ECKERT R ANDREW 4

What Happened
R. Andrew Eckert, a director of Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX), was granted 1,098 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-01-27. The reported acquisition price is $0.00, so the filing shows $0 cash paid for the award. This is an equity award (transaction code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-27; Filing date: 2026-01-29 (filed within the typical 2-business-day window).
• Securities: 1,098 restricted stock units; reported price $0.00; total reported cash $0.
• Footnotes: F1 — RSUs awarded under the company’s 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan. F2 — amount includes units acquired through dividend reinvestment since the last report.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing data.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding share surrender, or immediate sale in this filing.

Context
RSU grants to directors are a common form of compensation and typically vest over time; they are not the same as an outright cash purchase and do not necessarily signal immediate bullish trading. The F2 note indicates some of the units credited reflect dividend reinvestment since the last report.