---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-071073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DKNG"
cik: "0001883685"
company_name: "DraftKings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:41:55.051485+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DraftKings appoints Erik Bradbury as Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 12, 2024

## Summary
- Bradbury returns to DraftKings after previously serving as CAO from Sept 2020 to Sept 2023; most recently SVP, Controller & CAO at IAC Inc.
- Compensation includes RSU award with grant date value of $1,633,333 vesting quarterly over 4 years.
- Also receives performance-based stock units with grant date fair value of $3,266,667 tied to 2025 and 2027 performance measures.
- Alan Ellingson will no longer serve as principal accounting officer upon Bradbury's appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-071073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DKNG
- cik: 0001883685
- company_name: DraftKings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000110465924071073/0001104659-24-071073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000110465924071073/tm2416992d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-071073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-071073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-071073.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: b5e24b6508
  claim: Erik Bradbury was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at DraftKings Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On June 9, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of DraftKings Inc. (“DraftKings” or the “Company”) appointed Erik Bradbury as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer, effective on or about August 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000110465924071073/0001104659-24-071073-index.htm
- claim_id: fb5371e5b7
  claim: Alan Ellingson changed role as principal accounting officer at DraftKings Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective as of Mr. Bradbury’s appointment, Alan Ellingson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, will no longer serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000110465924071073/0001104659-24-071073-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.