---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-020036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMY"
cik: "0000014272"
company_name: "BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:00:01.285511+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BMY shareholders elect all 11 directors, pass say-on-pay, stock plan, auditor; independent chair proposal fails

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with >1.46B votes for each.
- Say-on-pay approved: 1.46B for, 72.5M against, 6.9M abstain.
- 2026 stock award and incentive plan approved: 1.47B for, 63.9M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as 2026 auditor: 1.71B for, 63.7M against.
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chair defeated: 422M for, 1.11B against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-020036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMY
- cik: 0000014272
- company_name: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036126020036/0001140361-26-020036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14272/000114036126020036/ef20072750_8k.htm

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