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Corporate Information



Board of Directors
Corporate Officers
Corporate Data

Board of Directors

Basil L. Anderson
Retired Vice Chairman - Staples, Inc.

Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Vice Chairman and former President - WGBH Educational Foundation

John R. Considine
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer - BD

Edward F. DeGraan
Retired Vice Chairman - Gillette
Procter & Gamble Company

Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D.
Director - Institute of Genome Sciences,
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Marshall O. Larsen
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer - Goodrich Corporation

Edward J. Ludwig
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer - BD

Adel A.F. Mahmoud, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular
Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Affairs -
Princeton University

 

 

Gary A. Mecklenburg
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer - Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Cathy E. Minehan
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

James F. Orr
Chairman and retired Chief Executive Officer - Convergys Corporation

William J. Overlock, Jr.
Retired Partner - Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Bertram L. Scott
Executive Vice President - TIAA-CREF

Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S.
Professor of International Health, Epidemiology and Ophthalmology - Johns Hopkins University Medical School and Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

 

Corporate Officers

Edward J. Ludwig
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard K. Berman
Vice President and Treasurer

Donna M. Boles
Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Mark H. Borofsky
Vice President - Taxes

James R. Brown
Vice President - Quality Management

Scott P. Bruder, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer

Gary M. Cohen
Executive Vice President

John R. Considine
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

Helen Cunniff
President - Asia-Pacific

Jean-Marc Dageville
President – Western Europe

David T. Durack, M.D.
Senior Vice President - Corporate Medical Affairs

 

 

Vincent A. Forlenza
Executive Vice President

A. John Hanson
Executive Vice President

Laureen Higgins
President - North Latin America

David W. Highet
Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

William A. Kozy
Executive Vice President

Dean J. Paranicas
Vice President, Corporate Secretary
and Public Policy

Carmelo Sanz de Barros
President – Latin America

Jeffrey S. Sherman
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Patricia B. Shrader
Senior Vice President, Corporate Regulatory and External Affairs

William A. Tozzi
Vice President - Finance

 

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Corporate Data

Direct Stock Purchase Plan
The Direct Stock Purchase Plan established through Computershare Trust Company, N.A., enhances the services provided to existing shareholders and facilitates initial investments in BD shares. Plan documentation and additional information may be obtained by calling Computershare Trust Company, N.A., at 1-877-498-8861, or by accessing the “Buy Shares” feature located within the Investor Centre of Computershare’s website at www.computershare.com.

NYSE Symbol
BDX

Transfer Agent and Registrar
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: 1-877-498-8861
International: 781-575-2726
E-mail: computershare@computershare.com
Internet: http://www.computershare.com

Shareholder Information
At November 15, 2006, there were approximately 9,102 shareholders of record. BD’s Statement of Corporate Governance Principles, BD’s Business Conduct and Compliance Guide, the charters of BD’s Committees of the Board of Directors, BD’s reports and statements filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and other information, are posted on BD’s website at www.bd.com/investors/. Shareholders may receive, without charge, printed copies of these documents, including BD’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, by contacting:

Investor Relations
BD
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880
Phone: 1-800-284-6845
Internet: http://www.bd.com

Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
5 Times Square
New York, NY 10036-6530
Phone: 212-773-3000
Internet: http://www.ey.com

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