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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 18, 2021

Baxter International Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-4448 | 36-0781620
(Commission File Number) | (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:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d 2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol(s) |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 par value |  | BAX (NYSE) |  | New York Stock Exchange
|  |  |  | Chicago Stock Exchange
1.3% Global Notes due 2025 |  | BAX 25 |  | New York Stock Exchange
1.3% Global Notes due 2029 |  | BAX 29 |  | New York Stock Exchange
0.4% Global Notes due 2024 |  | BAX 24 |  | New York Stock Exchange
3.95% Global Notes due 2030 |  | BAX 30 |  | New York Stock Exchange
1.73% Global Notes due 2031 |  | BAX 31 |  | New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter):
☐ Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act: ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The presentation furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 is being provided to certain stockholders on or after October 19, 2021, as part of Baxter International Inc.’s stockholder engagement program.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be or be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits. The following exhibits are provided as part of this Form 8-K:

Exhibit Number |  | Description
99.1 |  | Fall Shareholder Engagement Presentation (October 2021)
104 |  | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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 18, 2021

| BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
| By: | /s/ Ellen K. Bradford
| Name: | Ellen K. Bradford
| Title: | Senior Vice President and
|  | Corporate Secretary