---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001655759-22-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARVN"
cik: "0001655759"
company_name: "ARVINAS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:32:48.867702+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Board changes: director Liam Ratcliffe resigns, John Young elected as Class II director

## Summary
- Liam Ratcliffe resigned from Arvinas Board effective Aug 16, 2022; not due to any disagreement.
- John Young elected as Class II director effective Aug 18, 2022, to serve until 2023 annual meeting.
- Young appointed to Compensation Committee; committee now comprised of Shannon (Chair), Alsup, and Young.
- Young receives $40k annual cash retainer, $7.5k for Compensation Committee, and stock option with $750k grant date fair value at $46.12/share, vesting monthly over 3 years.
- Young entered standard indemnification agreement with Arvinas covering expenses and settlements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001655759-22-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARVN
- cik: 0001655759
- company_name: ARVINAS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655759/000165575922000037/0001655759-22-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655759/000165575922000037/arvn-20220816.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655759-22-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Liam Ratcliffe resigned as Director at ARVINAS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 16, 2022, Liam Ratcliffe notified Arvinas, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective August 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655759/000165575922000037/0001655759-22-000037-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Young was elected as Director at ARVINAS, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 18, 2022, the Board elected John Young as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655759/000165575922000037/0001655759-22-000037-index.htm

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