Baxter declares quarterly dividend

DEERFIELD - Baxter International Inc. announced a quarterly dividend Tuesday 26 cents per share of Baxter common stock, a continuation of the current rate.

The quarterly dividend is payable on July 1, 2009 to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2009.

Shareholders at Baxter's annual meeting in Chicago also re-elected four members of the company's board of directors - Walter E. Boomer, James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., Peter S. Hellman and K. J. Storm - for a term of three years.