Amendment: Baxter International Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits, Regulation FD Disclosure
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): January 31, 2025
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
As previously reported in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2025 (the "Original Form 8-K"), Baxter International Inc. (the "Company") reported that it had completed the previously announced sale of the Company's Kidney Care business (the "Vantive Sale") on January 31, 2025.
This Amendment No 1. to the the Original Form 8-K amends the Original Form 8-K that reported the completion of the Vantive sale. The Original Form 8-K did not include the unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company reflecting the performance of the Company's business after giving effect to the Vantive Sale. This Amendment No. 1 to the Original Form 8-K is being filed to include such pro forma financial information as required under Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K.
Unaudited pro forma financial information included in this Amendment No. 1 to the Original 8-K has been presented to illustrate the effects of the Vantive Sale and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that the Company would have achieved had the Vantive Sale been completed as of the dates indicated or of the results that may be obtained in the future.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 6, 2025, the Company announced that it completed the Vantive Sale for an aggregate purchase price of $3.80 billion in cash, subject to certain closing cash, working capital and debt adjustments. After giving effect to the adjustment mechanisms in the related Equity Purchase Agreement (as amended), the Company received approximately $3.71 billion in cash with the net after tax proceeds currently estimated to be approximately $3.4 billion.
The information in Item 7.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except in the event that the Company expressly states that such information is to be considered filed under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro forma financial information
The following unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Amendment No. 1 to the Original Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference:
•Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2024
•Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
•Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss) for the Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021
•Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information
(d)Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date: February 6, 2025
| BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Joel T. Grade | |||||||
| Name: | Joel T. Grade | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||