UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 13, 2012
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) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois | 60015-4625 | |
| (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)
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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. |
(d) Baxter International Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends its Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2012 to report that on November 13, 2012 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Thomas F. Chen to the Finance Committee and the Public Policy Committee and Uma Chowdhry, Ph.D., to the Corporate Governance Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. As of September 27, 2012, the Board had not yet determined the committees to which Mr. Chen and Dr. Chowdhry would be appointed.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | ||
| By: | /S/ STEPHANIE A. SHINN | |
| Stephanie A. Shinn | ||
| Corporate Vice President, | ||
| Associate General Counsel and | ||
| Corporate Secretary | ||
Date: November 16, 2012