secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK:        0000010795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000010795-24-000006
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/0000010795-24-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000006/bdx-20240123.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-24-000006

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