---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-357564"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABNB"
cik: "0001559720"
company_name: "Airbnb, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:52:29.237868+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Airbnb appoints Amrita Ahuja as Class II director and audit committee member effective Dec 14, 2021

## Summary
- Amrita Ahuja appointed to Airbnb's board as Class II director and member of Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, effective Dec 14, 2021.
- Ahuja receives annual cash compensation of $50k for board service and $15k for audit committee service, prorated.
- Initial RSU award valued at $300k, prorated from appointment to May 25, 2022, vesting fully on May 25, 2022.
- Annual RSU grant valued at $300k on each May 25, vesting one year later; acceleration upon change in control.
- Ahuja may elect to receive cash compensation in RSUs; she entered into standard indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-357564
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABNB
- cik: 0001559720
- company_name: Airbnb, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1559720/000119312521357564/0001193125-21-357564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1559720/000119312521357564/d33645d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amrita Ahuja was appointed as Class II director at Airbnb, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On December 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Airbnb, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Amrita Ahuja to serve as a Class II director on the Board and as a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1559720/000119312521357564/0001193125-21-357564-index.htm

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