---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-137478"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRVI"
cik: "0001823239"
company_name: "MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T17:28:40.816170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Maravai LifeSciences appoints Bernd Brust as CEO, succeeding William Martin

## Summary
- Bernd Brust named CEO and board member effective June 8, 2025; William Martin resigned as CEO and from board.
- Brust's base salary is $750,000 with a target annual cash bonus of 100% of base salary.
- Equity awards: 1M stock options, 2M RSUs, 2.25M PSUs; options and RSUs vest over three years.
- Martin's departure not due to any disagreement; he is eligible for severance per existing agreement.
- Company will revisit FY2025 guidance in August Q2 earnings call after Brust's assessment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-137478
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRVI
- cik: 0001823239
- company_name: MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-09T23:59:59+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/1823239/000119312525137478/0001193125-25-137478-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823239/000119312525137478/d94141d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-137478.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William E. Martin, III resigned as Director at MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Martin resigned from the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823239/000119312525137478/0001193125-25-137478-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bernd Brust was appointed as Director at MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Brust was appointed as a member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823239/000119312525137478/0001193125-25-137478-index.htm

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