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Becton Dickinson & Co.

Complete the spinoff of the Diabetes Care business into an independent, publicly traded company

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced
12 Jul 2021
Due
30 Jun 2022
Delivered
1 Apr 2022
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“completion of the spinoff, which is expected to occur in the first half of calendar year 2022”
  • SourceBecton Dickinson Form 8-K press release, 2021-07-12
  • FilingSEC filing index
  • Deadline as statedin the first half of calendar year 2022
  • Deadline used30 Jun 2022, the last day of the stated period
  • TypeTransaction
  • Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-BDX-005315
    Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-BDX-005315/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The filings consistently state the Diabetes Care spin-off was completed on April 1, 2022, before the June 30, 2022 deadline.

  • A
    Becton Dickinson 10-Q filed 2022-08-04 Regulatory filing · published 4 Aug 2022 · retrieved 10 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 79094c3b1758
    “On April 1, 2022, the Company completed the spin-off of its Diabetes Care business as a separate publicly traded company named Embecta Corp.” ✓ confirmed on the page
  • A
    Becton Dickinson 10-Q filed 2022-08-04 Regulatory filing · published 4 Aug 2022 · retrieved 10 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 79094c3b1758
    “On April 1, 2022, BD completed the separation and distribution of Embecta, formerly BD's Diabetes Care business, into a separate, publicly-traded company.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +4.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (3 Aug 2022 to 8 Aug 2022). What this measures

Checked 10 Oct 2026.

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type
Separation
Indicative materiality
Transformational rules
Action
Complete
Deliverable
Diabetes Care business spinoff
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
High
Specificity
High
Conditional
Yes: satisfaction of customary conditions; final approval from the BD board of directors; effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement
Depends on
Regulatory, Government

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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