Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Index:


Exhibit Number						Description

10.1						Offer Letter, dated September 2 6 , 2023, by and between Baxter International Inc. and Joel Grade (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 3, 2023).

31.1*						Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14 (a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

31.2*						Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

32.1**						Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**						Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*						XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH*						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL*						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB*						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
104*						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained within the Inline XBRL Instance Document in Exhibit 101)

Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith. This exhibit shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. Such exhibit shall not be deemed incorporated into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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 hereunto duly authorized.


		BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
		(Registrant)
Date: November 2, 2023
	By:	/s/ Joel T. Grade
		Joel T. Grade Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, (duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)

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