---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000012208-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BIO"
cik: "0000012208"
company_name: "BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T11:21:06.864904+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bio-Rad appoints Roop K. Lakkaraju as EVP, CFO effective April 15, 2024

## Summary
- Roop K. Lakkaraju joins from Benchmark Electronics, where he was EVP & CFO since 2018.
- Annual base salary $600,000; 2024 target cash bonus 75% of eligible earnings.
- RSU grant valued at $1,450,000 within 60 days of hire; 2024 LTI target $2,000,000.
- Severance of 18 months base salary if terminated without cause, subject to release.
- Housing and relocation credit of $20,000; no family relationships or material interests disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012208-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BIO
- cik: 0000012208
- company_name: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000018/0000012208-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000018/bio-20240320.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012208-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roop K. Lakkaraju was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 20, 2024, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment by the Board of Directors of the Company of Roop K. Lakkaraju as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (including as principal financial officer), effective April 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000018/0000012208-24-000018-index.htm

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