---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-003577"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMY"
cik: "0000014272"
company_name: "BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO"
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T05:16:39.110813+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristol-Myers EVP Research & Early Development Rupert Vessey to depart July 2023

## Summary
- Dr. Rupert Vessey, EVP Research and Early Development, leaves effective July 3, 2023.
- Severance under Senior Executive Severance Plan; pro-rated vesting of MSUs, PSUs, and full vesting of 2019 RSU Inducement Award.
- Pro-rated annual incentive payout for 2023 of $550,855.
- No replacement named at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-003577
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMY
- cik: 0000014272
- company_name: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036123003577/0001140361-23-003577-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036123003577/brhc10047309_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-003577
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-003577.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-003577.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rupert Vessey resigned as Executive Vice President, Research and Early Development at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Research and Early Development
  source text: Effective July 3, 2023, Dr. Rupert Vessey, Executive Vice President, Research and Early Development, has decided to leave Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036123003577/0001140361-23-003577-index.htm

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