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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-048002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210408
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210408

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Avanos Medical, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001606498
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				464987888
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36440
		FILM NUMBER:		21814786

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5405 WINDWARD PARKWAY
		CITY:			ALPHARETTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		678-425-9273

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5405 WINDWARD PARKWAY
		CITY:			ALPHARETTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30004

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Halyard Health, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140424
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<p style="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">April 8, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #FFAD4A"><B>FELLOW STOCKHOLDERS,</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #FFAD4A">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This letter supplements our proxy solicitation materials
filed on March 19, 2021, with additional information relating to Proposal 3, to approve a non-binding resolution about the compensation
of our named executive officers, also known as Say-on-Pay. Our Board of Directors has already unanimously voted to recommend a vote FOR
that proposal.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 10pt 0pt 33pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our Compensation Committee has always supported a strong
pay-for performance philosophy. This is evidenced, historically, by the performance-oriented weighting of our long-term incentive (LTI)
mix. For all years prior to 2020, the Committee granted 60 percent of the LTI mix in performance-based restricted stock units (PRSUs),
with the remaining 40 percent granted in stock options. In March 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee intended to continue
this approach, with a majority of the LTI mix awarded as PRSUs.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">However, due to the economic uncertainty from March through
July 2020, the Committee was unable to determine the extent of the impact of the pandemic on our operations. Accordingly, the Committee,
in consultation with its independent compensation advisor, Meridian Compensation Partners LLC, decided to temporarily pause on granting
PRSUs and instead grant 75 percent time-based restricted stock units (TRSUs) and 25 percent stock options. The Committee believed that
this approach would neither penalize nor over-reward management for circumstances beyond their control, while providing a competitive
equity incentive grant aligned with Avanos stock-price performance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In the face of the pandemic, our management performed exceptionally
well. We included our Business Highlights in our previously filed proxy statement, and those speak for themselves. Our management also
performed quite well in relation to our peers. In 2020, our Total Shareholder Return was in the 65<SUP>th</SUP> percentile versus our
compensation peer group.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This year is different from 2020 in many respects. While
it is true that the pandemic persists, even as I write this, many companies, including Avanos, have found ways to continue doing business
and manage through the crisis.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In light of this new situation, on March 17, 2021, after
our proxy statement was at the printer, and just before we filed it on March 19, our Compensation Committee made 2021 annual equity grants
to our management. The grants were different from last year&rsquo;s in that they included PRSUs &ndash; the grants were a mix of 25 percent
PRSUs and 75 percent TRSUs, consistent with the Committee&rsquo;s desire to return to performance-contingent LTI as the pandemic uncertainties
subside.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Further, our Compensation Committee is committed to returning
to an LTI mix with even higher proportions of PRSUs in future years, as the pandemic ends and business conditions return to normal.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I hope this supplemental information provides a further
basis for you to adopt our Board&rsquo;s unanimous recommendation to vote FOR Proposal 3, Say-on-Pay. Or if you have already voted but
wish to change or revoke your vote, please see the section of our proxy statement tiled &ldquo;How to Revoke or Change Your Vote.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 33.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">For more information about our Annual Meeting and proxy
statement, please click the following link to the SEC&rsquo;s website: <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000110465921038748/tm218127-1_def14a.htm">tm218127-1_def14a - none - 16.3904686s (sec.gov)</A>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sincerely,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Gary D. Blackford</P>

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