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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2006

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Delaware		1-1136		22-0790350
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 546-4000

 

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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):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this report are documents that contain information from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2006, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
EX-100.INS		XBRL Instance Document
EX-100.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-100.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-100.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
EX-100.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly authorized this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.

 

Date: November 27, 2006