Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

BD’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BDX". As of October 31, 2022, there were approximately 11,400 shareholders of record.

The table below sets forth certain information regarding BD’s purchases of its common stock during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022.

(1)Shares purchased includes an initial delivery of 1,573,378 shares of our common stock received in August 2022 upon payment of $500 million under an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement, which was executed in August 2022, and an additional 379,755 shares in September 2022 based upon final settlement of the ASR agreement. The total average price paid per share in the table above reflects the volume weighted average price of BD's shares over the term of the ASR agreement. Additional disclosures regarding our share repurchase transactions are provided in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

(2)The repurchases were made pursuant to the repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on September 24, 2013 for 10 million shares, which has been fully utilized as of September 30, 2022, and a repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors in November 2021 for up to an additional 10 million shares of BD common stock, for which there is no expiration date.