Edgar Filing: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

Dated: January 25, 2013

/s/ Sandra Leung

Sandra Leung

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 22, 2013

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

1-1136

22-0790350

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification

Number)

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 546-4000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On January 22, 2013, R. Sanders Williams, M.D. notified Bristol-Myers Squibb Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be held in May 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.