Bard directors extend share purchase program.

MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:

Murray Hill, Kentucky
Murray Hill, Manhattan, a residential neighborhood in New York City
Murray Hill, Queens, a different locality in New York City
Murray Hill, New Jersey
Murray Hill, Pennsylvania

, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1996--The Board of Directors of C. R. Bard C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) is one of the large S&P 500 companies of the United States, a surgical specialties and hospital medical device manufacturer in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It is named after its founder, who sold the company within only a few years of its founding. , Inc. (NYSE-BCR) today authorized au·thor·ize
tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es
1. To grant authority or power to.

2. To give permission for; sanction: purchases from time to time of up to 1 million shares of Bard's common stock. The shares to be purchased will be canceled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued. Since 1990, the Company has purchased approximately 4.4 million of its common shares.

For the full year 1995, Bard bard, in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. had a weighted average of 56,731,000 shares outstanding. At year-end 1995, total shares outstanding were 57,100,598.

C. R. Bard, Inc., headquartered in Murray Hill, is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer and marketer of health care products.

CONTACT: C.R. Bard Inc.

E.L. Parker, 908/277-8059

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