---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-082706"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATR"
cik: "0000896622"
company_name: "APTARGROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:33:51.670573+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aptar CFO Bob Kuhn to retire Dec 31; Vanessa Kanu named successor effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Kuhn, CFO since 2008 and 37-year Aptar veteran, steps down Dec 31, 2024; also resigns as principal accounting officer July 31.
- Vanessa Kanu, former CFO of TELUS International ($2.7B revenue), becomes CFO designate in Q4 2024 and CFO on Jan 1, 2025.
- Kanu's Employment Agreement: $720K base salary, 85% target bonus, 310% LTIP; $700K RSU grant plus $300K sign-on bonus.
- Daniel Ackerman named Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 1, 2024; receives $750K RSU award vesting over 3 years.
- Kuhn stays as advisor for 12 months post-retirement at $10K/month to transition responsibilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-082706
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATR
- cik: 0000896622
- company_name: APTARGROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896622/000110465924082706/0001104659-24-082706-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896622/000110465924082706/tm2420114d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vanessa Kanu was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at APTARGROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Vanessa Kanu will succeed Mr. Kuhn as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896622/000110465924082706/0001104659-24-082706-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Ackerman was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at APTARGROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Daniel Ackerman, age 51, Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company since 2015, will become the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896622/000110465924082706/0001104659-24-082706-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert W. Kuhn retired as Principal Accounting Officer at APTARGROUP, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: and will retire as the Company’s principal accounting officer on July 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896622/000110465924082706/0001104659-24-082706-index.htm

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