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accession: "0001140361-25-039269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTRS"
cik: "0001792044"
company_name: "Viatris Inc"
filed_at: "2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:21:25.277477+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viatris amends bylaws on proxy access timing, sets 2026 annual meeting for May 15

## Summary
- Board approved Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective October 24, 2025, revising Section 2.16(b) on proxy access nomination notice.
- 2026 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for May 15, 2026; details in upcoming proxy statement.
- Shareholder director nominations for 2026 meeting must be received between Jan 15 and Feb 14, 2026.
- Proxy access nominations (3% holder for 3+ years) due by Jan 15, 2026; early window opens Dec 16, 2025.
- Rule 14a-8 proposals for 2026 proxy must be received by Nov 24, 2025; universal proxy notice deadline Mar 16, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-039269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTRS
- cik: 0001792044
- company_name: Viatris Inc
- filed_at: 2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.08, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000114036125039269/0001140361-25-039269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000114036125039269/ef20057617_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Viatris Inc: Amended Section 2.16(b) to specify timely notice of proxy access nomination when the annual meeting date deviates from the first anniversary of the prior year's meeting (effective 2025-10-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2025-10-24
  source text: On October 24, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Viatris Inc. (“Viatris” or the “Company”) approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Viatris Inc. (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective the same date. The Amended and Restated Bylaws amended Section 2.16(b) to specify timely notice of the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination in the event the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000114036125039269/0001140361-25-039269-index.htm

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