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Deadline for Submission: June 14, 2024

It is important that you completely read and understand the Notice of (I) Pendency of Class Action and Proposed Settlement; (II) Settlement Hearing; and (III) Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Litigation Expenses (“Notice”), including the Plan of Allocation set forth in the Notice (“Plan of Allocation”). The Notice describes the Settlement, how Class Members are affected by the Settlement, and the manner in which the Net Settlement Fund will be distributed once the Settlement and Plan of Allocation are approved by the Court. The Notice also contains the definitions of many of the defined terms (which are indicated by initial capital letters) used in the Claim Form. By signing and submitting the Claim Form, you will be certifying that you have read and that you understand the Notice, including the terms of the Releases described in the Claim Form.

The Claim Form is directed to the Court-certified Class: all persons and entities who, from November 5, 2019 to February 5, 2020, inclusive (“Class Period”), purchased or otherwise acquired Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) common stock or call options, or sold BD put options, and were damaged thereby. Certain persons and entities are excluded from the Class by definition as set forth in paragraph 25 of the Notice. If you are a member of the Class and you did not request exclusion from the Class in accordance with the instructions provided in the Notice, you will be bound by the terms of the final orders entered in the Action, including the Releases provided for herein, WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM.

By submitting the Claim Form, you are making a request to share in the proceeds of the Settlement described in the Notice. IF YOU ARE NOT A CLASS MEMBER (see definition of “Class” contained in paragraph 25 of the Notice), OR IF YOU SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR EXCLUSION FROM THE CLASS THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE COURT, DO NOT SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM AS YOU MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT. THUS, IF YOU ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLASS, ANY CLAIM FORM THAT YOU SUBMIT, OR THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED ON YOUR BEHALF, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Submission of the Claim Form does not guarantee that you will share in the proceeds of the Settlement. The distribution of the Net Settlement Fund will be governed by the Court-approved Plan of Allocation set forth in the Notice.

Use the Schedules of Transactions of the Claim Form to supply all required details of your transaction(s) (including free transfers and deliveries) in and holdings of the eligible BD Securities. On these Schedules, please provide all of the requested information with respect to your holdings, purchases, acquisitions, and sales of BD common stock, call options, and put options, whether such transactions resulted in a profit or a loss. If you need more space or additional schedules, please attach separate sheets giving all of the required information in substantially the same form. Sign and print your name and Social Security or Taxpayer Identification number on each additional sheet. Failure to report all transaction and holding information during the requested time periods may result in the rejection of your claim.

Please Note: Only BD common stock and BD call options purchased/acquired, and BD put options sold (written) during the Class Period (i.e., from November 5, 2019 to February 5, 2020, inclusive) are eligible under the Settlement. However, because the PSLRA provides for a “90-day Look Back Period” (described in the Plan of Allocation set forth in the Notice), you must provide documentation related to your purchases, acquisitions and sales of BD common stock during the period from February 6, 2020 through May 5, 2020 (i.e., the 90-day Look Back Period) in order for the Claims Administrator to calculate your Recognized Loss Amount(s) under the Plan of Allocation and process your Claim. Failure to report all transaction and holding information during the requested time periods may result in the rejection of your Claim.

You are required to submit genuine and sufficient documentation for all of your transactions in and holdings of the eligible BD Securities set forth in the Schedules of Transactions in Parts III to V of the Claim Form. Documentation may consist of copies of brokerage confirmation slips or brokerage account statements, or an authorized statement from your broker containing the transactional and holding information found in a brokerage confirmation slip or account statement. The Parties and the Claims Administrator do not independently have information about your investments in BD common stock/options. IF SUCH DOCUMENTS ARE NOT IN YOUR POSSESSION, PLEASE OBTAIN COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENTS FROM YOUR BROKER. FAILURE TO SUPPLY THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR CLAIM. DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. Please keep a copy of all documents that you send to the Claims Administrator. Also, do not highlight any portion of the Claim Form or any supporting documents.

BD call options and BD put options are identified by strike price and expiration date.

Please Note: As a result of a spinoff event effective on April 1, 2022, Becton share prices were adjusted by a factor 1025/1000. When completing the below Schedules of Transactions, please make sure your transactions reflect the pricing details when they occurred (i.e., on the trade date) and not the adjusted pricing as a result of the April 1, 2022 spinoff. 

One Claim Form should be submitted for each separate legal entity or separately managed account.  Separate Claim Forms should be submitted for each separate legal entity (e.g., a Claim from joint owners should not include separate transactions of just one of the joint owners, and an individual should not combine his or her IRA transactions with transactions made solely in the individual’s name). Generally, a single Claim Form should be submitted on behalf of one legal entity including all holdings and transactions made by that entity on one Claim Form. However, if a single person or legal entity had multiple accounts that were separately managed, separate Claims may be submitted for each such account. The Claims Administrator reserves the right to request information on all the holdings and transactions in BD common stock and call and put options on BD common stock made on behalf of a single beneficial owner.

All joint beneficial owners each must sign the Claim Form and their names must appear as “Claimants” in Part II of the Claim Form. The complete name(s) of the beneficial owner(s) must be entered. If you purchased or otherwise acquired BD common stock and/or call options on BD common stock, or sold put options on BD common stock, during the Class Period and held the shares/options in your name, you are the beneficial owner as well as the record owner. If you purchased or otherwise acquired BD common stock and/or call options on BD common stock, or sold put options on BD common stock, during the Class Period and the shares/options were registered in the name of a third party, such as a nominee or brokerage firm, you are the beneficial owner of these shares/options, but the third party is the record owner. The beneficial owner, not the record owner, must sign the Claim Form.

Agents, executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees must complete and sign the Claim Form on behalf of persons represented by them, and they must:

(a)       expressly state the capacity in which they are acting;

(b)       identify the name, account number, last four digits of the Social Security Number (or Taxpayer Identification Number), address, and telephone number of the beneficial owner of (or other person or entity on whose behalf they are acting with respect to) the BD common stock/options; and

(c)       furnish herewith evidence of their authority to bind to the Claim Form the person or entity on whose behalf they are acting. (Authority to complete and sign a Claim Form cannot be established by stockbrokers demonstrating only that they have discretionary authority to trade securities in another person’s accounts.)

By submitting a signed Claim Form, you will be swearing to the truth of the statements contained therein and the genuineness of the documents attached thereto, subject to penalties of perjury under the laws of the United States of America. The making of false statements, or the submission of forged or fraudulent documentation, will result in the rejection of your claim and may subject you to civil liability or criminal prosecution.

Payments to eligible Authorized Claimants pursuant to the Court-approved Plan of Allocation will be made after the completion of all claims processing. The claims process will take substantial time to complete fully and fairly. Please be patient.

PLEASE NOTE: As set forth in the Plan of Allocation, each Authorized Claimant shall receive their pro rata share of the Net Settlement Fund. If the prorated payment to any Authorized Claimant calculates to less than $10.00, it will not be included in the calculation and no distribution will be made to that Authorized Claimant.

If you have questions concerning the Claim Form, or need additional copies of the Claim Form or a copy of the Notice, you may contact the Claims Administrator through the contact information at the bottom of this page. Copies of the Claim Form and Notice are available to be downloaded on this website.

NOTICE REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILES: Certain Claimants with large numbers of transactions may request, or may be requested, to submit information regarding their transactions in electronic files. The mandatory electronic filing requirements and file layout can be found above, on this page of this website. Alternatively, you may email the Claims Administrator’s electronic filing department at BECSecurities@JNDLA.com. Any file that is not in accordance with the required electronic filing format will be subject to rejection. No electronic files will be considered to have been properly submitted unless the Claims Administrator issues an email to you to that effect. Do not assume that your file has been received until you receive this email. If you do not receive such an email within 10 days of your submission, you should contact the Claims Administrator’s electronic filing department at BECSecurities@JNDLA.com to inquire about your file and confirm it was received.

IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE

YOUR CLAIM IS NOT DEEMED SUBMITTED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POSTCARD. THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR WILL ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR CLAIM BY MAIL WITHIN 60 DAYS. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POSTCARD WITHIN 60 DAYS, CALL THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR TOLL FREE AT 1-888-995-0312.