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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059478-25-000271"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LLY"
cik: "0000059478"
company_name: "ELI LILLY & Co"
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:46:09.199915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eli Lilly elects Carolyn R. Bertozzi to board as independent director

## Summary
- Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Ph.D elected to board effective Dec 8, 2025; will stand for election at May 2026 annual meeting.
- Bertozzi is Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry at Stanford and HHMI Investigator.
- She will serve on Science & Technology Committee and Ethics & Compliance Committee.
- Board determined she is independent under NYSE standards and company guidelines.
- She will participate in standard director compensation program as described in proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059478-25-000271
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LLY
- cik: 0000059478
- company_name: ELI LILLY & Co
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947825000271/0000059478-25-000271-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947825000271/lly-20251118.htm

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