---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-22-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:43:47.871973+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos appoints new Principal Accounting Officer; annual meeting results disclosed; earnings release not provided

## Summary
- John J. Hurley appointed Principal Accounting Officer; base salary $200k, 30% cash incentive target, $60k equity target.
- Annual meeting approved director elections, Deloitte ratification, and say-on-pay with >93% quorum.
- Earnings press release (Exhibit 99.1) referenced but not included in filing text; key financials unavailable.
- No related-party transactions with new officer; no other material leadership changes reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-22-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649822000047/0001606498-22-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649822000047/avns-20220428.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-22-000047
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-22-000047.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-22-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John J. Hurley was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 28, 2022, the Company appointed John J. Hurley, age 51, as its Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649822000047/0001606498-22-000047-index.htm

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