---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-090652"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:35:43.421539+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD Medical segment President Alberto Mas to retire Sept 30, 2022; receives $300K retention bonus

## Summary
- Alberto Mas, EVP and President of BD Medical, intends to retire at end of fiscal year September 30, 2022.
- BD will name a successor before Mas's retirement; he receives a one-time cash retention award of $300,000 for staying through Sept 30.
- Mas has been at BD for nearly 30 years, previously led Life Sciences segment and multiple business units.
- CEO Tom Polen thanked Mas for his contributions; retirement is described as planned, not sudden.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-090652
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000119312522090652/0001193125-22-090652-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000119312522090652/d305206d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-090652
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-090652.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-090652.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alberto Mas departed as Executive Vice President and President of the Medical segment at BECTON DICKINSON & CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and President of the Medical segment
  source text: On March 28, 2022, Alberto Mas, Executive Vice President and President of the Medical segment of BD informed BD of his intention to retire, effective at the end of BD’s fiscal year on September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000119312522090652/0001193125-22-090652-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.