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This page provides access to Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) SEC filings, offering a view into the company’s financial reporting, governance updates and material events. Avantor is a life science tools company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries, and its regulatory filings document key aspects of this business.
Through Forms 10-K and 10-Q, readers can review Avantor’s audited annual and quarterly financial statements, along with management’s discussion of results, risk factors and segment information. Current reports on Form 8-K capture material developments such as quarterly earnings announcements, leadership and board changes, amendments to credit facilities, and other significant transactions. For example, recent 8-K filings describe the appointment of a new President and Chief Executive Officer, the creation of an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer role, the election of new independent directors, and amendments to senior secured credit facilities and the termination of an accounts receivable securitization facility.
Avantor’s filings also explain the company’s use of non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted EPS, adjusted net leverage, free cash flow and free cash flow conversion, and provide reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures. Investors can use these disclosures to understand how management evaluates performance and capital structure.
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Avantor, Inc. announced a planned CFO transition and reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 guidance. Executive Vice President and CFO R. Brent Jones will leave the company on or before June 24, 2026, after providing 90 days’ notice under his employment agreement unless waived.
Upon his departure, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Steve Eck will serve as interim CFO while continuing as principal accounting officer as the company conducts a search for a permanent CFO. To reflect his expanded responsibilities, Eck will receive an additional $45,000 per month for each month he serves as interim CFO and a one-time $250,000 restricted stock unit award vesting ratably over three years.
The company highlighted Eck’s extensive finance and accounting background and stated that its previously issued fiscal 2026 financial guidance from its fourth quarter 2025 earnings call remains unchanged.
Avantor, Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at a fully virtual annual meeting on May 7, 2026, to elect nine directors, approve executive pay on an advisory basis, set say‑on‑pay frequency, and ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP for 2026.
The proxy highlights major 2025 leadership changes, including the planned transition from former CEO Michael Stubblefield to Emmanuel Ligner and the shift from Jonathan Peacock to independent Chairman Gregory Summe. The Board will shrink from twelve to nine members, with 8 of 9 nominees independent.
Avantor reports 2025 revenue of $6.55 billion, Adjusted EBITDA of $1.07 billion, Adjusted EPS of $0.90, free cash flow of $496 million, and Adjusted Net Leverage of 3.2x. Under Ligner, the company launched the “Avantor Revival” strategy, rebranding VWR as its global distribution channel and resegmenting into VWR Distribution and Services and Bioscience and Medtech Products.
The proxy emphasizes governance features such as an independent chair, annual director elections, majority voting with a resignation policy, proxy access, a 20% special‑meeting right, and prohibitions on short sales, hedging, margin accounts and pledging by insiders. Executive pay is positioned as heavily performance‑based, with clawback policies, strong stock ownership guidelines and no hedging or repricing of underwater options.
Avantor also details an active investor outreach program, noting engagement with holders representing 74% of shares in 2025, and outlines sustainability initiatives, including Science for Goodness, verified climate targets and broader responsible supplier coverage.
Avantor Inc: The Vanguard Group reports zero beneficial ownership of Common Stock following internal realignment
The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 5 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting 0 shares and 0% beneficial ownership of Avantor Inc common stock. The filing states an internal realignment caused certain subsidiaries to report beneficial ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
Avantor, Inc. director-associated entity reported a sizable open-market share purchase. A limited liability company linked to director Sanjeev K. Mehra bought 125,000 shares of Avantor common stock on March 10, 2026 at a weighted average price of $8.01 per share, with individual trades ranging from $7.98 to $8.05. Following these purchases, the LLC held 475,000 shares of Avantor common stock indirectly. Separately, Mehra also directly held 8,106 shares after the reported transactions. Mehra disclaims beneficial ownership of the indirectly held securities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest.
Avantor, Inc. executive Claudius Sokenu reported a small share disposition tied to equity compensation taxes. On February 23, 2026, 2,376 shares of common stock at $8.89 per share were withheld by Avantor to cover tax obligations from RSU vesting, leaving him with 252,429 shares directly held.
Avantor, Inc. executive Brittany Hankamer reported two tax-related share dispositions tied to restricted stock unit vesting. On February 23, 2026, 1,324 shares of common stock were withheld at $8.89 per share, and on February 24, 2026, 359 shares were withheld at $9.11 per share to satisfy tax withholding obligations. These were coded as Form 4 transaction code F, indicating payment of tax liability by delivering securities rather than open-market sales. After these withholdings, Hankamer directly owned 249,045 shares of Avantor common stock.
Avantor, Inc. executive vice president and chief financial officer Brent R. Jones reported a Form 4 transaction in which 2,805 shares of common stock were disposed of on February 23, 2026 to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to vesting restricted stock units (RSUs).
The shares were withheld by Avantor, rather than sold in the open market. After this tax-withholding disposition, Jones directly owned 419,782 shares of Avantor common stock.
Avantor EVP Benoit Gourdier reported a tax-related share disposition. On February 23, 2026, 3,029 shares of Avantor common stock were withheld at $8.89 per share to cover tax obligations from vesting restricted stock units, leaving him with 362,859 directly held shares.
Avantor SVP & Chief Accounting Officer Steven W. Eck reported two small tax-related share dispositions in Avantor common stock. On February 24, 452 shares were withheld at $9.11 per share to cover tax obligations from vesting RSUs, leaving 99,333 shares held directly. On February 23, 2,017 shares were similarly withheld at $8.89 per share for taxes after RSU vesting. These are reported as dispositions for tax withholding, not open‑market sales.