---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001633917-26-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PYPL"
cik: "0001633917"
company_name: "PayPal Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T21:14:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T21:21:47.838616+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PayPal EVP Scotti leaving June 2; shareholders approve 39.1M-share equity plan

## Summary
- EVP Diego Scotti (Consumer Group) departing effective June 2, 2026, with severance per standard plan.
- Separation agreement provides severance benefits applicable to termination without cause (not change-in-control).
- Shareholders approved 2026 Equity Incentive Plan: 39.1M new shares authorized plus up to 44.6M from 2015 plan.
- All 11 director nominees elected; advisory say-on-pay and auditor ratification passed.
- Two shareholder proposals (conflict-zone services policy, special meeting threshold reduction) rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001633917-26-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PYPL
- cik: 0001633917
- company_name: PayPal Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T21:14:04+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/1633917/000163391726000076/0001633917-26-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1633917/000163391726000076/pypl-20260519.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001633917-26-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001633917-26-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001633917-26-000076.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4d11441302
  claim: Diego Scotti resigned as EVP, General Manager, Consumer Group at PayPal Holdings, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: As previously announced on April 29, 2026, effective as of June 2, 2026, Diego Scotti will cease to serve as the EVP, General Manager, Consumer Group of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1633917/000163391726000076/0001633917-26-000076-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.