---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001075531-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKNG"
cik: "0001075531"
company_name: "Booking Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:47:12.240698+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Booking Holdings appoints Caroline Sullivan as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 29, 2026

## Summary
- Caroline Sullivan, 57, previously SVP, CAO and Corporate Controller at Moody's (Dec 2018-Mar 2025).
- Initial annual base salary of $525,000; target annual bonus of 75% of base salary.
- New hire RSU grant of $1,000,000 (May 2026), plus PSU grant of $1,000,000 (Mar 2027).
- Signing bonus of $300,000; severance includes 1x base salary and target bonus if terminated without cause.
- RSUs vest in three equal annual installments; PSUs subject to performance-based vesting consistent with 2027 grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001075531-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKNG
- cik: 0001075531
- company_name: Booking Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553126000014/0001075531-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553126000014/bkng-20260402.htm

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