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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-020828"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:30:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:33:04.751405+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD launches €600M 3.855% notes due 2033 to refinance maturing Euro notes

## Summary
- €600M aggregate principal of 3.855% Notes due 2033, guaranteed by BD.
- Net proceeds, with cash on hand, to repay €1.208% Euro Notes due June 4, 2026.
- Offering expected to close on or about May 20, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
- Underwriters include Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-020828
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:30:54+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036126020828/0001140361-26-020828-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036126020828/ny20072670x4_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-020828.txt

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