secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVITA Medical, Inc. (RCEL)
CIK:        0001762303
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-002418
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AVITA Medical appoints Joe Woody to board; Lou Panaccio retires
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- Joe Woody appointed non-executive director effective Jan 1, 2026; Lou Panaccio retires after 10+ years.
- Woody recently served as CEO of Avanos Medical (2017-2024) and CEO of Acelity Holdings.
- Annual cash retainer of $92,500; initial equity grant of $210,000 (30% options, 70% RSUs) subject to shareholder approval.
- Woody to serve on all Board committees; independence determined by Board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762303/000119312526002418/0001193125-26-002418-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762303/000119312526002418/rcel-20260101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-002418

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