---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-003907"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRNO"
cik: "0001848416"
company_name: "Verano Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:01:25.246471+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verano board member Ed Brown resigns to return to alcohol industry

## Summary
- Edward Brown resigned from Verano's Board and Audit/Compensation Committees effective Feb 8, 2023.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Company, management, or board.
- Brown steps down to return to alcohol industry; Verano thanks him for his contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-003907
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRNO
- cik: 0001848416
- company_name: Verano Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315223003907/0001493152-23-003907-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315223003907/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-003907
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-003907.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-003907.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward Brown resigned as member of the board of directors at Verano Holdings Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On February 7, 2023, Edward Brown, a member of the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Verano Holdings Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the “ Company ), informed the Company of his intention to resign from the Board and its Audit and Compensation Committees, effective on February 8, 2023, because of his return to the alcohol industry.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848416/000149315223003907/0001493152-23-003907-index.htm

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