BECTON DICKINSON & CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 3, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX)
CIK: 0000010795
Period of Report: 2009-01-30

Reporting Person: Mecklenburg Gary A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-03	Common Stock	A	2003	—	Acquired	8421	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-01-30	Rights to Common Stock Under 1996 Directors Deferral Plan	$	A	241	Acquired		Common Stock (241)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted stock units awarded under the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan.

F2: Includes units acquired through dividend reinvestment since the last report filed by the reporting person.

F3: The securities convert to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

F4: The securities are distributed following termination of the reporting person's service as a director, or on the date or dates specified by the reporting person.