---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-023069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMY"
cik: "0000014272"
company_name: "BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO"
filed_at: "2022-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T01:33:25.432303+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristol-Myers Squibb elects Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt elected to Board effective June 14, 2022; Board size increases to 11.
- Dr. Bhatt will serve on the Science & Technology Committee.
- He brings over 20 years of cardiovascular research experience; currently Executive Director at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
- Compensation per standard non-employee director program: $105,000 annual retainer plus $200,000 DSU award.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-023069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMY
- cik: 0000014272
- company_name: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
- filed_at: 2022-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036122023069/0001140361-22-023069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036122023069/brhc10038705_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-023069
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-023069.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-023069.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deepak L. Bhatt was elected as Director at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 14, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”) elected Mr. Deepak L. Bhatt , M.D., M.P.H., to serve as a member of the Board, effective June 14, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036122023069/0001140361-22-023069-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.