secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. (AB)
CIK:        0000825313
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-25T12:04:18+00:00
Accession:  0000825313-26-000060
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

AllianceBernstein CEO Seth Bernstein to retire March 31, 2027; Onur Erzan named President & CEO
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- Seth Bernstein will retire as CEO effective March 31, 2027 after nearly a decade leading AB; he will continue to serve on the AB Board of Directors.
- Onur Erzan, 50, AB President since January 2026, becomes President and CEO on April 1, 2027 and joins the AB Board then; he spent 20 years at McKinsey.
- Erzan FY2027 total compensation target is $13.5 million: $650,000 base salary, $5.8M cash bonus, $3.45M ICAP award in AB Units, $2.35M Equitable Holdings equity.
- Bernstein's retirement agreement gives him a $2.5M AB Holding Unit appreciation grant, a $1.0M Equitable Holdings LTIP award in Q2 2027, and $325,000 (26 weeks) salary continuation.
- AB assets under management nearly doubled under Bernstein to more than $919 billion as of August 31, 2026; AB is a subsidiary of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531326000060/0000825313-26-000060-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531326000060/ab-20260925.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000825313-26-000060

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