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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-19-000886
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20190213
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190213
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000010795
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
IRS NUMBER: 220760120
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ
FISCAL YEAR END: 0930
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-07893
FILM NUMBER: 19594563
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE BECTON DR
CITY: FRANKLIN LAKES
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07417-1880
BUSINESS PHONE: 2018476800
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE BECTON DR
CITY: FRANKLIN LAKE
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07417
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 043532603
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
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SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 0
BECTON DICKINSON & CO
COMMON STOCK
Cusip #075887109
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
[x] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
Cusip #075887109
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 2: (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 1,648,728
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 17,230,414
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 17,230,414
Item 11: 6.388%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #075887109
Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson
Item 2: (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 17,230,414
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 17,230,414
Item 11: 6.388%
Item 12: IN
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
BECTON DICKINSON & CO
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
COMMON STOCK
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
075887109
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). (Note: See Exhibit A).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 17,230,414
(b) Percent of Class: 6.388%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,648,728
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 17,230,414
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
One or more other persons are known to have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
COMMON STOCK of BECTON DICKINSON & CO. No one other person's interest in the
COMMON STOCK of BECTON DICKINSON & CO is more than five percent of the total
outstanding COMMON STOCK.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certifications.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of
or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the
securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
February 13, 2019
Date
/s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Signature
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 28, 2018, by
and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries*
* This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to
the Schedule 13G filed by FMR LLC on October 9, 2018, accession number:
0000315066-18-002414.
Exhibit A
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the following table
lists the identity and Item 3 classification, if applicable, of each relevant
entity that beneficially owns shares of the security class being reported on
this Schedule 13G.
Entity ITEM 3 Classification
FIAM LLC IA
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company BK
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY IA
FMR CO., INC * IA
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC IA
* Entity beneficially owns 5% or greater of the outstanding shares of the
security class being reported on this Schedule 13G.
Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
of FMR LLC.
Members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the
predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common
shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The
Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a
shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares
will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the
execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family
may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling
group with respect to FMR LLC.
Neither FMR LLC nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct
the voting of the shares owned directly by the various investment companies
registered under the Investment Company Act ("Fidelity Funds") advised by
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR Co"), a wholly owned subsidiary
of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees.
FMR Co carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines
established by the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees.
This filing reflects the securities beneficially owned, or that may be deemed
to be beneficially owned, by FMR LLC, certain of its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and other companies (collectively, the "FMR Reporters"). This
filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by certain
other companies whose beneficial ownership of securities is disaggregated from
that of the FMR Reporters in accordance with Securities and Exchange
Commission Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).
RULE 13d-1(k)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2019, agree and consent to the joint
filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their
beneficial ownership of the COMMON STOCK of BECTON DICKINSON & CO at December
31, 2018.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 28, 2018, by
and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries*
Abigail P. Johnson
By /s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 30, 2018, by
and on behalf of Abigail P. Johnson*
* This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to
the Schedule 13G filed by FMR LLC on October 9, 2018, accession number:
0000315066-18-002414.
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