secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Avantor, Inc. (AVTR)
CIK:        0001722482
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-051159
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avantor appoints Mary Blenn as EVP and COO; Blenn to lead manufacturing and supply chain
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- Mary Blenn appointed EVP and COO effective Nov 10, 2025, reporting to CEO Emmanuel Ligner.
- Blenn brings 30+ years experience; most recently SVP Global Operations at Cytiva; prior GE Healthcare.
- Compensation: base salary $500k, target bonus 75%, initial equity grant $5M split into 2025/2026 awards.
- Filing amends CEO Ligner's education to Licence/Maitrise from Université de Savoie; Lucier appointed to Compensation & HR and Nominating & Governance committees.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000162828025051159/0001628280-25-051159-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000162828025051159/avtr-20251026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-051159

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