SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

RING TIMOTHY M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O C. R. BARD, INC.

730 CENTRAL AVENUE

(Street)

MURRAY HILL

07974

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BARD C R INC /NJ/ [ BCR ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chairman and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/09/2015		G	V	125	D	$0.0000	121,323.022	D
Common Stock	02/11/2015⁽¹⁾		A		28,274	A	$0.0000⁽¹⁾	149,597.022	D
Common Stock	02/11/2015⁽²⁾		A		15,084	A	$0.0000⁽²⁾	164,681.022	D
Common Stock	02/11/2015		A⁽³⁾		4,243	A	$144.72	168,924.022	D
Common Stock	02/11/2015		A⁽³⁾		1,819	A	$101.304	170,743.022	D
Common Stock	02/11/2015		F⁽⁴⁾		17,622	D	$173.805	153,121.022	D
Common Stock	02/12/2015		S⁽⁵⁾		1,600	D	$174.4388⁽⁶⁾	151,521.022	D
Common Stock	02/12/2015		S⁽⁷⁾		3,863	D	$172.813⁽⁸⁾	147,658.022	D
Common Stock	02/12/2015		S⁽⁷⁾		8,900	D	$174.0175⁽⁹⁾	138,758.022	D
Common Stock								3,457.223⁽¹⁰⁾	I	401(k) Plan
Common Stock								707	I	By Children⁽¹¹⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents common shares acquired upon satisfaction of performance criteria underlying the award of restricted stock units under the 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan of C. R. Bard, Inc. (as Amended and Restated).

2. Represents common shares acquired upon satisfaction of performance criteria underlying the award of restricted stock units under the 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan of C. R. Bard, Inc. (as Amended and Restated), 50% of which vest immediately and the remaining 50% vest in two equal annual installments on February 11, 2016 and February 11, 2017.

3. Restricted stock units acquired through deferral of compensation under the Company's Management Stock Purchase Program.

4. Shares withheld to pay taxes upon vesting of performance-based restricted stock units granted under the 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan of C. R. Bard, Inc. (as Amended and Restated).

5. Sales are pursuant to a previously disclosed 10b5-1 plan.

6. Represents the weighted average sales price for price increments ranging from $174.36 to $174.50. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price for all transactions reported on this Form 4.

7. Option exercise and sales are pursuant to a previously disclosed 10b5-1 plan.

8. Represents the weighted average sales price for price increments ranging from $172.36 to $173.28. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price for all transactions reported on this Form 4.

9. Represents the weighted average sales price for price increments ranging from $173.37 to $174.35. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price for all transactions reported on this Form 4.

10. Includes 69.115 shares acquired under the Company's 401(k) Plan from November 1, 2014 to February 6, 2015.

11. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by his children and this report should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of his children's shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

	Myra McGinley, Attorney-in-Fact	02/13/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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