---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-412497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRRM"
cik: "0001682745"
company_name: "VERRA MOBILITY Corp"
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:40:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:39:57.215511+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verra Mobility appoints Jon Newhard CEO effective Nov 1, 2026; Jon Keyser exits interim role

## Summary
- Newhard, 57, was CEO of Yunex Traffic GmbH from March 2024 to September 2026 and previously led Clinc and Trafficware.
- Employment agreement: $725,000 base salary, 100% bonus target, $4,000,000 annual equity target, plus $25,000 sign-on bonus.
- Inducement RSU award of $4,750,000 vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the Nov 1, 2026 start date.
- Severance: 18 months salary without cause; 24 months salary, 2.0x bonus target and full equity acceleration if within 12 months post-Change in Control.
- Interim CEO Jon Keyser will serve in an advisory role until December 31, 2026; severance terms are still being negotiated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-412497
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRRM
- cik: 0001682745
- company_name: VERRA MOBILITY Corp
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:40:30+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682745/000119312526412497/0001193125-26-412497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682745/000119312526412497/d116013d8k.htm

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