secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)
CIK:        0001592386
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001592386-25-000141
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Virtu Financial enters new employment agreement with CEO Aaron Simons; base salary doubles to $1.2M
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- New employment agreement effective Sep 30, 2025; term through Aug 1, 2030, with automatic renewals.
- Base salary increased from $600K to $1.2M; annual bonus target raised to $3M (max 200% of target).
- Sign-on bonus of $7.5M with three-year monthly vesting; repayable on voluntary resignation or termination for cause.
- Annual equity grant of 150,000 restricted shares/RSUs tied to EBITDA performance (100% shares earned at 65% achievement).
- Severance benefits include base salary for remainder of term, health benefits, and equity acceleration in qualifying terminations.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000141/0001592386-25-000141-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000141/virt-20250930.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001592386-25-000141

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