secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     INCYTE CORP (INCY)
CIK:        0000879169
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-063675
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Incyte appoints William J. Meury as President and CEO; Hervé Hoppenot retires
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- Hervé Hoppenot retired as President & CEO effective June 26, 2025; will serve as special advisor for up to one year.
- William J. Meury appointed President & CEO effective June 26, 2025; also joins the Board.
- Meury receives base salary of $1.25M, target bonus 100%, and equity awards including sign-on PSUs with stock price hurdles.
- Julian C. Baker, Lead Independent Director, assumes role of Chairman of the Board.
- Board amends 2024 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan to increase authorized shares from 1M to 2M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879169/000110465925063675/0001104659-25-063675-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-063675

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