Becton Dickinson (BDX) Director Christopher Jones Receives Award

What Happened
Christopher Ian Montague Jones, a director of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), was granted 1,098 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-01-27. The Form 4 reports the acquisition price as $0 per unit (typical for RSU awards); the filing shows total reported cost $0. This transaction is an award/grant (not an open-market purchase or sale).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-27; Form 4 filed: 2026-01-29.
• Transaction type/code: A — Award/Grant (1,098 RSUs) at $0.00 per unit.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the filing.
• Footnotes: F1 — RSUs awarded under the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan. F2 — Includes units acquired through dividend reinvestment since the last report by the reporting person.
• Filing timeliness: filed two days after the transaction; the filing does not indicate lateness beyond that.

Context
RSUs are compensation awards that typically convert into shares on a vesting schedule and are not the same as an open-market purchase (they do not necessarily signal a personal cash investment). Such awards are routine for directors and employees as part of pay and retention programs. This report is informational — it documents the grant but does not reveal vesting terms or the award's current market value.