Airbnb (ABNB) Chief Accounting Officer David C. Bernstein Surrenders 1,070 Shares

What Happened
David C. Bernstein, Chief Accounting Officer of Airbnb, surrendered 1,070.04 shares on 2026-08-19 to satisfy tax withholding related to an equity award/exercise. The shares were valued at $183.25 each, for a total of approximately $196,085. This filing reports a disposition of shares to cover tax obligations—not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-19; Form 4 filed: 2026-08-21 (appears timely).
• Shares surrendered/disposed: 1,070.04 at $183.25 per share. Total value: ~$196,085.
• Transaction code: F (payment of exercise price or tax liability / tax withholding).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the provided excerpt of the filing.
• Nature: withholding of shares to cover taxes (common for vested awards or exercised options), not a discretionary sale.

Context
Code F transactions are typically a company withholding a portion of awarded or exercised shares to satisfy the insider’s tax withholding obligations. These are routine administrative actions and generally should not be interpreted as a directional insider buy/sell signal.