Form 8-K

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K Filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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

 


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/    Gary DeFazio
  Gary DeFazio
  Vice President and Corporate Secretary

Date: February 2, 2012