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At September 30, 2017 , there were 1,636,699,696 shares outstanding of the Registrant's $0.10 par value common stock.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

*    Indicates brand names of products which are trademarks not owned by BMS. Specific trademark ownership information is included in the Exhibit Index.

PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Data

(UNAUDITED)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Dollars in Millions

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Dollars in Millions, Except Share and Per Share Data

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Dollars in Millions

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Note 1 . BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company prepared these unaudited consolidated financial statements following the requirements of the SEC and U.S. GAAP for interim reporting. Under those rules, certain footnotes and other financial information that are normally required for annual financial statements can be condensed or omitted. The Company is responsible for the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 , the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 . All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. These financial statements and the related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 included in the 2016 Form 10-K. Refer to the Summary of Abbreviated Terms at the end of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for terms used throughout the document.

Revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Accordingly, the results and trends in these unaudited consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of full year operating results. The preparation of financial statements requires the use of management estimates, judgments and assumptions. The most significant assumptions are estimates used in determining sales rebate and return accruals; legal contingencies; income taxes; determining if an acquisition or divestiture is a business or an asset; and pension and postretirement benefits. Actual results may differ from estimates.

Certain prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The consolidated statements of cash flows previously presented interest rate swap contract terminations and issuance of common stock as separate line items within cash flows from financing activities which are now presented as components of other financing activities. The reclassifications provide a more concise financial statement presentation and additional information is disclosed in the notes if material.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Share-based Payment Transactions

Amended guidance for share-based payment transactions was adopted in the first quarter of 2017. Net excess tax benefits of $30 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were recognized prospectively as a reduction of tax expense rather than capital in excess of par value of stock. Net excess tax benefits are also presented as an operating cash flow rather than a financing cash flow, and cash payments to tax authorities in connection with shares withheld for statutory tax withholding requirements are presented as a financing cash flow rather than an operating cash flow. The changes in cash flow presentation were applied retrospectively and increased operating cash flows and decreased financing cash flows by $113 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and $193 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 .

Income Tax Accounting for Intra-entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory

Amended guidance on income tax accounting for intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory was early adopted in the first quarter of 2017 on a modified retrospective approach. The amended guidance requires tax consequences of these transfers be recognized in the period the transfer takes place. Net reductions to prepaid and deferred tax assets pertaining to pre-2017 internal transfers of intellectual property of $787 million were adjusted through retained earnings as a cumulative effect of an accounting change which will reduce the annual tax expense by $86 million beginning in 2017. In addition, the tax consequences of additional internal transfers of intellectual property that may occur in the future will be included in income tax expense upon transfer and not amortized in subsequent periods.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Accounting for Hedging Activities

In August 2017, the FASB issued amended guidance on derivatives and hedging. The amended guidance revises and expands items eligible for hedge accounting, simplifies hedge effectiveness testing and changes the timing of recognition and presentation for certain hedged items. Certain disclosure requirements are also modified for hedging activities on a prospective basis. The guidance is effective in 2019 with early adoption permitted on a modified retrospective approach. The Company is assessing the potential impact of the new standard.

Presentation of Net Periodic Pension and Postretirement Benefits

In March 2017, the FASB issued amended guidance requiring all net periodic benefit components for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans other than service costs to be recorded outside of income from operations (other income). The guidance is effective in 2018 on a retrospective basis. The Company expects that annual cost of products sold; marketing, selling and administrative; and research and development expenses will increase by approximately $130 million in the aggregate with a corresponding offset in other income.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Amended guidance for revenue recognition will be adopted in the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective method with the cumulative effect of the change recognized in retained earnings. The new guidance referred to as ASC 606 requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers and replaces most of the existing revenue recognition standards in U.S. GAAP. A five step model will be utilized to achieve the core principle; (1) identify the customer contract, (2) identify the contract's performance obligations, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations and (5) recognize revenue when or as a performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company's assessment of the new standard's impact is substantially complete. The timing of recognizing revenue is not expected to change for typical net product sales to customers, most existing alliance arrangements as well as royalties and sale-based milestones from out-licensing arrangements. In addition, the timing of recognizing royalties, sales-based milestones and other forms of contingent consideration resulting from the divestiture of businesses is not expected to change.

However, transaction prices are no longer required to be fixed or determinable and certain variable consideration might be recognized prior to the occurrence or resolution of the contingent event to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of estimated cumulative revenue will not occur. Certain estimated future royalties and termination fees for licensing rights previously reacquired by alliance partners are expected to be recognized as contract assets upon adoption of the new standard. Refer to the Sanofi and Erbitux* Japan arrangements in "Note 3. Alliances" of the 2016 Form 10-K. As a result of the new guidance and cumulative effect adjustment, revenue and other income is expected to be lower in 2018 by approximately $225 million and $125 million , respectively, compared to what would have been reported under the previous standard.

Note 2 . BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

BMS operates in a single segment engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. A global research and development organization and supply chain organization are responsible for the discovery, development, manufacturing and supply of products. Regional commercial organizations market, distribute and sell the products. The business is also supported by global corporate staff functions. The determination of a single segment is consistent with the financial information regularly reviewed by the chief executive officer for purposes of evaluating performance, allocating resources, setting incentive compensation targets and planning and forecasting future periods.

Product revenues and the composition of total revenues were as follows:

Note 3 . ALLIANCES

BMS enters into collaboration arrangements with third parties for the development and commercialization of certain products. Although each of these arrangements is unique in nature, both parties are active participants in the operating activities of the collaboration and are exposed to significant risks and rewards depending on the commercial success of the activities. BMS may either in-license intellectual property owned by the other party or out-license its intellectual property to the other party. These arrangements also typically include research, development, manufacturing and/or commercial activities and can cover a single investigational compound or commercial product or multiple compounds and/or products in various life cycle stages. The rights and obligations of the parties can be global or limited to geographic regions. We refer to these collaborations as alliances and our partners as alliance partners. Products sold through alliance arrangements in certain markets include Opdivo , Eliquis , Orencia , Sprycel , Yervoy , Empliciti , Sustiva ( Atripla* ) and certain other brands.

Selected financial information pertaining to our alliances was as follows, including net product sales when BMS is the principal in the third-party customer sale for products subject to the alliance. Expenses summarized below do not include all amounts attributed to the activities for the products in the alliance, but only the payments between the alliance partners or the related amortization if the payments were deferred or capitalized.

Specific information pertaining to each of our significant alliances is discussed in our 2016 Form 10-K, including their nature and purpose, the significant rights and obligations of the parties and specific accounting policy elections. Significant developments and updates related to alliances during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are set forth below.

AstraZeneca

BMS received $100 million from AstraZeneca as additional contingent consideration for the diabetes business divestiture upon achievement of a regulatory approval milestone in the first quarter of 2017 (included in other income).

F-Star Alpha

In the first quarter of 2017, BMS discontinued development of FS102 (an anti-HER2 antibody fragment) which was in Phase I development for the treatment of breast and gastric cancer. BMS will not exercise its option to purchase F-Star Alpha which was previously consolidated by BMS as a variable interest entity. As a result, an IPRD charge of $75 million was included in R&D expense and attributed to noncontrolling interest in the first quarter of 2017.

Note 4 . ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS

Acquisitions

IFM

In the third quarter of 2017, BMS acquired all of the outstanding shares of IFM, a private biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that modulate novel targets in the innate immune system to treat cancer, autoimmunity and inflammatory diseases. The acquisition provides BMS with full rights to IFM's preclinical STING and NLRP3 agonist programs focused on enhancing the innate immune response for treating cancer. The consideration includes an upfront payment of $300 million and contingent development, regulatory and sales-based milestone payments of up to $1.0 billion for the first product from each of the two programs and additional contingent milestone payments of up to $555 million for any subsequent products from these programs. No significant IFM processes were acquired, therefore the transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition because IFM was determined not to be a business as that term is defined in ASC 805 - Business Combinations. BMS also paid $25 million for certain negotiation rights to collaborate, license or acquire an NLRP3 antagonist program from a newly formed entity established by the former shareholders of IFM. The transactions resulted in $310 million of R&D expense and $15 million of deferred tax assets for net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards.

Flexus

In the second quarter of 2017, a $ 100 million milestone was achieved and paid to former stockholders of Flexus as additional contingent consideration following the commencement of a Phase II clinical study of an anti-cancer IDO inhibitor. The additional consideration was included in R&D expense as the Flexus acquisition in 2015 was accounted for as an asset acquisition.

Cardioxyl

In the second quarter of 2017, a $100 million milestone was achieved and paid to former stockholders of Cardioxyl as additional contingent consideration following the commencement of a Phase II clinical study of a cardiovascular Nitroxyl Donor. The additional consideration was included in R&D expense as the Cardioxyl acquisition in 2015 was accounted for as an asset acquisition.

Divestitures

SK Biotek

In the second quarter of 2017, BMS agreed to sell its small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing operations in Swords, Ireland to SK Biotek. The divestiture includes the transfer of the facility, the majority of employees at the site, inventories and certain third-party contract manufacturing obligations. The purchase price is expected to be approximately $140 million subject to inventory levels on the date of closing. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017 subject to SK Biotek's receipt of certain environmental permits and other customary closing conditions and will be accounted for as a sale of a business. Net assets of approximately $140 million were accounted for as held-for-sale as of September 30, 2017 , consisting primarily of inventories and property, plant and equipment, and were included in prepaid expenses and other. The assets were reduced to their estimated relative fair value after considering the purchase price resulting in an impairment charge of $128 million that was included in cost of products sold in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. SK Biotek will provide certain manufacturing services for BMS through 2022. Revenues and pretax earnings related to this operation were not material in 2017 and 2016 (excluding the impairment charge).

Licensing Arrangements

Halozyme

In the third quarter of 2017, BMS and Halozyme announced a global collaboration and license agreement to develop subcutaneously administered BMS IO medicines using Halozyme's ENHANZE* drug-delivery technology. This technology may allow for more rapid delivery of large volume injectable medications, such as medications that are currently delivered intravenously, through subcutaneous delivery. BMS agreed to pay $105 million to Halozyme for access to the technology which will be included in R&D expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. BMS has designated multiple IO targets, including PD-1, to develop using the ENHANZE* technology and has an option to select additional targets within five years from the effective date up to a maximum of 11 targets. BMS may pay up to $160 million upon achievement of contingent development, regulatory and sales-based milestone events for each of the nominated collaboration targets, additional milestone payments for combination products and future royalties on sales of products using the ENHANZE* technology. The agreement is subject to obtaining customary regulatory and antitrust approvals.

CytomX

In the second quarter of 2017, BMS expanded its strategic collaboration with CytomX to discover novel therapies using CytomX's proprietary Probody platform. As part of the original May 2014 collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize Probody therapeutics, BMS selected four oncology targets, including CTLA-4. Pursuant to the expanded agreement, CytomX will grant BMS exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize Probody therapeutics for up to eight additional targets. BMS paid CytomX $75 million for the rights to the initial four targets which was expensed as R&D prior to 2017. BMS paid $200 million to CytomX for access to the additional targets which was included in R&D expense in the second quarter of 2017. BMS will also reimburse CytomX for certain research costs over the collaboration period, pay up to $448 million upon achievement of contingent development, regulatory and sales milestone events for each collaboration target and future royalties if a product is approved and commercialized.

Biogen

In the second quarter of 2017, BMS out-licensed to Biogen exclusive rights to develop and commercialize BMS-986168, an anti-eTau compound in development for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Biogen paid $300 million to BMS which was included in other income in the second quarter of 2017 as BMS has no further performance obligations as part of the agreement. BMS is also entitled to contingent development, regulatory and sales based milestone payments of up to $410 million if achieved as well as future royalties if the product is ultimately approved and commercialized. BMS originally acquired the rights to this compound in 2014 through its acquisition of iPierian. Biogen assumed all of BMS's remaining obligations to the former stockholders of iPierian.

Roche

In the second quarter of 2017, BMS out-licensed to Roche exclusive rights to develop and commercialize BMS-986089, an anti-myostatin adnectin in development for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Roche paid $170 million to BMS which was included in other income in the second quarter of 2017 as BMS has no further performance obligations as part of the agreement. BMS will also be entitled to contingent development and regulatory milestone payments of up to $205 million if achieved and future royalties if the product is ultimately approved and commercialized.

Note 5 . OTHER (INCOME)/EXPENSE

Note 6 . RESTRUCTURING

In October 2016, the Company announced a restructuring plan to evolve and streamline its operating model and expects to incur charges in connection with employee workforce reductions and early site exits. The majority of the charges are expected to be incurred through 2020, range between $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion and consist of employee termination benefit costs, contract termination costs, plant and equipment accelerated depreciation and impairment charges and other site shutdown costs. Cash outlays in connection with these actions are expected to be approximately 40% to 50% of the total charges. Charges of $631 million have been recognized for these actions since the announcement ( $82 million and $534 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 , respectively). These charges include an impairment charge for the manufacturing operations in Swords, Ireland discussed in "-Note 4 . Acquisitions, Divestitures and Licensing Arrangements." Restructuring charges are recognized upon meeting certain criteria, including finalization of committed plans, reliable estimates and discussions with local works councils in certain markets.

Other restructuring charges recognized prior to the above actions were primarily related to specialty care transformation initiatives designed to create a more simplified organization across all functions and geographic markets. In addition, accelerated depreciation and other charges were incurred in connection with the expected early exits of a manufacturing site in Ireland and R&D site in the U.S.

Employee workforce reductions were approximately 1,200 and 500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, across all geographic regions for manufacturing, marketing, selling, administrative and R&D personnel.

The following tables summarize the charges and activity related to the restructuring actions:

Note 7 . INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35% which is primarily attributable to undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries in low tax jurisdictions that have been considered or are expected to be indefinitely reinvested offshore. These undistributed earnings primarily relate to operations in Switzerland, Ireland and Puerto Rico. If these undistributed earnings are repatriated to the U.S. in the future, or if it were determined that such earnings are to be remitted in the foreseeable future, additional tax provisions would be required. Due to complexities in the tax laws and assumptions that would have to be made, it is not practicable to estimate the amounts of income taxes that would have to be provided. Reforms to U.S. tax laws related to foreign earnings have been proposed and if adopted, may increase taxes, which could reduce the results of operations and cash flows. BMS operates under a favorable tax grant in Puerto Rico not scheduled to expire prior to 2023.

Jurisdictional tax rates and other tax impacts attributed to R&D charges, divestiture transactions and other discrete pretax items increased the effective tax rate by 3.7% and 3.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, including non-deductible R&D asset acquisition charges and goodwill allocated to business divestitures. The tax impact for discrete items are reflected immediately and are not considered in estimating the annual effective tax rate.

The adoption of the amended guidance for intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory and share-based payment transactions reduced the effective tax rate by 2.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 . Refer to "-Note 1 . Basis of Presentation and Recently Issued Accounting Standards" for additional information.

BMS is currently under examination by a number of tax authorities which have proposed or are considering proposing material adjustments to tax positions for issues such as transfer pricing, certain tax credits and the deductibility of certain expenses. It is reasonably possible that new issues will be raised by tax authorities which may require adjustments to the amount of unrecognized tax benefits; however, an estimate of such adjustments cannot reasonably be made at this time.

It is also reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits at September 30, 2017 could decrease in the range of approximately $255 million to $315 million in the next twelve months as a result of the settlement of certain tax audits and other events. The expected change in unrecognized tax benefits may result in the payment of additional taxes, adjustment of certain deferred taxes and/or recognition of tax benefits.

Note 9 . FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

As further described in "Note 9. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements" in our 2016 Form 10-K, our fair value estimates use inputs that are either (1) quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (Level 1 inputs), (2) observable prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active (Level 2 inputs) or (3) unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). There were no Level 3 financial assets or liabilities as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 .

Available-for-sale Securities

The following table summarizes available-for-sale securities:

Qualifying Hedges and Non-Qualifying Derivatives

The following table summarizes the fair value of outstanding derivatives:

Cash Flow Hedges - The notional amount of outstanding foreign currency forward contracts was primarily attributed to the euro ( $2.2 billion ) and Japanese yen ( $586 million ) at September 30, 2017 . BMS terminated forward starting interest rate swap contracts in the first quarter of 2017 with an aggregate notional value of $750 million . The proceeds and related gain were not material.

Net Investment Hedges - Non-U.S. dollar borrowings of €950 million ( $1.1 billion ) are designated to hedge euro currency exposures of the net investment in certain foreign affiliates.

Fair Value Hedges - The notional amount of fixed-to-floating interest rate swap contracts terminated was $500 million in 2016 generating proceeds of $43 million (including accrued interest).

Debt Obligations

Short-term debt obligations include:

The average amount of commercial paper outstanding was $211 million at a weighted-average rate of 1.12% during 2017. The maximum amount of commercial paper outstanding was $1.0 billion with $799 million outstanding at September 30, 2017 .

Long-term debt and the current portion of long-term debt include:

The fair value of debt was $7.4 billion at September 30, 2017 and $6.9 billion at December 31, 2016 valued using Level 2 inputs. Interest payments were $172 million and $140 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively, net of amounts related to interest rate swap contracts.

On February 27, 2017, BMS issued senior unsecured notes in a registered public offering. The notes rank equally in right of payment with all of BMS's existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. BMS may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity at a predetermined redemption price. The following table summarizes the note issuances:

During the third quarter of 2017, $750 million of 0.875% Notes matured and were repaid.

During the second quarter of 2017, the Company repurchased certain long-term debt obligations with interest rates ranging from 5.875% to 6.875% . The following summarizes the debt repurchase activity:

Note 10 . RECEIVABLES

Non-U.S. receivables sold on a nonrecourse basis were $460 million and $470 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Receivables from our three largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in the U.S. represented 64% and 66% of total trade receivables at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 , respectively.

Note 11 . INVENTORIES

Inventories of $120 million are included in assets held-for-sale as of September 30, 2017 due to the expected transfer of manufacturing operations in Swords, Ireland to SK Biotek. Refer to "-Note 4 . Acquisitions, Divestitures and Licensing Arrangements" for additional information. Other assets include inventory expected to remain on hand beyond one year in both periods and inventory pending regulatory approval of $54 million at December 31, 2016 .

Note 12 . PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT