<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000010795-22-000089.txt : 20221219
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000010795-22-000089
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221219
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20221219

FILER:

	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:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-229619
		FILM NUMBER:		221470902

	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
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i3fbd9bd240064c099313164742fee040_1"></div><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2022</font></div><div style="padding-right:18pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:18pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:18pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Registration No. 333-229619</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-right:11.1pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:9pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.244%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.820%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.020%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.860%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">New Jersey</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">22-0760120</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of <br>incorporation or organization)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:0.6pt;padding-right:0.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:0.6pt;padding-right:0.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer <br>Identification No.)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">07417-1880</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-right:-0.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Zip Code)</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BARD PUERTO RICO RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:180pt;padding-right:180pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.496%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:55.238%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.966%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Gary DeFazio</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary</font></div><div style="padding-right:-0.67pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Name and address of agent for service)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:26.443%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:46.004%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.253%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(201)&#160;847-5873</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:15pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer              &#9746;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Accelerated filer                                          &#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer                &#9744;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Smaller reporting company                         &#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:15pt;padding-left:27.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Emerging growth company                         &#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for        &#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.</font></div><div style="height:60.48pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i3fbd9bd240064c099313164742fee040_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:82.8pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Becton, Dickinson and Company (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;) to amend the Registration Statement No. 333-229619 on Form S-8, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) by the Registrant on February 12, 2019 (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statement&#8221;), registering the offering and sale of up to 50,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant, $1.00 par value (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), as may be issued from time to time under the Bard Puerto Rico Retirement and Savings Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment with the SEC to terminate all offerings under the Prior Registration Statement and to deregister any and all shares of Common Stock that remain unsold as of the date hereof.  The Prior Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such shares of Common Stock and the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Prior Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:82.8pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Prior Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Franklin Lakes, State of New Jersey, on the 19th day of December, 2022.</font></div><div style="padding-left:212.4pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:79.412%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.686%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.280%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.636%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:22.749%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.314%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47;   Gary DeFazio</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58;   Gary DeFazio</font></td><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58;  Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Prior Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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