to mutual separation effective Sept 30, 2022.
- From Sept 1 to termination, Petersohn is inactive but available for executive transition requests.
- No replacement for the CCO role has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000818479-22-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XRAY
- cik: 0000818479
- company_name: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000094/0000818479-22-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000094/xray-20220901.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-22-000094
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-22-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Walter Petersohn departed as Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer at DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc..
  - Action: mutually agreed upon separation
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: On September 1, 2022, DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (the “Company”) and Walter Petersohn, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, mutually agreed upon the separation of Mr. Petersohn from the Company, effective September 30, 2022 (the “Termination Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000094/0000818479-22-000094-index.htm

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