Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

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On July 25, 2012, the company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of its common stock on the open market or in private transactions. The Board of Directors increased this authority by $1.5 billion in November 2016. During 2016, the company repurchased approximately 6.3 million shares for $287 million in cash pursuant to this authority. The remaining authorization under this program totaled approximately $1.7 billion at December 31, 2016. This program does not have an expiration date.

Additional information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Note 18 in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the change in Baxter’s cumulative total shareholder return (including reinvested dividends) on Baxter’s common stock with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Health Care Index over the past five years. Performance through June 30, 2015 has been adjusted for the Baxalta separation which occurred on July 1, 2015.