---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-342946"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAX"
cik: "0000010456"
company_name: "BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:44:44.965283+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baxter appoints Giuseppe Accogli as EVP and COO effective Nov 29, 2021

## Summary
- Giuseppe Accogli, age 51, previously SVP and President of Americas and Global Business Units, appointed COO.
- New annual base salary of $875,000; bonus target 95% of base effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Eligible for long-term incentive program with target grant value of $4,000,000 beginning March 2022.
- Receives one-time PSU grant with target value of $2,500,000 in March 2022 under same terms as annual LTI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-342946
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAX
- cik: 0000010456
- company_name: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312521342946/0001193125-21-342946-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312521342946/d246996d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-342946.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Giuseppe Accogli was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 29, 2021, Baxter International Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Giuseppe Accogli, age 51, to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312521342946/0001193125-21-342946-index.htm

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