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):  March 17, 2017

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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I tem 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(b) On March 17, 2017, Secretary Togo D. West, Jr. notified Bristol-Myers Squibb Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is expected to be held on May 2, 2017.

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.

 	     BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY	 	

Dated: March 23, 2017	By:	/s/ Katherine R. Kelly	 	
 	 	Name:	Katherine R. Kelly	 	
 	 	Title:	Corporate Secretary