EBAYeBay Inc.
Deals with insiders in the proxy filed 2026-04-30
Deals between EBAY 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.
New this year
Paragraphs about a deal, a person or a relative with nothing like them in the proxy filed 2025-04-30.
Nothing new: every deal in this year's section was reported last year too.
No longer reported 5 paragraphs of the proxy filed 2025-04-30 with nothing like them this year
Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“Whether the terms of the transaction are (a) fair to eBay and (b) at least as favorable to eBay as would apply if the transaction did not involve a related person;”
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Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“Whether there are demonstrable business reasons for eBay to enter into the transaction;”
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Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“Whether the transaction would impair the independence of an outside director under eBay’s director independence standards; and Whether the transaction would present an improper conflict of interest for any director or executive officer, taking into account the size of the transaction, the overall financial position of the related person, the direct or indirect nature of the related person’s interest in the transaction and the ongoing nature of any proposed relationship, and any other factors the Audit Committee deems relevant.”
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Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements require us to indemnify such individuals, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for certain liabilities to which they may become subject as a result of their affiliation with eBay. Since January 1, 2024, there were no related person transactions, and we are not aware of any currently proposed related person transactions, that would require disclosure under SEC rules.”
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Compensation of Directors“The CHCC is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to the Board regarding compensation paid to all directors who are not employees of eBay, or any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of eBay, for their Board and committee services. Pay Governance LLC (“Pay Governance”) serves as the CHCC’s independent compensation consultant. In connection with its engagement, Pay Governance assists the CHCC in conducting annual peer benchmarking and assessment of market trends and best practices, to ensure that eBay’s director compensation program is in line with the market and that pay levels are comparable to peers. Our most recent benchmarking indicates that our compensation is benchmarked at or around the 50th percentile of our peer group.”
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Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“Our Audit Committee reviews and approves all transactions with related persons that are required to be disclosed in this section of our Proxy Statement.”
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Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers“Our Board has adopted a written policy for the review of related person transactions. For purposes of the policy, a related person transaction is a transaction in which (1) the amount involved is more than $120,000, (2) eBay is a participant, and (3) any related person has a direct or indirect material interest. The policy defines a “related person” to include directors, nominees for director, executive officers, beneficial holders of more than 5% of eBay’s outstanding common stock and their respective family members. Pursuant to the policy, all related person transactions must be approved by our Audit Committee or, in the event of an inadvertent failure to bring the transaction to our Audit Committee for pre-approval, ratified by our Audit Committee. In the event that a member of our Audit Committee has an interest in a related person transaction, the transaction must be approved or ratified by the disinterested members of our Audit Committee. In deciding whether to approve or ratify a related person transaction, our Audit Committee will consider the following factors:”
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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 ↗