Registration Rights Agreement, dated 10/01/2003



 EXHIBIT 4r 
  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 
  
 Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023 
  
 Registration Rights Agreement 
  
 October 1, 2003 
  
 Goldman, Sachs & Co., 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 
 As representatives of the several Purchasers, 
 c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 
 85 Broad Street, 
 New York, New York 10004. 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the Purchasers
(as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) its Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023 (the “Securities”). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement
and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Purchasers for the benefit of Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:

  
 1. Definitions. 
  
 (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings: 
  
 “Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under
common control with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 
  
 “Closing Date” means the First Time of Delivery as defined in the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose. 
  









 “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share.

  
 “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

  
 “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2(b)(i) hereof. 
  
 “Effective
Failure” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(b) hereof. 
  
 “Effectiveness Period” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b)(i) hereof. 
  
 “Effective Time” means the time at which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or at which the Shelf
Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective. 
  
 “Electing Holder” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)(iii) hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  
 “Holder” means any person that is the record owner of
Registrable Securities (and includes any person that has a beneficial interest in any Registrable Security in book-entry form). 
  
 “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2003, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as amended and
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. 
  
 “Liquidated Damages” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a) hereof. 
  
 “Managing Underwriters” means the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten
offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof. 
  
 “NASD Rules” means the Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Notice and Questionnaire” means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of
Appendix A hereto. 
  
 The term “person” means an
individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “Prospectus” means the prospectus (including, without limitation, any preliminary prospectus, any final prospectus and any prospectus
that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act) included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including all material
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reference in such prospectus and all documents filed after the date of such prospectus by the Company under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
therein. 
  
 “Purchase Agreement” means the
purchase agreement, dated September 25, 2003, between the Purchasers and the Company, relating to the Securities. 
  
 “Purchasers” means the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 “Registrable Securities” means all or any portion of the
Securities issued from time to time under the Indenture in registered form and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Securities; provided, however, that a security ceases to be a Registrable Security when it is no
longer a Restricted Security. 
  
 “Registration
Default” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a) hereof. 
  
 “Restricted Security” means any Security or share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except any such Security or share of Common Stock that (i) has been effectively registered under the
Securities Act and sold in a manner contemplated by the Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) has been transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or is transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of
such Rule 144 (or any successor provision thereto) or (iii) has otherwise been transferred and a new Security or share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company in
accordance with Section 2.06 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Rules
and Regulations” means the published rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as in effect at any relevant time. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “Shelf Registration” means a registration effected pursuant
to Section 2 hereof. 
  
 “Shelf Registration
Statement” means a “shelf” registration statement filed under the Securities Act providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Holders of, all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act and/or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, filed by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, including the Prospectus contained therein, any amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement. 
  
 “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules,
regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
  
 The term “underwriter” means any underwriter of Registrable Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (b) Wherever there is a reference in this Agreement to a
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shall be treated as representing the principal amount of Securities that was surrendered for conversion or exchange in order to receive such number of shares
of Common Stock. 
  
 2. Shelf Registration. 
  
 (a) The Company shall, no later than March 31, 2004 file
with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf
Registration Statement and, thereafter, shall use its best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act no later than 90 calendar days following filing of the Shelf Registration Statement with
the Commission, provided, however, that no Holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities
unless such Holder is an Electing Holder. 
  
 (b)
The Company shall use its best efforts: 
  
 (i)
to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by Holders until the earliest of (1) the sale of all Registrable Securities registered
under the Shelf Registration Statement; (2) the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act with respect to all Registrable Securities held by Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company; and (3) two years from
the date (the “Effective Date”) such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (such period being referred to herein as the “Effectiveness Period”); 
  
 (ii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, promptly upon the request of any Holder
of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, to take any action reasonably necessary to enable such Holder to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any
action necessary to identify such Holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that nothing in this subparagraph shall relieve such Holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed Notice
and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(a)(ii) hereof; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to file any post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus to include information regarding such new Electing Holder and the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder prior to the last Business Day of the month of February, April, June, August, October or December that occurs
more than five Business Days after the receipt by the Company of any such request accompanied or preceded by such Notice and Questionnaire; and 
  
 (iii) if at any time the Securities, pursuant to Article 11 of the Indenture, are convertible into securities other than Common Stock, to
cause, or to cause any successor under the Indenture to cause, such securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement no later than the date on which the Securities may then be convertible into such securities. 
  
 The Company shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the
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action that would result in Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any of such Registrable Securities during that
period, unless such action is (A) required by applicable law and the Company thereafter promptly complies with the requirements of paragraph 3(i) below or (B) permitted pursuant to Section 2(c) below. 
  
 (c) The Company may suspend the use of the Prospectus for a
period not to exceed an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period if the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that because of valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s obligations
hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, pending corporate developments and similar events, it is in the best interests of the Company to suspend such use, and prior to suspending such use the Company provides the Holders with
written notice of such suspension, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such suspension. 
  
 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply: 
  
 (a) (i) Not less than 30 calendar days prior to the
Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the Holders of Registrable Securities. No Holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement
as of the Effective Time, and no Holder shall be entitled to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company
by the deadline for response set forth therein; provided, however, Holders of Registrable Securities shall have at least 28 calendar days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such Holders to return a
completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company. 
  
 (ii) After the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and
Questionnaire to such Holder. The Company shall not be required to take any action to name such Holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such Holder to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales
of Registrable Securities until such Holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company. 
  
 (iii) The term “Electing Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice
and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(a)(i) or 3(a)(ii) hereof. 
  
 (b) The Company shall furnish to each Electing Holder, prior to the Effective Time, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement initially
filed with the Commission, and shall furnish to such Holders, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, copies of each amendment thereto and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein, and shall use its best
efforts to reflect in each such document, at the Effective Time or when so filed with the Commission, as the case may be, such comments as such Holders and their respective counsel reasonably may propose. 
  

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 (c) The Company shall promptly take such action as may be necessary so that (i) each of
the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and the Prospectus forming a part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto (and each report or other document incorporated therein by reference in each case) complies in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) each of the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) each of the Prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or
supplement to such Prospectus, does not at any time during the Effectiveness Period include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (d) The Company shall promptly advise each Electing Holder, and shall confirm such advice in writing if so requested by any such Electing Holder: 
  
 (i) of any request by the Commission after the Effective Time for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the
Prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
  
 (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; 
  
 (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and 
  
 (iv) subject Section 2(c) hereof, to of the occurrence of
any event or the existence of any state of facts that requires the making of any changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein so that, as of such date, such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus do not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading (which advice shall be accompanied by an instruction to such Holders to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made). 
  
 (e) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance, and if issued to obtain the withdrawal
at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (f) The Company shall, during the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Electing Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Electing Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents (except during the periods specified in Section 2(c) above or during the continuance of any
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connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto during the
Effectiveness Period. 
  
 (g) Prior to any
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall (i) register or qualify or cooperate with the Electing Holders and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of
such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Electing Holder may reasonably request, (ii) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect
and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers and sales in such jurisdictions for so long as may be necessary to enable any Electing Holder or underwriter, if any, to complete its distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement, and (iii) take any and all other actions necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company
be obligated to (A) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify but for this Section 3(g) or (B) file any general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not as of the date hereof so subject. 
  
 (h) Unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, the Company shall cooperate with the Electing Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any Registrable Securities are listed, shall be penned, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any
combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and which certificates shall be free of any restrictive legends and in such permitted denominations and registered in such names as Electing Holders may request in connection with the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (i) Upon the occurrence of any event or the existence of any state of facts contemplated by paragraph 3(d)(iv) above, and subject to Section 2(c) hereof, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment
to any Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the Prospectus will not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Electing Holders of
the occurrence of any event or the existence of any state of facts contemplated by paragraph 3(d)(iv) above, the Electing Holder shall suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made. 
  
 (j) Not later than the Effective Time of the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities that are debt securities. 
  
 (k) The Company shall use its best efforts to comply with all applicable Rules and Regulations, and to make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after (i) the effective date (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act) of the Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of each
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, and (iii) the date of each filing by the Company with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement, an earning
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subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the
Company, Rule 158). 
  
 (l) Not later than the
Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; in connection with such qualification, the Company shall cooperate with the Trustee under the Indenture and the
Holders (as defined in the Indenture) to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and the Company shall execute, and shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
In the event that any such amendment or modification referred to in this Section 3(l) involves the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture. 
  
 (m) In the event of an
underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the Company shall, if requested, promptly include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the
Managing Underwriters reasonably agree should be included therein and to which the Company does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after it is
notified of the matters to be included or incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment. 
  
 (n) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form in the event of an
underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof) and take all other appropriate action in order to expedite and facilitate the registration and disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially identical to those set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 5 hereof. 
  

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 (o) The Company shall: 
  
 (i) (A) make reasonably available for inspection by the Electing Holders, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Electing Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (B) cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by such Electing Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in
connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that all records, information and documents that are designated in writing by the Company, in
good faith, as confidential shall be kept confidential by such Electing Holders and any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such records,
information or documents become available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality; and provided further that, if the foregoing inspection and information gathering would otherwise
disrupt the Company’s conduct of its business, such inspection and information gathering shall, to the greatest extent possible, be coordinated on behalf of the Electing Holders and the other parties entitled thereto by one counsel designated
by and on behalf of the Electing Holders and other parties; 
  
 (ii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, make such representations and warranties to the Electing Holders participating in such underwritten offering and to the
Managing Underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the Company to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings of equity and convertible debt securities and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; 
  
 (iii) in
connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters)
addressed to each Electing Holder participating in such underwritten offering and the underwriters, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in primary underwritten offerings of equity and convertible debt securities
and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Electing Holders and underwriters (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinions shall include, without limitation, as of the date of the opinion and as of the Effective
Time of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, of an
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; 
  
 (iv) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, obtain “cold
comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, from the independent public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which
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included in the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to each Electing Holder participating in such underwritten offering (if such Electing Holder has
provided such letter, representations or documentation, if any, required for such cold comfort letter to be so addressed) and the underwriters, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort”
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and 
  
 (v) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by any Electing Holders participating in such
underwritten offering and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including, without limitation, certificates to evidence compliance with Section 3(i) hereof and with any conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreements entered into
by the Company. 
  
 (p) The Company will use its
best efforts to cause the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other stock exchange or trading system on which the Common Stock primarily trades on or prior to the Effective Time of
the Shelf Registration Statement hereunder. 
  
 (q) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall be an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(1) of the NASD Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) of the Company or has a “conflict of
interest” (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(7) of the NASD Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) and such broker-dealer shall underwrite, participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or assist in the distribution of any
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, whether as a Holder of such Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist
such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of the NASD Rules, including, without limitation, by (A) engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(15) of the NASD Rules (or any successor provision
thereto)) to participate in the preparation of the registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and to recommend the public offering price of such Registrable
Securities, (B) indemnifying such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof, and (C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such
broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the NASD Rules. 
  
 (r) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration, offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

  
 4. Registration Expenses. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 3 in connection with an underwritten offering, the Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 6 hereof and shall bear or reimburse the Electing Holders
for the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single counsel selected by a plurality of all Electing Holders who own an aggregate of not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to act as counsel
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discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Electing Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 5. Indemnification and
Contribution. 
  
 (a) Indemnification by
the Company. Upon the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Electing Holder and each underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional, if any, which
facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers and directors and each person who controls such Electing Holder, underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person being sometimes referred to as an “Indemnified Person”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Person may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any Shelf Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act, or any Prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Company to any Indemnified Person, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Company hereby agrees to reimburse such
Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable
to any such Indemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein. 
  
 (b) Indemnification by the Electing Holders and any
Agents and Underwriters. Each Electing Holder agrees, as a consequence of the inclusion of any of such Electing Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Shelf Registration Statement, and each underwriter, selling agent or other securities
professional, if any, which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities shall agree, as a consequence of facilitating such disposition of Registrable Securities, severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors, officers who sign any Shelf Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which the Company or such other persons may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Electing Holder, underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Company for any legal or other
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reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. 
  
 (c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by
an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify such
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnification provisions of
or contemplated by subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section 5 for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying
party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from
all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
  
 (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for
in this Section 5 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Electing Holders or any underwriters, selling agents or other securities professionals or all of them
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 5(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with 

  

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investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Electing Holders and any underwriters, selling agents or other securities professionals in this Section 5(d) to
contribute shall be several in proportion to the percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not joint. 
  
 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, in no event will any (i) Electing Holder be
required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 5 for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Holder from the sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees,
discounts and commissions applicable thereto) pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional be
required to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any amounts in excess of the discount, commission or other compensation payable to such underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional with respect to the Registrable
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. 
  
 (f) The obligations of the Company under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Indemnified Person and the obligations of any Indemnified Person under this
Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability which such Indemnified Person may otherwise have to the Company. The remedies provided in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to
an indemnified party at law or in equity. 
  
 6. Underwritten
Offering. Any Holder of Registrable Securities who desires to do so may sell Registrable Securities (in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering; provided that (i) the Electing Holders of at least 33-1/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities then covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall request such an offering and (ii) at least such aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Securities shall be included in such offering; and provided
further that the Company shall not be obligated to cooperate with more than one underwritten offering during the Effectiveness Period. Upon receipt of such a request, the Company shall provide all Holders of Registrable Securities written notice
of the request, which notice shall inform such Holders that they have the opportunity to participate in the offering. In any such underwritten offering, the investment banker or bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering will
be selected by, and the underwriting arrangements with respect thereto (including the size of the offering) will be approved by, the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering; provided,
however, that such investment bankers and managers and underwriting arrangements must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. No Holder may participate in any underwritten offering contemplated hereby unless (a) such Holder agrees to sell
such Holder’s Registrable Securities to be included in the underwritten offering in accordance with any approved underwriting arrangements, (b) such Holder completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such approved underwriting arrangements, and (c) if such Holder is not then an Electing Holder, such Holder returns a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(a)(ii) hereof within a reasonable amount of time before such underwritten offering. The Holders participating in any underwritten offering shall 

  

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be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and, subject to Section 4 hereof, expenses of their own counsel. The Company shall pay
all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten offering, including but not limited to filing fees, the fees and disbursements of its counsel and independent public accountants and any printing expenses incurred in connection with such
underwritten offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 3(m) hereof, upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter or a representative of holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in an
underwritten offering to prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten offering, the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up to 90
days if the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that the Company has a bona fide business reason for such delay. 
  
 7. Liquidated Damages. 
  
 (a) If (i) on or prior to March 31, 2004, a Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission or (ii) on or prior to the
90th day following the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission, such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission (each, a “Registration Default”), the Company shall be required to pay
liquidated damages (“Liquidated Damages”), from and including the day following such Registration Default until such Shelf Registration Statement is either so filed or so filed and subsequently declared effective, as applicable, at a rate
per annum equal to an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the Securities, to and including the 90th day following such Registration Default and one-half of one percent (0.50%) thereof from and after the 91st day
following such Registration Default. 
  
 (b) In
the event that (i) the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective with respect to the Debentures, (ii) the Company suspends the use of the Prospectus with respect to the Debentures pursuant to Section 2(c) or 3(i) hereof, (iii) the Holders
of Securities are not authorized to use the Prospectus pursuant to Section 3(f) hereto or (iv) the Holders of Securities are otherwise prevented or restricted by the Company from effecting sales pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (an
“Effective Failure”) for more than 90 days, whether or not consecutive, during any 12-month period, then the Company shall pay Liquidated Damages to the Holders of Debentures at a rate per annum equal to an additional one-half of one
percent (0.50%) of the principal amount of Registrable Securities from the 91st day of the applicable 12-month period that any such Effective Failure has existed until the earlier of (1) the time the Holders of Securities are again able to make
sales under the Shelf Registration Statement or (2) the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. 
  
 (c) Any amounts to be paid as Liquidated Damages pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 shall be paid in cash quarterly in
arrears, with the first quarterly payment due on the first Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Indenture), as applicable, following the date of such Registration Default or Effective Failure, as applicable. Such Liquidated Damages will accrue
in respect of the Securities at the rates set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7, as applicable, on the principal amount of the Securities. 
  
 (d) Except as provided in Section 8(b) hereof, the Liquidated Damages as set forth in this Section 7 shall be the exclusive monetary
remedy available to the Holders of Registrable Securities for such Registration Default or Effective Failure. In no event shall the Company be required to pay Liquidated Damages in excess of the applicable maximum amount of one-half 

  

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of one percent (0.50%) set forth above, regardless of whether one or multiple Registration Defaults or Effective Failures exist. 
  
 8. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Other Registration Rights. The Company may grant
registration rights that would permit any person that is a third party the right to piggy-back on any Shelf Registration Statement, provided that if the Managing Underwriter of any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof
notifies the Company and the Electing Holders that the total amount of securities which the Electing Holders and the holders of such piggy-back rights intend to include in any Shelf Registration Statement is so large as to materially threaten the
success of such offering (including the price at which such securities can be sold), then the amount, number or kind of securities to be offered for the account of holders of such piggy-back rights will be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce
the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount, number and kind recommended by the Managing Underwriter prior to any reduction in the amount of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement.

  
 (b) Specific Performance. The parties
hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Purchasers and the Holders from time to time may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and
accordingly agree that the Purchasers and such Holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity and without limiting the remedies available to the Electing Holders under Section 7 hereof, shall be entitled
to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Company under this Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Registration Rights Agreement, in any court of the United States or any State thereof
having jurisdiction. 
  
 (c) Amendments and
Waivers. This Agreement, including this Section 8(c), may be amended, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given, only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities then outstanding. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any amendment, waiver or consent effected
pursuant to this Section 8(c), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, waiver or consent appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder. 
  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be given as provided in the Indenture. 
  
 (e) Parties in Interest. The parties to this Agreement intend that all Holders of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to
receive the benefits of this Agreement and that any Electing Holder shall be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by reason of such election with respect to the Registrable Securities which are included in a Shelf Registration
Statement. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and any Holder from time to time of the
Registrable Securities to the aforesaid extent. In the event that any transferee of any Holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such
transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be entitled to receive the 

  

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benefits of and, if an Electing Holder, be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
to the aforesaid extent. 
  
 (f)
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same agreement. 
  
 (g)
Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (h) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. 
  
 (i) Severability. In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision
in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law. 
  
 (j) Survival. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other provisions set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by
or on behalf of any Electing Holder, any director, officer or partner of such Holder, any agent or underwriter, any director, officer or partner of such agent or underwriter, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive the
transfer and registration of the Registrable Securities of such Holder. 
  

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 Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and you.

  

	 Very truly yours,

	
	 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:



  

	 Accepted as of the date hereof:
 GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

  

	 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:


  

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 Appendix A 
  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 
  
 INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS 
  
 (Date of Mailing) 
  
 URGENT - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED 
  
 DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE] 
  
 The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in the Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company (the “Company”) Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023 (the “Securities”) [or Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, issued upon conversion thereof (and together with the Securities, the
“Registrable Securities”)] are held. 
  
 The
Company is in the process of registering the [Registrable] Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their [Registrable] Securities included in the
registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire. 
  
 It is important that beneficial owners of the [Registrable] Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible
as their rights to have the [Registrable] Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [Deadline for response]. Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to
each beneficial owner that holds interests in the [Registrable] Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact Bristol-Myers Squibb Company,
345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, Attention: ·, Facsimile: ·. 
  

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 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 
  
 Notice of Registration Statement 
 and 
 Selling Securityholder Questionnaire 
  
                                       
              [Date] 
  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”) has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form [S-3] (the
“Shelf Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Company’s Floating Rate Convertible Senior
Debentures due 2023 (the “Securities”) and the shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable upon conversion thereof, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of October 1, 2003 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), between the Company and the purchasers named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
  
 In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement (or a supplement or amendment thereto), this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (“Notice
and Questionnaire”) must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE]. Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not complete,
execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities.

  
 Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not
being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. 
  
 The term “Registrable Securities” is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement to mean all or any portion of the Securities
issued from time to time under the Indenture in registered form and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Securities; provided, however, that a security ceases to be a Registrable Security when it is no longer a
Restricted Security. 
  
 The term “Restricted
Security” is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement to mean any Security or share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except any such Security or share of Common Stock which (i) has been effectively registered under
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been transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or is transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of
such Rule 144 (or any successor provision thereto), or (iii) has otherwise been transferred and a new Security or share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company
in accordance with Section 2.06 of the Indenture. 
  
 ELECTION

  
 The undersigned holder (the “Selling
Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and
Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 5 of the Registration Rights
Agreement, as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto. 
  
 Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company and the Trustee the Notice of Transfer (completed and signed)
set forth in Exhibit 1 to this Notice and Questionnaire. 
  

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 The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and
warrants that such information is accurate and complete: 
  
 QUESTIONNAIRE 
  

	 (1)
	  	(a)	  	Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
		
	 	  	

	 	  	(b)	  	Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) Below:
		
	 	  	

	 	  	(c)	  	Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) Below are
Held:
		
	 	  	

		
	 (2)
	  	Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
			
	 	  	 	  	

			
	 	  	 	  	

			
	 	  	 	  	

			
	 	  	Telephone:	  	

			
	 	  	Fax:	  	

			
	 	  	Contact Person:	  	

		
	 (3)
	  	 Beneficial Ownership of Securities:

		
	 	  	Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned Selling Securityholder does not beneficially own any Securities or shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of any Securities.
			
	 	  	 (a)
	  	 Principal amount of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) beneficially

owned:                                     
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                   

	 	  	 	  	CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                       
		
	 	  	Number of shares of Common Stock (if any) issued upon conversion of Registrable Securities:
                                       
                   
			
	 	  	 (b)
	  	Principal amount of Securities other than Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
                                        
                             
	 	  	 	  	CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                   
		
	 	  	Number of shares of Common Stock (if any) issued upon conversion of such other Securities:
                                        
                    
			
	 	  	 (c)
	  	Principal amount of Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration
Statement:                                      
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
           

  

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 CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration
Statement:                                      
                                        
                
  
 Number of shares of Common Stock (if any) issued upon conversion of Registrable Securities which are to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:
                                        
     
  

	(4)	Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company: 

  
 Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any shares of Common
Stock or any other securities of the Company, other than the Securities and shares of Common Stock listed above in Item (3). 
  
 State any exceptions here: 
  

	(5)	Relationships with the Company: 

  
 Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more)
has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years. 
  
 State any exceptions here: 
  

	(6)	Plan of Distribution: 

  
 Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as
follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or
more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block
transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges
or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may
in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities 

  

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short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may
sell such securities. 
  
 State any exceptions here:

  
 Note: In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the
form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of the Company. 
  
 By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the
prospectus delivery and other provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M. 
  
 In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which
such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

  
 By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the
disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such
information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. 
  
 In accordance with the Selling Securityholder’s obligation under Section 3(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may
be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at
any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery
as follows: 
  
 (i) To the Company: 

 

	

	

	

	

	


  

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 (ii) With a copy to: 
  

	

	

	

	

	


  
 Once this Notice and
Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Company, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be
enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3)
above). This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to
be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent. 
  

	Dated:	 	  

	 	 

  

	  


	 Selling Securityholder
 (Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities)

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title
	 	 


  
 PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND
EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE] TO THE COMPANY AT: 
  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 
 345 Park Avenue 
 New York, New York 10154 
 Attention: General
Counsel 
 Facsimile: 
  

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 Exhibit 1          
 to Appendix A 
  
 NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 
 345 Park Avenue 
 New York, New York 10154 
  
 Attention:
[General Counsel] 
  
 [Name of Trustee] 
 [Address of Trustee] 
  
 Attention: [Corporate Trust Services] 
  

	 	Re:	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”)  Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023 (the “Debentures”) 

  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 Please be advised that
                         has transferred
$                         aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Debentures or shares of the Company’s
common stock, issued upon conversion of Debentures, pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-            ) filed by the Company. 
  
 We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied with respect to the transfer described above and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Debentures or common stock is named as a selling securityholder in the Prospectus dated
[date], or in amendments or supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures or number of shares of common stock transferred are [a portion of] the Debentures or shares of common stock listed in such
Prospectus as amended or supplemented opposite such owner’s name. 
  
 Dated:

  

	 Very truly yours,

	
	

	(Name)
		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	(Authorized Signature)


  

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