---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-25-000081"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:59:03.794360+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos appoints Jason Pickett as Interim CFO; Greiner departs with $2.1M severance

## Summary
- Michael Greiner departs after not being offered comparable role post-interim CEO; receives $2.1M severance, prorated bonus, $50K consulting fee.
- Jason Pickett named Interim CFO and Treasurer effective April 14; salary $350K/year plus $30K/month stipend.
- Pickett granted special $200K TRSU award with 12-month vesting on April 22.
- Warren Machan transitions from Interim CFO to consultant through April 30 at $60K/month; no second bonus.
- Greiner's 54,189 special TRSUs vest immediately; all other unvested equity forfeited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-25-000081
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000081/0001606498-25-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000081/avns-20250414.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Warren J. Machan departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: no longer serves
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Machan no longer serves as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer effective April 14, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000081/0001606498-25-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael C. Greiner departed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: announced that he will leave
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer
  source text: On April 18, 2025, Michael C. Greiner announced that he will leave the Company to pursue other opportunities because the Company did not offer him a position comparable to the one he held prior to his role as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000081/0001606498-25-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason M. Pickett was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: The Company has appointed Jason M. Pickett as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective April 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000081/0001606498-25-000081-index.htm

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