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accession: "0001104659-26-112847"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VERX"
cik: "0001806837"
company_name: "Vertex, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:30:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:25:01.902412+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertex elects DataRobot CEO Debanjan Saha to board as Class II director effective Oct 7, 2026

## Summary
- Board elected Mr. Debanjan Saha on September 30, 2026, effective October 7, 2026, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Saha is a Class II director with a term expiring at Vertex's 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; he has not yet been named to any Board committees.
- Saha has been CEO of DataRobot, an agentic AI company, since September 2022; previously VP/GM of Data Analytics at Google Cloud and VP/GM at AWS leading database services.
- Board determined Saha is independent under Nasdaq listing standards and SEC rules; he also sits on Sorenson Communications' board and its audit committee.
- Compensation is Vertex's standard non-employee director program plus a pro-rated annual restricted stock award reflecting his partial year of service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-112847
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VERX
- cik: 0001806837
- company_name: Vertex, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:30:47+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/1806837/000110465926112847/0001104659-26-112847-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806837/000110465926112847/verx-20261001x8k.htm

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