---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000856982-26-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMSI"
cik: "0000856982"
company_name: "MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-20T20:02:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T20:04:06.259016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Merit Medical appoints Sheri Lewis EVP Global Operations; COO role eliminated

## Summary
- Sheri Lewis named EVP of Global Operations, effective Aug 31, 2026; base salary $600K, signing bonus $400K, target bonus 60% of base.
- COO position eliminated; Neil Peterson to serve as Senior Advisor until March 5, 2027, then resign after 32 years with Merit.
- Peterson resigns for good reason effective March 5, 2027; previously COO for past four years.
- Lewis previously Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer at Skin Health Systems; earlier at Avantor, Medtronic, Honeywell.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000856982-26-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMSI
- cik: 0000856982
- company_name: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-20T20:02:43+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698226000047/0000856982-26-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698226000047/mmsi-20260814x8k.htm

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