---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000200406-25-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JNJ"
cik: "0000200406"
company_name: "JOHNSON & JOHNSON"
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T02:46:48.722401+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director D. Adamczyk to retire from JNJ board May 31; shareholders re-elect all 11 nominees and approve Say on Pay

## Summary
- Director D. Adamczyk retiring effective May 31, 2025 to join Goldman Sachs as Partner; no disagreement with management.
- All 11 director nominees elected at Annual Meeting on April 24; say-on-pay approved (1.56B for, 142M against).
- Shareholders ratified PwC as auditor for 2025 (1.89B for, 141M against).
- Two shareholder proposals defeated: golden parachutes vote (92.6M for, 1.61B against) and human rights assessment (188M for, 1.50B against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000200406-25-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JNJ
- cik: 0000200406
- company_name: JOHNSON & JOHNSON
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040625000141/0000200406-25-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040625000141/jnj-20250424.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000200406-25-000141
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000200406-25-000141.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000200406-25-000141.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Adamczyk departed as Director at JOHNSON & JOHNSON.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: D. Adamczyk notified the Company that he intends to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors in connection with an announcement on April 23 rd that he will join Goldman Sachs as a Partner.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040625000141/0000200406-25-000141-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.