---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-26-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-22T20:06:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-22T20:09:13.947156+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos stockholders approve $25/share acquisition by American Industrial Partners

## Summary
- 99.75% of votes cast in favor, representing ~74.96% of outstanding shares.
- Deal price: $25.00 per share in cash for each Avanos common share.
- All required regulatory approvals received; transaction expected to close by July 27, 2026.
- Acquisition by AIP will take Avanos private; closing subject to customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-26-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-22T20:06:52+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649826000096/0001606498-26-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649826000096/avns-20260722.htm

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