Ekert Kurt Joseph 4
4 · Sabre Corp · Filed May 19, 2026
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Sabre (SABR) CEO Kurt Ekert Receives Awards; Surrenders Shares for Taxes
What Happened Kurt Joseph Ekert, Sabre Corp (SABR) President, CEO and Director, reported awards and automatic share surrenders on 2026-05-15. He was credited with two RSU awards totaling 2,055,251 shares (237,069 shares and 1,818,182 shares) at $0.00 and, at the same time, automatically surrendered 426,006 shares (four separate surrenders of 124,133; 104,934; 103,652; and 93,287 shares) at $1.59 each to satisfy tax withholding obligations, generating total proceeds of approximately $679,480. Net of the withheld shares, the reporting person’s position increased by 1,629,245 shares (2,055,251 awarded minus 426,006 surrendered).
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-05-15 (Form 4 filed 2026-05-19).
- Disposals (automatic tax withholding): 124,133; 104,934; 103,652; 93,287 shares — all at $1.59, total proceeds ≈ $679,480.
- Acquisitions (awards/grants): 237,069 shares and 1,818,182 shares at $0.00 (total acquired = 2,055,251).
- Footnotes: surrenders were automatic to satisfy tax withholding on RSU vesting (grants dated May 15, 2023; 2024; 2025). One award (1,818,182 RSUs) is a new restricted share unit grant that vests 33 1/3% each year on 5/15/27–5/15/29, subject to continued employment. Another award includes performance-based RSUs that vested and were paid out in shares.
- Shares owned after the transactions were not disclosed in the provided data.
- Filing timing: Form 4 was filed 5/19/2026 reporting 5/15/2026 transactions; this filing appears to be within the typical Form 4 reporting window.
Context
- These transactions combine vesting/payments and a new long-term RSU grant. The surrenders were tax-withholding events (routine and not open-market sales by choice). The larger 1,818,182-share grant is largely unvested and will vest in thirds over the next three anniversaries, so its economic impact is subject to future vesting and continued employment.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Sabre CorpSABR
Ekert Kurt Joseph
DirectorCEO and President
Transactions
- Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F1]2026-05-15$1.59/sh−124,133$197,992→ 2,480,594 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F2]2026-05-15$1.59/sh−104,934$167,370→ 2,375,660 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F3]2026-05-15$1.59/sh−103,652$165,325→ 2,272,008 total - Award
Common Stock
[F4]2026-05-15+237,069→ 2,509,077 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F5]2026-05-15$1.59/sh−93,287$148,793→ 2,415,790 total - Award
Common Stock
[F6]2026-05-15+1,818,182→ 4,233,972 total
Footnotes (6)
- [F1]This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon vesting of restricted shares units granted on May 15, 2024 to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.
- [F2]This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon vesting of restricted shares units granted on May 15, 2025 to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.
- [F3]This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon vesting of restricted shares units granted on May 15, 2023 to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.
- [F4]Represents performance-based restricted share units that have vested and are paid out in shares of common stock from a grant dated May 15, 2023.
- [F5]This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon vesting of performance-based restricted shares units granted on May 15, 2023 to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.
- [F6]The reporting person received a grant of restricted share units on the transaction date. The restricted share units award vests as follows: 33 1/3% on the first anniversary of the date of grant (5/15/27), 33 1/3% on the second anniversary of the date of grant (5/15/28), and 33 1/3% on the third anniversary of the date of grant (5/15/29), subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the Issuer through each vesting date.
Signature
/s/ Steve Milton, as attorney-in-fact for Kurt Joseph Ekert|2026-05-19