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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-22-000366"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVXL"
cik: "0001314052"
company_name: "ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP."
filed_at: "2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:27:58.537375+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Anavex Life Sciences changes auditor from BDO to Grant Thornton LLP; no disagreements reported

## Summary
- Dismissed BDO as independent auditor on March 1, 2022; no adverse opinions or disagreements in prior two fiscal years.
- Engaged Grant Thornton as new independent auditor for FY ending Sep 30, 2022 after competitive process by Audit Committee.
- Entered Amendment No.2 to employment agreement with Principal Financial Officer Sandra Boenisch, effective March 1, 2022, increasing annual base salary to $240,000 CAD.
- Press release issued March 4, 2022 announcing the auditor change.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-22-000366
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVXL
- cik: 0001314052
- company_name: ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
- filed_at: 2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112222000366/0001731122-22-000366-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112222000366/e3562_8-k.htm

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