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Issuer:     INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP (IBM)
CIK:        0000051143
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000051143-26-000006
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

IBM elects PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta to board effective March 1, 2026
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- Ramon Laguarta, 62, is Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader.
- Laguarta has led PepsiCo since 2018, driving portfolio and cultural transformation.
- He will join IBM's Directors and Corporate Governance Committee upon appointment.
- IBM chairman Arvind Krishna cited Laguarta's tech transformation expertise as key to shareholder value.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000005114326000006/0000051143-26-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000005114326000006/ibm-20260127.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000051143-26-000006

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