X0306 4 2017-12-29 0000009892 BARD C R INC /NJ/ BCR 0001297506 Naughton Gail K C/O C. R. BARD, INC. 730 CENTRAL AVENUE MURRAY HILL NJ 07974 1 Common Stock 2017-12-29 4 D 0 1922.6298 0 D 0.0000 D Share Equivalent Units 2017-12-29 4 D 0 9516.0000 D Common Stock 9516.0000 0.0000 D This Form 4 is being filed in connection with the December 29, 2017 closing of the merger (the "Merger") of Lambda Corp. ("Lambda") with and into C. R. Bard, Inc. ("Bard") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 23, 2017, among Bard, Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD") and Lambda. Upon the closing of the Merger, each outstanding share of Bard common stock was converted into the right to receive $222.93 in cash (without interest) and 0.5077 of a share of BD common stock (the "Merger Consideration"). Units granted under the Company's Stock Equivalent Plan for Outside Directors. Conversion is 1 for 1. These units, which are 100% vested, were assumed by BD at the effective time of the Merger. Myra McGinley, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-01-03