Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.

Information about our Executive Officers

As of February 9, 2023, the following serve as Baxter’s executive officers:

José E. Almeida, age 60, is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, having served in that capacity since January 2016. He began serving as an executive officer of Baxter in October 2015. He served as Senior Advisor with The Carlyle Group from May 2015 until October 2015. Previously, he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Covidien plc (Covidien), a global health care products company, from March 2012 to January 2015, prior to the acquisition of Covidien by Medtronic plc (Medtronic), and President and Chief Executive Officer of Covidien from July 2011 to March 2012. Mr. Almeida served in other executive roles with Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare (Tyco)) between April 2004 and June 2011. Mr. Almeida currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bank of America. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and the board of trustees of Partners in Health. He also previously served as director and chairman of the Board for the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed).

James Borzi, age 60, is Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer. He joined Baxter in August 2020 from GE Healthcare, where he served as Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer from 2019 to 2020. Prior to joining GE Healthcare, he spent five years with Becton Dickinson (BD) in various manufacturing operations leadership roles; his last role with BD was Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Chief Supply Chain Officer.

Earlier in his career, he was Senior Vice President of Operations & Technology at Hydro Aluminum and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Lennox International. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer at AEES Inc. and Senior Vice President of Americas Operations at Alcoa Corporation.

Steven Flynn, age 51, is Senior Vice President and President APAC. Mr. Flynn joined Baxter in 2006 and prior to being promoted to President, APAC, in 2022, he spent several years leading Baxter’s Australia and New Zealand business. Mr. Flynn has more than 27 years of experience working in the automotive, logistics and healthcare industries. As a Senior Commercial Executive, he held a variety of roles including sales, marketing, business development, market access, and general management. Earlier in his career, he held a number of commercial roles with increasing responsibility at Ceva Logistics (formerly known as Thomas Nationwide Transport) and General Motors Holden Limited. He also served as a board member for six years – including the last four years of his term as vice chairman at the Medical Technology Association of Australia from 2015 to 2021.

Cristiano Franzi, age 60, is Senior Vice President and President, EMEA. Mr. Franzi joined Baxter in September 2017 from Medtronic, where he served as Vice President and President, Minimally Invasive Therapies Group EMEA from 2015 to August 2017. He served as President EMEA at Covidien prior to Medtronic’s acquisition of Covidien. He joined Covidien in 2009 and held roles of increasing responsibility during his tenure. He held a number of commercial and functional roles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at ev3 Endovascular, Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation and Becton, Dickinson & Co. earlier in his career. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Eucomed Medical Technology (Eucomed) from 2013 to 2015, from 2018 to 2019 and again from 2021. He currently serves as a member of Eucomed.

Jacqueline Kunzler, Ph.D., age 57, is Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer. Ms. Kunzler joined Baxter in 1993 and has served in roles of increasing responsibility across Baxter’s research & development, international marketing, and quality organizations, most recently as Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer.

Jeanne K. Mason, Ph.D., age 67, is Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Mason joined Baxter in 2006 from GE Insurance Solutions, a primary insurance and reinsurance business, where she was responsible for global human resource functions. Ms. Mason began her career with General Electric (GE) in 1988 after serving with the U.S. General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. Her GE experience included leadership roles in Europe for GE Information Services and GE Capital Real Estate. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Family Service of Lake County and is a member of the Executive Advisory Council for the Chicago Chapter of National Association of African Americans in Human Resources.

David S. Rosenbloom, age 63, is Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Rosenbloom joined Baxter from McDermott Will & Emery (McDermott), where he served as a partner for 24 years and Global Head of the Litigation Practice Group from 2017-2022. Prior to McDermott, he served for eight years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Rosenbloom is a member of the Board of the Digestive Health Foundation, which supports research at Northwestern Digestive Health Center, which is part of Northwestern Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

James K. Saccaro, age 50, is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Saccaro was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hill-Rom Corporation prior to rejoining Baxter in 2014. He originally joined Baxter in 2002 as Manager of Strategy for our BioScience business, and over the years assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Financial Planning, Vice President of Finance for our operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Corporate Vice President and Treasurer. He previously held strategy and business development positions at Clear Channel Communications and the Walt Disney Company.

All executive officers hold office until the next annual election of officers and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

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