20200220 216.99 kB 3 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xbrli="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" xmlns:xbrldi="http://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldi" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xmlns:iso4217="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217" xmlns:ix="http://www.xbrl.org/2013/inlineXBRL" xmlns:ixt="http://www.xbrl.org/inlineXBRL/transformation/2015-02-26" xmlns:ixt-sec="http://www.sec.gov/inlineXBRL/transformation/2015-08-31" xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:dei="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019-01-31" xmlns:ref="http://www.xbrl.org/2006/ref" xmlns:us-gaap="http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2019-01-31" xmlns:us-roles="http://fasb.org/us-roles/2019-01-31" xmlns:country="http://xbrl.sec.gov/country/2017-01-31" xmlns:srt="http://fasb.org/srt/2019-01-31" xmlns:vrtv="http://veritivcorp.com/20200219"> <head> <title>Form 8-K filed by on 2020-02-20</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" /></head>         <body style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <div style="display: none"> <ix:header> <ix:hidden> <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey">0001599489</ix:nonNumeric> <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" format="ixt:booleanfalse" name="dei:AmendmentFlag">false</ix:nonNumeric> </ix:hidden> <ix:references> <link:schemaRef xlink:href="#vrtv-20200219.xsd" xlink:type="simple" /> </ix:references> <ix:resources> <xbrli:context id="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19"> <xbrli:entity> <xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001599489</xbrli:identifier> </xbrli:entity> <xbrli:period> <xbrli:startDate>2020-02-18</xbrli:startDate> <xbrli:endDate>2020-02-19</xbrli:endDate> </xbrli:period> </xbrli:context> <xbrli:unit id="USD"> <xbrli:measure>iso4217:USD</xbrli:measure> </xbrli:unit> <xbrli:unit id="Shares"> <xbrli:measure>xbrli:shares</xbrli:measure> </xbrli:unit> <xbrli:unit id="USDPShares"> <xbrli:divide> <xbrli:unitNumerator> <xbrli:measure>iso4217:USD</xbrli:measure> </xbrli:unitNumerator> <xbrli:unitDenominator> <xbrli:measure>xbrli:shares</xbrli:measure> </xbrli:unitDenominator> </xbrli:divide> </xbrli:unit> </ix:resources> </ix:header> </div>    <div style="width: 100%"><div style="border-top: Black 2pt solid; 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width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; width: 32%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">Title of each class</td> <td style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; width: 22%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">Trading Symbol(s)</td> <td style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">Name of each exchange on which registered</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" name="dei:Security12bTitle">Common stock, $0.01 par value</ix:nonNumeric></td> <td style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" name="dei:TradingSymbol">VRTV</ix:nonNumeric></td> <td style="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" format="ixt-sec:exchnameen" name="dei:SecurityExchangeName">New York Stock Exchange</ix:nonNumeric></td></tr> </table>   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).   Emerging growth company <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="From2020-02-18to2020-02-19" format="ixt:booleanfalse" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany">¨</ix:nonNumeric>   If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨   <div style="width: 100%"><div style="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2pt solid; font-size: 1pt"> </div></div>    <div style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"> </div> <div style="page-break-before: always; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 12pt"> </div>    Item 5.02          Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.   On February 19, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Veritiv Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Guilherme (Gui) Nebel de Mello as Interim Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer to serve in this capacity while Stephen J. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is recuperating from a medical procedure.   Mr. Nebel, 44, joined the Company in December 30, 2016 and has served as the Company’s Treasurer and Vice President Financial Planning Analysis since March 2018. Previously, Mr. Nebel was with American Greetings, a global greeting card company, where he served in various finance roles, including as Corporate Treasurer from 2014 to 2016 and Assistant Treasurer from 2010 to 2014. There are no transactions involving the Company and Mr. Nebel that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.    <div style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"> </div> <div style="page-break-before: always; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 12pt"> </div>    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.   <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: justify"> </td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: justify">VERITIV CORPORATION</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="text-align: justify">Date:  February 20, 2020</td> <td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Mark W. Hianik</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td> <td style="text-align: justify">Mark W. Hianik</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td style="text-align: justify"> </td> <td style="text-align: justify">Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary</td></tr> </table>    <div style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"> </div>    </body> </html>