Form: 8-K

Current report filing

January 26, 2024

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 23, 2024
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
New Jersey
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-4802   22-0760120
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
1 Becton Drive,  Franklin Lakes,
New Jersey
   07417-1880
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(201) 
847-6800
 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K Filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on
which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 BDX New York Stock Exchange
1.900% Notes due December 15, 2026 BDX26 New York Stock Exchange
3.020% Notes due May 24, 2025 BDX25 New York Stock Exchange
1.208% Notes due June 4, 2026 BDX/26A New York Stock Exchange
1.213% Notes due February 12, 2036 BDX/36 New York Stock Exchange
0.034% Notes due August 13, 2025 BDX25A New York Stock Exchange


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company 
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐



Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

BD held its 2024 Annual Meeting on January 23, 2024. The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal No. 1: All of the Board of Directors’ nominees for director were elected to serve for a term of one year and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.


Nominee  For  Against  Abstain Broker Non-Votes
William M. Brown 232,549,951  6,311,081  1,244,917  19,246,627 
Catherine M. Burzik 231,318,888  7,558,702  1,228,359  19,246,627 
Carrie L. Byington 237,709,879  1,158,292  1,237,778  19,246,627 
R. Andrew Eckert 232,126,013  6,687,849  1,292,087  19,246,627 
Claire M. Fraser 229,100,818  9,779,412  1,225,719  19,246,627 
Jeffrey W. Henderson 217,319,375  21,431,616  1,354,959  19,246,627 
Christopher Jones 225,625,295  13,164,009  1,316,646  19,246,627 
Thomas E. Polen 222,041,619  16,270,308  1,794,022  19,246,627 
Timothy M. Ring 233,833,749  4,991,411  1,280,789  19,246,627 
Bertram L. Scott 218,378,674  20,482,682  1,244,593  19,246,627 
Joanne Waldstreicher 238,331,834  546,550  1,227,565  19,246,627 



Proposal No. 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young as BD’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
For   Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
241,651,090   14,886,637   2,814,849 N/A




Proposal No. 3: The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of BD’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below.
For   Against Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
220,789,127   17,666,312   1,650,510   19,246,627













ITEM  9.01    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

Exhibit 104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Gary DeFazio
  Gary DeFazio
  Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Date: January 26, 2024