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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: On July 25, 2012, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of our common stock on the open market or in private transactions.
−Removed: The Board of Directors increased this authority by $1.5 billion in each of November 2016 and February 2018, by an additional $2.0 billion in November 2018 and by an additional $1.5 billion in October 2020.
+Added: In July 2012, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program and the related authorization was subsequently increased a number of times.
During the fourth quarter of 2023, we did not repurchase any shares under this authority.
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Market Information and Holders of our Common Stock
−Removed: Our common stock is listed on the New York, Chicago and SIX Swiss stock exchanges.
+Added: Our common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges.
The New York Stock Exchange is the principal market on which our common stock is traded under the symbol “BAX”.
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The following graph compares the change in our cumulative total stockholder return (including reinvested dividends) on our common stock with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Health Care Index over the past five years.
+Added: 1 TSR calculations (as provided by FactSet) include reinvested dividends.
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