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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603756-23-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001603756"
company_name: "Axonics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T06:15:21.487523+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axonics CFO Dan Dearen retiring Oct 2; Kari Keese named successor; FY23 guidance reaffirmed at $358M

## Summary
- Dan L. Dearen (President & CFO) retiring effective Oct 2, 2023; no dispute or disagreement with the company.
- Kari Keese, VP Finance & Accounting since 2019, appointed CFO effective Oct 2; she joined Axonics in 2014.
- Company reaffirms FY2023 revenue guidance of $358 million, previously provided on July 27, 2023.
- CEO Raymond Cohen thanked Dearen for 10 years of co-founder contributions and expressed confidence in Keese.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603756-23-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001603756
- company_name: Axonics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-21T23:59:59+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/1603756/000160375623000061/0001603756-23-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603756/000160375623000061/axnx-20230818.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603756-23-000061
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603756-23-000061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dan L. Dearen retired as President and Chief Financial Officer at Axonics, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 18, 2023, Dan L. Dearen, President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) of Axonics, Inc. (the “Company”), provided formal notice of his decision to retire from the Company effective October 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603756/000160375623000061/0001603756-23-000061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kari Keese was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Axonics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective upon Mr. Dearen’s exit on October 2, 2023, the Company intends to appoint Kari Keese to serve as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603756/000160375623000061/0001603756-23-000061-index.htm

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