BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC — Board/Management Information 2016

Oct 20, 2016

8-K 1 d234633d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2016

Baxter International Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1-4448	Delaware	36-0781620
(Commission File Number)	(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois	60015
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(224) 948-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On October 17, 2016, Uma Chowdhry, Ph.D. notified Baxter International Inc. (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the Corporate Governance and Public Policy Committees of the Board for personal reasons, effective as of October 31, 2016.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 20, 2016

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
	/s/ Ellen K. McIntosh
By:	Ellen K. McIntosh
	Corporate Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary