---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-23-004023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRME"
cik: "0001104038"
company_name: "VerifyMe, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T22:50:06.407470+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VerifyMe CEO Patrick White resigns; Scott Greenberg named interim CEO

## Summary
- Patrick White resigned as CEO and director effective March 14, 2023; severance includes $158,867 cash and 111,364 RSUs.
- Scott Greenberg, Executive Chairman, appointed interim CEO effective March 15, 2023; awarded 56,819 RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- COO Keith Goldstein's annual base salary increased to $255,000 effective March 15, 2023.
- Board to appoint permanent CEO; White's prior RSU award forfeited and employment agreement terminated with surviving covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-23-004023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRME
- cik: 0001104038
- company_name: VerifyMe, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465923004023/0001214659-23-004023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465923004023/e3192308k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-004023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-004023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-004023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick White resigned as Chief Executive Officer at VerifyMe, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 14, 2023, VerifyMe, Inc. (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) and Patrick White agreed that Mr. White would resign as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465923004023/0001214659-23-004023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick White resigned as Director at VerifyMe, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: whereby Mr. White voluntarily elected to resign as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465923004023/0001214659-23-004023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Greenberg was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at VerifyMe, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective as of March 15, 2023, the Board appointed Scott Greenberg, the Company’s executive chairman of the Board, as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465923004023/0001214659-23-004023-index.htm

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