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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097745-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMO"
cik: "0000097745"
company_name: "THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:17:19.075246+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Thermo Fisher elects Franklin Resources CEO Jenny Johnson to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board increased to 12 members; Jennifer Johnson elected director effective July 13, 2023.
- Johnson is President and CEO of Franklin Resources, managing over $1.4 trillion in assets.
- She will receive standard non-employee director compensation and indemnification agreement.
- No committee assignments made yet; term expires at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097745-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMO
- cik: 0000097745
- company_name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000051/0000097745-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000051/tmo-20230713.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-23-000051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-23-000051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-23-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Johnson was elected as director at THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: elected Jennifer “Jenny” Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Franklin Resources, Inc., as a director of the Company, effective July 13, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774523000051/0000097745-23-000051-index.htm

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