People first, numbers later — Accenture files the pay for its new operating chief as an amendment
Accenture reported the appointment of Kate Hogan as chief operating officer on 20 June 2025, and after the committee approved her terms on 15 July, filed an amended current report on 17 July. Base salary is $856,358, target bonus 100%, equity $2.3 million.
Filing key facts
- CompanyAccenture plc (ACN)
- FormCurrent report (8-K/A)
- ExchangeNYSE
- Industry (SIC)Services-Business Services, NEC
- Filing date2025-07-17
- Period2025-06-20
- 8-K events5.02 Director/officer changes; compensation
- Accession no.0001467373-25-000190
Key points
- The 20 June 2025 report announced the appointment of Kate Hogan as chief operating officer, effective 1 September, succeeding John Walsh.
- The compensation, culture and people committee approved her terms on 15 July 2025, and the amendment was filed on 17 July.
- Cash compensation continues an annual base salary of $856,358 with a fiscal 2026 target bonus of 100% of base compensation, capped at 150%.
- Equity awards total $2,300,000 in target value, $1.7 million due in January 2026 and $600,000 in January 2027.
- The event date stays at 20 June 2025 in the amendment, making the gap from event to filing 27 days.
1The same appointment, reported twice
This filing is on Form 8-K/A, an amendment. The same appointment is reported once in June and again in July. The first tells you who takes which office; the second tells you what that person will be paid. The mechanism Apple promised in the previous article, to file within four business days of determination, is here delivered.
2First report and second
Worth noting is that the event date in the record stays at 20 June even in the amendment. The event being reported is still the original appointment, and the compensation arrives as an addition to it. The result is a gap of 27 days from event to filing.
3What the numbers consist of
The cash side holds the base salary where it was and sets a bonus target for the new role. The equity side splits across two programs, $1.7 million in value due in January 2026 and $600,000 in January 2027. The number of units in the later grant is not fixed until fiscal 2026 performance is known. The pay design itself assumes a gap in time.
4An amendment need not mean a correction
The word amendment suggests fixing a mistake. Within item 5.02, most amendments are not corrections but additions of information settled later. The practical sequence, in which the day an appointment is decided and the day the pay is decided are not the same, shows up directly in the choice of form. The full disclosure is in the document filed with the Commission.
Why it matters
An amendment is not necessarily a correction. Under item 5.02 it serves to add figures settled after the appointment, because those two decisions fall on different days. Holding the event date at the original appointment keeps the report tied to the event itself, and pay designs that wait on the next year performance are built around the same gap in time.
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Sources (primary)
This article is an independent organization based on the U.S. SEC official disclosures below. Always verify the exact, latest details with the original filing.
- SEC EDGAR (filing index)
- Primary document (original)
- Accession no.：0001467373-25-000190