secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG)
CIK:        0001075531
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001075531-26-000014
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553126000014/0001075531-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000107553126000014/bkng-20260402.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001075531-26-000014

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