Drug and medical device maker Baxter International Inc. said Tuesday that its board declared a quarterly dividend of 31 cents per share.
The Deerfield-based company said the dividend is payable April 1 to shareholders of record as of the close of business March 10.
Baxter also said it named Chief Information Officer Paul E. Martin and Wolf F. Kupatt, president of Latin America and Canada, officers of the company.
Baxter shares climbed 14 cents, to $51.85, in morning trading.
