---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-013978"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMY"
cik: "0000014272"
company_name: "BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T14:56:10.514981+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristol-Myers director Gerald Storch not seeking re-election; board size set to ten

## Summary
- Gerald Storch notified the Board on March 13, 2024, that he will not stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Board set the number of directors at ten, effective after the Annual Meeting expected on May 7, 2024.
- Storch's departure is voluntary; no replacement has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-013978
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMY
- cik: 0000014272
- company_name: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036124013978/0001140361-24-013978-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036124013978/ef20024402_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-013978.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Storch departed as Director at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 13, 2024, Mr. Gerald Storch notified the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the "Company") that he will not stand for re-election to the Board of the Company at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036124013978/0001140361-24-013978-index.htm

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