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accession: "0001467373-25-000190"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ACN"
cik: "0001467373"
company_name: "Accenture plc"
filed_at: "2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T05:56:26.308459+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Accenture sets compensation for incoming COO Kate Hogan: $856k base, $2.3M equity target

## Summary
- Kate Hogan appointed COO effective Sept 1, 2025, succeeding John Walsh.
- Annual base salary unchanged at $856,358; target bonus 100% of base (max 150%).
- Equity target $2.3M: $1.7M in RSUs (Jan 2026 grant) plus $600k performance-based RSUs (Jan 2027).
- Compensation approved by Compensation Committee on July 15, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001467373-25-000190
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ACN
- cik: 0001467373
- company_name: Accenture plc
- filed_at: 2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737325000190/0001467373-25-000190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737325000190/acn-20250620.htm

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