---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-052625"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:04:57.717237+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD elects Robert Huffines and Jacqueline Wright to board, effective Dec 1, 2025

## Summary
- Board expands from 12 to 14 members; both new directors deemed independent under NYSE rules.
- Wright will serve on Audit and Compensation Committees; Huffines on Audit and Governance/Nominating.
- Both receive prorated restricted stock unit grants from Dec 1, 2025 to BD’s 2026 Annual Meeting.
- No departure of existing directors; appointments are additive to board composition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-052625
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025052625/0001628280-25-052625-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025052625/bdx-20251117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-052625.txt

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