BECTON DICKINSON & CO — Director's Dealing 2003

Dec 4, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK: 0000010795
Period of Report: 2003-12-02

Reporting Person: FORLENZA VINCENT A (President - BD Biosciences)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-02	Common Stock	M	4988	$20.0325	Acquired	34518	Direct
2003-12-02	Common Stock	F	2487	$40.18	Disposed	32031	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-02	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.0325	M	4988	Disposed	2006-01-22	Common Stock (4988)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4651.51	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The shares are held under the Becton, Dickinson and Company Savings Incentive Plan ("SIP"). The information presented for the SIP is as of November 30, 2003.