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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Avantor (AVTR)

Avantor names Todd Garner CFO, effective September 21, 2026, replacing interim CFO Steven Eck

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Avantor appointed Todd Garner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 21, 2026, after he served as CFO of CONMED Corporation from January 2018 until March 2026. Steven Eck, who had been Interim CFO since June 24, 2026, will stop serving as interim CFO and remain Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, so the filing reports a change in the company's principal financial officer rather than a change in reported results.

Key points

  • Todd Garner's annual base salary is $700,000, with a target annual bonus of 80% of base salary and a one-time signing bonus of $150,000.
  • Garner's initial long-term equity grant has a target value of $1,500,000, split evenly between restricted stock units and stock options.
  • Garner will be eligible for a long-term incentive target annual grant of $3,000,000 in future years.
  • Steven Eck will continue as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

The filing

CompanyAvantor (AVTR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 21, 2026, 7:14 AM ET
Accession number0000947871-26-000877

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 21, 2026.

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