Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 16, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued an order preliminarily approving a proposed settlement by and among Johnson & Johnson, the plaintiffs, and all named individual defendants in the shareholder derivative actions entitled In re Johnson & Johnson Derivative Litigation, No. 10-2033; In re Johnson & Johnson FCPA Derivative Litigation, No. 11-02511; and Copeland v. Prince et al., No. 11-04993.
A hearing to determine whether the court should issue an order of final approval of the settlement has been scheduled for September 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 5E at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse, 402 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608. Pursuant to the court's order, any objections to the settlement must be filed in writing with the court by no later than September 14, 2012.
Additional information concerning the terms of the proposed settlement, the September 28, 2012 hearing, and the requirements for objections can be found in the Notice of Proposed Settlement of Derivative Actions, Final Settlement Hearing and Right to Appear (the "Notice"), attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Also attached as Exhibit 99.2 are the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement and Exhibits A and B thereto. This Form 8-K and the attachments are available on Johnson & Johnson's website at
http://www.investor.jnj.com/investor-relations.cfm.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

99.1 Notice of Proposed Settlement of Derivative Actions, Final Settlement Hearing and Right to Appear

99.2 Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement