Franklin Lakes, NJ (March 22, 2001) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today it will participate in the Banc of America Securities Healthcare Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The BD presentation will be made on March 29, 2001, at 9:10 a.m. Pacific Time.

The conference, including the BD presentation, will be webcast live. The web link will be made available later this week and will be publicized on the BD website, www.bd.com. The BD presentation can be accessed for replay on the BD website until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, April 4, 2001.

BD is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells a broad range of supplies, devices and systems for use by healthcare professionals, medical research institutions, industry and the general public. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000, BD reported total revenues of $3.6 billion.