---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-066521"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GILD"
cik: "0000882095"
company_name: "GILEAD SCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:06:06.910496+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gilead EVP and General Counsel Brett Pletcher to retire, shift to part-time

## Summary
- Pletcher will retire as EVP, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, transitioning to part-time to support successor and litigation.
- Base salary and 2022 bonus will be pro-rated based on part-time schedule; no 2023 bonus or long-term incentives.
- Arrangement approved by Compensation and Talent Committee on May 25, 2022.
- Pletcher will advise on ongoing litigation matters during part-time service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-066521
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GILD
- cik: 0000882095
- company_name: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465922066521/0001104659-22-066521-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465922066521/tm2217146d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-066521.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brett A. Pletcher retired as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel at GILEAD SCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel
  source text: In connection with the previously announced plans for Brett A. Pletcher to retire as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, the Compensation and Talent Committee of the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on May 25, 2022, approved compensation terms for Mr. Pletcher to serve in a part-time capacity following such retirement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465922066521/0001104659-22-066521-index.htm

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