•Currency-Neutral Revenue Growth. We present revenue growth rates for our fourth quarter and 2020 fiscal year over the corresponding prior periods, and our estimated revenue growth for our fiscal year 2020, after eliminating the effect of foreign currency translation, which can fluctuate from period to period. Management believes these adjustments help investors to better understand the underlying performance of BD and evaluate such performance in comparison to the prior periods.

•Adjusted Earnings Per Share. We present diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for our fourth quarter and 2020 fiscal year and the corresponding prior periods, after eliminating items that we believe are not part of our ordinary operations and affect the comparability of the periods presented (“adjusted EPS”). Adjusted EPS includes adjustments for purchase accounting adjustments, integration and restructuring costs, divestiture-related gains, certain product recall, legal defense and remediation costs, the impact of the extinguishment of debt, certain regulatory costs, certain asset impairments and hurricane insurance recoveries. We believe adjustments for these items allow investors to better understand the underlying operating results of BD and facilitate comparisons between the periods shown. We also show the growth in adjusted EPS compared to the prior year period after eliminating the impact of foreign currency translation to further enable investors to evaluate BD’s underlying earnings performance compared to the prior period. Details regarding these adjustments can be found in the schedules included in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

BD’s management uses each of these non-GAAP measures in its own evaluation of BD’s performance, particularly when comparing performance to past periods and to the performance of peer companies. Management also uses the non-GAAP results for budget planning purposes on a quarterly and annual basis.

BD provides non-GAAP measures to investors on a supplemental basis in addition to our GAAP results, as they provide additional insight into BD’s financial results. Management believes the non-GAAP results provide a reasonable measure of BD’s underlying performance before the effects of items that are considered by management to be outside of BD’s underlying operational results or that affect period to period comparability. However, non-GAAP results should not be considered in isolation and are not in accordance with, or a substitute for, GAAP results. Also, our non-GAAP results may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even if similar terms are used to identify such measures. Although BD’s management believes non-GAAP results are useful in evaluating the performance of its business, its reliance on these measures is limited since items excluded from such measures may have a material impact on BD’s net income, earnings per share or cash flows calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, management typically uses non-GAAP results in conjunction with GAAP results to address these limitations. Investors should also consider these limitations when evaluating BD’s results.

Exhibit 99.1     Press release dated November 5, 2020, which is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02