secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK:        0000010795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-024472
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BD EVP & Interventional President Richard Byrd to retire in June 2026
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- Richard Byrd, EVP and President of Interventional segment, will retire after nearly 25 years at BD; will stay in role through June.
- BD intends to name a successor prior to Byrd's retirement date; no replacement announced.
- Byrd previously led Medication Delivery Solutions and Preanalytical Systems, and led manufacturing scale-up during COVID-19.
- CEO Tom Polen cited Byrd's leadership in expanding Vascular Access Management and advancing 'One-Stick Hospital Stay' vision.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828026024472/0001628280-26-024472-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828026024472/bdx-20260406.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-024472

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