---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-059766"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRM"
cik: "0001580864"
company_name: "Vroom, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T03:48:34.400576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vroom appoints Nikul Patel to board of directors effective April 24, 2025

## Summary
- Nikul Patel appointed to the Board, effective April 24, 2025; no family relationships or arrangements.
- Patel receives standard non-employee director compensation: $30,000 annual cash retainer.
- Equity grants: initial RSUs valued at $100,000 (3-year ratable vesting) plus partial-year and annual RSUs each $100,000 (vest at first annual meeting or one year).
- Patel will enter into the Company's standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-059766
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRM
- cik: 0001580864
- company_name: Vroom, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000095017025059766/0000950170-25-059766-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000095017025059766/vrm-20250424.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nikul Patel was appointed as Director at Vroom, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 24, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Vroom, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Nikul Patel to the Board, effective April 24, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000095017025059766/0000950170-25-059766-index.htm

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