UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 31, 2012

 

 

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

New Jersey		001-4802		22-0760120
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey				07417-1880
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

(201) 847-6800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) of Becton, Dickinson and Company (the “Company”) was held on January 31, 2012. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Item No. 1: All of the Board of Directors’ nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Nominee				For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Basil L. Anderson					151,127,340				4,061,283				251,351				22,804,298
Henry P. Becton, Jr.					153,154,462				1,978,491				307,020				22,804,298
Edward F. DeGraan					151,385,264				3,791,327				263,383				22,804,298
Vincent A. Forlenza					153,703,910				1,499,603				233,590				22,804,298
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett					154,370,094				816,437				253,443				22,804,298
Christopher Jones					154,177,015				994,194				268,764				22,804,298
Marshall O. Larsen					149,113,618				6,052,285				274,071				22,804,298
Edward J. Ludwig					152,628,092				2,549,167				262,602				22,804,298
Adel A.F. Mahmoud					153,826,465				1,334,158				279,351				22,804,298
Gary A. Mecklenburg					154,064,577				1,101,820				273,577				22,804,298
James F. Orr					148,066,094				7,019,439				354,441				22,804,298
Willard J. Overlock, Jr.					150,678,809				4,495,168				265,997				22,804,298
Bertram L. Scott					151,350,349				3,723,431				366,194				22,804,298
Alfred Sommer					153,292,381				1,793,959				353,634				22,804,298

 

Item No. 2:  Theappointment of Ernst & Young as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For		Against		Abstain
176,852,247		1,163,773		228,252

 

Item No. 3:  Theshareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of certain executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For				Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
143,104,829				8,121,873		4,213,272		22,804,298

 

Item No. 4:  Theshareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to take the steps necessary to provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For				Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
40,313,355				114,283,216		842,603		22,805,098

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 2, 2012