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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-110053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTI"
cik: "0000714256"
company_name: "Sanara MedTech Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-16T13:20:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-16T13:22:06.743344+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sanara, MiMedx hit with FTC Second Request; HSR waiting period for merger extended

## Summary
- FTC issued a Second Request for additional information and documentary materials to Sanara MedTech and MiMedx on October 15, 2026, extending the HSR Act waiting period.
- Waiting period now runs 30 days after substantial compliance with the Second Request, unless extended voluntarily by the parties or terminated earlier by the FTC.
- Under the Merger Agreement, MiMedx's Mustang Merger Sub, Inc. merges into Sanara, with Sanara surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiMedx.
- Closing still conditioned on HSR waiting period expiration or termination plus other Merger Agreement conditions; Sanara says it continues to work constructively with the FTC.
- MiMedx filed a Form S-4 registration statement including Sanara's proxy/prospectus, which has been mailed to Sanara stockholders; 8-K signed by CFO Elizabeth Taylor on Oct 16, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-110053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTI
- cik: 0000714256
- company_name: Sanara MedTech Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-16T13:20:58+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000121390026110053/0001213900-26-110053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000121390026110053/ea0308837-8k425_sanara.htm

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