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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001333986-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQH"
cik: "0001333986"
company_name: "Equitable Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T12:15:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:19:12.756268+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AllianceBernstein CEO Seth Bernstein to retire March 31, 2027; Onur Erzan named successor

## Summary
- Seth Bernstein will retire as AB CEO and step down as Equitable Holdings Head of Asset Management effective March 31, 2027; he will remain on the AB general partner board.
- Onur Erzan, AB President since January 2026 and a 20-year McKinsey veteran, becomes AB CEO & President on April 1, 2027 and joins the AB Board of Directors.
- Erzan's FY2027 total compensation target is $13.5M: $650,000 base salary, $5.8M cash bonus, $3.45M AB ICAP units and $2.35M EQH equity; severance is 1.5x salary plus bonus.
- Bernstein receives a $2.5M AB restricted unit appreciation grant vesting over three years, a $1.0M 2026 EQH LTIP award, and 26 weeks of salary continuation totaling $325,000.
- EQH annual meeting: all nine director nominees elected; PwC ratified as FY2026 auditor (241.4M for / 7.9M against); say-on-pay approved 235.6M for vs 2.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001333986-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQH
- cik: 0001333986
- company_name: Equitable Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T12:15:14+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000133398626000048/0001333986-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000133398626000048/axaeq-20260923.htm

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