secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK:        0000010795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000010795-25-000011
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 EY, approve say-on-pay
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079525000011/0000010795-25-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079525000011/bdx-20250128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-25-000011

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