---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-25-000221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:51:29.934074+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor elects Sanjeev Mehra to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Mehra, 66, co-founder and managing partner of Periphas Capital, elected on December 4, 2025.
- Served as Goldman Sachs partner (1986-2017) and co-head of Americas Private Equity.
- Standard non-employee director comp: $95,000 annual cash retainer plus $210,000 RSU grant.
- Term expires at 2026 annual meeting; RSUs vest one year from grant date.
- Board determined Mehra meets NYSE independence requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-25-000221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248225000221/0001722482-25-000221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248225000221/avtr-20251204.htm

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