{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-24-212145","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BAX","cik":"0000010456","company_name":"BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC","filed_at":"2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:12.006114+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-31T06:33:28.108651+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Baxter CAO Brian Stevens resigns; CFO Joel Grade appointed interim CAO","bullets":["Brian Stevens resigned as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and PAO effective Sept 3, 2024; receiving severance per Executive Severance Plan.","Departure not due to any disagreement on operations, policies, financial disclosures or accounting matters.","Joel Grade, EVP & CFO, appointed interim Chief Accounting Officer and PAO, effective same date; compensation unchanged."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/0001193125-24-212145-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/d865964d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-31T06:33:28.108651+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"1a0cf80bf6","claim":"Joel Grade was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer at BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On September 3, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the appointment of Mr. Joel Grade, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and PAO on an interim basis, effective September 3, 2024, while continuing to serve in his current position.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/0001193125-24-212145-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer"}]},{"claim_id":"56aa64a606","claim":"Brian Stevens resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On September 3, 2024, Baxter International Inc. (the “ Company ”) and Mr. Brian Stevens mutually agreed that he will resign from his role as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller and principal accounting officer (“ PAO ”) and will no longer be an employee of the Company as of the same date.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/0001193125-24-212145-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller"}]}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}