Legal Statement

This statement was last updated on April 3, 2026.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE and our other websites, tools, applications and mobile apps (altogether, the “Site”).

The Site is intended only for residents of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGE 18 AND OLDER.

By using this Site, you confirm that you are accessing the Site from and are a resident of the United States of America age 18 or older. Your use of this Site and the information available on this Site are subject to the following Terms and Conditions:

Ownership – This Site, is owned, operated and maintained by Avent, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Avanos Medical, Inc. [NYSE: AVNS] (“Avanos”) and has been created for your information, education, entertainment and communication. Certain sections of the Site are intended for specific audiences including Avanos’ investors, as well as members of the health care community, patients and caregivers, and the general public. This Site and all perceptible components hereof, including, without limitation, text, images, videos, software code, designs, databases and audio, are subject to copyright owned by Avanos, database rights and related rights.

Restrictions on Use – This Site is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, post, extract, distribute, store, transmit or modify in any way all or any part of this Site. You must only use the Site as permitted by these Terms and Conditions. The content on this Site and any associated data are provided for viewing by human users only. We do not consent to the use of the content or data on the Site for the purposes of any automated or manual web scraping, crawling or text and data mining under any statutory or regulatory exemption. We will take legal action to enforce our rights in the event of any unauthorized use.

Trademark Notice – All names, logos and trademarks are the property of Avanos, and you may not use any of such materials for any purpose without the express written agreement of Avanos.

Disclosure and Use of Your Communications – Postings to this Site and electronic mail delivered to Avanos are not confidential and Avanos shall not be responsible for any use or disclosure thereof. All communications and other materials (including, without limitation, unsolicited ideas, suggestions or materials) you send to this Site or to Avanos by electronic mail are, and shall remain, the sole and exclusive property of Avanos and may be used by Avanos for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation. By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and are aware of the information in the Privacy Notice.

Unsolicited Ideas – Avanos is eager to receive your comments and answer your questions about our products and our company. However, we are not seeking, nor can we accept, unsolicited ideas, suggestions or materials relating to the development, design, manufacture or marketing of our products. By adhering to this policy, we hope to avoid subsequent misunderstandings among members of the public who submit comments or ideas relating to products or concepts developed by Avanos’s employees.

Should you become employed with Avanos, none of the materials provided in the Site constitute or should be considered part or all of an employment contract. Further, the representations made do not constitute guarantees or obligations on the part of Avanos, which maintains an at-will relationship with its employees.

Suspension of the Site – Avanos does not guarantee that the free of charge elements of the Site will always be available or be uninterrupted.

Avanos’s Responsibility to You – You agree that access to and use of this Site and its content is at your own risk. Avanos disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Avanos does not exclude or limit its liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.  TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, Avanos shall not be liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, arising out of access to, use of or inability to use the Site, or any errors or omissions in its content and damages to, or for any viruses that infect your equipment. You agree not to use our Site for any commercial or business purposes, and Avanos will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity. In addition, Avanos has no duty to update this Site or the content hereof in respect of the free of charge elements, and Avanos shall not be responsible for any failure to update such information. Further, Avanos is neither responsible nor liable for your use of other websites that you may access via certain links within this Site, including links to social media platforms. Third party links and other “resources” referenced on this Site do not constitute an endorsement by or affiliation with Avanos.

Forward Looking Statements –The Site contains forward-looking statements about Avanos’ financial and operating performance, business plans, objectives, acquisitions, and transformation initiatives that are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements, including risks related to changes in the competitive environment; market demand and pricing pressure; cost containment measures that could adversely affect the price of or demand for our products; raw material, energy, and other input costs; supply chain disruptions (including availability of drugs used in our Surgical Pain and Recovery products); inflation; rising interest rates; the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East; our ability to successfully execute on or achieve the expected benefits of our transformation initiative or our divestiture, acquisition or merger transactions; financial conditions affecting the banking system and the potential threats to the solvency of commercial banks; economic conditions; currency exchange risks; human capital risks, cybersecurity risks; intellectual property risks; new or increased tariffs; changes in reimbursement levels from third-party payors; and legislative and regulatory actions. There can be no assurance that these future events will occur as anticipated or that Avanos’ results will be as estimated. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and Avanos undertakes no obligation to publicly update them. For a more complete listing and description of these and other factors that could cause Avanos’ future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements, see Avanos’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q on the Site or at www.sec.gov.

Other – Avanos, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to (1) change these Terms and Conditions, (2) monitor and remove postings, and (3) discontinue Site availability at any time without notice. If any term, condition or provision is determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms, conditions and provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Jurisdiction – The products referred to in this Site are available in United States of America and may not be available in another country. This Site is controlled and operated by Avanos, and Avanos makes no representation that the information and materials in this Site, including, without limitation, the information and other materials promoting the products identified herein, are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access the Site from other countries, you are exclusively responsible for your compliance with local laws. Access to the Site from countries where such contents are illegal is prohibited. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the United States and the state of Delaware, USA without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENT – ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CONTROVERSY RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, or any product or service you obtain through the Site—IRRESPECTIVE OF WHEN THAT DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CONTROVERSY AROSE— SHALL BE RESOLVED SOLELY BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT. The arbitration shall be administered in New York by the New York International Center for Dispute Resolution in accordance with its rules in effect at the time of arbitration using three (3) arbitrators and the English language.

Severability – If any part of the “Mandatory Arbitration Agreement” section, is found illegal or unenforceable, the remainder will remain in full force and effect along with the remaining provisions of the Terms and Conditions and an enforceable term will be substituted reflecting our intent as closely as possible. By using this Site, you consent to the foregoing Terms and Conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.