---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000010795-25-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:33:32.453858+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with >90% support; highest vote for Carrie L. Byington (233.5M for).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2025 with 235.2M for, 20.2M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 208.4M for, 25.7M against, 622k abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 21.2M on director elections and say-on-pay proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000010795-25-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079525000011/0000010795-25-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079525000011/bdx-20250128.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-25-000011.txt

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