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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-004393"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:53:25.957099+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD adopts executive severance plan; shareholders approve equity plan increase

## Summary
- Severance Plan adopted: CEO gets 1.5x base+bonus, ELT 1.0x, Business Unit Presidents 1.0x base.
- Shareholders approved 3.935M share increase to 2004 equity plan; say-on-pay passed with ~91% support.
- All 13 director nominees elected; auditor Ernst & Young ratified for FY2026.
- Plan replaces prior severance policies; effective Jan 27, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-004393
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828026004393/0001628280-26-004393-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828026004393/bdx-20260127.htm

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