February 2, 2012 - 8-K: Current report filing | Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)

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 31, 2012

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


New Jersey	001-4802	22-0760120
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(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

(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Annual Meeting) of Becton, Dickinson and Company (the Company) was held on January 31, 2012. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Item No. 1: All of the Board of Directors nominees for director were elected to serve until the Companys 2013 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:


Nominee	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Basil L. Anderson		151,127,340		4,061,283		251,351		22,804,298
Henry P. Becton, Jr.		153,154,462		1,978,491		307,020		22,804,298
Edward F. DeGraan		151,385,264		3,791,327		263,383		22,804,298
Vincent A. Forlenza		153,703,910		1,499,603		233,590		22,804,298
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett		154,370,094		816,437		253,443		22,804,298
Christopher Jones		154,177,015		994,194		268,764		22,804,298
Marshall O. Larsen		149,113,618		6,052,285		274,071		22,804,298
Edward J. Ludwig		152,628,092		2,549,167		262,602		22,804,298
Adel A.F. Mahmoud		153,826,465		1,334,158		279,351		22,804,298
Gary A. Mecklenburg		154,064,577		1,101,820		273,577		22,804,298
James F. Orr		148,066,094		7,019,439		354,441		22,804,298
Willard J. Overlock, Jr.		150,678,809		4,495,168		265,997		22,804,298
Bertram L. Scott		151,350,349		3,723,431		366,194		22,804,298
Alfred Sommer		153,292,381		1,793,959		353,634		22,804,298

Item No. 2: Theappointment of Ernst & Young as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:


For	Against	Abstain
176,852,247	1,163,773	228,252

Item No. 3: Theshareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of certain executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
143,104,829	8,121,873	4,213,272	22,804,298

Item No. 4: Theshareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors by the votes set forth in the table below:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
40,313,355	114,283,216	842,603	22,805,098

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
		Vice President and Corporate Secretary

Date: February 2, 2012