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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097745-25-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMO"
cik: "0000097745"
company_name: "THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:59:47.587387+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Thermo Fisher grants CEO Casper $60M performance RSU award with TSR-based vesting through 2030

## Summary
- Target award of 141,538 shares (~$60M) to CEO Marc Casper; cliff vesting May 21, 2030 contingent on TSR vs S&P 500.
- Payout: 50% of target at <25th percentile TSR, target at 50th, 125% at 75th; capped at target if absolute TSR negative.
- Earned shares deferred and delivered in three equal tranches on 8th, 9th, and 10th anniversaries of grant date.
- Non-recurring award; designed to secure Casper's leadership through at least May 2030 and drive long-term shareholder returns.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097745-25-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMO
- cik: 0000097745
- company_name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774525000066/0000097745-25-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774525000066/tmo-20250521.htm

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