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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-25-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:40:25.759902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos Medical names David Pacitti as CEO, effective April 14, 2025

## Summary
- David Pacitti appointed CEO of Avanos Medical, effective April 14, 2025.
- Pacitti was President & Head of the Americas at Siemens Healthineers.
- Base salary $1.05M, bonus target 110%, 2026 LTI target $5M.
- One-time $500K cash sign-on and $7M in equity awards ($3.5M PRSUs + $3.5M TRSUs).
- Pacitti will succeed interim CEO Michael Greiner.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-25-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1606498/000160649825000057/0001606498-25-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000057/avns-20250314.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-25-000057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-25-000057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-25-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Pacitti was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 17, 2025, Avanos Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of David Pacitti as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective April 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000057/0001606498-25-000057-index.htm

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