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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-128122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INVA"
cik: "0001080014"
company_name: "Innoviva, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:36:48.787907+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Innoviva Chairman George Bickerstaff to retire at 2023 Annual Meeting; board to shrink to 6

## Summary
- George Bickerstaff, III, Chairman since 2020, will not stand for reelection; departure is not due to any disagreement.
- Board size to be reduced from seven to six members immediately after the 2023 Annual Meeting.
- New Chairperson will be elected by the Board following the meeting; no successor named yet.
- Bickerstaff cited focus on other professional and philanthropic pursuits, including role at International Vaccine Institute.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-128122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INVA
- cik: 0001080014
- company_name: Innoviva, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1080014/000119312523128122/0001193125-23-128122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1080014/000119312523128122/d491486d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-128122
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-128122.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-128122.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George Bickerstaff, III departed as Chairman of the Board at Innoviva, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: George Bickerstaff, III, Chairman of the Board, notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Innoviva, Inc. that he will retire from the Board, including the committees of the Board of the Company of which he is a member, at the end of his current term at the 2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1080014/000119312523128122/0001193125-23-128122-index.htm

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