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): February 28, 2023  (February 23, 2023)
 

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware
001-01136
22-0790350
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

430 East 29th Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York, 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 546-4200


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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 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value
BMY
New York Stock Exchange
1.000% Notes due 2025
BMY25
New York Stock Exchange
1.750% Notes due 2035
BMY35
New York Stock Exchange
Celgene Contingent Value Rights
CELG RT
New York Stock Exchange



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 


Item 8.01
Other Events.

As previously announced, on November 20, 2019, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”) acquired Celgene Corporation (“Celgene”) when it consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 2, 2019 (“Merger Agreement”), among the Company, Burgundy Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Celgene. In connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company assumed the contingent value rights related to Celgene’s Abraxane® and Abraxis pipeline products granted by Celgene to certain holders thereof pursuant to that certain Contingent Value Rights Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “CVR Agreement”), between Equiniti Trust Company (the “Trustee”, as successor to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC) and the Company (as successor in interest to Celgene).

On February 23, 2023, the Company notified the Trustee that the Net Sales (as defined in the CVR Agreement) in respect of Abraxane for the year ended December 31, 2022 is $908,974,933 and that there is no Net Sales Payment (as defined in the CVR Agreement) due in respect of the year ended December 31, 2022, in accordance with Section 3.1 of the CVR Agreement. The Company reserves the right, in accordance with the terms of the CVR Agreement, to disclose by means of its website at www.bms.com in the "Investors" section the Net Sales Payment due, if any, in respect of any subsequent Net Sales Measuring Period (as defined in the CVR Agreement).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
   
Dated: February 28, 2023
By:
/s/Kimberly M. Jablonski
 
Name:
Kimberly M. Jablonski
 
Title:
Corporate Secretary
 


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