---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-282477"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EOG"
cik: "0000821189"
company_name: "EOG RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:40:21.656879+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EOG Resources appoints Ezra Yacob as CEO; sets salary $800K, bonus targets 100%/125%

## Summary
- Ezra Y. Yacob becomes CEO effective October 1, 2021; Compensation Committee sets $800K base salary.
- Bonus target of 125% for Oct-Dec 2021 performance; 100% target confirmed for Jan-Sep 2021.
- Long-term incentive awards granted Sept 27: performance units, restricted stock, and SARs under 2021 Omnibus Plan.
- Awards vest per standard EOG terms; Form 4 to be filed within two business days of grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-282477
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EOG
- cik: 0000821189
- company_name: EOG RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821189/000119312521282477/0001193125-21-282477-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821189/000119312521282477/d236379d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-282477
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-282477.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-282477.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ezra Y. Yacob was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at EOG RESOURCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (Board) of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) appointed Ezra Y. Yacob as Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer of EOG and as a member of the Board of EOG, in each case effective October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821189/000119312521282477/0001193125-21-282477-index.htm

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