-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, U1iKVjDVjuSPrq26F//gXnjR7dn9dMyEeuvJnB1+YNTXmYgGJ+7cJB8ZU/afHTyp omLKLthI6iUWBPMNAFjqqg== /in/edgar/work/0000950130-00-006352/0000950130-00-006352.txt : 20001129 0000950130-00-006352.hdr.sgml : 20001129 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950130-00-006352 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001127 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20001128 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BECTON DICKINSON & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000010795 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [3841 ] IRS NUMBER: 220760120 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04802 FILM NUMBER: 778186 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 8-K 1 0001.txt FORM 8-K 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) November 27, 2000 ----------------- BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Jersey 001-4802 22-0760120 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other juris- (Commission (IRS Employer Iden- diction of incorporation) File Number) tification Number) 1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (201) 847-6800 -------------- N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former addresses if changed since last report.) Item 5. OTHER EVENTS ------------ Press release dated November 27, 2000. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99, which is incorporated herein by reference, is copy of the press release. 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. BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY (Registrant) By: /s/ Michelle L. Defazio ---------------------------- Michelle L. Defazio Assistant Secretary Date: November 28, 2000 - 2 - INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit ------ ---------------------- 99 Press release dated November 27,2000. EX-99 2 0002.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 27, 2000 Contact: - -------- Camilla Jenkins/Media Relations 201-847-5369 Dean Paranicas/Investor Relations 201-847-7102 BD Announces Election of James Orr to Board of Directors Franklin Lakes, NJ (November 28, 2000) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)(NYSE: BDX) today announced the election of James F. Orr to the Board of Directors. Mr. Orr, 54, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), the world's largest provider of outsourced billing and customer management services. Mr. Orr was elected chairman of Convergys in April 2000, and has been president and chief executive officer since 1998. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer and as a director of Cincinnati Bell Inc. At Cincinnati Bell, he was chairman and president of Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and MATRIXX Marketing, the businesses that today make up Convergys. Mr. Orr joined Cincinnati Bell Inc. in 1988, after more than 20 years of domestic and international experience in sales and marketing with Proctor & Gamble. "BD is pleased to welcome Mr. Orr as a director. He is a recognized leader in his industry, who has built an international business by focusing on the changing needs of today's customers. We look forward to the contributions he will make at BD," said Clateo Castellini, chairman of the Board of Directors of BD. BD is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells a broad range of supplies, devices and systems for use by healthcare professionals, medical research institutions, industry and the general public. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000, BD reported total revenues of $3.6 million. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----