secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH)
CIK:        0001333986
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-25T12:15:14+00:00
Accession:  0001333986-26-000048
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000133398626000048/0001333986-26-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000133398626000048/axaeq-20260923.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001333986-26-000048

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