Becton Dickinson Files for Preferred Stock Issuance in Spin-Off

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The Company also entered into an exchange agreement to issue these preferred shares to certain deferred compensation plans in exchange for common stock. This move aims to ensure that participants in these plans do not receive SpinCo shares in the upcoming Reverse Morris Trust transaction.

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