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Restricted Stock Units Agreement – Bristol-Myers

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AGREEMENT

UNDER THE BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

2007 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has
granted to you the Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) specified in the Grant
Summary above, which is incorporated into this Restricted Stock Units Agreement
(the “Agreement”) and deemed to be a part hereof. The RSUs have been granted to
you under Section 6(e) of the 2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”),
on the terms and conditions specified in the Grant Summary and this Agreement.

1. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AWARD

The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of
Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Committee”) has granted to you
on the Award Date an Award of RSUs as designated herein subject to the terms,
conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Each RSU
shall represent the conditional right to receive, upon settlement of the RSU,
one share of Bristol-Myers Squibb Common Stock (“Common Stock”) (subject to any
tax withholding as described in Section 4). RSUs include the right to receive
dividend equivalents as specified in Section 5 (“Dividend Equivalents”). The
purpose of such Award is to motivate and retain you as an employee of the
Company or a subsidiary of the Company, to encourage you to continue to give
your best efforts for the Company153s future success, and to increase your
proprietary interest in the Company. Except as may be required by law, you are
not required to make any payment (other than payments for taxes pursuant to
Section 4 hereof) or provide any consideration other than the rendering of
future services to the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

2. RESTRICTIONS, FORFEITURES, AND SETTLEMENT

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, RSUs shall be subject to the
restrictions and conditions set forth herein during the Restricted Period (as
defined below). Vesting of the RSUs is conditioned upon you remaining
continuously employed by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company following
the Award Date until the relevant vesting date, subject to the provisions of
this Section 2. Assuming satisfaction of such employment conditions, the RSUs
will become vested and nonforfeitable as follows: one-third on the third
anniversary of the Award Date; an additional one-third on the fourth anniversary
of the Award Date and the final one-third on the fifth anniversary of the Award
Date. In the event you attain age 65 while still an employee of the Company or a
subsidiary, all unvested RSUs held by you at least one year from the Award Date
will become vested and non-forfeitable, and thereafter, so long as you remain an
employee of the Company or a subsidiary after attaining age 65, all other RSUs
will become 100% vested one year from the Award Date.

(a)

Nontransferability

. During the Restricted Period and any further period prior to settlement of
your RSUs, you may not sell, transfer, pledge or assign any of the RSUs or your
rights relating thereto.

(b)

Time of Settlement. RSUs shall be settled promptly upon
expiration of the Restricted Period without forfeiture of the RSUs (i.e., upon
vesting) by delivery of one share of Common Stock for each RSU being settled;
provided, however, that settlement of an RSU


shall be subject to Plan Section 11(k), including if applicable the six-month
delay rule in Plan Sections 11(k)(i)(D) and (E). (Note: This rule may apply
to any portion of the RSUs that vests after the time you become Retirement
eligible under the Plan, and could apply in other cases as well
).
Settlement of RSUs or cash amounts that directly or indirectly result from
Dividend Equivalents on RSUs or adjustments to RSUs shall occur at the time of
settlement of, and subject to the restrictions and conditions that apply to, the
granted RSU. Until shares are delivered to you in settlement of RSUs, you shall
have none of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the
shares issuable in settlement of the RSUs, including the right to vote the
shares and receive actual dividends and other distributions on the underlying
shares of Common Stock (you are entitled to Dividend Equivalents, however).
Shares of stock issuable in settlement of RSUs shall be delivered to you upon
settlement in certificated form or in such other manner as the Company may
reasonably determine.

(c)

Retirement and Death

. In the event of your Retirement (as that term is defined in the Plan;
however, if you attain age 65 before Retirement, RSUs held for at least one year
will have vested prior to Retirement) or your death while employed by the
Company prior to the end of the Restricted Period, you, or your estate, shall be
deemed vested and entitled to settlement of (i.e., the Restricted Period shall
expire with respect to) a proportionate number of the total number of RSUs
granted (taking into account RSUs previously vested), provided that you have
been continuously employed by the Company for at least one year following the
Award Date and your employment has not been terminated by the Company for
misconduct or other conduct deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company.
The formula for determining the proportionate number of your RSUs to become
vested and non-forfeitable upon your Retirement or death is available by request
from the Office of the Corporate Secretary at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10154. In the event of your death prior to the delivery of shares in
settlement of RSUs (not previously forfeited), shares in settlement of your RSUs
shall be delivered to your estate, upon presentation to the Committee of letters
testamentary or other documentation satisfactory to the Committee, and your
estate shall succeed to any other rights provided hereunder in the event of your
death.

(d)

Termination not for Misconduct/Detrimental Conduct

. If you are employed in the United States (including in Puerto Rico), in the
event your employment is terminated by the Company for reasons other than
misconduct or other conduct deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company,
and you are not eligible to Retire, you shall be entitled to settlement of
(i.e., the Restricted Period shall expire with respect to) a proportionate
number of the total number of RSUs granted only if you execute and do not revoke
a release in favor of the Company and its predecessors, successors, affiliates,
subsidiaries, directors and employees in a form satisfactory to the Company and,
where deemed applicable by the Company, a non-compete and/or a non-solicitation
agreement; if you fail to execute or revoke the release or fail to execute the
non-compete or non-solicitation agreement, you shall forfeit any RSUs that are
unvested as of the date your employment terminates. The formula for determining
the proportionate number of RSUs you are entitled to under this Section 2(d) is
available by request from the Office of the Corporate Secretary at 345 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

(e)

Disability. In the event you become Disabled (as that
term is defined below), for the period during which you continue to be deemed to
be employed by the Company or a subsidiary (i.e., the period during which you
receive Disability benefits), you will not be deemed to have terminated
employment for purposes of the RSUs. Upon the termination of your receipt of
Disability benefits, (i) you will not be deemed to have terminated employment if
you return to employment status, and (ii), if you do not return to employment
status, you will be deemed to have terminated employment at the date of
cessation of payments to you

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under all disability pay plans of the Company and its subsidiaries, with such
termination treated for purposes of the RSUs as a Retirement, death, or
voluntary termination based on your circumstances at the time of such
termination. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” or “Disabled” shall
mean qualifying for and receiving payments under a disability plan of the
Company or any subsidiary or affiliate either in the United States or in a
jurisdiction outside of the United States, and in jurisdictions outside of the
United States shall also include qualifying for and receiving payments under a
mandatory or universal disability plan or program managed or maintained by the
government.

(f)

Qualifying Termination Following Change in Control

. In the event your employment is terminated by reason of a Qualifying
Termination (as defined in the Plan) during the protection period (as defined in
your current Change-in-Control Agreement or Change-in-Control Plan, as
applicable) following a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), the
Restricted Period and all remaining restrictions shall expire and the RSUs shall
be deemed fully vested.

(g)

Other Termination of Employment

. In the event of your voluntary termination, or termination by the Company
for misconduct or other conduct deemed by the Company to be detrimental to the
interests of the Company, you shall forfeit all unvested RSUs on the date of
termination.

(h)

Other Terms

.

(i)

In the event that you fail promptly to pay or make satisfactory arrangements
as to the withholding taxes as provided in Section 4, all RSUs then subject to
restriction shall be forfeited by you and shall be deemed to be reacquired by
the Company.

(ii)

You may, at any time prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, waive
all rights with respect to all or some of the RSUs by delivering to the Company
a written notice of such waiver.

(iii)

Termination of employment includes any event if immediately thereafter you
are no longer an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company,
subject to Section 2(i) hereof. References in this Section 2 to employment by
the Company include employment by a subsidiary of the Company. Termination of
employment means an event after which you are no longer employed by the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company. Such an event could include the disposition of
a subsidiary or business unit by the Company or a subsidiary.

(iv)

Upon any termination of your employment, any RSUs as to which the Restricted
Period has not expired at or before such termination shall be forfeited. Other
provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event will an RSU that has
been forfeited thereafter vest or be settled.

(i)

The following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment:

(i)

A transfer of you from the Company to a subsidiary, or vice versa, or from
one subsidiary to another;

(ii)

A leave of absence, duly authorized in writing by the Company, for military
service or sickness or for any other purpose approved by the Company if the
period of such leave does not exceed ninety (90) days; and

(iii)

A leave of absence in excess of ninety (90) days, duly
authorized in writing, by the

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Company, provided your right to reemployment is guaranteed either by a
statute or by contract.

However, failure of you to return to active service with the Company or a
subsidiary at the end of an approved leave of absence shall be deemed a
termination of employment. During a leave of absence as defined in (ii) or
(iii), although you will be considered to have been continuously employed by the
Company or a subsidiary and not to have had a termination of employment under
this Section 2, the Committee may specify that such leave period shall not be
counted in determining the period of employment for purposes of the vesting of
the RSUs. In such case, the vesting dates for unvested RSUs shall be extended by
the length of any such leave of absence.

3. FORFEITURE IN THE EVENT OF COMPETITION AND/OR SOLICITATION OR OTHER
ACTS

You acknowledge that your continued employment with the Company and the grant
of RSUs is sufficient consideration for this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the restrictions imposed upon you by this Section 3.

(a)

By accepting the RSUs, you expressly agree and covenant that during the
Restricted Period (as defined below) and the Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Period (as defined below), you shall not, without the prior
consent of the Company, directly or indirectly:

(i)

own or have any financial interest in a Competitive Business (as defined
below), except that nothing in this clause shall prevent you from owning one per
cent or less of the outstanding securities of any entity whose securities are
traded on a U.S. national securities exchange (including NASDAQ) or an
equivalent foreign exchange;

(ii)

be actively connected with a Competitive Business by managing, operating,
controlling, being an employee or consultant (or accepting an offer to be an
employee or consultant) or otherwise advising or assisting a Competitive
Business in such a way that such connection might result in an increase in value
or worth of any product, technology or service, that competes with any product,
technology or service upon which you worked or about which you became familiar
as a result of your employment with the Company. You may, however, be actively
connected with a Competitive Business after your employment with the Company
terminates for any reason, so long as your connection to the business does not
involve any product, technology or service, that competes with any product,
technology or service upon which you worked or about which you became familiar
as a result of your employment with the Company and the Company is provided
written assurances of this fact from the Competing Company prior to your
beginning such connection.

(iii)

take any action that might divert any opportunity from the Company or any of
its affiliates, successors or assigns (the “Related Parties”) that is within the
scope of the present or future operations or business of any Related Parties;

(iv)

employ, solicit for employment, advise or recommend to any other person that
they employ or solicit for employment or form an association with any person who
is employed by the Company or who has been employed by the Company within one
year of the date your employment with the Company ceased for any reason
whatsoever;

(v)

contact, call upon or solicit any customer of the Company, or attempt to
divert or take away from the Company the business of any of its customers;

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(vi)

contact, call upon or solicit any prospective customer of the Company that
you became aware of or were introduced to in the course of your duties for the
Company, or otherwise divert or take away from the Company the business of any
prospective customer of the Company; or

(vii)

engage in any activity that is harmful to the interests of the Company,
including, without limitation, any conduct during the term of your employment
that violates the Company153s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics, securities
trading policy and other policies.

(b)

Forfeiture

. If the Company determines that you have violated any provisions of Section
3(a) above during the Restricted Period or the Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Period, then you agree and covenant that:

(i)

any unvested portion of the RSUs shall be immediately rescinded;

(ii)

you shall automatically forfeit any rights you may have with respect to the
RSUs as of the date of such determination; and

(iii)

if any part of the RSUs vests within the twelve-month period immediately
preceding a violation of Section 3(a) above (or following the date of any such
violation), upon the Company153s demand, you shall immediately deliver to it a
certificate or certificates for shares of the Company153s Common Stock that you
acquired upon settlement of such RSUs (or an equivalent number of other shares).

(c)

Company Policy

. You agree that the Company may recover any incentive-based compensation
received by you under this Agreement if such recovery is pursuant to a clawback
policy approved by the Committee.

(d)

Definitions

. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

(i)

The Company directly advertises and solicits business from customers wherever
they may be found and its business is thus worldwide in scope. Therefore,
“Competitive Business” means any person or entity that engages in any business
activity that competes with the Company153s business in any way, in any geographic
area in which the Company engages in business, including, without limitation,
any state in the United States in which the Company sells or offers to sell its
products from time to time.

(ii)

“Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Period” means the period during which
you are employed by the Company and twelve months following the date that you
cease to be employed by the Company for any reason whatsoever.

(iii)

“Restricted Period” means, with respect to each RSU, the period from the
Award Date until the date such RSU has become vested and non-forfeitable.

(e)

Severability. You acknowledge and agree that the period,
scope and geographic areas of restriction imposed upon you by the provisions of
Section 3 are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection
of the Company. In the event that all or any part of this Section 3 is held to
be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining parts of Section 3 and this Agreement
shall nevertheless continue to be valid and enforceable as though the invalid
portions were not a part of this Agreement. If any one of the provisions in
Section 3 is held to be excessively broad as to period, scope and geographic
areas, any such

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provision shall be construed by limiting it to the extent necessary to be
enforceable under applicable law.

(f)

Additional Remedies

. You acknowledge that breach by you of this Agreement would cause
irreparable harm to the Company and that in the event of such breach, the
Company shall have, in addition to monetary damages and other remedies at law,
the right to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to
prevent violations of your obligations hereunder.

4. TAXES

At such time as the Company is required to withhold taxes with respect to the
RSUs, or at an earlier date as determined by the Company, you shall make
remittance to the Company of an amount sufficient to cover such taxes or make
such other arrangement regarding payments of such taxes as are satisfactory to
the Committee. The Company and its subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted
by law, have the right to deduct such amount from any payment of any kind
otherwise due to you, including by means of mandatory withholding of shares
deliverable in settlement of your RSUs to satisfy the mandatory tax withholding
requirements. When the Dividend Equivalents you receive under Section 5, if any,
become payable to you, they will be compensation (wages) for tax purposes and
will be included on your W-2 form. The Company will be required to withhold
applicable taxes on such Dividend Equivalents. The Company may deduct such taxes
either from the gross Dividend Equivalents payable on such RSUs or from any
other cash payments to be made to or on account of you or may require you to
make prompt remittance to the Company of such tax amounts. Any cash payment to
you under Section 5 of the Agreement will be included in your W-2 form as
compensation and subject to applicable tax withholding.

5. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS

(a)

Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or credited on RSUs (other than RSUs that,
at the relevant record date, previously have been settled or forfeited) as
follows, except that the Committee may specify an alternative treatment from
that specified in (i), (ii), or (iii) below for any dividend or distribution:

(i)

Cash Dividends

. If the Company declares and pays a dividend or distribution on Common Stock
in the form of cash, then you will be credited, as of the payment date for such
dividend or distribution, an amount equal to the number of RSUs credited to you
as of the record date for such dividend or distribution multiplied by the amount
that would have been paid as a dividend or distribution on each outstanding
share of Common Stock at such payment date. Any amounts credited under this
Section 5(a)(i) shall be subject to the restrictions and conditions that apply
to the RSU with respect to which the amounts are credited and will be payable
when the underlying RSU becomes payable. At the time the underlying RSU becomes
payable, the Company has the discretion to pay any accrued dividend equivalents
either in cash or in shares of Common Stock. If the underlying RSU does not vest
or is forfeited, any amounts credited under this Section 5(a)(i) with respect to
the underlying RSU will also fail to vest and be forfeited.

(ii)

Non-Share Dividends. If the Company declares and pays a
dividend or distribution on Common Stock in the form of property other than
shares, then a number of additional RSUs shall be credited to you as of the
payment date for such dividend or distribution equal to the number of RSUs
credited to you as of the record date for such dividend or distribution
multiplied by the Fair Market Value of such property actually paid as a dividend
or distribution on each outstanding share of Common

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Stock at such payment date, divided by the Fair Market Value of a share at
such payment date. Any RSUs credited to you under this Section 5(a)(ii) shall be
subject to the restrictions and conditions that apply to the RSU with respect to
which the RSUs are credited and will be payable when the underlying RSU becomes
payable. If the underlying RSU does not vest or is forfeited, any RSUs credited
under this Section 5(a)(ii) with respect to the underlying RSU will also fail to
vest and be forfeited. You will be eligible to receive Dividend Equivalents on
any RSUs credited to you under this Section 5(a)(ii).

(iii)

Common Stock Dividends and Splits

. If the Company declares and pays a dividend or distribution on Common Stock
in the form of additional shares, or there occurs a forward split of Common
Stock, then a number of additional RSUs shall be credited to you as of the
payment date for such dividend or distribution or forward split equal to the
number of RSUs credited to you as of the record date for such dividend or
distribution or split multiplied by the number of additional shares actually
paid as a dividend or distribution or issued in such split in respect of each
outstanding share of Common Stock. Any RSUs credited to you under this Section
5(a)(iii) shall be subject to the restrictions and conditions that apply to the
RSU with respect to which the RSUs are credited and will be payable when the
underlying RSU becomes payable. If the underlying RSU does not vest or is
forfeited, any RSUs credited under this Section 5(a)(iii) with respect to the
underlying RSU will also fail to vest and be forfeited. You will be eligible to
receive Dividend Equivalents on any RSUs credited to you under this Section
5(a)(iii).

(b)

The number of your RSUs and other related terms shall be appropriately
adjusted, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of your rights with
respect to RSUs, to reflect any changes in the outstanding shares of Common
Stock resulting from any event referred to in Section 11(c) of the Plan or any
other “equity restructuring” as defined in FAS 123R, taking into account any
RSUs credited to you in connection with such event under Section 5(a).

6. EFFECT ON OTHER BENEFITS

In no event shall the value, at any time, of the RSUs or any other payment
under this Agreement be included as compensation or earnings for purposes of any
other compensation, retirement, or benefit plan offered to employees of the
Company unless otherwise specifically provided for in such plan.

7. RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT

Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on you any right to
continue in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary or any specific position
or level of employment with the Company or any subsidiary or affect in any way
the right of the Company or any subsidiary to terminate your employment without
prior notice at any time for any reason or no reason.

8. ADMINISTRATION; UNFUNDED OBLIGATIONS

The Committee shall have full authority and discretion, subject only to the
express terms of the Plan, to decide all matters relating to the administration
and interpretation of the Plan and this Agreement, and all such Committee
determinations shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon the Company, you,
and all interested parties. Any provision for distribution in settlement of your
RSUs and other obligations hereunder (including cash amounts set aside under
Section 5(a)(i)) shall be by means of bookkeeping entries on the books of the
Company and shall not create in you or any beneficiary any right to, or claim
against any, specific assets of the Company, nor result in the creation of any
trust or escrow account for

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you or any beneficiary. You and any of your beneficiaries entitled to any
settlement or distribution hereunder shall be a general creditor of the Company.

9. DEEMED ACCEPTANCE

You are required to accept the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement prior to the first vest date in order for you to receive the Award
granted to you hereunder. If you wish to decline this Award, you must reject
this Agreement prior to the first vest date. For your benefit, if you have not
rejected the Agreement prior to the first vest date, you will be deemed to have
automatically accepted this Award and all the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement. Deemed acceptance will allow the shares to be released to you in
a timely manner.

10. AMENDMENT

This Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, as amended from
time to time, except that the Award which is the subject of this Agreement may
not be materially adversely affected by any amendment or termination of the Plan
approved after the Award Date without your written consent.

11. SEVERABILITY AND VALIDITY

The various provisions of this Agreement are severable, and any determination
of invalidity or unenforceability of any one provision shall have no effect on
the remaining provisions.

12. GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by the substantive laws (but not the choice
of law rules) of the State of New York.

13. SUCCESSORS

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
successors, assigns, and heirs of the respective parties.

14. DATA PRIVACY

By entering into this agreement, you (i) authorize the Company, and any agent
of the Company administering the Plan or providing Plan recordkeeping services,
to disclose to the Company or any of its subsidiaries such information and data
as the Company or any such subsidiary shall request in order to facilitate the
grant of RSUs and the administration of the Plan; (ii) waive any data privacy
rights you may have with respect to such information; and (iii) authorize the
company to store and transmit such information in electronic form.

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND NO ORAL MODIFICATION OR WAIVER

This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties. This
Agreement shall not be modified or amended except in writing duly signed by the
parties, except that the Company may adopt a modification or amendment to the
Agreement that is not materially adverse to you in writing signed only by the
Company. Any waiver of any right or failure to perform under this Agreement
shall be in writing signed by the party granting the waiver and shall not be
deemed a waiver of any subsequent failure to perform.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

By

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I have read this Agreement in its entirety. I understand that this Award has
been granted to provide a means for me to acquire and/or expand an ownership
position in Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. I acknowledge and agree that sales of
shares will be subject to the Company’s policies regulating trading by
employees. In accepting this Award, I hereby agree that Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney, or such other vendor as the Company may choose to administer the Plan,
may provide the Company with any and all account information for the
administration of this Award.

I hereby agree to all the terms, restrictions and conditions set forth in the
Agreement.

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