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BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

1996 DIRECTORS’ DEFERRAL PLAN

Amended and Restated as of October 1, 2009

 

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

	1.1	 	“Accrued Pension” means the U.S. dollar amount of the actuarially-determined present value of
the accrued and unpaid past service pension benefits under the Directors’ Nonqualified Pension
Arrangements of a Director acting as such at and as of June 30, 1996, as calculated by Kwasha
Lipton as of the Termination Date, taking into account the Director’s age and years and months
of past service and such other assumptions as shall be reasonable and uniformly applied to all
Directors.
	 
	1.2	 	“Additional Deferral Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.6(b) to
further defer the date payment otherwise would be made (or begin to be made) from a
Participant’s Deferred Account.
	 
	1.3	 	“Annual Share Amount” means the number of shares of Common Stock (which is set as of the date
hereof at 400 shares) that the Board, from time to time for years prior to January 1, 2005,
may agree to credit to Deferred Stock Accounts as compensation to continuing Directors.
	 
	1.4	 	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	1.5	 	“Change-of-Form Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.6(a) to change
the form of distribution from any of his or her Deferred Accounts.
	 
	1.6	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute.
	 
	1.7	 	“Committee” means the Committee on Directors of the Board, or such other committee as may be
designated by the Board to be responsible for administering the Plan.
	 
	1.8	 	“Common Stock” means the common stock ($1.00 par value) of the Company, including any shares
into which it may be split, subdivided or combined.
	 
	1.9	 	“Company” means Becton, Dickinson and Company, and any successor thereto.
	 
	1.10	 	“Conversion Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.5(a) to convert
some or all of his or her Deferred Retainer Account balance, Deferred

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	 	 	Fees Account balance and/or Deferred Dividends Account balance from a cash balance
into a Deferred Stock Account balance.
	 
	1.11	 	“Deferral Election” means a Deferred Pension Election, Restricted Stock Election, Deferred
Dividends Election, Deferred Retainer Election, Deferred Fees Election and/or a
form-of-distribution election under Section 3.4(e).
	 
	1.12	 	“Deferred Account” means the Participant’s Deferred Pension Account, Deferred Dividends
Account, Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred Fees Account, Deferred Cash Account and/or
Deferred Stock Account.
	 
	1.13	 	“Deferred Cash Account” means the bookkeeping account established under Section 3.5(b) on
behalf of a Participant, and includes any Interest Return credited thereto pursuant to Section
3.7(a).
	 
	1.14	 	“Deferred Dividends” means the amount of cash dividends on his or her Restricted Stock that a
Participant has elected to defer until a later year pursuant to an election under Section 3.2
(c).
	 
	1.15	 	“Deferred Dividends Account” means the bookkeeping account established under Section 3.2(c)
on behalf of a Participant, and includes any Interest Return credited thereto pursuant to
Section 3.7(a).
	 
	1.16	 	“Deferred Dividends Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.2(c) to
defer until a later year receipt of some or all of the dividends payable in the following year
on his or her Restricted Stock.
	 
	1.17	 	“Deferred Fees” means the amount of a Participant’s fees (other than the Participant’s annual
Board retainer fees) that such Participant has elected to defer until a later year pursuant to
an election under Section 3.3(a).
	 
	1.18	 	“Deferred Fees Account” means the bookkeeping account established under Section 3.3 on behalf
of a Participant, and includes any Interest Return credited thereto pursuant to Section
3.7(a).
	 
	1.19	 	“Deferred Fees Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.3 to defer until
a later year receipt of some or all of his or her fees (other than annual Board retainer).
	 
	1.20	 	“Deferred Pension” means the amount of a Participant’s Accrued Pension that such Participant
has elected to defer until a later year pursuant to an election under Section 3.1.

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	1.21	 	“Deferred Pension Account” means the bookkeeping Account established under Section 3.1 on
behalf of a Participant, and includes any Interest Return credited thereto pursuant to Section
3.7(a).
	 
	1.22	 	“Deferred Pension Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.1 to defer
until a later year receipt of some or all of his or her Accrued Pension.
	 
	1.23	 	“Deferred Retainer” means the amount of a Participant’s annual Board retainer fees that such
Participant has elected to defer until a later year pursuant to an election under Section
3.3(a).
	 
	1.24	 	“Deferred Retainer Account” means the bookkeeping account established under Section 3.3 on
behalf of a Participant, and includes any Interest Return credited thereto pursuant to Section
3.7(a).
	 
	1.25	 	“Deferred Retainer Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.3(a) to
defer until a later year receipt of some or all of his or her annual Board retainer.
	 
	1.26	 	“Deferred Stock Account” means the bookkeeping account established under Sections 3.2, 3.4
and/or 3.5 on behalf of a Participant and includes, in addition to amounts stated in those
Sections, all Dividend Reinvestment Returns credited thereto pursuant to Section 3.7(b).
	 
	1.27	 	“Deferred Stock Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.4(a) and/or (c)
to have his or her Deferred Pension, Deferred Dividends, Deferred Retainer and/or Deferred
Fees credited in the form of Common Stock to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account.
	 
	1.28	 	“Director” means a member of the Board.
	 
	1.29	 	“Directors’ Nonqualified Pension Arrangements” means the unfunded pension benefits payable to
Directors pursuant to resolutions of the Board dated November 24, 1981 and March 28, 1995.
	 
	1.30	 	“Directors’ Stock Trust” means the Becton, Dickinson and Company 1996 Directors’ Deferral
Trust established as of November 15, 1996 between the Company and Wachovia Bank of North
Carolina, N.A.
	 
	1.31	 	“Disability” means a Participant’s total disability as defined below and determined in a
manner consistent with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder:

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	 	 	The Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12 months.
	 
	 	 	A Participant will be deemed to have suffered a Disability if determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. In addition, the
Participant will be deemed to have suffered a Disability if determined to be
disabled in accordance with a disability insurance program maintained by the
Company, provided that the definition of disability applied under such disability
insurance program complies with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the
regulations thereunder.
	 
	1.32	 	“Dividend Reinvestment Return” means the amounts which are credited to each Participant’s
Deferred Stock Account pursuant to Section 3.7(b) to reflect dividends declared and paid by
the Company on its Common Stock.
	 
	1.33	 	“Effective Date” means the effective date of the Plan set forth in Section 5.4.
	 
	1.34	 	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
	 
	1.35	 	“Grandfathered Deferrals” means amounts deferred hereunder before January 1, 2005 (and the
earnings credited thereon before, on or after January 1, 2005) for which (i) the Participant
had a legally binding right as of December 31, 2004, to be paid the amount, and (ii) such
right to the amount was earned and vested as of December 31, 2004 and was credited to any of
the Participant’s accounts hereunder.
	 
	1.36	 	“Interest Return” means the amounts which are credited from time to time to each
Participant’s Deferred Pension Account, Deferred Dividends Account, Deferred Retainer Account,
Deferred Fees Account and/or Deferred Cash Account pursuant to Section 3.7(a).
	 
	1.37	 	“Investment Election” means the Participant’s election to have deferred amounts credited with
hypothetical earnings credits (or losses) that track the investment performance of the
Investment Options in accordance with Article III.
	 
	1.38	 	“Investment Options” means those hypothetical targeted investment options, other than Common
Stock, designated by the Committee as measurements of the rate of return to be credited to (or
charged against) amounts deferred to Participants’ accounts other than their Deferred Stock
Accounts.

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	1.39	 	“Participant” means an individual who is eligible to participate in this Plan in accordance
with Article II.
	 
	1.40	 	“Payment Date” means the last day of January, April, July or October of each calendar year on
which the Directors are paid their compensation for the immediately preceding three (3) month
period.
	 
	1.41	 	“Plan” means the Becton, Dickinson and Company 1996 Directors’ Deferral Plan as from time to
time in effect.
	 
	1.42	 	“Restricted Stock” means the shares of Common Stock issued to a Director, and bearing
restrictions, pursuant to the Company’s 1994 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
	 
	1.43	 	“Restricted Stock Election” means the election by a Participant under Section 3.2(a) to
surrender some or all of his or her shares of Restricted Stock to the Company and to have an
equal number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account.
	 
	1.44	 	“Separation from Service” means a termination or other separation from service with the Board
determined in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.
	 
	1.45	 	“Shareholders’ Meeting” means the regular annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company.
	 
	1.46	 	“Termination Date” means December 1, 1996, the date as of which the Directors’ Nonqualified
Pension Arrangements will have been effectively terminated.

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ARTICLE II

Participation

	2.1	 	Participation

	 	(a)	 	Participation in the Plan shall be limited to an individual
who, as at the Effective Date of the Plan and/or any subsequent first day of
any calendar quarter, is a Director.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Committee may, consistent with Company policy:

	 	(i)	 	designate as ineligible particular
individuals or groups of individuals who otherwise would be
eligible under Section 2.1(a); or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	designate as eligible particular
individuals or groups of individuals who otherwise would be
ineligible under Section 2.1(a).

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ARTICLE III

Deferral Elections, Accounts and Distributions

	3.1	 	Deferred Pension Election

	 	(a)	 	Any Participant, who has an Accrued Pension as of
the Termination Date, may make a single one-time
election, on or before December 5, 1996 in writing
and on a form to be furnished by the Committee, to
convert 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of his or her Accrued
Pension into a Deferred Pension Account under the
Plan. Upon making a Deferred Pension Election, a
new Deferred Pension Account will be established in
the Participant’s name and will be credited, on or
about December 20, 1996, with the amount of his or
her Accrued Pension so converted. For purposes of
clarification, all amounts credited to a Deferred
Pension Account are Grandfathered Deferrals.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Once made, a Deferred Pension Election cannot be changed or
revoked except as provided herein.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A Deferred Pension Election shall defer the starting date for
the payment of the designated amount of the Participant’s Accrued Pension, and
any Interest Return credited thereon pursuant to Section 3.7, until the
earliest of the Participant’s Separation from Service, Disability, or death.
	 
	 	(d)	 	In the event of any such Deferred Pension Election, the form of
payment of any distribution (i.e., in a lump sum or in five or in ten
annual installments) and the starting date of such distribution (i.e.,
as soon as practicable following the event triggering the distribution or
January 31st of the calendar year immediately following such event)
shall be elected at the same time. In the event that any distribution is
elected to be paid in five or ten annual installments, the Participant also may
elect, at the time of the Deferred Pension Election, to have the form of
distribution, automatically and without further action on his or her part,
converted to a lump sum payment in accordance with Section 3.8(b) in the event
of such Participant’s death or Disability occurring prior to the expiration of
the complete period of deferral. Except as herein provided, such
form-of-payment election shall not be changed or revoked.

	3.2	 	Restricted Stock Elections and Deferred Dividends Elections — (Grandfathered)

	 	(a)	 	Any Participant, who owns Restricted Stock as of the Effective Date, may make
a single one-time election, on or before December 5, 1996 and on a form to be
furnished by the Committee, to surrender to the Company 25%,

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	 	 	 	50%, 75% or 100% of his or her shares of Restricted Stock. Upon making such
Restricted Stock Election, a new Deferred Stock Account will be established
in the Participant’s name to which will be credited, on or about December
20, 1996, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number so
surrendered. For purposes of clarification, any amounts credited to a
Participant’s Deferred Stock Account on account of the one-time election
described above shall constitute Grandfathered Deferrals.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Participant who makes a Restricted Stock Election will defer
the receipt of any balance in the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account,
including any Dividend Reinvestment Return credited thereto pursuant to Section
3.7(b), until the earliest of the Participant’s (i) Disability, (ii) death and
(iii) the latest of (1) the date on which such shares of Restricted Stock
otherwise would have vested, (2) January 2, 1998, and (3) the date of
Separation from Service.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A Participant who makes a Deferred Dividends Election may defer
the payment of any Deferred Dividends, and any Interest Return credited thereon
pursuant to Section 3.7(a), until (i) the earliest of the Participant’s
Separation from Service, Disability or death or (ii) a fixed date which is no
earlier than three full calendar years after the calendar year during which the
Deferred Dividends otherwise were payable and no later than ten years after the
date specified in (i), provided, however, that all
distributions under Section 3.8(b) must be paid in full no later than ten years
after the earliest of the Participant’s Separation from Service, Disability or
death.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Once made, neither a Restricted Stock Election nor a Deferred
Dividends Election can be changed or revoked except as provided herein.
	 
	 	(e)	 	In the event of any such Restricted Stock Election or Deferred
Dividends Election, the form of payment of any distribution (i.e., in a
lump sum or in five or in ten annual installments) and the starting date of
such distribution (i.e., as soon as practicable following the event
causing the distribution or January 31st of the calendar year
immediately following such event) shall be elected at the same time as the
initial deferral election. In the event that any distribution is elected to be
paid in five or ten annual installments, the Participant also may elect, at the
time of the Restricted Stock Election or Deferred Dividends Election, to have
the form of distribution, automatically and without further action on his or
her part, converted to a lump sum payment in accordance with Section 3.8(b) in
the event of such Participant’s death or Disability occurring prior to the
expiration of the complete period of deferral. Except as herein provided, such
form-of-payment election shall not be changed or revoked.

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	3.3	 	Deferred Retainer Elections and Deferred Fees Elections

	 	(a)	 	With respect to an individual who is
eligible to participate in this Plan
in accordance with Section 2.1,
elections of Deferred Retainer
and/or Deferred Fees shall be made
in writing on forms to be furnished
by the Committee. A Deferred
Retainer Election and/or a Deferred
Fees Election shall apply only to
the Director’s annual retainer or
fees, as the case may be, for the
particular calendar year specified
in the election. A Participant may
elect to defer from 1% of his or her
annual retainer to 100% of that
retainer (in increments of 1%)
and/or from 1% to 100% of his or her
other fees (in increments of 1%).
For purposes of clarification, the
portion of the amounts credited to a
Participant’s Deferred Fees Account
or Deferred Retainer Account on
account of the elections described
above that was earned and vested
prior to January 1, 2005 shall
constitute Grandfathered Deferrals,
and all other amounts so credited
shall constitute amounts in excess
of Grandfathered Deferrals that are
subject to Code Section 409A.
Amounts that constitute
Grandfathered Deferrals shall be
governed by the terms of the Plan in
effect as of October 3, 2004.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Deferred Retainer Election and/or Deferred Fees Election with
respect to payments for a particular calendar year under this Plan (i) must be
made during the time period specified by the Committee, but in no event later
than the December 31 immediately preceding that calendar year and (ii) once
made, cannot be changed or revoked after the final deadline established by the
Committee for making the election. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, in the
case of a newly-elected Director who first becomes eligible to participate in
the Plan during the calendar year (and is not otherwise eligible for
participation in a non-qualified deferred compensation plan required to be
aggregated with this Plan under Code Section 409A), the initial Deferred
Retainer Election and/or Deferred Fees Election may be made within thirty (30)
days following the date the Director is otherwise eligible to participate in
the Plan, and shall be effective only with respect to amounts earned after the
date of the Deferred Retainer Election and/or Deferred Fees Election. All such
Deferred Retainer amounts shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred
Retainer Account (or, if none, to a new such account established in the
Participant’s name) and all such Deferred Fees shall be credited to the
Participant’s Deferred Fees Account (or, if none, to a new such account
established in the Participant’s name) as of each quarterly Payment Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A Participant who makes a Deferred Retainer Election or a
Deferred Fees Election may defer the payment of any retainer and/or fees, and
any Interest Return credited thereon pursuant to Section 3.7(a), until (i) the
Participant’s Separation from Service for any reason or (ii) a fixed date

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	 	 	 	which is no earlier than three full calendar years after the calendar year
during which the Deferred Retainer or Deferred Fees otherwise were payable
and no later than ten years after the earliest date specified in (i),
provided, however, that all distributions under Section
3.8(b) must be paid in full no later than ten years after the Participant’s
Separation from Service for any reason.
	 
	 	(d)	 	In the event of any such Deferred Retainer Election or Deferred
Fees Election, the form of payment of any distribution (i.e., in a lump
sum or in five or ten annual installments) and the starting date of such
distribution (i.e., as soon as practicable following the event causing
the distribution or January 31st of the calendar year immediately
following such event) shall be elected at the same time. In the event that any
distribution is elected to be paid in five or ten annual installments, the
Participant also may elect, at the time of the Deferred Retainer Election
and/or Deferred Fees Election, to have the form of distribution, automatically
and without any further action on his or her part, converted to a lump sum
payment in accordance with Section 3.8(b) in the event of such Participant’s
death or Disability occurring prior to the expiration of the complete period of
deferral. Except as herein provided, such form-of-payment election shall not
be changed or revoked.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, distributions of Grandfathered
Deferrals shall continue to be made in accordance with Participant elections
made under the Plan in effect as of December 31, 2004.

	3.4	 	Deferred Stock Elections

	 	(a)	 	The portion of the amounts credited to a Participant’s Deferred
Stock Account on account of any election made pursuant to this Section 3.4 that
was earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005 shall constitute Grandfathered
Deferrals, and all other amounts so credited shall constitute amounts in excess
of Grandfathered Deferrals that are subject to Code Section 409A. Amounts that
constitute Grandfathered Deferrals shall be governed by the terms of the Plan
in effect as of December 31, 2004.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Instead of being credited to the Participant’s Deferred Pension
Account, each Participant who makes a Deferred Pension Election also may elect
to have 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the amount otherwise creditable to his or her
Deferred Pension Account instead credited in the form of Common Stock to a new
Deferred Stock Account established in the Participant’s name.

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	 	(c)	 	When a Deferred Stock Election is made in connection with a
Deferred Pension Election, the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account will be
credited on or about December 20, 1996, with the number of shares of Common
Stock (rounded to the nearest one-one hundredth of a share) determined by
dividing the amount of the Participant’s Accrued Pension with respect to which
the Deferred Stock Election applies, by the average price paid by the Trustee
of the Directors’ Stock Trust for shares of Common Stock with respect to such
date or, if the Trustee shall not purchase shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock creditable to all Participants’ Deferred Stock
Accounts on such date, then, to the extent of such shortfall, such price shall
be the price for shares of Common Stock, determined by the Committee, as of the
day such deferred amounts are credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock
Account. At the same time, the Participant’s Deferred Pension Account will be
debited by the amount so credited to the Participant’s new Deferred Stock
Account.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Instead of being credited to the Participant’s Deferred
Dividends Account, Deferred Retainer Account or Deferred Fees Account, each
Participant also may elect to have up to 100% (in increments of 1%) of his or
her Deferred Dividends, Deferred Retainer and/or Deferred Fees credited in the
form of Common Stock to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account. Except as
provided in Section 3.5, an election to have Deferred Dividends, Deferred
Retainer or Deferred Fees credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account
must be made concurrently with the Deferred Dividends Election, Deferred
Retainer Election or Deferred Fees Election, as the case may be.
	 
	 	(e)	 	A Participant’s Deferred Stock Account will be credited:

	 	i)	 	regularly, as of each date on which dividends
are paid on the Common Stock, with the number of shares of Common Stock
determined by dividing the portion of the Participant’s Deferred
Dividends for such dividend payment date subject to the Deferred Stock
Election by the price for shares of Common Stock, determined by the
Committee, as of the day such deferred amounts are credited to the
Participant’s Deferred Stock Account;
	 
	 	ii)	 	quarterly, as of each Payment Date, with the
number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the portion of
the Participant’s Deferred Retainer and/or Deferred Fees accumulated
during the preceding fiscal quarter and which are subject to the
Deferred Stock Election by the price for shares of Common Stock,

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	 	 	 	determined by the Committee, as of the day such deferred amounts are
credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account; and
	 
	 	iii)	 	for years prior to January 1, 2005, annually,
as of the day after the Shareholders’ Meeting with the Annual Share
Amount, if, after such meeting the Participant was elected or continued
to serve as a Director of the Company.

	 	(f)	 	The following shall apply with respect to the portion of the
balance in the Participant’s Deferred Accounts attributable to Annual Share
Amounts that constitutes Grandfathered Deferrals:

	 	i)	 	For years prior to January 1, 2005, each
Participant who has a Deferred Stock Account shall receive
distributions from such Account attributable to his or her Annual Share
Amounts, and any Dividend Reinvestment Return credited thereon pursuant
to Section 3.7(b), upon the earliest of the Participant’s Separation
from Service, Disability or death. Such Participant, within thirty
(30) days after his or her Deferred Stock Account is credited with an
Annual Share Amount, shall elect the form of payment of any such
distribution (i.e., in a lump sum or in five or in ten
approximately equal annual installments) and the starting date of such
distribution (i.e. as soon as practicable following the event
triggering the distribution or January 31st of the calendar year
immediately following such event).
	 
	 	 	 	In the event that any distribution is elected to be paid in five or
ten approximately equal annual installments, the Participant also may
elect, at the time of the initial form-of-distribution election, to
have the form of distribution, automatically and without further
action on his or her part, converted to a lump sum payment in
accordance with Section 3.8(b) in the event of such Participant’s
death or Disability occurring prior to the expiration of the complete
period of deferral. Except as herein provided, such
form-of-distribution election shall not be changed or revoked.

	 	(g)	 	In the event of any merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, stock dividend (including without limitation, stock dividends
consisting of securities other than the shares of Common Stock), distribution
(other than regular cash dividends), stock split, reverse stock split,
separation, spin-off, split-off or other distribution of stock or property of
the Company, or other change in the corporate structure or capitalization,
there shall be appropriate adjustment made by the Board in the number and kind
of shares (rounded to the nearest one-

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	 	 	 	one hundredth of a share) or other property that shall be credited in the
aggregate and to individual Participants’ Deferred Stock Accounts under the
Plan, so that the Participants’ Deferred Stock Accounts reflect the same
equity percentage interest in the Company after the transaction as was the
case before such transaction, and so that each share of Common Stock
credited to a Participant’s Deferred Stock Account before a transaction
accrues the same benefits after the transaction as does each share of
Common Stock outstanding before such transaction.
	 
	 	(h)	 	If at least a majority of the Company’s stock is sold or
exchanged by its Shareholders pursuant to an integrated plan for cash or
property (including Stock of another corporation) or if substantially all of
the assets of the Company are disposed of and, as a consequence thereof, cash
or property is distributed to the Company’s shareholders, each Participant’s
Deferred Stock Account will, to the extent not already so credited under
Section 3.7(b), be (i) credited with the amount of cash or property receivable
by a Company shareholder directly holding the same number of shares of Common
Stock as is credited to such Participant’s Deferred Stock Account and (ii)
debited by that number of shares of Common Stock surrendered by such equivalent
Company shareholder.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Each Participant who has a Deferred Stock Account also shall be
entitled to provide directions to the Committee to cause the Committee to
similarly direct the Trustee of the Trust to vote, on any matter presented for
a vote to the shareholders of the Company, that number of shares of Common
Stock held by the Trust equivalent to the number of shares of Common Stock
credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account. The Committee shall
arrange for distribution to all Participants in a timely manner of all
communications directed generally to the shareholders of the Company as to
which their votes are solicited.
	 
	 	(j)	 	Pursuant to the Policy Statement on Insider Trading and
Securities Transactions, as the same may be amended (the “Policy”), there are
time periods (each, a “blackout period”) during which time Participants may not
effect transactions, directly or indirectly, in Company equity securities.
Under the Policy, the Company’s corporate secretary may also impose additional
blackout periods with respect to some or all Participants. Participants whose
ability to effect transactions is prohibited during such blackout periods also
will be prohibited during such periods from making any Conversion Election,
Deferred Stock Election or Investment Election that increases or decreases the
amount credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account. The Committee, at
the direction of the Company’s corporate secretary, shall adopt and

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	 	 	 	implement procedures to ensure that the provisions of this subsection are
carried out.

	3.5	 	Conversion Elections

	 	(a)	 	Any individual who has a Deferred Dividends Account,
Deferred Fees Account, Deferred Retainer Account
and/or a Deferred Cash Account may make an additional
election to convert any whole percentage of the
Participant’s deferred account balance as of the date
of such election from a cash balance into a Common
Stock balance which would be credited to his or her
Deferred Stock Account (or, if none, to a new such
account established in the Participant’s name).
	 
	 	(b)	 	When a Conversion Election is made, the Participant’s Deferred
Stock Account will be credited, as soon as administratively practicable
following the effective date of the election, with the number of shares of
Common Stock (rounded to the nearest one-one hundredth of a share) determined
by dividing the portion of the balance in the Participant’s Deferred Dividends
Account, Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred Fees Account, and/or Deferred Cash
Account subject to the Conversion Election by the price for shares of Common
Stock, determined by the Committee, as of the day such deferred amounts are
credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account. At the same time, the
Participant’s Deferred Dividends Account, Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred
Fees Account and/or Deferred Cash Account, as the case may be, will be debited
by an amount equal to the amount so credited to the Participant’s Deferred
Stock Account. Once amounts are credited to a Participant’s Deferred Stock
Account such amounts may not be transferred or otherwise converted out of the
Deferred Stock Account.
	 
	 	(c)	 	In no event shall any Conversion Election under this Section
3.5 change the time or form of payment of any deferred amounts.

	3.6	 	Change-of-Form Elections and Additional Deferral Elections

	 	(a)	 	Change-of-Form Elections
	 
	 	 	 	Any Participant, who has made a
Deferral Election, may make an
additional election to change the
form of distribution of the balance
in any of his or her Deferred
Accounts to one of the three
acceptable forms of distributions
under Section 3.8(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
distributions of Grandfathered
Deferrals under Section 3.8(b) must
be paid in full no later than ten
years after the earliest of the
Participant’s Separation from
Service for any reason, Disability
or death. Only one Change-of-Form
Election may be made by any
Participant with respect to

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	 	 	 	the balance in any Deferred Account attributable to any individual Deferred
Election during any three (3) calendar years; provided,
however, that no such Change-in-Form Election will be effective
with respect to any balance in any Participant’s Deferred Account, unless
made in connection with the establishment of the Deferred Account, until
such balance has been in such Deferred Account for at least two (2)
calendar years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Change-of-Form Election
made with respect to any deferred amounts in excess of Grandfathered
Deferrals shall not be effective unless the following requirements are met:

	 	i)	 	the Change-of-Form Election will not take
effect until at least twelve months after the date on which the
election is made and will not be recognized with respect to payments
that would otherwise have commenced during such twelve-month period;
	 
	 	ii)	 	except for payments made on account of a
Participant’s death or unforeseen emergency under Section 3.8(c), the
first payment with respect to which such election is made shall be
deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such
payment would otherwise have been made;
	 
	 	iii)	 	any Change-of-Form Election related to payments
that would otherwise have commenced as of a specified time, as opposed
to the Participant’s Separation from Service, may not be made less than
twelve months prior to the date on which such payments would otherwise
have commenced; and
	 
	 	iv)	 	all distributions under Section 3.8(b) must be
paid in full no later than ten years after the Participant’s Separation
from Service for any reason.
	 
	 	 	 	In all events, no election under this Section 3.6(a) shall be valid
unless the election meets the requirements of subsection 3.6(a)(iv),
even if such election complies with subsections 3.6(a)(i) through
3.6(a)(iii).

	 	(b)	 	Additional Deferral Elections (Change-of-Time)
	 
	 	 	 	Any Participant who has made a Restricted Stock Election, Deferred Dividends Election,
Deferred Retainer Election or Deferred Fees Election may make an additional election to
further postpone the initial starting date for distributions of the balance in his or her
Deferred Dividends Account, Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred Fees Account or Deferred Stock
Account (to the extent attributable to a Deferred Stock Election or

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	 	 	 	Conversion Election with respect to a Restricted Stock Election, Deferred
Dividends Election, Deferred Retainer Election and/or Deferred Fees
Election) to a date no earlier than three full calendar years thereafter
and no later than the latest date that would have been permitted under
Sections 3.2(d) or 3.3(c), as the case may be, for the initial Deferral
Election; provided, however, that only one such Additional
Deferral Election may be made with respect to the balance in any Deferred
Account attributable to any individual Deferral Election. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, all distributions of Grandfathered Deferrals under Section
3.8(b) must be paid in full no later than ten years after the earliest of
the Participant’s Separation from Service for any reason, Disability or
death. In addition, any election made under this Section 3.6(b) with
respect to any deferred amounts in excess of Grandfathered Deferrals shall
not be effective unless the following requirements are met:

	 	i)	 	the election will not take effect until at
least twelve months after the date on which the election is made and
will not be recognized with respect to payments that would otherwise
have commenced during such twelve-month period;
	 
	 	ii)	 	except for payments made on account of a
Participant’s death or unforeseen emergency under Section 3.8(c), the
first payment with respect to which such election is made shall be
deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such
payment would otherwise have been made;
	 
	 	iii)	 	any election related to payments that would
otherwise have commenced as of a specified time, as opposed to the
Participant’s Separation from Service, may not be made less than twelve
months prior to the date on which such payments would otherwise have
commenced; and
	 
	 	iv)	 	all distributions under Section 3.8(b) must be
paid in full no later than ten years after the Participant’s Separation
from Service for any reason.
	 
	 	 	 	In all events, no election under this Section 3.6(b) shall be valid
unless the election meets the requirements of subsection 3.6(b)(iv),
even if such election complies with subsections 3.6(b)(i) through
3.6(b)(iii).

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	3.7	 	Investment Return on Deferred Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If a Participant does not make an Investment
Election as provided below, the Committee
shall credit the balance of each
Participant’s Deferred Pension Account,
Deferred Dividends Account, Deferred Retainer
Account, Deferred Fees Account and Deferred
Cash Account during the calendar year with an
Interest Return equal to interest thereon.
Such balances shall include all Interest
Returns previously credited to the account.
The Interest Return to be credited for each
calendar year shall be calculated by
multiplying the average daily balance in each
such Deferred Account by the Moody’s Seasoned
Aaa Corporate Bond Rate in effect on the
first business day of September of the
previous calendar year, as published in the
weekly Federal Reserve Statistical Release
(Publication H.15). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at the time the Participant makes
a Deferral Election other than a Restricted
Stock Election or a form of distribution
election, the Participant may make an
Investment Election and select Investment
Options with respect to the amounts credited
to those accounts. If a Participant makes an
Investment Election, additional hypothetical
bookkeeping amounts shall be credited to (or
deducted from) the Participant’s Deferred
Pension Account, Deferred Dividends Account,
Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred Fees
Account or Deferred Cash Account to reflect
the earnings (or losses) that would have been
experienced had the deferred amounts been
invested in the Investment Options selected
by the Participant as targeted rates of
return, net of all fees and expenses
otherwise associated with the Investment
Options. The Committee may add or delete
Investment Options, on a prospective basis,
by notifying all Participants whose accounts
are hypothetically invested in such
Investment Options, in advance, and
soliciting elections to transfer deferred
amounts so that they track investments in
other Investment Options then available.
Investment Elections will continue in effect
until changed by the Participant. A
Participant may change a prior Investment
Election on a daily basis and in such manner
as approved by the Committee.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each time the Company declares a dividend on its Common Stock,
each Participant’s Deferred Stock Account will be credited with a Dividend
Reinvestment Return equal to that number of shares of Common Stock determined
by dividing (i) the amount that would have been paid (or the fair market value
thereof, if the dividend is not paid in cash) to the Participant on the total
number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock
Account had that number of shares of Common Stock been held by such Participant
by (ii) the price for shares of Common Stock, determined by the Committee, as
of the day such

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	 	 	 	deferred amounts are credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Within 60 days following the end of each calendar year, the
Committee shall furnish each Participant with a statement of account which
shall set forth the balance in each of the individual’s Deferred Accounts as of
the end of such calendar year, inclusive of cumulative Interest Return and/or
Dividend Reinvestment Return.

	3.8	 	Distributions

	 	(a)	 	Upon occurrence of an event specified in the
Participant’s Deferral Election, as modified by any
Change-of-Form Election, the amount of a Participant’s
Deferred Pension Account, Deferred Dividends Account,
Deferred Retainer Account, Deferred Fees Account and/or
Deferred Cash Account shall be paid in cash and the
amount of a Participant’s Deferred Stock Account shall,
except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4(g) or 3.9 or
to the extent the Company is otherwise, in the reasonable
judgment of the Committee, precluded from doing so, be
paid in shares of Common Stock (with any fractional share
interest therein paid in cash to the extent of the then
fair market value thereof), in each case to the
Participant or his or her beneficiary, as applicable.
Such payment(s) shall be from the general assets of the
Company (including the Directors’ Stock Trust) in
accordance with this Section 3.8.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless other arrangements are specified by the Committee (in
accordance with Code Section 409A with respect to amounts in excess of
Grandfathered Deferrals), deferred amounts shall be paid in the form of (i) a
lump sum payment, (ii) in five annual installments or (iii) in ten annual
installments, as elected by the Participant at the time of his or her Deferral
Election and as modified by any applicable subsequent Change-of-Form Election;
provided, however, that payments attributable to Grandfathered
Deferrals shall be made only in a single lump sum if payment commences due to
Separation from Service as a result of termination for cause. Such payments
shall be made (or begin to be made) as soon as practicable following the
occurrence of the event making payment necessary or, if later, by the fifteenth
day of the third calendar month following the date such event occurs, as
determined solely by the Committee. Alternatively, the Participant may elect
in the Deferral Election to receive payment on the January 31st of
the calendar year immediately following such event.
	 
	 	(c)	 	In case of an unforeseeable emergency, a Participant may make a
request to the Committee, on a form to be provided by the Committee, that

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	 	 	 	payment be made earlier than the date to which it was deferred;
provided, however, that no such acceleration of the
distribution date(s) shall apply to that portion of the balance(s) in the
Participant’s Deferred Accounts either attributable to Annual Share
Amounts, and any Dividend Reinvestment Return credited thereon pursuant to
Section 3.7(b), or to a Deferred Pension Election, and any Interest Return
or Dividend Reinvestment Return credited thereon pursuant to Section 3.7.
The rules set forth in this Section 3.8(c) govern distributions of amounts
in excess of Grandfathered Deferrals in the case of an unforeseeable
emergency. Distributions of Grandfathered Deferrals in the case of an
unforeseeable emergency shall be governed by terms of the Plan in effect as
of October 3, 2004.
	 
	 	 	 	For purposes of this Section 3.8(c), in connection with any distribution
date acceleration on account of an unforeseeable emergency, an
“unforeseeable emergency” shall be limited to a severe financial hardship
to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary, or of
a Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard
to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a
home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for
example, not as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events
beyond the control of the Participant. Examples of events that may
constitute an unforeseeable emergency include the imminent foreclosure of
or eviction from the Participant’s primary residence; the need to pay for
medical expenses, including non-refundable deductibles, as well as for the
costs of prescription drug medication; and the need to pay for the funeral
expenses of the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary, or the
Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to
Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)). Whether a Participant is
faced with an unforeseeable emergency will be determined based on the
relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a
distribution on account of an unforeseeable emergency may not be made to
the extent that such emergency is or may be relieved: (i) through
reimbursement or compensation by available insurance or otherwise, (ii) by
liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of
such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship or (iii) by
cessation of deferrals under the Plan.
	 
	 	 	 	The amount available for distribution on account of an unforeseeable
emergency shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy
the emergency need (which may include amounts necessary to pay any

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	 	 	 	federal, state, local, or foreign income taxes or penalties reasonably
anticipated to result from the distribution), and shall be determined in
accordance with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.
	 
	 	 	 	The Committee shall consider any requests for payment under this Section
3.8(c) in accordance with the standards of interpretation described in Code
Section 409A and the regulations and other guidance thereunder.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Company shall deduct from all payments under the Plan
federal, State and local income and employment taxes, as required by applicable
law. No Participant or beneficiary shall be entitled to receive any
distribution of shares of Common Stock credited to a Participant’s Deferred
Stock Account until the Company has received full payment of such withholding
obligations in cash.

	3.9	 	General Provisions

	 	(a)	 	The Company shall make no provision for the funding of
any Deferred Accounts payable hereunder that (i) would
cause the Plan to be a funded plan for purposes of
section 404(a)(5) of the Code or (ii) would cause the
Plan to be other than an “unfunded and unsecured
promise to pay money or other property in the future”
under Treasury Regulations § 1.83-3(e); and, except to
the extent specified in the Directors’ Stock Trust
following a “change of control” (as defined in the
Directors’ Stock Trust) of the Company, the Company
shall have no obligation to make any arrangement for
the accumulation of funds to pay any amounts under this
Plan. Subject to the restrictions of the preceding
sentence and in Section 3.9(c), the Company, in its
sole discretion, may establish one or more grantor
trusts described in Treasury Regulations §
1.677(a)-1(d) to accumulate funds and/or shares of
Common Stock to pay amounts under this Plan, provided
that the assets of such trust(s) shall be required to
be used to satisfy the claims of the Company’s general
creditors in the event of the Company’s bankruptcy or
insolvency.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In the event that the Company shall decide to establish an
advance accrual reserve on its books against the future expense of payments
from any Deferred Account, such reserve shall not under any circumstances be
deemed to be an asset of this Plan but, at all times, shall remain a part of
the general assets of the Company, subject to claims of the Company’s
creditors.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A person entitled to any amount under this Plan shall be a
general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to such amount.

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	 	 	 	Furthermore, a person entitled to a payment or distribution with respect to
a Deferred Account, shall have a claim upon the Company only to the extent
of the balance(s) in his or her Deferred Accounts.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Participant’s beneficiary under this Plan with respect to
the balance(s) in his or her Deferred Accounts shall be the person designated
to receive benefits on account of the Participant’s death on a form provided by
the Committee.
	 
	 	(e)	 	All commissions, fees and expenses that may be incurred in
operating the Plan and any related trust(s) established in accordance with
Section 3.9(a) (including the Directors’ Stock Trust) will be paid by the
Company.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, subject to
the restrictions under this Plan with respect to amounts in excess of
Grandfathered Deferrals, and further subject to the requirements of Code
Section 409A and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder: (i)
elections under this Plan may only be made by Participants while they are
directors of the Company; (ii) no Conversion Election, Change-of-Form Election
or Additional Deferral Election shall be effective if made within six (6)
months prior to the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service on the
Board; (iii) no Change-of-Form Election or Additional Deferral Election shall
be effective with respect to any balance in any Deferred Account that is
scheduled to be paid (or to begin to be paid) within six (6) months after the
date of such election; (iv) distributions of Grandfathered Deferrals otherwise
payable to a Participant in the form of Common Stock shall be delayed and/or
instead paid in cash in an amount equal to the fair market value thereof if
such payment in Common Stock would violate any federal or state securities laws
(including Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
and/or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (v) distributions of
amounts in excess of Grandfathered Deferrals otherwise payable to a Participant
in the form of Common Stock shall be delayed until the earliest date at which
the Company reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will not
cause a violation of federal or state securities laws if the payment in Common
Stock would violate any federal or state securities laws (including Section
16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and/or rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

	3.10	 	Non-Assignability
	 
	 	 	Participants, their legal representatives and their beneficiaries shall have no right to
anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, transfer, pledge or encumber their interests in

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	 	 	the Plan, nor shall such interests be subject to attachment, garnishment, levy or
execution by or on behalf of creditors of the Participants or of their
beneficiaries.

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ARTICLE IV

Administration

	4.1	 	Plan Administrator
	 
	 	 	Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
have the exclusive right to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend
and rescind rules and regulations relating to it and to make all other
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan. The decisions, actions and records of the Committee shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Company and all persons having or
claiming to have any right or interest in or under the Plan.
	 
	 	 	The Committee may delegate to such officers, employees or departments
of the Company such authority, duties, and responsibilities of the
Committee as it, in its sole discretion, considers necessary or
appropriate for the proper and efficient operation of the Plan,
including, without limitation, (i) interpretation of the Plan, (ii)
approval and payment of claims, and (iii) establishment of procedures
for administration of the Plan.
	 
	4.2	 	Plan to Comply with Code Section 409A
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Plan, each
provision in this Plan shall be interpreted to permit the deferral of
compensation in accordance with Code Section 409A and any provision
that would conflict with such requirements shall not be valid or
enforceable. In addition, prior to January 1, 2009, in accordance
with procedures established by the Committee, Participants may make a
transition election under Code Section 409A and the guidance issued
thereunder with respect to the distribution of all deferred amounts
under this Plan in excess of Grandfathered Deferrals, which election
shall override the foregoing Plan provisions with respect to the
payment of deferred amounts under this Plan.

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ARTICLE V

Amendment, Termination and Effective Date

	5.1	 	Amendment of the Plan
	 
	 	 	Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, the Plan may be wholly or
partially amended or otherwise modified at any time by written action
of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that in no event shall
any amendment or modification be made in a manner that is inconsistent
with the requirements under Code Section 409A, nor shall any amendment
or modification be effective which involves an unintentional material
modification (within the meaning of Code Section 409A and any guidance
thereunder) with respect to Grandfathered Deferrals.
	 
	5.2	 	Termination of the Plan
	 
	 	 	Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, the Plan may be terminated
at any time by written action of the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that in no event shall any termination be made in a manner
that is inconsistent with the requirements under Code Section 409A.
	 
	5.3	 	No Impairment of Benefits
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.1 and 5.2, no amendment
to or termination of the Plan shall impair any rights to benefits
which have accrued hereunder.
	 
	5.4	 	Effective Date
	 
	 	 	The Plan is effective as of November 1, 1996, and has been amended
from time to time thereafter.

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APPENDIX A

EXTENDED DEFERRAL OF EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION INCLUDING 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

     Effective November 22, 2006, the following provisions apply to a Participant’s ability to
defer distribution of Equity-Based Compensation:

A.1 Definitions The following definitions apply to this Appendix A. Any defined term not
defined in this Section A.1 will have the same meaning provided under Article I of the Plan.

	 	(a)	 	“Deferred Equity-Based Compensation Account” means the bookkeeping account
established as a sub-account of the Deferred Stock Account on behalf of a Participant
who makes an Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election pursuant to Section A.2.
	 
	 	(b)	 	“Equity-Based Compensation Plan” means the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004
Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan.
	 
	 	(c)	 	“Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election” means the election by a
Participant under Section A.2 to defer all or a portion of the Participant’s
Equity-Based Compensation.
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Equity-Based Compensation” means Restricted Stock Units and other stock-based
awards granted under the Equity-Based Compensation Plan, and does not include any such
awards that qualify as vested stock, restricted stock, stock option awards, or stock
appreciation rights.

A.2 Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election

	 	(a)	 	Each Participant may make an Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election to
defer the initial starting date the Equity-Based Compensation is otherwise
distributable to the Participant or change an existing Equity-Based Compensation
Deferral Election. Any Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election that changes the
time of distribution of a Participant’s Equity-Based Compensation: 1) must delay
receipt of such distribution for at least 5 (five) years but not more than 10 (ten)
years beyond the original distribution date; 2) must be made at least 12 months before
the original distribution date; and 3) will not be effective until 12 months after the
new election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in accordance with Code Section 409A
and any guidance issued thereunder: (I) a Participant may make an Equity-Based
Compensation Deferral Election that changes the time and manner of payment of
Equity-Based Compensation subject to Code Section 409A and deferred on or before
December 31, 2006 at any time on or before

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	 	 	 	December 31, 2006, provided that the election (1) is for Equity-Based Compensation
not otherwise distributable in 2006, and (2) does not cause an amount to be
distributed to a Participant in 2006; (II) a Participant may make an Equity-Based
Compensation Deferral Election that changes the time and manner of payment of
Equity-Based Compensation subject to Code Section 409A and deferred on or before
December 31, 2007 at any time on or before December 31, 2007, provided that if any
such election is made during the calendar year ending on December 31, 2007, the
election (1) is for Equity-Based Compensation not otherwise distributable in 2007,
and (2) does not cause an amount to be distributed to a Participant in 2007; and
(III) a Participant may make an Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election that
changes the time and manner of payment of Equity-Based Compensation subject to Code
Section 409A and deferred on or before December 31, 2008 at any time on or before
December 31, 2008, provided that if any such election is made during the calendar
year ending on December 31, 2008, the election (1) is for Equity-Based
Compensation not otherwise distributable in 2008, and (2) does not cause an
amount to be distributed to a Participant in 2008. A Participant may make an
Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election for any percentage of the Participant’s
Equity-Based Compensation that is a multiple of 10%. Once made, an Equity-Based
Compensation Deferral Election cannot be changed or revoked except as provided
herein.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Committee shall provide the Participant with the appropriate election forms
with which a Participant may make an Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election. All
Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Elections (including any modifications of prior
Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Elections otherwise permitted under the Plan) may be
made in accordance with written, electronic or telephonic procedures prescribed by the
Committee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Equity-Based Compensation that is deferred pursuant to an Equity-Based
Compensation Deferral Election will be transferred to the Deferred Equity-Based
Compensation Account, and credited with dividend equivalent rights as follows: each
time the Company declares a dividend on its Common Stock, each Participant’s Deferred
Equity-Based Compensation Account will be credited with a Dividend Reinvestment Return
equal to that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing (i) the amount
that would have been paid (or the fair market value thereof, if the dividend is not
paid in cash) to the Participant on the total number of shares of Common Stock credited
to the Participant’s Deferred Equity-Based Compensation Account had that number of
shares of Common Stock been held by such Participant by (ii) the price for shares of
Common Stock, as determined by the Committee, as of the day such deferred amounts are
credited to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account.

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A.3 Diversification of Equity-Based Compensation Upon Termination of Service

	 	(a)	 	On and after the date the Participant Separates from Service on the Board, and
before the occurrence of the event specified in the terms of the Participant’s
Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election form, amounts in the Participant’s Deferred
Equity-Based Compensation Account shall, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or to
the extent the Company is otherwise, in the reasonable judgment of the Committee,
precluded from doing so, be transferred to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account and
administered in accordance with the Plan provisions governing the Deferred Stock
Account.

A.4 Distributions of Equity-Based Compensation

	 	(a)	 	Upon the occurrence of an event specified in the terms of the Participant’s
Equity-Based Compensation Deferral Election form, the Equity-Based Compensation in a
Participant’s Deferred Stock Account shall be paid in accordance with the Plan
provisions governing the distribution of the Deferred Stock Account, in each case to
the Participant or his or her beneficiary, as applicable; and the Equity-Based
Compensation in a Participant’s Deferred Cash Account, if any, shall be paid in the
same manner as provided in Section 3.8(a) for the Deferred Cash Account, in each case
to the Participant or his or her beneficiary, as applicable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Deferred amounts shall be distributed (or begin to be distributed) as soon as
practicable following the occurrence of the event making distribution necessary, or, if
later, by the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following the date such event
occurs, as determined solely by the Committee.

A.5 Additional Rules

	 	(a)	 	In addition to the provisions of this Appendix A, deferrals of Equity-Based
Compensation shall be governed by the rules under the Plan governing amounts in excess
of Grandfathered Deferrals.

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BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

2004 EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR EQUITY-BASED

COMPENSATION PLAN

As Amended and Restated as of October 1, 2009

     Section 1. Purpose.

     The purpose of the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based
Compensation Plan is to provide an incentive to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to
achieve long-range goals, to aid in attracting and retaining employees and directors of outstanding
ability and to closely align their interests with those of shareholders.

     Section 2. Definition.

     As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

     (a) “Affiliate” shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the
Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case
as determined by the Committee.

     (b) “Award” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, award of Restricted Stock,
Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

     (c) “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or
document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan, which may, but need not, be executed or
acknowledged by a Participant.

     (d) “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

     (e) “Cause” shall mean (i) the willful and continued failure of a Participant to perform
substantially the Participant’s duties with the Company or any Affiliate (other than any such
failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), or (ii) the willful engaging
by the Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct that is materially and demonstrably
injurious to the Company. No act, or failure to act, on the part of the Participant shall be
considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or
without the reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interest of
the Company.

     (f) “Change in Control” means

     (i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))
(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 25% or more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for
purposes of this Section 2(f), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in
Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company; (ii) any acquisition by the Company,
or (iii) any acquisition by any employee

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benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any affiliated
company, (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that complies with
Section 2(f)(iii)(A), Section 2(f)(iii)(B) and Section 2(f)(iii)(C), or (v) any acquisition
that the Board determines, in good faith, was inadvertent, if the acquiring Person divests as
promptly as practicable a sufficient amount of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and/or the
Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as applicable, to reverse such acquisition of 25% or
more thereof;

     (ii) individuals who, as of the day after the effective time of this Plan, constitute the
Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to such time
whose election, or nomination for election as a director by the Company’s shareholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board
shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as
a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal
of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consent by or on behalf
of a Person other than the Board;

     (iii) consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale or other
disposition of all or subsequently all of the assets of the Company (a “Business
Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately
prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of
the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as
the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including,
without limitation, a corporation that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to
such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company
Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from
such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or
such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly, 25% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such
ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or
of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or

     (iv) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution
of the Company.

     (g) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

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     (h) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board or such other
committee as may be designated by the Board.

     (i) “Company” shall mean Becton, Dickinson and Company.

     (j) “Disability” shall mean a Participant’s disability as determined in accordance with a
disability insurance program maintained by the Company.

     (j) “409A Disability” shall mean a Disability that qualifies as a total disability as defined
below and determined in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder:

     The Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can
be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

     A Participant will be deemed to have suffered a 409A Disability if determined to be totally
disabled by the Social Security Administration. In addition, the Participant will be deemed to
have suffered a 409A Disability if determined to be disabled in accordance with a disability
insurance program maintained by the Company, provided that the definition of disability applied
under such disability insurance program complies with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the
regulations thereunder.

     (k) “Earnings Per Share” shall mean earnings per share calculated in accordance with U.S.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

     (l) “Executive Group” shall mean every person who is expected by the Committee to be both (i)
a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code as of the end of the taxable year in
which payment of the Award may be deducted by the Company, and (ii) the recipient of compensation
of more than $1,000,000 for that taxable year.

     (m) “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any property (including, without
limitation, any Shares or other securities) the fair market value of such property determined by
such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee.

     (n) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option representing the right to purchase Shares
from the Company, granted under and in accordance with the terms of Section 6, that meets the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

     (o) “Market Share” shall mean the percent of sales of the total available market in an
industry, product line or product attained by the Company or one of its business units during a
time period.

     (p) “Net Income” shall mean net income calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles.

     (q) “Net Revenue Per Employee” in a period shall mean net revenue divided by the average
number of employees of the Company, with average defined as the sum of the number of employees at
the beginning and ending of the period divided by two.

     (r) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an option representing the right to purchase
Shares from the Company, granted under and in accordance with the terms of Section 6, that is not
an Incentive Stock Option.

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     (s) “Option” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

     (t) “Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean any right granted under Section 9.

     (u) “Participant” shall mean an individual granted an Award under the Plan.

     (v) “Performance Unit” shall mean any right granted under Section 8.

     (w) “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share granted under Section 7.

     (x) “Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean a contractual right granted under Section 7 that is
denominated in Shares. Each Unit represents a right to receive the value of one Share (or a
percentage of such value, which percentage may be higher than 100%) upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. Awards of Restricted Stock Units may
include, without limitation, the right to receive dividend equivalents.

     (y) “Retirement” shall mean a Separation from Service after attainment of retirement as
specified in the applicable terms of an Award.

     (z) “Return On Common Equity” for a period shall mean net income less preferred stock
dividends divided by total shareholders’ equity, less amounts, if any, attributable to preferred
stock.

     (aa) “Return on Invested Capital” for a period shall mean earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization divided by the difference of total assets less non-interest bearing
current liabilities.

     (bb) “Return On Net Assets” for a period shall mean net income less preferred stock dividends
divided by the difference of average total assets less average non-debt liabilities, with average
defined as the sum of assets or liabilities at the beginning and ending of the period divided by
two.

     (cc) “Revenue Growth” shall mean the percentage change in revenue (as defined in Statement of
Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board) from
one period to another.

     (dd) “Plan” shall mean this Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director
Equity-Based Compensation Plan.

     (ee) “Separation from Service” shall mean a termination of employment or other separation from
service from the Company, as described in Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder,
including, but not limited to a termination by reason of Retirement or involuntary termination
without Cause, but excluding any such termination where there is a simultaneous re-employment by
the Company.

     (ff) “Shares” shall mean shares of the common stock of the Company, $1.00 par value.

     (gg) “Specified Employee” shall mean a Participant who is deemed to be a specified employee in
accordance with procedures adopted by the Company that reflect the requirements of Code Section
409A(2)(B)(i) and the guidance thereunder.

     (hh) “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean a right to receive a payment, in cash and/or
Shares, as determined by the Committee, equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a
Share at the time the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised over the exercise price of the Stock
Appreciation Right.

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     (ii) “Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted in assumption of, or in substitution for,
outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the
Company combines.

     (jj) “Total Shareholder Return” shall mean the sum of the appreciation in the Company’s stock
price and dividends paid on the common stock of the Company over a given period of time.

     Section 3. Eligibility.

     (a) Any individual who is employed by (including any officer), or who serves as a member of
the board of directors of, the Company or any Affiliate shall be eligible to be selected to receive
an Award under the Plan.

     (b) An individual who has agreed to accept employment by the Company or an Affiliate shall be
deemed to be eligible for Awards hereunder as of the date of such agreement.

     (c) Holders of options and other types of Awards granted by a company acquired by the Company
or with which the Company combines are eligible for grant of Substitute Awards hereunder.

     Section 4. Administration.

     (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be appointed by the
Board and shall consist of not less than three directors, each of whom shall be independent, within
the meaning of and to the extent required by applicable rulings and interpretations of the New York
Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of whom shall be a
“Non-Employee Director”, as defined from time to time for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder. The Board may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of the Committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member
at any meeting of the Committee. The Committee may issue rules and regulations for administration
of the Plan. It shall meet at such times and places as it may determine. A majority of the members
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

     (b) Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have full power
and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards (including
Substitute Awards) to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of
Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be
calculated in connection with) Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v)
determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised
in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited or
suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited
or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares,
other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award
under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or
of the Committee; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating
to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and
regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of
the Plan; (ix) determine whether and to what extent Awards should comply or continue to comply with
any requirement of statute or regulation; and (x) make any other determination and take any other
action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan will be interpreted and

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administered by the Committee in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Code
Section 409A to allow for tax deferral thereunder, and the Committee shall take no action hereunder
that would result in a violation of Code Section 409A.

     (c) All decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties,
including the Company, the stockholders and the Participants.

     Section 5. Shares Available For Awards.

     (a) The number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan is 18,000,000 shares, subject
to adjustment as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 5(e), (i) no Participant may receive Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
under the Plan in any calendar year that relate to more than 250,000 Shares, (ii) the maximum
number of Shares with respect to which unrestricted Awards (either as to vesting, performance or
otherwise) may be made to employees under the Plan is 450,000 Shares, and (iii) the maximum number
of Shares that may be issued with respect to any Awards granted on or after February 3, 2008, other
than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, shall be 2,000,000.

     (b) If, after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award other than a
Substitute Award, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award otherwise
terminates without the delivery of Shares or of other consideration, then the Shares covered by
such Award, or to which such Award relates, to the extent of any such forfeiture or termination,
shall again be, or shall become, available for issuance under the Plan, except as otherwise
provided in Section 5(f).

     (c) In the event that any Option or other Award granted hereunder (other than a Substitute
Award) is exercised through the delivery of Shares, or in the event that withholding tax
liabilities arising from such Option or Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares by the
Company, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan shall be increased by the number
of Shares so surrendered or withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5(c) will not
apply to any such surrender or withholding of Shares occurring on or after November 21, 2006.

     (d) Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized
and unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

     (e) In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares,
other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of
Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares
or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the
Shares such that an adjustment is required in order to preserve the value of issued and outstanding
Awards and to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to
be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem
equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property)
which thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, including the aggregate and individual limits
specified in Section 5(a), (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property)
subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any
Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding
Award; provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award denominated in Shares
shall always be a whole number.

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     (f) Shares underlying Substitute Awards shall not reduce the number of Shares remaining
available for issuance under the Plan.

     (g) Upon the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Rights, the greater of (i) the number of
shares subject to the Stock Appreciation Rights so exercised, and (ii) the number of Shares, if
any, that are issued in connection with such exercise, shall be deducted from the number of Shares
available for issuance under the Plan.

     Section 6. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

     The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to
Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions,
in either case not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine:

     (a) The exercise price per Share under an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that, except in the case of Substitute Awards, such
exercise price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such
Option or Stock Appreciation Right. The exercise price of a Substitute Award may be less than the
Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant to the extent necessary for the value of
Substitute Award to be substantially equivalent to the value of the award with respect to which the
Substitute Award is issued, as determined by the Committee.

     (b) The term of each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall be fixed by the Committee but
shall not exceed 10 years from the date of grant thereof.

     (c) The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option or Stock Appreciation
Right may be exercised in whole or in part, and, with respect to Options, the method or methods by
which, and the form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other Awards, or other
property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the
relevant exercise price, in which, payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made
or deemed to have been made.

     (d) The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall comply in all
respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, and
any regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (e) Section 10 sets forth certain additional provisions that shall apply to Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights.

     Section 7. Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Units.

     (a) The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Units to Participants.

     (b) Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such
restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the
right to vote a Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or
property), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such
installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate; provided, that if the vesting
conditions applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to an employee of
the Company relate exclusively to the passage of time and continued employment, such time period
shall consist of not less than thirty-six (36) months. In the event the vesting of

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any Award of Restricted Stock is subject to the achievement of performance goals, the
performance period relating to such Award shall be at least twelve (12) months. Any Award of
Restricted Stock Units for which vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of performance goals
shall be considered an award of Performance Units under Section 8.

     (c) Any share of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as
the Committee may deem appropriate including, without limitation, book-entry registration or
issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. In the event any stock certificate is issued in
respect of shares of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, such certificate shall be registered
in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms,
conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

     (d) Upon a Participant’s (i) Separation from Service on account of Retirement, death,
Disability or involuntary termination without Cause, any and all remaining restrictions with
respect to Shares of Restricted Stock granted to the Participant shall lapse, and (ii) voluntary
termination or involuntary termination with Cause, all Shares of Restricted Stock held by the
Participant shall be forfeited as of the date of termination.

     (e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, upon a Participant’s:

     (i) Separation from Service on account of Retirement, involuntary termination without Cause,
or Disability any and all remaining restrictions with respect to Restricted Stock Units granted to
the Participant shall lapse and the Participant shall receive any amounts otherwise payable with
respect to such Restricted Stock Units as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (or at
such later distribution date as may be set by the Committee at the time of the Award or in any
amendment thereto), except that, for amounts subject to Code Section 409A, in the case of a
Participant who is a Specified Employee, the payment of such amounts that are made on account of
the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service shall not be made prior to the earlier of (A) the
first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service (without regard
to whether the Participant is reemployed on that date) or (B) death;

     (ii) death, any and all remaining restrictions with respect to Restricted Stock Units granted
to the Participant shall lapse and the Participant’s beneficiary shall receive any amounts
otherwise payable with respect to such Restricted Stock Units as soon as administratively
practicable thereafter; and

     (iii) voluntary termination or involuntary termination with Cause, all Restricted Stock Units
held by the Participant shall be forfeited as of the date of termination.

     Section 8. Performance Units.

     (a) The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Performance Units to Participants.

     (b) Subject to the terms of the Plan, a Performance Unit granted under the Plan (i) may be
denominated or payable in cash, Shares (including, without limitation, Restricted Stock), other
securities, other Awards, or other property and (ii) shall confer on the holder thereof rights
valued as determined by the Committee and payable to, or exercisable by, the holder of the
Performance Unit, in whole or in part, upon the achievement of such performance goals during such
performance periods as the Committee shall establish. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
performance goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance
period, the amount of any Performance Unit granted and the amount of any payment or transfer to be
made pursuant to any Performance Unit shall be determined by the Committee; provided,

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that the performance period relating to any Award of Performance Units shall be at least
twelve (12) months.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, upon a Participant’s:

     (i) Separation from Service on account of Retirement or involuntary termination without Cause
prior to the expiration of any performance period applicable to a Performance Unit granted to the
Participant, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, following the expiration of such
performance period, a pro-rata portion of any amounts otherwise payable with respect to, or a
pro-rata right to exercise, the Performance Unit;

     (ii) death or 409A Disability prior to the expiration of any performance period applicable to
a Performance Unit granted to the Participant, the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary
shall receive upon such event a partial payment with respect to, or a partial right to exercise,
such Performance Unit as determined by the Committee in its discretion;

     (iii) Separation from Service on account of Disability (other than a 409A Disability) prior to
the expiration for any performance period applicable to a Performance Unit granted to the
Participant, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, following the expiration of such
performance period, a partial payment with respect to, or a partial right to exercise, such
Performance Unit as determined by the Committee in its discretion; and

     (iv) voluntary termination or involuntary termination with Cause, all Performance Units held
by the Participant shall be canceled as of the date of termination.

     Section 9. Other Stock-Based Awards.

     The Committee is hereby authorized to grant to Participants such other Awards (including,
without limitation, rights to dividends and dividend equivalents) that are denominated or payable
in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares
(including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares) as are deemed by the Committee
to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan (provided that no rights to dividends and dividend
equivalents shall be granted in tandem with an Award of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights).
Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such
Awards. Shares or other securities delivered pursuant to a purchase right granted under this
Section 9 shall be purchased for such consideration, which may be paid by such method or methods
and in such form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other
Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine, the value
of which consideration, as established by the Committee, shall, except in the case of Substitute
Awards, not be less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares or other securities as of the date
such purchase right is granted. Additional terms applicable to certain Other Stock-Based Awards
are set forth in Section 10. To the extent that any Other Stock-Based Awards granted by the
Committee are subject to Code Section 409A as nonqualified deferred compensation, such Other
Stock-Based Awards shall be subject to terms and conditions that comply with the requirements of
Code Section 409A to avoid adverse tax consequences under Code Section 409A.

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     Section 10. Effect Of Termination On Certain Awards.

     Except as otherwise provided by the Committee at the time an Option or Stock Appreciation
Right is granted or in any amendment thereto, if a Participant ceases to be employed by, or serve
as a non-employee director of, the Company or any Affiliate, then:

     (a) if termination is for Cause, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the
Participant shall be canceled as of the date of termination;

     (b) if termination is voluntary or involuntary without Cause, the Participant may exercise
each Option or Stock Appreciation Right held by the Participant within three months after such
termination (but not after the expiration date of such Award) to the extent such Award was
exercisable pursuant to its terms at the date of termination; provided, however, if the Participant
should die within three months after such termination, each Option or Stock Appreciation Right held
by the Participant may be exercised by the Participant’s estate, or by any person who acquires the
right to exercise by reason of the Participant’s death, at any time within a period of one year
after death (but not after the expiration date of the Award) to the extent such Award was
exercisable pursuant to its terms at the date of termination;

     (c) if termination is (i) by reason of Retirement (or alternatively, in the case of a
non-employee director, at a time when the Participant has served for five full years or more and
has attained the age of sixty), or (ii) by reason of a Disability, each Option or Stock
Appreciation Right held by the Participant shall, at the date of Retirement or Disability, become
exercisable to the extent of the total number of shares subject to the Option or Stock Appreciation
Right, irrespective of the extent to which such Award would otherwise have been exercisable
pursuant to the terms of the Award at the date of Retirement or Disability, and shall otherwise
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms;

     (d) if termination is by reason of the death of the Participant, each Option or Stock
Appreciation Right held by the Participant may be exercised by the Participant’s estate, or by any
person who acquires the right to exercise such Award by reason of the Participant’s death, to the
extent of the total number of shares subject to the Award, irrespective of the extent to which such
Award would have otherwise been exercisable pursuant to the terms of the Award at the date of
death, and such Award shall otherwise remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

     Section 11. General Provisions Applicable To Awards.

     (a) Awards shall be granted for no cash consideration or for such minimal cash consideration
as may be required by applicable law.

     (b) Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to
or in tandem with any other Award. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may
be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or
awards.

     (c) Subject to the terms of the Plan, payments or transfers to be made by the Company upon the
grant, exercise or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms as the Committee shall
determine including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other
property, or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in
installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures
established by the Committee. Such rules and procedures may include, without

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limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or
deferred payments or the grant or crediting of dividend equivalents in respect of installment or
deferred payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company extend any loan to
any Participant in connection with the exercise of an Award; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall prohibit the Company from maintaining or establishing any broker-assisted
cashless exercise program.

     (d) Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, no Award and no right under any Award
shall be assignable, alienable, saleable or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. In no event may an Award be transferred by a Participant
for value. Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable during the
Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the
Participant’s guardian or legal representative. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
any Award which has been fully exercised, earned or paid, as the case may be, and shall not
preclude forfeiture of an Award in accordance with the terms thereof.

     (e) All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any
Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions
as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares
or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state securities laws, and the
Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate
reference to such restrictions.

     (f) Every Award (other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right) to a member of the
Executive Group shall, if the Committee intends that such Award should constitute “qualified
performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, include a
pre-established formula, such that payment, retention or vesting of the Award is subject to the
achievement during a performance period or periods, as determined by the Committee, of a level or
levels, as determined by the Committee, of one or more of the following performance measures: (i)
Return on Net Assets, (ii) Revenue Growth, (iii) Return on Common Equity, (iv) Total Shareholder
Return, (v) Earnings Per Share, (vi) Net Revenue Per Employee (vii) Market Share, (viii) Return on
Invested Capital, or (ix) Net Income. For any Award subject to any such pre-established formula, no
more than 150,000 Shares can be paid in satisfaction of such Award to any Participant, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 5(e). Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary,
the Committee shall not be authorized to increase the amount payable under any Award to which this
Section 11(f) applies upon attainment of such pre-established formula.

     (g) Unless specifically provided to the contrary in any Award Agreement, upon a Change in
Control, all Awards shall become fully vested and exercisable, and any restrictions applicable to
any Award shall automatically lapse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Awards that are otherwise
subject to Code Section 409A shall not be distributed or payable upon a Change in Control unless
the Change in Control otherwise meets the requirements for a change in the ownership or effective
control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the regulations and other guidance promulgated
thereunder; instead such Awards shall be distributed or payable in accordance with the Award’s
applicable terms.

     (h) Non-employee Directors of the Company shall be entitled to defer the receipt of any Shares
that may become issuable to them under any Award in accordance with the terms of the

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1996 Directors’ Deferral Plan, as the same may be hereinafter amended, or any other plan that
may be established by the Company that provides for the deferred receipt of such Shares.

     (i) Employees of the Company shall be entitled to defer the receipt of any Shares that may
become issuable to them under any Award in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation
and Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan, as the same may be hereinafter amended, or any other plan
that may be established by the Company that provides for the deferred receipt of such Shares.

     Section 12. Amendments And Termination.

     (a) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided
in an Award Agreement or in the Plan, the Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or
terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, however, that no such amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without (i) shareholder
approval (A) if the effect thereof is to increase the number of Shares available for issuance under
the Plan or to expand the class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan or (B) if such
approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement for which or with which the
Board deems it necessary or desirable to qualify or comply or (ii) the consent of the affected
Participant, if such action would adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any
outstanding Award. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Committee may amend the
Plan in such manner as may be necessary to enable the Plan to achieve its stated purposes in any
jurisdiction outside the United States in a tax-efficient manner and in compliance with local rules
and regulations. In all events, no termination or amendment shall be made in a manner that is
inconsistent with the requirements under Code Section 409A to allow for tax deferral.

     (b) The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or amend,
alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or
retroactively, without the consent of any relevant Participant or holder or beneficiary of an
Award, provided, however, that no such action shall impair the rights of any affected Participant
or holder or beneficiary under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan; and provided further
that, except as provided in Section 5(e), no such action shall reduce the exercise price, grant
price or purchase price of any Award established at the time of grant thereof and provided further,
that the Committee’s authority under this Section 12(b) is limited in the case of Awards subject to
Section 11(f), as set forth in Section 11(f) and provided further, that the Committee may not act
under this Section 12(b) in a way that is inconsistent with the requirements under Code Section
409A to allow for tax deferral. In no event shall an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation
Right be cancelled and replaced with a new Option or Stock Appreciation Right with a lower exercise
price, without approval of the Company’s shareholders, except as provided in Section 5(e).

     (c) Except as noted in Section 11(f), the Committee shall be authorized to make adjustments in
the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of events
(including, without limitation, the events described in Section 5(e)) affecting the Company, or the
financial statements of the Company, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting
principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan.

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     (d) Any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
connection with a Business Combination, the Committee may cause any Award granted hereunder to be
canceled in consideration of a cash payment or alternative Award made to the holder of such
canceled Award equal in value to the Fair Market Value of such canceled Award.

     (e) The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency
in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan
into effect or to otherwise comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A so as to avoid
adverse tax consequences under Code Section 409A.

     Section 13. Miscellaneous.

     (a) No employee, Participant or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Award
under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of employees, Participants,
or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not
be the same with respect to each recipient.

     (b) The Committee may delegate to one or more officers or managers of the Company, or a
committee of such officers or managers, the authority, subject to such terms and limitations as the
Committee shall determine, to grant Awards to, or to cancel, modify, waive rights with respect to,
alter, discontinue, suspend or terminate Awards held by, employees who are not officers or
directors of the Company for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; provided, however, that any delegation to management shall conform with the requirements
of the corporate law of New Jersey and with the requirements, if any, of the New York Stock
Exchange, in either case as in effect from time to time.

     (c) The Company shall be authorized to withhold from any Award granted or any payment due or
transfer made under any Award or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to a
Participant the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property) of
withholding taxes due in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under such
Award or under the Plan and to take such other action (including, without limitation, providing for
elective payment of such amounts in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property
by the Participant) as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations
for the payment of such taxes.

     (d) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company from adopting or continuing in
effect other or additional compensation arrangements, and such arrangements may be either generally
applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

     (e) The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be
retained in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate. Further, the Company or the applicable
Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment, free from any liability, or any
claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement or
in any other agreement binding the parties. The receipt of any Award under the Plan is not intended
to confer any rights on the receiving Participant except as set forth in such Award.

     (f) If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify
the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or
deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent

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of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or
Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

     (g) Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate
fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other
person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company
pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general
creditor of the Company.

     (h) No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and
the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or
transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights
thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

     Section 14. Effective Date Of Plan.

     The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its approval by the stockholders of the Company.

     Section 15. Term Of The Plan.

     No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the effective date.
However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any
Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such date, and the authority of the Committee to amend,
alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award, or to waive any conditions or
rights under any such Award, and the authority of the Board to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond
such date.

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