EXHIBIT 21
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SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
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State or Percentage
Jurisdiction of Voting
of Securities
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation Owned
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Alchem, Inc. Massachusetts 100%(1)
Bauer & Black, Inc. Delaware 100%
BBL Realty, Inc. Maryland 100%(1)
B D Finance B.V. Netherlands 100%(1)
B-D (Cambridge, U.K.) Ltd. United Kingdom 100%(1)
B-D U.K. Holdings Limited United Kingdom 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson AcuteCare Holdings, Inc. Delaware 100%
Becton Dickinson AcuteCare, Inc. Massachusetts 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson A.G. Switzerland 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson Aktiebolag Sweden 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Asia Limited Singapore 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson (Braunschweig) GmbH Germany 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Ltd. Ireland 100%
Becton, Dickinson and Company, S.A. Panama 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Benelux N.V. Belgium 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson B.V. Netherlands 100%
Becton Dickinson Canada Inc. Canada 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson de Columbia Ltda. Columbia 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Diagnostics Inc. Delaware 100%
Becton Dickinson Distribution Center N.V. Belgium 100%
Becton Dickinson Export Import Ltd. Co. Turkey 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson - France, S.A. France 100%
Becton Dickinson GESMBSH Austria 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson GmbH Germany 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Hellas S.A. Greece 100%
Becton Dickinson Image Cytometry B.V. Netherlands 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson Industrias Cirurgicas Ltda. Brazil 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Insulin Syringe, Ltd. British W. Indies 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson International Business
Corporation British W. Indies 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson - Italia S.p.A. Italy 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Korea, Inc. Korea 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Korea Limited Korea 100%
Becton Dickinson Medical Products PTE LTD Singapore 100%(1)
BECTON DICKINSON MEXICAN HOLDING, INC. Nevada 100%
Becton Dickinson Monoclonal Center, Inc. Delaware 100%(1)
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State of Percentage
Jurisdiction of Voting
of Securities
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation Owned
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Becton, Dickinson Overseas, Inc. Panama 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Overseas Services Ltd. Nevada 100%
Becton Dickinson O.Y. Finland 100%
Becton Dickinson Pen Limited Ireland 100%
Becton Dickinson Philippines, Inc. Philippines 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Pty. Ltd. Australia 100%
Becton Dickinson Real Estate Incorporated New Jersey 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Research Corporation Nevada 100%
Becton Dickinson (Roysten) Ltd. United Kingdom 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson, S.A. Spain 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson (Thailand) Limited Thailand 100%(1)
Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited United Kingdom 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Vascular Access Inc. Delaware 100%
Becton Dickinson Vascular Access, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Venezuela, C.A. Venezuela 100%(1)
Becton Dickinson Worldwide, Inc. Delaware 100%
Bedins Ltd. Bermuda 100%(1)
Belvedere, Inc. New Hampshire 100%(1)
Benex Ltd. Ireland 100%
BMS Realty, Inc. Maryland 100%(1)
Cascade Medical Leasing, Inc. Oregon 100%(1)
Cell Analysis Systems, Inc. Illinois 100%
Collaborative Biomedical Products, Inc. Delaware 100%
DWS, Inc. Oregon 100%
JLI Leasing, Inc. Maryland 100%
Johnston Fergusson Vestal, Inc. Maryland 100%(1)
Johnston Laboratories, Inc. Maryland 100%
MICROPETTE, Inc. Delaware 100%
Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd. Japan 100%(1)
Phase Medical, Inc. California 100%(1)
Promedicor de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100%(1)
Rudolph Beaver FSC, Inc. Virgin Islands 100%(1)
228 Coshocton, Inc. Nevada 100%(1)
(1) Owned 100% by a subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and Company.
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