secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK:        0000010795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000010795-23-000015
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BD shareholders OK equity plan extension, 5.7M share increase, termination vote requirement
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- Shareholders approved amendments to 2004 equity plan: extend term to Jan 25, 2033, increase shares by 5.7M.
- All 11 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 204.9M to 233.8M (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 239.6M for, 14.3M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 218.0M for, 16.6M against.
- Shareholder proposal requiring prior approval of certain termination payments passed with 144.6M for, 89.9M against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079523000015/0000010795-23-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079523000015/bdx-20230124.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-23-000015

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