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We seek to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. 10-K, Item 1
Deals between AMZN and its directors, executives, owners of more than 5% or their families: a relative on the payroll, a plane the company charters from its CEO, a director's company that buys from it. SEC rules (Item 404) make the company list every such deal over $120,000 in its proxy statement. Below: what the proxy filed 2026-04-09 reports that the one filed 2025-04-10 did not, quoted as filed.
New this year
Paragraphs about a deal, a person or a relative with nothing like them in the proxy filed 2025-04-10.
Nothing new: every deal in this year's section was reported last year too.
The whole section 6 paragraphs, proxy filed 2026-04-09
Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions“Jeff Bezos, our founder and Executive Chair, owns Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company, and entities that publish The Washington Post, and we do business in the ordinary course with each company. In 2025, Amazon sold approximately $12.5 million of consumer goods to Blue Origin under a line of credit. In 2025, Amazon purchased approximately $840,000 of advertising from, and paid approximately $1.9 million related to digital content and approximately $800,000 for data licensing to, The Washington Post entities, all on terms negotiated on an arms-length basis.”
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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions“As previously disclosed, in 2022, Amazon announced agreements with Blue Origin and a third party pursuant to which it expected to pay approximately $7.4 billion for satellite launch and related services through 2028, of which approximately $2.7 billion was expected to be paid to Blue Origin. The actual amounts paid to Blue Origin and the third party may be higher or lower based on various factors. Since the beginning of the last fiscal year, Amazon paid approximately $2.2 billion under the agreements, of which approximately $1.8 billion is estimated to have been paid to Blue Origin.”
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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions“Katherine Olsavsky Clinton, an employee of Amazon, is the daughter of Brian Olsavsky, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. In 2025, Ms. Clinton earned $30,769 in salary and $19,038 in bonus. She was also granted a restricted stock unit award with respect to 1,275 shares, vesting over 3.9 years. Her compensation is consistent with the total compensation provided to other employees of the same level with similar responsibilities.”
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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions“Connor Clinton, an employee of Amazon, is the son-in-law of Mr. Olsavsky. In 2025, Mr. Clinton earned $161,946 in salary and $1,250 in bonus. He was also granted a restricted stock unit award with respect to 554 shares, vesting over 2.9 years. His compensation is consistent with the total compensation provided to other employees of the same level with similar responsibilities.”
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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions“We may, from time to time, participate in additional arms’ length transactions with entities affiliated with our Related Persons in the ordinary course of business. The Audit Committee reviews and, as appropriate, approves and ratifies “related person” transactions, defined as any transaction, arrangement, or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness), or any series of similar transactions, arrangements, or relationships, in which (a) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $120,000, (b) Amazon is a participant, and (c) any Related Person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or trustee (or any similar position) or a less than 10 percent beneficial owner of another entity). A “Related Person” is any (a) person who is an executive officer,”
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OTHER INFORMATION“director, or nominee for election as a director of Amazon, (b) greater than 5 percent beneficial owner of our outstanding common stock, or (c) Immediate Family Member of any of the foregoing. An “Immediate Family Member” is any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the household of a person. We do not have written policies or procedures for related person transactions but rely on the Audit Committee’s exercise of business judgment, consistent with Delaware law, in reviewing such transactions.”
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Paragraphs are compared by their words, not read by AI: one counts as new when no paragraph last year shares half of its words, or when it names a person or company last year's section did not. A deal reported again with a new amount is not new. Always check the filing. Open the proxy ↗ · Last year's proxy ↗
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