---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-014885"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:20:27.198080+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv appoints Eric Johnson as CAO effective around April 29; Scott Cripps moves to another role

## Summary
- Eric M. Johnson named Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to CFO David Fallon, effective on or around April 29, 2024.
- Johnson, 47, brings over 20 years of finance experience, most recently SVP Global Financial Shared Services at Cardinal Health.
- Outgoing CAO Scott Cripps will depart the role on same date, assuming a different leadership position within the company.
- Johnson receives sign-on equity grant of $250K ($125K options + $125K RSUs) plus annual base salary and bonus eligibility.
- No family relationships with directors or executives and no reportable transactions under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-014885
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828024014885/0001628280-24-014885-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828024014885/vrt-20240329.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-014885.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric M. Johnson was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 4, 2024, Vertiv Holdings Co (the “Company”) announced that Eric M. Johnson, an experienced accounting and finance leader, will join the financial executive team as Chief Accounting Officer, effective on or around April 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828024014885/0001628280-24-014885-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Cripps departed as Chief Accounting Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Scott Cripps, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer, will depart from this role on that same date, assuming another leadership role within the organization.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828024014885/0001628280-24-014885-index.htm

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