---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-165407"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVRG"
cik: "0001711269"
company_name: "Evergy, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:00:43.324978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evergy elects Neal A. Sharma to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Neal A. Sharma elected to Evergy Board effective June 9, 2023; term expires at 2024 annual meeting.
- Sharma is independent under Nasdaq standards; no committee appointments yet.
- Co-founded Digital Evolution Group (DEG), sold in 2018; served as CEO until 2022, now President Dentsu Shop.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation per existing plan.
- Indemnification agreement entered into with Sharma, consistent with other directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-165407
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVRG
- cik: 0001711269
- company_name: Evergy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312523165407/0001193125-23-165407-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312523165407/d513060d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-165407.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neal A. Sharma was elected as Director at Evergy, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Evergy, Inc. (“Evergy”) elected Neal A. Sharma, 46, to serve on the Board effective June 9, 2023,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312523165407/0001193125-23-165407-index.htm

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