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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-25-000935"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVXL"
cik: "0001314052"
company_name: "ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP."
filed_at: "2025-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T09:25:17.694129+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Anavex extends CEO Missling's term to 2028 with $800k salary; PFO receives indefinite term and increased severance

## Summary
- CEO Christopher Missling's employment term extended through July 5, 2028, with base salary $800,000 and target cash bonus of 20% of salary.
- PFO Sandra Boenisch's employment made indefinite; base salary set at CAD $279,840 with 20% target bonus.
- Boenisch's severance upon termination without cause increased from 6 to 12 months of base salary.
- Both amendments effective July 3, 2025; Missling's annual equity grant remains at Compensation Committee's discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-25-000935
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVXL
- cik: 0001314052
- company_name: ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
- filed_at: 2025-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112225000935/0001731122-25-000935-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112225000935/e6684_8-k.htm

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