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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 19, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY </B></P>
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in Its Charter) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New Jersey </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">22-0760120</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(201)&nbsp;847-6800 </B></P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;8.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>OTHER EVENTS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 19, 2013, a jury returned a verdict in the lawsuit filed against Becton,
Dickinson and Company (&#147;BD&#148;) by Retractable Technologies, Inc. (&#147;RTI&#148;) in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The verdict was unfavorable to BD with respect to RTI&#146;s Lanham Act claim and claim for attempted monopolization based on deception in the safety syringe
market. The jury has awarded RTI $113,508,000 for its attempted monopolization claim (which will be trebled under the antitrust statute). The Court will determine whether to award equitable relief under the Lanham Act including disgorgement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The jury&#146;s verdict rejected RTI&#146;s monopolization claims in the markets for safety syringes, conventional syringes and safety IV catheters; its
attempted monopolization claims in the markets for conventional syringes and safety IV catheters; and its claims for contractual restraint of trade and exclusive dealing in the markets for safety syringes, conventional syringes and safety IV
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8-K
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) September 19, 2013
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Its Charter)
New Jersey
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
001-4802
22-0760120
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
07417-1880
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(201) 847-6800
(Registrant's Telephone Number,
Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if
Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
Filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 8.01
OTHER EVENTS.
On September 19, 2013, a jury returned a verdict in the lawsuit filed against Becton,
Dickinson and Company ("BD") by Retractable Technologies, Inc. ("RTI") in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The verdict was unfavorable to BD with respect to RTI's Lanham Act claim and claim for attempted monopolization based on deception in the safety syringe
market. The jury has awarded RTI $113,508,000 for its attempted monopolization claim (which will be trebled under the antitrust statute). The Court will determine whether to award equitable relief under the Lanham Act including disgorgement.
The jury's verdict rejected RTI's monopolization claims in the markets for safety syringes, conventional syringes and safety IV catheters; its
attempted monopolization claims in the markets for conventional syringes and safety IV catheters; and its claims for contractual restraint of trade and exclusive dealing in the markets for safety syringes, conventional syringes and safety IV
catheters.
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/ Gary DeFazio
Gary DeFazio
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Date: September 20, 2013