---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000010795-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:23:25.663714+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD shareholders elect all 11 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 11 board nominees elected with majority support; highest vote For: Joanne Waldstreicher (238.3M), lowest: Jeffrey Henderson (217.3M).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as FY2024 auditor: 241.7M For, 14.9M Against, 2.8M Abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 220.8M For, 17.7M Against, 1.7M Abstain.
- Broker non-votes ranged from 19.2M on director elections and say-on-pay; N/A for auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000010795-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/0000010795-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/bdx-20240123.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  source text: Proposal No. 3 : The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of BD’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/0000010795-24-000006-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  source text: Proposal 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/0000010795-24-000006-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  source text: Proposal No. 2 : The appointment of Ernst & Young as BD’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/0000010795-24-000006-index.htm

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