secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC (BAX)
CIK:        0000010456
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-143745
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Baxter appoints two new directors; shareholders approve charter amendments on written consent and special meetings
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- Appointed D. Brent Shafer (ex-Cerner CEO) and Peter M. Wilver (ex-Thermo Fisher CFO) to board effective May 10, 2022.
- Director Peter S. Hellman to retire June 30, 2022; board size decreases to 12.
- Shareholders approved written consent amendment (25% net long) and special meeting threshold lowered to 15% net long.
- All 11 director nominees elected; say-on-pay approved with 375M for, 37M against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312522143745/0001193125-22-143745-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000119312522143745/d147479d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-143745

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