---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-074344"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOTV"
cik: "0000720154"
company_name: "Inotiv, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:26:48.162939+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Inotiv COO James Harkness to retire effective September 30, 2022

## Summary
- James Harkness, Chief Operating Officer (Research Models & Services), will retire on September 30, 2022.
- No replacement has been announced yet; transition plan not disclosed in filing.
- Retirement is effective over three months from announcement date (June 20, 2022).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-074344
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOTV
- cik: 0000720154
- company_name: Inotiv, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465922074344/0001104659-22-074344-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465922074344/tm2219398d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-074344
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-074344.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-074344.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Harkness departed as Chief Operating Officer, Research Models & Services at Inotiv, Inc..
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer, Research Models & Services
  source text: James Harkness, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Research Models & Services, will be retiring from the Company, effective on September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465922074344/0001104659-22-074344-index.htm

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