---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-066339"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAL"
cik: "0000100517"
company_name: "United Airlines Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T10:07:15.298903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Airlines CFO Gerald Laderman to retire in 2024; external succession search underway

## Summary
- CFO Gerald Laderman plans to retire in September 2024 after 35 years; will stay until successor appointed.
- External search for new CFO launched; Laderman will then serve as EVP Finance through retirement to ensure transition.
- Laderman's target compensation unchanged; 2024 short-term incentive eligible for pro-rata vesting subject to performance.
- Laderman remains subject to non-solicitation, non-competition, and no-hire covenants under existing agreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-066339
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAL
- cik: 0000100517
- company_name: United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465923066339/0001104659-23-066339-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465923066339/tm2317201d1_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-066339.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-066339.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Laderman departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at United Airlines Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: plans to retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 24, 2023, Gerald Laderman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent company of United Airlines, Inc. (“United”), informed the Company of his plans to retire in 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465923066339/0001104659-23-066339-index.htm

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