---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000012208-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BIO"
cik: "0000012208"
company_name: "BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:18:07.954229+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bio-Rad COO Andrew Last to retire by early September 2024; successor search underway

## Summary
- Dr. Andrew Last notified Bio-Rad of his retirement from EVP and COO role on April 10, 2024.
- He will remain in his position through early September to ensure a smooth transition.
- CEO Norman Schwartz credited Last with progress on cost structure, core processes, and supply chain.
- Bio-Rad has started a search for Last's successor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012208-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BIO
- cik: 0000012208
- company_name: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000025/0000012208-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000025/bio-20240410.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012208-24-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012208-24-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012208-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Last departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 10, 2024, Dr. Andrew Last, the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (and principal operating officer) of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that he intends to retire from his position by early September 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220824000025/0000012208-24-000025-index.htm

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