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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-029824
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240612
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240612

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BECTON DICKINSON & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010795
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				220760120
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04802
		FILM NUMBER:		241037559

	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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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">1 Becton Drive</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Franklin Lakes, New Jersey</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">07417-1880</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Title of each class</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">to be so registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">each class is to be registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">3.828% Notes due 2032</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">New York Stock Exchange</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following
      box. &#9746;</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following
      box. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. &#9744;<br>
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      Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-255829<br>
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      Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Becton, Dickinson and Company (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
      &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), a prospectus supplement, dated June 4, 2024 (the &#8220;Prospectus Supplement&#8221;), and the accompanying prospectus, dated May 2, 2024 (the &#8220;Base Prospectus&#8221;). The Prospectus Supplement relates to the offering of &#8364;1,000,000,000 aggregate
      principal amount of 3.828% Notes due 2032 (the &#8220;Notes&#8221;) to be issued by the Registrant. The Base Prospectus forms a part of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-279084), filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024 (the
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    <div style="font-weight: bold;">Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The descriptions under the heading &#8220;Description of Notes&#8221; in the Prospectus Supplement and &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8221; in the Base Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein.</div>
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    <div style="font-weight: bold;">Item 2. Exhibits.</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/0000950130-97-003384.txt">4.1</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify;">Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1997, between Becton, Dickinson and Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
              4.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024).</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000114036124029309/ny20030306x14_ex4-1.htm">4.2</a></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURE</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Becton, Dickinson and Company</div>
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            <div>(Registrant)</div>
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            <div>Dated: June 12, 2024</div>
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            <div>By:</div>
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            <div>/s/ Gary DeFazio</div>
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            <div>Gary DeFazio</div>
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            <div>Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel</div>
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