Becton Dickinson and Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$BDX
Medical/Dental Instruments
Health Care
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 10, 2025
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ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 9, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Becton, Dickinson and Company (the “Company”) appointed Pamela L. Spikner as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, effective January 20, 2025. Christopher DelOrefice, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will continue to serve as interim principal accounting officer until the Company files its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Thereafter, Ms. Spikner will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Spikner, age 48, served as Chief Accounting Officer of R1 RCM since July 2021. Ms. Spikner also previously was Assistant Corporate Controller of Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., a medical technology provider, from July 2019 to July 2021. Ms. Spikner held various accounting leadership roles at Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, from September 2007 to July 2019.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Spikner and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Spikner was appointed as principal accounting officer of the Company. Ms. Spikner does not have any family relationship with any director, or executive officer of the Company. The Company is not aware of any related person transactions (within the meaning of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) between Ms. Spikner and the Company.
ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 10, 2025, BD issued a press release relating to the matters described above in Item 5.02. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 shall neither be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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/ Stephanie M. Kelly | ||||
| Stephanie M. Kelly | |||||
| Associate General Counsel, Securities and Governance and Assistant Secretary | |||||
Date: January 10, 2025