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

Avantor CFO R. Brent Jones to leave by June 24; Steve Eck named interim CFO

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Avantor said Executive Vice President and CFO R. Brent Jones will leave the company on or before June 24, 2026, to join a company outside the life sciences industry. Chief Accounting Officer Steve Eck will serve as interim CFO while the company searches for a permanent CFO, and the company reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 guidance.

Key points

  • Jones notified the company on March 26, 2026 of his resignation; his employment agreement requires 90 days' notice unless waived.
  • Eck, 50, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since 2019 and will keep those roles while serving as interim CFO.
  • Eck will receive $45,000 per month as interim CFO and a one-time restricted stock unit award valued at $250,000 that vests over three years.
  • Avantor reaffirmed the fiscal 2026 financial guidance it gave on its fourth quarter 2025 earnings call on February 11, 2026.

The filing

CompanyAvantor (AVTR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 1, 2026, 8:06 AM ET
Accession number0001628280-26-022575

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 April 01, 2026.

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