---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-149905"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTRS"
cik: "0001792044"
company_name: "Viatris Inc"
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:26:10.732032+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viatris Exec Chairman Coury to step down; stays as Emeritus through 2025 with $15M/yr fee

## Summary
- Robert Coury transitions to Chairman Emeritus & Senior Strategic Advisor after 2023 annual meeting (mid-Dec).
- Coury will not stand for re-election; ceases as director/officer/employee at meeting conclusion.
- Coury receives $15 million annual consulting fee for 2024-2025, paid monthly.
- Board will select new independent chair; announcement expected in coming months.
- Leo Groothuis appointed independent director, filling vacancy from Michael Goettler's departure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-149905
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTRS
- cik: 0001792044
- company_name: Viatris Inc
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+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/1792044/000119312523149905/0001193125-23-149905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000119312523149905/d475862d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leo Groothuis was appointed as Independent Director at Viatris Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On May 19, 2023, the Board appointed Leo Groothuis as an independent (as defined in the applicable NASDAQ listing rules) member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000119312523149905/0001193125-23-149905-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Coury changed role as Executive Chairman at Viatris Inc.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: As a result of Mr. Coury’s agreement to serve in this advisory role, the independent members of the Board and Mr. Coury agreed that Mr. Coury will not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting and will cease to be a director and to serve as an officer and employee of the Company effective as of the conclusion of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792044/000119312523149905/0001193125-23-149905-index.htm

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