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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baxter International Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-0781620</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State of Incorporation)</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Baxter Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Deerfield, Illinois 60015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(224) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">948-2000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baxter International Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ellen K. Bradford </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baxter International Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Baxter Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Deerfield, Illinois 60015-4633 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(224) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">948-2000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed in order to register an additional 40,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$1.00 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Baxter International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), that may be issued under the Baxter International Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated effective May&nbsp;7, 2024 (the &#147;Plan&#148;), which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares registered on the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on May&nbsp;4, 2021 (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-255767),</FONT> which is hereby
incorporated by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These shares of Common Stock consist of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock that have become newly reserved for
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-04448)</FONT> are
hereby incorporated by reference:<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828024003932/bax-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2024; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828024019786/bax-20240331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2024; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828024012545/bax-20240321.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;21, 2024; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The description of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, registered under Section&nbsp;
12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828020003693/bax-20191231xexx49.htm">Exhibit 4.9</A> to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000010456/000162828020003693/bax-20191231.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed on March&nbsp;17, 2020), and as amended by any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment (other than information deemed to have been &#147;furnished&#148; rather than &#147;filed&#148; in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules) which indicates that all shares of Common
Stock covered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such reports and documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d788864dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Baxter International Inc., dated May&nbsp;7, 2024 (filed herewith). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312523138972/d406146dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated May&nbsp;
6, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Baxter International Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;9, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828020003693/bax-20191231xexx49.htm">Description of Securities Registered Under Section&nbsp;
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Baxter International Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;17, 2020).
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312524075975/d546571ddef14a.htm#toc546571_50">Baxter International Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Deerfield, State of
Illinois, on<B> </B>May&nbsp;7, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jos&eacute; E. Almeida</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Jos&eacute; E. Almeida</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of the Registrant whose individual signature appears below hereby appoints Joel T. Grade,
the Registrant&#146;s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, David S. Rosenbloom, the Registrant&#146;s Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Ellen K. Bradford, the Registrant&#146;s Senior Vice President and Corporate
Secretary, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the others, as the true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and, in connection with any registration of additional securities, to sign any abbreviated registration
statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact,</FONT></FONT> and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the&nbsp;Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DATE</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer and Director)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Joel T. Grade</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Joel T. Grade</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Brian C. Stevens</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Brian C. Stevens</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ William A. Ampofo II</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;7, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2024.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Baxter International Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-0781620
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Baxter Parkway
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
(224)
948-2000
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Baxter International Inc.
Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ellen K. Bradford
Senior Vice President Corporate Secretary
Baxter International Inc.
One Baxter Parkway
Deerfield, Illinois 60015-4633
(224)
948-2000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") is being filed in order to register an additional 40,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Baxter International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), that may be issued under the Baxter International Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated effective May 7, 2024 (the "Plan"), which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares registered on the Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 4, 2021 (Registration
No. 333-255767),
which is hereby
incorporated by reference.
These shares of Common Stock consist of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock that have become newly reserved for
issuance under the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form
S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission (File
No. 001-04448)
are
hereby incorporated by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 8, 2024;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024;
(c) The Registrant's Current Report on
Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on March 21, 2024; and
(d) The description of the
Registrant's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, registered under Section 
12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.9
to the
Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019, filed on March 17, 2020), and as amended by any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment (other than information deemed to have been "furnished" rather than "filed" in accordance with the Commission's rules) which indicates that all shares of Common
Stock covered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such reports and documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
EXHIBIT
NO.
DESCRIPTION
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Baxter International Inc., dated May 7, 2024 (filed herewith).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated May 
6, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Baxter International Inc.'s Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed on May 9, 2023).
4.1
Description of Securities Registered Under Section 
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Baxter International Inc.'s Annual Report on Form
10-K,
filed on March 17, 2020).
4.2
Baxter International Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
 to Appendix A to Baxter International Inc.'s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on March 25, 2024).
5.1
Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107
Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Deerfield, State of
Illinois, on
May 7, 2024.
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
/s/ José E. Almeida
José E. Almeida
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of the Registrant whose individual signature appears below hereby appoints Joel T. Grade,
the Registrant's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, David S. Rosenbloom, the Registrant's Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Ellen K. Bradford, the Registrant's Senior Vice President and Corporate
Secretary, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the others, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and, in connection with any registration of additional securities, to sign any abbreviated registration
statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ José E. Almeida
José E. Almeida
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
May 7, 2024
/s/ Joel T. Grade
Joel T. Grade
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 7, 2024
/s/ Brian C. Stevens
Brian C. Stevens
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
May 7, 2024
/s/ William A. Ampofo II
Director
May 7, 2024
William A. Ampofo II
/s/ Patricia B. Morrison
Patricia B. Morrison
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Stephen N. Oesterle, M.D.
Stephen N. Oesterle, M.D.
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Stephen H. Rusckowski
Stephen H. Rusckowski
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Nancy M. Schlichting
Nancy M. Schlichting
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Brent Shafer
Brent Shafer
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Cathy R. Smith
Cathy R. Smith
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Amy A. Wendell
Amy A. Wendell
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ David S. Wilkes, M.D.
David S. Wilkes, M.D.
Director
May 7, 2024
/s/ Peter M. Wilver
Peter M. Wilver
Director
May 7, 2024