---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:22:37.866296+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos Medical to be acquired by AIP for $25/share, $1.272B enterprise value

## Summary
- Avanos stockholders receive $25.00 per share in cash; enterprise value approx. $1.272B.
- Premium of 72.1% to April 13 closing price and 82.8% to 30-day VWAP.
- Acquisition unanimously approved by Avanos Board; expected to close H2 2026.
- Closing conditions include stockholder approval and HSR clearance; no financing condition.
- Avanos common stock will be delisted from NYSE; 2026 annual meeting postponed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649826000046/0001606498-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649826000046/avns-20260413.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-26-000046.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 58e620a84a34a54440be3f0346375d1b71b6eb58
  claim: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with A-AV Holdco I, Inc. and A-AV MergerSub, Inc. valued at $25.00 per Share in cash (effective 2026-04-13).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 13, 2026, Avanos Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, A-AV Holdco I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and A-AV MergerSub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Subsidiary”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649826000046/0001606498-26-000046-index.htm

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