---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-028038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T08:15:39.335542+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv CFO David Fallon to retire by H2 2025; company reaffirms Q2/FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- David Fallon, CFO since 2017, will retire once a successor is named, anticipated in H2 2025.
- Fallon will serve as consultant through Dec 31, 2026 to ensure smooth transition.
- Reaffirms Q2 and full-year 2025 guidance under same tariff assumptions as Apr 23, 2025.
- Cites robust data center demand, AI-driven pipeline growth, and continued capacity investment.
- Tariff mitigation efforts include supply chain countermeasures and production flexibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-028038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828025028038/0001628280-25-028038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828025028038/vrt-20250521.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-028038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-028038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-028038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Fallon departed as Chief Financial Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co.
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 21, 2025, David Fallon, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Vertiv Holdings Co (the “Company”) informed the Company’s Board of Directors that due to family reasons, he will retire from his position as the CFO of the Company effective once a successor has been named and assumes the role, which is anticipated to occur in the second half of 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828025028038/0001628280-25-028038-index.htm

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