---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-109235"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CERT"
cik: "0001827090"
company_name: "Certara, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T14:00:11.104973+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Certara appoints Dr. John V. W. Reynders to Board of Directors, effective Oct 16, 2024

## Summary
- Dr. Reynders appointed as Class II director and Audit Committee member, effective immediately.
- Board size increased from 9 to 10 directors.
- Compensation per non-employee director policy; standard indemnification agreement to be entered.
- No family relationships or transactions with officers/directors requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-109235
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CERT
- cik: 0001827090
- company_name: Certara, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000110465924109235/0001104659-24-109235-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000110465924109235/tm2426274d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-109235
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-109235.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-109235.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. John V. W. Reynders was appointed as Class II director at Certara, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On October 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Certara, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, voted to appoint Dr. John V. W. Reynders as a Class II director of the Board and a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000110465924109235/0001104659-24-109235-index.htm

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