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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-116255"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDLN"
cik: "0002046386"
company_name: "Medline Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-15T20:18:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-15T20:20:07.838482+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Medline director Joseph P. Baratta resigns from board effective December 31, 2026

## Summary
- Baratta notified Medline's board on October 13, 2026 of his resignation as a director, effective December 31, 2026.
- Resignation coincides with his previously announced departure from Blackstone Inc., per the filing.
- Company states the decision is not the result of any disagreement over operations, policies or practices.
- No replacement director or committee reassignment was named in the filing; board expressed thanks for his service.
- 8-K signed October 15, 2026 by Chief Legal Officer Alex M. Liberman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-116255
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDLN
- cik: 0002046386
- company_name: Medline Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-15T20:18:45+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2046386/000110465926116255/0001104659-26-116255-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2046386/000110465926116255/tm2627622d1_8k.htm

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