---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000812011-26-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTN"
cik: "0000812011"
company_name: "VAIL RESORTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-02T20:09:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-02T20:10:06.763009+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vail Resorts director Sue Decker to step down at 2026 annual meeting; board to shrink to nine

## Summary
- Sue Decker, board member for 11 years, will not stand for reelection at 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; term ends then.
- Departure due to managing board commitments after joining Anderson Group and Nscale boards; no disagreement with company.
- Board size reduced to 9 members effective at 2026 annual meeting; search for independent director expected to restore size to 10 in early 2027.
- Recent board additions include Bill Hornbuckle (July 2026) and Reggie Chambers and Iris Knobloch (2024).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000812011-26-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTN
- cik: 0000812011
- company_name: VAIL RESORTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-02T20:09:26+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201126000035/0000812011-26-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201126000035/mtn-20260902.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-26-000035.txt

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