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Baxter10-K: Divestiture

Baxter divests Kidney Care and BPS businesses to focus portfolio and reduce debt

What happened

The company has completed the sale of its Kidney Care and BioPharma Solutions (BPS) businesses, using proceeds to pay down $3.81 billion in debt in 2025.

Source

SEC EDGARFeb 12, 2026

Annual report (Form 10-K)

Baxter 10-K for FY2025

Filing excerpt

active portfolio management through the identification of attractive acquisition and divestiture transactions, including the divestitures of our BPS and Kidney Care businesses and strategic market exits, which we expect to continue in the future;

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828026007733/bax-20251231.htmRead the full source

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Signal
10-K: Divestiture

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Period
FY2025
Fiscal year end
12/31
Filed
Feb 12, 2026

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Numbers

Dollar figure
$3.8B (legacy indebtedness paid down in 2025)

Details

CIK
10456
Accession number
0001628280-26-007733
Timeframe
Current year
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Carve-out support needed
Signal category
Strategic

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
90%
Sentiment
Neutral
Detected
Feb 17, 2026
signal_type
sec-10k
signal_subtype
divestiture

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