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accession: "0000721371-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAH"
cik: "0000721371"
company_name: "CARDINAL HEALTH INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T10:39:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T10:40:05.100868+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cardinal Health appoints Anita Zielinski as Chief Accounting Officer, effective Nov 5, 2026

## Summary
- Anita Zielinski, 52, previously interim CFO and CAO at Baxter International, will succeed Mary Scherer as CAO.
- Zielinski will join as SVP Finance on Sept 16, 2026, and become CAO on Nov 5, 2026.
- Compensation includes $750,000 cash sign-on bonus and $1,000,000 in time-vesting RSUs vesting over three years.
- Zielinski also eligible for annual base salary, cash bonus under MIP, and long-term equity awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000721371-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAH
- cik: 0000721371
- company_name: CARDINAL HEALTH INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T10:39:06+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137126000026/0000721371-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137126000026/cah-20260804.htm

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