X0304 4 2012-01-19 0000009892 BARD C R INC /NJ/ BCR 0001204654 SCHERMERHORN TODD C C/O C. R. BARD, INC. 730 CENTRAL AVENUE MURRAY HILL NJ 07974 1 Senior Vice President and CFO Common Stock 2012-01-19 4 M 0 52500.0000 83.4730 A 162394.8600 D Common Stock 2012-01-19 4 M 0 27173.0000 73.9900 A 189567.8600 D Common Stock 2012-01-19 4 S 0 96045.0000 89.0000 D 93522.8600 D Common Stock 2505.0500 I 401(k) Plan Option (Right to Buy) 83.4730 2012-01-19 4 M 0 52500.0000 0.0000 D 2017-07-11 Common Stock 52500.0000 0.0000 D Option (Right to Buy) 73.9900 2012-01-19 4 M 0 27173.0000 0.0000 D 2016-07-12 Common Stock 27173.0000 0.0000 D Option exercise and sales are pursuant to a previously disclosed 10b5-1 plan. Includes 5.682 shares acquired under the Company's 401(k) Plan from August 5, 2011 to November 4, 2011. Performance options granted under the 2003 Long Term Incentive Plan of C. R. Bard, Inc. (as Amended and Restated). Also granted in tandem with these options were Limited Stock Appreciation Rights ("LSARs") which can only be exercised upon a "Change of Control" as defined in the Plan. The LSARs related to this option terminated upon exercise of the option. Options fully vested in accordance with schedule upon achievement of certain performance criteria. Myra McGinley, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-01-23