☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF1934For the transition period from __________ to __________ Commission file number:001-38912 Avantor, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 82-2758923 Radnor Corporate Center, Building One, Suite 200100 Matsonford RoadRadnor,Pennsylvania19087(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) (610)386-1700(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Trading Symbol AVTR Common stock, $0.01 par value Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for suchshorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, asmaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “acceleratedfiler,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.☒LargeAccelerated Filer☐AcceleratedFiler☐Non-accelerated Filer☐Smallerreportingcompany☐Emerginggrowthcompany If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transitionperiod for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of theExchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act).☐Yes☒No On April24, 2026, 682,755,402 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, were outstanding. Avantor, Inc. and subsidiariesForm 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March31, 2026Table of contents GlossaryCautionary factors regarding forward-looking statements PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATIONItem 1. Financial statementsItem 2. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operationsItem 3. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market riskItem 4. Controls and procedures PART II — OTHER INFORMATIONItem 1. Legal proceedingsItem 1A. Risk factorsItem 2. Unregistered sales of equity securities and use of proceedsItem 3. Defaults upon senior securitiesItem 4. Mine safety disclosuresItem 5. Other informationItem 6. Exhibits Signature Cautionary factors regarding forward-looking statements This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 andSection 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby under the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report areforward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss our current expectations and projections relating to ourfinancial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. These statements may bepreceded by, followed by or include the words “aim,” “anticipate,” “assumption,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,”“expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “intend,” “likely,” “long-term,” “near-term,” “objective,” “opportunity,”“outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “projection,” “prospects,” “seek,” “target,” “trend,” “can,” “could,” “may,”“should,” “would,” “will,” the negatives thereof and other words and terms of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions; they are not guarantees ofperformance. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. We have based these forward-looking statementson our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe that our assumptions made inconnection with the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that the assumptions andexpectations will prove to be correct. You should understand that the following important factors, in addition to those discussed underPart I, Item 1A “RiskFactors”in our Annual Report, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SECand in this report, could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially fromthose expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements: •disruptions to our operations;•competition from other industry providers;•our ability to imple