---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-150863"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBH"
cik: "0001136869"
company_name: "ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:47:02.261188+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zimmer Biomet appoints Paul Stellato as VP, Controller and CAO

## Summary
- Paul Stellato named Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective May 16, 2022.
- Stellato previously served as VP Finance, Global Business Services at Xylem Inc.
- Compensation includes $375k base salary, 60% target bonus, $100k sign-on bonus, and equity awards.
- Sign-on equity of ~$440k (50% options, 50% RSUs) vests over three years; LTIP award of ~$400k in 2023.
- Derek Davis returns to prior VP Finance Integration role after serving as interim CAO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-150863
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBH
- cik: 0001136869
- company_name: ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000119312522150863/0001193125-22-150863-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000119312522150863/d338788d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-150863.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Derek Davis changed role as Vice President, Finance Integration at ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: continue
  - Role: Vice President, Finance Integration
  source text: Derek Davis, who served as the Company’s Interim Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and had assumed the responsibilities of the Company’s principal accounting officer during the search process that led to Mr. Stellato’s hiring, will continue in his role as the Company’s Vice President, Finance Integration.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000119312522150863/0001193125-22-150863-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Stellato was appointed as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Paul Stellato has been appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000119312522150863/0001193125-22-150863-index.htm

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