---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001706946-21-000150"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPCE"
cik: "0001706946"
company_name: "Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc"
filed_at: "2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:58:28.784219+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Virgin Galactic appoints Wanda Sigur to board, increasing size to 10

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 10 members; Wanda Sigur appointed effective Dec 20, 2021.
- Sigur brings 38+ years of aerospace experience, most recently VP and GM of Civil Space at Lockheed Martin.
- She will serve on the Safety Committee and receives standard director compensation: $125k cash retainer and $150k initial RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- Her term runs until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001706946-21-000150
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPCE
- cik: 0001706946
- company_name: Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc
- filed_at: 2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706946/000170694621000150/0001706946-21-000150-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706946/000170694621000150/spce-20211220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001706946-21-000150
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001706946-21-000150.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001706946-21-000150.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wanda Sigur was appointed as Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 20, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and appointed Wanda Sigur to fill the newly created vacancy on the Board, effective as of December 20, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706946/000170694621000150/0001706946-21-000150-index.htm

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