Result of AGM

RNS Number:7740K
Baxter International Inc
6 May 2003

847 948 2212 (Telephone)

The annual meeting of stockholders of Baxter International Inc. was held on
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 10:30 a.m., Central Daylight Savings Time in Oakbrook
Terrace, Illinois. The following actions were taken at the meeting:

1.   Walter E. Boomer, James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., and Kees J, Storm were
     elected as directors, each to serve for a 3-year term;

2.   The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants
     for Baxter in 2003 was ratified;

3.   Baxter's 2003 Incentive Compensation Program was approved; and

4.   The stockholder proposal relating to cumulative voting in the election of
     directors did not pass.

At the May 6, 2002 meeting of the Board of Directors, Baxter announced the
election of the following officers:
 
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.    Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
Brian P. Anderson               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.         Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Michael J. Tucker               Senior Vice President Human Resources, Communications and Europe
J. Robert Hurley                Corporate Vice President, Integration and Alliance Management
Neville J. Jeharajah            Corporate Vice President, Investor Relations
Karen J. May                    Corporate Vice President, Human Resources
John C. Moon                    Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
John L. Quick                   Corporate Vice President, Quality and Regulatory
Norbert G. Riedel               Corporate Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
Jan Stern Reed                  Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel
Steven J. Meyer                 Treasurer    
       




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END
RAGSSEEFMSDSESI