January 28, 2015 - 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 28, 2015 (January 27, 2015)

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

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

BDs 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Annual Meeting) was held on January 27, 2015. 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 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
Basil L. Anderson		146,447,182		2,558,659		526,206		18,265,836
Henry P. Becton, Jr.		147,666,970		1,465,586		399,491		18,265,836
Catherine M. Burzik		148,487,819		340,476		703,252		18,265,836
Edward F. DeGraan		147,043,178		1,934,671		554,199		18,265,836
Vincent A. Forlenza		144,991,231		3,319,614		1,221,202		18,265,836
Claire M. Fraser		148,619,363		419,630		493,005		18,265,836
Christopher Jones		148,414,632		613,178		504,238		18,265,836
Marshall O. Larsen		147,464,791		1,557,949		509,308		18,265,836
Gary A. Mecklenburg		146,436,464		2,562,997		532,586		18,265,836
James F. Orr		147,090,599		1,909,556		531,893		18,265,836
Willard J. Overlock, Jr.		147,109,154		1,875,693		547,201		18,265,836
Claire Pomeroy		137,311,893		11,664,937		555,211		18,265,836
Rebecca W. Rimel		148,496,221		501,261		534,559		18,265,836
Bertram L. Scott		146,815,863		2,190,129		526,055		18,265,836

Item No. 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young as BDs independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:


For	Against	Abstain
166,093,557	1,232,852	471,474

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

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

141,195,736

6,959,857

1,376,455

18,265,836

Item No. 4: The shareholder proposal regarding an annual report on animal testing, which was included in BDs proxy materials, was withdrawn and not voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

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: January 28, 2015