---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-232551"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SABR"
cik: "0001597033"
company_name: "Sabre Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:05:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:46:05.689769+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sabre names Scott Hortenstine as VP and Controller, principal accounting officer effective July 1, 2026

## Summary
- Scott Hortenstine, currently VP of Global Accounting, appointed as VP/Controller and principal accounting officer, effective July 1, 2026.
- Jami Kindle continues as principal accounting officer through June 30, 2026; Hortenstine then assumes role.
- Hortenstine joined Sabre in 2015, served as VP of Global Accounting since 2023; CPA with Master's from UT Austin.
- He will receive standard VP-level compensation: base salary, annual incentive, and long-term incentives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-232551
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SABR
- cik: 0001597033
- company_name: Sabre Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:05:12+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597033/000119312526232551/0001193125-26-232551-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597033/000119312526232551/d143612d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232551.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Hortenstine was appointed as Vice President and Controller at Sabre Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Controller
  source text: On May 20, 2026, Sabre Corporation (“Sabre”) designated Scott Hortenstine, currently Vice President of Global Accounting, to be its principal accounting officer and to serve as its Vice President and Controller, effective July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597033/000119312526232551/0001193125-26-232551-index.htm

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