---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-024338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRNO"
cik: "0001848416"
company_name: "Verano Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T19:43:48.199071+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verano appoints Lawrence Hirsh to Board and as Audit Committee Chair

## Summary
- Hirsh appointed to Board effective Aug 29, 2022; Board expands from four to five members.
- Hirsh receives one-time RSU grant with $500,000 grant-date fair value, vesting over 24 months.
- Annual cash retainer of $45,000, paid quarterly in arrears, prorated for 2022.
- Hirsh is a former Alvarez & Marsal managing director (18 years) and Arthur Andersen partner.
- He is independent under NI 52-110, Nasdaq, and SEC rules, and qualifies as audit committee financial expert.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-024338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRNO
- cik: 0001848416
- company_name: Verano Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315222024338/0001493152-22-024338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315222024338/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-024338.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence Randall Hirsh was appointed as Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Verano Holdings Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
  source text: On August 29, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Verano Holdings Corp. (the “ Company ”) approved an increase of the Board size from four to five members, appointed Lawrence Randall Hirsh to serve as a member of the Board, and appointed Mr. Hirsh to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board, in each case, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315222024338/0001493152-22-024338-index.htm

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