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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cuss Francis M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO [BMY] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP & CSO (Last) (First) (Middle) BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, 345 PARK AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/16/2014 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10154 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $0.10 par value 09/16/2014   M   25,000 A $ 24.74 263,446.292 D   Common Stock, $0.10 par value 09/16/2014   M   38,667 A $ 25.45 302,113.292 D   Common Stock, $0.10 par value 09/16/2014   S   63,667 D $ 50.7653 (1) 238,446.292 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy)

$ 24.74

09/16/2014

M

25,000

(2)

11/30/2016

Common Stock, $0.10 par value

25,000

$ 0

75,000

D

Option (right to buy)

$ 25.45

09/16/2014

M

38,667

(3)

02/28/2015

Common Stock, $0.10 par value

38,667

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Cuss Francis M BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154			EVP & CSO

Signatures

/s/ Robert J. Wollin, attorney-in-fact for Francis M. Cuss		09/16/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	A portion of these shares were sold to cover exercise price and taxes in accordance with broker's procedure for sell-to-cover transactions. The price reported reflects the weighted average sales price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.66 to $50.825, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(2)	One-third of the stock option award vested on each of the third, fourth, and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, which was December 1, 2006.
(3)	Twenty-five percent of the stock option award vested on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, which was March 1, 2005.

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