BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
 

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 earlies event reported): July 30, 2004

 

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

         
Delaware   1-1136   22-079-0350
(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

 

 

Item 5. OTHER EVENTS

      Incorporated by reference in its entirety is a press release issued by the Registrant on July 30, 2004, attached as exhibit 99, concerning the announcement today that it has reached an agreement to settle its securities class action lawsuit, in re BMS Securities Litigation, Master File, No. 02-CV-2551 LAP, which is pending in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York against the Registrant and a number of the Registrant’s current and former officers, related to wholesaler inventory and other accounting matters, and the company’s investment in and relationship with ImClone Systems Inc., and ImClone’s product, ERBITUX.

Item 7(c). EXHIBITS

Exhibit 99 —  Press release dated July 30, 2004, announcing that the Registrant has reached an agreement to settle its securities class action lawsuit, in re BMS Securities Litigation, Master File, No., 02-CV-2551 LAP.

SIGNATURE

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

  BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
 
  By: /s/ Sandra Leung
 
  Sandra Leung
  Secretary

Dated: July 30, 2004

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit
Number Description
99
  Press release dated July 30, 2004, announcing that the Registrant has reached an agreement to settle its securities class action lawsuit, in re BMS Securities Litigation, Master File, No., 02-CV-2551 LAP.