Former Covidien (NYSE:COV) president & CEO Richard Meelia decided not to stand for re-election as chairman of the med-tech maker’s board.
Meelia agreed to serve as a non-executive chairman of the Mansfield, Mass-based med-tech titan for a year after his retirement last July.
Due to the smooth executive transition by new CEO Joe Almeida, Meelia decided to retire from the board before the end of the 1-year period, according to an SEC filing.
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Meelia was named CEO after Covidien was spun out of the collapsing Tyco International in 2007. He navigated the company through the 2002 scandal involving Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco, who was convicted in 2005 of taking more than $100 million from the company.
The Mansfield, Mass.-based health care giant announced plans to spin out its no-growth pharmaceuticals business into a stand-alone business over the next 18 months.
The announcement sent Covidien’s shares up more than 4% to $43.90. CEO José Almeida said Covidien has been considering a separation for years and decided to pull the trigger now that the pharma unit has been fine-tuned.
The move should improve Covidien’s adjusted gross margin from 57.1% with pharma to 60.0% without.
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