---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-023809"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAX"
cik: "0000010456"
company_name: "BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T02:58:06.922072+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.12
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.12
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baxter shareholders elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify PwC

## Summary
- Ten director nominees elected with majority support; shareholder proposal on stock retention failed.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote approved: 405M for, 40M against (~91% of votes cast).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2025 approved: 444.5M for, 36.6M against.
- Stockholder proposal on executives retaining significant stock did not pass: 165M for, 280M against.
- Quorum of ~93.9% of outstanding shares represented at the May 6, 2025 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-023809
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAX
- cik: 0000010456
- company_name: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.12
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.12
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828025023809/0001628280-25-023809-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828025023809/bax-20250506.htm

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