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BECTON DICKINSON & CO

For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 2, 2024.

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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Mar 31, 2024 · Filed May 2, 2024

BDX$215.25+1.6%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

What changed in Risk Factors?

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The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 20 previous paragraphs and 16 current paragraphs.

13 unchanged; 3 reworded; 0 added; 4 removed; 0 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 1 previous and 1 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

The current filing states there were no material changes to risk factors.

This is the filer’s own statement, not a conclusion from the comparison. Read its qualifications and the report it references.

Current filing’s statement

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our 2023 Annual Report.
Removed paragraphs (4)

Previous report

(3)Shares purchased includes an initial delivery of 1,718,140 shares of our common stock received upon payment of $500 million under accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreements, which were executed in November 2023, and an additional 400,081 shares in December 2023 based upon final settlement of the ASR agreements. The total average price paid per share in the table above reflects the volume weighted average price of BD's shares over the term of the ASR agreements. Additional disclosures regarding this transaction are provided in Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.

Previous report

On November 10, 2023, Shana Neal, executive vice president and chief people officer of BD, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Ms. Neal’s plan is for (i) the sale of up to 1,930 shares of BD’s common stock and (ii) the sale of up to 1,916 shares of BD’s common stock upon the vesting of time vested units (“TVUs”), net of shares withheld to satisfy applicable taxes. The sales will be made in accordance with the prices and formulas set forth in the plan and such plan terminates on the earlier of the date all the shares under the plan are sold and November 10, 2024.

Previous report

On December 13, 2023, Antoine Ezell, executive vice president, president, North America and chief marketing officer of BD, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Mr. Ezell’s plan is for (i) the sale of up to 2,831 shares of BD’s common stock and (ii) the sale of up to 478 shares of BD’s common stock upon the vesting of TVUs, net of shares withheld to satisfy applicable taxes. The sales will be made in accordance with the prices and formulas set forth in the plan and such plan terminates on the earlier of the date all the shares under the plan are sold and November 15, 2024.

Previous report

On December 14, 2023, Thomas Spoerel, senior vice president and controller, chief accounting officer and international chief financial officer of BD, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Mr. Spoerel’s plan is for the sale of up to 582 shares of BD’s common stock. The sales will be made in accordance with the prices and formulas set forth in the plan and such plan terminates on the earlier of the date all the shares under the plan are sold and December 15, 2024.
Reworded paragraphs (3)

Previous wording

(1)Includes 1,323 shares purchased during the quarter in open market transactions by the trust relating to BD’s Deferred Compensation and Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan and 1996 Directors’ Deferral Plan.

Current wording

(1)Includes 1,532 shares purchased during the quarter in open market transactions by the trust relating to BD’s Deferred Compensation and Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan and 1996 Directors’ Deferral Plan.

Previous wording

On November 17, 2023, Christopher DelOrefice, executive vice president and chief financial officer of BD, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Mr. DelOrefice’s plan is for the sale of up to 2,500 shares of BD’s common stock. The sales will be made in accordance with the prices and formulas set forth in the plan and such plan terminates on the earlier of the date all the shares under the plan are sold and November 15, 2024.

Current wording

On February 12, 2024, Roland Goette, executive vice president and president EMEA of BD, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Mr. Goette’s plan is for the sale of up to 6,600 shares of BD’s common stock. The sales will be made in accordance with the prices and formulas set forth in the plan and such plan terminates on the earlier of the date all the shares under the plan are sold and June 1, 2025.

Previous wording

During the three months ended December 31, 2023, none of our officers or directors adopted orterminated any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act.

Current wording

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, none of our officers or directors adopted, terminated or modified any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act.