---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133311-24-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TZOO"
cik: "0001133311"
company_name: "TRAVELZOO"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:14:16.752345+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Travelzoo stockholders approve CEO Holger Bartel's option to purchase 600,000 shares at $8.58

## Summary
- Option grant of 600,000 shares at $8.58 per share, approved by stockholders on April 26, 2024.
- Vests semi-annually over 2 years in 25% installments, first vesting June 30, 2024; 5-year term.
- Directors Holger Bartel, Christina Sindoni Ciocca, Carrie Liqun Liu, Volodymyr Cherevko, Michael Karg elected.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 8,634,466 for, 54,366 against.
- Stockholder votes: option grant passed with 6,384,645 for, 2,299,035 against, 11,908 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133311-24-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TZOO
- cik: 0001133311
- company_name: TRAVELZOO
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331124000015/0001133311-24-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331124000015/tzoo-20240426.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TRAVELZOO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: Travelzoo's stockholders elected Holger Bartel, Christina Sindoni Ciocca, Carrie Liqun Liu, Volodymyr Cherevko and Michael Karg to serve on the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331124000015/0001133311-24-000015-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TRAVELZOO shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve Travelzoo executive compensation at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, to approve Travelzoo's executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331124000015/0001133311-24-000015-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TRAVELZOO shareholders approved Stock option grant to the Global Chief Executive Officer at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The proposal regarding the stock option grant to the Global Chief Executive Officer was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331124000015/0001133311-24-000015-index.htm

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