Buckmaster Annual Stockholder Reports - Baxter International 2006 10-K Report

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K


(Mark One)
þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
OR
o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-4448

Baxter International Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware		36-0781620
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois		60015
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 847.948.2000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common stock, $1.00 par value		New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (currently traded with common stock)		New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer þ		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2006 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter), based on the per share closing sale price of $36.76 on that date and the assumption for the purpose of this computation only that all of the registrant’s directors and executive officers are affiliates, was approximately $24.0 billion. There is no non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $1.00 par value, outstanding as of January 31, 2007 was 649,813,287.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 are incorporated by reference into Parts I, II and IV of this report. Portions of the registrant’s definitive 2007 proxy statement for use in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 1, 2007 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.