Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
3(a)	Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of January 30, 2019.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2018.
3(b)	By-Laws, as amended as of September 19, 2023.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2023.
4(a)	Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1997, between the registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank).	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Form 8-K filed by the registrant on July 31, 1997.
4(b)	Form of 7.000% Debentures due August 1, 2027.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 31, 1997.
4(c)	Form of 6.700% Debentures due August 1, 2028.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 29, 1999.
4(d)	Form of 6.000% Notes due May 15, 2039.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2009.
4(e)	Form of 5.000% Notes due November 12, 2040.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2010.
4(f)	Form of 3.734% Notes due December 15, 2024.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2014.
4(g)	Form of 4.685% Notes due December 15, 2044.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2014.
4(h )	Form of 4.875% Senior Notes due May 15, 2044.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2015.
4(i )	Form of 1.900% Notes due December 15, 2026.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2016.
4(j )	Form of 3.700% Notes due June 6, 2027.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 6, 2017.
4(k )	Form of 4.669% Notes due June 6, 2047.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 6, 2017.
4(l )	Form of 6.700% Notes due December 1, 2026.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2017.
4(m )	Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996 between C.R. Bard, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to C.R. Bard, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-05997).

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
4(n )	First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 18, 2017, between C. R. Bard, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of C.R. Bard, Inc. filed on May 23, 2017.
4(o )	Form of 3.020% Notes due May 24, 2025.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2018.
4(p )	Indenture, dated as of May 17, 2019, among Becton Dickinson Euro Finance S.à r.l. (“Becton Finance”), as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on May 17, 2019.
4(q )	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2019, among Becton Finance, as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2019.
4(r )	Form of 1.208% Note due June 4, 2026.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2019.
4(s )	Form of 2.823% Notes due May 20, 2030.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2020.
4(t )	Form of 3.794% Notes due May 20, 2050.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2020.
4(u )	Form of 1.957% Notes due February 11, 2031.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 11, 2021.
4(v )	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2021, among Becton Finance, as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2021.
4(w )	Form of 1.213% Note due February 12, 2036.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2021.
4(x )	Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2021, among Becton Finance, as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2021.
4(y )	Form of 0.334% Notes due August 13, 2028.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2021.

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
4(z )	Form of 1.336% Notes due August 13, 2041.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2021.
4(aa )	Form of 0.034% Notes due August 13, 2025.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on August 13, 2021.
4(bb )	Form of 4.298% Notes due August 22, 2032.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2022.
4(cc )	Description of the Registrant’s Securities.	Filed with this report.
4(dd )	Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2023, among Becton Finance, as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2023.
4(ee )	Form of 3.553% Notes due September 13, 2029.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2023.
4(ff )	Form of 4.693% Notes due February 13, 2028.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2023.
4(gg )	Form of 3.519% Notes due February 8, 2031	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2024.
4(hh )	Form of 4.874% Notes due February 8, 2029	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2024.
4(ii )	Form of 5.110% Notes due February 8, 2034	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2024.
4(jj )	Form of 3.828% Notes due June 7, 2032	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2024.
4(kk )	Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2024, among Becton Finance, as issuer, Becton, Dickinson and Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2024.

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
4(ll )	Form of 4.029% Notes due June 7, 2036	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2024.
4(mm )	Form of 5.081% Notes due June 7, 2029	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2024.
10(a)	Form of Employment Agreement with executive officers relating to employment following a change of control of the registrant (without tax reimbursement provisions).*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a)(ii) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.
10(b)	Stock Award Plan, as amended and restated as of January 31, 2006.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2005.
10(c)	Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated July 25, 2023.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.
10(d)	Deferred Compensation and Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan, as amended as of September 30, 2024.*	Filed with this report.
10(e)	1996 Directors’ Deferral Plan, as amended and restated as of November 25, 2014.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2014.
10(f)	Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement dated June 5, 2020, between the registrant and Thomas E. Polen.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020.
10(g)(i)	2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of July 25, 2023.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g)(i) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.
10(g)(ii)	French Addendum to the 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan dated January 21, 2019.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2020.
10(g)(iii)	Terms of Awards under 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan and Stock Award Plan.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g)(iii) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
10(h)	Tax Matters Agreement, dated August 31, 2009, by and between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Cardinal Health, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 4, 2009.
10(i)	Letter Agreement, dated August 4, 2021, between the registrant and Christopher DelOrefice.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
10(j)	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2023, by and among Becton, Dickinson and Company, the other entities party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 25, 2023.
10(j)(i)	Lender Confirmation, dated July 9, 2024. * *	Filed with this report.
10(k)	Advisory Board Consulting Agreement, dated October 31, 2022, by and between the registrant and Claire M. Fraser.*	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(p) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.
10(l)	Omnibus Amendment, dated as of March 9, 2023, among Becton, Dickinson and Company and each of the financial institutions party thereto as dealer. * *	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2023.
10(m)	Dealer Agreement, dated March 9, 2023, among Becton, Dickinson and Company and each of the financial institutions party thereto as dealer. * *	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2023.
10(n)	Executive Officer Cash Severance Policy, effective as of November 21, 2023.	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 27, 2023.
19	Global Insider Trading and Securities Transactions Policy, effective as of July 31, 2024.	Filed with this report.
21	Subsidiaries of the registrant.	Filed with this report.
22	Subsidiary Issuer of Guaranteed Securities.	Filed with this report.
23	Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.	Filed with this report.
24	Power of Attorney.	Included on signature page.
31	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to SEC Rule 13(a)-14(a).	Filed with this report.
32	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code.	Filed with this report.
97	Policy Regarding the Mandatory Recovery of Compensation, dated as of December 1, 2023.	Filed with this report.

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Exhibit Number	Description	Method of Filing
101	The following materials from this report, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.	Filed with this report.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

** Portions omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K.

Copies of any Exhibits not accompanying this Form 10-K are available at a charge of 10 cents per page by contacting: Investor Relations, Becton, Dickinson and Company, 1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880, Phone: 1-800-284-6845.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BECTON, D****ICKINSON AND C****OMPANY


			By:						/s/ STEPHANIE M. KELLY
									Stephanie M. Kelly
									Associate General Counsel, Securities and Governance and Assistant Secretary

Dated: November 27, 2024

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Polen, Michelle T. Quinn, Christopher J. DelOrefice and Stephanie M. Kelly, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, and any amendments thereto, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done so that such Annual Report shall comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney shall not revoke any powers of attorney previously executed by the undersigned. This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney that the undersigned may execute, unless such subsequent power of attorney specifically provides that it revokes this Power of Attorney by referring to the date of the undersigned’s execution of this Power of Attorney. For the avoidance of doubt, whenever two or more powers of attorney granting the powers specified herein are valid, the agents appointed on each shall act separately unless otherwise specified.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, this Annual Report and Power of Attorney have been signed as of November 27, 2024 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.


Name						Capacity

/S/ THOMAS E. POLEN						Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Thomas E. Polen						(Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ CHRISTOPHER J. DELOREFICE						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Christopher J. DelOrefice						Officer
						(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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Name						Capacity

/S/ WILLIAM M. BROWN
William M. Brown						Director

/S/ CATHERINE M. BURZIK
Catherine M. Burzik						Director

/S/ CARRIE L. BYINGTON
Carrie L. Byington						Director

/S/ R. ANDREW ECKERT
R. Andrew Eckert						Director

/S/ CLAIRE M. FRASER
Claire M. Fraser						Director

/S/ JEFFREY W. HENDERSON
Jeffrey W. Henderson						Director

/S/ CHRISTOPHER JONES
Christopher Jones						Director

/S/ TIMOTHY M. RING
Timothy M. Ring						Director

/S/ BERTRAM L. SCOTT
Bertram L. Scott						Director

/S/ JOANNE WALDSTREICHER
Joanne Waldstreicher						Director

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