{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001075531-23-000065","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BKNG","cik":"0001075531","company_name":"Booking Holdings Inc.","filed_at":"2023-12-13T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:28.138173+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-07T13:19:20.173837+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.65,"confidence":"high","headline":"Booking Holdings appoints Ewout Steenbergen as CFO, effective March 15, 2024","bullets":["Steenbergen to receive $825,000 base salary, target annual bonus of 180% of base.","New hire RSUs of $9M (75% vest yr1, 25% yr2); annual RSUs $3.7M (3-yr vest); PSUs $3.7M (3-yr performance).","Signing bonus of $1M, repayable if resignation w/o good reason or termination for cause within 12 months.","Steenbergen was previously CFO of S&P Global and Voya Financial; he replaces departing CFO Goulden."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001075531-23-000065","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001075531-23-000065.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001075531-23-000065.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001075531-23-000065.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553123000065/0001075531-23-000065-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553123000065/bkng-20231213.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T13:19:20.173837+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"12b3d6238d","claim":"Goulden departed as Chief Financial Officer at Booking Holdings Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"As previously reported by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 23, 2023 (the \"Prior 8-K\"), upon commencement of employment by Mr. Steenbergen, Mr. Goulden will no longer serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553123000065/0001075531-23-000065-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"departed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"6a2b9e0f88","claim":"Ewout L. Steenbergen was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Booking Holdings Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On December 13, 2023, Booking Holdings Inc. (the \"Company\") announced that it has appointed Ewout L. Steenbergen as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of March 15, 2024.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553123000065/0001075531-23-000065-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}