UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025 (June 2, 2025)

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-40349	82-2714562
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


462 Broadway
New York, New York		10013
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 631-2111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share	DV	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02.Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)

On June 2, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jennifer Storms to the Board, effective June 2, 2025, in accordance with the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.

Ms. Storms will fill an existing vacancy on the Board and will serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2028. In connection with Ms. Storm’s appointment to the Board, the Board has also appointed Ms. Storms to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective June 2, 2025. Ms. Storms currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer of NBCUniversal Television & Streaming.

The Board has determined that Ms. Storms is independent under the corporate governance standards of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms. Storms will participate in the Company’s standard compensation program for non-employee directors, including, for her first year on the Board, prorated annual compensation. The compensation program was previously disclosed on the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Ms. Storms was elected as a director, and there are no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. Storms that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company announced the appointment of Ms. Storms in its June 3, 2025 press release. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated June 3, 2025.
104	Cover Page to this Current Report on Form 8-K in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	DOUBLEVERIFY HOLDINGS, INC.



	By:	/s/ Andrew E. Grimmig
		Name:	Andrew E. Grimmig
		Title:	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Date: June 3, 2025

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. 8-K