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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-072971"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VERX"
cik: "0001806837"
company_name: "Vertex, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:35:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:41:54.331622+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertex elects three directors and ratifies Crowe LLP as auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Eric Andersen, David DeStefano, and Christopher Young as directors, each to serve until the 2029 annual meeting.
- Eric Andersen received 815,856,932 votes for; David DeStefano 835,946,632 votes for; Christopher Young 837,340,096 votes for.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2026 passed with 846,882,485 votes for, 19,075 against, and 50,296 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes were 7,910,119 for the director election and 0 for the auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-072971
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VERX
- cik: 0001806837
- company_name: Vertex, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:35:17+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806837/000110465926072971/0001104659-26-072971-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806837/000110465926072971/verx-20260610x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertex, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The following nominees were elected as directors, each to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the earlier to occur of his or her death, disqualification, resignation, or removal or the appointment of his or her successor, by the vote set forth below: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Eric Andersen 815,856,932.000 23,184,805.000 7,910,119.000 David DeStefano 835,946,632.000 3,095,105.000 7,910,119.000 Christopher Young 837,340,096.000 1,701,641.000 7,910,119.000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806837/000110465926072971/0001104659-26-072971-index.htm

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