---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-005920"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMRC"
cik: "0001438231"
company_name: "Digimarc CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:03:30.093688+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digimarc elects Milena Alberti-Perez to Board, effective April 5, 2022

## Summary
- Alberti-Perez appointed to Audit and Compensation Committees; brings CFO experience from Getty Images, MediaMath, Penguin Random House.
- Annual director retainer of $50,000 (quarterly $12,500) and initial restricted stock grant valued at ~$200,000 vesting over 3 years.
- Annual restricted stock grant of ~$100,000 thereafter, vesting one year from grant date.
- CEO Riley McCormack cites her financial oversight and transformation leadership as key assets during Digimarc's scaling phase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-005920
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMRC
- cik: 0001438231
- company_name: Digimarc CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022005920/0001564590-22-005920-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022005920/dmrc-8k_20220217.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-005920
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-005920.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-005920.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Milena Alberti-Perez was elected as Director at Digimarc CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Milena Alberti-Perez to fill an existing vacancy on the Board , effective April 5, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022005920/0001564590-22-005920-index.htm

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