ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 5, 2024, at a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva” or the “Company”), the Board elected Mr. Chen Lichtenstein to serve as a member of the Board, effective December 1, 2024, until Teva’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders. The Board determined that Mr. Lichtenstein qualifies as an independent director under the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Lichtenstein served from 2020 to 2023 as the Chief Financial Officer of Syngenta Group Ltd., a leading global agricultural technology provider of seeds, crop protection, nutrients and digital and other services to farmers worldwide, during which he was also responsible for the strategy, integration and productivity of the group. Prior to that, from 2014 to 2020, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of ADAMA Ltd. (formerly known as ‘Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd.,’ a member of Syngenta Group). From 2013 to 2014, Mr. Lichtenstein served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of China National Agrochemical Corporation (CNAC), ChemChina strategic business division, the parent company of Syngenta Group. From 2006 to 2013, Mr. Lichtenstein served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Head of Global Operations and held various other roles within Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2006, Mr. Lichtenstein held various executive roles at the New York and London offices of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., including as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking division. Mr. Lichtenstein holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, and a J.S.D. from the School of Law at Stanford University, a B.Sc. in Physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, summa cum laude, and an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, cum laude, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mr. Lichtenstein serves as a board member of the Israel Democracy Institute since 2016, and as a trustee of the Tel Aviv University since 2019.
Mr. Lichtenstein has declared in writing that he possesses the requisite skills and expertise, as well as sufficient time, to perform his duties as a director of Teva, as required pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999.
Mr. Lichtenstein will receive the same compensation as Teva’s other non-executive directors, which is described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2024.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Lichtenstein and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Lichtenstein was elected as a director of the Board. Mr. Lichtenstein does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no family relationships between Mr. Lichtenstein and any director or executive officer of the Company.