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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-041545"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAX"
cik: "0000010456"
company_name: "BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:19:37.142271+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baxter's North Cove facility closed after Hurricane Helene flooding; expects negative financial impact

## Summary
- North Cove, N.C. plant closed for production due to flood damage; remediation underway.
- Baxter working with FDA, HHS, FEMA, DHS and state officials to resume operations.
- Baxter International Foundation committed $1.5M in donations; matching employee donations 2:1.
- Allocation process implemented for equitable product distribution; leveraging global network.
- Company to provide production restart timing estimate and financial impact update in Q3 earnings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-041545
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAX
- cik: 0000010456
- company_name: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828024041545/0001628280-24-041545-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828024041545/bax-20240929.htm

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