secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK:        0000010795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000010795-21-000079
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BD elects Dr. Carrie L. Byington to Board of Directors
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- Dr. Byington elected to BD Board effective October 21, 2021.
- She will serve on the Audit Committee and Quality and Regulatory Committee.
- Board determined Dr. Byington is independent under NYSE rules.
- She receives prorated restricted stock units valued at $54,969 until 2022 annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000079/0000010795-21-000079-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000079/bdx-20211021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-21-000079

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