---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-000140"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELAN"
cik: "0001739104"
company_name: "Elanco Animal Health Inc"
filed_at: "2024-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T05:21:47.996903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Elanco names Lawrence Kurzius next Chairman; proposes board declassification and majority voting

## Summary
- Lawrence Kurzius to become Chairman after 2024 annual meeting; R. David Hoover remains on board.
- Board to declassify, grant shareholders rights to amend bylaws and call special meetings.
- Company to seek approval to change director elections from plurality to majority of votes cast.
- Post-meeting: Michael Harrington to chair Corporate Governance, Kirk McDonald to chair Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-000140
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELAN
- cik: 0001739104
- company_name: Elanco Animal Health Inc
- filed_at: 2024-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739104/000110465924000140/0001104659-24-000140-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739104/000110465924000140/tm2334009d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-000140.txt

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