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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On September 29, 2020, Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the election of General Vincent K. Brooks, United States Army (Ret.), to its Board of Directors effective as of October 1, 2020. As a result of the addition of Mr. Brooks, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors will increase from eleven to twelve members. Mr. Brooks will join the class of directors continuing until 2023 and will bring the number of directors in each of the Company’s three classes of directors to four directors each.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Brooks and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board. The Board is in the process of determining which committees Mr. Brooks shall serve. Mr. Brooks is not a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. As a non-employee director, Mr. Brooks will participate in the Company’s existing Director Compensation Plan, the terms of which are described in the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2020.
A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Brooks to the Company’s Board of Directors is annexed as Exhibit 99.1. All information in the press release is furnished but not filed.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 29, 2020 announcing the election of Vincent K. Brooks to the Board of Directors of Verisk Analytics, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: September 29, 2020 | By: | /s/ Kenneth E. Thompson | ||||
| Name: | Kenneth E. Thompson | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||