Zielinski Anita A 4

What Happened

• Anita A. Zielinski, SVP, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller of Baxter International (BAX), was granted 13,426 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-06-01. The transaction shows an acquisition at $0.00 (a grant), so there was no cash purchase price recorded.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-01; filed on 2026-06-03 (appears timely within the typical two-business-day Form 4 window).
• Grant size and price: 13,426 RSUs @ $0.00 (award/grant).
• Vesting: These RSUs are scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the vesting conditions in Baxter’s Second Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan (footnote F1).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing summary.
• Other note: total reported holdings include automatic reinvestment of dividends (footnote F2).

Context

• This was an equity award (not a purchase or sale). RSU grants are commonly used for compensation and retention when an executive takes on expanded duties (here, interim CFO responsibilities). The grant does not represent an immediate cash outlay or market-selling activity and, by itself, should not be read as a buy/sell market signal.