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accession: "0001628280-25-053493"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRA"
cik: "0001495320"
company_name: "Vera Bradley, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:36:22.412949+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vera Bradley appoints Ivan Brockman to Board of Directors effective Nov 17, 2025

## Summary
- Ivan Brockman, Senior Advisor at PJT Partners and former Blackstone partner, joins the Board.
- Brockman brings 30 years of investment banking experience, including roles at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.
- As non-employee director, Brockman will receive $49,500 annual cash retainer and $85,000 equity grant.
- Executive Chairman Ian Bickley welcomed Brockman, citing his strategic decision-making expertise.
- Brockman has advised on over $100 billion in strategic transactions with clients like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-053493
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRA
- cik: 0001495320
- company_name: Vera Bradley, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025053493/0001628280-25-053493-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025053493/vra-20251117.htm

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