---
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"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:33:28.108651+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baxter CAO Brian Stevens resigns; CFO Joel Grade appointed interim CAO

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-212145.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joel Grade was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer at BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/0001193125-24-212145-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian Stevens resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524212145/0001193125-24-212145-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.