As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2009

Registration No.      -                    

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		22-076120 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		07417-1880 (Zip Code)

2004 EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

Jeffrey S. Sherman
Vice President and General Counsel
1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880
(Name and address of agent for service)

(201) 847-3223
(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)

 

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed maximum

Proposed maximum

Title of securities

Amount to be

offering price per

aggregate offering

Amount of

to be registered

registered (1)

share(2)

price(2)

registration fee

Common Stock, $1.00 par value

2,500,000 shares

$64.90

$162,250,000

$9,053.55

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

          A Registration Statement was filed on August 13, 2004 (Registration No. 333-118235) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), to register under the Securities Act of 1933, among other things, shares of Becton, Dickinson and Company common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable under the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an additional 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock that are issuable under the Plan at any time or from time to time.

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

          Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Becton, Dickinson and Company hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement.

EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
4		2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of November 25, 2008
5		Opinion of Jeffrey S. Sherman, Esq.
23(a)		Consent of Ernst & Young
23(b)		Consent of Jeffrey S. Sherman (included in the opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5)
24		Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Franklin Lakes, State of New Jersey, on the 6^th day of August, 2009.

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints, Jeffrey S. Sherman, Dean J. Paranicas and Gary DeFazio, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Becton, Dickinson and Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the 1933 Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 6^th day of August, 2009.

Signature		Title
/s/ Edward J. Ludwig   Edward J. Ludwig		Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  Principal Executive Officer
/s/ David V. Elkins   David V. Elkins		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Robert G. Oliynik   Robert G. Oliynik		Vice President and Controller  Principal Accounting Officer

Signature		Title
/s/ Basil L. Anderson   Basil L. Anderson		Director
/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr.   Henry P. Becton, Jr.		Director
/s/ Edward F. DeGraan   Edward F. DeGraan		Director
/s/ Claire M. Fraser-Liggett   Claire M. Fraser-Liggett		Director
/s/ Marshall O. Larsen   Marshall O. Larsen		Director
/s/ Adel A.F. Mahmoud   Adel A.F. Mahmoud		Director
/s/ Gary A. Mecklenberg   Gary A. Mecklenberg		Director
/s/ Cathy E. Minehan   Cathy E. Minehan		Director
/s/ James F. Orr   James F. Orr		Director
/s/ Willard J. Overlock, Jr.   Willard J. Overlock, Jr.		Director
/s/ Bertram L. Scott   Bertram L. Scott		Director
/s/ Alfred Sommer   Alfred Sommer		Director