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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Booking (BKNG)

Booking Holdings names Caroline Sullivan chief accounting officer, effective April 29

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Booking Holdings appointed Caroline Sullivan as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Controller, effective April 29, 2026. Her pay package includes a $525,000 base salary, a 75% target bonus, and about $2.3 million in equity and signing awards, which shareholders can track in future proxy and filing disclosures.

Key points

  • Effective date: April 29, 2026; Ms. Sullivan, age 57, previously served as Vice President, Procurement and Real Estate at Elevance Health from June 2025 to March 2026.
  • Compensation: initial annual base salary of $525,000, target annual bonus of 75% of base salary, and a $300,000 signing bonus.
  • Equity: RSU grants of $1,000,000 and a new hire RSU grant of $1,000,000, both expected in May 2026, plus a PSU grant with a target grant-date value of $1,000,000 expected in March 2027.
  • Severance if terminated without cause (subject to a release of claims): one times base salary and target annual bonus, plus 12 months of health benefits.

The filing

CompanyBooking (BKNG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 2, 2026, 4:12 PM ET
Accession number0001075531-26-000014

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 7:00 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 02, 2026.

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