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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · IBM (IBM)

IBM Elects PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta to Board, Effective March 1, 2026

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

IBM's board elected Ramon Laguarta, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, to its board of directors, effective March 1, 2026. He will join the Directors and Corporate Governance Committee, and the filing furnishes the related press release as Exhibit 99.1.

Key points

  • Ramon L. Laguarta, 62, is chairman and CEO of PepsiCo and has led the company since 2018.
  • Board election is effective March 1, 2026; he will join the Directors and Corporate Governance Committee.
  • Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and CEO, said Laguarta's technology transformation background would help IBM deliver value to shareholders.

The filing

CompanyIBM (IBM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 30, 2026, 4:32 PM ET
Accession number0000051143-26-000006

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 30, 2026.

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