BECTON DICKINSON & CO — Director's Dealing 2007

Jul 31, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK: 0000010795
Period of Report: 2007-07-30

Reporting Person: COHEN GARY M (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-07-30	Common Stock	M	48300	$31.85	Acquired	111064	Direct
2007-07-30	Common Stock	S	48300	$78.12	Disposed	62764	Direct
2007-07-31	Common Stock	M	1700	$31.85	Acquired	64464	Direct
2007-07-31	Common Stock	S	1700	$78.18	Disposed	62764	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-07-30	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$31.85	M	48300	Disposed	2010-11-27	Common Stock (48300)	Direct
2007-07-31	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$31.85	M	1700	Disposed	2010-11-27	Common Stock (1700)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	15145	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired through dividend reinvestment since the last report filed by the reporting person.

F2: The reported sale price reflects an average price for 28 separate transactions. The actual sales prices for the transactions ranged from $78.10 through $78.20.

F3: Represents shares of common stock held under the Becton, Dickinson and Company Savings Incentive Plan (the "SIP"). The information presented for the SIP is as of June 30, 2007.

F4: The option became 50% exercisable on November 27, 2002 and fully exercisable on November 27, 2003.