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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-004601"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:30:35.083724+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD launches $1.6B tender offers for 15 series of senior notes

## Summary
- Up to $1.6B aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) for 15 series of senior notes maturing 2026-2050.
- Early tender deadline Feb 24, 2026; offers expire Mar 11, 2026; settlement expected Mar 13, 2026.
- Early tenders receive fixed spread over UST benchmark plus $30 per $1,000 early tender payment.
- Largest notes: 4.669% Senior Notes due 2047 ($1.5B outstanding) subject to $1B Offer SubCap.
- Lead dealer managers: Citigroup and Wells Fargo; co-dealer managers: Scotia, MUFG, U.S. Bancorp.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-004601
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036126004601/0001140361-26-004601-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036126004601/ef20065107_8k.htm

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