---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-006440"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T05:16:38.667193+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD issues €750M 3.519% notes and $1.175B USD notes (4.874%/5.110%) to refinance 2024 debt

## Summary
- Issued €750M 3.519% Notes due Feb 8, 2031 in underwritten public offering.
- Issued $625M 4.874% Notes due 2029 and $550M 5.110% Notes due 2034.
- Net proceeds to repay $144M 3.875% Notes, $998M 3.363% Notes, and $875M 3.734% Notes all maturing in 2024.
- Euro notes callable at make-whole plus 20 bps; USD notes callable at Treasury rate plus 15 bps before par call dates.
- Pending final use, proceeds may be temporarily used for general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-006440
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124006440/0001140361-24-006440-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124006440/ny20020446x10_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO incurred senior notes of €750,000,000 with public at 3.519% maturing February 8, 2031.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: €750,000,000
  - Counterparty: public
  - Rate: 3.519%
  - Maturity: February 8, 2031
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On February 8, 2024, Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) issued €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.519% Notes due February 8, 2031 (the “Euro Notes”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the indenture, dated March 1, 1997, between BD and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124006440/0001140361-24-006440-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO incurred senior notes of $550,000,000 with public at 5.110% maturing February 8, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $550,000,000
  - Counterparty: public
  - Rate: 5.110%
  - Maturity: February 8, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On February 8, 2024, BD issued (i) $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.874% Notes due February 8, 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and (ii) $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.110% Notes due February 8, 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “USD Notes”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the Indenture.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124006440/0001140361-24-006440-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO incurred senior notes of $625,000,000 with public at 4.874% maturing February 8, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $625,000,000
  - Counterparty: public
  - Rate: 4.874%
  - Maturity: February 8, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On February 8, 2024, BD issued (i) $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.874% Notes due February 8, 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and (ii) $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.110% Notes due February 8, 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “USD Notes”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the Indenture.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124006440/0001140361-24-006440-index.htm

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