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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. Share-Based Compensation Plans &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;The company may grant a variety of share-based payments under the 2003 Long Term Incentive Plan of C.&amp;nbsp;R.&amp;nbsp;Bard, Inc., as amended and restated, (the "2003 Plan") and the 2005 Directors' Stock Award Plan of C.&amp;nbsp;R.&amp;nbsp;Bard, Inc. (the "Directors' Plan") to certain directors, officers and employees. The total number of remaining shares at September 30, 2010 that may be issued under the 2003 Plan was&amp;nbsp;&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;6,020,875&lt;/font&gt; and under the Directors' Plan was &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;70,366&lt;/font&gt;. Shares remaining under the 2003 Plan include&amp;nbsp;&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;3,150,000&lt;/font&gt; shares authorized by the shareholders at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 21, 2010. Awards under the 2003 Plan may be in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, limited stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, unrestricted stock and other stock-based awards. Awards under the Directors' Plan may be in the form of stock awards, stock options or stock appreciation rights. The company has two employee stock purchase programs. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Amounts recognized for share-based compensation are as follows: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quarter&amp;nbsp;Ended&lt;br /&gt;September 30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Total cost of share-based compensation plans&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Amounts capitalized in inventory and fixed assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Amounts recognized in income for amounts previously capitalized in inventory and fixed assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;The anticipated purchases for 2011 and 2010 under the Management Stock Purchase Program (the "MSPP") as of July 2010 and July 2009, were approximately&amp;nbsp;&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.2&lt;/font&gt; million shares in each year and the fair value per share related to these purchases was $&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;27.42&lt;/font&gt; and $&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;28.20&lt;/font&gt;, respectively. The fair value of the 2010 and 2009 annual MSPP purchases was estimated in July 2010 and July 2009, respectively, using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.22&lt;/font&gt;% and &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.35&lt;/font&gt;%, respectively; expected volatility of &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;20&lt;/font&gt;% and &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;27&lt;/font&gt;%, respectively; dividend yield of &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.9&lt;/font&gt;% and &lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.8&lt;/font&gt;%, respectively; and expected life of&amp;nbsp;&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;0.6&lt;/font&gt; years for both valuations. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;As of September 30, 2010, there were approximately $&lt;font class="_mt"&gt;67.4&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;million of unrecognized compensation expenses related to share-based payment arrangements. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately three years. The company has sufficient treasury shares to satisfy expected share-based payment arrangements in 2010. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</NonNumbericText>
          <NonNumericTextHeader>9. Share-Based Compensation Plans
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