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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Carnival (CCL)

Carnival enters severance protection agreements with CEO and three other executives

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Carnival Corporation entered compensation protection and restrictive covenant agreements on August 6, 2025, with CEO Josh Weinstein, CFO David Bernstein, Chief Human Resources Officer Bettina Deynes and General Counsel Enrique Miguez. The agreements set severance terms if an officer is terminated without cause, through position elimination, certain reassignments or pay cuts, or by mutual agreement, and include non-compete and non-solicitation periods. The filing is routine governance disclosure, with no change in leadership and no dollar severance amounts stated.

Key points

  • Agreements dated August 6, 2025, cover CEO Josh Weinstein, CFO David Bernstein, CHRO Bettina Deynes and General Counsel Enrique Miguez.
  • CEO severance: two times annualized base salary plus two times target cash bonus, paid over two years, conditional on a release.
  • Other officers: one times base salary plus 0.5 times target cash bonus, paid over one year.
  • Non-compete and non-solicitation periods run two years for the CEO and one year for other officers after termination.

The filing

CompanyCarnival (CCL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 8, 2025, 4:10 PM ET
Accession number0000815097-25-000071

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 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 August 08, 2025.

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